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irg Tt s r Page 14 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1981 Sports Wilson says Kubink s status^ stilly unknown Ags, ’Horns hurting but ready The Best Pizza In Town! Honest WE DELIVER 846-3412 Mr. Gatti's Pizzamat AFTER 5 P.M. — MIN. $5.00 ORDER Whoever Said "Perm" Means "Frizz"? Let us set the record straight about curl We can achieve the look you'd love with a Redken perm Our professional analysis shows which Redken® perm to use. From there on, you and your stylist design the finished look — from curly to soft body. Call today. If you're mEDKEN ALBERTS HAIR DESIGN WOODSTONE CENTER Harvey Rd. (Hwy. 30) Open at 9:00 696-3003 Mondav-Saturday By RITCHIE PRIDDY Sports Editor Throw out the records, The University of Texas is coming to town and records or bowl invita tions don’t mean a thing. Texas, 8-1-1 and heading for the Cotton Bowl, faces the 6-4 Inde pendence Bowl-bound Aggies tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Kyle Field. The game, rich with tradition, takes on a different meaning to both teams. The Aggies have won the past two years, 13-7 and 24-14. No Aggie team has ever been able to beat the Longhorns three years in a row and the ’Horns are not ready to see that happen. Injuries, like so many A&M- Texas games of the past will play a role in the game. The Aggie injury situation has improved somewhat and every one should be healthy with the possible exception of quarterback Gary Kubiak. Kubiak remains a question mark for the Aggies. The junior quarterback suffered a slight shoulder injury on his passing arm against TCU and still could miss the game. Kubiak, however, said his arm has been feeling better and, if there’s any way possible, he will start against Texas and play 100 percent healthy. Head coach Tom Wilson said that his quarterback status is still up in the air but he is confident of Kubiak’s ability to fight off the in jury. “I’m going to say that knowing Gary, with the mental toughness that he has and the ‘want to that he has to participate in this game, •that he’s going to be ready.” In case Kubiak is not ready to play Wilson will alternate John Elkins and Marvin Wesley at quarterback. Safety Billy Cannon, lineback er Mike Little and running back Johnny Hector were held out of the TCU game because of minor injuries and will be ready to play tomorrow. Up until now the Aggies have been, for the most part, injury- free. However, Wilson said that changed with the TCU game as more than one player came limp ing off the field at one time or another. Besides Kubiak’s injury, Elkins suffered a mild concussion, as did AUTO«FIRE«LlFE •COMMERCIAL RON ALLEN, AGENT 707 TEXAS AVENUE SUITE 110-A 696-9351 JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS PRICES REDUCED ON ENTIRE INVENTORY! 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Although not suffering any per manent damage the injury ended Brown’s football career. He will remain in the hospital in Fort Worth for about three weeks. Safety Jeff Farrar said, on be half of the team, that anyone wishing to send a letter or card to Brown may send it to him at the following address: Chris Brown, Fort Worth Medical Center Room 320, 1300 W. Cannon, Fort Worth, TX 76104. “It would be great to let him know that the 12th Man was really behind him,” he said. The Texas Longhorns are faced with a much more serious injury situation, teamwise, than are the Aggies. The Horns lost their starting defensive tackles Kenneth Sims and Mark Weber to injuries a few weeks ago and will have to start sophomores Ralph Darnell and John Haines. In addition, running back Rod ney Tate will not play Thursday because of a deep thigh bruise. Listed as questionable are wide receiver Maurice MeCloney and defensive backs Mike Hatchett and Bobby Johnson. The Longhorns are coming into the game with the number two defense in the nation behind Pitt sburgh. The Horns are giving up an average of 234.4 yards per game, 96.8 on the ground. Through 20 games the Lon ghorn defense has not yielded a 100-yard game to any individual. The success of the Texas de fense has largely been due to the efforts of middle linebacker Doug Shankle, Sims and safety Willim Graham. Shankle leads the team in tack les with 116, 86 