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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1974 Page 5 0F _ ilf'm T0NY gallucci UM cojvSooi'ts Staff Writer mar Smith retires after 15 years Tennis coach leaves winning tradition at Aggieland 00 P.m. ‘^•■onoity Collegi ^SSIF EST 1 Park MOBILE tVITY” h Tiedoi) atios to live t. ^oad, 'Uth -2680 0 EA, TEX. A long winning tradition at A&M ics to an end in June as the last lar Smith-coached tennis team ids up its season at the National lOllegiate Tournament in Los igeles. mith will retire at the end of this son after 15 years of coaching at A&M, including 12 straight winning The coaching duties will fall on istant coach Richard Barker. iSmith-coached teams have suf- ;ed only two losing seasons since HlllMS 01 inttan students M In REMNIZED OVERSEAS IDICAL SCHOOLS ifoeoli Enromed! r I For the session starting July, 1974, I Euromed will assist qualified Amer ican students in gaining admission to recognized overseas medical schools. And that's just the beginning. Since the language barrier constitutes the preponderate difficulty in succeed ing at a foreign school, the Euromed program also includes an intensive 12-16 week medical and conversa tional language course, mandatory for all students. Five hours daily, 5 days per week (12-16 weeks) the course is given in the country where the student will attend medical school. he took over the helm in 1960 and have produced two Southwest Con ference doubles championships. Sioux City, Iowa was the town where Smith began (1914) his long career by learning to walk. At age 11 he moved to San Antonio, officially becoming a Texan. He graduated from Harlandale High, where he competed in both tennis and football. Smith then entered A&M where he lettered as a football guard and won the intramural lightweight box ing title. He did not compete in ten nis. The Boy Scouts of America was the next stop for Smith after graduating from A&M with an Economics de- ln addition, Euromed provides stu dents with a 12-16 week intensive cul tural orientation program, with Amer ican students now studying medicine in that particular country serving as counselors. Senior or graduate students currently enrolled in an American university are eligible to participate in the Euromed program. For application and further information, phone toll free: (800) 645-1234 in New York State phone: (516) 746 2380 or write, Euromed, Ltd. 170 Old Country Road Mineola. N.Y. 11501 Omar Smith fupfnamlta Eddie Dominguez ’fiG Joe Arciniega '74' rtliiiiMit iffiiaiMi It you want the real thing, not frozen or canned . . . We call it "Mexican Food Supreme.” Two Dallas locations: 3071 Northwest Hwy. 352-8570 2131 Ft. Worth Ave. 946-0645 ACCOUNTING MAJORS GRADUATING SENIORS Accounting Personnel Consultants of Houston represents many of Houston’s largest companies, who are currently seeking grad uating seniors for entry level accounting positions in industry, financial institutions, or public accounting. If you have at least 20 plus hours in Accounting, and desire a position in the Houston area, we can arrange interviews for you with our client companies. ALL OF OUR FEES ARE PAID BY THE EMPLOYER. Please submit your resume by mail to the address below, phone, or come by in person. ti/fcwi /a of? £ftfot4AfoM 306 UNITED GAS BUILDING HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002 TELEPHONE 713/228-0408 be around quite a bit to help out. “When I start out I’ll have a bit more talent to work with than coach (Smith) did, and he’s responsible, for it. Everything in the program is greatly improved thanks to him.” Smith acknowledges that “most schools know we have a tennis team now. We have beaten a lot of teams m travelin’ through.” Chances are that the competition at the National Tournament, June 17-22, will notice A&M this year thanks to the efforts of Omar Smith. Smith notes that his long tradition may be temporarily over but cer tainly not the winning for A&M ten nis teams. gree. He served as a field scout ex ecutive for the Sam Houston Area Council. Smith took over the Aggieland tennis duties in 1960 with but a few partial scholarships. Barker, A&M’s first conference champion since 1952 (with Luis Rojas in Doubles) credits Smith with making the A&M program what it is today. Smith points out many highlights in his stay at Aggieland. Perhaps the first big event was when Barker, in 1964, knocked off Jimmy Parker in the semi-final round of the conference champion ships. Parker was the top seed. Barker was defeated in the finals, but the loss was anti-climactic. Barker and Rojas teamed that year to win the doubles title. Smith also notes that one of the biggest disappointments came that year when the Ags led the confer ence in team standings going into the last match. The Aggies had to visit Rice for the last match. Rice, having lost only four points all season, were in hot pursuit of the Ags, losers of but one match.—“Unfortunately, we played in front of an overzealous crowd and lost the title,” remembers Smith. Barker’s and Rojas’ winning the prestigious Pan American doubles title and Dan Courson and Carter Lomax’s win in the Rice tourney last year are other big highlights. In 1969, Jon Ragland and Pete Faust brought another SWC doubles trophy home to College Station em phasizing Smith’s great success with doubles teams. A&M doubles teams have gained the finals in conference play in seven of the past 12 years. This past year was especially bright for the Ags as Smith com pleted his tenure with probably the finest crop of recruits ever to come to A&M in freshmen Charles Emley, Tom Courson, Mark Silberman and FOUR IN A ROW—Aggie rugby team held off a strong rally John Kirwan. from the Houston Old Boys to post a 15-13 win and their “This was a real good year consid- fourth straight state title. The Ags are currently the na- ering the young players came along tional rugby champions. (Photo by Gary Baldasari) so well. They more than held down their end of it,” noted Smith. “The varsity boys really showed their mettle, especially in tourna ment play.” Smith was especially proud of Dan Courson and Bill Hoover who reached the final round of the Rice doubles. Hoover, a junior, also reached the finals in Southwest Con ference singles. He lost to George Hardie, the defending champion. A&M made the strongest showing at the conference tourney with four of the eight semi-finalists wearing maroon-and-white. With this year’s 20-9 record the 12 year winning season total comes to 169-95 for Smith’s teams. In addition, his 1964 team was ranked 10th in the nation and Smith was voted the 11th ranked coach in the nation in a poll by “World Tennis Magazine.” In the future Smith plans on de voting more time to his South East Texas chain of Dairy Queen Stores and “my flyrod ”. Smith is as avid a fisherman around Brazos County as noted bass sage Shelby Metcalf, and chances are he’ll be spending more time practicing now than Metcalf. Jokingly, Smith says that “Richards’ (Barker) gonna make me chairman of the squeegee commit tee.” But Barker adds that Smith will CHAPMAN’S DECORATING CENTER HOME BEAUTIFICATION VINYL REMNANTS $2.95 Sq. Yd. - Up CARPET ROLL ENDS ASS’T. SIZES 28th ANNIVERSARY SALE 1 r VINYL WALLPAPER PAINT ROLLER KITS $2.99 Ea. 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