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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. Conference
rules set Nov. 10 as opening day.
for basketball practice.
Martin Looks Good
Floyd said he is very pleased
with the way Martin has looked
in workouts, and should start
against the cougar*.
(See BASKETBALL, Page 5)
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Varsity Over Fish 58-32
In First Cage Game
The Aggie Varsity took a 58-32
decision from a hustling Fish squad
last night in DeWare Field House.
Playing their first game of the
year, both teams showed the lack
of practice with several mistakes
and rather ragged ball handling.
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
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was the sparkplug of the team.
Harry Hearne, 6-7 center from
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Scoring honors went to Forten
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Following were Leroy Miksch and
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