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A A oT GN PO HI OO AN AG SPORT FODDER The following remarks in this column anent the football officiating in the Southwest were written before the Rice game. They are still pertinent and this column believes wise. Braving the retort that “Its the hit dog that yelps,” the AGGIE claims that biased of- ficiating played a large part in allowing Rice to tie the score in the final minutes of the tor- rid game at Houston last Sat- urday. On one series of downs the Aggies were penalized twice for 15 yards each on the charge, “Illegal Shift.” The Aggie shift was the same in the Rice game that it has bene in every game this fall, and has not been penalized before. After the game referee “RATS” Watson was confused as to’an explanation of the penalties. He first told A. & M. coaches that he inflicted the penalties because an Aggie back “Lean- ed” before the ball was snap- ped. Later he told newspaper- men the Cadets did not come to a halt after their shift. That type of officiating should not be tolerated, and for the good of the game that type of official should be banned in the Southwest. Tough going in football, both for the Aggie team and its coach- es and for their loyal and, as events have proven, over-enthus- iastic followers. Just what to say is a problem, but Cameron Siddall, ’31, proposes this one that he says Cy Edwards, 25, Yell Leader that year, used to give the boys in fromt of the “Y” when the foot- ball going got tough; “ ’Sall right, Gang! He who laughs last is worth two in the bush.” Apparently it got Cy by, and it sounds as sensi- ble as the outcome of the present football season. \ Football coaches and some sports writers who complain more bitter- ly each year about the general and specific inefficiency of f grididon of- Fish Trounce Rice Slimes Showing some of the power and ability that has caused them to be called “The best Fish team since 1917,” the Aggie first-year lads, coached by H. R. McQuillen, won from the Rice Slimes by a score of 19-0, at Houston on Armistice afternoon. It was the first time, since conference freshmen teams started playing each other, that the Aggies were able to beat the Owls. Some 4,000 fans saw the game. ; The Aggie hopefuls scored in the first quarter when an exchange of kicks gave them the ball on the Rice 31. With Marion Pugh the spearhead the Cadets soon scored on straight running plays featuring a fake pass. The second tally came in the second period when Earl “Bama” Smith, slippery half-back, returned a Slime punt 74 yards for a touchdown. The final score came late in the fourth period when Carl Greer intercepted an Owl pass and raced 20 yards to pay dirt. The Aggie freshman line proved too stout for the Owl of- fense, limiting the home team to 2 first downs, both made on pass- es, and a net gain for the after- noon of 59 yards. The cadets in the meantime pilled up a total gair* of 217 yards. Coach H. R. McQuillan and his assistants, Charley DeWare, Les Cummings and Ed Stages, used practically every member of their travelling squad. The team will close its season with a game against the University of Texas Freshmen on Kyle Field, Wednes- day afternoon before Thanksgiving Day. Aggie freshmen participating in the game were as follows: Ends, Dawson, Duncan, Darby, Miller, Heinmann, Rust; tackles, Pannell, Holloman, Crouch, Henke, White; guards, Rahn, Reeves, Lee, Stor- seth, Browder; centers, Hauser, Vaughn; backs, Jeffery, Herrman, Robnett, Hall, Greer, Pugh, O’Neil, Smith. RICE NEEDS— ficials are DOING THE GAME A GREAT DEAL OF HARM. The use of pictures, stills and movies both, to prove the following week | that the official ‘“Robbed” one team or the other in last Satur- day’s game, only contributes to the general harm and confusion. As an example, there was a big argu- ment after the Rice-Texas game as to whether a Rice player had caught a touchdown pass before the ball hit the ground. Wednes- ‘day after the game the sports pages of a Houston and an Austin paper carried the SAME picture of the particular play. The Austin paper used the picture to PROVE the pass illegal; the Houston pa- per used the SAME picture to prove the pass legal. The FINAL play of the T. C. U.