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This column’s bright idea for
the control of subsidizing in the
Southwestern Conference must not
have been so bright. Not a soul
in connection with any conference
school has mentioned the matter
as outlined in the previous issue
of the AGGIE. Evidently the boys
would rather play the game in cut-
throat style, with the dueces wild,
cards up the sleeve and the lights
turned low.
Shed a tear for poor old Jimmy
Kitts and his Rice Owls. Loss of
a pair of lettermen guards and
the graduation of another wiil
leave Line Coach Hertenberger
with only SIX experienced and ca-
pable varsity guards. Of course
he’ll have three or four coming up
from the freshman squad and
another pair of stars held out of
competition last fall, but who
wants to enter a tough season with
only four or five PAIRS of guards.
The Hon. C. S. “Uncle Charlie” |
Gainer, 89, former state Senator
and Representative of Bryan and
a life-long friend of Aggie ath-
letics, wants no misunderstanding
about that ninth inning home-run
clout delivered last spring by
Woody Bell to bring the conference
baseball championship to A. & M.
“T hit that home-run,” declares the
Senator. “Woody Bell just supplied
the youthful muscles and clear eye.
From up in the stand I WILLED
that mighty clout into the heart
and soul of young Bell. Without
my help it would have been a pop
fly to the pitched.”
A close friend of Charley Moran
when that great coach was at A.
& M., Senator Gainer enjoyed a
long visit when the Morans were
at College last Thanksgiving.
Baseball practice started March
1 at all conference school ex-
cept Arkansas which does not en-
ter this sport. Baylor, with splen-
did pitching power, looks to be the
pick of the league, although Texas’
Dischmen cannot be overlooked.
Marty Karow, who takes over at
A. & M. will find only two men
returning from last spring’s cham-
pionship team, and will face a
complete rebuilding task.
More about Karow: in the short
time he has been at A. & M. he
has made a fine impression on
those watching his work with the
backs and ends in spring football.
And his baseball team may be
something of a surprise if some
of the sophomores come thru. An
Ohio State native, he’s as sold on
Texas as a place to live as any
native Texan you ever met.
Another “Institution” of student
life at A. & M. passed when intra-
mural football was discontinued
this winter. Known as “Company”
football back in the old days and
more recently as ‘Battalion” foot-
ball, this annual schedule provided
more knocks and bruises than all
the rest of the football play in
Texas. Increasing injuries among
the players, the difficulty of ar-
ranging and completing schedules,
lack of willingness among those
called upon to make this supreme
sacrifice and to risk life and limb
in the “Rock ’em and Sock ’em”
league, brought about the decision
to discontinue the sport as an in-
tramural activity.
In this connection it should be
noted that the “Company” teams
no longer served as feeders for
the varsity. Football has become
too highly specialized and trained
these days for the raw youngster
to have a chance except in the
rarest of instances. Roy Young,
Aggie tackle, is the only varsity
player this column knows who did
not play, and play well, in his
high school or prep school days.
And that holds true also for the
other conference teams.
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And try to find any first class
conference player who did not star,
in some degree, on their high school
or junior college teams before en-
tering college. For every one you
can name, this column can name
25 today’s stars who were yester-
day’s prep school stars.
So what? So bury the idea that
because the University of Texas
and Texas A. & M. have each three
times as many men students as any
of their conference rivals, that
fact will be of any particular value |
la few lads.
