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V Page 4 THE BATTALION Friday, December 5, 1952 Dutch Meyer Quits As 1 'CU Men tor; Now Athletic Head By BOB BORISKIE Battalion Sports Staff L. R. (Dutch) Meyer, head foot ball coach at TCU for 19 years, has resigned. The announcement was made by Dr. M. E. Sadler, Texas Christ ian president, that Meyer’s i - esig- nation has been accepted by the executive and athletic committees of the board of trustees. Accept ance had been recommended by the TCU athletic council. Non-regs Set Grid Plans Prospective members of the non-reg and day student foot ball. squad decided yesterday to play the winner of the Army-Air Force Student Aid Benefit football game, said Bob Womack, team organizer. No final arrangements have been made. “All non-regs and day stu dents interested in playing are to report for the first prac tice at 5 p. m. Monday on the varsity practice fields,” Wo mack said. He also announced that Augie Saxe, former football star, will coach the group. Saxe will name the coaching staff later, he said. Four Cub Scouts Earn Top Award Four Cub Scouts received their Webelos awards last Tuesday at a lieeting of Cub Pack 102, held at the A&M Consolidated High School gym. Webelos is the highest award in Cub Scouting. About 50 boys received other awai'ds, ranging from Bobcat pins to gold and silver arrowheads, ac cording to Lt. J. C. Brusse, pack- master. Entertainment was provided by Den 7, who put on a short skit. Othel (Abe) Martin, Meyer’s chief assistant since 1946, becomes head coach, and Meyer assumes duties as athletic director. With Great Regret “We have accepted Coach Mey er’s resignation with great regret,” Sadler said. “We agreed only when he insisted. Few men have con tributed more to sports and his loss will be a real one for all of us.” One of the first coaches to make the forward pass an intregal part of his offense, Meyer is na tionally known for his overhead attack. With famous football stars Sam my Baugh and David O’Brien to work with in the 1930’s, he devel oped a wide-open game, and re cently he has been working with a spread formation that is becom ing famous. He recently wrote a book on the Meyer spread. Watched Practice As a bare-foot kid in Waco in 1908, Meyer would walk the few blocks from his home to the TCU campus to watch football practice. (TCU was located in Waco until 1910). So when in 1917, he got ready for college, his natural choice was the horned frog school. Never scaling more than 160 pounds as a TCU athlete, “Dutch” managed to earn 11 varsity let ters—four as a basketball guard, four as a football end, and three as a baseball pitcher. He was se lected captain of the basketball and baseball teams in his senior year. Upon receiving his B. A. degree in 1922, Meyer was signed by the Cleveland Indians as a pitcher, but an old shoulder injury cut his Major League career short. He re turned to Fort Worth in the fall as coach at Polytechnic high for his only season not directly con nected with TCU. In 1923, he was named fresh man coach, a post he held for 11 years, and in 1934 was named head coach. He has been on the job ever since. LOOKING FOR WIN—The coaching staff for the Air has been holding daily conferences in preparation for their game with the Army team Dec. 18 on Kyle Field. (L to R) Bobby Dixon, tackle coach; Charles Saxe, defensive back- field coach; Ray Graves, head coach and offensive back- field mentor; Darrow Hooper, end coach; and Dick Frey, guard and center coach. Floyd Prepares Cagers For Opener Against V of II By BOB BORISKIE Battalion Sports Writer The Aggie cagers open the sea son against University of Hous ton Cougars at home Dec. 10. Head Coach John Floyd has five returning lettermen from the team that finished third in the SWC race last year. Several squadmen and fine players from the fish team will be trying