Freshman Team Faces
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Big Job Replacing Grads
Charlie DeWare spent most of
his time this past week lining up
the freshman football players who
registered Wednesday and who
have already reported to Coach
Hub McQuillan and histwo assist
ants, Charlie and Dr. Virgil Jones.
Nine men from the starting Ag
gie varsity will be graduated in
June 1941 and many of the reserv
es on the varsity will follow the
same route. This will leave many
places on next year’s varsity to be
filled from this present group of
freshmen and they make a wel
comed sight to Coach Homer Nor
ton.
Such boys as John Kimbrough,
Ernie Pannell, Marshall Robnett,
James Thomason, Tommie Vaughn,
Marion Pugh and Marland Jeffrey
will have to be replaced. From this
freshman team there are many
backs and linemen who scale better
than 200 pounds and stand well
over six feet tall.
The freshman backs include: Wil
liam Andrews, Amarillo; William
Barry, El Paso; Earl Bemus, Hous
ton; Tom Carlile, Temple; Warren
Clifton, Sulphur Springs; Harvey
Crittenden, Forney; Leo Daniels,
Bryan; Richard DeArment, Besse
mer, Po.; Eugene Ellwood, Lock
hart; Ronald Featherstone, Hous
ton.
Ellis Hollis, Fort Worth; Landon
Irwin, Dallas; Robert Jackson,
Houston; Duane Martin, Donna;
Bert Richey, Dallas; Lincoln Ro
man, Houston; Warren Simpson,
Hugo, Okla.; James Skelton, Hous
ton; David Terry, Greenville; Rob
ert Utley, Belton; Daniel Webb,
Sinton; Robert Williams, Eldorado
and Willard Woolverton, El Paso.
The linemen are: Albert Aikman,
Fort Worth; Britton Bell, Houston;
William Boles, Forney; Truman
Cox, Donna; W. J. Davis, Crane;
Jamie Dawson, Crockett; Charles
Edmondson, Mineral Wells; Wil-
■fliam Gillilland, Raymondville; Ber
ry Hickman, Dallas; Burgess Hick
man, Cleburne; Richard Hill, Ama
rillo; William Hodge, Somerville;
Gordon Hurd, Brady; Ben John
son, Perryton; W. R. Johnson,
Sweetwater.
Victor Kaspar, Houston; Dan
Luethy, Monahans; Marshall Ma-
gers, Gainesville; A. J. Mercer,
Temple; James Montgomery, Mo
ran; Glen Newton, Sinton; Darrel
Pedigo, McGregor; Wilbur Pet-
sick, Gustine; Floyd Puckett, Big
Lake; David Schmidt, Gregory; Ma
rion Slaughter, Houston; John
Stout, Handley; John Swain, Tem
ple; Shelton Wagner, Yoakum;
Earl Whitworth, Bastrop.; and Rus
sel Wilkins, Odessa.
These Aggie freshmen will play
three games this season in addi
tion to scrimmaging the varsity
regularly. Their first fray will be
against Allen Academy in Bryan
October 14 under the lights. The
other two games will be against
the Rice Institute freshmen at Col-
legt Station and the University of
Texas freshmen at Austin.
University of Texas scholastic
figures show that high school stu
dents in the top 25 per cent of
their class passed 88 per cent of
their freshman work while groups
in the lowest 25 per cent of their
high school work passed only 32
per cent of their beginning courses
at the University.
Chances for employment prom
ise to be better next spring than
they have been since 1930, for
men and women ready for training
for better positions, according to a
recent survey by Dr. A. H. Edger-
ton of the University of Wiscon
sin.
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Tickets To Tulsa
Game On Sale At
Athletic Office
Local followers of the Texas Ag
gie football team who intend to fol
low the team to San Antonio to
see the Cadets in action against
Tulsa University, Saturday Oct. 5,
are advised to get their tickets
now from E. W. Hooker at the
Texas A. & M. College athletic of
fice at Kyle Field without delay.
