Meet A&M’s Other Coaches
THE BATTALION
Thursday, August 19, 1965
College Station, Texas
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BONES IRVIN
Athletic Director
SHELBY METCALF
Basketball
TOM CHANDLER
Baseball
CHARLES THOMAS
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Tennis
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Swimming
HENRY RANSOM
Golf
The strong Aggie tennis and
golf squads will both be prime
contenders for SWC crowns next
spring.
What could be A&M’s finest
tennis team ever will take the
courts next season under Coach
Omar Smith. Bolstered by the
return of veterans Richard Bar
ker and Ricky Williams, who
were redshirted last season, the
club figures to battle national
power Rice down to the wire for
the championship.
Returning lettermen include
Luis Rojas and Dean Dyer, who
will likely team with Barker and
Williams to give the Aggies an
all-senior front line.
Last season the Cadet netmen
finished in fourth place, but two
years ago they swept to second
place (an all-time A&M high)
behind the efforts of Barker,
Rojas, Williams and now-depart
ed Raul Contreras.
Barker and Rojas were the
SWC doubles winners that year,
Rojas was a singles semifinalist
and Barker made it all the way
to the finals.
Funds have been approved for
four classy .new tennis courts
for intercollegiate competition
and it is hoped they will be avail
able for next year’s play.
While tennis is on the upgrade,
the golf picture looks promising.
Coach Henry Ransom will be
seeking his fifth SWC champion
ship in seven years and he thinks
this year’s crew can take it all
again.
The Cadets linksters will be
paced by juniors and sophomores
this season. David Holcomb is
returning for his junior year aft
er being sidelined by an auto
mobile accident. Joining him will
be juniors Lee McDowell, John
Buffin and Ron Tomas and
sophomores Scip Brisk and Terry
Archer. Jeff Stiles, a transfer
from LSU, is another top pros
pect.
Ransom’s nationwide reputa
tion and the success of former
Aggie golfers Bobby Nichols
and Billy Martindale have re
sulted in a banner crop of in
coming freshmen, headed by Bill
Meaner of Dallas and Tim Miles
of Illinois.
LUIS ROJAS
Athletic Department Personnel
Now Directed By Bones Irvin
A&M’s Intramural Program
Among Largest In Country
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The intramural athletic pro
gram at Texas A&M is one of the
largest in the nation and forms
an important element of campus
activity.
Intramurals, are set up on a
competitive basis between Air
Force squadrons, Army companies
and civilian teams under three
classes.
The three are class “A” for
Corps upperclassmen, class “B”
for Corps freshmen and class “C”
for civilian teams. This is all
under the direction of G. G.
(Lance) Stephens and his staff
of student intramural managers^
The Managers refree, umpire
and control all intramural sports.
They do most of the actual field
work and are awarded a sweater
at the end of the year. They
see that all rules are obeyed,
all games are run without mishap
and compute each outfit’s scores.
Rule books are passed out to
each outfit.
The outfits and dorms appoint
their own intramural officer who
is usually a senior. It is the job
of the officer to appoint the
teams and see that they get
practice and know which days
they play. The officer has as
sistants to help in this work.
All during the school year
there are all forms of sports.
There are the 15 regular intra
mural sports. Also there are
the open sports which units may
receive extra points for winning.
Each unit is required to enter
at least 10 of the regular sports.
At the end of the year points are
compiled and awards are given to
the winners of each class.
The sports that can be entered
are swimming, wrestling, golf,
horseshoes, handball, softball
bowling, rifle, tennis, track cross
country, football, pingpong, bas
ketball, volleyball, open tennis,
open golf, open handball and open
badminton.
Each unit receives 50 points
for each regular sport it has en
tered. Extra points are given for
winning the finals. For winning
league a team receives ten points
for winning finals.
Though traditions are dis
cussed in another section, sever
al that deal directly with sports
can be mentioned here.
The most famous is the Twelf
th Man tradition. A&M students
stand through every football
game as a symbol of their readi
ness for duty if a replacement
for an Aggie player is needed.
Another is the Aggie bonfire,
largest in the world. The bon
fire, symbol of the eternal de
sire of Aggies to beat TU, is
burned the night before the an
nual Thanksgiving Dal clash with
the Steers.
Midnight yell practice and regu
lar yell practices are other long
standing traditions.
A large and competent staff
handled by Barlow (Bones) Ir
vin handles the behind-the-scenes
activity of the Athletic Depart
ment.
Acting Athletic Director Irvin,
who has been on the Aggie staff
since 1948, moved up from as
sistant AD when Hank Foldberg
resigned in July.
The athletic trainer is Billy
Pickard, a former A&M student
trainer who returned here from
Brazosport High School when
Gene Stallings became head foot
ball coach.
Emil Mamaliga, who is also the
diving coach, sets up the weight
training programs for all Aggie
sports while A. E. (Buddy) Den
ton is a full-time academic coun
selor for A&M athletes.
Other athletic department per
sonnel include Spec Gammon,
sports publicist; S. M. (Monk)
Meeks, equipment manager; Pat
Dial, business manager; Mary
Ruth Wilson, ticket manager;
Elizabeth Murphy, Henderson
Hall House Mother.
Dr. C. H. Groneman heads the
A&M Athletic Council while C.
K. Esten serves as the football
stadium announcer.
Numerous A&M Athletic Clubs
!ompete In Variety Of Sports
Clubs which take in almost
every conceivable sport have been
formed at A&M, many of which
engage in intercollegiate and
statewide competition.
The A&M soccer club has been
one of the most successful, hav
ing gone to the state semifinals
last year and to the state finals
the previous year.
A group composed largely of
Englishmen and Indians recently
formed a cricket club on campus
which now competes with sev
eral clubs and colleges, including
the University of Texas.
For the last several years
A&M has fielded one of the finest
bowling teams in the South and
some members have advanced to
national competition.
The Aggie Rodeo Club has been
active on campus many years
and annually sponsors an All-
Aggie rodeo and a well-known in
tercollegiate rodeo.
The Department of Military
Science sponsors a rifle and a
pistol team, both of which are
usually outstanding.
R. K. Weider of the Health and
P. E. Department is adviser to
the wrestling and the fencing
clubs, which annually produce
some top individuals.
Other sports which A&M club
members actively compete in in
clude gymnastics, handball,
weight lifting, judo, parachute
jumping, billiard, skydiving, and
precesion airplane flying.
7 Footballers
Also Stand Out
In Classroom
Several Aggie footballers
stand out as much in the class-
rooom as on the gridiron.
Seven varsity players will be
candidates for “Distinguished
Students” honors on the basis
of scores posted last spring.
The seven:
Tom Murrah, guard from San
Antonio, six A’s and one B. (21
hours, 60 grade point).
Jim Kauffman, back from
Georgetown, six A's and one B.
(20 hours, 57 grade points).
Robert Schaefer, end from
Brilliant, Ohio, four A’s, three
B’s and one C. (19 hours, 49
grade points).
Harry Ledbetter, quarterback
from Breckenridge, three A’s,
three B’s, one C. (19 hours, 45
grade points).
Dan Westerfield, back from
Crawford, two A’s, five B’s. (17
hours, 41 grade points).
Jack Pybum, tackle from
Shreveport, three A’s, three B’s,
one C. (16 hours, 37 grade
points).
Jerry Kachtik, end from Rio
Hondo, two A’s, four B’s. (15
hours, 36 grade point)s.
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