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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1938)
m GGIES CARRY HOPES OF STUDENTS -i Conataer, is th# I T ; FUlism (Biff D«c).w«U Willis|i (Bill) probdbly the way ffuy thajl tbs Affffies bare bsen him M they check looking for to do their punting. is the tig tall There iaj a guy that can run, punt for Btyd and th* and ittftfe Conataer is a soph who i they hare stepped ! will be leard of before he leave* hell when Dawson here goes in for Boyd. “Dog" is the Henry (Felly) Dittman is a eon- another Dawapn ior lettefman and a groat guy. He Aggie great several | can hours. Ernie) Pannell, a big j Goose from Waco. He is I a sub fhr Bransom, or rather he] share* time with Bransom, because] that guy i* no one's sub. He is a hard tadklei’, and rather than think about w(ha(| he is going to do on the field, He Just goes ahead hnd does it am). K is the right thing. 9om# William (Chip) K*>utt is the big brother to All-American Joe who was the greatest man that ever played in an Aggie line. Routt is big, rough and tough. He is a com er. You can't tell about a Routt, they change froot nothing to n hot over night and "Chip” it not a nothing right now. He will play lots of ball. William (Bfll) Duncan, a past a crowd laaighing for nnatchmg end. How flar he will go, the way “Felly" is |mm no one knows. A swell guy and a swell end. Rough and tough and ready to go at any time. He is the fifth end oa the traveling . not fifth in ability. Joe (Boo-Hoo) Boyd, the blonde headed junior letterman tackle who is headed for All-Conference this year and h big guy who is going to push some of the Frogs off of the gridiron Saturday. George Bransom, senior letter- man tackle who had to play second fiddle last year is pulling the bow across the big “Bull" fiddle this year and is doing better than good Job at H. George is one of the few guys who has not picked up a nick name while at the great institution of 'higher learning. .. A. * M. to you. * * .■if “ZecT, winner of twe Aggie var shy grid fetters, is billed as No,' 1 center this year. From Mias Tech, whefe he won three letters in footh.,il he also lettered at M*4lfeLr btfHute in 1*35 and knocked dewra a fish numeral here the following year. Looked good in winter feaining and is expected to su t pss v h»s Inst year’s work. r Alternating last year with Cos- ton aa center was Eli Rushing, who started akir but came along fast a* the season progressed. From Stephenvifer High, ha la expected to play at lot ef feed bell this year. He, kid That 1 much T and grabs touchdown passes. Smit- ty h a junior and has a letter as a sophomore. Lots of locfc, Smith. Joe (io-Jo) White is another big end. He flails from Amarillo and is a big end who will be n three letter ■n*! bofore leaving the Aggies. AA- 1 'AiUr Leon Rahn is a guard and a sophomore. He came to-the Aggies from Lamar Junior College Where he fettered once in football. Leon will probably be devdoped for 19:1.* Yeah, he is a grand kid. but s* are all’«ie rest of them, William (Bill) Miller is an end who tips the beams at 190 pound* He is being gi>v.mod for the 1939 campaign. He came from Brown Wood Four lettiiw • and two tad men ahead of him is a bad ;ht, but BUI will be pushing Marling position next fall UitA Smith is a little abort weighs abotit 170 pounds pounds of lad b Just so I the big 208 pound u. i i * _# . married man who plays end. Britt H. tafcrter™* lt , ^7, ln ' h , cui . t be beat He was the guy who went up in the sir and took a pass from Todd last year agaiast Rice for a six pointed counter. We hope ha does the same Saturday. Bruno Schroeder, the (Pun) is an end who lettered at fullback a couple jor three years ago and who then lettered as an end last year, wi That guy fights the interference th until.yon thing he is fighting a dosen men, but they never get him down. He is much improved as s pass catcher this ye^r* * Alvia (Block roibriA is a senior who has t*>en on the squad two years and who is earning his fetter this year and is doing is dam swell Job of it He is one; of the few who came to the varsiy after play ing intramural ball. , , Charles