Tuesday, October 19, 1954 THE BATTALION
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Ags Show No Sign of Letdown for BU
KACHTIK SCORES—Fullback Don Kachtik falls into the
end zone for A&M’s second touchdown after blasting five
yards over left guard. An unidentified Aggie blocks TCU
halfback Gerald Redus. Center Herb Wolf started the
drive when he recovered a fumble on the TCU 33.
After 20-7 Loss to Kaly
Tigers Sharpen
Blocking Monday
Cadets Emphasize
Aerial Defense
By JERRY WIZIG
Battalion Sports Editor
Showing no visible signs of a letdown after their thrilling
20-21 loss to TCU Saturday in their conference opener, the
Aggies drilled mainly on pass defense yesterday for this
week’s Baylor game.
Coach Paul Bryant had the varsity defending against
Bear plays directed by assistant coach Don Ellis. After
wards, Bryant had little to say about the workout but had
■fplenty to say about other things.
First he praised the play of ends Gene Stallings and Ben
nie Sinclair, tackle Bill Schroeder and quarterback Elwood
Kettler. “I’ve met a lot of better players than Kettler in my
time, but none with more heart,” Bryant said. “If all our
players wanted to win as
OFF AGAIN—Aggie Quarterback Elwood Kettler runs for 12 yards around left end to
the TCU one-yard line late in the fourth quarter Saturday. He scored A&M’s third
touchdown on the next play through a hole opened by center Lloyd Hale and guard Ray
Barrett.
By MAURICE OLIAN
Consolidated Sports Writer
Coach Jim Bevans sent his A&M
Consolidated players through an
intensive blocking drill Monday af
ternoon in an effort to get the
Tiger offense moving at a faster
clip.
The Tigers lost to Katy 20-7 Fri
day night on Tiger field in the dis
trict opener for both teams. Con
solidated’s attack will have to im-
■prove if the Tigers are to beat
Scaly Friday night at Sealy in
their second district game.
» Sealy now looks like the team
' to beat for the district 25-A title.
Their two losses were to double A
teams that went unbeaten until last
week’s games.
Katy Gets 13-0 Lead
Last Friday, the Tigers had a
14-9 lead in first downs but only
gained 165 yards in the 64 plays
they ran. Katy got 221 yards in
45 offensive plays. CHS is the first
team to score on Katy this year.
Touchdowns by Thomas Guzman
and Frank Garcia gave Katy a
13-0 lead in the first quaVter. Guz
man scored from the 2 yard line
after Garcia recovered a Tiger
fumble on the CHS 44.
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Garcia scored from the 4 on the
eighth play of a 65 yard drive the
next time Katy got the ball. Billy
Williams converted.
Tigers Move to 9
In the second period, halfback
Travis Engelbrecht returned a
punt 39 yards to the Katy 21. The
Tigers moved to the 9 in five
plays, but then a fourth down pass
was batted away.
Later, quarterback J. B. Car
roll’s punt slipped off the side of
his foot, traveled only 10 yards
and went out of bounds on the
Tiger 30 to set up Katy’s last
score. Five plays later, Floyd Hall
ran 15 yards around right end for
the touchdown. Williams conver
ted with 6:20 to play in the third
quarter.
After the kickoff, CHS marched
67 yards in 20 plays to the Katy 1
15, but was held on downs. On the
next play, Majure Atterbury re
covered a Katy fumble to set up
CHS’s only score.
Tigers Score - *.—
Six plays later, Carroll threw a
3 yard pass to end Jerry Oden for
the touchdown, first of the year
to be scored on Katy. Bobby Joe
Wade kicked the extra point with
6:38 to play in the fourth quarter.
Katy later drove to the Tiger 18
late in the quarter, but a fumble
recovery by Engelbrecht braked
the march.
Hall was the leading ball carrier,
getting 82 yards in 12 tries. Engel
brecht got 42 in 15 and Wade 31
in 13 for Consolidated.
much as Kettler, we’d be win
ning - these close games.”
Bryant was bothered by the
Cadet’s lack of consistency
and said, “We have too many play
ers that are satisfied with a moral
victory or a close score. That, and
too many who don’t put out every
thing they’ve got on every play.”
