Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1948)
First ( " 1 ^ . • ' ' r ' titeler Looks None ' -T«:. v i^i bring ! the * Football Choi I r'v BNGELKING jbably ■ ; Cor fe: iM thifj 9S0 tihc loadin i char %' ler ithwi to! . )Ut byti ■Wty ae'Ci ’ tendeits for ship/’j Thai) iccmg iw Dp line v consua of ijniiny/spcwrts Uu concerninK, AjtMWfboitbttH thi .iniwcvct,; |niost' iif uu the jUamiwHi are l^nnin * wkal M will kick are we fii •re- otball Squad Boiists Twenty Lettermen linomen—Rob fiarv. Norton Hi*- th» ton naira of taekloa in the CaWin Da ore# with one aoiece via Olaalr ia tnnin* »nU A <M uie \ amjwuit are new»mii trasmii How- many |garaaa| will w« Wno will do the'painting? m, extra pointa? f ok 1 ijeserves? many gaddljnep' are comin from the FVeshman team? ' Thes4^«uon^itnjdfiilany !|norc like the^i|.i|re Wing aiskcid ijndre every day ,ob| the Or mpUs. Henj are the answeijs jto som'? of ,those Ques tions .as yduf Batf ptporter s^es it. “Every jUhm in the Conference will lj>e better thanJ;tJhey were last year 1 and ithjat njekris ithei 4|pgi e s will pave JtgTbe bejtter al.'jQ tl) re- ' tain, [the jptteitioti [they heldrlast year.r (A#i| finished ]n a til fifth). Thpae were) the wor Coacji Stitoler view.; :)■■{ . , This meins have to good on | letterme squid son' Joh: Ed •A 8 Jt! D j hie repla ice too) fo- en lost fn rsek. J: kn Holljroig. and tint i.here Thccments jthe lull.i rpm f*st 8—^Jehnings A alleht Me, |J( ■ II J f a ! recent 1F ..esse ** m rney W linemen—Bob Gary, Norton gins, Cotton Howeli, Cha Overly, Joe Sacra and tulia. To fill these 1 ' vacancies oq the Aggie squad Coach Stiteler (besides the twenty returning le termen) five college and junior lege transfers, eight varsity »qua< men and twelve sophomores wh freshmen numerals. . . Although.both first stiing ends are gone from last years eleven, eight good wingmen w«ll be around to handle that position as well dr better as it was handled in '47. Lettermen ends returning are Charley Weight with three let ters to his credit, Ray Whittaker wan two ana Men t^rosop with One. They Mill receive most of their reserve strength from,a 6 foot 3 inch 230 pound junior col lege transfer named Andy Hill- house. .. . s. • riH'p* i itp Others who will add depth to the end positions are: George Kadera, Dick Callender and Ed Hooker, Yeturning squadmen and Porbandt Barton and Cednc Copeland from last year’s freshman teartl. Only two lettermen—James Win kler and Marion ‘ Settegast are re turning at the tackle posts, but nn ex-squadman' who was ineligible last year is expected to take over one of the starting berths.. He is 210 lb. Jimmie Flowers. Flowers together with All- cohference tackle Jim Winkler should give the Aggies one of i—....'i... ; ' ■ iV ■ i —■ ii . ■■ i ■ i.. in- the top pairs of tackles in the conference. Settegast Mid Milton Routt, an other returning squadman should be the two top tackle reserves.! Adding strength to thei tackle M r fe me lorwara wsm ' tautzenberger and Greiner will jably get the nod for the start- berths. slots wijll be: Dwayne Tucker; Mur ry - Holdifch and Percyi Burk,' all transfers f- and Ralston | Chapin a freshjman numeral winner. The Aggies will again be well fortified at both gaard slots with four capable lettermen 'return- iiigj. Herbert Turley, with t letters, Odell Stautzenbe with two and Max G CaWin Dnpree with one apiece should make the Famera solid in the forward walk < Stautzei probabl; ing Adding depth to the guard posi tions will be: three sophomores with freshmen numerals. They are: Carl Molberg, Donald Slaugh ter and Miohssl Spencer. Herbert Ellis ia