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4 Texas A&M Flying Club COME LEARN TO FLY WITH US « Interested people are urged to attend our meeting at the airport clubhouse Tuesday, August 28. for further Info, call Thomas Graves at 764-7349 Tomorrow Night 7:30 P.M. Page 14S/The BattaKon/Wednesday. August 22.1964 LOUPOT’S HAS USED BOOKS! SHOP EARLY & SAVE WITH USED BOOKS FROM LOUPOT’S Why pay more? ^LOUPOT'SH BOOKSTORE Plenty of perking behind the store NORTHGATE (At the corner across from the Post Office) ULTIMATE CLASS. Lxperusuc*! it at \\ akleu ToimI. W *1 D# N ROAD ArA»TMENTS «Sr» ■ AtaNwt rtarK mw m aS blr ksXMrv bvtMf With mnbwa starting at takSMi.YMx >«M-h a* a nri«at< dryer romMcttoMt arid Urge art CaS or viaM WakWn P«md tadav and raperMrmv an •acMmg net* WiMtvIr tbs* tali' For boat M-ioctawi Walden P I'ond 700 fm is is •earn udlKM 2818at Hollmian Developed by Guy kin* Enterpriser Incorpatrd Los Angeles still AFC’s best LOS ANC.tLKS, (^k( — After the Li is Angetr* Raadrrs Vi-9 paw mg of Washington in the Super Bowl hut January Raaderr owner Al Davis was heard talking dsnaaty. And why no* - Ba« k-to-hiM k c ham paonships are all that's left lor Davis team, which already owns three Su per Bowl tides and a court virturv against the whole league The l^tM Raidets are certaml> good enough to repeat, putting • hem m the t lass ot the Creeti Ha\ Pat kers ol the late I'tHth. the Miami Dolphins of the earfv 70s and the Pinshurgh Steelers of the late 70s "The success of the Raider s Ues in the future." Davis said. The Raiders defense will be stronger with the corort^odi tan dem of Lester Haves and Mike Has ties in tat t tor r whole seasmi Offensively, running bat k Mart us Allen ftcures to have a better regular seastm behind the deepest line in t< Mithall and strong-armed Mart Wil son could be ready u» take over for erratic V»-veai -old Jim Plunkett Replat >ng retired trutside line hatker Ted Hendricks at linebacker should be the only problem for Raiders Coach Tom rlores The only thing vou can do to be successful is to repeat." Flores said “There are only two wavs to g»». re peat or go down That's a tremen- dt>us amount of pressure, no doufM ahtNit that" Los Angeles top < tMnpetttion in the AFC will ctitne fr«*m San Iheg<> in hs own division. Miami and mi proved New Fngland in the fast anti stubborn Pittsburgh in the Ontral T I be Chargers have adtied must le and experience this year, acquiring butido/ei (ullbat k Pete JohnstHi. de- tenuve linemen Abdul Salaam and linebacker Brian Kellev Dan fouts continued to rack up passing vard- Las Antrim' tap cam peti- tian in the AFC will came Irttm San Diego in its own division. Miami and im proved Sew England in the East and stubborn Pittsburgh in the Ontral. * age when be alt by last year and Air (4»rvetl should fls high again with fouls looking to tight end KeUen Winslow and wide receivers Wes < handler and Charlie Joiner. Caiarll Chuck knox and rookie running hat k Curt Warner turned Seattle around last vear. unexpec tedly taking the Seahawks to the con ference title game The Seahawks must till some holrs in the secondary due to I'SfT. defections and open their their passing game more be hind Jim krieg to repeat as a playoff team Steve {urgent (72 catches last vear) has a 91 game receiving streak alive. Kansas City improved Ks passing game ereativ last vear behind Quar terback Bill kennev and Pro Bowl receiver Curios (-arson Now coach john Mackovtt hopes running hat k Ken lucy. plu< ked from the I'SFL, can till a gap in the ground game If he dties, and defensive ends Mike Bell and An Still both stay healths to terrorise opposing passers, the Chiefs con improve on their 6-10 mark Denver's 9-7 retord and plavoff sun us was a mystery last vear. since the Broncos gave up 25 more points than they scored. W ith Steve IVBerg gone, (hach Dan Reeves has little veteran insurance for J«>hn f.lwav s inconsistency. Perhaps Elwav will fkiuiish from not looking over his shoulder but the Broncos lost the heart of their defense when line backer Randy Gratbshar reared In the Earn, perennial power amt won nine of 10 games last with Dan Man no as