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« Friday, October 3, 1952 THE BATTALION Page 5 * Around the Conference Ags Over Big Kentucky U. Holder By ED HOLDEK Sports Editor The Aggies will fool everyone. Maroon and White over the Wildcats by eight points. They are ready for this one, and if they play the kind of ball they are ca pable of, this should be one of the biggest upsets in the nation. Kentucky has a strong defensive line, so most of the weight will be placed on the shoulders of Ray Graves, man- under for the Cadets. The Aggies will take to the air for their victory. Eric Miller is down with a back injury, and probably won’t see much action if any. This will eliminate one of the top receivers on the squad, but that still leaves Don Ellis and Raymond Haas, halfbacks; Don Kachtik and Connie Magouirk, fullbacks; and big Dar- row Hooper, end. Jerry Crossman is another man to put downfield and worry the defensive backfield of the Wildcats. Any of these men are dangerous, and Graves is improving his passing each day. His quarterbacking is tops, as he operates cool pnd calm. Watch for an aerial show! ^ A Texas Over Notre Dame by 13 The Longhorns of Texas have put ofr'two very impressive shows ■ the past week ends. They have strong team, with some of their men ranking among the nation’s best in ball carrying. Ed Price’s squad is rated fifth in the nation. Notre Dame is 19th. This doesn’t mean a gi-eat deal, but we feel this is about the way it will come out. Dick Ochoa and Gib Dawson have been running wild, with Tom Stolhandske turn ing in some very good perform ances. Harley Sewell in the line for the Longhorns give them a foun dation to work on, so any way we look at it, Texas should better Notre Dame 13 points. Rice 19 Points Belter Than LSI! Here again is a potential SWC championship ball club. The Owls left ii mark in the memories of last year’s Aggie team that will be hard to forget. They have almost the same squad back, and show promise of running rampage over any and everyone. They are tough, fast, aggressive, and have some ex perience. There aren’t many outstanding stars on the team. In fact that’s just what they are ... a well-functioning team. LSU took a beating at the hands of Texas, and it looks like another sad Saturday for them when they meet the powerful liice Owls. TCU Spots Arkansas 23 The Horned Progs are ready to ly the entire team, hasn’t fully re open up. They have tlie material, r.nd every sports fan in the South- tvest knows they have the coach. Dutch Meyer will pull a few of the (ricks from his bag of many, and lake the Kazoi backs by an easy Margin. 1 said a few tricks, because that’s probably all he will need to use. Arkansas’ La*mar McHan, virtual- covered from the injury he received in the Lhniversity of Houston game. He has failed to show what was expected of him anyhow, but with him potentially out of the game, the Horned Frogs should have a field day. Arkansas is famous for “hot and cold days.” So far all they have shown is cold days. Don’t look for them to warm up. SMU Over Georgia Tech by 7 Georgia Tech is powerful. SMU is dynamite. That is if they can get started. Last week, they didn’t get one break. This week they should at least get a few. Coach Rusty Russell has had time to iron out a few of those s mistakes made last week, and should come out with something much different. If the game goes Washington State Over Bears The Bears have lost it. Wash ington has a'good solid team. It should be a good game, but with Baylor showing very little so far, the nod goes to Washington State. like it should, the Mustangs will probably win,, but in this con ference, no tilt goes as it should. Gross Country Ags Meet Texas Today SHAPING UP—Sit-ups, deep knee bends, push-ups . . . all the hard exercises which put a man in shape are included in the conditioning' courses of th'e Physical Education De partment. Here the class is developing their stomach muscles by doing sit-ups. These classes were designed to make Aggies physically as well as mentally fit. Phys ica l Educa Horn Progra m Makes ‘Good Conditioning’ By JERRY NEIGHBORS Battalion Sports Writer What is a conditioning class ? It’s just what the name implies. Every A&M Freshman who doesn’t pass the Physical Educa tion Department’s physical fitness test