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GGIES CARRY HOPES OF STUDENTS
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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.
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“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.
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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*.*
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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-
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>iag this
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ha fe^omg
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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.
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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
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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.
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FRESHMEN FOOTBALL SQUAD TOUGH
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“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
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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 -
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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
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back proapec
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