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ittany Lions claim revenge, 25-9 THE BATTALION Page 11 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1980 before the II arrive rill havefc , the xs. On an* ig in the oft g down his t their i ive line me on Satin hey dropped vith some r more sticV ggie footl od ol’ hard-in other guys nd scrap the pi ; go back lui A ggie quarterback David Beal sets up to pass behind the blocking of running back Thomas ft Sanders during the fourth quarter of Satur- ter is a freshm awful hurry. \\ two weeks M not naive and’ ixperience in >i he fine job it ’ered most of of the game iggie interce] nee again oven ily ® led it’s the youth i Cal Peveto Jerry Bull be linebackint / to put the d football teairi ire student lol opefully.theti ses to get fired Staff photo by Pat O’Malley day’s 25-9 loss to Penn State. Beal came in to lead Texas A&M to their first touchdown in over eight quarters. owboys bounce back, 28-17 United Press International IRVING — For a team that seemed so downtrodden one week earlier, the Dallas Cowboys Sunday like — well, they looked like the Dallas Cow- juys. They overcame the heat, they fought back from a oint deficit, they made a defensive adjustment at |half which slowed down the opposition and they put together an impressive second half to defeat ampa Bay' Buccaneers, 28-17. And at the helm of all of this was Danny White, ping his third game as the Cowboys No. 1 quarter- |Jc. [)anny White is the best quarterback we have and is no way you can compare him with Roger bach at this point,’ said Cowboys’ tight end Jay Saldi. “All I know is that White is a bom leader and win or lose we believe in him. ’ White completed 24 of 33 passes for 244 yards against the tough Tampa Bay defense and for the first time in his career threw three touchdown passes. He led a ball- control offense in the second half that hogged the ball for 21 minutes and obviously did a lot for his own confi dence. e Ta It was just the kind of performance White needed after the Cowboys were run off the field a week ago by the Denver Broncos. en “We have gone from the penthouse to the outhouse to the penthouse again,” said White. “But that’s the way this team is. We are going to be up and down for a while, but hopefully more up than down. By RICHARD OLIVER Sports Editor Joe Paterno and his N ittany Lions roared into College Station Saturday night seeking revenge for an embar rassment, and instead they found an embarrassment waiting for them. Depite a valiant second half effort from a surprisingly sturdy Texas A&M defense, Penn State had no trouble controlling an equally embarrassing offensive line in strut ting to an easy 25-9 win. “We just got whipped up front,” mused Aggie Head Coach Tom Wil son after the game in a somber appearance before the press. “I’ve never seen a team consistently break down in the passing game like ours.” Indeed, in the first half, a ground game-oriented Texas A&M offense could only manage eight yards pas sing on one Mike Mosley completion while racking up 115 yards on the ground. Most of the rushing yardage came on a 58-yard scamper by Mos ley early in the game. The Aggies were manhandled on every front by the revenge-minded Nittany Lions, who remembered last year’s 27-14 upset at State College, Pa., at the hands of Texas A&M. But, believe it or not, there were several good showings among the Ag ranks. A spirited David Beal, relegated to second string quarterback before the season, came in in the fourth quarter and led the Aggies on a 76- yard scoring drive that culminated in an excellent touchdown reception by Mike Whitwcll, finally putting A&M in the end zone after being kept out for eight quarters. Beal played the entire fourth quar ter, and ended up passing 50 percent (6-for-12) for 78 yards. Another fine playing performance was turned in by Johnny Hector, who weaved for 75 yards on his own behind some very poor blocking. The Aggies entered the game in front of 66,234 upset-minded fans and proceeded to once again commit a variety of unforced errors to hand points to the Nittany Lions. In the first quarter, Penn State quarterback Jeff Hostetler rifled a pass directly to a surprised Elroy Steen, who returned the ball into Lions’territory. However, it was not to be, as defensive back Danny Davis was flagged for inteference, giving Penn State the ball back with excel lent field