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Page 4 THE BATTALION Texas U. Selected by Sports Writers As Probable SW Conference Champion The Texas Longhorns are going to win the football championship of the Southwest Conference this year. Never have the boys who write and talk sports been so sure about the outcome of the seven-way Southwest grid race. 137 Predictions A total of 137 predictions was made in the annual poll taken by the T. C. U. News Service. And 98 of the 137 newspaper sports writers and radio sportscasters picked Coach Dana X. Bible’s boys to finish the season at the top of the heap. Seven others pre dicted a tie for first place be tween Texas and S. M. U. Final Southwest Grid Standings (as picked by newspaper and radio sports men): 1. Texas 2. S. M. U. 3. Rice 4. A. & M. 5. T. C. U. 6. Baylor 7. Arkansas Of the remaining 32 ballots, 26 placed the Longhorns second, five put them third, and one individual ist placed them fifth. (He picked S. M. U., A. & M., T. C. U. and Rice ahead of Texas, in that or der). Coach Matty Bell’s Mustangs are just as strong favorites for second place in the final ’41 grid standing. They are put first by 35 sports experts, in a tie for first by seven, and in second place by 79. That accounts for 121 of the 137 pickers—and only two of the 16 others went lower than third spot for the Mustangs. Aggies Picked Fourth However, when it comes to the Aggies—1940 national champions— the prognosticators really fall out. A. & M. was nominated for every spot in the standings, from first place to last. The consensus left Coach Homer Norton’s team in fourth place. No one placed T. C. U. higher than third place; most of the 137 put the Horned Frogs fourth, fifth or sixth. The sum of the pre dictions leaves Coach Dutch Meyer’s boys occupying the fifth spot in the pre-season final stand ings. Coach Frank Kimbrough’s Bay lor Bears won the fifth and sixth rungs of the conference ladder on most ballots. A few put them in last place and there were scat tered votes for third and fourth. The final count places the Bears sixth. Arkansas Put Last If the professional sports writers and talkers are sure of the con ference winner, they are even more certain of the Southwest’s tail-enders—the Arkansas Razor- backs. Of the 137 who turned in predictions, 105 put Coach Fred Thomsen’s entry last. Two fourth- place nominations was as high as anyone ventured. Real Dog Fight In spite of remarkable unanimity in placing at least three of the teams—Texas, S. M. U. and Arkan sas—some of the experts hedged a bit. “It’ll be a real dog fight,” one observed. “There isn’t a team in the conference that couldn’t beat any other team.” “Injuries, schedules, the draft, weather—these are among the factors that make the gentle art of predicting double tough,” an other commented. Still another named S. M. 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Routt was the first, accomplishing the feat in 1936-37. Kimbrough made it in 1939-40, while Boyd and Robnett hit the honor squad TEXAS AGGIE TENTATIVE 1941 FOOTBALL RC f a 0 ; a e?x Head Coac^ Homer Hill Norton (Birming)_(] r oouthern ’16) Assistants “ J. W. Rollins (Texas A&M ’17) W. N. James (Centre ’22) Marty Karow (O. State ’27) Lil Dimmitt (Southwestern) Home Town Pos. Wt. Ht. Player Amarillo FB 200 6.3 Andrews, William '(Bill) Brenham FB 203 6.3 Andricks, Dennis (Andy) Dallas E 180 6.0 Boyd, Harold (Cotton) Schulenburg G 185 6.0 Bucek, Felix (Wottaman) Schulenburg G 205 6.0 Bucek, Roy (Wildman) Harlingen T 200 6.3 Buckland, Fred Temple TB 172 6.0 Carlile, Tom (Polecat) Sulphur Springs C 173 6.0 Clifton, Warren (Red) Freer E 180 6.2 Cowley, Harold Donna E 180 6.3 Cox, Truman Gilliland G 208 5.11 Cure, Wayne Bryan TB 165 5.11 Daniels, Leo Crockett E 200 6.6 Dawson, Jamie (Little Dog) Bessemer, Pa. G 180 6.0 DeArment, Richard (Dick) Alto T 210 6.2 Dickey, Leonard (Gus) Lockhart G 185 5.8 Ellwood, Eugene (Frog) Orange TB 177 5.10 Force, Henry (Bud) Dallas G-T 190 6.2 Gerner, William (Bill) Houston E 205 6.4 Henderson, Bill (Jitterbug) San Antonio C 173 6.1 Holder, Leonard (Slats) Fort Worth BB 185 6.0 Hollis, Ellis (Al) Abilene T 240 6.5 Joeris, Leonard Houston TB 180 6.2 Kishi, James (Jimmy) LaGrange E 180 6.0 Knight, Jimmie Corsicana E 180 6.2 Levy, Daniel Monahans T 206 6.2 Luethy, Don (Loop) Fort Worth G-C 195 6.0 Maples, Weldon (Baldy) Temple C 180 6.0 Mercer, Arthur (AJ) Belton G 190 5.9 Miller, Charles (Streak) Moran T 205 6.4 Montgomery, James (JB) Amarillo E 190 6.3 Moore, Owen Stephenville TB 180 6.0 Moser, Derace (Mose) Abilene G 200 6.1 Motley, Zolus Belton G 195 6.0 Mulhollan, Ray (Mullins) Kenedy E 182 6.4 McAda, Acie (Big Foot) Temple WB 180 6.0 Pickett, Tom Grandview WB 180 5.10 Porter, Sam Houston G 202 5.11 Richardson, Lester (Les) Mart WB 185 