Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 72, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 6, 1979 Page: 6 of 10
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A volleyball season that
features a young and inex-
perienced Tarleton State
University team ended last1
Thursday night as the Tex-
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of the non-districf schedule
that could be helped con-
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and West.
Once the “cutoff” lines had
been determined for the high
school districts, and verifica-
tion was established through
PagelA
Stephenville’s new
alignment features
GYMNASTIC PERFORMER-Dtxle Davis tri Stephenville and a
freshman member of the Tarleton gymnastics team, competed in
the Class DI vault on Friday as the TSU gymnasts opened their
season by hotting a dual meet with Southwest Texas State. The
TexAnn team is very young this fall but has some exciting meets
planned as they meet a variety of extremely tough competitors.
(TSU news service pbotd)"
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geographic logic.
' A school wishing to change
its district must get approval
from the district they are leav-
ing and the district they are
entering. “Old rivals” were
not regarded in the district
alignments.
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yards and 26 carries, marking
one of the few bright spots of
the day for the Texans who
now fall to 6-3 for the year.
Linebackers Nelson, Tony
Tuck and Bobby Rodriquez
were impressive on defense.
Tuck had fourteen tackles and
Rodriquez had ten. Defensive
back Reny Laughlin added
eleven tackles, two intercep-
tions and a fumble recovery to
the defensive totals.
The Texans will close out
Dallas
Philadelphia
Washington
N.Y. Giants
St. Louis
Denver
San Diego
Oakland
Kansas City
Seattle
Tarleton gymnasts
compete with SWT
took second place honors.
Pam Blankenship was third
with a 6.5 and Betty Graunke
was fifth with a 5.7.
In the bars, Lisa Iwaszko
placed sixth in Class III with a
5.2. . J
Pam Blankenship was
in the ’’ass II bars wifo
and Cnetyl Brenner
fourth with a 6.4.
In the Class III floor exer-
cises, Shellie Karner was think
with a 6.5.
“We are always striving for
a 6.5 or better,” indicated
Coach Ixiwrance, “because
that's what it take to qualify
for the state meet at the end of
the year. But we consider the
marks from Fnday pretty
good for a first outing. It .
definitely showed the gym-
nasts what areas to work on.”
“Overall, 1 thought the team
looked best in the floor exer-
cises,” she continued referr-
ing to Friday's meet. “We has
several individuals turn in fine
performances.”
The Class II gymnasts will
be traveling to Fort Worth on
Friday to compete in a dual
meet with Texas Christian
University. On Saturday, the
Class III performers will get
their chance as they host a
dual meet with Pan American.
That is scheduled to begin at
10 a.m. in Wisdom gym.
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Fetters has been awarded the
honor. Fetters was one of the
team’s best players and was
aggressive and always hustl-
ing. ; i
She will be one of the bright
spots for the TexAnns next
year.
Young volleyball team
triat. That’s not their style,
either.”
In its 8-0 season, Houston
has scored 188 points and
allowed 90. Texas, 6-1, has
tallied only 138 points, but its
defense has given up only 54.
Akers said the only thing
that bothers him about play-
ing indoors against Houston in
the Astrodome is “you can’t
get enough people in.”
The capacity is listed as
54,000-plus, which is nearly
30,000 fewer than saw the
Texas-Houston game in
Memorial Stadium here last
year.
Houston won that game, 10
7, to win the Southwest Con-'
ference football champion-
ship. A victory over Texas on
Saturday could enable the
Cougars to repeat as the host
team in the Cotton Bowl.
“The biggest difference in
the two teams is they’re
undefeated and we’ve lost
one,” Akers said.
Texas lost to Arkansas, 17-
14, and Houston edged Arkan-
sas the following week, 13-10.
Students stood in long lines
for tickets Monday, and there
were early indications that
9,500 reserved seats for a clos-
ed circuit telecast of the game
here also would be sold.
Texas defeated Texas Tech,
144, last Saturday with Texas
alternating three quarter-
backs — sophomore Donnie
Little and freshmen Herkie
Walls and Rick Mclvor.
