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tfr 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) xf YOU WANT TO BE LOOKING YOUR BEST FOR THE HOLIDAYS AHEAD WE ARE SURE YOU WILL BE If You Just Remember To Send Your Clothes To CAMPUS CLEANERS Ole Army BEAT TEXAS For The Best EATS, DRINKS & SMOKES George's Confectionerg In New “Y” 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 F 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. WHEN IN DOUBT ABOUT YOUR EYES OR YOUR GLASSES CONSULT DR. J. W. PAYNE OPTOMETRIST 109 S. Main Bryan 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- MOW THOSE LONGHORNS DOWN AGGIES NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR HAIRCUT FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Don’t Wait Until The Last Minute Y.M.C.A. Barber Shop & Varsity Barber Shop Flu Epidemic May be Expected For Entire Nation 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 The college of commerce and business administration of Tulane university offers .courses in Latin American trade procedures. “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. We wish to thank the entire student body for ;he nice business we are enjoying and hope to nerit your continued pat ronage. Our desire is to please you. Agents in most halls, or save on Cash & Carry. HOLICK CLEANERS Ben Youngblood, Mgr. 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