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THE BATTALION Page 7
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1975
Constantly on the road
Televising games no pushover
By MARLA GAMMON
Battalion Sports Writer
It’s Saturday afternoon and time
for the football game of the week.
Ifou sit down in front of the TV and
iBC Sports keeps you occupied for
hree hours. You enjoy the game,
am off the TV and that’s it. But
ave you ever stopped to think
bout how much work and time is
aent behind the scenes so you
ould enjoy the game of the week
very week?
This last weekend ABC came to
ollege Station and televised the
&M - Illinois game. For those Ag-
iesnot in attendance it was an en-
lyable game to watch. For the ABC
eople it was three to four days of
ard work.
Fora Saturday game the crew and
ngineers arrive on Tuesday. They
ark the tmcks, lay cable, set up the
ameras and make sure the equip
ment is ready and in working order.
On Thursday the production people
arrive. This includes the directors,
producers and announcers. Thurs
day and Friday they work on the
pre-game, halftime shows and talk
to coaches.
They become acquainted with
the campus and the people on it.
Friday evening there is a produc
tion meeting and a “full dress’’ re
hearsal. They go over the format
then sit back and wait for the kick
off.
There were 35 engineers and 10
production people working with 5
cameras at Kyle Field. When ABC
televised the U.S. Open they used
24 cameras and over 300 people.
The production truck is set up
either under the stadium or right
behind it. Inside are five small sc
reens that correspond to each cam
era. It is from these screens that the
director chooses which picture to
broadcast. There is also a screen for
the slow-motion tape machines.
The producer watches these two sc
reens.
If the slo-mo is isolated on some
one who makes a good play he
makes the decision to use the re
play. The director and producer
each have switches in front of them
that enable them to talk to the
cameramen. They can talk to one at
a time or all of them at once.
The hierarchy of ABC decides
early in the spring which games will
be broadcast in the fall. There are a
number of people who do nothing
but research football teams all year
round. They collect predictions,
and talk to coaches and recruiters.
After all the information is compiled
it is then bound into a manual. It is
from this manual that the games are
chosen.
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onors when Rice University
osted an open foil and epee tour-
ament for the Gulf Coast Division
if the Amateur Fencers League of
.merica on September 20, 1975. In
ddition to fencers from Texas A&M
Jniversity, the following schools or
luhs were represented: Dad’s
Hub of Houston, Bellaire Recrea-
ion Center, The University of
louston, Rice University, the Un
ted States Air Force, and Houston
r encing Club.
The high point individual for the
oumament was Ladyman (Rice)
io placed 1st in Epee and 2nd in
ens Foil. The Aggie’s top per-
mnerwas Kevin Crowder, a junior
rom Dallas, who placed 3rd in both
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However, they do not solely rely
on this information. These people
have been around football long
enough to know which teams are
going to perform well and draw in
terest. They draw heavily on their
own experience in choosing the
games too.
The games that are picked are an
nounced 6 weeks prior to the open
ing of the season and promotional
work is started. There are several
wild-card weekends that are left
open. The games for these
weekends are chosen a few weeks
before the games are to be played.
Even though working for ABC
Sports provides a wide variety of
work, it’s a seven-day a week job.
The people have no set working
hours. They work until they finish
whatever is to be done. Travelling
to 5 or 6 places a week puts quite a
strain on your personal life too. Ev
erything that is done is in some way
related to working for ABC Sports.
The men and women who work for
ABC must make their work their
whole life. There is no time for any
thing else.
Terry Jastrow producer of the
Aggies’ game against Illinois said
that A&M is one of the most enjoy
able places ABC has been.
“We truly and genuinely enjoy
A&M. We love the people and it’s a
very comfortable place to be. One of
the main reasons for this is that Ag
gies really care about everything.
The emotions and traditions in
volved are just great. To us, A&M
exemplifies the college football
weekend. It’s not the same any
where else.”
foil and epee. The finalists in each
event were as follows:
Men’s Foil (17 entrants)
1. Al Snyder (HFC)
2. David Ladyman (Rice)
3. Kevin Crowder (A&M)
4. Fred Rodriquez (A&M)
5. Tom Buesing (A&M)
6. Stan Caplan (A&M)
Open Epee (15 entrants)
1. David Ladyman (Roce)
2. Richard Lanfear (A&M)
3. Kevin Crowder (A&M)
4. Stan Caplan (A&M)
Women’s Foil
1. April Yellott (Bellaire) 4-0
2. Barbara Smith (USAF) 3-1
3. Denise Gordon (A&M) 2-2
4. Lisa Crispin (A&M) 1-3
5. Francine Baggett (UH) 0-4
The next scheduled action for
Texas A&M fencers will be the
Franks Memorial Sabre Tourna
ment and one-touch open epee
competition on October 11, 1975, at
the Bellaire Recreation Center in
Houston.
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