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FROM THE •Sideli ined By LAN I PRESSWOOD 'he prompt of nations; In a recent column in The Dallas Times Herald, Blackie Sherrod passed along some reminiscences of kformer longtime official Abb Curtis. Several of them dealt with A&M and were just too good to passup. ‘It was Abb’s turn again and he recalled the famous f preside! plays of Homer Norton at Texas A&M. Norton y were oi.Hi ne( j a i ar g- e rep as an inventor of trick plays when he i 1 ® CoMit Bis at Centenary. Especially did he favor the hideout play eiopment, on the kickoff and he used many variations of it. Congress I ‘When A&M received the kickoff, the runner would dash port saiib the opposite side of the field from the Aggie bench. One jra a pres Aggie would casually ignore the kickoff and wander over in ss “cmfepont of the Aggie squad where his uniform would blend 1 disaster in with the subs on the sidelines. He would be careful to jjj&y on-sides. On the first play, he would dash downfield ong otltr >nal amerl ind the Aggie passer would throw him a long shot. Usually ident wou ^ completely unnoticed and would be in the clear \ en po,f when the pass reached him. (Present rules outlaw the play, m e vl “fceryone must line up within 15 yards of the ball.)’ ‘This was in 1947 when Bob Woodruff coached at Baylor IT a non® be appro™ wen f. down to College Station to play the Aggies, joint sesswB course, he had heard about Norton’s hideout play and R thought it was illegal,” said Curtis. “Before the game that Con'he cornered me and said, ‘If Norton pulls that hideout on the need bme, I’m gonna send an assistant coach across the field and on to rem teckle the hideout before the ball is snapped! It’s not a the ConstiBir play and I’m not gonna stand for it! What are you l successionKng to do about that?’ He was mad, even before the game, the couiM told him I would deal with it properly if the occasion arose, ce president I “Before the kickoff, Woodruff and his assistant were highest of poking across the field at every inch of ground in front ■ the Aggie bench. They were determined that Norton „ . f Bsn’t going to hoodwink them. But the hideout was Barney nf the [!».IM c h» an d he was on the Baylor side of the field! He pisn’t 15 yards away from Woodruff himself. The Aggies Kn the kickoff back to the 35-yard line and on the first blay, Welch caught it all right, but it was so easy that Barney got to laughing. He laughed so hard that he fell |own on the Baylor 40-yard line, with nobody around him. pd the Aggies didn’t score on it.” ‘Then a few weeks later, SMU went to College Station. Norton was going to try the same trick. He sent Welch Bound to the SMU side of the field but his timing was off. S^elch got there before the Mustangs got out of their dress- Ig room for the kickoff. So he hid in the midfield tunnel. The SMU team ran right past him on their way to the field. But Rusty Russell saw Welch in the tunnel. ‘The SMU assistant then hollered at Curtis, who was fereeing.’ “They’re hiding him in the tunnel, Abb!” yelled .usty. “There’s nothing I can do about it,” said Curtis. “He |an be anywhere he wants before the kickoff.” “Well they’re not gonna get away with it,” Russell said. |’ll put Doak Walker on him.” ‘So Doak Walker was summoned, Welch was pointed out and Walker was instructed to stay with the Aggie wher ever he went, tunnel, field or bathroom. ‘Welch went out on the field shortly before the kickoff and Walker eyed him closely. The Aggies received and returned to the opposite side of the field. Walker remained wide, his eye still on Welch and the SMU bench shouting encouragem 6 h t. “So what did A&M do?” said Abb. “While everyone was watching Welch, the A&M passer threw to his other end and he dang near scored.” — is ’45 an man,,. ers uing THE BATTALION Friday, January 8, 1965 College Station, Texas Page 3 Roundballers Meet SMU In Dallas Saturday Night KEN NORMAN ready for Mustangs. The Aggie Cagers, smarting from their first defeat in 1965 conference play, tackle Southern Methodist University Saturday at Dallas. The Mustangs are 1-0 in SWC play as they downed Rice last Tuesday 66-62. SMU center Car rol Hooser put on an eight point scoring splurge with 10 minutes left to put the Mustangs on top to stay. SMU is without last year’s scor ing ace Gene Elmore. They seem to be more balanced this year. Three players hit in double figures against the Owls. Hooser hit 22, Jim Smith added 10 and Bill Ward tossed in 11. SMU’s Head Coach Doc Hayes says the Mustangs’ victory over the nationaly ranked Saint Louis Bills was just the right tonic the cagers needed to add the magic ingredient of confidence to their attack. SMU brings a 6-5 overall record into the game with wins over the Bills, Oklahoma City and Missouri as highlights. The Mustangs have the sixth and seventh highest scorers in the SWC starting Saturday night. They are Charles Ceasley aver aging 13.5 points a game and Bill Ward averaging 12.9 points a con test. The Ags will counter with the second, eight and ninth leading scorers in the SWC. John Beas ley, Nen Norman and Paul Tim mins. The starting lineups: A&M Pos SMU Beasley C Hooser Timmins G Ward Stringfellow G Beasley Norman F Smith Gas way K Wendorf Conference Play Resumes CP)—Southwest Conference com petition resumes Saturday night. The Baylor Bears, who now boast the best season record in the league, will be host to Rice at