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g -3 Othel Cliafin ., . Tigerland’s Coach Heads All Sports ' Head football, basketball, base ball, and track coach at A&M Consolidated High,School is yoUng, , soft-spoken Othel Ch'afin. Remarkably enough he handled, all four of the major sports last year while hanging up quite a record. He will probably do the « same thing this coming year, al though he may recei-ye, • ihe ..as sistance of helper in the grid sport. His record while at Consolidated shows that the football team was undefeated until the final game of the ; season where.! it was de feated by Calvert for the district championship. With the return of ten lettermen and having lost only Hick Dowell and Jake McGee from the regular squad, the ’50 A&M Consolidated eleven should be one of the strongest in the district. : The basketball team which won ^he district title for Chafin last year has beer. Hard hit with the graduation of four of the start ing, five. Graduates included Dow ell, McGee, Bill Cobner, and Lloyd Gay, but Chafin plans to build His quintet next season around the re turning starter Bobby Williams and successfully defend his district, title. Prospects for the baseball team 1 that won 10 straight before losing to Crockett in the playoffs are very good. Practically all of the team is returning and a better , hurling staff is evpected by next spring. Consolidated’s Future U nknown In N ewSet Consolidated Schedule Sept. 15—Madisonville Here 'Sept. 22—Navasota Here Sept. 20—Waller . There Oct. 6—Gypre'ss-F’rb’nks There *Oct. 13—Smithville Here Oct. 20—Open fOct. 27—Bastrop 1 There ?Nov. 3—Somerville There tov. 10—Granger Here "Nov. 17—Lexington There ^Denotes District Foes. A WINNER!! You Always Win When You Buy Front . . . ■ - ^ ' K ■ . ( i.; ». S H A F F if 'K ’"S ® Books • Hobby Supplies ® Souvcniers ® Records ® Supplies i' ;‘ y •• ' .i. - ' . • ' , The Best for Less A T SHAFFER’S BOOK STORE Across From Post Office N. Gate College Station By FRANK N. MANJTZAS Battalion Sports Editor The A&M Consolidated Tigers’ football team which last year won seven games, lost one, and tied one, will be in a new and tougher district this season but should prove to be one of the better teams in the league. Head Football Coach Othel Cha fin, who has seven of his regular eleven starters returning, doesn’t know exactly how the team will do in the new district. In terms of players, the biggest loss to Coach Chafin and the Tiger eleven will be last season’s quarter back. Jake Magee, who was one of the better passers in the district last season. In the game with Riesel last year, Magee completed seven of ten passes for 11G yards and three touchdowns. Another loss to the Consolidated., team is Dickie Dowell, who also graduated. Dowell lead the Tiger scorers last season with 10 touch- ■ downs and 24 points-after-touch- ■ down, a total of 81 points. Backfield Light In the backfield, the Tigers will; be light but fast, facing one of : the toughest seasons'in its history.. Consolidated will meet three teams which were district champions last year and two of these teams went j on to win regional. idated forward wall, being one of ■ the heaviest men on the squad at 165 pounds. Another 165 pounder, Bob Bar- low, who has two reserve letters to his credit, might also be a start er in the coming season. Others who might do well this year are guards Dan Williams, dated a net total of 2,165 net yards when taking into consideration 139 yards lost in the scuffles. In total points, the local foot ballers finished the season with 225 points to 56 for their oppo nents; punted 40 times for 1,518 yards and an average of 38 per kick, while the other teams punted 53 different plays for 1,451 and a 27.4 average; little difference in first downs, 79 to 68; and on penal ties, the Consolidated eleven con tinued to lead with 46 infractions which set back the Tigers 369 yards to 22 for 180 yards on the opposition’s penalty list. THE BATTALION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1950 Page 7 Cadet Tennis Team Weak With Absence of 2 Netters A&M’s tennis team which fin ished in fourth place last year with a record of 6-5-2 will not be as strong this year, according to official sources, with the loss of the number two and three men. The only returning lettermen arc the top man on the Aggie net squad, R. G. DeBerry, last year’s fourth man on the squad, Allan Aaronson, and Dick Hardin, who alternated at the fourth spot with Aaronson. Added help for the varsity from last season’s Fish team includes Eugene Lestos, Donald Farmer, Tommy West, and Harold Gann. In conference