SPRING
CENTERS Coston, 225 (2)
Hauser, 200 (0)
GUARDS Audish, 190 (1)
Minnock, 200 (2)
Robnett, 205 (0)
Harris, 185 (0)
TACKLES Boyd, 212 (1)
Pannell, 215 (0)
Bransom, 200 (2)
ENDS Britt, 210:(2)
Dawson, 220 (0)
Schroeder, 200 (2)
Miller, 190 (0)
BACKS Rogers, 175 (2)
Todd, 170 (2)
Price, 185 (1)
Thomason, 190 (0)
Mills, 170 (2)
( ) Number years’ competition
FOOTBALL TEAM ROSTERS
Rushing, 200 (1)
Vaughn, 185 (0)
Olbrich, 190, (2)
Shelton, 185 (0)
Holm, 185 (0)
D
G. Young, 200 (0)
Sedberry, 195 (0)
H.R: Young, “190:(0)
Warden, 185 (2) Lee, 185 (0) Browder, 180 (0)
Steffens, 200 (2) Jardell, 200 (0) Bates, 185 (0)
Leon Rahn, 190 (0) Storseth, 185 (0)
Reeves, 170 (0)
Counts, 220 (0)
Routt, 210 (0)
Henke, 205 (0)
Smith, 175 (1)
Duncan, 180 (1)
Joe White, 190 (1)
Rust, 185 (0)
Henry, 175
Pugh, 190 (0)
Force, 175 (0)
Hall, 200 (0)
Herman, 185 (0)
Wood, 175 (1)
Rothe, 175
Stephenson, 225 (0)
Crawford, 210 (0)
Timmerman, 185 (1)
F. White, 210 (0)
Heimann, 200
Conatser, 175 (0)
Kimbrough,
Jeffrey, 185 (0)
Geer, 185 (0)
Dittman, 170
Berryman, 185 (0)
Crouch, 210 (0)
Hart, 215 (1)
Roland, 200 (0)
Martin, 225 (0)
Puryear, 175 (1)
Welborn, 185 (0)
Moreland, 200 (0)
(0)
(0)
Cage, 165 (0)
Potthast, 190 (0)
Edmondson, 165 (0)
Bob Griffith, 160, (0)
Nayovitz, 200 (0)
(0)
215 (0)
(2)
SPRING FOOTBALL—
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Reeves, freshmen.
Coston to date leads the centers
but he’ll have capable help and
plenty of competition from Eli
Rushing, squadman, and Hauser
and Vaughn, freshmen. Boyd is
the leading tackle. Pannell, fresh-
man star, has missed much of the
spring work thru illness, but
Stephenson and Counts, freshmen,
look capable and George Bransom
with 2 years varsity experience
may blossom into a regular.
End play next fall is certain to
be better. Britt, Schroeder, White
and Smith are returning letter-
men. “Big Dog” Dawson is the
best pass-snatcher on the squad
although a freshman, and Bill Mil-
ler of the Fish also looks promis-
ing. Puryear, who played on the
squad a year or so ago is also cer-
tain to see some service. :
Backfield Strength
Selecting the best looking backs
in spring practice is a tough job,
and can’t be dismissed by naming
Witness the recent
scrimmage session when the A
team went on the defense and was
almost swept out of Kyle Field by
the offense of a backfield made up
of Bob Hall, Odell Herman, Wood
and Jeffrey. Dick Todd, whom
track coach Dough Rollins hopes
to make into a track star, has re-
stricted his activities to passing,
kicking and signal running this
spring. It’s a fairly safe bet he'll
letter next fall, as will “Jelly”
Rogers, signal caller, and Walemon
Price, passer.
Outstanding among the young-
sters have been Jeffrey, Thomason,
Hall, Force, Conatser, Kimbrough,
Herman, and Pugh. Although
green, Kimbrough has tremendous
possibilities as a blocking back
and defensive linebacker. Hall and
Thomason are fine full-backs and
line plungers and Force and Jef-
frey look like real tail-back triple-
threat men. Pugh, Herman and
Conatser are all big enough to be
either blockers or half-backs. Force
at 175 pounds is the lightest man
of the above group.
And so, here they are, the
lad’s who'll be out there try-
ing to win a game or so for
the Maroon and White next
fall. They represent the finest
array of football material Kyle
Field has ever seen in its long
and historic career. Many of
them are green, but Sopho-
mores won a title last fall for
the Rice Owls and there is
enough experience to leaven
the loaf. This fall the Aggies
will not carry the burden of
being favorites for the cham-
pionship. They meet both Rice
and T. C. U., heavy favorites
as the conference leaders, at
College and also that perennial
thorn-in-the-Aggie-flesh, Ark-
ansas. Texas, Baylor and S. M.
