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Friday, September 11, 1953 THE BATTALION Sec. II—Page 5
A&M’s Intramural Program UofH Congers Set Sights
Lets Everyone Participate
Intramural Athletics at A&M is
one of the most extensive organi
zations in any of the nation’s col
leges. Almost every unit of both
military and non-military students
on the campus participate in a var
ied program of year-around athle
tics.
The intramural program for the
1953-54 year will be organized
around approximately 80 teams.
These include four separate and
distinct groups. They are upper
classmen, freshmen, non-military
and club teams. The upperclass
men group will make up the big
gest part of the organization with
its 36 units.
Freshmen will have the next
largest with 21 teams. Non-mili
tary students will play on eight
different teams while the^ clubs
will boast 35 units.
All groups will participate in the
same number and type of athletic
events, but each sport will have
its own champion.
The freshmen will not partici
pate against upperclassmen nor
will clubs play against any group
except other clubs in their own
league.
One change from the 1953 or
ganization is that only one team
per unit will be allowed to partici
pate. Last year each upperclass
unit consisted of two teams, one
for sophomores and one for jun
iors and seniors.
This is being discontinued be
cause of the small units in the
corps this year. The boxing pro
gram also will be discontinued in
intramurals this year.
Squadron 7 will be the defending
champions in the upperclass com
petition this season, while Squad
ron 23 of the freshmen area will
try to keep the title for that di
vision.
Over-all championships are bas
ed on a scoring system which al
lows each team a certain number
of points for entering a sport and
another number for winning the
league championship, runner up or
other honors.
The intramural program is open
to every student in A&M, and is on
a purely voluntary basis. No credit
is given for participation so far as
scholastic work is concerned.
Competition Is Stiff
Even in this program without
any credit, the competition is stiff
between units and the honor of
being top intramural outfit is
keenly sought.
Among the various spoils offer
ed are basketball, tennis, flag
football (each player carries a flag
in his shorts and when the flag
is jerked out by the opponent the
runner is down), horseshoes, cross
country, bowling, ping-pong, soft-
ball, golf, volleyball, badminton,
swimming and track.
The Intramural Department,
which is directed by Barney Welch,
furnishes all playing equipment ex
cept individual equipment such as
tennis rackets, tennis balls, shoes
and other personal equipment.
Welch also is in charge of fur-
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Bell Sparks First
Conference Win
Barney Welch
nishing officials for all the games,
scheduling events and maintaining
the courts and fields in top condi
tion.
The Intramural Department re
ceives money each year from the
Exchange Store for the purchase
of game equipment such as foot
ball, horseshoes, softballs and bats.
These items are issued to the out
fits to use whenever and wfiercver
the athletic officers in the outfits
want to.
Equipment of this type is issued
in the Office of Student Activities,
second floor of Goodwin Hall, at
the beginning of each year.
The intramural program is ar
ranged and planned through the
Dean of Men’s Office and directed
through the Student Activities Of
fice. The intramural office is in
the southwest corner of DeWare
Field House and is open daily from
1 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Any questions pertaining to in
tramurals may be brought to
Welch in his office in Goodwin
Hall.
’Murals Play Big Role
“Intramurals play an important
part in the life of students at Ag-
gieland for various reasons,” says
Welch. “Most boys are athletically
inclined, and although they are not
proficient enough or lack time to
participate in intercollegiate
sports, they still can enjoy their
favorite sport through intramurals.
A&M’s second opponent is the
team that everybody is watching
this year. The tremendous team
building program that University
of Houston’s head coach Clyde V.
Lee has been running for the past
five seasons has experts saying
“this is the year.”
The Cougars, champions of the
Missouri Valley last fall, barely
missed a bowl trip last year. This
season they are gunning for A&M,
one of their only two losses in
1952.
Ranked tenth nationally last
year on defense, prospects are
bright for sterling defensive play
again.
The same two quarterbacks that
directed the Cougars split-T to
eight wins in ten games in 1952
are back for more service this
year. They are senior Bobby Clat-
terbuck, who did most of the man-
under work last season, and junior
Newton Shows.
Eight Halfbacks Return
At the halfback positions Hous
ton has eight lettermen back in the
fold. At fullback is All-American
candidate captain Rock Carr.
Carr will be more than ready for
one platoon football this year since
he played both linebacker and full
back last year.
Buddy Gillioz, tackle and an All-
American in 1952, will be back for
another year in the Houston line.
The weak spot in the line seems to
be at center. Lee is left with five
candidates who never have played
on the varsity squad.
Only two coaches have led A&M
to a SWC victory. They were
Dana X. Bible in 1917, ’19, ’21, ’25
and ’27, and Homer Norton in ’39,
’40 and ’41.
The first A&M team to win a
SWC baseball crown was led to
victory by present coach, R. C.
(Beau) Bell.
The Aggies were playing their
Beau Bell
Plenty of Know-How
final game with the University of
Texas in 1931 when Bell stepped
to the plate and slammed a home
run over the fence.
As a left fielder at A&M, Bell
amassed a startling .474 batting
average. After graduation, he
went into organized baseball with
GaWeston, and then • to the St.
Louis Browns.
Bell led the American League in
base hits and doubles in 1937 and
was chosen on the American
League All-Star team. He played
for Detroit in 1939, Cleveland in
1940-41 and Toledo in 1942. Bell
is in his third year as coach at
A&M.
Under Bell’s direction, the 1951
Aggie team tied for the SWC title,
defeated Arizona two out of three
games and represented District 6
at the NCAA playoffs in Omaha.
A&M will boast one of the most
experienced teams in the confer
ence this year with 33 of last sea
son’s varsity members returning.
Bell will be throwing a lot of
hope on A&M’s star hurlers Jerry
Nelson and Ed Hennig. Joe Boring
and Roscoe Hunt will be back to
handle the key position this year.
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