Henke, a Ibig 200 pound tackle who will aae Orach service this year and more during the next two. Henke fe Just snotha*’ on, the boys who is an' All-America kid. T Jeffrey won fish football and bas ketball numerals last season, has played enough al ready this year to mark him as s valuable man. both for this year and . : others to W’ears a ge over his to protect the gold-mine in hi* mouth. HARVARD UNIVERSITY OF fers the oldest schobrship in the United States. It was established by Lady Mowlson of London, Eng land,* in 1843, according to data gathered by Miss Ells B. Rat- cliffs, of the United States office of education. Jack Kimbrough is a brother of John who fe a halfback and a cousin of the Kimbrough on the freshman team. Jack is an end who b no slouch. In high school Jack won four football and three track let ters. They tell us that he is a pretty good student of Sach Elkins h eco. i £anbl Jatdell is s big tackle from Vinton. La. He captained his High,school grid team ii 1928 and aa selected for all-state honors in <e Pelican state. Frank (Fim) Wood is a squad- man back and wHl play lots of ball fthis year. He b from San Angelo where he lettered in football and track. The pom- kid has to room with “Slick" Rog ers and “Cotton" PHe*.* " - f James Th<>ma*o»i b the sopho more blocking hark of the teim. There is t kid that ia plenty rough and can be block land kick. Hi i b the guy that A. 4M has been look ing for lor several years. Wafemon (Cott#> Price. By the way, Prise only _ sack and nil and nM 19'1 grams have been he could pass Uke* (Cottgfe) P nly weighs 178 pounds as the pro- ,1*4 U >iag this AM* ha fe^omg J. isife Henry (Bad) Forcet is s back that b being developed for 1939. The blond headed hoy tip* the beams at 178 poudj^ sack "Bud” came to Jttjl, Aggies Orange when- he espial team and received all-dis ors. John (Bubba) Reeves is not one Of the guys] Wh^. lowers mto the osone, but he is rough tnd ready. He has s neck like s bull and will see much service at gustd this ywf. Besides being a grid star, hie is sn outstanding diver. year he could pity on our coun try ball club. L Tommie, aggressive sophemor*,' b a good bet for a i varsity letter this year at center eym if he does have to share the spot with two good lettermen ( ame from Brown- wood where he won; two grid loi ters and was all-district once. Henry , Hauser, “Rear Tracks,” was all-staU at KeiTvilfe, won hb fish num<-rsl last seasan. Hell plenty big and gofel and has a chance at fettering qt center He% also a crack golfer. I I ONLY TWO PRESIDENTS OF the United States have died in the White House, although six have died in office. William Henry Har rison and Zachary Taylor died in the executive’ mansion,. the first in 1841 and the latter in 1850, t LARGE COLLECTION OF military buttons recently was sold in Ixrndon for $150,000. Hi I. .Hi : T .1 FRESHMEN FOOTBALL SQUAD TOUGH u. “Butch'" b due for lota of play ing tun,*, was a consbtant ground- gainer for the Osh squad last year. AnoUuv/Abilene product, he wpn fish numerals in football and bas ketball last year. In high school, .he captained football and basket ball teqmn , Fourt-spcrts freshman last year, Pugh has already earned the praise of mapy Aggie followed this year. E jtripla-thrcater, he will probably get in enough time to letter be<tKUse of hb ability to pound awSy at the line. f (Rock) Audish, the man *A convert- fullback and to a fetter at It b said that a guard is fillbaek with hb brains cut. The “Rock” seems to hove got tsmart instead of having hb nnt c ackl'd. He has pbyed a fine bran 1 of ^11 in hb first thro gamps. Karl 1 orky" Steffens, b rarin’ job. to get track into action. "Korky" will like!] do a little swinging on hb own (art the nett time. He b another b pk that got converted to a guard ob and b doing a? swell With almost s month’s practice under tReir belts, and sn opening victory over Alien Academy to their cr dit the fifty odd members of “Hh! ” McQuillan’s 1938 Aggn- Frcshm in squad are beginning to show pi imbe or lack of promise of future rarsity ability. In general •Km squ d falls short of the ability and pn bum of the 1927 crop, but