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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1980
A&M makes big haul
in high school signing
it
United Press International
1 Texas A&M University made a
Iguickhaul Wednesday in the rush to
sign Texas’ top high school football
players, but the Aggies failed to land
l one of their top targets — Tyler line-
an Keith Guthrie.
Baylor, meanwhile, signed up
uarterback Alfred Anderson —
ght by many to be the top high
:hool signal caller in the state.
Coaches from the nine Southwest
Conference schools fanned out
t/fcoss the Southwest and beyond to
flock their clubs with another round
• grandchild, talented schoolboy seniors.
'olved in the i* Wednesday was the first day on
magazinebutslilwhich a high school player could sign
toseethatthel |a scholarship agreement with a
i part ofheriiii|Southwest Conference school and
w to movethrotAhe early returns showed few defec-
d,"Tattilo,wk;pions from the commitments made
, said throughiiffluring the hectic recruiting season,
t-e with thestrarjl The agreements, however, are
i believe in me finding only within the SWC. A
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nily and sociehm SAN ANTONIO — Army investi-
|gators are looking into allegations by
es her magaziJfeveral pentathletes trying out for
o Italian sociehBe U.S. Olympic team that some of
ow can speahiiiMeir fellow athletes were being
;x. That is imptnffVl'iped” to improve performances,
■i allegation that has been denied by
Itheir superiors at Fort Sam Houston.
B Although Col. Jim Moore, head of
ge U.S. Modem Pentathlon Team,
emphatically denied the doping
■targe, investigators from the Army
■specter General’s office and the
Bjriminal Investigation Division in
lAtlanta, Ga., have begun an inquiry,
n came afteroparfe The allegations of widespread
ort for 'Arahw“doping'’ prior to national and inter-
1 days ago. Thi national competitions came from
involved undrolsome team members who went to
iingasrepreseniathe news media with their com-
eik, implieatettfplaints on Tuesday.
Congress iniUB OrbGreenwald, the 1975 U.S. na-
igation. Itional pentathlon champion, said the
re trying to do Ase of drugs had been condoned by
1 who betraytliiifthe U.S. Modern Pentathlon Asso-
:an people, byllciation, because drug use was wide-
» enhance thetu; spread among foreign athletes, giv-
vhite collar as| ing them an unfair advantage in the
aized crime elf5p®lympic Games. He said testing for
,’’ Webstersaieldrugs after Olympic events was
Departmentw^|lt>osely and randomly enforced,
ip the publicikm “That’s a false statement,” Moore
and even hadllsaid. “Use of drugs is very tightly
•etly watching'Tcontrolled. After last year’s world
took or discefthampionships in Hungary, which
| we won, our athletes were tested af
ter every event except the riding.
HThe fencing lasted from 8a.m. until 1
a m. the next morning, and Bob Nie-
flinfll'B lan an< ^ J°^ n Fitzgerald, our top
1 LlllCli-athletes, were detained another
hour and a half for drug testing,
l “According to Olympic rules, the
/ testing for drugs is a random selec-
/ tion because it would be impossible
to take the time to test every athlete,
s,” he added, but the top athletes in all events al-
oposal — whifl|;Avays are checked, along with a ran-
the nation’sli|»'dom sampling of other athletes.”
would require I)® However, a number of athletes
e customers dei®rying out for the team at the Fort
es instead ofijit®am Houston headquarters contra-
es for the enhifsi dieted Moore, alleging the tests
I made were not sufficient to detect
o would stop it'i the types of drugs being used,
ng that embaltfi “Some of the guys will use them
— something*'^ Adrugs) and some won t, said Bitz-
nany areas. Ini/lgerald, a member of the four-man
not force a bait' 1 -American team that captured the
r a cremationtttfpWorld Modern Pentathlon cham
s it.
school must re-sign a player to a “na
tional” agreement next Wednesday
to secure his services.
Texas A&M had a list of 25 players
who the coaches hoped to sign today
and most of them made good with
their promise.
Guthrie, however, told A&M offi
cials he wanted to wait until next
week and make up his mind on the
national signing date. Guthrie is one
of the top line prospects in the state.
The Aggies managed to sign up
such talented hopefuls as running
back Bubba Hill of LaPorte, and
linemen Tommy Robison of Greg-
ory-Portland and Scott Polk of Dallas
White.
Texas A&M also secured the sign
ature of the high school player gener
ally regarded to be the top place
kicker in Texas — Allen Smith of
Texas City.
Only three schools — Texas A&M,
TCU and Baylor—were announcing
their signings Wednesday, but it was
known that Texas had received com
mitments from such standouts as
running backs Terry Orr of Abilene
Cooper and Mike Luck of Spring
Branch.
And SMU, the winner in last
year’s recruiting derby, planned to
sign quarterback Lance Mclhlenny
of Highland Park and defensive end
David Randle of Dallas White —
both highlights among the 1980
crop. Arkansas was doing most of its
work in-state and was thought to
have secured most of the leading
players in its own area.
In Waco, Baylor coach Grant Teaff
personally signed up Anderson, a
quarterback who had been consider
ing Houston before casting his lot
with the Bears.
“He has as much pure, raw talent
as any quarterback I’ve seen in 20
years of coaching, ” said Teaff.
Anderson passed for 17 touch
downs and ran for 14 last season with
Waco Richfield. Against eventual
state champion Temple, Anderson
passed for 353 yards and three touch
downs in a 34-22 loss. The 22 points
were the most scored against Temple
all season.
TCU coach F.A. Dry was excited
about the signing of defensive tackle
“Steve Little of Peoria, 111., a 6-4, 265
prospect who was recruited by most
major colleges in the nation.