Akers said he pulled Little
after he got “rattled," threw
an interception and almost
had another pass intercepted.
Asked if he would use three
quarterbacks against
Houston, Akers said, “We
have no definite plans. We will
do anything we can to move
By Mary Anae Yarbrough f
. E-T Sports Editor
The Stephenville Yellow
Jackets will have the same old
district foes next fall when
their 1980 football season gets
underway, but there will be a
slightly different look, atleast
number wise.
The Jackets will bra part of
District 4AAAA along with
Brownwood, Everman,
Crowley, Granbury and
Cleburne. The schools are not
new to each other in district
play but a major difference
next fall will find them
representing an entire district
rather than just the north zone
of a two zone district.
"I like the new alignments,”
Coach Leon Manley com-
mented Monday after the UIL
officially released the new
system. For one thing it will
allow us one open date during
the season and I have learned
in the past that can be very
important.”
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The Tarleton gymnastics
team opened their 1979-BO
season Fnday as they hosted a
dual meet with one of the
finest teams in the state,
Southwest Texas State.
TSU Coach Jymme
Lowrance said she was pleas-
ed overall with the perfor-
mances turned in by her
predominately young squad.
Die eleven man squad may be
young but they arent afraid of
competition. The group has
only one meet scheduled with
another Class III school.
“We’re so inexperienced
and we don’t have a lot of dep-
th,”, signs Mrs. Lowrance.
“Our opposition will be much
stronger than our level of com-
petition so we’re looking to get
the njiost out of our girls and
trying to improve each week.”
In the team standings in
Class III, which is the begin-
ner's division, Tarleton finish-
ed with 70.25 points while SWT
(an AIAW Division II school)
accumulated 83.8 points. In
Class II, or the intermediate
division, Tarleton earned a
mark of 65. while SWT earned
an 86.25.
The team totals are deter-
mined by averaging the top
three scores in each event.
The TexAnns had only two
performers in the floor and
two in the beam exercises in
Class II; therefore a zero wa?"’
averaged in with both scores.
Pam Blankejiship finished
third in the overall individual
standings for Class II with a
28.5 while teammate Cheryl
Brenner placed fourth with a
26.2. t
Pam picked up a second and
four third place marks in the
meet earning her highest
mark, a 6.75 in floor exercise
to place second in the event.
Cheryl Brenner was third in
the event with a 6.6.
In the Class II vault, Pam
was third with a 6.7, Betty
Grauke was fourth with a 6.5
and Cheryl Brender was fifth
with a 6.4.
Lisa Iwaszako placed fifth
in the vault in Class III with a
6.65. Dixie Davis was sixth
with a 6.45.
In the Class III balance
beam competition, Shellie
Karner was fourth with a 6.1.
Cheryl Brenner led the
locals in the Class II beam
copetition with a 6.8 mark that
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Williams recovers from two
broken ribs, fumbled twice: at
the Houston 15 in the second
quarter and at the Houston 48
in the final quarter.
“There’s no excuse for the
way I played. It really bothers
me that I didn’t do the job
the football. . Whatever
substitutions need, to be made
to move the football, we’ll
make them.”
Akers said Mike Baab, the
top sub at all five interior line
positions, underwent surgery
to repair a tom ligament in his
knee and will miss the re-
mainder of the season.
Starting tackle Terry
Tausch had a strained knee;
guard Joe Shearin had a bruis-
ed pelvic bone; defensive
tackle Steve Massey had a
bruised thigh; halfback A.J.
“Jam” Jones strained his
shoulder; and receiver Les
Koenning had a hamstring
strain.
“I hope all hands are well,”
said Akers. “Now's the time
we need to be.”
Akers said Texas coaches
had selected sub halfback
Brad Beck as the outstanding
offensive player in the Tech
game and end Ron Bones as
the best defensive player.
Beck scored Texas’ second
touchdown on an 11-yard run,
and Bones had 17 tackles, in-
cluding 10 unassisted.
