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Tuesday, September 21, 1954 THE BATTALION Page 3
Saturday Loss Brings Heavy Drills
‘Hands on Ball’
Keynotes Practice
SCHERO ON THE MOVE—Joe Schero scampers 11 yards
to put the ball on the Texas Tech 19 early in the first
quarter. Four plays later Elwood Kettler kicked an 18
yard field goal to give the Aggies a short-lived lead that
melted before the Texas Tech touchdown parade in the
final three periods.
Says ‘Bear’ Bryant
Raider Linemen
Cause Fumbles
By Battalion Sports Staff
What caused A&M’s 10 fumbles
in the 41-9 loss to Texas Tech
Saturday night?
“They were running r i g h t
through our line, that’s what caus
ed them,” said Coach Paul Bryant
in his post-game press conference.
“Fortunately, our backs all came
out alive.”
“All things considered, with the
exception of the first five minutes,
I think Tech toyed with us,” Bry
ant said. “I thought (Billy) Hud
dleston, (Darrell) Brown and
(Bill) McGowan showed they def
initely wanted to play football.”
I Asked about any others who
looked good for the Ags, Bryant
Muntly said, “I didn’t see them.
That bunch of kids we put in there
teally tried. Aside from that, I
didn’t see any bright spots.”
‘Did Poor Job’
As he always does, Bryant re
fused to criticize his players pub
licly. Instead, he said,, “I think
I did the poorest job of preparation
for a football game that I’ve- ever
seen. They wmre in poor physical
and mental condition. I’m not
criticizing them, but me.”
Will he drill the squad on any
special phase of the game this
week? Bryant didn’t take long
to answer that. “Football—plain
fundamental football,” he said.
“I’m going to go over the game
movie, and anybody that looked
like he was out there to play foot
ball goes on the first team Mon
day.”
Concluding, Bryant made sure
the sportswriters got what he
meant. He said, “I’d just like to
make this clear. I did a very
poor coaching job. 1 know they’re
capable of playing better, if I do
a better job. I’m not taking any
thing away from Tech—they had
a very fine team, and Coach Wea
ver had it well-prepared. We were
lacking in coaching, if anything.”
Maybe so, but the Raiders used
44 players, 11 more than A&M
had on its bench, and substituted
by teams, while the Aggies subbed
mostly by ones, twos and threes.
And that makes a difference.
All freshmen interested in try
ing out for the Fish baseball team
are to report to baseball coach
Beau Bell oh the south side of De-
Ware field house at 5 p.m. Wed
nesday.
Bell requested that the prospects
bring pencils.
By JERRY WIZIG
Battalion Sports Editor
A briefer but better football
game than Saturday night’s un
reeled on Kyle field Monday aft
ernoon when Coach Paul Bryant
sent the Aggie first and second
teams through a grueling 55-min
ute scrimmage session.
“Keep both hands on the ball”
and hard hitting were the key
notes of the drill, the first Monday
^workout for a Bryant-coached
team since 1952. The Red eleven
had six sophomores, including both
ends, both tackles, a guard and
center. And after practice, Bry
ant said, “They’re all liable to start
Saturday night” when the Aggies
tackle tough Oklahoma A&M in the
Cotton Bowl.
“This is what we should have
done before,” Bjryant said. “I
thought they were in better shape
than they arc, although it isn’t
their fault.”
The Red lineup had Gene Stall
ings and Jack Pardee at ends,
Bill Powell and Darrell Brown at
tackles, Ray Barrett and Dennis
Goehring at guards, Lloyd Hale at
center, Elwood Kettler at quarter
back, Billy Huddleston and Joe
Schero at halfbacks and Bob Eas
ley at .fullback.
Stallings, Pardee, Powell, Brown,
Goehring and Hale are sophomores.
Bryant gave Don Kachtik a rest
“because I didn’t think he needed
any hard work. He played a fine
game Saturday night.” Bryant
saved his highest praise for Stall
ings, however; He said Stallings
played the finest game of any
member of the team.
On the Blue team were Bennie
Sinclair and Billy McGowan at
ends, Larry Winkler and Norb
Ohlendorf at tackles, Sid Theriot
and Marvin Tate at guards, Rich
ard Vick at center, Charlie Scott
at quarterback, Don Watson and
Gene Henderson at half backs . and
Bill Cranberry at fullback.
Bryant, assisted at first only by
Jim Owens since the other coaches
were working with the freshmen,
let the Reds slug away on offense
ers Polish Blocking
After 26-6 Win Friday
By MAURICE OLIAN
Consolidated Sports Writer
Coach Jim Bevans had A&M
Qpnsolidated’s Tigers sharpening
their blocking Monday after their
26-6 win over Madisonville Friday
night, their home opener.
The Tigers spent the rest of
practice running offensive plays in
preparation for the Friday night
invasion of Tiger field by the Class
A A Navasota Rattlers.
Madisonville held the Tigers
close for the first half but could
not stop them for the final two
quarters. After a scoreless first
period in which CHS drove to the
one, halfback Travis Engelbrecht
scored on a 42-yard sprint. The
conversion attempt failed and the
Tigers led, 6-0.
Madisonville put together an ef
fusive thrust late in the half,
driving to within two feet of the
goal. Here the Tiger defense brac
ed and took over on downs.
