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■ exas A&M Athletic Department,
summer is a chance to train a differ-
iru crop of athletes — the future
generation of Aggie sports stars.
I Throughout tne summer, nine
Ivcraflo different A&M sports departments
sSL_JjJjbold a number of camps designed to
ipiprove younger athlete’s play, says
iirniw* 3 ^nnon, A&M assistant sports
information director.
B Cannon says each camp usually
iNAumsww, involves the A&M head coach of the
Ham, for example Shelby Metcalf
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the student athletes.
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duct a total of three one week camps
during the summer.
■ The first baseball camp was for
B«es 9-12 from June 16-23, and the
Icond was from June 23-28. John
son has only one camp for ages 13 to
High school senior to conduct f rom
June 30-August 5.
I The cost is $190 per camp for a
lay camper and $220 for an over
night camper.
I “The day campers are dropped
Iff by their parents at breakfast,”
■annon says, “and are picked up
again after supper.
| “We don’t get a lot of day camp
ers, but it is left open as an option
' for local players. Usually the over-
Bight campers play some trivia
vJBarnes, have group discussions and
— v I get into more of the theory of the
iis-Mnti S p ort s 0 thg day camper probably
misses about 3 hours of time with his
friends.”
Cannon says the $30 difference in
the cost is for the charge for accomo-
dations for the week. Most of the
ijeampers are housed in Cain Hall
and the women, campers stay in
Clements Hall.
I “We’ve been real pleased with the
results of the baseball camp,” Can
non says, “there was such a demand
drat we needed three camps to ac
commodate all the campers.”
I Metcalf and his staff are running
two camps for ages 9-17. The first
one ends July 19, the other begins
July 21 and ends the 26th (see ac-
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companying story). Day campers pay
$200 and overnight campers pay
$250.
Women’s basketball head coach
Lynn Hickey conducted two one-
week camps for women age 10-18.
One was from June 9-14, the second
camp ran from July 7-12. The cost
was the same as the men’s camps.
Football players ages 8-13 had
their chance to improve their game
with the help of head football coach
Jackie Sherrill and his staff June 16-
22. Day campers paid $185 and
overnight campers paid $225.
Cannon says that most of the
camps concentrate on different as
pects of the particular sports
through the use of drills and scrim
mages to improve skills.
And these are full day camps.
Metcalfs basketball campers put in
nine hour days.
Head Coif Coach Bob Ellis has al
ready held four camps, two for play
ers age 13-16 and two for adults.
The charge for the camps was $450
for a resident fee.
As professional baseball players
enjoy the All-Star break, softball
head coach Bob Brock will be hold
ing a total of three camps this sum
mer for all those future female
Mickey Mantles.
One camp ended July 4, with the
next two running from July 28-Aug.
1 and Aug. 4-8. All the camps are for
ages 10 to high school senior.
Softball day campers pay $160 and
overnight pay $200.
Swimmers age 807 had a chance
to receive specialized instruction
from head swimming coach Mel
Nash from June 9-15. The cost was
$190 for a day athlete and $240 for
overnight athletes.
Tennis players ages 9-17 aiming
for their shot at Wimbledon had a
chance to improve their game dur
ing the three camps held by coach
David Kent earlier in the summer.
The camps cost $275 for day rates
and $325 for overnight rates.
For player’s wishing to learn some
of the skills that made the A&M
women’s volleyball team No. 12 in
the nation, girls age 13-18 still have
two camps they can attend, July 28-
Aug. 1, and Aug. 4-8. Overnight
campers pay $145 and day campers
pay $100.
A&M offers an All-Sports Camp
for those athletes that haven’t de
cided on their favorite sport.
“The All-Sports Camp is in its
third year,” Allan Cannon, assistant
SID, says, “and it is for ages 8-14.
“Campers have to decide on a ma
jor, or sport they want to major in,
and a minor sport. This gives the
coaches and the campers a chance to
all get involve^.”
The All-Sports Camp was at
tended by 120 campers from June
16 to June 29.
Baseball has an 80 person limit
each camp, and every camp filled its
quota except the last in which 64 at
tended.
Football had 56 players attend,
the golf camps filled its 40 player
limit for both camps and the tennis
camp entertained 120 players.
“Most of these camps have been
going on for years,” Cannon says,
“and the response gets better every
year.”
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Basketball campers find
fun on and off the court
By ED CASSAVOY
Sports Writer
Drills, scrimmages and more
drills are what most athletes can
look forward to in varying de
grees of enthusiasm. But for two
basketball veterans, training
camp just means a chance to or
der pizzas.
