The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1970 Page: 4 of 6
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Second-half stagnation wiped out Owl hopes for upset
By MARTY BELASCO
and GARY RACHLIN
The Rice Owls once again
pulled defeat from the jaws of
victory Saturday as they lost
to Arkansas, 38-14. The Owls
led 14-3 at halftime, due mainly
to four Arkansas turnovers
(two fumbles and two intercep-
tions). But the second half was
a different story as the Razor-
backs exploded for five consecu-
tive touchdowns while Rice re-
turned to its normal level of
offensive inefficiency.
The Owls ran primarily a
veer-type offense in the first
half:' with some success. The
first touchdown came on a 33-
yard drive following an Arkan-
sas fumble. The Owls used the
running of John Cardwell and
Philip Wood exclusively in this
drive. The second score followed
a 49-vard interception return
by Mike Tyler, which set the
Owls up at the Arkansas 5-yard
line. On third down, Wood found
Macon Hughes open in the end
zone and hit him with a per-
fectly thrown pass, accounting
for his only completion.
Once again, the Owls came
out in the second half as if they
were expecting to lose, despite
leading at the half. It is inter-
esting to note that in seven
games played this year, the Owl
offense has accounted for a to-
tal of only seven joints in the
third quarter. It should be very
evident that opposing teams, by
halftime at the very latest,
have diagnosed the Owls quar-
terback-tailback offense. But
Goach Bo Hagan still insists on
"going with his strength," and
the results speak for them-
selves.
The Owls once again did not
throw a pass in the second half
until Arkansas had scored on
their first 3 possessions and
had taken a 24-14 lead. Now, of
course, the Owls had to play
catch-up and unsuccessfully
went to the air to the surprise
of no one. The Porkers capital-
ized on this strategy by hold-
ing Rice to 57 yards total of-
fense in the second half. The
Rice defense, meanwhile, was
unable to stop the rampaging
Hogs.
As usual, ineffective play-
calling, poor execution (Rice
fumbled 5 times, but lost only
one), and the inability to gen-
erate any momentum led to the
Owl's downfall. This latter fac-
tor is especially significant. De-
spite scoring two touchdowns in
the last minute and a half of
the first-half, and receiving the
second half kickoi'f, the Owls
came out like a group of ca-
davers at halftime. Whether
this was due to poor attitude on
the part of the players, lack of
inspiration from the coaches, or
both, can only be speculated.
Needless to say, some changes
must be made.
On the brighter side, the
Owls did manage to avoid a
shutout. The offensive pass
blocking was somewhat im-
proved, and John Cardwell
looked fairly impressive at tail-
back. Butch Robinson, LaRay
Breshers, and Mike Tyler stood
out on defense, with Tyler com-
ing up with 2 intercepti#is. Per-
haps the highlight of the game
for Rice fans came late in the
first half with the Owls on the
Arkansas four-yard line.
On second down, Hagan sent
in reserve quarterback Bruce
Gadd at the tailback spot, wear-
ing No. 20 instead of his usual
No. 10. Wood pitched out to
Gadd, who threw a perfect
strike to end Bob Brown, who
was all alone in the end zone.
Of course, Brown dropped the
pass, thereby ruining the most
imaginative play the Owls have
pulled off in years. Despite its
failure, the play was a refresh-
ing break in what has been a
totally unimaginative season.
The loss was the Owl's fourth
straight and put their season
record at 2-5. This week, Rice
battles the Texas Aggies in a
fight for the SWC cellar. The
Farmers, after winning their
first 2 games, have pulled off 7
losses in a row, causing restless
alumni to go head-hunting for
Coach Gene Stallings. The game
should be a pretty even match,
and we look for the Owls to
bounce back with a 21-14 vic-
tory.
Draff question answered: Students may now request 1-A
By JOHN STRIKER
and ANDREW SHAPIRO
O.: My lottery number is high
r_'7n). I wanted to have my year
of draft vulnerability behind me
come January 1, 1971, but my
local board placed me in class
i l'-S this year. In one of your
earlier columns you wrote that
you would try to change the
practice of forcing the II-S de-
ferment on students who do not
w;int it. What lias happened?
it's getting late.
A.: In an earlier column we
pointed out that under our in-
terpretation of the law, a stu-
dent should not be placed in
class II-S during any academic
year unless he has requested
the deferment for that year. At
the time, the Selective Service
System disagreed. We said in
th< column that "we will first
seek to convince the Selective
Service System to alter its pres-
ent policy" before bringing a
class action in court to force a
cha ng'o.
Fortunately, the class action
will not be necessary. On Octo-
ber 'J3. 1970 local board mem-
orandum No. 117 was issued. It
provides that any student, re-
gardless of whether he has re-
quested the II-S deferment for
this year or a prior year, may
now request in writing,'to be
taken out of class II-S. Upon re-
ceipt of the letter requesting re-
moval from class II-S, the local
board should promptly place
you in class I-A; the prompt-
ness being necessary in order
to accomplish the change before
December 31.
