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Woody’s Guide
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Howdy!
With football season upon us, I feel
the need to pass along a few words of
wisdom to the freshmen.
Let’s start at the beginning.
Games and yell practices are one of
the most entrancing activities available
to the average Aggiq. Witnessing this
sports wonderment should be high on
your agenda as a freshman.
Next week at this time you’ll be
bitterly embroiled in the task of getting
tickets for the first home game.
There have been a few modifications
in the process over the years but the
technique remains the same.
It only takes one person to get the
tickets for a whole school of friends.
Therein also lies the catch: who is going
to stand in line for hours outside the G.
Rollie White ticket booths?
You’ll probably have to leave it up to
a game of chance or whomever has the
more convenient early morning class
schedule on ticket day.
Lucky you. All your “friends” have
spilled their ID’s into your lap. Schedule
an early wakeup call.
Standing in line next week won’t be so
bad. It’s September and it’s
Southwestern Louisiana.
Many former freshmen could tell
stories of those early, frigid mornings in
November, standing in long lines for
Arkansas tickets with red noses and
frostbitten fingers, pleading for a cut in
line.
Just pray the technologically profound
ticket computers don’t go down. And
don’t be displeased when your tickets
say Section 331, Row 29 and you find
See Wudel/Page 13
Thomas named SWC’s top defensive player
Rice RB Cobb
nets AP offensive
honor for play
From Staff and Wire Reports
Texas A&M senior linebacker William
Thomas was named The Associated Press’
Southwest Conference Defensive Player of
the Week Wednesday for his effort in last
weekend’s 28-13 win over Hawaii.
It may have been the first time AP has
awarded the honor this year, but it’s not the
first time Thomas has been the recipient.
Thomas was named the SWC Defensive
Player of the Week last year after A&M’s
17-13 win over Houston after recording 3.5
sacks on Heisman Trophy winner Andre
Ware.
Last Saturday, he led a marauding Aggie
defense that limited the Rainbows to a total
of four yards rushing. Thomas registered
two quarterback sacks on Garrett Gabriel
and had four tackles in the nationally tele
vised game.
“I saw that No. 11 on me an awful lot,”
Gabriel said. “We couldn’t get outside
around him.”
And that’s just what Aggie Defensive
Coordinator Bob Davie wanted.
“Going into the Hawaii game, we knew
See Thomas/Page 13
Battalion Hie photo
Texas A&M linebacker William Thomas was named The Associated Press’ SWC Defensive Player of the Week.
McEnroe crushes opponent easily;
Sampras blasts Lendl in five sets
NEW YORK (AP) — John McEnroe,
leaping improbably into the U.S. Open
semifinals, toyed with the biggest of the
new breed of power hitters, and Ivan Lendl
faded.
McEnroe, 31, played like the master of
old in a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory Wedensday
night over David Wheaton, a 21-year-old
giant with a blazing serve and nothing else
that could match the talents of the four
time champion.
McEnroe treated Wheaton as if he were a
beginner, teasing him with drop-shot vol
leys, passing him easily, returning thun
dering serves with a flick of the wrist.
The unseeded McEnroe, who hadn’t
reached the semifinals here since he was
runnerup in 1985, will next take on Pete
Sampras, a 19-year-old who serves as hard
as Wheaton but also has many of the touch
shots and ground strokes that have been
McEnroe’s trademark.
McEnroe’s sweeping serve kept Wheaton
off balance, sometimes reaching far out of
the court, most of the night, and his bril
liant passing shots and volleys intimidated
the 6 r foot-4 Wheaton.
“He hit some pretty good shots at the be
ginning and scared me away from the net,”
Wheaton said.
Sampras, touted as one of the best young
American power hitters in tennis, blasted
24 aces and 27 service winners in a 6-4, 7-6
(7-4), 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 victory over three-time
champion Lendl.
Sampras, battered so badly in the third
and fourth sets, refused to give up in the fi
nal set. He charged back to reach the semi
finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the
first time.
“I don’t believe what’s happening now.
It’s a dream come true,” Sampras said
TCU’s Darthard
out for year after
latest knee injury
FORT WORTH (AP) — Tony Dar-
thard’s brilliant football career at Texas
Christian University is apparently over.
The senior running back, who ranks
as TCU’s fifth all-time leading rusher,
said Tuesday that he has decided to give
up his attempt to come back from 1989
knee surgery.
Darthard injured his knee in the
Horned Frogs season opener last year
against Missouri. He had surgery to re
pair the damage and participated in
spring training.
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National Reorganization
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• Receive immediate active status
• Have immediate leadership opportunity
• Create tradition
• Be a "re-Founding Father"
• Make a difference
Reorganization Meeting • Thur., Sept. 6, 228 MSC 8 p.m.
For information: Mark 764-6427
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NDS: A CULTURAL MOSAIC
From the collection of Dr. Paul Comet
September 6 - October 28, 1990
RUDDER EXHIBIT HALL
Opening lecture by
Mr. Steven Alpert
Collector and expert on Indonesian Textiles
September 6. 1990 - 7:00p.m. - MSC 201
Reception will follow
Docent tours available - 845-8501
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