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Felix Bucek’s Pass Interception Brings To Mind Rose Bowl Game of January 1, 1939 Last Saturday’s game with Ar kansas brings to mind the story of the Rose Bowl game of January 1, 1939 between Southern Californ ia and Duke. It was the last quar ter and Duke was ahead by a field goal. Coach Howard Jones of the Trojans tried every combination he could conceive, but none could work on the stout Blue Devil line which hadn’t been scored on in 10 games. Finally, as a last resort, he sent in a third-string quarter back, Doyle Nave, to save the day for Southern Cal. Nave prompt ly threw five consecutive passes, one of which went for the win ning score, 7-3. That was thrilling, dramatic, and what have you. It was the kind of a game you read about in a story or see in a picture show. It was the kind of a game that happens only once in a lifetime. Such was the case Saturday af ternoon at Little Rock when the Aggies battled the Arkansas Ra- zorbacks. This game was no thril ler, by any means, but it was the land of a fracas where a hereto fore ordinary player takes the spotlight away from the “adjective'’ boys. Felix Bucek hadn’t seen much ac tion before this game. However, with Les Richard son, the starting .guard, on the I sidelines with a bruised knee, the ss: ^Schulenburg “Flash” got his chance. The day before in prac- Stice, Felix had fsurprised every one with his great pass defense work. Line Coach Bill James took notice of it, and when Arkansas started their aer ial attack, Felix Bucek was sent in. The first time he pulled out of the line to protect against passes, he speered one of Arkansas’ aer ials and traveled 58 yards for a score. That piece of work saved the Aggies from suffering one of the biggest upsets in football as the underdog Razorbacks fought the favored Cadets to a standstill. <r c7: < y3 ttce/c Slippery and Soggy Field Was Main Cause Of Cadet Letdown in Arkansas Game Saturday There were many reasons for the Cadet showing Saturday. One of them was the field. It was in a terrible shape— soggy, slippery, and wet. It was not even covered the day before thus causing a football game when it rained, that had the cus tomers mumbling. Another reason yvuoif w . as usua ] letdown that a team has after going strong all season. The Ca dets were at their peak against Baylor, and, even Coach Homer Norton didn’t expect them to do as good against the Razorbacks. Another prime and good reason was the Razorbacks themselves. They played a whale of a good game, but just didn’t have that final “oomph” to accomplish the trick. 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Let’s quit worrying about Arkansas and concentrate all our efforts on S. M. U. STAR OF THE WEEK DEPART MENT .... Felix Bucek, sub guard of the Texas Aggies and Em ory Nix of the T.C.U. Horned Frogs get the honor this week. Fe lix gets it for his pass intercep tion score and Nix for his great passing in T.C.U.’s 23-12 victory over Baylor. SPORTS SQUIBS FROM HERE AND THERE Texas University grabbed the scor ing lead this week with 230 points . . . . they are 17 points ahead of the Texas Aggies Highlights and Sidelights of the Arkansas trip It was fun all the way up there. . . . most of the boys eith- tr slept, studied, or played poker (just for matches) . . . Yes, we said studied Cullen Rogers sur prised everyone and himself when he brought a History 306 book to study. . . .Dr. Gammon, take notice . . . .Tom Pickett, Bob Williams, and Willie Zapalac all took ‘turns in reading “Twentieth ■ Century Plays” . . . .They weren’t football plays, either. . . Wayne Cure was the casanova of the group .... he made quick acquaintance with four good looking girls on the train. . . .Andy Andricks, Derace Moser, and Willie Zapalac found some good “suckers” in Leonard Dickey, Dick Skarke, and this writ er in a round of poker Dr. Walton had the boys really listen ing to his good stories Mrs. Bill James took Zolus Motley for a ride on the Notre Dame-Army (See KYLE FIELD, Page 4) RIDE THE MUSTANGS! —Then Gas UP Here With TEXACO TEXACO SERVICE STATION East Gate Aggie Polo Team Set Back by New Mexico, 8-6, Sunday Jowell of Institute Scores Five Goals to Lead Attack; Maloney Stars for Cadets The New Mexico Military Insti tute’s crack riders galloped to an 8 to 6 victory over Major J. E. Steven’s hard riding Texas Aggie polo team Sunday. Ray (Monk) Jowell, No. 1 man, was the standout of the game for the invaders. He belted through five of the winning goals, includ ing one from the foul line that was the prettiest shot of the game. The Aggies were handicapped by the loss of their 3 goal man, Bill Braid, although they played well, and succumbed to the visitors only after a desperate and stubborn re sistance. Although favoring an injured shoulder, Capt. Carl Maloney of the Aggies turned in a splendid performance at No. 2. Walt Haxt continued to be the sparkplug of the College Station crew