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THE BATTALION
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DICK GARDEMAL
Quarterback
GLENN LIPPMAN
Left Halfback
MAX GREINER
Left Guard
MICKEY SPENCER
Right Guard
TUCK CHAPIN
Left Tackle
DWAYNE TUCKER
Right Tackle
RAY WHITTAKER
Left End
CEDRIC COPELAND
Right End V
End Positions to be Strongest on Line
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them by critics and sports writers
over the country, the Aggies will
field sixteen lettermen to replace
those thirteen lettermen who have
earned their degrees since a sea
son ago.
Eyes will be focused this year,
not on the lettermen so much, but
on the “Gallopin’ Ghost from the
Gulf Coast”—the famous Glenn
Lippman. Lippman proved to
those who saw him in spring prac
tices and is proving today in the
pre-season drills that he is the
most dangerous broken-field run
ner since “Red” Grange made grid
history in the early ’twenties.
Still in the backfield, we find
Bob Smith, who can carry the
bulk of his 195 pounds over the
entire 100-yard route in a scant
10.5 seconds. Smith is slated for
first string honors as he has well
exhibited his strong defensive tac
tics and excellent ball carrying
ability.
Goff Injured
Bobby Goff, still ailing from a
knee injury received in last sea
son’s play, will not be able to show
the Aggie rooters that same fight
that ranked him eighth among the
leaders in yards to return to the
list of the regulars early in Octo
ber and until that time he will be
replaced by his most able conten
der for the right half post.
Doyle Moore is that man who
will not only replace Goff during
his illness, but will give the Aggie
letterman a run for his money
throughout the entire season.
Moore, is a good defensive man and
was a stalwart in the Fish back-
field two years ago.
Completing the backfield for the
Farmers brings us to the most dis
cussed element around Kyle Field.
Getting the nod from this depart
ment and expecting the same from
“the little grey haired man” is
Dick Gardemal, who ranks along
with Lippman in potentialities.
Rated one of the top signal-callers
and T-operators, Gardemal is eas
ily the quickest and most deceptive
ball handler of the backfield can
didates.
In his fourth and last year of el
igibility, Jimmy Cashion is the
No. 2 man for the man-under slot.
Cashion is to be used only on the
offense.
Gaps to Fill
Dropping now to the line, the
Aggies have three enormous gaps
to fill, with Jim Winkler, Odell
Stautzenberger, and Charley
Wright absent via the graduation
route.
Repeating at the end position
Wray Whittaker, recipient of let
ter awards for the past season.
Andy Hillhouse, last season let
terman end, did not register for
school at A&M this fall. His spot
has not yet been filled but several
strong contenders are reported in
the running for the vacated slot.
To balance the end posts will
be Wray Whittaker, who suffered
a broken jaw in the SMU game
last year that sidelined him for the
rest of the season. He shares co
captain honors with Goff.
A returning letterman and a
very eager sophomore coming up
from the ineligibles will keep these
two stellar ends on the alert.
Cedric Copeland, one of the
smallest linemen in SWC play last
season, who lettered despite this,
and Carl Hill, a sophomore who
repeatedly stole the show with his
excellent play at the end post, will
probably see some service.
Dwayne Tucker and Tuck Chap
in will be the men to fill the tack-
Another Conference Track
Crown in ’50—Well, Maybe
J By BILL POTTS
For the last three years, A&M
track teams under the coaching
of Col. Frank Anderson and Ray
Putman have come home with the
bacon in the form of the confer
ence crown.
In Fayetteville last May, the
Aggie team compiled 55points
to lead the field. Runner-up Texas
was second with 49% and Rice
was third with 36.
However, from the looks of the
other teams in the conference,
things will not be so easy for
A&M to cop the crown in 1950.
Col. Anderson, head track coach,
has not, however, declared that
the Aggies are completely out of
the race next spring. His squad
will be stronger in every event
longer than 440 yards.
The weak spots in the team are
expected to be in the sprints and
the 440-yard dash.
Also, a competent man is needed
for what might be the weak spot
in the field strength.
The Cadets lost two of their top
men in the sprints because of the
graduation of Bill Napier and
Warren Wilson. However, this loss
could be made up if two promising
sophomores, Buddy Schaeffer and
Gary Anderson, shape up.
They were both dash stars in
high school in 1948.
Two Dashers
Two members of the varsity
squad will be returning to the
dashes. These two, Jack Bond and
W. D. Richardson, were both im
proving at the last of the season
last year and might be much better
in 1950.
