Intramural refs
gain experience,
swell in numbers
By ROBERT DUNN
There comes a time every year
when all Aggies unite against a
so-called common enemy: the in
tramural referee.
“Everyone yells at you because
you’re not calling fouls or you’re
calling too many,” said Mike
Benedict, one of the underdogs.
“You have to take some hassle
from those in the game and on the
sidelines but if you can let it just
go in one ear and out the other,
you’ll be okay.”
So far this year, A&M’s intra
mural office had more than 60
referees, as compared to about
20 at this time last year, accord
ing to Jim Jeter, assistant intra
mural director. “The caliber of
referees this year is far more
improved. We’re extremely lucky
to have good well-qualified of
ficials here at A&M. Some of our
officials had refereed elsewhere
before coming here.
“About the only qualification
we have around here is a referee
must be a student,” Jeter contin
ued. “For those who don’t know
the rules, we have clinics before
every sport season to brief them.
Even if he doesn’t have the judge
ment to referee, we use him; most
ly as a supervisor of a certain
field.”
“I’ve refereed softball and foot
ball games in San Antonio for the
last couple of years,” said Gary
Clark. “It’s a lot of fun to referee.
I like to see people play and if no
one officiates, they may not play
fairly.
“Although I’ve refereed some
women’s games, I find faster,
moving action with the men. They
seem to have more skill.”
“I think they’re both pretty ex
citing,” said Deni Bone. “The
guys are really great, while the
girls have more excitement.”
There are some problems that
go with the job of being a referee.
“Too many people that don’t
know the rules come out here to
play and get mad when you en
force a rule they’ve never heard,”
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said Mike Ellerbrock, “it’s their
responsibility to know them.”
“I’d say I knew about 90 per
cent of them when I came up here.
The little technical ones I had to
learn. I’ve played sports all my
life and this is a good way to
make money while in school.
“I just wish there was some
way to make everyone learn the
rules before they get out here so
they wouldn’t fuss at the refs so
often,” Ellerbrock said.
“Softball is probably the best
sport to umpire,” said Kevin Vin-
all. “The calls are more distinctive
than basketball or football. When
I first started, I had a tendency
to make calls too soon, and some-
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time I had to reverse my deci
sions.
“As a player in one of the
leagues, I think there ought to be
more than four games a season,
but I realize there are a lot of
teams and it’s hard to schedule
everybody.”
“We had a 50 percent increase
in softball teams,” said Jeter. “Al
so, we had more girls’ teams than
last year, and next year we’re ex
pecting more than 150 football
teams. I think the reason we had
less protests this year is because
of the three or four men officiat
ing football games instead of just
one or two as we had last year.”
The university plans to initiate
a 7-man football system next
year, according to Jeter. “There
are several reasons for this
change. (1) It equalizes the
teams. An off-campus group
would have as good a chance to
win with nine men as a dorm
group with 20, and (2) there’s a
lot more strategy invoved.’”
“Nine man football is too
rough,” said Mike Ellerbrock.
“There are too many injuries and
it’s not as high scoring a game.”
Whatever the system, the school
will still need referees to officiate
games, and most of those this
year will come back. “I think bas
ketball and football are pretty
neat,” said Bone. “I’m looking
forward to them next year.”
Rugby guns
for rematch
with LSU
Five members of the national
champion Texas A&M rugby team
presented an award trophy to
TAMU President Jack K. Wil
liams.
Team members also delivered
two championship plaques which
rotate among winning schools.
The plaques will be displayed at
TAMU until another team wins
the National Intercollegiate Rug
by Championship Tournament.
The trophy presented to Dr. Wil
liams will be permanently housed
here.
John Gunn, team coach, said
the championship still seemed
somewhat like a dream to his
players.
Gunn announced a rematch be
tween TAMU and LSU, the team
the Aggies defeated 12-3 r to win
the title, will be held here March
9. He said all three squads from
both teams will compete.
“We just went to the tourna
ment in Baton Rouge in hopes
of making a good showing and
gaining valuable experience,” he
said. “But following the first
game Saturday morning, we all
had the feeling we might have a
crack at the title.”
He noted that team members
from the Palmer College squad,
twice defending champions, refer
red to the Aggie team as a bunch
of “ruffians.”
“They were upset in the first
round of the tournament,” Gunn
noted, “then were defeated a sec
ond time. Since rugby to Palmer
College is what football is to Tex
as A&M, we can understand their
disappointment.”
Dr. Williams called the national
title an impressive accomplish
ment for the Aggie rugby squad
and for the university.
“We know how hard you’ve
worked to prepare for this tour
nament,” he said, “and your ef
forts certainly have paid off.”
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