Wednesday, January 23, 1985AThe Battalion/Page 9
NFL picks Hall of Famers
Staubach, Namath, Simpson top inductees
Assbciated Press
CANTON, Ohio — National
Football League Commissioner
Pete Rozelle, quarterbacks Joe
Namath and Roger Staubach,
running back OJ. Simpson and
old-timer Frank Gatski have been
named to the Pro Football Hall of
Fame, Pete Elliott, the shrine’s
executive director, announced
Tuesday.
The five will be inducted into
the Hall of Fame Aug. 3, prior to
the NF'L’s first 1985 exhibition
game between the Houston Oil
ers and New York Giants. Their
selections increase the shrine’s
membership to 128.
The ensnrinees were chosen
from an original list of 15 finalists
which had been cut to seven last
week. Failing to make it were
running back Paul Hornung and
quarterback Fran Tarkenton
from the final seven.
Simpson and Staubach were
nps
elected in their first year of eligi
bility, five seasons after their re
tirements in 1979. Old-timers
must have left the sport prior to
1960.
Rozelle, 58, has served as NFL
commissioner for the past 25
years after his tenure as general
manager of the Los Angeles
Rams. He is the third NFL com
missioner to be named to the Hall
of Fame, joining 1963 charter 1
members Joe Carr and Bert Bell.
Rozelle, a native of South Gate,
“This is something you
dream about. It’s fantas
tic. It’s good to have il
over with. It’s a tremen
dous feeling. I wish my
parents were alive to see
it. ’’— Roger Staubach
Calif., negotiated the first league
wide television contract in 1962,
handled the 1963 gambling scan
dal, directed an interleague war
with the old American Football
League that led to the current
merged alignment and devel-
opecl the Super Bowl.
Namath, 41, the first New
York Jets’ player to be selected, is
best remembered for his bold vic
tory prediction and performance
when the Jets beat the Baltimore
Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III in
1969. The University of Alabama
product, signed to a $400,000
contract with the Jets in 1965, be
came the first quarterback to
throw for 4,000 yards in one sea
son in 1967.
“He’s the greatest athlete I
ever coached,” the late Bear Bry
ant, Alabama’s coach, once said
of Namath, a native of Beaver
Falls, Pa.
In his 13 pro seasons, Namath,
the 1965 AFL Rookie of the
Year, had 1,886 completions for
27,663 yards and 173 touch
downs despite nagging knee inju
ries.
Staubach, 42, will join Bob
Lilly as the only Dallas Cowboys’
players in the Flail of Fame. Stau
bach, the 1963 Heisman I rophy
winner at Navy, began his NFL
career after four years of service,
including time in Vietnam.
In a nine-year period, Stau
bach played in six National Foot
ball Conference title games, lead
ing the Cowboys to four victories
and triumphs in Super Bowls VI
and XII. Flis career pass rating of
83.4 was the highest in NFL his
tory when he quit in 1979.
“This is something you dream
about,” Staubach said. “It’s fan
tastic.”
“It’s good to have it over with.
It’s just a tremendous feeling. I
wish my parents were alive to see
it.”
The 37-year-old Simpson, the
1968 Heisman Trophy winner at
the University of Southern Cali
fornia, became the first NP'L run
ning back to gain 2,000 yards
rushing in one season in 1973,
when he accounted for 2,003
yards with (he Buf falo Bills.
In 1 1 seasons with the San
Francisco 49ers and Bills, Simp
son accounted-foi 11,236 yards
rushing and a combined 14,368
yards.
A&M vs. Texas Tech:
a SWC hoop delight
By BRANDON BERRY
Sports Writer
When the Texas A&M men’s bas
ketball team hosts Texas Tech at
7:30 tonight, a game within a game
can be witnessed for the price of a
single ticket.
The 61st meeting of the two teams
( Tech holds a 31-29 series advan
tage) is also a game of important
numbers.
The Red Raiders are 4-1 in the
Southwest Conference and tied for
second place with Houston. The Ag
gies are 3-2 in the conference, after
beating TCU and Texas on the road,
and in sole possession of fourth
place.
The game is thus statistically im
portant.
The Aggies have not won a home
conference game this season. They
have lost 70-67 to Arkansas and 73-
60 to the No. 2 SMU Mustangs in the
usually friendly confines of G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
The game is thus emotionally im
portant.
And finally, Texas A&M Head
Basketball Coach Shelby Metcalf
said the game was vitally important
to the Ags chances of contending
with a tough upcoming schedule.
“There’s no doubt we put our
selves in a hole by losing those two
home games,” Metcalf said. “But
realistically, every game is important
from here on out. We re catching
Tech and Houston at the wrong
times. They both have a lot of mo-
Hickey’s Ags must battle No. 14 Tech
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
From No. 2 to No. 14.