Hooker announced that all un
sold tickets in the Aggie section
will be returned to San Antonio on
Sunday, Sept. 29 and that they will
then be offered to the general pub
lic. He said that he has several
desirable seats left but that they
are moving fast since the students
returned to the college. The price
for the Aggie—Golden Hurrican
game will be $2.20 tax included.
He also announced that students
desiring to purchase tickets should
get them at the Y. M. C. A. and
not at the Athletic Office. No stu
dent tickets for the game will be
sold elsewhere than at the Y. M.
C. A., he explained. These will be
on sale Monday through Friday
only.
He also advised the fans and
students to get their tickets for
the opening game with Texas A. &
I. on Saturday, Sept. 28 if they
want the more desirable seats.
There are plenty of tickets left
but he says that the turnout is ex
pected to be the largest the Aggies
ever played before in a home open
er. Price for this game will be
$1.10, tax included and the tickets
will be on sale at the same places
as for the Tulsa game—Faculty
and general public at the Athletic
Office and students at the Y. M.
C. A.
Tickets for the U. C. L. A. game
at Los Angeles, Calif., are also on
sale at the Athletic Office and cost
$2.20 tax included.
Three Grid Stars
In TCU Spotlight
During First Drills
Three boys have grabbed the
spotlight in early grid sessions at
Texas Christian University—two
sophomores and one senior.
The senior is Connie Sparks, one
time fullback and leading confer
ence scorer in 1938, now an end.
Connie has been snagging passes
all over the place in early scrim
mage sessions, and going place
with the ball after he got posses
sion.
Derrell Palmer, 230-pound soph
tackle from Albany, has Line
Coach Mike Brumbelow using his
best superlatives. “The boy is big
and strong and fast and smart.
What more can a coach ask of a
tackle?” Mike demands.
The third student trio is little
Dean Bagley, 155-pound soph from
San Saba. Bagley runs like a scar
ed rabbit and the results bring
cheers from the coaching staff, the
railbirds and even the players on
the sidelines.
The first-string eleven is shap
ing up largely as Coach Dutch
Meyer predicted before workouts
began.
Connie Sparks and Phil Roach
are at the end posts. Woodrow
Adams and Palmer supply about
450 pounds of tackle ability. Bill
Crawford and Ennis Kerlee at
guards are being hard pushed by
Ray Standley and Bobby Sherrod.
Capt. Lefty Alexander is the No.
1 center.
Kyle Gillespie, sparkplug of ’39,
and little Bagley are alternating at
quarter. Nolan Sparks and Bill
Ramsey form one combination of
halfbacks, with Gus Bierman and
Logan Ware not far behind. Frank
(“King Kong”) Kringe gets the
call at fullback.
This gives a team average of
something like 201 pounds, the line
measuring up to around 207 pounds
and the backfield 189.
The Horned Frogs play their
first two games at home, meeting
Centenary here Sept. 28, then Ark
ansas Oct. 5. Their first road trip
takes them to Chapel Hill, N. C.
where they play Coach Raymond
Wolfe’s Tarheels Oct. 12.
In the history of the Dutch col-
only of New Amsterdam, there is
mention of a yacht or a boat built
for pleasure boating named the
Ondust (Restless), which is claimed
to be the first decked vessel built
in America. While the Ondust was
spoken of as a yacht, there are
no authentic data relating to other
yachts before the beginning of the
Nineteenth century, when a 20
foot sailboat for pleasure cruising
was built for John C. Stevens prior
to 1809, and named the Diver. In
1816 Stevens built a perigua nam
ed the Trouble and his name is one
intimately connected with the de
velopment of yachting in America.
