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THE BATTALION
Thursday, February 11, 1965
College Station, Texas
Page 7
By LANI PRESSWOOD
“Paul Timmins will never play
varsity ball in the Southwest
Conference.”
Abb Curtis has been eating
these words for the last three
years. The Assistant Executive
Secretary of the SWC made the
statement to a Fort Worth Star-
Telegram reporter after seeing
the volatile Timmins play in an
A&M freshman game.
Paul made the All-SWC frosh
team that year and has since
come on to be an Aggie regular
and team captain. This season
he is again a strong contender
for all-conference honors.
To reach this level, the 5-11
scrapper has had to overcome the
barrier Curtis thought was un-
surmountable — his own fiery
temperament.
In a well-circulated quote, Ag
gie cage mentor Shelby Metcalf
remarked, “Paul just decided he’d
rather play than officiate.”
In a more serious vein, Metcalf
credits “maturity” as being the
prime factor in Timmins’ current
court behavior.
Timmins himself speaks open
ly and frankly on the subject.
“I’d always had that reputa
tion. A lot of the time it’s just
been that I’m mad at myself.
I have to give Coach Metcalf a
lot of credit. He said he’d put
me on the bench for it and it
worked. It probably helped my
playing too.”
Paul’s reputation now rests on
another trait he has always pos
sessed—desire. He puts forth
that intangible 110 per cent every
time he walks out on the floor.
He was dubbed “the Aggie hustle
guy” as a sophomore and the ver
dict hasn’t changed.
Metcalf labels him, “one of
the greatest competitors this
school has ever had. I’m a big
Timmins fan and I always have
been. He’s an inspiring type
ball player.”
The Clear Creek playmaker
combines effort with natural
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NEW YORK <AP) — The Ameri-
rderinc tW an Football League fell in line
fromtH oth the requests of the National
•iai st»<s| lollegiate Athletic Association and
rith the policies of the rival Na-
ional Football League Wednesday
1^ f J >y banning the premature sign-
ng of college players to profes-
ional contracts.
It refused, however, to delay
ts annual draft meeting until/
ifter the bowl games have been
ilayed or to ban the signing of
■edshirts. The NCAA had asked
loth leagues to take those steps
o prevent early signings.
Rules of both pro leagues make
'layers eligible for the draft in
he senior year of the class with
vhich they first entered college.
The wording of the AFL state-
taent virtually duplicates that
made by NFL Commission Pete
Rozelle last month. Both leagues
#gree not to sign college seniors
Until their teams have completed
the season, including bowl games.
And both include redshirts who
actually are playing out their ex
tra season of college eligibility.
The AFL action came just be
fore the deadline set by James
L Corbett, Louisiana State Uni-
'’ersity athletic director and chair
man of the NCAA committee on
college-pro relations.
tinier Outlines
'Seeded Changes
NEW YORK <A>)
Big - time
tournament golf needs a new look
and should be streamlined to fit
the modem era, says Arnold Palm-
In an article in Golf Maga-
aine, Palmer listed a four-point
Program for improving the pro
tour. They were:
1. Limit the number of official
Purses of $100,000 or more. There
could be a separate tour for less
experienced players with tourna
ments of lesser purses.
2. Set up tournaments on a
five-year plan stretching from the
East to the West to enable clubs
plan a long-range program.
3. Rate players by money win
nings and drop those who don’t
show reasonable progress.
4. Discourage the sponsoring
of pros.
Palmer suggested that only the
best courses be used and that a
club be given a five-year tourna
ment lease in order to make in
novations, such as underground
television cables and bleachers.
court savvy. His intelligence,
comes through clearly in conver
sation. He is highly articulate
and possesses a razor-edged wit.
His good-natured offcourt man
ner belies his high-spirited game
personality.
The Clear Creek School Dis
trict was the earliest recipient
of Timmins’ basketball ability.
He started playing organized ball
there in the fifth grade and con
tinued up through high school.
The quintets he played on dur
ing his schoolboy career were
consistent state powers. The 3A
championship barely eluded the
Wildcats his last two seasons
During his junior year a team
from Linden-Kildare eliminated
them in the semifinals because
of a sophomore sharpshooter
named John Beasley.
Another deadeye who played
in that game was Bennie Lenox,
one of Paul’s closest friends. For
two years at Clear Creek and two
at Aggieland the pair formed a
dangerous and determined back-
court combination.
Timmins calls the Clear Creek
program he played under “proba
bly the best in the state.” His
high school mentor was George
Carlisle, now at Rice.
Paul married as a high school
junior and before graduation
acquired the nickname “Pops.”
His A&M teammates have picked
up the tag and now use it auto
matically. He and his wife Cooky
have three children.
“Cooky has been an under
standing wife,” he reflects, “she
never complains even though I
spend 75 per cent of my time
away from home.”
Timmins is a P.E. major and
plans to go into coaching after
graduation. He possesses all
the essentials to become one of
the finest coaches A&M has ever
turned out.
But Paul still has seven games
left as an Aggie and you can
bet that he’ll be right in the
middle of all of them.
PAUL TIMMINS AND FAMILY
.. from left, Guy (4), Bain (3), Stacy (1 Vz ), Paul and wife Cooky.
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