Waco Saturday night while Ark ansas meets Texas Tech at Lub bock. In the only afternoon game Saturday, Texas Christian will be host to Texas at Fort Worth. The Bears, with an 8-2 season mark, have averaged 89.3 points game for the offense leadership in the conference. Arkansas has the best defensive record for the season, allowing their foes only an average of 66.1 points per game. The rebound honors also go to the Bears, who have averaged 50.2 per game. Texas Tech leads in field goal accuracy with a .475 percentage while Rice, which hasn’t been able to garner much glory otherwise, has the best per formance at the free throw line with a .749 percentage. A&M, now 7-3 have the second best season record in the confer ence, followed by Texas Tech with a 6-4 mark, Southern Methodist with a 6-5, Texas with a 5-5, Arkansas with 4-4, and Texas Christian with 3-7. Undisputed occupants of the loop cellar are the Rice Owls, who have suffered 10 defeats in 19 outings. Ara Parseghian Given New 5-Year Coaching Contract (A*) — Notre Dame University tore up Ara Parseghian’s four- year football coaching contract and rewarded him with a new five- year pact Thursday after his sen sational 1964 Irish debut. It was not indicated whether any other benefits were included in the new contract. Parseghian guided an Irish team which had a 2-7 record in 1963 to a 9-1 mark in the 1964 season. The Irish won nine straight and then were edged by Southern California 20-17 in the season finale. Parseghian was named, college Coach of the Year by the Foot ball Writers Association of Ameri ca and the Irish won the football Hall of Fame’s MacArthur Bowl as the season’s outstanding team. wees ite for free a Move". 3FER & CO. e. Bryan N '$ lay 1964 — 1965 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY DIRECTORY of Offices — Staff — Students Price $1.00 Now On SALE At The Student PubUcations Office Y M C A Bldg. The Church..For a Fuller File..For You.. CALENDAR OF CHURCH SERVICES OUR SAVIOUR’S LUTHERAN 8:15 & 10:45 A.M.—The Church at Worship 9 :30 A.M.-—Bible Classes For All Holy Communion—First Sunday Each Month CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY ople’s Servic ervice 9 :30 A.M.—Sunday School . «« * »» Sunday Service 11:00 A.M 10:00 - 11:30 A.M.—FYiday Reading- Room 7:00-8 :00 P.M.—Wed., Reading Room 8 :00 P.M.—Wed. Evening Worship FIRST BAPTIST 9 :30 AM—Sunday School 10 :46 AM Morning Worship 6 :10 PM—Training Uni 7:20 PM 6:30 PM—C meetings (W, 7 :30 PM—Midweek Services ion shir 7 :20 PM—Evening Won hoir Practice & ’ednesday) Teachers’ (Wednesday) A&M CHURCH OF CHRIST 8 :00 A.M.—Worship 9 :00 A.M.—Bible Study 10:00 A.M.—Worship 6 :16 P.M.—Young People’s Class 6:00 P.M.—Worship 7 :15 P.M.—Aggie Class 9 :30 A.M.—Tuesday - Ladies Bible Class 7 :16 P.M.—Wednesday - Bible Study CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 9 :45 A.M.—Sunday School 10 :45 A.M.—Morning Worship 6 :30 P.M.—Young People’s Ser 7 :00 P.M.—Preachir ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL 906 Jersey Street, So. Side of Campus Rector: William R. Oxley 8:00 & 9:15 A.M.—Sunday Service 9:15 A.M.—Nursery & Sunday School UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod) 10:00 A.M.—Bible Class 11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship Services at Presbyterian Student Center UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP 305 Old HWy. 6 S. 10 :00 A.M.—Sunday School 7 :45 P.M.—First four Sundays of each month — Fellowship Meeting. SECOND BAPTIST 710 Eisenhower 9 :46 A.M.—Sunday School 11:00 A.M.—Church Service 6 :30 P.M.—Training Union 7 :30 P.M.—Church Service A&M PRESBYTERIAN 9 :45 A.M.—Church School 11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC Sunday Masses—7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 FAITH CHURCH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 9:15 A.M.—Sunday School 10 :30 A.M.—Morning Worship 7 :30 P.M.—Evening Service COLLEGE HEIGHTS ASSEMBLY OF GOD 9 :45 A.M.—Sunday School 11:00 A.M.—Morning Worshr 6 :30 P.M.—Young 7 :30 P.M.—Evenir A&M METHODIST 9 :45 A.M.—Sunday School 10 :56 A.M.—Morning Worship 5 :30 P.M.—Campus & Career Class 6 :30 & 6 :00 P.M.—MYF Meetings 7 :00 P.M.—Evening Worship CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS 26th East and Coulter, Bryan orship eople’s Service Worship r.ast ar 8 :30 A.M.—Priesthood mi [.—Sunday Schoc er, ur neetin 10 :00 A.M.—Sunday School 6 :30 P.M.—Sacrament Meeting FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Homestead & Ennis 9 :45 A.M.—Sunday School 10 :60 A.M.-—Morning Worship 5 :30 P.M.—Young People Simply stone and iron! Our photographer called this “Strength.” Stone and iron are unyielding. But the greatest strength this world has known is a STRENGTH that yields: God possesses a resolute Will . . , yet He gives man freedom of will. God embodies all Power . . . but He hears and answers prayer. God breathes Holiness . . . yet He forgives men’s sin. For God is Love . . . and love is a living Strength . . . that reaches, inspires, guides, protects, promises, fulfills. He was a descendant of the Ages of Stone and of Iron — that earnest seeker who cried, The Lord is the strength of my life. At church, next Sunday, you’ll rub shoulders with countless others who look beyond walls and chains to find STRENGTH. Copyright 1966 Keister Advertising Service, Inc., Strasburg, Vo. 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