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Aggies Play Silver Taps 5th Straight Year On Thanksgiving
Texas Scores In First Minute of Play
To Win 6-0 Over Courageous Cadets
Aggies Had One Touchdown Called Back
And Fail to Make Score Front 2 Yard Line
By Calvin Brumley
For the fifth straight year A. & M. lost a Thanksgiving
Day football game to Texas university last Thursday 6 to 0.
Over 40,000 fans thrilled in Memorial Stadium to the pos
sibility that the Aggies would defeat the Longhorns for the
first time in Memorial Stadium and as the game sensation
alized its way into the closing minutes every person sitting
in the stands felt that the Cadets
would cross the T. u. goal line
when they had a first down on the
2 yard line. Four tries by the
Fighting Aggies lost them 12
yards and with those 12 yards went
the heart of the team.
Striking early in the first quar
ter the Longhorns repeated the
1940 game. Texas took over in the
first minute of play on the Aggie
35 after Bobby Goff of the Aggies
kicked out from his own three. Big
Harlan Wetz put the Aggies in
. the hole with his kickoff and vic
ious tackle of Aggie All-Conference
Paul Yates on the three yard
line.
Just as everyone expected, Bob
by Layne, the Longhorn wonder-
boy from Highland Park, started
on an end run then shot one of his
passes, not to All-American Hu
bert Bechtol, but to Jimmy Wat
son which was good from the 35 to
the Aggie 9. Again Layne started
around his own right end but this
time when he couldn’t find a re
ceiver he slithered through Aggie
defenders for the only score of the
game. Little Rooster Andrews in
bis orange and white jersey scamp
ered onto the field to try his drop
kick specialty for extra point. Mon
te Moncrief, Aggie All-Conference
tackle, blocked his try.
Jimmy Cashion toook Wetz’s
kickoff on the 10 and ran it back
to the Aggie 37. Goff tossed one to
Cotton Howell, All-Conference end,
who shoveled it to Yates who drove
for 4. Goff passed to Howell for
two and then the stands were elec
trified when Goff took a pass from
Cashion and ran it over the Long
horn goal line. The touchdown was
called back because of an illegal
formation. Incidentally, although
the Aggies have been penalized
several times this year for illegal
formations that was the first time
that air illegal penalty had been
called against the end.
In the third quarter it looked
again as if the Cadets might score.
A. & M. started a drive on their
own 21 and went to the Texas 18.
Oscar White dropped a ]J>ass in the
end zone and then Layne stopped
the drive by intercepting Cashion’s
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pass on the 14 after Bechtol had
broken up a pass on the preceding
play from Cashion to White again
in the end zone.
Most heartbreaking of all was the
stand made by the Longhorns on
their two yard line. The touch
down opportunity was made by a
series of passes from Cashion to
Howell and Mann Scott which car
ried the Cadets to the Texas 13
yard marker. Stubby Mathews
made 6 and Cashion and Scott each
added two for the first down. Cash
ion called on Scott to try the cen
ter but a hole failed to open. Cash
ion sent Mathews through the
line but the Texas forwards were
still there and it was third down
with 2 still needed. Goff started
around end but lost 2. A mix up in
the Aggie backfield resulted in a
fumble and the Longhorns took
over on the 14 after Cashion re
covered.
Thereafter the Longhorns froze
the ball and the game ended with
the ball in possession, of the boys
from the' “Forty Acres” on their
own 37 yard line.
Silver Taps echoed mournfully
across Memorial Stadium as the
Aggie Corps and football team
stood at attention with tears in
their eyes, in their hearts, and
with the Salty taste of the tears
of defeat on their lips. Across the
stands and all the way around
the stadium Aggies and Aggie-
exes felt the shock of another
Thanksgiving loss. Strangely
enough there were very few cries
of “Beat Hell outa Texas in ’45”.
Coach Homer Norton summed it up
when he said, ’’We’ll be back next
year.”
A play by play description of
the Aggie defeat:
Wetz kicked off for Texas from
the south goal to Yates who took
it over his goal line and ran it
back to the three where he was
tackled by Wetz. Evans returned
Goff’s kick from the 50 to the Ag
gie 35.
Layne shot a pass to Watson
good on the Aggie 9. Layne faded
to pass then ran over for a touch
down. Moncrief blocked Andrew’s
try for point. Cashion ran Wetz’s
kickoff from the 10 back to the
37. Goff to Howell to Yates for
4. Goff to Howell for 2. Cashion
tossed to Goff on the 40 and Goff
scored but the play was called
back and Aggies penalized 5 for
illegal formation. Cashion made 5.
Texas penalized 5 for holding.
Mathews lost 3. Yates made 7 and
then failed. Evans fumbled Cash-
ion’s kick but recovered on his own
11. Layne failed. Plyler faked a
kick and ran for 39. Cashion ran
(See AGGIES, Page 4)
By S. L. “Slim” Inzer
Battalion Suorts Editor
The Jinx Still Holds
Despite all of the power the
Aggies could muster in Austin
Thursday, that old jinx of Memor
ial Stadium was just too much and
the Longhorns left the field on the
long end of a 6-0 score. It must
have been the jinx that was hin
dering the Aggies, for they could
eat up ground in mid-field, but
they could not gain two yards in
four plays in the fourth quarter.
