COL. ANDY
(Continued from Page 3)
were paying most of their own
way through college.
“Of course, I wanted the top
high school boys and would have
liked to have them,” he adds, smil
ing, “and I would gladly have giv
en a scholarship to any boy who
could step into conference compe
tition and take first place as (Dar-
row) Hooper did.
“But I didn’t usually offer more
tfran one scholarship yearly to a
high school boy. X asked the oth
ers to come down and take a wait
er’s job in the mess hall while
tney earned a place on the squad.
These are the boys I call ‘ama
teurs’. But because of my pref
erence to help my squadman first,
many top high school boys passed
up A&M and attended college else
where.”
Colonel Andy was one of the
coaches for the U. S. Olympic
team last year at Melbourne, Aus
tralia, one of the high points of
his glorious career, and it is appro
priate that the American team
won more gold medals—15 of a
possible 24—than any team in
Olympic history.
The personable coach stepped
down last week after serving A&M
for 35 years. He coached track
in two sections and served as a
major in World War I and as a
colonel in WW II, both in the field
artillery.
Anderson first became cinder
head man in 1922, winning a con
ference title that year. He coach
ed 14 seasons, capturing crowns
again in 1929 and 1930 before re
signing to become Dean of Men
and Commandant of the Cadet
Corps.
Colonel Andy left Aggieland to
serve in WW II, then resumed
coaching in 1947 when his teams
began dominating SWC track and
field. The Aggies took the league
championships in 1947-8-9, drop
ped to second in 1950, then swept
three straight. They have fin
ished behind Texas every year
since.
“This is the ideal place to build
national champion track teams,”
asserts the retiring coach. ‘I hope
that my successor puts the Aggies
back into the national ranking
they deserve.”
The record speaks for itself as
Frank G. (Colonel Andy) Ander
son steps down after 25 glorious
years—a legend at Texas A&M.
S
PORT
L A N T
By BARRY HART
Intercollegiate athletics at A&M are so top heavy as to
be on the verge of collapse. Football rules the roost so com
pletely that the others have been virtually forgotten. As
it stands now, we have one of the most unbalanced programs
in the Southwest Conference, and the outlook for the future
is anything but bright.
There is only one solution if A&M wants a well-rounded
athletic program—there must be a separation of athletic
director and head football coach.
Paul Bryant stands among the five best football coaches
in the nation today—but is he a good athletic director? An
athletic director is just what the name implies—a DIREC
TOR of athletics—ALL athletics, not just football. Does
Mr. Bryant fit this description? His entire interest appears
to be focused on the gridiron, and well it should be, for he
could not turn out winning football teams otherwise.
Football is the heart and soul of college athletics, but
that is no reason why we shouldn’t make more of an at
tempt to turn out winning teams in the other sports. Bryant
cannot afford to divide his attention among all sports and
keep grid Aggies on top of the SWC. We need an athletic
director who can devote a great part of his time to the con
sideration of basketball, baseball, track, swimming, golf and
tennis.
The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
Friday, May 24, 1957 PAGE 5
Score Sees Little
From Injured Eye
CLEVELAND, (iP).—Sitting on his hospital bed, Herb
Score Thursday told a reporter standing three feet away
that with his injured right eye, “I could tell you are there,
but I couldn’t recognize you.”
The young southpaw ace of the Cleveland Indians said
he can see light and motion with the injured eye, and it is
improving every day. He was
cheerful and optimistic that
he soon will be pitching again.
When ?
“It’s up to the doctor. He’s
managing- me,” he said.
In his darkened room at Lake
side Hospital, Score bantered with
newsmen, the first ones permitted
to see him since he was hit in
the eye by a line drive from the
bat of Gil McDougald of the New
York Yankees on May 7.
The strikeout king of the major
leagues, who will be 24 years old
on June 7, was wearing the glasses
he normally used for reading. The
right lens was covered with a
black disc, which had a pin prick
hole in the center. The left lens
was clear, because that eye was
not injured and its vision is unim
paired.
He took the glasses off momen
tarily, revealing that practically
all external evidence of the vicious
drive that felled him has disap
peared. There is still a slight
swelling on his cheek bone and
on his nose, which was broken.
Last fall 92 gchlarships were
passed out in football. In sharp
contrast, Art Adamson had three
with which to work among his
Aggie swimmers, yet he succeed
ed in winning the league title in
1956 and finished second this year.
There is a need to divide the total
number of athletic scholarships
given to high school graduates
more equally among all the A&M
sports.
Every year large numbers of
grid hopefuls who come to Aggie-
1 a n d on scholarships fail to
make the team. I suggest a more
conservative giving of four-year
free rides with a desire toward
quality, rather than quantity. Let’s
go get the guy that can do the
job and cut down on the large
numbers that can’t and never will.
A sensible start toward return
ing the athletic program to equil
ibrium would be to build a new
dorm to house 150 men, instead of
just 80-92 football players as the
plans call for now. A dorm only
for gridders can do nothing but
antagonize the other athletes.
Maybe the other sports aren’t
as important as football, but they
deserve a break—they aren’t get
ting one now. ®
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