THE BATTALION
After Seven Years
liay or Jrartm,
e Extra Toueli
By ED HOLDER
Battalion Co-Editor
Some of the closest ties in the
world are between coach and play
er.
The day of parting- is always
tough—for both of them.
But here’s one that’s extra
tough. Dalton Faircloth has coach
ed Don Ellis for seven years, and
Fred Broussard for four years.
This covers football seasons
from 1946 and 1947 in DeQuincy
high school where Ellis and Brous
sard started their football careers
up to today at A&M.
They soon will be going in three
different directions.
Fgircloth has resigned from the
A&M coaching staff, and has a
job coaching in Greenville.
Ellis will be graduated in June
and will enter the service.
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Broussard has two more years of
eligibility for A&M.
“Don seems to be taking it pret-
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ty hard—I know I am,” Faircloth
said.
“1 told Fred Monday down at the
coaches’ office. He was in a hur
ry, and when I mentioned it, he
just said, ‘Aw, coach, you’re kid
ding.’ ”
“That made me feel even worse.
It took a lot to convince him it’s
true.
Faircloth has a little boy nine
years old, Dalton Jr.
“My boy sure thinks a lot of
these guys. He’s not going to like
it a bit when he finds out he can’t
‘box’ around with them anymore.”
Faircloth started thinking back
to the day he first met them.
“When I first saw Don, he was
a spindle-legged little guy about 5
ft. 6 in. tall and 120 pounds.
“But even then, a freshman in
high school, he had that air of con
fidence which struck me right
away. He always acted like he
knew just what he was going to
do.
“No, he didn’t look much like
football material then, but that
was a long time ago.
“I sure was proud of him when
he made All-SWC this year. 1
think Fred will make it next year.
“Don played three plays that
season, and all in one game. He
carried the ball one time, and made
four yards.
“Boy, was he proud!”
But then thex'e’s the case of “Lit
tle Freddie.”
“Fred came out next year. He
made the team allright. He was
always a little bigger than the oth
er kids his age. He was tall and
—well, just big all over.
“In the high school annhal his'
senior year^’Dirh wrote, ‘I’ll make
you proud of me some day.’
“He sure has, too.”
Faircloth met Ellis and Brous
sard again when they decided to
come to A&M. Ellis transferred
from Louisiana State university
and Broussard came from high
school.
Last year Ellis ran halfback.
This year he was moved to quar-
tei’back and Faircloth took over as
offensive backfield coach.
Broussard worked with them a
lot of the time, siiice he and Ellis
had to coordinate plays so closely.
“It’s rather unusual I’d say, but
Don hasn’t been injured seriously
a single time. He hasn’t missed
a play since I’ve known him be
cause of injuries.”
And Faircloth ought to know if
anyone does.
“And the folks down in De-
Quincy sure think a lot of Don and
Fred. I had to buy tickets for 60
of them at the Bice game, and 50
of them at the Baylor game..
“Those people watch the Aggies
as much as they do their own high
school.”
Friday, December 11, 1953
Page 3
HARROD HITS FOR TWO—Freshman guard Ted Harrod
drives through the Lon Morris defense for a two point lay
up in the Wednesday night game which preceded the A&M-
Oklahoma City University basketball game. Harrod led
the Fish scorers with 15 points in the 68-64 victory.
Sqd. 25 Edges Co. li
On Two Penetrations
. Squadron 25 edged past company
H'-idhyiX^netrations 2-1 in a 0-0 in
tramural football game yesterday.
Squadron 7’s Don Strange ran
40 yards for the first touchdown
while Jake Magee scampered 55
yards and JO yards for the other-
two scores to defeat squadron 4,
19-0.
Squadron 4’s Ed Dardiganian
passed to Ben Rector for 50 yards
for his unit’s top play of the game.
Squadron 21 eked out a 14-12
win over Company I.
Squadron 22’s G. Playland
Ag Soccer Team
To Play Twice
The A&M soccer team will put
on a week-end doubleheader, play
ing Saint Mark of Dallas Satur
day and Busy Bee of San Antonio
Sunday.
Both games will be played on
the field west of Law hall.
The Aggie B team will meet the
Dallas team at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The A team will play Busy Bee at
2 p.m. Sunday.
A&M defeated Chance - Vought
of Dallas, 1-0, last Sunday.
smashed through tackle for 20
yards, and a touchdown w^ch help
ed hjS' unit hfati company *G, 14- ! -0.
Armando Arteaga, sophomore
agronomy major from Luccana,
Mexico, won the upperclassmen
cross-country yesterday in the neat
time of 7.53 minutes.
In team scores, B infantry came
out on top followed closely by
squadron 5, A ordnance, A infan
try and AAA.
In horseshoes squadron 19 de
feated company L, two matches to
one; company D lost to squadron
18, 2-1; company E edged Fish
band, 2-1; and squadron 23 blanked
company C, 3-0.
B armor won over squadron 10,
427-399 in a bowling match.
Ellis Finishes Ninth
In College Passing
Don Ellis, quarterback of the
’53 Aggie football team, finished
ninth among the nation’s major
college pasers, according to NCAA
Service Bureau statistics.
Ellis completed 76 of 171 passes
for 950 yards. Lamar McHan of
Arkansas was seventh, with 78 out
of 150 for 1,107 yards.
Tigers Top Hearne
In 44T13,3 7-26 Tilts
Scoring first and leading
throughout the contest, the A&M
Consolidated Tigers Wednesday
night downed the Hearne Eagles,
40-13, in a basketball game played
in Hearne.
Bobby Jackson led the scoring
for the Tigers with 10 points, but
four teammates scored at least six
points to indicate the Tigers have
a well-balanced attack.
High point man for the Eagles
was Dent with a total of four
points, which further indicates the
Tigers have a well-balanced de
fense.
Consolidated jumped off to a 10-
4 lead for the first quarter and
held Hearne to a single point in
the second period to stroll dff the
court with a 19-5 halftime bulge.
In a “B” team curtain-raiser,
Consolidated defeated Hearne, 37-
26, with Norman Floeck dumping
in 12 points for scoring honors as
the “B” team also led throughout
the contest.
Dick Hickman scored eight
points for the Tiger reserves, fol
lowed by Jerry Oden with seven,
John Ray Perryman with five, and
Manuel Garcia with five.
Box Score
A&M CON. (40)
rci
FT
FI, TP
Beasley, Roland, . . . .
3
1
0 7
Cooner, Pinky
3
0
1 6
Jackson, Bobby
.... 4
2
1 10
Carroll, J. R
0
1
2 1
Anderson, Fred
4
0
0 s
Bonnen, David
4
0 8
Totals
10
8
4 40
HEARNE (13)
EG
FT
FI. TP
Culbreth
t
1
1 3
Johnson
0
0
0 0
Dent
0
3 4
Moss
1
1
3 3
Crowder
1
1
0 3
Pursley
0
0
3 0
High point honors for the even
ing went to Eagle, Frankie Abate,
who tallied 13 points for the losers.
Halftime score in the “B” game
showed Consolidated ahead by a
15-7 margin.
The Consolidated Tigers today
will compete in the fifth annual
Bryan Chamber of Commerce invi
tational tournament, meeting
Spring Branch at 8 p.m. iir the
Bryan high school gym.
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Halftime Score: Consolidated 19; Hearne
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