at No. 4 and Lee Rice at No. 3 and Norris McGowen at No. 1 played their us ual consistent game. The Aggies fought hard, but crip pled as they were by injuries, and faced with the powerful attack of the New Mexico boys, were unable to stave off the defeat. Williamson Still Rates Texas No 1 And Aggies As No 3 By Paul B. Williamson The Texas Aggies met with sur prising resistance from an often surprising Arkansas Razorback squad and won only 7 to 0 to rate at No. 3 of the nation. Dana X. Bible’s mighty Long horns, definitely the nation’s best, smothered S.M.U. 34 to 0 to hold their rating of No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week. Only five major teams in the country remain in the undefeated- untied class after the past weeks’ games, and this five top the list in the Williamson rating system. There were plenty of big upsets, headed by Shippenburg’s 27 to 0 defeat of Slippery Rock. Also a shocker was Kansas State’s 12 to 6 win over Nebraska. The System had its worst week of the current season, with an all-time low record of 78.8 per cent. This week’s ratings are as fol lows: WILLIAMSON’S RATINGS Perfect Team 100.0 1. Texas 1 99.9 2. Pordham 97.2 3. Texas A. & M 97.0 4. Minnesota 96.2 5. Duke 96.1 6. Mississippi 95.7 7. Northwestern 95.2 8. Navy 95.0 9. Tulane 94.9 10. Vanderbilt 94.6 11. Notre Dame 94.4 12. Army : 94.4 13. Michigan 94.2 14. Oklahoma 94.1 15. Miss. State 93.9 16. Pennsylvania 93.7 17. Missouri 93.7 18. Alabama 93.5 19. Duquesne 92.6 20. S. M. U 92.6 21. Harvard 92.4 22. Georgia 92.0 23. Cornell 91.6 24. Ohio State 91.4 25. Wash. State 91.2 26. Columbia 91.0 27. Oregon State 90.9 28. T. C. U 90.9 29. Purdue 90.8 30. Georgia Tech 90.7 31. Stanford *........90.7 32. California 90.7 33. Washington 90.6 34. Mich. State 90.4 35. Santa Clara 90.2 36. Tulsa 90.1 37 Tennessee '....90.0 38. U. C. L. A 89.5 39. South Carolina 88.9 40. Miami 88.9 41. Arkansas 88.9 42. Detroit 88.5 43. Marquette 88.4 44. Oregon 88.4 45. Wm. & Mary 88.3 46. Syracuse 88.2 47. Clemson 88.2 48. Brown 88.2 49. Dartmouth 88.1 50. Boston College 88.1 61. Auburn 88.1 52. Texas Tech 82.0 53. Temple 88.0 54. Wisconsin <9 87.9 55. Colgate 87.7 57. Texas A. & 1 87.6 60. Okla. A. & M 87.2 63. L. S. U 87.0 64. So. California 87.0 66. Rice : 86.9 67. Baylor 86.9 68. Yale 86.9 69. Arizona 86.8 71. Penn. State , 86.7 72. Kentucky 86.1 76. Nebraska 86.1 77. Illinois 86.1 82. Prineeotn 1 85.8 85. Iowa 85.4 92. Indiana 84.4 94. Denton Teachers 84.3 98. No. Carolina 84.0 100. Citadel 83.8 103. Colorado 83.2 105. Hardin Simmons 83.1 112. W. Texas St 82.0 137. Commerce Tchrs 78.5 139. N. Mexico U 78.2 140. St. Mary’s (Texas) 78.2 149. Texas Mines 77.3 157. Ab. Christian 76.9 161. Arkansas Tech 76.4 174. Centenary 75.5 188. Howard Payne 74.8 205. Sam Houston .73.0 211. Texas Wesleyan 72.7 Dr. William S. Carlson, director of registration at the University of Minnesota and an expert on the Arctic, has been assigned to the bomber ferry command as a tech nical adviser on Greenland air bases. BATTALION. NOVEMBER 4, 1941 PAGE 3 SMU’s Offensive Sparkplugs -Howard ''re-d'a ONE OF greatest AS A HIGH SCHOOL PLAY5R-SEWSATIOM AS A FRESHMAN LAST YEAR-DUf TO BFANO.I ^.M.U.BACKINMI INTRAMORALS By DUB OXFORD Ags Prep for SMU After Squeezing by Arkansas, 7-0 Still elated over their narrow 7-0 victory over the Arkansas Ra zorbacks, the Aggie gridsters be gan practice today in preparation for the tilt with the Southern Methodist Mustangs on Kyle Field Saturday. The win over the Razor- backs, the narrowest margin the Cadets have had over a team thus far this season, was quite a set back for the Aggies but they have learned much from this game. Felix Bucek provided the winning tally for the Cadets when he inter cepted D. P. Jone's pass in the fourth quarter and carried it across the goal. In other conference games of the past week-end, the mighty Texas Longhorns, currently rated as the nation’s number one team, came through in their usual style to swamp the Southern Methodist Mustangs 34-0; the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian defeated the Baylor Bears 23-12; and the Rice Institute Owls walked over the Gents from Centenary 54-0. “Red” Maley, who, with “Presto” Johnston, provides the spark for the Mustangs, is likely to be out of the lineup against the Aggies due to a pulled cartilage suffered in the Texas game. Maley, a sopho more, has been the outstanding passer and runner on the S.M.U. squad and turned in a beautiful hit of playing against the Long horns until he was . removed be cause of the injury. Johnston, in his last year of col lege football, has long been one of the brilliant punters of the south west. “Presto” is the plunging full back who is also competent at circling the ends. “Frito” Gonza les, a squadman who is Maley’s un derstudy, has been performing in smooth form in the backfield. In the Mustang line, the stand outs have been Joe Pasqua, tackle, and Kelly Simpson, end. Pasqua