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VOL. X
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS.
NOVEMBER 15, 1936
"+... NUMBER 65
Cadet Eleven Tames Mustangs, Frisco Dons, Uta
Inspired Aggie
Team Trounces
Mustangs 22-6
Game At A Glance
S. M. U.
First downs
.... Yards gained rushing ....
143 .... Yards gained passing .... 139
10 of 19. Passes completed..12 of 17
Yards, penalties
BY FLEM R. HALL.
(Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
DALLAS, Nov. 7.—An old-time
Texas A. & M. football team—a
flaming, fighting battalion that
ripped and tore and passed—-ex-
ploded the myth of the S. M. U.
Mustang’s mystery here Saturday
afternoon by winning a 22 to 6
game that bulged the eyes of 26,-
000 spectators.
Oddly, it was a flock of aerials
that blasted the aerial circus off of
the field. With Jim Shockey pitch-
ing, the Aggies had no trouble in
~ overcoming every bad break a team
can get, and winning a victory
which was as decisive as it was
surprising. :
In addition to scoring three
touchdowns and a saftey, A. & M.
—a team that was supposed to be
without a scoring punch—lost
another six or seven points only
because a 65-yard touchdown run
by Dick Vitek was called back by
a penalty. :
Paying no attention at all to the
popular opinion that the Ponies
were practically immovable on de-
fense, the fiery Farmers piled up
18 first downs and they rushed and
passed a total of 318 yards.
Play Without Todd
Old Army did all that without
their ace, Dick Todd, the boy who
is supposed to be the heart of the
offense. The sophomore star suf-
fered a head injury in the first
minute of play and was carried
from the field not to return. Those
and other things happened to the
Aggies, but still they wouldn't be
stopped. This was their day just
as it was three weeks ago when
they showed the same class by
romping over T. C. U. at College
Station.
This was another one of those
“revenge” games for A. & M. It
had been nine years since the Ca-
dets had triumphed over the Red
and Blue, and before the game
started Coach Homer Norton said:
“We are ready today. There
will be nothing like what hap-
pened against Arkansas last
week — our boys are mentally
prepared for this one.”
Sock Ponies Hard
They were that and more—they
were physically ready and perfectly
equipped. They carried the fight to
the burly Ponies—rocked and sock-
ed them with good clean blocking
and tackling that jarred the bridge-
work of even the boys in the glass-
inclosed press box.
They met stern resistance for the
first half, which ended 7 to 6; but
in the final 30 minutes the Mus-
tangs were all mussed up, and most
“of the time were on the run.
In the absence of Todd—a last
year star—Jimmy Nesrsta, who
hasn’t gotten to play much this
year, cut loose for A. & M. It was
he who cracked through the Mus-
tang line in the first quarter to
score the first touchdown.
Climaxes Long March
He went over from the one-foot
line to climax a 72-yard march that
was powered by Shockey passes.
One to Johnny Morrow was good
for 26 yards and a first down on
the S. M. U. eight.
An offside penalty against Billy
Dewell of S. M. U. put the Aggies
on the three, and from there Nes-
rsta went over in three drives at
first one tackle and then the other.
Bill Boyd rushed in and rang up
the extra point. i
S. M. U. swung back in the sec-
ond period and pranced 41 yards to
(Continued on page 3)
Honored By A. & M.
JESSE HOLMAN JONES
In an impressive ceremony be-
fore the A. & M. student body and
a large number of prominent visi-
tors from over the state, the A. &
M. College presented an honorary
LL.D. degree on November 5 to the
Honorable Jesse H. Jones, of Hous-
ton, Chairman of the Reconstruc-
tion Finance Corporation and one
of the nation’s outstanding citizens.
It was the second honorary de-
gree on record to be awarded by the
College, a similar degree having
been awarded several years ago to
Mr. F. M. Law, ’95, of Houston,
Chairman of the Board of Directors
of the College. Mr. Law invested
Mr. Jones with the hood, signifying
the LL.D. degree.
Several hundred prominent visi-
tors from over the state were pres-
ent for the ceremony, which was
preceded by a luncheon in honor of
the visitors and the processional
to ‘Guion Hall. Following the cere-
mony, the A. & M. cadet corps
gave a military parade honoring
Mr. Jones, Acting Governor Walter
Woodul, and other visitors.
Following his investiture with
the honorary degree, Mr. Jones
spoke; his remarks being widely
broadcast over a radio hook-up.
