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Tuesday, September 14, 1954
THE BATTALION
Page S
Bear Bryant Starts
Grid Six Year Plan
By the Associated Press
Head Football Coach Bear Bry
ant places his foot on the first
rung of the Aggie football ladder
Saturday night on Kyle Field be
fore an expected 25,000 fans in a
long range plan to revive Aggie
football fortunes.
With an extremely small squad,
Bryant will try to take that first
step up the ladder while the Texas
Tech Red Raiders will concentrate
on kicking Iris foot off the rung.
Just 38 boys will trot onto the
field next Saturday night when
the Aggies open the campaign
against the powerhouse from West
Texas who will be seeking revenge
for their only defeat last season.
Bryant came here from Kem
tucky, with a six-year contract at
$15,000 a year-, with the stated
pfrpose of rebuilding A&M grid-
iron fortunes. He found 17 letter-
men but no quarterback and gap
ing holes at several positions.
’*!Bryant took his squad out for
the first week of practice and sev
en boys quit in the face of stren
uous workouts in his search for
“hard-nosed boys who can take it.”
Some withdrew because of physical
ailments, such as Joe Boring, a
regular halfback who had a bad
knee, while others just plain, flat
quit.
Things got so desperate that
Bryant, watching a student mana
ger, 155-pound Troy Summerlin,
center the ball, pressed the young
ster into service. Summerlin had
played football in high school but
hadn’t come out for the team here.
Admittedly the Aggies are the
thinnest in point of numbers and
physical stature of any Southwest
Conference football squad in mod
ern history. “They may be fight
ing for their lives every Saturday,”
said Bryant grimly.
And so, Saturday night, they
start the season against Texas
Tech team that is expected to be
even stronger than the 1953 outfit
that won 10 of 11 games in the
regular season, then crushed Au
burn in the Gator Bowl.
The Aggies beat Texas Tech
27-14 last year. It was the lone
smudge on the Red Raider’s sched
ule. They’ll be in an angry mood
as they face the Aggies this time.
Bryant has said that if his boys
win any games this year it will be
through fighting spirit and con
dition. The way he has worked
them into condition apparently will
be one strong point.
“I don’t want to give the im
pression that we’re crying and
want to give up,” Bryant said. “We
have a fine bunch of boys. They’re
thin and small, but I hope and
pray that I can give them the kind
of leadership which will get them
to do their best. We have a good
squad. If I’m able to do a good
job they’ll do better than most
people think.”
Winning one game probably
would be doing better than most
people think.
Ivluszewski Threatens
Home Run Records
fNEW YORK, Sept. 14 — CP)
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Muscleman Ted Kluszewski of the
Cincinnati Redlegs, former Indiana
U. grid star, today was making
passes at Hack Wilson’s National
League home run record. If he
continues his September slugging
he’s likely to break the 24-year-old
standard.
With 9 homers in his last 11
games, Kluszewski has pulled to
within 3 games of Wilson’s -1930
pace. When Hack hit 56, he wal
loped his 48th in his 139th game.
Kluszewski has 48 in 142 games.
The husky first baseman from
Argo, Ill., also can eclipse the Na
tional League homer mark for left-
handed batsmen. Johnny Mize of
the New York Giants set that one
with 51 in 1947.
Bulls and Cats
Begin Last Play
HOUSTON — CP) _ Houston and
F<*ft Worth, two teams which clos
ed the regular season schedule with
impressive winning streaks, meet
here tonight in the final round of
the Texas League playoffs.
The Buffs and Cats were the
league’s biggest winners the last
month of the regular season. Hous
ton won 22 out of 31 games to
finish one game behind first place
Shreveport.
Fort Worth won 22 out of 34 to
overtake San Antonio and grab
fourth place and a spot in the play
offs.
Fort Worth eliminated Shreve
port, four games to one. Houston
turned back third place Oklahoma
City in similar fashion.
Buff Manager Dixie Walker has
nominated his ace southpaw, Luis
Arroyo, as the starting pitcher.
Manager A1 Vincent of the Cats
Has selected a righthander, Rudy
Paynich.
Kluszewski is eight games be
hind Babe Ruth’s homer rate of
60. The Bambino slammed his 48th
in the Yankees’ 134th contest in
1927.
Braves Win
To Revive Bid
ForNL Pennant
P H I L A D E I P H IA—CP)—The
struggling Milwaukee Braves, be
hind the air-tight relief pitching
of Dave Jolly defeated the Phila
delphia Phillies 7-4 last night to
stay 4 Vs games behind the first-
place New York Giants.
Playing without their two top
sluggers, Eddie Mathews and Joe
Adcock, the Braves broke the
game open in the eighth inning
when they scored four runs on two
hits, three walks, a sacrifice, and
a hit batter, off southpaw Curt
Simmons.
