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me tagieBryan-College Station, TexasFord, Almanza HonoredFriday, December 19,1975Page IBBY JERRY WAGGONER Eagle Managing EditorCoach Merrill Green allowed as how his father didn’t allow any gambling around his house when he was a youngster so he didn’t learn any of the tricks of the trade. And because of the loss of acoin flip, the annual BryanLions-sponsored VikingFootball Banquet was held Thursday night at the highschool.“Maybe if 1 had taken a couple of my Presbyterian friends along,” he said jokingly (because Judge W.C. (Bill) Davis was the master ofVikings RoutRosebudLottCOPPERAS COVE - The Bryan Vikmgs scorched the nets for 28 points in the fourth quarter to rub salt in the wound, as they routed Rosebud-I/tt, 88-43, in the first round of the Copperas. Cove Tournament here Thursday.Gerald Carter and Rudy Woods were the main thrusts in the Viking offensive scheme. Carter scored 22points and pulled down 13 rebounds while Woods netted 16 points and wiped the boards clean with 14 rebounds.James Hunter got in on the act, scoring 12 points to aid the Viking victory.Bryan shot 49 per cent from the floor and 46 per cent from the charity line.The Vikes play the winner of the Hillsboro-Copperas Cove game tonight at 8 p.m.Tangerine BowlSet For SaturdayORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -Miami of Ohio matches its conservative ground-hugging I-formation offense Saturday against the flashy, wide-open veer of South Carolina in the 30th annual Tangerine Bowl football classic.Despite his team’s being a slight favorite, Miami Coach Dick Crum is claiming a disadvantage for his Indians because they never have played against the razzle-dazzle veer.“We never see any veers in the Midwest, but South Carolina has played aganst a lot of I-formations,” said Crum. “It’s going to be tough on our defense.”But South Carolina Coach Jim Carlen said he doesn’t think much of Crum’s logic.“Let me tell you something about Miami,” said Carlen. “They can play against anything and their record shows it. Personnel wins games, not formations. And they’ve got the personnel on defense, a category we haven’t done well in all year.”StandingsBryan Volleyball Standings’Team WinW.E. Kutzschbach HornetsGeneral Telephone Triple F Feeds Faubion Printing Clark's Crowd Irish Setters Fender Benders Faith United554422110Loss111233445Miami does appear to have adistinct advantage on defense, but Crum said his defensive squad will be put to the toughest test of the year againstSouth Carolina’s explosive offense.Miami has held its opponents to 213.9 yards per game while amassing a 341.5-yard average along the way to a 1(M record and the Mid-American Conference champioonship.The Gamecocks have allowed their opponents an average of 414.2 yards per game, but have generated 431.5 yards per game on their way to a 74 record.To stop the Gamecocks,Crum said, the Miami defense will have to stop senior quarterback Jeff Grantz, a fleet-footed scrambler who has passed for 1,587 yards and 16touchdowns, and rushed for 579 yards and 12 TDs.But Crum said if his defense spends too much time on Grantz, Carlen can always switch his attack to his two 1,-000-yard plus rushers, Kevin Long and Clarence Williams.Countering the South Caroline offensive trio will be Miami tailback Rob Carpenter, who has rushed for 1,022 yards and 11 touchdowns and quarterback Sherman Smith, who has romped for 938 yards and 11 TDs.A capacity crowd of 20,500, half of them South Carolina fans, are expected for the game.ceremonies) “we might still be playing this week for the state championship.’’The banquet, like all of Bryan’s games, played to a packed crowd in the commons area of the high school with Texas AM coach Emory Bellard the speaker.Highlighting the affair was the presentation of two awards given annually, the D.H. Harrison award for Most Valuable Player and the G.M. Nevill Award for dedication.It was no shock that Bryan’s triple threat All-American Curtis Dickey was named the most valuable player. The superb running back who has announced he’ll attend Texas AM received the award from one of Bryan’s staunchest supporters, Travis Bryan II as his mother watched from theaudience.There was a bit of a surprise for the Nevill Dedication Award. It had co-winners in defensive lineman Mike Ford and linebacker Pedro Almanza.It was noted several times by several speakers about community support for the team, even at the banquet. There were some games this season when the state’s top-ranked Vikings