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Tuesday, August 5, 1952 THE BATTALION Page 3 f/. OfH. Tough Test For Cadets Opener By GUS BECKER Battalion Sports Editor With football season just around the corner, it is time to look at the Aggies first test of the season—the University ^bf Houston Cougars. It is difficult to compare the two teams because each are in a different conference. The Cougars have been ranked by some experts as third in the Missouri Valley Conference which is not as strong as the Southwest Conference. A&M is picked to finish last in the seven team Southwest Conference and it looks like a question of whether the lowest SWC eleven is better than the third place Missouri Valley squad. Graduation losses of the two shows A&M lost more than twice as many men as the Cougars. The Houston team lost only eight starters while the Aggies lost 19. The rebuilding job by Aggie coach Ray George is considerably greater than any thing Cougar coach Clyde Lee will have to do. An experienced backfield will be one ad vantage the Cougars will have over the Ag gies. They have seven top-flight halfbacks battling for starting positions. Speedy Halfbacks Because of Experience Bob Snelson and Harlan Baldridge will probably get the starting assignments, but two men who can do the 100-yard dash under ten seconds, S. M. Meeks and Sammy McWhirter may take their place if they don’t live up to the job. At full back is a 205 pound sophomore, Paul Carr who is strong as a bull and just as hard to stop. In the Cougars final spring game, Carr carried four tacklers 15 yards for a score. Leading the team in the quarterback slot is Bobby Clatterbuck, the Missouri Valley’s number three passer last Fall. Clatterbuck, besides passing can handle the ball well on the op tional split-“T” plays. ^ Top Quarterback To compare with thi$ the Aggies have a capable signal caller in Ray Graves, one of the best quarterbacks in the SWC. Behind Graves is Don Ellis, a transfer from Tulane who showed he could run the team as well as play halfback in Spring training fames. Ati the halfback positions will be two men with little experience as far as conference play is concerned. Pete Mayeaux is a good bet At right halfback and should prove able to this year. Fast Runner Mayeaux is a fast runner and good at outmaneuvering the defense. One of the best blockers on the team, Mayeaux is also a good pass receiver. Left halfback position will probably go to Raymond Haas, a very fast runner with great potentialities. Conrad “Connie” Magouirk will be the starting fullback and should have a great year. Magouirk is hard to tackle and is a definite threat everytime he takes the ball. While the Cougars have the edge in backfield experience, their offensive line is untried and may not be able to spring the backs loose. The Aggie offensive wall is mostly untried also but will have some veterans back to give it power. Leading the Cadet forward wall will be All-American Jack Little who has been shifted to cen ter on offense. Helping Little in the center of the line will be W. G. “Ox” Blair and Marshall Rush. Both Blair and Rush are experienced and should make the Aggies center plays work. > At tackles will be Langford and Bobby Dixon two big' boys that will be able to hold their own against the best competition. These five men will make the Farmer offensive forward wall av erage 212 pounds which should make the Aggies tough to stop. On the Cougar side will be three heavyweights which will be hard to shove aside. At tackle for the Cougars defensively will be John Carroll, 250 pounds and Buddy Gil- lioz, 240 pounds. Defensive guards will be J. D. Kimmel, 230 pounds and Frank James 210 pounds. The Cougar defense will weigh an average of 228 pounds per man which means the Aggies will be outweighed by 16 pounds per man. So even though the Aggie for ward wall may be more experienced than the Cougar line, a 16 pound handicap may mean the Cadets might not be able to shake their runners loose either. The Aggie defensive line will not be as experienced as the of fensive line, but Little will play tackle on defense with Langford playing double duty and shifting to guard on defense. Also playing defense in the line will probably be Dick Frey, T. K. Niland and Durwood Scott. Playing in the wingmen slot for the Houston team are two exper ienced men Vic Hampel and How ard Clapp who were considered two of the Missouri Valley Confer ence’s best ends last season. The Aggies can match the Cou gars at end though with Eric Mil- A&M Has Four Future Stars In Annual All-Star Classics BILL MUNNERLYN has been baseball team. named captain of the 1952 Aggie A&M will get four of the high school football players who will play in the annual All-Star football game of the Texas coaching school. Only one of the basketball play- srs who will play in the annual All-Star basketball game of the Texas coaching school has indi cated that he will come to A&M. Future Aggies playing in the eighteenth All-Star grid tilt will be end Donald Robbins of Breck- enridge, tackle Tom Schaef of Ca nadian and back Billy Huddleston of Iraan for the North. The South squad has only one future Aggie in the lineup, Don Watson a backfield ace from Franklin. All-State Cager In the cage tilt, Don Durham of Slidell, a guard for the northern five is the only All-Stater who will come to Aggieland. The North has won eight of the previous 17 grid classics, the South has won seven while two have ended in ties. Only seven All-Star cage tilts have been held with the North winning six and the South one. Baylor will get at least six of the high school players in the All- Star game and at least two players in the basketball tilt. Rules Clarified For Brazos Boy Scout Swimming Meet CIRCLE PHONE 4-1250 TONIGHT & WED. 