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Maroon Ground Game to Be Used Extensively Giving Aggies 14-7 Edge Over Ponies; Also Picking Texas, TCU and Rice in Games Today ’Mural Cross Country Prep To Start Mon Competition in Wind Breaking Sport to Be Held November 21 DALLAS, November 6.—Aggies are still pouring into this fair city and by 2:30 o’clock, approximately 3000 leather-lunged cadets should file into Ownby Stadium and give the Maroon and White gridsters that needed moral support. The Ags rule slight favorites over the Ponies, but it’s only slight. Other games of the day include Baylor’s battle with the Texas Longhorns at Austin, Rice versus the cellar-dwelling Razorbacks in a home-coming affair at Fayette ville and TCU trekking to Lubbock for a clash with the Texas Tech Raiders. Well, it’s picking time again, and since it doesn’t cost anything to predict (thank goodness), this corner presents its dillies of the week—don’t say we didn’t tell ya so! TEXAS A&M 14, SMU 7—That’s how close this game will be. The Aggies should trim the Ponies with their newly-found ground game but are due to receive plenty of trouble from Mustang aerials. Unless the Nortonmen show an improvement over last week in respect to pass defense, it’s going to be a tough row to hoe. However, we’ll stick with those Aggies and pick ’em to win by at least a touchdown. TEXAS U 20, BAYLOR 0— Kinda silly score to pick after the Bears’ superb showing for the past two weeks, but here’s a hunch that Coach Frank Kimbrough’s luck has finally run out and if that’s the case, it’s going to be easy pickin’s for those stampeding Steers. You won’t catch those boys running double or triple reverses on the one yard line! This may be a big margin, but I believe the Long horns are out for blood and won’t be got napping by the Bruins as they were last year. RICE 17, ARKANSAS 7--Watch out for this one. The Razorbacks are playing before a home-coming crowd and since this is the last home game for nine seniors, they are going to be plenty tough. Of course, the dope is decidedly against them, but it’s still not go ing to be an easy victory for the Owls. The long trip will do Coach Jess Neely’s charges no good. However, I don’t believe spirit can overcome strength in this one so I’ll give the Owls a 10-point edge. It may be closer! TCU 13, TEXAS TECH 7— Here’s another one that’ll be closer than anyone expects. The Chris tians will be in better shape for this game than they were for the Baylor fracas but again the ques tion of a long journey pops up. The Raiders gave the Rice Owls a tough battle last week and are im proving with each game. So don’t watch for a runaway but give the Frogs the edge. Actual preparation for Class A and B Intramural cross country will begin Monday when the train ing period opens. The competition will be held on the afternoon of Saturday, November 21 at Kyle Field. The college champions in both classes will be decided that day. In order to qualify to enter the races on November 21 a fresh man or frog must have worked out by running the course at least five times. Upperclassmen are not required to make these practice runs but are urged to do so. The training period opens Mon day and extends through Thursday, November 19, with no trials being made on Saturday and Sunday, No vember 14 and 15. W. L. Pen- berthy will be in charge of the training period and each contestant should report to him at the en trance to Kyle Field from 5 until 6:45 p. m. for their trial runs. Men who report to make their runs are required to be equipped with tennis shoes and track clothes. No contestants will be allowed to run in street clothes or street shoes. The men from each outfit will make up the squad who will run during the trial periods. Out of this number five will be selected to make the final run on November 21. The men who finish five work outs but who do not make the final team will receive credit for four participations. Those who run in the final race and who finish the final run will be given credit for six participations. Looking ’Em Over in Other Parts Of The Country; Picking Army to Upset Notre Dame Sticking the good ole neck out further into the country, here’s our picks of the nation’s top tilts: Army to upset Notre Dame in the top game of the day, the Fighting Illini of Illinois University to down Northwestern, Pennsylvania over Navy by a nose, Washington over Stanford in another close one, Van derbilt over Mississippi, Tulane to upset Mississippi State by a touchdown, Georgia Tech over Kentucky by 20 points, Tulsa to continue unbeaten at the expense of Oklahoma A&M, Michigan over Harvard by a couple of touch downs, USLA over Oregon, and Washington State over Michigan State. 