matches during the 1949-50 seasoiq the Cadet net ters Went down before third place SMU, second place Rice, and Tex as, conference champions. w; A Otliel Chafin A&M Consolidated Coach I If pie Tigers, finreferig second Jtff the district last ye hr, 1 scored wins i over Centerville (37-0). Madisom j ville (19-18), Somerville (20-6), Riesel (27-0), Chilton (27-6), Lott! (41-0), and Bremond (40-6), while i tieing Navasota (7-7), and losing; to Calvert (7-13). The final game of the year kept the Tigers from winning the dis- j trict title. Calvert scored twice J in the first half, winning the im-; portant game, while -the Tigers: were plagued with bad breaks, 1 driving inside the Trojans’ 20 five i times, but only Bobby Williams | was able to cross the goal line. District Foes This coming year the Tigers will again meet the Navasota Rattlers 1 and for district foes Consolidated | will take on Smithville, Bastrop, j Somerville, and Lexington. Returning lettermen are full backs Gayle Klipple and Roland Jones; quarterback George Johns ton; halfbacks Bobby Williams and Jerry Leighton; guards Jack Bur- chard and Royce Rogers; tackle Eddie Guthrie; and end Billy Rich ards. Burchard, who played his first year .of football last year, will be one of the mainstays on the Consol- WELCOME AGGIES *10 Seal© & TEY ONE OF' OUR FOUNTAIN DRINKS Madeley’s Pharmacy SOUTHSIDE Tankers by Loss Of Swimmer The Aggie Swimming team, composed mostly of sopho mores, came through the 19- 49-50 season v/ith a record of 4 wins, 2 losses, and a third place in the Conference swimming meet. This was the first time that A&M had come in lower than sec ond in the Conference since 1934. A&M’s team was built'around 4 sophomores: Bill Sargent, back- stroker; Van Adamson, freestyler; Ralph Ellis, freestyler; and Bill Kai’ow, a breaststroker and re ceived support from point getters Tommy Comstock, John Parnell Don Blondell, Howell Johnson, and Tommy Butler. Of the above mentioned, Karow will not be competing this season, hampering the already short Man ned Cadet tankers. Karow is mov ing to Columbus, O., in the spring to be with his parents, former Ag gie baseball tutor Marty Karow. Coach Art Adamson expects Comstock to fill Karows place. A&M divers were coached by Emil Mamaliga and provided many important points throughout the season. The Conference meet was a dis appointment to the Aggie team which came in third, 3 points bc- hind SMU. The Aggies 400 free- their opponents, giving - Consoli- style relay team was disqualified ♦by a false start, thereby, losing 12 points although they came in I! with a record breaking confer- lence time. AdamsmV'woTi-nhe 200 •yard"iTr* dividual medley to ;break the old Conference record by 5 seconds, and set a new one of 2:18.1. A&M Water Polo A&M’s water polo squad closed their season with a successful Eastern trip defeating Annapolis 12 to 3, Army 9 to 2, and New York A. C., last year’s national A. A. U. Champions, 7 to 6. The members of the water polo teams were Gilbert McKenzie, Bill Moye, John Hollingshead, Adamson. Sar gent, Ellis, Paul Fleming, C o m - stock, Karow, and Coach Art Adamson. The Aggies have always had a victorious water polo team. They were defeated in Conference once and were Junior Indoor Water Polo champions in 1938-39. The Cadets have defeated such out standing clubs as Northwestern of Louisiana, Illinois Athletic Club, Annapolis, West Point, New York, A. C., Missouri Athletic Club, and others. Jack Burchard A&M Consolidated Guard Thomas Wade, Kenneth Worsham, and Don Royder; backs Dave Bon- nen, Luzon Beaucamp, Jimmy Bond, and Joe Motheral; centers Bobby Smith and Pinkney Cooner; tackles Melvin Free, Don Burchard, Bob Barlow, James Johnston, and David Carroll; and ends Jimmy Richards, Dick Frend, Freddie Lenz, and Bill Blakely. Round-Up on Statistics As a round-up of last year’s re sults, it is interesting to note that the Tigers averaged 25 points per game while allowing their oppo nents an average of only six points each game; passed considerably completing 52 of 95 attempted passes for a percentage of .547 and | 84L yards;,and rushing, the Tigers j amassed 1,481 yards to 1,276 for mi Van Adamson Individual Medley Champion WELCOME AGGIES For Your Household Needs in Furniture & Appliances — COME BY AND SEE US — We Have a Wide Selection to Choose From UNITED FURNITURE & APPLIANCES BRYAN E. 25th & Washington Ave. Across the Street from the Court House WELCOME AGGIES OLD & NEW! When repairs are needed, take them to repairmen v/hose skill is equal to the artisans who made them . . . 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