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The same rules that will hold Rajah Takes Over At Cincinnati Park Cincinnati, Aug. 4—(JP)—Rog ers Hornsby told management and newsmen today just what he ex pects the Cincinnati Reds to do when he takes over as manager. “The players will set their own rule as to the time of retirement, arid there will not be any detec tives to watch them,” he said at a luncheon. “Once those rules are made, however, I expect every player to live up to what he has promised. “I will do the best I can as a manager, and I expect every play er to do the best he can do as a player. I do not expect any man to do more than he can. But I do want 100 per cent of his ef fort.” Hornsby was recently named to succeed Luke Sewell as manager of the seventh place club. Council meets, except that he may swim in whatever relays are called for. According to the rules interpre tation issued by R. W. Holtz, of the Council Swim meet commit tee, a Scout novice swimmer who participates in that class may not also participate in Class A events. Since he is under 14 he also is banned from competition in Ex plorer events. A boy’s novice status is estab lished as of July 1 this year, ac cording to Mr. Holtz, regardless of what he does during the surh- mer. In other words, should he win a place in a recognized /meet after July 1 he would still be clas sified -as a novice in his age^grioup, A knottier problem wa,s posed by a boy who, before reaching the age of 14 (as of July 1), had placed in a meet and therefore was no longer a novice, but became 14 before July 1. Under the rules clarification this boy would be a novice in the Explorer Division if he failed to win a first, second or third place between July 1 and the date of the meet. It was again pointed out that a boy mriy enter only two events, either in the Brazos district or for the Sam Houston Area meet at Camp Strake on August 16, 17 will hold for the Brazos district meet, according to Dr. H. W. Bar- low, director. That “good old Baylor line” will have replacements coming up in the next few years as five of the six All-Staters are line men. Linemen for Baylor Walter Cooley of Odessa and Henry Rutherford of Waco are a pair of guards while Stanley Coker from Midland, Eugene Lee of Eden, and Bill Green of Temple give the Bears a set of tackles with one to spare. Bobby Dodd of Atlanta, All- State end will be trying to replace ends Harold Riley and Stanley Wil liams. Kevin Lounsberry from Baytown is the backfield All-Star going to the Bruins. Cagers for the Cubs next year will be Toby Davis of Gladewater, forward and Donnis Raines from Waco at center. Rice came up with six All-Stat ers from the football tilt and one All-Stater from the cage game. The Owls got a pair of tackles in Don Wilson of Houston and Bill Williams of La Vega. Owlet Guard Tom Siraguso of Houston is the other lineman Rice will have at the guard slot. Almost a complete backfield was picked up for the Owlets as back- field men Ronnie McFeron of Van- derbuilt, Jerry Hall of Palestine, and Bobby Graham of La Marque decided to go to Rice. For the Owlet cage squad, Mack Carter of Borger, All-State center will be around to lead the Blue and White fresh. Southern Methodist will get seven of the All-State gridsters and one of the All-State cagers. Bobb Blakely of Longview will bolster the Pony line at the tackle Antonio will give the Colts a classy backfield. All-State forward, Larry Show- • alter of Dallas will be on hand to lead the Colt cage squad. Texas Christian will get only two players from the All-State grid tilt and one from the cage tilt. Guard Orville Neal, of Diamond Hill and end Don Sanford of Beau mont are the only All-Staters plan ning to play for the Frogs. Guard Bill Estil of Fort Worth has decided to play basketball for the Polywogs. Texas Gets Five Texas will get five All-State' gridmen and four All-State cagers. For the Shorthorn squad next season will be Harry Braeuer of Stephenville and Charles Brewer of Lubbock in the backfield. In the line will be Arbie Gest of Giddings and Clyde Letbetter as guards and Herbert Gray of Bay- town at tackle. The Shorthorn cage team will have almost a complete All-State starting team with Wayman Buch anan from Amon Carter Riverside and John Schmid of Bryan at for wards; Charles Howard of Sher man at center and Philip Kidd at guard. Clarification of the rules for position while Dick Gravett of Cor- breaststroke events specified that either standard or butterfly stroke may be used, and that the swim mer may change from one to the other at any time. In other events arm strokes and leg strokes may be concurrent or consecutive, de pending on the swimmer’s choice. ler, outstanding as a sophomore last season and Darrow Hooper. Backing up the Cadets in this position are Walter Hill and Jerry Crossman. In the defensive backfield the Fai'mers