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Page 4 ^HE BATTALION Thursday, August 25, 1955 Ags Play 10 Football Games This Fall A 10-game schedule lies ahead of the Aggie gridsters this year, 'vith all the Southwest conference teams and three from other loops ready to meet A&M. Here are the games, the date and location of play, and a quick peep at the opposition: University of California (Sept. 16—Los Angeles, Cal.) Coach Red Sanders goes into his seventh season at UCLA with 21 returning lettermen from his 1054 championship team, which won nine straight victories to take the PCC title for ' the second straight year and win top national rating in two major polls. Sanders loses 12 mainstays from his 1954 powerhouse, including All- American linemen Jack Ellena (tackle) and Jim Salsbury (guard) along with such stand-outs as tail back Prime Vallanueva, end Bob Long, blocking back Terry Debay and guard Sam Boghosian. The Bruins lost nine of the 11 startei’s of their last 1954 game. The only two starters returning are All-American fullback Bob Da!venport and wingback Jim Decker. Other top returnees are Athletic Trainer Has Long Career Charles E. “Smokey” Harper is athletic trainer at A&M. A veter an of the business since 1926, he is one of the most colorful trainers in the nation. Harper served as trainer with Bryant at Kentucky since 1950 and previously was with him at Vanderf bilt in 1940. He has served as ath letic trainer in every one of the leading bowl games at least once. A graduate of Mercer College in Macon, Ga., Hai-per served as train er at Clemson, Vanderbilt, Florida, Alabama, UCLA and Kentucky be fore coming to A&M with Bryant m 1954. Harper has a student assistant, Billy Pickard, a physical education major from San Antonio. Kyle Field Has Top Press Box Kyle Field’s modern press box Is one of the nation’s finest, as was proved last year when the Football Writers Association of America voted it one of the top four in the nation. The triple-decked press mansion is equipped with an elevator, five radio booths, two photographer’s booths, public address booth, con cessions bar, three rest rooms, an ^pen photo booth with dark room, and a spacious newspaper desk that will accommodate 150 writers. RUBBER BASE PAINT $4.25 Per Gallon Why Pay More? CHAPMAN’S Paint & Wallpaper Co. BRYAN guard Hardiman Cureton, end Ronnie Loudd, tackle Gil Moreno and center Steve Palmer. UCLA and A&M have played twice before, and both times the Aggies came out on top. The score was 7-0 in 1940, and 21-14 in 1951. Louisiana State University (Sept. 24—Dallas) One .of the most colorful series in southern football resumes in the Cotton Bowl this fall after a lapse of five years. LSU and A&M have played 21 games since 1899, with the Tigers one game up, hav ing 10 victories to the Aggies’ nine. Two games were tied. LSU boasts a new coach and a new athletic director. Paul Diet- zel is the new coach and Jim Cor bett the new AD. Dietzel, a Mi ami graduate, once served as as sistant coach under Paul Bryant, when the current Aggie mentor was at Kentucky University. The Tigers return 16 lettermen, including Joe Ruminello at end, O. K. Ferguson at fullback and Chuck Johns at halfback.. LSU, like A&M, is heavy on the sopho mores, with 31 first-year men and only seven seniors. The Tiger backfield will be experienced and improved, while the line will be about the same as last year, when LSU won five and lost six. University of Houston (Oct. 1—College Station) This young but already estab lished series is all even; each team has won one game from the other. The Cougars got fheir win last year with a field goal, winning 10-7. The Cougars, with a new coach ing staff, promise to field one of the fastest teams in the school’s young history. The backs are very fast, and the linemen are fast and big. Chief returnees are Jimmy Dick ey, quarterback; Kennie Stegall, halfback; Wayne Shoemaker and Jim Blackstone, guards; and Lavell Isbell, tackle. Best of the sophs are guard John Peters and halfbacks Jerry Franks and Tommy Hall. Although the Cougar offense is set, the biggest question mark seems to be on defense. University of Nebraska (Oct. 8—Lincoln, Nebraska) Coach Bill Glassford of Nebras ka has 14 returning lettermen on which to build his 1955 club. He lost 15. Gone are