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1931 Freshman Squad, 100 Strong,
Looks to be Best in Years and
Has Promising Varsity Material
Roswell Higginbotham’s 1931 fresh-
man football squad, 100 strong, looks
to be the best aggregation of talent
to enter A. and M. in many years.
A statement somewhat similar to
that was made last fall, and while
there was some disappointment over
the development of the members of
that squad, it is significant that
Rudder, Robertson, Murray, Cum-
mings, Barfield, Spencer and Dom-
ingue are all playing a prominent
part in this fall’s varsity team. This
1931 squad looks better and more
evenly balanced than did last fall's
freshman squad.
The squad is divided into three
groups, A, B and C. squads. The A
group is handled by Head Freshman
Coach Higginbotham and by line
Coach Barlow Irwin, 26. The B
squad is coached by Ralph Dorsey,
’30, and H. C. Dillingham, ’22, while
the C squad is under the control of
Roscoe Van Zandt, ’31. In addition
to these men Frank Anderson, Joel
Hunt and other members of the var-
sity coaching staff put in specializ-
ed work upon the yearlings.
Every freshman who has football
ambitions is urged to come out for
the team and is outfitted. No men
are cut off, but there is promotion
and demotion between the three
squads. At the start of the year
150 men appeared for practice, with
40 having dropped out for one rea-
son or another since the opening
of the season.
The only game played by the “fish”
team resulted in a defeat at the
hands of the Brownsville Junior Col-
lege, one of the strongest Junior Col-
lege teams in the Southwest. The
game was played at Brownsville.
The next tilt on the Freshman slate
will be a night game with “Puny”
Wilson’s fine Allen Academy team
to be played in Bryan on the even-
ing of November 11.
A trio of last year’s all-State high
school men appear on the freshman
roster in the persons of Odell Fow-
ler who played with Amarillo, Clif-
ford “Sheriff” Gregory, fullback on
the high school champion Tyler elev-
en and Conoley, Amarillo high end.
Many other members of the squad
have fine past records both in high
school and in junior college.
In mentioning the outstanding
members of the squad it must be
borne in mind that these men have
been at work for only six weeks. Be-
fore spring practice is over some
of those who look good this fall will
have fallen by the wayside, while
some of this fall’s dubs will be held
in high esteem by the varsity coach-
es.
The outstanding ends on the fresh-
man squad to date have been Tracy,
180 pounds, of Corpus Christi; Spain,
175 pounds, Decatur; Watson, 185
rill] good job
Keeping the Sears, Roebuck Student Loan
Fund of $25,000 in excellent operating con-
dition has been the task so ably performed by
the Former Students Association. On this,
the sixth anniversary of the establishment of
the fund, we wish to commend the officers
of that progressive organization for the splen-
did manner in which the money has been
handled.
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pounds, Gilmer; Conoley, 180 pounds,
Amarillo; and McClain, 170 pounds,
Breckenridge. Spain has had junior
college experience while the others
were high school stars. The outstand-
ing men in the all-important tackle
positions seem to be Jordan, 240
pounds, who formerly starred with
the Weatherford Junior College;
Griggs, 193 pounds, who hails from
Decatur but who played last fall
with the Lawton, Okla., Junior Ag-
gies; Zunker, big Dutchman from
San Marcos; and Cooper from Schul-
enberg: Several other tackles are
big and rugged but lack the exper-
ience of those mentioned.
The “Fish” guards are headed by
John Crow, 180 pounds, who learned
his football under “Puny” Wilson
at Allen Academy; Nick Willis, 180
pounds,, from San Antonio; Stapp
Maxwell, 190 pounds, from Leonard;
J. R. Knotts, 193 pounds, who played
last fall with the Junior Aggies at
Arlington; and Robert Russi, 168
pounds, all-City guard from Hous-
ton.
The best looking centers to date
have been Roach, 180 pounds, from
Decatur Junior College and who looks
like a future all-Conference player;
Ebb White of Temple and Hurst of
Ft. Worth.
In the backfield Fowler, the 173
pound, left handed passer and left
footed kicker, looks good at quarter-
back, and is also a capable triple-
threat man. Randow, the speed mer-
chant from Hallettsville, and Mar-
tin from Gilmer, are also looking
good at the quarterback post.
Among the halfbacks who are
showing to advantage are Stringfel-
low, fleet but small lad from Ter-
rell; Jack West, 180 pounder from
Harlingen; Bill Kimbrough, 175
pounds, from Haskell; Connolley, 185
pound star from North Side, Fort
Worth; Goode of Olney and Moehl-
man of Bryan. The outstanding full-
backs have been Gregory, of Tyler;
Young of San Antonio, and Burgess,
of Hale Center.
A regular football feature at A.
and M. is a Monday afternoon game
between the Freshmen and the Var-
sity Reserves. In the first meeting
of the year the Freshmen won from
Cut time and cost
Pr cricans every farm chore can be
done by a small General Electric motor
without attention and at a cost far below
that of doing it by hand. A 1/8-hp. motor
will do more work than the best hired
man and do it for one cent or less per
hour.
