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Enthused over the fine spring
football practice just ended, the
Aggie coaches hit the recruiting
trail this week.
Coach Jim Myers called A&M’s
spring training “by far the best
that I have been associated with
and certainly the.finest in the past
three years.”
Improvement was noted at all
positions especially at quarterback
where good running speed and ade
quate passing abounds.
Biggest concern according to
Myers will be the inexperience of
the Aggies next fall but he feels
this can be offset by aggressive
ness, speed and size.
The 19G0 Aggie grid team will
feature youth with a sprinkling of
junior lettermen and with few
seniors. Only nine seniors will be
on the squad next fall.
For the first time in several
years A&M wilj have depth at all
positions plus speed and size even
though these assets largely are in
the large sophomore crop from
last fall’s fine freshmen prospects.
The success of the 1960 Aggie
team will depend largely on how
fast the sophomores develop plus
which of the four quarterback can
didates takes charge of the team.
Last week’s final game produced
some fine running on the part of
fionnie Brice, freshman quarter
back from Andrews, and also re
vealed the experience of game-
wise Powell Berry, two-year letter-
man senior to be from Snyder.
Other candidates are Daryle Keel
ing of Tyler and Babe Craig of
Knoxville, Tenn. Keeling was a
soph squadman last fall while
Craig is a transfer from Tennessee
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who will have two years eligibil
ity.
Several candidates missed all or
part of spring practice with in
juries but will be counted on heav
ily next fall. These include Senior
Halfback Randy Sims of Houston,
Junior HB Jim Murphy of El
Reno, Okla., and End Richard
Love, Lampasas junior, who miss
ed all of the workouts. Sopho
more guard candidates Jim Har
per of Borger and Walter La-
Grone of Carthage missed all but
three days of drills with injuries.
Based on spring practice Myers
gave a breakdown by positions.
Ends—Ralph , Smith, Phillips
senior; Russell Hill, Dallas junior;
Bob Phillips, Corpus Christi jun
ior; Mike Clark, Weatherford
sophomore; Don McClelland, Crow
ley, La., senior and Bobby Hunt
ington, Plainview sophomore.
Tackles — Wayne Freiling, San
Antonio junior; Wayland Simmons,
San Antonio junior; John Strad-
inger, Houston sophomore; George
Hogan, Longview sophomore; Joe
Eilers, Halletsville junior and Ben
Krenek, El Campo sophomore.
Guards—Wayne Labar, Harlingen
senior; Carter Franklin, Kerens
senior; Keith Huggihs, Houston
sophomore; Jim Phillips, Freeport
sophomore; Joe Bob Johnson, Gar
land junior and David Powitzky,
Pasadena sophomore.
Centers — Roy Northrup, Ama
rillo senior; Jerry Hopkins, Mart
sophomore; Larry Braaddus, Cald
well junior and Paul Piper, Brown-
wood senior.
Quarterbacks — Powell Berry,
Snyder senior; Ronnie Brice, An
drews sophomore; Daryle Keeling,
CHS Blasts Huntsville, 7-2, in Opener
By RUSSELL BROWN
CHS Correspondent
The masterful three-hit slants
of Vic Clark and Johnny Williams
plus a quick three run spurt in
the initial frame gave the A&M
Consolidated Tigers an opening
day 7-2 victory over the Huntsville
Hornets Tuesday.
Clark had the Hornets eating
from the palm of his hand for the
first five frames, pitching hitless
ball, whiffing ten and allowing
only one runner to reach first.
Williams took over in the sixth
and yielded three hits for two runs
in the final frame before fanning
the final two Hornets.
Ben Jackson led the Bengal ef
forts at the plate with a double,
single, and a free pass in three
trips. He knocked in two tallies.
Soph Bill Haley continued the
rampage on losing hurler Paul
Lindsey with a double and single
in four trips.
Consolidated struck early when
leadoff man Kelly Parker reached
on an error and Williams and
Haley singled. Jackson lined his
double into left center to give the
Bengals a quick 3-0 count.
The Maroon and White added
three more in the sixth on three
Hornet errors and P. D. Gandy’s
double. Haley’s double in the
seventh and two passed balls gave
the Bengals their final tally.
Tyler junior; Babe Craig, Knox
ville, Tenn., junior and Fred Deu-
trich, Bellville sophomore.
Halfbacks — Jack Estes, Olton
senior; Jon Few, Midlothian sen
ior; John Kent, Houston sopho
more; Eddie Van Dyke, San An
tonio junior; Bob Caskey, Gonzales
junior; Ronnie Ledbetter, Dalhart
sophomore; John Hitt, San Benito
sophomore and Eddie Dolezal, San
Antonio sophomore.