the only let- terman returning at the center slot. A lot will depend on Mhether Ellis can hold down the centers job with the support of Robert Bates and Hugh Meyer. Meyer and Bates won Freshmen numerals last fall. Only two letterman Mill be re turning at the quarterback slot to handle the duties of the man-under in Coach Stitelers T. Jimmie Cashion, a letterman W 1944 who broke his leg in the LSU game last year, will prob ably be the number one signal caller. Buryi Baty, a two year letierman / will be vying with Cashion for the starting berth. Don Nicholas, a member of last year's squad is the third candi date for the qaarterback’s job. The-Aggies seem to be well for tified at the fullback position with six candidates vying for the start ing berth.. Among these candidates are three lettermen, one junior college transfer, one varsity squad- man and one freshman numeral winner. 1 izzell via Olsalc ia the junior college traiwfer# Kenneth' Vosa is tpe squadman and Blanton Taylor it the; Freshman letter winner. [ Goff and Daniel seem to be the leading candidates although they wiB probably receive much (Mtn petition from Olsak end Voss. r The surprise addition of Frank “Frosty” Torno Mill bolster Aggie hofes at the halfback poets. Torno is reported to be a better than av erage punter. Other 'lettermen returning at the wing buck positions are Robert Goode, Preston Smith, Bobby Dew, and Oscar Pollock. Jim Boswell, an outstanding prospect for the Aggie buck- field, will also be vying for a starting position. Two other candidates who will add speed and strength to the Ag gie backfield are, Charley Royalty and Kenzy Hallmark, both Fresh men numeral winners last fall. The leaders for the two half back jdbs at the present seeni to be Boswell, Smith, Dew and Roy alty. Both Goode and Torno miss ed spring training. J Dew ig pegged as the possible Successor to Stan Hollmig in tne punting department while Staat- zenberger may succeed Ballen- tine as the Aggie Conversion podhut. j ■ ' As to how many games this squad can win this fall, no one kpows; but if they win four or Robert Goff* Ralph Daniel and J more of their ten contests spme Dorm m if [ [ , ! Bizzell Hall, the college softball champions, ant 14, which finished next to last in the Campus softball moved into the semi-finals of the Intramural softball ftoii merit Friday night when they downed Walton Hall an l er Camp respectively in a double header on the lightjw btt The a biggtst surpHse I of the Wumamcnt was the way Dorm 14, inner of only one gams last sen- Trader *niil- tfed scjft- iter, pounced on Camp a one Bidpd 10 to 0 victory. Trailer Cara* wMch hae al ways produced a fair boll club, was never In the game a* Dorm 14 drove acromi fourteen run* la the tint inning to ice the con test. . I Three Trailer Camp pitchers— Frank West, Sonny Seewald and Sbreason—paraded .to the mound in the first riming. These three pitchers walked eight men and gave up four hits ip Dorm 14’s ope big inning, i ' 1 j T. C. Adams hurled quite effec tively for Dorm 14 as he allowed oply one hit and walked none dur ing the four inning contest. ★ m ,i j In the second game off Friday night’s double header Walton Hall, the team that ended on the bottom in the Campus League, gave the Champs—Bizzell Hall, a scare when they took a two run lead in the first half of the first inning. I Ray Dittmar started the rally fpr Walton by getting a double Whiskey Cure walked iix Cure and Dittmar came bcfms Howard Feam’s single. Bizzell came buck in the r of the’ flrat to score a u single by Elmer Ruisel tu sell stole second and came hofnel error. Successive