For every farm that has electric service,
or is within reach of a high line, it is a
waste of time and money to milk by hand,
to pump and carry water, etc. Even if these
chores were fun, you couldn't afford to do
them by hand any longer!
The electrically operated milking machine
has thoroughly proved its economy. Agri-
cultural colleges report: “With a motor-
driven milking machine it is possible to
increase the size of dairy herds 55 per cent
with no increase in labor cost.”
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The usual rations were given the cows and
they drank from the stock tank. However,
the yield of milk at once dropped 20%."
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that can be done by fractional horsepower
motors are washing clothes, refrigeration,
cleaning, ventilation, shelling corn, clean-
ing grain, grooming and clipping animals,
washing, and grading fruits and vegeta-
churning, washing
etc.
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the Reserves, but have not been able
to turn the trick since. The three
freshman groups, A, B and GC, play
numerous games with each other. A
surprising thing about these clashes
is the ability of the B and the C
teams to take care of themselves
against their larger and more ex-
perienced opponents.
The Freshman squad this fall, in
general, is older and more experienc-
ed than ever before. Many members
of the squad have had junior college
experience, and many others have
played upon the best high school
teams of the state. If the squad can
maintain its eligibility and remain
in school, it should go far toward
providing strong teams at A. and M.
for the next three years.
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John Braselton, ’26, is a member
of the physical education staff of
the Y. M. C. A. at Tulsa, Okla. He
was formerly with the Beaumont Y.
M. C. A.
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Newell Ramsey, '29, secretary of
the A. and M. club at Schenectady,
N. Y., was a recent visitor while in
Texas on his vacation. He says the
A. and M. men up there will have
a big meeting on Thanksgiving Day
and they are considering getting a
wire report on the game as it is
played.
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Nat P. Turner, Jr., '24, is a part-
ner in the firm of N. P. Turner,
General Contractor. They specialize
in highway construction and have
built many roads in Texas and Louis-
iana. Also with the firm as con-
struction superintendent is C. F.
“Shimmie” Gorman, ’'24. The firm’s
office is in the Mahon Bldg., Mar-
shall, Texas.
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Pinckney B. Price, ’20, president
of the Interstate Construction Co.,
of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, recently was
awarded several contracts by the
State Highway Department of Tex-
as. He has just completed projects
in Arkansas totalling over $200,000.
His many friends are glad to see
him operating in Texas again.
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John H. Taylor, ’31, is teaching vo-
cational agriculture at Ralls, Texas.
“THE MIGHTY”
“BUS” MOORE
Wookt te
“Let’s go, girls,” is his battle cry
this year, and “The Mighty” Moore
is having his best year as a guard
on the A. and M. team. He is one
of the smartest linesmen in the con-
ference and a great defensive guard.
Moore is a player who has made
himself. He came to A. and M. as
a quarterback, but lacked the speed
for the backfield and set about fit-
ting himself for line play. His short
stature and colorful nature have
made him a wide favorite with the
fans of the state. His name is Al-
vin, his home is Itasca and he is
playing his last year.
Campus Close-Ups
D. B. COFER
Since 1910 David Brooks Cofer
has been teaching A. and M. men,
as a member of the department of
English. He entered the. faculty in
1910 as an instructor and is now a
full professor. He has lately attract-
ed wide attention among students
of Thomas Carlisle through the pub-
lication of his book, “Saint-Simon-
ism in the Radicalism of Thomas
Carlisle.” This interesting study on
the origin of Carlisle’s radicalism
has opened to Carlisle students a
new source of influence in the think-
ing of Carlisle. The book has been
published by the English Publishing
Co., College Station, Texas.
EL IE SE
Year by year the Flag Pole, really
the center of the A. and M. campus,
has become more and more warped
and bent. It was erected by the class
of 1912, but is nearing its last days
of usefulness: For 20 years, however,
it has served as the axis of student
life at A. and M., and as a splendid
monument to the ’12 class.
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Work is progressingly nicely upon
the new chemical building. Few real-
ize that this main unit, now under
construction, will be the largest build-
ing upon the campus and in fact
will be slightly larger than the pres-
ent main or administration building.
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The A. and M. band, for many
years housed in Gathright Hall, is
living this year in Foster hall. The
same queer noises leak from the
building at odd hours, as was the
case with Gathright Hall and even
further back to the days when Pfeuf-
fer Hall was the Band haven. Plans
are under way to build a Band dor-
mitory some time in the future, and
the organization richly deserves prop-
er housing.
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It’s certainly not the thing to do
and this column deplores the cir-
cumstance, but many an oldster will
enjoy a reminiscent smile, over the
story of the registration at a prom-
inent New Orleans Hotel on the day
of the Tulane-A. and M. game of
three brothers. They were the Hall
boys of College Station, yclept Ross,
Mitchell and Foster.
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Lindsey Jolliff, ’23, is proprietor
of the Jefferson Auto Storage Com-
pany, near the Jefferson Hotel in
Dallas. He has one of the best and
largest establishments of its kind in
the state.