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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1957)
The Battalion PAGE 4 College Station (Brazos County), Texas Thursday, March 14, 1957 s PORT L A N T s By BARRY HART Battalion Sports Editor The buck has been passed again! In typical A&M fashion, Dr. Chris Groneman, chairman of the Athletic Council, refused to let the exact figures on hoyi much money the Athletic Department made during the 1956 football season be published. As a private citizen, it is my privilege, and anyone’s for that matter, to ask to see those records, but the way has been blocked—as it has been so often. Barlow (Bones) Irvin, assistant athletic director, told me Tuesday that the figures would be available to me, but . . first check with Dr. Groneman or Coach Paul Bryant, just to be sure.” Bryant is out of town, so I called Dr. Groneman. He said he had no authority to allow me to see the books, but suggested that I “. . . . submit a letter to the Athletic Council asking permission to see the figures.” This meant only one thing to me—NO! What sinister fears cloak A&M with its dark veil of secrecy ? Why don’t they publish the facts ? Are they afraid people will find out how much money they’ve made? Are they afraid people will ask: “You’ve got all that dough, why don’t you get busy and repair some of the college’s sorry athletic facilities?” It doesn’t take a Charles Van THE ATHLETIC DEPT. jeSUMfS NO RESPONSIBILITY LOST OR STOlfN PiRSOML PROPERTY WARNING TO ATHLETES—meaning- “Don’t let anybody steal your equipment because we can’t be responsible for it—we can’t keep people from breaking in as our facilities are so poor.” a Doren to figure it out. money goes for football else counts. As was indicated in this column yesterday, the immediate need for athletic money is in the facilities of minor sports. Three weeks ago a person or persons as yet un known bi-oke into the Aggie base- ballers dressing room and made off with an estimated $200 worth of personal equipment. It wasn’t hard to do. Many of the windows were already broken; all that was need ed was to reach in, open a win dow and climb through. Since then signs have been put up in both baseball and track dressing rooms saying: “The athletic dept, as sumes no responsibility for lost or stolen personal property.” Rather than build new quarters or repair the ones now being used to such an extent that further van dalism would be impossible, the Athletic Department simply took the easy — and cheap — way out. Both track and baseball dressing rooms are in old DeWare Field House—itself in tenement-like con dition, but capable of repair, as seen by the new windows being put in. A trip through these dressing rooms is appalling, but the worst is the horrible shower rooms (as pic tured on page one of Wednesday’s BATT). Ten showers in two, 8 by 12 rooms are all that is furnished for 100 track and 40 baseball men. Not only are they too small, they lack ventilation, lighting, foot baths, soap dishes and cleanliness in general. 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And what will be done about it—you guessed it—NOTHING! Aggie Rollers In ABC Meet At Ft. Worth Five Aggie bowlers will partici pate in the 54th annual “World Series of Bowling”—the American Bowling Congress Tournament ih Ft. Worth. The tremendous meet, which is in progress from March 9 to April 27, is being held in mammoth Will Rogers Memorial Building. Thirty-two alleys have been in stalled for the first ABC tourney ever to be held in Texas. The building will accommodate 3,500 spectators with parking area for 3,000 cars. The Aggies will bowl March 18 and 19, along with Bryan’s Park Cleaners team. The Bryan AFB Jets are slated to roll March 24 and 25. Bowling for A&M will be John Redden, Dick Dres, Bob Wilson, Bob Brown and Fred McDonald. Competing will be such nation ally known bowlers as Don Carter, Buddy Bomer, Bill Lillard, Ray Bluth, Billy Welu and Lee Jouglard. 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