played to over 20,000.Coach Bellard was the main speaker and the recent verbal announcement from Dickey that he plans to attend AM had him all smiles. TravisBryan said he sat next to Bellard and was carrying on a conversation only to look upand find the coach visiting with Mrs. Dickey. He said later he was talking again only to find this time Bellard talking to Curtis. Bryan allowed, however, that he was proud AM got Dickey so that Bryan and Brazos County fans who have been thrilled by him in high school will continue to be able to watch him in college.Bellard told some anecdotes on hmiseit and differenthappenings, but when he got down to the nitty gritty — themessage — he asked for the attention of the young people. His main theme was discipline.“You fellas won and excelled this year because you were well disciplined, not just as individuals but as a team. You had one goal and disciplined yourselves to that goal,” he reasoned.Bellard noted that, as far as he was concerned, discipline is the name of the game of life. “You must learn to discipline yourself first. If you can’t, then you can never beat that man across the line from you. You must respect your fellow man and have that discipline. Then you’ll be a winner in life,” the head Aggie related.Tigers TumbleFirst Round;CONSOL’S LARRY Williams puts on the chase, as Fairfield’s MikeGoven dribbles across midcourt in Thursday’s first-round action of the AM Consolidated Tournament. (Photo by Peter Leabo)Grand Jury to ReceiveTexasInvestigationsAUSTIN, Tex. (AP) -Travis County Dist. Atty. Bob Smith says the results of an investigation into alleged irregularities in the office of the Texas Senate secretary, including claims that several University of Texas athletes received money for work they did not do, will go to a grand jury next month.Smith said Thursday night that the investigation is centered on the secretary’s officeand the connection with the athletes is the same as that with hundreds” of other employes of the office for the pastfive years.At the same University of Texas President Dr. Lorene Rogers announced the school will conduct its own in-vestigaton into the charges involving the athletes.“We are considering two or three ways to go about an investigation,” said Dr. Rogers adding she had not decided who would conduct the probe. She said an announcement will be made Tuesday.Published reports have revealed that at least four athletes including split receiver Alfred Jackson, accepted pay even after they had quit coming to their assigned work doing janitoral work or clerical type chores.The school reportedly would look into posihle violations of National Collegiate Athletics Asociation rules.Smith said that he would not reveal any statements made by the athletes to his investigators.“We have talked to dozens ofpeople now employed of formerly employed,” he said. “The fact that some of them were athletes is not a significant fact in the investigation which was started because of alleged irregularities in the secretary’s office.”He said the investigation was prompted not by reports on the athletes, but by claims early in September involving an employe in the print shop under secretary Charles Schnabel. The employe later was charged with theft and he then made statements concerning other alleged irregularities in Schnabel’s office.“That’s when we started the investigation,” Smith said, to cover the last five years.One of the charges made was that Schnabel had used the Senate printing facilities for private business.UT athletic direcctor Darrell Royal said Thursday he woud have no comment on the investigation.Some of the athletes mentioned in connection with the investigation seemed perplexed with the disclosure that they may have done something illegal. Freshman tackle Terrance Tschatschula wassaid to be near tears after his mother called from Germany saying she had hear he had admitted getting paid for a portion of August after quitting to take part in footballworkouts.Blue-Gray TiltOn Tap TonightMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP)— The North will be relying heavily on the throwing arm of San Diego State’s Craig Penrose as it seeks a third straight victory over the South in tonight’s Blue-Gray football game.The 6-foot-3 quarterback led the nation in passing this season, completing 198 out of 349 throws for 2,660 yards and 15 touchdowns.Pro scouts will have ample opportunity to see Penrose in post-season action as hefollows his Blue-Gray game appearance with later trips to the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine game.Penrose credits the Aztecs’ traditional reliance on the aerial game for his success as a passer.