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CameronWagonBy LEW JOHNSON Constitution Spon Etiiior Some 60 candidates for the Cameron Aggie football varsity will check in:o town today a-id Monday for the opening of rwo-a-day workouts Tuesday mom-Leroy Montgomery, beginning.his sixth year as head 03ach. wiiI greet II lencrmea. including holdover starters Tony Brocaio and Byron Beaver.Brocato. the bullish 19o-pound Aggie fullback last year. w2? move hack to end. his narural position, for his sophomore season with th* Aggies. Beaver, the f/ashy Lawton high product, will be back in the quarterback slo;After ihrcc years in Lhe rug-zed Pioneer conference, Cameron will return to the Oklahoma Junior Collegiate loop this vear.Coaches around the stale cir-cuii h-vc warred Montgomerythat the Aggies will find the com-petition tougher than u was three years ago. They point to Mur-I'ay's surprise 15-1 non-loop verdict over Cameron las; year as proof.Montgomery uiD have only II days to mold virtually a complete new um; for the Aggie opener at Dodge City. Kan., on Saturday night. Sept. 10.The Aggies wil draw their equipment Monday rooming, thenAggie Schedule*^pf. II — M Dlt;*City.l|—-IUuiR^r, Tex*.a. b^rc.Sept. tJ—Ciuwr* At?l. h*“Ti,■**rL irm ,V*M.F*ei. *—A; r*»rt ApkI«, t-i.Or I, fl—Al of» ,\nirllt;j. TrM.Ort, !-hrtiy AJtM. he-re.lt;»rl. 3!—»w MrxJcO .MHitiry, brrr.Or'i. 27—At Northern A50I.»v. A—Ndilh*^ Vrf.go through a light drill in sweat togs in the alcemoon after posing for cameramen.But the leather will begin popping for keeps early Tuesday morning -on the Cameron practice field just north ol the college iieldhousc.The Aqmos will drill twice daily for the 5rsi week, working from S until 10 o'clock in the mornings and from 3 until 5 in Lhe afternoons.Highlight of the early Cameron drills will be a full-scaleintra-squad scrimmage at 3o'clock on Labor Day afternoon (Monday. Sept. 51 with the public invited to witness the session.Montgomery is 'sweating out' several prize freshmen prospects who are being u-ooed by largerschools.'T think we'll have a solid dub this year, We could be real tough if all the kids we've been talking with show up. But I've found out that it doesn't do too much good to toss around a lot of names before the boys are enrolled. Some of the good ones you’ve been working on real hard have a change of heart just before workouts start and wind up a! a larger school Montgomery explained.J‘But r feci we’ll set most of the boy wVre counting on this year. A lot of the kids have written or called me this week and they”re eager to get .started.'• he added.Hoping to rebound from a dismal 4-6 record last year, [he affable Aggie coach win beef up his T formation attack with some new variations- “We won't be using much straight splic-T stuff. I believe the defense have just• 'lt;k. *r*- *' ■ ■■ * ■*!•about caught up with the split-T”.Montgomery,' line coach Charlie Dean and head basketball coach Gerald Stockton, who will tutor the defensive backs, will have let term err available at every position except center.But three good prospects are available at the pivot spot, including Gene Whatley, a 190-poand All-Stater at Duncan two years ago who is transferring here from Oklahoma State. Other center candidates are Jim Clark, 200-pound Moore lad. and Bill Nunn, rugger 190-pounder from Apache who played fullback on Coach CecO Devine's fine team last vear.ImReturning leuermen include three ends — Erocato. S-3, 215-pound Mark Wallace of Dallas, and Ted Qlston, the 155-pound Galesburg. 01.. speedster who played well early last year before suffering an ankle injury which never responded to treatment.The* only tackle letterman is Gary Hertz]er. the 6-3, 225-pound strong boy from Walters who developed tremendously last year.Guard is certain to bo a strong spot for the Aggies this year with pan-time starters Roy Pi^ck (5-3, *201 of Pauls Valley and Lawton's Bennie Melton tb-0. 215) returning along with Ton Zens, 190-pounder from Waukegan. lit., who didnT play quite enough to letter.The silky-smooth Beaver. * heady operator who now weighs a solid 190 pounds, and Jerry Hanna, the 195-pound Rule, Tex., product, will give lhe Aggies a solid one-two punch at quarterback and some other fine prospects will be available at this vital position.Terry Dees. 160 - pound Baytown. Tex., scatback who started two games last year, and 190-pound Jim Hollingsworth, who never readied his potential although a starter last autumn, wilt rive Cameron two seasonedhalfback performers. Hollingsworth hails from Vernon, Tex.At fullback, holdover letterman Tony Strieker, a sturdy 6*0. 190-pound Midwest City grad, returns along with Tom Pinion, a Putnam City boy who didn't 'play enough to letter last scasOQ.A flock of olhcr highly regarded prospects arc slated u report today’ and tomorrow, but Montgomery has decided against announcing the complete list un* til prospects check out equipment.However, the veteran coach did release a partial list of prospects who will bolster the Ag-See CAMERON, Page 1-1A-1 USED CARSBYRON BEAVER . « Comeback KidLEROY MONTGOMERY . , Banner Year Ahead*TONY BROCATO. - Shi fix To End1953 Ford Custom, Tudor, 8 Cylinder, Fordomatic1953 Ford Mainline, Tudor, 6 Cyl., Stand. 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Lawton Constitution and Morning Press
Lawton, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Aug 28, 1960
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