THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1941-
THE BATTALION
-PAGE 3
By [Hike Urikin
Battalion Sports Editor
Picking Aggies to Down Alabama in Cotton
Bowl; Also Taking Missouri, Duke and TCU
Football is finally fading out of
the picture of sports. The climax
of the great popular sport will
come in the annual bowl games
New Year’s Day. These gamr-s
always prove thrilling to the pig
skin-minded fans as some of the
best teams in the country are
matched there. Let’s look over the
bowl lineups for January 1, 1942.
COTTON BOWL . . . Texas A.
& M.-Alabama—Picked by most
experts to be the closest game of
the day, this tilt might well turn
into a mighty offensive duel. With
Jimmy Nelson tossing the ball on
one side and Derace Moser and
Leo Daniels doing likewise on the
other, anything can happen and
will. The Tide is not noted for
its passing as much as it is for its
running attack and if it can pierce
that stout Maroon and White line
of Aggieland, it may well go on
to victory. That may not be easy
to do, however, as only Texas uni
versity has accomplished that feat
in 10 games. So, we’ll take the Ag
gie aerial attack over the ’Bama
ground game, 21-13.
SUGAR-BOWL . . . Fordham-
Missouri . . . Here is where the
best running game wins. Neither
team boasts of any potential aerial
attack, but both have a ground
game that has lost ’em but one
game the whole season. Since
Fordham lost its two great stars,
Jim Lansing and Steve Filipowicz,
to the Army, the edge goes to the
Tigers of Missouri, 6-0.
ROSE BO'WL . . . Duke-Oregon
State . . . Called off in California
because of the existing situation,
this game has been moved to Dur
ham, North Carolina. The Blue
Devils are after revenge in the
Rose Bowl after suffering an up
set victory to Southern California
in the ’39 Classic. Oregon State
just came in under the wire to be
come the Bowl nominee edging
out Oregon university, 12-7, in the
final minutes of play. The latter,
meanwhile, suffered its most hu
miliating defeat to the Texas
Longhorns, 71-7, the following
week. So, take your pick there.
We’ll take Duke, 14.0.
ORANGE BOWL . . . Georgia-
T.C.U. . . . Frank Sinkwich and
his bunch of surprising Bulldogs
will be up against it when they
face the stonewall line of Dutch
Meyer’s T. C. U. Horned Frogs.
The Toad line led by End Bruce
Alford and Tackle Darrell Palmer,
was the only line besides Baylor,
which completely throttled the
Texas Longhorn attack. Too, they
have a nice passing game to go
along with that. Take Sinkwich
away from Georgia and the Bull
dogs just don’t have much of a
team, and one thing learned in the
Southwest Conference is that you
can’t go far with a one-man team.
It’s the Frogs by a 13-7 score.
Sports Squibs From Here
And There; Some Statistics
On Southwest Conf Teams
Some interesting statistics as
compiled by H. B. McElroy, and
Roy P. Gates of the Publicity De
partment . . . the Aggies have
scored 260 points against 46 . . .
that totals to 38 touchdowns and 28
extra points . . . they have gained
930 yards net rushing while their
opponents have managed for but
843 . . . Some 335 yards of the lat
ter total was made by Texas uni-
veristy . . .
Aggies and ’Bama Ready for Cotton Bowl
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A
HAPPY NEW YEAR
We want to take this opportunity to extend our
sincere wishes for a most pleasant holiday vacation
1 ^ and a Happy Christmas and New Year to all of you.
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College and Bryan
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WE SINCERELY WISH YOU A
dMerry Christmas
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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Cadets Risk
Undefeated Bowl
Record January 1
By Mike Mann
On New Year’s Day, 1942, the
Texas Aggies gridsters will close
out their 1941 season in one final
blaze of glory against the Crim
son Tide of the University of
Alabama. This game will be play
ed in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas
and will make the third consecu
tive year the Cadets have partici
pated in a post-season bowl game.
The Aggies played the Tular.e
Green Wave in the Sugar Bowl
in New Orleans on January 1,
1940, and were victorious by a 14
to 13 score. On New Year’s Day,
1941, the Fordham Rams were de
feated in the Cotton Bowl by the
Aggies with a 13 to 12 score.
The Cadets have one of the best
three-year records in collegiate
football in the nation. They have
won 28 out of 30 games played in
the past three years, including the
two bowl games. In these three
years, the Aggies have won the
Southwest Conference twice (1939-
1941) and were tied for first
place with Southern Methodist in
1940.
The Texas A. & M.-Alabama
game of this next New Year’s
Day is selected by most observers
to be the most closely-contested
game of the day. It will be the
Aggie passing game against the
Alabama ground game, for the
most part. However, with Jimmy
Nelson, Alabama’s sparkplug half
back, in the game, anything can
be expected from the Crimson Tide.
Nelson has a running average of
over four yards per try, a punting
average of 37.7 yards, and a pass
ing record of nearly .500.
The Aggies are expected to cut
loose with their famed passing
game, with Derace Moser and Leo
Daniels doing most of the pitch
ing. The entire Cadet squad is in
excellent shape and no ailments
are expected to be prevalent for
the Cotton Bowl affair.
(See COTTON BOWL, page 4)
Nelson and Rast Form a Great
Combination for Alabama Tide! g
By Chick Hurst
Nelson to Rast, a touchdown!!
This is the statement which poui'-
ed from radios all over the na
tion, Saturday after Saturday
throughout the 1941 football sea
son. Wherever people listened to
to the Alabama Crimson Tide’s
Jimmy Nelson
Alabama Halfback
games the names Nelson and Rast
were synonomous with the word
touchdown. What lies behind this?