Bob Smith, full back, and end Any Loehr, but Glassford has Jon McWilliams and Don Erway back to fill the gaps. Nebraska, as runner-up to Ok lahoma in the Big Seven confer ence last fall, met Duke in the Orange Bowl and was beaten, 34-7. (Under the Orange Bowl-Big Sev- en-Atlantic Coast pact, the winner cannot return to the bowl.) The Ags and the Cornhuskers have played each other only once before, in 1930, when the Nebras kans shut out the Cadets 13-0. Texas Christian University (Oct. 15— Fort Worth) The Horned Frogs will be more powerful this year, having lost 1955 No. Player 12 Bobby Joe Conrad 13 Donald Grant 14 Jimmy Wright 15 Caesar Fulton 16 Pat Patrick 20 Jim Ridgeway 21 Billy Stevenson 24 Don ^Vatson 25 Ed Dudley 26 Bill Dendy 28 Carlos Esquival _ 29 Gene Henderson 30 Kenneth Hall 31 Roddy Osborne 32 Jack Pardee 33 Bob Stolusky ^.. 34 Lloyd Wasserman 35 Bobby Ewell 36 Bill Gillespie 40 Billy P. Huddleston 42 Don McClelland 44 John David Crow 45 Loyd Taylor 50 Lloyd Hale 51 Dick Smithwick 54 John Gilbert 55 Herb Wolf 56 Hollis Pollard 60 Paul Lillard 61 Garry Marfin 62 Dennis Goehring 63 Joe Howell 64 Murry Trimble 65 Jim Langston 66 _Dee Powell _____ 67' Bobby Lockett ' 70 Jim Stanley 71 George Johnson 72 Darrell Brown ; 73 Chuck Revellette ...._ 74 Dan Hancock 75 A. L. Simmons 77 Jack Powell 18 Charles Krueger 79 Henry Clark _* 80 Bill Cranberry 81 Donald Robbins 82 Bobby Drake Keith 83 Roger Hobson 84 Richard Sorrels 85 Tommy Strait 86 Dean Meeks 87 Joe Bright 88 Bobby Marks 89_ Eugene Stallings 90 James Burkhart . Rely On Us for Superior Service When you put clothes in our hands, you know they’ll be returned clean, well pressed and in top form. Our reputation rests on your satisfaction. Football Roster Pos. Exp. Class Hgt. Wgt. Age Hometown . QB F-L Soph 6-% 188 19 Clifton QB Fn-L Soph 5-11 164 19 Corpus Christi . QB Fn-L Soph 5-11% 183 19 Edinburg . QB Fn Soph 5-9% 170 20 McAllen QB Fn Soph 6-1 173 19 Winnsboro HB Fn Soph 6-% 167 19 Batesville, Miss. HB Sqd. Soph 5-9 163 24 Midwest City, Okla. LH 1VL Jun 5-11 156 20 Franklin RH F-L Soph 6-0 183 20 Pampa LH F-L Soph 5-8 161 20 Breckenridge LH F-L Soph 5-10 168 20 Edinburg LH Sqd. Sen 6-1 181 22 Sonora FB F-L Soph 6-1 202 19 Sugarland FB F-L Soph 5-11 175 19 Gainesville . FB 1VL Jun 6-2 202 19 Christoval . FB F-Sqd. Soph 6-0 178 19 Ennis FB F-L Soph 6-0 195 18 Rosebud . FB F-L Soph 5-9 180 20 Dallas FB F-L Soph 5-10% 185 20 Houston RG 2VL Sen 5-11 174 22 Iraan RH F-L Soph 6-2 173 19 Crowley LH F-L Soph 6-2 195 19 Springhill, La. RH F-L Soph 5-8 175 19 Rosewell, N. Mex. C 1VL Jun 5-11 188 20 Iraan -C F-L Soph 6-4 210 19 Richardson ... C F-L Soph 6-1 185 18 Russellville, Ark. -- c 1VL Sen 5-11 185 22 Houston . c Sqd.' Soph 5-11 180 21 Hillsboro RG F-L Soph 6-1 187 19 Jacksboro G F-L Soph 6-0 186 18 Orange RG 1VL Jun 5-11 186 20 San Marcos RG F-Sqd. Soph 6-1 202 20 Elsa LG F-L Soph 6-0 184 19 Hanceville, Ala. LG F-L Soph 5-8 190 19 Texas City LG 1VL Jun 6-1 190 19 Lockhart ... T Sqd. Jun 6-3 200 20 Breckenridge LT F-L Soph 6-1 205 20 Lynch, Ky. . ...T Sqd. Sen 6-3 197 21 EJlisville, Miss. LT 1VL Jun 6-1 192 20 Dayton ... T F-Sqd. Soph 6-2 187 19 Pawhuska, Okla. ... T Sqd. Soph 6-3% 220 24 Laurel, Miss. T F-L Soph 6-5 197 19 San Antonio RT 1VL Jun 6-2 220 21 Waco LT F-L Soph 6-4 212 18 Caldwell RT Sqd. Sen 6-2 214 22 Mesquite . E Sqd. Jun 5-11 178 20 Beeville LE Sqd. Sen 6-1 188 21 Breckenridge LE 1VL Jun 6-0 180 20 Breckenridge RE F-L Soph 6-0 185 19 Breckenridge RE F-Sqd. Soph 6-3 195 19 Gilmer E Sqd. Sen 6-1 190 21 Houma, La. RE F-L Soph 6-2 % 197 19 Gatesville E F-Sqd. Soph 6-1 185 19 Houston LE F-L Soph 6-1 189 19 New Orleans RE 3 VL Jun 6-1 182 20 Paris E Sqd. Soph 6-2 193 20 Hamlin 1955 Fish Football Date Opponent Site Time Oct. 6 TCU Wogs College Station 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 Baylor Cubs College Station 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 Houston Frosh College Station 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 Rice Owlets Houston 8 p.m. Nov. 19 Texas Shorthorns Austin 2 p.m. basketball A&M Has Team, (Continued from Page 1) Club Bowling Jan. 21—TCU at College Sta tion. Jan. 30—Oklahoma City at Ok lahoma City. Feb. 4—Houston at Houston. Feb. 11—Baylor at Waco. Feb. 13—Arkansas at College Station. Feb. 18—SMU at