Below is the "new" Clark Field--basically between Jester and the stadium. It's now the Caven Lacrosse and Sports Center "at Clark Field". Waller Creek ran on the stadium side of the "new" Clark Field. The concrete structure near the bottom with separating walls and chain link fences are outdoor concrete racquetball courts for student use. There were also outdoor concrete basketball courts nearby that resembled some of the ones you'd see in NYC with chain link fences around them. With student rec facilities like that, the University could charge less than $500 per semester tuition (that and a lot of State $...).
In the late 80's, the football team would sometimes use this "new" Clark Field for some pre-season drills on a grass field (often in scorching heat). Things were a lot more open and less secretive back then. It was the first chance to watch most of the incoming recruits on the field. All you had to work with before that was the Austin-American Statesman Fab 55 list and Dave Campbell's Texas Football. That and regionally biased Houston and Dallas newspapers.
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