“Different people fall down on
different weeks—it takes 11 men
on every play, you can’t win with
guys standing around,” he said.
Bryant said, “We’re not going to
win another game until we have
everybody putting out everything
on every play and until we’re more
aggressive on defense. We’ve got
to have more desire and more peo
ple not satisfied with a close game
or a moral victory.”
Bryant added, “If we don’t learn
that from football, we’re missing
one of the most important things
to be gained from it—competition.
When you’re through with football
and have to get out and sell in
the outside world, it’s going to
take desire to get those sales. A
‘moral victory’ or a ‘close game’
isn’t going to help then.”
Asked if the Cadets came out
of Saturday’s game in good shape,
Bryant said, “Physically, yes.”
Assistant coach Pat James, who
scouted Baylor’s 34-7 win over
Washington last week and its 20-
21 loss to Arkansas, had this to
say about the Bears:
“Halfback Delbert Shofner is a
good breakaway runner. Baylor
is a very difficult team to defense
because of its balanced running
attack and passing. It has good
ends, fast and good receivers.
James Ray Smith is a good tackle.”
The last three games between
the Bears and Aggies have been
decided by a total of three points.
Saturday’s game will climax Bay
lor’s homecoming, and the Bears
are reported to be in nearly their
best physical condition of the sea
son.
Kettler Leads In Offense
The game pits the number 1 and
2 SWC players in total offense.
Aggie quarterback Elwood Kettler
has run and passed for 506 yards
to Bear quarterback Billy Hooper’s
total of 418. Hooper is the SWC’s
leading passer, with Kettler fifth
in passing and rushing.
Saturday Kettler ran for 81
yards on 16 carries and completed
2 of 5 passes for 45 yards. He f
has scored 30 points this season,
which ties him for third highest
in the conference, and played 60
minutes against TCU.
Saturday’s Scoring
Here’s how the scoring went Sat
urday:
First quarter—Halfback Bobby
Keith fumbled Ray Taylor’s punt
and fullback Buddy Dike grabbed
it for TCU on the Ag 20. On a
fourth and five play, Taylor swept
left end for 8 to the 7, then quar
terback Ronald Clinkscale scored
three plays later from the 4 on a
keeper off left tackle. Harold
Pollard’s kick was good.
Later TCU marched 63 yards in
7 plays after an Aggie punt. From
his 39, Clinkscale faked to Dike
and threw to Crouch for 22 yards
to the Aggie 39. Five plays later,
he threw to the other end, Bryan
Engram, for a 28 yard touchdown
pass.
Schero Grabs It
Third quarter—Joe Schero inter
cepted Clinkscale’s pass, and the
Cadets clicked off 90 yards in 6
plays. Kettler passed . 33 yards
to Sinclair, who made a great
catch, Schero got 18 on a pitchout
around left end, Kachtik rumbled
for 26 over the middle to the 1, and
Kettler scored. Center Hugh Pitts
blocked Kettler’s conversion.
Then, after a Frog punt, the
Cadets marched from their 34 to
the TCU 14. On fourth down, Ket
tler’s pass to Huddleston in the
corner of the end zone fell off the
halfback’s fingertips. On third
down, halfback James Swink, who
gained^ 144 yards in 13 tries, took
handoff, darted inside right
"Ags ‘Stood Aroimd Sonre’
Cadets Must Play Harder
On Every Play-—Bryant
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Statistics
Con.
First downs 14
Rushing yardage 104
Passing yardage 61
Passes attempted 12
Passes completed 6
Passes intercepted 0
Punting average 19.7
Fumbles lost 1
Yards penalized 0 ,
Katy
9
209
12
2
1
0
35.3
4
36
Coaches Announce
Team Captains
Pat McCrory and John Forten
berry are co-captains of A&M’s
1954-55 basketball team and Les
Byrd will captain this season’s
baseball squad.
The announcements were made
by basketball coach John Floyd and
baseball coach R. C. (Beau) Bell.