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BATTALION
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Saturday, September 21
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TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL 1940
HEAD COACH, Homer Norton (Birmingham-Southern 1916)
ASSISTANT COACHES
J. W. (Dough) Rollins (Texas A. & M. T7)
Marty Karow (Ohio State ’27)
W. N. (Bill) James (Centre ’21)
H. R. McQuillan (N. Dak. State T6)
Charles DeWare (Texas A. & M. ’37)
Dr. Virgil Jones (Texas A. & M. ’38)
Manning Smith (Centenary ’34)
Hai'ry Faulkner (Okla. Teachers T6)
Lil Dimmitt (Southwestern)
No.
Name
Home Town
Pos.
Wt.
53
Abbott, John
Corpus Christi
B
185
26
Bando, Woodrow (Butch)
Beaumont
B
160
Blessing, William (Bill)
Dallas '
E
190
37
Brewer (Jim)
Bryan
T
200
36
Browder, Harris (Mac)
Groesbeck
G
210
68
Bucek, Felix
Schulenburg
G
186
44
Bucek, Roy
Schulenberg
G
195
57
Buchanan, William (Buck)
Weatherford
E
177
49
Conatser, William (Bill)
Denison
B
175
69
Cowley, Harold
Freer
E
185
56
Dawson (Big Dog)
Crockett
E
225
Drake, Kyle (Duck)
Laredo
B
175
34
Force, Henry (Bud)
Orange
B
175
Gerner, William (Bill)
Dallas
T
190
62
Hauser, Henry (Bear Tracks)
Kerrville
T
212
55
Henderson, Bill (Jitterbug)
Houston
E
195
38
Henke, Charles (Charlie)
Kerrville
G
207
35
Henry, Pete
Lake Charles, La.
G
202
59
Herman, Odell (Butch)
Abilene
C
190
28
Jeffrey, Marland (Jeff)
Port Arthur
B
185
64
Joeris, Leonard
Abilene
T
225
40
Kimbrough, Jack
Haskell
E
200
39
Kimbrough, John (Jarrin’ Jawn)
Haskell
B
220
52
Knight, Jimmie
LaGrange
E
180
Mansfield, Robert (Bob)
San Angelo
B
195
42
Moser, Derace (Mose)
Stephen ville
B
180
66
Motley, Zolus
Abilene
G
210
72
Mulhollan, Ray (Mullins)
Belton
G
185
54
Pannell, Ernest (Ernie)
Waco
T
215
30
Pugh, Marion (Dookie)
Fort Worth
B
189
50
Rahn, Leon
Dayton
G
195
73
Rankin, Sam
Brenham
C
195
24
Reeves, John (Bubba)
San Antonio
G
173
27
Richardson, Lester (Les)
Houston
G
205
43
Robnett, Marshall Foch (Foxey)
Klondike
G
205
45
Rothe, Joe (Grandpa)
Hondo
B
180
58
Routt, Chip
Chapel Hill
T
205
65
Ruby, Martin
Waco
T
210
74
Shelton, Howard
Hillsboro
C
185
33
Sibley, William (Bill)
Abilene
C
175
29
Simmons, Elvis (Boots)
Somerville
E
204
32
Smith, Earl (Bama)
Frisco City, Ala.
B
175
25
Spivey, Marshall
Lufkin
B
175
67
Sterling, James (Jim)
Panhandle
E
190
78
Teubner, H. C.
Dallas
E
200
47
Thomason, James (Tommie)
Brownwood
B
200.
77
Thompson, Freeman (Nubby)
Texarkana
G
185
60
Vaughn, Tommie
Brownwood
C
186
48
Webster, Jackson (Jake)
Sweetwater
B
192
63
Wesson, Euel (Poppa)
Temple
T
230
70
Williams, George (Pinkie)
Eldorado
B
190
75
Williams, Maurice, (Cotton)
Marlin
E
192
76
Wilson, Jamie
Belton
E
183
46
Zapalac, Willie
Bellville
B
203
Passing Attack Worries
Moriey Jenning’s Bruins
Passing play is giving Coach
Moriey Jennings plenty of trouble
these days as the Baylor gridders
begin to bear down in daily scrim
mage drills in preparation for
their opening game with North
Texas State Teachers College in
Waco September 28.
