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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1980
Opinion
By Rick Stolle
Ags finally get it together
You can please some of the people some of the time. And there are
those you will never please any of the time.
As the crowd in the stadium roared for David Beal Saturday, there
were some true-blue, never-say-die fans in the crowd still cheering for
Mike Mosley. Not that Mosley was out on the field for long and despite
what Beal did or what most of the crowd thought, the diehards where
still cheering deliriously for number 11.
Third and 16. “C’mon Wilson, lets see Mosley!” Beal hits for 17.
“Pass Wilson, Mosley can do it, its only third and two. ” Beal runs for
eight. When Beal went out with muscle cramps in the fourth quarter,
Mosley came in, yet he could not move the team. The Mosley suppor
ters were yelling the loudest. Beal came back in, moved the team and
the Mosley people shut up for about two minutes. Of course, every
body is entitled to their opinion.
I think the Ags should stick with what works. Since Beal can move
the team, he deserves to be starting. Move Mosley to flanker or
split-end where he can use that tremendous speed of his. He is too
good an athlete to be sitting on the bench. He is simply at the wrong
position. Mosley s ability is tremendous and Wilson needs to take
advantage of it.
Beal is not flashy, fast or fancy. Yet, he has that intangible something
that makes a football team go. He is a leader, a thinker and a doer.
Above all, he is a winner. He has a winning attitude and the charisma to
make the team go when they need to.
It was a different team that took the field Saturday. They wanted to
play and showed it. The shake-up of the week before actually brought
the team together. It had a personality completely different from the
team that had taken the field two weeks ago.
The line blocked well for most of the game. The defense came
together to take advantage of the turnovers that the Tech offense
presented them with. For the first time in the 1980 season, the Aggies
looked like a team. Saturday’s game was a team win with players who
shone and even glittered. Yet, without the others on the field, the stars
of Saturday’s game could not have performed as well as they did.
Beal won the chance to start against the Houston Cougars. He
proved himself to all who attended the game, even to the diehard
fans who would not believe in him. But perhaps most important of
all, David Beal proved it to himself.
Final Major
League
Leaders
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Batting Average— Buckner, Chi .324; Her
nandez, St.L. .321; Templeton, St.L. .319;
Cedeno, Hou .309; McBride Phi .309.
Home Buns — Schmidt, Phil 48; Horner, Atl
35; Murphy, Atl 33; Baker, LA and Carter, Mtl
29.
Buns Batted In — Schmidt, Phil 121; Hen
drick, StL 109; Garvey, LA 106; Carter, Mtl
101; Hernandez, St.L 99.
Stolen Bases — LeFlore, Mtl 97; Moreno, Pitt
96; Collins, Cin 79; Scott, Mtl 63; Richards, SD
61.
Wins — Carlton, Phil 24-9; Niekro, Hou 20-12;
Bibby, Pitt 19-6; Reuss, LA 18-6; Ruthven, Phil
17-10.
Earned Bun Average — Sutton, LA 2.21; Carl
ton, Phil 2.34; Reuss, LA 2.52; Blue, SF 2.97;
Zachry, NY 3.00.
Strikeouts — Carlton, Phil 286; Ryan, Hou
200; Soto, Cin 182; Niekro, Atl 176; Blyleven,
Pitt 168.
Saves — Sutter, Chi 28; Hume, Cin 25; Fin
gers, SD 23; Camp, Atl and Allen, NY 22.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Batting Average— G. Brett KC .390; Cooper
Mil .352; Dilone Cle .341; Rivers Tex .333.
Home Buns — Oglivie, Mil and Jackson, NY
41; Thomas, Mil 38; Armas, Oak 35; Murray,
Balt 32.
Buns Batted In — Cooper, Mil 122; G.Brett,
KC and Oglivie, Mil 118; Oliver, Tex 117;
Murray, Balt 115.
Stolen Bases — Henderson, Oak 100; Wilson,
KC 78; Dilone, Clev 61; Bumbry, Balt and
Cruz, Sea 44.
Wins — Stone, Balt 25-7; John, NY and Norris,
Oak 22-9; McGregor, Balt 20-8; Leonard, KC
20-11; Barker, Clev and Langford, Oak 19-12.
Earned Bun Average — May, NY 2.47; Nor
ris, Oak 2.54; Bums, Chi 2.84; Keough, Oak
2.95; Gura, KC 2.96.
Strikeouts — Barker, Clev 187; Norris, Oak
180; Guidry, NY 166; Bannister, Sea 155;
Leonard, KC 154.
Saves — Quisenberry, KC and Gossage, NY
33; Farmer, Chi 30; Stoddard, Balt 26; Burg-
meier, Bos 24.
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Texas, Oklahoma
to battle Saturday
Playoffs may force late start for Ags
United Press International
HOUSTON — The win by the
Houston Astros over the Los Angeles
Dodgers in the National League di
visional playoff game Monday raised
the spectre of late-night college foot
ball in the Astrodome next Saturday.
If the best-of-five Houston-
Philadelphia NL championship
series goes four games, the fourth
game will be played in the Astro
dome next Saturday at 3:15 p.m.
But the Texas A&M-Houston foot
ball game will also be played in the
Astrodome that evening and was ori
ginally scheduled to start at 7:30
p.m.
Since it takes about four hours to
convert the floor of the stadium from
a baseball field to a football field, the
football game could not start until
the late evening.
“We are going to advertise the
game for 10:30 p.m.,” said a spokes
man for the Houston athletic depart
ment.
When asked what might happen if
the baseball game went into extra
innings or took an unexpectedly long
time to play, the Houston spokes
man said:
“We haven’t even thought about
that. ”
The Aggies take a 2-2 record into
the contest, while the Cougars have
slumped to a surprisingly low 1-3 re
cord.
United Press International
AUSTIN — Oklahoma’s 82-42
romp over Colorado in the highest
scoring game in NCAA history de
monstrates the kind of challenge un
defeated Texas faces Saturday in
attempting to stop the Sooners’ high
powered offense. Longhorn coach
Fred Akers said Monday.
“It looked like a track meet,” Ak
ers said of the Oklahoma victory.
“They must have had to change
shoes by the third quarter, it looked
like they wore those out.”
Akers paused when a reporter
asked him for an appraisal of the Col
orado defense, then replied, “They
weren’t real good.
“But some teams couldn’t go out
and score 82 points against air. They
(Oklahoma) have some real speed. I
can’t even remember when we had a
guy go for 80 yards, or 60, or 50.”
While the Sooners were running
over Colorado, Texas defeated Rice
41-28 in a Southwest Conference
battle in Houston that Akers said was
the roughest contest physically the
Longhorns have had in four straight
Texas built up an early lead in that
game, then had to guard against a
Rice comeback that was sparked by
Longhorn errors.
“Rice fought very hard,” Akers
said. “They just wouldn’t stay dead.
That was the closest runaway I’ve
ever seen.”
Although Akers indicated im
mediately after the Rice win that
Texas had escaped without any signi
ficant injuries to key players, his
appraisal was different Monday.
Linebacker Bruce Scholtz suf
fered injuries to his hand and ankle
and may not be ready for the Oklaho
ma game. His backup, Larry Twar-
dowski, injured his foot and is on
crutches, and the third teamer at
that position, Bert Vasut, dislocated
his shoulder.
“We’re going to have to do some
shuffling,” Akers said. The most
likely prospect to fill in at the strong
linebacker position is Mark Martig-
noni, who has been the backup at
another linebacker position.
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