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[' /] RODDY OSBORNE—Junior quarterback shifted in Spring training by Coach Bryant from right halfback arid fullback where he lettered in ’55. Outstanding on defense, he’ll share the man-under job with Jimmy Wright. ’56 TV Schedule Sept. 22—Gqprgia Tech-Kentucky at Lexington, day (National) Sept. 29—Baylor-Texas Tech at Waco, day (Regional) Oct. 6—TCU-ArikanSas at Fort Worth, day (National) Oct. 13—Texas-Oklahoma at Dallas, day (Regional) Oct. 20—Rice-S^VIU at Houstjon, night (Regional) Oct. 27—OkIm homarNotre Dame, at South Bend, day (National) Nov. 3—Texas A&M-Arkansas at College Station, night (Regional) Nov. 10—A Big Ten game to be picked later, day (National) Nov. 17—TCU-Texas at Fort Worth, day (Regional) Nov. 24—UCLA-USC at Los Angeles, day (National) Nov. 29—Texas A&M-Texas at Austin, day (Regional) Dec. 1—Army-Navy at Philadelphia, day (National) Dec. 8—Pittsburgh-Miami at Miami, day (National) WELCOME AGGIES TO AGGIELAND AND TO . . . 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Hall, who can run from The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Thursday, September 13, 1956 PAGE 3 headaches in 1956 will be his man- under and the job will fall to not one but two men this fall—Roddy Osborne and Jimmy Wright. Osborne, the 1955 fullback and right halfback, was switched back to his old high school position by Bryant at the beginning of Spring training and has looked good since. Outstanding on defense, Roddy can run with the ball and will be a good man on the run-or-pass op tions. ‘Osborne’s a good little play er,” declares Bryant. “He’s real good on defense and will throw all right, not that he’ll break any passing records, he hasn’t had much work on it yet.” Wright, the number one quarter back in 1955, will be back to shai'e the load with Osborne for his jun ior year. The Edinburg boy hit on 24 of 67 passing attempts last sea- Wright had only four intercepted and netted 368 yards. His 43-yard beauty to Loyd Taylor was the winning points in the tremendous four-minute spurt against Rice. “Wright is a good passer,” observes Coach Bryant. “He played well last year for a sophomore and can really throw that ball. Nothing ever seems to bother him, either. We’re going to let them battle it out for the starting job and see how it goes. We’ll fit our attack around the quarter backs rather than fit them to the offense. * We’re not going to play that racehorse type of football. We get back to the line from 11 to 16 sec onds, and that’s plenty fast enough. If we can run 70 plays a game, we figure we can win it.” Behind Osborne and Wright are sophomores Luther Hall and Hal GENE STALLINGS—A&M’s fine all-SWC left end. As a junior last year Stallings picked off four enemy passes to lead the Cadets in that department and will be among the Southwest’s finest receivers again this season. ENGINEERING FRESHMAN Shop Wisely for Your . . . 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The most lop-sided opening game victory by the Aggies was in 1920 when the Cadets tore Dan iel Baker, 110-0. The largest crowd to see a home opener was in 1949, 27,000, and last year’s crowd of 65,343 in Los Angeles was the lar gest for any opener. JIMMY WRIGHT — Edinburgh’s junior passing ace who will share A&M’s 1956 quarterback duties with Roddy Osborne. Wright hit six touchdown passes in 1955, in cluding the one that sunk the Rice Owls, and his heaves were good for 368 yards gained. new low price back-to-school special Parker ”21” pen and pencil set this week special 7 95 mm Regular *9^ Value Special purchase! Famed Parker "21” pen and pencil gift-boxed sets in blue, red, green or black. The Parker pen features the exclusive Electro-Polished Point (medium, fine or extra-fine) for super-smooth writing. Easy "2-finger” filling, hooded point and Pli-glass reservoir. Matching pencil has balanced propel-repel action. An exceptional value for you. 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