Pizzas?
For Jason Burton, 12, and his
buddy Chris Williams, 12, that’s
one of the added attractions of at
tending a basketball camp being
held at Texas A&M until Friday.
“We’re going to order pizzas
tonight,” Williams says, “we’re the
first camp that is allowed to do it,
“We came here Sunday and
we’ll be here until Friday. We,
like, do drills, offensive and de
fensive.”
Williams and Burton talked in
the basement of the Memorial
Student Center during their
break. It was crowded with future
Magic Johnson’s and Dr. J’s ham
mering out their fantasies on vi
deo basketball, golf and football
games.
Burton and Williams are from
Holub Middle School in Houston
and say they put in a full day at
A&M.
“They work us nine hours a
day,” Burton says — as a trace of
weariness passes over his face,
“that’s three three hour sessions
starting at 8:30. We get tired by
the end of the night.”
After concentrating on offense
the First day the two players say
they are now' working on defense.
Both agree that the level of
coaching at A&M is impressive
with some minor exceptions.
“Sometimes you’ll think you’re
doing something right,” Williams
says, “and the coaches will say it’s
wrong. But they’re not too
mean.”
Burton says, “No kidding, ex
cept if you goof off, then they get
real mad.”
Williams nods silently in
agreement.
To release the pressure after a
tough day’s work out, Williams
says boys will be boys.
“At night we have candy
fights,” Williams says, “even
though we’re supposed to be in
by 10. But we’re always running
around and stuff.
“But then we went to bed ear
lier the next night because a
coach sat in the middle , of the
hall.”
All the players in the camp are
working towards the
championship game played on
Friday, with a largely sympathetic
crowd, their parents, in atten
dance.
And there are some aspects of
the camp that aren’t that appeal
ing to the players.
“They wake us up too early in
the morning,” Burton says, “at 7.”
“The food here (the players eat
meals on campus) is OK,” Wil
liams says, “except the morning
meal which is kinda gross.”
Burton says his favorite NBA
player is Magic Johnson. Williams
says Dr. J is number one, even
though Williams admits he can’t
slam dunk, but can touch the net
“on a good day.”
An argument erupts between
the two players On which is more
fun, offense or defense, accom
panied by some pushing.
End of interview.
Europeans flood golf scene
Associated Press
SANDWICH, England —There’s
an air of buoyance and bright hope
surrounding the Europeans and a
mood of embattled determination to
a tough little cadre of American stars
on the eve of the British Open.
The 114th renewal of the world’s
oldest golf championship begins
Thursday at the Royal St. George’s
Golf Club links, 6,85 / yards of wind
swept sand dunes and deep, wiry sea
grass on the Kent coast overlooking
the English Channel.
A field of 153 w ill be chasing a to
tal purse of $715,500, with $87,750
to the w inner.
And, for one of the very few times
in the years since World War II,
Americans are not favored, not ex
pected to dominate the competition
that is, in all but the United States,
known simply as The Open.
It’s a situation of complete delight
to the British, whose game has been
ruled from the other side of the At
lantic for so many years.
At an annual dinner of the British
Golf Writers earlier this week, the
master of ceremonies — a London
sports writer — confidently, smugly
and with obvious glee announced:
“I think it’s safe to say that the
winner of thfc 114th Open Cham
pion is in this room tonight.”
The gathering included Seve Bal
lesteros of Spain, Bernhard Langer
of West Germany, Nick Faldo, Paul
Way and Mark James of England,
Sandy Lyle of Scotland and Greg
Norman of Australia.
No American players were pre
sent.
With their ranks thinned in qual
ity and quantity by a massive with
drawal of stars, the Americans have
only one man in the top four pre
tournament choices by Britain’s legal
bookies. That’s Tom Watson, whose
career has centered on his live victo
ries in this ancient championship.
But Watson, the outstanding player
in the game over the last decade, has
been in a slump for. some time,
hasn’t won in a year and missed the
cut in the U.S. Open.
Watson is listed as the No. 3
choice behind defending champion
Ballesteros of Spain and Masters
champion Langer of West Germany,
with Australian Greg Norman, “the
Great White Shark,” ranked fourth.
Among the American absentees,
for one reason or another, are U.S.
Open titleholder Andy North, Ray
Floyd, Hale Irwin, Hubert Green,
Calvin Peete, Johnny Miller, Fred
Couples and Curtis Strange.
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