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iSS BY MIKE HAIKIN Battalion Sports Editor Fish Meet Ramblers on Kyle Field Monday Picking All SW Conference Teams to Come Out on Top Today; Freshmen Play Monday Six of the seven Southwest Con ference football teams open their schedule this afternoon, with all hut the Texas Longhorns play ing in their own backyard. Today’s results will have plenty of bear ing on the status of the teams and will clear up many problems con cerning strength and ability. So without any more ado, we will proceed to stick our neck out to the nearest block, and become one of the unfortunate prognosticators who attempt to predict the outcome of football games. A. & M. - SAM HOUSTON The Aggies have been working hard for this game, and regard it as a tough affair. Puny Wilson’s boys looked good last week against Lamar, but are altogether out of their class when they play in the Southwest Conference. The Aggies, with plenty to spare. The score? 27-7. TEXAS - COLORADO U.—The Colorado Buffs have the advantage of playing in their own back yard, and with the Longhorns not in top shape may make a game of it. However, Dana X. Bible’s boys should come out on top, say, by a 14-0 count. T. C. U. - TULSA—This one should prove to be a whale of a game. The Hurricanes are the class of the Missouri Valley, and could well prove to be a stumbling block for the Frogs. However, the games is being played in Fort Worth, and in Cowtown those Frogs are really tough. We’ll pick the Starting Line Averages 196 lbs, Backfield at 180 Frogs by a whisker, 13-10. Watch for a possible tie here! BAYLOR - HARDIN-SIMMONS —Coach Frank Kimbrough makes his debut in Waco this afternoon, and nothing would please him more than to drub his former alma- mater. The Cowboys showed plen ty of power last week against Texas Wesleyan, and may prove a tough nut to crack. However, we believe Jack Wilson will break loose at least twice, and put the Bears out in front, 13-7. S. M. U. - DENTON TEACHERS —Denton gave the Mustangs a fit last year, but should find Matty Bell’s gridsters prepared for any surprise this time. S. M. U. should take this one without any trouble, 20-0. ARKANSAS-CENTRAL OKLA HOMA TEACHERS—The Teachers are simply out of their class. This will give Coach Fred Thomsen a chance to see different combina tions. Should go to the Razor- backs, 33-0. By Dub Oxford (Assistant Sports Editor) Shifting an 80 man squad BATTALION Tradition of "Twelfth Man” Dates Back in the Early ’20's On Kyle Field Monday after noon, another Aggie team makes its debut before the homefolks when Coach Charlie DeWare and Manning Smith’s Fish team meet the Allen Academy Ramblers at 2:30. The freshmen have been working as hard as the Varsity and deserve some recognition. So how about it, Army? Let’s all turn out enmasse to Kyle Field at 2:30 Monday afternoon and give those Fish gridsters all the support they so richly deserve. Sports Squibs From Here and There; Michigan-Michigan State Game Is Headliner Michigan vs. Michigan State, Tulane-Boston College, and Minne sota-Washington are the biggest games of the week . . . We’ll try forecasting these tilts when we learn a bit about the particular teams . . . Here’s a good one on of the Baylor Bears, coming from Charlie Burton’s column in the Dal las News . . . Last February Har- din-Simmons scheduled what was then the first game of the season with the Baylor Bears . . . “Oh, my gosh,” commented Kimbrough, Frank Kimbrough, genial coach What did I do to deserve this? REPAIRS ALL MAKE CARS ON BUDGET PLAN PAYMENTS an 11 man group has been a hard job, but Coaches Manning and Smith and Charlie DeWare have done the seemingly impossible. The Aggie Fish will meet the Allen Academy Ramblers for their an nual tilt Monday afternoon at 2:30. The affair will be staged on Kyle Field and a large attend ance by the freshmen is expected. Five Members Back Allen Academy has only five members of their last year’s team back, but they have a large group of high school stars on hand to work with. At present, Coach Choc Sanders is hard at work with his Ramblers, trying to whip them into shape so that they will be in the best possible condition for the Aggie Fish-Alien Rambler game. The Allen team started practice only last Saturday, and the Aggie Fish will have much more prac tice time as an edge on the Ram blers. In last year’s game, the Fish beat the Ramblers by a score of 18-0. Coaches Smith and DeWare have spent many an hour worrying over the Fish squad, and one of their big problems has been the segre gation of the many men out for a spot on the team into their proper places. This is not the larg est Fish squad that has ever come out, because there was some 200 players on the 1927 Fish team, but this group of freshmen seem to be one of the most capable squads that has been in uniform in a long time. Average 196 Pounds The Aggie Fish team that takes on the Allen Ramblers Monday afternoon will average 196 pounds in the line and the backfield weights tally up to an 180 pound average. Most of the men on the starting lineup have played on an All-Star team somewhere, which is an asset to the Fish team. Starting Lineup Here is the probable Freshman starting lineup for Monday’s game: J. N. Trotter, left end; Ben Stout, right end; James Cody, right guard; John Knight, center; John ny Davis, left guard; Arvel John son, left tackle; Tom Goers, left end. The backfield men are: L. W. Hartzog, Barney Welch, Otto Payne, and Jennings Anderson. SEPTEMBER 27,1941 Page 4 Much Depends on Him Today By Jerry Gleason (Junior Sports Editor) Last week, the value and spirit of the “Twelfth Man” was once again proven as Coach Norton made an urgent request to the cadet corps for men to fill the position of center on the football team. Shortly after he had made this request by way of the two public address systems in the din ing halls he found himself faced by several potential centers, among them, Herbert Skidmore, center for the Longview High School state champions for 1937. Once again the “Twelfth Man” had respond ed! The tradition of the “Twelfth Man” began in 1922 when Coach Bible was here at A. & M. He found himself faced with a prob lem similar to that which faced Coach Norton last week. The Ag gies were playing Centre College a post season game in Dallas and the team was overly crowded with crippled players. Coach Bible thought that the might need an other back so he sent into the cadet stands for a player and E. King Gill, now a practicing physi cian in Corpus Christi responded. According to all available records, Gill did not play that day but he was suited up and ready. 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Frank had forgotten this prompt- The Aggies should walk over ly when he was elected head coach ® am Houston State, at Baylor to succeed Morley Jen- We didn’t say so much about nings. Kimbrough greeted his those Christians of T. C. U. in friends with the comment: ‘‘Oh, I our advance story. We pick Tulsa my gosh. What did I do to de- to win the Missouri Valley Con serve this? We’re opening with ference What to do when Hardin-Simmons, and they’ll mur- Tulsa P la y s T - C - U * this week? der us. Those boys are really Okey T. C. U. T . x , ... SATURDAY, SEPT. 27 JUSt goes to Show that | ALABAMA Southwestern Institute AMHERST Bates ARKANSAS Central Oklahoma BROWN Wesley U. BAYLOR Hardin-Simmons CLEMSON Va. Military Inst. CORNELL COLLEGE James Milliken .Albright NOTRE DAME Arizona U NORTHWESTERN Vermont OKLAHOMA Oklahoma A. & M. PURDUE Vanderbilt RUTGERS Alfred South Carolina NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN CALIF Oregon State M. U Denton STANFORD Oregon U. 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