THE BATTALION
Tuesday, November 22, 1960
College Station, Texas
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1 WANT 3 UMBER 3421’
I “I want license nuilnber 3421”
jpre familiar words e’^ery spring
; V'ken the new car plates go on sale
in Brazos County. /
p The people who ar$ selling the
ffijlates aren’t at all surprised either
because they know that P. L. (Pin
ky) Downs is doing the talking,
i Pinky has a very special reason
’.for liking this particular set of
numbers because they indicate the
score that the Aggies beat Texas
in 1956.
I Every year since, Pinky has got-
llen the same number and as the
letter prefix changed, he would al
ways have a suitable saying for it.
For example in 1957 the plates
vere TM 3421 and Pinky put on his
thinking cap to come out with Tex
as, Memorial for his yearly motto.
In 1958 the numbers were still
the same, but the letters were TT
and the caption was Top Texas.
Pinky says 1959’s number was
the easiest of all since it was TU
and couldn’t have been anything
except Texas University.
This year the prefix was TN.
That almost stumped Pinky com
pletely, but after much pondering
came out with Tower Numb which
he said indicated the tower at Tex
as wouldn’t be lighted.
So, anytime there’s a car on the
A&M campus with a Texas license
3421 on it—It’s Pinky’s.
Seniors End Career With. Only a Dozen
College Eligibility Comes To a Halt
Only twelve remain, which is
one less man than last year’s 13-
man squad of seniors who finished
the college eligibility.
These 12 have survived injuries,
scholastic deficiency as well as
other pitfalls handed out by four
years of college football.
Four years ago these men were
only a handful in a 50-man plus
squad that has dwindled as the
years rolled by.
This 1960 team of seniors came
a year late to see an Aggie team
defeat the Texas Longhorns as
they were still seniors in high
school when Texas fell the first
time in Memorial Stadium, 34-21.
Not only have they never seen
an Aggie victory over Texas,
they’ve never had the satisfaction
of enjoying a winning season.
In 1958 they saw themselves
tied for fifth place in the confer
ence; 1959 was a black year as
they finished in the seventh place
cellar; and at present are holding
down a sixth place spot.
However, this three-year span
doesn’t reflect an era of total
defeat as has well been illustrated
this year. These wary Cadets have
been instrumental in chalking up
three conference ties which is a
school record. Although these
ties haven’t put any marks in the
win column, they look much better
than defeats and show that they’re
just as good as the rest of the
teams.
As this even dozen put on their
uniforms Thursday, they will take
it upon themselves as well as the
rest of the team, to break the
three-year jinx and “Beat the Hell
Out of TU.”
The 1960 seniors:
Roy N o r t h r u p—Senior and
starting center, Roy is the team
captain and leader. Northrup,
who is constantly being teased
about his “bird legs,” has started
the last two years. He will earn
his third letter this season.
★ ★ ★
Powell Berry—Hails from Sny
der and also is a three-year letter-
man. Co-Captain and quarter
back, Powell is most indispensible
to the Aggies at his defensive
halfback position. Loves contact.
★ ★ ★
Jon Few—A two-year letterman,
Jon comes from the football town
of Midlothian. The blond-haired
senior has shown up nicely for
the Aggies the last few games at
his halfbacfc position.
★ ★ ★
Randy Sims—The chunky, blond
halfback from Houston (Austin)
is noted mostly for his 52-yard
field goal against Texas last fall.
Randy is speedy for his size and
has been known to be a “Saturday
playe:'.” He is a three-year letter-
★ ★ ★
Teddy Jack Estes—Formerly an
end and converted to halfback this
season, Teddy is one of the fastest
men on the Aggie squad. The
tall left-handed chunker hails from
the Panhandle town of Olton. He
is another three-year letterman.
★ ★ ★
Paul Piper—The 205-pound cen
ter from Brownwood is considered
one of the best blockers on the
team. Paul is a team comedian
along with his roommate Bob
Phillips. The two-year letterman
does most of the deep punt snap
ping.
