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Tuesday, January 29, 1952 THE BATTALION Page 3 Ags Spring Drills Scheduled Feb. 25 Former Aggie Grid Stars Back In Sports Spotlight By BOB SELLECK Battalion Sports Editor February 25 has been set as the day spring training football will start at A&M according to Ray George, head football coach. “We don’t know yet just what system we will follow.” said the Aggie coach. “We will have a green team to wor\ with, and we will use the system best fitted to our material.” When the top Aggie mentor said green it was really an understatement. Only 18 var sity lettermen will be onhand for the drills, 19 seniors having played their last game for A&M this past fall. Coach George must look to the Fish team, having 40 lettermen and a rather small number of B team men for material to fill big gaps in his varsity build up program. Returning lettermen include one quar terback, two right halfbacks, three guards, Selleck two fullbacks, three tackles and seven ends. The Aggies will have only two returning from the starting offensive team and will miss five regulars from the defensive squad. Both starting backfields, offense and de fense, have finished their collegiate careers, and Coach George will not have a single lettermen returning at the all- important center spot. A new ruling of only 18 days of practice this year in stead of the usual 30 will put a lot of pressure on the coaches that lose a large number of varsity players. Major portion of the Aggies 18 days will be devoted to fundamentals, “plain blocking, tackling and ball carrying,” said the Aggie coach. Intra-squad games are planned each Saturday to be climaxed by a Maroon vs White battle to be held on Aggie’s \ All-Sports-Day, Feb. 25. New Washington Coach Dick Todd, a former Aggie grid great has taken over one of the toughest coaching jobs in the professionals. The Texan agreed last week to sign a one year contract as head football coach of the Washington Redskins. The Aggie-ex moved into the coaching “hot seat” after the Redskins third game last year. He lifted Washington out of a three-game losing streak, finishing the season by winning- five out of their remaining nine games. Todd’s triumph’s included a striking upset over the mighty Los Angeles Rams. Goode Drafted The Redskins’ starting fullback Bob Goode has further added to the" coaching worries of Todd. Goode, another for mer Aggie and All-Southwest Conference player, was last years’ best offensive weapon. • However, Goode has received his call to report to his Giddings draft board for induction into the Armed services Wednesday. He has been with the Redskins for three seasons. Goode is married but has no children. The 24-year-old, 225-pounder recently returned from Los Angeles where he played in the annual pro all-star game. One Of Aggie’s Greatest Joel Hunt, one of the greatest football players A&M ever had, has also stepped back into the sports spotlight. The former Aggie guard has applied for the job of coach of the Dallas professional football club. He coached with Buf falo and Baltimore in proi football and coached at Marshall (Texas) College, Georgia, Wyoming and Louisiana State. Hunt wrote from his home in Teague to Curtis Sanford, one of the stockholders in the proclub. Sanford said he assured Hunt he would be given due consideration. *. y George, Guest Speaker f Coach Ray George will be the main speaker Wednesday night at the annual high school football banquet in the Aggie-conscious city of El Campo. The visiting speaker will take along a film of the A&M-Texas thriller of last fall, and will be ac companied by Glenn Lippman, Elo Nohavitza and Jaro Netardus. Tidwell Honored Billy Tidwell, a former Hearne high star, will share co-honors with the Hearne Eagles Thurs day night at the annual football banquet sponsored by the Hearne Lions Club. The guest of honor, Tidwell, who went on to make a name for himself after graduating from Hearne High School as a member of the Aggie football team, re cently signed to play pro football with the San Francisco 49ers. Wlii teiier Transfer AND STORAGE Phone 2-1616 No.l specialist in local moving and in long-distance moving^ packing / storage agent(oi MUED VAN LINES, Inc, 1 on U.S. Highways—No. 1 in StaU No. 1 in your community It Could Be Heft.. .Or Houser ... Or Maybe Farmer Don Heft Guard When the Cadets swing into the second round of the' Southw-est Conference race, Coach Floyd will seek a replacement for the starting position vacated by graduating senior Jewell McDowell, Three leading