position. Eight plays later fullback Booker Moore slammed over from two yards out to give the Lions a 7-0 lead. A charged A&M offense, howev er, put some points on the board later in the first period as Mosley shook one tackier and a stumble to scoot 58 yards from his own 29 to the Nittany Lions’ 13. There, however, the drive failed and placekicker David Hardy kicked a field goal to make it 7-3. In the second quarter, Penn State responded with a field goal, and then the roof fell in for the Aggies. On a fourth down punting situa tion, Lions’ linebacker Walker Lee Ashley crashed through a failing Aggie line to block Kyle Staurd’s punt and knock it 35 yards back into the Ag end zone for a safety. Penn State then took the kickoff and marched right back down to score again, to make it 18-3. After a stalled A&M drive, Penn State took a partially blocked Stuard punt and scored in five plays to make it 25-3. “Our kicking game undoubtedly gave them field position,” said an obviously disgusted Wilson. However, once again, a miserable blocking effort by the offensive line left both Mosley and Beal scrambling for cover, much like they had to dur ing Georgia’s 42-0 win Sept. 13. Wilson, who strangely enough only allowed Mosley to pass once in the third quarter despite being 22 points behind, sent in Beal to the delight of the unusually dormant Aggie fans, and the senior quarter back led the maroon and white to a much-needed TD. “You can’t call pass because you know they’re (offensive line) not going to block,” defended Wilson. “I’m proud of the way David Beal came in and handled himself without blocking. “In the second half I thought our players had a lot of poise, but poise won’t help you a whole lot without blocking. ” The failure of Mosley to generate offense will undoubtedly bring cries for Beal at the helm in the next two weeks before the Ags take on Texas Tech Oct. 4, and the gripes are not lost on Wilson. “We ll decide that (a starting quar terback) under much deliberation,” he said. “But you can’t blame this on Mike Mosley. Johnny Unitas in his prime or Bert Jones could not have thrown the ball with blocking like that.” Mosley was a little more down on himself. “Penn State was ready to play,” he said. “They jumped on us early. Offensively we just couldn’t get any thing together. I can’t blame it on our line or on any one person ... it’s all my fault. I thought we were ready.” But Mosley, who was 2-for-6, was optimistic about facing Texas Tech. “We’ve got to regroup and just suck it up,” he said. “We’ve got to swallow our pride and buckle down and work. Do You Need A Good, Honest Mechanic? Then, we are the automobile care and repair facility you have been looking for. We offer a wide range of services for your foreign or domestic automobile, from tune-ups to complete engine rebuilding, including custom work. WE ARE OPEN ON WEEKENDS! Jack Winslow’s Body Shop ’s, Inc. 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The Corps and Dorm teams may ■ ' , Nnter Handball for points. ( [ENTRIES CLOSE: Tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 23) is the last date |iat entries will be accepted for the Diving Contest, Water Polo and olf Singles. Don’t miss your chance to participate in these activities, jjjnter today at the IM Office. COMPETITION BEGINS TODAY: Flag Football, Pickle-Ball Dou- lles and Tennis Singles will get under way today. If you have entered Ind have not yet checked to see when your first contest will take lace, be sure to check today!! MER POLO CAPTAIN’S MEETING: All water polo team aptains are reminded of the team captain’s meeting on Thursday, jept. 25 in Room 267 of G. Rollie White. IELD GOAL KICKING: Just a reminder that the Field Goal Contest will be held on Kyle Field tonight (Monday, Sept. 22) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Walk-on entrants will be accepted. HOME RUN HITTERS: Practice time will be available from 4 to 6 n. at Olsen Field on Wednesday, Sept. 24 for all persons entered the Home Run Hitting Contest. The actual competition will take lace the following day (Thursday, Sept. 25) at Olsen Field from 5:30 |rough 7:30 p.m. Walk-on entries will also be accepted for this PLAY ad four played] lorseback, a d-one-half-w'l hukkas," alW| L'hukka, k&M polo tional inter# • nships in D 8 ! Cleary said his year’s tea®] n to be 1 le intercollej^ 1 May. W r nt ' BEGINS Suzanne Glameyer, senior