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Kyle Field and Aggie! YeBs Adds Color to A&M History
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Carmichael’s experience as Jfij
coach started npbn his graduatii
from A&M: in. (1928. That year i
took his first j&b as assistant foo
ball and he^d basketball coach it many changes in the Athletic de-
Athletic
Timpspn. After . two successful
years there he moved to Panhandle
and iml931 came to Bryan where
he was assistant football coach
and head cage coach until 1939.
Dicing that time his cage teams
went to the State meet twice and
won the district title five times.
In tbci fall of 1939 he became
principal of the Lamar Jtfpior
high school and in 1946 he/ifka
promoted to the principalshipj at
the senior high.! school.
r Carmichael’s active coach i n g
days ended in 1939 but he has con
tinned to be associated with the
coaching business as is evident by
the fact that he was secretary of
the Texas High School Coaches
Association from 194T*to 1947.
During Carmichael’sj fir?t year
at A&M| there has been a great
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Daring the past year Aggie
hopes for victory in the near fn-
ture in all major sports have
increased considerably. An out
standing collection of high school
football players have been given
scholarships to Aggieland. Also
basketball and track stars from
high schools all over the state
!wul be here for registration this
}week»L
i Credit for the addition of these
Athletes to A&M may not all be
due to Carmichael’s efforts but he
indefinitely the man behind it all.
: Carmichael resides in Bryan
with his wife and son. Carmichael
continued his education after he
received his bachelor’s degree by
completing v the work for a mas
ter’s degree here at A&M in 1936.
After getting his master’s de
gree in education he took a year
of work on a debtor’s degree at
Colorado Teachers College in Gree-
ly, Colorado.
• The building of Aggie Athletic
teams can not be .accomplished
over night but it is hoped that
Carnjiichael’s efforts along with the
effoifts of others will pay-off with-
n the next year or two.
Ag Runners May
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Aggie distance runners have al
ready started preparing for the
1948 Cross ; Country session by
working out daily on the cross
country course in back,, of the
creamery.,
• The first meet for the Aggie
team wil be some time in October.
The Conference meet will tie held
'November 15.
T Cross Country is one of the four
minor sports in the Southwest
Conference. The Conference Champ
is determined each year at the
conference meet.
, Aggies who will be trying for a
place on the team are; Webster
Stone, Jerry Bonnen, J. D. Hamp
ton, Carrol Hahn, Royce Raven,
Mark Geeslin, and Jim McMahon.
Only five men are needed for a
team. -The length of the ~Cross
Country course is 2.7 miles, r
This yepr should be one ofr the
beat for the Aggies in this sport.
Texas University, the defending
champions, will not be as strong
as last year duetto the loss of
Jerry Thompson, their number one
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Inter, have had a
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and a dab of paint
Here ahd there—and are ready
to give you the best yet during
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A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF KYLE with standing room only. This picture shows DeWare Field
House In the background and the hand ball courts in the upper left corner. The score board of the
baseball field can be seen in the lower left corner. This picture was taken before the erection
of the new score board at the south end of Kyle Field.
Kyle Field’s Concrete Stadium 17 Years Old;
New Dressing Rooms First Addition Since ’31
Kyle Field Stadium, around which all Aggies interest begins centering about this time
every year, is the culmination of many years work of a great number of people. It repre-
vsents to the present and ex-studenle of A&M, all that is great in sports in the Southwest
Conference. • \ J <
. When interest in football began building up at A&M around the last decade of the
18th\entury, intra-squad games f^^ 1 ' ** — 1
Dallas Fans Honor
Coacli Matty Bell
Early this fall Dallas folks will
honor one of the greatest figures
in football. ; > f
Madison Bell, the moanin’ Mat
ty ofi some of the game's finest
moments, is going to have tribute
paid him fdr the distinction of be
ing the dean of head football
coaches in the Southwest Confer
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No other mentor has been head
coach ot more than two Southwest
Conference schools. Bell started at
Texas Christian in 1923, went to
Texas A. and M. in 1929 and came
to Southern Methodist in 1934.
In that span he was head coach
all except one yea|r—1934 whep he
wajs line mentor at SMU. He be
came head coach in 1933 and ex
cept for thrie years spent in the
Navy has been directing Southern
Metshodist’s grid teams ever since.
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any retail grocery store in the county on all canned fruits,
juices, vegetable juices, canned meats, fish, canned baby
foods, soups, and i atsup. Having been consistently competitive on most
the^other cost-bf-living commodities, it will pay ybu to buy your entire
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were held on the ground in front
of Ross \Hall where the YMCA
now stam‘
Later, games were held at the
Brazos County Fair Grounds
which was situated where Kaz-
meiers Chicken Farm is now on
College Avenue. ItNwas there in
1902 that the Aggies .were given
the title of “football champions
of the south” after they had de
feated Tulane.'
