lessJess Neely Has Fabulous-Fabulous RecordRecorcl Of Grid Success By RONNIE KLINEKLINE- are the cautious daYIdays of puntingpunting- on tthe enemy thirtyfive WithWith- ConsiderableC nsider ble personnel are necnec-¬ this new brand of wideopen footfoot- ¬ majormajorcollemajorcolle-colle- ¬ essary to conduct a colle ball Coach NeelyNe ly has bred an ex-ex¬ giate athletic program In colcol- ¬ citing gambling outfit whichwhich- lege principall acac-¬ legel ge athletics the princip could easily bethebe the greatestandgreatestgreatestand-andand- claim is accorded the fine youngyoung- mostmostflashyteamflashy team in niceRice historyhistory-iist ryry- compete We- men who actually We Like his coaching record MrMr- of the Thresher would like for-for Neelys serviceseryice to the coachingcoaching- sixsiX weeks to taketakeyouyou behind thethe- profession has certainlyce tainly beenbeen- scenes to the men that run thethe- brilliant 1feisHe iss a former presi-presi ¬ storestore- dent of thethe1 American FootballFootball- Director- JessJesS Neely Athletic Director Coaches AssociationAssociatiori a top honhon-¬ CoachCo ch of the-the ¬ and Head Football or in his field While serving sevsev- Owls fab- ¬ Rice University has a fab eral years as a memberm mber Jfofx> f thethe- ulous record of gridiron successes-successes NCAA football rules committeecommittee- and service to his profession A Neely has become an able andand- 1924 graduate of VanderbiltVandetbilt UniUni- ¬ popular lecturer at grid clinicsclinics- versity where he was a star endend- from tlethe East coast to HawaiiHawaii- and halfback NNeelyee1y was leadheadhead-lead- including three times at thethe- Mem-Mem ¬ coach att Southwestern of I worlds largest coaching clinicclinic- College be- ¬ pphisis andarid at Clemson be conducted by the Texas HighHigh- Rice-Rice fore becoming top mentor at School Coaches AssociationAssociation- inIn 194-19401940- A NATIVE OF Smyrna TenTen- ¬ 0IllS RECORD of seventyS- HISIllS seventy nessee he received the LLB dede- ¬ victories isis- outhwestSouthwest Conference gree from Vanderbilt in 1924 HeHe- Of concon- ¬ unmatchedUnmatched in the annals and his wife Dorothy have twatwotwa-two- thirtyfourthirtyfour-thirtyfourc- ¬ ference history In childrenJoanchildren Joan and MaryresidMaryMaryresidi-residresid- campaiinscampaigns collegecoilege headhead- ampaigns as a nging in California and Dallas rere-¬ compiled the- coach Neely hash s the spectively When not on thethe- impressive record of one hunhun- ¬ practice field Coach Neely findsfinds- hunhun-¬ dred eightyeight wins one additional pleasure on the golfgolf- and sixteensixteen- dred fortytwo losses course and is a membmemberr of BraeBrae- dean of SWC-SWC tieties The all time burn Country Clubs Hole In-In coac majormajor- head coacheses lists four One Club bowl successes among his greatgreat- ¬ est gridiron victories UnderUnder-U n d e rr- Neely Owl teamste ms have won twotwo- SWC titles outright and theythey- have earned a share of twotwo- othersothers- According to Mr Neely thisthis- years OwOwl eleven could be thethe- greatest yet This in itselfitself- would seem quite a statementstatement- fromfrom the head coach of a teamteam- competcompetingg in thethevmostjiecjicjindthevmostjiecjicjind-mbsthm stJ1 tlii andand-1d1d- unpredictable conference in thethe- countrycountry Yet coming from thethe- usuallyusually very conservative NeelyNeely- thethe statement is even more sursurfsurf-sur- > prisingprising and perhaps a bit ferefe-re-¬ vealing of the new look RiceRice- OwlsOwls OwlsWHENOwlsWII WHENWII N ONE recalls the rela-rela ¬ tivelytively unexciting run three andand- PuntPunt teamste ms of the past he willwiltwill-wilt- quicklyquickly realize the change thatthat- I I- occurredoccurred last season in CoachCoach- veelysNeelysveelys football philosophy Gone.