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i JFPORT FODDER > ] The increasing prevalence among football teams of the practice of “Tackling the ball” in an effort to cause a fumble or to actually “Steal” the ball should be curbed. No runner, trying to use one hand for stiff-arming, has an even break in retaining the ball against two opponents, one who tackles the runner and the other who goes for the ball. That practice is res- ponsible for many of the fumbles, and for the frequent surprise when out of a pile of players the ball emerges in the possession of the defensive team. Most head-line writers felt there was real news in Baylor holding the Aggies to no first downs in their mud battle at Waco. Down in the story of the game, of course, could be found the information that Baylor made only one first down. Truth of the matter was neither team could do anything, playing in mud and water at times ankle deep. The chief difference was that Baylor thruout the game played for a tie, or for a break; the Aggies, at least during the first half, really tried to win, and were out there attempting to run and to pass. That’s the chief reason they lost more ground from scrim- mage than did Baylor. If the Bears, with better kick- ing, playing at home, with a heav- ier backfield and “Fired-up” for Homecoming Day, could not beat the Aggies in the rain, they never would have beaten them on a dry field. They are comparing Lloyd Rus- sell, Baylor’s star back, with Joel Hunt, and it can’t very well be done. Russell is a fine ball-player, but his career has been an in-and- out one, and he has never starred consistently thru a whole season. He may do so this year, and in fact is having his best year; but Joel Hunt had three great year’s at A. & M., and was the spark- plug on two championship teams. There was some side-walk paint smearing done on the Baylor cam- pus before the Baylor-Aggie game at Waco, and ’twas said to have been done by A. & M. students. It has all the ear-marks of a plan to aid in the “TFiring-up” of the Baylor team, and it is doubtful if it was done by anyone from Ag- gieland. The give-away was one sign which read, “Baylor 0-A. & M. 50”. Not even an enthusiastic Aggie rooter would have gone quite that far in predicting the game. Charlie Haas, former All-State schoolboy football star and dash champion, ran 80 yards to give the Texas freshmen victory over the Rice “Slimes” in their recent game at Houston. His presence in a foot- ball suit puts to rest rumors that he would not play on the gridiron. With Haas in the Longhorn back- field next year, and “Red” Cecil in the Aggie backfield, football fans would see two of the fastest men in the United States carry- ing the pig-skin. Haas won the dash events in the state high meet in 1935, with Cecil turning in even better marks to win the same events in 1936. Incidentally, Texas seems to have one of the best freshman squads in the history of that school. Rice and the Aggies likewise have fine freshman squads, as have the Mus- tangs. Not. so much is known of the Frosh prospects at T.C.U. and Baylor. The Aggie Fish will meet the Rice Fish at Kyle Field on November 14th. On that date the Aggie Varsity squad will be en- route home from their Nov. 11 game in San Francisco. Already on the spot at Texas University the rough tactics of his team have not aided the cause of Longhorn Coach Chevigny. Jinx Tucker, Sports Editor of the Waco News-Tribune, said the de- sire of the Longhorns to rough the Baylor players was responsible for the inspired Bear play that snatch- ed victory from certain defeat in the fourth quarter of their recent game. Then at Houston the Steers drew over 100 yards in penalties in their game against the Owls, and that’s giving away lots of ground. Of course the Longhorn rough tactics may be none of Chev- igny’s doing, but his team is hurt- ing him by its actions on the field. Even “Siki” Sikes Grows Loquacious When His Fine 36 Freshman Squad Discussing SIKI SIKES “They're a likely looking crew, and there are lots of them”, was the response of Aggie head fresh- man coach J. V. “Siki” Sikes, ’28, when asked about his 1936 A. & M. Fish squad. The tall, handsome, soft-voiced former Aggie football star, caught in a “Bullin’” mood, leaned far back in his chair and his face lit up with pleasure as he told about some of the boys on this year’s freshman crop. “We have no better looking freshmen this fall than Todd, Cos- ton or Britt, now playing on the varsity, but we've got some lads who look just as good as they did, and we-ve got more of them. “Lis- ten,” he was getting confidential now and almost whispering, “We've got a boy named Price who should be as great a passer as Sammie Baugh when he’s had a little more experience, the fastest thing on a Texas gridiron in Walter Cecil, a great punter in Frank Wood, two power-house blockers