PURSUED AND PURSUERS—Claude King, Mississippi halfback for Kittens, careens
down field followed by a host of Aggies. King carried the ball 15 times for a total of
105 yards, gamed.
HOLD ON HERE—Houston left halfback Jere Bice moves for yardage in the Kittens
20-6 victory over the Fish on Kyle Field last night. An unidentified Aggie hauls him
down from the side.
AGGIE FISH SCORE—as Quarterback Charles Schlemmer (circle) dives over from the
one with 11:30 remaining in Thursday night’s first half after A&M recovered a Kitten
OFF AND RUNNING—for some Fish yardage is halfback Gordon LeBeouf (37) being
pursued by the Kittens’ guard, Sonny Long.
Powerful Kittens Riddle Fish
20-6 In Season’s First Game
By JOE BOYD
Assistant Sports Editor
Houston’s power-minded offense
baffled A&M’s scanty freshman
defense last night, mauling the
Fish 20-fi. The Kittens riddled the
Aggie line at will grinding out 241
yards on the sod of Kyle Field.
Claude King, 170-pound Kitten
halfback, staged a fabulous one-
man show before a crowd of 5,000.
The shifty speedster gained 104
yards rushing on 15 carries, rip
ping off all three Houston touch
downs.
Gordon LeBoeuf, hard - hitting
Fish half, totaled 41 yards on the
ground for an average of 5.8 per
try. Quarterback Charles Milstead
carried the ball 10 times for a net
g-ain of 30 yards.
Milstead, whose ball-handling
highlighted the one-sided tussle,
racked up a 42.0 yard punting
average. The deceptive high school
All-American punted six times for
250 yards.
The Aggie ground game netted
only 117 yards, and three aerials
handed barely nine more to the
outclassed Fish. The Cadets fum
bled eight times and lost four.
Houston hobbled only four times,
losing one.
Milstead and King provided most
of the individual thrills with Le
Boeuf taking the third spotlight.
The expected “even-stephen” clash
never materialized and it was the
Kittens big night.
In their second series of downs,
Harold Stephens handled the ball
for the Kittens, handing off to
Halfback Guy Hill. Hill ripped off
a quick twelve yards for a first.
King made seven on the next play
and Hill added one. Stephens kept
for one yard and a penalty against
the Fish for delay rounded out the
needed first. Fullback Steve Slo-
nac started the next drive, picking-
up two yards and King swept left
end for the game’s first score. Slo-
nac booted the extra point for an
early 7-0 Kitten lead.
In the closing moments of the
initial quarter Hill and Stephens
lead another Kitten drive 58 yards.
King carried three times during
the march, going up the middle
for his second touchdown on the
third try. This time Slonac’s con
version was no good and the Fish
boosted their margin to 13-0 with
2:30 left in the initial period.
In the second quarter, Robert
Gamer recovered a Kitten fumble
on the Houston four yard line.
Quarterback Charles Schlemmer
kept for no gain on the first play
and Jimmy Frost took for the sec
ond attempt, gaining one. On the
third down Schlemmer tried anoth
er sneak for one. An off - side
penalty moved the ball to the Hous
ton one-yard line where George
Bodey tried for no gain.
On the fourth down Schlemmer
kept the oval for the lone Fish
TD. Edgar Cabell’s conversion try
was no good, but a Kitten holding-
penalty brought the ball back
where Schlemmer attempted to
boot the point. Again the kick
was short. The score remained
13-G, Kittens.
A1 Taylor recovered Robert San
der’s onside kick at the Kitten 49.
The Fish couldn’t move, however,
and a 15-yard penalty wiped out
the feeble gain. Another five-yard
walk-back forced the Fish to punt
on third down. Schlemmer’s kick
was good for 37.
Stephens manipulated the pig
skin for three consecutive first
downs with King and Slonac pro
viding the power. A fourth down
keeper failed , to net enough for
another Kitten first and the Fish
took over on their own 17. Le
Boeuf led off with three and Mil
stead added six for a quick first.