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In 1905, a new football stadium
was opened and named Kyle Field
:in honor of various members of
the Kyle family that were active
in promoting athletics at A&M.
The pew field ran eastl and west
instead of north and south as it
does now.
The college bought the wooden
randstands that had been at the
trazos County Fair Grounds and
had them moved to the hew field
on the campus. At different times
during the first few y^ars, addi
tions were made to the stands un
til their capacity was well over
2000.
7 In 1908, the Battalion spon
sored an election for the student
body so that it could choose a
name for the field w’hich was
hailed as the “finest in the
state.” The name Kyle was se
lected and ceremonies were held
to dedicate the area which in
cludes Kyle Field Stadium, De-
Ware Field House, P. L. Downs
Natatorium, and the Baseball
Stadium.
“ The modern concrete stadium
now stands crosswise on the ap
proximate position where the old
wooden stands were..
This modern stadium was built
in sections and the last was fin
ished in 1931; built in a horseshoe
shape,.the south end was left open.
The most tireless worker on
this project was James Sullivan,
business manager of the Athle
tic Department from 1919 to
1931. When he was mjjide busi
ness manager in 1919, there was/
no concrete stadium on Kyle
Field. When he left the depart
ment in 1931, the stadium had
been built at a cost of $340,-
967.75. _i:
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to the 1931 Longhorn, was a direct
result of James Sullivan's zeal and
foresight in business management
Sullivan lived to see the stadium
completely paid for.after the big
football season of 1941.
A recent addition to the facili
ties of Kyle Field are the new
dressing rooms built under the west
stands of the stadium.
Containing offices for all the
coached of the staff, a large
class room, a dressing room for
- the varsity football squad, one
for the fre8hman r football squad,
and a training room complete
with all necessary physical ther
apy equipment la the most
modern in the southwest.
1 The name Kyle Field has be
come synonymous with Aggie ath
letic teams and is a revered name
in any Aggie’s memory. It has be
come one of the traditional places
to which exes return When they
come to visit the campus.
Its fame 7s known throughout
the southwest as a place where
bet;
the Aggies are tough*
and many teams arrive
Aggies here, confident
will win, only to find ou
Field is too tough for
an inspiration to all A&
There are many
ing around about Kyle
the many teams that
their doom on it, bat
to whip
to play the
that they
that Kyle
em. It is
men.
float-
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of the
best is connected with the 1939
A&M-Texas University game.
It seems that A bunch of the
boys from the “forty acres" load
ed a.-load of dirt from Memorial
Stadium on a truck m\d trans
ported it to Aggieland.
They spread the Austin ^il on
Kyle- Field the night bbtore
Thanksgiving Day and went home
with the assurance that their be>
loved Longhorns would win the
game with ease because A&M had
never been able, to' overcome the
Memorial Stadium jinx.
The TU boys’ efforts went 111
vain because the next day the
Aggies smashed Texas 20-0, on
Kyle Field and the transported
Memorial Stadium dirt.. \ !
Incidentally, that ivas the last
time that the Aggie football team
k, beat the Longhorns.
P. L Downs Natatorium Built
Injl932 for Eighty Thousand
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; A&M students breathed a sigh of relief when coHege
contractors, started construction. in 1932 of P. L\ Downs
Natatorium\ 1 - / i' ‘ •.
A&M’s fihst swimming pool was located in the baseijvent
of the YMCA hut was found to-4—■ 7"
be inadequate for the needs of the
originated from the old Co tifi derate j
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fil is fo
tljat
a.rejw class of men to thje
be eh going op in the old
ini ojrmation. The follow-
nearthfed and are being passed op.
today
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elf yell
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Seiie claim that they are both
. j>f tile Civil War period while
m i com ectioh whatsoever. ^
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these ti iditrtrial ventings of enthusiasm
‘11 a *6 just os adamnantfih sa;
riothin : liko the one which veterans
tp sea
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ing that the yell today sm a
the Confederate armies..us
Yankees." , '7 j . t
The A&M yell Is diffene
called a yell instead of a ch
in front of the student bod it
leaders” but y&l leaders.
The oldest yells in ute today ai e the two preserved as part of
the words of the Agfi< Wajr Hy nn: “Chlg-ga-raa-gsr-em” and
“Hullabaloo caneck canecjk.’j h not Nf r <> n * ' H "Farmers Fight/’
also jndi
rom tjther school’s cheers in that it is
tr.j Also tho ie men in white that will be
tiri fall
ruio ie men in wiuu? wuu win ^
t football games are! riot “cheer- ’/
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lest yells in
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also included in the War Hjmi!, whi h dates back to the time when
A&M studenta were callel jparlmers rather than Aggies. ( if
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Most of the familidfr yejls of to lay were created shortly before
1916. Yell Leader W. K. ’Rbnt” Hai son (pfobably started more, A4M
traditions than any -ptheij. 4gg|ie, e\j^n more than Sully Ross. For - <
game was played at the
Avenue where Kazmeier’s
North-South field. 1A wjoAdi
of 500 (that’s right, 50( f)
Extensions, in the form ol
added. But students weit
a gymnasium or field hqu ie
Despite the acquistor
they
Aggies. For seven years
But the ’09 A&M tekiij
Haskell Indians—a feat comparable
but it walked over TU twice in or Is
Aggies beat Texas 23-fl. fLqter, iji
victory by virtue 'of a si n
down in those days.) j f
That same year the / &
an exhibition game, and p:
what the Giants wprfe in th >se days
InljlOll the A&M-Terksi game a
a Ty ^in.
