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AGE 4 Thursday, August 22, 195? The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 oaching Staff Directs Ags o Conference Championship All football warhorses need able 'vers and sueh is the case with ; Aggies’ coaching staff, rough their guidance, the Ag- 2S won their first conference rmpionship since 1941. Our iching staff has been called one the best in the nation. There are three new faces on 5 staff this year. They are Car- y Laslie, J. T. King and O. A. illips. Carney Laslie Laslie, who will be the assist- t head coach on Coach Paul yant’s staff comes to A&M from jst Point, where he was line ich for the past five years. He is a native of South Car- na and was a member of Bry- :’s staff for seven years—in 15 at Maryland and from 1946 ■ough 1951 at Kentucky before iving to the Army to coach un- r Earl Blaik. Laslie is a 1934 xduate of Alabama where he yed under Coach Frank Thom- He served as an assistant at ibama and VM1 and was a naval licer in World War 11 before ling Bryant at Maryland in While at Kentucky, Laslie _/\<ped guide the Wildcats to four vl games. He and his wife, ce, have one daughter. J. T. King ggjving, an assistant coach here ■ >i 1949, has returned to Aggie- *^d as an assistant to Bryant —ier, serving as line coach at ^Kas since 1950. A native of Hamburg, Ark., ig attended Reagan High of Houston and is a 1938 graduate of Texas where he played his sen ior year under Coach D. X. Bible. He coached with great success at Kenedy, Tex. and Enid, Okla., high schools and served as assistant to Henry Frnka at Tulane from 1946 through 1948. He served under Harry Stiteler at A&M in 1949 before joining the Texas staff. King is married and has four children—John, Charles, Robert and Muffett. His wife’s name is Beth. O. A. Phillips, one of the line coaches, joined the Aggie staff in the spring of 1956 after much Suc cess as a high school coach at Nederland where his teams won 56 games, lost 15 and tied 1 in six years. A graduate of French High, Beaumont, Phillips is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin College. He also attended Lamar Tech. He and his wife, Helen, have three children—Cicely, Susan and Wade. Elmer Smith, former head coach at Southern Arkansas State College of Magnolia, has been an Aggie assistant since 1954. His Magnolia teams in eight years es tablished a 54-27-2 record and won state titles in 1951 and 1952. A graduate of Danville, Ark., high school, Smith was a four- year, four-sport letterman at Hen drix College of Conway, Ark., graduating in 1931. He served as assistant at Hendrix until 1936 when he went to Centenary. Af ter serving in the navy during WW II where he reached the rank OHN GILBERT, A&M’s senior from Russellville, Ark., s the only tried and proven center for the 1957 season. of lieutenant commander, Smith moved to Magnolia. Smith and. his wife, Sybil, have no children. Sam Bailey, who works with the Aggie backs, is a native of Houston and played football at Southern State, Magnolia, Ark. He received his masters degree from East Texas State at Com merce, Tex. in 1950. He served as assistant at Southern State from 1950 to 1955 and joined the Aggie Staff just prior to the 1956 season. Bailey is married and hadi one child, Darrell. His wife’s name is Mildred. One of the back field coaches who works with quarterbacks is Phil Cutchin, former quarterback for Kentucky and a member of Bryant’s staff since his return from the Korean war in 1951. Cutchin is a 1943 graduate of Kentucky who served in the in fantry during World War II. Af ter playing his final season in 1946, Cutchin was an assistant at Ohio Wesleyan from 1947 until his re call into the service in 1950. He is married and has one daughter, Melinda, 4If. A former guard at Kentucky, Pat James, helps coach the Aggie line. He works with the guards. James played in the backfield at New Boston, Ohio, high school but at Kentucky he was moved to guard by Bryant. James was a star of the 1951 Sugar bowl conquest of Oklahoma. The 30-year old James coached high school ball at Danville, Ky., in 1952 before joining Bryant at Kentucky. He is married and has a 2-year-old son, Michael Patrick. A native Texan, Willie F. Zap- alac, former Aggie star and pro fessional player, is a backfield coach at A&M. A Bellville pro duct, Zapalac scored a record 245 points his senior year in high school, then came to Aggieland where he played varsity ball in 1941, 1942 and 1946. His last season at A&M came after serving 36 months in the Air Corps. He reached the rank of captain. Willie played in the 1932 Cotton Bowl game, two East- West games in 1943 and 1947 and in two college All-Star games at Chicago—‘1943 and 1947. After playing pro ball with the Pittsburgh Steclers in 1947, Zap alac coached at John Tarleton, Hillsboro and Arlington State be fore joining the Aggie staff in 1953. He is married and has three children—Billy 9, Jeff 8 and Jill 5%. First Aggie Team Known as Farmers Aggie football began in 1893, when they fielded a team but played no games with out-of-town teams. In 1894, the Aggies, then known as the Farmers, played road games in cluding the first of the traditional battles