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Texas A&M The Battalion Sports Tuesday, December 13,1983/The Battalion/Page 11 vn ent will Inesday mmun- izens in ion, call Center, lunteers ring the mepeo- tied 748 he error Groups r Volun- ter, and dividual n volun- 50-9293, ale xchange ised tex- ich boot ll be sold toneyfor ormer Texas Tech coach Dockery dies in crash United Press International LAWRENCEBURG, Term. — Mem phis State football coach and former Texas Tech head coach Rex Dockery and three other persons flying through rain and fog to a football banquet were killed Monday night in the crash of a twin- engine airplane in rural Lawrence County. “Coach Dockery was on the airplane and there were four fatalities,” said Fed eral Aviation Agency supervisor Alex McCleod at Memphis. McCleod said he did not know the names of the other victims. The Dockery plane slammed into a isture shortly before Dockery was to ive been the featured speaker at the Lawrenceburg Quarterback Club’s annual awards banquet. Believed to be the plane with Dockery were a mem- berof his staff, one of his players, and the pilot. Jim Thacker, spokesman for the Ten nessee Emergency Management Agency, ' aid the twin-engine Piper Seneca car rying the Dockery party crashed about 5:30 p.m. 13 miles north of Lawrence- burg near the Maury County border. “It was already dark, and it was foggy with a misty rain falling — pretty poor weather for flying,” said Lawrenceburg police officer Jackie Miles. “It was a mess (the crash site). “It was at the edge of a field and a tree line. It looked like they came straight down into the field. The plane was de molished. The parts and pieces were all there in one area. It was broken up real bad.” Miles said four bodies were pulled from the wreckage. Dockery had been head coach at Memphis State since Dec. 17, 1980. He previously served as head coach at Texas Tech and held assistant coaching posi tions at Tennessee, Georgia Tech, and Vanderbilt. John Majors, head football coach at the University of Tennessee, called Dockery a warm, fine person and a fine football coach. “I’m very saddened by this because I liked him very much,” Majors said. “All coaches and Volunteers are saddened by this.” The crash cast a pall over the Quarter back Club’s banquet to honor recipients of its Coach of the Year and Player of the Year awards. The club continued its banquet, which had started by the time word got back to the school that a plane had gone down and it was believed to be the one carrying Dockery. “We were halfway through the ban quet before anything was suspected,” said Jim Thompson, football coach at Lawrence County High. “We had someone waiting at the air port for them (the Dockery party) and the people we had waiting called back to say that Dockery had not shown and there was a plane down,” Thompson said. Dockery started his coaching career at as head coach at Harriman, Tenn. High School in 1966. He later coached at Mor ristown East High School before starting his college coaching career in 1970 as a wide receiver coach under Bill Battle at Tennessee. Dockery moved to Georgia Tech in 1972 as offensive line coach under offen sive coordinator Steve Sloan and fol lowed Sloan to Vanderbilt and Texas Tech. Dockery served as offensive coor dinator at both schools. He got his first head coaching job at Tech in 1978 when Sloan left Tech to go to Ole Miss. ;tennarv ents one 4 Aggie- 'ill be the Battalion nze ic bt ematiotul 4 - Aids’ enholnii rching to pay dowboys, Landry regroup ollowing loss to Redskins United Press International DALLAS — The Dallas Cow- ys performance against the ashington Redskins is one :y would just as soon forget, t it is one that coach Tom ndry probably will not let m forget. Landry seemed honestly per- xed during the first post- me moments last Sunday, ing to figure out why a team thought was so good could y so ineffectively in a game at meant so much. The chief reason, which he s quick to admit, had to do :h the fact the Redskins were ebetter football team. But that not change the feeling, at it in Landry’s mind, that his arges were not emotionally set play in a big contest. “This was probably the worst me we’ve had in a long time,” ndry said following his team’s •10 loss to the Washington - f , idskins. “I don’t remember a utcomeol me ^ y ear l j ial we j iac | suc h Washinfpjdk of real good rhythm. “We were playing for the how fiardi ; in this® i, press aidf ongressi® issistant®- ie task of is found* t Washing ,d the introy^f sents l in Conpts ; to worst' irse for f* s ’s 3M0W m Dallaj' ingaPf Stafflf®. [igureof