Aggies to Nip Frogs 14-7; Also Picking
Texas, Rice, and SMU to Win Tilts Today
This afternoon one of the most extensive SW conference
schedules gets under way. Two conference games and a
couple of intersectional tilts are on the menu today. The
conference will have a grand chance to add prestige to its
already respectable record when Rice and S. M. U. take on
L. S. U. and Auburn respectively. As for the conference
games, the Texas Aggies match wits with the T. C. U. Horned
Frogs in what should turn out to be a whale of a battle, and
Texas faces Arkansas in Austin.
We’re still batting 1.000 in con
ference games, but may break that
ole limb today. Anyway, we’ll try
not to, so here goes.
A. & M. - T. C. U The high
est scoring team in the nation
•versus one of the best defensive
teams in the country. Whatta bat
tle that should turn out to be.
However, they tell us that a good
offense is the best defense, and
it seems that the Aggies have
enough of both to take home the
bacon. The coin says Aggies by
a 14-7 count.
TEXAS-ARKANSAS . . . Even
if Layden doesn’t get to play we
can’t see anything but a slaughter
in this one. Texas should breeze,
39-7.
RICE-L. S. U. . . . Here’s a good
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one for someone to make suckers
out of the “Smart” boys. Rice had
its peak against Tulane last week,
and is due for some sort of a
a letdown. We would pick an up
set here if Rice were playing any
one but L. S. U. The Tigers just
don’t seem to have any scoring
punch, and teams without scoring
punch can’t win ball games. Even
if Brumley might be on the side
lines, it’s the Owls by a 13-0
count.
S. M. U. - AUBURN ... The
Mustangs are still one of the
strongest teams in the Southwest
Conference, and this is just not the
stopping place for them. Spot any
number of points you want on
Auburn, and we’ll still take S. M. U.
Score 26-0.
Other good games to take in
clude Northwestern over Michigan
by a whisker (and we do mean
a whisker), Duke over Colgate by
19, Navy over Cornell by 7, Ford-
ham over West Virginia by 30, Ne
braska over Indiana, Washington
State over Southern California in
a mild upset, Washington over U.
C. L. A., Georgia over Columbia,
Dartmouth over Harvard by 13, and
Alabama over Tennessee by 6 or
less.
SPORTS SQUIBS FROM
HERE AND THERE
Harry Ferguson, U. P. sports
editor, who saw last week’s game
between A. & M. and N. Y. U.
writes: “First prospective All-
American seen by this department
in 1941 is Derace Moser, Texas
Aggie tailback . . . Moser runs,
passes, and kicks . . . his only flaw
is that he has not learned to car
ry the water bucket without spill
ing a few drops” ...
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1941-
THE BATTALION
-PAGE 3
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AS THE AGGIES AND FROGS COME TOGETHER 10) THEIR ANNUAL
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AND AS MAIN STAYS ON THEIR -RESPECTIVE TEAMS WILL
SPARK THEIR TEAMMATES TO ACTION ON THE GRIDIRON ///
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MTU
Dutch Meyer, Frog Coach, Has
Compiled Great Record at TCU
Leo R. “Dutch” Meyer, head foot
ball coach at Texas Christian uni
versity, has been with that school
as student and coach for 22 years.
Meyer entered T. C. U. as a fresh
man in 1917, when first-year men
were eligible for intercollegiate
competition.
“Dutch” became one of the most
versatile athletes that school ever
had; lettering four times in basket
ball at guard; four times in base
ball as a pitcher; and twice in
football at end. He was captain of
the basketball team twice and the
baseball club once. Meyer’s total
collegiate record is ten varsity let
ters and three times captain.
Meyer left school in 1918 to go
into the service of the United
States Army; was commissioned a
second lieutenant and was an in
structor in the S. A. T. C. at
Transylvania college at Lexington,
Kentucky.
Upon graduation from T. C. U.
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in 1922, Meyer had such an im
pressive record in baseball that
the Cleveland Indians signed him.
