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sports Battalion/Pag! January 27, TANK MFNAMARA , naamv people uj[\o UbXG by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds PDOTSAU- ARE RTCCEP TO l46^R MUCU MORE ABOUT IT tM^kJ TVlEV' vVjIAMT ta ESPECIALLY AT TM/S TiME OETttQ V^AR. TMl^ vVlLL ATTeMPT 1DCEIE«v\ikJc « ^FE L£VEL FOR EXPOSURE ID AWftEMT MEMTIOKfe OF TME^UfO? 60U^, OR AM^.... (continued from page 13) “The fact that he taught foot tauent to ball and played football ... as a High school friend says Bryant a ‘natural winner’ United Press International FOR DYCK, Ark. — A former high school teammate of Paul “Bear" Bryant, the winningest college football coach of all time, said the coach was a “natural winner” determined not to lose. “I didn't really know him till he showed up here around 1927,” said Clark Jordan, a high school teammate of Bryant. “I was a year or two older than him. He had all the determination in the world. He has always been a natural winner. He just wasn't going to lose.” Bryant, (i9, died of a heart attack Wednesday at a Tusca loosa, Ala., hospital. In his 38- year college football coaching career, he won 323 games. Raised in the country about seven miles east of Fordyce in the Smith Chapel community, Brvant ventured into the south- 4r Msc BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE Ij e c^fricari c Americari c Drama Company's ulltp* TKi nq. Jc. n ^ o o fc> e a 'FT a q It l production of ' fi e » i c b c Douq( , ass. ^ ^ u ^ < i q I o n . CTitglt Jolin. i k go ^auh d e » i <t . o 11 hP n tlh,i huh a P c o f m QC 0 1 central Arkansas town and even tually made a name for himself on the Fordyce Redbug football team. Jordan said Bryant’s death Wednesday came as no surprise to him. He knew the Alabama coach, who retired at the end of the last football season, had been in bad health. “I told all of them herein For dyce that I knew from year be fore last he wouldn't have more than two more vears left,” Jor dan said. “He knew he was all out. But he had so much guts and determination that he was going to stay in there. I could tell time was running out. I think he could, too.” Jordan said he last spoke with Bryant Jan. 15 and told him he probably could not make it out to Alabama in early Februarv to goon their annual bird-hunting trip, an excursion thev had made the past two vears. “I said I didn't think I was going to be up to going out there,” Jordan said. “He said he didn't blame me a bit. But he said if I wasn't coming out here, ‘I'm going to come see you.' He said I could expect him any time.” Jordan recalled his days with Bryant — even the time the “Bear,” a “pretty good-sized boy” of about 1 7, agreed to wres tle a real bear for $5. He said two men came through Fordyce with a sideshow and challenged peo ple to wrestle the muzzled bear. Bryant accepted the challenge. “They were going to give him $5 if he stayed in there two mi nutes with the bear," Jordan said. “Five dollars. That was some money in those days. Paul was that type. He said he could do it. “The bear had a muzzle on it. They got in there and wrestled, and that muzzle came off. (Bryant) jumped off that stage and ran outside. He stayed until the muzzle came off. When he saw that muzzle come off, he left.” Jordan said: “He deserved all the credit and honor you can put on a man. He's just a great guv. And I feel sure he was the best friend I had left. I'm sure going to miss him. No doubt about it — he was a wonderful guv.” way of life was a great thing. To him, life was a football game. You have to play just as hard in life 25 years after you’re out of school as you do on the football field. “He was the type of individual that you could still have the same rapport with even after 25 years,” he said. “He’s just a great, great individual. His pas sing is really a great loss. He real ly had a tremendous capacity for a lot of things.” John David Crow, the Aggies’ all-America halfback in 1957 and the only Heisman Trophy winner in Texas A&M history, expressed deep sorrow about the death of a close friend. “It’s a ... it’s a very difficult thing for me to say anything ab out,” Crow said. “It hurts so bad to lose someone that has meant so much to me and my family. 