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Page 6 THE BATTALION) FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1974! UT honors former coaches AUSTIN, Tex. (AP)-The Texas) Longhorns’ new 2.5 millionj baseball park will be named Disch-Falk field if University of Texas regents agree. It will be necessary for the re gents to waive a rule prohibiting' naming a university facility after a living person-Bibb Falk, who) coached Longhorn baseball teams in 1940-42 and 1946-67 before retir ing. Disch is the late William J. “Billy” Disch, who coached Longhorn teams for 29 years. i The new park will seat 5,000 and will be covered with artificial turf. It; replaces Clark Field, known by most for the limestone cliff that runs Legends highlight 1921-40 athleticl® 1 Banes Irvin, D.X. Bible come to Aggieland through part of the outfield. A center for the performing arts will be built on the site of Clark field, which was named in honor of James B. Clark, a member of thCj first board of regents at UT. Editor’s note. This is the second in a series covering the history of or ganized athletics at A&M. Read Battalion Classifieds Texas A&M Needs V Bill Presnal WE THE FOLLOWING A&M STUDENT LEADERS, RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO KEEP BILL PRESNAL IN OUR LEGISLATURE Randy Ross Greg McGruder Randy Gillespie Larry Hoelscher Marcia Yaws Tim Jordan Karin Wilwerding David F underburke Beverly Hadeler Chris Williams Pd. Pol. Ad, Bill Presnal Re-election Committee, Lynn Stuart, Chairman, P. O. Box 3906, Bryan, Texas 77801. Advertisement published in compliance with Texas Election Code Article 14.10 (B). Student Publications DepU, Publisher, The Battalion, College Station, Texas. By JiRRY JOHNSON In the period 1921-1940, the Ag gies sports legends got their names on the book. The list includes E. King Gill, the original twelfth man, Bones Irvin, A&M athletic director emeritus, Homer Norton and John Kimbrough. The start of the roaring twenties rolled into A&M with Coach D. X. Bible’s second of four straight bas ketball championships. After the 1920 championship, the Aggies won consecutively in 1921, 1922, and 1923. The captain of the 1922 team was Aggie Hall of Famer Tiny Keen. The year 1922 also brought a new track coach to the campus. Andy Anderson took over the program and won the conference champion ship in his first year. That was his first of what was to become nine Southwest Conference champion ships. E. King Gill is the original twelfth man from his response to the call from Coach D. X. Bible at the Dixie Classic football game on January 2, 1922. The Aggies were pitted against Centre College and had no substitutes left when Coach Bible sent word into the stands for Gill. He suited up but didn’t get to play. Gill has been inducted into the Aggie Hall. Bones Irvin was an All-Southwest Conference tackle on the champion ship team of 1925. He later held the athletic director post from 1949 Air Force grads Graduates serving in the U. S. Air Force were recently decorated. Col. Mike DeLeon of Houston received the Meritorious Service Medal at Randolph AFB. The 1949 A&M graduate was cited for service at Pacific Air Force headquarters, Hickam AFB, Hawaii. He was in the current operations division and also was engineering director. At Randolph, Col. DeLeon is organization and maintenance director with Air Training Command head quarters. He studied civil engineering here. Capt. Ralph M. Crow of Texarkana was decorated with his third award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. He is an F-4 Phantom weapon systems officer with the 92nd Tactical Fighter Squadron that flies out of Bentwaters RAF Station, England. Crow was cited for a Southeast Asia mission. A finance major, he was in Squadron 8 and graduated in 1969. until 1954 and again from 1965 until his retirement in February 1968. Golf won it’s first A&M confer ence championship in 1926. Another SWC football champion ship came A&M’s way in 1927. Aggie Hall members Tommy Mills and Joel Hunt played that year for Coach Bible. Hunt still holds the SWC scoring record for one season. He set it in 1927 with 128 points. The year 1931 produced a confer ence baseball championship for the Aggies. Beau Bell played in the out field that year and was selected to the All-America team. He was the first Aggie ever to be picked to that team. The 1931 football team didn’t win the championship but one of the let- termen was James Earl Rudder. He went on to be the President of the University