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Ab coacH W. M. Dowell Regina
his third year as varsity and fresh
man tennis coach, the ortlookers
from over around the clay courts
are expecting him to turn opt a
prospective conference ^ champion
irom the eight erstwhile Aggies
Who showed up so well in spring
play. | M
Dowell has four promising soph
omores coming up from the Fish
ranks whom he will depend on
- heavily when the Aggie netmen be
gin meeting their opponents of
the 1950 schedule.
as the No. 1 man accord
spring play, we have R, G.
wot**? of San Ahgelo. This
sophomore from out West Texas
.j‘way is a-very good doubles player
and has a uniqUe style similar to
that of Pancho Gonzales, in. that
he J uses both hands when making
a backhand stroke. DeBerry has
i . mastered this particular stroke,
j which is found to be-most unus
ual on college courts
Following close behind DeBerry
is little Bobby Duncan, sophomore
from Corpus CHrlsti. Bobby is
one of the most aggressive players
in the game and hi plays each
stroke with natural ability,
r Another Soph
Slated for; the No. 3 spot on this
much desired experience.
Bryse Metcalf of Franklin Wi!
be seeking his third letter ae
lettered first in ’46 and r
in '49 to ,do it agaip. 1 Metcalf was
runner-up in the state tennis meet
in ’45.
Along with Metcalf, and another
returning letterman, is Alleii
Aaronson, a very flashy, netman
from Cotulla. Aaronson is the most
improved player out for the team
this year. He is a junior, lettered,
in ’49 play, and is showing prom
ise that he will be the outstanding
Aggie clay-courter for the coining
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A squadma'n last, year, Dick
Hardin was listed among the in-
eligibles because of junior college
play the previous year. Hardin,
who is from Wichita Falls, an
excellent doubles player, very much
improved, and has «hree yeari k
eligibility remaining!
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BE STATION 1
Houston lad, who
Singly well as a
m in ’4 will be back with
oach Dowel this year. Gray
layed several good matches last
ipnng. , !
Lost from the ranks of last year
Memo Elizando, a Mexico City
I, who replaced Bill Bennett as
le No. 1 playsr of two years ago.
Also gone is Bennie Stanford of
Dallas, Rodne^ Sellers of Price,
’immy Wallis of Rockdale, and
His Garlingtpn of Tulsa, Okla-
oma.
> Replacements Good
Replacements are always in ord
er when iVe suffer a loss and
Galveston has done a wonderful
job in furnishing us with notfjbne,
but two pf exactly what we need.
The top ranking newcomer is
Eugene Letsos, a well, known fig
ure in tennis circles over the state.
Letsos was runner-up in the Inter-
Scholastic League Meet this past
spring, having lost a very long and
hard fought five set match to Bill
Karris, j
Very close behind Letsos, and
bushing him all the while for his
K©. I spot, is Donald Farmer,
another lad from the Island City,
hese two boys are the most prom-
ing of aji incoming freshmen.
Word has it that Rice and the
niversitV will field the strongest
teams in the Southwest Conference
s year.' Rice has two seniors, a
nior, and a five year man, to
ive them a ! court full of veteran^
ettermen. Texas will be very*
trong in that they will have the
tate high | school and the junior
liege champs of ’48 becoming
ligible this y^ar.
TCU will come out with old
rackets, new balls, and veteran
layers. They boast proudly 0
me Dixie Osbourne, who in realit;
js '‘nothing more” than the No.
exas Junior Davis Cup man.
Natatorium
leted In 1933
hear them wildcatting for miles back
i soil was broken and the cornerstone was
to mark the initial construction of what was to be known
in later yean; as the largest indoor swimming pool in the
south—P. L. Downs, Jr. Natatorium.
A&M’s first swimming pool wash
te bS.t.’S't t % “ ***•' “’ »"• te
u * The present seating capacity
of the Natatorium is 600 and
each year ' several swimming
meets are held in the booi.