The ground game has been well
above par in the early workouts;
but the Bears just can’t seem to
get the hang of their passing chores
and a good overhead attack is one
thing that the Bruin mentor has
to have this year if the Baylor
eleven is going to figure in the
conference grid chase.
Jennings has six boys tossing
the pigskin around in every drill,
but none of them have been able
to keep the passing plays working.
Jack Wilson, Jimmy Witt, Dwight
Parks, Bill Coleman, Homer Pitt
man and Travis Nelson have all
been working overtime in this de
partment of play to try and bolster
.the passing game, but right now
it looks like the Baylor coach may
have to send out and S. O. S. for
a dependable chunker.
The rest of the Bruin play is
coming along as well as Jennings
expected and the Bears should
have just as good defensive tactics
as they had last year. Line play
has been a feature of every scrim
mage and indications are now that
the Baptist eleven will be well for
tified at every place in the forward
wall.
Jack Russell, big sophomore end
from Cleburne has come along fast
in the drills, and seems set to open
up at one end post with Jack
Lumus and Wilson Lucas, both let-
termen, waging a tight battle for
the other place. Reserve help will
come from George Koch and Ed
Hickman.
Tackle play caused the Baylor
coach some worry at the start of
the training period but all of the
difficulties seem to be straightened
out now and Jack Anderson, Rex
Gandy, Bubo Barnett, Bernice Fitz
gerald and W. B. Godbold will all
see plenty of play at these posi
tions.
Three lettermen give the Bears
planty of power at the guard slots,
but Lewis Self, back from last
year, has moved up rapidly after
being changed back to his old post
and should be in the starting lineup
when the Bears start their ten
game schedule. Pat Mickler, Don
Haley and Jack Willis, lettermen
will alternate back and forth at the
two posts.
Robert Nelson, Baylor All-Amer
ica candidate, has the center post
well taken care of with relief work
coming from Buddy Gatewood and
Jim Callam.
It’s Time ...
... to go and get
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S.M.U. Picked By Sports Writers
As Southwest Conference Winners
The Southern Methodist
tangs have been awarded the job
of beating out the Texas Aggies
for the 1940 Southwest Conference
grid championship and the uphold
ing of the old tradition that “Cham
pions don’t repeat.”
That is the consensus of more
than two hundred Southwest news
paper sports writers and radio
sports commentators, in a survey
made by J. Willard Ridings, pub
licity director at Texas Christian
r University.
The Mustangs were picked as the
probable championship winner by
the narrowest margins, beating out
the Aggies as pre-season favorites
by only 8 per cent of the total
points.
S. M. U. received 108 votes for
first place and the Aggies 69.
Forty-eight second-place votes
went to the Methodists and 90 to
the 1939 champions. The Mustangs
received scattered votes all the way
down to last place, while no one
placed the Farmers lower than
fifth.
Baylor came up third in the pre
dictions, with Texas in the fourth
spot, only a few points behind.
Both the Bears and the Longhorns
were picked for every position,
from top to bottom.
“In fact, there are'five teams
that, before any games are played,
look to be in the running,” one
man commented.
“These five belong in two groups.
S. M. U. and A. & M. have a de
cided edge over the field. Baylor,
Texas and T. C. U. are all high-
ranking dark horses. Arkansas and
Rice don’t figure to finish in the
money.”
T. C. U., picker for fifth place
in the season’s standings, received
votes for every position but the
Mus-f-top. Arkansas, placed sixth, got no
vote higher than fourth place. The
Rice Owls, placed last, were named
sixth or seventh by most of the
men polled.
Several sports editors volunteer
ed the comment that whoever the
champion of ’40 may turn out to
be, there will be no undefeated
teams.
“It will be a cut-throat season,”
(Continued on page 6)
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