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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1937)
{ SPORT FODDER If there is value to an educa- tional institution in newspaper publicity, and the AGGIE believes there is, then give the Cadet foot- ball team credit for being the in- strument for bringing the A. & M. College its greatest NATIONAL advertising. Eastern papers were unanimous in their lavish praise of the gallant victory come-back staged by the Farmers in their Polo Grounds fray against Man- hattan. Not only through the news columns was the A. & M. College of Texas advertised, but through rotogravure and pictorial sections as well. As one A. & M. man wrote from Washington, “For the first time in my many years in the East, the people of this section realize that at Texas A. & M. we have a really great and fine edu- cational institution.” Under the leadership of D. X. Bible, the Ex-Students of the Uni- versity of Texas have launched a great and wide-spread program to furnish athletic material for the Longhorns. The plan carries two general aims, first to influence capable athletic talent to attend the University, and second to raise funds to supply those young men | who have athletic talent with stu- dent jobs that will enable them to get through school. With over 20,000 graduates and some 75,000 Ex-Students in all, the program should go a long way toward bring- ing back halycon athletic days at Austin. Such a program is a bit discour- aging to the AGGIES. They have only 6,000 graduates, many not now living, and perhaps 20,000 Ex- Students. Nor have A. & M. men shown as much ability to gather the coin of the realm as have their half-brother Longhorn friends. But, like Dan Rogers and his T. C. U. boys, the Aggies will along and do their best. The Dan Rogers story is not bad. Rogers is a Dallas banker, chairman of the T. C. U. Athletic Council, and one of the Frogs’ —mest--loyal and active followers. At a recent luncheon ¢lub in Dallas on the eve of the T. C. U.-A. & M. game, following enthusiastic re- marks in behalf of their teams by Julius Schepps of the Aggies and Jimmy Stewart of the Mustangs, Mr. Rogers Will Rogered about like this: “We've sold out all tick- ets for the T. C. U.-A. & M. game tomorrow and the cash is in the till. All the sports writers and other experts have ‘given’ the game to A. & M.—It seems to me the easiest thing to do would be to just declare the Aggies winners and save all the trouble, and get- ting the football uniforms all soil- ed and reduce the traffic snarls in Ft. Worth. BUT, custom being what it is, and since folks seem to expect it of us, we T. C. Ulers will be out there on the field to- morrow afternoon and at least go through the motions of the game.” Heartening to Aggie fans this fall has been the fine performances of several lads who were ranked as reserve and scrub material in pre-season dope sheets. Most pro- minent among them have been Kenneth Mills, who now looms as the best punter and passer on the team, Jo Jo White and Herb Smith, a pair of sophs who have done yoe- man service at the ends following injuries to Britt and Schroeder, and Joe Turner, center, who seems this year to have “Arrived.” Turner is a senior, Mills has another year of eligibility,. while Smith and White are sophomores. 30,000 fans at the T. C. U. game murmured in sympathy for the tight spot faced in the last few minutes of the hec- tic Aggie-T. C. U. game when Waleman “Cotton” Price was sent into the game to try for the point after touchdown af- ter the late Cadet tally. What a strain to put a green, coun- try youngster under, they said. He is really on the spot. They groaned and they suffered agonies in thinking about the cold perspiration that must have been pouring from young Mr. Price. BUT, according to the latest dope from the side- line, young Mr. Price, as he was going on the field for his crucial test, turned smilingly to the Aggie players’ bench and nonchalantly remarked: “Quit worrying, boys, this struggle CADETS SWAMP MISS. STATE AT ROSE FESTIVAL Mississippi State, touted as one of the South’s most potent football match for machines, proved