The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, March 15, 1937, Image 3
SPORT FODDER Now that basketball and spring football are over, and the weather turns warmer, sports fans will turn their attention to track and base- ball. Texas and Rice are favored for the track title this spring, with the Aggies due to come in third. About the only consolation Coach Rollins can find is in the presence of a nice group of freshman run- ners, headed by “Red” Cecil and Walter Schiller, sprinters, and Mar- tin Stuart and McLean, quarter- milers. : Siki Sikes’ Cadet baseball team might go places in the conference this year. Right now Baylor and Texas loom as the favorites, Bay- lor because of a veteran team and the league’s best pitching staff, and Texas because of some out- standing players and Billy Disch. However, the Aggies may present one of the hardest hitting teams the conference has ever seen, and if they get good pitching will be hard to handle. Kyle Riddle, Sen- “jor southpaw is the Aggies’ best hurler. Today’s bouquet goes to A. P. Olbrich, better known as “Brick,” who stands to play considerable football next fall at a guard posi- tion in the Aggie line. He hails from Burlington, Texas, weighs 190, and was unknown as far as football went when he came to A. & M. He came out and stayed on the scrubs all last fall and this spring he has come along. until he’s in line as a first replacement for one of the big three of the Aggie guards, Routt, Jones and Minnock. A quiet, plugging type, he is proof that you don’t have to be a big high school or prep school star to get plenty of attention from the coaching staff. And the railbirds are singing sweet praises over the work of one Waleman Price, 185 pound freshman back, who hails from Newcastle, Texas, and who was one of the sensations of spring grid practice. He is a nice passer, a fair punter and ball carrier anid “looks like a coming star. Last fall in preparing for the T. C. U. game Price was labeled “Sammy’’ Baugh in all pre-game scrimmage ses- sions. After that week of pound- ing at the hands of the varsity linesmen who were charged with rushing the passer there was no doubt in the minds of the Aggie coaching staff about Price’s abil- ity to absorb punishment and keep going. With “Siki” Sikes giving it care- ful attention, the Aggie end play has improved greatly during the recently completed 30 day spring football practice. Big Rankin Britt, 210, letter-man from last year, Bill Seago, 185, letterman, “Teff” Sikes, 175, and Bailey Timmerman, 195, both squad-men, all have im- proved. Add Johnnie Morrow, 188, to that group next fall and the Aggies should get satisfactory if not brilliant end play. One thing ~ is certain, the ends will do a bet- ter job of blocking next fall. And don’t overlook Joe Turner and Bruno Schroeder, a pair of big boys who have been working at the flanks this spring. And then there are Bill Duncan, 185, Don Mims, 175, Jack Kimbrough, 180, and other “Fish” ends. ~ In the last issue of the Aggie the sports writer joked about put- ting Joe Routt in the backfield in an effort to find the right “Com- bination.” From the way Norton has been shifting his boys about that might not be a joke after all. He recently had Bruno Schroeder, a full-back, at end, and center Zed Coston at guard. Spring practice observers credit the Aggies this spring with having the best organized spring practice ever seen in the Southwest. Head Coach Norton oversees the entire . group from his sky-buggy. Bill James would have the guards and tackles in one group, with the ends working under the eagle eye of Siki Sikes and the backs get- ting some special instructions from Manning Smith. After their indi- vidual and fundamental work is over the big squad reports to Nor- ~ ton for team play. This Norton directs from his high perch, aided by all the other coaches. And they ‘have really gotten in the work this year, according to the boys who "have been out. Cadets Blast Win In Baseball Opener “Siki” Sikes’ Texas Aggie base- ballers gave the fans a sample of their power with the willow when they walloped the Austin Seven Uppers, 10 to 2, in their season’s opener at Kyle Field. Most of the Austin team were present or former stars of the diamond at Texas University. Kyle Riddle, veteran southpaw, and Hal Welch, sophomore, work- ed on the hillock for the Cadets and pitched steady ball. The de- vastating attack of the Aggies was lead by Jess Landrum with a pair of circuit wallops and Cap- tain Pete Dowling also poled one against the Stadium for a homer. Wrestling Event Carded For Band Benefit April 10 W. A. Ruhman, president of the Senior Class, has announced that wrestling matches featuring