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Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Number 184: Volume 58
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1959
Price Five Cents
Improved Aggies Face Tough Season
Charley Milstead to Power
Cadet Multiple Offense Attack
QUARTERBACK CHARLES MILSTEAD AND TACKLE GALE OLIVER
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Coach Jim Myers’ fightin’ Texas |
Aggies are expected to be slightly
improved this year in both of
fense and defense but due to the ]
strong improvement overall in the
Southwest conference, the team
record may not be any better than
the 4-6 mark posted last year.
But anything can happen in the
unpredictable, rough and tumble
Southwestern conference. It is al
most impossible to pick a winner
and be correct when New Year’s
Day rolls around.
Pity the poor Aggies but don’t
bet against them. Coach Myers,
facing his second season at A&M,
has pepped up his attack by in
serting the multiple offense in
spring training. More emphasis on
defense and more desire on the
squad should make the team
stronger overall.
All-American candidate and cap
tain Charles Milstead will lead the
Aggie attack. The tall quarterback
from Tyler played a respectable
tailback on the single wing last
year, ending the season fourth na
tionally in total offense. With his
pin-point passing, the All-confer
ence back helped the Aggies set
15 new school records, hitting 88
of 167 passes for 1,135 yards. He
added 237 more yards rushing. He
was Sports Illustrated’s "Back of
the Week” for his fine showing
in last year’s Baylor contest, a
game in which he ran 74 yards for
a touchdown on the first Aggie
play of the game.
The entire team missed the sei'V-
ices of all - American performers
John Crow, Charley Krueger and
Bobby Marks off the 1957 team
that was No. 1 in the nation until
losing one and two-point decisions
to Rice and Texas in the final
games of the season. Crow, alone,
was responsible for a touchdown a
game, both on offense and defense.
Most observers forgot the loss of
these outstanding players when
they analyzed the 1958 picture.
Milstead and his understudy at
quarterback, Powell Berry, should
have improved seasons over their
1958 play. Berry had a fine year
as a sophomore last year and Mil
stead was great on a losing club.
Both should have good years on
the new offense. More depth in the
backfield pleased Aggie coaches in
the spring. Gordon LeBoeuf, Jon
Few and Randy Sims, all veterans,
return to the starting backfield.
Lack of sturdy line last fall kept
the Aggie scoring punch from be
ing even more effective than it
was. Although blanked in two
games—SMU and Texas—the Ca
dets scored a total of 61 points
against Baylor and Rice.
The Aggies were stopped 22
times last year inside the oppo
nents’ 20-yard line. More depth
and desire among the up-coming
sophomores should add punch to
the attack.
The Aggie line is still a big
question mark but the returnees
should be improved on the basis
of another year behind them and
the sophomores should beef up the
forward wall. Veterans back in the
line include Ralph Smith and Jack
Estes at ends, Bill Darwin, Bill
Godwin, Robert Garner and former
center and alternate captain Gale
Oliver at tackle; Allen Goehring,
Carter Franklin and Buddy Payne
at guard and Roy Northrup at cen
ter.
Newcomers expected to play
their first varsity season are Mick
ey Walker, Wayne Freiling and
David Skinner at guard; John
Stradinger and Richard Love at
tackle; James Street and Russell
Hill at ends and Bruce Miller at
center.
Statistically, the Cadets return
20 of 30 lettermen but many were
given letters for reasons other
than actual playing time. Some
were injured, others contributed
much in a few games. The picture
is not as clear as 20 returning let
termen would indicate.
The Aggies face another rough
schedule, opening the season with
the Red Raiders of Texas Tech in
Dallas, then meeting Michigan
State at East Lansing; Mississippi
Southern, unbeaten No. 1 small
college in the nation, and Houston
at College Station before embark
ing on the annual suicide confer
ence clubs—TCU, Baylor, Arkan-i
sas, SMU, Rice and Texas.
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