★ ★ ★
Carter Franklin—Carter is from
Kerens and is being boomed for
All-Southwest Conference for his
tremendous guard play this sea
son. The 202-pound senior is a
top student in PE. He plans to
coach after graduation.
★ ★ ★
Wayne Labar—The short, stocky
guard from the border town of
Harlingen is another comedian.
“Leeper” is noted for his “duck
run,” but also is a fine leader and
competitor. Wayne has started
most of this season at left guard
and is a three-year letterman.
★ ★ ★
Bob Phillips—A top end who
really came through last year.
Started most of last year and this
season at right end. Bob was not
listed at the first of the season
as a senior but it was found that
he was “powder burned” his soph
omore year while he was a full
back. Phillips played his high
school ball at Tullosa-Midway with
Aggie baseball player “Stuffy”
Davis.
★ ★ ★
Ralph Smith—The younger
brother of former Aggie end, Don
Smith, Ralph is a very consistent
player at left end. Hails from the
once powerful football town -of
Phillips. He was injured in the
SMU game, but is expected to'see
action against the Longhorns.
Will earn his third letter this year.
★ ★ ★
Don McClelland—A letterman in
1957, and after a hitch with Uncle
Sam, returned last spring to fin
ish his eligibility. Don has been
coming along nicely the last few
games at his end position. Mac
Is one of two out-of-staters on the
Aggie squad, hailing from Crow
ley, La.
★ ★ ★
Travis Nevill—The hard luck
end from Bryan has been hamp
ered the past three seasons with
injuries. Travis wears glasses off
the field and has yet to letter, but
has played an important part in
he Aggie machine.
Don McClelland
Travis Nevill
Roy Northrup
Paul Piper
Bob Phillips
Randy Sims
Ralph Smith
A&M, Texas Renew Rivalry For 67th Time
Southwestern Champs
The Championship Aggie team of 1927 were small in num- X. Bible’s ninth at A&M and his next to last. In Bible’s
ber, but tough in combat as they compiled an 8-0-1 record. 10-year reign, he always had more wins than losses when
Their tie was a 0-0 contest with Texas Christian, and they the season ended,
beat the Texas Longhorns, 28-7. This year was Coach D.
Ducks Destroy CHS Playoff Hopes
It had a modest beginning, this day A&M and Texas broke off all
By RUSSELL BROWN
Taylor’s high-flying Ducks stay
ed on the winning flight on Kyle
Field Saturday night as the Dis
trict 20-AA champions romped to
their eleventh consecutive victory
over the A&M Consolidated Tigers
32-14. The win gave the Ducks
the right to advance to the Region
V finals next Friday in Killeen
against the undefeated, untied
Gatesville powerhouse.
The stiff Tiger defense had
their troubles against the light
ning-fast Ducks. The winners bit
off chunks of five to eight yards
a try, using the speed of fullback
Budgie Ford and left half Jan
Mohel to score in every period and
adding a two-point conversion each
time. The Tigers of Coach Ed
Logan didn’t score until the last
two periods, racking up two tal
lies in a comeback bid, but the
consistent offensive thrusts and
teree Tiger fumbles had done the
damage.
Ford, all-stater last year as a
junior, rolled for 176 yards in 25
carries while Mohel had 97 in 14
to pace the winners. Ford plunged
for all four TD’s on dives of two,
five, one, and two yards as Mohel
and right half Charles Patterson
added a two-pointer apiece and
quarterback Bill Davis had two
conversions. The Ducks rolled up
350 yards rushing.
Fullback Frank Hagler rambled
for 87 yards in 18 tries and soph
Ozzie Burke added 44 in seven
to pace the losers.
Taylor grabbed a 16-0 halftime
lead with a talley in the first and
second periods. A 33-yard punt
set the Ducks on their own 24.
With Ford leading the way, the
Ducks moved the 76 yards in 11
plays as Ford parted the Tiger
forward wall for the final two
yards with 1:23 left. Mohel added
the two.
