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Page'4 THE BATTALION Tuesday, September 11, 1951 - A&M’s Running Game, More Line Power Sets Cadet Eleven Near Top Aggies ’ Football Leaders Combining one of the most ex plosive running units in college football with an above - average line, the Aggies might easily be come a top challenger for the con ference throne, that is, if the pass ing attack develops. Percentage wise, A&M had one of the best passing attacks in the league last season, but the Cadet quarterbacks failed to use aerials often enough. Against 11 oppo nents, A&M threw 152 passes and completed 74 for 1058 yards, while opponents went to the air 271 times and completed 127 for 1713 yards. A&M must develop all four phas es of its passing attack to have a potent offense—'throwing, catch ing, blocking for the passer and offering a threat as a run or pass. Herein lies the key to Coach Ray George’s problems. If anything, the Cadets are suf fering from lettermen and senior- itis. Twenty-six players have earned letters, and half this num ber holds two varsity football let ters. In all, 20 seniors, part of the talented freshman team of 1948, are out for their last year. Veteran Backfield The Aggies have a veteran back- field offensively and defensively, and possess a threesome of start ing backs second to none. Head ing one of the greatest arrays of backs in Aggie history is fullback Bob Smith. Co-captain Smith, the conference’s leading rusher last season, has the speed and .swivel hipping ways of a scatback yet possesses the power of a tackle. Flanking Smith are flashy left half Glenn Lippman and the speedy right half, Bill Tidwell. These two halfbacks accumulated a total of 1,078 yards rushing last year. Like Smith, Tidwell and Lippman are ever-present threats to go all the way. Versatile Yale Lary, Augie Saxe and Charles McDonald, two-year letterman, are expected to pro vide a much stronger pass defense this Fall in addition to being able to play on offense. With hard- running Bernard Lemmons, squad- men Raymond Haas and Connie Magouirk, and sophomores Pete Mayeaux, Bill Ballard and John Salyer, Coach George has a never- ending supply of speedy offensive players. i m\ 4®’ Lary—Best Punter George has one of the confer ence’s best punters in Lary, a Fort Worth lad. Lary ranked third in the league in punting last Autumn and third also on punt returns. He played 360 minutes last season, mostly on defense. The quarterback problem is not a new one at Aggieland, but one which bothered coach Harry Stite- ler in his three years at A&M and Homer Norton back in 1947.. The job is open with Dick Gardemal having first choice by virtue of be ing a starter the past two years. Contesting Gardemal are .senior lettermen Delmer Sikes, junior squadman Ray Graves and Roy Dollar, a transfer from Del Mar Junior College. Graves has shown great improvement in his ball handling and passing and could possibly be the number one man. Lack of conference experience may postpone Dollar’s debut one more year. He ranks behind Lary in the kicking department. Semi-Platoon System Lack of material is forcing end coach Hank Foldberg and line coach Paul McMurty to think in terms of a semi-platoon system. A&M has probably the best offen sive center in the Southwest in Hugh Meyer, two year letterman. As the offensive starter last year, this Aggie co-captain was greatly responsible for the Aggies’ suc cess in down-field blocking. A&M has very dependable linebackers in Meyer and James Fowler, a defen sive specialist. Backing this pair are junior college transfer Don Moore, and squadman Cooper Rob bins, Van Hetherly and Howard Z u c h. Either halfback Robert Shaeffer or Pete Mayeaux could slip into one of these posts before Sept. 21, thereby relieving Meyer strictly for offensive play. The guard slots were most hit by graduation, and the loss of co captains Max Greiner and Carl Molberg is being felt keenly. How ever, lettermen W. T. Rqsh, Elo Nohavitza and Alvin Langford and equadman Marshall Rush promise to make the guard play more than adequate. A&M is strongest at the tackle spot, with enough heavy workhor ses here to provide four tackles in the defensive line. Sam Moses is a two year letterman starter, and he will probably team with a tal- (See CADET ELEVEN, Page 5) IL- SPORTalk... Linebackers Jimmy Fowler and Van Heatherly and end Clinton D. Gwin are on the Aggie injured list momentarily ... all are expected around in a couple of days. . . Backfield Coach Gil Steinke should return to the Aggies practice to morrow, having recovered from an attack of the flu. . . Watching the Aggies work out include Milton Routt who coached the group that now forms the seniors of the Cadet eleven while they