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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, December 1, 1971
THE BATTAll
John Curylo
Stallings’ firing mishandled by administration
The aftermath of the firing of
Gene Stallings makes one won
der if it will prove to be worth
it to get a new man at the helm.
This question arises because
whatever good may be gained by
the change, so much bad has re
sulted that the purpose is de
feated.
Poor public relations, bad rep
utation and much ill will come
about by the timing, the state
ment and the followup of the ac
tion taken by the Board of Di
rectors, the Athletic Council and
President Jack K. Williams.
The lack of tact and taste used
by the chopping committee
makes Texas A&M look awful.
Whether people wanted Stallings
fired or not doesn’t matter. The
feeling is the same about the
way it was done.
Gene held his usual meeting
with the press after the game,
but when the 15 men involved
with his dismissal finalized their
decision, they wouldn’t talk
about it. All they did was send
a 90-word statement to the Ra-
mada Inn. None of them would
answer questions or make a com
ment.
This brings up the subject of
the statement itself. The cold,
abrupt declaration gave the hard
facts and that was all. The time
to praise a man is not when he’s
being fired, but the announce
ment could have been more
gracious.
Baylor fired Bill Beall Satur
day after the coach’s teams had
won three games of the 31 they
played in his three years at the
Waco university. Yet, in the
statement announcing his re
lease, Athletic Director Jack Pat
terson was most complimentary
of Beall.
“We in the athletic department
feel a debt of gratitude for the
work of Coach Bill Beall and his
staff,” he said. “He is a very
dedicated football coach who
knows no limits to personal work
and sacrifice. We are proud to
have been associated with him
and his fine young staff and
wish for all of them the very
best for the future.”
All that A&M officials said
was that Stallings was. out of a
job Dec. 1.
They could have mentioned
that the Aggies won the South
west Conference championship in
1967, that they had enjoyed hav
ing Gene as their coach, that
numerous improvements and in
novations had been made under
his direction, that A&M’s image
had been enhanced by his ac
tions, that he had produced many
fine young men who represented
the university well, that they
wished him good luck in the fu
ture, or any one of many nice
things that can be said about
the man.
But they didn’t.
Since 1929, Texas A&M has
had eight head football coaches.
Seven of them were fired, includ
ing the great Homer Norton,
whose 1939 Aggies were national
champs. The only one of these
eight to resign his position was
Paul “Bear” Bryant, who left
Aggieland for the University of
Alabama.
Of these eight grid mentors,
only two had winning seasons
their first year here. In 1929,
Madison Bell’s team was 5-4, and
in 1951, Raymond George was
5-3-2. Even Bryant failed to set
the world on fire in his initial
campaign, with his squad going
1-9 in 1954.
These facts make one wonder
if greener pastures are in A&M’s
athletic future.
Stallings went out acting like
the man he is. All that has been
heard from him is praise for the
players, love for his alma mater
and best wishes for the future.
The board, the Athletic Coun
cil and the president let him go
with harshness and an unwilling
ness to even talk about the situ
ation. When the minutes of their
deliberations become public, we
will see that their decision was
unanimous. But then, everything
they do they make unanimous,
whether it was in the first place
or not.
Speedway to have racing weekend
By JOHN CURYLO
Battalion Sports Editor
Sixty-two drivers from 16
states and two foreign countries
have entered the Texas 500 sched
uled for Sunday at the Texas
World Speedway.
Sponsored by the National As
sociation for Stock Car Auto Rac
ing (NASCAR), the Grand Na
tional Super Stock race will be
preceded by the Permatex 200
Saturday afternoon and the Ala
mo 200 Saturday night.
An entire weekend of activities
is scheduled at the track, origin
ally named the Texas Interna
tional Speedway. Practice and
qualifying will take place Thurs
day and Friday, with night prac
tice for the Alamo 200 being Fri
day night.
Practice and qualifying laps for
the Texas 500 will be from 9 a.m.
to noon Saturday. The First Texas
Permatex 200 for NASCAR late-
model sportsman drivers begins at
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that event, drivers in Sunday’s
race will practice again.
At 7:30 that night, pre-race cer
emonies and entertainment will
start. The First Alamo 200 road
race for International Motor
Sports Association GT and NAS
CAR Grand American drivers will
begin.
Grandstand gates open at 8
Sunday morning, with a concert
and other pre-race ceremonies be
ginning at 11:30. The start of the
second Texas 500 NASCAR Wins
ton Cup Grand National Stock Car
Race is slated for 1 p.m.
Admission for Thursday and
Friday’s practices and qualifica
tions is $2. For all three races,
infield tickets cost $15. After
5 p.m. Saturday, the price is low
ered to $10, and Sunday’s charge
is $6. The infield can accommodate
25,000 spectators and their ve
hicles.
Among the celebrities partici
pating in pre-race ceremonies are
William H. G. France, president
of NASCAR, Dan Holloway, Jr.,
vice president of the speedway,
John Bishop, president of IMSA,
Robert Andrews, a vice president
of the speedway, Dan Holloway,
Sr., president of the speedway
and Apollo and Gemini astronaut
Pete Conrad, Grand Marshal for
the Texas 500.
The favorite in the race is
Richard Petty of Randleman, N.C.
The 34-year-old veteran has won
over one million dollars in prize
money and 139 races in his ca
reer. This year alone, he has col
lected over $270,000 in prize mon
ey. He will be driving a 1971 Ply
mouth in Sunday’s race.
Grandstand seats are $5 for
each of Saturday’s races, while
reserved seats Sunday range from
$10-25. The 30-row grandstand,
1,600 feet long, provides 26,000
permanent seats. Sunday, children
under 12 will be admitted free to
the infield if accompanied by
adults.
Volleyball next
The foreign drivers in the race
are Les Covey of Paris, Ontario,
Canada, and Jackie Oliver of Lon
don, England. Covey will be driv
ing a 1970 Chevelle, while Oliver
is scheduled to be at the wheel of
a 1969 Mercury Cyclone.
North Carolina ranks as the top
home state of Texas 500 drivers.
Twenty-two of the entrants are
from that state. Ford leads the
entries, with 20 cars of that make
in the race. There will be 18
Dodges and 10 Chevrolets.
in intramural
A faculty-staff volleyball tour
nament for men will take place
next semester, the intramural of
fice announced Monday.
Any office or organization
wishing to field a team should
contact the intramural office be
fore Jan. 24, 1972. Play begins
Jan. 31 and will take place every
Monday night in DeWare Field-
house at 7, 8 and 9 o’clock.
Dec. 20 is the new deadline for
entries in volleyball for Class A,
B, C and X.
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