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YPORTUGHTYIt seems the estimable Mose Simms, dean of animal husbandry at St. Mary's university, (when that department is established eventually), wasn’t joking after all. He's really going to have the Rattlers’ football team, of whose business affairs he is the director, rewarded at the end of the reason with jackets beartag shields patterned after federal highway markers The St. Mary’s Rat Her, one of the niftiest college papers being published in Texas, by the way, confirms this awful fact In Its latest issue.When Dean Simms Oils animal husbandry department wUl deal mainly with the mysteries of the race horse) returned with the football era from the second of those long football trips this season, he returned with an idza. After a stretch of xlcep that Is reported to fcuve stretched over a period of 46 hours without even so much as having a meal served in bed, the dean arose and, first off, demanded to know if anybody thought his idea had merit. Through 13 states from Texas to California atd back and then from Texas to Pennsylvania and back Simms and his bus-traveling athletes had sped along (as The Rattler puts It) the highways guided only by the faithful U. 3. highway markers and a greasy road map. And those highway markers, In the form of a shield, stuck In Dean fcimms’ mind. He saw them in his dreims, he drew them absently while using the telephone, he decided on them for appropriate nthlctie insignia for his globe-trotting young charges. And so, sure enough, It's coming to pass: a ihleldj with St. Mary’s, U. B. A. on it, and seven stars if a lineman gets the award and four stars if It’s a back. The “U. S A has a double meaning—or had. “University of San A»tonlo, explained Dean Simms.; “That’s what St. Mary's Is known as everywhere we went/’ he explained. But didn’t we we somewhere that Westmorland college has become “University of Ban Antonio”? Don’t tell us the dean is going to have to change Ids Irlcky alhleUc design*Note of Interest to Guy Alrey, jclce president and local business manager of the San Antonio baseball Missions; Harold Tuthill of the 31, Lours Post^Dlspatch wires that Bill DcWitt, new business manager of the St. Louis Brown?, will discuss the status df Alrey “and Missions' Manager Bob Coleman with Donald Barnes and other?, of Ihe Browns7 new owners oariy this [week. There's nothing we can say until we talk it over/’ DeWttt is Uuotcd a.5 saying.(Quoting Atrcy; This suspense U I killing me.)I Ths lavement to get Clyde Littlefield back Jn rs University of Texas football coach has gained surprising momentum—surprising to us. at least, when recalling the things they said about Clyde’s coaching and hi teams before ha stepped aside to let in Jack Chev-igny. Whether the Texas coach In? situation is to be open at all will have to be taken into consideration, of course, alier the disclosure that Jack Chevigny hasn’t said he’d resign at all. As pointed out in Stan-ley Gunn's interesting 3tory m Sunday's Light, Jack merely said he would not seek reappointment. Those who leaped at his announce, meat with a glad cry and immediately began advocating this and that coach ftr the opening have had time to ponder on the situation and are brought up short with the statements of officials who like CheWgny and want to keep him on that he may not have to seek reappointment; that the reappointment will seek him, and that he’ll accept—with thanks.Anyway, the pro-Littlefield movement is strong as hoise radish. Even those natural Texas U. enemies (you know—cat versus dog, lion, versus tiger, wife versus husband, etc.) the Texas Aggies, are getting in their sayso. Here's a letter, lor instance, from Dave Young, ex-Aggie:“Dearest Harold:'‘If Texas university wants to win foothall games, why don’t they put p'd Clyde back on the Job? Littlefield, you know,'won a conference title or two. Above all, he stood foi good, clean sportp.. Maybe he didn't know anything but the short punt formation but it will be remembered that almost any kind of razzle-dazzle can Mart from there. Putting Littlefield back on the job would please almost oil of the old grads, I believe, after hearing a lot of ;£m talk recently. Among tfiwe were Will Morris Jr., Bexar county Democratic chairman, and John L. Lewis. advertising man, who have really started a little petition to this effect.“In mentioning high school possibilities. what about our own Hrn-ry Finka?“Appreciated your recent boost for the high school coaches and the slap at the big names and systems. Of course. Stone Face Clark Neulon, Felix (-cat) McKnight and myself would likfe to see the Aggies trlum: phant as usual, but we do want to fix it bo the boys can't blame it on their coach. “DAVE YOUNG.Psst, Bnryntrudcl Don’t look now but ain't them southwest conference football leader? the Arkansas Porkers that we picked to win the conference away back In September?
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San Antonio Light
San Antonio, Texas, US
Mon, Nov 16, 1936
Page 15
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