TCU Will Use Dutch’s E,en Wi,k Dnak Grae
Mew Version of Offense
By AMOS MELTON
Director of Sports
Publicity—TCU
Ft. Worth, (Special)—The TCU
football squad for 1950 will number
around 58 players as the season
opens. There are nine ends, 12
tackles, 12 guards, five centers,
$ix quarterbacks, six fullbacks, and
eight halfbacks.
’ The tentative starting team on
pffense will average around 194
pounds—199 in the line and 190 in
the backfield. On defense, the
prospective starting line will aver
age 204 and the secondary around
182.
' For the first time since L. R.
{‘Dutch” Meyer assumed command
in 1934, the TCU team will oper
ate from something besides the
Warner double-wing (with varia-
jtldhs) as a basic formation,
i After much thought and experi
mentation, the veteran little tutor
icame up with his own version of
'a “T-double wing” setup and gave
{it a thorough trial in spring train
ing. The results were so satisfac-
’tory that Meyer announced his
Dan Wilde
TCU Quarterback
1950 team will open with the new
. formation. The plan is an effort to
combine the merits of the straight
T and the double wing.
Returning Lettermen—24
There are 24 lettermen re turn
ing who, among them, have earn
ed 40 monograms, contrast this
with the loss of 17 veterans who
had earned 51 letters, and it is
easily seen that the team is, com-
paritively speaking, “green” es
pecially at some of the key posi
tions.
Several tentative starters, no
tably guard Tom Evans, fullback
Bobby Jack Floyd, and halfback
■ Malvin Fowler, have yet to play
their first down to varsity foot
ball.
, On the whole, the Frogs should
• have a bit more speed this sea-
1 son. With the departure of Lindy
| Berry, Dan Wilde is expected to
! come into his own. Other speed-
. sters in the backfield are Johnny
1 Dunn and Bobby Harding (Texas
' lass A high school sprint champion
’ of 1948) at left half.
, Big Malvin Fowler and Johnny
* Medanich on the right side can
’ move equally as fast. For big men,
{John Morton and Bobby Jack
, Floyd at full move rapidly, and
' the line, while slightly smaller in
1 spots, should be more mobile.
| Only two moundsmen who have
, ever pitched in varsity competi
tion return. They are Wilde, who
hit 7 for 25 efforts last year for
175 yards and three touchdowns,
and Dexter Bassinger, who made
good 5 of 13 tries for 43 paces.
There are two untried tossers
in Gilbert Bartosh and Duane
Grissett. Bartosh is likely to alter
nate most of the season with
Wilde as the top tosser.
Since the passing threat will be
highly important to Coach Meyer’s
new “T-wing” formation, success
or failure of the mound corps may
be the deciding factor in the 1950
season. As yet, the throwing must
be “proven.”
The club’s three top catchers,
Morris Bailey, George Boal, and
Jack Archer, graduated. Despite
these losses, the receiving should
be adequate.
Available Ends—Capable
Ends Billy Moorman and Wil
son George, backs Dunn, Fowler,
Jimmy Hickey, Morton, and John
ny Medanich have demonstrated
THE BATTALION
Page 6 THURS., SEPT. 7, 1950
Ag Baseballers
Stronger; No
Official Coach
Although the Aggie base
ball team which placed second
in the conference with a 9-5
record, losing three times to
the powerful NCAA Cham
pion, Texas University, once to
SMU, and once’ to Baylor, is not
expected to be the SWC champs
this coming year, it will be strong
er.
At the beginning of the 1950
school year the Aggies are without
an official baseball coach. Athletic
Director Barlow Irvin has announc
ed that Perron Shoemaker, Fish
coach is in charge of the Aggie
nine until official action is taken
by the Athletic Council.
Last season’s tutor Marty Ka-
row resigned to take a similar post
at his alma mater, Ohio State Uni
versity.
Another loss from the team in
cludes All-Conference centerfielder
Wally Moon, who signed with the
St. Louis Cardinal chain during the
summer months.
Returning for this year’s team
includes All-Conference pitcher
Pat Hubert, who won five, lost one
in SWC play, and All-Conference
shortstop Guy Wallace. Together
with an all-around team and with
another pitcher to help Hubert, the
Cadets may win the SWC baseball
crown which they last won in the
early ’40s.
Pitching support for Hubert may
be produced in the form of Sam
Blanton, Bob “Tank” Tankersley,
Blanton Taylor, George Brown, and
freshman hurlers from last year,
Jack Brinkley and Bill Stirling.
Rounding out the returnees are
Shug McPherson, Hollis Baker, Joe
Ecrette, Yale Lary, A1 Ogletree,
Martin Hamilton, Lester Lackey,
Hank Candelari, Joe Savarino, John
DeWitt and top freshman prospects
such as Charley Russell, Bill Mun-
nerlyn, and Don Heft.
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ability to go get that ball. Five
soph ends, Teddy Vaught, Charles
Rogers, Wayne Martin, Bobby
Blair, and Bill Hill, all sparkled
as freshman receivers.
