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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1963)
. mzmmMsammaam SHELBY METCALF Head Basketball Coach ART ADAMSON Head Swimming Coach CHARLES THOMAS Head Track Coach OMAR SMITH Head Tennis Coach TOM CHANDLER Head Baseball Coach FROM SEPTEMBER TO MA Y Ags Active In SWC Sports Prom A&M’s gridiron opener there will be sports activity Sept. 21 until the middle of May aplenty for Aggie fans. A&M University is one of the few schools in the Southwest Con ference that field teams in the league’s eight annual organized sports: football, cross county, bas ketball, swimming, track, tennis, golf and baseball. From the way it looks at this stage of the game, the Cadets will be top contenders in most of these races. EVEN BEFORE football fever has reached its peak Coach Ray Putnam’s Aggie cross country squad will go into action against members of other conferences and independents. Early in December the distancemen will be out to win their third consecutive SWC title. Around the end of football sea son Shelby Metcalf will be trying to shape up a team to launch his first year as head basketball coach. With deadeye Bennie Lenox, who rewrote A&M’s offensive record list last season, available for one more season Metcalf shouldn’t have too many worries. The 6-2 Lenox will get ample help from former “Mr. Basketball of Louisiana” Gerald Woodard, guard Paul Timmons, rangy Eynn Merritt and last year’s Fish whiz, John Beasley. “'COACH ART ADAMSON’S swimmers were young and green last winter. But with a year’s varsity experience under their belts they’re expected to work their way up among the leaders this time. With last season’s wounds fi nally healed, and most of the top- notch material returning, Coach Charles Thomas’ track team will be Everyone’s Athletic Tastes Satisfied By Campus Clubs In addition to the regular pro gram operated by the Athletic De partment and the Intramural Office there are a number of other sports offered on the A&M campus. Many clubs have been organized here so everyone’s athletic tastes can be satisfied. COACH R. K. WIEDER of the Department of Health and Physical Education serves as an advisor to fencing and wrestling clubs. Teams in these sports often compete with representatives from other colleges. An active gymnastics club under the direction of Henry Walton com petes in many meets during the spring. Last yeai’ the A&M Handball Club was re-organized after new courts were provided on campus. The club ran off a tournament here and also traveled to Houston to play other teams. A judo club was organized last fall. Under the coaching of advisor Capt. Lester R. Hewitt, assistant professor of Air Science, several Soccer, Cricket Teams Bring International Flavors To A&M Sports at A&M come in foi'eign flavors too. Within the last few years an enthusiastic group of students, most of them from Latin America, have built up one of the finest soccer teams in the state. And just recently a group of British, Indian and Pakistani students has introduced the traditional English game of cricket to Aggieland. The soccer team, which competes against teams from a few Texas colleges and clubs from nearby cities, went unbeaten and untied for three years until last season when they tied once and lost the state championship game to a club from San Antonio. A member of the Houston Soc cer League, the A&M team plays almost every weekend during the entire school year. It practices each afternoon on a field south of the main campus. THE SOCCER TEAM has part of its expenses paid by the Me morial Student Center. It has no coach, and the team members pay the rest of the expenses for uni forms, equipment and transporta tion. The newly-formed cricket club plays and practices on one of the campus lawns. It recently won its first game against the University of Houston. Although most of the members of these two teams are foreign students, a few Aggies from this country have joined. Members of both clubs say they wish more Americans would come out and en joy their sports with them. Aggies have been learning this ancient sport and art of self-de fense. THE AGGIE RODEO Club has been active on the campus for many years. A member of the Intercol legiate Rodeo Association, the club competes at college rodeos all over the Southwest, often earning the right to participate in regional and national affairs. The club sponsors one of the largest intercollegiate rodeos in the area here each year. There is also an annual Aggie Rodeo at which students compete for campus honors. Under the direction of members of the Department of Military Sci ence the university fields strong rifle and pistol teams each season. A number of bowling tourna ments are held in the Memorial Student Center each year. Aggies also bowl in local leagues. FOR THE PAST three years A&M has turned out one of the finest match bowling teams in the South. Its members are no stran gers to regional and national com petition of the National Intercol legiate Bowling Association. Out at Easterwood Airport the A&M Parachute Club jumps each weekend. Its active members par ticipate in many precision jumping and sky-diving meets. Also at the airfield, the long- established Flying Kadets train for intercollegiate competition in stunt and precision flying. WELCOME FRESHMEN Relax and Have Fun Bowling At TRIANGLE BOWL 20 BRUNSWICK AUTOMATIC LANES OPENS 8:00 A. M.—-CLOSES Whenever You’re Through Your Bowling Pleasure Is “Right Down Our Alleys” You’ll Enjoy Our Restaurant Too! 3808 Old College Rd. Across From Triangle Drive-In Berry Risinger ’42 strong contenders. They’ll be led again this season by weightman Danny Roberts, whose only shot put competition in the south is new Aggie recruit Randy Matson from Pampa. Hurdler, relayman and high- jumper John Collins is expected to be back in good shape after in juries confined him last season. And the Andrews Flash, Ted Nel son, who twice defeated olympians Crish Cushman and Eddie Southern last winter, will be on hand for the relays and sprints. ALL OF COACH Omar Smith’s young netters will be returning. With standout Richard Barker in the lead, tthe 1963-64 tennis team should be in for one of its better seasons. Coach Hem-y Ransom has a mama for taking- SWC golf titles, so even though all the match team members from last spring are gone he’s clearing a, place in the cup board for the fifth straight tro- pby. Don Custer, Pete Hidalgo, Rich ard Ratliff and Jay Ferguson will be among the top-flighters primed to keep up the Aggie golf tradi- .tion. THE BULK of the same Cadet baseball squad that has come with in a few base hits of the SWC championship for two seasons will return. Coach Tom Chandler will be missing three regulars, but has as many men with experience to fill their shoes. HENRY RANSOM Head Golf Coach THE BATTALION Thursday, August 22, 1963 College Station, Texas Page 3 READ BATTALION CLASSIFIEDS COMPLETE LINE BRIEF CASES ATTACHE CASES ZIPPER BINDERS STUDENT CO-OP STORE ED GARNER ’38 Welcome — AGGIES- To- YOUNGBLOODS GOOD FOOD AT MODERATE PRICES ENTIRELY REMODELED FOR YOUR COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE Rock Building Hiway 6 PHONE TA 2-4557 Midway Between Bryan and College Something to SHOUT about! 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