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••pt 27—Twm Twch it Ban Antonio.
o t. 4—Oklahoma it Nonnia, Okia.
*0o t ll—I^U it BaUxi Roufti Li.
Oct 1K- TCU it Ton Worth.
0 01 25- Baylor it Cottaf* Station.
Nov. 1—Arkanaaa at rayvttevtlla, Ark.
Nov. S—SMU it CoUegi Station.
No^. 15— Kic« at Houston.
Nov. 27—Tncas at Colle^o Station.
•Indicate# ntfht gam#.
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Freshman Footluill Schedule
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staff for ths 1247-45 Miaou wtU bo fiood with of tho t.mghsst aasin
history. fW psopis If any g vs ths Finnsrs a rhance of oouping ths South-
crown In mors than on# qmrt Ths tiro sports that ths Aggiss an most
In art Trask Sad Swimming.
ting spirit it ths start of a m-a-
t of the atudent body ths Aggie
•September 26—NTAC at Arlington
•October 15 —TCU at Fort Worth
November 7—SMU at College Station
fiovember 14—Rke at College Station
November 22—Texas at College Station
•Indicate# night game
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Football which is ths most tmportsnt of all Aggie qwvts, will bs of ths do or diamra
this fall The Aggis sievsn has nsvsr bsfors had such a fighu
•on a# they have this ysar; with ths whole haartsd support
football team will bs hard to boat as far as the will to win is
With W. R. “Bill” CamiduMl.
Athletic Director of the Collage
and Homer H. Norton. Head Foot-
boll Coach working hand in hand
the Aggie football team may aur-
gria# the critic* by upsetting the
favorites in the Conference race,
i Working with Norton as his assis-
mta will be bockfield coach Har-
|ry Stiteler, formerly aaeistant to
as Neely at Rice Institute; line
HARRY STITELER
Asaiataat Coach
is Just a shade hot fori
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By DON BNOUING
Football Squad Looks Great in First
Week of Practice; Norton Well Pleased I
Prospects for ths 1947 Aggis football team really looked j
bright through the first few days of fall football
The biggest factor in slowing down progress has been the
heat At one time during Tuesday's drill ths thermometer
read 106, which t
football
Head Coach Homer Norton
commenting on the bwifca of his eager
squad said that ths phyacal condition
and ths tsam spirit was as good as hi
had ever seen It After watching ths
Aggiss going through thsir first four
days of grusling drills an yon# would
have to have a lot of spirit In order to
stand up under ths strain as well as ths
squad seems to be doing.
The only important togs In the Aggie football machine
that atm hav. not shown up are Frank Torn© ami Ntan
both basks. Tomo is reported ill with the flu tnd
b# *111'report within the star
wesR, but NeUmlf'i sass is snefs *nt# i##stfvg puitUrs aps Bsnwy
Wtpftfk, MW Ooff and Rob
OooSo wMU Joan Bsllontlrw Is ia#
fxpsrt point after touchdown g#t
tec with hi# aoeurat# placement
kick# Norton ha# excused Ballen
tin# from all contact work becaoai
of a scare laat Tuesday when
John was hurt (sot Mdoualy) In
a scrimmage
The ends shape up like this: first
string. Cotton Howell sad Norton
Hlggias; second string. Charley
Wright and Ray Whittaker; others
who wIB see pMUr of action are
Oocar Pollock. Mert Prokop. and
Ray Hallmark.
The tackle situation ha# really
improve! with the outstanding per
formance# of two first rat# re
serves, namely, Henry Hook and
Milton Routt Still holding down
the first string berth# art Bob Tul
ls and Jim Winkler More tackle
competition come# from another
pair of hefty performers named
Jimmie Flowers and Marlon Sette-
iML ,
The guard spot which hi
bright s#l spot on the team Is over
flowing with experts. Odell Staut-
senberger and Herb Turley get the
starting berths and Joe Sacra and
R#d Overly are the second string.