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Each year the cross country event is the source of keen compe tition as the boys strive to outdo the other in the long race.. The trial funs ready each entrant for the course when he runs it under pres sure on the day of the big race. The girls will cover subjects fea tured in tests of 150 questions, 80 of which must be answered cor rectly to qualify for training. “But marry wisely,” she advised. “One of the great advantages of a co-educational institution is that it can serve as a matrimonial bu reau.” No 1 Aggie Substitute This little 175 lb. mite from Eldorado is the “jack-of-all-trades” of the A&M backfield. He is the only member of the 40-man squad who plays all four positions in the backfield. His favorite post is in the fullback slot, a post where Bobby can utilize his brilliant hard-running zeal to the fullest extent. He will see much action against the Mustangs this afternoon. BATTALIONA— Saturday Morning, Nov. 7, 1942 Page 3 Sophomores Expected To Cany Heavy Load Today Welch, Payne, Dusek, Belville, Foldberg, Ogdee and Stout to be in Thick of Things (Continued From Page 1) The Ponies’ Offensive Ace! Wayne (Red) Shaw, sophomore from Athens is the left-handed passing star and sparkplug of the SMU Mustangs, the Aggies foes this afternoon. Shaw, injured in early season, returned to ac tion a couple of weeks ago and immediately the Ponies perked up to pull a 21-6 upset over the Corpus Christi Comets, who had de feated the Aggies. Shaw also scored the SMU touchdown against Texas University last week. ' HIGHLITES^ — Tflike TJfann Mika Mann F. A. Andrews of A Field Artil lery burned up the floor as he led his team to a 21-9 victory over A H Chemical W a r - fare in a Class A | basketball match. Peter Reed did his bit towards the victory as both men hit the goal from all over the floor. G Infantry, paced by T. Foote and W. B. Wetzel, toqk a 9-3 de cision from the American Legion team. In another Class A basket ball game Oliver and Hill of G Coast Artillery were “on the beam” as their team smashed the M In fantry squad with a convincing score of 17-4. H Coast Artillery, the defending Class A Intramural champs, moved up a notch as they took a basket ball match from C Field Artillery with a 10-14 score. C Coast Artil lery went down in defeat before the hard-playing 2nd Corps Head quarters quintet. The score was 15-6, with Bobby Sabins leading the CHQ attack. In a lone Class A handball game the 3rd Corps Headquarters team took the A Ordnance squad by win ning two matches out of three. Steele Nixon and Albert Ricks won one of the Corps Headquarters matches while Kenneth Delucia and B. Snyder took the other. J. W. Adams and G. A. Whittet won the lone match for the Ordnance team. A Chemical Warfare crushed 2nd Corps Headquarters with a 24-8 score. J. S. Darnell and R. D. James were the big guns for the victors. Darnell made 12 points while the latter came through with six. Class B football saw C Cavalry and H Field Artillery play a swell game which ended with a 6-6 tie. However, the Cavalrymen, managed to chalk up two 40-yard penetra tions and were declared winners of the game. The 6th Corps Headquarters fish took a close one from D Signal Corps. A lone safety gave the CHQ fish a 2-0 decision over the Signal Corps team. Another 2-0 score was seen as A Infantry nosed out Ma chine Gun Cavalry. American Le gion blanked A Field Artillery 19-0 while K Infantry piled up a 15-0 score, over D Replacement Center and B Infantry took 2nd Headquar ters Field Artillery by a score of 12-0. INTRAMURAL SCORES CLASS A Basketball D CAC 24, 1 CHQ 13 E Inf 13, B Ord 10 D RC 17, 2 HQ FA 11 Amer Leg 19, 3 CHQ 10 B CAC 24, I FA 17 E FA 19, A SC 17 Handball HQ SC 3, I Iiif 0 F CAC 2, F FA 1 D Cav 3, K Inf 0 7 CHQ 2, H CAC 1 D Eng 3, C FA 0 Tennis » FORFEIT DOGHOUSE CLASS A F Field Artillery, handball CLASS B 1 Headquarters Field Artil lery, basketball D Cav 1, H FA 1 D Eng 3, I Inf 0 . A Inf 2, FA Band 1 A CAC 2, 3 HQ FA 1 C Eng 2, D FA 1 L Inf 3, A CWS 0 The spotlight continues to shine on the Class B basketball games. New stars are still making them selves known daily. G. E. Wilkins, A Coast Artillery, paced his team to a 15-6 win over H Field Artil lery as he accounted for 11 points. H. Roussell, with 13 points, and D. R. Lamberson, with eight, did the scoring chores for G Coast Artillery as that team soundly trounced the B Replacement Cen ter squad by a score of 34-4. New Field Artillery Officers Sent Here Captains Attwell Batjer, Jr., ’33, and W. O. Reeves, ’37, have been assigned duty with the Field Ar tillery instructional staff here re placing Lieutenants E. M. White and U. J. Alexander, Jr. Batjer comes from the 2nd Division sta tioned at Fort Sam Houston, and Reeves will arrive from Fort Bliss where he has been on duty with Cavalry troops. ing