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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mrs. Clara P. Howard
announces her recent return from
study in New York City and the
re-opening of the
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Education in all phases of the dance
Registration:
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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-
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Monday, October First
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However Coach DeWitt Weaver
believes all hands will be ready
for action against the Aggies Sat
urday night. The team will arrive
in Dallas Friday by bus.
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Texas stressed pass defense in
preparation for their Purdue tilt.
End Tom Stolhandske joined the
injured list with a hurt elbow.
Others on the injured list include
Quarterback Dan Page, who lost
two teeth . in yesterday’s workouts
and June Davis, stalwart defensive
linebacker.