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By Zipp Newaian. Shorts Btfitor. The
Nev»-Are* Herald
The acourre of Southwestern football has been taken into the fold.
Arkansas, Rice, SMU, Texas Christian 'tJaiversity and the Univer
sity of Texas will not have so much explainlaffj to do is the future.
The Bir Bad Wolf, alias Homer Norton, jis under a three year
contract at Texas A and 1(. Defeat from his Texas A*the* will not
cause the headaches those Centenary beatinrs of Norton’s crafty and
speedy elevens fave Southwestern Conference members from 1926
threurh 1933.
Norton has belonged in the Southwestern Conference for some
time. He made many efforts to f*t his little fjbtanai j admitted to
membership. The Southwestern Conference would not admit the Gen
tlemen. It would have been far leas embarrassing had they taken
Centenary in. Then the long, impressive list of victories Centenary
scored at their expense would not be so hard to explain.
Norton moves into the Southwestern Conference with a record of
having defested-every member of the Conference more times than he
lost. And this is a most brilliant coaching achievement to have to one's
credit with a school that had an enrollment of SO students, including the
hivh school department, when Homer joined hp and less than 5O0
students when he laft. >. j
Birmingham can feel proud of the new Texas A 4 M coach. He
is home folks here. Rev. J. W. Norton, a Methodist miaistar, enrolled
Homer in Birmingham-Southern in 1913. Homer learned his footbsll,
basket ball, and baseball under Charlie Brown« a former Vandrrbilt
All-round star. Homer came out of Birmingham Southern with 12
letters and a trophy for the moat outstanding athlete on Sunshine
Slopes. He was voted one of the outstanding ends of the South.
Homer aspired to play professional baseball. Carleton Molesworth
gave him a tryout with the Barons in 1917. Moley turned him over to
Charlie Carroll, a former Baronial utility star, at Greensboro. Homer
went from the Piedmont League to the Florida State League where
he played two years of professional ball He was sold to the Columbus |
club of the American Association, but did not report. Instead he went
to Centenary as athletic director.
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Shreveport becaaie football conscious in 1921. Homer Norton was
asked to hire aa outstanding grid lamiaary to coach the Centenary
eleven. Bo McMillan, the toast of football fans throuirhout the land,
was given a three-year contract. Homer, hi addition to Ids duties as
athletic director, became Bo’s line coach.
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Bo McMillan left Centenary in 1925 for Geneva College, taking
with him the gigantic Carl Hubbard. Homer refused the head football
coach asigmnent and Earl Davis succeeded Bo McMillan.
Centenary insisted on Homer Norton becoming head football
coach aa well as athletic director in 1926. A year later Homer began
to attract attention at Centenary, producing an undefeated and un
tied eleven. The Gentlemen continued to bask ip the football limelight,
losing one game by one point to Texas A A M la 1930.
The Gentlemen started their record of 14 ooasecutive games with-
* out being scored upon late in the campaign of 1931. And it was not
until Mississippi Univeraity scored upon the Gentlemen in the next to
their last game of the past season that the record was broken. Only
three touchdowns were scored oa Centenary in Arkansas scored
the fourth touchdown on New Year’s Day at Pkylpi :
Norton leaves Centenary with one of the most impressive records
in football. In the last 21 games the Gentlemen have played, they were
not defeated. And Centenary met all of the tough elevens in the
Southwest Conference and two Bif Jones coached elevens at Louisiana
SUte.
AGGIE TUMBLING TEAM
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FINE RECORDS FOR
CORPS AREA MATCH
Huffaker Comes Within One
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Shooting 198 Ont of a Pos
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Here is the Texas Aggie Tumbl
ing team that entertains faithfully
between halves of the home bas
ketball games.
Members are from left to right:
First rew: L. P. L’Hommedieu,
Port Arthur; Roy Huffaker, San
Antonio; G. C. Valek, Ennis; G.
W. Cox, San Antonio; H. M. Mc-
Grady, Abilene. Sscmd Raw: King
Ramsey. Jr., Houston; F. A. Cusi,
Mexico CHgr, Mex.;. F. J. Silvey.
San Antonio; J. A. Jeffries, Ft.
Worth. Third Row: R. E. Porter,
(Captain), San Antonio; George
Nickerson, San Antonio. Tap: R.
N. Conolly, Corpus Christi.
All meml
fired the fil
Eighth Cor]
an average <
ra of the team have
I three stages at the
i Medal Match with
196 oat of a possible
Taxaa Exposition and Live Stack p f p||i > 0^
Show at Houston next Thursday aa
a further preparatory measure,
according to Profaasor C. N. Shop*
ardson, bead of the dairy husban
dry department.
members who are to
repreeont the college at the Ft.
