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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1980
Lemons and assistant to testify
United Press International
AUSTIN — University of Texas basketball coach Abe Lemons and
one of his assistants have been subpoenaed to testify Sept. 18 before a
federal grand jury, The Austin American-Statesman said Thursday.
The subject of the inquiry apparently is money spent by Lloyd
Davis, a former president of the Peoples National Bank of Lampasas.
Lemons told the newspaper that Davis is “a good friend” who has
leased him a car every two years since 1960 and bought a meal for the
team during a National Invitational Tournament in New York.
“There has been nothing secret about Davis’ support of the basket
ball team,” the coach said. “I’d written the bank and thanked them for
the hospitality and the car.”
Davis, a UT alumnus, retired from the bank about two years ago.
Lemons said he did not know the reason for the grand jury interest.
“I wouldn’t want to say anything to hurt him (Davis). In
implicated in any way,” he said.
Darrell Royal, former UT athletics head, said he was «na« t
Davis’ actions, but said there is nothing wrong with itasfars
university is concerned. Alumni may buy cars for coachesandtel]
for trips, “as long as you don’t do it for those players, ” he saii
Davis, said to be out of town on a family trip, was unavailaH
comment.
An NCAA official, Bill Hunt of Prairie Village, Kan., said it is |
only for someone to pay the necessary expenses of an institufc
The federal grand jury is also hearing testimony
stakes gambling, but the newspaper said this apparently is
to that investigation.
Vol. 74
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Many Aggies make NFL
Roaches heads success list
By KURT ALLEN
Battalion Staff
National Football League begins
yet another season.
For the average American male, it
means focusing the eyes for another
four months of bug-eyed tube watch
ing while gathering plenty of snacks
and liquid spirits.
For several former Texas Aggie
footballers, however, it means a
chance to start or continue a promis
ing NFL career.
Perhaps two of the best underdog
stories coming out of this year’s pre
season are personified by Aggies
Carl Roaches and Adger Armstrong.
Through a chain of events even they
could not have anticipated, both
men have made the final Houston
Oilers squad.
Just a year ago, Roaches was driv
ing an ice-cream truck down the
streets of his native East Houston
neighborhood. Now, at 26, he’s the
oldest rookie to make the Oilers.
The 1975 NCAA punt-return
champion and Southwest Confer
ence punt-returner of the decade,
Roaches had his first pro encounter
in 1976 when he was signed by Tam
pa Bay as a free agent out of Texas
A&M.
Unfortunately, he missed the final
put. The Buccaneers ironically went
on to the worst season in NFL his
tory, finishing 0-14. That’s the first
and only time a team failed to win a
single game.
The professional trail later tem
porarily ended for Roaches when he
was released in mid-1977 by Sas
katchewan of the Canadian Football
League.
Since then, the 5-foot-8, 165-
pounder played nary a down until
two months ago. During that time,
he was not completely inactive. On
the contrary, he twice asked the Oil
ers for an off-season tryout and was
refused both times.
Houston’s reasoning made sense
to Roaches. The team told him it
didn’t need another little guy like
Billy Johnson (While at Texas A&M,
Roaches had a size 31 waist, just two
inches smaller than the thighs of
then 275-pound guard Billy
Lemons).
But all that changed after John
son’s serious knee injury last year. In
fact, Roaches led the Oilers in the
1980 pre-season with 11.8 yards per
punt and 24.5 yards per kickoff.
Armstrong’s place on the Houston
roster is no less remarkable. At six
feet and 210 pounds, the four-year
Aggie letterman did not exactly pile
up the kind of collegiate career statis
tics that impress pro coaches and
scouts.
After all, he only gained 462 yards
in limited action with 308 of those
coming as a senior in 1978. Admit
tedly, he did average 4.9 yards a car
ry that last year, with a career aver
age of 4.1.
However, what probably helped
Armstrong make the Oilers is his
Aggie special teams experience, not
to mention a slight bit of pass receiv
ing along the way. It has been men
tioned through various sources that
he would have never had a chance
had he come into the Houston camp
as a running back only.
The roster spot Armstrong occu
pies was also opened up by a man
power shortage created when veter
an Ken Burrough suffered a knee in
jury. Although the former Aggie run
ning back was waived by the Oilers
Monday, he was re-signed Tuesday
after Burrough was placed on the in
jured reserved list. Burrough must
stay on that list for at least four
weeks.
While Armstrong and Roaches
were two of the rarer stories this
summer, other Aggies have made
their presence felt. Included in this
group are Curtis Dickey and Jacob
Green.
The second-most prolific ground-
gainer in Southwest Conference his
tory, Dickey started out the summer
acting as though he might forget ab
out playing pro football in 1980 be
cause of a contract dispute.
The controversy between the
Baltimore Colts management and
Dickey’s agent dragged on for
weeks, only to end suddenly and
swiftly. While terms were not
announced, the agreement appa
rently was satisfactory to both sides.
More importantly, it allowed
Dickey to get on with the job of play
ing football. A tailback at Texas
A&M, he was nevertheless drafted
as a wide receiver due to his pheno
menal speed.
So far, the Colts coaching staff has
nothing but good things to say. They
are especially pleased with Dickey’s
adapting to the Baltimore system.
He reportedly has moved right in
and made himself at home.
There is one cloud marring the
dawning of the Bryan native’s pro
play. Last Sunday, in a game against
Atlanta, Dickey suffered a deep
thigh bruise while going up for a high
pass. He suffered a vicious hit, but is
recovering and expected to see ac
tion in Sunday’s opener against the
New York Jets.
Nothing but good things are also
being said about Green, who made
the Aggie all-Decade squad for the
seventies as a defensive tackle and
was Texas A&M’s only all-America
last year.
Drafted by the Seattle Seahawks,
Green signed a series of five one-
year contracts. Seattle Scout Jeff
Smith recently told Aggie Assistant
Sports Information Director David
Walker that “if you have any more
down there like him (Green), then
send them up to us.” Some people
are even suggesting that Green may
wind up being the defensive rookie
of the year in the American Confer
ence and perhaps the entire NFL as
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Finally, some mention should be
made of the recent departure of two
Aggies from the Los Angeles Rams.
One player left on good terms and
the other left in equally poor repute.
Another member of the Aggie all
decade squad, Dave Elmedorf was
one of the greatest student athletes
in Texas A&M history. Playing be
tween 1968 and 1970, he was an all-
America safety, centerfielder and
Academic all-America. Having play
ed nine years for the Rams, Elmen-
dorf retired this year, saying he
wanted to step down and enter pri
vate business while still in good phy
sical shape.
Less than triumphant was the
leaving of comerback Pat Thomas.
He left Los Angeles after four sea
sons, mired deeply in a bitter con
tract dispute. His current situation
certainly makes an interesting com
parison to that of people like Carl
Roaches and Adger Armstrong.
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