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JFPORT FODDER San Francisco sports writers rode Byron Winstead unmercifully at the Santa Clara game when Big John Kimbrough failed to gain on his first two line smashes. Win- stead, Director of Publicity at A. & M., had not been modest in singing Kimbrough’s praises. It finally dawned on the local scrib- es that while Big John was not gaining much in the early stages of the game, the men who were stopping him were being carried out. Before it was all over they were unanimous that Kimbrough was one of the hardest hitting power backs ever seen on the coast. The campus was a lively spot on the night of the Santa Clara tilt. Local radio staton WTAW broadcast the game and radios were alive in practictlly every stu- dent room. When the Cadets fi- nally pulled the game out of the fire their mates at College tried to reach them by yelling, and almost succeeded. After the game a mid-night yell session was staged that sounded like old times. The return to passing form of Marion Pugh in the Santa Clara game was gratifying. The big Ft. Worth boy was really hitting them in that 70 yard drive for the touchdown. He'll do lots of passing for the Aggies this year. Equally pleasing was the fine per- formance at tackle of Ernie Pan- nell who played the greatest game of his career. Jim Thomason, one of the most over-looked backs in the confer- ence, did the signal calling during a large part of the Frisco game and did it well, according to Aggie coaches upon their return. The 200 puound blocking back is a fine pass catcher and an elusive run- ner but is so valuable as a blocker that he seldom carries the ball. Arkansas and T. C. U. have nothing on the Aggie Fish when it comes to passing. The young- sters completed 14 out of 32 heaves against Allen, two of them for touchdowns. Jerry Temple- ton and Tom Pickett had the best records of completions although “Butch” Bando can throw with the best of them. And Willie Zapalac hitting the line is something of the same thing as a similar crash by varsity John Kimbrough. Worst casualty of the San Fran- cisco trip was head coach Homer Norton, who caught a first class cold, but who didn’t let the sniffles keep a big smile off his face as he reported on the fine game played by his boys on the coast. It’s tough to throw cold water, but a word of warning to those few who think the T. C. U. game is in the bag, and that the Frogs are about ready to concede the victory without even going through the formality of playing the game next Saturday at Ft. Worth. Against Temple last week the Frogs made ice as many .first downs as did the Aggies against Villanova. The Frogs gained almost three times more yardage on pass- es than the Aggies and almost as many yards on running plays. The Cadets hit less than 50 per cent of SANTA CLARA GAME— (Continued from page 1) Starting line-up for the Aggies included Smith and Sterling, ends; Boyd and Pannell, tackles; Rob- nett and Henke, guards; Vaughn, center; Kimbrough, Thomason, Mo- ser and Connatser, backs. GAME AT A GLANCE Texas A. & M. Santa Clara 9 First downs 4 102 Yards gained rush. (net) 64 18 Forwad passes attempted . 17 7 Forward passes completed 2 62 Yards by forward passes 26 2 Forward passes intercepted by 1 13 Yds. gained, runback inter- cepted passes 5 41.1 Punting avrg. (from scrim- mage) 35.3 2 Opponents fumbles recovered 1 25 Yards lost by penalties 34 VILLANOVA GAME— (Continued from page 1) of 75 yards. Robnett, Pannell, Boyd, Reeves, Wesson and Routt were standouts: Texas A. & M. Villanova H. Smith L. BE. Monaco Pannell L..T Stenn M. Robnett L. G Collins Vaughn C vg Chisick Henke BR. G Defillipo Boyd BR. T. Kamen Sterling R. E Nowak Pugh QB Mazzei Moser TT. KH. Basca Thomason R. H J. Howlett J. Kimbrough ...... 