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Regardless of the outcome of
the Southwest Conference base
ball race, it is certain that the
1972 baseball season at A&M will
be famous for one achievement:
batgirls.
The Diamond Darlings, 12 Ag
gie coeds who are the first wom
en to be included in any phase
of A&M athletics, ended their
season Monday and Tuesday dur
ing the final home series.
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COMMENT OF A McMAHON GRADUATE
In September, 1971 I graduated
from McMahon College and imme
diately accepted a position as a
Court Reporter. Currently I am
making 815,000 per year. For a fas
cinating career that really pays off,
I suggest you look into Court Re
porting by contacting McMahon
College, 2601 Main, Houston, Texas
77002.
Scotty G. Baldwin
do
nated with Iowa State. Coach
Tom Chandler saw them at the
College World Series last summer
and decided to have a similar
program here. Joe Hughes, a
freshman yell leader, was in
charge of selection.
Two other schools in the area,
Sam Houston and Baylor, started
batgirl programs this season, hut
the Diamond Darlings of A&M
have been better in every depart
ment.
First, when the program was
announced, 65 coeds applied. Pre
liminary interviews were held,
finalists were chosen and pre
sented at a basketball game, and
the candidates appeared on sev
eral local television shows.
Second, the attitude, enthusi
asm, maturity and knowledge
shown by A&M’s Diamond Dar
lings was impressive in many
ways. Many of the girls started
out knowing very little about
baseball and their jobs. Through
the efforts of Chandler and
Hughes, the girls learned about
the game and performed their
duties with an air of profession
alism. It was a first class oper
ation all the way.
The batgirls not only took over
the jobs formerly performed by
batboys, they also assisted in re
trieving foul balls, sweeping the
bases and handling public address
announcements and operation of
the scoreboard.
But the most impressive of
their undertakings was their ef
fort to attend out-of-town games.
There have been only four road
series since the Diamond Dar
lings were selected, since the Ag
gies play most of their games at
home. Yet, the batgirls, at their
own expense, travelled to and
worked the Southern Methodist
series in Dallas, a four-game
series in San Antonio during the
Easter holidays and last week’s
doubleheader in Houston.
On these trips, opposing coach
es, players, fans and newsmen
were impressed with the girls’
conduct during the games. The
fact that they paid attention to
the game and did not try to show
off made A&M look very good.
Several of the schools in the con
ference liked the idea so well
that they are going to start
similar programs next year.
One of the road trips the girls
were unable to attend was the
Texas Tech series in Lubbock
two weeks ago. Yet, when the
team was leaving the campus at
5:00 a.m. the day before the first
game, the Diamond Darlings
were there with boxes of candy,
cookies, raisins and other snacks
for the players. Each box was
individually prepared, with each
player’s name and number on
the box. When the Aggies re
turned at 2:00 a.m. the Sunday
morning after the final game,
the batgirls were there to meet
the bus.
But the girls did not limit their
duties just to games. Many times,
they were at practice, catching
in for fungo hitters and chasing
foul balls. All these activities
were in addition to classes and
other extracurricular organiza
tions.
Finally, the best thing the bat
girls did was liven up a sport
which is traditionally slow and
losing the popularity it once had.
The fact that 65 girls were in
terested enough to apply proves
this.
football and pom-pom girls in
basketball will probably be used
by the athletic department. With
the female segment of the stu
dent body rising in number and
percentage each year, this is only
fair and right.
Next year, the Diamond Dar
lings will probably work every
A&M home game and all but a
few of the road games. With the
added experience and time to pre
pare and make arrangements, the
program should be even more
successful than it was this sea-
an important factor thatitv,
be a mistake not to do this I
Since this program was so suc
cessful, it is certain that women
will be included in other aspects
hi athletics. In the next few
of athletics. In the next few
years, press box hostesses in
The selection process for next
year has not been decided upon,
but the logical thing would be
to allow any of this year’s bat
girls who want to be Diamond
Darlings next year to continue in
the program. Experience is such
This year's batgirls are J
Cannon, captain of the groipj
Becky Upham, College SU
Susan Cummings, Gwen !f
Merrill Mitchell and Lindt 1
Bryan; Mina Akins, Potll|
Penny Ball, San Antonio;)
Schiefelbein, Floresville; Maj
Turk, Terre Haute, Ind,; ■
Cunningham, Dallas; and ijf
Wolfe, Richardson.
To these girls the teal
the student body express itJ
thanks for a job well dmij
Diamond Darlings have
the image of A&M and uljJ
new, refreshing dimension |
Aggie athletics.
Ik-?
Aggie tracksters compete
in Drake Relay Classic
By BILL HENRY
Assistant Sports Editor
A ten-man team will carry the
maroon and white to the Drake
Relays this weekend to compete
in one of the nation’s top col
legiate track meets.
The meet begins today in Des
Moines, Iowa, with A&M hoping
for a comeback after last week’s
mishap at the Kansas Relays.
Harold McMahan is entered in
the pole vault and Marvin Tay
lor will compete in the high jump
for the only individual A&M en
tries.
This week coach Charley
Thomas’ troops will compete in
only two relay events. He feels
only the sprint medley relay and
mile relay teams have any chance
to make a good showing in this
meet of champions.
Bill Porter and Marvin Mills
will again run the 220-yard legs
of the sprint medley with Horace
Grant taking the 440-yard leg
and Willie Blackman the 880 part.
In the mile, the team will be
made up of Robert Brew, Doug
Brodhead, Grant and either Mills,
Blackmon or Porter, depending on
the physical condition of each.
Last week in the sprint med
ley relay, A&M won its prelimi
nary heat 20 yards in front of its
top contender. In the finals, how
ever, disaster struck. Leading the
field coming into the first ex
change, a missed handoff between
Mills and Porter caused the baton
to drop on to the synthetic track
and force the Aggies out of the
event.
A&M rugby team
to defend state title
A&M’s Northern Division Rug
by Champions will try to defend
last year’s state crown here on
the Drill Field Saturday after
noon against Galveston at 3:00.
The Aggies won the right to
take on Galveston by defeating
Austin Black, 14-7, here last Sat-
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Last year A&M was undefeated
in all its games and had to beat
Rice for the state title. This year,
with seven starters due to gradu
ate, the Aggies are aiming for
another state championship on
which to end their season.
Galveston will field a powerful,
hard-hitting team in an effort to
spoil the Aggie chances.
During the season A&M lost
one conference match which was
to the Austin Gold club and that
led the Aggies by one-half game
going into last Saturday’s match.
Austin’s loss came at the hands
of San Antonio, whom the Aggies
easily defeated.
Austin lost the bid due to a
tie it suffered during the season.
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