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Page 6 College Station, Texas Thursday, July 8, 1965 THE BATTALION (]§ Swim Classes Meet The Grid Staff:: ’.y.w.w.vf ■.V.7.7,7 Intramurals Near Conclusion He s ister Sunda > The intramural program for the first summer session at Texas A&M is drawing to a close. The softball leagues are fin ishing up action this week and the individual league winners MtTLKG^rl Supply 'puiu/te ptcwfwje^- 923 SaColUg* Ave-Bryan,T«cas will have a playoff the early part of next week. The final folf rounds are scheduled to be played by July 15. As the competition goes down to the wire the latest standings are: Softball League A 1. Vets 2 4-0 2. P.E. Majors 2-1 3. Dorms 20 2-2 4. Hensel 2-3 Bio Chem 1-3 Dorm 19 1-3 League B Dorm 22 3-1 Dorm 15 3-1 College View 2-2 Vet 1 2-2 Henderson 2-2 Statistics 1-3 Bowling Dorm 20 4-1 Dorm 22 4-2 Dorm 19 3-3 Bio Chem 0-5 Pre-registration will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. under the north end of Kyle Field for the second session of swimming classes sponsored by the College Station Recreation Council. The registration is for those who did not participate in the first session. July 18 is the registration date for current par ticipants who wish to continue the lessons. Classes are under the direction of A&M swimming coach Art Adamson. Coach Gene “Born to lead” aptly describes Texas-born and Aggie - educated Gene Stallings who last Decem ber 7 became the twenty-third head football coach at Texas A&M. Stallings, a 30-year-old native of Paris, Texas, captained every athletic squad he was associated with during high school and col legiate careers. At Paris High he led the football, basketball, and golf teams. 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S&S RED STAMPS FREE Photo For Children 5 Yrs. or Younger Thursday — Friday — Saturday JULY 8. 9, 10 HOURS 10 A. M. TO 5 P. M. With Purchase 2 McCreights Toilet Bowl Blocks Coupon Expires 7-10-65. FREE! 50 : SPECIAL COUPON VALUE V 3w1?^52PIGGIY FREE! S&S RED STAMPS With Purchase 4-0 z. French Black Pepper Coupon Expires 7-10-65. SPECIAL COUPON VALUE FREE! 50 FREE! S&S RED STAMPS With Ihirchase Large Brylcream Coupon Expires 7-10-65. Specials Good Thurs. Fri. Sat. July 8, 9, 10. DOUBLE STAMPS TUESDAY wmmmm he was tri-captain of the foot ball team. Stallings began playing foot ball in an elementary school league in Paris, and as far back as he can remember, he has al ways wanted to coach. When signed to a four - year contract by Texas A&M, Stall ings was described by Alabama's Bryant as “the top young col legiate coaching prospect in America.” Stallings aTn A devoted and dedicated foot ball man, the slender, wiry Stall ings is an intense, no-nonsense individual whose thoroughness and organizational skills are re flected in all facets of his job— recruiting, office routine, staff assignments, practice planning, and public speaking. GENE STALLINGS Once hired as A&M head coach, Stallings immediately assembled his coaching staff that was Texas A&M and Alabama flavored. He retained one A&M coach, the vet eran Elmer Smith, who was on Bryant’s staff when Stallings played here. Former Aggie team mates on the staff include Jack Pardee, Don Watson, Dee Powell, and Loyd Taylor. Another Aggie is Ralph Smith. From Alabama came Bud Moore and Jack Hurl- but, both of whom played under Stallings. Fo of wl playi with played an improving competifc! Ou spirit.” [Wort Stallings was born March. Neb. 1935, in Paris, Texas. At Pal Lou i Stallings and his eager, ener getic aides then fanned out over the Southwest on a whirlwind recruiting campaign that netted some 63 high school prospects for the 1965 A&M freshman squad. “I don’t know how well we did,” Stallings said, “but we signed a lot of boys that other schools wanted.” At the close of his first spring practice in Aggieland, Stallings surveyed his squad with these comments: “We improved some from start to finish, but we still have a long way to go. We have a lot of weaknesses and hardly any strong points, hut we do have a few solid football players with desire, and our squad dis- High he played three years er T football, basketball, and goli, are \ He entered A&M in the fall; j n f 1953, played on the Fish elen ^ 0 i and then won three varsity k fucs* ters at an end position. He r j^ny an all - SWC choice his P? j oe j ycnr. Hng i He was one of the fani& a ^ e | “Junction Boys” on Bryant’s fe