Wednesday, October 27, 1954
THE BATTALION
Contact Work Features He Caught for Ellis
Ag Drill for Arkansas Now Bennie Snags for Kettler
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FIRST BEAR SCORE—End Charlie Smith goes up in the
air to grab quarterback Billy Hooper’s seven yard pass in
the end zone for Baylor’s first touchdown Saturday. This
was the first of Hooper’s three touchdown aerials. Quar
terback Elwood Kettler (No. 12) charges up too late.
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in his bid for all-conference
honors.
Then, too, Coach Paul Bryant
hasn’t gotten overly-enthusiastic
in print very often this year about
any of his players, and sports
to go overboard publicly about any
of liis players, figuring they should
be able to make all-conference se
lections without help from coach
es or publicity men.)
He Has Four-Yard Average
The quiet, unassuming Kachtik
has punched out 214 yards in 53
carries this season, an average of
i yards per try. Perhaps even
more important have been his de
fensive jobs. Against Baylor,
Kachtik missed about a quarter
r.nd a half because of a nose in
jury, but when he came back in,
it’s doubtful if the Bears noticed
anything wrong with him.
Here’s something of what Kach
tik did:
First quarter — Tackled Del
Shofner on the opening kickoff;
teamed up with Larry ^inkier to
down quarterback Billy Hooper on
a keeper around A&M’s left side;
stopped Allen Jones for one yard
on second down; teamed with
Winkler again to blast Shofner for
no gain, on third down.
Thus Kachtik either made or
helped to make the first four tack
les for A&M. The first time the
Aggies got the ball, he plunged
for three yards on first down and
threw a key block on second down
that helped Don Watson gain 13
yai'ds.
After the Cadets picked up the
game’s initial first down, Kachtik
drove for nine yards inside James
Ray Smith’s tackle post on a sec
ond dcnyn play. That gave A&M
another first down.
Kachtik, Shofner Saw Lots of Each Other
Two plays later, Kachtik tore
loose for 12 yards to the Bear 24,
but the play was nullified by a
penalty. After Baylor got the ball
again, Kachtik upended Shofner
with a vicious head-on tackle on
their first play.
(By this time, Kachtik and
Shofner probably were becoming
well-acquainted.) t
After the next play when Snof-
v,ner again carried, Kachtik had to
^ ieave the game, with five minutes
left in the first quarter.
So, in 10 minutes of play, Kach
tik made or helped to make five
tackles, and gained 24 yards on
three carries, counting the one
that was called back.
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Lots of contact work featured
A&M’s football practice yesterday
as the varsity concentrated on de
fending Arkansas plays from the
Razorback singlewing offense.
Unbeaten and rated fourth in
the nation after downing Missis
sippi, the Razorbacks are at least
two touchdown favorites to bowl
over the Cadets Saturday night at
Kyle field.
The varsity teams alternated be
tween scrimmaging against Razor-
back plays directed by assistant
coach Elmer Smith and running
through their own split-T offense.
Smith, who scouted the Arkansas
wins over Texas and Ole Miss, said,
“Arkansas runs the single wing as
effectively as any team I ever saw
and has a great defense.”
The Razorbacks’ play on defense
“is the best thing they do,” said
Smith. “They’re very alert and
pursue the ball excellently. One
mistake and they’ll beat you.”
Head Coach Paul Bryant called
Arkansas a team with good speed,
a lot of fight and a great desire
to win. Smith agreed that the Ra
zorbacks’ will to win has been the
biggest factor in their surpjUsing
success this season.
Bryant said he still doesn’t know
if starting fullback Don Kachtik
will be able to play Saturday night,
“We’ll be in our worst physical
condition of the season,” said
Bryant. Guards Sid Theriot, Mar
vin Tate and Dennis Goehring and
end Jack Pardee also are injured.
Also included in the Aggie prac
tice session was a drill on defend
ing against quick kicks, a weapon
Arkansas has used with a lot of
success.
By RONNIE GREATHOUSE
The favorite target for A&M
Passers the past two years has
been end Bennie Sinclair, and a
glance at his record shows why.