Piney Woods Club
Honors Rival High
School Grid Men
That famed Aggie bravery was
displayed recently when the Piney
Woods A. & M. Club gave a ban-
quet at the Angelina Hotel in
Lufkin, honoring the coaching
staffs of the Nacogdoches and Luf-
kin High Schools. The rivalry of
these two schools is one of long
standing and the party in their
honor was given just two days be-
fore the annual football struggle.
The rival mentors included:
Stanford McKewen, Charley Grib-
ble, and John Bailey, of Nacog-
doches; and Abe Martin, and Jack
Graves of Lufkin. Reports indi-
cate that the affair went off in
fine shape and was deeply appre-
ciated by both the honorees and
their fellow citizens. Officers of
the very active Piney Woods A.
& M. Club are: M. C. Spivey, ’08,
Lufkin, president; R. K. “Bob”
Matchett, 24; and R. L. “Bob”
Herbert, ’31, both of Nacogdoches
and vice president and secretary
respectively.
DR. MAYO ILL
Readers of the AGGIE who en-
joy and admire the column of Dr.
Thomas Mayo, A. & M. Librarian,
will regret to know that Dr. Mayo
is seriously ill at his home on the
campus. He is suffering from com-
plications brought on by a severe
attack of malaria earlier in the
year. He is expected to be con-
fined to his home for at least
another two weeks.
John T. Massingale, 32, is still
located with the U. S. War De-
partment Survey and is stationed
at Denison, Texas. John is delight-
ed at the fine showing A. & M.
has made in football this year.
(Cadets Turn On
Heat To Swamp
Frisco U. Dons
By Sam Levine
Passing, running, and smashing
through an amazed San Francisco
football team, the Texas Aggies
ran hog-wild in the last half of one
of the most remarkable football
games in the history of gridiron to
score six touchdowns in close order
and down the Dons by the over-
whelming score of 38-14.
Trailing by the score of 14-0 at
the beginning of the third quarter,
the Aggies from Texas suddenly
came to life and let loose a barrage
of football leather that left the San
Francisco Dons stunned. They
stood and watched while the Ma-
roon and White machine ran and
passed circles around them, and
could not do a thing about it.
Each person in the regular back-,
field of the Aggies scored with the
exception of Les Cummings who is
a blocking performer. In quick suc-
cession little “Chink” Manning,
Jimmy Shockey, Dick Vitek, Bobby
Nesrsta, and Owen Rogers crossed
pay dirt to pile up the winning
scores.
Dick Vitek starred in the A. &
M. backfield with Jimmy Shockey
closely following for top honors.
Joe Routt, John Whitfield, Roy
Young, Virgil Jones, and Charlie
DeWare played exceptionally well
in the forward wall. Routt and
Young broke through time after
time to throw the West Coast ball
carriers for large losses, while
Jones and DeWare knocked down
many flat zone passes.
Although the University of San
Francisco team gained a touchdown
advantage in the first quarter and
held the score at that point until
the end of the half, the Aggies
started a rampage on the first
play of the second half and did not
let up until the game had ended.
Not only did they outscore their
opponents in points’ but rang up
ten first downs in the last two
quarters to only two for the Dons.
(Continued on page 4)
50. CAL AGGIES
HAVE BIG PARTY
AT LOS ANGELES
Over 60 A. & M. men, many of
them accompanied by their wives,
were present at a meeting held at
the Rosslyn Hotel at Los Angeles
on the night of November 12. The
occasion was a visit to Los Ange-
les of the Texas Aggie football
team and members of the football
party. The affair was a dinner
with Mr. Chas. K. Bowen, ’98, pres-
ident of the Los Angeles A. & M.
Club, presiding.
~ Members of the Aggie football
team were introduced to the Cal-
ifornia group by Secretary E. E.
McQuillen. The principal speakers
of the occasion were: Joe Utay, ’07,
Dallas, a member of the Board of
Directors of the College; Secretary
E. E. McQuillen, ’20; and Mr. Bow-
en. Short talks were also made by
others including: Victor “Chock”
Kelly, ’10; Dillon T. Stevens, ’13,
secretary of the Los Angeles Club,
and others.
The party was an enthusiastic
one and plans were laid to hold
the next meeting of the Southern
California Club on some date in
January. All A. & M. men living
in Southern California are urged
to affiliate themselves with the
club and to attend its meetings.
Any A. & M. men in that section
who are not on the mailing list of
the club, should communicate with
the club secretary, Dillon T. Stev-
ens, 617 S. Olive Street, Los An-
geles; or with President Chas. K.
