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Bill Sodd, ’35, former star Ag-
gie baseballer, is clouting them
high, wide and handsome for the
Wilkes-Barre team in the Class A
‘New York-Pennsy League. He leads
that league in hitting, runs driven
in, runs scored and number of
hits. His old running mate, Jake
Mooty, 35, was recently recalled
to the Cincinnati team in the Na-
tional League from Toronto of the
International League.
Death has struck heavily in the
‘ranks of former Aggie athletic
stars during the past few months.
“Ruby” Drake, ’22, great tackle,
Rue Barfield, ’34, half-back, and
‘Fay “Mule” Wilson, 26, star in
both football and track, have all
answered the last roll call.
Ralph “Heeby” Dorsey, ’30, for-
mer Aggie back, will be head
coach of the Mineral Wells High
School next fall. He has been serv-
ing as assistant coach at Mineral
“Wells, coming to that school from
Plainview where he coached and
taught for several years.
From all indications the Aggie
freshman football squad this fall
‘will be one of the strongest in the
history of the school. Apparently
‘Texas A. & M. is at this time on
a high wave of popularity among
‘high school boys, athletes and oth-
erwise. One high school superin-
tendent recently explained, “Most
of the boys we graduate from our
school want to attend Texas A. &
‘M., and this is especially true of
the boys who participate in ath-
letics. In my opinion they have
arrived at this feeling toward A.
& M. largely because of the fact
that graduates of A. & M. are in
demand and in most cases have
little trouble in lining up desirable
employment. Today’s high school
graduate is looking beyond his
college days, and he wants to go
to a school that will prepare him
for a worth while life.”
E. K. “Lefty” Martin, ’30, form-
er Cadet baseball and football per-
former and for the past several
years athletic director of the Pal-
estine Y.M.C.A., has resigned to
become Physical Director and as-
sistant football coach at Ball High
School, Galveston. In addition to
his teaching and “Y” work Martin
“has played professional baseball
for many years in the Texas and
East Texas Leagues.
“I never belt better in my life”
declared Homer H. Norton, Aggie
athletic director and head football
coach, upon’ his recent return
from a month’s vacation. And
there was no doubt about the
healthy appearance of the big,
bronzed fellow who will start in
September his fourth year at A.
& M.
If size is the determining fac-
tor the T. C. U. Horned Frogs
this fall will be the best team in
the Southwest. “Dutch” Meyer, the
Frogs’ diminutive coach, will pre-
sent a line that averages nearly
215 pounds from end to end, and
a backfield that will be big and
fast. David O’Brien, Baugh under-
study last fall, is short and stocky
and the only light-weight in the
starting Frog line-up.
Shed a tear for poor Siki Sikes,
Aggie varsity baseball coach. Af-
ter the Cadets won the diamond
title last spring every indication
pointed to another fine team for
1938. But gradually these fine
prospects melted away until now
they are only a vague memory.
Scholastic difficulties removed
Chris Flanagan, short-stop, and
Hal Welch, brilliant sophomore
pitcher of last spring who was ex-
pected to be an outstanding star
in the conference next prsing. Then
Johnny Morrow signed up for pro
ball, and last week Glenn Landrum
followed suit. That leaves Sikes
with Woody Bell, outfielder, and
Williams, first baseman, as the
only remnants of his fine pros-
pects of a few weeks ago.
Julius G. Glenney, ’35, who is
with the Empire Oil and Refining
Company, has been transferred
from Madison, Kansas, to Hamil-
ton, Kansas. He gets his mail in
care of the Empire Oil and Refining
Company, Star Route. Glenney is
doing repressure work for this
company.
‘tonio in the Texas League. Thc
R. C. “Beau Bell, ’31, is among
the leading 10 hitters in the Amer
ican League and rated as one o
the most promising young out
fielders in the Big Leagues. He i
playing with the St. Louis Browns
and at last reports was clouting
around the .350 mark. He went
up to the Browns from San An
above picture is from the Ft
Worth Star-Telegram and shows
Bell as he looks today. He was
captain of the first Aggie baseball
team to win a title since 1905, and
put the championship game on ice
himself with a mighty homer. A
younger brother, Woody Bell, did
the same trick to win the baseball
title for the Aggies this past
spring.
W. C. “Heinie” Weir, ’23, has
assumed his new duties as Ath-
letic Director and head coach at
Schreiner Institute, Kerrville. He
has been coaching and teaching for
the past several years at Vernon
where his athletic teams made
fine records. As a student at A.