6.0 Rogers, Cullen (Slick) Houston BB 185 6.0 Roman, Lincoln (King Kong) Waco T 210 6.3 Ruby, Martin Abilene C 185 5.10 Sibley, Bill (Dub) Somerville E 205 6.3 Simmons, Elvis (Boots) Houston E 180 6.2 Slaughter, Marion (Pete) Schulenburg BB 195 6.0 Skarke, Richard (Dick) Frisco City, Ala. WB 170 5.11 Smith, Earl (Bama) Lufkin WB 177 6.0 Spivey, Marshall Panhandle E 190 6.2 Sterling, James (Jim) Handley E 180 6.2 Stout, John Dallas T 210 6.3 Swank, Jack Greenville WB 175 5.6 Terry, David (Shorty) Texarkana G 185 5.8 Thompson, Freeman (Nubby) Fort Worth T 220 5.10 Tulis, Robert (Bloody) Ysleta G-BB 176 5.8 Turner, Oscar Belton TB 175 6.1 Utley, Kelly Yoakum G 185 6.0 Wagner, Shelton (Wag) Sweetwater FB 190 5.11 Webster, Jackson (Jake) Temple T 230 6.4 Wesson, Euel (Poppa) Marlin E 185 6.2 Williams, Maurice (Cotton) Eldorado TB 170 5.9 Williams, Robert (Pinkie) Lewisville E 172 6.2 Wolters, Freddie (Country) Bellville BB 200 6.0 Zapalac, Willie *—Number of varsity lette rs. Can an old cow-hand teach 37 bears new tricks? That’s the ques tion Baylor football followers are asking as Frank Kimbrough, for mer grid mentor of the Hardin- Simmons Cowboys, starts his first season in Southwest Conference grid scrambles. Out Abilene way, Kimbrough’s football teams piled up 47 wins, lost eight games and tied three during a six year stretch. Last year, the in jury-riddled Bears lost all of their loop contests; and if the 1941 elev en can come through with a notch or two in the conference win col umn, Waco football fans will have a chance to look ahead again. There will be 14 lettermen back for fall practice this week and if Kimbrough could keep 11 of these boys on the football field all of the time, the Bears might be able to go places in the final stand ings. Reserve strength will be Kimbrough’s first and biggest wor ry. Jack Wilson, Sparkplug Heading the list of lettermen backs in camp is Jack Wilson, big triple-threater who spent most of last year’s campaign riding the bench with an early season in jury. Wilson looked beter than ever in spring practice and if he stays in all of the way, the Bears may prove dangerous. Milton Crain, Travis Nelson, Weldon Bigony, Dwight Parks and Bill Coleman, all lettermen, will be plenty of help and sophomores Kit Kittrell, Bo Bobinson and Albin Murski may show enough stuff to land in the starting quartet. The end play should be just as strong as that of last fall with Jack Russell and Ed Hickman, both lettermen, back for another year with the Bears. These are the only two experienced ends on the squad, but Wenzell Gandy, Jack Jeffrey and Aubrey Bailey, all hold overs from 1940, will be ready for relief work. Russell made the All- Conference team his first season out and should be one of the top- ranking linesmen in the loop this fall. Lettermen at Tackle Three lettermen, Rex Gandy, W. B. Godbold and Rubo Barnett, have the inside track for the tackle posts and will probably carry the load at this place in the forward SAVE from 33 1-3% to 50% at LOUPOT’S On Books, Supplies, Blouses, etc. Loupot’s Trading Post At North Gate J. E. LOUPOT, Class of ’32, Mgr. wall. All three saw plenty of play at the tackle slots last fall and will battle it out for the starting places with W. J. Stephens, 235-pound sophomore, ready to help out. Guard Positions The Bears will have only two lettermen for the guard posts and sophomores and Junior College transfers will have to come through to fill in the gaps. Lewis Self and Odell Griffin both earned their first letter last fall and have the jump for places on the first team with Sophomores Jim Bean and Johnny Lampking doing most of the relief chores. The center post seems well taken care of by Buddy Gatewood, jun ior letterman, who turned in several good games towards the close of the 1940 season. In reserve, the Bears will have Olan Runnels and Paul Cook, both sophomores. Right now, it looks like the Bears will have plenty of quality but not much quantity and with ten straight weeks of hard football ahead, only time can tell about the final outcome. -THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941 shown around the campus by Dean E. J. Kyle of the School of Agri culture. Delpech is a June graduate of Cornell University where he was given a master of science degree. He stopped here on his way to Torreon, Mexico, where he will continue his cotton studies. From here he went to New Orleans for a look at the Cotton Exchange and the Cotton Research Laboratory, then to Washington, D. C. Latin American Agriculturalist Shown Campus by Dean Kyle Rene P. Delpech, who is a. mem ber of the national cotton board of the Argentine Department of Agriculture, visited the Texas A. & M. campus for a few days this past summer. 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