Any registrant who is in class
T-A on December 31 and whose
lottery number has not been
reached will fall into a lower
priority group on January 1
and will be, for all practical
purposes, beyond the draft. Be
sure to send your letter by
registered mail, return receipt
requested and keep a copy of it
for your own records.
Q.: My draft board has five
members. Only one showed up
for my personal appearance
last week. Is this illegal?
A.: No. All five members do
not have to attend your hear-
ing. The regulations allow the
board to designate one or more
members who will meet with
you. The designee(s) will then
report back to the other mem-
bers after your appearance.
You do have a right to meet
with at least one board mem-
ber. This point was underscored
in a recent case where the reg-
istrant was allowed to meet
only with the draft board clerk,
rather than a board member.
The court ruled that the regis-
trant had been illegally denied
his right to a personal appear-
ance. Therefore, his induction
order was invalid.
Q.: Do you automatically fail
your physical if you wear con-
tact lenses ?
A.: No, not automatically.
Contact lenses disqualify a
registrant only in what the
Army calls "complicated cases
requiring contact lenses for
adequate correction of vision."
Complicated cases may include
defects such as corneal scars,
an irregular astigmatism, or
keratoconus. Of course, the
existence of any of these com-
plications should be documented
by a physician.
If you wear contact lenses,
you should remove them at least
72 hours prior to your physical.
Otherwise the Army may have
to retain you at the examining
station in order to test your
eyes. Army regulations author-
ize retention for up to three
days.
Q.: The last mailing address
I gave my draft board was my
dormitory room. Now, I've
moved off-campus to live in my
jyirl friend's apartment. I'm not
going to report this new mail-
ing: address, but I just want to
know whether I'm doing some-
thing illegal.
A.: Not as far as the mail
goes. Technically speaking, the
regulations do require each
registrant "to keep his local
board advised at all times of
the address where mail will
reach hnj^." This requirement,
however, does not compel the
registrant to report every
change in mailing address. He
can, instead, arrange to have
mail forwarded, without inform-
ing the draft board of his new
forwarding address.
The Supreme Court has de-
cided that a registrant does not
have to remain in one place or
inform the draft board of ev-
ery new mailing address. He
can keep the board advised of
the address where mail will
reach him if, acting in good
faith, he leaves a chain of for-
warding addresses, with the
reasonable expectation that he
will receive mail in time to com-
ply with it.
Q.: I am trying to fill out
the "Special Form for Consci-
entious Objector" (SSS 150),
but I am not satisfied with
some of the wording on the
form. I heard that Elliott Welsh,
the C.O. in the recent Welsh
case, altered the form to suit
his beliefs. What exactly did he
do and was it illegal ?
A.: In series I of the form, a
C.O. must sign a printed state-
ment that begins: "I am, by
reason of my religious training
and belief, conscientiously op-
posed to war in any form . . ."
Welsh signed this statement
only after he crossed out the
words "my religious training
and." Welsh wanted to empha-
size that he did not consider his
system of ethics "religious."
However, the Supreme Court
vindicated Welsh's beliefs; re-
gardless of how he character-
ized them, they were "religious"
in the eyes of the law. Had
Welsh chosen to call his beliefs
"religious," he would have made
a decision in his favor even
easier. However, the fact that
he rejected the word "religious"'
could not be used as the de-
termining factor against him.
Failure to use the word is, ac-
cording to the Supreme Court,
"a highly unreliable guide for
those charged with administer-
ing the (C.O.) exemption."
Draft boards must decide for
themselves whether a regis-
trant's beliefs fulfill the legal
definition of "religious training
and belief."
We welcome your questions.
Please send them to Mastering
the Draft, Suite 1202, 60 East
42nd Street, New York, N. Y.
10017.
Q.: Why is it important for
me to have a copy of my file ?
A.: The copy provides you
with protection against the
possibility that local board
members or clerks will alter the
contents of your file to cover
up their mistakes. For example,
consider the following recent
court case. A young man sought
a conscientious objector classi-
fication. His local board denied
the request and, as required by
law, wrote down the reason and
placed the letter in his file. A
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few months later, a court, in an
unrelated case, declai'ed this
particular reason an improper
ground for denying a C.O. re-
quest. When the young man's
board learned of the court case,
it opened his file and changed
the reason for denying his
C.O. request so that it now con-
formed to the law. Ultimately,
the young man refused induc-
tion. Fortunately, his attorney
had made a complete copy of
the young man's file before the
board members had made any
changes. At the trial he no-
ticed the change. The case was
thrown out of court with in-
structions to the U.S. Attorney
to investigate the conduct of
the board members. Only be-
cause he had a complete copy
of the file was he able to de-
tect the change.
NOTE: The Rice Draft In-
formation Center, second floor
RMC, has the official list of
disqualifying medical defects
for 25 cents.
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Mauldin, John. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1970, newspaper, November 12, 1970; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245092/m1/4/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.