Worth stock show hare not yet been
chosen, the squad now making the
practice trips is composed of the
following students: W. B. Allen.
Hall; J. C. Probe, Quero; W. G.
McCubbin, Valley View; C. U Me
rxfe Gagers
End College Cage
• Careers Saturday
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Three Texas Aggie basketball
players, Joa Merits, Captain, Bry
an; Earl Shepherd. Port Arthur;
and Ray Murray, Mercedes, will
wind up their collegiate cage ca
reer this week as tho Aggiea play
the last games of the 1934 season.
Merka, star center who made 20
points Satwday against Baylor, is
200. Should the remaining mem
bers of the team who fire froai the
standing position hold up the av
erage, the More for this years
team will be even higher than that
of last yea Fa team which had a
Score of 1965 out of a possible 2000.
As a result of this week’s fir
ing. Roy Hsffiker, San Antonio,
came within one point of the col
lege record established by George
Rhine of last year’s rifle team.
Huffaker shot 198 out of a possible
200. P. E. Otts. Dallas, turned in
one of the finest performances of
the yaar by firing feom the stand-
position 19 out of a possible
Iver, Madisonville; N. A. Neil, th* only regular of these three on
Moody; E. M. Neil. Yoekum; W. T. the team, the other taro being
Moon, Holland; and L. D. Smith.
Bryan. Ajnong other schools which
will probably participate in the
atock show at Ft. Worth are Texa*
Tech., L 8 U, Southwestern Louis
ana Institute, Oklahoma A and M,
and New Mexico A and M.
only squad men. He will probably
receive mentions and be placed oa
many All-Conference cage selec
tions at the end of'the season. Be
fore being elected Captain of the
team for this year, Merka had
earned two letters.
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’Carl Hubbard, an offensive end and defensible tackle, is the great
est football player 1 ever saw,*' declared Hosier la discussing some of
the outstsiaiing Centenary stars. “Hubbard, after nine years af pro
feasional football, is still the finest player is the game today. He
weighs 2S6 pounds and is aa fast aa a halfback. Grant land Rice picked
him on his all-time all-American professional team.”
Freshman Gagers
Trounce Academy
Ramblers 37-28
Freshmen Split Season With
Aden Team With Two Vic
tories and Two Defeats.
Sixty Varsity Prospects Sent |
Invitations For Spring Practice
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Eight Prospect* Unable To
Attend Spring Practice Be-
\ cause of Track Work.
More than sixty football hope
fuls, veterans from the past Fall’s
squad, freshman numeral men and
selected intramural players, will
open the Texas Aggies’ Spring
football practice period here Fri
day, March 2. Eqaipment will be
diewn out Thursday afternoon in
order that no time may be lost in
beginning work Friday. The Spring
practice will last for thirty conse
cutive daya under Southwest Con
ference rules.
Homer H. Norton, recently sp
linted heau of the department of
physical education and head coach
at the college, will be in charge
of the practice. He will be assist
ed by Cal Hubbard, former All-
American professional tackle and
now Aggie line mentor.
A number of players who will
be candidates for the team next
Fall, will not participate in Spring
practice because of interest in eith
er baseball or track. Among these
am: Bob Connelley, Bill Couser,
Jack Stringfsilow, lettermen; and
Wilbert Randow, Bprcy Reid, Leo
Witkowski, Louis Kacsmarek and
F. J. Richter.
The candidates invited out for
Spring practcke, divided aa to po
sition and experience, include the
following:
J. E. (Pete)
j- Austin. Squadmen:
Clifford’thOrne*. Fluvanna; Max
Tohlme, Fort Worth; Taylor Wil
kins, Franklin; Charlie Rollins,
Gulfport, Mias. First year varsity:
Dill Cola, Corsicana; Pate Dowling,
Houston; Burt Hull, Houston; Bill
Stages, Waco; Marria Westbrook,
Corsicana; R. L. Gragg, Plain view.
tlrtaan:
Tackles—Lsttermen: Wharton
Jordan, Port Worth; J. H. Merka.
Bryan; Charlie Ullrick Hallets-
vilk. Squadmen: Otis Cow kart.
Rock Springs; John. WMtfWd,
Itasca; Carter Speed. Corsicana.