Dry said, however, that TCU will
have to fight off Missouri and Iowa
State on national signing date.
“We aren’t holding any celebra
tions yet, ” Dry said. “But if we get
him he will be the plum of the crop. ”
Here is a list of high school recruits
signed Wednesday:
TEXAS A&M:
Tommy Robison, L, 6-5, 260, Gregory-
Portland; Scott Polk, L, 6-4, 240, Dallas White;
Bruce Lawson, L, 6-4, 250, Dallas White; Ker-
mit Foster, L, 6-3, 230, Beaumont Hebert; 6,
Ricky Richardson, L, 6-2, 225, Corpus Christi
Moody; Ken Choyce, L, 6-4, 230, Houston
Strake Jesuit; Nathan Steadman, L, 6-1, 240,
Houston Scarbrough; Jeff Sciba, L, 6-2, 225,
Pasdadena Dobie; Ken Reeves, L, 6-5, 240,
Pittsburg.
John Kellen, WR, 6-2, 215, Conroe; Robbie
Beavers, WR, 6-2, 225, Beaumont Charlton-
Pollard; Ricky Kyle, WR, 6-3, 230, Diboll; Jim
my Williams, WR, 6-0, 175, Marshall; Bubba
Hill, B, 5-11, 190,, LaPorte; Thomas Sanders,
B, 5-11, 190, Giddinns; Greg Williams, B, 60,
180, Bay City; Steve Box, B, 6-2, 190, Dallas
White; John Elkins, B, 6-1, 190, Baytown Lee;
Greg Berry, LB, 6-1, 197, Abilene Cooper;
Thomas Graham, LB, 6-3, 215, Hughes
Springs; Allen Smith, K, 6-2, 230, Texas City;
Kyle Stuard, K, 6-4, 175, Abilene Cooper.
BAYLOR:
Alfred Anderson, QB, 6-2, 205, Waco Rich
field; Allen Rice, QB, Houston Klein, 5-11,
190; Gerald McNeil, WR, 5-10, 160, Killeen;
Joel Barrett, TE, 6-6, 240, Corpus Christi Mil
ler; Pat Coryatt, LB, 6-2, 271, Baytown Lee;
Greg Platt, LB, 6-2, 226, Grapeland; Tommy
McClintock, 6-3 227, Pasadena Rayburn; Paul
Mergenhagen, DT, 6-3, 230, Abilene Cooper.
Gregg Bomkamp, DT, 6-2, 250, Spring;
Mark Barker, DT, 6-3, 250, Pasadena Rayburn;
Daniel Benditz, OL, 6-3, 240, Klein; Vincent
Grayhouse, OL, 6-2, 240, Gonzales; Neal
Donavan, OL, 6-2, 250, Bryan; Byron Lewis,
DB, 6-0, 165, Baytown Lee; Preston Davis,
DB, 6-0, 170, Lubbock Estacado; Richard Mil
ler, RB, 6-0, 200, Cuero.
Daniel Hunter, RB, 6-1, 210, Blinn JC;
Bruce Davis, RB, 5-10, 160, Dallas Roosevelt;
Steve Stinson, DE, 6-2, 200, Houston West
chester; Steve Malpass, DE, 6-2, 195, Abilene
Cooper; Johnny Stone, DE, 6-6, 220, Kilgore.
TCU:
Joel McVea, OT, 6-4, 285, Fort Worth East
ern Hills; Steve Little, DT, 6-4, 265, Peoria,
Ill.; Paul Jones, RB, 6-3, 215, Fort Worth East
ern Hills; Reginald Cottingham, DB, 6-1, 185,
Dallas South Oak Cliff; John Preston, DB, 6-1,
190, Dallas South Oak Cliff; Joe Young, DE,
6-3, 218, Dallas South Oak Cliff; 1L.C. Hub
bard, RB, 6-1, 190, Dallas White; L.B.
Washington, DE-LB, 6-3, 210, Dallas Hill-
crest; Leonard “John” Thomas, QB, 6-2, 180,
Paris; Mike Johnson, TE, 6-4, 220, Paris.
TEXAS TECH:
Freddie Wells, RB, 5-10, 205, Lewisville;
Donald Moore, 5-11, 190, Splendora; Perry
Moore, QB, 6-0, 200, Childress; Donnie
Green, LB, 6-2, 225, Caldwell; William
Wagoner, WR, 6-2, 175, El Paso Burges.
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Tech women basketball
coach’s firing rescinded
United Press International
LUBBOCK— Gay Benson, Texas
Tech women’s basketball coach, who
was told in December her contract
would not be renewed, has been
reinstated.
Benson, whose squad is 19-9 this
season, including a win over peren
nial women’s power Wayland Baptist
of Plainview, was reoffered her job
and she accepted.
Texas Tech officials made the terse
announcement Tuesday.
Dr. Robert Ewalt, the Tech admi
nistrator responsible for women’s
athletics, declined comment on any
aspect of the decision to rehire the
39-year-old head coach.
Benson said Tuesday she was
pleased with the decision, “but I’m
just sorry it had to hapijpeh this Way.
Other people have been hurt. I’ve
been hurt.”
The coach was notified in early
December that she had been fired,
but would be allowed to complete
the season with the Red Raiders.
According to university policy, a
fired employee has the right of
appeal. If an appeals committee up
holds the firing, the employee still
has the right to appeal to the school’s
president.
In Benson’s case, which drew
wide publicity locally, the appeals
committee apparently overturned
the decision to fire her.
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