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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.
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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.
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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-
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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
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