Page 6 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY. APRIL 10, 1975
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By GERARD A. O’DONOVAN
Special to the Batt
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. O’Dono
van, Associate Professor of
Biochemistry and Biophysics at
Texas A&M, is a working member
of NATO, member of several hon
orary national and international
scientific research societies, a
freelance sportswriter who has
been published by “Sports Illus
trated’’ and is a candidate for the
Nobel Peace Prize.
Lest we forget, I have taken it
upon myself to write this dual-
purpose commentary: (1) to pay tri
bute to the recent excellent cover
age in the Batt, of Sports and (2)
to congratulate Coach Dr. Shelby
Metcalf and squad for providing us
with one hell of a season. Yes, it is
Dr. Shelby Metcalf, three times
Southwest Conference Champion,
20 wins in a season and over 100 in
SWC play. Not bad for a black bass
fisherman out of Tulsa; not bad at
all.
I had the pleasure of accompany
ing Coach Metcalf and the squad to
Waco for the A&M vs. Baylor game.
An integral part of the unit was two
young writers, both staff writers for
the Batt, namely Tony Gallucci and
David Walker. I am not alone in
stating that they were the best pair
of writers in the SWC during the
basketball season — hence most of
the AP/UPI stories were derived di
rectly or indirectly from the Batt.
As the young season droned by.
Coach Metcalf told me that he
noticed their ever-presence; he was
overwhlemed when they had
driven on their own to Fayetteville
and Lubbock to report the blow-
by-blow of both the early games. I
noticed that they had the respect of
every player and squad member;
they provided clippings for Norman
Reuther and before, during or after
a game they never made a nuisance
of themselves.
Impressed with their reporting
and homework, the coach received
permission to take them along on
the rest of the games, through the
liaison of Marvin Tate, associate ath
letic director. I had already ob
served their complementary style.
Of course they had the advantage no
outside reporter could ever attain,
but there were no comparable
scribes, bar none.
Edited by Mike Bruton with the
budding reporters like Tony and
David among others, Sports in the
Batt exalted itself into a kingdom of
its own making. As one who scrib
bles a freelance line himself, I was
impressed by the one “devastating”
statistic in our home loss to Tech —
we had two, yes two assists — and
Tony Gallucci alone poignantly en
circled it. Dam it, Eddie Sutton
gave us three and he was on the floor
for only about 20 minutes! But in
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the “equine guffaw” give him as well
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On his hearing of the great fanfare
accorded a recent signing of some
high school football player by the
Razorbacks, in Broyles former
stronghold, Sutton blasted the un
timely nature of the acclaim during
the basketball season when he was
tied for the lead in the SWC. I
MUST AGREE.
As I recently pointed out, one
rarely sees comparisons between
McAdoo and Simpson (both of Buf
falo; both are winners) nor do we
find pigskin superlatives to describe
Walt “Clyde Frazier, Rick Barry or
Rudy Tomjanovich. The opposite is
too often the case; passing records of
football quarterbacks are said to be
broken by slowdowns and seven
(yes, that many) versions were given
of a “wrong call” in the Kansas State
vs. Syracuse game. The one I en
joyed was “jumping offsides” — in a
basketball game? No wonder Texas
Tech remained in Lubbock instead
of a trip to the Commissioner’s
Tournament or indeed as a HAPPY
replacement for North Carolina
State and David Thompson.
Coach Sloan on TV, March 15,
crammed his entire leg down his
throat in trying to extricate a discon
solate David Thompson; failing.
NIT, putting the screws on, has re
ceived a double apology; NIT is not
a loser’s tournament but usually is
the start of something big. For
Thompson, a sure-pro-star of to
morrow will always be reminded of
it on his visits to Gotham City! The
Big Town has a way!
Earlier this year Jerry Waggoner
of the “Eagle” suggested a clinic for
SWC (and all) officials; may I sug
gest a writer’s clinic or that news
papers attempt to get the facts to the
readers. Too long the Atlantic Coast
Conference has been so overrated
by scribes and “Top 20” AP voters
(“fill in the 15 spaces you like”) with
their golden pens. I wonder how
many of those ACC lads go to San
Diego. I’m betting NONE, and that
is how it should be.
(Note: This article was written
prior to the semifinal round of the
NCAA basketball playoffs and
mailed from Seville, Spain.)
Unbeaten, Indiana deseiwes their
No. 1 rating but come semifinal
time those same Hoosiers will be
watching from back home in In
diana. Crazy? Just watch next
weekend when I will be in Seville,
Spain beating a different drum, rep
resenting TAMU College of Ag
riculture at the Spanish Interna
tional Congress of Biochemistry.
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Meanwhile, I will expect John
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most illustrious coaching career in
history. Truly, they call him coach!
Let me fulfill my promise by ad
ding a few words about the team and
in so doing let me commend the
Aggie crowds this year. As Shelby
puts it, “They are in a class apart”
and if ever I saw a team ALREADY
WINNERS it was when I heard of
the G. Rollie White PA system:
“And now for the SWC-leading
Texas Aggies coached by Shelby
M....” A LOUD longunbelieveable
ovation had the lads from SMU reel
ing and their coach, calm and cool,
knew it well. Never have I seen so
strong and so friendly an applause.
I must also praise the Baylor
crowd who roared their hustling
team on to a 12-point lead about five
minutes before the half against the
Aggies and but for an explosive out
burst by Barry Davis before the
halftime meeting of the minds, the
second half became history. Even
when we “put it away” the crowd
behaved themselves well.
Mankind, that strange enigmatic
creature we know so well but un
derstand so poorly, will do what is
expected of him. SWC crowds soon I
will ALL become excellent HOME |
CROWDS and here EVEN MORE I
THAN IN HIS COACHING
PROWESS does Dr. Metcalf excel
What is an excellent home crowd?
Loud, partisan, letting the players I
and umpires do their jobs ON the [
(See O’DONOVAN p. 7.)
(Photo, thanks to Jack Holnl |
Associate Athletic Director Marvin Tate shakes Coach Shelby Metcalf s hand at the Basketball Awards
Banquet.
BEAT THE
HELL OUT OF
E.R.A.!
THE PROPOSED 27TH AMENDMENT. . .
Section I. Equality of rights under the law shall not
be denied or abridged by the United States or by
any State on account of sex.
Section II. The Congress shall have the power to
enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions
of this article.
Section III. This Amendment shall take effect two
(2) years after the date of ratification.
Constitutional and legal authorities tell us that equalized rights under the
law will mean . . .
WOMEN WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE DRAFT just as men now are and
will serve in all kinds of units including combat. (Yale Law Journal, April 1971)
Those for ERA must agree with this; but then they attempt to explain why we
should accept it. If indeed, a draft for women is ever necessary, that decision
should come directly from Congress. It should not be the hidden result of a
Constitutional Amendment.
According to Prof. James White, Michigan Law School; Prof. Paul Freund
of Harvard Law School; and Prof. Thomas Emerson, Yale Law School: Marriage
laws could not be restricted to men and women. IN SHORT, HOMOSEXUAL
MARRIAGES WOULD BE LEGALIZED. (Congressional Record, March 21,
1972 - Debate in Senate) With legal marriages, adoption of children would be
possible by homosexuals.
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