will have back Bill Bal lard, who played quite a bit on defensive after Augie Saxe was in jured early in the season. Along with Ballard will be John ny Salyer who saved the day in the Aggies Thanksgiving day game against the Longhorns. The rest of the defensive backs will be mostly untried and will have to prove themselves this sea son. Cougar Secondary Untried The Cougar secondary defenders are also untried and will be start ing for the first time. The game will be the first test for each team and both squads should be ready to go. As it looks now neither team has a real definite advantage, with the Cougar backfield seasoned but an inexperienced line. While the Ag gie backfield is virtually untried with a fairly strong and experi enced forward wall. Defensively both backfields are inexperienced while the Cougars defending wall is a great deal heav ier than the Cadets’. With so much untried and inex perienced material, both teams could possibly come up with a win ning combination. Wide Open Contest The game could also very likely be a wide open high-scoring con test although with both coaches looking for the winning combina tion and experiment with their players it should mean that it will be a close contest. Anyway you look at it, the Ag gies will be in for a very tough opener, which will be played on the Cougai-’s home field, which gives them a slight advantage. AGGIES!! We Have Food to Suit Your Taste Excellent Service WEHRMAN’S CAFE Highway 21 West in Bryan City Limits 1009 W. 25th STREET Across the Highway From Bryan Tractor & Supply Co. Aggie Trainer Will Help Make Film in Chicago Bill Dayton, athletic train er at A&M, will leave Aug. 12 for Chicago where he will join four other college trainers of the nation in making an edu cational training film. Dayton, a veteran of 15 years as trainer who has been at A&M for three years, will make the trip by plane and will return as soon as the film is completed to begin preparation for the coming foot ball season. Dayton’s functions in the film •will be a demonstration on ath letic knee injuries and treatments. Each of the four other trainers will demonstrate in another type of training in connection with ath letic injuries, preventions and treatments. The film will be distributed to physical education departments, coaches in both colleges and high schools. The Graduate School of A&M was established in 1924. Prior to that time graduate work was ad ministered by the general faculty, acting through a committee on graduate studies. pus Christi and Burleigh Arnecke of Kerrville will battle it out for the center spot. Trio of Back—SMU Earl Johnson from Texarkana Mull be one of th^ wingmen for the Colt foi-ward wall and a trio of .backs Cecil “Rusty” Gunn, from Arlington, Hal O’Brien of Port Arthur and Pat Tolar from San Aggie Coaches Attend Annual Coaching Clinic A&M will have a full con tingent of coaches at the an nual coaching clinic which will start in Fort Worth Monday. Head Football Coach Ray George and three of his assistants will be on hand to witness the go ings on at the M r eek-long school sponsored by the Texas High School Coaches Association. Coach John Floyd, head basket ball tutor, will attend the caging portion of the clinic. Col. Andy Anderson, track coach, will be on hand if he arrives home in time from Helsinki, Finland where he has been attending the Olympic Games. George announced that Coach Anderson is expected home from the Olympics Monday or Tuesday. In addition to George, Aggie grid coaches who will attend the clinic ai’e Gil Steinke, backfield coach; Bill Duncan, end coach and Cooper Robbins, freshman coach. The Cushing Memorial building library at A&M was erected in 1930. It numbers more than 139,- 000 volumes. Weick Sets New State Record CS Is Fourth A new state record in the Men’s 100 Meter Breaststroke by Dick Weick of College Sta tion was the highlight of the Texas A.A.U. Championship Meet over the week-end. Held in San Antonio, the meet attracted the best men and women swimmers of the State. The College Station team with a reduced number of entries fin ished fourth in each the Men’s and Women’s Division. Gayle Klipple of College Station was the only other local merman to place first when he captured the Men’s 300 Meter Individual Medley. Weick placed second in this event. Local swimmers and their place ment are as follows: Women’s 200 meter freestyle, Parnell (2); Men’s 200 meter freestyle, Klip ple (6); Women’s 100 meter breast stroke, Hale (4); Street (6); Men’s 100 meter breaststroke, Weick (1), 1:15.5—new record; Women’s 300 meter medley relay, Parnell, Er- gle, Hale (4); Men’s 30 meter medley relay, Klipple, Weick, Skelton (3); Wom en’s 100 meter freestyle, Parnell (3); Men’s 300 meter individual medley, Klipple (1), Weick (2); Women’s 800 meter freestyle, Cope land (5); Women’s 400 meter free style relay, Parnell, Hale, Erg-le, Copeland (5); Men’s 400 meter freestyle relay, Klipple, Weick, Boyett, Smith (4). J. W. Sorenson Co. Complete Line of Hardware M A S U R Y ’ S PAINTS — GIFTS We Invite You to Visit Our Store 301 N. MAIN NORTH GATE FAR BY CAR? IT’S NEAR BY Pioneer acemasters College Station to: New Pacemaster Times By Car DALLAS 87 minutes 4.5 hrs. HOUSTON 34 minutes 2 hrs. ' FT. WORTH 2 hrs. 1 min. 4 hrs. 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