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By fllike Haikin
Battalion Sports Editor
TCU and SMU Picked to Win Over Rice And
Baylor; Arkansas Due to Surprise Ole Miss
The Texas Aggies and the Texas Longhorns will be
idle this afternoon. The rest of the program includes Rice’s
battle with the surprising Horned Frogs of Texas Christian
at Fort Worth, S.M.U.’s fight with the Baylor Bears at
Dallas, and Arkansas’ duel with Mississippi over at Ole Miss.
We have the Texas Longhorns
to thank for cracking that prover
bial limb the past two weeks, hut
we’ll be ready for ’em Thanks
giving. Let’s give a look at the
pot this week and see what’s cook
ing.
RICE-T.C.U. . . . The Frogs get
the call in this tilt mainly because
of Emory Nix and the passing at
tack, and the fact the Owls have
displayed a mighty weak pass de
fense all year. The Steers, Hogs,
and Aggies passed ’em silly, so
why shouldn’t the Frogs. How
ever, this one still should be close,
with the potent and tricky Owl
offense keeping T. C. U. and Dutch
Meyer in suspense. At any rate,
it’s T. C. U. by a 20-13 score.
S.M.U.-BAYLOR ... The Mus
tangs, like Baylor, rely on one
man to make their offense click,
and should he be stopped, S. M. U.
is beaten. We’re talking of Pres
to Johnston, star fullback, whose
long punts have gotten the Mus
tangs out of many tough spots. If
this game was being played in
Waco we’d give the call to the
Bears. However, Johnston’s toe
and the fact that the horpe town
will be looking on should bring
the victory-hungry Ponies a win.
Score? 7-0.
ARKANSAS-MISSISSIPPI . . .
Coach Fred Thomsen’s Hogs has
surprised more than one foe this
year, and from this corner it looks
like another surprise is in order
for Ole Miss. The Southern con
ference entry has pulled quite a
number of surprises itself in regis
tering wins over such potential
powers as Tulane, Holy Cross,
and L. S. U., but is due to get a
lesson in tactics of Southwest Con
ference football from the pass-
minded Razorbacks. The Hogs by a
14-13 score.
TCU Will Have
Weight Advantage
In Game With Rice
Sophomore Backfield To
Start for Froggies; Owls
Plan Passing Attack Today
Also Picking Minnesota Over Wisconsin In
Tough Battle; Possible Upset is Indicated
Turning our crystal glass in the
direction of the other parts of the
country we see, Washington State
in a runaway over Gonzaga, Min
nesota over Wisconsin in a tough
er battle than is indicated (good
spot for an upset here), Tennessee
over Kentucky by three touches,
Columbia by 6 over Colgate, Ford-
ham by two touchdowns over the
St. Mary’s Gaels, Michigan over
Ohio State (close one), Penn over
Cornell by a whisker, Nebraska
over Iowa, Alabama over Vander
bilt by 13 points, Northwestern
over Illinois, Washington over Ore
gon (a possible tie here), Tulsa
by 20 over Drake, Pittsburgh to
continue its winning streak against
Penn State, Navy over Princeton,
Army over West Virginia by 14,
Notre Dame by two touches over
Southern California, Missouri by
27 over Kansas, and Harvard over
Yale.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Texas
Far Ahead in All-Time Series With Cadets
Records show that Texas Uni
versity is the only team that has
the Indian sign on the Aggies . . .
the Longhorns have beaten the
Aggies 28 times . . . the Cadets
(See KYLE FIELD, Page 4)
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Weight will be on the side of
Texas Christian university, exper
ience on the side of Rice when
the two teams line up for the kick
off at Fort Worth today.
The Frogs will have a weight ad
vantage of some 10 pounds per
man. The Frogs line will aver
age around 201 pounds a man; the
Owl forwards about 192 pounds.
In the backfield, the Frogs will
have an average of about 185
pounds, the Owls about 172
pounds.
T. C. U. plans to start five
sophomores, including a backfield
made up entirely of the first-year
varsity men. The 11 starting
Frogs will include four seniors, two
juniors and five sophs.
The Rice eleven that takes the
field will probably be made up of
five seniors, four juniors and two
sophomores.
Both teams have several players
who are nursing injuries, but just
what the status of these will be
when 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon
rolls around is uncertain.
Performances of the two squads
to date indicate that the Owls
have the stronger ground game,
the Christians a superior passing
attack.