Bowen, of the Engineering Depart-
ment, Pacific Electric Railway
Company.
Following the completion of the
formal program of the November
12 meeting, many of those present
stayed for an informal “bull-pen”
that lasted well into the night.
C. M. “Si” Evans, ’08, is Assist-
ant Regional Director in charge
of Rural Rehabilitation for the Re-
settlement Administration in 'Re-
gion 8, which includes Oklahoma
and Texas. “Si” is located at Dallas
and has under his direction some
300 district and county supervisors,
75 per cent of whom are Texas and
Oklahoma A. & M. men.
Some A. & M.
Austin
Regular weekly luncheons, to be
held each Monday noon at the Dris-
kill Hotel, have been started by
the Capital City A. & M. Club at
Austin. The first of the regular
luncheon meetings was held on Nov-
ember 16th., with Ralph Soape, 09,
as meeting chairman. All A. & M.
men living in Austin, and visitors
to that city, are cordially invited
to be present at these regular
weekly luncheons, held each Mon-
day at the Driskill. The club will
hold its annual election shortly af-
ter Thanksgiving. Present officers
are headed by Joe Muenster, 99,
President.
Houston
The Houston A. & M. Club will
honor the A. & M. football team
and its coaches on the night of
December 7, with one of the foot-
ball banquets that have become
famous. Presentation of the annual
“Most Valuable” player award, giv-
en by the Houston Post, will be
made at the banquet. Those in
charge of the party are planning
another “Big Time” affair, and
several hundred A. & M. men of
Houston and South Texas are ex-
pected to be present. Additional
announcements will be made as
plans are matured. Col. Ike Ash-
burn, president of the Houston
Club, T. F. Smith, ’19, and G. A.
“Cop” Forsyth, 17, are among
those taking the lead in putting the
big party over.
Club Activities
Beaumont
Decision to hold its annual
Christmas Dance on the night of
December 23 was the chief item of
business transacted at the last
meeting of the Beaumont Club. On
the entertainment side the club
heard first-hand reports from mem-
bers who attended the S. M. U.
game at Dallas, and also heard
from Coach Pickell of French High
School a report on the Arkansas
defeat. These football reports have
proven a popular feature of the
Beaumont Club’s fall program. All
A. & M. men of the Sabine Dis-
trict, as well as all present A. &
M. students, are invited to attend
the annual Christmas Dance, one
of the biggest annual affairs given
by the Beaumont Club.
Corpus Christi
The rejuvenation and the de-
velopment of a first class A. & M.
Club is planned and under way at
Corpus Christi. Meetings will be
held twice monthly for the rest of
the year, with the last two being
held at the Nueces Hotel. New of-
ficers will be elected late this year,
and the club hopes to take its place
among the most active organiza-
tions of A. & M. men. All A. & M.
men in Corpus Christi and in that
vicinity are urged to join in the
club’s activities. Information about
the meetings may be secured from
President Dick Furman, ’20, Sec-
retary C. Victor Brock, ’26, or from
T. B Powers, 28, C. E. Buck, "27, or
others of those who are interested
in building up the organization.
Beat Utah F or
Third Victory
In Eight Days
By Bruce Layer
Houston Post Sports Editor.
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 14.—A
gallant band of Texas Aggies clos-
ed out a murderous football road
trip here Saturday afternoon as
they smashed their way to a 20-7
victory over Ike Armstrong’s Utah
university Indians before a home-
coming crowd of more than 10,000.
It was the third victory in eight
days for the sturdy Texans and
they completed the task Saturday
on a gridiron made sloppy by re-
cent snows. The under-footing was
bad and time and again the speedy
Aggie backs slipped and fell as
they faced open lanes for long
gains.
There was one pounding ball
toter on the Aggie team who man-
aged to stay on his feet and Doc
Pitner carried the mail many yards
during the afternoon.
Norton Uses Many Subs
He scored two of the three touch-
downs and advanced the ball into
pay territory for the other. The
high altitude proved tough on the
Aggies and Coach Homer Norton
was forced to throw in many sub-
stitutions during the afternoon.
~ The Aggies deserved a shutout,
and a freak pass gave the Utah
boys their only score. Four Aggie
backs leaped high into the air in
an effort to intercept Mecham’s
second period pass, but the ball
bounced out of their hands into the
waiting arms of Sterling Jensen,
who ran the remaining 20 yards.
On only one other occasion did
Utah drive deep into Aggie ground,
and then Rogers intercepted a goal
line pass. Late in the game the
Utes opened with a desperate over-
head drive, but Aggie defense men
took charge.
