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Today's game brings the · favorite but Rice outfought the Green home for an appearance before their loyal Wave all the way, although they were so boosters for the first time during the 1947 battered and beaten they never fully re­ season. It promises to be a very exciting covered all season. Then it was in the game as both teams are strong. Each team Tulane-Rice game that the Owls really has played two games and Tulane has the feathered last year and showed a pre­ upper edge, having won one and lost 0ne. view of things to come for the season. Rice lost a hard fought opener to L. S. U. Neely-coached elevens have lost 4 to by 21-14 and th ~ n journeyed to Los An­ Tulane and have taken 3 decisions since geles and came back with a 7-7 tie with he came to Rice in 1940. This is Coach the U. S. C. Trojans. Henry Frnka's second season at Tulane We are glad to welcome the Tulane and he will be out to even the record after "Green Wave" as our guest and rival his team was defeated 25-6 while he was today. This marks the thirteenth appear­ at his son's bedside last year. a nee between the two teams and should The· series stands: prove to be lucky 13 for one. Tulane holds 1916 ...... Rice 23 ...... Tulane 13 a one game edge in the series which 1917 ...... Rice 16 ...... Tulane 0 started in 1916 with a Rice victory of 1920 ...... Rice 0 ...... Tulane 0 23-13. Since that time Tulane has won 6 1921 ...... ~ . Rice 6 ...... Tulane 7 games, Rice 4 games and 1 ended in a 1938 ...... Rice 17 ...... Tulane 26 scoreless deadlock. 1940 ...... Rice 6 ...... Tulane 15 The old followers of this series will 1941 ...... Rice 10 ...... Tulane 9 never forget some of the memorable 1942 ...... Rice 7 ...... Tulane 18 games which have been played by these 1943 ...... Rice 0 ...... Tulane 33 two teams. For instance the bitterly 1944 ...... Rice 0 ...... Tulane 21 fought 10-9 decision which went to Rice 1. 945 ...... Rice 13 ...... Tulane 7 in the '41 season. Tulane was a heavy 1946 ...... Rice 25 ...... Tulane 6

REMEMBER HOMECOMING ARKANSAS vs RICE NOVEMBER 8 DR. WILLIAM V. HOUSTON President, The Rice Institute