no Homer Norton’s rampaging Aggies in their intersectional battle before 16,000 fans at the Tyler Rose Fes- tival climax. The score was 14 to 0 for the Cadets, but that count does not tell the full story of how completely the out-of-state visitors were shaded. They failed to make a first down during the first half, and only late in the game were they able to gain anything, then mainly on last-chance passes. Dick Todd among the backs and Virgil Jones and Joe Routt in the line were the afternoon’s luminar- ies. Todd twice returned punts for tallies, only to have his first call- ed back. Jones intercepted two of the Mississippi passes and general- ly played havoc with the visitors’ offensive plans. As usual Routt- was down in the middle of the line, playing great football and perform- ing so well on the defense that Jones could be spared to work in the secondary. Fine performances were also turned in by Owens Rogers, who played 60 minutes at the signal- calling post, by Kenneth Mills, whose beautiful, coffin - corner punting set the stage for one Ag- gie touchdown, and by big Bruno Schroeder who turned in a great all-around game at his end posi- tion. - After threatening constantly throughout the first quarter with- out scoring the Cadets went to town in the second period. Jones paved the way when he pounced upon a fumble to start the Aggies from the Mississippi 10 yard line. A short pass to Todd put the ball on the 2 yard stripe and from there Nesrsta bucked it over for the initial six points. Todd kicked both goals. The second tally followed short- ly. Backed into their own goal line by some clever punting by Ken Mills, the Mississippians punt- ed out to Todd and the Crowell flash ran through their entire team for the second tally. Todd had previously returned a punt 50 yards for a touchdown, only to be called back for stepping on the side-line. : Mississippi threatened only in the final quarter when a flurry of completed passes carried to the Aggie nine yard line. At that point, however, the Aggie line stif- fened and the threat was over. A record crowd of 16,000 spec- tators saw the contest which was the big feature of the annual Tyler Rose Festival. The Lineups Miss. State Texas A&M Joe Ruffin L.E. Smith Gray L.T. Roy Young John Moak L.G. Joe Routt (c¢) Price C. Fred Coston Gordon Nix R.G. Virgil Jones Oren Pittman R.T. Geo. Bransom Carter R.E. B. Schroeder Bob Hardison Q.B. Rogers Bernie Ward L.H. Dick Todd Fred Hight R.H. Bob Nesrsta Steadinan (¢) F.B. Jim Shockey Officials for the game: Referee, Harry Viner (Missouri); umpire, J. E. Burghard (Mississippi Col- lege); head linesman, E. C. Fra- zier (Baylor); field judge, H. G. Mouat (Armour). Aggies Statistics Miss 11: Er First “Downs 5... nos. 5 220... Yards Gained Rushing ..._. 57 De a Yards Lost Rushing ..... 23 8. i Passes Atetmpted ....._. 17 ATE Passes Completed .......... 6 23 Yardage on Passes ........ 47 Bsns - Passes Intercepted ....... 4 25. a Yards Penalized ........ 15 | ave Number: Punts: 5... 9 26.5% Average on Punts 35 Substitutes A. and M.—Britt, Rahn, Turner, Rushing, Bransom, White, Price, Dittman, Mills. Mississippi— Burch, Jack Nix, Latham, Jackson, Turner, Topp, Weed, Dickson. J. B. Fitzpatrick, ’31, has been with the National Park Service in Alabama for the last four years, is now taking a tour of active duty with the CCC at Camp La., P-69, Chatham, La. baby is TIED up right now.” And a moment later he smack- ed his kick squarely through the bars. Aggie Freshman Team Promising been Aggie praise has heaped upon this fall's freshman football squad and the seventy-odd lads working out un- der the direction of head freshman coach H. R. McQuillan and his staff do look promising. If the Ag- gie lacks some of the enthusiasm shown by some of those who have watched these lads in action this fall it should be remembered that the “World’s Greatest Newspaper” predicted last fall’s Aggie fresh- man team as one of the greatest in the institution’s history. In their only game to date the Fish trimmed Allen Academy without difficulty. In their serim- mages with the Varsity they have shown that they can both “Take it” and “Dish it out.” Their second regular game of the season will be against the Rice Slimes at Houston on November 11, and their final game will be against the Texas University Freshmen at Kyle Field on the Thanksgiving. Both the Rice and the Texas U. freshmen trounced last fall’s Aggie fish, so the games this fall should be interesting. In fact the Aggie Fish have never beaten the Rice Slimes in the several years that Freshman teams have been com- peting. Assisting Coach McQuillan with the big squad are Charley De- Ware, Ed Stages and Les Cum- mings, all varsity players last fall who are back to complete work for their degrees, and at times Man- ning Smith and some of the Var- sity players who occasionally take off for a few minutes work with the freshmen who play their same positions. Plentifully sprinkled with both high school and junior college stars the Fish squad is a likely looking group. They can line up at least one team that will far outweigh Extravagant the best the varsity can offer, both line and backfield. In addition to this freshman squad there are several lads on the varsity B squad who will start their eligibility next fall. Includ- ed in that group are the following: Earl Harris, 185, Beaumont, guard; Maurice Henry, 185, Bryan, end; Henry Potthast, 185, Wei- -l mar, back; Tommy Casey, 160, Ir- ving, back; Walter “Red” Cecil, 168, Freeport, back; all these lads played freshman football at A. & M., fell before the scholastic hur- dle but hope to be eligible next fall. Casey and Cecil are working out for track where both are prom- ising performers. Also on the B team are Marshall Counts, Ft. Worth, and Stevenson, a pair of 225 pound tackles from junior col- lege, and the ineligible “Chipp” Routt, 210, another tackle. If these lads come through in their studies they will be eligible for varsity play for the first time next fall. Several of the lads listed on the accompanying roster have turned in their suits, but every man mark- ed with an asterik as having par- ticipated in the Allen-Freshman game is still out on the squad. Fastest man on the Fish squad so far this fall is Bud Force, Or- ange, with big John Kimbrough a close second. Leading kickers are Kimbrough, Pugh, Hall, Thomason and Trice. Both Dawson and Rob- nett are fine kick-off artists. Pugh, Force, Jeffreys and Hall are nice looking passers. If this group of lads can hold the upper hand on their studies and continue to improve they should give the Aggies great teams in 1939 and 1940. They loom as easily the finest freshman squad to enter Aggieland since the great days of the 1916-1917 freshman teams, when such immortals as Mahan, Higginbotham, McMurray, Alexander, McClintock, Pierce and others entered A. & M. When spring practice rolls around it is likely there will be some switching of positions among these lads. For the present they are being given full opportunity to show what they can do in the positions they played in high school. J. C. “Bubb” Rudd, ’25, sends in Association dues and says that he would like very much to hear from his old roommate, C. L. Craig, 25. Rudd is with the Sales Department of the Magnolia Petroleum Comp- any and is living at 580 Nolan Street, Beaumont. W. R. Forsyth, 16, sends in his dues from 174 South Orange Ave- nue, South Orange, New Jersey. day before, LOOKING A. & M. OVER Although taken during registra- tion time, the three gentlemen above are neither college profes- sors nor ambitious Freshmen. Left to right, they are W. L. Heller, 08, Alvin; Wm. J. Carlin, ’10, Houston; and E. I. Watson, Jr., ’17, Houston. Both Heller and Wat- son have sons at A. & M. and Carlin just came along for the ride. Mr. Heller is in the nursery and floral business at Alvin and is one of the best known men in that field in Texas. Mr. Carlin is in the Engineering Department of the City of Houston. He played end on the great Aggie football team of 1909 that defeated the Univer- sity twice, once at Houston and once at Austin. Mr. Watson is with the Carnegie Illinois Steel Company at Houston and lives at 1125 Wheeler Street of that city. H. Lloyd Hall, ’20, or “Arizona” Hall as he was “knowed as” in them