home rani third inning with one ragn base netted Bizzell thi» rani to end the scorini * \ gai the night. The game winhin h > came off the bats ot an Advance L ' ' ourney itt and Bob Hovel. Both are on the Campus Leagie tar team. •'* , Jack Green went the route on e mound for the winners allow- i ig only three bases orT balls and i triking out nine. Wilson 41*0 rent the ijoqite for the losers i trik ng out torn and walking one. Bistzcll and I)pmt 14 meet to* ight to decide the tournament ihaljst from the lower bracket, re by Inpings: ^ I 'rast Game \ omti 14 j. 14 0 1 1 R 16 up 0 0 0 0 Ro i*oond Game altJoii . i 2000000 It 2 MU » . 1 0 3 0 0 0 x R 4 i—-M -v-——i— Paul Yates-are the lettermen; Clo-lone will deserve a pat on. the back. : with one out in the first inning. Cant ■y i -if jf ’ JACK L[) Ojutfietdcir, Hr- J ! is Softball r'v ■ rts League All-Stars / . hiDON .oggett | |U .y i * r . ■ ,, ■ r :: '•?: ! ' « v ,! pifir ® ELMER RUSSELL Shortiftop, Bizzell I T I- J \ m -ni i :: 1 Ii 1 r pat jaufd is. 35i ries shorttsil to M; ily. vlfstic b, F undedr^ar that 1 ieants ied-ih size you t bears label, £ ar and Chopse 1 atari tivc st: i yiu long j eomfor; | 4 comm sifttee r Aggie Softballers Lose Two Games To Arlington Team 'i Vandergriff Bpick Co. of Ar- lington defeated the Texas Aggie SOitball team twice in a double header played last Saturday night in Arlington. The team from Arlington which, has won 69 games while losing only 11 this summer took the first contest 3-0 and won the night dap !M. ' v_J Jimmy Alcock, Arlington pitch er set the Aggies down in the open er with only two hits. B. J. Loyd was the losing pitcher for the Ag gies. In'the second game the Aggies held a 1 to 0 lead going into the fourth inning but L. E. Winder, Aggie pitcher, loaded the bases with two out by walking two men and allowing an Infield hit. Winder then fielded a slow grounder to the pitchers mound and threw wild to first allowing two runs to cross the plate. sion.ono sent to aid \ TEXAS’ WAR ON POLIO J NEW YORK. Aug. 23 UP! — Dimes, $100,000 worth of them from the March of Dimes funds, have been sent to Texas to fight the current outbreak, of polio, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said yesterday. ..i- ■'l; : For Your Sjwrllng Goods Needs JONES SPORTING k' , BUBBA WILLIAMSON . First Baseman, Law Milner, Leggett, Bizzell, Dorm 14 In Games Tonight : 4 ' 1 • ’ Dorm 14 meets Bizzell and Mil- r tangles with Leggett in an In- trdhrural softball double header to- nighKon the lighted softball dia mond. The winner of the Milner-Leg- gett game will meet Mitchell Hall Tuesday night to determine the finglist from the upper brack et in the single elimination Cam pus Softball Tourney, j The winner df the Biijzell-Dorm 14 game will be the finalist from the lower bracket. The only game Tuesday night will be the one between the win ner of the Milner-Leggett game jand Mitchell. The final game will be played Wednesday night between the two finalists. The - two' teams that lose in the semifinals will meet in the first game Wednes day night to determine the third place winner. ' Probable hurlers in tonight’s games are—Bill Plagens for Leg gett, and David “Gene” Bowers for Milner; Arthur Burch for Biz zell and T. C. Adams for Dorm 14. "“The first game tonight, between Bizzdll and Dorm 14, will start at eight, j Bo MjcMillin, former Indiana Un iversity football coach, has a five- year contract as new coach of the Detroit Lions in the National Foot ball Lejague. The Detroit Lions say they have the “clpsaieat” name in football in Ktrisley van Rensaelear Dey, 23- year-old end from the University of NeM Harpshlre. — . GOODS 803 S. Main Fh 2-2832 Ur,van V' •• ..',v '=3' " "r r :.v;: ! r f I r : ‘i .