terms it. He graduated from T.M.I. at , Texas, in 1922, and four years later from Austin College. During his college days, he played under Pete Cawthern, later of Texas and pro-football fame, and lettered three years, earning All-Confer­ ence honors one season. Joining the ranks of the rugged Texas prep circuit, Frnka became and at Lubbock High School the year he graduated, remain­ ing for a period of five years. He moved to Green­ ville High School, also in Texas, in 1931, and stayed the same length of time. During that decade, the young head coach faced the cream of Texas prep ball and c.ame through with the unbelievable record of 103 victories again·st only eight losses and seven ties. Satisfied that he was ready for college competi­ tion, Frnka moved to and The the next year to become assistant coach under . Here he remain­ ed until 1940, when he departed for Temple Univer­ sity and a year's stay. And then the soft-spoken Texan made his college debut as a head coach, taking over the reins of an unheralded Tulsa University Golden Hurricane and zooming it . into the gridiron prominence it was to retain all during the Frnka regime. For three straight years, Frnka brought the Missouri THIS MAN FRNKA Valley diadem to Tulsa, during the 1941-42-43 sea­ sons, and over the five years he compiled an envi­ Out West, when those Monday get able record of 37 victories against but six losses and together for a chat, the talk never fails to include one tie. In addition, he also made a Tulsa appear­ the name of one man ·n the football limelight, a ance in one of the Nation's bowl games on New name they swear by in that blistering language so Year's Day virtually a foregone conclusion. typical of the wide open spaces. Twice, he brought the Hurricane to New Orleans He's a comparative newcomer to the football for the encounter, an extravaganza that world, his short period of six years as head coach many rate as the best of the post-season shows. being overshadowed by the lengthy records of such Once, he went all the way to Miami to participate in gridiron pillars as Amos Alonzo (That Grand Old the and twice returned to his native Man of Football) Stagg, or Bernie (Powerhouse) Texas for appearances in the at Houston Bierman, and Clark (T) Shaughnessy. But in that and the Sun Bowl at El Paso. time he's written many a brilliant page in football Records play an important part in the selection of history bdoks, and by the time he's been around as · "bowl" elevens but today there's another important long as the aforementioned stalwarts, will probably item-color. Frnka has the faculty of achieving both, . have written many another. a winning machine that may explode at any moment That man is Henry Frnka of Tulane university, the for a thrust, either on a heart-stopping only man in the gridiron sport today who claims to 50-yard pass, a bone-crushing off-tackle slant, a have lost instead of earned a letter in football. thrilling -sweep or a deceptive reverse. Frnka, who has had his name pronounced and And there's one more thing of which you may be spelled every way from "Frinka" to "Frank" to sure. When a _Frnka team takes the field, it's in the "Furnka" (actually it's pronounced "Franko"), was best condition possible and it's mentally ready for born on a windy March day in 1903 at Garwood, the game. As Frnka expressed it recently, "We may Texas, "just one of those modest