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Texas A&M quarterback Corey Pullig warms up Satur
day before the annual Maroon and White game.
A&M spring football squads tackle new
systems, coaches in annual scrimmage
By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
Texas A&M football fans got a
brief glimpse of the upcoming fall
season as the White team beat the
Maroon, 17-7, in a scrimmage at
Kyle Field on Saturday.
Head football coach R.C. Slocum
said he was pleased with the effort
shown by both squads, despite lim
ited number of available players.
“Overall, I thought we competed
well and had some fun out there to
day,” Slocum said. “We’re limited in
numbers, especially along the offen
sive and defensive lines.
“We’ve got some young guys
competing right now, and we ex-
ect the freshmen to come in and
attle for playing time.”
Intermittent rains and winds
gusting over 20 miles per hour
hampered both squads’ offensive
units, resulting in a limited passing
display.
Despite the weather, back-up
quarterback Steve Emerson com
plete five of six passes for 97 yards.
Emerson also threw a 19-yard
touchdown pass to junior wide re
ceiver Gene Lowery for the only
score of the second half.
Sophomore Keith Waguespack
provided a special teams’ spark by
nailing a 46-yard field goal giving
the White team an early 10-0 ad
vantage.
The rushing game, A&M’s annual
strength, accounted for most of the
yardage in the contest.
For the victorious White squad,
junior running back Rodney
Thomas rushed for 7 7 yards on 1 6
carries, including 48 yards on the
initial scoring drive of the game.
Senior Wilbert Biggens, having
already appeared for the Aggies at
wide receiver and cornerback in his
previous three years, has now been
switched to running back, and
picked up 56 yards on just 10 car
ries.
The Maroon matched the rush
ing prowess of the White, led by
Iceland McElroy’s 67 yards on 12
carries, and red-shirt freshman Ed
die Wallace’s impressive 29 yards
including one touchdown on just
three carries.
Slocum said he was most pleased
with the performance of his run
ning backs, who carried the bulk of
the offense for more reasons than
just the weather.
“If I were to guess, I would say
that we had a few more than casual
visitors today, “ Slocum said. “The
no-scouting rule (scouts from A&M’s
opponents) doesn’t go into effect
until Aug. 1, so we did restrict what
we did (offensively).”
At halftime, more than 100 for
mer A&M lettermen were lined up
and honored on the field.
Players from as far back as the
1920s to Class of ‘94 seniors Chris
Dausin and Terry Venetoulias came
for the former players’ weekend,
with the largest round of applause
being given to current Houston Oil
er Bucky Richardson.
The most exciting moment of
the game occurred on one of the
game’s most routine plays.
Late in the second half, the Ma
roon scored their only points of the
game on a four-yard touchdown
run by Eddie Wallace. The extra
point play was good, but was called
back on an offensive penalty.
The kick disappeared into a midst
of the former lettermen lining up in
the south zone in preparation for
the half-time showcase.
Suddenly, out of the crowds of
letterman burst Lewis E. Van Dyke,
Class of ‘62, with the ball and a
smile on his face.
Van Dyke ran the length of the
field, chased by another, unidenti
fied letterman.
Near the 10-yard line, Van Dyke
slowed up to allow his pursuer to
catch him, then to the roars of
crowd, broke the tackle and dashed
into the end zone.
Van Dyke spiked the ball, laid
down in the end zone to rest, then
started the long trek back to the
south end zone.
The Aggies have three days of
spring drills left, wrapping up the
practice session on Wednesday. The
Aggies open their 1994 regular sea
son on Sept. 3 at Louisiana State.
Aggies clean
By Drew Diener
The Battalion
Texas A&M mixed a balanced and dom
inant attack to sweep Dallas Baptist Uni
versity this weekend at Olsen Field.
The three-game sweep improves the
Aggies’ record to 25-16 on the season,
but more importantly gives them a new
found confidence heading down the
stretch in the Southwest conference race.
Currently in sixth place in the SWC
with a record of 2-7 , the Aggies have a
great deal of ground to make up to quali
fy for the four team conference tourna
ment at the end of the regular season.
A&M head coach Mark Johnson said his
team is confident that they can put them
selves in position to advance to the tour
nament.
“The guys know that we have a tough
conference schedule in front of us,” John-
up against Dallas Baptist
son said. “It’s a lot better going into it
with some momentum and we’re gather
ing momentum.”
Johnson said that the Aggies did not
face near as good of pitching as they will
when they travel to Lubbock this weekend
to play Texas Tech.
Nevertheless, Johnson said he was glad
to see the bats finally come alive.
In their previous eight games heading
into the series with DBU,/A&M managed
only 28 runs. The Aggies matched that
amount over the weekend.
Junior shortstop Robert Harris, who
hit his fourth home run of the season in
the series finale, echoed Johnson’s senti
ments.
“We came out as well as we have been
swinging lately,” Harris said. “We feel
real good about where we are right now.”
In addition to Harris’ four-bagger, ju
nior third baseman Lee Fedora and fresh
man catcher Tom Buchman also homered
in the game.
Freshman outfielder Chad Allen, who
hit his third home run of the season Fri
day night', provided the Aggies with their
only other homer of the series.
On the mound, A&M allowed just four
runs in each of the three games.
Johnson said that he was pleased with
the performance turned in by his pitchers.
“We wanted to go into this series and
be able to survive it,” Johnson said. “It
was a lot better to go into a game, take a
lead, and get relaxed.”
Before returning to SWC play this Fri
day against Texas Tech in Lubbock, the
Aggies will conclude their homestand
Tuesday night at Olsen Field against the
University of Texas at San Antonio.
Robert Harris (No.2) slides safely into
third during Saturday's second game.
Aggie track
hurls into
SWC race
By Stewart Doreen
The Battalion
Texas A&M’s Ty Sevin won
the Texas Relays javelin title in
what was the best of many
quality performances for the
Texas A&M track and field
teams this weekend at the pres
tigious meet in Austin.
Sevin’s mark of 243’ 8”, an
A&M school record, is the set
ond-best throw in America this
year and automatically quali
fied film for the NCAA cham
pionships in Boise, Idaho on
June 1 through 4.
Sevin, a senior from
Berwick, La., only needed two
throws to win the title, and did
"The distance guys
are going to be a
key for us to win
the conference/'
- Ed Marcinkiewicz
assistant track coach
not use his remaining four to
protect an injured back.
“He’s definitely one the
men in nationals because of his
consistency,” assistant track
coach Juan De La Garza said.
"He could have gone farther
than 260 feet with a tail wind.”
Another javelin record was
established Friday morning
when A&M’s Michelle Stirrett
placed third with a throw of
1 60’-1 1”.
Amy Davis, the former
record holder and Leigh Ann
Walker took fifth and sixth
places respectively.
In a meet which coaches as
a tune up meet for the South
west Conference meet in two
weeks at Rice, A&M’s distances
runners showed they’re ready
for the challenge. The team of
Jason Reed, Ross Stooksberry,
Matt Priest and Scott Garvin
placed second just behind SMU
in the 4x1,500-meter relay.
“The distance guys are going
to be a key for us to win the
conference,” assistant track
coach Ed Marcinkiewicz said.
“I hope the guys come out of
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