0S ALR McMahon Score by periods: Villanova 0 0 0 7T—17 Texas: A. & Wo ticle 12 21 0 0—33 Villanova scoring: Touchdown, Stenn; point from try after touchdown, Behot (placement) ; Texas A. & M. scoring; Touchdown, Kimbrough 2, Moser, Connat- ser, Spivey; points from try after touch- down, Audish 2 (placement), Robnett (placement). « Substitutions : Texas A. & M. Ends: Jack Kimbrough, Buchanan, Dawson, J. White, Cowley; tackles, Routt, Wesson, Joeris; guards, Bucek, Reeves, Rhan; centers, Herman, Hauser ; backs, E. Smith, Abbott, Connat- ser, Spivey, Force, Jeffrey, Wood, Audish. Texas Villanova A. & M. First downs 4 7 Yards gained rushing (net)... 32 Forward passes attempted...... 14 Forward passes completed...... 4 Yards by forward passing..... Yards lost attempted for- Ward (DASSES' ......c.it eens sedis 0 15 Forward passes intercepted by 4 3 Punting average from scrim- mage 33 36 Total yards all kicks re- turned 104 165 Opponents fumbles recovered 0 a Yards lost by penalties ........ 40 40 their passes while the Frogs com- pleted an amazing 61 per cent of their tosses. True, the Aggies scored often, while the Frogs were lacking that punch. But any team that can run up statistics like that has the pos- sibilities of giving any opponent a terrific beatinfg. And so, Mates, keep that 10 point money in your pocket and delay celebrations un- til Saturday night. This column doesn’t know just what a Horned Frog does when backed up in his lair, sick and sore from wounds and mis-treatment, but it’s liable to be a cross between a lion, a tiger and a grisley bear at their worst. Don’t let that T. C. U. record of defeats and the Aggie victories loom too large. Past experience proves the Frogs do not give games away. The Aggies emerged from the Villanova game in good physical shape. The lop-sided score enabled Norton to save several key men and give all hands an opportunity to show their wares. Pierre M. Honnel, ’30, is settled in his new connection with the Cal- ifornia Institute of Technology and is happy in his work there. His address is 615 S. El Molino Avenue, No. 4, Pasadena Califor- nia. He took graduate work last year at M. I. T. Material. Wn. CAMERON & Co. (INCORPORATED) LET US REMODEL YOUR HOME Payments Monthly Under N. H. A. No Red Tape—Deal Direct With Us We have built homes in the Southwest for over half a century with Cameron’s Quality Building Ninety Lumber Stores to Serve You Two of the Many Kimbroughs John and Jack Kimbrough make up a “brothers” pair on this fall’s Aggie football team. Big John, 215 pounds, is one of the finest power backs in the history of the confer- ence, and Jack is a varsity end, 190 pounds. They hail from Has- kell, Texas, the Kimbrough family home. Another brother in school at present time is Wallace Kim- brough. All of the boys are Juniors this year. TE ivr broug/ | These three boys were preceded at A. & M. by Dr. Ernest N. Kim- brough, ’32, physician and surgeon, Haskell, Texas, and W. R. “Bill” Kimbrough, ’35, county agent for the A. & M. Extension Service at Jayton, Texas. Frank Kimbrough, coach at Hardin-Simmons, Abilene, is an older brother. Bill Kimbrough also won his letter in football while a student at A. & M. James Rufus Emmons, ’30, has been transferred as assistant county agent from Rusk County to county agricultural agent of Montley County. His headquarters will be at Matador, Texas. Em- mons writes that he is delighted with his change. Rufus is a broth- er of A. B. Emmons, ’28, who is now county agent at New Boston, Texas; W. M. “Ox” Emmons, ’30, who is vocational agricultural tea- cher at Hereford; and Claude and Clyde, who are in A. & M. at the present time. He was a track star at A. & M. Paul C. Evans, ’37, is an engineer for the Gulf Oil Corporation and at the present time is located at Hobbs, New Mexico, where he gets his mail at Box 1667. J. A. Rektorik, 29, for the past several years @ssistant football coach at Corpus Christi High School, has recently gone into the nursery and florist business for himself at Corpus. He is living at 922 Booty, Corpus Christi. As a cadet at A. & M., Rektorik was a star football player and partici- pated in many other student activi- ties. Woody L. Cowan, 26, is living at 505 North Cascade Street, Col- orado Springs, Colorado. Woody is doing flood control survey work with the U. S. Department of Agri- culture and writes