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» ors ne of the goals sports to build r good losers ? zh. is more im- id let’s beat the ‘B’ Engineers HON! y eetl Some tical Serv- Cime . . . ur time to ic exam- e eyes and ig of glas- i changes I. : LENSES ATED CNSES •PTICAL HIS ne, O.D. Bryan, Tex. r mo :nou/6, ^ MAV W'WIPg P10Q& ■FENOK66 ERN5. Fish As Drill for TU Frosh Work Ags A&M’s Fish footballers today near the end of heavy preparations for the eighth annual Shrine bene fit game with the University of Teras Shorthorns here Saturday, while the varsity starts into heavy drills for the Thanksgiving Day game. Saturday’s contest will be the 17th meeting between the two freshman teams. Proceeds will support the Ben Hur Shrine Tem ple’s crippled children’s clinic at Austin. Biggest crowd the game has at tracted in the last seven years was 16,000 in Austin in 1949. The Fish won that game 13-0. Texas won the last game at Kyle field, 27-26 in 1952. The Fish won in Austin Itftst year 14-13. Head Coach Paul Bryant said yesterday, “It ought to be a fine giime. We realize they have a lot of fine football players but think ours are' as good as any.” Tickets are $1.50 and can be bought at the athletic ticket office, Canady’s pharmacy in Bryan, Madeley’s drug store in College Station and from any member of the Brazos Valley Shriners of Bryan. Student athletic tickets will be Walt Fondren What have VICEROYS got that other filter tip cigarettes haven’t got? THE ANSWER IS 20,000 FILTERS IN EVERY VICEROY TIP Inside every Viceroy tip is a vast network of 20,000 individual filters to filter your smoke over and over again. You get only the full, rich taste of Viceroy’s choice to baccos . . . and Viceroys draw so freely. Yes, you get Viceroy’s remarkable new tip . . . with 20,000 individual filters . . . plus king-size length for only a penny or two more than cigarettes without filters. WORLD’S LARGEST-SELLING FILTER UP CIGARETTE New King-Size FilterTip Hi: BOY V'CERoy filter ^ ip Cig +*Ette " — Ji • Only a Penny or Two More than Cigarettes Without Filters Light good. A fleet of buses will carry a large group of Austin shiuners and Texas football fans here. Biggest crowd the game has attracted here was 10,000 in 1948. The Shorthorns hold a 10-6 edge in the all-time series, begun in 1934 and discontinued four years during World War II. After losing to the Baylor Cubs 19-7 and to Rice’s Owlets 27-6, the Shorthorns defeated the SMU Colts 9-6 and TCU’s Wogs 25-12. Walt Fondren, voted the out standing athlete in Texas by sports writers last winter, is the top ‘name” player for the Shorthorns. He was an all-state tailback on the Houston Lamar 4-A state champs last year but was switched to quar terback at Texas. Fondren started slowly this year but scored two touchdowns against the Wogs. Yesterday the varsity drilled on Kyle field against an orange-jer- seyed freshman team wearing num bers of Longhorn starters. The Aggies divided time between of fense and defense, then worked on their kicking game. Center Herb Wolf worked out in sweat clothes. He was badly bruised up Saturday. Assistant Coach Willie Zapalac, who scouted Texas against Baylor and TCU, said the Steers “looked good” in the second half against the Frogs. “Quarterback Charlie Brewer, halfback Billy Quinn and tackle Jim Lansford did an out standing job for Texas,” he said. ‘Back’ Award ‘High Honor’ Says Eidom DALLAS, Nov. 16—L3 5 )— Frank Eidom, Southern Methodist’s versatile h a 1 f- back, called being named back of the week by the As sociated Press a “high honor” today but was quick to hand the credit for his great showing against Ai'kan- sas to his teammates. Eidom scored all three touch downs in a 21-14 victory over the Razorbacks in a big Southwest Conference game. “The blocking given me was mar velous,” he said. “The line with Eric Knebel, Tommy Hairston and Forrest Gregg standing out partic ularly got me to the* linebackex-s, and Bui'leigh Arnecke and Tom Gentry were doing the downfield blocking that got me clear there.” He also paid tribute to Duane Nutt and Hal O’Brien for furnish ing the deception that was shaking him loose on his runs. “I felt sorry for Hal,” Eidom said. “He was faking so well he was taking a terrific beating from the Arkansas boys who thought he had the ball.’ Wednesday, November 17, 1954 THE BATTALION Page 3 Fish Statistics Rushing Crow Hall Dudley Taylor Conrad . Wasserman . Dendy Gillespie Grant . Esquival . Estrada McClelland . Ewell : ;...... Green Fulton . ...jj-;:... Patrick . Wright . Dropped Passing Wright Patrick . : Conrad . Osborne . Grant . Fulton . Taylor . Crow . Receiving Hutchinson . Marks . Meeks Esquivel . Bright . Maples . Dudley . Team Statistics First Downs Net Yds. Rush Net Yds. Pass Pass. Att. Pass. Comp. Net Offense Total Plays Ave. Per Play Penalties . Interceptions Crow . Taylor . Martin . Trimble . Gilbert Ewell Beeson Punting Dudley Conrad . Dendy Wright Crow . Punt Returns Taylor . ....; Dudley . Grant Crow Dendy . Kickoff Returns Dendy Hall Crow Dudley . Marks Dropped Scoring Hall Dudley Crow Meeks . Marks . Maples . Conrad . Grant . Taylor . TOTALS . Season Record Houston Frosh TCU Wogs Baylor Cubs Rice Slimes Fish 49 922 154 29 1 9 1076 243 4 4 2 7-23 5 V Ave. 42.7 31.8 43.3 38.0 31.3 Ave. 22.0 17.0 16.0 9.6 6.0 Ave. 34.0 32.0 21.0 10.5 5.0 23.5 13 * ft 1 & PA-A Total 0-0 24 C-9 V r 18 1-1 13 0-0 6 0-0 6 0-0 6 0-1 6 0-0 6 1-2 1 8-13 86 ' Fish Opp. 31 6 0 38 34 21 86 ^ 65 ‘lie’s Got a Lot to Him’ Says Bryant Don Doesn ’t Have to Dodge, He Bowls Over Tacklers By RONNIE GREATHOUSE Battalion Sports Staff Aggie fullback Don Kachtik doesn’t try to dodge would-be tack lers, he just runs over ’em. Kachtik is second only to Elwood Kettler among Aggie ball carriers and ranks 10th in the Southwest conference. He has 331 yards gain ed in 75 carries for an average of 4.4 yards every time he runs with the ball. “I think Don is a good player, and certainly he is a fine leader in his own quiet way, and a won- i i r derTul boy,” said Coach Paul Bry ant. “He’s certainly contributed a lot to the team in spite of the fact that he’s had injuries.” Kachtik reported to fall practice with a virus infection, suffered a broken nose in the Baylor game and injured his elbow against Arkan sas. Despite these injuries he has played in every game this year. Kachtik was injured in the first quarter of the Baylor game, but started the second half. He went out again in the third quarter, and returned again to finish the game. Aggie Bowlers Defeat Trinity 7-3 The Aggie bowling team defeat ed Trinity university of San An tonio 7-3 Saturday at the Memorial Student Center bowling alley. Tommy Cox bowled a 214, A&M’s high single game. John Petry of Trinity had a 232. Frank Vaden, Cox and Ben Blankenship bowled the high series for the Aggies. Va den had an 893, Cox 876, Blanken ship 869. wjm( * to UoHOa Z HeAH LEwefimN mmctf ip entity 4 & TAM QOur f/j PORT H O R T By JERRY WIZIG Battalion Sports Editor At Kentucky, A&M coach Paul Bryant had Steve Meil- inger, a 6 foot 3, 220 pound gent who played end, quarterback and fullback, and did a more than passable job at all of them. This year he doesn’t have anybody like Meilinger, but Bryant still has pulled off what could be termed “Operation Little Switch,” in line with getting “all bur best folks in the game at the same time.” In the last few games, the Aggies, at various times, have had two quarterbacks and two fullbacks in the game at once. Against Southern Methodist and Rice, Bryant put Ronald Robbins at quarterback in a long-pass situation and moved Elwood Kettler to a halfback, his 1953 position. Two Fullbacks On One Play At other times, regular fullback almost every touchdown the hard Don Kachtik, one of the most ex- way. You can’t help but admire plosive runners in the Southwest them for the way they keep on conference, moved to left half, and trying.” Richard Vick, Jack Pardee or Bob —— ■ ■ —— —— —-— Easley to fullback. The shifting around has paid off, too, though Bryant would