from 1959 to 1970. His Aggie Hall placquecalls him “a truly great Texas Aggie.” Three years later, Homer Norton took over the post of head football coach. By the time he had finished his fourteen years at the office, he had taken the Aggies to the Sugar Bowl, the Cotton Bowl twice and the Orange Bowl. His 1939 team won the National Championship. Swimming became an outstand ing sport at A&M with the hiring of Art Adamson in 1935. He produced five All-Americans in his 34 years on the A&M campus. Adamson is a member of the Aggie Hall and his tenure stands as school coaching re- Dolph iecond t( ndorseir Party. Briscw \Ei cord. One year later, the Aggie their first football All-Americar.| while his Routt was also named to theif Farenthc team. Routt is a memberoftkpd^ 1 tional and Aggie Hall ofFaintf Alexandi Dick Todd is another namem Posey g< Aggie Hall list. He captaine! 1938 football team andhasbees led the greatest broken fieldna ever at A&M. Then came 1939 andthegrei football team in Aggie hist Coach Homer Norton tooktliisi to the Sugar Bowl in NewOri where they beat Tulane Hr claim the national champions^ All-Americans John Kimbit and Joe Boyd led that teamti straight victories. During tbi son, they defeated Villanova,! was riding on the stringo| straight wins, and TCU, die tional champs of 1938. In addition to Kimbrougl Boyd, the other stars of thatti were Walemon “Cotton Price,] quarterbacked and captained team, Herb Smith, whowasa ference end selection thatyear, Jim Thomason, who played| the 600 minutes possible in 18i blocking back. All are member the Aggie Hall except Price. Although it would behardii the previous season, the Aggie 1940 did almost as well. Hie; only to t. u. (0-7) and representa conference in the Cottonb against Fordham. BIGGER AND BIGGER lineman highlighted Saturday’s Ma roon and White game. This fancy photo work was contrived by Greg Moses and Rodger Mallison. MOTHER'S DAY SALE NOW THRU MOTHER’S DAY • BIRDBATH AND STATUARY • FOLIAGE PLANTS • MUMS • TERRARIUM • CACTI • HANGING BASKETS • HYDRANGEAS " Y''*\ • GLOXIMIAS HANGING BASKET SALE SPECIAL SELECTIVE BASKET SALE PRICE $ 6.99 7.99 8.99 10.99 REG. 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LIVE 8-12 A&M is the national intercollegiate champion, winning the crown two ' months ago at Baton Rouge, La. 807 Texas Ave. Across From A&M SlSSy Speaks Out On the Issues! “. . . these are not ordinary times and this is not the ordinary situation. We are not talking about a two-year term for Governor—we are talking about four more years.” Public Utilities Public School Finance “Texas is the only state in this nation which has no state agency to regulate the telephone companies. Texas is also one of only three states which does not regulate other utilities, such as electricity. “The lines are clearly drawn on this issue between my opponent and me—he wants to leave things as they are, and I have proposed the creation of a Public Utilities Commission. “That man talks about no new taxes . . . Well let me tell you where the taxes already are. 44% of the school districts in Texas had to raise their property tax this year. 75% of the remaining districts which did not raise their taxes this year will be forced to raise them next year because these districts got no help from the State. Tax Reform As Governor, Sissy will: propose the creation of a State Public Utilities Commission for regulation of the rates and quality of service from telephone, gas, and electric companies and will appoint people to that commission who put interests of the consumers over those of the companies. “Our taxing system in Texas is unequal and unfair. I believe nothing so destroys the people’s respect for their government than inequitable taxation. Therefore, as Governor of Texas I would propose a complete reform of state taxes so that the average consumer, the average homeowner, or the small independent businessman no longer bears more than his or her fair share of the taxes.” efo facte a cfacce Ttlau 4t4i FARENTHOLD FOR GOVERNOR Pol. Adv. Pd. for by Farenthold for Governor Advertisement published in compliance with Texas Election Code Article 14.10 (B). Student Publications Dept., Pub lisher, The Battalion, College Station, Texas. All equally ed scho ard Ho Hook Goverm search fore ap a lunch sociatio Saturdi Hook the rev system; govern: from s remain up to 1 “I w is not fort to tern,” i Hool with t a disp from c “Pec iW C 2 By J C. ater Playi made Satu Es surp perf< Sam senti TA1V H< colle frorr L ti