days, is Vice President of the Mitchell-Brown Co., security brokers. His office is at 435 Spring St., Los Angeles and he lives at 319 S. McPherrin Ave. in Monter- rey Park, Calif. Arizona never misses an A. & M. Club meeting and is on the Board of Directors of the club. Gordon E. Roberts, ’25, is living at 1364 Magnolia Ave., San Ber- nardino, Calif., and is working in the Engineering Dept. of the A. T. & S. F. Ry. Co., with offices in the Santa Fe Station, San Ber- nardino. Edward R. McChesney, ’25, is the Associate Engineer in charge of the Survey Section of the U. S. Engineer Dept., 751 Figueroa St., Los Angeles. He is living at 1247 Ingraham St. now but of late Mac can be seen at football games and doing the big apple at different night spots with a beautacious blonde of the films. Those in the know expect a Winchell announce- ment most any day. C. R. Wideman, ’35, is in the’ Engineering Dept. of the So. Calif. Gas Co. with offices at 1700 Santa Fe St., Los Angeles. Chet is mar- ried and lives at 111 N. Louise St., Glendale, Calif. Dillon Stevens, ’13, has his of- fice at 617 S. Olive St., Los An-" geles where he acts as General Agent for the Sun Life Insurance Co. Dillon is past Secretary and now President of the A. & M. Club of So. Cal. He is living at 6262 Commodore Sloat Drive, Los An- geles. Walter L. Bostick, ’29, is living at 1906 E. Mauretania St., Wil- mington, Calif. but likes his mail sent to P. O. Box 817. “Swede” is making a fine record as a Power Engineer with the Texas Co., and is stationed in Wilmington. Charley Cummings, ’34, is with the Humble Oil and Refining Company in the Drilling Depart- Albert Adkisson, 20, is a pe- troleum engineer with offices at 2019 W. T. Waggoner Building, Fort Worth. He was delighted over the news of the return of Ike Ashburn to the College. Ben B. Banks, ’25, and David W. Ashley, graduates of A. & M. and T. C. U. respectively, were recent- ly announced as district agents at Fort Worth for the Northwestern National Life Insurance Company. Both men have been with this company since their graduation from college and are widely known in Fort Worth in the insurance field. Their offices are at 1211 Fair Building. I. B. Baccus, ’24, is assistant head of the Electrical Engineering Department at Oklahoma A. & M. and lives at 305 Knoblock, Still- water, Oklahoma. A recent Texas visitor was Ben L. “Tubby” Grimes Jr., ’29, who was on his vacation. He is in the U. S. Public Health Service in Al- aska, making his headquarters at Juneau. Before returning to Alas- ka, he expects to visit New York City and other points in the United States. Frank M. Leverett, 21, who is with the Texas Company at Port Arthur, writes that he will be on hand for the Thanksgiving Game and sends his regards to all his old friends. Joe G. Smyth, Jr., ’37, has ac- cepted a position in the architec- tural firm of John G. Beck at San Angelo, Texas. Tinsley Ellis, ’26, is captain of the National Guard Battery and is located at New Braunfels. , R. A. Roberts, ’26, recently made Gainesville, Florida, where he ge ment. He is living at 506 Miche-- his mail at Box 178. aux, Palestine, Texas. Charlie is a former Aggie athlete and an older brother of Les Cummings, now as- sistant Freshman football coach in the A. & M. Athletic Department. R. F. Bartlett Jr., ’33, is working for the Cooper-Bessemer Corpora- tion, 1814 Magnolia Building, Dal- las. His residence address is 4312 | the Southern Blueprint and Supply Scurry Street of that city. a : A. & M. this fall. fo : Stephen S. Malven, ’37, is living at 204 Nolan Street, Big Spring, Texas. . Pryor Donald, ’24, is manager of the Alice Wholesale Company James W. Francis, ’17, is owner of the Motor Equipment Corpora- tion, handling all types of con- tractors’ equipment and is located at 626-28 N. Main Avenue, San Antonio. W. E. Japhet, ’04, president of John Crow, ’35, has been appoint- ed assistant football coach at Al- len Academy, Bryan, and is al- ready on the job. For the past two years, he has been serving as an at Alice, Texas. | educational director in the CCC. a long jump from San Antonio to / ig Cac. efEea Bama ol Be ou tte 2 SEG
