Picking Aggies, Steers, and Frogs to Win
Today; Also taking Rice Owls Over Arkansas
The Southwest Conference really gets into the swing
of things with three more league games rolling out of the
well-known barrel. On Kyle Field, Homer Norton’s Texas
Aggies face their stiffest competition to date when they
take on Matty Bell’s rampaging Mustangs. Out in Waco,
the Baylor Bears play host to Coach Dana X. Bible’s polish
ed Texas Longhorns. In Houston, the Rice Owls clash with
the Arkansas Razorbacks in a “do-or-die” battle, while in
Cowtown, T.C.U. finds a breather in the Centenary Gents.
We managed to survive last
weeks’ blast as far prognostica
tions were concerned. You roll ’em
out to us and we’ll attempt to picit
’em.
A. & M.-S.M.U. ... one of the
top attractions of the nation, this
one promises to be a lulu. The Ag
gies were kinda off against
Arkansas last week, and should
come back roaring today. With
Red Maley not in there throwing
for the Mustangs the situation is
in the Cadets’ hands. The cards
say Aggies by a 14-0 score.
RICE-ARKANSAS . . . Since the
Razorbacks have been on the up
grade, many experts seem to think
that this will be the Porkers’ day.
However, the Owls should be on
the upgrade, today themselves after
slipping far out of the limelight.
The Razorbacks have a good pass
ing attack, but here’s giving Jess
Neely’s running game an edge for
a change. This one should be a
scoring game with the Owls on the
long end of a 20-14 count.
TEXAS-BAYLOR . . . Without
blinking an eyelash, it’s the Long
horns all the way by a 27-0 score.
T. C. U. - CENTENARY . . . Rice
beat the Gents 54-0 last week,
and there is no reason why the
Frogs shouldn’t duplicate the feat.
This will be a chance for Dutch
Meyer to do a lot of experimenting
before the Texas game' next week.
This should go to T. C. U. by a
score of 34-0.
In other games we pick Navy to
upset Notre Dame, Fordham over
Pittsburg (this may be close),
Army over Harvard by 6, Minne
sota over Nebraska by three
touchdowns, Stanford over South
ern California, but not a runaway,
North Carolina over Richmond, Tu-
lane over Alabama (but watch
out), Dartmouth over Princeton
by 7, Ohio State over Wisconsin,
Mississippi State over Auburn by
13, and Oregon State by 7 over U.
C. L. A.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Review
Of Thrilling Games in Aggie-Mustang Series
Thrilling moments of play between
S. M. U. and the Aggies since 1926
... in that year Gerald Mann, pres
ent attorney general, passed for a
score and kicked a field goal to
give the Mustangs a thrilling 9-7
win . . . the following year, with
the Mustangs a heavy favorite,
Joel Hunt, Aggie quarterback, ran
wild to lead the Ags to a 39-13
victory . . . In 1928, again an un
derdog Aggie team rose up to hold
S. M. U. to a 19-19 tie . . . then
some ardent fans remember the
years, ’33, ’34, and ’35 when a lit
tle fellow named Robert Wilson
proved to be a deep thorn in the
Cadets’ side ... it was just the
opposite the following three years
as an Aggie named Dick Todd ran
wild ... In 1937 he made a 75
yard run for a score to lead the
Aggies to a 14-0 win ... in 1938
he made a 57 yard run to put the
Cadets to a temporary 7-0 lead, but
a guy named Joe—Joe Pasqua—
disproved everything with a field
goal to win the game for the Pon
ies, 10-7 . . . and how can anybody
forget that thriller of 1939 when
the AgS defeated the Mustangs 6-2
with the outcome being in doubt
till the very last second . . . And
what about last year’s battle when
the Aggies had to rally in the last
half to win 19-7 with mighty John
Kimbrough and Waltzin’ Willie Co-
natser supplying the needed punch
. . . All of them have been thrill
ers, and today’s battle will be no
exception . . . An underdog Aggie
team rose up more than once to
shackle the Mustangs, and, who
knows, maybe the Ponies can re
turn the favor today .... Hm!
Could be?