Overall, the Frog secondary
looms as the best-manned, at least
on offense, since the war. There
are capable performers at least
three deep at all positions,
the fine passing and fair running
which dominated in the era of
Berry will give way_ to a more
powerful quartet which will hit
hard and quick by land.
At the same time, the backfield
personnel has much more speed
and power along the ground. The
result may be morestress on
ground maneuvers although no
Meyer-coached team even neglects
the passing weapon.
Line Slightly Weaker
On the whole, the Purple line
may be slightly weaker. There is
less size, experience, and manpow
er than there was in 1949. How
ever, if one of two questions are
worked out at the guard and
tackle spots, the forward force
may prove adequate.
The tackle posts strength will
depend largely on the condition of
Marable’s knee and unless he
plays, the tackle positions lack
real experience. The guards will
be comparitively small but highly
mobile.
Eubank—The Same
Center, headed by the veteran
Max Eubank, is about the same.
Five top ends were lost but with
three veterans and six very pro
mising sophomores, those posts
could be strong.
Summing it up, the 1950 TCU
team will have good manpower
and fair experience. The develop
ment of top passing, team spark,
and good play selection are major
“ifs.”
The team should have more
speed over all with a promising
backfield with both speed and
power. The line may be slightly
weaker but “adequate” if certain
questions are answered favorably.
Operating from a new formation
and with fine running personnel,
the team may be more potent by
land than by air.
Cedric Copeland, who caught the
pass which set up the tieing touch
down against the SMU Mustangs
last year, is the lightest man on
the Aggie line, but he is the only
end to have gained two-letters in
varsity play. Cope weighs in at
176 pounds.
SMU Eleven Not Blue
By LESTER JORDAN
Director of
Athletic Publicity—SMU
Dallas (Special)—Although Doak
Walker, Dick McKissack, Bobby
Folsom, Jack Halliday, and other
outstanding players who aided
greatly in compiling SMU’s great
football record of the last three
years are no longer on the Hilltop,
there is little gloom in the Mustang
camp as the Ponies prepare for
the 1950 season.
H. N. Russell, who succeeded
Matty Bell as head coach after
the latter decided to devote full
time to his duties as athletic di
rector, and his assistants put a
fine-looking squad through an in
tensive spring drill and were en
couraged by the spirit displayed by
their proteges.
Coach Russell, who has been
H. N. Russell
SMU Head Coach
Bell’s first assistant for five years,
plans no radical departure in eith
er the offensive or defensive pat
terns of the team and the players
are already familiar with funda
mentals of the system to be used
by the Mustangs.
The Mustangs have some fine
backfield offensive material in
Kyle Rote, who scored three touch
downs against Notre Dame last
year and who lead the Southwest
Conference in punting, rushing,
and touchdowns scored. Other of
fensive backfield material includes
Johnny Champion, dimunitive but
speedy halfback, and Gene Robert,
who lettered in 1948 but missed
1949 because of injuries suffered
in an automobile accident.
Also Pat Knight, a big,blocking
fullback; Henry Stollenwerck, a
hard-hitting ball carrier; H. N.
Russell, Jr., a smart field gen
eral and a superb pass catcher;
Fred Benners, who is a passing
specialist, and others among whom
are Bill Forester, Benton Mus-
slewhite, Val Joe Walker, and
other promising sophomores.
The loss of Co-captains Folsom
McKissack, and Walker will be felt
defensively as well as offensive
ly, and the ability of the coaches
to find capable men at the half
back and safety posts will deter
mine to a great extent the suc
cess enjoyed by the Mustangs.
Bill Richards, who played a
great defensive game against
Notre Dame, Champion, D. C.
Chancey, Ray Cleckler, Kenneth
Duke, and Bill Crisler are among
those who will be tried at the posi
tions.
Available for the important post
of linebackers are Dick Hightower,
and I. D. Russell, who as sopho
mores last season impressed the
critics with their deadly tackling.
Sam Wood, James Dawson, Bill
Fox, and Jim Landers should prove
capable replacements.
No Platoon System
Coach Russell does not plan to
follow the platoon system, but will
use the best men both on defense
and offense. Candidates for the
end positions include Benny White,
who played enough to letter last
year; Bill Sullivan, who has let
tered two years as a kick-off spec
ialist; Bill Rippey, David Powell,
Bob Hooks, and Jimmy Hawn, who
were held out last season; Harry
Dean, Jim Mahew, and Leland
Mayo, 1949 freshman; and Leo
Fikes and Robert Payne, squad-
men last year.
Returning tackles are four let
termen—Neal Franklin and Char
les Perry, who stood out in the
closing games of the 1949 season,
and Co-captain Bobby Collier and
Bob Vann, who started on defense
last year until benched by in
juries.
Help will be given by Wayne
Ligon, Bufard Partee, Ed Pettes,
and Earl Walden of the 1949 frosh;
Charles Chambers, and James Mar
ion squadmen last season; and
Bob Cadwallader, Cuba Holloway,
and Hal Quinn, who have junior
college experience.
The Mustangs lost five letter-
men at guard, but the coaches were
impressed by the spring work of
Hershcel Forester, a letterman;
Ike Robb, a squadman; David
Riley, Paul Turk, and Jimmie
Thompson, who were held out last
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