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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, June 30, 1966
Meeks Hands Out
Advise, Equipment
The earthy philosophy of S. M.
(Monk) Meeks stands the Texas
A&M Athletic equipment man
ager in good stead.
Monk does the job when ath
letic fields need work, installs
dressing room fixtures, outfits
A&M teams and comes up with
player comfort ideas, such as an
asphalt surface for the team zone
between 35 yard lines.
Whether he’s dealing with
slow-growing turf or a fast-mov
ing halfback, Meeks uses the
same pace: a light-hearted, hu
morous outlook that finishes the
job.
The equipment manager of
many backgrounds has one mis
sion — put the safest equipment
possible on a boy and not make
him too heavy. He has the
savvy.
Meeks coached at Greenville
and Celeste, worked 12 years for
Humble, joined the State Board
of Control ranks in Austin, was
purchasing agent for Brown and
Root four years and established
an athletic repair business — the
first in Texas — in San Antonio
which he operated 12 years.
The sturdy Meeks, built like a
mesquite corner post, has been
at A&M eight years. He believes
Head Coach Gene Stallings’ pres
ent staff is the best.
“Coach Stallings has given
ideal cooperation in protecting
the fields,” the Temple-born Tex
an commented.
Monk has known A&M Athletic
Director Barlow (Bones) Irvin
since he was in the first grade at
Cotulla. They grew up together.
“Bones coached two of my boys
in high school,” Meeks proclaims.
“One year while I was in Hous
ton, his San Antonio Jefferson
team was playing Baytown in the
state semifinals. He called me to
scout them. I reported they
couldn’t throw a lick and the
Ganders passed Jeff out of the
stadium, 40-0.”
“That’s the last scouting job
for you,” Irvin declared,
Meeks’ Kyle Field care has
paid off in a surface Stallings
calls “the best field in America.”
CSSC Swimmers
Place In Finals
The College Station Swim Club,
coached by Art Adamson and
sponsored by the Recreation
Council, competed in the 12th an
nual Dad’s Club YMCA Swim
ming meet last weekend.
There were over 1,850 entries
from 23 Texas teams and three
out of state teams. Dick Smith
Swim Gym from Phoenix, Ariz.,
Laramie Swim Club from Lara
mie, Wyo., and Montgomery Swim
Club from Bethesda, Md., were
the competing teams from out of
state.
CSSC swimmers who placed in
the finals were Patzy Hedges, 5th
in midget girls 50-yard breast
stroke; James Haislet, 7th in
junior boys’ 100-yard breast
stroke; Mary Amyx, 7th. in
women’s open 100-yard back-
stroke; midket girls’ 200-yard
medley relay placed 7th and 6th
in the freestyle relay (swimmers
in the relays were Patsy Hedges,
Jill Sanders, Pat Greenhut and
Tina Derendinger) ; and women’s
open freestyle relay placed 6th
(swimmers were Mary Amyx,
Judy Perry, Karen Thompson and
Kay Callahum).
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Stadium renovation begins after
the 1966 season.
The equipment man gets along
well with athletes. His attitude
is one of philosophical leniency.
“I’ve never seen a sorry ath
lete,” Monk recalled. “Some are
better than others, but any boy
who plays college athletics, first
or last string, has got it.”
Though reluctant to single out
individuals, Meeks said the best
he’s seen at A&M are Charley
Milstead and Randy Matson.
“Maurice Moorman (lineman
eligible for the varsity this fall)
has the potential,” S. M. adds.
Fitting Moorman and lineback
er Robert Cortez of San Benito
with helmets is one of his most
unusual problems.
“Moorman and Cortez are
great ones — the hardest ‘hitters’
around,” he explained. “We’ve
had to find head gear that won’t
cut their brows and noses. A
liner does the trick.”
Meeks remembers Richard Gay
of A&M’s Paul Bryant past as
hard on equipment, breaking hel
mets and shattering pads with
his tackles and blocks.
The golfer and deer hunter said
doing a favor for an arch-rival
coach was his most unusual—and
gratifying—deed.
