Thursday, September 18, 1952
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Ellis Passes, Runs.
Sparks Rackfield
> ''I think "T'e <’an. bnpt the TjVii-,
versity of Houston Saturday night,
if v.’e keep improving like we have
been,” remarked starting left half
back Don Ellis, this morning.
Ellis is one of the seven varsity
players from Louisiana, hailing
from DeQuincey.
One of the three fastest backs
on the squad, he stands an even
six feet, weighs 175 pounds, and
is 20 years old.
While playing high school ball
for DeQuincey,
Ellis ran tail
back on the
double wing
formation, then
played the man
under position
_____ when his team
Ellis switched to the
straight “T” offense.
Ineligible last season, the slend
er Louisiana lad looked good pass
ing and running on the “B” team
dasf. fall and also during spring
pi=actfce.
While on the ineligible squad,
and during the spring drills, he
played quarterback. But Head
Coach Ray George switched him
to halfback to take advantage of
his speed.
Likes Halfback Slot
“I like playing halfback better
than quarterback,” Ellis said, “but
I may run as man under a little
Saturday, if the coach calls Ray
(Graves) out to talk over some
thing.”
“We have some split “T” plays
this year,” continued Ellis, “and I
think it’s a good formation. It is
a lot better than the straight “T”
and should work pretty good.”
“Most of the writers pick us for
last, but I don’t think we have
that bad a team. Texas and Rice
are the teams to beat this year,”
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Ellis went on. “TOU has a good
team but I don’t think they can
win the conference again.”
“Houston has some pretty good
boys playing for them. Shows (N.
W. Shows, quarterback from Sul
phur, La.), and Hynes (George
Hynes, end from Sulphur, La.)
played against us in high school.”
Ellis remarked.
“They (the Cougars) have some
big boys playing line fox’ them,
but I’d rather play against a big
man, than one weighing about 185
like Sid (Theriot).” Ellis con
tinued. “If we can get past those
big boys Saturday night, maybe
we can go all the way.”
Dalton Haircloth, who is enter
ing his third year as a member of
the Aggie football coaching staff,
coached the DeQuincey high school
team on which Ellis played.
Ellis Inspiration
“Ellis was the ball club as far
as inspiration and readiness went,”
Haircloth remembers, “He was a
smart back and smart in his stud
ies, too.”
“In his senior year Don threw
11 touchdown passes and scored
six TD’s himself. We went to the
state semi-finals in his junior
year,” said aHricloth, “and in his
sdhior year we went to the finals
in Class A.”
Louisiana has three football
classes for high schools, class B,
class A and class AA.
“He (Ellis) was well known in
Louisiana as a defensive back,
more than a.n offensive one. In
fact he made several All-State
teams as safetyman.” Haircloth
said. “We plan to use Ellis as
safety on the receiving team for
kick-offs and we have been toying
with the idea of sending him in
Tor fourth-down kicks.”
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LITTLE ‘BIG’ BOY—“Huge” Marvin Tate (left), weighing-
182 pounds, and “Gigantic” Sid Theriot, breaking the scales
at 186, will face the smaller guards of the Cougars who
weigh only 210 and 215 respectively. Coach George says,
“They may be light, but they are also tough and deter
mined.” -w lig
Walker, All-Time Great
Almost Played Guard
By the Associated Press
Doak Walker of the Detroit
Lions will go into the records as
one of football’s all-time great
backs—along with Jim Thorpe,
Ted Grange and others.
But oddly, Doak might have re
mained a guard instead of boom
ing into the headlines as a high-
scoring backfield sensation.
An obscure incident in the sixth
grade proved the turning point.
Doak was in elementary school
in football-conscious Dallas, They
start playing football there almost
as soon as babies learn how to say
the word.
In the kid’s informal sandlot
games Doak usually played in the
backfield.
Buddy Davis Honored.
At Appreciation Dinner
Aggie-ex Walter (Buddy)
Davis, who set an Olympic high-
jump record last summer will be
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The Governor Allan Shivers will
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Then came the day he reported
for his first official session of
football practice—in the sixth
grade.
