The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 25, 1941, Image 3

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    Don’t Fool Yourself—Texas Longhorns
Are Still Tough And Are Not Easy to Handle
Only two more days remain—
two more days before the titanic
struggle between two great teams
—the Texas Aggies and the Long
horns of Texas university. And
a great struggle it will be when
these two ancient rivals clash this
Turkey Day.
The Aggies have waited a whole
year, 52 weeks, 365 days for this
event. The very day that Coach
Dana X. Bible’s team upset the
dreams of the Cadets, 7-0, Bill
Henderson, sensational pass snatch
ing end, remarked, “Wait’ll next
year!” Well, Army, “next year” is
just around the corner. The very
day that we have been waiting for
has just about arrived, and Coach
Homer Norton’s gridsters are set
to meet their bitter rival with
grim determination and spirit.
But in all this confusion, in all
our confidence we forget one
thing—the Longhorns themselves.
This is a much stronger team than
the one that beat the Aggies last
year. They have everything—
manpower, speed, and deception.
Let’s keep that in mind. Yes,
they were a much different team
when they tied to Baylor and lost
to T. C. U. then they have been
all year. However, that doesn’t
mean that they cannot get back in
stride. They are still the same
team that bowled over six top-
notch opponents by overwhelming
scores. They still have Pete Lay-
den and Jack Crain, two of the best
backs in the conference. Too, they
can gain back plenty of their lost
prestige if they shatter the jinx
on Kyle Field and down the Ag
gies.
We are undefeated and untied,
and we’re the champs of the South
west Conference. But what good
would it all be if we got beaten
by Texas? It would only tend to
shatter all our dreams again and
end this season in an atrocious
manner. Let’s not allow our con
fidence to run away with us. It’ll
take more than a jinx to beat the
Longhorns—it will take determi
nation, spirit, and the will to win
like never before. Let’s not have
anyone remark, “Wait’ll next
year.” We want it this year!
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Coach
Norton Gives Comment on Bishop’s Article
In reference to an article writ
ten by Curt Bishop, sports editor
of the Austin Daily Tribune, Coach
Norton has this to say . . . “I’ve
never seen the guy, never talked to
him, and as for his quotations
about me and the players, they
are as false as they can be” . . . .
Mr. Bishop’s article was based on
(See KYLE FIELD, Page 4)
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NOVEMBER 25, 1941
Texas 9
One-Man
Gang
Jack Crain, the Nocona Nug
get, will be a key man in the
Longhorn’s attempt to break
the Kyle Field tradition. Play
ing from his position at quar
terback, Jack has been a power
in the Texas backfield. He is
the leading conference scorer.
By clinching the Southwest Con
ference the Texas Aggies have
automatically received an invita
tion to play in the Cotton Bowl at
Dallas, New Year’s Day, according
to Dean J. S. Waterman of the
University of Arkansas, president
of the conference.
The annual Cotton Bowl classic
was taken over by the conference
just prior to last January’s game
and the conference champion is
urged to represent the Southwest
in the Cotton Bowl game... If the
team invited does not choose to
accept the invitation and asks per
mission to play in another post
season game instead, the confer
ence will have to be polled on the
request.
An answer has not been given
by Aggie officials as yet and one
is not expected until after the
Thanksgiving game with the Tex
as Longhorns. Aggieland in gen
eral refuses to comment on bowl
(See BOWL GAME, page 4)
HEY,
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luggage round-trip by trusty, low-
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principal towns. You merely phone
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Wishing You All A Good
Thanksgiving
AGGIES, JUST THE PLACE
To Bring Your Date After
The Game
BEST FOUNTAIN SERVICE IN AGGIELAND
Aggie-Longhorn Statistics
Figures intended to be used to dope out the winner of the Texas
Aggie-Texas Longhorn game here on Kyle Field Thanksgiving after
noon, November 27, don’t mean a thing except to provide fuel for
settling arguments. So, for the benefit of those who figure they can
figure the victory from comparative figures—here is the complete
season records of all players handling the ball on both the Aggie and
Longhorn teams this season:
BALL CARRIERS
Player
School Times Carried
Gained
Lost
Net Gain
Layden
Texas
69
470
22
448
J. Crain
Texas
63
869
35
334
Moser
A. & M.
83
347
64
293
Sanders
Texas
33
254
9
245
R. L. Harkins
Texas
61
207
12
195
Doss
Texas
26
180
17
lfi3
Roberts
Texas
27
155
6
149
R. Williams
A. & M.
43
174
47
127
Webster
A. & M.
45
134
24
110
Andricks
A. & M.
36
112
8
104
Mayne
Texas
21
101
24
77
Pickett
A. & M.
12
86
20
66
Spivey
A. & M.
14
74
8
66
Matthews
Texas
14
69
5
64
Daniels
A. & M.
28
93
29
64
Kutner
Texas
2
67
0
67
Lobpries
Texas
14
49
0
49
McKay
Texas
20
56
23
83
Rogers
A. & M.
13
34
10
24
Minor
Texas
11
27
11
16
Zapalac
A. & M.
8
11
0
11
E. Smith
A. & M.
1
3
0
3
Martin
Texas
1
2
0
2
Field
Texas
2
2
0
2
Cox
A. & M.
1
0
10
-10
TEAM TOTALS
Texas
864
2008
164
1834
A. & M.
284
1068
210
858
LEADING passers
Player
School
Attempts
Comp.