Another Milstead-LeBoeuf com
bination ground out another first
down before Marvin Dibbins in
tercepted a LeBoeuf aerial intend
ed for Henry Colwell.
Slonac recovered Jimmy Frost’s
fourth period fumble on the Fish
34. King ripped off a quick eight
yards on the first snap and Slo
nac added five for a first. King
climaxed a three-play 34-yard
drive on a 19-yard jaunt across
paydirt with 6:30 remaining in the
game. Slonac converted success
fully and scoring ended 20-6, with
the Kittens ahead everywhere ex
cept in punts and penalties.
Final statistics were:
First downs
Fish
7
Kittens
14
Rushing Yardage
117
241
Passing Yardage
9
28'
Passes Attempted
3
12
Passes Completed
1
3
Passes Intercepted 0
1
Punts for Yds. 9
for 852
6 for 159
Punting average
39.1
26.5
Fumbles
8
4
Fumbles Lost
4
1
Yds. Penalized
140
114
Scores
6
20
The Battalion
Number 169: Volume 55 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1956 Price Five Cents
Texas Senatorial Primary Off;
Blundell Quits Chairman Post
NAACP IriaF
Mysteriously
Called to Halt
TYLER, Tex.—(2P) — The
NAACP injunction hearing -
which the organization calls
its greatest - crisis recessed
mysteriously yesterday.
Neither the judge nor the attor
neys involved would say why.
Dist. Judge Otis T. Dunagan
said, “Legal questions that could
be very serious have been called
to my attention by both sides. I
must have time to study them
and will give my ruling Friday.”
Court will be called into session
at 9 a. m.
He said the questions concerned
the restraining order already in
effect and the temporary injunc
tion asked by the state against
operations of the National Assn,
for the Advancement of Coloi’ed
People in Texas.
The recess was announced after
Atty. Gen. John Ben Sheppard
conferred with NAACP chief at
torney Thurgood Marshall and
other attorneys.
Eai-lier, the state introduced an
NAACP master plan to use chil
dren of what it called “sympa
thetic whites and Latin - Ameri
cans” as shock troops in break
ing down the color line in Texas
public schools.
It sought to have the parents
enter their children in all-Negro
schools.
Foreign Student
Enrollment Given
A total of 138 foreign students
representing 36 countries are en
rolled for the fall term at A&M
College, with 27 degree candidates
from Mexico leading the numerical
parade. Second is Pakistan with
16, followed by Peru with 11 and
10 from India.
Other countries listed, with num
ber of students enrolled, are El
Salvador and Panama, 7 each; Bra
zil, 6; Cuba, 5; Bolivia, Chile, Par
aguay, Egypt, Iraq and Venezuela,
3 each; Argentina, Australia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, Greece, Guatemala,
Honduras, Indonesia and Korea, 2
each.
Africa, Canada, China, Colom
bia, Cyprus, Denmark, Iran, Japan,
Nicaragua, Norway, Philippines,
Spain and Uruguay are each rep
resented by one student.
Exec Committee Leaves
Decision Up To Shivers
AUSTIN—(2P)—The state Democratic executive commit
tee yesterday at least temporarily shelved the idea of holding
a U.S. Senatorial primary, and accepted with regret the res
ignation of Chairman Jim Blundell of Dallas.
These fast-breaking unexpected developments came as
a surprise to many committee members, who earlier in the
day had declared their intention of holding a primary or pri
maries to name Democratic candidate for the U.S'. Senate
post to be vacated by Price Daniel, the Democratic nominee
for governor.
There had been no inkling that Blundell, who has bMd
the office less than a month, planned to quit.
The committee acted quick
ly to replace him, naming Jim
Lindsey of Texarkana to the
key party post after Daniel
had joined Blundell in endors
ing him. Lindsey is speaker of
the state House of Representatives.
Blundell, an advertising and
public relations man and long a
close political friend of Daniel, in
sisted there was no political sig
nificance in his resignation. He
said he was forced to resign for
family and business reasons.
The subcommittee’s recommen
dation, adopted unanimously, laid
the primary I’esponsibility for its
action on Gov. Shivers. It listed
two practical obstacles:
“1. The governor of Texas, Hon.
