THE BATTALION Thursday, November 12, 1959
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Hill, Snagger and Scholar,
Bidding For All-SWC Berth
Quietly making his bid for an
all-Southwest conference berth is
Texas A&M’s sophomore end, Rus
sell Hill of Dallas.
An unknown back at Woodrow
Wilson high school, Hill made the
transition from frosh back to var
sity end at the suggestion of Coach
Jim Myers last spring and he’s
now leading the conference in
yards receiving.
The brilliant math student,
whose father is a teacher and
former grid star, has caught 16
passes for 311 yards on a team
not noted for its passing. A year
ago Charles Milstead threw more
passes than any other A&M back
in history, but this season the
Cadets have used the pass sparing
ly with Hill the chief target.
Hill didn’t catch many passes in
high school. In fact he didn’t do
much of anything. His best year
jwas as a junior when he finished
; 8th in rushing in the city of Dallas.
I “I had two great opportunities
to catch passes in high school but
I missed them both,” the 5-10, 180-
mounder recalled.
^ Nicknamed “Harlon” by his
teammates because of his great
catches this year, Russell feels
•, complimented because of his great
admiration for the Chicago Bear
end, Harlon Hill.
J Aggie coaches call him the
“Lonesome” end, not because of
the offense used by Army last
year, but due to Russell’s retiring
manner.
“He’s always by himself,” one
member of the A&M staff says.
“He’s either figuring out new pass
patterns or thinking about a sehool
quiz.”
Russell would like to be the
Lonesome end all the time but
lately the opposition has been wor
rying about “No. 88” and he’s not
as anonymous as he was earlier
in the year.
“When they get your number,”
he says, “You’ve got to work hard
er to get open.”
One of. his best catches came
against Arkansas. Hill got behind
two defenders but the ball was
short and he came back quickly
in front to catch the ball and save
an interception. But his greatest
reception was in A&M’s 9-7 upset
over Michigan State when he took
a 23-yard gainer from Milstead
while horizpntal to the ground.
Russell’s father, Irvin “Rusty”
Hill, was a star back for the pro
Chicago Cards in the mid-30’s,
playing with the immortal Ernie
Nevers. The elder Hill retired be
fore Russell was born but he’s
been in close contact with his Dad.
“Dad teaches math at Woodrow
Wilson and you won’t believe this,”
he modestly admits, “but I made
Cadet Keglers Take Second
Place at Houston Tournament
1 , The First annual North Shepard
l ’Lanes Intercollegiate Bowling
.Tournament was held in Plouston
last weekend with the Aggies tak
ing second place after being
Ssqueezed out by Northeastern
Four (4) Day
Color Developing
A&M
PHOTO SHOP
Louisiana State College.
The high series of the meet was
taken by jerry Knipper of North
east Louisiana as he toppled ' the
pins for 629 points. Second .high
series man was Bob “300” Tom
linson of the Aggies who bowled
621. Tomlinson was followed by
Larry Dantzler, Aggie captain,
who rolled 584.
Northeast Louisiana came from
behind with a 1062 third game to
pull ahead of the Cadets. Besides
the Aggies and Northeast Louisi
ana there were four other teams
entered. i
Besides Tomlinson and Dantz
ler, Tony Servello, Kent McMahan
and Lee Wilson made the trip for
the Aggies.
gn A both semesters in his class.
And my sister, Sue, (a WW senior
this year) is making an A right
now in Dad’s class.”
After the elder Hill finished
playing he began a coaching career
that saw him develop the fabulous
Jackie Crain, later an all-America
at Texas, and Bill Forrester, SM-
U’s former all-America star.
Crain played at Nocona while For
rester was a Woodrow Wilson line
man.
Although small for an end, Hill
does a good job on defense, too.
His best performance on defense
comes in containing backs on wide
plays. Because of his size Russell
isn’t thinking of a pro career. He
wants to be a teacher, pilot, or
both. He’s going for a double de
gree at A&M in math and me
chanical engineering.
Fish Meet Rice Owlets Tonight
In Last Home Tilt of Season
The Aggie Fish, trying to even
the score in the won-lost column,
will take on the Rice Owlets to
night in Kyle Field.
So far this season the Freshmen
have showed up good in all three
games played, but have only been
able to come out on the heavy
end of the score once. The lone
victory was impressive as they
romped over the Houston Kittens,
20-6 in Kyle Field two weeks ago.
The TCU Wogs edged the Ca
dets, 14-13 in the opener and Bay
lor’s Cubs handed them a 7-6 set
back.
All the frosh are in good physi
cal condition for tonight’s contest
with the exception of Guard Jim
Harper of Borger, who will pro
bably be forced to give his start
ing position to Mickey McGrew,
a 210-pounder from Snyder. Full
back Sam Byer of Marlin is back
at full speed after being hurt for
the past three weeks but Lee Roy
Caffey of Thorndale is due to start
this week.
Caffey and Ronny Ledbetter of
Dalhart are the leading ground
gainers for the Fish in three
games. Ledbetter has 114 yards
for a 3.7 average and Caffey has
totaled 110 yards to average 4.6
yards.
Ronnie Brice of Andrews, who
has connected on seven of 12 pass
attempts, is the leading passer. On
the receiving end of the passes is
Mike Davis of Weatherford who
has snagged four for 37 yards.
Probable starting lineup for the
Owlet game will be Don Ramsey
and Bobby Huntington at ends,
Jim Walton and George Hogan at
Halfback Erich Barnes and
Guard Abe Gibron of the Chicago
Bears played college football at
Purdue.
tackles, McGrew and Jim Phillips quarterback, Jon Mason and Led-
at guards, Jerry Hopkins at cen- better at halfbacks and Caffey at
ter, Brice or Tommy Janik at fullback.
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