Tuesday, August 5, 1952
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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.
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Rules for the Brazos District
Boy Scout swimming meet, sched
uled for August 6 in the A&M
College pool, have been clarified
by the Council swimming meet
committee.
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.
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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).
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