Texans," as he be beaten, but we won't be out-fought." The Rice Institute The Rice Institute has come a long way in legiate and AAU hurdles champion; John athletics in the past 20 years. The Houston Donaldson, National AAU discus champion in School, among the nation's highest ranking 1945. In , Sam Match and Bobby Curtis institutions academically, sends its football won the national inter - collegiate doubles team out for the thirty-sixth season in 1947. A championship in 1946; Frank Guernsey, win­ member of the , this in­ ner of the national inter-collegiate tennis stitution has compiled an enviable record in singles title in 1938 and 1939 to become the athletics. seventh youth to win two successive champion­ On Rice's Honor Roll of Athletic Achieve­ ships in the fifty -one years of the tournament; ment for the last 20 years can be found two Wilber Hess, national inter-collegiate singles Southwest conference championship football champion in 1935. In the conference zone, Rice teams, 1934 and 193 7; one tie for conference won four track championships, won three and championship in football in 1946 with Univer­ shared five titles in basketball, won three in­ sity , of Arkansas-each with one conference dividual team championships. The spring 'Of loss; one cotton bowl championship in football, 1 939 saw Rice sweep conference honors in 1937; one Orange bowl championship in foot­ track, tennis, and , and repeat in tennis in ball, 1947; Bill Wallace, All-American Back 1940 and 1941. in 1934; H. J. Nichols, All-American guard, The above records should be testimony that 1944; , All-American guard in Rice emphasizes no one sport to the neglect of 1946; All-American basketball players in Bob another. Kinney ( 1942), Bill Tom Closs ( 1943), and Rice is proud of its athletic program; prouder Bill Henry (1944-45), the late Claude Bracey, still because it has been established without national collegiate 100 and 220 yard dash lowering .scholastic standards. champion and a member of the U. S. Olympic Richly -endowed by William Marsh Rice, the Team in 1928; Jack Paterson, National AAU founder who died in 1900 before his plan 400 meter hurdle titlist in 1937 and 1939; Fred materialized, the Institute is located on a 300- Wolcott, holder of the World's record for the acre Campus in Houston's South End, bordered low hurdles at 22.5 and co-holder in the high by the city's main thoroughfare. Rice is non­ hurdles at 13.7; Bill Cummins, National Col- sectarian, non-political.

1946 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE STANDINGS SEASON LEADING SCORES Won Lost Tied Pts. Ops. Pet. Name School T.D. E.P. F.G. Total

Rice 0 0 •• 0. 0 0 •• 0 8 2 0 237 62 .800 , hb . .. Texas 8 0 2 54 Raymond Jones, fb .. Texas 7 0 0 42 Texas •• 0 0 •••• 0 0 8 2 0 290 68 .800 Huey Keeney, hb ... Rice 6 0 0 36 Arkansas 0. 0 •• 0. 6 3 .. 1 136 92 .650 James Canady, hb .. Texas 6 0 0 36 S.M. U. ••••• 0. 4 5 1 114 100 .450 Frank Guess, fb .... Texas 1 27 0 33 Texas A&M 0 •• 0 4 6 0 125 107 .400 Windell Williams, e .Rice 5 0 0 30 T. C. U. 0 0 ••• 0 0 0 2 7 1 90 148 .250 Aubrey Fowler, hb ..Arkansas 3 10 .0 28 Baylor 0 0. 0. 0. 0. 1 8 0 56 181 .111 The Rice Institute 1947 Football Schedule CONFERENCE Date School Place Won Lost Tied Pts. Ops. Pet. September 27* L. S. U. Baton Rouge October 4 u. s. c. Los Angeles Rice • 0 0 0 ••• ••• 0 5 1 0 117 43 .833 October 11 Tula;,e Houston