promi- nent wrestlers will be held here April 10. Proceeds from the match- es will be used to establish a fund for the purpose of sending the Aggie Band on trips next fall. Morris P. Sigel, Houston fight promoter, has been contacted and has agreed to furnish four out- standing wrestlers for the event. Those tentatively agreed upon are Wycoff, Bashara, Henry, and Sav- age. As a further attraction it is planned to have boxers from the University of Texas meet Aggie boxers in preliminary matches. This event should attract great interest, as it is only seldom that prominent wrestlers are matched in this section. Sport fans will al- so have an opportunity to see the Aggie boxing team in action. Advance ticket sales will be handled by members of the band. It is to be hoped that this will be the first step toward establishing a permanent band fund to provide transportation for band members on football trips. The need for such a fund has been sorely felt for some time, and the corps should cooperate to the fullest extent in this step toward establishing it. Lieutenant Joe C. McHaney, ’35, is located at Battery A-10th Ma- rines, F. M. F., Quantico, Virginia. Joe likes his work fine but says he enjoys receiving the AGGIE. As a student at A and M, Joe was cadet colonel and a popular student on the campus. Anthony M. Knouse, ’35, is lo- cated at Lafitte, Louisiana, and gets his mail at Box 273. V. T. Kallus, ’30, is teaching vocational agriculture at Devine, Texas. : Walter I. Scott, ’36, has been transferred as assistant in agri- cultural conservation from Throck- morton County to Haskell County, with headquarters at Haskell, Tex- as. Marion H. Badger, ’31, has been appointed an assistant in agri- cultural conservation for Bexar County. His headquarters will be at the Bexar County Court House, San Antonio, Texas. Clarence E. Marcum, ’33, is an assistant in agricultural conser- vation for Deaf Smith County, where his headquarters are Here- ford, Texas. Charles E. Reed, ’35, is as- sistant secretary-treasurer for the Wichita Falls Production Credit Association, 223 Radio Building, Wichita Falls, Texas. John W. Herring, Jr., ’35, and George A Logan, 35, send in their Association dues from Box 446, Lockhart, Texas, where they are both with the Soil Conservation Service. Arthur Adamson, Aggie swim- ming coach, has compiled some sort of a winning record. No water polo team he has coached has ever been defeated. This winter, al- though taking a licking from the University of Texas swimming team, the Aggie water polo team upset the dope to win from the Steers. Which calls to mind Cal Hubbard’s definition of the water polo game, “Whichever team drowns the most opponents wins.” i FINEST SPRING WORK I'VE EVER HAD” DECLARES NORTON A 66 MEN CLOSE 30 DAY SESSION With spring football practice closing last Wednesday the AG- GIE presents a roster of the men who took part in the 30 day drill. Every man expected to play next fall, with the exception of Johnnie Morrow, 190 pound veteran end who was on the basketball team, participated in the work-outs. Head Coach Homer Norton and Line Coach Bill James declared their practice this spring was the best they had ever held. A thorough grounding in fun- damentals and a machine-like pre- cision in the shifts, formations and plays that will be used next fall featured in general the work this spring. Encouraging to coaches and side-line observers has been the obvious improvement in end play and the smoothness and clever ball-handling shown by the backs. “Giving promise as future var- sity performers are several men from last fall’s freshman team. Boyd, Steel, Crawford, Routt, tackles, Rahn, guard, Rushing, center, and Price, Cecil and Au- dish were among the youngsters showing to best advantage. Price looks like the finest prospect as a forward passer ever to enroll at Aggieland, and along with his pass- ing is a husky lad who is a fair passer and ball carrier. SPRING FOOTBALL ROSTER Name position End ” Britt, Rankin Duncan, Bill Dwyer, Sammie Kimbrough, Jack Mimms, Dow Seago, Hughlen (Bill) Sikes, Teff Smith, Herbert Timmerman, Bailey Turner, Joe Boyd, Joe Bokencamp, Freeman Bransom, George Crawford, Wynne Church, Warren Hart, Harold Reid, Randow Routt, Wm. (Chip) Steele, Durwood Young, Roy Adams, G. B. Bates, Gus Doyal, John Drennan, Bailey Dunahoe, Willis Elwell, C. D. Faubion, Jerry Jones, Virgil (Brahma) Minnock, Bill Olbrich, Alvin Rahn, Lehman Routt, Joe Ryan, Key Warden, Onis Woodward, K. Coston, Zed Ramsey, Bob Rushing, Eli White, Joe Young, Gail Audish, Bill Adams, Bob Boyd, Bill Brown, E. S. : Cecil, Walter (Red) Cooper, Jack Dallas, J.