- Baylor game brought on another big argument, and newspaper re- ports indicate that i C. U. bas “Washed out” one or two of the officials working in that game. That means the Frogs will not let those men work another game in which they play. It’s an old story, the losing coach “Blacklisting” an official who calls one against his team. And the AGGIE is not point- ing especially to T. C. U. because nearly every coach and school in the conference is equally guilty. And the sports writers are not helping the officials or the game by fanning this kind of flame. For the inefficient, the lazy, the excitable or the biased official this column has no defense, nor does it feel the officials as a group should be any more above a good “Panning” than the coaches, play- ers, fans or anyone else connect- ed with the game. But, if this pressure continues to be exerted on the officials, back- ed up by pictures that can be used to prove either side of the argu- ment; and leading officials are blacklisted for single decisions; the time will surely come when THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE OFFICIATING, and the game will become just a wild melee, more like a modern wrestling match with nothing barred than a game between college students. For the ultimate good of a fine American game the AGGIE sug- gests that the coaches and sports writers give the officials a better (Contintied Tronjgie®™T) | picked up a net of 107 yards rush- ing to 97 for the Owls. The Aggies also returned five intercepted pass- es 98 yards while Rice returned one interception 27 yards. Both teams gained 75 yards on completed pass- es, and kicking was even with an average of 32 yards each. But the Aggies lost 90 yards on 10 pen- alties while Rice was losing only 5 yards on one penalty. Rice Position A.&M. Hager ........... L.E...5.0.0.08, Britt Hines Jo. § Fy TIN I Young Moore ....0...4.% TaGale.. Lu Routt Arthur A... ...c Cin arrest. Coston Landry ........... BiG. wth Jones Stanzel .... 5... BR. Xi. .0 J. Boyd Steen. 2a. ued. R-Bak. i Schroeder Hancock -.......... Q. B75 0. Rogers Sullivan... | EY CR Toe MEE Todd Cordille®.....5..... RH Vitek Schuehle .......... FaiB. 00 B. Boyd Texas A. & M. substitutes: Backs, Shockey, Price, Dittman, Audish, Mills; center, Turner, Rushing; eends, Smith, White; tackles, Church, Branson; guard, Minnock. Rice substitutes: Ends, Williams, Robb, Palmer; backs, Lain, Neece, Brandon, Vestal, Mechler, Coffee, Vickers; guards, Haner, McBray- er; center, Price, Husbands; tack- les, Green, Singletary. C. A. Tidwell, ’35, who has been with the Soil Conservation Service since his graduation, has recently been transferred from Nacogdoch- est, to Vernon, Texas, and asks that the AGGIE besent to Box 722 of that city. break, and more cooperation. If they don’t they are going to drive the better class of men out of the officiating gamie, to be replaced by those whose only aim will be to “Get by” and to continue to draw their money after the game. This column can’t divulge the details of that trick play of the Aggies, on which a touchdown was scored by guard Virgil Jones against the Arkansas Razorbacks, but it’s the goofiest thing yet seen on the gridiron. Norton devised the play, and the Cadets have prac- ticed it since they reported early in September. Norton’s prediction that it would net a touchdown came true the first time the play was called. Thomason, Earl Smith, Force, Ed | Refining Company. A. J. Cotton, ’13, veteran county agricultural agent of the A. & M. Extension Service, was retired in September after reaching the age of 72. Although still a vigorous man, Mr. Cotton was retired on the new College regulation that calls for mandatory retirement at the age of 70. He is at present] county agent emeritus of Lampas- |- as, Texas. Mr. Cotton is the father of grown children but he celebrat- ed his retirement by marrying again. Louis H. Shearer, ’32, is a new member of the Association. Shearer is with the Core Laboratories, Inc., Santa Fe Building, Dallas. He has been with the present connection about a year and is in the field division. The nature of his work is the determination and the in- terpretation of the physical prop- erties of oil sands. Shearer re- ports that the company has a portable laboratory which enables them to make their analyses right in the field. The Core Laboratories, Inc. does contract work for many of the major oil companies and quite a few independent operators. This work carries Shearer to most of the major oil fields and many wildcat locations throughout the Gulf Coast and South Texas areas. Dz. 'S. E.