Wednesday, October 17, 1951
THE BATTALION Page 5
Injured Saxe Out Of
Aggie’s SWC Opener
Aggie Coaching Staff
:
By ED HOLDER
Battalion Sports Writer
One of the three chief pass-de
fense specialists of the Aggies will
be absent from the lineup Satur
day afternoon.
Augie Saxe, who fractured his
left forearm Saturday night in the
Trinity game, will not add his
know-how to the smooth working
combination of Saxe-Charlie Mc-
Donald-Yale Lary which has shown
so well against opponents for two
seasons.
Coach Ray George has been
searching for two days in an ef
fort to find a replacement to fill
Saxve’s shoes in the defensive right
halfback slot.
Several possibilities have dis
played promise during the Mon
day and Tuesday afternoon work
outs, but as yet, there has been no
definite appointment for the as
signment.
Magourik and Lippman
Connie Magourik a,nd Glenn
Lippman have both tried their
skill at filling in the gap. Back-
field Coach Gill Steinke and the
injured Saxe both worked with
prospects in an effort to develop
the coordination that the previous
trio showed.
With the exception of Saxe, it
appears that the starting lineup
will consist of the regular letter-
men.
The power-clad backfield of the
Aggies will once again be at its
best for the conference opener.
Smith Ready
Bob Smith, A&M’s All-Ameri
can, is still nursing an injury re
ceived in the Oklahoma University
game, but the bruise is only slight
and he will be ready for the SWC
opener.
Dick Gardemal and Ray Graves
are scheduled to do the quarter-
backing for the Cadets. These two
have shown they can not only
handle the ball in tight places for
handoffs, but can take to the air
and hit their receivers with long-
flung passes.
Raymond Haas
High point scorer for the Aggies
Saturday night against the Ti
gers, Haas racked up 12 points
for the Cadets.
Running the right halfback spot
will be Glenn Lippman, top ball
carrier of the SWC. Lippman will
be trying to retain and better his
average of 6.2 yards-per-carry.
Tidwell Back In
Billy Tidwell will be back in
the lineup after a two weeks re
covery session from a cut foot.
Tidwell has proved himself again
and again as one of the top half
backs in the conference, and the
TCU Frogs will find that he is
more than enough to round out
the Cadet backfield.
Over the ball will be All-Amer
ican candidate Hugh Meyer. He is
a senior from Gainesville and co
captain the 1951 Cadet eleven.
At the left guard slot will be Elo
Nohavitza, 192 pound senior from
El Campo, while playing right
guard will be W. T. Rush, 195
pounder from Lampasas.
Left tackle will be big Sam
Moses from Lockhart. Moses often
sees double duty and can be relied
on to put in a top performance at
blocking.
Powerhouse Jack Little
Jack Little, a modest 220 pound
powerhouse from Corpus Christi,
will both open holes and fill them
as he puts in his full-time game at
right tackle.
Catching passes at right end
will be Charlie Hodge, stalwart
for the offensive eleven, and part
time defensive power. Playing the
other end vacated in the first tilt
of the year by Walter Hill will
probably be Eric Miller.
Miller’s record stands to rea
son that the Frogs will have a
major worry in keeping their eye
on the constant threat of this man’s
touchdown-making abilities.
Sports Thrill of A Lifetime
SM/7 Game Top Sport Thrill
In Meyer ? s Football Life
By HUGH MEYER
As Told To
HUGH PHILIPPUS
“The most thrilling incident of
my sports career was our, Aggies,
defeat of Georgia last year in the
Presidential Cup! But the single
jnstartce did not come in this game,
for it was the final touchdown
against Southern Methodist last
year in the Cotton Bowl.
SMU had just gone ahead 20-9,
and three were about four minutes
remaining in the game. We all
knew the chips were down and we
had to move.
Sikes came in as quarterback.
Smith started through the left side
of the line and a couple of times
it' looked as if he were- tackled.
I remember seeing Bob heading
for the goal line which was Y5
Hugh Meyer
Coach Price Gives TU Light Workout
Coach Ed Price yesterday put
his University of Texas Longhorns
through a light workout and then
left by plane to attend the Doug
las, Ariz., funeral of Gilbert Daw
son, Sr., father of Longhorn half
back, Gib.