Dr. Francis Wilson, associate
professor of zoology at Tulane uni
versity, collects eels in order to
study their embryology and life
history.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1941-
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Much Depends on Their Snagging Today
Williamson Picks
Aggies Over SMU
In Feature Game
By Paul B. Williamson
The most thrilling game in the
Southwest today will be witness
ed by the spectators of the Texas
Aggies-Southern Methodist Mus
tangs clash. This game will be the
toughest struggle yet this season
for the undefeated-untied Aggies.
We will ride with the fighting
cadets for a close one.
The Texas Longhorns should
have little trouble taking the Bay
lor Bears into camp. The System
takes the Steers to overwhelm Bay
lor.
The top game of the country
will be found when two unbeaten
but once-tied teams meet—Navy
vs. Notre Dame. We say the Mid
dies from Annapolis will be the vic
tors.
We like Arkansas over Rice also.
The Owls should go down before
the Razorbacks in a hard-fought
game. This game isn’t figured in
the odds-on books.
Below are the Williamson pre
dictions for Saturday, November
8, with the probable winners list
ed in capitals.
WILLIAMSON’S PREDICTIONS
HOME TEAM VISITING TEAM
ALBRIGHT Penn Military
Amherst TRINITY
ARIZONA U Flagstaff
Augustana, 111 LAKE FOREST
Baldwin Wallace CASE
BROWN U Holy Cross
BUCKNELL : Gettysburg
Baylor - TEXAS
BOSTON COLLEGE Wake Forest
Brooklyn MASS ST.
Centenary T. C. U.
Cornell Coll MONMOUTH
CARROLL COL Wheaton Col.
COE Knox
CINCINNATI Carnegie
CALIF POLY Humboldt
COAST GUARD Middlebury
Centre CHATTANOOGA
CITADEL Wofford
COMMERCE TCH San Marcos
Creighton TEXAS TECH
CALIF U Washington
CORNELL : Yale
Davidson ; DUKE
DRAKE U Cedar Falls
Fish Meet Rice Slimes
For Game at Houston
Freshmen Are Decidedly Crippled For
Owlets; Hold Win Over Allen Academy
The Texas Aggie Fish will play
their first conference foe of the
season when they meet the Rice
Slimes in Houston on Armistice
Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 2:30
o’clock.
Winner over the Allen Academy
Ramblers, 40-0, in their opener,
they will be out to protect their un
defeated record, but daily scrim
mage against the Aggie varsity
and resultant injuries has cut deep
ly into the bunch which won that
game.
iFullback Otto Payne, ex-Amanl-
lo all-stater, is out of action wih
a broken leg; Tackle Jim Wilson
has a badly bruised knee; and End
Nute Trotter, Borger, and Charlie
Nanichia, Houston back, are hob
bling about on sprained ankles, to
list some of the more important
player injuries. However, with a
squad of between 75 and 80 from
which to choose, Co-Coaches Char
lie DeWare' and Manning Smith
will pick a squad of approximate
ly 50 Tuesday morning to make
the Houston trip.
To fill the gap left by Otto
Payne, the coaches may shift Ed
Dusek over from his halfback post,
or may drop Bill Thomas, Sweet
water, at the fullback slot. At
any rate, Thomas will be among
the starters somewhere.
Probable starting lineup will in
clude: Ends—Tom Goers, San Mar
cos, and Floyd Hand, Pasadena, if
Trotter is not ready; Tackles—Ben
Stout, Dallas, and Harold Atta-
way, Temple, if Wilson does not
heal up; Guards—Johnnie Davis,
Vernon, and Jim Cody, Dallas; Cen
ter—Long John Knight, Dallas.
Backs—Barney Welsh, Stephen-
ville; Ed Dusek, Temple; Bill
Thomas, Sweetwater; and George
Wilde, Graham, or Jennings An
derson, San Antonio.
During the 1909-10 term there
were 243 tents stretched over a
ten acre area on the A. & M. cam
pus lodging 486 cadets.
W. J. Douglas, Jr.
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Taking the spotlight along with
the varsity football team this week
end, intramural cross country run
ners will have their big day to
morrow. Activities in the intramur
al sports world here at Aggieland
will begin Sunday afternoon in
the vicinity of Kyle Field. The
“Fish” will lead off at StOO p.m.
and the upperclassmen will follow
at 3:30. All runners are asked to
report at least fifteen minutes
early for the event.
