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Pane (i College Station, Texas Thursday, August 8, 1968 THE BATTALION A&M Leader In SWC History 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 facul ty in 1888, was the first manager and one of those responsible for football being established at the college. A&M played no out-of- town games in 1895 but resumed a schedule in 1896 and have con tinued 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 was a loss to Arkansas, and TCU held in 1909 team to a score less 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 Tex as Intercollegiate Athletic Asso ciation until the Southwest Ath letic Conference was formed in 1914 and is a remaining charter member of that organization along with Texas, Arkansas, Rice University, Texas Tech and Bay lor. The Aggfes have won the SWC Championship nine times outright and tied with SMU another. A&M won the title in 1917, 1919, 1921, 1925, 1939, tied in 1940, won again in 1941, 1956, and 1967. The 1939 Aggie team was National Cham pions and defeated Tulane in the Sugar Bowl Classic. FRESHMEN!! — Listen to Lou — Save Like Upper Classmen Do .... Take Advantage of the Largest Stock of Used Textbooks IN OUR 27 YEARS OF SERVICE Accumulated through the satisfaction Texas Aggies have with our USED BOOK RENTAL POLICY. AH texts on official university booklist. Ask An Upper Classman - Or An Aggie-Ex - He’ll Tell You About Loupors North Gate KYLE FIELD RECORD A record number of 53,175 fans jammed New Kyle Field on “Turkey Day ’67” to watch the Ag-gies beat Texas, 10-7. The victory also won A&M the Southwest Conference foot ball title. Nearly 6,000 of the spectators were on the track in temporary seats. The Sta dium, now completed, will seat 48,000 in the permanent seats. 18 Athletes Now Make Up Hall Of Fame On Oct. 16, 1964, the A&M Athletic Hall of Fame was in- augrated. The Hall of Fame now contains 18 honorees who were recognized for the great contri butions to sports activities at Ag- gieland. The 1964 honorees include: Frank G. (Col. Andy) Anderson, trgck coach at A&M for 25 sea sons; Joel Hunt, All-SWC back at A&M during the 1925-27 era who set a still-existing SWC scoring record of 128 points his senior year; and Joseph E. Routt, two time all-America guard (1936- 37) who was killed in action dur ing the Battle of the Bulge in 1945. Also included in the 1964 list are John Kimbrough, two-time all-America fullback and Bill (Jitterbug) Henderson, the most versitile A&M athlete who won a total of 11 varsity letters in five sports. In 1965 five more Aggies were added to the Hall of Fame: Hom er Norton, A&M coach who led the Aggies to the 1939 national championship; Jack Mahan, cap tain and fullback of the 1920 Ag gies and an Olympian in track; Tyree Bell, football stalwart who captained the Aggies in 1912 and again in 1914; Walt (Buddy) Davis, basketball and track star who won the Olympic high jump in 1952 and Darrow Hooper, foot ball and trackman who was shot put runner-up in 1952 Olympic compettition. 1966 saw four more members added: Dana X. Bible, A&M coach who produced five cham pionship teams in football and three in basketball; Dick Todd, broken field runner at A&M who went on to pro fame with the Washington Redskins; Joe M. Boyd, co-captain of the 1939 na tional champion football team and an all-America tackle the same year and Arthur H. Hamden, all- America trackman who won a gold medal in the 1948 Olympics as a member of the winning 1600- meter relay team. Four more athetes were added in 1967: Caesar (Dutch) Hok, 1912 captain of the football team and all-Southern in three posi tions, won three baseball letters; J. V. (Siki) Sikes, three-sport star — football basketball and baseball — was all-SWC end in 1927, captain of basketball team and was all-SWC in baseball; W. N. (Uncle Bill) James, A&H football line coach 1935-48 who produced three all-Americas and 16 all-SWC linemen and W. W, (Wally) Moon, who won two base ball and two basketball letters, also was all-SWC outfielder in 1950 and went on to the major leagues where he played in the 1959 World Series. Read Battalion Classifieds FRESHMEN WELCOME! 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