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Members of the Texas Aggie line who are veter
ans and will probably start against Nevada, Sept.
23, are, top row, left to right, Guard Max Grein
er, Tackle Russ Hudeck, Defensive End Dorbandt
Barton; Second row, Tackle Tuck Chapin, Center
Hugh Meyer, Offensive End Andy Hillhouse;
third row, Guard Carl Molberg, Offensive and De
fensive End Cedric Copeland; bottom row, Tackle
Dwayne Tucker, Linebacker Jimmy Flowers, and
Linebacker Bob Bates.
Bears Face Re-JiuiMing
By FRANK GREASY
■ ‘ Athletic News Director
Baylor University
. Waco (Special)—A herculean re
building task fgees Coach George
Sauer as he prepares the Baylor
bears for his first season in the
Southwest Conference. Twenty-two
feenjors on the 1949 aggregation
left gaping' holes that are to be
filled by inexperienced squadmen
?ind sophomores.
) Sizing up the strength of the
Bears or picking a starting line-up
for 1950 isn’t any easy matter.
With only four 1949 “first string
ers” returning, every spot is wide
open, and there are three or four
top candidates bidding for each
position.
* Team Captain Frank Boydstun
dt fullback, Stan Williams, at left
4nd,-Walter Bates, offensive guard,
and Steve Dowden, offensive
ackle, are regular starting hold-
vers. Including Harold Parker, a
949 halfback who may not don a
grid uniform this year, there are
20 letter 1 njen among the 72 on the
Bruin roster.
20 Doesn’t Classify
As a rule, a nucleus of 20 let-
termen doesn’t classify a team as
inexperienced. However, looking
over the monogram wearers:
Riley has been out for a year and
remains on the question mark;
Parker is'doubtful of participation;
Hank Dickerson qualified by extra
point spfecilization; Johnny Curtis
was docketed for defensive half
back assignments last year and
then awarded a letter when benched
with a fractured ankle.
Centers Danny Cochrane and
Glen Taylor both met the mini
mum requirements on defense,
completing the question marks on
th Bears squad which leaves 14
returners who can be considered
solid working blocks.
Losing Adrian Burk’s quarter-
backing and passing wizardry and
having no visible replacerpents,
necessitates a divided running and
passing attack from the T forma
tion. Using spring practice as a
(See BAYLOR, Page 8)
By TOM JDYNES
Athletic Publicity Director
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, Va. — (Special)—In
less than two weeks Southern Con
ference football talent will be in
the league’s 16 camps, and a VMI
there should be plenty of talent on
hand.
Head Coach Tom Nugent says,
“Many observers feel that 1951
will be VMI’s big year, but don’t
sell 1950 short. We could reach
our stride before ’51.” The Keydet
coaches face their 1950 schedule
with confidence, looking forward
to the return of 27 lettermen, a
dozen experienced reservists from
the ’49 campaign, and 19 sopho
mores who were the nucleus of
last year’s “Rat” squad, a total
roster of 58.
Nugent, having little use for the
“crying towel” employed by many
other members of his profession,
feels that VMI will be stronger
this year. “We will be bigger, from
tackle to tackle, than any VMI
I team since before the war,” the
head man claims, “and could be as
much as 15 pounds per man heavier
there.”
He adds, “We will have more
depth in the line positions and in
tire backfield than this school has
had in many years. 'We lack depth
at end, and might feel a lack of
depth at quarterback should any
of those men be injured. But right
now the picture is brighter.”
Won 3, Lost 5
Last season’s Flying Squadron
was able to win only three while
dropping five and closing with a
28-28 thriller against Virginia
Tech. That tie and two of the
losses'could have been, with a few
breaks, turned into victories. Quan-
tico took a tough 14-7 win from
the Cadets and The Citadel upset
them by 19-14.
In ’50 the VMl men open with
strong William and Mary in Roan
oke, and last year the Tribe mas
sacred the Red, White and Yellow,
54-6. After the Indians come
A&M Athletic Council
Has Big Responsibility
By RAY HOLBROOK
Governing all athletics at A&M,
the Athletic Council has just re
cently come into the public eye
for the tremendous amount of work
and responsibility heaped upon it
by the recently expanded pro
gram undertaken by the athletic
department.
Prior to 1947 when the first
students became council members,
very few people knew the func
tions or even existence of the
Athletic Council.
However, now under the re
vised organization which con
sists of four faculty members, two
former students, and two students
as voting members with, of course,
the athletic director and business
manager present at all meetings,
the council has become widely
known as the driving force be
hind all of A&M’s many inter
collegiate sports.
Faculty members of the council
for the year 1950-51 include D.
W. Williams, Vice-Chancellor for
Agriculture ' arid President of the
Southwest Conference; Dr. I. B.
Bougliton, Dean or the School of
Veterinary Medicine; Dr. G. W.
Schleseelman, Head of the Geo-
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George Washington, another im
proved club, and then the Univer
sity of Richmond Spiders. The lat
ter two teams bowed to the Key-
dets by identical 14-7 scores in
’49. With Texas A&M, Virginia,
Catawba, Davidson, Georgia Tech,
The Citadel and VPI rounding out
the slate in that order, the Cadets
are sure to have their hands full
this fall. They are, right now,
rated no better than a tossup with
any team on the card, excepting
Catawba.
Nugent Feels Stronger
In spite of last year’s record
and the schedule facing him, Nu
gent feels that VMI will be consid
erably stronger and will post a
better record in the grid wars of
’50. Highest among the problems
he faces is that of developing a
quarterback replacement for grad
uated Joe Veltri. The race is now
neck-and-neck between Jimmy
Coley, best of the squad’s passers,
(See VMI, Page 8)
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