The Mustangs kept going when
the second half started, taking the
opening kickoff and marching 80
yards to score in 9 plays. Cocap
tain Calvin Walker smashed ovfer
from the 1, but Billy Tinsley’s
68 yard jaunt was the big gainer.
CHS went ahead to stay when
Engelbrecht shook loose for a 27-
yard scoring run later in the third
period. J. B. Carroll converted to
give the Tigers a 13-6 lead.
Bobby Joe Wade set up the third
Tiger score early in the final per
iod when he raced back 37 yards
with a Mustang punt, putting the
ball on the 13. Four plays later,
Carroll shot through the middle
for the score. He also kicked the
extra point.
Tommy Barker ended the scor
ing when he ran 11 yards about
three minutes from the final gun
after Alfred Linton had recovered
a Mustang fumble on their 18.
The alert Tiger defenders inter
cepted six passes as Madisonville
connected on only one out of 18
attempts. Carroll and Manuel Gar
cia snagged two each, and Wade
and Jack McNeely each got one.
Consolidated’s defense, which
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leaked badly in the season opener
with Bremond, showed decided im
provement. Mustang Coach L. M.
Pearce particularly praised the de
fense work of Henry Phillips.
The Tigers gained 298 yards
rushing to Madisonville’s 203. Con
solidated made 12 first downs, and
Madisonville had 10.
at the Blues for 25 minutes. The
first 20 went without a timeout,
and Bryant kept both elevens run
ning into and out of the huddles
throughout the session. Then they
finished with about five minutes of
wind sprints before trooping to the
showers. «*''
In the Red offensive session,
Kettler displayed some fine ball
handling and Huddleston got off
some good runs. However, the
Blue defense most of the time was
hard to crack and gave Kettler lots
of trouble on attempted passes and
pitchouts.
The Blues kept the ball for the
final 30 minutes of the scrimmage,
which ranged from one end of
Kyle field to the other. (A&M’s
next home game isn’t until Oct. 16
with TCU, so the field is not in
danger of being torn up.)
As a means of getting his ball
carriers to keep both hands on the
ball Bryant stopped play and had
them run a line of reserves
whenever they committed a bobble.
After a few in the first part of
the scrimmage, the backs began_^
hanging onto the ball.
Three of the Red Raiders six
touchdowns were the result of Ag
gie fumbles. A pass interception
set up another.
Here is a summary of the scor
ing:
First quarter—A&M got the ball
on their 34 after a punt and drove
to the Tech 18, where the drive
bogged down. Kachtik got 20 yards
in the drive, Schero 11 around end
and Kettler 10 ion a keeper. Ket
tler kicked a field goal from an
angle on the 25 for a 3-0 lead.
Guard Arlen Wesley covered an
Ag fumble on the Tech 43 and the
Raiders were on their way to
their first touchdown as the first
period ended.
Second quarter — Quarterback
Jerry...Jobjnson scored on a sneak
from the one on fourth down. Bry
an had picked up 17 off left tackle
and Graham 13.
Tech took over on the A&M 45
after a kick and scored in 8 plays.
Using off tackle plays, the Red
Raiders drove to the 3, then Herr
hit right tackle for the score.
Score at the half: 14-3, Tech.
Third quarter—End Claude Har-
land snared Watson’s fumble one
play after the kickoff to set up the
next score. Johnson passed 17
yardfe to Harland to the 7, and
Spinks scored from the 2 on fourth
down.
Fourth quarter—Johnson threw
6 yards to Harland for the score 9
plays later. Late in the period,
A&M drove 64 yards in 7 plays for
their touchdown. Huddleston got
35 off right tackle, and a 15 yard
penalty put it on the Tech 12. Hen
derson scored from the 5. Scott’s
kick was blocked.
NOT AGAIN!—Coach Paul
Bryant looks on with grow
ing: dismay as an Aggie
back again drops the ball
during Saturday’s night
mare of fumbles. An alert
Texas Tech Red Raider
team pounced on five of the
10 Aggie bobbles to romp
to an easy 41-9 win.
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For Fish Football
About 130 Freshman football
prospects turned out yesterday for
the opening practice session of the
season.
Two Texas all-staters and a
highly regarded Louisianian, all
backs, were among the Fish candi
dates, who were put through a
brisk session by eight of Head
Coach Paul Bryant’s assistant
coaches. The all-staters are Ken
Hall, who set a new high school
scoring record at Sugarland in
1953, Ed Dudley, all-stater at Pam-i
pa, and John Ci’owe of Spring
Hill, La. o
Carlos Esquivel, another back,
was an all-regional selection at
Edinburgh in 1953.
Assistant Coaches Willie Zapa-
lac, Phil Cutchin, Jerry Claiborne,
Pat James, Elmer Smith, Tom
Tipps, Lou Karibo and Don Ellis
worked with the youngsters. The
Fish open a five game season on
Kyle field Sept. 30 against the
University of Houston freshmen.
A&M’s fencing team will meet
at 5 p.m. today in DeWare field
house to discuss plans for a meet
in Galveston next weekend, said
Art Garner, team captain.
A meet in Chihuahua, Mexico,
also will be discussed.
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