be quick to point out that they haven’t won the Ca dets any games. A&M, on paper, leads oppo nents in almost every depart ment of play. The Aggies have 133 first downs to 113 for oppo nents, have gained 1,849 yards rushing to 1,792, 496 passing to 480, and have run 559 plays from scrimmage to 514. Through their nine games, the Aggies have allowed just 84 yards on 49 punt returns, a 2.7 yard av erage. Rice ran back one for five yards. In 1953, Bryant’s Wildcats were ninth in the country on kick off return defense, giving up an. average of 13.6 yards on 35 returns. Soft-spoken Homer Norton a few minutes before had presented a plaque to John Kimbrough, Aggie all-America fullback in 1939 and ’40, and still was visibly moved as he entered the elevator to return to the press box. Norton, Kimbrough’s former coach and most successful coach A&M has ever had, was asked how Kimbrough would have done as a split-T fullback. He didn’t need to think over the answer. Without hesitating a minute Norton said, “I think he’d have been even greater. In the single wing you generally have to run over three or four fellows, but in the T, lots of times there’s just one man you have to get by. “He was great at anything he ever tried,” Norton said. He al ways did his best and never gave me a bit of trouble.” Switching his conversation to the ’54 Aggies, Norton said, “I . don’t think I’ve ever seen a football team play harder than the Aggies have this year. They have to get “He’s sure got a lot to him, I’ll tell you,” said Bryant. The 21-year-old Kachtik was the leading rusher in last week’s game with Rice, with 71 yards in 11 tries. This was more than Rice’s vaunted Dicky Moegle, who is first in conference rushing, could get in 12 tries. In the first nine minutes of the Rice game Kachtik had gained 48 yards in 6 carries, and accounted for two first downs in A&M’s drive for its first touchdown. Sixty-nine of his yards came in the first half. Kachtik’s terrific running some times dims his fine i defensive per formance. He gets in on about 65 per cent of A&M’s tackles when he is playing, and has been very alert on pass defense. Twice in the Georgia game he stopped Bulldog touchdown drives by intercepting passes. His ability to sense where the plays will go make him a nat ural for his linebacker role. Kach tik figured in at least 15 tackles in the Rice game. 1 Rice players were unanimous in naming Kachtik as an outstanding player in last week’s game. “I thought Kachtik was really good,” said Moegle, “and believe me tackling him didn’t feel any different than tackling Alan Ameche.” Ameche is the Wiscon sin fullback who is being pushed for all-America honors. “That Kachtik is great,” agreed Jay Riviere, Rice tackle. Kachtik had 270 minutes of play ing time last year, and was fourth in rushing with 231 yards in 64 trips. He only scored one touch down last esason, and that one came in the TCU game in which he was the leading ball carrier. He averaged 9 yards every time he carried the ball that day. One of Kachtik’s best games was played against Baylor in 1952' when he scored three touchdowns. He was only a sopohomore then. Bryant has said Kachtik has been one of the most consistent players on the team. Sixe feet, one, and 185 pounds, he is not exceptionally large for a fullback. A senior from Rio Hondo where he starred in high school athletics, Kachtik played left half for the 1951 freshman team and was the top point maker for the squad. In the 17 times he carried the ball he gained a total of 185 yards to place him second on the team in rushing. ! He was also on the freshman track team and specialized in the shot put and discus. Last year he was upperclassmen shotput champ in intramurals. TWO AGGIE GREATS — “Jarrin’ John” Kimbrough, (right) Aggie all-American fullback who looks like he could play again tomorrow, speaks to the crowd at the Rice game Saturday. Homer Norton (left), A&M’s most successful grid coach, has just formally inducted him into the National Football Hall of Fame.