Allan Shivers, has not yet called
a special election, and therefore it
is impossible at this meeting to
designate a day or days on which
to hold such primary elections or
to make other necessary plans
therefore.
“2. In spite of the fact that a
majority of the Democratic coun
ty chan-man replying have indica
ted that they could and would con
duct and finance such primaries, 61
chairmen have replied that they
can not finance them. Under pre
sently existing circumstnces, this
would, in effect, prevent some peo
ple from having a voice in the
selection of a Democratic nomi-
Oath of Office
Set For Tuesday
Approximately 650 cadet offi
cers will receive the oath of office
Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
President David H. Morgan will
be the principal speaker and Lt.
Gen. Ernest O. Thompson, state
railroad commission, will present
the traditional saber of office to
Cadet Colonel of the Corps Jack
Lunsford.
In addition to Gen. Thompson,
special guests include Chancellor
M. T. Harrington, Harold Dunn,
member of the A&M System Board
of Directors; the Executive Com
mittee of the college and Brig.
Gen. Robert Ives, deputy command
er of the 36th Infantry Division
and chairman of the Military Af
fairs Committee of the Houston
Chambtr of Commerce.
The ceremony, which will be at
tended by the entire Corps, also
open to the public.
Siminang Attends
Meeting In Dallas
Dr. C. M. Simmang attended the
11th annual Petroleum-Mechanical
Engineering conference sponsored
by the Peteroleum Division of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers recently in Dallas. He
served as chairman of the air
cooling session.
A highlight of the visit to Dallas
was the opportunity to meet
Joseph W. Barker, national A. S.
nee.
Some Democrats had been urg
ing the primary to make sure that
the Republican candidate for the
post, Thad Hutcheson of Houston,
would not walk away with the job
in a free-for-all, top-man-wins spe
cial election.
They ai’gued that a lone Repub
lican running against a big field |
Retired Prof
Dies At Home
After Illness
Dr. R. K. Fletcher, retiree
professor of entomology, dieo
yesterday at his home in Dal
las. He had taught at A&M
for 30 years before his re
tirement in 1949.
Pt’evious to his retirement
Fletcher was associate professoi
of entomology and research entolo
mologist for the Agricultural Ex
periment Station on the campus
Besides teaching, Fletcher did re
search for the Department ol
Entomology.
The late professor was born ii
Curwinsville, P e n n a . on Aug. 6
1884, and received his BA degre<
from the University of Maine ii
1917. His MA and PhD were fron
Ohio State U. in 1919 and 1928
respectively. He came to A&M ii
1919 as an assistant professor o
entomology. ’
Fletcher resided at 2928 Rose
dale Ave., Dallas, at the time o
his death yestet-day. He moved t
Dallas following his retirement ii
1940. Illness was his cause for re
tirement at that time. He had beei
a semi-invalid for the past tw
years.
One of the many honors tha
Fletcher received was a fellowshi;
in the Texas Academy of Science
He was also a member of th
American Association of Economi
Entomologists. His research studie
included work as a biologist am
controller of cotton insects.
Fletcher is survived by his wife
who lives at the Dallas address.
M. E. president and to renew : 0 f Democrats would stand a good
acquaintances with several of his
former students.
A&S Council Meeting
The Student Arts and Science
Council will meet at 7:15 p. m.
Monday in room 3D of the Memor
ial Student Center. Officers will
be elected.
chance to win.
Weather Today
Clear to partly cloudy is the
forecast. Temperature at 10:30
a.m. was 80 degrees. High yester
day was 98 degrees and law was
63 degrees.
Monday Last Day
For Senate Filing
Filings for 35 Student Sena
vacancies to be filled from t
sophomore, junior and senior chi
ses, College View, day studen
and civilian dormitories clo
Monday.
Of these vacancies, 15 will
; filled from the senior class,
| from the junior class, six from t
j sophomore class, two from d;
I students, one from College Vic
! and one from each of the civiii;
dormitories.
In addition, the vice-presider
from the four classes are membe
of the Senate. The election will
held Wednesday, Oct. 17.