& M. Weir was a star in both foot-
ball and track, and served both
teams as Captain. He and Mrs.
Weir and their family have al-
ready moved to Kerrville.
LADIES NIGHT
BEAUMONT CLUB
Members of the Beaumont A. &
M. Club entertained their ladies
at a barbecue dinner staged at
the Southeast Texas Fair on the
night of July 27. The party was
attended by over 100 and drew
several guests from nearby cities,
as well as Association Secretary
E. E. McQuillen, 20, from College
Station. Chairman of the Arrange-
ments Committee for the party
was W. J. Hancock, ’24, assisted
by Jake Langford, ’27; T. L. Par-
ish, ’23; Hugh Glezen, ’20, and
others. °'
Following the barbecue dinner,
J. Kirby Jones, ’33, president of
the Beaumont Club, presided over
a brief program which included
short addresses by Mrs. H. E.
Braunig, wife of “Hube” Braunig,
’14, Homer “Doc” Pitner, ’37, Sec-
retary McQuillen, and others. Mrs.
Braunig, in expressing apprecia-
tion of the ladies, declared that
they had finally worked the Ladies’
Night affair up from a watermelon
feast to a barbecue and that the
ladies were continuing their acti-
Thrives On
Hard Work
By CLARK NEALON, ’31
Houston Post Sports Staff
Ash Hillin thrives on work.
Probably the most notable Tex-
as league contribution to a year
of fine baseball comebacks is the
work of this square-jawed right-
hander who hurls for the loop-
leading Oklahoma City Indians.
Last year, and in 1935, too, Ash
was just “Cuz” to the hitters of
the league. He was with the San
Antonio Missions. He was sold to
Jim Keesey’s Indians during the
past winter, and this year it’s
“Uncle Ash.”
The 33-year-old former Texas
A. & M. hurler has won 18 games
and lost eight for Oklahoma City,
and unusually hard work for a
chunker is one of the main causes.
At least Ash thinks that’s the
reason, and so does Manager Kee-
‘{ sey. Ash hastens to add that the
club behind him, on recent per-
formances one of the best-round-
ed in Texas loop history, probably
has even more to do with his suc-
cess than his own improvement.
Before 6-foot 2-inch Ash came to
San Antonio he spent two seasons
with the Milwaukee club of the
American Association. Milwaukee
was a St. Louis Browns farm, as
was Wichita Falls where Hillin
was in 1930 and 1931. He came
out of A. & M. in 1927 to join
Palestine. The next season he was
with Abilene.
Ash started out working hard.
He came from a farm at Mount
Calm, Texas, to A. & M., where he
won 15 and lost four for Claud
Rothgeb’s Aggie nine over the
1925-1926-1927 seasons.
To Battle Cotton
Root-Rot Disease
Homer E. Rea, ’22, formerly
superintendent of the Blacklands
Experiment Station at Temple, has
been transferred to College Sta-
tion. He will take up work at the
Texas
Station, Division of Agronomy, in
connection with the study of crop-
ping systems relating to the con-
trol of cotton root-rot disease. His
work will be closely coordinated
with the farm management work
in the Division of Farm and Ranch
Economics.
Agricultural Experiment
Mr. Rea rendered valuable ser-
vices at Temple as superintendent
of the station during the transition
period when the work of this im-
portant station was being coordi-
nated with that of the Soil Conser-
vation Service. He is well qualified
for the duties to which he has been
assigned, as he is considered one
of the period’s best informed men
on agronomic problems relating to
the blackland region of Central
Texas.
As a cadet at A. & M., Rea was
a Ross Volunteer, a member of the
Saddle and Sirloin Club, and par-
ticipated in many other student
activities. He and his family are
making their home on West 26th
vities with further plans in mind | Street in Bryan and his many
for the coming year. friends welcome him back to the
On September 13, members of |campus.
the Beaumont Club and their ladies
will be guests of the Fair-Maid
Bakery in Beaumont and it is ex-
pected that this occasion will see
a record breaking attendance.
Alfredo Stein, ’31, Sanitary En-
gineer of the State Health Dept.,
has been detailed to Bryan for
the summer to direct a mosquito
eradication program for that city.
He and Mrs. Stein have moved to
Bryan.
