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LONE STAR LUTHERAN
November 15, 1968
_ KENT RICHTER - HBi
RICK AM1CK - QB
TLC
Senior
Gridders
ANDY MOLDENHAUER -
On The Subject Of Football
By Brian
The curtains dropped on the
1968 TLC football campaign last
Saturday and left in Its frust-
rating wake another less than
successful season. The 35-18
loss to Austin College left the
TLC worksheet at 3-5 for the
second straight season, and put
the dampers on the Bulldogs bid
for their first .500 season since
1964.
It is easy to rationalize a los-
ing season to bad breaks and apply
the old Aggie clique, “Wait
«til next year.”
But that somehow never works
out. In TLC»s case the trouble
in 1968 lay in turnovers, injur-
ies, inexperience, and in at
least two cases, out-manned
opponents.
A team cannot expect to win
them all when it gives up as
many as eleven turnovers in one
ball game; when its nationally
ranked returning director, a tri-
captain, and starting quarterback
are out of action; or when
only three seniors return to
Shult
direct a team composed of six-
teen freshmen.
The most significant of these
is the last. The Bulldogs in
recent years have averaged four
seniors on a squad of forty. The
other ten or twelve have some-
how gone by the wayside through
injuries, grades, or more im-
portantly, transfers. TLC cannot
possibly maintain its football
prowess without those three and
four year lettermen.
It would be futile to mention
the old nemesis—“school spirit**
since nothing could solve the
old cause-effect dilema of which
comes first—support or a win-
ning season.
Nevertheless, in the midst of
the “Drop Football** campaign
by the intellectual, nameless
critics of TLC, the Bulldogs and
their backers must take along,
hard, thorough look at the con-
ditions that exist, with a goal
of improvement upon the sport
which adds so much to the TLC
CAMPUS LIFE.
Sports Briefs
Girls’ Volleyball
In Girls* volleyball action
Thursday, the first rounds of the
championship playoffs were play-
ed, pitting the champions and
runner-ups from each league.
The Baldus Bouncers from
League B defeated the Baldus
Blimps, while The Group of
League A defeated the Foxy
Ladies. The Group and the Bald-
us Bouncers will meet next
Thursday at 7:00 p.m. for the
Championship.
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Intramural Basketball
To Organize
The representatives of intram-
ural basketball met last Tues-
day to decide the layout for in-
tramural play scheduled to be-
gin next week. The only sign-
ificant change in this year»s
agenda concerned the length of
the game. This year the clock
will run continuously for the first
ten minutes of each half, and
will be stopped according to
standard play the last five min-
utes of each half. Last year the
clock had run continuously for the
twenty minute halves. The
games again will be played on
the two lateral courts of the
gym. Games will be played on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays at
6:30 , 7:30, and 8:30 p.m.
Team representation and eligi-
bility will follow the same reg-
ulations as intramural football,
and the deadline for teams and
rosters is this weekend.
Austin College Kangaroos Bounce
Over TLC Bulldogs In Final Game
The Austin College Kangaroos
bounced to a 35-18 win over Texas
Lutheran last Saturday night to
close out the 1968 campaign for
both clubs. The Kangeroos rode
the passing arm of quarterback
Wesley Eben, who threw for four
touchdowns, and the ground prow-
ess of fullback Joe Meade in
picking up their eighth win of
the season against a single loss.
The Bulldogs drew first blood
two minutes deep into the initial
period, when safety Alan Wells
returned a Kangaroo punt for 81
yards. An uncharacteristic con-
version attempt by Manuel
Esparza was wide, and the Bull-
dogs led 6-0.
Five minutes later, Austin Col-
lege was on the scoreboard. The
drive was set up when Clay Ful-
cher picked off a deflected
Bulldog aerial at midfield. Four
plays later, Eben hit tight end
Fred Maples for 36 yards and
the touchdown. Bob Scheffleld*s
boot put the Kangaroos in front
for good at 7-6.
Two minutes deep into the
second period. Austin College
struck again after setting up at
midfield cm a TLC punt. The
capper came five plays later
on a nine yard toss to split
end Roland Rainey. It was the
ninth touchdown of the season and
oily reception of the night for
the Kangaroos* leading receiver,
Scheffield*s point after sent the
Sherman crew into the lockers
with a 14-6 edge.