°E. Dittman, Henry Fowler, Florey Livingston, R. M. Mills, Kenneth Nesrsta, Bob Price, Waleman Reynolds, Walter Rogers, Owens Saltonstall, J. B. Schroeder, Bruno Schiller, Robert Shockey, Jacob (Jim) Steffens, Karl Todd, Dick Vitek, Dick Wheeler, L. Wood, Frank VL—Varsity letter VS—Varsity squad (no letter) Tackle » Home Ranger Henrietta El Paso Haskell Houston Gilmer Leonard San Angelo Rockdale Fort Davis Dallas Houston Burleson Amarillo Colorado Gilmer Dallas Chapel Hill Beaumont Port Arthur Bryan Ft. Worth Grand Prairie Cleburne Galena Park San Angelo Freeport Sweetwater Galena Park Burlington Dayton Chapel Hill Eagle Pass Ranger Nacogdoches Dallas Uvalde Stephenville Amarillo Shamrock Brenham Jacksonville Gilmer Beeville Freeport Dallas Houston Goose Creek Mt. Pleasant Dallas Groesbeck Flatonia Newcastle Sour Lake Mart El Dorado, Ark. Lockhart Columbus Gilmer Brady Crowell Granger Houston San Angelo F—Freshman numeral or freshman team experience A&M Tankmen Cop Four Out Of Six Meets Four wins out of six engage- ments was the admirable record made by the Texas Aggie Aqua- tists on their recent trip North. Swimming against some of the strongest teams in the country, Coach Arthur Adamson’s swim- mers dropped only two hard fought meets to the Tulsa Aquatic Club and the Kansas City Amateur Ath- letic Club. In their only water polo game of the entire trip the Aggies kept their perfect record clear by down- ing the Tulsa Aquatic Club 1-0, in an exhibition game of two minute halves. This victory gives the team an unblemished record of all wins and no losses in their third year of competition. T. Murray “Larry” Doyle, 19, is manager of the Brazelton Lumber Company, at Tyler, Texas. Doyle has been with the Brazelton Lum- ber Company for the past 17 years. Roy T. “Dusty” Durst, ’36, is a junior petroleum engineer for the Humble Oil & Refining Company and gets his mail at Box 2025, Tyler, Texas. Alton B. “Chink” Emmons, 27, is teaching vocational agriculture at Marshall High School, Marshall, Texas. He lives at 200 North Col- lege Street, Marshall, Texas. James R. “Speedy” Emmons, ’31, is assistant county agent for the A. & M. Extension Service and is located at Henderson, Texas. His residence address is 113 Sunset. Emmons was a T-man and captain of the track team during his cadet days. Willis F. “Grandma” Gunn, ’28, is a land surveyor at Longview, Texas. His business address is 205 North Second Street. Gunn has been in this business for the past 13 years. JUNIORS, SENIORS IN LANDSCAPE ART 10 BXTEND TOURS Landscape Art Juniors and Sen- iors will leave on a week inspec- tion trip to New Orleans and points in South and East Texas, Louis- iana, and Mississippi. A number of points of interest will be included in the tour, the first being Marshal, Texas, where they will visit the nurseries. Then they will go on to Shreveport, Louisiana, where they will spend the first night. The next day they will go to Natches, Mississippi, where they will visit the Azalia Pilgrimage, one of the nation’s most picturesque exhibits of the Southern Colonial type of homes, sponsored every year by the gar- den clubs of that vicinity. The Aza- lia Pilgrimage draws many spec- tators from all over the United States. From Natches, they will go on down to New Orleans where they will make an extensive study of the parks, nurseries, and ceme- teries. On the way back some time will be spent at Avery Island near New Iberia, Louisiana. Then the last stop will be at Beaumont, Texas. Pictures will be made of most of the points of interest, and will go in the Landscape Art library. The main mission for this trip is to make a study of the French, Spanish, Italian, and Southern Colonial types of Architecture and Landscaping. This will be the first inspeetion trip to this vicinity this department ‘has made. In the past, they have been going to Houston, and San Antonio, one year, and Dallas and Ft. Worth the next. Bowling Enjoys New Popularity at A. & M. Bowling a popular indoor pas- time from coast to coast, has taken its place as one of the minor sports at A and M. The boys who attempt to knock over the elusive pins have been very active lately and are looking forward to more matches as the season progresses. PARROT-PUSS DICK BOYLE IS WINNER OF PLUG-UGLIES Richard Boyle was voted the ugliest man on the A and M cam- pus last week by the BATTALION ballot. He defeated his nearest opponent, E. H. Moore, by twenty- seven votes. Boyle is a senior ca- det of F Battery. His home is in Fort Worth, oddly enough, as the T.C.U. clock stopper is also from that city. Pictures will be made of Boyle with several views of his much prized face for entrance in the contest being sponsored by T.C.U., whose prize plug-ugly is one “Jekel Joe”. “Jekel Joe” is confident