McCrory is a senior guard and
scored 133 points last season for
a 6.0 average. Fortenberry is a
junior forward who scored 144
points for a 6.8 average.
Byrd, a senior, played first base
and left field last season. He hit
.220 over the full season and .147
in conference play. His fielding
marks were .976 in conference
games and .973 for the season.
By Battalion Sports Staff
“They’re a wonderful bunch of
boys, but they’ve got to play just
a little harder on every play.”
That’s how Coach Paul Bryant
summed up A&M’s 20-21 loss to
TCU Saturday afternoon, after the
Frogs’ first Kyle field win in six
years.
Bryant was pleased with the way
his team came back in the second
half after trailing 0-14 at the end
of two periods. “They fought their
guts out in the fourth quarter, but
you have to play every play if you
want to win in Southwest confer
ence football,” Bryant said in his
office after the game.
The Aggies showed better in the
fourth quarter than they have at
any other time this season, said
Bryant, but “they didn’t play that
way the whole game.” “I haven’t
been able to get it over to the
guys to play every play, and we’re
not going to beat anyone until we
do,” said Bryant. “They stood
around some.”
Bryant continued, “We niade
some bad mental mistakes. There’s
no excuse for anybody throwing
a long pass for a touchdown.
“I thought TCU richly deserved
the victory. I feel like we helped
them some, but I’m not taking
anything away from them. They
tackled us hard and made us fum
ble, that’s one of the best things
they did.”
Asked about impressive TCU
players, Bryant singled out end
Johnny Crouch, halfback James
Swink and fullback Buddy Dike. Yung. Knew I was in the clear
“I was much impressed by Crouch
couldn’t help but see him out there.
Dike is their ‘control’ man, the
back that gets those first downs.”
For the Aggies, quarterback El
wood Kettler “was terrific,” said
Bryant. “Billy Huddleston played
better, and Bill Schroeder played
well, Bennie (Sinclair) made two
fine catches,” he said.
TCU Coach Abe Martin said in
the TCU dressing room that he was
glad to get out with that one po>nt
margin. “Yes, sir, A&M has a
darn good football team, one that
will make it rough on everyone it
plays,” said Martin. “They came
out for that last half like a new
group of boys. I thought we had
it too easy the first half. . . That
Kettler, he’s really a smoothie,
could really run that option well.
That entire Aggie team looked
good.”
Soph James Swink said, “All I
did was run on that 79-yard jaunt,
had a big hole thanks to some
good up-front work by (tackle
Dick) Laswell and (guard Bill)
about 10 yards out when Engram
and Crouch cut down some of those
players about to get me. Boy, it
sure feels good to win, even if it
is by only one point.”
Swink called Aggie fullback Don
Kachtik a good linebacker and said
Kettler and Huddleston stood out
offensively. '
Crouch, TCU captain, said,
“Those Aggies are gonna let some
one have it before the season is
over. They sure outhustled us in
the last half. If they hadn’t fum
bled, we would have been bad
off.”
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tackle through the secondary, got
a block from Pitts, and flitted 79
yards for what proved to be the
winning touchdown. Pollard kick
ed good.
Fourth quarter — Center Herb
Wolf fell on a Frog fumble on
their 33, Kettler got 6, passed for
12 to Sinclair to the 20, Kachtik
rammed for 9, Schero got 6, and
Kachtik burst over left guard from
the 5 to score. Kettler’s kick was
good.
Later, the Aggies powered 80
yards in 9 plays for their third
score. Halfback Billy Huddleston
took a pitchout and threw for 10
to Don Watson, Watson got 20
on a pitchout around left end, Ket
tler lateraled to Watson, who pass
ed to Schero for 25 to the TCU 19,
Kachtik got 3, Kettler passed to
Sinclair for 3, bootlegged around
left end for 12, and sneaked over
from the 1. Kettler then kicked
the extra point.
TCU A&M
First downs 15 14
Yards rushing 263 287
Yards passing 72 77
Passes attempted 16 7
Passes completed 4 4
Passes intercepted by 1 1
Fumbles lost 1 5
Punting average 34.5 40.2
Yards penalized 65 20
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