Southern Methodist Mustangs To Try Hard
To Spill The Aggies And Their Heavy Load
Last year with seven games und
er the win belt, the Aggies took
to their own Kyle Field under
dark skies to face the dangerous
herd of Mustangs on stampede from
Dallas.
So highly was the game regarded
that NBC had their ace sports an
nouncer, Bill Stern, atop the press
box to broadcast the play-by-play
account over a coast-to-coast hook
up.
In the final seconds of the first
half John Kimbrough rambled
around end to set the Aggies ahead
by six points.
The second half which like the
first was played in a constant
drizzle of rain proved to be a fight
between two lines. Backed against
their own goal line by a 15 yard
penalty, the cadets were forced to
punt out.
Bill Conatser dropped hack to
send the ball into the stratosphere
but with an onpour of Mustangs
the punt was blocked. Falling alert
ly on the loose ball, Conatser gave
the Mustangs two points and saved
the game for the Aggies.
From then on the cadets tried in
vain to protect the goal line at the
south end from the passing attack
of the Ponies. The last play of the
game saw each team send a player
high in the air for a flying ball,
one to win the game with a possible
8 to 6 score, the other to make
good the 6 to 2 mark.
This was on our own Kyle Field.
In Dallas the tables haven’t been
as good as that, if you can even
call that one good. Ownby Stadium
Last week a cry came from cow
town by way of Flem Hall of the
Star-Telegram in regard to the
constant yelling by the Aggie
twelfth man. Later Lloyd Gregory
took up the bleed in the Houston
Post. In an editorial column of The
Battalion last Thursday a rebuttal
was written tending to take the
is to the Mustangs as Kyle Field
has been to the Aggies and as
Memorial Stadium has proven to be
to the Texas eleven.
In 1938 just a kid named Joe
trotted from the reserve bench to
the 35 yard line, measured off his
paces and sent the skin sailing
through the uprights for those val
uable three points that turned back
’the Aggies 10 to 7. It was in the
last thirty seconds and there was
little to be done in the remaining
seconds.
The Aggie score came as Todd
raced 60 yards for pay dirt. The
S. M. U. talley came as a result of
a fumble and then a series of runs
and passes.
After a week’s rest up on their
hill, the Mustangs invaded Austin
to claim their first ’40 league win
from the Longhorns, 21 to 13.
A number of scribes were leary
of the strength of the Ponies and
figured injuries had taken a black
hand against the top rated team.
But Saturday they passed, ran and
returned the punts and kickoffs as
they pleased and set Texas back
with its second consecutive confer
ence defeat.
So to North Texas the Aggies
will travel to face a dangerous
group of fighting Mustangs, an
xious to tell their story of victory
over the Texas Aggies to all the
nation.
It could happen that S. M. U. is
the noose for the Aggies with Joe
Pasqua standing by to draw it
tight.
Aggies’ side.
After careful study and much
thought, the issued was brought be
fore a meeting of the senior class
Wednesday night and a decision
was promptly arrived at.
Saturday the corps was silent
for the first time as the opponents
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Williamson
Rates Team
In No. 1 Post
Aggies Ascend To
Top Above Cornell,
Michigan, Tennessee
By Paul B. Williamson
All right, you fans asked for it,
and now the Texas Aggies have de
livered.
Coach Homer Norton’s undefeat
ed and untied Aggies earned the
No. 1 National rating, according
to the Williamson system, by
knocking off Arkansas 17-0.
Any team that can blank those
surprising Porkers in maintaining
an unblemished record on a tough
schedule deserves the rating of 98.7
now held by the Texas Aggies at
the top of the heap. That Arkansas
may be in and out, but on the “in’s”
they hopped Baylor and Mississ
ippi—two powerful teams in any
circuit.
The System picked the winner
in the leading game of the week
—Minnesota over Northwestern. It
was close, 13-12, but we picked it
for a close one with the nod to
to the Golden Gophers of Minne
sota. Cornell, the System’s had
little trouble turning under Colum
bia, 27-0.
On Saturday the System called
the turn among the big boys on
such games as: S.M.U. over Tex
as, Tulsa over Detroit in a whale
of a prediction, Stanford over U.
C.L.A., Duke over Georgia Tech,
Oregon State over California, Tex
as Tech over Miami, and Wisconsin
over Illinois.
Among the cock-eyed ones might
be mentioned: Tufts over North
eastern, Cincinnati over Carnegie
Tech, Centre bopping Davidson,
and Georgia over Auburn, 14-13, in
about as close an upset as could be
.expected from the oldest “Blood
battle” in the South.