A&M squad. Asked how toil! the spartan life at Junction re ly was, Stallings said, “Well, remember we went out there two buses and came back in ok The Aggies were undefeat! his senior season, posting a rs ord of nine wins and one tie. Ft lowing his final varsity game,! was married to the former Eli; Ann Jack of Paris. They b four children: daughters Am Lee, 7; Laura Nell, 5; Jacklyi,! and one son, John Mark, 3. Stallings stayed at A&M o: more year to coach the frei men. He left with Bryant tl following year and was on staff at Alabama seven seasor serving as assistant head com last year. SWC Grid Crown Has Eluded Bean For 40 Years By HAROLD V. RATLIFF Associated Press Sports Writer Could it be an omen or sports publicity director George Wright’s assiduousness ? Any way, Baylor was the first South west Conference member to pub lish a brochure on 1965 prospects in football. It’s been a long time since Baylor was first on the gridiron but it has been first with a bro chure before. Calvin Coolidge was framing his “I do not choose to run” and the Four Horsemen were doing what Cal disclaimed when Baylor last won the conference cham pionship. That was 1924 and the Golden Bears were flexing their muscles toward the future. The future, however, became a nightmare. Since then the Bears have warbled “That Good Old Baylor Line” and have had bet ter luck singing than playing football. It has been 40 years since the Bears won the championship. Ac tually 38 years because they were not in football in 1943 and 1944, as Baylor took out for World War II. It is doubtful that any other school — college that is — ever went that length of frustrating time without winning some kind of title. And it’s the height of futility because there were times when Baylor had the stuff to wyi it only to have something happen, some little something that broke the hearts of the Golden Bears and their followers. Of recent vintage was 1963 when Duke Carlisle of Texas managed to tip the ball away from what appeared to be a cer tain touchdown catch in the fad ing seconds and the Bears lost to the Longhorns 7-0. Victory would have meant the champion ship, a tie would have meant they shared it with Texas. Back in 1930 the Bears lost to Texas 14-0 but tied SMU 14-14. Texas lost only to Rice and won the championship. Baylor beat Rice. beat TCU when they met, wh* could have made the Bears f( they were the rightful chan; Then take 1951 -when one Baylor’s finest teams had struggle mightily to pull outw: a 21-21 tie with Texas AM team that wound up tied ft fifth in the conference rai Those were the days of Larry! bell, the All - America quart! back, and the Bears were » supposed to he played like tl by lowly A&M. That tie thotf cost them a share of the titlf In 1954 Baylor failed to * the championship by a gra« total of seven points. Since 1924 Baylor has ^ second 10 times. Coach John Bridgers said s? eral years ago: “I promise won’t be another 36 years bef» : we win it.” Brave words as a man decla." war on a jinx. Bridgers, in talking about > coming season, has his optind? tempered with caution. “It co« be a most interesting season! a very young and eager tear he commented as he looked Baylor's 20 lettermen and t' fine passer, Terry Southall. Bridgers could mean it ndf be an interesting season If* the standpoint of thrills — soff : thing Bridgers’ teams aW give you whether they win not. In 1933 Baylor tied Texas Christian for second while Ar kansas won the title hut was dis qualified for having an ineligible player. No champion was de clared that year but it seems Baylor and TCU should have been given a tie for it. Baylor He could be talking about ps* ing vs. running—it would be teresting to see if a passi 1 team could do as well as one d kept the ball and moved si® 1 the ground. Because Baylor ^ promised to pass the ball like always. This despite the fact that 1 teams that run with the t; usually win the championship! these days of split T football Or he could be talking how interesting it would be Baylor won the champions! 1 ! That would be the most inters ing thing yet, and it could most interesting for a youngs eager team. Also for Baylor^ who have ached in the chest' lo these 40 years. They definitely do not st ; scribe to what one coaciW"’ Drew — had to say — “It whether you won or lost but b many paid to see the game.’ Read Classifieds Daili t th fc we sch yoi fre the ma daj do. of sw< dec slo: oth wh