and all- around backs in Jodie Marek and Jo Jo White, a raft of fast, smart ends, a pair of real tackles in Steele and Crawford and our best center, Rushing, will give Zed Coston all the competition he wants on the varsity. next.fall. “And on top of that” he declar- ed, “There are plenty of other likely looking lads among that squad of 60 men who might de- velop into stars in place of some of those mentioned. Maybe I shouldn’t mention those men by name, but so far they have shown up as nice prospects. After our games against the freshman teams of Rice and Texas U. we may not think they are so good, but right now I'll take ’em and like ’em, and am well satisfied with them.” As if he felt he had already talked too much about individual boys, Sikes disclosed that over 100 men had had tryouts on the fresh- man squad. No one had been cut off, but some 40 had dropped out to leave the present squad of 60 men. He also expressed his grati- tude at the fine aid given him in handling his big squad by his as- sistants, Manning Smith and Nick Willis, and an occasional lift by “Dough” Rollins or one of the other varsity coaches. They Can Scat Rail-birds watching the fresh- man squad at work this fall have been impressed with the speed that seems to be well scattered thru the entire team, both among lines- men and among backs. Even “Red” Cecil was beaten one afternoon re- cently in a 100 yard race among the backs by an unknown lad named Harrod, and there are sev- eral sprinters of real promise among the Fish ball-toters. Catch- Dick Todd, sensational Aggie sophomore back, is the proud pos- sessor of a beautiful $75 Stetson hat, presented by General Bill Sterling, past president of the As- sociation. The hat as presented to Todd for his part in leading the Aggies to their first T.C.U. victory in 12 years. The Aggies will meet Major Ralph Sasse’s Mississippi State Eleven in Tyler next fall, as the feature attraction of the Tyler Rose Festival. Max Gilfillan, 17, himself an Aggie athletic immor- tal, and well known East Texas business man, takes “Time-off” each fall from his regular work to handle the football games for the East Texas Rose Festival Athletic Association. The Aggies meet Manhattan College this fall in Ty- ler on December 5th. ing a pass in scrimmage against the varsity that same afternoon, Dow Mims, star end from Houston, side-stepped and out-footed the varsity backs to run for a touch- down. Further evidence of the type of play these freshmen can turn out was given in a recent full-game ‘scrimmage between the A and the B. squads, the final score being 13 to 12 in favor of the B team. Price accounted for one tally with a long, perfect pass to Smith, end from San Angelo; Cecil returned a punt 60 yards for another tally and J. B. Saltonstall, little All- State back from Eldorado, Ark. scampered 35 yards thru a broken field for another. Best So Far Although neither Sikes nor his assistants would commit themselv- es very far as to which boys were the best, close observers of the freshman squad were able to pick out the boys who had shown to best advantage during the first month of practice. Picking future stars from a freshman team is hazardous because of the many hurdles these lads must clear be- fore being ready for conference football. They must pass their school work, and annually this gets a few of the boys. Others come ‘along and develop slowly but pass some of the flashier lads down the long stretch that runs from mid- season thru spring practice. But here’s a summary of how they look by positions at this time, even if Coach Sikes himself refused to hazard a guess upon which boys are the best. Dow Mims, Bruce Moreland, Sammie Dwyer and Herbert Smith, the latter the best defensive end on the Fish squad, are leaders among the wing-men to date. Carl Dudley, Harris Wright, Bill Dun- can and J. D. Clayton are develop- ing nicely. 3 The four best freshman tackles on their performance to date are Wynne Crawford, Durwood Steele, Chip Routt and Luther Larrimore. The first pair are faster and have had more experience, but Routt and Larrimore are a pair of human tanks and can become just about as good tackles as they make up ARKANSAS GAME— (Continued from page 1) Officials: Curtis (Texas) ref- eree; Higgins (S. M. U.) umpire; Matthews (T. C. U.) head lines- man; Lipscomb (Centre) field judge. Arkansas. A.&M. First downs... .cissideghors 11 15 Yards gained rushing ....83 111 Forward passes atpd. ....24 27 Forward passes comp. ..14 11 Forward passes inter- cepted. DY .ieccidiciiini. ss 6 3 Yards by forw’rd pass. 151 99 Lateral passes atpd. ...... 3 2 Lateral passes comp. .... 3 1 Lateral passes inter- cepled DY ....oiibostoennns 1 0 Yards by lateral passes 8 3 Punting average (scrimmage) ............. 