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SOPHS HALF OF GRID SQUAD With almost half—27—of his 56-player squad composed of sophomores. Coach Jim Myers will be relying heavily upon the sophomores to fill - —- places in his lineups. Several of the sophomores could blossom into top-notch Southwest Conference players, depending upon how well the Aggies fare in grid competi tion this fall. Below are pictures of some of the outstanding sopho mores: Ronnie Brice ... Andrews quarterback Lee Roy Caffey . Thorndale fullback Sam Byer TV'TarD'n Jim Phillips . . Freeport guard George Hogan . . Longview tackle Jim Harper . . Borger guard James Walton . . . Dumas tackle Jerry Hopkins . . . Mart center Keith Huggins . . . Houston guard New Coach Guides Tennis Team to Fifth in SWC Under the guidance of Omar Smith, first-year tennis coach at A&M, the Aggies drove to a fifth- place finish in the Southwest Con ference last spring and should be stronger next year. Two members were lost through graduation—Captain Bob Jones of ALL TIME RECORD WITH 1960 OPPONENTS 1959 Score Series Record Series Team A&M Opp. W L T Began LSU — — 11 10 2 1899 Texas Tech 14 20 13 5 0 1927 Trinity — — 16 1 2 1902 Houston 28 6 4 2 2 1952 TCU 6 39 29 16 5 1897 Baylor 0 13 33 16 7 1899 Arkansas 7 12 14 16 3 1903 SMU 11 14 20 17 5 1916 Rice 2 7 23 18 3 1914 Texas 17 20 17 44 5 1894 Other 1959 Scores Michigan State 9 7 1 2 0 1934 Miss. Southern 8 3 1 0 0 1959 BAKER TIRE COMPANY N. C. Baker, Owner Day TA 2-8159 708 N. Bryan Night VI 6-7038 TIRES ★ TUBES ★ BATTERIES At TIRE RECAPPING & REPAIR RE-CAP FOR EXTRA MILES Garland and Frank Blazek of Elizabeth, N. J. Returning will be Richard Hal ter of Baytown, Tommy Morris of Waco and David Knox of Green ville. Halter will be a senior this season while the other two will be juniors. Members of last year’s frosh team include Larry Cannon of Corpus Christi, Jerry Cox of Palo Alto, Calif., Bill Miller of Coro nado, Calif., and Mike Young of Beeville. NATIONWIDE TRAILER RENTAL SYSTEM Trailer For Rent — Anywhere in the U. S. One-Way or Round Trip “I Trade For Anything” • f 1SK" We Won’t Be Undersold on Tires. See Us Before You Buy. ® A © HEARTY ® WELCOME © TO © COLLEGE © BRYAN © FROM © SANKEY © PARK © DIAMONDS © Watches © SILVER © 111 N. MAIN © BRYAN Football Began At A&Min 1893 Texas A&M football began in 1893 when the Aggies fielded a team but played no games with out-of-town teams. In 1894 the Aggies, then known as the Farmers, played road games including the first of the traditional battles with the Uni versity of Texas, then known as the Varsity. The late Dean Emeritus Charles Puryear, who had joined the fac ulty in 1888, was the first man ager and one of those responsible for football 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 first undefeated season was in 1902, a year in which the Ca dets won seven and tied two. A&M also was champion of Texas in 1909 and 1910, but in 1910 there Grid Crown Won in 1917 First for A&M 1902 1917 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1925 1926 1927 1929 1930 1931 1933 1934 1937 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1947 1948 1949 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1959 1960 Football (Not SWC) Football Football Basketball Football, Basketball, Track Basketball, Track, Cross Country Basketball Football, Cross Country Golf Football, Cross Country Track, Cross Country Track, Cross Country Baseball Cross Country (Tied with Texas) Baseball Baseball Football, Pistol Football (Tied with SMU) Football Baseball Track, Baseball (Tied with Texas) Swimming (Tied with Texas) Swimming Track Track, Cross Country, Golf Track, Cross Country Basketball (Tied with TCU and Texas), Baseball (Tied with Texas), Track, Epee (Fencing) Track, Fencing Track, Cross Country, Fencing Ci-oss Country, Fencing Baseball, Fencing Swimming, Individual Golf, Football Baseball Golf (Team & Individual) get off to a ) FLYMNC start O With materials that will make your studies easier and better. Treat yourself to one of our classy clip boards so you can be or ganized at all times. Straighten out your study habits with our roomy composition books, smooth-writing filler paper, wire-bound loose leafs. Don't get in a rut. Keep moving with the largest and finest assortment of school supplies we've ever had! See for yourself to day. The Exchange Store “Serving Texas Aggies For 53 Years’ 1 ’ 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 loss to Kansas State. A&M was a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic As sociation 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 Methodist was admit ted when the University of Okla homa dropped out and Texas Christian University took the place vacated by Oklahoma A&M. Texas Tech became the eighth member of the Southwest Conference in 1956 and begins participation for the football championship this season. The Aggies have won the SWC championship eight times out right and tied with SMU an other. A&M won the title in 1917, 1919, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1939, tied in 1940, won again in 1941 and 1956. The 1939 Aggie team was National Champions and defeated Tulane 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 undefeated. In 66 seasons of gridiron com petition the Aggies have met 83 teams from 24 states for an all- time record of 341 wins, 196 losses and 39 ties. A&M has scored 10,048 points to 5,069 for the op position. The Aggies hold an edge on all opponents played a number of times with the exception of Cen tenary, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas. Centenary has beaten A&M six of nine games and Okla homa holds a 7-5 edge. Texas, oldest rival of the Cadets, has won 44 games to 17 for A&M with five ties. Arkansas leads 16-14-3. THE BATTALION Thursday, August 25,1960 College Station, Texas Page 3 Bobby Conrad, John Crow and John Tracey, all former Aggie football stars, are teammates on the St. Louis Cardinals, profes sional football team. Art Adamson long-time swimming coach Swimmers Placed Third Last Year Coach Art Adamson’s A&M swimming team placed third in the Southwest Conference last spring behind Champion SMU and runnerup Texas. Leading swimmers last year were John Harrington of College Station, Orlando Cossani of Uru guay, Oscar Cordon of Guatemala, Ronnie Reitz of Pittsburg, Texas, Charles Teas of Houston, Dieter Ufer of Houston, Dave Woodard of Houston, John McKinney of Houston, Hondo Hernandez of Waco and James CoVan of Bryan. Members of the frosh team last year included Bill Baker of Hous ton, Ericson Berg of Alexandria, Va., Henry Eissler of Beeville, Robert Hipp of Houston, Tom Ken- nerly of Houston, Keith Langford of San Antonio, Charles Sea- graves of Houston, Mike Thurman of Baytown, Gray Watts of San Antonio and Walter Windsor of Abilene. Shoes Sizes are no problem 5 to 14 — AA to E at COURT’S North Gate WELCOME FRESHMEN Relax and Have Fun Rowling Here The TRIANGLE BOWL Completely New Your Bowling Pleasure Is “Right Down Our Alleys” Brunswick Automatic Lanes OPENS—8:00 A. M. CLOSES—Whenever You’re Through You’ll Enjoy Our Restaurant Too! 3808 Old College Rd. Across from the Triangle Drive-In Co-Owners & Managers Harlan Bullock ’42 Berry Risinger ’42 o A N' L E W E Y Cash Refund For Two Weeks ■