■A\ .1.1, [ . THE LARGEST ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE STORE IN BRYAN— I* i ,'■* j [j. Come In .tad see us for large , . or email appliance^:; .RADIOS, ELECTRIC IRONS STUDENT LAMPS, FLOOR Lamps, presto cookers COFFEE MAKERS KELVINATOR . . . . L . hotpoini and many dther usefuls UNITED ; APPLIANCES FARSI A HOME STORE \ A AGGIE RADIO phone 2-1496 | l Aj Nine Lettermen .it ~ Bactjas Tigers Start Practice i ' I Nine returning letter-men of A &M Consolidated High School were back on the gridiron last week for practice. The Tigers are working out dai ly under the - supervision of their new coach, Boots Simmons. Simmons is a former Aggie football player and an All Confer ence end for the Aggies in 1942. He plans to run plays from the T formation and Notre Dame Box. The nine Tiger letter-men are headed, by "Red” Cashion, 170 lb. air district quarterback. “Red” is the younger brother of the Aggie Quarterback Jimmy Cushion. Other backs are Janies Prewit, 175 lb. fullback, Lamar McNew, 170 lb. fullback, John Cooley, 155 lb. half back. Lettermen in the line are: Dick Dowell, 160 lb. end; Gilbert Ei- mann, 175 lb. tackle; Dick Bird- well, 150 lb. guard; Budd McCul loch, 145 lb. guard. Fivejreserve lettermen of ’47rare Bill 1 Bates, Jake McGee, Royce Rogers, Lloyd Gray, Bobby Wil- Ijams and a prospective freshman named Gayle Klipple. The Tigers are playing in a new district this year composed of Bremond, Calvert, Lott, Riesel, and Chilton. » The first game for the Tigers this season will be Sept. 17 on their home field when they meet adisonville. , .. ynolds Leaves A&M Biology Dept Howard C. Reynolds of tjie Bi ology Department, will leave for ibis home in Nebraska late this week, and will begin [work on his PrJX this fall ^ Reynolds has taught plant taxo nomy at A&M since September, 1946, and this past summer semes ter was botany instructor for the Wildlife Management-Biology field trip to Colorado. He plans to begin studies for a Doctor of Philosophy degree next fall, and will do a monograph on a plant genup for his thesis. He is undecided as to which school he will attend. • Reynolds, a native of Seward, Neraska, recived his B. S. and M. S. degrees at the University of Nebraska. He spent 42 months in the army and received a field com mission as second lieutenant while on Mindoro, Philippine Islands, libian Engineers. — C 8 “ < ‘ & P 0 Italian R T MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1 1948 Page 3 r ■ vl 'i Intramural official i been; from lelt to rife Thorton, Bert Huebner Intramural director. These men did all ball games through tHe coaching in won si: M i College View Softball Champior is the team above from A-eveii ns for the second summer semes ter is the team above from A-eved row composed of the following: from left to right; front rpw, Williams, Whitacker, Way, Gibson, Skidmore, Cummings, Rollins and Snider; back row, Sears, Cooper, Leffncr and Patton. Language Lack No Barrier To U.S. Grid Coach in Monterrey By HAROLD V. RATLIFF j ABILENE, Tex. —UP)—When Coach Lloyd L. Wille- ford of Institute Technologico in Monterrey, Mexico, sends a substitute into a football game he has an interpreter handy to be sure the boy knows what he’s supposed to do. ^ Willeford, a native Texan who*- ’- 1 —— coached at Loyola of Baltimore, Concord College of West Virginia and West Virginia University be fore going to Mexico, isn't handi capped much; however, because of ter that will be taken care of anyway. Lloyd figures he’ll