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ByCHAREAN WILLIAMS
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For Texas A&M’s senior football
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To no one’s surprise, Ray Chil
dress was the No. 3 player drafted,
when the Houston Oilers used their
first pick on the 6-foot-6, 267-pound
defensive tackle.
“I’m really not up-to-date on the
Oiler defense, all I can do is come in
and work hard and hope I can play,”
said Childress at a Houston press
conference.
The Oilers are hoping Childress
can beef up their defense which was
ranked 27th out of 28 teams last sea
son and was outscored 427-240.
While Childress was in Houston,
the other Aggies were in their rooms
waiting for the phone call.
Ken Ford and Ken Reeves played
dominoes, while Matt Darwin
worked on an English paper.
At 3:40 p.m., Bobby Gill, a Kansas
City Chief scout, called to tell line
backer Scott Polk, if they didn’t draft
him, they wanted him to sign as a
free agent.
“That would be fun,” said the 6-3,
288-pound Polk. “I would enjoy
rooming with (former A&M line
backer) Jeff (Paine). I went up there
for a game last season.”
Polk even had on some yellow and
red (the colors of the Chiefs) socks.
“I know,” Polk smiled. “I thought
about that this morning.”
The draft calls to Darwin and Polk
were to come on teammate Jay Mul
ler’s phone. By 3 p.m., the anxiety
was beginning to mount.
The “Tom and Jerry Show” was
the first sign of impatience. When
that became too much to stand, peo
ple started moving about. Then, a
long line of false alarms began. Each
false call added more tension.
“I’m learning to know the
strength of the rope, if you know
what 1 mean,” Darwin said.
With each passing hour, the room
became fuller.
“Every minute that passes in
creases the odds that the phone call
will come,” said a Darwin supporter.
Finally, at 5:15 p.m., the long
See Aggie Draft, page 10
Associated Press
DALLAS — Texas A&M’s top tennis player, Grant Connell, who an
nounced yesterday he would leave the Aggies to play on the Canadian
amateur circuit after this season, was named the Southwest Conference’s
Player of the Year Tuesday.
Connell, a sophomore from Vancouver, British Columbia, went un
defeated in SWC regular season singles play.
SWC coaches voted for six singles players and three doubles teams in
both men’s and women’s divisions.
Only three players were voted to the men’s All-SWC team in both sin
gles and doubles — Connell, SMU’s John Ross and Texas’ Royce Deppe.
SMU’s Dennis Ralston was named men’s Coach of the Year.
The seven-member women’s singles team includes three Longhorn
players — Beverly Bowes, Diana Dopson and Michelle Carrier. Bowes
and Rice’s Wendy Wood were co-winners of Player of the Year honors.
Texas’Jeff Moore was voted women’s Coach of the Year.
1985 men’s All-SWC tennis team
Singles:
Richey Reneberg, SMU; Tom Mercer, TCU; Grant Connell, A&M;
Scott Melville, Rice; Charlton Eagle, Baylor; John Ross, SMU; and Royce
Deppe, Texas.
Doubles:
Tim Siegel-Richard Schmidt, Arkansas; Deppe-Charles Beckman,
Texas; John Ross-Monte Oppenheim, SMU; and Connell-Kimmo Alkio,
A&M.
1985 women’s All-SWC tennis team
Singles:
Photo by PAIGE PARKER
Texas A&M’s No. 1 singles player Grant Connell (above) was
rewarded for his undefeated (8-0) record during regular sea
son Southwest Conference singles play. Connell was voted by
the coaches as the conference’s Player of the Year for 1985.
Beverly Bowes, Texas, and Wendy Wood, Rice; Margaret Redfearn,
Houston; Hee Back, Houston; Diana Dopson and Michelle Carrier,
Texas, and Kellie Chase, Arkansas. v
Doubles:
Bowes-Becky Callan, I exas; Redfearn-Kathy Foxworth, Houston;
Ddpson-Gen Greiwe, Texas.
Cowboys gamble, pick Walker indraft
Associated Press
DALLAS - The Dallas Cowboys
drafted running back Herschel
Walker of the United States Football
League New Jersey Generals in the
fifth round of the National Football
League draft on Tuesday as a
long shot gamble.
“It’s a gamble,” said Dallas Cow
boys’ President Tex Schramm. “If
things work out right (Walker’s)
ours.
“We had an extra draft pick in the
round so we decided to go for it.
We’re just kind of gambling with an
other team’s pick. You never know,
it might work out.”
Walker, who opted to leave the
college ranks after his junior season,
has a contract through 1988 with
Generals’ owner Donald Trump.
Schramm and Gil Brandt, the
Cowboys’ director of personnel,
talked by telephone with Walker.
Brandt said Walker told him, “It’s
an honor to be drafted by the Cow
boys.”
Brandt added, “He was as excited
as we are.”
Brandt said the Cowboys weren’t
bothered by the fact that Walker
might not be available until 1989.
“He’d just be in the prime of his
career,” said Brandt. “He’s played
great in the last five weeks.”
Schramm said it wasn’t unusual
for the Cowboys to take such a gam
ble.
“We took a chance on (All-Pro
quarterback) Roger Staubach when
he was a redshirt at the Naval Aca
demy with a year left,” Schramm
said.
Brandt said, “I talked to Herschel
quite a bit. He’s been playing good
now that his injured shoulder has
healed.”
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