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L&Grange Holds Key
SOPH SIGNAL CALLER
Charles LaGrange adds air attack to Aggie defense.
By JIM BUTLER
Battalion Sports Editor
Rio Grande City is a small agri
cultural community in deep South
Texas just a few swimming strokes
; from the Mexican border. Their best
product seems to be freckles and
a kid that throws footballs like
i Tempest Storm tosses clothes.
At least that is the impression
1 you get after talking to Charles
: La(. range am 1 watching him play
o: football.
THE SHY LaGrange is 19 years
old, stands G-l, 185, and lists his
|| current occupation as sophomore
Marketing major and quarterback
\ for Coach Hank Foldberg, with
passing his specialty. And with
him may lie the key to future
A&M gridiron success.'
To say LaGrange was unheralded
when he came to Aggieland is
like saying Houston is a village.
Few people outside the Valley had
ever heard of him and the situation
changed little even after he con
nected for 20 of 24 passes against
the Texas Shorthorns as a Fish.
But trumpets sounded Saturday
night when LaGrange was unveiled
against Louisiana State. The Ag
gie Band blasting out the War
Hymn signifying the start of the
fourth quarter and the Cadets
trailed 14-0.
LAGRANGE TOOK over with the
Farmers having first down on their
own 20. On the third play, his
pass to halfback Travis Reagan
was intercepted and it looked like
his career was short and sour.
Aggies Stage
Yardage Fight
On LSU Tar!
RUNS OVER DALLAS
Cleveland’s Jim Brown
Off To Good NFL Start
CLEVELAND UP) — Oxygen,
salt tablets and a fine team ef
fort played a part in getting the
Cleveland Browns’ great fullback,
Jim Brown, off to a big start in
his seventh National Football
League season.
Gentleman Jim, relaxing at his
home after galloping 232: yards
against Dallas at the Cotton
Bowl Sunday, was happy to talk
about a favorite topic—the of
fensive line that opens up the
holes in front of him.
“Yes, I’d match our forward
line against any in the league,”
said Brown. “They have speed
and determination.”
BROWN’S 232 yards were just
five short of his own league rec
ord for rushing in a single game.
With the 162 yards he made the
previous week against the Wash
ing-ton Redskins, he has a total
of 394, which is a'good start for
an onslaught on the season rush
ing record. That record, also held
by Jim Brown, is 1,527 yards and
was set in 1958, his second year
.in the NFL.
Blanton Collier, the Browns’
scholarly coach, had just finished
looking at film of the 41-24 vic
tory at Dallas — the second
straight win for the Browns.
“THE OFFENSE executed the
details in a fine manner,” said
Collier. “Jim did an excellent
job. No, that’s not good enough.
He was tremendous. He’s a ter
rific runner. On that one long
run-—71 yards for a touchdown in
the first quarter—he got good
blocking, made some adjustments.
They had him, but he broke
away.”
The coach thought that despite
the heat his men looked stronger
in the fourth quarter. And this
is where the oxygen and salt tab
lets come in.
THE BROWNS had made spe
cial preparations for a week
ahead, looking forward to the
Dallas heat, and they were not
disappointed.
“I don’t know what it was in
the stands,” said Collier, “but the
temperature on the floor of the
Cotton Bowl must have been close
NOTES
and
QUOTES
to 100. It takes a lot of courage
and determination to play well
under those conditions.
“It’s a test on a man’s cour
age,” was the way Jim Brown
put it. “You feel weak. It’s hard
to keep yourself going.”
COLLIER fed his men salt tab
lets, and he had oxygen tanks at
the sidelines so the men could
take a whiff whenever they came
off the field.
Apparently the preparations
paid off. Brown said the hole
that John Wooten and Dick
Schafrath opened up for him the
last time he carried the ball was
the biggest he had seen all day.
The speedy fullback scooted
through that one for 62 yards
and a touchdown.
Saturday night’s clash with LSI!
featured a close statistical battle
which was won by the Tigers after
a hard fight against the invading
Aggies from Texas.
The Tigers eked out a slim 11-
point edge in total rushing yard
age, 200-189 and the Aggies led in
yardage via the airlines, 56-33.
The pass play contributed to
A&M’s first touchdown of the year
when halfback Uzell heaved a 5-
yard spiral to Travis Reagan.
Leading the rushing was quarter
back Jim Linnstaedter who racked
up 44 yards in 13 carries for a 3.4
average. George Hargett had the
best rushing average, 4.0 with 32
yards in eight tries. Reagan who
grabbed Uzzell’s aerial in the end
zone, had a rushing average of
3.1 with 28 gained in eight at
tempts. These three countered
with 101 of the 133 total yards
rushing.
In the passing department four
Aggie chunkers took to the air
lanes 13 times with 6 landing at
the desired targets. One Aggie
pass was intercepted but Mike
Pitman stole a Tiger pass to even
the count.
Charles LaGrange completed 3
of 7 pasees for a .429 average
while Linnstaedter connected two
times in 4 tries for a .500 mark.