Aggies Count Quickly
A. & M. counted in the first
period as they marched down the
field with Shockey, Pitner and
Vitek serving as ball carriers. A
pass, Shockey to Vitek, advanced
to the seven and Pitner cracked the
line for the remaining stripes.
Pitner broke through from his
own 20 to midfield to start the next
scoring drive. Shockey added 22
vards as he broke through center
and then Pitner went over in two
stabs.
The other came in the fourth pe-
riod when DeWare intercepted a
pass near midfield. Pitner then
went inside tackles and through the
center to reach the 10-yard line. Vi-
tek tossed a lateral to Shockey for
the rest.
Routt Again Stars
Joe Routt again covered himself
with glory as he lead the Aggie de-
fense. He was all over the place
and but for a short rest in each half
was taking a lot of hammering.
The Aggies rolled up 14 first
downs to 5 for Utah, but the Utes
found the going little to their lik-
ing, gaining but 15 yards from
scrimmage. The Aggies showed
234 for the day.
Left End
B. McGarry
Left Tackle
Right Guard
Schleckmann
Right Tackle
McDonough
Jensen
Shockey
Cummings
Fullback
Officials: Reddish (Stanford),
referee; Cahoon (Utah), umpire.
Trip To Coast
Not All Work
For A. &M. Boys
Taking a leaf from the heroic
days of old, Homer Norton’s ram-
paging Texas Aggie football team
took on and vanquished three ma-
jor opponents during the past ten
days and found time in between
to travel nearly 5,000 miles and
to make almost as complete a con-
quest of the city of Los Angeles
as it did its football opponents.
Starting with a great 22-6 vie-
tory over the S. M. U. Mustangs at
Dallas, the Cadets went on to San
Francisco where their astounding
last half rally brought a 38-14
victory over the San Francisco
Dons. Just to keep their hand in,
the lads stopped off at Salt Lake
City on their return and trounced
Utah University by a 20-7 count,
completely ruining the Utah Red-
skins’ homecoming celebration. The
three victories make up one of the
most courageous and gallant epi-
sodes in the athletic history of the
Texas A. & M. College. :
. Not All Work
It was a happy special train that
puiled out of Dallas Saturday night
following the S. M. U. Game. Two
pullmans carried an Aggie squad
of 33 men and another pair of
pullmans was filled with fans, most
of them A, & M. men, who made
the long trip with the team. San
Firancisco extended a warm wel-
come to the party with Mayor Ros-
si himself extending a welcome and
turning over to the Texans a key
to this city.
An extended sightseeing tour of
San Francisco was made by the
party before the Aggie team work-
ed out on Tuesday afternoon, pre-
ceding the game Wednesday.
Shortly after the game, the party
again boarded the train and ar-
rived in Los Angeles early Thurs-
day morning.
The Los Angeles visit of a full
day and night was featured by a
sightseeing tour, a visit to the
Warner Bros. Studio at Hollywood,
and dinner at the famous Coconut
Grove. The Aggie team, with the
cooperation of band leader Jan
Garber and several stars of the
movie world, practically . took
charge of the grove for the even-
ing. The Cadets danced with movie
actresses and even initiated the
“tag system” at the blase Los
Angeles night club. A. & M. men
of Southern California held a very
successful dinner meeting on the
same night.
Leaving Los Angeles on Friday
morning, the party arrived at Salt
Lake City early Saturday morning,
receiving there a warm welcome
from the two A. & M. men of that
city, L. W. Webb, ’27, and Davis
Watkins, ’30. Following the game
that night, the party again boarded
its special for the long treck back
to Texas.
The members of the Aggie team
and those who made the trip with
them were cheered at the warm re-
ception given them not only by the
schools and cities visited, but by
the A. & M. men who came to greet
them often from many hundreds
of miles away. As an example of
this,” Pat | Patterson, "’30;. "BE. ¥.
“Fire Chief” Harpole, 24; J. Wm.
Keienburg, Jr., 23; and several
others, drove to the game at Salt
Lake City from many hundreds of
miles away. The team returned to
College Station at Daybreak on
the morning of November 17.
Louis P. Merrill, ’26, has made
the “All-American ” team of the
Association’s Championship Drive.
Merrill is Regional Conservator for
Region No. 4, of the Operations
Division of the Soil Conservation
Service. Region No. 4 is comprised
of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
Louis has his headquarters in the
Neil P. Anderson Building, Fort
Worth, Texas.