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A’s may spend
next season
in Colorado
NEW YORK (AP) — The
sale of the Oakland A’s to oil
mogul Marvin Davis — a tran-
saction that would bring ma-
jor league baseball to Denver
for the 1980 season is in the
works, The Associated Press
- has learned.
In 1978, A’s owner Charles
Finley attempted to sell the
club to Davis, but a number of
obstacles arose and the deal
fell through. A knowledgeable
baseball source said Monday
those obstacles had been eas-
ed and the sale is virtually cer-
tain to be completed this time.
Indications were that Davis
has begun assembling a
management team for the
club and that Al Rosen,
former president of the New
York Yankees, would leave
his current post with an Atlan-
tic City casino hotel to head
the operation.
“I am flattered that anyone
would consider me for an ex-
ecutive job in baseball,” said
ku„en.
A published report said
Cedric Tallis, former general
manager of the Yankees,
would join Rosen in manage-
ment of the Denver club. "
The source said negotiations
should be wrapped up some
time this month, allowing the
deal to be presented to the
American League in
December during the annual
baseball meetings in Toronto.
Davis was reported in
California and unavailable for .
comment.
Finley was asked twice for
reaction to the prospective
sale Monday.
The first time, he said: “No
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -
Texas Coach Fred Akers will
tell Houston this much about
his game plan for Saturday :
The Ivonghoms will not base
their attack on quarterback
sneaks and off-tackle plays, i
Asked at his weekly news
conference Monday if he
thought the crucial Texas-
Houston. game in the
Astrodome would be a defen-
sive struggle, Akers said:
"Defensive games come
about when you run quarter-
back sneaks, go off-tackle and
then punt. I don't know about
them, but we don’t plan to do
tJtrpijrnmllr Empirr-iSribunr b Tuesday, November 6,1979
Trinity’s first long run
set tempo for TSU upset
the season next week in the un-
' friendly territory of the
i McMurry College Indians of
Abilene. The Indians have a 7-
3 record 2nd lost to Tarleton in
the first meeting year, 20-14.
A considerable slfine has
I been taken off the game since
i neither team has a chance for
I the conference title won by
Austin College. The best the
1 Texans can hope for is a tie for
second with McMurry. Game
time is 2 p.m.
MIAMI (AP) - The
Houston Oilers' coaches were
yelling angrily in the post-
game locker room, but the
Miami Dolphins’ locker room
was quiet—an angry quiet
Three Geld goals by Toni
Fritsch and some costly
Dolphin turnovers enabled the
Oilers to escape the Orange
Bowl with a 9-6 victory Mon-
day night.
“We played good when we
had to,” Coach Bum Phillips
said after the game.
Suddenly, one-by-one,
Phillips' assistants began
shouting as they discovered
their lockers had been strip-
ped of watches, wallets and
rings during the game.
“Fve heard of poor losers
but that beats everything,"
Phillips said.
The victory marked the
-fourth time this season a
Fritsch field goal provided
Houston's winning margin. He
tied the game with a 46-yarder
to open the second quarter,
broke the tie with a 48-yarder
with 5:05 left in the third
quarter, then opened a 9-3 lead
with a 39-yarder just before
the quarter ended.
“Toni, I think, is the best
kicker in the league,” Phillips
said of the 34-year-old
Austrian who has hit 15 of 17
field goals this season.
Rookie Uwe von Schamann
belted field goals of 32 and 51
y ards-and was warming up for
a potential game-tier with two
minutes left and the Dolphins
at the Houston 20. But on
second-and-7, linebacker
Gregg Bingham picked off a
Bob Griese pass at the 15 and
returned it 54 yards to clinch
the game.
Griese, under fire through
most of what’s been one of the
worst slumps of his 13-year
career, said: “Of course,
that’s the worst thing in the
world that could have happen-
ed in that situation. I didn't
plan it that way. Bingham just
made a great play.”
Houston quarterback Dan
Pastorini, no stranger to
criticism, agreed.
“It was one of those things:
he had the guy open and made
the throw. But Bingham
gambled and made the in-
terception. Knowing Bob
Griese, he could make the
same throw 100 times and it
would not happen again,"
Pastorini said.