Arkansas 0 0 ••• •• 5 1 0 74 34 .833 October 18 S.M. U. Dallas . Texas ...... 4 2 0 98 49 .667 October 25 Texas U. Austin November 1 Texas Tech Houston Texas A&M 0 0 •• 3 3 0 62 58 .500 November 8 Arkansas (Homecoming I Houston

S.M. U. • 0 0 ••• 0 2 4 0 75 80 .333 November 15 Texas A. & M. Houston T. C. U...... 2 4 0 60 107 .333 November 22 T. C. U. Fort Worth No~ember 29 Baylor Houston Baylor • 0 ••••• 0. 0 6 0 29 144 .000 *Night Game RICE-TULANE FOOTBALL GAME

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INSURANCE COMPANY -HOME OFFICE HOUSTON 1, TEXAS Rice Coaches Head Coach their styles of play are very similar. Neely was Vander.bilt, 19 24 end coach and mentor under Wade at Alabama before going to Clemson as head foot­ Head Coach Jess Neely is looking forward to ball coach. He and the famous Rose Bowl coach the 1947 season with hopes of another success­ of Alabama and Duke teams have kept in close ful season. contact. He has lost only five men from his last year's In nine years at Clemson, Neely's teams won Conference co-champions and Orange Bowl 43, lost 35 and tied 7 games, coming along fast victors. These being co-captain Weldon Hum­ after the first four years in which they lost 21 ble, All-American last year, at right guard; as against 12 victories. His 1939 team was the co-captain Charles lY1almberg at right tackle; greatest, losing only to Tulane's Sugar Bowl Ted Scruggs at right end; H. J. Nichols the powerhouse 6 to 7, and scoring 159 points to first substitute for the left guard position; and their opponents 42, outside the Cotton Bowl Pete Sultis the first substitute for the right game which Clemson won over Boston College, guard spot. 6 to 3. Early last season Mr. Neely foresaw this Neely is a law graduate of Vanderbilt al­ situation and has groomed some very likely though he never has practiced the profession. men to fill these posts. With these men step­ After coaching Murfresboro, Tennessee High ping in and taking over as he feels they will, School one season at the request of a friend, Rice will again be fighting for a high place in Neely went back to Vanderbilt and got his de­ the Conference race. gree. Then he accepted a job at Southwestern Mr. Neely has shown that he is a perfec­ University, Memphis, Tennessee, where he tionist and places a great deal of emphasis on laughingly admits, he coached everything, in­ correct timing and precision teamwork. This cluding girl's basketball. Joe Davis, line coach, together with his added emphasis on the basic played for Jess at Southwestern. Jess was fundamentals of blocking and tackling has assistant baseball coach at Princeton in the always made his ·teams well trained units. spring of 1928 before going to Alabama, where Teams that can be depended upon to give all he stayed th~ough 1930. Then he went to they have by working together as a well­ Clemson. coordinated group with one purpose in mind. Neely, a native of Smyrna, Tennessee, and Joe Davis, one of Vanderbilt's immortals, came to Rice in Line Coach and Basketball Coach February 1940. While at Rice Neely has compiled an envi­ The football careers of Head Coach Jess able record of 42 wins, 29 losses and two ties. Neely and Line Coach Joe Davis have been Included in this is the defeating of the Univer­ pretty closely entwined. Both are natives of sity of Tennessee at Miami in the Orange Bowl Smyrna, Tennessee. January 1, 1947 by the score of 8 to 0. The first game of football Davis ever played Fighting football is the only kind Neely was against Vanderbilt and Captain Jess Neely knows how to play. Vanderbilt alumni and in 1922. Joe was playing for a Tennessee Nor­ people around Nashville still tell the story of mal school then. how Jess, an injured arm useless at his side, Davis transferred to Southwestern Univer­ captained the Commodores of 1922 in a bruis­ sity at Memphis in 1924 when Neely went to ing struggle with Michigan. A volume, "Van­ the Memphis school to coach. Davis made 12 derbilt Football" rates Neely as one of the letters at Southwestern, four each in football, greatest of Vanderbilt captains. . basketball and baseball. He was captain of the Jess was at Vanderbilt from 1920 through football team in 1926 and captain of the 1 922; and played under Dan McGuin and basketball team in 1928. Joe was an end in , the Duke Mentor of the present football. The school did not have track who was then an assistant to McGuin. He competition. was a back on the offense and an end on de­ Davis went into business following gradua­ fense, testimony as to his ability. Neely and tion, but he helped coach the Louisville, Miss., Wade have been fast friends ever since; in fact, high school team one year and was head coach of it another year before joining Neely at Navy Pre-flight School at Athens, Georgia, Clemson in 1931. where he served for three years. Previous to Aside