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)
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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. . .
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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)
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