Had Intcp.
Net Yards
Moser
A. & M.
126
67
14
811
R. Harkins
Texas
55
80
1
412
Daniels
A. & M.
43
19
3
245
Layden
Texas
31
14
2
140
Rogers
A. & M.
21
7
8
99
Pickett
A. & M.
15
7
1
75
Webster
A. & M.
7
3
1
65
Mayne
Texas
15
6
1
53
Sanders
Texas
10
7
0
53
J. Crain
Texas
7
4
0
41
Andricks
A. & M.
7
4
0
39
R. Williams
A. & M.
6
2
1
30
Heap
Texas
4
1
1
29
McKay
Texas
5
3
1
27
Roberts
Texas
8
1
0
7
TEAM TOTALS:
Texas
130
66
6
762
A. & M.
224
99
23
1354
LEADING SCORERS
Player
School Touchdowns Conversions Field Goals
Total P.
Crain
Texas
8
20
0
68
Rogers
A. & M.
8
0
0
48
Layden
Texas
7
0
0
42
Spivey
A. & M.
6
0
0
86
Moser
A. & M.
6
0
0
80
Sanders
Texas
4
6
0
30
Webster
A. & M.
0
25
0
25
R. Williams
A. & M.
4
1
0
25
Andricks
A. & M.
4
0
0
24
Pickett
A. & M.
4
0
0
24
Roberts
Texas
B
0
0
18
Kutner
Texas
8
0
0
18
Doss
Texas
3
0
0
18
Zapalac
A. & M.
2
1
0
13
Harkins
Texas
2
1
0
13
Mayne
Texas
1
2
o
7
Minor
Texas
1
0
0
6
Cowley
A. & M.
1
0
0
6
Henderson
A. & M.
1
0
0
6
Daniels
A. & M.
1
0
o
6
F. Bucek
A. & M.
1
0
0
c
McKay
Texas
1
0
0
6
Heap
Texas
1
0
0
6
Scott
Texas
1
0
0
6
Parker
Texas
1
0
■"Safeties for
A. & M. (2)
-
4
TEAM TOTALS:
TEXAS
36
28
0
244
A. & M.
37
27
0
253
*A. & M. safeties
came in games with A. & I. and S. M. U.
PUNTERS
Player
School
Kicks
Yards Kicked
Avg. Kick
Roberts
Texas
1
54
64.0
Pickett
A. & M.
1
49
49.0
Crain
Texas
6
293
48.8
Daniels
A. & M.
13
515
39.6
Moser
A. & M.
37
1401
37.8
Webster
A. & M.
5
185
37.0
Rogers
A. & M.
1
37
37.0
Sanders
Texas
14
483
84.5
Mayne
Texas
6
195
32.5
Harkins
Texas
10
294
29.4
McKay
Texas
3
73
24.3
Andrews
A. & M.
1
18
18.0
Layden
Texas
15
615
34.3
TEAM TOTALS:
Texas
55
1907
34.5
A- & M.
58
2205
38.0
PUNT RETURNS
Player
School
Pants Returned
Yards
Average
R. Williams
A. & M.
3
88
29.3
Rogers
A. & M.
3
85
28.3
Pickett
A. & M.
3
79
26.3
Daniels
A. & M.
11
212
19.3
Spivey
A. & M.
5
91
18.2
Sanders
Texas
12
201
16.8
J. Crain
Texas
19
309
16.3
Field
Texas
1
16
16.0
Moser
A. & M.
24
302
12.6
Roberts
Texas
10
115
11.5
Doss
Texas
1
2
2.0
F. Bucek
A. & M.
1
2
2.0
E. Smith
A. & M.
1
1
1.0
Martin
Texas
1
1
1.0
TEAM TOTALS:
Texas
44
644
14 ;6
A. & M.
51
860
15.3
Intramurals
~ Tty Dub Oxford
B Signal Corps can play foot
ball! And at that, it is a master
piece of understatement. I have
never seen such a well organiz
ed team as B Signal Corps. They
have a deceptiveness which is re
markable. And their deceptiveness
is built around a brilliant aerial
attack led by George Van Cleave.
However, they also have a run
ner who is gifted with snake-hips
... .in fact he is so elusive that
he reminds one of Texas universi
ty’s Jack Crain. Dewitt Brown is
the man I am talking about. . .
Their plays are executed with
perfect precision and calmness and
must have been figured out from
a heavy skull practice. I don’t know
who is the “mind” behind the plan
ning of the plays, but who ever he
is, he is a wizard.
When they played their game
with D Infantry,
from the kick off
to the final gun,
they never gave
the “Paddlefeet”
a chance. Not
only did they
make four 20
and four 40 yard
penetrations t o
their opponents
Oxford none, but the fin
al score of the game was 18-0.
Upperclassmen may look for
ward to Speedball as a coming
sport. The sport will be offered
as soon as touch football is finish
ed. Class A Tennis is now in the
finals.
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