from football, Davis has established a his Athens assignment, Wojecki was trainer at phenomenal record as a basketball coach. He Louisiana Tech, Ruston, La., for twelve years. took over Rice basketball when Byron (Buster) Prior to that he was at Howard College, Bir­ Brannon went into the Navy in mid-1942 and mingham, Alabama, for two years in three seasons finished no worse than FIRST. He holds a B.S. Degree in biological science His 1943 team tied with Texas for conference from Louisiana Tech and also a diploma in honors and his 1944 outfit wound up in a dead­ physio-therapy. lock with Arkansas for the title. Then his 1945 While at Louisiana Tech he coached Boxing Owls swept through the conference schedule and tumbling. without defeat, and hung up a scoring record This past year he was chosen as the outstand­ of 803 points in so doing. The 1944 and 1945 ing trainer of the year. teams featured Bill Henry who won Helms foundation selection as an All-American both , seasons and cracked Southwest conference scoring records both seasons. With the depar­ Backfield Coach and Ass't Track Coach ture of Buster Brannon, Davis returned to head Cecil Grigg is one of Texas' all-time football basketball coaching duties last season. greats. He played at Austin College and at Dal­ las University, winning All-Southern and All­ Maurice (Dutch) Baumgarten, American mention. Also a pro ball player for years, including time with Shreveport in the Assistant Football Coach and Baseball Coach Texas league in the days of Uncle Billy Smith, Maurice (Dutch) Baumgarten, native of Ewalt, Hartman, Chick Knaupp and V erbout, Schulenburg and captain of the University of Cecil also was a star of early pro football. He Texas football team of 1931, was a 1945 addi­ was an All-Pro league selection with Canton tion to the football coaching staff at Rice Insti­ · during the time of Jim Thorpe, and later spent tute. This year Dutch will add to his duties the several seasons with the . reins of the Baseball team. Baumgarten re­ Grigg was head coach at Austin College be­ ceived his honorable discharge from the U. S. fore coming to Rice with in 1934. · Navy just prior to the opening of the season Oldtimers rate him one of the greatest of ­ and was hired by Rice. Previous to his Navy ning backs in Texas. service, Baumgarten cou.ched at Nacogdoches With Coach Emmett Brunson away in the High School and at Stephen F. Austin Teachers Navy, Grigg stepped in as track coach in 1945, college at Nacogdoches. He is a member of the and turned in a commendable job. His out­ famous Schulenburg family of athletes. standing pupil was John Donaldson, who won the Southwest conference and National A.A.U. Junior and Senior discus titles. Emmett Brunson, This season Cecil will turn over the baseball Bus. Mgr. of Ath. and Track Coach squad to Baumgarten and assist Brunson in track. Emmett Brunson one of Rice Institute's most famous trackmen and coach of · many others including the internationally - famous Fred Melbert (Red) Bale, Wokott and Jack Patterson, has been on leave Assistant Coach to the U. S. Navy since 1942, in which he ad­ Melbert (Red) Bale is a graduate of Rice vanced to the rank of lieutenant commander. Institute in the class of 1936. He came to the He holds a share of the Southwest conference Rice Coaching Staff this season from Goose record for the mile with Hooper of S. M. U., Creek where he was the head football coach. the mark having stood since 1927, was broken Red was an all-conference guard on Rice's 1934 last year by Thompson of Texas U. He was a conference championship football team. After member of Rice's first Southwest conference graduating from Rice in 1936 he went to Goose championship track and field team, a team­ Creek as assistant football coach. He remained mate of the late Claude Bracey and coach of there in that capacity until 1942 when he two Rice track champions in his own right. He entered the service. He remained in the service holds a Master's Degree from Columbia, in until 1944 at which time he was discharged as addition to his Rice degree. a first lieutenant in the physical training field attached to the Air corps at Randolph Field, Eddie Woiecki, Texas. After his discharge he returned to Goose Trainer Creek as assistant football coach and last year was moved up to the head coach position. In Eddie Wojecki was added to the Rice Insti­ the last six years his teams won four district tute staff as Trainer in 1945, coming to the championships and twice went to the state Owls from a position as trainer for the U. S. semi-finals. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT MEDICAL STAFF Consulting Physician: Dr. J. G. Brannon, and Dr. E. T. Smith; School and Team Physi-cian, Dr. H. C. Welsh; and Team Trainer E. J. Wojecki. Consulting physicians not in picture: Dr. W. R. Earle and Dr. F. K. Lummis.