Ths bsst guard performance in
WednewlA/s practice went to a
third string freshman guard named
Max Oretner. Greiner was in on
! Aggie line coach since 19S5;
tant B * “
I year as
Marty Bi
id trainer
for It le rumored that a
k.» 4— it jirsstI wes_nl flaemk# Issawa Wiens
pm imwDVMi r NWiirmt , % nimj lurw iuiii
•Way from Ante sports for g^-i
Hollmif led the Afglee last year
In punting with an average of 4I.I
yards psr try. Both HoUmtg and
Tom# are returning lettermen from
laat year's squad.
But getting back to how the boys
look In practice we find no leas
than three outstanding performers
at each post with ths st artlng
backftsld already coming into light
At the halfback Mots ths beet
performances on the left hand side
of The line seem to be those of
Barney Welch, Bobby Ooff and Jen
nings Anderson with Anderson get
ting the nod.
At right half the best of ths lot
seems to be a fight to the finish
between Rob Goode, Preston Smith.
Bobby Dew and Red Burdltt The
favorite Is Goods with Smith run
ning d close second.
The Fullback slots seems to be
pretty well settled with big Ed
Dusek the best of tbs lot Gtvtng
Dusek plenty of competition for
his starting berth are Ralph Dan
iel. Paul Tates and George Ka-
l Bbb. i
The all - important quartern*, k
position, like the fullback slot has
a definite stand-out In Jimmie
Cushion Buryi Baty Is Caahion's
leading competitor with Babe Hall
mark dose on their heels.
MARTY RAftOW
Betchsy Keck
nearty every play regardless ef
how he was Mocked Oal Dupree
round* out three teams of guaim
The renter spot la alee a race to
see who la the best with Hub Ellis,
Bob Gary. Dick Callender ami Gar
ret Duly all vying for top honore
Elits and Gary seem to be the beet
of the lot
Anderson. Dew. Kudrr*. Pollock.
Prokop Ray Hallmark. Routt.
Hook. Fiowera. Dupree. Greiner.
Callender and Ouly are the only
msn mentioned above who have not
received a vanity letter ia football.
Boehey Koch who starts his
third year as an Aggie
Broussard ns
formerly with LBU
and the University of Florida.
Johnnie Frankie, who starts his
third year cR the Aggie coaching
staff, will be in charge of the “B”
AMUS.1 aa well aa assisting the var
sity coaches. Charlie DeWare, who
has bsen with ths coaching staff
since his graduation in 1937
eept for four and a half yuan fat
the Army, will resume his duties
as Freshman football coach. Da-
Wan will be assisted by Tom Piek
zrttzz Essr w * ir ~
Martar larow, who formerly
coasksd at Navy end T.U- will be
heed seesh la both Basketball and
11 this year. Karow, who
the Aflfle staff In INI,
ss.l.t.ol t,v Frankie In i.*s
end by DsWan in bass-
will be
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tin duty in World War Tl. Andsr-
will be assisted by Bel Put
nam. formerly a great dtsteaee
runner.
In addition te his football
Ing duties Harry Htitelrr will slso
be head golf coach replacing Ka
row who held that job last year.
W. M. Dowell, physical edueatton
instructor, will he head tennis
coach for the second straight year.
Dowell has pv.t In a lot of time and
f prat#
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nationally known
•Ml wetor pale
Aggis swimming
this year .
(Dswgi Dawson, ths
member of the Aggie eeeeh-
sUff with s whit* roller job,
an advisor and a scout for
coaches concerning new
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1947
Page 7
Aggie Swimming Team for 1948
Season Looks as Good as Ever
WELCOME TO AGGIELAND
and to W. S. D. Clothiers j
Stautzenberger in All-America
Material Sayi Grantland Rice
Rips's article was ths sloven
Who he predicts as ail-America
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In the asptembsr Id Issue of
l-ook magasina which is now on
the news stands. Grantland Rios,
ths noted sport# oom an taler, writes
an article concerning the football
prospects for ths oaming season
As usual Rise rates Notre Dame
as the top team in ths nation and
aMeneQiuu as the best m the
Ths most Interesting
parti
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for the coming season Odell
■toutssnbsrysr, great Aggis guard
together with Joe Btoffy of Army
are the two guards on ths mythical
team Ths only other Southwest
Oenwrenes man on the teem was
Wlngsll WilMams ef Rice at end
WHh BUuteenbsrur slrsedy at-
trartlnx national acclaim, ths 110
pound lophomors grtdstsr may go
down In Aggis history as another
Jos Routt, who was an ail-Ameri
can guard in 'M and ‘ff.