is a flashy tackle, noted for his abil ity to hoot field goals. Pasqua is on the injured list and saw hut lit tle service against the Longhorns. The best Pony end this year has been Simpson who has turned in many good games. Authorities of nine New Eng land colleges, including Harvard, have asked students not to bring automobiles to college this fall as a gasoline conservation measure. r Patronize Our Agent In Your Outfit. DVER5-FUR5TORAGE HATTERS mon^xcan. r QlAL/ 2-1585 CASH & CARRY — D. M. DANSBY, ’37 North Gate L- Water polo playoffs begin this week and league winners will meet the teams that they drew in the the first round. Water polo, a pop ular intramural sport, is even more popular this number of for year. The total felts in the sport are less than the year’s total. Per haps the early beginning of the sport and the “In- Oxford d i a n Summer” weather that we have experienced is one of the reasons. The playing of over 150 foot ball games by 67 different teams has started. The rules to be played by this year are similar to those that were used in last year’s comp etition, but a few important chang es have been made. For the most part, intramural football rules follow those of col legiate football, but because of lack of protecting equipment, modi fications are necessary to reduce injuries. or above the next zone line. Forward Pass: A forward pass may be made from anywhere behind the line of scrimmage. Any man on either team is an eligible pass receiver. Substitutions: A player, withdrawn dur ing either half, may not re-enter that half. Touching: Both hands must touch the runner simultaneously before he is con sidered tackled. The player making the tackle must be on balance for the touch to be valid. Blocking: In all blocking, no part of the blocker’s body except his feet shall be in contact with the ground throughout the block. Unnecessary roughness involved in blocking will be penalized. Use of Hands: Defense players are re stricted in the use of their hands to the shoulders and body of the offensive block ers. Scoring: If scores are made the game shall be decided on the usual basis. But if scores are tied or no scores are made, the game shall be awarded to the team making the most 20-yard penetrations. If 20-yard penetrations are tied, 40-yard penetrations will decide. If all of these are tied, the won and half FORFEIT DOGHOUSE Class A: D Replacement Center, Water Polo C Cavalry, Water Polo B Signal Corps, Water Polo M Infantry, Handball. Class B: L Infantry, Basketball E Coast, Swimming C Replacement Center, Swim ming. An important change this year is the ruling that a fumbled ball is dead when and where it hits the ground. Fumbles, muffs and bad passes from center are dead at the point where they strike the ground, and belong to the team that last touched the ball. Blocked kicks are dead at the point where they strike the ground and belong to the de fensive team regardless of the down and any fumbles or blocked kicks that occur in the end zone result in safeties. With the 67 upperclassmen teams starting play, here are the rules: INTRAMURAL TOUCH FOOTBALL The Game: The playing rules of Intra mural Touch Football are the same as those used for American Football with the exception of the regulations listed below: Number of Players: Nine players shall constitute a team. On offense at least five players must be on the line of scrimmage, whether or not a full team is present, and the remaining players at least one yard behind the line. At least seven players of a team must be present before that team can start the game. Equipment: Only tennis shoes or basket ball shoes may be worn. Rubber-soled street shoes are not permissahle. Yardage on Downs: The field is divided into 20-yard zones. A team has four downs to move the ball from one zone to the next. A first down results when the ball is declared dead, any part of which is team that put the ball in play. not be played. A per when a team carries the ball into the zone, or comes into possession of the ball within a zone (intercepted pass, recovered fum ble. etc.) provided that they put the ball into play in that zone at least one time. ay A twenty-yard penetration is an automatic rty-yard penetration. Fumbles: Any fumbled ball that touches the gro fumblin] tny the ground is dead' and belongs to the fumbling team at the point where the player lost possession of the ball. On a bad ss from center, the ball is dead where strikes the ground and belongs to the (See INTRAMURALS, Page 4) pa: it Come in and see our store • • Try one of our Sandwiches with a Delicious Fountain Drink. Blacks Pharmacy East Gate Jackets AGGIES LET’S TAKE S. M. U. Cold weather is here! You will be needing a jacket. Come by and see our Glover Jackets. They are smart as well as economical. For Light Wear! We have various styles of sweaters, both with and without sleeves. Come by and see our selection. 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