“Bunton, Jr.,+'33,. is as~ sistant state veterinarian of Tex- as and is located at Del Rio, Texas, AMERICAN RAILROADS CHOOSE L. W. WALLACE, '03, TO DIRECT ENGINEERING RESEARCH WORK Lawrence W. Wallace, ’03, has been named director of the Divi- sion of Engineering Research re- cently established by the Associa- tion of American Railroads. This division will expand and coordinate research work now being carried on by the railroads of this country in so far as it effects their physi- cal properties. For the past several years, Mr. Wallace has been head of the Equipment Research Di- vision of the Association of Ameri- can Railroads. His new address is 59 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Wallace is one of the lead- ing research engineers of the United States. For many years he served as executive secretary of the American Engineering Council before becoming associated with the Association of American Rail- roads. His biography and career is carried in both Who’s Who and Who’s Who in Engineering. Known to his classmates as “Gopher,” he was president of the 1903 class, senior cadet officer, business manager of the Longhorn, and active in various other stu- dent affairs. He received his de- gree in mechanical engineering. S. M. Field, ’25, is city engineer at Weatherford, Texas. Field is married and has three children. BE. HH. McCann, Jr.,.’34, is living at 1648 Bonnie Brae, Houston, Tex- as. J. J. Anderson, 37, is working for the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company and is living at 84 Byers Street, Apart- ment D, Springfield, Massachu- setts. Anderson says that he likes his work very much but would like to hear from some of the boys in the Artillery last year. M. W. Carlton, ’35, is secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and vocational agriculture teacher at Yoakum, Texas. Mr. Carlton has two C. I. A. prospects and an Aggie where he gets his mail at Box 695. Bunton will be glad to see any of his old friends should they hap- pen to be down his way. L. Lloyd Meek, ’36, is with the Carnation Milk Company and is located at 537 Connally Street, Sulphur Springs, Texas. W. R. “Willie” Zinn, ’29, gets his mail at P. O. Box 785, Seymour, Texas, where he is manager for the Community Natural Gas Com- pany. Zinn is serving as secretary of the Seymour Lions Club and as senior warden of the Seymour Lodge No. 604. Boyce F. Heil, ’35, is with the Shell Petroleum Corporation, Houston Refinery, Houston, Texas. J. Russell Kennedy, ’28, is living at 1756 Rhodes Street, Apartment 333, Arlington, Virginia. Charles L. Byrd, ’37, is a retail route salesman for Borden’s Milk Company, Dallas and is located at Mesquite, Texas. Also with the Borden’s Milk Company are Has- kell H. Hunt, ’37, and L. C. Har- rison, ’37. Text Book Board Again Adopts Book By Dean E. J. Kyle “FUNDAMENTLS OF FARM- ING AND FARM LIFE” written by E. J. Kyle, 99, Dean of the School of Agriculture of Texas A. & M. College, has again been adopted for another five-year per- iod by the Texas Text Book Board. The book serves as a text in ele- mentary agriculture studied by sixth and seventh grade pupils in Texas high schools and has been used for the past 20 years. Since the book was first written, however, Dean Kyle has annually revised and rewritten the text keep- ing it abreast of the latest develop- ments in its subject matter. Since its adoption, over 200,000 copies of the book have been sold in Texas. David C. Fransen, 36, is living at 706 Rosedale Avenue, Apart- ment 4, Houston, Texas. Fransen is working in the Geological De- partment of the Humble Oil and a_year old. Carl G. “Bruder” Giesecke, M. D., ’29, is on a leave for about six months from private practice for special study in proctology. He has been at the Mayo Clinic at Roches- ter, Minnesota for two months and will leave for London, England about December 1, where he will continue his studies until the first of February. On returning to San Antonio, Giesecke will resume his practice specializing in proctology. His offices are located at 1031 Nix Professional Building. J. 7A. ‘Tarver, Jr., 30, is. living at Rosebud, Texas. A summer campus visitor was O. D. Price, ’32, on his vacation from his work with the Soil Conservation | Service, Winnsboro, S. Carolina. During his vacation he attended his officer’s training camp at Ft. Riley, Kansas. During the past two years that he has been with the S. C. S. Price has been over a large part of the South and mid- western section of the United Stat- es. E. M. Sims, ’36, is an instructor in the Mechanical Engineering De- partment at the University of Ok- lahoma at Norman, Oklahoma. He gets his mail in care of the Faculty Exchange at the University. F.C. *Chie” =. Davis, 230, ‘has changed his address to 311 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, Texas. “Chic” is still connected with the San Antonio Public Service Comp- any and is getting along fine. He says he is planning to be on hand when the Aggies meet the Bibles and the Longhorns on Turkey Day. Howell R. Anderson, 24, is liv- ing at 2300 Roosevelt Avenue, San Antonio, Texas. Harold C. Blank, ’32, is now com- manding officer of CCC Co. 827, Camp F-6-T, Nancy, Texas. Blank is married and has a son who is learning to walk. His residence ad- dress is 806 North First Street, Lufkin, Texas. Hermann H. Seele, 17, is living at 818 Avant Avenue, San Antonio. Seele enjoyed a visit to College