Dawson died of a heart attack
in Dallas Saturday.
Trainer Frank Medina said to
day the Texas players were in
the best condition he had ever
seen them following an Oklahoma
game, annually one of the toughest
for Texas.
HEY, NON-REGS!
Here is the picture schedule for all you non-military
students for The Aggieland, your yearbook:
Oct. 3- 6—All students whose names begin with A-C
” 8-10—All students whose names begin with D-F
” 11-13—All students whose names begin with G-K
” 15-17—All students whose names begin with L-M
” 18-20—All students whose names begin with N-Q
” 22-24—All students whose names begin with R-U
” 25-27—All students whose names begin with V-Z
(Wear'Coat, Tie, White Shirt)
Make-ups will be made October 29, 30 and 31.
All pictures will be taken at the ...
AGGIELAND STUDIO
NORTH GATE
yards away. It also looked as if
Bob was trapped in the secondary,
but he broke away.
This was my happiest instance
and will always be remem
bered. It was close to being the
most happiest moment of my life:'
These few seconds passed 1 arid
things happened so fast that it is
really hard to remember every
thing, but it was all real excit
ing.”
Hugh is from Gaines
ville, Texas, and is one
of the co-captains of
the team this year.
Meyer wasn’t too out
standing in high school,
and consequently did
not secure any honors,
such as All-District or
All-State.
This is Hugh’s fifth
year here at Aggieland,
and this year’s letter
will be his third. He
had only played center
in about two or three
games before coming to
A&M, and in fact he in
tended to go out for
the backfield here.
Last year for the Ca
dets, Hugh played de
fensive . linebacker and
thus spent most of his
time on the defensive
platoon. But this year
it’s a different story,
for the Aggie co-cap
tain is one of the few
“60-minute men” in to
day’s collegiate football.
+ When asked if in the SMU in
stance he had a certain act that
was rememberable, he said, “Well
only that when Bob came by me,
he got into what looked like cer
tain trouble, and he turned to me
and started to lateral the ball to
me. I’m sure glad he didn’t, for
I was slightly ahead of him and
it would have been in a forward
motion, and we wouldn’t have had
that all important touchdown.’
Beat TCU
Fish Play As
Undefeated
And Untied
Based On AP Reports
Of the four SWC freshmen teams
that already have played games,
A&M is the only undefeated, untied
eleven.
The Fish last week whipped Bay
lor 40-20 and have a record of two
wins against no defeat for the
season.
Thursday night on Kyle Field
the freshmen will play the TCU
Wogs.
Texas and Southern Methodist
swing into the SWC freshmen foot
ball season this week. In then-
first games Texas meets Baylor
at Waco and SMU takes on Rice
at Dallas Friday night.
Team
W
L
Pts
Op
Pet.
A & M ..
2
0
68
33
1.000
Baylor
1
1
61
40
.500
Rice
1
1
34
59
.500
TCU
0
1
13
21
.000
' Texas
0
0 0
0
.000
SMU
0
0 0
0
.000
Three S WC Elevens
Boast High Record
Faircloth
Steinke
Foldberg
Geo -ge
Holmes
McMurtry
Dayton
A&M Coaches Main Reason
For Undefeated Cadet Team
By GUS BECKER
Battalion Sports Writer
There are three teams in the
Southwest Conference which have
high-powered offenses, averaging
over 300 yards per game.
A&M has rolled up the most
points with 108 in four games and
tops the field in offense with 1507
yards—1039 on the ground. That’s
an average of 377 yards per game.
Arkansas is second with 1243 yards
and third is Southern Methodist
with 1206.
! Nobody has averaged 300 yards
' against Baylor who has the tight
est defense in the conference hav
ing allowed only 191 yards per con
test. Second is Arkansas with 208
and Southern Methodist third with
225.
Lippman Leads Conference
Glenn Lippman, United Press
back of the week last week, is the
leading ball carrier in the South
west Conference. He has carried
the pigskin 41 times for a net gain
of 254 yards. This is an average
of 6.2 yards per carry.