contenders for the guard spot are Don Heft, Eddie Eddie Houser Forward-Guard Houser, and Bobby Farmer. Houser broke into the line-up to re place the ailing Don Binford and has been alternating at that position since. Houser showed lots of hustle against Baylor. Heft Bobby Farmer Guard has seen action in all the Cadet games this year and is probably the smoothest and most consistant ball handler of the three. Farmer shows lots of fire and is the top scorer among the logical contenders. Froggies Still Hold Top SWC Position Working Twice Daily While everybody else is home for a week’s rest between semes ters, the Aggie basketball team is (See BASKETBALL, Page 4) FREE DINNER Watch for Your Name in This Space Each Week, The . . Aly Lasheen Bizzell Hall 12th MAN INN Will give away a free dinner to the person whose name appears. ‘ • WATCH FOR YOUR NAME • Bring This By - - - - It’s Yours Free BASED ON AP REPORTS Texas Christian, its once-glitter ing season record a bit tarnished after a loss to Oklahoma City Uni versity Saturday night, still can proudly point at its SWC standing —the top. The Christians ran up against too much defense in Soonerland as OCU won 66-41, and held big George McLeod, the TCU scoring ace, to two field goals and four charity tosses. Only one conference game was played last week. It saw the Bay lor Bears shake lose Ralph John son for 30 points and a sweet 66- 54 victory over Rice. It was the Bruins’ first league win and sec ond victory in 16 starts and shot them ahead of Rice to tie with Arkansas for fifth place. Aggies Lose In the other game of the week the University of Houston whip ped A&M, 52-44. The Missouri Val ley Conference Cougars had little trouble with the Aggies. Five games, including three con ference battles, are carded this week with the most important Sat urday night. That will see A&M playing also second-running Texas at Austin and Arkansas taking on pace-setting TCU at Fayetteville. Upset Could Set Stage An Arkansas Upset of TCU, not beyond the ken, would throw the race into a tie. TCU, Texas and A&M are defending champs and some fans keep saying the race could easily end in a triple tie again this season. An Arkansas victory oyer TCU would certainly set the stage. The TCU loss to OCU left the Frogs with a 14-2 record. McLeod’s eight points in the game made his total 281 for the season with Ralph Johnson of Baylor gaining on him with a total of 236. Not too far away and still in contention is Gene Schwinger of Rice, who flipped 21 points against Baylor to lead fourth place over A&M’s Buddy Davis, 214 to 211. Johnson’s big night against Rice was one of the finest per formance of the season. He hit 11 out of 15 shots from the floor and all eight of the free throws he had for his 30 points. Season Standings W .14 .10 .. 7 .. 6 .. 6 T C U .. Texas .... S M U .... A&M Arkansas Rice Baylor .. T C U Texas 3 A & M .. S M U .. Arkansas Baylor .. Rice Pts. Op. Pet. 983 788 .875 851 771 .588 728 790 .467 687 716 .400 740 818 .400 6 12 1001 1064 .333 2 14 823 975 .125 Conference Standings W L Pts. Op. Pet. 4 0 227 173 1.000 1 1 2 3 3 227 206 183 171 193 197 282 187 162 186 195 .230 326 .750 ;750 .500 .250 .250 .167 Last Week’s Results University of Houston 52, A&M 44, Baylor 66, Rice 54. Oklahoma City, 66, Texas Christ ian 41. This Meek’s Schedule Thursday—Arkansas vs. Kansas State Teachers at Fayetteville. Friday—Baylor vs. Southern Methodist at Dallas. Saturday—A&M vs. Texas at Austin, Arkansas vs. Texas Christ ian at Fayetteville. DR. M. W. 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Personnel in various departments of the College who desire to parti cipate as a Department team are urged to have a representative contact chairman, L. S. Richard son immediately so that a schedule m a y be completed. Telephone 4-7624. All games will be piayed in the A&M Consolidated High School Gymnasium. Two Ag Gridsters Greeted by Stork Two A&M football players, Mr. and Mrs. Hodge, have a six Charlie Hodge and Darrow Hooper, pound six ounce boy. Mr. and Mrs. and their wives became the parents Hooper’s boy weighed eight pounds of sons on the same day, Jan. 25. and seven ounces. The Family’s Health Theatre WOULD YOU WORK 3 HOURS FOR $50.00? Some Skyway patron will be employed Wednesday night to work 3 hours for $50.00. . . . IT MAY BE YOU — BE PRESENT James Cagney Phyllis Thaxter “COME FILL THE CUP” Wm ’’Be Ha^y" is our motto now- >'£,o Lucky" is our creed; And L.S./M-F.T. -fulfills , Our every smoking need . Roland D. 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