that he hopes to get back to Texas this fall. A recent campus visitor was Don L. Lanford, ’38, who is a junior agronomist for the Soil Conserva- tion Service, Marshall, Texas. While a student at A. & M., Don was employed in the registrar’s office. He is the son of L. L. Lan- ford, ’x11, of Blanket, Texas. This fall Mr. Lanford will have three more sons in A. & M. D. C. “Spike” Arnold, ’27, who is with the Texas Company, has been transferred from Jackson, Mississippi, to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he gets his mail at P. O. Box 1923. “Spike” reports that he is still hopeful that this year may be “Our” year when the football season rolls around. As a cadet at A. & M.,, “Spike” was a member of the football squad in 24, ’25, and 26, the T-Club Asso- ciation, the student council, a mem- ber of the Ross Volunteers, and participated in various other stu- dent activities. G. H. Watts, ’39, has been made assistant to County Agent M. C. Counts, Fort Worth. He will be field man for the Tarrant-Johnson Dairy Herd Improvement Associa- tion. KEN W. HOOE (29) & CO. Writing All Lines GENERAL INSURANCE BONDS 806 Medical Arts Bldg. Waco, Texas Telephone 7555 George M. Murchison, ’29, is now working for the Civil Aeronautics Authority as an assistant aero- nautical inspector. His address will be 6200 South Cicero Avenue, Chi- cago, Illinois. George was former- ly located at Barksdale Field, Loui- siana. W. H. “Bill” Wiley, ’36, who taught at A. & M. last year, re- signed to accept a position on the faculty of Arkanshs University this fall. He will be in the Poultry Husbandry Department. In addi- tion to his bachelor’s degree Wiley also holds his Master's degree from A. & M. Dr. and Mrs. A. Berry Rich, ’35, No. 5 French Court, San Antonio, were recent campus visitors. Dr. Rich came for a conference with Dr. R. P. Marsteller, of the A. &. M. School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Rich is with the San Antonio City Department of Health. Stewart E. King, ’31, and E. J. Urbanovsky, ’31, are among the leaders in the program to make the city of San Antonio “the most beautiful city in the nation”. An initial step is a school this sum- mer for park department employ- ees of San Antonio. King is city forester and park superintendent of the City of San Antonio. Ur- banovsky is teaching landscaping in the Lanier High School in San Antonio. Both graduated in land- scape art at A. & M. John O’Callaghan, ’24, has re- cently returned to the United Stat- es and is with the Lone Star Ce- ment Corporation, 1120 Hibernia Bank Building, New Orleans, Loui- siana. For the past several years, John has been located in Argentina with the Portland Cement Com- pany and he is glad to get back to the States again. Walter R. Swank, ’31, is still with the Atlas Supply Company but was recently transferred to] Tulsa, Oklahoma, where his office is 1105 Hunt Building. For the last several months, Swank has been located at Salem, Illinois. Percy C. Farris, ’28, is Sales Manager for the National Gas & Oil Sales Company, 2429-47 West 25th Street, Chicago, Illinois. His residence address is 410 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, and Farris says he will be mighty glad to see any of his old friends. Farris reports that he recently ran across Major Lloyd Besse, who formerly was located at A. & M. and who will be kindly remembered by many A. & M. men. Major Besse is aide- de-camp to General Ford of the Sixth Corps Area, commanding the Second U. S. Army and is lo- cated in the new Post-Office Build- ing in Chicago. C. B. Floyd, ’32, who is with the Atlantic Pipe Line Company, is moving his family to 303) Har- rison, Longview, Texas. He expects to be on the move quite a bit of the time in the future. Floyd re- ports, however, that it takes up most of his spare time keeping up with his twins who are several months old. Fish GoTo Air For 19-7 Win In First Game Featuring a sharp aerial attack, Hub McQuillan’s 1939 Aggie Fresh- man team chalked up a 19-7 vic- tory over Allen Academy in its first game played at Forrest