4 P ; •;{ w:; : I I* 4, 'f'-: r. ►' .4 ' M- *•1 V.' ie Cr H P-4— FW ‘i , ^ray Whittaker Plays Last Game As Aggie Co-Gtiptain L m !. : 'si •it; i .‘i BY FRAN|t E SIMMEN, JE * Aggit png^ snatching co-captain Wray Whittaker will be playing his last game fir a Maroon and White team when the whistle blows Thurs day afternoon beginnig the oldest gridiron rivalry in the state of tfexas: 4rr A Houstonion, Whittaker star red for Jeff Davis High School from ’42 through the ’44 season. The hefty end, upon graduation from high schoaj served 19 months in Uncle Sam’s Navy where he "saw action in the South Pacific as d naval gunner. “Saw plenty of dive bombers v and Jap suicide planes when we came-into Okinawa, but I never got hurt,” remarks Whittaker. '■ 1 • His naval experiences as gunner on the merchant ship took him to most every major Jandbase in the United States and in the Pacific during the; thick 6f the fighting. He’ai Married Now The powerful gridster heard wed ding bells just before he went overseas ini the Hummer of '44 and is now^ happiljTmarried, ^No kids as jiet", he says, but there’s one on the way.” • " j'' Whittaker is now one of the very Tew griddeiw at Aggieland who had 1iin playing career cut in half by serving under two different head ebaehos. He lettered two year* under Iltimgr Norton when he came hack from the N#vy and is in the _l| proroa* of gaining his second one from HUtofar The H>fi pmindyr was selected nlhdistricl his last, two seasons in high school coniiH'tition, and placed on IhhiJiU-Hnilhenii t#»m while a senhus Be has come pcelty dose' to making an aiUcontWenre learn, hut hovUr seems to rjultc inaltje It, - ' ; „ Whittaker was selected co-cant* aln along with Hobby Goff by ids teammates hwlu spring and has played some Outstanding ball for the Aggies ttda fall. He has proven great help to the youngsters com ing np from lust years freshman, team. Thrilling Play r Prohnhly the:most thrilling play that. Whittaker h HR participated In came in (ho '48 opener against Villanpva in Philaddphiu.’ he I- scampered half the length of the field with an intercepted pass to score a [well needed TD. Whitthker, who is majoring in business, would like to take a try .at pro ball. “Haven’t any one team in] particular I would like to play. with,” Whittaker says. “It depends offer.” on who gives me the best Although jaw and 1 head injuries kept him out of a lot of action last season the husky Aggie is in great shape now and expects to be in extra good condition for the crucial Teasipper contest. * uifwauBuc About TU r When asked about the TU game, Whittaker replied, “With all the hustle the team’s been showing I know we’ll give ’em a real fight; I honestly, think that we can take ’em if wtj i play heads-up ball.” ‘T’ve got just one more things to say” Whittaker said, without be ing askedj to comment and with a sorrowful : look |n' his eye. “It’s sure been] a pleasure playing with wit A&M and I don’t think I’ll ever forget thb wonderful support and backing the Twelfth Man has given us during these last lean years. 