Bryant
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By The Battalion Sports Staff
Aggie quarterback Elwood Kett-
ler, the gritty, redheaded young
ster who has gained more yardage
than any player in the Southwest
conference after he was switched
to a new position, got a big pat on
the back yesterday from Head
Coach Paul Bryant.
The* Aggie varsity had just fin
ished their practice session of the
day, dividing time between offense
and defense for the TCU game. The
first team worked out in sweat
suits for the second straight day,
but the rest of the varsity put on
pads. Fullback Don Kachtik, who
stayed out of Monday’s light work
out, took part in the session.
* Asked what Cadet player has
pleased him the most, Bryan in
stantly replied, “Mister Elwood
l&ittler. Everything considered, I
would say he has done a terrific
job.”
‘Sheer Guts’
What is Kettler’s major attrib
ute ? Bryant punched his heart.
“He’s gotten better in every game,”
he said. “On sheer guts and de
termination, he turned two bad
plays into nice gains in the Hous
ton game.”
One of the plays Bryant was re
ferring to was Kettler’s 24 yard
sprint around left end after a fake
pass in the fourth quarter. Two
blockers were supposed to have
been downfield but weren’t and
Kettler had to go it alone.
Bryant was peeved over the miss
ed assignments on plays close to
the goal. He said, “The thing I
ion’t understand is why we can’t
fgarn our signals. We have less of
fense than any team in America
because we’re missing assign
ments.”
Lack of Poise
He was exaggerating the lack
of offense (A&M has averaged 226
yards per game offensively) to
point out the scoring opportuni
ties the Cadets have missed during
the season. Bryant and his assist
ants have worked all season to cor
rect the lack of poise the gridsters
seem to suffer when they get close
to the enemy goal.
Center Lloyd Hale also received
Tuesday Games
Start Full Slate
Of Intramurals
Intramural sports got into
full swing yesterday, with
basketball, tennis, football,
horseshoes and swimming
sharing the spotlight. Upperclass
men sports were basketball, ten-
»is and swimming. Freshmen
sports were football, horseshoes
and swimming.
In basketball, A QMC defeated
B Composite, 24-7, Sqdn. 11 downed
ASA, 26-10; B Inf. bested A Sig.,
54-8; Sqn 1 beat A Cml, 15-13 and
A Ath. surged past A Inf., 30-13.
In intramural tennis, Sqn. 19
swept past A TC, 8-1, 8-2 and 8-3;
A FA won over Sqn. 20, 2-1; B
Armor took Sqn. 14, -2-1; Sqn. 10
beat First Regimental Staff, 8-0,
8-5, 8-5; A Ord. beat Sqn. 3, 8-1,
8-4 and 8-2; Sqn. 12 beat C Inf.,
8-0, 8-5, 3-8. Sqn. 4 beat A AAA,
8-5, 8-2 and 2-8.
In football, Sqn. 5 beat B Inf.,
6-0; A Inf. beat Sqn. 4, 19-0; Sqn.
Q beat C Inf., 2-0; D Inf. beat Sqn.
7, 7-2; and CFA beat A Armor,
40-0.
In horseshoes, AFA beat Sqn.
12, 2-1; and A Old. downed Sqn.
17, 2-1.
In upperclassmen swimming,
Wattring, Law Hall, had the best
qualifying time in the 100-foot
backstroke with 20.3 seconds. Oth
er qualifiers were Koen, Sqn. 7;
Williamson, D Inf.; Seth, B Eng.;
Cobb, Sqn. 10; Hoffman, Sqn. 21;
Swofford, Sqn. 17; Kirkpatrick, B
Inf.; Barnard, First Regimental
Staff; and Schweizer, A Ord.
In freshmen swimming, Fletch
er, Sqn. 25, had the best qualify
ing time with 22 seconds. Other
qualifiers were Sapp, Sqn. 13;
Trese, B Eng; Grantham, Maroon
band; Moore, B Armor; Wodrick,
Sqn. 10; Redd, Sqn. 21; Manicon,
Sqn. 16; Schoenfeld, Sqn. 17; and
Spivey, Sqn. 6.
Terry Brennan, new Notre Dame
football coach, won letters in foot
ball, track and hockey for the Ir
ish.
Lauds Kettler;
Every Game’
praise from Bryant. “He has been I .Hale was switched to center
one of the three or four consistent about four days before the season
football players on the squad,” opener with Texas Tech, but has
Bryant said. | started every game since.
S P O R T o
H O R T
By JERRY WIZIG
Battalion Sports Editor
Evidence showed up a couple of days ago that it isn’t
just the eyes of Texas that are upon Paul (Bear) Bryant’s
Operation Football at A&M. The evidence came in the form
of a column in the Los Angeles Examiner the day before the
TCU-Southern California football game.
Amos Melton, Director of Information Services at TCU
is pictured as being mighty afraid that intensified recruiting
of football players at A&M is going to cause a “war” for high
school athletes in the Southwest conference. Melton is quo
ted:
“What’s got us scared stiff at TCU is the possibility that
Bryant may get those folks mad down at University of Texas.