Leading teams reported through
November 3, 1940.
Perfect Team
100.0
1. A. & M
98.7
2. Cornell
98.4
3. Michigan U
97.6
4. Tennessee
97.6
5. Minnesota
97.0
6. Duke
96.8
7. Notre Dame
96.6
8. Stanford
96.4
9. Northwestern
96.2
10. Boston College
95.7
11. S. M. U
95.3
New Silence On Kyle Field Witnessed
At Arkansas Game
“Pulping” Arkansas’s Line
“Big Jawn” tears off left guard for a four yard gain. On the next play he went over for the first
touchdown of Saturday’s game. Hamberg (36), Britt (28) and Coats (49) make the tackle. Lawhon (23)
and Hickey (39) are shown coming in from the right while McDoniel (53) attempts to get in from the
left. —Photo by Jack Jones
BATTALIONA—
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 PAGE 3
Intramurals
Freshmen Taking Intramural
Will Report To Class This Week
There will be an important meet-"
ing of all intramural managers
tonight in the Civil Engineering
lecture room immediately after
mess. All managers are urged to
be present.
All freshmen who are partici
pating in intramurals for credit in
physical education will meet their
regular sections of P.E. the second
period of this week.
Basketball games played Friday
were all one-sided affairs on the
score cards and give indications of
some good teams coming up for
championship play.
B Infantry took things into their
own hands and trounced F Field
Artillery 24-4. Smith was the big
trouble makers for the boys from
F Battery and accounted for 11
points before the game ended.
Peden paced I Infantry in another
win for the “paddle-feet” when
they won over D Engineers 19-5.
Things were pretty even at the
half but then the fireworks started
and left D Company holding the
bag.
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Aggies Win
Over Arkansas
In 17-0 Thriller
Marking up the same number
of points as the win, Saturday the
same fighting Aggies which have
added a bit more to their heavy
load each week, turned back Tom
my Thomsen’s Arkansas Razor-
backs 17-0.
A 11 gun salute set the pace
of the afternoon in honor of Gen
eral W. B. Pyron of the Texas
National Guard and the same haze
released by the Chemical Warfare
Corps as the artillery tooks its
leave, tended to hang over Kyle
Field even into the second half.
Arkansas, failing to escape from
its long streak of hard knocks,
gave up the ball to the Aggies
many times on fumbles and inter
cepted passes throughout the four
periods.
Chipp Routt blocked an attempt
ed quick kick two plays into the
game, and the Aggies were off on
their alert and defensive game.
Time and time gain the like pos
itions teamed up to spill the Razor-
backs for losses. Routt and Panel]
SMU To Vie
With Aggies
In Major Tilt
Aggies Enter Untied,
Undefeated; SMU,
One Tie, No Losses
Ownby Stadium in Dallas will
be the scene of the feature tilt in
a season of upsets and thrills
when Texas A. & M. tangles with
S. M. U. next Saturday in a major
hump for two teams that have fail
ed to taste defeat this year. The
Aggies are untied and undefeated
while S. M. U. was tied by Pitts
burg in an intersectional clash.
A rivalry that began in 1916
causes this contest to be a coveted
win for either side and both clubs
have high aspirations this year.
The 6 to 2 mud battle that A. &
M. snatched from the Mustangs on
Kyle Field in 1939 has not been for
gotten up Dallas way, and S.M.U.
will run through a long list in ord
er to leave their home ground vic
torious. S. M. U. dumped the Ag
gies 10 to 7 in 1938 at Dallas
when a last minute field goal
erased a probable tie game. Joe
Pasqua was the boy with an edu
cated toe on that unforgettable af
ternoon.
Matty Bell, Mustang coach, is
set to give A. & M. all of the power
and deceptive play possible in an
attempt to trip the high-flying
cadets, but the Nortonmen are a
great aggregation that has buried
teams in defeat since they were last
stopped by Texas University in
1938.
rushed the punters and on Con-
atser’s and Moser’s punts raced
fast down the field for the kill.
Henderson, Sterling and Simmons
rushed the passers and closed in
on the end skirters, while Henke
and Robnett held fast in the mid
dle.
In the first quarter Hamberg
fumbled and Robnett recovered for
the cadets on the 17-yard line.
Pugh and Conatser each picked
up two and then Kimbrough hit
the line three times for the first
talley.
Pugh sent his ninth conversion
squarely through the uprights to
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