were freshmen . he is Chip and Joe Routt’s. brother. . . SSSSll M . ■ •. . -V Ray George Hugh Meyer Bob Smith Juniors, Sophs Crowd Vets As Aggies Ready for Uclans TODAY LAST DAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:28 - 3:00 - 4:45 - 6:30 8:15 - 10:00 SIDE-SPLITTING Juniors are crowding seniors, and sophomores are pushing jun iors as head coach Ray George be gins seeking his 39-man squad to go to Los Angeles Sept. 20 for the Aggie game with UCLA. The Aggies, drilling furiously for their rugged intersectional opener in the Los Angeles Coliseum, need to get most of the hard work ac complished this week. The team’s conditioning must be completed by Sept. 15, then polished for the West Coast tilt. Against UCLA ‘Jarrin’ Jawn’-In 1940 This Year-‘Bruisin’ Bob Bryan 2'8S79 COMING—SEPT. 14TH Friday Night Prev.—11 P.M. SKY-SHATTERING STORY OF MARINE AIR-DEVILS! A&M challenges UCLA this fall for the first time in 11 years; this season as back in 1940, the Aggies are sparked by a dazzling fullback. In 1951 the fullback is all-Amer ican “Bruisin’ Bob” Smith who led the 1950 Southwest Conference race in scoring with 84 points and rushing witth 1,302 yards, a new conference mark. In 1940, the name before the public was “Jarrin’ Jawn” Kim brough. He led the Aggies during the 1939 season when they were acclaimed national champions and w T ent into the 1940 game with a 13- game winning streak. All Kimbrough did that Oct. 12 was play 60 minutes of bang-up football, scored his team’s only touchdown and intercepted the pass which set it up. ^ Kimbrough Snags Pass It was late in the first quarter that Kimbrough snagged a pass off the arm of Leo Cantor, UCLA full back, and ran it back to the Uclan 44 from where the Cadets scored in eight plays. Bill Conatser made three yards and Kimbrough rammed through the tough UCLA line for six and three yards to the 32, picking up a first down on the secorfd try. Conatser danced nine yards to the 23 where again Kimbrough blasted through center for another first down, this time to the 18. Conatser made nine more yards to the nine-yard line and oh second down with one to go, Kimbrough took a handoff from Marion Pugh and skirted left end for the re maining nine yards without a hand touching him. Pugh converted, and the game was over as far as scor ing was concerned. Fumbles Hurt The Aggies wasted away several scoring opportunities by costly fumbles twice and a pair of pass interceptions by the Uclan defense. UCLA threatened twice during the battle between the two great defensive teams. A 47-yard pass play from Cantor to halfback Ray Bartlett carried to the Cadet eight but fizzled when the hard charging tacklers smothered the Bruin of fense. Another great name in the sports world was featured in that 1940 fracas. He was Jackie Robinson, erstwhile secondbaseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. He led the Uclan into the game but went out of the game with an injury in the second quarter and stayed out for the remainder of the afternoon. Smith will be the Aggie’s great est offensive threat, Sept. 12. Al though he is rated one oif the top defensive backs on the 1951 Aggie grid machine, he won’t be allowed to play because Aggie head coach Ray George says he is too valuable a man to risk being injured in an era where specialists are training for defensive work. One more week of two-a-day practices remain for the Aggies be fore the opening of school Sept. 17. Morning workouts will be light and fast, but George plans to shift heavy-geared workouts from nights to afternoons in order to give; the team some vital condi tioning. . ; Hooper, Miller Climb TVy-q newcomers—Darrow Hooper and l}||c Miller—have climbed up wards in the battle of the ends. Chafles Hodge, starter last year, has piffi^in able to maintain his hold on (fljl'liijterminal spot, but Hooper, a C(mwted quarterback, has tem- Doraipy displaced other lettermen for ||ei,|)ilxer position. He is shar ing itne.-^t with Miller, a sopho- mor^, Bert Koegl, another sophomore end.jjAas been paired with Walter Hill on 1 ''the defensive team. These two and Charles Saxe and Clinton Gwin are tagged for defensive play. Four lettermen have maintained their holds on the tackle positions with senior Sam Moses and junior Jack Little holding a slight edge. Bobby Dixon, W. G. Blair and Dick Frey are pressing Moses and Little. More experience will be needed to develop Aggie guards W. T. Rush and Elo Nohavitza to the ex cellence of the 1950 “watch charm” guards—Max Greiner and Carl (See ENDS WEAK, Page 5) DR. WILLIAM GOTTLIEB Registered Chiropodist Foot Specialist 4824 S. Main, Houston Will Be in Bryan the 2nd Wednesday of each month. 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