When the pool was first opened
it was to be used only by Aggies
but with the increasing need for
a place to swim by College Station
residents, the pool was also opened
to them. I
Presently in charge of the Na
tatorium is Art Adamson. Adam
son is coach of the Aggie swim
ming team. He came to A&M in
1934 and since then Aggie Swim
ming teams have piled up an
impressive record^ in Southwest
Conference cotnpetition.
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In the original plans $70,000
was set aside for the construc
tion of a pool adjoining DeWare
Field House.
To complete the work A&M pick
ed men who were, at that time,
working for the school. These in
cluded Dr. F. E. Giesecke who was
college architect and W. A. Orth
who was Superintendent of Build
ing and College Utilities.
The pool was opened on March
15, 1933 and was named in honor
of P. L, “Pinky” Downs, Jr. who
was largely responsible for A&8$’s
getting its first swimming pool.
At N first it was planned to
make the pool 1(10x50 feet but
before construction was started
the size was changed to lOOx
60 feet. This change was made
because standard pools for col
lege swimming meets >yere lOOx
60 feet. ' I i : |!
The final cost of the pool was
$80,000. 1 .
The pool has one of the best
ACCIES
Bill DuBose
Line Coach
Since 1948
! Williato T. Dubose, better
known Bill, has been line
coach fyr the Aggies since
1948 when Harry Stiteler re
quested that he brought from
Vaco.
, Dubose was then head coach at
jWaco High School.
Stiteler wiorked together
when Dubose was line
Stiteler at Corpus Chris-
i{ Christi won the state
Oql championship that
eating Lfubbock in the
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in 1938
coach for
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high sche
Christi in
to Waco,
title that
mirv
year, defi
finals,
He became head coach at Corpus
1942 when Stiteler moved
•Corpus lost the district
year to Austin in the
final minute of play. Austin later
went on ;o win the state title.
Dubose ; became head coach at
'Waco in jthe fall. of 1946 when
'Stiteler Went to Rice. The Waco
Tigers reached the state quarter
finals. The next year the Waco
team fintphecj second in the dis
trict
Stiteleij; ( was an assistant coach
at A&M in 1947. When he became
head coach the n'ext year he hsked
for Dubo
Dubose
S
ai assistant coach,
has an enviable record.
(Fr6m 19j3f) through 1937 he has
been on the winning side 107 times
and the tising side only 33 times.
Five games resulted in ties.
Born in iNoyember, 1910 at Gon
zales, BiU Dubose played tackle
on | the hi^rh school team in 1926-
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After jrt year of freshman ball,
he jdttyed end for Texas Univer
sity in |i930j end and tackle in
iMl, and guard and tackle in 1932.
Freshman line coach at Tu im
1935, Dubose didn’t coach in 1931
when he was with the TU intra
mural pthletiic department. "
Dubose ia married and has a son
ami daughter,
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will tfravfej far and wide. Karow
has Janies' scheduled from coast
to coast jfor the Aggies before they
take On-winy conference foes. He
hopes that this experience on the
road wil help the new varsity team
members in getting the valuable
under-fire experience they need.
These teams that the Aggies
will play across the nation are
the jbest in competition that can be
had. They will be tough to beat
but they will give the team some
very good practice before confer
ence play starts.
The lead off game on the road
will be against Long Island Un
iversity in Madison Square Gar
den, New York. From there the
team will travel west playing
games with the best all the ^tay
to the west coast, where they
will haVe several games.
Before the Aggies hit the road
they will play a few practice
games with the non-conference
teams in the area. By the time
it hits the road, the team should
be shaping up pretty well. *>
As for how A&M Will come out
in the conference this year, it’s
hard to say. With some luck, aild
the tall boys coming through as
desired, the 1949-50 Aggie basket
ball team could be hard to heat.
The way it staqds now it is bet
ter to consider it the dark
horse for the conference race than
say just where it will end up.
Don't overrate the Aggies and
don’t underrate them, just expect
a better season than last.
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