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College Station, Texas
Thursday, March 9, 1967
THE BATTALION ^
Much Time, Effort Spent Recruiting
By CHARLIE ROWTON
Outside of molding a winning
team from the personnel he has,
the next most important task a
coach faces is continuing to bring
in new material.
The most basic means of
achieving this goal is through re
cruiting.
The Texas A&M Athletic De
partment has an extensive re
cruiting program in most sports.
Naturally, football and basket
ball skills are the most highly
sought in the hunt for future
stars, but baseball, track, tennis,
and swimming follow closely.
The coaches of each sport have
their own individual techniques
of locating and wooing future
A&M athletes. Baseball coach
Tom Chandler starts looking at
boys before their senior year in
high school.
“THE LAST WEEK of July
and the first two weeks of
August, there are many Connie
Mack and other teen-age base
ball tournaments in Texas. I
attend all the games and formu
late a prospect list.”
He then contacts the coaches
of prospective players and checks
their grades.
“It would be foolish to follow
a boy’s progress during his senior
season if he does not meet our
entrance requirements,” Chandler
explained.
Chandler centers his attention
on Texas and seldom recruits an
out-of-stater because of tuition
costs. Competition is keen for
the top few boys, the ten or
fifteen “blue-chip” prospects, but
after these boys are signed, com
petition eases off.
“WE DON’T have the rat race
that football, basketball, or even
track does,” Chandler continued.
“We are fortunate that Coach
Gene Stallings can augment our
program by permitting a few
football players to play baseball.”
Bob Long and Dan Westerfield
are prime examples and David
Elmendorf, Houston Westbury
halfback who has just recently
signed a football letter of intent,
is one of the top baseball pros
pects in the state.
Professional baseball scouts
give Chandler “invaluable aid”
by suggesting prospects. He also
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receives about 300 letters each
year from boys asking for schol
arships.
“I take the letters and make
the nicest reply possible, trying
to sell the boy on attending A&M
on his own financially, with the
understanding that, if he proves
himself, he will be rewarded with
scholarship aid.”
Chandler is quite happy with
the scholarship aid he has been
allocated.
“I PERSONALLY feel very
appreciative to the Athletic
Council for giving baseball an
adequate budget to have had in
the past years nationally high-
ranking teams.”
In 1964 the Aggies finished
sixth nationally, and were twelfth
and eleventh in 1965 and 1966.
Aggie Track Coach Charlie
Thomas works in much the same
way. He has 21 track scholar
ships and tries to have about five
of them available to give to in
coming freshmen each year.
“The people who win track are
the ones who are spending the
money on it,” Thomas observed.
He explained that this was the
reason Abilene Christian College
and the University of Houston
always have top track squads.
UNLIKE Chandler, Thomas
receives very few letters and re
cruits out-of-state athletes. One
of the top prospects is a 6-9, 270-
pound Mississippian, Douglas
Brewer. Brewer has thrown the
discus 230 feet in practice.
Other top prospects include
Reginald Robinson, a Negro
sprinter from Wichita Falls,
Mike Bennett, a San Antonio
hurdler, San Angelo high-jumper
Rocky Woods, and John Martin,
the best half-miler in Texas from
Houston Memorial.
Thomas goes to all the high
school meets he can and decides
who he would like to have run
track for the Aggies.
“If we get three of the top ten,
we are doing pretty good. In
deciding on a boy, I look at his
size, grades, and attitude. High
school times are not really good
indications of a boy’s potential.”
SWIMMING Coach Art Adam
son runs a somewhat smaller
operation in that he only has
from four to six scholarships.
“If we see a good boy, we try
to get him to come to school here.
We don’t try to change his mind,
though,” Adamson emphasized.
Adamson gets tips from ex
swimmers and high school coaches
on top swimmers, in addition to
letters from swimmers from
around the country. His outlook
towards scholarships, however, is
different from many coaches.
“My swimmers swim because
they like It and want to partici
pate. I like it this way. I want
them to swim because they want
to, not because someone has given
them a scholarship, even though
the lack of scholarships hinders
the building of a winning team.
If he wants to be an Aggie, he is
welcome.”
ADAMSON added that anyone
enrolled in Texas A&M is eligible
to try out for the team.
“I think everyone should have
the chance to make the team if
he wants to try.”
Omar Smith has six scholar
ships to distribute to members of
his tennis squad.
“I know the top-ranked boys
from records I keep and I see
a lot of them play. Also, the
Texas Sectional Ranking lists the
top players from the previous
year.”
SMITH’S MAIN problem in
attracting top players in past
years was the lack of facilities,
but this is less of a problem now
since new tennis courts were con
structed last year.
“We have ten freshmen this
year on the best team we have
had in a long time. I will only
try to recruit two or three new
boys next year.”
The only real problem Smith
faces is the lack of enough good
tennis players to go around.
Most of the athletes visit A&M
before they make their final de
cision. Standard procedure is to
show them the campus, a task
usually assigned in part to one
of the members of the team the
young athlete may someday join.
Smith gave the best explanation
for this.
“THE PLAYERS are the best
recruiters. The team members
can sell new boys on the school
by making them feel wanted.”
Chandler handles this chore for
the baseball team as most of the
incoming baseballers do not visit
A&M during the regular school
year.
All the coaches face a similar
restriction in that they cannot
sign prospective Aggies until the
state meet in their particular
sport has been completed.
Athletic Director Barlow
(Bones) Irvin explained why
Texas A&M continues to attract
some of the top schoolboy athletes
year after year.
“Good academic standards, tra
dition, spirit, and a strong For
mer Student’s Association all
help Texas A&M in recruiting of
athletes.”
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