College Sta tion. Feb. 22—TCU at Fort Worth. Feb. 25—Rice at College Sta- | tion. Feb. 28—Texas at Austin. For those of you who like to bowl A&M has a modern bowling alley in its Memorial Student Cen ter. John Geiger is manager of this department, which also in cludes a ping pong game room. The Aggie Bowling Club bowls one night a week, and the top aver age men in the club compose the A&M bowling team. This team takes on teams from other schools, and also has a tournament spon sored by the bowling club. only five lettermen and keeping 26, including six starters and four alternates. Best of the returning lettermen are fullback Buddy Dike, halfbacks Jimmy Swink and Ray Taylor, end Bryan Engram, tackle Dick Las- well and center Hugh Pitts. Chief losses were quarterback Ronnie Clinkscale and end Johnny Crouch. The Aggies still lead in the se ries with TCU, which dates back to 1897, having won 26, lost 19 and tied five. But TCU holds the edge for the past 12 years with eight wins to three losses, with one tie. Baylor University (Oct. 22—College Station) One of the conference favorites this fall, the Bears boast one of the top quarterback prospects in Doyle Traylor, a hold-out sophomore. Sixteen other lettermen returning include Henry Gremminger, end; Bill Glass, tackle; Dan Miller, guard; and backs Weldon Holley, Delbert Shofner and Reuben Saage. Baylor lost six regulars in Jim Smith, Charley Smith, Clarence Dierking, Billy Hooper, L. G. Du pre and Allen Jones, but have ad equate replacements in the sopho more and junior ranks. . The Aggie-Baylor series has been one of the most thrilling in recent years. The series began in 1899, and the 52nd game will be played this fall. A&M leads, 29 to 15 with seven ties, but the Beai-s have won six of the last sev en games. University of Arkansas (Oct. 29—Fayetteville, Ark.) Arkansas is one of two confer ence teams holding an edge on the Aggies in the overall series dating back to 1903. The Porkers won the past two games up, 14 wins to 12 with two games tied. The Razorbacks, defending con ference champions, return 24 let termen and lose only five from the surprising club that rocked the nation in 1954. They have a new coach, Jack Mitchell, the former Split-T field general at Oklahoma. Mitchell will have stars galore this fall, as he converts his club from a single wing to a Split-T. I George Walker, the slick sopho more tailback last fall, emerged from spring training as the No. 1 quarterback. Henry Moore, all conference fullback, also returns. A pre-season all-American candi date at right halfback is Preston Carpenter, the devastating block ing back on the title team. Top linemen are Billy Ray Smith at tackle; Wayland Roberts at guard and Jerry Ford, the center who was named sophomore of the year last fall. Southern Methodist University (Nov. 5—College Station) Returning eight 1954 regulars and 20 lettermen in all, SMU must be rated one of the favorites to win the conference title this fall. The Mustangs boast one of the most potent backfields in SWC his tory, with fullback Hal O’Brien, halfbacks Don Mcllhenny and John Marshall and quarterback John Roach all returning. The SMU-A&M series dates back only to 1916 and is one of the younger conference rivalries. The Aggies hold a slight, 17-15 edge with five ties. Rice Institute (Nov. 12—Houston) Another Rice teapi that figures to finish high in the conference— that’s the annual picture for Coach Jess Neely’s 1955 Owls. Rice lost the mighty Dicky Moegle, All- American halfback, and guard Kenny Paul. But the Owls figure to have an improved club with the nucleus of 16 returning lettermen, led by co captains Eddie Rayburn, tackle, and end Marshall Crawford. Ray burn is a strong All-American can didate, and Crawford is an all-SWC contender. The Rice-Aggie Eerie'S started in 1914, and although A&M leads, 20 wins to 16 with three games tied, the Owls hold the longest SWC win streak—10 straight over the Aggies. University of Texas (Nov. 24—College Station) The Aggie - Longhorn rivalry, longest in the Southwest and prob- Col. Andy’s Boys Track Prospects Look Very Good A&M’s track prospects for next year look very good since the Ca dets return 65 points they took at the Southwest Conference meet the last season. A&M lost by only two points to heavily favored Texas