As a freshman last year Odell
attracted a lot sf attention and
eras on one all-conference team
•tautaenherger halls from Ban An
tonic and Is s tt-yesr-nid veteran
student
By H. W.
Lent year, the Aggie Swimming Teem, in eight dual con
tests, bowed to no one. Prior to the culminating conference
meet, the closest another team could manage to threaten the
Aggiea’ apparent dominance of aquatic competition in the
southwest was In the Southwastomf-
A.A.U., an annual meet at the
Athletic Club. There, the
Texas Aquatic Club tuff iced to tis
the Aggie aggregation
Campus hops* wars high as ths
confer*ns* meet spproe
team was apparently better than
a far aa dual
was sense mad. It was
that the
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ODELL STAnXENBOMU
AB-Anorkwam
Freshman Football
May Be»in Friday;
First Came Sept. 26
Charlie DeWare, Freshman foot
ball coach, has announced that
football practice sessions for Aggie
freshmen will probably start aa
soon as registration has been com
pleted If ths freshmen football
team was spparsn
the best, at west
som petition
generally
confertMS
sure. There was one eaasptton,
hetrevec. Ceash Adamson, whs
haa the phenomenal talent for pre
figuring swimming meets to the
fraction nf a point, had some Irk
some feelings that ws would bs
•haded In ths finals.
Aa the final ruse ended, nnd
much to everyone etse'a astonish
ment, the T. 0. team emerged vic
torious by a narrow margin. Ths
Steers had done it again, right
under our noses. It was difficult
for Aggieland to understand why
the Aggie team, which had twice
defeated the “Sips" in dual com
petition, was not the conference
champion.
Well, it was not because any of
the Aggie swimmers had let down
that night They all swam as well,
or better, than they were expect
ed to. The main reaeon for losing
the meet was, despite six out of
ten first places and three broken
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players are allowed to register on
September 11, as planned, practice
will start on ths following day.
Tbs majority of ths freshmen
athletes will bs housed on the
campus In Hart Hall, but a large
number will be forced to live at the
Bryan Field Annex with the rest of
the freehmen.
If the practice sessions do not
start until September 11 this win
mean that the freshmen win have
lees than tiro weeks to prepare for
their first game. The first game
for the Flah will he with NTAC at
Arlington, Texas. •
records, that we lacked divers and
depth In the swimming events.
Quite obviously the oonferenee
meet Is sot won with first places
JSf* alone. The way to aseumulaU win-
1F '‘' iwhg point* In tbs confer#*** mast
U by taking a sufficient amount
of the subordinate place# We
went Into the 1947 conference eon
test with s II pslal deficit repre
■entitle the first three diving place*
the “Rip*' divers were eipee 1
to end did win,
We wnnt no repetition sf those
occurrence# in the 194* campaign
Ths only real loess* ths Aggis
■wtm team has suffered through
S sduaUon have been thoec
plain Bob Otwlllif and A!
Self. Otherwise the team Is sn
much Intact with Danny Green,
Bernard Byfan, and Jack Riley
pacing the freeetylers; with Jim
Flowers and Gene Bummers in the
breast stroke; and with beckstrok-
< r* Howard Spencer and Ed Kruse.
Thi- 1948 serim season entails
meats on • home-and-hotne b
with T. U„ S.M.U., the Dallas
A.C., sad possibly Baylor. A trek
through the midwest featuring
meets with Oklahoma U, Kansas
State, gad the Kansas City Ath
letic Chib is expected to give the
Aggies their start early in 1948.
And if all goes well, if the swim-
meaa shape up to thsir potenti*]-
Ities, roach Adamson will take his
crew to the National Intercol
legiate Meet, usually held late in
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