Fullbacks—Lee Roy Caffey,
Thorndale sophomore; Sam Byer,
Marlin sophomore; S. J. Halpin,
Beaumont junior; and Bob Bindley,
Del Rio sophomore.
A&M will open the 1960 cam
paign against LSU at Baton Rouge
on Sept. 17, then meets Texas
Tech at College Station, Trinity at
San Antonio, Houston at Houston,
TCU at College Station, Baylor at
Waco, Arkansas at College Sta
tion, SMU at Dallas, Rice at Hous
ton and Texas at Austin.
Intramurals
Sq. 11 soared to the 1960 Class
A volleyball intramural champion
ship Monday night as they defeat
ed Co. G-l in the final playoffs.
The winning team was composed
of Brieden, McDaniel, Wilson, Lud-
eke, Sanborn and Brunt.
Pan American took their cham
pionship in volleyball as they de
feated Mitchell the same night in
Class C finals. The championship
team was made up of Aldape, Say-
aveora, Villari'eal, Carrillo, Benito,
Buentello, Garza, Vasquez and
Lobo.
In Class A rifle competition, Co.
A-l recorded a 413-301 win against
Sq. 2; Sq. 14 scored 410-322 over
Co. B-l; Co. F-l defeated Co. C-2
by a 475-411 score; Co. F-2 blas
ted Sq. 1 by a 417-180 score and
Co. G-l beat Co. B-2 by a 492-450
score.
In upperclassmen tennis, Co. D-2
defeated the White Band; the Ma
roon Band won over Sq. 10; Sq. 5
beat Sq. 17; Sq. 7 outplayed Sq.
8 and Co. B-2 defeated Sq. 13.
The Fish started wrapping up
the volleyball schedule as Sq. 11
posted a win over the Maroon
Band; Co. H-l defeated Sq. 10; Sq.
3 won over Co. K-2; Co. H-2 de
feated Sq. 17; Sq. 2 recorded a
win over Co. G-l; Sq. 13 beat Co.
D-l; Sq. 8 defeated Sq. 9; Co.
F-l posted a win over Co. D-2.
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Texas Evaluates Prospects
For 1960 Olympic Games
By HAROLD V. RATLIFF
Associated Press Sports Writer
What are Texas’ prospects for
the Olympics team this year? In
1956 there were two—Bobby Mor
row, the great sprinter of Abilene
Christian, and Eddie Southern,
versatile star of the University of
Texas.
There were other Texans on the
team but they were from colleges
in other areas so Morrow and
Southern were the only authentic
olympians from Texas.
Morrow won both sprints and
ran on the victorious 400-meter
relay team. He was making one
of the greatest individual showings
in the history of the world-wide
games.
Southern ran second in the 400-
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NIT Takes Pause;
Bonnies Surprise
Way to Semifinals
NEW YORK (A 3 )—The National
Invitation Tournament takes a 24-
hour breather today while the bas
ketball gentry savors the play of
little Sam Stith that has fired
streaking St. Bonaventure into the
semifinals along with top-seeded
Bradley, Utah State and Provi
dence.
Sam’s savoring it, too.
‘Oh, man, it was delicious,” he
said Tuesday night after scoring
a tournament high of 37 points in
the Bonnies’ 106-71 route of de
fending champion St. John’s.
Sam, a chunky 6-2 bundle of
speed, has scored 64 points in St.
Bonaventure’s two NIT victories
so far. With his ball-hawking and
floor generalship added in, he’s
overshadowing his more publiciz
ed brother, Tom, the nation’s No.
2 scorer with a 32-point average.
This although Tom has scored 51
points in the two games and has
rebounded well.
“Little brother has his fun now
and then,” grinned Sam, who is
actually the older of the two
Stiths. He is referred to as “lit
tle” because Tom is 6-5 and the
higher scorer over a season. “Let’s
hope we both have a big one com
ing up for Bradley. They’ll be
tough and won’t rattle as easy as
St. John’s did.”
The Bonnies, now 21-3 with an
18-game winning streak, get their
semifinal test Thursday night
against Bradley, the nation’s No.
4 team with a 25-2 record after
spilling Dayton 78-64 in the opener
of Tuesday night’s doubleheader.
Providence 23-4 and Utah 23-4,
who won their quarter-final games
on Saturday, meet in the other
semi with the two winners playing
for the tournament championship
Saturday afternoon.
“Our half court press did it
against St. John’s,” said St. Bona
venture coach Eddie Donovan.
