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Thursday, September 27, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 5 Tech Coach DeWitt T. Weaver Head Tech Coach Weaver Is New Mentor at Tech Dewitt T. Weaver, head mentor of the Tech Red Raiders, came to ids present position from Tulsa University where he held an asso ciate coaching spot. This is his first year at Tech where he is. attempting to rebuild a squad suffering from losses due to last year’s- graduating class. A s'plit-T advocate, Weaver gays “pothing will replace a good, clean block.” He leads his Raiders aguinst the Aggies in his second appearance of the season. Debut for Tech In his debut for Tech last week, Weaver showed his ability as the Tech eleven overan a powerful West Texa,s State team, 46-7. Born in Nashville Tenn., Weav er spent most of his younger years in Florida, where he was graduated from Florida Military Institute. All-Conference Guard He played college football for the University of Tennessee, where he captained the volunteers in 1036, and where he received the honor of All-Southeast Conference guard. During the war, Weaver was commander of a Naval troop ship, but when the war was over, he re turned to the coaching profession luid ,a job a line coach at Mississ ippi State. He then, transferred to Tulsa University in 1948, and from there to Tech. —-—Beat Texas Tech—— NOW SHOWING ATMIOAHP ah? I vmcar priceuim holt.Charles wigraw QUEEN NOW SHOWING THE MOST HILARIOUS VOYAGE IN NAVAi. Predicts Tech Squad Lanktree] 6’9”Fish To Play Basketball Sports Shorts By ED HOLDER Battalion Sports Writer “I wouldn’t predict the outcome of the Tech game Saturday night, but I will say we are expecting a tough, tough, battle,” said Head Mentor Ray George of the Aggies. “They scored 46 points against West Texas State last week, and anyone who can rack up that many points, has a good ball club,” he added. George was referring to the Raider victory last Saturday over the powerful West Texas State Buffaloes 46-7. Pre-game predic tions made Tech the victor by only one touchdown. He might also have meant that the Aggies are below par with two of their key men out of the game. These are Billy Tidwell and Walter Hill, both who suffered in juries in the UCLA tilt. Air and Ground The Cadet eleven showed their powerful air attack against the Bruins last week. This adds great ly to the Aggies possibilities now that they have both effective ground and air offensives. Defensive line posts are still the weakest on the squad. And the worse seems to be left end, where the Bruins pounded for yard after yard last Friday night. Guard posts are also slightly weak, but workouts this past week should have improved these spots. Aggie Troubles Tech’s All-American candidate Jerrell Price, 210 pounds of rough tackle, is predicted to give the Aggie backfield troubles. Price made the “unsung All-American squad last year, and also placed on both the TU and Rice all-oppo nent eleven. His hometown of Brownfield has shown its admiration for Price by reserving a block of 100 tickets for all the Tech home games. This is in addition to many other tickets already sold to Brownfield resi dents. Another threat to the Aggies will be Frank Graves from Mc Kinney, whose 47-yard romp against the Buffaloes of West Tex- Blaik Pleased As Army Bucks Big Villanova West Point, Sept. 27—(A 5 )— Coach Earl Blaik says he hasn’t had any surprises since he started to rebuild the Army football team out the scanty remnants left when nearly 40 players were dropped from the military academy for cribbing. With that statement goes the in timation that he’ll be very pleas antly surprised if Army wins its opening game with rugged Villan ova Saturday. Blaik is understandably loath to say anything that would destroy his players confidence. At the same time he tries to avoid misleading optimism. The result leads to this appraisal of the 1951 Army squad. A group of very promising soph- more backs and a much smaller number of good line prospects have performed in practice just about the way promising sophs are expected to do. The older players, rescued from the “B” squad, al ready had come close to the lim its of their potential ability with out making the varsity in past seasons. “You can’t teach experience,” the conservative, soft-spoken Army coach points out i-ather sadly. “And you can’t teach quickness of re action, though you can improve it.” Then tentative starting lineups, still subject to the changes that have been going on for a month, list an offensive team of second string calibre and a defensive team salvaged from the “B” squad. The entire of offensive backfield is composed of sophomores—they call them yearlings here—and the line includes four sophs, two jun iors and a senior. TODAY thru SATURDAY FIRST RUN —Feature Starts— 1:10 - 2:56 - 4:42 - 6:28 8:14 - 10:00 j. ?f H> ION McMUISIER j A COLUMBIA PICTUtE . u.. —"gar* NEWS — CARTOON as State last week set the stage for the first goal-crossing. This 173-pound left halfback is now a senior at Tech, 22 