At home that night after the
first practice, Doak didn’t show
his usual enthusiasm for football.
After a while his dad spoke.
“How did practice go, son?”
“All right, dad.”
“Where did they play you?”
“Guard.”
“How did you like it?”
“It was okay.”
“Wouldn’t you rather play in
the backfield?”
“Oh, I suppose so.”
“Did you tell the coach that?”
“He didn’t ask me.”
“Do you want me to say some
thing to him?”
“Dad, you stay out of this. This
is for me to take care of.”
And Doak, a quiet, modest fel
low, took care of it. But in an
unexpected way.
The coach continued to use him
at guard. Then came the first full-
scale workout.
The other team had the ball
and called a pass play.
Guard Doak same from nowhere,
leaped in the air to intercept the
ball and sp6d and twisted to the
goal line many yards away.
That ball-carrying was enough
to convince his amazed coach.
Doak became a back pronto.
He went on to stardom in junior
high, Dallas Highland Park High,
Southern Methodist University,
and now the pro Detroit Lions.
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•lag; ten nr. will bowl an exhibition
ggine tomorrow:, night in the bowl-
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Houston team: which - will match
ski 11 with the pu(standings players
of the MSC Bowling Glub at,7 :30.
Don Ellis,; Pat.. Driskel, ’Billy
Welu, qnd Be.rry Risi nger, make up
Jackson’s squad.-
Jackson Capfain’s Squad
Jackson was the •'captain of the
top team of 1937' that established
a record ...which hasn’t beqii equall
ed to this day. ’
„ "Jackson'also has a personal rec
ord of-21 perfect games. make
a perfect game, a score of 300
points is necessary. Billy Welu,
another member of- the team, is
20 years old and already the Texas
Open Match Game Champion.'-;
VrHe recently won the Houston
May-Day Single Sweeper with an
average of 239 for eight games.
Kennedy will bowl as a member
of the Aggie team, along with Ber-
nie Hoeffelmeyer, ex-president;
Bolar Brown, reporter; Jim
Koontz, records keeper; and M. H.
Butler, sponsor of the squad.
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Cougars Have Rest Yet
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The University of Houston Cou
gars look like they will have their
best team ever, as the time draws
near for their opener against the
Aggies.
Although they may not have as
good a record when the season
ends as the six previous Red and
V/hite squads have had, they will
have played tougher teams.
There are still a few problems
at tackle, guard, and halfback,
but with the talent available to
head coach Clyde Lee, these posi
tions should be adequately man
ned.
Ability and Talent
“On the whole, we have more
hoys with more ability and talent
than in any other year,” says
coach Lee about his team. Back
from last year’s squad that won
six and lost five are 21 lettermen.
Nineteen men were lost by grad
uation.
Last season the Cougars rolled
up 3,524 yards in 10 games and
were ranked nationally among the
top 25 teams in this department.
Coach Lee has been forced to
rob last season’s defensive squad
to strengthen this year’s offense.
Paul Carr was regular defensive
linebacker last season, but has
been switched to fullback to give
the Cougars power in the back-
field.
“Big” John Carroll
Another case was “Big” John
Carroll, the huge 250 pound tackle
who was excellent on defense and
is now at offensive right tackle.
When a dire defensive need de
velops, the Cougars will probably
send Carroll to bolster the line.
If played with J. D. Kimmel, 230
pounds, and Buddy Gillioz, 240
pounds, the Cougars would have
one of the heaviest defensive mid
dle lines in collegiate circles.
The Cougar schedule includes
the Aggies, Arkansas, Oklahoma
A&M, Tulsa University, Arizona
State, Texas Tech, Mississippi Un
iversity, Baylor, Detroit Univer
sity and Wyoming.
Speaking before the annual
Houston Junior Chamber of Com
merce football luncheon, Lee said
concerning his schedule, “In my
day you had a couple of breathers
to sort of put your finger on your
■material and get; Combinations
lined up.
“I guess though, that the atti
tude of schedule-makers has
change*!. My breathers are with
the Texas Aggies and Arkansas,”
Lee added.
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