U. must be played on foreign
fields. No one will pick the Ag-
gies for the title this fall, but
they have as good a chance at
it as they had last fell when
they were top-heavy favorites.
And just as a guess, they’ll
finish closer to the top in 1938
tkan they did in 1937 when
they broke even with a 500%
record in their conference
games.
William G. Lucey, ’37, and Moy-
lan E. Lass, ’37, are both on active
duty at Fort Sam Houston.
to them in producing winning foot-
ball teams.
WATER POLO TEAM
70 SPONSOR WATER
CARNIVAL MAR. 19
A group of some thirty beautiful
Mermaids will grace the swimming
pool at College Station March 19
when they will participate in the
big water carnival which will be
held as a benefit for the water
polo team. According to Coach
Adamson, these young lady water
experts will come from Houston
and C.I.A.
The water polo team, which
boasts a great record of not hav-
ing lost a contest under the direc-
tion of Coach Adamson, is holding
this carnival in order to finance
their trip to the National Junior
Water Polo meet in St. Louis, April
2. Due to the fact that the College
Athletic Department does not spon-
sor this team and sport, the water
polo team is forced to obtain its
funds through such a medium as
this water show. A small charge
will be made for the water opera
and coupon books will not be hon-
ored.
Coach Adamson and members of
the teams have been at work for
some time preparing for an exhibit
that they hope will meet with pop-
ular approval of the spectators.
The team will carry the Maroon
and White colors to a part of the
country and to a group of sport
fans that have never before seen
the Texas Aggies. The football
team has been from one coast to
the other, the basketball team has
been all around the circuit, and |
various other teams have made
their trips, but none of these have
gone forth with a record such as
the water polo team boasts and it
is proper that the student body
should give their support to the
carnival in order that this great
team make make the trip.
The carnival will feature some
of the best swimmers and divers
in this section of the country in
some of the young ladies. The
team promises that a full and en-
joyable evening of entertainment
will be offered.
Friends of George W. Ashford,
’12, 2309 Wentworth, Houston, will
regret to know of the death of his
wife, Mrs. Daisy Ashford in Hous-
ton earlier this winter. In addition
to her husband, she is survived by
her mother and four brothers. Bur-
ial was at Dallas.
J. Frank Ford, ’26, has been
transferred as county agricultural
agent from Armstrong County to
the same post in Carson County.
His headquarters are at Panhandle,
Texas.
J. Percy Mims, ’32, has recently
been promoted to county agricul-
tural agent of the A. & M. Exten-
sion Service of Armstrong County.
His headquarters are at Claude,
Texas. He was formerly an assis-
ant in agricultural conservation in
Collingsworth County.
H. M. Haswell, ’30, who has been
county agent of Trinity County,
has moved to Collingsworth
County, Wellington, Texas, where
he will be an assistant in agricul-
tural conservation.
James M. Cooper, 31, was re-
cently made county agricultural
agent of the A. & M. Extension
Service at Groveton, Texas. He was
formerly an assistant in agricul-
tural conservation at Groveton.
Faculty Guests
Athletic Dept.
More than 200 faculty members
or college employees were guests
of the Athletic Department of Tex-
as A. & M. at a recent Smoker and
Motion Picture party held on the
campus. Movies of last fall's
games were shown and commented
on by Aggie Athletic Director
Homer Norton.
Short talks were made by Mr.
Norton who thanked the faculty
members for their interest in ath-
letics and their support of the
athletic program, and by Marty
Karow, newest addition to the
coaching staff. All members of the
athletic department were intro-
duced. The gathering was voted a
pronounced success, several faculty
football fans declaring they learned
more about last fall’s games from
seeing the pictures than by wit-
nessing the games themselves.
By one of those “stranger
than fiction” occurrences Mr.
and Mrs. Asa U. Smith, ’95,
Dallas, were saved from death
recently. A son, J. S. Smith, in
another part of the city of Dal-
las, felt a sudden premonition
that semething was wrong at
his parents’ home. He telephon-
ed but received no answer.
