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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—
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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.
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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
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