The Aggie co-captain leads the
Southwest conference in number of
passes received and is third in
yards gained from his catches. Last
year he was honorable mention all-
SWC, and if he keeps up his pres
ent pace he might better that rat
ing this year.
Although most of Sinclair’s
catches have been for short yard
age, compared with other receivers
in the conference, he still has a re-
spectbble" ’ a ve rage of nearly 14
yard^ per catch. He has gained
181 Jfards on 13 receptions.
In last week’s game with Bay-
lox’, he caught more passes and
made more yardage than confer
ence pass receiving leader Henry
Gremminger of Baylor. Sinclair
made 40 yards on five catches,
while Gremminger had 37 yards on
three catches.
The 21-year-old senior’s per
formance in the TCU game prompt
ed one sportswriter to call him
“dependable Bennie Sinclair, who
steals passes from defenders like
a veteran pickpocket.” Sinclair
kept A&M’s touchdown drives go
ing in that game with three catches
that accounted for all but 10 yards
of the 77 picked up in the air by
the Aggies.
Those who saw the Oklahoma
A&M game im>Dallas earlier this
year remember the jarring tackle
Sinclair made on a halfback. He
threw his 6 foot-2, 195-pound frame
against the player just as he was
redeivjing a punt. Result—a fum
ble, ajnd an Aggie recovery that
led td'the •Cadets’ only touchdown.
He lettered last year with 484
minutes of playing time, more than
any player back on this year’s
squad. Only all-SWC Don Ellis
had more playing time. Last sea
son Sinclair grabbed 19 passes for
287 yards and two touchdowns, re
turned two kick-offs for 28 yards
and intercepted one pass. He did
not play much in 1952 because of
an ankle injury.
Sinclair thinks last year’s Bay
lor game was one of the most ex
citing games he’s played in, even
though the Aggies lost 14-13. He
had a busy day, pulling down five
passes for 93 yards and scoring a
touchdown.
His outstanding end play at
Mineola high school earned him
all-state and all-district honors,
and helped his team win the dis
trict crown twice.
Football is not his only accom
plishment at A&M. He is work
ing on petroleum and mechanical
engineering degrees and is corps
athletic officer.
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By JERRY WIZIG
Battalion Sports Editor
One of the top performers in the contest for all-South-
West conference fullback honors has been going relatively
unnoticed this year, largely because he plays on a losing
team.
We’re speaking of A&M’s Don Kachtik, who is just as
effective at bulwarking a line on defense as he is at busting
it apart on offense.
Understandably, the fact writers just naturally are going to
that he plays on a team that watch a guy closer if he gets raves
has lost five of its six games from, his coach,
isn’t going to help Kachtik (Bryant has never been known
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Dick Howard accounted for 16
points yesterday as A Field Artil
lery romped to^a 45-6 victory over
A Signal Corps in upperclassmen
intramural basketball.
Other results were: B Composite
over B Field Artillery, 18-16; A
Transportation Corps over A Sig
nal Corps, 34-10; A Athletics over
C Field Artillery, 17-9; and Squad
ron 1 over D Field Artillery, 17-11.
In upperclassmen intramural
tennis, A Ordnance won over D
Infantry, 3-0; Squadron 12 won
over Squadron 21, 2-1; A Infantry
won over Squadron 20, 3-0; and
Squadron 6 won over A Engineers,
2-1.
Results of freshmen intramural
football were: Squa Ton 20 over
A Chemical Corps, 13-7; Squadron
19 over Squadron 3, 12-0; Squad
ron 2 won over A Composite, 13-0;
Squadron 21 over A Infantry, 13-
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Convinced ? If not, consider
this: Kachtik started the second
half, went out again in the third
quarter, and returned again in the
final period when a fumble recov
ery gave the Cadets a last chance
from the Bear 38.
After Elwood Kettler lost a
yard, Kachtik got 11 on two
smashes through Smith’s side of
the line, then bulled for four more
yards two plays la^er.
In short, while he was in the
game, Kachtik was in on about 65
per cent of A&M’s tackles and ap
peared to be the hardest runner
on the field.
Convinced now?
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