The game was one of the most
thrilling games which has been un
reeled in the long series bewteen
the two schools, but it just wasn’t
in the books for the Aggies to
win. ’ Time and time again they
were in scoring position, but the
Texas defense was just too much
when their goal line was threaten
ed.
The Aggies have never scored on
the Longhorns in Memorial Stad
ium on a play from scrimmage. In
1938 they scored on a blocked punt
and in 1942 Barney Welch returned
a punt 76 yards for a score, but no
Aggie team has ever been able to
push a touchdown over on a play
from scrimmage.
Thursday, the Aggies missed one
of the best opportunities they have
ever had. The ball was resting on
the two yard line and the Cadets
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had four tries to cross the double
stripe, but once again the Long
horn line had what it takes to
hold.
Every man on the Cadet team
played a creditable game, and
the defeat cannot be blamed on
any single player, coach, or inci-
dent. It was just one of those
games where two evenly matched
teams battle for sixty minutes, and
one of those teams gets a break
and wins. The Steer’s break came
in the opening minutes when Paul
Yates took the Texas kickoff and
was downed on the three yard line.
Two plays later Bobby Layne went
over for the only score of the af
ternoon.
A. & M. got a bad break the
next time they had possession of
the ball. Jimmy Cashion passed
to Bobby Goff and the Aggie half
back carried the remaining yards
for the score, but the play was
called back and the Cadets pen
alized five yards for illegal forma
tion.
Someday, an Aggie eleven is go
ing to win a game from the Uni
versity of Texas on Memorial
Stadium, but it may be a good
while before they have a chance
like they had last T hursday.
Rambling . . .
The Aggie footballers left for
Miami Monday minus their brilliant
punter and halfback, Bobby Goff.
Bobby has a more important date
Wednesday with Uncle Sam, and
this date wi|,l last for the dura
tion. . . . The statistics for the game
Thursday were about as even as
All-Conference Selections
you could get them. . . Preston
Smith, Bryan’s great back, is head
ed for A. & M. He plans to enter
school next fall, but he may en
roll sooner as he finishes his work
at Bryan High in January. Smith
was rated as one of the best backs
in Texas last fall.
About this time of year every
sports writer in the country starts
picking an all-conference football
team. Although some individuals
will doubt whether or not I am
a sports writer, I have decided to
pick my team.
This team I have picked will
probably draw more comment than
my predictions did, but I believe
this team would be hard to beat.
At the end positions I picked
Texas’ great end, Hubert Bechtol,
and the towering Razorback, Mike
-Mimchyk. It was a close call
here, and I hated to leave Cotton
Howell of Aggies off of the first
team, but he is teamed with Merl
Gibson of T. C. U. as a second
string end.
There was little doubt about the
tackles with Monte Moncrief and
Clyde Flowers around. Second place
votes at this position go to John
Cooke of T. C. U. and Harlan Wetz
of Texas.
At the guard position we find
Damon Tassos of the Aggies and
H. J. Nichols of Rice, two standout
performers all season. Second
positions here go to Henry Ford
of Arkansas and Jim Meletio of
S. M. U.
Jack Sachse of Texas was the
outstanding center in the confer
ence in 1944, and was one of the
best linebackers to play in this
section in a long while. Jim Coop
er of T. C. U. rates the second
team berth.
The, line was fairly easy to
select, but the backfield was just
the opposite. I finally decided on
Harold Fischer, Texas university’s
great blocker, C. D. Allen, the
plunger from S. M. U., Bobby Goff,
the Aggies’ punter and runner,
and Bobby Layne, the brilliant
passer from Texas. This backfield
would be hard to beat, but several
positions were very close, and
some good boys had to be omitted.
Paul Yates, the conference’s lead
ing scorer, rates a second team
berth, as does George Walmsley,
the Rice speed merchant. Other
backfield positions on the second
team go to Norman Cox of T.
C. U. and Mann Scott of A. & M.
I know this team will not meet
the approval of all who read this,
but it would be a great team, a
team that would be hard to beat.
Cage Game With
San Marcos AAF
Scheduled January 1
SAN MARCOS, Texas—The
scheduling of six basketball games
between the Navigators of San
Marcos Army Air Field and college
and service teams of the Central
Texas area has been announced by
Col. J. M. Hutchison, commanding
officer of the AAF Training Com
mand field.
The Navigators, coached by Lt.
George Faircloth, former All-
Louisiana cage star, will meet
the Texas Aggies for a single
game on January 1, at Craig Hall.
Battalion’s All-Southwest Football Team
Player and School
Mike Schumchyk, Arkansas
Clyde Flowers, T. C. U.
H. J. Nichols, Rice
Jack Sachse, Texas
Damon Tassos, Texas A.&M.
Monte Moncrief, Texas A&M
Hubprt Bechtol, Texas
Bobby Layne, Texas
Harold Fischer, Texas
C. D. Allen, S. M. U.
Bobby Goff, Texas A.&M.