that grSup was one of the greatest freshman teams ever to report to s confi rence school, everml indi viduals on thb fall's ^squad bid fair to wcome outstanding varsity stars 11 future years, and rail- birds n te the squad as shoot equal in poUi tblities to that of any oth er first year squad in the confer ence, w th the exception of Texas Uniwn 4y. The Longhorns really went tc( town in the way of fresh- man mi iterisl thb year. A sail Lag Head Freshman Coach cQuil in are Charles Allen De are, St, former All-Conference Center, jand Virgil Jones. ’39. who complei rd hi* eligibility last fall hnd war was an All-Conference THE B G APPLES As tw big apples in s barrel come tilths top, so have some of the fre ihman players already dem onstrat d tlesr possibilities. Run ning or the first and second teams, with n i difference being made in their al ility are the following boys by pos turn*. Best looking ends to date hi ve been "Boots” Simmons. 19$, fr m Somerville, Uel Wesson. 230. T imple, Willard Oark, 190. a back to aJ Btowel , J. R. Sterling, 188, Pam ? Joerb, 225, Abilene, *olus Motley, 210, Abilene, and Kyle McPhail, 220, all the way from Florida, com poses the balance of the best four. Thpy have the sine to play the tackle poaition, but need confidence sad aggressiveness. Guards with varsity possibilities seem to be scarce, and there will be few or no pick-ups from the fell- backs because there ain’t no fell- backs. Best of the guards are Pete Henry, 200, I.ake Charles, Roy Bucek, 193, chulenberg, who b likewise a fine hurdbr, Jude Walk er, 178, Edinburg, who b a real find if he can mid a few pounds weight, and W. f. Wilder. 178, Corpus Christi. So far, Henry aad Walker look to be the best of the lot. THE LITTLE APPLES If the linesmen are big apples, most of the backs are little ones, and “Hub" McQuillan’s search for a big blocking back or two has even extended into dormitory rooms where he beard a big freshman was living. The only real bull-back pros pect uncovered on the souad to date b Edward Robnett, 190, Klon dike, younger brother of the sopho more guard, and he’s a mighty things short lad for these passing days of football. Another surprfee package among the heavier barks has been Buford Dugger, 1H0. Kobstown, who looks like s real prospect. Fount Wade, 170, Lexington, R. W. Mans field, 190, San Angelo. Dave Mc Cracken, 175, Muneie, Ind.. and Tom Wheelus, 180, Hugo, Okla., slowed up by illness, are others who have been having a flag at the full-backing, line-backing, blocking work. Backs of the half-hack type air scare although Dugger of the above group b more of a half-back than s full-back. Chief among the half back group art Derate Moser, 181, StephenviUe, who has all the ear marks of a great prospect. He can boot that hall a mile, b fast and rugged, a fair passer and a fine defensive half-back. Cullen Rogers. 170, Mart, younger brother of var sity “Slick” Rogers, and of the old baseball pitcher Left Rogers, ’24. has also looked good on the de fense and at a half-back position Backs of the tail-back type who have shown up to date are headed by All-State Marshall Spivey, 170. Lufkin, great runner and fair Phas er and kkker. He b the son of 4 *' H" ** 1 >*.t■ i rrrH! '§■ Captain Owen (Rlick) Rogers is a senior quarterback who has bwn playing fine hall for tkree years. Last week he sverpged better than eleven yuHfei fer carry. Score us some touchdowns Saturday '‘Slick" snd then you can |p«k up the little lady on Elm street. Dick Todd, the |uy qnth enough nick-names to reach from here to yonder knows whsf to do with that ball when he gets it. rarin’ good snd thatk no - -wtHmajm William (Bull) bout what hb n| b rough snd as the hast conference last playing hb last Saturday. He b ter man A rip kid is the “1 Bull. | Marshall FochlRobnett, just an other back who Has stuck hb head [in the line and MB been called s guard. Robnett id a sophomorq who b expected to gt> a long way be fore he completes hb yeans at Aggielaad. He Eqa a kid brother^ on tbe freshman team who ip go ing to stay a buck and next year it may be Robnett running Inter ference for outstanding but as a ffeh due to Beb