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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1949
Aggie Clay-Couriers Will Be
Greatly Improved This Year
By RALPH GORMAN
As coach W. M. Dowell begins
his third year as varsity and fresh
man tennis coach, the onlookers
from over around the clay courts
.are expecting him - to turn out a
prospective conference champion
from the eight erstwhile Aggies
who showed up so well in spring
play.
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.
Rated as the No. 1 man accord-
", Jng to spring play, we have R. G'.
DeBerry of San Angelo. This
• sophomore from out West Texas
' way is a very good doubles player
and has a unique style similar to
that of Pancho Gonzales, in that
he uses both hands when making
a backhand stroke. DeBerry has
mastered this particular stroke,
which is found to be most unus
ual on college courts.
Following close behind DeBerry
, . is little Bobby Duncan, sophomore
from Corpus Christi. Bobby is
one of the most aggressive players
in the game and he plays each
stroke with natural ability.
Another Soph
Slated for the No. 3 spot on this
aggregation of cloycourters is
Royce Tate, another sophomore
who is an excellent doubles man.
Tate won state high school champ
ionship in doubles play in ’48.
Completing the top four we find
Aaron Cohen, a San Antonio lad,
who won the big city singles in
’48.
There are but two returning let-
termen this year to assist coach
Dowell in giving the team that
much desired experience.
Pryse Metcalf of Franklin will
be seeking his third letter as he
lettered first in ’46 and returned
in ’49 to do it again. Metcalf was
runner-up in the state tennis meet
in ’45.
Along with Metcalf, and another
returning letterman, is Allen
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 coming
season.
A squadman last year, Dick
Hardin was listed among the in-
eligibles because of junior college
play the previous year. Hardin,
who is from Wichita Falls, is an
excellent doubles player, very much
improved, and has three years of
eligibility remaining.
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Jimmy Gray, a Houston lad, who
showed up exceedingly well as a
freshman in ’48, will be back with
Coach Dowell this year. Gray
played several good matches last
spring.
Lost from the ranks of last year
is Memo Elizando, a Mexico City
lad, who replaced Bill Bennett as
the No. 1 player of two years ago.
Also gone is Bennie Stanford of
Dallas, Rodney Sellers of Price,
Jimmy Wallis of Rockdale, and
Ellis Garlington of Tulsa, Okla
homa.
Replacements Good
Replacements are always in ord
er when we suffer a loss and
Galveston has done a wonderful
job in furnishing us with not one,
but two of 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
Harris.
Very close behind Letsos, and
pushing him all the while for his
No. 1 spot, is Donald Farmer,
another lad from the Island City.
These two boys are the most prom
ising of all incoming freshmen.
Word has it that Rice and the
University will field the strongest
teams in the Southwest Conference
this year. Rice has two seniors, a
junior, and a five year man, to
give them a court full of veteran
lettermen. Texas will be very
strong in that they will have the
state high school and the junior
college champs of ’48 becoming
eligible this year.
TCU will come out with old
rackets, new balls, and veteran
players. They boast proudly of
one Dixie Osbourne, who in reality
is “nothing more” than the No. 1
Texas Junior Davis Cup man.
Bill DuBose
Line Coach
Since 1948
William T. Dubose, better
known as Bill, has been line
coach for the Aggies since
1948 when Harry Stiteler re
quested that he brought from
Downs Natatorium
Completed In 1933
You could hear them wildcatting for miles back there
in ’32 when the soil was broken and the cornerstone was laid
to mark the initial construction of what was to be known
in later years as the largest indoor swimming pool in the
south—P. L. Downs, Jr. Natatorium.
A&M’s first swimming pool was - *-
located in the basement of the
YMCA but was found to be in
adequate for the needs of the stu-
rlpTifc: Vipup
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&M’s
getting its first swimming pool. ,
At first it was planned to
make the pool 100x50 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' were lOOx
60 feet.
The final cost of the pool was
$80,000.
The pool has one of the best
BILL DUBOSE
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Waco.
Dubose was then head coach at
Waco High School.
He and Stiteler worked together
in 1938 when Dubose was line
coach for Stiteler at Corpus Chris
ti. Corpus Christi won the state
high school championship that
year, defeating Ijubbock in the
finals. •
He became head coach at Corpus
Christi in 1942 when Stiteler moved
to Waco. Corpus lost the district
title that year to Austin in the
final minute of play. Austin later
went on to win the state title.
Dubose became head coach at
Waco in the fall of 1946 when
Stiteler went to Rice. The Waco
Tigers reached the state quarter
finals. The next year the Waco
team finished second in the dis
trict.
Stiteler was an assistant coach
at A&M in 1947. When he became
head coach the next year he asked
for Dubose as assistant coach.
Dubose has an enviable record.
From 1935 through 1937 he has
been on the winning side 107 times
and the losing side only 33 times.
Five games resulted in ties.
Born in November, 1910 at Gon
zales, Bill Dubose played tackle
on the high school team in 1926-
27-28.
After a year of freshman ball,
he played end for Texas Univer
sity in 1930, end and tackle in
1931, and guard and tackle in 1932.
Freshman line coach at TU in
1935, Dubose didn’t coach in 1934
when he was with the TU intra
mural athletic department.
Dubose is married and has a son
and daughter.
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will travel far and wide. Karow
has games scheduled from coast
to coast for the Aggies before they
take on any 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 best 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 way
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, and
the tall boys coming through as
desired, the 1949-50 Aggie basket
ball team could be hard to beat.
The way it stands 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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