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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1956)
PAGE 4 Wednesday, December 5, 1956 The Battalion . ;t . College Station (Brazos County), Texas WEARING THE SMILES OF VICTORY—Don Watson (left) and John David Crow, take a well-deserved THREE MEN AND THEIR MAKER—(left to right) Bobby Lockett, Lloyd Hale, Jack Pardee and Paul breather after the Turkey Day battle at Memorial Stadium in Austin. (Bear) Bryant grin happily in the water-soaked Aggie dressing room after the Turkey Day win. WET AND HOLLERING—after the jinx-breaking win over the Long- Smokey Harper, Jim Owens, Lloyd Hale, Bobby Clendennon, Pat James, horns Thursday afternoon are the remainder of the 1954 “Thin 30” and Don Watson, Paul (Bear) Bryant, Dee Powell, George Gillar, Tom Tipps, coaches. The ten graduating seniors from the 1956 Conference champion Bebes Stallings, Elmer Smith, Phil Cutchin, Bobby Drake Keith, and Fighting Texas Aggie Team and their coaches are (left to right) Willie Sam Bailey. Zapalac, Jerry Claiborne, Bobby Lockett, Jack Pardee, Dennis Goehring, PORE TEA-SIPS—Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant, very wet and happy at the time this shot was made had just emerged from his umpteenth shot in the shower after the Turkey Bowl game at Austin. WHEN ONE LEAVES ANOTHER TAKES HIS PLACE—Dennis NOW IT WAS THISAWAY—John David Crow speaks his mind to Mickey Herskoweitz of the Houston Post, who almost didn’t escape the shower amid the dressing room hilarity following the Aggie win Goehring and brother Allen (right) congratulate each other after the Thursday afternoon which gave A&M their first conference cham- Memorial Stadium battle with the Texas Tea-Sips. pionship after 15 lean years. TIRED, HAPPY AND VICTORIOUS—Crashing Jack Pardee smiles tiredly following a brilliant display of broken field running which saw Jack climb to top place in kick off returns in the conference with returns of 85 and 50 against the tea-sips.