is required to take a course in general conditioning. The course consists of condi tioning exercises, formerly known as calisthenics, individual and two- man exercises, combatives, sprints and wind-sprints. The boys also play some mass games toward the end of the semester. During inclement weather, class es are taken on tours of the other Tigers Meet Milano In First District Game A&M Consolidated Tigers start district play tonight in Milano. This is not only their first dis trict game but their first out-of- town tilt, as well. The Tigers are leading the district teams in points and will be out to keep their rec^ ord. Bobby Jackson, offensive and defensive end for A&M Consoli dated Tigers is in his third year as a varsity player. He has played for the Tigers since the eighth grade and is one of coach Chafin’s best linemen. Bobby is all set to go against Milano tonight. He and the rest of the team will be trying to equal last year’s score of 80 to nothing. This year’s Tiger team is al most all juniors with only four First American Life Insurance Co. in Texas - - - - At Houston Bryan - College Agency REPRESENTATIVE S L. E. (Skeeter) Winder, ’50 A. H. “Heeter” Winder, ’52 308 VARISCO BLDG. PHONE 3-3700 seniors and five all-district men back from last year. With a team like this, next year should be a banner one for Consolidated. Tonight’s game shouldn’t be too hard, according to Jackson, but no game is predictable until the final gun is sounded. There will be two buses running to Milano tonight for the Consoli dated students’ cheering section. It will cost 75 cents fox - the round trip as on all other out-of-town games except Cypress-Fairbanks. I’. E. classes for an orientation program of the fundamentals of the various activities. Conditioning is taught mainly because 47.3% of all students of A&M have never had P. E. in high school. This is a startling high figure, according to H. B. Segrest on the Physical Education Depart ment. Another and important reason is that the army must have physical ly as well as mentally fit officers. The course is essentially the same as the one taught to all Air Force Cadets, said Segrest, a former' Air Force officer. Good Results Results of the course are very good, as a rule. It was taught to all the students of the Junction Adjunct during the past summer, and was of great help to all the men who took it. There is also a swimming test for all entering freshmen. If not passed, the ones who flunk must automatically take elementary swimming. These two tests and courses are necessary for a well developed corps. A&M’s defending SWC Cross Country Champions begin their 1952 season this afternoon in Aus tin against the University of Tex as. The Cadets are favoi'ed to retain their title this fall. Such veterans as James Blaine, Charles Hudgens, and Dale De- Rouen will pace the CaAet harriers. Leading Texas thid-place fin ishers of 1951 will be Tom Rogers and James Caruthers, two aces of the 1949 squad who spent two years in the Marines. Other men on the Cadet squad include Verlon Westmoreland, Ed mond Wilmsen, Franklin Whitwell, Orville Albritton, Wallace Klab, and Robert Collins. Seventeen members may be en- Swim niing Try-On I Set for Next Week Coach Art Adamson of t h e swimming team has announced he will hold try-outs for freshmen interested in joining the swimming team. These interviews will be held next Wednesday afternoon. Up perclassmen try-outs will be staged Tuesday afternoon. tered in the race, but only five are included in the tabulation. Other Aggie meets include Ok lahoma A&M, Oklahoma, Arkan sas, North Texas, and the Univer sity of Texas. Bait System Picks Aggies And Texas Now that last weekends upsets- are forgotten, The Battalion is proud to notice that it’s system w’as 66.4 per cent correct with un tried Rice doing most of the dam age. This weekend should be the real test, with five intersectional con tests besides a conference clash on tap for the fans. This week the system says: A&M over Kentucky by 3 points Texas over Notre Dame by 3 points Georgia Tech over SMU by 7 points Rice over LSU by 14 points Washington and Baylor to tie TCU over Arkansas jxy 12 points PAL A e E SUNDAY thru TUESDAY Greatest Fight Since Dempsey « CHMPMSSflP FIGHT MS! 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