for berths. Five Lettermen Back Lettermen are LeRoy Miksch 6-5 senior from Waelder; Don Bin- ford, 6-2 junior from Wellington, Kan.; Don Heft, 5-11 senior from Corpus Christi; Bill Williams, 5-11 junior from College Station; and James Addison, 6-6 junior from Lipan. Top sophomore prospects are Don Moon, 5-8Vv. gxiard from Min- den; Roy Martin, 6-8 V6 center from Waxahachic; Joe Hardgrove, 6-2 guard from Fort Worth; and Pat McCrory, 5-10 guard from Waeld- The Cadets will play five home games in addition to the frosh- varsity game scheduled for to night. After the opener with Houston, Northwestern Louisiana will come here for a tilt on Dec. 12, follow ed by New Mexico on Dec. 15, Trinity on Dec. 16, and Colorado A&M on Dec. 22. A&M will then journey to Dal las for the pre-season Christmas SWC tournament to be held at the state fair grounds Dec. 26-30 inclusive. When the team meets the Cou- gai's, it will have 30 days of in tense work behind it. 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The teams seemed to be lacking nothing in hustle. They played hard and were out to win. Earnest Kennedy got the Fish off in the lead with a free throw in the first two minutes of the game. The Frosh could not hold 1952-53 Basketball Schedule Dec. 10—Houston her - e Dec. 12—NW Louisiana here Dec. 16—Trinity here Dec. 22—Colorado A&M here Dec. 26-30—SWC Tournament at Dallas *Jan. 6—Baylor at Waco *Jan. 10—Arkansas here *Jan. 13—TCU at Fort Worth >;< Jan. 16—Texas here ,|< Jan. 24—Rice at Houston Jan. 26- *Feb. 3- *Feb. 7- *Feb. 10- ’“Feb. 14- *Feb. 16- Feb. 21- *Feb. 24- :i: Feb. 28- -Phillips 66 Oilers here -SMU here -Baylor here -Texas at Austin -Rice here -Arkansas at Little Rock -Houston at Houston -SMU at Dallas -TCU here Ten Thousand Seat Gym Given to SMU DALLAS, Dec. 5—(A 5 )—A new gymnasium will give SMU a bas ketball court that will seat 10,000 spectators, it was announced to day. Athletic Director Madison Bell said the proposed building will be utility in its use and will house the men’s physical education de partment and some offices of the school’s ROTC program. the lead as the Varsity went in front on a field goal and a free toss. They maintained the lead and continued to widen it as the game progressed. At the end of the first quarter, the varsity held a 19-6 lead. The scoring was about even in the sec ond quarter with the half ending 28-13. The Fish couldn’t score in the third quarter, and the varsity roll ed up a 46-13 lead. Then in the final period, the “Little Aggies” came back to scoi’e 19 points, more than they had in the rest of the game combined, and closed the scoring to 58-32. It was just too much height and experience for the Freshmen. With Leroy Miksch, 6-5 forward, and Roy Martin, 6-8 center, the var sity controlled the backboard and kept the ball a greater part of the time. Varsity (58) Name fg ft pf tp Moon, g 2 2 4 6 Heft, f 3 13 7 Binford, g 2 12 5 Miksch, f. 4 2 2 10 Addison, c 4 2 2 10 Pirtle, f 0 3 2 3 Johnson, f 1 12 3 Hardgrove, g 2 0 2 4 Martin, c 4 0 18 Williams, g 0 0 10 McCrory, g 0 0 2 0 Murry, f 1 0 0 2 Fish (32) Name fg ft pf tp Kennedy, f 2 2 3 6 Hearne, c 0 0 10 Fortenberry, f 4 5 1 13 Collier, g 0 2 2 2 Brethauer, g 0 2 2 2 Miller, f 0 1 0 1 Cuttright, g 1 10 3 Vines, g 0 10 1 Wood, f .....1 1 0 3 Jenkins, g 0 0.1 0 Clark, f 0 1 1 1 fc mi -A g-ft :7„, A dress length from our selection of fabrics Belts $1.00 up 0% %>§£ / •' • :>|v \ h m " if iV • Nylon ass M A, 4 V ~ Sleeping ygl Li «g erie i v • Nylon .4 , ; i j Blouses • Wool Jersey • Crepe • Cotton — Sizes 30-42 — Beautiful . . . Handkerchiefs 69c up & The Fabric Shoppe 106 North Main Phone 24645 Kennedy, a 5-9 guard from Fort Worth, played a good game and was the sparkplug of the team. Harry Hearne, 6-7 center from Temple, showed promise at the post position. 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