No, the Texas A&M women’s bas
ketball team is not climbing in the
polls. They are having to play two of
the best teams in the nation oack-to-
back.
Saturday, the Aggies put up a gal
lant battle against the No. 2 Texas
: Longhorns before succumbing, 80-
: 52 '
| Tonight at 5:15 in G. Rollie White
Coliseum, the Aggies will get a
chance to match wits with the No. 14
Texas Tech Red Raiders (13-3, 4-1
in SWC).
Aggie Head Coach Lynn Hickey
knows her team is facing another
tough game. The Aggies, with top
rebounder Michell Tatum back in
form after an injury, outrebounded
the taller Longhorns, but may not be
able to duplicate that feat against the
taller Red Raiders.
“They are in the Top 20 even
though they lost a hot-shot shooter ,”
Hickey said. “They did really well re
cruiting wise. They have two players
who are 6-foot-2 and have a lot more
speed than they had last year.”
Hickey said the Red Raiders play
a variety of zone defenses and run a
full court press most of the game.
“We’re going to start a 3-2 zone
defense to try and counteract their
size,” Hickey said. “1 just hope we
have as much light as we had Satur
day night (against Texas).”
Against Texas Tech, Hickey said
she hopes the Aggies (8-7, 1-4 in
SWC) play as hard as they did
against Texas.
“It’s hard to keep getting up every
game,” Hickey said. “We gave them
Sunday off because they haven’t had
a day off in three weeks. Monday
was a so-so practice. They just
played so hard in the Texas game.
“Our major goal is to upset one of
these two teams ( Tech tonight or
Houston on Saturday) at home,”
Hickey said.
memtum and they’re both on win
ning streaks.
“l ech is good and they’re proba
bly playing the best they’ve played all
year right now. This is the toughest
home game we’ll have all year.”
Tech solidified their status as a
major title contender in a 64-48 wi
peout of the Arkansas Razorbacks
earlier this season in Lubbock. A
road loss to Houston stands as the
only blemish on a conference record
already padded with easy wins over
Rice, Texas and Baylor.
“They’re very intelligent,” Metcalf
said. “They start four seniors and
they come off the bench with all ju
niors and seniors.”
One of Tech’s seniors is point
guard Bubba Jennings, a four-year
starter and the Red Raiders’ leading
scorer. Jennings’ 18.4 points per
game, mostly scored from long
range, are well accentuated by senior
forward Quentin Anderson’s inside
game. Vince Taylor, the other start
ing forward, is considered one of the
best defensive players in the confer
ence.
Metcalf said the only way to coun
ter Tech’s overall experience and
depth is with aggressiveness.
"We’re just gonna get down in the
trenches and battle it out,” he said.
“If we play well, I think it should be
a pretty close game.” .
The Aggies will go into tonight’s
contest again without knowing the
status of guard Don Marbury,
A&M’s second-leading scorer. Mar- _
bury is recovering from a knee in
jury suffered in the SMU game and
hasn’t practiced on a regular basis.
However, Marbury wasn’t able to
practice before the Texas game, ei
ther. And all he did against the
Horns was play the entire second
half, score 19 points and spearhead
a defensive charge that lea the Ag-
f ies to an important road victory,
6-61.
“There’s no doubt that he’s been
important to us,” Metcalf said, “but
he hasn’t been able to practice with
the team at all. We’ll just play it by
ear.
“Mike (Clifford) and Winston
(Crite) are going to start, and Kenny
(Brown) and Jimmie Gilbert are
going to start. The other starter will
be either Todd (Holloway), Donnie
(Marbury) or maybe Gary Lewis.
“Gary had a real good ball game
against Texas. He gives us some
good depth off the bench. But
there’s good chemistry all over this
team. If we can get all the guys
healthy and keep them all happy,
there’s no reason why this team
should stay home at the end of the
season.” —
In addition to the entertainment
provided by the game (and the game
within the game), at halftime a
group sponsored by Bud Light
called the “Daredevils of Dunk” will
perform their acrobatic routine of
double flips off the backboard and
spectacular slam dunks.
Texas A&M Sportsday
Women’s Basketball
Ags (8-7, 1-4 in SWC) vs. Texas Tech (13-3, 4-1 in SWC)
G. Rollie White Coliseum — 5:15 p.m.
Ags (11-5, 3-2 in SWC) vs. Texas Tech (11-4, 4-1 in SWC)
G. Rollie White Coliseum — 7:30 p.m.
Ticket Sales
Tickets to the 1985 Southwest Conference Post-Season Basketball Tour
nament, scheduled for March 8-10 at Reunion Arena in Dallas, are on
sale at the Texas A&M ticket office in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Tickets
are $50 for the entire seven-game tourney. No single game tickets will be
sold.
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