The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, March 01, 1937, Image 4

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    is going to do the punting, and
better passer than southpaw Shock-
mention some of the other fresh-
FOOTBALL COMBINATION—
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huskies will develop into a capable
conference performer. Right now
Steele, Branson and Boyd look
best to the rail-birds.
The end positions are wide open,
with veterans Johnie Morrow, Ran-
kin Britt and Bill Seago due for
plenty of competition. Although
missing spring practice because of
an injured shoulder, Morrow is ex-
pected to return to the form that
made him a sensation as a sopho-
more and big Britt is steadily im-
proving. Seago is the best pass
snatcher on the squad but is weak
will give you a backfield, but who
how do you get that way leaving
off a swell half-back like Bobby
Nesrsta! And there’s a freshman
recruit out there, Waleman Price
by name, who looks like an even
ey, who weighs 190, and who might
even be a fair to middlin kicker.
And “Corky” Steffens, squad-man |
and Bill Audish, freshman, think
they should get the call over full-
back Bruno Schroeder, and maybe
they will. g
And how can you leave off “Red”
Cecil, the fastest man ever to wear
an Aggie football or any other
kind of uniform? Or a sweet run-
ning back like Bill Boyd, not to
‘men and squad-men recruits.
Don’t get the idea Kyle Field
is just so cluttered up with great
backs that Norton can’t make up
his mind who to play. The trouble
is that most of the Cadet backs
are specialist, or at least there
are none of them who can do
“Everything”. There’s not a real
triple Threat back in the lot; and
its adding a few more gray hairs
to Norton’s head.
But we'll let you in on a secret.
By next September some of the
boys might rate that triple-threat
designation. Todd is doing lots of
passing and kicking this fall and
if he gets good enough he could]
go a long way toward solving the
“combination” ailment. Or if Price
continues his sensational passing
and brushes up on his kicking well
enough to pass the exams, and can
back up the line and block in the
full-back post, HE might offer
the solution. Shockey could do
likewise with similar improve-
ments.
And a backfield of Schroeder,
Steffins, Audish, and Joe Routt
would pack lots of power. Yeah!
that’s goofy; but that’s the way
you'll get trying to solve that
“Combination” trouble. Try it and
see, but take a rest when you start
mumbling to yourself or picking
at the covers.
Right now it looks like Steffens,
195, Schroeder, 195, or Audish, 188,
are the best of the big power-
house backs, with Schroeder and
Steffens in the lead. Either Vitek
or Rogers will usually be in the
game to call signals from one
half-back post. Todd, Cecil, Bill
Boyd or Nesrsta will usually be
found at the tail-back position, with
Shockey, Proce, Nesrsta or Stef-
fens at the other half. Norton is
giving all the lads a chance and
the development of any one of
Roy M. Vick, Jr., ’35, has been
transferred from Trinidad, Texas,
to Waco, where he is still employ-
ed by the Texas Power and Light
Company and gets his mail at
Box 644.
Jack F. Doyle, 35, formerly with
the architectural firm of Atkinson
& Sanders, Bryan, Texas, has ac-
cepted a position in the govern-
mental architectural service at his
old home, Brownwood.
Ernest F. Scales, ’36, is associ-
ated with the League Ranch at
Benjamin, Texas. He is assistant
manager. Prior to January 1 of
the Soil Conservation Service and
gets his mail at Box 24, Wolfe
City, Texas.
Perry Dannelly, ’32, has been
a junior agricultural engineer with
the Soil Conservation Service for
the past two years and is at pre-
sent located at Wolfe City, Texas.
Herman F. Dieterich, ’13, is
manager of the Dieterich Certified
Farms at Garland, Texas.
Frank C. “Little Tubby” Ehling-
er, '13, is chief clerk to the
Superintendent of the Dallas and
Austin Divisions of the Southern
Pacific Lines at Ennis, Texas. He
has been with the Southern Paci-
fic Lines for the past 24 years.
His residence address is 506 W.
Baylor, Ennis, Texas.
Herbert Fisher, ’09, is assistant
engineer for the Southern Pacific
Railway Company and is located
at Ennis, Texas. He has been with
this railroad for the past 20 years.
Peter W. Handley, ’19, is a
salesman for the Handley Drug
Store at Garland, Texas.
W. M. “Red” Heath, ’20, is sec-
tion foreman for the State High-
way Department at Sulphur
highway department for the past
10 years.