years old, and stands 5 feet 11. Weaver Warns Squad Raider workouts this week have emphasized aerial defense, as a result of the Aggie display in Los Angeles. Coach Weaver told his squad that their running over Westex doesn’t mean that Tech has made its comeback. As an explanation of last week’s victory, Weaver said Tech held a grudge in that game from losing to the same club last year, and the Raiders also had three full weeks to prepare for that tilt. He also added the Buffs would be hard to beat once they hit their stride, but right now their coach is filling a job of replacing key men who played on last year’s squad. Strong Defense The emphasis has also been plac ed on a strong defensive bulwark by Weaver to stop the rompings of Ramblin’ Robert Smith, Aggie All-American. In the 1950 game between the Aggies and Tech, Smith received a pass and jaunted over for the first of his scores, then stampeded through the line for his next two. Smith also racked up three touchdowns in the 1949 clash. One of which came after he covered 80 yards of field and crossed the chalk line standing up. Bruisin’ Bob tallied a sum of 214 yards rushing in that game. The final score—Aggies, 26-7. Summing up, the Aggies are fa vorites despite their handicap of two key men absent from the line up. Tech has a strong ball club and should present a tough grid battle. A&M’s newly-found aerial offensive offers Tech even more troubles however and should prove the winning factor Saturday night. —Beat Texas Tech— 1,400 Students Buy Tech Game Tickets Approximately 1,400 student tickets have been sold since Mon day for the A&M-Texas Tech foot ball game in Dallas Saturday night. All student ducats went off sale Wednesday at 6 p. m. In addition, 800 guest tickets have been sold by the Athletic department for the Saturday night game. Agout 100 reserved seat tickets were sold Wednsday. How ever some 600 of these ducats are still available and will be on sale until 12 noon Friday. Guest and reserved seat tickets are priced at $3.60. Sports Thrill of a Lifetime Tidwell Relates Nin e- Ya rd Sprin t By BILLY TIDWELL As Told To GUS BECKER By JIM ASHLOCK Battalion Staff Writer The class of ’55 will set new records in the wake of its progress thnough the next four years, but one freshman has already estab lished himself as a record holder. Hugh Dane Lanktree, 22 year old 6’ 9” freshman from Buenos Aires, Argentina holds the title of “tall est member of the class of ’55.” Born of Irish parents and reared in Argentina, Lanktree came to this country six months ago in quest of an education. While work ing on farms near Taylor and Eagle Pass he came in contact with a number of A&M alumni who per suaded him to visit the college. At the time he was undecided as to which college he should attend for his agricultural training, but after his visit to Aggieland he knew that this was the place for him. Lanktree’s family is large and of a distinguished nature, with relatives scattered throughout the entirety of the Argentine. At the age of 18, he was an ap prentice to the foreman of a large ranch. When hei was 20 he replaced his uncle as foreman of five large ranches, a job which he considers his greatest achieve ment up to this time. He speaks Spanish and French fluently and is skilled in the oper ation of large machinery such as tractors and cranes. “My country is indeed beautiful and charming,” say Hugh, “but the president, although he has his good points, is not an ideal ruler. The government is poorly operated and there are no suitable facilities for agricultural college training in the entire country. This is the reason for my coming to this country for my education.” Lanktree’s height is not exclu sive within his family. His sister, “My greatest thrill playing foot ball for A&M came during the first game I started in when I was a sophomore in 1949. “In the Villanova game that year, I played offense at fullback after Bob Smith was taken out of the game, so when Coach Stiteler told me that I was going to start against the Southern Methodist University Mustangs I was a little surprised. “We played exceptional ball that day with everything going off right and everyone working as a team. SMU was ahead most of the game and we never took the lead. Every time we tied the score they would make another touchdown. “I played about fifty min utes that day, both offense and defense. In the last quarter we were behind 27-20 after Kyl e Rote ran our kick-off back for a hundred yards. “Dick Scott, who played a great game on the line that day, re covered Doak Walker’s fumble on the Mustangs thirty yard line. About four plays later, when we were on the SMU nine yardline, Dick Gardemal, who was calling the signals, called one of my plays. “The play was an option play where the runnfer has choice of going either through the line or around the end. There was just two minutes and ten seconds left to play and I knew he had to score soon. “I took the ball and saw a hole in the line so I ran through, and the next thing I knew I was over the