A fumble began the Ducks on
the march in the second quarter
as Elton Berry captured a Burke
fumble on the Tiger 42 after the
Tiger defense had held on the Con
solidated two. Four plays later,
Ford went five yards and Davis
tacked on two more with two min
utes to go before the half.
Taylor added one more eight-
pointer on the scoreboard before
the Tigers began to move. Burke
hobbled again, and Berry was
there again for the Ducks on the
Tiger 23. The Quackers moved
the distance in five plays with
Ford cracking the final yard. Da
vis added two more for a com
fortable 24-0 margin.
With Russell Welch guiding the
second unit, Burke and Frank Hag
ler joined with the junior signal
caller for a 71-yard march after
the kickoff. Hagler went the last
three yards on a fourth down play.
Welch’s extra points pass went
awry.
Taylor quickly retaliated in the
final period as they moved to the
Tiger 16 where they fumbled. Two
plays later a Condy Pugh fumble
gave the Ducks possession on the
13. Again in five plays Ford had
the distance with a two-yarder.
Patterson tacked on the final two.
Jim McAfee, Jim Carroll, and
Welch took the reins again for
the Tigers who moved 64 yards
in 11 plays with 1:28 to go. Burke
added two points as Taylor ran
out the clock for the 32-14 margin.
story did'—back in the days when
Grover Cleveland was President
and Texas was_ a wild, sparsely
settled prairie. It was called
“Varsity . vs. Agricultural and
Mechanical” in 1894 when foot
ball drew its first halting breath
in the Southwest, but today
“Texas A&M vs. Texas” is enough
to draw thousands of fans to see
the renewal of a rivalry that, is
loaded with tears, turmoil and
tradition.
The story of 67 years of foot
ball warfare between A&M and
Texas is a long one and at times,
not pleasant to relate. Riots, ath
letics break-offs and strained re
lations have played their part in
the weaving of a rivalry along
with the last-minute upsets that
have helped make the game the
No. 1 football spectacle in the
Southwest.
The First Contest
To recount the history of the
Maroon vs. the Orange is to bring,
back Dick Todd, Bohn Hilliard,
Joel Hunt, Jack Crain, Roswell
Higginbotham, John Kimbrough,
Jack Pardee, John Crow and Char
lie Milstead, not to mention the
host of teammates who have
helped make the thrills that, in
turn, have made the game a
classic.
The curtain was first raised in
1894 in Houston when teams from
the two schools met in a contest
that was almost completely over
looked by the newspapers of the
day. The “Varsity” scored a 38-0
win and, following a three-year
lapse in relations, took the sec
ond game, 48-0 in 1893. Then
followed a series of Texas vic
tories that was finally broken in
1902 by the “Agricultural” squad.
A&M cracked the ice with a
vengeance in 1909, thumping Tex
as 23-0, and followed with wins of
5-0 and 14-13.
In 1911 an underdog Texas
squad trimmed the Aggies 6-0
with a full-fledged riot breaking
athletic relations.
This state of affairs lasted until
the Southwest Conference was
formed in 1915. In the first game
in four years, A&M defeated Tex
as, 13-0.
Yelling and cheering sections
were now the vogue, although the
art of sports writing had come
something less than a long way.
From the files of The San Antonio
Express of 1916 comes the. follow
ing bizarre account of pre-game
activities:
“Austin will be invaded tomor
row, Thanksgiving Day, by an ar
my of 1,200 cadets and as many
more cadet sympathizers from the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, College Station and Bryan.
The object of the attack is. ...the
University of Texas and eleven
husky warriors from the Agricul
tural College fight it out with
eleven equally husky pigskin war
riors from the Longhorn camp.
“The Agricultural and Mechan
ical team left (College Station)
last night for Georgetown after
the ‘rousingest’ mass meeting ever
held at The Agricultural and Me
chanical College. Tonight, on
Kyle Field, the jinx which brought
about the defeat of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College at
the hands of the Rice Owls will
be burned and a funeral oration
preached by “Dutch” Hohn, master
orator of the College history. Yell
leader Denning and assistants
Allen and Forsythe will give their
leather-lunged followers the final
workout before Thursday’s match
and the formation to be staged
between halves on Clark Field will
be practiced.