W. W. “Goat” Hewitt, ’32, has
been coach and a teacher in the
Groesbeck High School at Groes-
beck, Texas, for the past four
years. “Pete” was a letterman in
football in 1930, ’31, and ’32.
John H. Ratcliff, ’34, is teach-
ing school at Bowie High School
at El Paso, Texas.
passing line might “Set” the back-
field combinations to general sa-
tisfaction. And before we forget,
Bobby Nesrsta may be the lad
to do the booting. He got off a
couple of beauties in the Thanks-
giving Game at Austin last fall.
March 10 will see the close of
the 30 day spring session allowed
under conference rules. Opening
next fall against Manhattan in
New York the Aggies will need to
be in tip-top shape, and their fine
practice this spring will go far to-
ward giving them a running start
next fall. Helpful also is the new
conference regulation permitting
practice to start on September 4,
almost a week earlier than the
past starting date of September
several men along the kicking or
10.
Springs. Heath has been with the
Hiram Brofles '29
Quits Colorful Flying
Over Yangtze-Kiang
A bronzed,
young man leaned easily against
the wall of a building on one of
Fort Worth’s busy down town
streets one day recently, a puz-
zled half-smile playing across his
face.
“Looks sort of funny now,” he
broad—shouldered
petition. The China National, with
its line from Shanghai to Chung-
king, and the Pacific-American
Airlines, flying regularly from
Shanghai to Canton, with a stop
at Hong Kong, are doing a lot to-
ward linking the country togeth-
er. The marshy, flooded areas of
China still defy railroad and high-
way builders to a great extent,
J. D. King, Jr., 28, is band di-
rector and a high school teacher
of Ennis High School, Ennis, Tex-
as. His residence address is 609
North McKinney Street, Ennis.
Lester F. “Les” Lawhon, ’33,
is junior soil surveyor of the Soil
Conservation Service located at
Wolfe City, Texas.
Walter W. Leach, 24, is with
the Humble Oil and Refining Com-
pany at Groesbeck, Texas.
Martin McBride, Jr., ’36, is liv-
ing at 310 Stonewall, Greenville,
Texas.
Cottonseed Breeders, at Garland,
Texas. Mr. Watson has been oper-
ating this firm for the past 30
Newton Avenue, Woodbury, New
Jersey. Biles says he likes his
work fine and is looking forward
with much pleasure to the A. & M.-
Manhattan game next fall in New
York.
Bernard P. Brown, 28, send in
his Association dues. He gets his
mail at Box 169, Port Arthur.
Brown is secretary-treasurer of
the A. & M. Club.
Laddie J. Lesikar, ’28, is in
business for himself doing electric
contracting for the last four years
in Palestine. Lesikar does any type
of electric contracting within a
radius of 100 miles of Palestine.
a
Theodore T. Carter, ’33, has
changed his address from Marshall,
Texas to Irvington, Alabama. Car-
ter is anxious to see any of his
old A. & M. friends who might
be in his part of the country.
John R. Haas, ’37, who gradu-
ated on February 1 from A. & M.
in chemical engineering, has ac-
cepted a position with the Con-
goleum-Nairn Corporation at New-
ark, New Jersey.
Elmer H. Gibson, 34, is on an
active tour of duty with the U. S.
Army and is stationed at CCC:
Camp S. P. 54-T, Tyler, Texas.