Griese’s teammates weren't
as quick to defend.
“We just choked up. We
didn't challenge them with our
play calling. We played a con-
tender and we choked up. We
played conservative instead of
taking the challenge to them,"
said wide receiver Duriel Har-
ris.
. Harris set club records the
previous week with 10 recep-
tions for 180 yards but didn’t
catch a pass Monday while
fellow wide receiver Nat
Moore had just two recep-
tions.,
“I only got the ball thrown to
me twice all night," Harris
said. “I know what I can do to
help this team, but if I don’t
' get the ball I can’t help. Ifs
frustrating to work hard all
week in practice for this.”
"We took what they gave us
— the short stuff to the backs.
They were double covering the
wide receivers," an annoyed
Griese said. “I'm getting tired
of hearing grumbling from my
own team." •
Gary Davis, in the starting
lineup while halfback Delvin . comment. The clnb is far sale.
ototMi _ . That’s all I can say.” •
Later, he said: “I wish I
could tell you it (the reported
sale) was true, but there’s no
truth to the rumor what-
soever. There’s nothing to
that. I don’t know where it
originated."
Akers doesn't plan
on defensive battle
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The first Trinity University
. play from scrimmage set the
tone for what proved to be a
33-24 upset win over the host
Tarleton Texans.
Alan Rousseau broke clean-
ly up the middle and skipped
79 yards into the end zone to
give the Tigers a 7-0 lead.
For the rest of the game,
turnovers and big plays would
dominate. The Texans turned
the ball over seven times
while the Tigers were guilty of
1 three miscues in a game
i where following the bouncing
ball provided a lot of enter-
tainment for the neutral fan,
and a lot of anxiety for the par-
ticipants.
Rousseau's score was mat-
ched midway through the
first quarter when TSU
linebacker Mark Nelson
blocked a punt and gobbled
the ball up 24 yards later for a
score. It was Nelson’s third j
blocked punt and his second
score of the year. The missed
conversion by Mike Mahler,
his first of the year, left the
score 7-6.
Stalling at the ten on their
next drive, Trinity’s Scott
Montana missed a 27 yard
field goal but TSU was offsides
giving the Tigers a first down.
Quarterback Karl Meisenbach
carried from the one to put
Trinity up 14-6.
In ’ the second quarter
Mahler kicked a 31 yard field
goal to bring Tarleton closer,
but Trinity matched that with
a 37 yard James Dunks field
goal. The second quarter,
featured six turnovers and
was highlighted by a Trinity
interception, tyith less than 30
seconds in the half, TSU called
a timeout to-allow Trinity to
punt and give the Texans a
few more plays before the
half. In retrospect, the Texans
probably wish the clock would
have run out. Quarterback
Greg Edwards screen pass
was read and intercepted by
defensive end Paul Paveglio
who sped 44 unheeded yards
into the end zone. At the half,
Tarleton trailed 24-9.
The Texans took the second
half kickoff and drove 87 yards
in six plays on the ground with
Henry Mills carrying the final
four. Edwards ran in the two
point conversion to cut
Trinity’s margin to 24-17.
Mahler missed a 36 yard field
goal to complete the third
quarter highlights but the
fourth quarter electrified and
then electrocuted the Parent’s
Day crowd.
Midway through the final
stanza, tight end-punt .
returner Sam Scott dashed 82
yards up the right sidelines to „
tie the game at 24 all. The
crowd barely had time to set-
tle when Trinity’s Mark Price
took the ensuing kickoff and
went for goaline to goaline to
put the game away. The
Tigers added an insurance 30
yard field goal by Dunks late
in the game after two costly
fumbles by the Texans
Freshman halfback Ricky
Bush led all rushers with 165
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Toni's toe; Miami's
'muffs' boost Oilers
when I had a chance to,”
Davis said.
Ironically, Davis was the
training camp roommate this
year of fullback Leroy Harris
until Harris was traded to
Philadelphia. Harris fumbled
twice in the Dolphins’ 17-9 loss
to Houston in a wild-card
playoff game here last season.