“This is to be a busy week for
the cadets. On Friday night, the
Thanksgiving Ball, honoring the
football team, will be given at
Sbisa Hall.
Such was the setting for the
battle in 1916, but an Aggie team
with a record of 6-2 fell to the
out after the game. The next I Longhorns, 21-7.
The Aggies defeated Texas 7-0
in the 1917 contest to post an un
defeated record and take their
first Southwest Conference title.
In 1918-19 the score was 7-0
in both games, with each team
adding a win to its list.
Upset-minded Texas defeated
the Aggies 7-3 in 1920 and scored
the first touchdown that had been
scored on the Cadets in two years.
1921 produced a 0-0 tie, while
A&M took a 14-7 victory the fol
lowing year.
The 1922 game was won by the
Aggies, 14-7, with the aid of a
monstrous 484-yard ground at
tack.
Kyle Field Defeat
Texas’ first victory on Kyle
Field came in 1923, with the Ag
gies falling, 6-0.
The following year, at the for
mal opening of Memorial Stadium,
the Longhorns emerged victorious
by a score of 7-0.
The Aggies then came roaring
back to hand Texas a 28-0 licking.
In 1927-28 the two teams
swapped out, with Texas winning
in ’27 and the Cadets taking the
’28 game.
The Longhorns’ championship
team took the Aggies 10-0 in
1929, but in 1930 the Cadets
bounced back for a 13-0 win.
From 1931-33 the Aggies only
won one ti’L vT.ich hadn’t been
characteristi: in 'he past see-saw
seasons.
1933 brought a hair-raising 10-
10 tie between the two foes.
In 1934-35 the two teams played
swap-out, as, each took home a
victory.
The 1936 Aggies, highly favored,
nevertheless lost a 7-0 decision to
Texas.
A&M won a battle of goal-line
stands in 1937, staving off Texas'
last efforts to take a 7-0 decision.
In 1938 the Ags went down
again, 7-6, to an underdog team.
But in 1939, the Cadet national
champions made shambles of the
Longhorns, 20-0.
> From 1940 to 1950 the Aggies
couldn’t break the Texas jinx and
were on the short end of the score
every year, except in 1948, when
the two squads battled to a 14-14
tie.
In 1951 the Aggies overpowered
the Longhorns 22-21 in an action-
filled battle in College Station.
The 1952 season didn’t prove to
be a very successful one for the ■
Aggies. They won three, lost six
and tied one and were outscored by
one of Texas’ best teams, 32-12.
In 1953 an improving Cadet
team, which finished with a record
of 4-5-1, fell to Texas, 21-12. ,
1954 brought the Aggies the
worst season since 1948 as they
managed to win only one game.
This year the Longhorns walked
off with a 22-14 verdict.
In 1955 the Aggies won seven,
lost two and tied one, but still
were outmanned by the persistent
Longhorns.
TU Downed in Memorial
1956 found Jack Pardee a sen
ior and John Crow a junior. The
Aggies racked up nine wins, one
tie and beat the Longhorns 34-21
in Memorial Stadium. This was
the first time A&M had beaten
Texas in Memorial Stadium and
also the last time the Cadets have
licked Texas. A&M won eight
and lost three in 1957 and were
chosen to play in the Gator Bowl.
Texas won by one point that year
on a last-minute field goal.
In 1958 under a new coach, Jim
Myers, the Cadets were dumped
27-0 by Texas.
Then last year, SWC tri-champ
Texas was forced to come from
behind three times to subdue the
stubborn Aggies, 20-17, in a game
that saw Charlie Milstead almost
pass the Longhorns into submis
sion.
So there is the story of the
Aggie-TU annual football contest.
In many instances, upsets have
prevailed, and nothing could top
this year, with only one win and
three ties on the Cadet slate, more
than an upset of the highly re
garded Longhorns.