Bob Smith, who has played in
■illy three games this season is
still among the conference leadei-s
carrying the ball 38 times for 153
yards and an average of 4 yards
per try.
Also among the leaders in the
passing department are Ray
Graves and Dick Gardemal. Graves
has thrown 39 passes, completed
18 and had one intercepted. Graves
has thrown three touchdown passes
for a net gain of 247 yards. This
is a .461 percentage and an aver
age of 13.7 yards per pass.
Best Yard Average
Gardemal has heaved the ball
25 times, completing 12 for 213
yards and has also had an aerial
This week A&M will travel to
Fort Worth with a perfect record
against non-conference foes. The
brains and “football know-how” be
hind the Aggie grid machine is
the coaching staff.
Head Football Coach Ray George
has started his first year of coach
ing in the Southwest Conferennce
and his first season as top man
for the Aggies.
Standing 6’ tall and! tipping the
scales at 263, the 35-year-old men
tor is not only the youngest head
coach in the league but probably
the biggest.
His ready wit and pleasing per
sonality have established George’s
popularity in this area.
High School in California where
George graduated from Loyola
he lettered four years as a tackle,
three years on the track team, and
three years as a baseball catcher.
At the University of California
he lettered three years as a tackle
and was, named All-Pacific Coast
in 1938. He was USC’s outstanding
athlete that year.
George entered the Navy in 1942
as an ensign and was released in
1945 as a Lt. Commander.
Later George returned to USC
as member of its coaching staff.
He was chief assistant to head
coach Jeff Cravath for two years.
Joining just before last year’s
spring drill, George became the
Cadet line coach. He was named
head coach in April, succeeding
Harry Stiteler.
Paul McMurtry
Paul McMurtry, as a player for
Ray George for thi’ee years, knows
exactly what George wants done
with the Aggie line this years.
McMurtry, another coach who
tips the scales above 220, was
graduated from Southern Califor
nia in February, 1950, after letter
ing three years as guard.
The 31-year-old Navy veteran
was team captain last season and
blocked the punt which gave
Southern Cal a 9-6 victory over
Notre Dame. He was named to the
All Pacific Coast team also.
McMurtry went from Rio Hondo
High School directly into the Navy
and was in service for eight years.
He then enrolled in Long Beach,
California ■ and entered USC the
next season.
Gilbert Steinke
Gilbert Steinke moved up this
season from assistant to backfield
coach for the Aggies.
Steinke is one of the two coaches
on that staff that went through the
1950 squad with A&M and his
knowledge of the Aggies and op
ponents has been of great value
to the new head coach George.
A former little All-American
halfback at Texas A&I, Steinke
played pro football with the Phil
adelphia Eagles, leading the Na
tional League in punt returns in
1946.
Steinke first went to Oklahoma
as freshman football mentor. Last
season he divided his time be
tween scouting duties and tutoring
the Cadet backfield.
A quick-thinker and a good sta-
tegist, this young mentor so far
this year has gotten the maximum
out of his talented crew of backs.
Dalton Faircloth
Dalton Faircloth stepped up this
fall from B team coach to assist
ant backfield coach, with the quar
terbacks as his main worry.
Faircloth, a soft-spoken Louisi-
anan, brings an outstanding coach
ing record at A&M. He graduated
from Louisiana College with 12
varsity letters in football, basket
ball, and track.
He was All Conference in both
football and basketball and track.
He was All Conference in both
football and basketball in 1931.
During the next 13 years he coach
ed freshman teams at Louisiana
College to titles in 1933 and ’34,
the New Albany (Miss.) High
School team to a Class A title in
1941 and served 52 months in the
Air Force as an officer.
After that he coached DeQuinsey
(La.) High School team to the
semi-finals in 1948 and finals in
1949. He was named “Coach of
the Year” in Louisiana in 1949.
Henry Foldberg
“Hank” Foldberg has brought
back to A&M all of the experience
gained as an All American end at
West Point and as a coach for
three years.
He began his college career at
end and tackle for A&M in 1941-
42. After serving for a year in
the Infantry, Foldberg entered the
US Military Academy, where the
tall Texan won All American foot
ball honors in 1945 and ’46.