Hall has a good block Injuries have ly, but he’s all rid*! new. . JOHNNY HALL TALLIES handle, who is thv most vicious rusher in the group, snd Harold Cowley, 174, (Freer, the squads best, piss snatcher. That quintet to date b far ahead of any of the other «ids. Out of the group should come i k least a pair of wings who can m et with success in varsity compel tion and in conference play. In s| Ite of their tremendous bulk the toe ties have not yet shown out stondii j? ability. Best looking of let-to observer* b Martin 200, Waco, because of hb willing teas no charge and mb with hb opponents. Leonard Johnny Hall, T. C. U.’s-speedy halfback and one of the South west’s better ball-carrier*, has never scored s touchdown in college football. Several times Hall has made long goal ward dashes but has always .Wen stopped before reaching the double stripe, some times but a few inches from the goal tine. Lacy McOannahan, Frog fullback, b hoodooed by the same jinx, although he, too, b no mean leather-lugger. Both scored fre quently when high school stars. Just to give you a concrete idea of the strength of the T. C. U. line you have been Waring an, muck about look over the statistics for the Purple’s first two games, those with Centenary snd Arkansas. The combined efforts of both teams on running plays show s net result of but 108 yards gained. Shade of 1932! (the 1932 Frog.forward wall, hr case you don’t remember put six of its 7 members on the all- conference team. ' ];’ Ziggy Sears Jr., agn of the Na tional League umpire who recently officiated in the world series, has enrolled in T. C. U. for the ;fall semester. Ziggy was s freshman standout in the Alabama football camp last fall and was befog counted heavily by Coach frank Thomas of the Crimson Tide. Ziggy gave up hb amateur standing last spring to pla^ professional ba ball. Madden Spivey, ’98. and s younger brother of J. S. Spivey, ’37. Right sloag with Spivey is George “Pink ie” Williams, Eldorado, 185, Who will be s fine passes and kicker if he conquers bis mitisl nervousness Looking good but slowed up Brith injuries has been Charlie Die, 181, Brady, one of the squall fastest lads. There are many other backs on the squad of the “Rabbit’* va ried and sormf of them may come through as startqra, • Along the specialty line’s the squad looks Cery well. Spivey, Mo ser and Williams looks like ex- eellent prospects for jMssers. Mo ser, Wesson, Williams, Dugger and Spivey can all kick nicely, with the first three looking like real boot era. Spivey, Mbser. Die and several ether backs art as fast aa co- U be wanted, snd ix*th Wea~~* Mot- / Tom AbiUmq Hi fey are excellent kick-offers. — **- (Vthning tbe poswhilitfe. <>( a freshman team is about as hagird- OU* ap.aeeupstion as the sport- writer can find. Scholastic dtH- culti^s will remove some of the best Others will look like s million bucks until they hit major league competition next sprier on the var sity squad. 'Injuries will take an other toll Some of tW lads |rbo are lost m the shuffle thb fell and evea next spring will bob up next fall as real varsity prospects, and othsrs will fall by the way-side. As McReynolds, ‘22, expresses it, .on can't tell about the young sters until they start throwing curves, cutting the corners, and bearing down in hard snd serious oom|»etitio4 w ., I • But there they are, representing this year’s freshman crop, snd the lads who trill be playing for the ▲fglan oq down the road. They wer* s pleasant surprise in their opening game against Allen, and they might tarn out to be one of the beat freshman teams at ARgio- land in some time. Its safe to say that on the sqiuvd are several boys who havs tbe ability to be atoong the Conference’s future great stars, snd “HubP McQuillan and hb as sistants. DeWsre and Jone, will teach the boys a lot this faBJ I - fMI s Tu ■ l : p John b another #f the famous KimbrouA jfM*y eg’ i*sdMl players. He came to (he* Aggies I where Ht |VM iled to humeral •grid ta of drive, b back proapec him recent* PALACE THEATRE SAT. 'ET ARKANSAS TRAVELER” iiNi PREVIEW^ "h P. M. SAT. NIGHT Bdw. G. 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