a
b
b’>
Ags Leave for Dallas Fri
Aggie Running Attack Given Emphasis In
Workouts This Week; Blocking Looks Good
The brilliant running game that
characterized the Aggie win over
Arkansas last Saturday is expected
to be the main. Cadet weapon
against the SMU Mustangs this
weekend. Statistics, as compiled by
the A&M publicity department,
point out that the Ponies, next to
the Arkansas Razorbacks, sport the
weakest defense against ground at
tacks and it is certain that Coach
Homer Norton will have that
weakness felt out.
All week long, besides spending
much time for pass defense, the
Ags have been pounding that fresh
man or “C” team line with re
newed ferocity. They’ve been hit-
tin ’em right and left, inside and
around end, through guard and
tackle with successful results. Now
and then a pass would filter
through, but on most occasions, all
you’d see is either Leo Daniels or
Barney Welch knifing through
tackle or Jake Webster, Otto Payne
and Eld Dusek smashing the center
of the line.
Norton, in the past few weeks
has developed a varied running
game, which centered around
Lightnin’ Leo Daniels and fast-
moving Barney Welch, and has the
Orient
^orso torturers
T^VON’T wear shorts
-L' that make your tor
so jitterbug. Do wear
Arrow Shorts — they
have no seam to catch
you in the crotch, they
have plenty of room,
and they’re guaranteed
never to shrink. Come
in and get some today!
75c, up.
TIT
. \mJ
CLOCtU£&ft
College and Bryan
railbirds whispering. That ground
attack first came to attention
against TCU, which, although not
moving past the Frog 40 yard line,
did pick up chunks of yardage.
Against Baylor, the Aggie runs
gobbled up 116 yards from the line
of scrimmage and that’s nothing
to be sneezed at.
Much of this success of the
ground game is due to the excel
lent blocking by the stout-hearted
Cadet forward wall. They’ve been
opening holes wide enough to let
the proverbial truck through and
don’t think the ball carriers don’t
take advantage of those blocks.
Both Welch and Daniels can pick
their hole as good as the best of
’em and they’ve been proving that
in practice.
Henry Foldberg, the newly ac
quired Aggie tackle, is continuing
to please Coaches Norton and Bill
James with his excellent blocking.
It may be remembered that many
holes were opened on that right
side of the line against Arkansas
and much of the credit belongs to
Hank.
Another cheerful note arising in
the scrimmage sessions has been
the sudden vicious blocking of Bill
Sibley, the Aggie center. He did
not start against Arkansas and
that seemingly has Sibley hustling
and fighting for all he’s got. Dub,
never a shakes as a blocker, has
been looking great in that respect
during the past week.
Of course, Coach Norton isn’t by
passing the Cadet aerial game—
no, not at all, but he is injecting
a varied attack whereby opponents
won’t know what’s coming next.
The Ags have been slightly weak
at their running game but always
have looked good tossing that pig
skin. So this week, Coach Norton
plans to perfect that running game
to go together with the aerial at
tack, thus balancing the Aggie of
fensive! And so far everything is
going according to plan.
SPORTS SQUIBS FROM HERE
AND THERE; HENDERSON TO
MARRY NOVEMBER NOV 20
. . . Bill (Jitterbug)) Henderson,
the brilliant Aggie end, is going to
say “I do” to pretty Evelyn Gray
of Hearne, Friday, November 20,
according to an announcement made
by the bride-to-be’s parents . . .
the whole football team will act as
groomsmen for the affair . . . this
marks the sixth Aggie gridster
who’s taken that step .... De
ciding upon starting lineups is a
difficult job for coaches especially
Coach Jimmy Stewart of the SMU
Mustangs who has had three play
ers star at one position . . . Such
a problem faced Stewart in the
Texas game when he had to choose
either Wayne (Red) Shaw and
BOYS, BRING YOUR UNIFORMS TO
US FOR YOUR PATCHES
Blouses Made Reg. for Only 90c
LAUTERSTEIN’S
LET’S BEAT S. M. U.
