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.
Here’s another batch: Minnesota
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over Indiana in a surprisingly close
affair, Duke to swamp Maryland,
ditto for Oklahoma University over
Kansas State, Missouri over Ne
braska by a touchdown or more,
Great Lakes over Purdue, Boston
College by three touchdowns over
Temple, Brown over Holy Cross
(surprise), Yale over Cornell (too
close for comfort), Wake Forest
over VMI, and Ohio State to get
back to its winning ways by smoth
ering Pittsburgh. And that’s that
for today!
The senior class at Saint Mary-
of-the-Woods college, Indiana,
boasts four sets of twins.
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
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