The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-18
PUGH BEST MAN
 ON TEXAS AIM FOOTBALL CLUB
KimbrOugh NOtwithstand- ing, Aggies Back Is Key
 To Teams Success

Following is the third of ser- ieS discussing football teams which
 will play in New Years Day Bowl l games.
 BY HENRY SUPER United Press Staff Correspondent)
 New York, Dec. 18-(UP)-The team that Texas A. & M. will send into the Dallas Cotton Bowl against Fordham is composed of band of steamrollers disguised as football players.
 The Aggies are the exact opposite of what the world has come to ex- pect from a team from the South west-a straight-ahead, driving com- bination that scorns tricky plays and relies chiefly on power. The Aggies rolled over eight op- ponents before being stopNed, 70, by Texas in the final game of the season. That left the Aggies in a tie for the southwest conference title with Southern Methodist and con- tinued the tradition that no team ever wins that championship two years in row.
 Veteran Combination
 Despite that defeat, which snap 1 ped the Aggies 19 game winning streak, this team from college stad- ion was one of the great elevens of 1940. It s a veteran combination, with 10 seniors on the starting team and all-American and all-Confer- ence players literally sprinkled up and down the lineup.
 The football which Coach Homer Norton teaches is run from the dou- ble wing or box formation. At { times the Aggies use deep punt for- nations and run a pass or a run i off a fake. They use balanced line without a shift after coming out of the huddle. On defense they have four or five stock patterns de- signed to fit what is thrown against them. Five and Six-man lines de- | pend on what the other team is do- ing. Five and siX-man lines depend on what the other team is doing. The AggieS use a minimum of plays and 1t was mostly smart quarter backing and team spirit that en- abled them to run up their great record.
 If the Aggies can be said to have any weaknesses in view. of their rec ord, they must be that they are a little off On pass defense and ap- pear to be a "one-man team"
 Two passes and a line plunge cost them the Texas game-the one ill which Quarterback Marion Pugh was on the sioelineS for 59 min- utes. Before the season started, the Texas A. and M coaching staff said that Pugh was the key to the Aggies fortunes and as he went, so would go the team. AS long as he was in the lineup, the Aggies won but when he was out, their streak was snapped.
 Line Is Tough The AggieS line is tough and very few teams went through it for any sizeable gains this year. But in sev- eral games, the Aggies were suck CTS for passing attack. U. c. L. A., for example, was held to minus 10 yards rushing but gained 123 yards passing while S. M. U. lost 2 yards rushing and gained 166 yards through the air.
 Over the full season, the opposi- tion made only 387 yards rushing and sos passing Passing may de- eide the Cotton Bowl game because Steve Filipowicz of Fordham is one of the best throwers in the busi- ness and the Aggies will have to stop him if they hope to halt Ford ham.
 The Aggies' starting team is com- posed of 10 seniors and one junior End Jim Sterling. The line aver ages 198 pounds and the backfeld 196.
 Star of the team is "Jarrin'" John Kimbrough, all-America full back. Kimbrough carried the ball 161 times, gained 671 yards and lost 54 for a net gain of 3.83 yards per carry. He also was high scorer with 42 points. He can run over, through and under a line and is a good passer, as well
 Pugh, according to his team mates, was more valuable than Kimbrough. HIS selection of plays, his ability to gain an average of 40 yards a try himself, and his passing and quick-kicking made him the teams key man.
 Jim Thomson, the blocking back, has been rated the greatest man for that job in the history of the con- 1 ference while Bill Conatser, in ad- dition to being the best punter, with an average of 38.42 yards on 38 kicks, is the most dangerous climax runner in the Conference.
 At the ends are Bill Henderson, best pasS-catcher on the team, and Sterling, great defensive man. The tackles are Ernie Pannell, a 6O- minute man, ana Chip" Routt. The guards are Marshall Foch Robnett, another 60-minute player who made the all-America team, and Charlie Tenke, a forgotten man because Robnett overshadowed him. Tommie Vaughn. the center, who calls de- fenslve signals. is great player at breaking up the opposition,s plays into the line.
 Third Bowl Game
 This will be the Aggies third ap- pearance in bowl game. They de- I feated Centre 22-l4, in a game on January 2, 1922, in Dallas for the benefit of the Shriners' hospital and licked Tulane in the Sugar Bowl, 14-13. this year
 The Aggies will take squad of 51 players to Dallas on Dec. 28. They will do their early training at College Station and taper of on s.