Feeling certain his parents
were at home he called a
neighbor to investigate. Mr.
and Mrs. Smith had been over-
come by fumes from four gas
heaters, but were rescued be-
fore death and were revived
by a City inhalator squad. Mr.
Smith is permanent president
of the A. & M. Class of 1895,
and lives at 4204 Purdue, Dal-
las.
Leslie S. Moore, 25, in addition
to his vocation with one of the
major oil companies, has become
an expert photographer. He finds
a great deal of pleasure and relax-
ation on this side-line. He makes
his home at 249 Windemere Ave-
nue, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.
P. Fielding Breeden, ’18, Cuero,
was recently elevated from vice
president to president of the Texas
Wholesale Grocers’ Association at
that organization’s convention held
in Dallas. Breeden has been in the
wholesale grocery business in
Cuero for many years and is one
of the civic and business leaders of
the city.
August C. Bering, ’08, recently
became associated with the Min-
imax Stores of Houston, as Vice
President of the organization. The
company is headed by Col. E. A.
Eversberg, ’13, and owns and op-
erates several of the largest re-
tail food stores in the city of
Houston.
Blum E. Hester, 25, is architect
for the Alvin Independent School
District, which recently let con-
tract for construction of three new
buildings to cost a quarter-million
dollars. The contract was let to
the firm of Smith and Walker,
Corpus Christi, for whom A. E.
“Red” Hinman, ’25, is Chief Esti-
mator.
Rufus G. Clay, 16, is doing de-
velopment work in the dry ice
fields of Harding County, New
Mexico. He gets his mail at Hugo-
ton, Kansas.
L. E. Johnson, ’35, has recently
been transferred from Fresno,
California to Bakersfield, Califor-
| nia. He is living at 298 K Street.
WHO WAS GRID CAPT. IN 1901?
PUBLICITY DEPT. SEEKS HELP
tie.
time to time.
lor in 1897.
YEAR COACH
by Coach Norton.
Will the members of the 1901 Texas Aggie football team please
raise their hands and let us know who captained that team?
The Publicity Department of the College is anxious to find this
missing information as well as to have former students check up on
the information the department has about early-day football at the
college. The following list of coaches, their college and team captains
is the first submitted and the Publicity Department as well as the
“Aggie” would appreciate help in making the list complete and authen-
Please check the information and send any corrections to T. B.