30.6 23.2 Total yards kicks ret’n’d 59 109 Opponents’ fumbles rec. 1 0 Yards lost by penalty ....35 20 BAYLOR— ' (Continued from page 1) tunity when Bob Nesrsta was in the clear for a pass but was un- able to hold the slippery pig-skin. Statistics of the game clearly show the type of battle seen by the 8,000 shivering spectators. Bay- lor punted a total of 26 times and the Aggies 25. The Aggies attempt- ed 8 passes but completed only one for a short gain; Baylor at- tempted only one pass and that was incomplete. Baylor showed a net gain from scrimmage for the afternoon of 21 yards, the Aggies only 9 yards. While no one knows what might have happened on a dry field the Aggies, with poorer punting and with light backs depending upon cleverness and speed, were handi- capped by the weather more than was Baylor. It was a game, how- ever, in which anything might have happened and in justice to both teams perhaps a tie score was best. Gordon James, ’27, is living at 2217, Dunston Doad, Houston, Texas. their minds to be. Larrimore has been hampered by injuries and may not get to do much more playing this season. Picking out the best of the guards is a tough job, but Lehman Rahn, Nae Stone, Dan Jardell and C. D. Elwell look to be the best of the lot right now. They make up a husky quartett. A broken bone has prevented big Harold Hart from showing just what he could do. Eli Rushing is the choice of the centers, and a great prospect. He has shown to fine advantage in de- fensive scrimmage against the var- sity, and has looked particularly good on defense against passes. Choosing future star backs is another hard job. Waleman Price is a fine passer and Frank Wood a great kicker, but can they do the other things necessary to become conference players. “Red” Cecil is _a real triple-threat back and there’s no question about his speed. There is also no question about the speed of Tommy Casey, Bob Schiller, Clyde Wilkinson, Martin Stuart or Johnie Harrod, but they've got to be good on the defense, they've got to block, and they've got to do a lot of things before they are real conference performers. Among the bigger lads in the backfield ranks are Jodie Marek, all-state full-back last fall, and he’s a real line-backer and plunger. JoJo White, a southpaw, is anoth- er nice-sized boy who is a power- ful runner and a splendid defensive back. Joe Box, Robert Ramsey and Walter Reynolds are another trio of husky backs who have shown to good advantage. - There is considerable uniformity on this fall’s Fish squad. Tackles Routt and Larrimore are the larg- est boys, and they do not come in the mastodon size. Only Salton- stall and Milligan, backs, fail to tip the scales as much pounds. » as 160 / i \ fig FISH 1936 FOOTBALL ROSTER Mims, Dow End Houston 6. Dwyer, Sammie End El Paso 6. Dudley, Carl End Houston 6.1 Moreland, Bruce End McKinney 6. Smith, Herbert End San Angelo 5.8 Wright, Harris End Dublin 6.1 Duncan, Bill End Henrietta 6.2 Clayton, J. D. End Hereford 6.1 McLean, John End Brady 6. Steele, Durwood Tackle Beaumont 6.2 Crawford, Wayne Tackle Amarillo 6.2 Routt, Chip Tackle Chapel Hill 6.1 Larrimore, Luther Tackle New Castle 6. Richards, Tom Tackle Houston 6.1 Bates, Gus Tackle Fort Worth 6. Loggins, Larry Tackle Teague 6. Welch, Harrold c. Tackle Sabine Pass 6.2 Reid, Randow Tackle Dallas 6. Dunahoe, W. J. Tackle Galena Park 5.10 Ziessel, Phil Tackle Munday 6. Doyal, John Guard Grand Prairie 5.11 Hart, Harold * Guard Gilmer 6. Jardell, Dan Guard Beaumont 6. Rahn, Lehman Guard Dayton 5.11 Stone, Nae Guard Wichita Falls 5.11 Davenport, Seth Guard Uvalde 6. Pyeatt, W. Guard Olney 6. Elwell, C. D. Guard San Angelo 6. Woodward, K. Guard Nacogdoches 5.10 Wilde, Ed Guard Raymondville 6. Bone, James R. Guard Waco 5.10 Basler, Lloyd Guard College Station 6. Rushing Eli Center Stephenville 6.2 Boyd, Joe Center Dallas 6.2 Young, Gail Center Shamrock 6. Holliday, D. W. Center Henrietta 6. Cecil, Walter Back Freeport 5.11 Casey, Tommy Back Irving 5.10 Box, Joe Back Rosebud 6. Marek, Jodie Back Temple 5.11 Pepper, Geo. Back Junction 5.9 Price, Waleman Back New Castle 6.1 Fowler, Florey Back Mt. Pleasant 5.10 Kimbrough, Jack Back Haskell 6.1 Dallas, Jean Back Houston 5.10 Weatherby, J. G. Back Hillsboro 5.10 Livingstone, Robt. Back Dallas 5.9 Ramsey, Robert Back Uvalde 5.11 Reynolds, Walter Back Sour Lake 6. Schiller, Robert Back Columbus 5.11 Stuart, Martin Back Weslaco 5.10 Wilkinson, Clyde Back Laredo 5.10 Wofford, Dempsey Back Edna 6. Wood, Frank Back San Angelo 6.1 White, Jo Jo Back Amarillo 6.1 Barnard, Leon Back Donna 5.10 Miller, Chas. Back Lake Charles, La. 6. Newton, J. G. Back Robert Lee 5.10 Saltonstall, J. B. Back Pldorado, Ark. 5.7 Harrod, Johnny C. Back McAllen 5.10 Milligan, Wayne Back Streetman 5.8 = al ) the , 4 \) Se ought job it is inten Ilave you €V Itisn log rll Monts bgo bed Lincoln had a “Long enough,” «to reach from 3 the ground. 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