“Playing with a team that puts the ball in the air a lot,” he told reporters this week, “your chances of winning a passing title are very good.”As if Penrose were not enough for any one team, North Coach Jack Christiansen of Stanford also can call on quarterback Steve Myer of New Mexico, who tied for second place in passing this season right behind Penrose.For the South, quarterback Scott Gardner of Virginia sees the all-star match as a chance to make up for a disappointing season. Although he set a school career record of 6,059 yards total offense, the 6-foot-3 signal caller completed only 133 out of 272 passes for 1,547 yards.BY MIKE BRUTON Eagle Sports WriterCOLLEGE STATION - The AM Consolidated 'Tigers saw their hopes of winning the first place trophy go down the drain, when they fell to Fairfield, 52-45, in the first round of the 12th Annual AM Consolidated Tournament Thursday in Tiger gym.Then the Tigers’ Bob Randall came up with a steal and passed the ball to Williams, who was fouled. Wilhams, who had an outstanding game with his hustling style of play, hit two free throws on the one-and-one call, and Consol was back within a basket of Fairfield'The Tigers stayed within four points of the Eagles in the opening quarter, with the score reading, 18-14, when the initial buzzer sounded. But Consol could only produce two points in the second period, and fellbehind, 27-16 at the conclusion of the first half.With the utilization of the full court press, and the shooting of Scott Shafer, I,arry Williams and Philip Steen, the Tigers poured in 15 third quarter points. But the effort was neutralized by the play of the Eagles, as Consol managed to shave only a point from the 11 point lead Fairfield held at half time.Steen started the fourth quarter scoring with a beautiful move under the basket for a score, and the Tigers caught fire. After five minutes of aggressive defense on the press, the Tigers had trimmed the Fairfield lead to two points.The Consol players were all over the Eagles, they kept forcing turnovers and turning them into points. After a Williams steal, Shafer sunk a short turn around jumper to make the score, 4341, with 3:30 left in the game.The Consol fans were hysterical, and it looked as if the Tigers were about to pull through. Then Fairfield started stalling, and the Tiger defenders had to come out to challenge the ball. With the Consol defense spreaded out, Don Manning the Eagle big man, was left open under the basket. A Fairfield ballhandler fed the ball to Manning and he laid the ball on the glass to put the Eagles in front, 4541, withagain.But Junior Johnson and Ricky Hatcher scored buckets for the Eagles, and Fairfield owned a six point lead with 1:21 left in the game. In the closing seconds of the battle both Williams and Steen fouled out, and the Eagles walked away with a 5245 win.What Consol coach Jim Foreman experienced Thursday afternoon, was a rerun of what he had seen in the last two Tiger contests. The Tigers had their opportunities, they had played hard, but they just couldn’t score at crucial points in the game.“The kids played well, but we just couldn’t score. We missed too many easy shots,” he said. The Tiger mentor also cited the overall quickness of the Fairfield team as a factor in the Consol loss.They were hurting us getting the ball down the court quickly,” he said. The Eagles used the fast break to some extent, but Foreman said it wasn’t the break that hurt them most. The Eagles were just dribbling the ball down-court before the Tiger defense could set up.Three Consol players finished the game in double figures. Williams led the Consol scoring charts with 15 points, and Steen and Shafer had 13 and 12, respectively.Hatcher registered 15 points for Fairfield, with Manning leading the scoring with 18.The Tigers will now compete for the consolation title, as they play Danbury, who lost to Caldwell, 55-51 in the opening round. ’2,.The Nacogdoches Dragons put a balanced scoring attack on the floor to down Waller, 55-41.Four Dragons finished the2:30 remaining.(See CONSOL, Page 3B)--------— • w m,TIGER GUARD Pat Cartwright (dark jersireceives pressure from Fairfield defendersGovan (20) and Junior Johnson in Thursday’s fi round contest between AM Consolidated andEagles. Fairfield won the game, 52-45, sendConsol into consolation play. (Photo byLeabo)
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