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Pr1zes. ....? -AT EVERY RICE "HOME-GAME"!

Our "Roving Photographer" will attend every "RICE" home game and take pictures of best dressed men as they enter the stadium ... from these pictures the three best dressed m·en 's pictures will oppear in the above spaces in the program of the following gome ... If your picture appears in the program ... call at Norton-Ditt.o Co. in the Esperson Building and you will receive a hand­ some gift FREE!

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ESPERSON BUILDING Tulane Roster

No. NAME WEIGHT HEIGHT EXPERIENCE HOMETOWN LEFT ENDS 34 W asieleski, John ...... 180 6 Squadman Shamokin, P a. 47 Partridge, Rex ...... 170 6-2 Letterman '46 New Orleans 49 Heider, Ed ...... 180 5-10 Squadman Odessa, Tex. 40 Riggs, Bill ...... 17 5 5- 11 Freshman Tulsa, Okla. 35 Fleider, Al ...... 190 6-2 Freshman Berwyn, Ill. LEFT TACKLES 56 Franz, Bob ...... 190 6-1 Letterman '46 Crystal Lake, Ill. 72 Lea, Paul ...... 21 5 6-1 Freshman New London, Tex. 64 Lennox, Ed ...... 205 6-2 Letterman '43 New Orleans 82 Druen, Max ...... 190 6-1 Squadman Enid, Okla. 94 Helluin, Jerome ...... 240 6-1 Freshman Donaldsonville, La. 79 Heintz, Tom ...... 230 6-2 Squadman Hartford, Wis. LEFT GUARDS 61 Deramee, Ed ...... 198 5-10 Letterman '46 Thibodeaux, La. 70 Holm, Darwood ...... 198 6 Letterman '42 Eau Claire, Wis. 60 Balen, Mike ...... 200 6 Letterman '42, '46 Sawyerville, Ill. 92 Brown, Rainey ...... 200 5-11 Squadman New Orleans 52 Eggenberger, Nick ...... 200 5-11 Freshman White Plains, N. Y. 78 Ford, Don ...... 180 5-11 Freshman New Orleans CENTERS 54 Kottemann, Stanley ...... 200 5-11 Letterman '46 New Orleans 55 Dedeaux, Homer ...... 185 6-1 Freshman Gulfport, Miss. 36 Kirschenheuter, Dan ...... 190 6 Letterman '43 New Orleans 97 McEver, Bill ...... 185 6-3 Squadman Hillsboro, Tex. 85 Reising, Tom ...... 190 6- 1 Freshman Evansville, Ind. 80 Crutchfield, Al ...... 195 6-1 Freshman Bristow, Okla. RIGHT GUARDS 69 Doyle, Dennis ...... 195 5-1 1 Freshman San Angelo, Tex. 68 Demma, Al ...... 200 5-11 Letterman '46 New Orleans 58 Rowland, David ...... 205 6-2 Squadman Hot Springs, Ark. 41 Maddox, George ...... 185 6-1 Freshman Dallas, Tex. 91 Miechowicz, John ...... 195 6-1 Squadman Chicago RIGHT TACKLES 71 Villars, Walter ...... 205 6-1 Letterman '46 New Orleans 73 Klein, Vic ...... 210 6-2 Letterman '41 , '46 New Orleans 67 Rogas, Dan ...... 200 6-1 Freshman Port Arthur, Tex. 81 Tessier, John ...... 205 6-1 Letterman '42, '46 New Orleans 95 Bounds, Clemon ...... 200 6-3 Squadman Pascagoula, Miss. 39 Headrick, Harold ...... 200 6-1 Freshman San Angelo, Tex. RIGHT ENDS 66 0 lsen, Ray ...... 190 6-2 Letterman '43, '44, '46 New Orleans 59 Tarzetti, Ken ...... 190 6-4 Letterman '43, '46 DeLisle, Miss. 57 O'Brien, Emile ...... 180 5-11 Squadman New Orleans 75 Joyce, Don ...... 190 6 Freshman Stubenville, 0 . 65 . Chassee, Dick ...... 180 6-3 Squadman Chicago QUARTERBACKS 44 Keeton, James ...... 185 5-10 Letterman '46 Enid, Okla. 32 Ellender, Bennie ...... 187 6-2 Letterman '43, '44 Sulphur, La. 48 Finley, Leonard ...... 180 6 Letterman '43, '44, '46 New Orleans 51 Chernick, Ronald ...... 185 5-11 Freshman Chicago 50 Whitman, Bob ...... 175 5- 10 Squadman New Orleans LEFT HALFBACKS 27 Fortier, Don ...... 170 5-10 Letterman '46 New Orleans 77 Van Meter, Cliff ...... : ...... 195 6-1 Letterman '46 Henrietta, Okla. 43 Campora, John ...... 175 5-10 Letterman '46 New Orleans 26 Jones, Robert ...... 170 5-10 Freshman Houston, Tex. 84 Kinek, George ...... 185 6-2 Freshman Allentown, Pa. 29 Seal, Florian ...... 17 5 5-11 Squadman New Orleans RIGHT HALFBACKS 45 Price, Ed ...... 190 5-11 Letterman '46 New Orleans 25 Waller, Al ...... 165 5-10 Letterman '46 New Orleans 46 Prats, Ray ...... 170 5-1 1 Squadman New Orleans 42 Bienz, Paul ...... 170 5-8 Squadman Fort Wayne, Ind. 76 Wojcik, Stanley ...... 185 6- 1 Freshman Chicago 90 Maxwell, Bobby ...... 165 5-9 Freshman Dallas, Tex. FULLBACKS 31 McCain, Marvin ...... 190 6 Letterman '44, '45, '46 New Orleans 88 Svoboda, Bill ...... 195 5-11 Squadman Bonham, Tex. 33 Hoot, Dick ...... 185 6 Letterman '45, '46 Swarthmore, Pa. 63 D'Alessio, Anthony ...... 190 6 Freshman Philadelphia, Pa. 93 Arnold, Clinton ...... 180 5-11 Freshman Pensacola, Fla