Formidable Earl Campbell,
slowed to 41 yards the
previous two weeks as he
recovered from a thigh bruise,
gained 121 yards on 32 carries
to become the first running
back to break 100 yards
against the Dolphins thi#
season.
But overall, Miajni’sr
defense was solid, holding
Pastorini to 25 yards passing
and three times stopping the
Oilers without a first down in
the thrilling fourth quarter.
“Our defense played their
guts out, getting the field posi-
tion many, many times for the
offense to score some points,”
said Coach Don Shula. “But
we really hurt ourselves with
. fumbles and interceptions.
The interception at the end -
was the only thing we couldn’t
let happen and we did.”
The victory kept the 7-3
Oilers tied with Cleveland, one
game behind Pittsburgh in the
AFC Central. The Dolphins, 6-
4, fell a game behind New
England in the AFC East.
“To get to where we want to
go at the end of the season, we
have to start beating some
winning teams. Tonight was a
good time to start," Shula
said.
Cathy Fetters, a freshman
setter from Azle, was named
the TexAnn Volleyball Player
of the Week for her perfor-
mance in the tournament. It
Anns were bounched from the marked the second time that
final rounds of the Texas
Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics for Women Division
III State Championships.
The TexAnn volleyball
team, composed ,of seven
freshmen, two juniors and a
sophomore, lost all four of
their Thursday matches and
were eliminated from the
finals on Friday. The team
finished the year with a com-
bined record of 2-30 and ended
up fifth in the State in Division
III.
The TexAnns never seemed
to gain their footing in the
tournament, although they did
win several hard fought mat-
ches. Sul Ross claimed the
■State Championship, as they
did the TIAA crown the week
before. McMurry College
placed second, losing, to the
Lady Lobos in the champion-
ship round. Austin College
placed third while Incarnate
Word,’ the only non-TIAA
school in the tournament, ’ ,
finished fourth,
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the UIL placed rubber bands
on a map of Texas and
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The Jackets will still be
playing a ten game schedule,
but in the current ■ zone
system, their open date comes ^Jgtween,” Manley pointed
out.
The tentative non-district
schedule for next fall finds the
Jackets playing some familiar
teams from past years but the
games may all be on the road,
a factor Coach Manley would
prefer to see changed.
The former south zone of
district 10AAA will form the
District 1IAAAA. Original
schools, Gatesville, Marlin,
Connally, Jefferson Moore
and Midway, and Waco will be
joined by Lampasas and
Belton. That means an eight
team district with seven
district games.
The alignments for the
Texas high schools will 6e
determined as follows:
AAAAA (5A) schools are 1310
enrollment and higher; AAAA
(4A) schools includes 1309 to
615 enrollment; AAA (3A)
schools include 614-262 enroll-
ment and AA (double-A) divi-
sion schools' will include
enrollment of 264-135. The
Class A schools will be
represented by enrollments
less than 134. —
Schools with less than 85
enrollment may classify for
the Sir man program if they
wish.
Although the new
alignments do very little to
switch school from one divi-
sion to another, there has been
a slight change made in the
divisions and the Class B
schools (which often had a bad
connotatipn) ha'-' ’>een moved
up a notch.
The previous enrollment
lines for Class AAA were 1279
to 579 while the newly defined
Class AAAA equavilent is 1309
to 615.
Among the Cross Timbers
area schools, Dublin and Hico
both move up to the Class AA
division. The Lions will be
playing a similar district as
„ they have in the past with
Dublin, Early, DeLeon,
Ranger and San Saba joined
by Cisco and Eastland to form
District 10AA. Their two
former district mates,
Goldthwaite and Cross Plains
drop down to district 7A with
Gorman, Blanket, Bronte,
Eden, Evant, Lometa, Irion
Co., Miles, Rising Star .and
Santa Anna.
. Dublin Coach Bill Bryant
> sees the new district
assignments as making
, district 10AA one of the
> toughest in the state. Both
Cisco and Eastland are mov-
i ing down from what was
• previously Class AA.
“We should have one of the
strongest districts in the state
and should provide some
tough competition in every
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