with the Univer sity of Texas, then known as the Varsity. The late Dean Emeritus Charles Puryear, who had joined the faculty in 1888, was the first manager and one of those responsible for foot ball being established at the college. A&M played no out- of-town games in 1895, but re sumed a schedule in 1896 and have continued to do so ever since. The Ags’ first undefeated sea son came in 1902, a year in which the Cadets won seven and tied two. A&M also was the champion of Texas in 1909 and 1910, but in 1910 there was a loss to Arkansas, and TCU held the 1909 team to a scoreless tie. The 1912 team was hailed as “Champion of the South” in spite of a 13-10 loss to the Kan sas State Wildcats. A&M was a member of the Tex as Intercollegiate Athletic Asso ciation until the Southwest Ath letic Conference was formed in 1914 and is a remaining charter member of that organization along with Texas, Arkansas, Rice Insti tute and Baylor. Southern Metho dist was admitted when the Uni versity of Oklahoma dropped out and Texas Christian University took the place vacated by Oklaho ma A&M. Texas Tech became the eighth member of the Southwest Conference in 1956 but will not paticipate for the football cham pionship until the 1960 season. The Fighting Texas Aggies, widely known for their spirit and desire to win, have won the cham pionship eight times outright and tied with SMU another. A&M won the title in 1917, 1919, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1939, tied in 1940, won again in 1941 and 1956. Tho 1939 Aggie team was Na tional Champion and defeated Tu lane in the Sugar Bowl classic. The teams of 1917 and 1919 were unbeaten, untied and unscored up on while the 1939 and 1956 teams were unbeaten. In 62 seasons of gridiron com petition the Aggies have met 79 teams from 24 states for an all- (See FIRST, Page 7) Terrapins Begin Year With Aggies Maryland’s once-powerful Ter rapins invade the Cotton Bowl Sept. 22 to test the nationally- ranked Aggies in the season open er. The jury will be the nation’s television audience, who will be able to judge if the Aggies are really top material and if Mary land was able to shake the effects of a dismal 1956 season. The Terps won but two games last year, defeating Wake Forest and North Carolina State. How ever, it should be known that Mary land was plagued with bad luck last season. Shortly before the opening contest with Syracuse, All- American quarterback Frank Tam- burello. was called into the serv ice. The day before the opener, their first string halfback sensa tion was stricken with yellow jaun dice and lost for the season. As if this wasn’t bad enough, injuries took the toll of the re turning 22 lettermen and only five were able to give full-season per formance. Coach Tommy Mont comments “That kind of luck can’t happen to two straight seasons.” The 1957 edition of Maryland’s Terrapins is impressive, to say the least. Twenty-nine lettermen are returning and Howie Dare is on active duty again. The forward wall is bigj mobile and anchored with veterans. Their pivot man, Gene Alderton, is a candidate for All-American. Veteran linemen Fred Cole and Paul Tonetti add valuable beef to the Terp forward wall. The only position that is really in question is the man-under spot. At the end of spring training, Dickie Lewis was leading the pack with John Fritsch and Bob Rusev- lyan pushing him for the starting nod. Over all, the College Park, Md. team is going to be much stronger than last year’s team, and an up set over the talented Aggies on national hookup TV would make other elevens on the Eastern sea board take notice. FRESHMEN-WELCOME TO LEON B. WEISS’ STORE (WHERE YOU ALWAYS SAVE) ONE DOOR DOWN FROM THE CAMPUS THEATER HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FRESHMEN FOR 10 YEARS, ALWAYS SELLING THEM THE BEST BRANDS AND ALWAYS GIVING THEM PERSONAL SERVICE. 10: •Til Notice These Specials SHIRTS Bud Berma and Don Juan SHORT SLEEVE SPORT SHIRTS Cool, Bright Colors Regularly Priced At — $2.95 and $3.95 now only $1.00 MEN S HOSIERY All BLITZ .... BRASSO . . . All STRAW HATS . 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Varsity (lagers’ Season Schedule Dec. 6 St. Mary’s Univ. at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Dec. 9 Memphis State at Mem phis, 8 p.m. Dec. 11 Wake Forest at Win ston-Salem, N. C., 8 p.m. Dec. 12 Univ. of Richmond at Richmond, Va., 8 p.m. Dec. 14 Univ. of Ohio State at Columbus, Ohio, 8 p.m. Dec. 17 Temple Univ. at Phil adelphia, Pa., 7:45 p.m. Dec. 26-27-28 Southwest Con ference Tournament, Rice Gymnas ium, Houston. Jan. 4 TCU 8 p.m. Jan. 7 tion, 8 p.m, Jan. 10 tion, 8 p.m. Jan. 14 Baylor at Waco, 8 p.m. Jan. 17 SMU at College Sta tion, 8 p.m. Jan. 28 Arkansas at Fayette ville, 8 p.m. at Fort Worth, Texas at College Sta- Ricc at College Sta- Feb. 1 Texas Tech at College Station, 8 p.m. Feb. 4 Houston at College Sta tion, 8 p.m. Feb. 7 Baylor at College Sta tion, 8 p.m. Feb. 11 Rice at Houston, 8 p.m. Feb. 15 Texas at Austin, 8 p.m. Feb. 22 Arkansas at College Station, 8 p.m. Feb. 25 Texas Tech at Lub bock, 8 p.m. Mar. 1 SMU at Dallas, 8 p.m. Mar. 4 TCU at College Sta tion, 8 p.m. F1EB! 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