Among summer campus visitors
were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Oliver,
’13, and children. They were en-
route to Galveston on their vaca-
tion, Mr. Oliver is Traffic Super-
intendent for the State of Okla-
homa for the Southwest Bell Tele-
phone Co., and has his headquar-
ters at Oklahoma City. He is a
brother of Gale Oliver, ’05, San
Antonio, and Hollis “Maggie” Oli-
ver, '20, of Kansas City.
Fay “Mule” Wilson, ’26, who died
recently in Austin, as he looked
when a star athlete at A. & M.
The apove picture was taken dur-
ing the track season of 1926, when
Wilson and “Dusty” Poth were
winning first and second for the
Aggies in the sprint events. A per-
fectly built, 190 pound sprinter,
Wilson was the answer to a foot-
ball coaches prayer for a half-
back. In addition to his running
and general offensive ability he
was a fine kicker, good pass-
snatcher and an excellent defen-
sive half-back.
“Mule” was the younger of two
brothers who made athletic history
at A. & M.,, the other being T. F.
“Puny” Wilson, great end, who
closed his athletic days the year
before “Mule” started his. “Puny”
was an All-Conference end.
Cunyus Heads New
Turkey Association
Paul A. Cunyus, ’27, resigned
his position with the Soil Conser-
vation Service on July 1 to go with
the Research Division of the Bank
for Cooperatives, Farm Credit Ad-
ministration. He has been assigned
to the Southwest territory which
includes Texas, Oklahoma, and
New Mexico. :
About October 1 this fall this
assignment will terminate and
Cunyus will become manager of
the recently organized Southwest-
ern Turkey Growers’ Association.
This is a federation of a number
of cooperative poultry marketing
associations of Texas, Oklahoma,
and New Mexico. Cunyus’ head-
quarters will be at Plainview. Vice
president of the new association
will be Walter Cardwell, ’13, man-
ager of the Luling Foundation
Farm at Luling. Included among
the directors of the organization
are Roy B. Davis, 27, Plainview.
Prior to this new connection, Cun-
yus was assistant agronomist with
the Soil Conservation Service and
before that was poultry specialist
for the A. & M. Extension Service.
Ryall Heads Rio
Grande Valley Club
With the election of new officers
and the showing of the A. & M.
movie, ALONG THE COMEBACK
TRAIL, as principal features, the
Rio Grande Valley Club held a
well attended meeting at Iiarlin-
gen on the night of June 25. N.
E. Ryall, ’28, of Los Fresnos, was
elected president of the club; with
R. G. Burwell, ’28, Edinburg, vice
president; and Raymond L. Stern,
27, Mercedes, secretary-treasurer.
The next meeting of the club will
be held in September, at which
time plans will be laid for the
club’s winter program.
Frank J. Malina, ’34, teaching
fellow and graduate student at
California Tech, Pasadena, Cal,
is conducting experiments that may
enable scientists to shoot rockets
more than 200 miles into space
for the purpose of collecting scien-
tific data. In addressing a recent
seminar at Pasadena Malina re-]
ported upon some of his work, and
so interesting was the report that
it made headlines in Southern
California papers.
Malina was a Distinguished Stu-
dent at A. & M., a member of the
college band and a member of the
Scholarship Honor Society. His
home is at Brenham.
H. Miller Ainsworth, ’18, banker
and oil man of Luling, was re-
cently appointed as a member of
the Board of Directors of the Col-
lege of Arts and Industries at
Kingsville. He is a Past State Com-
mander of the American Legion.
T..T. Cleaver, ’26, recently
brought several of his high school
graduating class for a campus
visit and inspection. Cleaver is
teaching at Lindale.
Aubrey R. Todd, ’31, is with the
Humble Oil & Ref. Co., as ware-
house superintendent at Jackson-
| ville, Texas.
year.
active in Ft. Worth Civie affairs
HEADS FRONTIER FIESTA ASSOCIATION
Will K. Stripling, ’09, well known Ft. Worth business and civie
leader, is president of the Ft. Worth Frontier Fiesta Association and
has played an active part in the development of this year’s great
Ft. Worth show. A member of the Fiesta executive committee last
year, he succeeded Amon Carter as head of the Association for this
Stripling is President of W. C. Stripling and Co., proprietors of
one of Ft. Worth’s largest department stores, and has various other
business interests. He is a member of the Ft. Worth A. & M. Club, is
and a strong booster of T. C. U.
except when the Frogs and the Aggies meet.