learn the language pretty quickly if he continues to coach Mexicans in football. Jorge Pasquel, the wealthy base ball operator in Mexico, is indirec tly responsible for Willeford be coming coach at the Monterrey Ii stitute. Lloyd was an umpire his skimpy knowledge of the Spqn- international : LeOgue ish language. And that’s a mat- Pasquel started jingling his bags a& United States Willeford went to iMe^cicq some of that dough as But he didn’t likd it looking around coach. Institute T^chnologico, 'new school, took him on. He started with the Amphibian Engineers. ~——-r) —— "•■'I ! • CORKY’S i . j. ; . i j ; . ' j *' h ’ .! , j ’ ■ I . ' ' : • « v •' Last Chance Men ] • ;. 1 : 1 I ! . T : v I K-O • : f Suit Ordered Now - ■ - Delivery 111 September ■h at * ' V • J . ; ■ ■ <L, / . I - 1 ' ■ ' CORKY’S :v Vvl' -; ' | BUY YOUR NEXT U IHOM YOUR AUTHOR! USED CAR HEADQUARTERS CAR FORD DEALER 1947 FORD CONVERTIBLE CLUB COUPE ... •- Pheasant Red, Radio, heater, Whitewall Tires, 5 > ° tught \ ,/r « i \ 1947 FORD CLUB CXHIPJB . . . Tucson Tan, Radio, Heajter, Spotlight, Whitewall 1947 FORD FORDOR SEDAN ... Radio and mater, Overdrive. 1047 CHEVROLET AERO SEDAN ... Radio. Very low mileage and like new'. 1947 FORD TUDOR SEbAN J L . . r, ' Heater, Whitewall Tires. (LET BUSINESS COUPE . . . ilo and very clean, j 11 1946 FORD CLUB COUPE . . . Radio, Heater, New Plastic Seat Covers. 1946 CHEVROLET AERO SEf)AN . . . I tr Radio, Heater, and marly other extras. Beauti ful Tutone Oreen.< 1948 FORD TUDOR SEDAN Radio, and Ready to Drive. 1947 WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK OF USED CARS ON HAND FROM LATE MODELS DOWN. | BRYAN MOTOR COMPANY CARS ■ 415 N. Main “Your Friendly Ford Dealer” BRYAN, TEXAS — h t It 'i;i: ii 'V ft ji< dii- - •>, i-j Highway South iarc : years tqjamfi like n- simmons of the Border! Conferenfce.; |, They call WHfeford’s lean Bor regos (the Rama).' M isin i t; the ames ia furnished br t juitai and. The girls don’t tiki! part ii the pep program and v on t qppeaif MIDW rhid-,Octob( r and wbn six put of eight He fondly recalls wher won its first game., ' .. carried hiba seven btocl|s shoulders. Willeford, who played fohtblall at Davis-Elkins College ar i kit i the; Quantico Marines, wa bom at Keryville, Tex., but he 1 asji’t spent much of his time in thjs state. However this year hp h is schedul ed games with Brow isvilh and Edinburg Junior Colle; esf C orpus Ghristi Naval Air Stata n hm Cor pus Christi College-4ca|dei^y in Texas. He says within he will he able to play Texas Tech and Hi — ...... two summer semesters have , stiindinf , Charles Ltsier, Bdl uouge, xiill k illing, .eomrd Pettey and Barney Welch, th > officiating at both softball and volley- :nt re. sipimelr. i —4- jof 1947' 1 g trees. His team people m their as hajorette* but they yell their, heads off iin^hc stands. Tpe ‘institute is an engineering schopr founded to develop tedmi- Ciari for Mexican industries. It 18 Only pne-eiighth completed, but al ready: has. 1,200 students.' It is $651000,000 project. • 1 Dir Wilbur Bohm, ClnclnnUUTRed Trainer, served Washingtoi/State Col! ege teams for 17 years/Hc was with the Washington Redskins of ithe National Pro Football League f ive seasons. +—U - T Dr Jot Oi S. CRldweil bmetriSt r Caldwell’s Jewelry Store / Bryan. Texas 1/ ■ - -'-h ' - • ■ / 7 sciil 3 factio i Gu ANT LEAN E RS —+■ jt Clash jdLCarry DAY SERVICE 1, airanteed I CCIiLEGE ROAD i. . rr '4! I.:- Ilcioui r is the itiok dli ! M < , _J | thtr* know tho ill-flavored ICE CREAM. ‘■k' r I any mi resided/ ' •. cl ' ' ' -Jt 1 i, M VI • 4' V k.u] . ■: .:! ■' j \ ni! f/ Ml 1 ■il*yf