Station this summer on his return from the Ozarks where he and his family spent their vacation. C. U. Forrest, 37, is working for the State Highway Department at Dallas, and is living at 5327 Van- derbilt of that city. H. L. Peers, 37, joined the Gen- eral Electric Company shortly af- ter graduation as a student en- gineer in the Philadelphia plant. W. G. Burnett, ’37, has gone with [the 'Gefier®l Electric Company as a student engineer. He is living at 7395 Wheeler, Philadelphia, P. J. H. McDonald, ’23, is still doing cotton breeding work for John D. Rogers, of Navasota, Texas. He has been in this work since grad- uation. McDonald is married and has two little girls. E. T. “Ketch” Ketchum, ’23, is a popular physician and baby spec- ialist at Navasota, Texas. H. Durward Thompson, ’32, is doing landscape design and field work for Walley’s Nursery at Cor- pus Christi, Texas, and likes his work very much. His residence ad- dress is 1113 Elizabeth Street, Ap- artment 6, of that city. Porkers Blast Agies Last Title Chances In a free scoring, lead changing contest, the University of Arkan- sas blasted the remaining hopes of the Aggies to the wind when they defeated the Maroon and White team 26-13, after the Aggies led 13-12 at the half, at Fayette- ville Saturday before a large home- coming day crowd. Arkansas took the lead with a touchdown in the first period, but the Aggies came back in the same quarter and knotted the count at six all. In the second period Ark- ansas took the lead again, but it was short lived as the Aggies came back strong and tied the score and then forged ahead when they con- verted for a 13-12 score for the first half. The Hogs opened up their famed passing attack in the third period to score 14 points and take a 26-13 lead and then con- tented themselves by keeeping the Cadets away from the pay station. The Hogs’ score in the initial period came from Sloan’s intercep- tion of an Aggie pass on his own 36 yard line followed by his toss to Robbins on the 50 who continued on for the remaining 50 yds. and the touchdown. The conversion at- tempt was wide. The Aggies came back and took the Hog kickoff to the Arkansas 40 yd. line on line plays. Price then passed to Smith who lateralled to White and White carried to the Hog 15 yd. line. “Rock” Audish came into the game for A and M and in five plays ploughed over for the tying score. Audish showed lots of drive through the line. Todd’s try for point was wide. In the second frame Atwood re- turned an Aggie punt to the Ca- det 24 yard stripe and then Rob- bins shot a pass to Benton in the end zone for another six points. Score Ark. 12, Aggies 6. The Aggies returned the Hog kickoff past mid-field and on the next play the Aggies got the ball £ on the POTKer 19 aS a™ —suit OL Ihi- terference with an Aggie pass re- ceiver. At this point the Cadets dug into their trick bag and brought out a touchdown play. The ball was centered towards the backfield where a back pushed it back to Jones and the guard pulled out for a touchdown. P. D. Long, 21, is East Texas District Manager of the Emsco Derrick and Equipment Company, and is located at Kilgore, Texas. A. J. “Slick” Irwin, 24, is res- ident engineer inspector, Public Works Administration and is lo- cated at 1515 Fillmore, Wichita Falls, Texas. At the present time, they are finishing up the building program in Wichita Falls. -follow the AGGIES" to SAN FRANCISCO SPECIAL TRAIN for the big game TEXAS A&M vs. Univ. of SAN FRANCISCO *DECEMBER 4th ¢ Kezar Stadium ee San Francisco, Calif. SPECIAL TRAIN leaves— COLLEGE STATION 1:57 a.m. Wednesday . Dec. 1st ar. San Francisco ...9:45 a.m. Friday Dec. 3rd RETURNING . . « + » lv. San Francisco 2:00 am Dec. ar. Los Angeles 5:30 pm Dec. Iv. Los Angeles 4:00 pm Dec. ar. Grand Canyon 8:00 am Dec. Iv. Grand Canyon 7:50 pm Dec. ar. College Station 4:33 am Dec. ONIN OTO THE TRIP INCLUDES: Round Trip Railroad Fare Tourist dations to San Francisco. All meals in Dining Car Sleeper Accomo- lows : TWO persons in The TRIP COST . . . Including the items listed, the cost from COLLE TION, Texas, will be as fol- lower berth. EACH 2 Big Days and Nights in SAN FRANCISCO a BIG Night and Day in LOS ANGELES a glorious Day at GRAND CANYON GE STA- $70.00 One person in on going trip. Upper Berth $72.50 Choice Seat, Kezar Sta- dium for the game. One person in Lower Berth ..... $75.00 Go with the TEAM and the BIG “AGGIE” BAND— for a Grand Trip . . . a Glorious Time! Correspondingly will apply from cities. Send for folder outlining trip or Telephone, Write or Telegraph for COMPLETE INFORMATION . . . . . oe th ROY: R. HUNLEY, Div, SANTA FE BLDG. D: A L LA 8%, Santa Fe Lives, St., Phone 2-8421 T EX: S Pass. Agt., 1116 Commerce Low Fares other Texas Lp TLE ai ee Te a