Position
End
Tackle
Guard
Center
Guard
Tackle
End
Back
Back
Back
Back
Peanut Harvesting
Studied By Waller
County Growers
Peanut growers from several
sections of the state recently have
made a trip to Waller County to
study mobile peanut harvesting
equipment which enables six men
to do more efficiently what or
dinarily is done by a crew of 14
or more.
A. L. Carter, who grows 250
acres of peanuts in Waller County,
has made adaptations on equip
ment regularly used for peanut
harvesting which enable him to do
the job assembly-line fashion. The
mobile rig begins with a tractor
followed by a picker. A small buc
ket-type elevator has been installed
on the picker, moving the nuts to
the top, where a sacker has been
mounted. The hay sifts into a hay
bailer and behind that is a trailer
on which the hay is loaded.
Only operation which isn’t mech
anized is the pitching of nuts into
the thresher. Next year Mr. Carter
hopes to use a side delivery rake
and windrow pick-up for picking
up the nuts. This additional attach
ment would replace two men who
now walk along and hoist the hay
and nuts into the thresher, while
the tractor moves at its lowest
speed.
Carter’s labor requirements this
fall included the tractor driver, the
two loaders; one man to operate
the sacker and handle the sacked
nuts; one man to tend the baler
hopper and tie the baling wire on
one side; and a sixth who puts the
wires through for the baling pro
cess and keeps the hay stacked
back on the trailer.
This mobile outfit can cover 12
to 15 acres per day, thrashing
about 15,000 pounds of nuts. Car
ter believes his rig saves 200
pounds of nuts per acre more than
stationary equipment. He figures
this mechanization saves him $80
per day on labor, and his savings
this season will pay for all equip
ment. His attachments and refine
ments over and above the equip
ment cost only about $100, and he
did practically all the work him
self.
Wallar County Agricultural
Agent Joe H. Hall says there are
about 100 peanut growers in Wal
ler County alone who could follow
the lead of Carter’s demonstration.
KYLE
Continued from Page 1
athletic field which now bears his
name. In 1937 Kyle was drafted
as Chairman of the Athletic Coun
cil and served until October of this
year. In this time he managed to
Twenty-six Ag Footballers
Depart Monday For Miami
Gilchrist Speaks In
San Angelo, Galveston
President Gibb Gilchrist was the
featured speaker at a banquet held
Monday night, December 4th, at
the St. Angelus Hotel in San An
gelo, Texas. The Banquet was
sponsored by the San Angelo Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, and the
public was invited to attend.
Monday afternoon, President
Gilchrist spoke at a meeting of
the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers
Association in San Angelo.
Wednesday he will journey to
Galveston where he will speak at
a meeting of the County Judges
and Commissioners Association.
His talk will be on Postwar Plan
ning.
put the athletic department on its
feet.
He was appointed by Cordell
Hull and the Department of Agri
culture as an official delegate to
the Second Inter-American Confer
ence on Agriculture which was held
in Mexico, July 6-16, 1942. Nelson
Rockefeller selected him co-ordina
tor of inter-American afairs and
sent him to Venezuela to study its
agricultural economy. His report
was published in the Congressional
Record and distributed throughout
Latin-America.
In 1941 the University of Arkan
sas awarded him the honorary de
gree of doctor of philosophy. He
is listed in “Who’s Who,” ‘Who’s
Who in American Education,”
“Whb’s Who Among American
Authors”, and in “American Men
of Science”.
Effective December 1, C. N.
Shepardson will be dean of the
School of Agriculture. Prior to his
appointment he was head of the
department of poultry husbandry.
+ Twenty-six Aggie gridders left
college Monday noon for Miami,
Fla., where they will meet the
University of Miami Friday night,
December 8. Coaches Homer Nor
ton and Bill James, head yell leader
Hayes Stripling, and managers
Tommy Murnane and Pete Suder-
man accompanied the team on the
long journey. Trainer Lil Dimmitt
is already, in Miami and Manning
Smith did not make the trip but
stayed here to get ready for the
basketball season.
The team was due to work out
Monday afternoon in Rice Stadium
at Houston on the first lap of
their Eastward journey. They will
leave Miami Saturday night on
their return trip, arriving at Col
lege Station Monday night.
Several players who have made
all previous trips are not going
to Miami as they are reporting
immediately for basketball prac
tice. Several members of the
squad going to Miami are also fine
basketball prospects and will re
port to Coach Smith immediately
upon their return.
This game will be broadcast by
the Humble Oil and Refining Co.,
and will be carried by the Texas
Quality Network.
Members of the squad making
the trip were Abe Abraham, Bob
Butchofsky, Jimmy Cashion, Dusty
Daniel, Grant Darnell, Sparky
Eberle, Hub Ellis, Bob Gary, Bul-
lett Gray, Bill Geer, Norton Hig
gins, Cotton Howell, Sleepy Lea
gue, Stubby Matthews, George Mc
Allister, Monte Moncrief, Jim
Parmer, Joe Sacra, Morton Shefts,
Mann Scott, Charlie Shira, Gens
Spires, Damon Tassos, Bill Walker,
Paul Yates, and Sooter Yeargain.
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