Moritz said Monday his leg feels fine and, as a result, he hopes to start practicing field goals this week. He kicked several while playing at Stamford High School, including one that beat Anson, 3 -- 0, in a 1953 district game.

``I kicked about 110 extra points in 135 tries during three years in high school,'' he said, ``and made 26 in a row at one time. I never did miss one in a playoff game -- I kicked about 20 in the five playoff games my last two years.''

Moritz came to Texas in 1954 but his freshman football efforts were hampered by a knee injury. He missed the 1955 season because of an operation on the ailing knee, then played 77 minutes in 1956. His statistical record that year, when Texas won only one game and lost nine, was far from impressive: he carried the ball three times for a net gain of 10 yards, punted once for 39 yards and caught one pass for 13 yards.

He went into the Army in March, 1957, and returned two years later. But he was scholastically ineligible in 1959 and merely present last season.

Place kicking is largely a matter of timing, Moritz declared.

``Once you get the feel of it, there's not much to it. I've tried to teach some of the other boys to kick and some of them can't seem to get the feel. Practice helps you to get your timing down.

``It's kind of like golf -- if you don't swing a club very often, your timing gets off.''

Moritz, however, kicks only about 10 or 12 extra points during each practice session.