The quarter-mile this year will
probably live up to expectations
with James Baker, Don Mitchell,
Bernard Place, Benton Terry, and
Don Cardon due to compete.
A&M’s famous mile relay team
lost three of its star performers,
Ray Holbrook, Ervin Bilderback,
and Connie Ludwick. The quarter-
milers mentioned above will all
try for positions on it next spring.
Don Mitchell, who was one of the
members last spring, is almost as
sured of being on it.
Outstanding in the distance
events next year will be J. D.
Hampton who established new con
ference records this year in both
the mile and the two-mile. Julian
Herring, another experienced dis
tance man will also be back to
help the Aggie team gather points.
The high hurdles next year is
likely to become a duel between
Paul Leming of the Aggies and
Bill Howton of Rice. Leming, a
sophomore, is likely to make this
one of the Aggie team’s strong
points in the next couple of years.
Leming and Bob Hall, one of
Well Qualified
For Trainer
Effective August 1, Bill Dayton
was named trainer at A&M to re
place Blaine Rideout, who resigned
this summer to become trainer at
the University of Nebraska.
Born among the bright lights
of New York City in the early
days of 1914, Dayton graduated
from high school there in 1933 and
in 1.937 was graduated from the
Swedish Institute of Physio
therapy. He went even farther
with his study and graduated
from the Eastern School of Physio
therapy in 1938. To say that he’s
well qualified for this position is
an understatement.
Re served in the Navy and was
at G'eorgia Pre-Flight in Athens,
Georgia for three years. He was
trainer at the University of Miami
in Florida from 1938 through 1942
and returned in 1945 after serving
his hitch with the Navy.
Dayton has been trainer at Tu-
lane since his departure from
Miami in the early part of ’47.
Amiable and well liked, Dayton
is always quick with a touch of
humor. He is married and has a
seven year old daughter.
the conference’s outstanding low :
hurdle men, are likely to have the
low hurdles sewed up in the con
ference meet next spring also.
Kadera Returns
Big George Kadera will return
this year to give the Aggies a
base to build their weight strength
on. He will be a near cinch to take
both the discus and the shot again
unless he has an off day like he
did at Fayetteville this spring.
Bob Smith, a sophomore fullback
on the Aggie grid team, is a can
didate for the field events also. He
might well be the sought after
javelin man that is so badly need
ed. His throws last spring were
promising.
In the broad jump coach And
erson will have Bill add John
Henry, and in the high jump,
Don Graves and Buddy Davis.
Jack Simpson, Johnny Davis,
and Graves will be the top Aggie
entrants in the pole vault. It is
expected that Simpson will clear
14 feet before he finishes his col
lege competition.
A&M did not have the best
freshman track squad in the con
ference last spring but the up and
coming sophomores will fill most
of the weak spots. If the 1950
edition of the Aggie track team
does not cop the conference crown
again, you can expect it to be not
far from it.
le positions, considered to be the
weakest. They on the line are
the most inexperienced of the re
turning lettermen.
Tucker and Chapin saw very lit
tle service last year because of
the sixty minute playing of Jim
Winkler and Marion Settegast.
Both boys were coming on fast
during the Aggies closing ’48
games.
Top Competition
Expected to give these boys a
lot of top competition this fall are
Sam Moses and Russ Hudeck.
These two lads who earned fresh
men letters last fall will be hard
to keep off the list of regulars.
As we near the mid-point of the
Aggie line, we find Max Greiner
and Mickey Spencer, both letter-
men from last year’s varsity, who
will have their hands full keeping
the line airtight.
Greiner, who is expected to di
vide his time with Carl Molberg,
was not in spring practice due to
illness.
A former all-stater, Spencer will
have a rough time keeping Jim
Dugas, another of the four top-
ranking guards, from doing more
than just sharing time at the in
side post.
Moving to the pivot position for
the Aggies is Jimmy Flowers, who
may steal the show from the rest
of the SWC centers. An all-around
sportsman, Jimmy is another for
mer all-stater. He played tackle
last season.
Bob Bates, a returning letter-
man, is scheduled to divide time
with Flowers at the middle posi
tion. He is rapidly developing in
to a strong linebacker and is one
of the better snapperbacks in the
business.
These are the men who have
proven to be most outstanding in
play last season and in spring
Texas A&M has lost only four
football season openers since start
ing the sport in 1894.
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Right Halfback
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