The season’s record shows three
losses for Rice in seven starts,
while T. C. U. has dropped two out
of eight.
The probable starting lineups:
T. C. U. RICE
Bruce Alford Clark Wells
L. E. R.
Derrell Palmer Billy Heard
Bill Crawford Weldon Humble
L. G. R.
James Woodin Buck Sloan
C.
Leonard Pugh Art Goforth
R. G. L.
Woodrow Adams Ted Brannon
R. T. L.
Phil Roach Bob Tresch
R. E. L.
Emery Nix Calvin McDougle
Q.
Van Hall Dick Dwells
L. H. R.
Frank Medanich Barron Ellis
R. H. L.
Bob McCollum Bob Brumley
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Officials:—Referee, Hary Viner (Mis-
■ry
souri) ; umpire, Maxey Hart (Texas) ; field
Haskins
judge, Bus Haskins (Oklahoma) ; head
linesman. Gene Bedford (S. M. U.).
Williamson Picks
TCU and SIU In
Conference Games
By Paul B. Williamson
Top game of the weekend and
one that may result in a Bowd
bid for the victor is the Alabama-
Vanderbilt clash at Nashville. Ala
bama at 95.8 is favored to take
Vandy which has a rating of 93.6.
But the Crimson Tide will have to
play-heads-up football to beat one
of the finest Commodore teams in
•years. Those Vanderbilt Commo
dores are passing fools, and Ala
bama has shown more weakness
against passing offensives than
other kinds.
T. C. U.’s mighty Horned Frogs
goaded by the possibility of a tie
for the Southwest Conference
championship are picked to pluck
the Rice Owls. In another South
west Conference headliner, S. M.
(See WILLIAMSON. Page 4)
Coach Norton Proclaims Secret
Practicef or Ags Till Thanksgiving
BATTALION
XLIONA_
Felix Bucek Suffers Chipped Ankle;
Texas Works Hard to Perfect Pass Plays
NOVEMBER 22, 1941
Page 3
Another Longhorn Worry!
Freshman Coaches Work Ag
Fish Overtime for Yearlings
While the Texas Longhorns are
working overtime in perfecting a
pass defense for the Texas Ag
gies, Coach Homer Norton’s Ca
dets worked behind closed doors all
day yesterday as both fired prep
arations for their impending battle
next Thursday.
Coach Norton has proclaimed
that the Aggies will have secret
sessions until Thanksgiving as he
plans to cook up a few new plays
and a few new defenses designed
to stop Coach Dana X. Bible’s well
trained Steers.
Bad News
Bad news was forth-coming
from the Cadet camp when it was
learned that Felix Bucek, the guai’d
who scored the winning touchdown
against Arkansas, received a
chipped ankle in practice Thurs
day, and it is doubtful whether
he will be able to play Thanksgiv
ing. However, all the other in
jured—Derace Moser, Leo Daniels,
Martin Ruby, Jim Sterling, Willie
Zapalac, and Bob Williams—will
all be in tip-top shape for the
Steers.
Meanwhile, news filtering from
the Longhorn camp has it that
Coach Bible plans to unleash a
savage passing attack to go with
his tricky offense against the Ag
gies. R. L. Harkins, understudy
for Pete Layden, has been chunk
ing the ball with remarkable ac
curacy in the past few workouts
and may he an important factor
in the clash between the two
schools.
The rest of the workout was
based on pass defense and tricky
running offenses featuring Jack
Crain, Spec Sanders, Walton Rob
erts and Pete Layden.
Both teams are gearing their of
fense and defense to a high pitch
for the game, and a wild thrilling
contest is to be expected.
Aggies Have Tough
Schedule for 1942
5CHQ Downs F Field
For Water Polo Title
The boys from Foster Hall, 5
CHQ, won the class A water polo
championship with a decisive 4 to
1 win over F Field. The CHQ team
led all the way and there was nev
er any doubt as to the better team.
5 CHQ had won their right to
the finals with an upset semi-final
win over E Field. When the E Field
team lost, it was the first time in
four years that they had been
beaten in water polo.
There will be no “bowl” sched
ule for the Texas Aggies of 1942.
Starting off with L.S.U. at Baton
Rouge and ending with Washington
State college, the Aggies will not
have a single breather. The other
nonconference games will be with
Texas Tech and Duke university.