the plf; 1 Ms- W ty championship. If you don’t get ready to play for this game, well.” Landry let that tought trail off without a finish, but there were plenty of players to pick up the thought. “They just beat the stink out of us, really,” said cornerback Ron Fellows, who was beaten by Washington flanker Art Monk for the 43-yard touchdown pass that broke the game open in the third quarter. “They came out playing tough and we just weren’t ready for them. You can tell by the score we weren’t ready for them. I think our guys were relaxed before the game. They were just looking at it as another game to play — not as a championship.” Wide receiver Butch Johnson summed his feelings up in a hurry. “I’m disgusted,” he said. “That’s the only way I can put it. They whipped us all over the field. It’s a credit to them. They are an excellent club and playing very well. “But I don’t think you should take this for a playoff game.” The fact that Dallas had a spot in the playoffs despite the drub bing from Washington was ab out the only consolation the team had. “We’ve got next week and the week after that,” said linebacker Anthony Dickerson. “I wanted to win, of course. ButT am not The TI Professional Computer Gives You More For The Money Tear and Compare. Compared to the leading competitors, TEXAS the TI Professional Computer gives you more for the money. INSTRUMENTS Tear out this chart and compare. TI offers you: I professionai computer Twice the standard floppy disk data storage (320K). r Two additional oroarammable function kevs (a total of 12) for simpler, easier use. i Software for virtually every professional and small business need. 40-50% better monitor resolution for sharper displays (720 x 300 pixels). Capability for graphics with 8 colors simultaneously, instead of only 4. 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The appointments were approved in a telephone poll of the state Col lege Board, which is expected to formalize the hirings at its next regular meeting. “Two outstanding men will be joining the football coaching staff,” Bellard also a former Texas A&M coach said. “Coach Melvin Robertson will begin em ployment immediately as defen sive coordinator. Coach Tom Goode will become offensive coordinator on Jan. 2, 1984. Coach Goode will begin his duties just as soon as possible fol lowing Alabama’s participation in the Sun Bowl. “I feel that both of these men will have a very positive effect on the future of Mississippi State football.” Robertson, 53, was an assis tant coach and defensive coordi nator at Texas A&M from 1972- 78, serving as assistant head- coach from 1975-78. He returns to coaching after being in pri vate business since 1978. Goode, 45, is an MSU gradu ate and former All- Southeastern Conference cen ter on the 1960 team. He was an assistant head coach from 1978- 82 at Missisippi, before joining Coach Ray Perkins for the 1983 season at Alabama. Goode and Robertson have been hired after the resignation earlier this month of three assis tant coaches — offensive line Coach Barry Wilson, defensive coordinator Marc Dove and offensive backfield Coach Gary Mullins. DePaul, UH gain in poll; Kentucky holds to first going to cry about it, because we are still in the playoffs. That’s where you make your money, in the playoffs. “They just beat us this time. Our record is 12-3 and that’s the best it’s been since I have been here. I am not ashamed of that and I am not ashamed of this team. They just outmanned us in the game and that’s it.” “This wasn’t a playoff game,” echoed defensive tackle Randy White. “We still have that ahead of us. It would have been nice for us to have that week off and have the home-field advantage during the playoffs. But now, we’ll just have to take the other route.” The Cowboys will host a wild card game December 26 unless the New York Giants can pull off a huge upset next Saturday and beat the .Redskins. Even then Dallas would have to regroup and defeat the San Francisco 49ers in Candlestick Park next Sunday night to claim the NFC East title. United Press International NEW YORK — The begin ning of the end has gone quite well for DePaul Coach Ray Meyer. Meyer, who will retire after the season, has seen his team win its first five games and go from unranked in pre-season to No. 4 in the UPI Coaches’ ratings. Meyer will end a 42-year career at DePaul, but he has never won an NCAA championship. Ahead of DePaul are No. 1 Kentucky, No. 2 North Carolina and No. 3 Houston. Kentucky held the top spot, although the Tar Heels are gaining ground. 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