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Page 8 THE tJAl f ALIGN THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 1976 Intramural troubles Crowding creates congestion By DEBBY KRENEK Battalion Staff Writer “I’d like to reserve a handball court for tomorrow evening. ” “Sorry, but they’re all filled. ” This is a familiar scene in the in tramural office as facilities are vastly overcrowded, Dennis Corrington, director of intramurals and recrea tional sports, said. Intramural courts may be re served one day in advance. The in tramural office opens at 8 a.m., but all the courts for the following day are filled by 9:30 a.m. Intramural facilities are located in DeWare Fieldhouse, G. Rollie White Coliseum, the swimming pool and tennis courts. These house re creational, intramural, extramural and club sports activities such as handball, badminton, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, fencing and other sports. All students, faculty and staff members may use these facilities which are open from 8 a.m. to mid night if they present appropriate IDs. However, there is one big prob lem, Corrington said. “The prog rammed activities (intramurals, club sports, and P.E. classes) have prior ity and take up the majority of the time leaving very little free time for those who wish to use the facilities purposes. Cor- for recreational rington said. We definitely need more facilities,” Corrington said. “The seven activity areas we have are full every night.” Approximately one-third of the student-faculty population uses these facilities for recreation alone, Corrington said. “The ideal situation would be for an individual to come over and play whenever he wishes,” Corrington pointed out. “I should be able to schedule part of the facilities for programmed activities and leave some areas in the facility free for anyone who wishes to play, but in tramurals and club sports have dou bled in size since last year so I can’t. “So many times an individual might come to play basketball, and go from court to court finding each full, ” Corrington said. “He gives up and goes home and our purpose is defeated. “You just can’t take care of every body through programmed activities because they only meet a few times a week and most people like to come more than that,” Corrington said. Texas A&M University has seven football fields adjacent to Jersey Street which are in use constantly by practicing intramural teams. Cor- Gil Steinke hawks TSWA coach award rington said. However, after the Aggie bonfire in November, the four central fields are not usable until February. “The bonfire takes its toll on the turf, cutting down drastically our av ailable space,” Corrington said. Those practicing for intramural ac tivities use every green space on campus that is available as well as several city parks. “I’ve often seen people trying to play football in the valley by the pres ident’s house,” Corrington said. Besides the shortage of space, the condition of the present facilities is not good, Corrington pointed out. DeWare houses 14 handball courts. While most handball courts are made of plaster, these are not. “The old basketball field house on the second floor was remodeled to make the handball courts. Some of them aren’t even the regulation size,” Corrington said. Texas A&M has five basketball courts, one in DeWare and four in G. Rollie White. “Four of the courts are high school regulation size,” Corrington said. “We recently purchased a used scoreboard so there would be a time clock in one of the four courts, but all of the courts need them. ” Also, the lighting on the third floor of G. Rollie White is inadequate. “We either need a new system of lights or an increase in wattage,” Corrington said. FOOD DISCOUNT COUPON BOOKLET Associated Press DALLAS — The Texas Sports Writers Association presented its annual awards Wednesday night at the annual All Sports Banquet with Gil Steinke of Texas A&I becoming the first small college coach to be named Senior College Coach of the Year. Steinke led the Javelinas to their second consecutive small college na tional title last season. Dick Peebles of the Houston Chronicle, vice president of the TSWA, also presented awards to: — Jim Gideon, ace of the national champion Texas Longhorn pitching staff as Amateur Athlete of the Year. — Bum Phillips of the Houston Oilers, pro coach of the year. — Abe Lemons of Pan American, winter sports coach of the year. — Cliff Gustafson, Texas baseball coach, senior spring coach of the year. — Mike Mitchell of Western Texas, junior college coach of the year. Dallas Cowboy quarterback Roger Staubach and professional golfer Don January received individual awards. Staubach was honored with the Field Scovell Award and January took the Big D Award for sports con tributions bringing honor to the city of Dallas. Special achievement awards were also presented to rodeo star Don Gay and Dallas Tornado goal keeper Ken Cooper. Discount food coupon booklets are now available at the Food Services Office, Sbisa Hall and the MSC Food Services Manager’s Office. Coupons are redeemable in campus cash food facilities. Quality First “Get it on with Suzuki” New Dealer’s Aggie Special Special Price 1976 Price 1975 TC-100 $595.00 $692.00 1975 TS-185 $795.00 $945.00 .. .and many more specials! SUZUKI SPORT CENTER 2609 S. College Bryan 822-9439 SWC standings Texas Tech Texas A&M SNR I lonston Baylor Arkansas TCI Texas Rice 0 Tuesday’s Results SNR’ 69, Texas A&M 65, Houston 103, TCI' 95, Texas Tech 71, Texas 60. Saturday's Games Texas Tech at Texas A&M TV 1 p.m., Arkansas at TCL' 7:30p.m., SNR’ at Baylor 7:30p.m., Houston at Texas 7:30 p.m. Brief Longest game in college basket ball lasted seven overtimes with Black Hills beating Yankton 80-79 Feb. 18, 1956. Four intramural softball courts and eight soccer and flag football courts were opened this fall across the railroad tracks west of campus. However, none of these fields was equipped with lights. Since many students are in classes until 5 p.m., the fields are only in use for about an hour because Daylight Savings Time causes it to get dark around 6 p.m. provided, spectators sit on the floors or around the courts and get in the way of play, creating hazards for both players and viewers. Intramurals “instead of spending money for more courts, the university should provide lights for these courts in creasing their usage time to seven hours a day,” Corrington em phasized. Corrington recently turned in in tramural facility improvement plans which would cost around $25,000. “We need more indoor classroom facilities and office space as well as sports activity areas,” Corrington said. Another problem facing the in tramural department is that of spec tators. Because there are no stands INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL Military: Sq-12 vs. M-l, 28-55; M-Band vs. A-l 25-38. Fish: K-l vs. N-2, N-2 forfeit; Sq-4 vs. Sq-12, Sq-12 forfeit; D-l vs. Sq-11, 19-35; E-l vs. Sq-2, 26-57. Independent: Buffalo vs. J.T. s, 46-50, Crocker vs. Rockets, 29-69; Trotters vs. Dunn No. 3, 21-79; Utay vs. S. W. Village 37-20. Civilian: Crocker vs. Dunn, 28-79; Moses vs. Moore, 38-56; Law vs. Legett, 71-34; Milner vs. Puryear, 23-70; Hotard vs. Mclnnis, 28-79; Moses vs. Moore, 38-56; Law vs. Legett, 71-34; Milner vs. Co-Rec: Colonels vs. Gin Fizzes, Gin Fizzes forfeit; Little Lakers vs. BSU, 65-41, BMF’s vs. Old College Main, Forfeit-Old College Main. BERNARD “IN STOCK NOW” White • Navy • Black Patent Bone Pink • Lt. 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