that he will win with a walk-over. A and M has beaten T.C.U. in other contests this year. We want very much to continue the onslought. The pictures will be sent to some famed personage for judgement. At present, Robert Taylor, Holly- wood star, is the most desired judge. If Mr. Taylor consents to the authority, the returns will be learned in the near future. “Jekel Joe?” Phooey. “Parrot- Puss” Dick has got ’em all whipped. March on, old army, to further triumphs. The maroon and white shall storm the T.C.U. plug-ugly bastile as it did the gridiron strong- hold. We give no quarter and ask none. Let the grimaces fall where they may. From now on it’s “Fight on, ol’ army!” with “Parrot- Puss” Dick at the helm. Debate Team Leaves For Extended Tour A debate team consisting of Gabe Cazell and Bob Glasgow will leave on the 13th of the month on an extended tour of six or eight days to participate in several debates. They are planning to enter the Pi Kappa Delta invitation debate tournament to be held at the Louis- iana State Normal College in Natchitoches on the 19th and 20 th of March. ‘D. W. Carlton, 23, who for the past year has been associated with the Hotel New Yorker in New York City, has returned to the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas as assistant man- ager. The Adolphus Hotel is oper- ated by the same company which manages the New Yorker. Carlton has become a member of the Dal- las A. & M. Club and extends an invitation to his friends to visit with him at the Adolphus in Dallas. A recent campus visitor was H. L. “Lefty” Rogers, 24, former Ag- gie baseball captain and pitcher. He expects to return to Texas af- ter having spent the last 10 years in the East. He is an older broth- er of Owens Rogers, who plays on the Aggie football team at the present time. Their home is at Mart. A recent speaker at the Dallas A. & M. Club was George Ander- son, ’18, who is with the Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposi- tion, successor to last year’s Cen- tennial Exposition at Dallas. An- derson has been with the Texas State Fair as director of conces- sions for several years. He play- ed center on the championship Ag- gie football team of 1917. Jack Bailey, ’13, is with the Johnson Bros. Chevrolet Company in Dallas. He lives at 5739 Velas- co of that city and was a recent campus visitor, accompanied by his son, who may enter A. & M. next September. Oliver W. Thompson, ’30, has been transferred as assistant in agricultural conservation from Bex- ar County to county agent of Wil- son County, with headquarters at Floresville, Texas. Donald P. Gallman, ’36, has been appointed county agent for Zapata County with headquarters at Za- pata, Texas. Henry C. Atchison Jr., ’24, has been appointed county agricultural agent for Sutton County. His head- quarters will be at Sonora, Texas. Jefferson B. Kidd, ’32, has been transferred as county agricultural ‘agent from Kinney County to Val ' Verde County. His headquarters are at Del Rio, Texas. Henry P. Malloy, ’16, has been transferred as assistant in agri- cultural conservation from Coke County to Sterling County as county agricultural agent. His headquarters will be at Sterling City. Joe C. Tinney, ’30, has been transferred as assistant in agri- cultural conservation from Has- kell County to Wichita County. He will be located at Wichita Falls, Texas. Dr. and Mrs. Bruno Winkler, ’26, recently sailed from Colombia, South America, for a three month’s vacation in the States. Bruno Wink- ler is the son of Dr. and Mrs. C. H.' Winkler, ’00, of the College faculty, and part of their visit will be spent on the campus. Young Dr. Winkler is head of the Geo- physics Department of the Tropi- cal Oil Company in Colombia, where he has been since the latter part of 1934. They will return home via New York. After graduation from A. & M., Bruno received his Master’s Degree from Texas Uni- versity and his Doctor’s Degree from the University of Colorado, at Boulder. He was reared on the A. & M. campus. He and Mrs. Winkler expect to return to Co- lombia after their vacation. Charley E. Fritch, 28, is with the Sun Oil Company and gets his mail at Box 778, Gladewater, Tex- as. Joe C. Frobese, 35, resides at 410 Rix Street, Tyler, Texas. Fro- bese is teaching vocational agri- culture. Leo L. Hairston, 82, is instru- ment-man for the State Highway Department at Longview, Texas. He has been with the Highway De- partment for the past 5 years. C. J. Trigg, ’24, resides at 107 West 5th Street, Amarillo, Texas. Trigg is doing sanitary engineer- ing work in counties in the Pan- handle. Henry M. Jones, ’30, gets his mail at P. O. Box 1383, San An- tonio, Texas. Jones is doing ac- countant work. ¢