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Thursday, March 2, 1972
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We had the privilege last weekend of reading a new offering from the book
division of Track & Field News, ‘The Randy Matson Story.”
Published in January, the 186-page work of Carlton Stowers sells for
$5.95. The athletic career of the 1967 graduate of A&M is traced from Little
League baseball through two Olympics to last summer.
Stowers reportedly spent a great deal of time with the record-holding shot
putter, digging into the details of his life. The entire book is spiced with anecdotes
and experiences which are described and related in such a way that the reader
feels like a participant.
Matson probably is the athletic figure one automatically associates with
A&M. The impact he made in Europe and the United States is awesome, and
Stowers brings out the impressive following the Pampa native has had since high
school.
But the scenes which will interest most Aggies are the ones on campus.
Matson’s experiences since being recruited include such well-known characters as
the late Gen. Earl Rudder, Charlie Thomas and Ted Nelson, the track coaches,
Shelby Metcalf, Gene Stallings, Dr. John Knox and, of course, S. M. “Monk”
Meeks.
Matson presently works for the booster club of West Texas State
University. It is a shame that the administration here does not see fit to employ
him in some capacity, since the image he projects and the exposure he gets would
do much to help A&M in the public relations department.
From his home in Amarillo, Randy explained last weekend that he was
proud and honored that the book has had such a good reception.
“I thought Stowers did a real good job,” he said. “He spent a lot of time
with me. We talked about a lot of things, and he did a lot of research. When I read
the proofs before the book went to press, I was amazed that it was so factual. I’m
really impressed that he was able to comprehend something he hadn’t
experienced, and then relate it to the readers the way he did.”
Randy’s arch-rival now is A1 Feuerbach, to whom he lost the shot put
event to in Ft. Worth several weeks ago. Matson is preparing for the Olympics in
Munich, having won a silver and gold medal in the last two games.
“I’m having a few problems now, but I’ll work them out,” he explained..
“Naturally I’m not trying to reach my peak until right before the Olympics, but
I’d still like to be getting it out there a little farther.”
It was pointed out to Matson that Feuerbach may already have reached his
limit. This would cause a flatness around the time of the Olympics, and more hard
work by the Aggie would produce a victory.
“Well, I’m working pretty hard, I just don’t have too much to show for it
right now,” he said. “I hope Feuerbach has reached his peak, because if he gets
very much better, nobody could beat him.”
Randy reported that he would participate in a meet in Los Angeles this
weekend, then be out of competition for awhile. He said he may be in the Texas
Relays in Austin April 7-8, but he has not made definite plans yet.
At the back of the book are some facts and figures about Randy Matson
and his shot put career. As of October 1, 1971, he had the seven longest winning
puts of all times, including his world mark of 71’ 5V6”, set April 22, 1967, in Kyle
Field. Matson had nine of the top ten puts and 40 of the top 50.
Twelve others had exceeded 67 feet; Matson had bettered 67 feet in 72
meets and on at least 170 puts. Five others had surpassed 68 feet ten times in
eight meets; Matson did it at least 77 times in 39 meets. Two others had exceeded
69 feet, once each; Matson topped 69 feet 22 times in 12 meets. Randy is the
only person to have put the shot over 70 feet, doing it seven times in five meets.
“The Randy Matson Story” is a must for every Aggie. Seldom does an
author do such a good job of describing A&M and the people associated with the
university. Carlton Stowers has been quite successful. Our congratulations to him
on his first book.
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Spring training begins March 21, with the Maroon-White game set for
3 p.m. April 22 at Kyle Field. That same day, the Aggie baseball team host
Rice at noon.
Don’t be surprised if the following backfield is the one which starts this
spring: quarterback—Lex James; running backs-Mark Green and junior college
transfer Bob Jennings; and fullback—Brad Dusek.
This is just speculation, of course, and incoming freshmen or other players
on the squad may move into any one of the Wishbone slots.
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Arnold Palmer’s spot as golf’s
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loomed as the man to beat in the
$150,000 Doral-Eastem Open, be
ginning Thursday.
The 32-year-old Nicklaus, now
in his 11th year on the pro tour,
pushed his career total to
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finish in Jackie Gleason’s Inver-
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He trails Palmer by $24,185.97
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And Palmer, stung by one of
his poorest performances in re
cent years, is taking the week off.
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Bellard, Gabrel
add another name
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Coach Emory Bellard added an
other jewel to an already star-
studded list of high school foot
ball recruits when he signed Del
Valle’s great running back, Alvin
(Skip) Walker Wednesday night.
Bellard and assistant coach Pug
Gabrel were at Walker’s home in
Austin for the signing ceremony.
Walker is a 6-10, 170-pound
running whiz with 9.6 speed for
100 yards. In one game this past
season he scored four touchdowns
and ran for 213 yards. He aver
aged more than 100 yards per
game for the season.
He won all-district and was se
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