the quarterback en route to leading 12 4 mark. Coach Don Shi can’t wan to utilise Marino with k vear undl-r has heft and he hopes draft choice* Jackie Shipp and Jav Brophy will aBeviair his linebacking problem New England should be good enough to challenge the Dolphins I "he Par not* hone top draft choice Irving Fryar will free Stanley Mor gan nom constant double-coverage and open up the passing game Fryar wiH miss the start of the sea son. however, after suffering a rib injury Tony Eason may pressure Steve Grogan at quarterback, with Tony < -ohms leading an impressive group of running backs Veteran line backer Steve Nelson and Pro BoWI tornerhack Raymond Clavborn lead an experienced defense. Alter a house cleaning that in cluded quarterback Richard Todd. New York Jets Coach Joe Walton wtU live or die with inexperienced quarterback ken O’Bnen. O'Bt'ien will benefit from handing off to Freeman McNeil hut the Jets’ re ceiver situation is up in the air with Wesley Walker holding out and Lam Jones injured. Defensive end Mark (•astmeau is a vicious pass rusher hut will miss teammate Joe Klecko. who wiH miss 4-to-6 weeks with a ham string injury The Coks hope to give I ndianapo Its fans a good show while getting their firit) up ckae look at pro foot ball. I he bac kfield of Curtis Dm key and Randy McMillan is the strength of the offense. Outside linebacker Vernon Maxwell had a strong rookie year, helping the young Coks to a 7- 9 mark last year Kicker Raul Allegrr was the team’s top scorer as a rookie Consolidated hopes to contend for district title By Dolores Hajovsky Krpttrtei The A&M (.omolidated Iigerv are depending on si/e and speed to lead district I I-A AAA this yeat. said (•eorge laisatk. head coach for the iigers "We are going to take one game at a time to find out who can get alter it and who can t." Losack said. One thing that could fiecome a ptof4em is the number of players that do not have varsity experience, he saMf Most of last year s |unior varsitv will comprise this year's varsitv. l-osack explained. Returning letterman James Cio- forth, quartet fiac k, said they ate big get than last vear and it looks good There is a lot of spirit among die placets and everybody is trying, he said. losack c.t*d so far the frcHtt line will include: Regan l.|uitgdahl, six foot-three inch at IH5 (totindv. Hu fMe Hearne. MX-ltMM-one-inc h at 225 (•ounds and Roh le/yuvki six-toot- • Hie-tmh at 225 pounds I hese tday- ers have the physical affilitv ancf de termination to do wHI. fie said. Losac k is also counting tm Melvin Christian. five-fcMH ten iim h at 175 pounds, as flanket and free safety, and kesiti Huddleston, six-foot at 1**0 pounds, as linebacker and full back. Retutiiing letterman Lavne (a»le. e'enter and defensive lac kte. said the (flavs are tunning good and the de fense is taking shape. I he nine returning letlermen are: kesiti Banks, tornerhack and tail- hack. Dan Bowers, offensive line. Spencer Caldwell, sttong safety and tailback; lavne (iole. center and de fensive tackle; James (aiforth, qm^ terhack; Huhie Hearne, defensive 41 id offensive tackle: kevm Heri tage. linebacker and tightend. Joe klus/c/yhskt. noseguard. and Sc- dritk I hotn(»v*n. tightend and de fensive emf. Ibis vear (Consolidated added Brian C-omo I tom Bra/osport and Mike Mullins from Angieton to the t^iat lung staff the pre-season scrimmages will he on Auc. 25 against Waco High, atwl Aug 50 against Befton larsoi k said after »he scrimmages the final team w8f fie formed but throughout ihe vear players will still be moved around. I ast vear Consohdated was 5-5. “This year Waller and Tom hall will he the teams to beat" Losack said ip to C this year. The Bulldogs have been Class AAA leaders for the past five years with a winning record of 10-2- 1 lab vear. Since I9BO they have a combined record of 48-9-7. The 1 omball Cougars took the lead with a 8-2-1 record last season This year Tomall is solid again, Lo sack said. The Cougars took the lead with an 8-2-1 record last season They have six returning offensive starters and two returning defensive starters. 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