Two plays after the second half
kickoff, the Bulldogs set the mood
for the wide open, explosive
third and fourth periods. Half-
back David Doerfler slanted off
the right side and won a foot
race to the end zone. It was
good for 64 yards and brought
the Bulldogs to within two at
14-12.
The Kangaroos countered 46
seconds later when Fred Maples
caught an Eben bomb for 70
yards and his second touchdown
making it Austin 21, TLC 12.
The Kangaroos opened the final
stanza with their most impres-
sive drive of the evening. They
marched form their own 22 yard
line in 12 plays with a 10 yard
Eben pass to John Menefee cap-
ping the 78 yard drive. A high
conversion snap kept the score at
27-l2jAustin College.
TLC brought the game within
range with 9:38 remaining in the
contest. Fullback Manuel
Esparza broke up the middle
on a draw , then rambled 88 yards
assisted by an open field block
by Roy Maas. Again a two
point conversion attempt failed,
and brought the Bulldogs within
nine at 27-18.
The TLC momentum was
short-lived, however, as fullback
Meade added the insurance tally
moments later. Meade, who pick-
ed up 156 yards in the cont-
est, went 40 yards up the middle
enroute to his eleventh touchdown
of the season. The 35-18 score
remained until the final gun seven
Final 1968 Statistics
TLC
OPPONENTS
126
First Downs
135
971
Rushing
1490
1376
Passing
1156
108-226
Passes
76-165
9
Intercepted BY
16
14
Fumbles Lost
12
46-37.5
Punts
48-374
34-337
Penalties
56-643
TLC Golfers To Journey To
Georgetown And San Antonio
minutes later.
The Kangaroos ended the
season with their finest record
since 1959, with several team
records, including team rushing
falling in their wake. Standouts
in the contest were Wesley Eben,
whose 313 yards passing upped
his passing yardage to 1585 yards
and total offense to 1753 for the
season, and Joe Meade, a soph-
omore whose 156 yards upped his
total to 848 for the 1968 cam-
paign. In the receiving depart-
ment, Fred Maples snagged three
passes for 135 yards and two
touchdowns against the Bulldogs.
TLC ended the season with a
3-5 mark, identical to last year.
Their amazing feature against
Austin College was their ground
attack. Through eight games, the
Kangaroo defense had allowed
an average of only 76 yards rush-
ing, but the Bulldog offense found
little trouble in romping for 291
yards against the defensive stal-
warts.
Standouts for the Bulldogs last
Saturday were Manuel Esparza,
who returned to fullback in place
of an injured Chuck Rinn and
galloped for 113 yards on four
carries and David Doerfler, who
carried on nine occasions for 92
yards.
The Bulldogs now look to next
season's campaign when they will
return all but three of the 1968
squad. Those individual losses
are co-captains Kent Richter and
Rick Amick, along with tight end
Andy Moldenhauer.
Richter, in earning his fourth
Bulldog letter, has rushed for
247 yards on 59 carries, com-
pleted 9 of 22 passes for 173
yards, caught 25 passes for 393
yards, and scored 25 points this
year for TLC.
Amick, the signal caller, has pas-
sed 129 times, completing cm 59
for 641 yards in his second
year as a Bulldog. Moldenhauer,
also a three year letterman, com-
pleted the seas chi with ten re-
ceptions or 125 yards and one
touchdown.
The TLC golf team will up
their fall matches to four when
they travel two match locations
within the next week.
This Saturday the Bulldogs will
journey to Georgetown for an
eighteen - hole affair with the
Southwestern University club-
bers, in hopes of posting their
first win after losses to Pan-
American and the University of
Houston.
Making the trek for the Bull-
ogs will be Du
Dave Newman, Fred
Making the treK for the Bull- j
dogs will be Dutch Schonenberg, !
Dave Newman, Fred Hopkins, \
Mike Ellaby, Jack Park, and Tic I next to r
Schonenberg. | 211 N. Austin
Then next Friday, the TLC
links men will meet Pan-
American, Trinity, and South-
western in a four-way affair in the
Hemisfair City. The stage will
be the Pecan Valley Country Club
sight of the PGA tournament last
summer. The same six TLC
golfers will compete In the
eighteen hole contest.
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STATISTICS
TLC
AUSTIN
First Downs
15
23
Yardage Rushing
291
211
Yardage Passing
115
313
Passes
16-34
17-30
Intercepted By
1
3
Fumbles Lost
1
2
Punts
6-44.3
5-33.4
Penalties
8-49
8-75
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