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Staff has many duties, responsibilities Page 12 THE BATTAlJ THURSDAY, JANUARY Sports Information Department not knowp By ROBERT CESSNA Staff Sports Writer If one of your professors would give you the question, “Define the responsibilities and duties of the Sports Information Department in 25 words or less, you would proba bly be in deep trouble. For that matter, so would your professor. “Our office acts as a liaison bet ween the athletic department and the news media,” said Spec Gam mon, Sports News Director, S.I.D. or sports news, which I prefer, deals in supplying news which takes in multiple responsibilities, Gammon said. A&M is involved in seven sports that compete in the South west Conference: football, basket ball, swimming, golf, tennis, track and baseball, he added. In all these sports, S.I.D. has a job to do. “We act as a service office for the news media,” Gammon said. S.I.D. provides releases, pictures and color slides for the media. Many hours are spent fulfilling the media’s requests. “We also have a publication job,” Gammon said. S.I.D. produces the football brochure, basketball guide and a separate one on swimming. In other years they also produced a spring sports brochure but this year they will break it down into two separate guides. One will have golf and tennis while the other will con tain baseball and track. Another duty is the answering of requests from the public. “We spend a lot of time with requests from youngsters,” Gammon said. They may want a picture of an Aggie athlete who is their idol. It may be a bumper sticker or a press guide. Not only do we get requests from youngsters but adults as well,” Gammon said. When humanly pos sible S.I.D. tries to oblige. Re quests also have been mounting in football season from magazines de siring information on the Aggies. And to a lesser extent in basketball season. When asked what was S.I.D.’s greatest problem, Gammon said. “The greatest problem is not doing a good enough job. ” The trouble time for S.I.D. is in the spring. At this time, baseball, track, golf, tennis and spring football practice are all in full swing. Gammon added. With that much going on it’s nice to have an assistant who can help share some of the load. “I am bles sed with the best assistant in the country in Jim Butler,” Gammon said. “Also we get a lot of help from students working for the Batt during the spring,” Gammon added. Then there are lots of little jobs that go unnoticed. S.I.D. has to set up the press credentials for all the incoming media. Then they have to prepare the press box to make it a workable area for the media. This includes the making of programs for the press. Interviews with players also have to be arranged by S.I.D. for out ol town media. “The better your teams are the busier you are,” Gammon said. And with women’s sports com ing into the spotlight the coverage is getting spread thinner. But with all these duties. Gam mon still finds his job rewarding. “Every morning I get up I enjoy going to work,” Gammon said. “It’s a great institution here and I’m a Backlashes By BRUCE L. SUBLETT It’s winter, hunting season is over and it’s too cold for fishing. Right? Wrong! White bass and crappie are on the move, getting ready to spawn. Yegua Creek below Somerville Dam is good right now and it’s close. I fished there three times last week and caught good strings every time. The fish are definitely not big, but on light spinning tackle they’re a lot of fun. Light (Vs ounce) jigs in yellow and white fished in pairs are about the only thing the fish are hitting, producing even better than minnows. The most effective retrieve is to let the jigs settle to the bottom at about midstream then bring them back slowly and steadily. By slow, I mean slow enough to keep them bouncing on the bottom. The fish aren’t really hitting the jigs, just stopping them. Grappie have especially tender mouths, so a hard jerk to set the hook is out. A twitch of the rod tip is plenty. Something in Yegua Creek that does take some hook-setting is drum. Some folks call them gaspargou. They aren’t much to eat, but they can pull. The drum coming out of the creek aren’t big, running anywhere from one to three pounds. The fast water makes them seem as big as the 10-pounders in the Angelina River. Drum really go for live crawfish fished on the bottom. They won’t ignore a wad of big earthworms either. Minnows and jogs also take their share of drum. It’s not too early for bass if you don’t mind getting cold. Deep baits like worms and Little Georges in the honey holes can pay off with some real hogs. After all, duck season just ended so you ought to be used to the cold and wet. Right? Wrong! Stay tuned next week for a lesson on how to catch pneumonia in an East Texas duck marsh. 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Any funds allotted S.I.D. come out of the Athletic Department Budget. “The Athletic Department is self- sustaining,” Gammon said. “No tax dollars are used,” he added. Gammon has been with A&M since July of 1963. He earned his degree from Oklahoma State in 1947. From there he started to work with newspapers until he reached A&M. His first newspaper job was at the Seminola Oklahoma Pro ducer. After about six months he moved on to the Borger News Herald for another six months. From there it was onto the Amarillo Globe News. But again he had a short stay of only six to twelve months. Then he moved to the Valley Edi tion of the San Antonio News Ex press. It was a two man sports desk in the Rio Grande Valley. Dick Snider was the other man on the desk. Snider has now moved on to be the head of the National Col legiate Athletic Association Films. wmmMr '■"ffffiiipi J|. 1^. Hi pin l . 1 & i The job at the Rio Grande Valley the Odessa American to bespel was one of his shortest ventures, editor. 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