unassisted. Sims has 110 (81 unassisted) and Gra ham has 104 (81 unassisted). In addition, linebacker Jeff Leiding has 98 tackles. The defensive line, although young (two juniors and two sopho mores) averages 6-4 and 248. The linebackers appear to be the strong point of the Texas de fense now that Sims and Weber are gone. Bruce Scholtz, Shankle and Lieding make up the line backing corps and have taken up the slack since Sims and Weber have left. The Baylor Bears have had the most success against the Horns, rolling up 345 yards, despite los ing 34-12. In that game the Texas secondary came up with six inter ceptions. The Aggies are averagingfj yards per game in total offenses have the chance to become: most productive Aggie teas history. I Behind a solid offensive lire I Aggies have built a solid mf ( 4--^ game, averaging just over yards per outing. Several times this seasos line has dominated the defe enabling running backs and Earnest Jackson to n 860 and 716 yards, respecSn Running hack Thomas Su is the third leading rusheri 327 yards. Kubiak has become one si leading passers in the ig averaging 133.2 yards perp He’s thrown 11 touchdown^ and has a 54.5 percentcompe record. Split end Mike Whitwelli leading receiver with 25 cl for 633 yards and three downs. Hector is next witl ceptions for 214. The Aggies have a scoring age of 23.4 points pergamei holding opponents to 16,1 Texas, on the other hand averaged 22.7 points whiles ) V SHI ; up only 13.3 per game u h The Longhorn rushing lead by tailback A.J. jam has managed 226 yards per; Jones has 834 yards on 190c for a 4.4 average, but has bothered by nagging i»K“' ‘ John Walker, often subbig ...• Jones has 536 yards on 118(3 ! r n B; here is nksgivi imings risini and pa Cannon charged with assault pleads guilty, pays fine By RITCHIE PRIDDY Sports Editor Sophomore safety Billy Cannon was involved in a fight last Thurs day around midnight with a Sam Houston State University student in a Huntsville fast food restaurant and, according to The Associated Press, was charged with assault. According to police reports Cannon shoved Don Slocum, a junior music major, through a plate glass window after an appa rent argument. Slocum received a “busted lip and knot on his head. ” In addition, a cut on his leg required 18 stitch es to close. Cannon cut his shoulder and received 14 stitches. He was held out of action in last Saturday’s 37-7 win over TCU but is scheduled to start tomorrow. According to witnesses Cannon then began to walk off, ignoring a security officers warnings to the contrary. Around 3:30 a.m. Friday morn ing Cannon turned himself in to Huntsville police where he was charged with assault and evading arrest. The evading arrest charge was dropped and Cannon pleaded guilty to the assault charge. peKwa GJWS)€H CHlKCSC XOOHH BUFFET *3™ Monday thru Friday — All You Can Eat! SUNDAY EVENING BUFFET All You Can EatS From <» to 8 p.m. SPECIAL DINNER *» 95 Peking - Szechwan & Cantonese Dishes • Take Out Ordei r > OPEN DAILY: — 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. /mm /// 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. “ '' 1313 S. College Ave. 822-7661 He was fined $155 in court costs according to the Huntsville Item and placed on one year deferred abjudication. In addition, he was ordered to pay Slocum $430 and the restaurant $350 for damages. Teammate John Kellen was also involved in the incident and was charged with public intoxication and fined $106. Disciplinary ac tion has been taken against Kellon and he will not be allowed to play Thursday. “I have found out that he was charged with public intoxication and that obviously is an infraction of our rules,” Wilson told the AP. “I am also aware of the Billy Cannon situation-that he was in a fight and was fined.” “We went up to Huntsville and went over to the Jack-in-the-Box and Billy got into a little scuffle,” Kellen said. “It’s really been blown out of proportion “Disciplinary action has taken against me,” he won’t be able to suit up Texas game.” Kellen said that actii taken against him because sed curfew and the others8i Contrary to police reports non said the incident ot around 11 p.m Thursday Huntsville police, howevei the time was “around mb later. 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