students here. x
In the original plaris $70,000
was set aside for the construc
tion of a pool adjoining DeWare
Field House. 4, f \
To complete the work A&M "pick
ed men who were, at that tmje,
workirig for the school. These irv-
eluded Dr. F. E. Giesecke who was'
college architect and W. A. 4 - Orth
The pool has one of the best
filtration plants of any pool in the
nation. It. is drained every two
years and the bottom of the pool
is cleared of any sediment when
ever necessary.
The present seating capacity
of the Natatorium is 600 and
each year several swimming
^ meets are held in the pool.
When the pool was first opened
?”! BuM - i»V to be used only by Aggie.
ing and College Utilities.
The pool was opened on March
15, 1933 and was named in honor
of P. j L. "Pinky” Downs, Jr. who
was largely responsible for A&M’s
gettinjg its first swimming pool.
At first it was planned to
make the pool 100x50 feet but
before construction was started
the size was changed to a lOOx
60 feet. This change was made
because standard pools for col
lege swimming meets were lOOx
60 feet.
The final cost of the pool was
$80,000.
but with the increasing need for
a place to swim by Cbljege Station
residents, the pool wim also opened
to them,' .
Presently in charge of the Na
tatorium is Art Adamson. Adam
son is coach of the Aggie swim
ming team. He came to A&M in
1934 and since then Aggie Swim
ming teams haviF piled up an
impressive record in Southwest
Conference competiti
Adamson has done 'much for
swimming in College Station and
largely 1 through his efforts- have
many Aggies learned to swhn.
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Kelley’s Coffee Shop is still serving the
best food in town. Our daily menu in-
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Our moderate prices will please you. ‘
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they started or who starred them
arid company teams we je followed
the company athletjics.
A&M the, next* yea(* and jb<|k <j> ver
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The old football field! fan Easli-West, crosswise
field. A ‘
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Hoifisjton broke up in a rioff after
Relations weri* t|ro|cen oflt fori some years as a result.
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While intercollegiat4 ifa liti rities __
never lacked general-pai tiqipajtion : thletic activities.
hp not pnly wore a blanket
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It became quite 0 colorful
one thing, he introduced, 11-1
but trousers as well! Th s
years before Reveille app«ar
Hanson originated the ft formation,
spectacle, for each cadet liijriel a n arooh handkerchief in one hand,
white handkerchief in the otpei. As signals were given, the T would
suddenly become all marednj a 1 whi e, or white on one side, maroon
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Another touch of color jin Hans n’s day was the creation Of the .
letters A M C in the star ds| ’ Vhite shirts were worn under the blue
blouses as regulation at thjkt time. Cadets seated at certain spots
in the stands took off tieiif coats, 1 tting their white shirts show—
and there was A M C in Hi in ; leth rs. 7
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Still another touch b clblor at : jotb ill games is remembered by
students still on the car iPriS-1 Carr pafcg i [ hats used to contain red
linings, and when hats wprq fjashed | durfug certain yells, the stands
became brilliantly red.
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Before football becajirie Imiortan at A&M, squads scrimmaged in
front of Ross Hall, wheie th§ YM< A in now. The Aggies'became
football "champions of Jtl|e joi th” h ^ be rting Tulane in 1902. IThat
Hra: os G untj Fair Grounds, (6n College
chic cen fi rm s nqw.
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In 1905 a new athldio f eld was opened,-called bgfle Field in
honor of several members|of the 1 yle-Ifsmily, many of Vholh had
been prominent in A&M affa rs.
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I rand- itand with the enormous capacity
wss hai ed as /'the finest in the state."
b eacht -s wilhqut sun-shade, were soon
appyj evepjso, because of the laick of
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by Tekas University, teams.
Not only did it beat the
ting Notre Dame today—
yelaS. Playing in Houston the ;
Austin, th* Aggies got a 5-0
ouch<j|own! (Only 5 points for a touch-
tasebi
tnly 0 7—not bad, when you remember
iiin faced the N. Y. Giants in
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were being built up, the college
ly ath-
Company
stoijyjthat no one knows'when
3y 1903 they were in full swing,
Eagerly as the “big" teams.
1927, the.present iptianiural >rograpi was begun, incorporatin
W.jL. Penh rthy, now deftn of
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begun, incorporating
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foment of the program.
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