x N . this year, Scales was with the| . =. _. . : ah as 2
o on blocking and defensive play. : 2 5 $ said, indicating the hurrying lines ; . | He maintains offices at 1208 Syl-
=a “Teff” Sikes, squad-man, and Luling Foundation, Luling, Texas. of traffic moving along, “after Charles B. Metorink van Avenue, Palestine. A
= Bailey Timmerman, up from the otc B jp. | nearly three years in China where |OWner and operator of the: Mc- USTIN
i “B” team, are showing some pro- ee oh J Li Too they drive on the left side of the gf Sen re Mare 107] ployd H. “Dusty” Helm, ’35 is BRIDGE COMPANY i
= ise thi ing. Mimms, Dwyer, pls ac erin Lhe dL. B. streets.’ 1. don't believe PII trust] YY. “Yer, gnnis, lexas. bus, res)- ti icely "aft : DALLAS, TEXAS
. puss bi #4 SH iy Office at Ennis, Texas. His home myself in a car—if I have to drive | Fence address is 806 N. Preston. Sa 8 Quel. — having CONTRACTORS - BUILDERS
Ry uncan an mith are up from address is 506 W. Baylor Brnlsl . ; , g ag undergone an operation for appen- MANUFACTURERS
E SE Tith foam. hut oll need sea : ) it—until I get kind of acclimated i co AU ey dicitis at Wheeler Memorial Hos- | | Roads - Bridges - Road Machinery §
3 soning. Joe Turner might later be John S. Bell, ’31 is with the gan; C Toe I. gine "18 NE g 2 pital at Tyler. “Dusty” is with
- moved back from center to end. , pa B 1 Taser ) Cotipony ot It was Hiram Broiles, ’29, avia- oil gly. ee ompany, a OTIS; (the Soil Conservation Service and
E Dissatisfied with last fall’s end Sulphur SFr iby p tor, lately of Shanghai, but now exas. gets his mail at 306 Federal Build-
E play the Aggie coaches are giving u a : happy to be back in Texas and in : : . ing. ’
Bo this position plenty of attention : yh his home town, Ft. Worth. Since | Bart C. Pate, '11, is with Pate i, h € Agg. 4 el. an d
by this spring and bearing down on H. A. Bo E Gi Se the fall of 1934 Broiles has been oh Pale his at bed A recent campus and Bryan I
heii dl igh mom of th Bonham Cotton Mile Ming nap ships for “he SPIES Texas, and gis bis ll vitor” wae “Litrant Trai vy
i and Morrow loon 2s ithe Sioriery, for the last 15 years and is a |; re a vi ide) 0 | in the fertilizer business for the Hetherington, : Puen Bre ON THE CAMPUS
b! but Timmerman, Seago and Sikes : tion. He resigned recently to re- U. S. Army Air Corps. Hethering-
K 3 » Soh past director of the Chamber of torn 30 the. States past 18 years. 4
5 will give them ample competition. E norce at Doha. a part piesl u o the States. ton was recently transferred from Offers You 4
b.. i Pe] . IY) J . . Shofield B k ; 4
E Combination Trouble dent of the Rotary Club, and a Kind of Lonesome. Ellis V. Scott, ’25, is chief pav- a to Cin 3 a, ;
KL : i Textil : ing i igh-| 7. 1 4 , a ]
B Norton will face the same trouble pas a iy . Jie “No particular reason . . . yes, #4 For I re oh Lieutenant Hetherington was for- Comfortable Rooms: 4
SR with his backs next fall that he. : : some unrest there, but not that | : ) "| merly employed by the Lawrence wm ;
gy Has had Sines reaming todd M. is 920 North Main of that city. altogether,” he parried, “kind of His home address is Lancaster, | ocery Company of Bryan and Dining Room and 1
RL : Sagi a, lonesome. Lor the State. much as where he gets his mail at Box 271. d : ; . 4
Re selecting a combination that will| oo. 4 «Bil» Carothers, 26 a ne made many friends in this com- Lunch
on . : : » “4% | anything else uess. i Roo!
5 gombine good dotensive play, block. is living at Sulphur Springs, A John M. Sheffield, ’22, is mana- Eni:
RE ing, passing kicking and offensive| n, . “«pji’ is a director of the “T should say not . . . looking for | ger of the Thomas Furniture Com-| pW. +  «pusty” Gr 120 é 1
ge power. Preshman Prank Woods Sulphur Springs Chamber of Com-|, job now, but not too quick. I|Pany at Sulphur Springs, Texas. |. 4 a Make It Yi
38 looks like the squad’s best kicker, J ’ ! * i : 3 is with the State Highway Depart- are our f
fe : 4 Ker | merce. want to rest some. First vacation | Sheffield has been with this com-| =. Paris Teas and his rest
ie along Fith Jock Cooper on EF I've had since I went over there.”|Pany for the past six years. His doa address iv 336 Lamar Ave Headquarters
Ee Mills, Sugdmen. But Done Raymond B. Cleveland, ’27, is| American pilots are in demand |residence address is 427 College Ns
5 these hogs Re ho *% oe teaching vocational agriculture in |in the Chinese service, Broiles in- Street, Sulphur Springs. : i
ge With some of & go OF jos a en | ire Garland Independent School| dicated. Most of the Chinese army bY A
other phases of play are consider-| py. i: and gets his mail at Box flying instructors are Americans| D. L. Smith, 17, is a partner 3
a ed. : 46, Garland, Texas. or Italians. of Smith & Moncrief Hardware
3 . . . t ’
Dick Vitek and Dick Todd are : : Flying is no longer a novelty in| Company at Sulphur Springs, Tex-
i fatily goriain io be ses ot Wince L. Connally, ’28, is a| China, he said. Passenger and mail | as. He gets his mail at Box 285,
Be though Shick Rogers 13 4 i salesman for the Connally Seed ships have been flying on regular Sulphur Springs. :
Ee Vitel plenty for the signa ee M81 Store at Sulphur Springs, Texas. |schedules now for seven years. FOR
bi job. Adding Shockey for sind Commercial lines are doing a good| Ferris Watson, 01, is principle :
) ing and Schroeder for his plunging Reginald F. Creed, ’29, is with | business with practically no com- | owner of Ferris Watson & Sons, KOHLER PLUMBING FIXTURES
years.