L.S.U., Duke and Texas Tech
were not played in 1941. Both L.S.
U. and Texas Tech have been play
ed before, but Duke is new on the
Texas Aggie schedule.
Only the opening game for 1943
remains open on the Aggie sched
ule which will include Army, L.
S.U., Texas Tech, and the six
Southwest Conference schools.
Sept. 25 is open.
The 1942 schedule follows:
Sept. 26—L.S.U., Baton Rouge.
Oct. 3—-Texas Tech, College
Oct. 10—Duke, Durham.
Oct. 17—T.C.U., College.
Oct. 24—Baylor, Waco.
Oct. 31—Arkansas, College
Nov. 7—S.M.U., Dallas.
Nov. 14—Rice, College.
Nov. 26—Texas, Austin.
Dec. 5—Washington State, San
Antonio.
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By Chick Hurst
Junior Sports Editor
While the varsity drills behind
locked gates for the forthcoming
T.U. battle, the Aggie Fish con
tinue their strenuous workouts in
preparation for their struggle with
the Texas Yearlings.
Meanwhile, reports reaching here
from Austin bring news that Coach
Clyde Littlefield will have his Tex
as Yearlings primed and ready by
next Wednesday. According to Lit
tlefield, the starting combination
which he plans to use is one of the
best in T.U. history, but the Yearl
ings are woefully weak in the mat
ter of reserve strength. However,
with all the starters in top shape,
it is not expected that he will have
to count too heavily on reserves.
The Fish too are expected to en
ter the battle in top shape, since
they will have had a two weeks
rest since their game with the
Rice Slimes. The only man on the
squad who is not in top shape
is Otto Payne, who is still out with
a broken leg. All others of the
80 man squad wil be ready and
rarin’ to go.
Coming in for a lot of atten-
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tion in the past few workouts has
been the pass defense, which did
not look so good in the Slime game.
Most of the time has been spent
in smoothing out the running game
and improving the already potent
passing attack. New plays have
been introduced since the last game
and the Fish will have a more pow
erful offense than they have ever
displayed previously.
Coach Littlefield, however, is
readying his charges for any even
tuality, and the Yearlings are ex
pected to throw up a powerful de
fense against the Fish atack. Us
ing the same type offense as the
Longhorn varsity, the T. U. fresh
men display a well rounded attack,
coupling a deceptive ground game
with plenty of passes. Standout
of the Yearlings is Don Fam-
brough, former Longview flash,
whose powerful line plunging is
the spearhead of the Yearling of
fense.
The game is slated for Wednes
day afternoon on Kyle field, but
should there he inclement weather,
the game will be moved to the
practice field adjoining.
Fulfilling a prediction made sev
eral months ago by the State
Department of Health, an epidem
ic of influenza in Texas is repre
sented by the 1392 cases reported
for the week just ending, according
to Doctor Geo. W. Cox, State
Health Officer. This total is 6
times greater than that shown for
the same week, in the the pre
ceding 7 years.
“Neglecting proper treatment of
influenza, or allowing the patient
to be up too soon may have disas
trous results,” Doctor Cox warn
ed, “since persons suffering from
influenza are particularly suscep
tible to other infections.”
Doctor Cox emphasized the im
portance of guarding against “flu”;
drinking plenty of water, eating
simple, nourishing foods, outdoor
exercise, plenty of sleep in a well-
ventilated room, and sensible dress
according to the weather were
stress as best precautions.
It’s Only the Start-
Aggies Down Longhorns
In Water Polo Tilt, 18-1
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“Texas Aggies 18 Longhorns 1”.
No, this is not a prediction of
the future football score between
the two teams but it is the water
polo game played Thursday night
in the P.L. Downs Natatorium.
Led by “Happy” McKee’s un
canny goalward shooting. Coach
Art Adamson’s unerring water polo
team swamped the Texas Long
horns in a regulation game, 18-1,
before a crowd of some 300 persons.
McKee, who accounted for six of
the points, was backed brilliantly
by the play of Captain Ernie Con-
way, goalie for the Cadets, who
saved so many goals that the Long
horns finally gave up in disgust.
Others in the scoring race for the
Aggies were Bpb Taylor with five
goals, Fred Renaud with four,
Bob Cowling with two, and Bob
Lapham with one.
Babe Pappic was the Longhorn
star. He played a great defensive
game, and when possible showed
flashes of promise on the offens
ive.
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