Field, Bryan, on the night of Oct. 10. The Fish were clearly the superior team, fumbles and other miscues tending to hold down their score. Coaches McQuillan, DeWare and Jones substituted liberally, some forty five youngsters seeing ser- vice. Jerry Templeton, 177 pound pass- ing star from Hillsboro, proved the evenings brightest star. He twice passed for touchdowns and turned in a neat job of kicking as well. Tom Pickett, 175, Temple, and Wil- lie Zapalac, 200, Bellville, likewise starred for the Freshmen. Lloyd Ferrell, 175, Sinton and Leonard Beard, 170, Wilmer, snagged Tem- pleton’s touchdown heaves. Pickett drove over for the other tally on four straight drives off tackle after Zapalac blocked an Allen punt and recovered on the Allen eleven yard line. The Freshman line, aided by some great line-backing from Zap- alac, completely smothered the Al- len attack. The Freshmen rang up 14 first downs to their opponents’ one, gained 153 yards rushing and 185 yards on passes. The Fish com- pleted 14 out of 38 passes and their average would have been bet- ter had receivers held on to several perfect tosses. Most of the pitch- ing was done by Templeton, Pick- ett and Woodrow Bando, 165, Beau- mont. Arky Tyndall scored Allen's touchdown by intercepting a fresh- man pass tossed by Bando. Jack Swank, 200, Highland Park, Dallas, Bob Tullis, 210, North Side, Fort Worth, and Jim Brewer, 198, Bryan, starred at the tackles. Voss, 180, end who hails from Sweet- water, looked like the best of the Fish ends. : Next Freshman encounter will be against the Rice Owl Slimes in November. Allen Fish 21 ITY 1 La a L- S Voss L. E. POSSEY ...cdcccousissanbenginnsintenaszste Tullis Te Se SOT Thompson L. G. Walker sur Sd... ow i McBride C. Myres. ot. an Miller R. G. MOORE" ifr cree doi Swank B.T. Nebletl on ag rr i Smith BR. E JONICE Ren Pickett Q. B. McQueen (C) .....cconnnee. McAshan LH Martin, 15 rl Bn Webster RH. Odo... ee rissa inacommomine Zapalac PF. B. Substitutes: Fish—J. Wilson, Duncan, Bando, Beard, Benbow, Ferrell, Knight, Boyd, Drake, Hubble, Rankin, Wof- ford, Jones, Crown, Ogdee, Irwin, Cole, A. F. Johnson, Templeton, C. Miller, Joy, Kraras, Mitchell, Bu- cek, Brewer, Montfort, Mulhollan, Hagelstein, H. Hall, W. Hall, Hes- ter, Ray, Schaefer, Schappe, Sharp and Terrell. Allen Fish EMR, Pirst downs ............--- 14 UD iii Yds. gained rushing ...... 153 Dis Yds. gained passing ...... 185 Tof 16...... Passes comp. ....14 of 38 ~ O Passes intercepted by ...... i bE Punting average ....... 44.2 American Legion Commander Will Dedicate House Ray Kelly, National Commander of the American Legion, will de- dicate the new American Legion project house on October 28, it was announced today. Commander Kelly will fly from his home in Detroit to Austin where he will be met by Fred Young, State Adju- tant of the Texas American Le- gion. Mr. Young will accompany Commander Kelly to College Sta- tion for the ceremonies. Ernest S. Goens, past Depart- mental Commander of Texas will preside as Chairman of the Dedi- cation Committee, and Colonel J. A. Rossiter of Houston, chairman of the planning committee that worked out plans for the project house, will also participate. Dedication by so important an individual as the National Com- mander lends a colorful air to the project house and speaks well for those that have had a hand in bringing it about. Warren A. Grasso, ’38, has been appointed as research graduate as- sistant at the University of Illi- nois, where his address will be 807 West Nevada Street, Urbana, Ill- inois. R. W. “Bubba” Franks, ’30, has moved back to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he is State Industrial Hygiene Engineer, for the Utah State Board of Health. His res- idence address is 47 East 4th North, just across the street from the Capitol. Franks was formerly lo- cated at Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was with the Arkansas State Health Board. Carl Giesen, ’35, is with the Bor- den Company at Dallas and gets mail at 3911 Holland. 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