First year varsity: C. R. Barber,
Abilene; G. J. Clark, Breckanridfe;
Mack Coy, Seymour;- Don Hum
phries, Corsicana; Selmer Kirby,
Kingston; Zack Lents, Red Rock;
E. T. Hood. Groesbeck; J. H. Z.ch.
Needville; A. B. Murphy, Beau
mont.
Guards—Lettermen: Odell Con
oley, Amarillo; John Crow, Mil
ford; Grady Godwin, Lometa; Jbe
Golasinaki, Houston; Stapp Max
11, Leonard. Sqhadmen: Marion
Crow, Milford; Pat Robertson,
Austin; Nick Willis, San Antonio
First yaar varsity: Jack Burk.
Port Arthur; Leslie Cummings,
Bryan; Moise Eatham, Beaumont;
Harden McGrady, Abilene; J. A.
Nelson, Orange; Gerden White,
Port Arthur; Jehn Alien, Mart.
Centers--Lettermen: Jack Reach
Decatur; Stanfield Stach, Camer
on. First year uersity: Charlie De-
Ware, Jr., Braaham; Joe Wessea-
lorf, Richmond.
Barks—Lettefman: Odell Fow
ler. Fort Worth; John Gregor*,
Tyler; Bill Kimbrough. Haskell.
Squadmen: Leonard Brown, Cle
burne; Paul Callahan, Dallas; Ski
Martin, Gilmer; Nash Thompson,
Fort Worth. First year varsity:
Joa Aycock, FanmanviUs; Bill
Baas, McKinnaft Allen Goldsmith.
Port Arthur; Pbschal Martin. Gil-
aser; Frank Marks. 1 Bryan; Rc«
Newsome, Fort Worth; Don Pit-
rur, Denton; J. B. Ramsey, Me-
Kinney; Robert Smith, Beevflle;
M. C. Thompson, Dallas; J. E Wil
son, McKinney; Frad Wright, Red
Rock.
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Coming to life in the last half
of the fourth quarter, after trail
ing the greater part of the first
three quarters, the Aggie fish
took the final game from Coach
Puny Wilson’s Alien Academy
Ramblers 37 to 28 at Memorial
Gymnasium Monday afternoon to
even the season series at two gam
es each.
The score was tied at the begin
ning of the fourth quarter with 20
points each. The first part of this
quarter neither team could hold an
advantage until Jones got “hot”
and score 7 points before the Ram
blers could call time out. After Is
abel made a neat basket from to
15 foot line. Pete Dowling looped
a field goal and Lee made two field
baskets to put the game on ice.
The fish scored 17 points the last
period.
The Cadets took a 6 to 3 lead at
the beginning of the game, but
were unable to hold it when
Allen was clicking at its best. The
Ramblers were leading 15 to 10 at
the half.
Craddock, Allen sharpabooter,
was high point man with a total
of 12 points after sinking 4 field
baskets and making 4 free shots in
as many tries. Jones was high scor
er for the fish with 11. Nine of
Jones’ total scores were made in
the last quarter. Dowling and Lae,
two of the most consistent i
on Coach “Bull” Marcum’s squad
this season, showed up well after
a slow start.
The fish will end the seal
Wednesday, February 28, at Me
morial gymnasium with the West
End Baptist team of Houston.
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1.000,000-VOLT X-RAT
INSTALLED BY U. OF C.
SAN FRANCISCO.—The new
L000,000-voIt X-ray therapy ma
thine, which is being built by the
University of California Hospital
for the treataaent of cancer, will
** completed next month, it was
this weak.
Aggie Fencers To
Meet University
Foilers
First Lieutenant Reieraon, coach
of the rife team, states that the
km has the beat chances to win
the Eighth Tcorpn Area Medal
Match and that the team has bean
doing a double role this weak by
firing mate has with New Mexico
A and M, Colorado School of Min
as, Oklahoma A and M, and a
tral other schools in Colorado and
Oklahoma.
Next week the team will begin
the Hearst Trophy Match which
must be finished by April 3.
The date for the first outside
fencing competition of the Texas
Aggie Fencing team has been
changed from Saturday March S to
Friday afternoon March 1 The
matches, to be fought against the
Univeraity at Texas fencing team,
will begin at 4:30 in Memorial
gymnasium.
Dairy JudKin^ Team
Prepares for Stock
Show in Fort Worth
As a means at preparing for the
International Collagiate Dairy Cat
tle. Judging Contest to be held at
Ft. Worth on March 12, the junior
judging team has just completed
aa inspection trip to San Antonie,
in which the members visited a
number of the landing dairies. This
asms group irll attend the Seuth
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