An old shoulder injury kept him
from playing ball so he returned
to Texas to coach at Polytechnic
high school, Fort Worth, in the
spring and winter of 1923. In 1923,
T. C. U. entered the Southwest
Conference and Meyer came back
to his Alma Mater as freshman
coach. He has been there ever
since.
Meyer is married, has no chil
dren. His hobbies are farming,
fishing, and bridge; he operates
a farm about 20 miles from Fort
Worth. Meyer never gets far
away from football, no matter
what.
(See DUTCH MEYER, Page 4)
Steers to Win Their Games
By Paul B. Williamson
In the two Southwest Conference
games we have the Texas Aggies
meeting the Texas Christian Horn
ed Frogs and the Texas Longhorns
tangling with the Arkansas Razor-
backs. The Aggies, rated in fourth
place with a rating of 99.0 per
cent, should defeat the Horned
Frogs, who are in 39th place in the
Williamson System with a rating
of 89.7 per cent.
The System picks the Long
horns, in first place with 99.9 per
cent, to beat the Razorbacks, in
82nd place with a 84.9 per cent rat
ing in the System.
Two Southwest Conference teams
should shine in intersectional
games today. The Williamson Sys
tem picks the Rice Institute Owls
to win over the Louisiana State
University Tigers and the South
ern Methodist University Mustangs
to beat Auburn.
Today’s outstanding intersection-
al game will find the Colgate Red
Raider’s invading Durham, North
Carolina, to clash with the Duke
Blue Devils. Duke, having a rat
ing of 99.5 per cent, should win
in stride against Colgate, who
has a rating of 88.7 per cent. Even
though the score should be as the
ratings indicate, Colgate could still
close the season as one of the
strongest teams in the East.
Our selections for other import
ant contests are: Georgia over
Columbia, in a rough one; Ole Miss
over Holy Cross; Nebraska over
Indiana; Santa Clara over Michi
gan State; Fordham over West
Virginia; and Kentucky over
Xavier, with possibly a rough
fight here.
The biggest game of the week,
a non intersectional battle, will
be the game between the North,,
western Wildcats and the Wol
verines of Michigan. That’s just
what it will be, a battle, and a
battle of giants. The result of the
game may have a bearing on the
national championship, and defi
nitely on the Big Ten champion
ship. We pick Northwestern.
The remainder of the System’s
pickings are: Centre over Cincin
nati; Alabama to win over Ten
nessee; Yale to eke out a victory
over the Army; Richmond U. over
Washington & Lee; Sewanee to
take Southwestern of Memphis;
Baldwin Wallace over Western Re
serve; Coast Guard to take Nor
wich: C. C. N. Y. over Clarkson
Louisiana Tech to beat Louisiana
Normal; and Boston University to
take Bueknell.
Other leading games include:
Boston College over Manhattan;
Colorado to beat Colorado State,
(hard): V.P.I. to take Davidson;
Denver U. over Wyoming; Dart
mouth over Harvard; Missouri over
Iowa State; Syracuse over N.Y.U.
and Temple to beat Penn State.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
Home Team Visiting: Team
Akron OHIO
Auburn S. M. U.
ABILENE CHRIS Southwestern (Tex)
ALABAMA Tennessee
Bates NORTHWESTERN U.
BOSTON COLLEGE Manhattan
BROWN U Tufts
Bueknell BOSTON U.
BUTLER DePauw
Buffalo WASH. & JEFF.
Brigham Young UTAH U.
Carnegia Tech NOTRE DAME
Cincinnati U CENTRE
Citadel FURMAN
C. C. N. Y : Clarkson
COE Cornell Col.
Colorado Mines COLORADO COL.
COLORADO U Colorado St.
Columbia U GEORGIA U.
Connecticut U MAINE
CHENEY TCHRS Wash. St. Frosh.
Davidson V. P. I.
(See WILLIAMSON, Page 4)
( J ampus
SATURDAY
LAST DAY
“A GIRL, A GUY &
A GOB^
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