1909Grid Teani ' ' ' 11 j * l " nored Thursday By CHUCK CABANISS .. . . * “I didn’t come here to lose.” Those words of “Uncle Charley” Moran embodied the famed sports man’s creed—and his actions fit his words to the “T”. The first truly successful Aggie coach, Moran produced in 1909 a Cadet powerhouse that was the scourge of the Southwest. • Tomorrow, as the present day Aggies square off for the fifty- sixth clash In the Southwest’s classic, eleven members of the ’t>9 learn will hu honor guests for the ‘game, Those members of the ourfy day Cadet "Wonder Team" who wlIHre present for the contest Thursday and a dinner honoring them Wed nesdny night are Louie Hamilton, llnffalo, N, Y„ captainn Victor KcMey, Hollywood, <'allf:i Mlkii' llnlentl, ARus, Okla.i Dan Huge), Kl Paso; Roger Hooker, Franklin; George Humes, Fort Htoel^on; C. B. (Doggie) Want, Honummit; T. B. Thompson, Scott, Bluff, Nebras ka; W. A. McDonald and William Carlin, Houston, and C a e s u r T Dutch) Hohn, Independence, Tex as. Two Wins These men iuhI their teammates have seen their feat of completing a rugged schedule undefeated du- \yas “nothing” that could correct the situation except a change in coaches. So u change there was. v Out went Merriam, in came Me nder the influence of "Un|cle rley” the Ran. Uni Charity” the athletes responded quickly and the “slaughter" began. The Haskell Indians were beaten, 15-0. A rugged Baylor crew threat ened the Cadet record in a tilt at Warp, but the Farmers erme through with o^t) to fl victory, j Texas Dropped Ntivtmiber 8 wa$ Ihe day of the first: '09 game with "Varsity" as Texas was referred to in those dhys ■ ami bpfnre one of Houston’s largest crowds, in a di'eneliing downimiir, llw Aggies walked ever thr Austlnltek, 88*0, lf(dy Trinity College, the text yicljm, kumijrihwl, 47 lo 0. Mon* IcsIkleniJe was encountered from (he next foe,| Oklahoma, but ejven not it ud plicated by later Maroon teams— i ^ , : : ! • ' i. ■ 1 - • : r'i-' ; i" -J m t, hwestCoof i,; : : rr WEDNESDAY, NO ER 23, 1949 ! Page Altluiugh H Air Fore* didn't place its sign among the* top three winners In this week's football sign eon test, this picture, which :| wits turned into The !lnt(nliou before the wlnuing sign was chos en, was too good to pasi up. A picture of the winning sign, R Field AH tilery, will he published next week. , ir r.:«fl>vMWr'. ' nrr~ .. m.T e-n. u 1 .., .W|. n.',-.'.....W, Smith Keeps Conference Ground Gaining Leadership While Idle on-regs Recall ast While On Bonfire Guard BrCHARLES KIRKHAM War-time service experiences, days down here before the war, and childhood reminiscences occupied pome 400 non-military students for and hour and a half last evening as they guarded the bonfire while corpsmen enjoyed their annual Thanksgiving supper* undisturbed. Comments about the fires ranged from Tom*Harris’ (Puryear), “Re minds me of hog killin’ time back in Mississippi”, to R. A. Miller's (Dorm 16), “This shows that there’s cooperation in the student body.” Bill Thornton, non-military yell leader, observed, “To my know ledge this is the first time in the history Of the school that non- regs have guarded the bonfire by themselves.” Defense Line Vulnerable “The only way for T. U. to break down this line of defense is to bring over a bunch of women,” J. H. Hale (Dorm 17) said as he surveyed the twenty-odd fires on the drill field that had clusters of men around them. Next to him B. '••'"y I . ' ! f' m .Mii Five Aggies ] A&M’s cross-coun Southwest uonl sas Razorbacks score for the ers tallied 46, ishing SMU Poi j Julian Herring, has been the most roon performer thli tured the confere crown by nudging Longhorn Tom Rogers to gain first place. Herring’s winning time over the 2.6-mile course was a sizzling Rogers wag only a hi bp hind at 11:53.2, TU track 11:63.1. behind i Clyde lattlefield paitf that the lie rwui- ning time wap, a good twenty Bee- ie best previous A: SIG i eng yi • 1 ' * ” 1 ! di5- II 1 * : I . y't y 'M, ■ | . _ ■ •• / ■Map.. T of u K h t^l^t b :ld tn 1^4 ' ’ Elevens."'' foTthe Mmin-cotched ! °" Texas ten. Here “H im" * tM ' ■ juggenmut .lefeated Texas not just Hi .V' ,rfto ']\^ osse V l v lonce but twice in the same season! ? v.hoc. Kelley, who slipped out of I Seven times in 1909 the Farmers th « «^Ping hands of two Urn | mauled opposing teams, and not ] t ?4! ers oss the ^ oal ■ ,> lonce did the powerful College com- i 1,nK rl l' r fbinatron feel the sting of defeat.' Scorct A&M 6, Texas 0. i In the second game of the season Oh, for the good ole’ days! 'TCU tied the Cadets 0-0, but after With the end of the campaign that temporary setback, A&M Ward and 'Shippe, ends; Hooker thundered through six straight and Barnes, tackles; Hohn and victories. i Brown, guards (tied with two rex- 1, M. ] The Aggies opened the season’as. guards); Thompson, center; i$ W0M 4M Julian Herring, junior distance . runner cn the A&M Cro.ss Coun try team, copped first place in the Southwest, Conference meet in Austin yesterday with a 11:63.1 time fur the 2.6 mile " course. His time was 20 seconds "better than the best previous time fur the course. ; I |h' CORSAGES . • t V^‘ Made in our distinctive, beautiful style . . . Sure to please her, - Those lush, vibrant ~ Mums ... Ideal fop: _ the game. ^ v Ml ■ it L/ ■ AGGIELAND Flower Shop Next to Campus Theater underthe tutelage of “Coach Mer- Kelley, quarterback, and. Hanqlton and Balenti, halfbacks, were nam ed to the All-Southwestern eleven. the i, i i riam" (he is, so referred to in the * 1 1910 Longhorn—seems he must not have had a first na t me) and pro- ceded to drub Austin College, 17-0. TCU Ties Cadets The tie with TCU followed. Ac cording to the. reports of one stu- AU Hail, the Champions of Southwest.” Beat TU ;e National Hqckey League si IIY FRANK N. MAN IT)/. AM Bob Mmlth, Yule Lary, Don Nlcholap, Dick Gardenia!, and Wray Whittakei' continue o plnee high on the Southwest Conference statistica list although the Aggiop were idle in football participation last wedk. 7° One man who refused his name suggested, “If this school were co-ed, we would have somebody to share this fire with." Another wanted “T, U. women down hero selling coffee.” ; ~ Willie Martin (Day Student)’ struck W, J, Kmhnff (Law) over the head with a stick, and remark ed, “I'm sorry, I thought you wdre from T, U," Both "if these men graduated from Waller High School, ' To Dlek Bngdkhl (Dunn 17) this year's honflre wgan't as hlg as the mm he worked o|i In. '411, hut “This one Is Just us good," ho added. Kenneth j(ltt#r (Walton) was reminded of his Infantry days, . . „ , ikl4U , | , |“One lime we wore In Wie forest In yards amMmeUmcJdjjqh Alsace (France) In reserve and ., ". >tt u j i i, during the day We'd heal our f ra- 8 » Jth l‘» *¥ K™"" 1 ; lions on fires like this. Mnow was giirnliig (tepartment are Hnnny on lh „ bu( Ht ht We Wyatt of Rice Institute, Gcno Mai*- r0 ,,| ( | n *t have f n.* *’ l>f ^At 7:80 corpimen moved back In- SMU. and Bobby Lantrlp of R ce to the bonfire area to reassumo InBtitute. Wyatt Is trailing Smith their guard. Remarked one non- by M yards. , military student us he left the Doak Walker of the SMU Mup- dri |, nMi itV ^t^,. thc ends lower than the best previous time over the course. \. .. . IT. i ^ ... At the tw was a scant the Longhorn runner and tance separating the two less at the finish, j ji j. - : . • .7', ]; Behind the leaders were Brown of Arkansas, third; Jim Mc Mahon of A&M, fourth; James West of Arkansas, fifth; John Gar- many