PE major (above) displays perfect form. . . for pick- leball! The Baptist Student Union flag football team (right) practices for the up coming season. TODAY Jim Meinke, sophomore ec onomics major (right) pre pares for the Class B IM Tennis Tourney. Last year’s Class A All- University Runner-up, Mark Smith heads a group of 690 individuals entered in this year’s Intramural Tennis Sin gles Tournament. Record entries were received in both Flag Football (700 teams) and Pickle-Ball Doubles (75 teams). East Kyle Update The end is in sight! Texas A&M will soon have recreational facili ties paralleled by few colleges or universities in the United States. The new facilities, to be housed in East Kyle, will provide office and classroom space for the Physical Education Department and the Intramural-Recreational Sports Department in addition to the following recreation areas: — 14 Handball/Racquetball courts — 5 Gymnasium surfaces — 1 Dance studio — 2 Multi-purpose activity rooms. Extensions to existing areas such as the Adaptive P.E. Room and the Men’s and Ladies’ Locker Rooms will also be opened in the expansion. Acknowledgments Handball Tournament Phis ad is sponsored hy your al McDonald Restaurants at iversity Drive and Manor East Mall. Photos by David Hurst. Stories by John Bramblett. J O-re ver-y £>c> r r y Cl d. id tn rw e c*. "to cl o • + bcT it IS S + > 11 ^ ycxrd penalty/ Attracts All Skill Levels Monday, September 22 marks the first day of entries for the Texas A&M Intramural Handball Singles Tournament. This compet ition annually attracts handball en thusiasts ranging from highly skill ed (Class A) to recreationally- oriented (Class C). Entries will remain open through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sep tember 30. The tournament com petition will begin at Monday, October 6. Last year’s All-University Champions were Jeff Bronson for the men and Susan Oakleaf for the women. Susan progressed from the IM Championship to become the Women’s Intercollegiate Na tional Champion last year. Rule Changes Highlight Football Officials Meeting Veteran fourth-year official Scott Lane explains proper positioning mechanics dur ing a recent flag football officials clinic. Scott is our “Be Our Guest” celebrity this week and can pick up his card at the IM office. Although the 1980 TAMU Flag Football season begins of ficially at 5:10 this afternoon, over 125 prospective officials have been undergoing exten sive training for the past two weeks. Flag football officials receive 4 hours of classroom training that include lectures, discus sions and question and answer sessions. These classroom ses sions stress rule interpretations and mechanics. Following the class work, three hours are spent on the field in mechanics clinics and practice scrimmages. As the season progresses, weekly meetings are held to improve knowledge and to create con sistency throughout the offi cials. Several rule changes will be implemented this year. In or der to create a positive atmos phere between teams and offi cials, team captains and mem bers are asked to be aware of the following new rules: The proper Identification Card must be presented to the official in order to compete. A fee slip and driver’s license is not proper ID for intramural contestants. Any team who is not ready to play by 10 after the hour will be penalized in 10 minute periods. If a team is not ready to play at game time, the ball and choice of goal will be awarded to the team ready to play. At 13 minutes af ter the hour, they will be penalized by moving the ball to midfield with the team present in posses sion. At 16 after the hour, they will be penalized one twenty yard penetration and at 19 after the hour the team present will be awarded 8 points. At twenty after the hour, the game will be forfeited. On punts, the kicker must kick the ball within 25 sec onds from the time the ball is declared ready to play. Also on punts, a minimum of three offensive and three defensive players must be on one knee at the line of scrimmage fac ing the line until after the ball is kicked. • During extra point tries, penalties shall be assessed as if the 5 yard line was the goal line. • In CO-REG play, a max imum of three men and three women may play at anytime. A final reminder to all partic ipants, ignorance of the rules is no excuse. Be familiar with these changes as well as all the rules. ■i—