“After the national champion
ship Texas game of 1963,” Meeks
relates, “a phone call from Mrs.
Connally in Dallas came into the
office here. Governor Connally
was in the hospital after getting
shot, and wanted to congratu
late Darrell Royal on the cham
pionship.
“I wouldn’t have done it for
anybody else,” Meeks vowed. “I
had to go across the field and
fight through 5,000 Texas exes
to get to Royal in the dressing
Pro Tips Help Young Netters
Aspiring tennis players from
six states are putting profession
al tips to practical use on home
courts this week.
These include 150 youngsters
10 to 18 who participated in the
Texas Tennis Camp at Texas
A&M last week.
Competitors ranged from 58-
pound Tut Bartzen Jr., 9-year-
old son of Fort Worth's Colonial
Country Club pro, to 170-pound
Jimmy Phillips, a Huntsville
racket-swinger.
The eager netters thrived on
six hours of daily practice and
found time for swimming, bowl
ing, dancing, ping-pong and
movies. Some even managed a
few hours of sleep nightly.
At least one familar complaint
arose: “The food’s terrible.”
Sarah Bartzen, wife of Tut,
shushed such talk with this com
ment: “If you served caviar,
they might not like it. We ex
plain that athletes often eat foods
they don’t necessarily like. Fish,
for instance, is one of the finest
foods put on a training table.
SAFETY STRUCTURE
S. M. Meeks checks over a new face guard he’ll be issuing
Texas Aggie footballers when the 1966 season opens. The
helmet is equipped with a lightweight aluminum mask,
replacing a heavier cast iron construction. Shoulder pads,
shoes and bonnets are part of the responsibility of the
A&M athletic equipment manager.
Football Ticket Order Blanks Mailed
About 57,000 football ticket order blanks were mailed
out Monday by the Texas A&M Athletic Business Office.
Business Manager Pat Dial said the list includes
about 42,000 former students and 9,200 students and
parents. Others to receive the order blanks include
T-card holders, option holders and university faculty
and employes.
Tickets to all 10 Aggie football games of 1966 can
be ordered. The mailing deadline for ordering tickets
is midnight July 31.
Tickets for the Aggies’ opener against Georgia Tech
in Atlanta, Sept. 17, are $6 each. All other game tickets
are $5 each.
Brazosport Ace
Inks With Aggies
David Larson, two-time all-
state pitcher who led Brazosport
to two Class 4-A championships,
has signed a letter of intent to
attend Texas A&M on a baseball
scholarship.
Larson, 6-1, 175, was named
Player of the Year by the Amaril
lo Chamber of Commerce after
posting a 21-1 record with 12
shutouts and one no-hitter. Over
a three-year career, Larson won
28 and lost only eight... As a
senior he struck out 297 in 169
innings.
“We’re real pleased to have
Larson pick A&M,” Aggie coach
Tom Chandler said. “We feel
he is the best in the state.”
Larson’s high school coach was
J. B. Carroll, a former A&M
baseball captain.
Kiddos like hamburgers every
meal.”
“This is the liveliest camp we
have had in five years here,” Mrs.
Bartzen continued. “I don’t
mean the campers are destruc
tive. We have more smaller
children. They are very eager
for supervision.”
Clarence Mabry, coach of na
tionally-ranked Trinity Universi
ty Tigers and co-director of the
camp with Bartzen, kept a watch
ful eye on court proceedings.
“Tennis is better now than
ever, especially for young people
coming up,” he remarked
thoughtfully. “There are more
opportunities for professional in
struction. When Tut and I were
coming up, we played on a dirt
court until we were about 15.”
Lobs, smashes, foot faults,
backhand and forehand shots,
rushing the nets, slams and a
multitude of similar words are
part of the everyday vocabulary
for Bartzen and company.
Bartzen adjusted his a
glasses and savored an ice cm
bar while he talked tennis.
“Twelve year olds, pound t
pound are probably the m
coachable of boys,” he said. “8
we have some 14 and 15 ji
olds at Colonial who play wtl
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