AGGIES
FRANKLIN'S
Airport Road
Mustangs Expected
To Rely Mainly On
Tricky Aerial Game
In preparation for the coming
tilt with the Rice Slimes on Kyle
Field Thursday, November 12, the
Texas Aggie freshman football
team has settled down to sessions
of hard work involving long hours
of practice and concentration. The
Fish are on their practice field
every day and may be seen running
through plays long after the var
sity has quit for the day.
Fuel “Poppa” Wesson, former
Aggie lineman, is the line coach
of the Fish team and has been
working the freshman forward wall
in an effort to iron out all of the
kinks.
The Fish team was scheduled to
meet a team made up of men from
an Armored Division unit of Camp
Hood, Kileen, Texas in a practice
tilt this afternoon on Kyle Field
but the game has been called off
because of the rain which beat
the field to a soggy mass of turf.
A number of the Fish have
shown up especialy good in prev
ious games and practice sessions.
These men are the spearhead of
the team and are expected to add
much strength to next season’s
varsity team.
Buryi Baty of Paris has been
passing opposing teams dizzy
throughout the year and he’s doing
it in practice. He tosses the ball
with much skill and his rifle-like
tosses can be counted on for big
gains. Another flashy back is Gus
White, the Lamesa lad who is
also a mean polo player. White has
shown ability as a consistant
ground-gainer.
George Strohmeyer, McAllen,
Roland Phillips, Pampa, and Hans
Neuman, Port Arthur, have been
playing a bang-up game in the
Fish line. Strohmeyer is a guard
while the latter holds down a tack
le position. The punting chores are
being handled, for the most part,
by Ernest Genther of Dallas who
drops back from his end position
to handle the booting. His pass
receiving is extremely favorable.
or Abel Gonzales, ace Mustang
tosser . . . the preceding week
against Corpus Christi, Shaw had
sparked the Mustangs to their first
touchdown, Ceilings threw the pass
that accounted for the second and
Gonzales streaked for 52 yards for
the third touchdown . . . Oh, well,
all got to play against the Steers
and quite a bit. . . When the Ponies
and Aggies clash in Dallas Satur
day, the Mustangs will be seeking
to even their all-time record with
the Cadets, who have won 11, lost
10 and tied 3 since the teams first
met in 1916 . . . Bill Redus, hard
hitting wingman for that Aggie
“C” squad, was the center of a big
discussion during a scrimmage ses
sion between the latter and the
varsity team . . . three men had
tried to block Redus out of the
play but on each occasion, the
wily Amarillo end shook off his
blockers and made the tackle . . •
on the play following, it required
two men finally to carry Redus
out of the play . . . the boy is only
a sophomore now but is being
groomed for lots of end play in
his other two years of eligibility
(See KYLE FIELD. Page 4)
Mustang Star
Capacity
Crowd Slated
For Tilt Sat
Aggies and Dallas
Fans Are All Excited
AboutComing Fracas
Season records notwithstanding,
a capacity crowd probably will
watch the S. M. U. Mustangs and
the Texas Aggies clash in their
homecoming game in Dallas Sat
urday, Nov. 7.
Although the conference champ
ionship will not depend upon the
outcome of the game, fans are as
sured of seeing a contest between
two offensively-minded teams that
will be battling until the final whis
tle.
Two years ago when the Ponies
and Aggies met at Ownby Oval,
John Kimbrough and company de
feated the Mustangs by two touch
downs but the two elevens finally
tied for the Southwest Conference
Championship as Jack Grain, Pete
Layden, and company triumphed
over the Cadets on Thanksgiving
Day.
Only a few players who partici
pated in that memorial game of
two years ago will be battling
on the field this year, but Co-cap
tains Kelly Simpson, Clarence
Booth, and Orville Johnson are
among the number. Booth started
the Aggie gam£ of two years ago
as a tackle.
