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Thursday, September 12, 1957
Hale, Goeliring, Powell Loss Means
Trouble For Middle Linebackers
The answer to the middle line I it’s what we don’t have.” | Instead, they have what might be
problem lies in Coach Bryant’s The 1957 Aggies don’t have | called the Big Deficiency,
statement “It’s not what we have, Hale, Goehiing, .and Dee Powell. Lloyd Hale .left a tremendous
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hole to be filled, and the only re
turning letterman is John Gilbert,
senior from Russellville, Ark.
Backing up Gilbert are a num
ber of sophomore prospects, any
one of which could solve the prob
lem nf i. j comes through.
Gilbert is a good offensive cen
ter, but only a fair linebacker.
The Aggies’ strength lies in their
defense, and the defensive strength
depends on the ability of the line
backers. Pardee and Hale were
two of the best.
The big effort will have to come
from Gilbert, Byron Caruthers, or
Bill Godwin. If they are unable
to do it, some of the guard pros
pects will be given a chance.
Byron Caruthers played his
freshman year as an end and did
some brilliant defensive work. He
is a great defensive player, and
may be able to handle the line
backer chore.
Caruthers .was a member of the
Tyler high school semi-finals team
and was a battery mate for Mil-
stead. He is a six-footer and
weighs 200 pounds.
The otliey sophomore bidding for
the pivot is Bill Godwin, 200-
pounder from Orangefield. Al
though it was thought Godwin was
still a year away from varsity
competion, the loss of three center
prospects might have instilled the
incentive to play some football.
Godwin is big and rangy.
The guard outlook is somewhat
brighter than it was a month back,
with three lettermen returning to
see duty. Darrell Brown is the
only two-year man to come back.
He was ineligible last year, but
was a member of the “Junction
Babies.”
“Brownie” is a senior from Day-
ton and tips the scales at 195
pounds. Although he has mostly
played tackle, he is a very versa
tile player and can handle the
guard slot well.
Tommy Howard, 200-pound jun
ior letterman from Galveston, will
be hard pressed by anxious sophs.
Tommy played only 17 quarters in
1956 and hasn’t lived up to ex
pectations—yet. An improvement
by Howard would have a remark
able effect on the dingy middle
problem.
The “hardest nosed” man in the
eonferepce is Jim “Round Man”
Langston, senior letterman guard
from Texas City. Jim is very
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103 MAIN NORTH GATE
AGGIE OWNED
The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
COACH BOBBY ROGERS shows one of his plays that will be used this year, his first
with the Aggies. Rogers came here from the East Texas State Teachers College where
he had a marvelous record of 140 wins and only 31 losses.
short in stature (only 5-8) but
weighs 195 pounds and plays with
the confidence of a sixfooter.
Jim has a problem of his own
in the form of four rough sopho
mores. If he is going to maintain
starting ranking, he’ll have to
fight off the challenges of Carl
Luna, Joe Munson, Buddy Payne
and Bill Darwin.
Luna is the most promising of
the new guards. He was a hold
out last year and could have a lot
to say and do about this year’s
success for the Aggie squad.
Carl is from Garland and is very
strong both on offense and de
fense. He might have lettered
last year had he played.
Joe Munson is small, weighing
only 180, but has lots of hustle
and enjoys running into people.
Because of this fact, he could earn
a starting berth.
Going from one extreme to the
other, you find 215-pound Bill Dar
win, soph guard from Houston.
Bill was a center last year and
played first-string as a frosh.
Linebacking is for smaller people,
though, so Darwin will be a guard
this fall.
Buddy Payne is another Hous
ton sophomore that may figure in
the interior line plans. He could
join Munson as the other starter
Proves Success
With 140 Wins
■ Succeeding Coach Ken Loeffler
as head basketball mentor is Coach
Bobby Rogers, recently of East
Texas State College. Coach Rog
ers is an Oklahoman and a grad
uate of the “Iba School of Ball
Control.”
He brings with him proof of his
success as it is noted that his East
Texas Lions won 140 games while
losing only. 31. Rogers’ teams won
three championships, shared one,
and finished second once.
While carrying on their cam
paigns, Rogers’ teams averaged a
blistering 78.6 points per game.
In addition, his 1955 team won the
NAIA championship.
The new Aggie coach is a native
on the team if he wants to badly
enough.
The situation is such that any
one can become a starting guard
if he wants. There is plenty of
room for improvement and the
men that improve will be the ones
that will play.
of Stillwater, Okla., and a grad
uate of Oklahoma A&M, now called
Oklahoma State University.
While he was an Aggie, he play
ed basketball under Coach Hank
Iba. However, he did not com
pletely adhere to Iba’s tutelage
of ball conti’ol and leans to the
fast break and the “easy basket.”
His teams have used the fast break
offense and man-to-man or zone
defenses to run up their scores.
Prior to his stay at East Texas
he coached successfully at other
schools. He was freshman coach
at Oklahoma A&M for one year
after his graduation. He then be
came coach at the Trego Commun
ity High School, near Hays, Kan.,
and promptly ushered his team to
the conference crown.
His championship team was the
first since “some of the players’
dads had played.”
After Trego came a job at Con
nors A&M Junior College in Con
nors, Okla. His junior collegian
cagers won two championships in
two seasons.
v welcome
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