Uzzell threw only one pass but it
was the one that put the Aggies in
the scoring column.
rviEixi i
By JIM BUTLER
Battalion Sports Editor
Two Aggies received pats-on-the-
back from the Dallas Morning
News for their play against LSU.
Soph QB Charles LaGrange was
given Honorable Mention for Back
of the Week and end Ronnie Car
penter received a similar kudo as
Lineman of the Week. The top
choices went to Tommy Crutcher,
TCU’s powerful fullback, and Scott
Appleton, Texas’ all-American
tackle candidate . . . Aggie - Ex
Mike Clark kept his perfect record
in tact with three extra poipts
for the Philadelphia Eagles making
him six-for-six in two leagues tilts.
He also added a 28-yard field goal
. . . Houston Post Sports Editor
Clark Nealon on A&M’s showing
at Baton Rouge, ‘The Farmers are
a team that demands respect in the
championship scramble.” . . . Dave
Campbell, Waco News-Tribune, on
A&M QB Jim Linnstaedter, “Jim
played with such dash and sparkle
most of the time that there was
no overlooking him.” . . . The two
stewardesses who accompanied the
Cadets to Baton Rouge and back—
Mary Caldwell and Patsy Round-
tree— were impressed with the
social bearing of the team. “The
boys were extremely pleasant and
mannerly. It’s quite unusual on
a charter like this,” Mary reported
. . . A&M’s touchdown against LSU
was their first against the Tigers
since 1956. It also put them three
weeks ahead of last year’s pace
when they didn’t cross the goal
in the first three games.
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“The receiver was right there
when I should have thrown it,
but I didn’t throw quick enough.
I was a little nervous,” LaGrange
explained.
But 10 miniutes later he was
back, and the jitters were gone.
“I wasn’t nervous the second time.
I was just mad at myself,” La
Grange said.
A&M HAD the ball on the Tiger
45, first and 10. Ten plays later,
the freckle-faced soph had guided
the Cadets to their first TD of the
season.
LaGrange’s performance, coupled
with the fine showing of quarter
back Jim Linnstaedter, brought
gladness and optimism back to Ag
gie hearts. The biggest A&M de
ficiency in the past three years
has been at this key backfield
slot and now- it looks like the Ag
gies have a pair to fill the bill.
Ohio State will be the next test
and this perennial Big 10 power
had better be on its gmard. When
asked about the upcoming contest,
LaGrange said, “The team feels
real good about the game and we’re
going to give them a real fight.”
George Hargett
This fleet Aggie halfback from Linden is tied for seconii
reception in the Southwest Conference after catching ftif
passes against LSU. Hargett is a steady competitor!
owns two varsity letters.
Port Arthur Keeps First;
Rampaging Eagles Seconi
DALLAS VP) — Leaders held
their places in the Dallas News
ratings of schoolboy football
teams Monday but there was some
notable moving up.
San Antonio Brackenridge, de
fending Class AAAA champion,
surged into the No. 2 spot ahead
of Corpus Cbristi Miller on the
basis of a 61-28 victory over
Uvalde in the Eagles’ opener last
week.
SPRING BRANCH, Corpus
Cbristi Ray and Houston Austin
fell out of the top 10. Richardson,
Wichita Falls and Dallas Samuell
replaced them.
Port Arthur held onto No. 1
with 97 points of a possible 106.
Dumas and Albany each was
given maximum support for the
No. 1 spots in Classes AAA and A
respectively. This meant they
each got the full 10 votes of sports
writers over the state who con
tributed to the poll.
GRAHAM AGAIN was No. 2 in
Class AAA but Jacksonville
plunged from third out of the rat
ings as its conqueror, Nederland,
took the No. 10 spot.
New London stayed No. 2 and
Pearland No. 3 in Class A behind
Albany. Goldthwaite, Jefferson
and Rosebud were newcomers.
Denver City got nine of ten
votes as No. 1 in Class AAA but
Pine Tree, Missouri City Dulles
and Sweeny dropped out of the
top 10. Olney, Mason and Gilmer
replaced them.
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THE TOP 10 BY CLASSES
Class AAAA—1, Port
2, San Antonio Brackenridgt
Corpus Cbristi Miller. 4, Sat
gelo. 5, Galena Park. 6, Midi
7, Borger. 8, Richardson. 9jl
ita Falls. 10, Dallas Samuell
Class AAA—1, Dumas.
ham. 3, Corsicana. 4, Oranji
Brownwood. 6, Bay City. 1
Kinney. 8, Hurst Bell. 9, PI
San Juan-Alamo. 10, Nederk
Class A A—1, Denver City,
Sinton. 3, Stamford. 4, Olney
Mason. 6, Rockdale. 7, Katj,
Gilmer. 9, Plano. 10, Atlanta
Class A—1, Albany. 2, Lor,
3, Pearland. 4, Goldthwaite,
Seagi'aves. 6, Jefferson. 7, If
Oak. 8, Rosebud. 9, Ingleside.
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