California Aggies
Honor Graham Hall
The Southern California A. & M.
Club held a called meeting at the
Clark Hotel in Los Angeles on
July 29 honoring Graham Hall, "13,
of Houston, who was a member
of the Association Board of Di-
rectors. The meeting was called
by Dillon Stevens, ’13, secretary-
treasurer of the Southern Califor-
nia Club. Presiding over the pro-
gram for the occasion was Club
President Chas. K. Bowen, "98.
Mr. Hall, in California on his
summer vacation, brought the club
the latest news from Texas and
from Texas A. & M. The club plans
to meet again this fall and will
hold another big meeting in De-
cember when the Aggie football
team and its followers visit Los
Angeles while in California to play
San Francisco University at Fris-
co on December 4.
Henry W. Eitt, ’26, is on active
duty with CCC Camp B-R-39-N,
Las Cruces, New Mexico. He has
been transferred from Elephant
Bute, New Mexico.
Jim P. Love, ’37, has accepted
a position with the Humble Oil
and Refining Company and is lo-
cated at Baytown, Texas, where
he gets his mail at Box 923. He
says he likes his job just fine.
Clyde C. Crane, 22, is metallur-
gist in the Wire Division of the
Republic Steel Corporation and his
address is 7850 South Chicago Ave-
nue, Chicago, Illinois.
Percy R. Reid Jr., ’36, is a sales-
man for the Burroughs Company.
He gets his mail at 625 Woodlawn,
Dallas, Texas. Percy was a for-
mer member of the Aggie football
squad.
The Reverend Goodrich R. Fen-
ner, ’13, rector of St. Andrews
Episcopal Church, Kansas City,
Mo., was recently elected Bishop
Coadjutor of the Diocese of Kan-
sas. He will be consecrated a Bis-
hop of the Episcopal Church in
September. Following the conse-
cration he will move to Topeka,
Kansas.
F. L. Pool, ’30, is an assistant
in soil conservation for the A. &
M. Extension Service and is lo-
cated at Jacksboro, Texas.
Donald R. Ralph, ’32, is Assis-
tant County Agent at Mt. Plea-
sant.
Francis A. Sims, ’30, is with the
State Highway Dept. Atlanta,
Texas.
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Bebb Francis, 15
Opens Furniture
Business in Dallas
The Bebb Francis Furniture
Company, located at 3409-11 Oak
Lawn Avenue, Dallas, was opened
the latter part of July. Son of the
late great Dr. Mark Francis and
raised on the A. & DM. campus,
Bebb Francis is one of the best
known A. & M. men in Texas. He
has been in the furniture business
for many years as a wholesaler
and his many Dallas friends are
glad to see him enter the retail
business in that city. His store
in medium to high
grade merchandise.
specializes
J. D. Stafford, '29, is a field
man for the Texas Milk Products
Co., at Mt. Pleasant.
Dr. William A. Taylor, 29, is
engaged in general practice and
surgery at Mt. Pleasant. He re-
ceived his medical training at the
University of Texas Medical School
‘after graduating with a degree in
general science at A. & M.
Alvin H. “Nuts” Wayland, ’19,
is general superintendent of the
Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.
Shreveport, La., and has been with
that company since graduation. He
is married, has two children and
lives at 911 Delaware, Shreveport.
He received his degree in Elec-
trical Engineering, was a Distin-
guished Student and a cadet offi-
cer of the Band.
Cy Wilson, ’84, is a Second Lieu-
tenant in the U. S. Air Corps,
Barksdale Field, La.
Hugh H. Witmer, ’19, is farming
on Route 4, near Clarksville, Tex.
R. A. “Rusty” Woodall, 31, is
in the Engineering Dept., United
Gas System, City Bank Bldg.,
Shreveport, La.
Robert “Krup” Worden, ’33, is
at Barksdale Field, Shreveport, on
duty as an officer in the U. S.
Air Corps Reserve.
Gilbert A. Youngs, 27, is resi-
dent engineer for the State High-
way Dept., Atlanta, Texas.
Tom E. Hagan, ’18, is owner of
the Hagan Floral Company located
on the Fort Worth Highway at
Mineral Wells, Texas. His address
is Box 560.
William M. Hickman Jr., 34,
is a deputy for the City of Cle-
burne. His home address is 307
| North Main Street of that city.