“But ■ Bradley’s a much more
seasoned club We’ll use about the
same kind of defense, with maybe
a couple of adjustments. St. John’s
is young and we got a lot of steals
off the press. You can’t expect to
do that against Bradley.”
meter hurdles to Glenn Davis. It
was considered a fine performance
since Southern was only a college
freshman. But it left something
for him to shoot at.
Morrow and Southern are trying
for a return to the Olympics.
Southei'n is a good bet to make it
but there’s considerable doubt
about Morrow. Even his coach,
Oliver Jackson, admits the sprinter
is facing a “tough fight.”
Morrow lost something more
than a race last year when he got
a leg injury in the Meet of Cham
pions at Houston. He never could
attain the condition he knew when
he was the big man of the Olymp
ics. He failed to even qualify in
the National AAU, thus didn’t get
to compete for America in the dual
meet with Russia or in the 'Pan
American games. i
Morrow has been working for
the Olympics ever since then and
apparently is back in sound phys
ical condition. But he may be
battling two things: psychology
(the great failure he experienced
may have jarred his confidence)
and incentive.
Morrow is out of college now
and making a place for himself in
banking. Will he pay the price
that a return to the Olympics en
tails? He already has experienced
the greatest glory a track man
might attain and he also has suf
fered deep humiliation that might
have left him a little bitter.
The guess is that Morrow won’t
make the Olympics once more al
though that certainly is not the
personal desire of the writer. Mor
row has epitomized the finest in
athletics. He has been a great
credit to sport, to Texas and to
himself.
Southern should make the
Olympics without undue trouble.
He again probably will have Davis
to compete with, in either the 400-
meter dash or the 400-meter
hurdles, whichever he chooses. But
Southern beat Davis the last time
he ran against the Ohio State
bullet. Davis was ill at the time
but neverthelers Southern beat his
jinx. He went on to the champion
ship of the NCAA in the 400-yard
dash.
Southern has the confidence and
desire to become king of the 400-
meter men in the Olympics. -
There are few other Texas ath
letes who appear capable of mak
ing it although the Border Olym
pics— the first big meet of the
year showed Texas would have a
fair share of top tracksters. Prob
ably the best showing was that of
David Clark of North Texas State,
first Texan to go over 14 feet in
the pole vault in some time.
A1 Lawrence of Houston is a
bright Olympic prospect. Trouble
is that he is an Australian and
must compete for that country if
he goes to the Olympics.
The Aggie baseball team trav
eled to Seguin today for their re
turn game with the Texas Luther
an Bulldogs.
In their first contest with the
Bulldogs the Ags came out with
a 2-1 win, which has been their
only victory in three starts this
season.
Olen Jordan will probably start
on the mound for the Cadets and
the rest of the lineup will depend
largely on whether the Bulldogs
are fielding a right hander or a
southpaw on the mound.
The Farmers will be trying to
recover from the 7-0 lashing hand
ed them by the potent Rice Owls
last Saturday.
Besides having trouble with
their pitchers, the Cadet batters
are in a slump also with only two
men hitting above the .300 mark
to bring the team average down to
a .209.
In the pitching department Jack
Roeder is the only man to record
a win as he allowed only two hits
when he did relief work against
the Bulldogs in the first meeting.
The Cadets have had their
chances to win, but when scores
have been at stage the hatters
haven’t been able to connect with
the horsehide.
Dink Patterson, Byron Barber
and John Burton have been the
only Aggies to register more than
one RBI. Patterson and Barber
have three each and Burton has
two.
Today will he the Ags’ last
chance for a practice tilt before
they open Southwest Conference
play in Kyle Field against South
ern Methodist Saturday.
Gary Herrington, freshman
coach, has been working earnestly
with his Fish, but says they still
have a long way to go. The Fish
will travel to Corsicana Thursday
for their opener with Navarro
Junior College.
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PORT SLANT
By JOE CALLICOATTE
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The sight of Bob Rogers and Shelby Metcalf drinking
coffee in the Memorial Student Center has been scarce lately.
Both have been busy talking to prospective athletes for next
fall. *
Undoubtly they have some top athletes in mind, but they
won’t be able to sign until April 1.
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If girls are admitted to Aggieland, it might be a good
idea for some of them to try out for the basketball team.
Taking a look at the recent scoring rundown of the girl’s
state tourney playoffs one can see that they outpointed most
of the boys by a considerable amount.
35 and 40 points were quite common for the girls in tha
playoffs.
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A&M has lined up some top attractions for its football
teams in the next several years.
Included among the national powers to be met by the
Aggies are LSU, Florida, Southern California, Ohio State and
Georgia Tech.
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