Ketterson, Publicity Department, Texas A. & M. College, College Sta-
tion, Texas. Other information for checking will be offered from
TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL COACHES AND CAPTAINS
F. D. Perkins (Texas A. & M.), team captain, Prof. A. M. Soule
(Guelph College) and Prof. H. W. South (Univ. of Virginia) coached
the Cadets during the first three years of Texas Aggie grid history,
Prof. South also playing tackle. The first paid coach was C. W. Tay-
UNIV. COACH ATT’D. CAPTAIN
1894 Soule-South-Perkins See above F. D. Perkins-A. D.
Watts
1895 Soule-South-Perkins See above F. D. Perkins
1896 Soule-South-Perkins See above F. D. Perkins
1897 C. W. Taylor Union College F. D. Perkins
1898 H. W. Williams Univ. of Missouri Hal Mosley
1899 W. A. Murray Penn. State Hal Mosley
1900 W. A. Murray Penn. State R. M. Brown
1901 W. A. Murray Penn. State
1902: J. BE.” Platt Lafayette T. W. Blake
1903 J.B Platt Lafayette T. W. Blake
1904 J. E. Platt Lafayette R. B. Boettcher
1905 W. E. Bachman Lafayette G. T. Haltom
1906 W. E. Bachman Lafayette F. S. Puckett
1907 C. E. Larson Chicago Joe Utay
1908 N. A. Merriam Chicago - C. A. DeWare
1909 Charles Moran Carson-Newman L. A. Hamilton
1910 Charles Moran Carson-Newman G. W. Barnes
1911 Charles Moran Carson-Newman C. Horn
1912 Charles Moran Carson-Newman T.-L. Bell
1913 Charles Moran Carson-Newman W. G. Beasley
1914 Charles Moran Carson-Newman TT. 1. "Bell
1915 E. H. Harlan Princeton J. P. Garrity
1916+ E. 'H. Harlan Princeton J. W. Rollins
1917 D. X. Bible Carson-Newman M. H. Ford
1918 D. V. Graves Missouri Scott Alexander
1919 D. X. Bible Carson-Newman F. S. Wilson
1920 D. X. Bible Carson-Newman J. F. Mahan
1921 D. X. Bible Carson-Newman - W. C. Weir
1922 D. X. Bible Carson-Newman T. F. Wilson
1923 D. X. Bible Carson-Newman W. D. Johnson
1924 D. X. Bible Carson-Newman T. L. Miller
1925 D. X. Bible Carson-Newman Fay Wilson
1926 D. X. Bible Carson-Newman L. G. Dieterich
1927 + D. X. Bible Carson-Newman Joel Hunt
1928 D. X. Bible Carson-Newman Z. W. Bartlett
1929 Madison Bell Centre College T. W. Mills
1930 Madison Bell Centre College J... GSPloyd
1931. Madison Bell Centre College Carl Moulden
1932 Madison Bell Centre College J. W. Aston
1933 Madison Bell Centre College C. M. Cummings
1934 Homer Norton Birmingham-Southern *E. O. Fowler
1935 Homer Norton Birmingham-Southern *W. T. Wilkins
*N. W. Willis
1936 Homer Norton Birmingham-Southern *C. A. DeWare, Jr.
*L. L. Cummings
1937 Homer Norton Birmingham-Southern *Joe E. Routt
*R. D. Vitek
“Honorary, elected following close of season. Game captains appointed
J. H. Beene, 37, recently resign-
ed his job as assistant county agent
of Llano County and has accepted
a job as junior agronomist with
the Soil Conservation Service at
Nacogdoches, Texas. He wants his
AGGIE sent to Box 291, Nacog-
doches.
J. H. Flood, ’32, who has been
with the Texas Power and Light
Company at McKinney, has recent-
ly accepted a position with the
Red Bluff Water Power Central
District, Pecos, Texas. Flood is
doing electrical engineering work
and likes his work fine. He has run
into quite a few ex-students.
W. P. “Bill” McIntosh, ’37, who
is with the General Electric Com-
pany, has recently been transfer-
red from Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania to Pittsfield, Massachusetts,
where he gets his mail at 91 Pol-
lock Avenue.
E. R. Pustejovsky, ’37, is as-
sistant rural supervisor with the
Farm Security Administration and
gets his mail at Box 471, Nacog-
doches, Texas.
L. Lloyd Meek, 36, is doing lab-
oratory work for the Carnation
Milk Company and is living at 1004
North Davis Street, Sulphur
Springs, Texas.
Carl A. Giesen, ’35, writes to
change his address to 3911 Hol-
land, Dallas.
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R. H. “Bob” Scales, 22, is with
the Illinois State Highway Depart-
ment and is located at Dixon,
Illinois. His residence address is
1015 West Third Street.
Andrew H. Peyton, ’30, is still
in Cuba in the sugar cane bus-
iness. At the present time, Peyton
reports that the harvest doesn’t
look so good because of the ter-
rible drouth. He gets his mail at
Herrera, Oriente, Cuba.
W. G. Burnett, ’37, is still with
the General Electric Company and
is located at 103 Appleton, Pitts-
field, Massachusetts. Burnett re-
ports that there are several exes
up there with the General Electric
Company and they enjoy each other
very much.
D. H. Handley, Jr., ’33, recently
received a nice promotion and he
is now located at Freer, Texas,
and gets his mail at Box 483.
Thad E. Whiteley, ’32, who is an
assistant county agent with the A.
& M. Extension Service, has been
transferred to Brazos County. His
headquarters will be at Bryan. He
was formerly at Bastrop.
William E. Moore, Jr., ’36, re-
cently sent in his check for Asso-
ciation dues. At the present time
he is working as recheck engineer
for the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration with headquarters
in the state office located at Col-
lege Station.