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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
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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
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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
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IF YOU ARE IN GRADUATE BUSINESS
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CONSULTING
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On Wednesday, October 2, at 6:00 p.m.,
you are invited to a presentation
and reception given by members of our
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(casual dress)
*AA&Co. will be on campus interviewing October 21-24, 1985.
Arthur
Andersen