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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1974
Page 11
Trainers, managers ready Ags
• e experieJ By TONY GALLUCCI
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function of a trainer is “the preven
tion of injury rather than treatment.
Everything you do before a practice
or game would add to prevention,
but treatment is a big part of the
job.”
Trainers are assigned the duty of
taping the athletes. Tape is used at
the rate of 1800 yards per practice
session.
Also charged with on-field relief
are the trainers. They make ice,
cold towels and salt tablets available
throughout practice.
They also pass out an electrolyte
drink during the team’s three work
out breaks.
As for equipment, the managers
have a more lengthy schedule. They
must arrive about two hours before
practice and four hours before a
game to ready the facilities.
Fitting pads and issuing equip
ment is the pre-workout menu
while chasing balls is the chore dur
ing practice. After practice, the
managers collect the store equip
ment, keeping it in good repair.
Problems are common, but the
nemesis seems to be astroturf shoes.
“They wear out so fast, especially in
the rain,” Pickard said. “We issued
eight or ten new pair of shoes Mon
day. ”
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TAMU’s senior trainers are Mike
Griffin and Jimmy Cox. Along with
senior managers Al Alexander and
Paul Baker, Griffin and Cox oversee
their underclass counterparts. Pick
ard insists that the group under him
work together as a team. “We can’t
have too many bosses,” he said.The
student managers and trainers have
been described as “high school ath
letes who for one reason or another
can’t compete at the college level
and just want to stay close to the
sport.” There were about 75 applic
ants for this year’s positions by De
cember of 1973.
Trainers usually have a desire to
become licensed and are usually a
P.E. or pre-med major. Managers
are generally hard workers who are
enrolled in just about anything ex
cept majors requiring long study
hours or labs.
Pickard says the university
facilities are super with the excep
tion of the dressing room. “The
dressing room is adequate but it is
the worst of our facilities, ” said Pic
kard. The room was built in 1948
with a squad of 60 in mind. Pickard
now oversees a team of 120.
But Pickard does consider the
understadium training room a great
convenience for therapeutic
reasons. Injuries can be treated
promptly when necessary.
“Right now, ” says Pickard, “we re
more interested in that scoreboard
and putting more points on the left
side than the right. ”
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Come By And Look
BILLY PICKARD, team trainer for the Aggies, goes about his
daily chores wrapping knees and ankles.
1974 ticket schedule
issued for students
The G. Rollie White Coliseum ticket office will open for student football
ticket distribution from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for home games and from 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. for road games. Students must present their activity card and
I. D. Date tickets are $7 for home games. Tickets will not be issued after the
deadline.
1974 STUDENT FOOTBALL TICKET
DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE
Juniors
Fresh.
9-12
9-18(AM)
9-25(AM)
10-2 (AM)
10-10
10-17
10-23(AM)
10- 31
11- 6 (AM)
11-T4
11-25
Late
(all classes)
9-13
10-11
10-18
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each steak in our own batter, fry it to a golden brown
and deliver it to your table hot and ready to eat. The
chicken fried plate also includes a generous serving of
french fries, fresh green salad and a roll.
And the price is about the same you’ve been paying
for a pre-breaded steak: $1.95.
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