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Thursday, September 26, 1985/The Battalion/Page 13 Sports i Toney 1 makes rounds’ to endzone for Ags By CHAREAN WILLIAMS Assistant Sports Editor Neither rain, nor sleet, nor dark of night, keeps Texas A&M running back Anthony Toney from making his appointed rounds. Toney, along with teammate Steve Bullit, learned all about be ing able to deliver in important situations when they carried mail around the A&M campus over the summer. “We picked up mail and dropped it off around the differ ent buildings on campus,” Toney said. “Boy, it was hot, too.” Was carrying around those irn- ortant letters was kind of like olding on to a football? “I don’t know if it was or not, but I know we had to carry around some pretty big bags,” Toney laughed. “I know we sure sweated a lot walking up and down stairs and in and out of buildings. It sure had to help us get in shape.” The Aggies’ “mailman” has also delivered on the football field this season. In the Aggies’ first two games, Toney has gained 164 yards and “made his rounds” to the end- zone four times. In fact, he has accounted for all of A&M’s TD’s thus far. Last Saturday against North east Louisiana, the 6-foot senior sure looked like a mailman — one being chased by a pack of dogs. Toney had his best day ever at A&M against NLU, rushing for 107 yards on 22 carries and scor ing three TD’s against an out- manned Indian defense. So in short yardage situations, especially around the goaline, it’s no surprise who the Aggies will be getting the ball to — Toney. In all of his carries at A&M, Toney has lost yardage on only two plays, both one-yard losses. “I’m just trying to take the ball where it’s supposed to go,” Toney said. “When somebody flies to the hole, I just put my head down and at least try to get back to the line of scrimmage. I just get what I can on every play.” Toney’s biggest disappoint ment this season has been his re ceiving. Since he has caught only one pass thus far, Toney said he would like to become more in volved in the Aggies’ passing at tack. “I think I can still do better,” he said. “There are a couple of things I still need to work on. I haven’t caught as many passes as I thought I would and I need to block better. I also think I could have stayed up on a couple of runs and maybe gotten some more yards.” Running from the tailback po sition last season, Toney was A&M’s second leading ground gainer. However, during spring practice A&M Coach Jackie Sher rill decided to switch Toney to fullback and move Roger Vick into the I-back slot. “I played fullback some last year,” Toney said. “It doesn’t oother me at all to change posi tions. I just had to learn to read the holes a little differently. The fullback gets to the line a lot quicker than the tailback.” During the NLU game, Vick was moved back to fullback to al low Keith Woodside and Harry Johnson to log some playing time. This coaching move forced a shuttle situation for Vick and To ney. “It’s fine with me,” said Toney, a Salinas, Calif, native. “Last week, I carried the ball 22 times and Vick carried it 17 or 18. I couldn’t have run that much my self. I don’t think I’m any better than Vick. It’s an advantage to have two equal backs. It sure keeps you fresh.” This season, Toney is talking about touchdowns and cham pionships. After his first year at A&M, however, he was thinking about quitting and going back to Cali fornia. Toney transferred to A&M from Hartnell Community Col lege (Calif.) in ’83. He strained li gaments in his knee that year, forcing him to sit out a year for rehabilitation. “I thought things were going good until I banged up my knee,” Toney said. “I went to the hospi tal for a couple of days and got depressed. They gave me a choice to redshirt or not. I decided to sit out a year. After I got used to oing out on the practice field, nowing I wasn’t going to play, it was kind of fun. There was no pressure to do good, you just practiced.” Ag sailing team places third in regatta The Texas A&M sailing team hosted its annual Fall Dinghy Re gatta this past weekend at the Bryan Utilities Like Park. Seven universities, competing with 420-class dinghies, participated in Saturday’s 14 race event. Aggie sailing team captain Billy Worsham said the competition this year was close, with the top three fin ishers decided in the competition’s final race. Worsham said, after all tiebreak ers were exhausted, A&M placed third overall behind A&M-Galveston and Baylor, which were named the regatta’s co-champions. A&M placed first in Division A and third in Division B en route to its third place overall standing. Southern Methodist, Texas Chris tian, Rice and Lamar were the other teams which competed. A&M’s next collegiate regatta will be hosted by the University of Texas next Saturday at Lake Travis in Aus tin. SWC football ticket policy changes Due to a change in Southwest Conference ticket policy, away football game tickets for Texas A&M students will go on sale on a first-come, first-servqjbasis. Tickets are now available at any time, not just the week before the scheduled road game. Whether or not a student holds a senior ticket book or a freshman book, an away game ticket may be purchased for each book. Ticket prices for the away football games are: • Oct. 5 — Texas Tech — $ 14 • Oct. 19 —Baylor —$14 • Oct. 26 — Rice — $ 14 • Nov. 23 —TCU —$13 Texas Instruments Job Fair Tuesday, October 1, 1985 Texas A&M Memorial Student Center Rooms 212-224 Interviews Scheduled- is' No Bidding Necessary No Lottery u* No Standing in Line TALK TO TI’s MAJOR PRODUCT & SERVICE GROUPS. TI’s technical managers want to see you. They want to tell you about the job opportuni ties in the many technologies which make Texas Instruments a leader in electronics. That’s why TI is having a Job Fair on the Texas A &. M campus October 1 through 3. It gives the company three days to bring in key engineers and managers to meet you. They’ll come from TI labs and sites to describe programs, answer questions, and schedule interviews. If you’re a top student, particularly in EE or Computer Science, this is an event you won’t want to miss. $ • Physics (Engineering and Solid-State) • MBA with technical undergraduate degree • Electrical Engineering Technology • Industrial Production Management Technology Briefings and sign-ups for interviews: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., October 1, Memorial Student Center, Rooms 212-224. Interviews (by appoint ment): October 2 and 3. Please bring your resume and a copy of your transcript or a list of courses. SIGN UP FOR INTERVIEWS IF YOU ARE GRADUATING WITH THESE DEGREES: Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degrees in: • Electrical Engineering • Computer Science (Scientific only) • Mechanical Engineering • Industrial Engineering For more information, please contact the Texas A&M Placement Service. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F , Texas Instruments Creating useful products and services for you. IF YOU ARE IN GRADUATE BUSINESS OR UNDERGRADUATE ACCOUNTING, FINANCE, BANA, INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING OR COMPUTER SCIENCE, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER A CAREER IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CONSULTING with Arthur Andersen & Co. On Wednesday, October 2, at 6:00 p.m., you are invited to a presentation and reception given by members of our Consulting Division in the College Station Hilton’s Bluebonnet Room. (casual dress) *AA&Co. will be on campus interviewing October 21-24, 1985. Arthur Andersen