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A&M football recruits showcase talents in
1999 Southwestern Bell Texas All-Star Game
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■Eight players from Texas
on said ill A&M's 1999 recruiting class were
e point rati; invited to play in the 1999 South-
hong acade: western Bell Texas High School
:occerplayers Al| Star Football Game,
le” scholarsfcfBbast Tuesday niglit these future
^uerrieri (A; Aggies were given the opportuni-
> believes ty to showcase their talents in this
to contribuif g ame along with some of the best
high school players from the
on said thi.;; northern and southern parts of
o oneoftk; Texas.
who played,® The game was held in Amon
the recent)/Carter Stadium on the campus of
nale athlete; Texas Christian University. In a
ithouttheb 8 a,ne won by the South
ility or aca;; squad, A&M’s recruits on both the
temale athle N ( ’ rt h and South teams had im-
ities locate; Passive nights.
■ The most notable player on the
field was the South’s Richard
■hitaker from Jacksonville. The
5’10” running back carried the
ball 18 times for 78 yards and was
named the game’s offensive MVP.
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id thelnsti:: ; Sluth late in the third quarter
igtheassi.'':l§l ve l ho team possession of the
eelopinga hill on the North’s 21 yard line,
ng vascula ■hitaker had an opportunity to
stents : showcase his running skills,
uplant (Ilk® hie ran the ball three straight
that help- 8 ain ' n S 14 Y ar ds to move
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wicewillli ^hitaker plowed his way seven
Ministration® rds trough the right side of the
line and scored the only touch
down of the game.
Richard Whitaker Sr.,
Richard’s father, said he enjoyed
watching his son play.
“He had a nice game and did a
good job,” Mr. Whitaker said.
“I’m real proud of him.”
One reason Whitaker was able
to play so well was due to the ef
forts of three other Aggie recruits
on the South squad.
Center James Milkavich from
Alief Elsik was joined by offensive
linemen Andre Brooks from Bra-
zoswood and Britt Lively from
Silsbee. These three worked to
gether to successfully protect
their quarterback and provide
some gaps for the running back.
“I think I had about seven pan
cake blocks so I think I played a
real good game,” Lively said. “A
few guys played with me that are
going to A&M. They had very
good games so I’m excited about
it [playing with them again].”
Britt’s father, Mike Lively, was
impressed with the team effort he
saw from the future Aggies.
“I saw them already bonding,”
Mr. Lively said. “There’s a
strength already with those team
mates and it looks very promis
ing.”
Working the defensive side of
the ball for the South was Jarrod
Penright from Aldine Eisenhower
High School.
Penright continuously pres
sured the' opposing quarterback
from his defensive end position
and even recorded a sack for a
five yard loss.
Leading the way for the North
was quarterback Colby Freeman
from Brownwood.
With the North running a
ground-oriented offense, Freeman
was only able to throw the ball
twice in the game, one of which
went for an interception.
Freeman was constantly ha
rassed by the South’s defense all
night but was able to avoid some
tackles and limit the damage by
scrambling to safety.
Freeman ended the game with
-13 yards on the ground.
Ty Warren from Bryan domi
nated the defensive play for the
North. The 6’5”, 285 pound de
fensive end was able to use .his
size and power to plug holes in
the offensive line and record sev
en tackles, one of which was be
hind the line of scrimmage.
Warren said he was pleased
with his performance in the game.
”1 feel real good about it,” War
ren said. “ 1 played my heart out
and I did what I had to do.”
Joining Warren on the North
defense was free safety Terrance
Kiel. The Lufkin native harassed
the South’s receiving unit all night
long by breaking up one pass and
recording six tackles.
Kiel’s biggest play of the game
came early in the second quarter
when he made a leaping inter
ception with outstretched arms
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on the North’s six yard line.
The interception prevented a
touchdown and was the only in
terception made by the North.
Roddy Alexander from Roscoe
is not an official A&M recruit, but
has expressed an interest in walk
ing on with the Aggie team.
The wide receiver saw little ac
tion on offense, but lined up as a
kickoff return man for the North
throughout the night. Alexander
broke one of his two returns for
23 yards.
Now that their high school ca
reers are officially over, the re
cruits are anxious to begin their
careers at A&M.
“I’m excited right now,” Lively
said. “I’m in good shape and
everything, we all are. We got a
good class coming in. It’s going
to be fun.”
Above: Aggie recruit Richard
Whitaker from Jacksonville
was namecl offensive MVP of
the 1999 Southwestern Bell
Texas High School All-Star
Football Game last Tuesday
night. He rushed the ball 18
times for 78 yards and
scored the game’s lone
touchdown for the South
squad.
Left: Aggie recruit Ty Warren
from Bryan receives his
award for participating in the
All-Star game. Warren
dominated the defensive
side of the ball for the North
recording seven tackles,
including one behind the line
of scrimmage.
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when
Major
League um
pires are in
the news it is
for some
thing that ac
tually has to
do with a
baseball
game.
Things like blowing a strike
call, calling someone out when
they are safe and vice versa.
These are things that are usually
chalked up to human error and
are forgiven. However, umpires
are now in the news for a com
pletely different reason, which is
something totally unrelated to
the game of baseball.
Yesterday, Major League um
pires filed an unfair labor prac
tice charge against the American
and National leagues, capping
off a wild three-week period for
the umpires and Major League
Baseball — a period which may
have irreparably "damaged the re
lationship between the two.
It all started on July 14, the
day after the All-Star game,
when union head Richie Phillips
convinced most umpires in the
union to submit their resigna
tions effective September 2, a
ploy to get baseball to renegoti
ate their labor agreement which
expires on December 31.
When the mass resignation
was announced, Major League
Baseball’s executive vice presi
dent of baseball operations Sandy
Alderson was quoted as saying
that, “It was a threat to be ig
nored or an offer to be accepted.”
From the get-go there were
prdblems with Phillips’ plan. At
first he pledged that the umpires
were unified in the decision to
resign. On the other hand, it
turns out that 13 umpires never
even submitted resignations.
Then, when it became apparent
that their tactics were not going
to be successful, all of the um
pires withdrew their resigna
tions.
There was one problem how
ever; in anticipation of the um
pires resigning, MLB hired 25 re
placement umpires. This means
that although their resignations
were withdrawn, some umpires
still were going to lose their jobs.
Rather than take the conse
quences of their actions and ac
cept them, the umpires did what
any good group of people would
do — sue.
Because baseball accepted the
resignations of some of the um
pires, after they willingly submit
ted them, the umpires feel they
have been wronged. The um
pires’ labor lawyer Susan Davis
said, “It was unlawful for the
leagues to convert these [resigna
tions] into discharges. It is illegal
to punish who stood up for their
union and in a retaliatory manner
pick and choose who you chip.”
So the umpires contend that
Major League Baseball fired the
umps who were union backers?
Baloney.
What happened is that the
umpires bluffed and baseball
called them on it.
It is hard to determine what is
the most unbelievable thing in
this whole situation. Is it the fact
that Phillips conceived this
cockamamie scheme, that he got
people to actually follow him on
it, or is it that umpires are accus
ing baseball of accepting resigna
tions that they willfully submit
ted?
Smart money is on the latter.
If the umpires were to go along
with this plan, which they never
should have in the first place,
they should have been prepared
to lose their jobs. There should
be no crying when they lose
them and there is no turning
back. Instead they should look to
their leadership, Phillips, and try
to replace him. Then maybe the
umpires would have some
peace. Maybe those 22 umps
who are on vacation and have
nothing better to do can look
into that idea.
Doug Shilling is a junior
agricultural journalism major.
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