"The Officjal Watch for Timing Today' s Game Is Longjnes . The World's Most Honored W ate h. " Rice Institute Roster

No. NAME WEIGHT HEIGHT AGE EXPERIENCE HOMETOWN BACKS 12 Braden, Emanuel ...... 165 5-11 20 Sq. 46 Eagle Lake 14 Sommer, Floyd ...... 184 6-1 19 Sq. 46 Brenham 15 Ballard, Van ...... 168 5-8 20 Sq. 46 Electra 18 Easter, Charles ...... 175 5-11 22 Sq. 46 Waco 19 Stockbridge, Harold ...... 180 5-11 24 L-41; L-46 Houston 20 Campbell, Donald ...... 165 5-10 20 None Port Arthur 23 Riley, Harold ...... 182 5-9 20 Sq. 46 Sherman 24 McPhail, Joe ...... 195 6-1 20 Sq. 46 Edna 21 Newbill, Joe ...... 180 5-10 22 Sq. 46 Sherman 25 Carswell, Harmon ...... 165 5-11 20 None Lufkin 26 Rote, Tobin ...... 190 6-3 19 L-46 San Antonio 30 Russ, Carl ...... 187 6-1 20 L-44; L-46 Houston 33 Coffer, Walter ...... 180 6 20 Sq. 44; Sq. 46 Bay City 35 Neumann, Alfred ...... 195 5-11 20 None Port Arthur 36 Keeney, Huey ...... 180 6 19 L-45; L-46 Mt. Pleasant 39 Anderson, Don ...... 188 5-11 21 L-45; L-46 Joliet, Ill. 40 Kelly, John ...... 165 5-11 23 Sq. 46 Edinburg 41 Hoerster, Dick ...... 190 5-11 19 L-45; L-46 Fredericks burg 43 Lantrip, Bobby ...... 190 5-11 19 Sq. 46 Lake Charles, La. 44 Walmsley, George ...... 168 5-8 20 L-44; L-45; L-46 Goose Creek 45 Jacob, Fred ...... 175 6 24 L-42; Sq. 46 Victoria 46 Pugh, Oather ...... 175 6-2 23 Sq. 46 Kermit 49 Eikenberg, Virgil ...... 202 6-2 24 L-42; L-46 Boling CENTERS 50 Clark, Arthur ...... 193 6-2 22 Sq. 46 Waco 51 Watson, Joe ...... 223 6-2 22 L-46 Temple 54 Price, Jack ...... 194 6 20 L-46 Greenville 56 Weatherly, Gerald ...... 200 6-4 18 L-45 Cuero 57 Abbett, Luke ...... 185 6 22 Sq. 46 Parks GUARDS 61 Strain, Hunter ...... 185 6 18 L-45; Sq. 46 San Angelo 62 Roberts, S. J ...... 190 5-11 22 Sq. 46 Stamford 63 Lee, Delwood ...... 182 5-10 19 Sq. 46 Electra 64 Kwiatkowski, Edward ...... 198 6 22 Sq. 46 New Kensington, Penn. 66 Lee, Derwood ...... 182 5-10 19 Sq. 46 Electra 67 Nicholson, Novice ...... 184 6 24 L-45; L-46 Greenville 68 Magee, J. W...... 220 5-10 24 L-42; L-46 Robstown 69 Schwarz, Carl ...... 198 6 19 Sq. 46 Houston TACKLES 60 Parsons, Tom ...... 200 5-11 18 Sq. 46 Houston 65 Timmons, Frank ...... 198 6-1 20 Sq. 46 Houston 70 Anderson, John ...... 205 6-1 18 Sq. 46 Fort Worth 71 Armstrong, Henry ...... 200 6-1 24 L-42; L-46 Wichita Falls 73 Wilson, Woodrow ...... 225 6-2 19 Sq. 46 Dallas 74 Spruill, Jim ...... 225 6-3 24 L-42; L-46 Dublin 75 Martin, James ...... 220 6-4 20 L-44 Cleburne 76 Parker, Ed ...... 194 6 26 L-44; L-45; L-46 Houston 77 Noble, Ralph ...... 205 6 24 Sq. 42; L-46 Palestine 78 Murphy, Ralph ...... 210 6-3 19 L-46 Waco 79 Wyman, Bill ...... 220 6-2 24 Sq. 44; Sq. 46 Houston ENDS 31 Moody, Melvin ...... 180 6 18 Sq. 46 Robstown 72 Ballard, Neil ...... 225 6-3 18 Sq. 46 Lockhart 80 Arnold, Gilbert ...... 180 6 20 L-45 Houston 81 M cBride, Jack ...... 190 6-4 19 L-45 Navasota 82 Tusa, Joe ...... 195 6 20 Sq. 46 Houston 83 Taylor, Billy ...... 195 ~4 21 L-46 Goose Creek 84 Williams, James ...... 195 6 19 L-46 Waco 85 Williams, Windell ...... 185 6-2 24 L-42; L-46 Midland 86 Wolcott, Jack ...... , 190 6-3 18 Sq. 46 Housto~ 87 Miner, George ...... 190 6-2 21 L-44; L-46 Lake Charles, La. 88 Bowman, Bob ...... 200 6-2 20 Sq. 46 Antelope 89 Lanza, Nick ...... 190 6-1 22 Fr. 42; L-46 Dallas

"The Official Watch for Timing Today's Game 1s Longines The World's Most Honored Watch." DARWOOD HOlM, GUARD Al WAllER, RIGHT HAlFBACK RAY OLSEN, END DAN KIRSCHENHEUTER, CENTER CliFF VAN METER, LEFT HALFBACK WALTER VILLARS, TACKLE JIM KEETON, STAN LEY KOTTEMANN, CENTER BENNIE EllENDER, QUARTERBACK TULANE ------1------SECOND .. QUARTER: Mild and fragrant I

THIRD QUART.ER: Cool as can bel

FINAL SCORE: A touchdown in taste!

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RICE OWLS WIN GAMES BECAUSE THEY'RE IN CONDITION

YOU'LL ENJOY THE GAMES IF YOUR CAR IS IN CONDITION

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For next game, remember to pick up a football "Mum "-with colors of course-at Wademan 's, 3106 Main Street ... cost $1 .50 to $2.50 de­ pending upon size. Flowerphone Hadley 3111.

ALL ALUMNI

Rer:nember November 8

This is the date of the Arkansas game, and the date of "HOMECOMING" PLAN TO BE HERE

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