THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, April 6, 1965
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by Mike Reynolds
Sometimes it is really hard to
determine what a writer has to
gain by the publishing of a cer
tain article. A prime example
of such writing is a sports column
in the Sunday Dallas Morning
News written by Sam Blair.
The gripe cannot be found with
the writing of the article — in
fact, it is mechanically perfect, or
as near to it as most of Mr.
Blair’s efforts. The gripe cannot
be found with the facts in the
article — as far as this corner
can tell, the facts were in perfect
order. Instead, the gripe is with
the purpose of printing the art
icle in the first place.
For those that did not see it,
the column related an incident
that was supposed to have taken
place between Gene Stallings and
Randy Matson on the first day
of spring football training.
Stallings and Matson exchang
ed some conversation about whe
ther a piece of ground was a foot
ball field or a discus practice
area. Some stories add that Mat-
son was so upset that he contem
plated leaving A&M.
Just as the rumors floated
around the state, as Blair stated,
it was common knowledge among
sports writers about the happen
ing — to this corner’s knowledge,
Mr. Blair is the only one that
saw fit to print anything about
it.
Maybe it brings glee to the
heart of non-Aggies to see a bit
of unrest in Aggieland. Heaven
knows there has been enough of
it lately. Maybe it would be to
those folks’ liking if a smear
could be placed on the name of
Gene Stallings before he ever
fielded a team at A&M. Such
feelings as envy or hate were
often vented upon the athletic
teams of Bear Bryant and it took
eight long years to undo the
hate that such feelings produced.
Nothing but respect and ad
miration can be felt for an ath
lete of the caliber of Randy Mat-
son. That should be set straight
first.
Second, the works of Coach
Stallings were undone promptly.
The whole thing boils down to the
fact that Aggies do a pretty
good job of tending their own
house as long as they don’t lend
the broom to someone else or take
any stock in the other fellow’s
work. The momentary disturb
ance had been cleared from the
air without a noticeable trace
until Mr. Blair saw fit to ex
amine some of our laundry re
ports.
One hesitates to link such oc-
curances with the same writing
that produces such phrases as
“booted 36 players off the team”
— relating to the coverage some
of our dropouts got across the
state, despite such a number of
quitters are common when a
coaching change occurs, and that
some 80 players were left be
hind anyway.
Writers across the state should
re-examine their writings on
A&M to make sure that prejud
ice does not bias either the writ
ing or selection of coverage.
Bill
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be deactivated in June, 1966, and
the crowded condition of the cal
endar in both Houses create an
emergency and an imperative
public necessity that the Constitu
tional Rule requiring bills to be
read on three several days in each
House be suspended, and the Rule
is hereby suspended; and that this
Act take effect and be in force
from and after its passage, and
it is so enacted.
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