in the meet, the score being 78% for Texas and 76% for A&M. Aggie seniors last year winning points represented only 11% points, while Texas lost 38% points through graduation. Thus the Ag gies will have a 27-point margin in returning material for this year’s season. Returning to the field events this year will be Bobby Gross, who in 1954 won the shot put and discus. He underwent an operation last March and didn’t compete during last season. Gross, with Tom Bonorden, Her man Johnson, Harry Cox and Lee Newman all returning, assures the Aggies of almost complete domina tion in the weights. Also returning is Emmett Small wood, who scored more points than any freshman or varsity man at the conference meet. He totaled 15 5/6 points on first in the low hurdles, second in the 100 and Prompt Radio Service — C A L L — Sosolik’s Radio Service 712 S. Main St. PH. 2-1941 BRYAN broad jump, a leg on the winning sprint relay team and a tie for fifth in the high jump. Bill Holloway, who almost tied up the conference meet with a strong final lap in the mile relay, will be returning this season. Fritzie Connally, who tied for first in the conference meet’s high jump, and second place tie winners John Mcllhenny and Joe Schiraldi, will boost the Aggies in their bid for the conference crown. James Hollingsworth, winner of the 120 high hurdles, will return, as will Jimmy Snyder who was fourth in this event at the confer ence meet. Hollingsworth also was second in the 220 low hurdles. • Last year’s freshman team will contribute the winning 440-yard re lay foursome of Stephen Cox, Lar ry Garrison, Robert Clelland and Smallwood. The Fish team racked up 54 2/3 points in the conference meet, fin ishing third behind Texas and Bay lor, who had 83 and 63% points respectively. Frank G. (Col. Andy) Anderson is track coach for A&M. • ENGINEERING A.N'D ABCHITECTCRAA SCPPUTES • BI.PE LTNTE PRINTS • BLUE PRINTS • PHOTOSTATS SCOATESINDUSTRIES M3 Old Snlphur Springs Road BRITAN', TEXAS ably the fiercest, dates back to 1894. Texas has a long lead with 40 wins, 16 losses and five ties. The 1955 game at College Station will be the National Televised Game of the Week, starting at 1:15 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. The Longhorns expect to be back in the thick of the title race this fall after a disastrous season in 1954. Coach Ed Price has 16 returning lettermen back, including six starters, and has a fine array of sophomore talent led by quar terback Walt Fondren, center Louis Del Homme and fullback Larry George. Fondren is expected to sharpen the Texas running game consider ably, while guard Herb Gray and center Johnny Tatum lead a well- balanced line. Halfback Delano Womack joins Fondren in spear heading the backfield. A&M Has Large Staff For Sports The coaching staff of A&M is made up of Paul Bryant, foot ball; Ken Loeffler, basketball; Frank G. Anderson, track; Ray Putnam, cross country; Roy C. “Beau” Bell, baseball; Les Pal mer, freshman bpseball; Frank Vaden, fencing; Art Adamson, swimming; Emil Mamaliga, div ing; W. M. Dowell, tennis; Joe Fagan, golf; Sgt. Robert G. Cox, rifle; and M/Sgt. John P. Collins, pistol. Assistant football coaches are Jim Owens, Phil Cutchin, Jerry Claiborne, Pat James, Willie F. Zapalac, Elmer Smith and Tom Tipps. Bryant Announces Position Changes During Coach Bryant’s re building period at A&M, he naturally will be making posi tion changes throughout the season. Some changes made in the spring sometimes are switched back again in the fall. Here are the position changes made during the spring of 1955: Dee Powell, from tackle to guard; Jim Stanley, from tackle to guard; Bobby Drake Keith, from halfback to end; Jack Pardee, from end to full back; Tommy Strait, from halfback to end. A&M Will Have Supply of Kickers A&M will have an abundance of kickers this fall. The following players will be punting at various times, depending upon the situa tion. Gene Henderson, Ed Dudley, Bill Dendy and John Crow, halfbacks; Kenneth Hall, Bobby Ewell and Roddy Osborne, fullbacks; and quarterbacks Bobby Conrad and Jim Wright. Extra point duties will be handl ed by Dudley, Drow, Conrad, Loyd Taylor, Wright, Murry Trimble and Jack Powell. Powell, Conrad and Trimble are the kickoff men. 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