Last year class A honors went to
1 CHQ with W.
W. Greif crossing
the finish line 9:
5.0 minutes after
the starting gu?i
had sounded. Run
ning in a driving
rain, J. M. Vad-
odos came in first
for the class B.
division. Vadodos
Oxford was a member of
1st Headquarters Field and set a
time record for the course, 8:39.0
Intramural water polo is now in
the first rounds of the finals.
League winners who have won their
first matches and who are sched
uled to play the winners of the
one-eighth finals are: 2 CHQ vs.
F FA, I FA vs. the winner of the
D Eng-B Inf match; 6 CHQ vs.
League D winners, and E FA vs
C CWS. Last year’s water polo
winner was E battery Field Ar
tillery.
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Class A:
2 Hdq. Field, Tennis
L Infantry, Tennis
D CAC, water polo
F Infantry, Tennis
L Infantry, Handball
C Cavalry, Basketball
Class B:
2 CHQ, swimming
H Field Artillery met E In
fantry and played them two min
utes to decide the winner of a foot
ball game. Sounds silly, doesn’t it ?
Well, here are the facts. With the
score 13-13 and two minutes left
to play, H Field kicked the ball.
The ball bounced over the goal
line and then by some trick of fate
bounced back into the field of
play. H Field covered the ball. The
referee ruled a touchback, which he
thought was right. After discuss
ing the matter with the intramur
al department, it was decided that
the ruling was in error. So, Thurs
day E Infantry was given the bah
on the one yard line and they play
ed H Field for two minutes. The
outcome of the short game? E In
fantry the ^vinner.
Still fighting to the last minute,
Welder of C Field was fouled and
took his free shot in an effort to
tie the game after H Coast had
already won. Welder missed the
free shot and the score of the
game was 19 - 18 in favor of H
Coast. Tough luck. Welder.
DETROIT U Marquette
DENVER U.
EMPORIA TCH
Florida U
FRANK MARSH
FURMAN
Gunnison
Georgetown U
GUSTA-ADOL
GONZAGA
GEORGIA TECH
Glenville
GENEVA
Harvard
Hanover
Hofstra
Hobart
Hamp. Sydney
Fort Hays
ILLINOIS U
111. Wesleyan
Kent St
KING COL
Kansas St
KALAMAZOO TCH.
KEARNEY
La. Col LA. TECH
Lehigh MUHLENBERG
LAWRENCE COL. Beloit
La. State OLE MISS
MT. ST. MARY * Upsala
MAIN Bowdoin
Miano U. (O) W. RESERVE
MISS ST : ... Auburn
MANHATTAN Boston U.
MARSHALL Morehead Tch
MISS. COL Mercer
MONTANA U. N. Dakota U.
MINNESOTA Nebraska
N. Cen. Col. J. MILLIKEN U.
New York U MISSOURI U.
NEW HAMP Tufts
N. Mexico A. & M. NEW MEXICO
NORTHWESTERN U Springfield
NEVADA U SAN JOSE
NORWICH U. Vermont
1DE=S (See WILLIAMSON, Page 4)
Utah St.
Wichita
GEORGIA
Lebanon Valley
G. Wash. U.
COLO MINES
Maryland U.
N. Dakota St.
Cheney
Kentucky
. MORRIS HARV
Waynesburg
ARMY
LOUISVILLE U.
ALFRED U.
BUFFALO
ROANOKE
.. ST. BENEDICT
Iowa
BRADLEY POLY
J. CARROLL
Milligan
S. CARO. U.
Manchester
Hayne Tch.
Aggie Water Polo
Team Play Galveston
The second game under the spon
sorship of the newly formed Texas
State Water Polo League takes
place tonight, with Coach Art
Adamson’s Aggies paired off again
st the strong Galveston Chamber
of Commerce team. The Aggies
are one game up on the Galves
ton crew, having taken a hard
fought tussle last Saturday night
in Galveston.
An added attraction for follow
ers of the watery sport, an Aggie
team sponsored by the Campus
Theater, will also play the team
from the coast city on Sunday af
ternoon. This team is composed of
men who are ineligible for inter
collegiate competition and is led
by Captain W. S. McCulley of the
college military staff.
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