To most of the Mustang players,
a victory over the Aggies is more
desirable than over any other
Southwest Conference eleven, pri
marily for the reason that the
Ponies have not triumphed over
the Farmers since 1938 when Joe
Pasqua, now a star with the Cleve
land professional Rams, kicked a
field goal in the last few minutes
of play for a 10-to-7 decision.
The university rolls show that
Charles Hisao Yoshii was graduat
ed in 1934. He went to Japan short
ly thereafter and enrolled in the
Tokyo Imperial university as a
graduate students. After months of
diligent study, he was sufficiently
steeped in Japanese nationlism to
be declared a “success” as a radio
announcer.
Williamson Picks Baylor And
SMU in Surprises for Saturday
By Paul B. Williamson
One of the most interesting
games of the week will take place
in Austin when the Texas univer
sity Longhorns play host to the
giant-killing Baylor Bears Satur
day. Last year the Bears spoiled
one of the greatest records in foot
ball history as they tied the Long
horns 7-7 at Waco. Texas is rated
at 93.1 and Baylor at 93.8. On this
slim margin the System inclines
toward Baylor again this year.
In another Southwest Confer
ence game the System picks the
Southern Methodist Mustangs in a
close victory over the Texas Aggies
of College Station.
The two most famous service
teams, Army and Navy, meet two
strong teams in the East. Army
meets Notre Dame at New York
and Navy takes on Pennsylvania
at Philadelphia. If the service
teams rise to heights there could
be upsets here but we ride with
the ratings to pick Penn and Notre
Dame.
Indiana will journey to Minneap
olis as very much the under dog
against Minnesota. Remember the
System warned that Illinois might
upset Minnesota. Take Minnesota
here, but don’t be surprised at an
upset.
In the Far West a battle royal
will be Colorado over Utah for the
possible championship of the
Rockies.
(See Williamson Picks, page 4)
Fish W ork Hard for Rice
Parctice Game
With Camp Hood
Today Is Called Off
Hampered by the heavy rains
which have deluged College Station
for the past few days, the Texas
Aggie football team is struggling
desperately to ready itself for its
battle Saturday with the power
ful Mustangs of S. M. U. The team
will leave College Station Friday
morning for Dallas, and Coach Nor
ton expects to take a squad of 34
on the trip. Much emphasis has
been placed on pass defense in the
drills this week, for the Ponies are
expected to rely mainly on their
passing attack to stop the Aggies.
Sparkplug of the tricky Pony
aerial game is Howard “Red” Maley
180 pound junior from Dallas. In
addition to being a fine passer,
Maley is also a running back to
be reckoned with. Although handi-
caped by injuries the past few
weeks, he is expected to be ready
to go against the Aggies. Close
on Malay’s heels, and pressing him
hard is Wayne “Bo” Campbell,
198 pound senior from Mt. Vernon.
Campbell is big and fast and a
fine punter, and in addition is one
of the best place kickers in the con
ference. He will be remembered as
a boy who kicked the field goal
against the Aggies last year to
put the Ponies into the lead in that
ball game.
At tailback for the Mustangs,
and another potent passer is sopho
more Wayne “Red” Shaw, 170
pounder from Athens. Shaw is a
real triple threater, for in addition
to his passing, which incidentally
he does from the port side, he is
an excellent runner and punter.
Backing up Shaw is Abel “Frito”
Gonzales, 155 pound junior from
San Antonio. Gonzales is fast and
shifty, and last week was the
big gun in the aerial assault which
the Ponies threw at the Longhorns.
Standouts in the Pony line, which
is one of the strongest forward
walls in the conference are num
erous. Perhaps the best lineman
the Mustangs have, Orville “Bull”
Johnson is suffering from a knee
injury, and will be unable to play
Saturday. But the Ponies have
several more linemen who are
plenty good. Clarence Booth, sen
ior tackle is expected to give the
Aggies plenty of trouble. And
Kelley Simpson, senior from Dallas
is expected to be in the thick of the
fight for all-conference end this
year.
