BATTALION
Tuesday, August 29, 1972
College Station, Texas
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Swimming has improved under Fosdick
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Jince Dennis Fosdick became
;M’s swimming coach two years
>, the water sport program has
proved by leaps and bounds,
fl the native Californian has a
mp of outstanding recruits and
Coach of the Year in the SWC
rd to prove it.
Phe Aggies topped off their
en-month season by finishing
a surprising third place in the
conference meet, with everyone
rising to the occasion for their
best times of the year.
Another highlight of the school
year was a Christmas vacation
trip to Brazil for Fosdick and a
group of his swimmers for meets,
demonstrations and some water
polo matches.
But the youthful coach is not
satisfied with these accomplish
ments and has big plans for his
program. Losing no one to grad
uation, he returns only three sen
iors this year, plus a group of
recruits with some five All-
Americans among their numbers.
“Water polo brought a lot of
these kids here,” Fosdick said.
“That and A&M’s educational
reputation. We’re getting a lot
of help from Aggie graduates,
too.” A&M plays water polo as
a club sport, but this is a big
thing in many of the top high
school and junior college swim
Golf squad is rebuilding
jrw Phe A&M golf team faces some-
/ at of a rebuilding situation this
ir after losing two lettermen
graduation, but with golf hav-
• the winning reputation here,
loberlsor n8:s s ^ ou ^ * 00 ^ pood when
npetition begins.
Steve Veriato, although listed
a senior last year and train-
I 1B 01- P ro tour t ^ l ' s
nmer, will return to action for
the Aggies this coming season.
Veriato was unbeaten in 1970
SWC matches, and he reigned as
the 1971 conference individual
champion.
Tom Gilbert and Tom Shelton
have played out their eligibility,
but Coach Henry Ransom always
seems to come up with replace
ments for the talented people who
depart each season.
In 1960, Ransom took over the
coaching duties at A&M, and im
mediately guided Aggie golfers to
four consecutive Southwest Con
ference championships. Three
years later another was added,
and the team took the title again
in 1969.
Last season, Texas returned to
SWC golf competition, and the
likes of Ben Crenshaw and Tom
Kite did everyone in as the Long
horns took the league crown.
A&M placed fourth, and four
members of that five-man squad
return for action this year.
In addition to Veriato, Tom
Johnson, Randy Tickner and Clay
Dozier finished 11th, 21st and
24th respectively at the SWC
meet. Among the others expected
to challenge for places on the
team this time around are Wayne
Batten, Paul Dieckert, Bill
Schmidt, Ed Pennington, AI Pryor
and Charles White.
Places on the team are deter
mined by ten rough 18-hole
matches. This tough competition
brings out the best in the golfers
and gets them in condition for
intercollegiate play.
Recruit signs
with Cards
David Bialis, a 6-0, 185-pound
defensive back and baseball catch
er, has signed a professional base
ball contract with the St. Louis
Cardinals and will not attend
A&M.
Bialis was being counted on by
Aggie baseball coach Tom Chand
ler to provide power at the back
stop position. Bialis led his Hous
ton Bellaire team to the state
finals and was regarded as the
top high school hitter in the
state.
He had planned to forego spring
football training his first year to
participate in the entire baseball
program.
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programs in the nation.
The new swimmers are Steve
Moore, Santa Clara, Calif., Mike
Vanderhurst, Lynbrook, Calif.,
Tom Heholt, Grosse Point Woods,
Michigan, Nash Dowdle, Midland,
Casey Guttler, New Trier East,
Calif., Jim Yates, Santa Clara,
Calif., Paul McKinzie, Sunny-
ville, Calif., and Gordon Brown,
Los Altos, Calif.
They will join standout letter-
men Steve Prentice, Doug Mea
den, Eric Wolff and Lester Ham-
man, all of whom competed in
the national swim meet at West
Point last year. Fosdick says that
this year’s goal is to send six in
dividual entrants and two relay
team to nationals.
Club sports
played at A&M
Southwest Conference rules
prohibit any athletic department
from sponsoring and financing
sports not sanctioned by the
league, but several other sports
are available to A&M students in
the form of club sports.
In addition to water polo, which
is mentioned in the swimming ar
ticle, these include rugby, soc
cer, polo, skeet and trap shoot
ing, wrestling, gymnastics and
weight lifting.
Although club members pay
dues and earn money to support
their activities, A&M has been
blessed with an unusual amount
of success in club sports. The rug
by club won its second consecu
tive Texas Union championship
last spring. The polo team partici
pated in the national champion
ships at Darien, Conn., and the
skeet shooting team competed in
a national tournament also. The
wrestling team won the state
championship in 1972.
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