1 feel like ... I’m very fortunate because I have written him and told him how much I loved him and how much I appreciated what he has done for me and my family. “It’s a tragic loss for me. Peo ple have been calling me to talk about the football aspect of it, but it’s a lot more personal than that for me. I’ve thought about taking the phone off the hook, but I don’t think he would have wanted me to do that. He always told me that when you get again. Billy Pickard served}! dent trainer for the team during two of Bns sons as head coach Aggies’ head trainers! said his experienceswitl! have helped him during his career. “At the outset, I’dla I was fortunate enougli visited with him Jan. Angeles at the Amei ball Coaches' Associai ing,” Pickard said. “Hi v ivid recollection was two vears I spentwithkH student trainer) have.® tionablv helped me prrPf think that’s had a lotto® whv I’ve lieen here fori® “I think the mostren^N tfung about that time® Junction is the successraH people who wereoutthew who made it through.!® we’ve got a vice-admiri® N.iw . bank presidential):® pendent oit operators:® gionp \II thosewhonui® a sut i ess now, and Iwoui® to say that I'm in tlitH category. “Coach Bryant andli close relationship while here as a student,” he looked after his son* were at Junction. Thes question that evervone vious of his success, and think his record wil again. Arkansas stays ste behind red-hot If “STUDENTS” Cash for College We guarantee to lead you to money for school. Send S.A.S.E. & $ 2 (X) to: A.G.S. P.O. Box 96617 Houston, Texas 77213-6617 United Press International The Arkansas Razorbacks had a hard time escaping Luti with a victory Wednesday night, as was evident by the final® And the Houston Cougars had their troubles with theRict| as well', which was not evident by the final score. The Southwest Conference’s top two clubs both rolle Rod g with road victories Wednesday evening — both of them pidj ra j ne their 16th win of the season. ^ag Gm II F<M YOU MKQTMSfil ? A One-man Show Depcting Black Leaders T>e*toA«.e* Phillip €.Ulolker Th* e c 1 0 * €th«l Pills Walker FEBRUARY 1,1983 BsOOpm RUDDER FORUM $2 student $3 non-student Tickets MSC BOX OFFICE Carl Stevens SELLING SEMINAR is not full. Mardi Gras ’83 TOO 00 Sign up NOW LIMITED SPACE MSC Student Programs Office Sponsored by the MSC Travel Committee, 845-1515 We will still take reservations: Call 845-7616 for reservations Ninth-ranked Houston, unbeaten in seven SWC A gg^ claimed a 76-40 decision over Rice, but it took a suddenly®® second-half effort from seven-foot center Akeem Olaju*® make the eventual score one sided. The Cougars, playing for the first time since theirem® 15-point victory over Arkansas last weekend, found them® ahead by only five points five minutes deep in the second But finally Houston began to break away, Olaju won lead® charge with 20 points and eight rebounds. i Arkansas, meanwhile, let a 14-p<mit set nnd-half leadilifl and the Razorbacks were clinging to a mere two-pointadt® over Texas Tech with less than a minute to play. Two free throws each from Joe Kleine, Leroy Suttonandr Norton allowed the 1 Ith-ranked Razorbacks to score a (frit tory over the Red Raiders, who have been playing with on!® men on the roster since coach Gerald Myers kicked three SI off the club a month ago. fe:- In the only other conference game on the scheduleWednf RB night, the Baylor Bears ran off their most one-sided victo™" over Texas — a 76-43 decision that ended the Bears’ fourff losing streak. Arkansas raised its conference record to 6-1 (compared Houston’s 7-0) and Hogs’ coach Eddie Sutton wasgladiofr “It’s never easy to win here,” Sutton said. “We madeitte | ourselves. We were under control with a nine-point leadallial- then got it up to 14. But our turnovers started to harm “I don’t want to take anything away from Texas Tech,# They gave a great effort. There isn’t anyone on ourschednk* plays harder than Tech does.” rums min At Northgate Coes Italian! 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