goal—standing up. I think I was more surprised than the Mustang players. “This was my greatest thrill and also the first touchdown I ever made in college football.” Tidwell has been a regular start er ever since the game with SMU. The six points he made in that game was enough for him to tie Glenn Lippman, left halfback, for the second highest scorer on the squad for 1949. The flashy left-halfback was an outstanding played at Hearne High School. He also rated as outstand ing on the 1948 freshman squad. Last season Tidwell was the tenth leading ground gainer in the Southwest Conference. He carried the ball 47 times with a net gain of 220 yards for an average of 4.7 yards-per-carry. Chess Club Plans Set for Thursday iaaasite:. Billy Tidwell He tied Bob Smith in scoring the most points in a single game, with 18 points in the Georgia game. For the second year in a row, Tidwell was the next highest scor er on the maroon and •white squad. He scored nine touchdowns for a total of fifty-four points in 1950. Tidwell is probably the fastest man on the squad and made the second team All-Southw T est Con ference last year. He also re ceived honorable mention for All- American. As a result of the one game play ed this season by the Aggie, Tid well leads the Southwest Confer ence in pass receiving. He speared four aerials for a total of 92 yards to net him an average gain of 23 yards-per pass. Although Tidwell will not play against Texas Tech in Dallas Sat urday night, he is expected to be ready for the Oklahoma game here the following week. Beat Texas Tech Students and faculty members interested in chess playing,- will have an opportunity to form a club Thursday evening at a meet ing to be held at 7:45 p. m. in MSC Room 3b. Several student chess players j held a tournament last year and i the possibility of a club was sug r ; gested then. To give such a club an opportunity to get an early I start M. H. Butler of the economics department has arranged the | Thursday meeting. “Anyone who likes to play or wants to learn is invited to the meeting,” Butler said. If enough interest is shown, there is a possibility that inter- j collegiate matches could be ar ranged, Butler explained. MEL FARRER “BRAVE BULLS’ GET YOUR . . . Auto Liability Insurance HOMER ADAMS North Gate Ph. 4-1217 Two Doors East of College Station State Bank DAMDWMNEAy W TOMEWERJ® - SrSiSlmMiSu™! A UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL PICTURE Mrs. Clara P. Howard announces her recent return from study in New York City and the re-opening of the clara Howard school of dance Education in all phases of the dance Registration: BRYAN COUNTRY CLUB SATURDAY, SEPT. 29 10 a.m. — 6 p.m. Phone 3-6111 Member: Dance Educators of America, Inc. Chicago National Association of Dancing Masters who at one time was President Juan Peron’s private air steward ess, hovers near six feet. His broth er is 6’ 7” while his mother is also in the vicinity of six feet. His good nature and warm, friendly manner have aided him in making many friends since his arrival in Texas. His height attracted John Floyd, Aggie bas ketball coach, who quickly rec ognized his potential qualities as a basketball player despite the fact that Lunktree has never played a game of basketball in his life. While in Argentina he partook of such events as rugby, cricket, polo, and some motor car racing, all of which are major Argentina sports. Under Floyd’s care and training he may see service on the hardwood before many years. Asked about the future he states that his chief goal is the B. S. de gree in agricultural engineering which he has come so far to ac quire, with the hope of someday returning to his home and helping to bring a better way of life to the people there. “When I start looking around for a wife,” says Lanktree, “I think I’ll try Billy Roses’ Diamond Horseshoe. I hear all the girls there ai’e over six feet tall.” Based on AP Releases Texas Tech’s Red Raiders are holding a light scrimmage today in preparation for the Aggie game this week-end. Four Tech players •were injured in yesterday’s work out. Halfback Elmer Wilson went to the hospital for examination of a head injury and fullback Jack Bass reinjured a weak shoulder. End Billy Wright need ed a stitch to close a cut over one eye and Center Barton Mas- NIGHT SCHOOL OPENS Monday, October First INTENSIVE training will be given in Gregg •*- simplified shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, and college arithmetic. R EGISTRATION accepted now. McKenzie-Baldwin Business College 702 South Washington Avenue Bryan, Texas Dial 3-6655 Specials for Friday & Saturday - Sept. 28th & 29th » GROCERIES ® . .lb. 22c 3 lbs. 89c 5 lbs. 45c 5 lbs. 45c cans 19c . lb. 83c Good Hope MARGARINE . Cri'sco SHORTENING Gladiola FLOUR ... . Imperial PURE CANE SUGAR Campbell’s TOMATO SOUP 2 FOLGER’S COFFEE . . 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Others on the injured list include Quarterback Dan Page, who lost two teeth . in yesterday’s workouts and June Davis, stalwart defensive linebacker.