The Mustangs will probably turn
out to be the most powerful team
the Aggies have faced this season,
and Coach Norton and his assist
ants are losing plenty of sleep fig
uring out ways to halt the Ponies.
The game should be one of the most
closely contested battle that the
fans of the Southwest will be privil
eged to witness this season.
A&M Consolidated
Tigers Battle Bedias
Coach Harold Cowley’s A. & M.
Consolated Tigers, undefeated in
its district games, will fight it
out for the league championship
when they tackle the strong Bedias
Friday night.
Led by the brilliant broken field
running and passing of Jimmy
Cushion and some smashing line
bucking by Mabry Cain, the Tigers
have shown a versatile attack all
year and are expected to give their
best performance Friday. Cushion
has been pitching touchdown passes
with remarkable accuracy. His fav
orite pass receiver has been Mike
Randghoffer, who’s snagged a num
ber of payoff tosses.
Cowley and his squad plan to
leave Friday for Bedias where they
will await the impending clash.
NEEDED
Number of Advanced Engineering
Books at 55% Off
Also
Slide Rules, Drawing Instruments and
Lamps
LOUPOT'S Trading Post
North Gate
BATTALIONil—
Thursday Morning-, Nov. 5, 1942
Page 3
HIGHLITES*
bL/s-Ttlike 77/ann
Class B basketball stars are
still burning up the hardwoods in
DeWare Field House and new out
standing players are coming to
„ the front daily.
IJ. W. Hawkins
'earned highpoint
jspot with 11
’ points and was
■ followed by W.
W. Low with nine
points as their
outfit, E Replace
ment Center, de
feated 3rd Head-
Mik. Mann quarters Field
Artillery by a score of 31-23.
H. B. Wasserman and J. P. Daw-
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Class A
K Infantry, handball.
L Infantry, handball.
I Field Artillery, tennis.
Class B
D Cavalry, football.
son continued their scoring streaks
as 3rd Corps Headquarters beat E
Signal Corps with a 23-16 score.
The two accounted for all of the
Corps Headquarters team score;
Wassermann making 15 points
while Dawson scored eight.
Perry of E Infantry made 11
points as his team defeated D Sig
nal Corps 18-11 A Replacement
Center smothered C Field Artil
lery 33-9 as Franks starred for
the victors with a high score of
12 points.
G Field Artillery went down be
fore the onslaughts of Machine
Gun Cavalry in a Class A basket
ball match by a score of 30-5.
Rouprich of the Cavalry team hit
the basket with uncanny skill and
accounted for 20 points of the vic
tors’ score. Yerkes, scoring 12
points, led the 2nd Corps Head
quarters team to a 22-11 win over
the A Ordnance squad.
D Field Artillery received a hu
miliating defeat in another Class
A basketball match at the hands
of G Coast Artillery as Goodwin
paced the Coast squad with 23
points. The score was 45-2. Head
quarters Cavalry, sparked by M.
Eilenberg who tallied eight points,
staged a last minute spurt to nose
out F Field Artillery by a score
of 13-10.
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology and University of Minn<
sota are said to be the leading
schools in number of physicists ; n
engaged in war work.
Sophomores - Fish - Frogs
GET YOUR BLOUSES READY FOR
THE S.M.U. GAME
Campus Cleaners
Over the Exchange Store
OUT-BRITISHING
THE BRITISH
A thick-skinned All-Ameri
can Brogue that's making
shoe history. Plump, soft-
grained tops and extra-lift
soles. Bulky . . . but one of
the most comfortable shoes
you’ve set foot in.
FREEMAN
$5.00 and $5.50
SHOES
$6.00
ON TO S.M.U. IN FREEMANS
fpOPHUR PWC» CAM ttOIHUM'
v T IOR HIMNO ^