pass receptor of the league, as his favorite receiver. Those two have clicked for 25 yards and an enormous yardage of 293 yards including three touchdowns. But aside that brilliant passing game, Coach Homer Norton has other plans in store for the Mus tangs—a superb smooth running attack centered around the swivel hips of the speedy Daniels and the Cadet’s phenomenal sophomore, Barney Welch. The bald pated Ag gie mentor has been subjecting his charges to their most gruelling ground drills of the season this past week and it is certain that he will feel out the Ponies’ main weakness. Ags May Run It may be remembered that the Cadet ground attack absorbed most of the offensive against Arkansas last week, with only 15 aerials be ing thrown in for good measure. In their first march of the day in which the Maroon and White machine gobbled up 65 yards, only one pass was used in the process. And if mud should prevail at Ownby Stadium, the Nortonmen have Otto Payne, husky 205 lb. sophomore fullback, Jake Webster, regular Aggie fullback whose knee is soundly healed now. Ed Dusek, 190 lb. soph back, and Willie Zap- alac, hard-hitting blocking back who also handles fullback duties, to throw against the Mustangs. But taking for granted that Ole Sol will shine on the field, the following backfield combination will open for the Ags: Cullen Rogers at wingback, calling signals, Leo Daniels at tailback, Willie Zapalac at blocking back and Jake Web ster at fullback. Should the Cadets kick off, then Ed Dusek will be inserted instead of Zapalac. In the stout Aggie forward wall, which has been one of the team’s strong points all year it’ll be Bill Henderson and Boots Simmons at ends; Felix Bucek and Ray Mul- hollan at guards; Wayne Cure and Hank Foldberg at tackles; and Bill Sibley holding down the pivot post. Co-captains for the game will be Cullen Rogers and Bill Sibley. Sophs May Star Just as the case was last week, the Texas Aggies sophomores may again play an important role in today’s game. Welch, the ace of the sophs, is the leading Aggie punter and he is due to do his bit more than once. Next to Daniels, Welch rates as the top broken- field runner of the squad and he may use that to advantage today. Then there’s harding-smashing Ot to Payne and Ed Dusek and Sling- in’ Vernon Belville, the top soph passer. In the line Ed Ogdee, sec ond-string guard, Hank Foldberg, starting tackle from Dallas and Ben Stout, another tackle and Dal- lasite are expected to carry much of the brunt. As game time nears, the odds on the tilt are almost- even with the visitors having any sort of an edge. The Mustang home-coming adds plenty of prestige for the Ponies, but the determined Maroon and White machine of Aggielahd is set for its biggest- test ■ of . me year—that of beating the Mustangs of Southern Methodist University. Williamson Picks SMU and Baylor In Surprise Selections of the Day By Paul B. Williamson One of the most interesting 1 games of the week will take place in Austin when the -Texas univer sity Longhorns play host to the giant-killing Baylor Bears Satur day. Last year the Bears spoiled one of the greatest records in foot ball history as they tied the Long horns 7-7 at Waco. Texas is rated at 93.1 and Baylor at 93.8. On this slim margin the System inclines toward Baylor again this year. In another Southwest Confer ence game the System picks the Southern Methodist Mustangs in a close victory over the Texas Aggies of College Station. The two most famous service teams, Army and Navy, meet two Home Town Wr Arkansas U :...84.3 ARIZONA U _,...88.2 Auburn ^ ..............91.1 Army „....90.9 ALABAMA ......96.8 Brig-Young 75.3 BROWN .....88.4 BOSTON COLLEGE 97.8 Columbia 86.9 (See Williamson strong teams in the East. Army meets Notre Dame at New York and Navy takes on Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. If the service teams rise to heights there could be upsets here but we ride 'with the ratings to pick Penn' and Notre Dame. .<> Indiana will journey to Minneap olis as very much the .under dog against Minnesota. Remember.the System warned that Illinois might upset Minnesota. Take Minnesota here, but don’t be surprised at, an upset. ; - ’; . . In the Far West a battle royal will be Colorado over Utah for the possible championship of the Rockies. Visiting Team Wr. RICE . ; ................:.t >_ 89.8 New -Mexico 4... ,,....77,0 GEORGIA PREFLIGHT ...'.L'....':.... &4.2 NOTRE DAME ;.. = ..95.9 South Carolina .*. ....85.2 DENVER -...•.::..-.....”.’;...85.3 Holy Cross : , , .88.4 Temple J..........1..: 88.5 COLGATE ......'...;...-.......:..:.......89.9 Picks, page 4) COLD DRINKS SANDWICHES TOBACCO CANDY — at — GEORGE’S AGGIES Get that extra pair of Fish, \ Junior or Ice Cream Slacks NOW! Uniform Tailor Shop MENDL AND HORNAK NORTH GATE