of A&M, sixth; Lowell Hawk- inson of Texas, seventh; Thomas J. Matusek (Walton) mused, "They J^onnen ^T&S,* l S|nfl|lhSj : don’t guard atomic secrets this Howard Jones of A&M, tenth. * 00 ^’ - Officials who suparv meet reported that the fi 25 runners who started was the largest group thal ever been entered for the compe tition. The rac* was run fver a course laid out mi Austin iRreflta]| 1 — Bob Smith continues to lead the line smashers with a $.4^yard tangs leads the scorers in the cor)- c ' 0 J.p S ’^uard the fire cause if the scored 20 points last weekend couldfftoU wht) 'wal SoT 1 ™*'’ average for 133 carries. .Srjiith has toted the ball for 691 ya]rds and has lost only 20. Smith is] also a ; against the Baylor Beari. Follovl'-1 ito|>-ten scorer in thi) conference 1 ing Walker is Randall Clay of TeX-1 with a total of 42 poiatS (seven ; as, who led the conference from the touchdowns), j, , j 'start of the season until Uftt week. Yale Lary remains in fifth place] , Froggie Williams of Rice, Instil- ! after a week of rest from his kick- tute, Rote and Burkhalter, also of j ing skill. Lary has punted 69 times: Rice, follow Clay in that respec-1 for 2,618 yards and a 37.9 yard' tive order. Burkhalter has 43 ] average. points to Smith’s 42. Don Nicholas, Aggie quarter-! Rot( , and Walker continue to' back, who played a terrific game j lead the conference in punts, Rote, against the Oklahoma Sooners, is ; has k i t . ked 15 t i mes for an aver _ j the ninth man on the leading passer j a{fC 0 f 4; k 4 vardi ^ and G51 total 1 'list. Nicholas has tossed the pig- i vards . Dan Wilde and Jim Hickey ! skin 49 times, completing 24 of' o{ Tcu fo i low Walker, ihile Lary | them for, a total of 268 yards. ] 0 f .\&M trails Hicjkey by two foot 1 Gardemal Follows Nicholas 'in average kicks. Dick; Gardemal, who handled the . Adrian Burk of the Baylor Bears offense minded Aggies against the! jumped back to lead the passejrs SMU Mustangs a few weeks ago,' of the conference; This was dde r»<» had I • : - f I 3 SRM B f rrir 11 MP )! i l > k 1 3 m * 1 4:80 A El P TC 2,1 M B QMC 3 fM A C W iM 4 TENNIS, Military Team vs Team Courts E VBT ' I AF A FA E AF C FA j- 0 AF AjCA i : .p; FOOTBALL, Team vs Team Cl AVgr DFA ■ i, ■ , 5:15 n J ] ; B ATH lOiU, B VET 13,14, D AF 16, 7, 4,16 r 7,18' F AP ' -rfA^ACpKC A ASA A AF Tf«i«Y va BIN ! |()BSESH0E8 1; C led \'i c h 0 las on the leading mainly to his play last weekend . xr_ eij. i and-1 p ass e r list. Gardemal, probable i against SMU when Re completed dent of that year, with the mater-] irtgs in 1948-49, had a 21-6 record star t er f or the TU game, has pitch-■ 9 "ut of lf; passes fdr 240 yards ial so obviously excellent, there I at home and a 13-13 on the ropd. pc | j )asseSi 23 * of which were an( l three touchdowns. completed for 262 yards and one ! 69% For Burk touchdown. Burk has completed 99 of 169 — DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK 1 V DROOPEY? ' i ' i\ ■ - ' - T ; — BRING THEM TO— CAMPUS CLEANERS . EXPERT WORKMANSHIP | QUICK SERVICE Over The Exchange Store A.DISH OF DISTINCTION... Wray Whittaker, one of the] ] graduating seniors on the Aggie football team, is in tenth place on the leading pAss receivers list) in the conference. Whitaker hak caught 24 passes for a gain of 239 passes for 1,318 yards, 13 touch downs ajnd a completion average of 69 per cent. Paul Campbell of Texas, Lindy Berry of TCU, and Tobin Rote of Rice trail Burk in this department. ! 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