Leaving the ’Point, Hank play
ed with the Brooklyn Dodger foot
ball team in 1948 and the Chicago
Hornets in 1949. He was end coach
for the University of Miami dur
ing spring practices in 1948 and
for Baylor during spring drills in
1949. Last year he coached for the
Purdue Boilermakers.
James Holmes
“Klepto” Holmes has returned
to A&M, his second time, and this
time he is serving as freshman
coach.
Head coach at Arlington State
College for the past 15 years and
athletic director for 11, Klepto
played tackle for the Aggie Fish
and was then switched to half
back for the 1926 season. He was
guard in 1927, gaining all SWC
recognition his last year.
His Arlington teams won champ
ionship in 1935, 1936, 1938, 1942
and 1943, and were second in the
old Texas Junior College Confer
ence in 1940 and 1941.
A very easy man to become ac
quainted with, Holmes has been
a great help in securing athletes
for A&M.
William Dayton
Bill has been kept busy “keep
ing them x-eady to play” since he
was named , trainer at A&M in
August, 1949.
Outsiders who have followed his
work over the years rate Dayton
as one of the top trainers in the
country. He does not approve of
“weeping towel” tactics used but
prefers to consider the athletes
ready to go than “on the injury
list.”
intercepted. Gardemal has thrown
three scoring passes and has an
average of 17.8 yards per pass for
a completion percentage of .480.
Graves and Lippman are also
near the top in individual total
offense. Lippman has 254 yards
on the ground and Graves has 51
yards rushing and 247 in the air
for a total of 259 yards.
Yale Lary leads the punt re
turners with 9 returas for 170
yards for an average of 18.8. In
punting Lary has an average of
37.9, kicking 17 times for 645
yards.
Hooper Has 11 Out of 13
In the place kicking department
Darrow Hooper is second having
made 11 points out of 13 attempts.
Although he has missed two
games this season, Billy Tidwell
is still among the leading pass
receivers having caught six for
110 yards and an 18.3 average gain
per pass.
Lippman is second in the jxoint
scoring department with 18 and
Charles Hodge is among the lead
ers with 13 points scored.
SWC Football Standings
LEAGUE
Team
W
L
Pet
Pf
Op
TCU
...1
0
1.000
17
7
Baylor
....1
0
1.000
9
7
Rice
....0
0
.000
0
0
Texas
....0
0
.000
0
0
SMU
....0
0
.000
0
0
Texas A&M
...0
0
.000
0
0
Arkansas ....
.....0
2
.000
14
26
ALL GAMES
Team
w
L
Pet
Pf
Op
TCU
....2
2
.500
77
74
Baylor
....3
0
1.000
55
21
Rice
....1
2
.333
41
41
Texas
....4
0
1.000
75
33
SMU
....2
2
.500
68
48
Texas A&M
...4
0
1.000
108
42
Arkansas ....
....2
2
.500
86
46
Company 10 Wins In
’Mural Cage Battle
By JOE BLANCHETTE
Battalion Intramural Writer
Company 10 edged past Company
8 in a free-scoring contest, 29-26.
Alexis of Company 8 and Chamb-
lin of Company 10 paced the scor
ers of the game with 10 tallies.
Company 14 moved past Com
pany 15, 9-7. Smith of Company 15
led the scorers with five counters.
Company 14 led at halftime, 4-2.
Mitchell Tops Bizzell
Mitchell topped Bizzell in a non
military football game, 6-0. The
Bizzell squad was completely out
played by a hard-fighting Mitchell
team. Mitchell led in' penetrations.
Law and Puryear struggled to
a 0-0 deadlock in an evenly match
ed ’contest. Both teams offered
a strong pass defense and a big
fast line. Bill Davis of the Pur
year squad got off the longest
run of the afternoon, 25 yards,
before he was blocked out of
bounds.
Company 2 edged past Company
1 on the tennis courts, 2-1. Fish
and Blackburn took the first set
for Company 1 by defeating Ca-
ruthers and Davis, 7-1. McMillan
and Davis salvaged the second
set for Company 2 by winning,
5-3. Drennan and Lloyd copped
the deciding set from Anderson and
Caffey, 6-2.
Company 7 topped the netters of
Company, 2-1. The scores of the
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