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.
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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
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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. Those Jones boys are really
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However, even if the Aggies did
n’t accomplish much, the game still
brought out some stars. Martin
Ruby continues to shine, and may
be the best tackle in the U.S. be
fore the year is out. Weldon Maples
played a great game at guard,
making some of those Razorback
ball carriers holler “uncle” more
than once. Derace Moser was still
most of the Aggie offense, while
Willie Zapalac’s work at the block
ing back post was great.
Well, this game is all over. 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
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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
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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.
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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)
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