‘They’ll Blow Up Everything’
“If they get mad, they’ll blow up
everything like an atom bomb. No
body can compete with those boys
in a recruiting war. They’re too
big and too many.”
Melton characterizes UT alumni
as being (a) loyal and (b) loaded.
“Man, they’d wipe us out like
lightnin’ strikin’ the bam. Those
are oil millions we’re buckin’,” he
said.
What has the recruiting situation
in the Southwest been before, if
not a war?
Bryant didn’t get here until
February, when the best players
had already been contacted by any
school with the slightest interest
in them. Most good high school
players have to sweep away col
lege scouts with a broom through
out their senior year. Yet high
school stars like Ed Dudley, John
Crow, Ken Hall, Bobby Conrad,
Jimmy Wright, Fred Maples, Bill
Dendy, Norman Noble, A. L. Sim
mons, Jim Stanley, etc., are on the
1954 Fish team.
Ags Busy—But Who Wasn’t
Obviously Bryant and his staff ily at Bryant and A&M. (We don’t
were a busy bunch between Feb- know if the example is right or
ruary and September, but what not.)
SWC coaching staff wasn’t? And The ruling should have been in
if the Aggies got away with some the books several years ago. You
boys that other schools thought can be sure the family of more
they had ready for the dotted line than one good athlete has received
— well, it’s happened plenty of aid from backers of more than
times before, so why criticize A&M one conference school. Why make
for keeping on trying for players A&M a whipping post ?
who haven’t signed their letter of Before that conference meeting
intent? After all, isn’t a fish still in Dallas, rumors were widespread
in the pond if he hasn’t been land- that the Aggies would be punished
ed?
for some of their recruiting tactics.
When the meeting was over, no
conference school was mentioned
by name or penalized, so appar
ently nothing could be found wrong
at that time with A&M or any
other conference school.
Many thanks to Volney M. Peatt
of San Antonio, Iowa, who sent us
conference prohibiting aid to an the clipping. His son is in squad-
athlete’s family was aimed primar- ron 3.
The Examiner columnist cites as
an example the moving of the
whole family of a boy from a small
town to Houston and getting them
jobs so they could be near their
son at College Station. The column
states that recent ruling by the
Mitchell’s Letter Is Wrong
In today’s Letters to the Editors
column is a letter from A. F.
Mitchell ’09. Mitchell says The
Battalion quoted Bryant “in his
more or less confidential talks to
the players” and states The Bat
talion quoted Bryant’s remarks to
the players before they left for
the University of Houston game.
The quotes in Friday’s pre-game
story were taken from a press con
ference with Bryant. The remarks
Bryant made were not in “more or
less confidential talks to the play
ers.” They were made in the
coaches’ dressing room, no players
were present and Bryant definitely
was talking for publication.
Mitchell sent copies of his letter
to Chancellor M. T. Harrington and
President David H. Morgan.
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Freshmen Work Long, Hard
For Cub Game Thursday
Kittens Play
Brenham Again
Tomorrow
After being held to a sur
prising 13-13 tie by Navasota
junior high last Thursday,
A&M Consolidated junior
high travels to Brenham for
a non-district game at 7:30 p.m.
tomorrow.
The Kittens, second in their dis
trict, downed Brenham 20-7 in an
earlier game. CHS now has a sea
son mark of two wins and a tie in
three starts and one win and a tie
in district play.
Coach Horace Shaffer plans to
start this lineup: Bobby Ross and
Kirby Jackson at ends, Bennie
Jackson and John Beaty at tack
les, Pete Rodriguez and Royce
Hickman at guards, George Carroll
at center, Edgard Feldman at
quarterback, Sidney Greer and Ken
Cooner or John Wayqe Todd at
halfbacks and Jim Wright at full
back.
A two-hour workout climaxed
by a thorough drill on execution
of offensive plays yesterday ended
rough work for the Fish before
Thursday night’s game in Waco
with the Baylor Cubs.
Over 10,000 fans are expected
for the contest, called one of the
best freshman football games of
the 1954 season. Kickoff time is
8 p.m. at Municipal stadium, not
the new Baylor stadium.
Head coach Paul Bryant said
yesterday that Jim Stanley, a
starting tackle, will miss the game.
Stanley suffered a broken finger
in the Wog game last week. End
Roger Hobson, who also has gotten
in a lot of playing time for the
Fish, might also miss the game be
cause of injuries.
Bryant called Stanley ‘an “out
standing lineman” for the Fish this
year. He described halfback John
Crow as a “very fine prospect.”
“If he doesn’t lose his desire and
ambition, he is going to be a fine
player,” Bryant said.
“I’ll say the same thing about
Stanley that I said about Crow,”
he added.
The explosive-starting Crow has
gained 136 yards rushing in 17
tries, an average of 8 yards per
carry. He got 83 yards in 13 car
ries last week and 53 in four
against Houston. He also return
ed an intercepted pass for 60 yards
and a touchdown in the season
opener.
Bryant also had praise for ends
Bobby Marks and Dean Meeks,
halfbacks Lloyd Taylor and Ed
Dudley, and fullback Ken Hall.
“The freshmen have got good
spirit,” he said.
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