Wilkinson
Sings Blues
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 18—
(A 5 )—The University of Oklahoma
football team, which has been
pegged by many experts as the
nation’s best squad, is the “most
overrated team” ever produced at
the school, Coach Bud Wilkinson
said today.
“If you have been reading the
same magazines I have that makes
us the No. 1 team, you have to
remember that the people who
wrote those stories are considering
us the same team as last year,”
Wilkinson told the Monday Quar
terback Club.
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THE PLAY’S THE THING—Working out without cumbersome padding, members of
the 1954 Aggie football team polish up a key play as they prepare for Saturday night’s
season opener on Kyle Field with the Texas Tech Raiders while the coaching staff lends a
critical eye. Aware that the Red Raiders will be gunning for revenge after last sea
son’s lone defeat at the hands of the Aggies, Head Coach Bear Bryant is giving the small ,
squad a close check to determine the starting eleven with the best chance to repeat the ’
upset.
In Other Grid Camps...
AUSTIN, Sept. 13—(TP) — After
four days of rough scrimmage Tex
as went through light drills today.
The Longhorns eased off in their
workout before they return to
headknock sessions tomorrow in
preparing for the season opener
Saturday against LSU.
DALLAS, Sept. 13—UP)—Scor
ing plays were the feature of to
day’s SMU football drills. The
Mustangs pointed toward a Friday
night intrasquad game.
Ball carrying by Don Mcllhenny
and John Marshall and blocking by
Frank Eidom and Blake Tucker
were features of the work.
WACO, Sept. 13—UP) — Baylor
started a final week of practice to
day for Saturday’s football opener
against Houstpp. Billy Hooper is
to draw the starting nod at quar
terback.
The Bears ran their own plays
today, then worked on defense
against Houston plays.
FORT WORTH, Sept. 13—(TP)
TCU gridmen worked on pass of
fense and defense today in a non-
contact drill.
Quarterbacks Ronald Clinkscale
and Charles Curtis were impres-^
sive with their throwing.
HOUSTON, Sept. 13—UP)—Four
Rice Owls were on the sidelines to
day with minor injuries received
in Saturday’s annual blue-gray in
trasquad game.
Suffering minor injuries Satur
day night were Mac Taylor, full
back; Lew Harpold, guard; Jean
Barras, Tackle; and Sammy Burk,
Halfback.
The Owls open their campaign
here Saturday night against Flori
da.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 13
(TP)—Arkansas’ passing game,
which is one of the Razorbacks
weaker points, showed a little im
provement today as Bowden Wyatt
sent his charges through a hard
lengthy scrimmage session.
NOTICE
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Full Course
Dinners
5 to 9 P.M.
Every Day
It May Be Hard
For Announcers
The University of North Caro
lina football eleven this fall is
making it tough for sports writers
who may stumble on their spelling.
Among the Tar Heel players are
Stavnitski, Marcinko, Muschamp,
Boyette, Marcopulos and Kiochak.
1 igers race Ironies
After Opening Win
By MAURICE OLIAN
Battalion Sports Writer
The A&M Consolidated Tigers
Monday reviewed mistakes made
in the 25-19 football win over the
Bremond Tiger's there Friday night
and began pointing for the Madi-
sonville Mustang invasion of Tiger
Field Friday at 8 p.m.
Season opener for both Class A
teams, the Tiger-Bremond tilt
showed some glaring first-game ex--
x'ors, but was a crowd pleaser with
the final winner in doubt until the
final gun.
Consolidated opened the scoring
when a Bi-emond fumble in the
first quai’ter gave the Tigei*s pos
session on the Bi'emond 34 yai'd
line. Six plays later J. B. Carroll
tossed a touchdown pass to Dick
Hickman from five yax-ds out for
the score, after Tx-avis Engelbrecht
stax-ted the drive with a 21 yard
scamper. The try for point after
failed and Consolidated held a 6-0
edge.
Taking the ensuing kickoff and
x’unning it out to their 38, Bre
mond marched 62 yards in 15 plays
to tie the score at 6-6. Jeimy Mitch
ell, all-district halfback last sea
son, hammex-ed over from the 3
yard line to cap the didve.
Midway in the second quai’ter,
Consolidated jumped back into the
lead with two pass plays for 67
yards and a scoire. Caxmoll tossed
first to end Jex*ry Oden for a 40
yai’d completion and the combina
tion clicked again for the touch
down from the 27 yard line. Car-<
roll converted and Consolidated,
led by a 13-6 scoi’e.
On the final play of the fii’st
half, Mitchell plunged fi’om the 1
yard line but the try for the extra
point failed and Consolidated held
on to a narrow 13-12 halftime lead.
Early in the third quarter the
Tigei'S inci’eased their lead to 19-12
when CaiToll found Oden open in
the end zone for the touchdown.
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