William T. “Tommy” Wingo, 31,
is living at 424 Church, Sulphur
Springs, Texas.
Allen C. “Doc” Wright, ’25, is
Broiles observed.
Flying Boats
Broiles piloted the flying boats,
following the picturesque Yang-
tze-Kiang River along much of the
Shanghai-Chungking route. The
ships are piloted through four
river gorges, the longest 25 miles,
with walls of rock rising from
1,200 to 5,000 feet on each side.
It’s the safest route over that par-
ticular stretch of country. Broiles
explained. The flying boats could
settle down on the swift-moving
river in case of a forced landing,
but a land ship wouldn’t have a
country. By air, the Shanghai-
Chungking trip is negotiated in
eight hours. It takes a boat 10
days to make it on the river.
Broiles piled up 1,280 flying
hours during one calendar year in
China, the most ever flown by a
pilot in China. Illness of a relief
pilot made double duty necessary,
so his average for the year was
more than 100 hours a month. In
this country pilots are limited to
about 85 hours of flying each
month.
As for the Communist uprising
and the Chinese-Japenese disputes,
Broiles had little to say. Apparent-
ly nobody is certain just where the
country is headed, he observed.
There’s no doubt but that China is
rapidly becoming a more belliger-
ent and powerful nation, he assert-
ed, what with the Chinese army
buying the best equipment avail-
able, and crowding more and more
men into the service.
For the present Broiles is living
at the home of his parents, 1506
Cooper St., Ft. Worth. At A. & M.
he was captain of the 1928 base-
ball team and a star outfielder.
He was a member of the ‘Casual’
organization on the campus and
received his degree in Agricultural
Administration. He received his
aviation training with the U. S.
Air Corps at San Antonio and
holds a commission as Lieutenant
in the Air Corps reserve.
Charles B. “Skeeter” Johnson,
25, is assistant agronomist and
technician-in-charge of the Soil
Conservation Service Camp located
at Wolfe City, Texas and gets his
mail at Box 248.
chance in the rough and marshy
estimator draftsmen for the South-
ern Pacific Railway Company at
Ennis, Texas. Wright has been with
this company for the past 11 years.
He recently sent in dues for the
Association.
William R. Brown, ’35, is travel-
ing salesman for the Williamson
Candy Company. Brown is cover-
ing the entire state of Texas and
is making his headquarters at
6107 Lindell, Dallas, Texas. He was
a recent campus visitor.
George Lesikar, ’28, has recently
received orders from the govern-
ment to report for three months
at the Signal Corps School at Fort
Momouth, New Jersey, beginning
March 15. Lesikar made the high-
est grade on competitive examina-
tions of all reserve officers in the
8th Corps Area.
W. E. “Willie” Langlotz, 27, is
still with the Austin Bridge Com-
pany, Dallas, and gets his mail
at Box 1170. “Willie” is just up
from a severe case of “flu”.
J. SR S¢Corps Barnett™ Jr. 236,
sailed early in -February on the
Statendam to South America
where he has accepted a position
with the Standard Oil Company
of Venezuela, Caripito, Venezuela.
A student at A. & M., Barnett was
a letterman in track in 1935 and
a member of the crosscountry from
1933 to 1935.
O. B. Magrill, ’35, who has been
assistant county agent at Seguin,
Texas, has been transferred to
Leaky, Texas, as county agent. Ma-
grill was a member of the Varsity
football team during his cadet
days.
'
Ralph T. ‘Smittie” Smith, ’27,
for the past 19 months has been
in Arizona, where he has command
of CCC Company 1849, Camp DG-
8-A, Hillside, Arizona. Smith says
he has enjoyed very much keeping
up with the Aggie football team
this fall and winter.
John L. Biles, ’32, is with the
Research and Development Labora-
tories of the Socony-Vacuum Oil
Company and gets his mail at 55
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