Why are these two boys the most
feared players in the Southeast
ern Conference. Let’s take a look
into their past performances.
Jimmy Nelson, 180 pound sen
ior from Live Oak, Fla., has been
Alabama’s standout back for the
past three seasons, and has starred
in each of the Tide’s eight victor
ies this year. Jimmy paced the
’Bama backs in every department
of play during the past campaign,
and for the second successive year
was named on every all-Southeast-
ern Conforence team and made sev
eral All-America picks.
Nelson gained 456 yards in 109
tries from scrimmage, completed
INTRAMURALS
By
DUB OXFORD
North Gate
As previously announced, the
Physical Education department will
sponsor an open doubles handball
tournament. The tournament will
be run off some
time during the
month of Janu
ary and is open
to students and
faculty alike. The
teams may t.e
made up in any
way desired with
out respect to
classification, or-
Oxford ganization, o r
campus standing. All of the con
tests will be played at night and
will be scheduled by the P. E. de
partment.
There is no restriction on the
number of teams that may be en
tered from each unit and medals
will be awarded to the champions.
Entry cards may be turned in at
the Physical Education department
office.
Fish Basketball Game
I Battery Field Artillery and B
Infantry are endowed with Fish
basketball teams deluxe. The best
game that has been played th.\s
season was the encounter between
these two teams. The game was
nip-and-tuck all the way and the
game was tied up until the last
quarter. Because of the fine play
ing of Lee Forrest, B Infantry won
14-11.
Aggie Water Polo
Squad Wins Out Over
Campus Club Team
The Texas Aggie Varsity water
polo team downed the Campus
Club water nolo team by a close
score of 8-7 in P. L, Downs Jr.
natatorium. This win over the
Campus Club clinches the Texas
State Water Polo League title for
the Aggie varsity but there re
mains one more game to be played
with the Campus Club to decide
whether or not the varsity will
finish the season undefeated.
The game was hotly contested all
the way and at the half time per
iod, the Campus Club was leading
6-3. The Aggie Virsity came back
with renewed energy and began to
pile up points. High score man for
the Aggie varsity was Fred Re-
naud with three tallies; high score
man for the Campus Club was Phil
Griffin who also made three goals.
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Class A:
Dub Oxford, Speedball.
G FA, Speedball.
A CAC, Speedball
A Cav, Speedball
6 CHQ, Basketball
Class Br
H Inf, Ping Pong
E Replace. Center, Ping
Pong.
I Inf, Ping Pong
G Inf, Ping Pong
25 out of 54 passes for a total gain
of 394 yards and four touchdowns,
averaged 37.7 yards per kick in
66 punts, and scored eight touch
downs for a total of 48 points.
The above figures don’t break
any records, but Nelson’s value to
the Crimson Tide can’t be measur
ed in figures. “Ole Tater Head”
as Nelson is called by teammates,
has always come through when the
chips were down.
In the Tide’s 9-2 win over Tennes
see, it was Nelson who pitched
a touchdown pass to Holt Rast for
the only one of the game. In the
27-14 victory over Georgia, Nelson
passed for one six-pointer, went off
tackle for another, and ran 53
yards with an intercepted pass for
a third.
Against Tulane, Nelson passed
to Rast for one touchdown, ran a
more valuable as a signal caller,
and runs the team from his left
end position. Rast is rated as one
of the most crafty field generals
ever to wear the Crimson and
White.
When the Tide meets the Ag
gies in the Cotton Bowl, Rast will
go up against the stiffest competi
tion of his career. Both Jim Sterl
ing and Bill Henderson lead him
in the department of passes caught.
But viewing the fact that several of
the lanky Alabamian’s pass com
pletions have gone for touchdowns,
all against Southeastern Confer
ence teams, and the Aggies season
record of 294 passes attempted to
the Tide’s 86, Rast’s record is
plenty good after all.
Aggies Start
Cage Trip With
ame Against LSU
Carrying their basketball trip
into Louisiana, the Texas Aggies
play the Louisiana State Tigers
in Baton Rouge tonight. The fol
lowing night they move to Shreve
port where they meet the cagers
of Centenary college. They were
defeated by the Phillips 66 Oilers
in Houston Tuesday by a 74-43
score.
After the two games in Louisi
ana the Cadets return home for
the Chirstmas holidays before tak
ing to the road again. The next
scheduled game is with Kentucky
university in Lexington, Kentucky,
on December 30. The games that
follow in that series are: Purdue
university on December 31 at
(See BASKETBALL, page 4)
Holt Rast
Alabama End
kickoff back 60 yards for another,
and played a great all around
game. In the Georgia Tech game,
he again passed to Rast for a
marker, and returned a punt 68
yards for another. Although in the
game but a few minutes, Nelson
returned the kickoff 95 yards for a
touchdown, and went through the
line for a 13 yard scoring run in the
Tide’s early season triumph ov
er Howard.
Besides those listed above, Nel
son returned a punt 85 yards
against Miami, and ran 20 yards
through Kentucky for a score. This
list serves to prove but one thing:
anyone kicking down the middle to
Jimmy Nelson shouldn’t be surpris
ed if the ball comes back right in
their faces with Nelson attached.
The other end of the Nelson to
Rast combination is All-American
Holt Rast, a 185 pound senior from
Birmingham, Ala. Considered to he
the best defensive end ever to
play for Alabama, Rast is even
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