The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1951 Page: 5 of 8
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Are Key Positions
What is our outlook for this fall? The football squad, as
a whole should be stronger, and deeper, but our chances of
improving on last year's 6-4 record are slim. A great deal
depends on sophomores, especially at the quarter and fullback
slots, while the line is about the same as last year, with the
offensive backfield greatly ——-
weakened by the loss of Rex big problem here is lack of height.
Proctor. Secondary defense was a frequent
„ , headache last fall. John Paul Ott,
The major problem for Rice coach- a gix foot soph from Dayton ig a
es this fall will be the development defensive halfback specialist and a
of a quarterback, a key position in good though ghy on that im_
the standard «T" formation used by portant ingredient, experience.
the Owls. Rice has had outstanding
service at quarterback in the post- Just as the quarterback position
World War I days from Virgil Eik- provides a major problem because of
enberg, T o b i n Rote and Vernon lack of experience players, so is
Glass. This year head man Neely p0St a worrisome spot,
finds only four candidates available,
Promising Sophomore Backfield Candidate Quarterback Fentemaker and Fullback Johnson.
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In a spring training experiment, vet-
eran halfback Billy Burkhalter shift-
T , ed to fullback part of the time
Leroy Fenstemaker, a 190-pound, , ., ,
T1 , ,,, and ran quite well. The Bandera
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and all are of sophomore standing
with no varsity game experience.
6' 2" lad from Llano showed up best
in spring training. His passing was
improved over his fall performances
scooter may play some at full.
The only other candidate at this
with the freshmen, and he guided Portion with varsity background
the "Blue" team to victory in both is Bil1 Crazier, who was converted
the spring intrasquad games. How- from a Quarterback to fullback dur-
ever, in the 24 practice sessions in£ the season in '50- He Pla^ed
preceding the opening game with some, but not enough to letter. Fraz-
Clemson here on September 29th, ier Iooked ver^ £ood in the spring,
Fenstemaker must prove his right ^P^ally on wide plays, but weighs
to the important man-under post, 0165 and lack the Power
and his competition will be pretty fe(^ired for Powei' th«sts from ful1
stiff.
Another quarterback candidate is
Dan Drake, most experienced of the
lot in that he was on the varsity
back.
There are five sophomore candi-
dates for fullback with Dave "Kos-
se" Johnson of Baytown the most
squad last fall, although'he played Promising. Many experts believe
Johnson is the best of the many
good freshmen backs of last fall.
in no games. He's a tall (6* 1"),
blond youngster from Ft. Worth who
shows promise but still has a lot
to learn.
He's a very hard runner and the
best punter on the squad. Johnson
~ , , , niay be all-conference or all-Ameri-
The Owls have more good, fast can qua]ity if he continues to im_
prove and work on his relatively
few weak points, such as blocking.
Another soph fullback is Bob Gar-
brecht, who like Johnson is a fast,
ball carrying halfbacks than you
can shake a stick at. At left half
the lettermen are Teddy Riggs and
Gene Silver, both seniors. Squad-
man Billy Ed Daniels of Kerrville
may have lettered had he not brok- hard ™nn*r (g°°d .en°U?h t0 ^
on the freshmen sprint relay team),
but who needs to learn how to
en a leg in the Texas Tech game
and missed the last half the sea-
son.
But speedy sophs McNeil Moore
of Center, Horton Nesrsta of San
Antonio, James Spencer of Conroe
(who scored 41 points in one game
in high school) and Bobby Warren
of Austin along with Herb Eubanks,
a non-playing squadman of last year,
may beat out the more experienced
boys.
At right half, three lettermen are
block. He's from New York City,
one of the three non-Texans on the
squad.
Owl end coach Red Bale is quite
proud of left end Bill Howton and
right end Sonny McCurry. Both
are two year lettermen and need
no introduction to Rice exes who
have followed the team the past two
seasons. They should get the job
done, and Howton — a particularly
, , , . . ., ,, , fine pass catcher — will be a strong
slated to be available m Burkhalter Vdder.for an all-conference or pos-
(if he doesn't shift to fullback), sible all.American berth.
Sammy Burk-and Dickie Bob Had-
dox. Also available are two top
freshmen sprinters of. last spring,
James Heflin of Mart (weighs 195
and runs the 100 in 10 flat) and
Carl Johnsjyi, a Houston San Ja-
cinto ex.
Defensively, the Owl backfield
prospects are not so glittering. The
If the defensive line doesn't leak
took badly and if key men can
avoid bad injuries in the fall, the
situation should be okay for the Owl
line; though another Watson, Weath-
erly or Giroski would help.
At center, the Owls have two re-
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