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f * &> c! r r Fish Stake Undefeated Record Against TU Today Picking TCU, SMU and Detroit in Close Games, Also Giving Fish Edge Over Yearlings For the first time this year, Sat urday will not be a football day as far as the Cadet corps is con cerned. Coach Homer Norton’s Ag gies will treat this Saturday as just another practice day as they wind up their preparations for the Turkey Day affair with Texas Uni versity next Thursday. But outside of this, the confer ence will present two bang-up games worth going miles to wit ness. At Houston Rice and TCU square off for what may be the championship battle while at Waco, the unpredictable Baylor Bears col lide with a likewise unpredictable SMU Mustang. Gazing through that well-known football crystal glass, this writer again will attempt (and mind you we say attempt) to pick the dillies of the week. Yes, I realize after that Baylor selection over Tulsa, I should’ve quit but there’s no harm in trying. So here goes: TCU 20, RICE 14—The top Southwest Conference attraction for the day. Here’s a hunch that the Frogs have finally found them selves. Injury-stricken prior to the Texas game, TCU suffered two losses, but the minute that Tackle Derrell Palmer and End Bruce Al ford recovered from their injuries, the Frogs went to town. Today they are in full shape and should out- score the Owls in a thrilling en counter. DETROIT 13, ARKANSAS 6— The cellar-dwelling Arkansas Ra- zorbacks have a good chance to win this one from a seemingly weak Detroit eleven. But the long trip and a very weak record on the part of the Hogs should give Coach Gus Dorais’ team a slim margin of victory. AGGIE FISH 12, TEXAS YEAR LINGS 7—With Buryi Baty pitch ing for Coach Lil Dimmitt’s fresh men, the Fish should win out over the Shorthorns, but only after a hectic battle. Only a month ago the Yearlings gained a tie with the Rice Slimes and that same team was defeated by the Cadets 13-6. It’s going to be a close game, but the Fish should win their first tilt over Texas since 1937. SMU 9, BAYLOR 6—The hard est game to figure out. The Mus tangs, in my opinion, are undoubt edly the better team, but you can’t ever tell anything about those Bears when they’re playing on their home soil. Coach Frank Kim brough’s gridsters are plenty tough at Waco—ask the Aggies—but I’ll have to string along with the Ponies primarily because of a good aerial game. And Baylor is weak on pass defense as Tulsa definitely proved last week. Predictions of Games Over Nation; Michigan To Oust Ohio State in Feature Tilt of Day Over the nation it’s Michigan over Ohio State by a hair, Ala bama over Vanderbilt, Georgia over Auburn in a surprisingly close tilt (those boys giving 14 points on Auburn better keep their fin gers crossed), Georgia Tech over Florida by any margin they desire, Oregon over Oregon State, Duke over North Carolina State, Hardin- Simmons over Texas Tech and UCLA over Washington. Looking further ahead it’s Min nesota in a close one over Wiscon sin, Boston College over Boston U, Indiana over Purdue, Notre Dame to come back with a decisive win over Northwestern, Stanford over California by a nose, Iowa Sea- hawks over Nebraska, and Pitts burgh over Penn State in an upset win. Sports Squibs From Here and There; Bill Henderson to Take Part in North-South Tilt . . . Bill Henderson, slam-bang Texas Aggie end, has received an invitation to play in the annual North-South bowl classic held each year at Montgomery, Alabama . . . one or two other Aggie gridsters are expected to be either invited to this bowl or to some other post season affair . . . Jumping from football a second, the comeback of boxing to the A&M campus is progressing nicely . . . Already some 50 prospective leather push ers have contacted Gus Link, who has put in much time to this proj ect . . . Talked to Doc Stocking, Allen Academy boxing coach, and he believes that it would be a splendid idea if that sport would be brought back to Aggieland . . . He offered to help out as much as possible . . . the A&M basketball team is coming along nicely in its workouts and should field another hustling five, one reminiscent of the Karow-built cage team last year . . . That particular edition didn’t win any games, but they in jected enough interest with their hustling play and more than once had DeWare Field House overflow ing with customers . . . this year’s team is not centered around one man but instead responsibility is heaped on all five players . . . According to statistics compiled by Roy Gates and Ed Elmendorf of the Publicity Department, Leo Daniels leads the Aggies in passing and running, is second in punts to Bar ney Welch and is tops in punt re turns . . . Coach Homer Norton, in cidentally, almost guarantees that the Aggies will score on Texas Uni versity next week . . . “We may not win the game,” said Norton, “but I’ll bet my bottom dollar that we won’t be whitewashed” . . . Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? . . . Hope the coach is right . . . the fact is that the Ags have scored but once in Memorial Stadium and that was the result of a fumble . . . Talk about a “dream” game, that Georgia-Georgia Tech tussle Thanksgiving should prove to be the tops of all dream games . . . The Rose and Sugar Bowls are both at stake, with either team sure of getting a post-season bid regardless of the outcome ... If pre-season dope would have run true to form, the Aggies and the Texas Longhorns probably would be going into their battle unde feated . . . But that’s Southwest Conference ijpotball for you . . . Incidentally, tickets are going fast for the TU-A&M tilt, so be sure to get yours before there’s a sellout . . . the YMCA will have ducats until 5 p. m. Tuesday . . . you cannot get any student tickets after that time . . . Don’t forget, “Re member TU in ’42.” OLE ARMY, LET’S BEAT T.U. SEE US FOR SANDWICHES, CANDY, COLD DRINKS GEORGE’S South Station Ags in Top Shape For Today’sGame Baty Expected To Hurl Aerials Against Yearlings' Gene Hill By Chick Hurst Senior Sports Assistant The first round in the coming brawl with Texas University will be unreeled in Memorial Stadium at Austin this afternoon at 2:30 when the undefeated and untied Texas Aggie Fish tangle with the undefeated but once-tied Texas Yearlings in their annual scrap. Both teams are in top shape for the encounter, and a thrilling bat tle is forecast. Sparkplug of the Yearling attack is Gene Hill, 160 pound flash from Wichita Falls whpse accurate aerial tosses have been a feature of the Yearling at tack this season. In addition to him, the Yearlings have another Hill who carries most of the bur den of Coach Clyde Littlefield’s well balanced ground attack, Way- land Hill, former Temple High School star. Buryi Baty, standout back of the Fish who injured his ankle in the game with the Rice Slimes is once again ready to go, and the game will probably turn into an aerial duel between Baty and Hill. Gus White, hard driving Fish full back, who stood out in the clash with the Slimes is also ready to go, and will be counted on heavily by Coach Lil Dimmitt. The fish will go into the game rated as slight favorites, on the basis of their slightly better rec ord this season. The Fish defeat ed the Rice Slimes by a 13-6 count, while best the Yearlings were able to do with the Slimes was a 7-7 tie, the only mar on their record this year. However, the advantage on the side of the Yearlings of playing in their home stadium is expected to more than offset this. In addition to playing at home the Yearlings boast the further ad vantage of holding a winning streak over the Fish dating back to 1937. Not since the immortal John Kimbrough and Co. were freshmen have the Fish won from the Yearlings, but the Fish this year are out to snap the string of Texas victories. Kickoff time for the battle is slated at 2:30, and a hard fought contest is ex pected with the outcome very close. There were 151 airports and eleven seaplane anchorages in Tex as listed by the Civil Aeronautics Board as of January 1, 1941. More than 450,000 passengers fly in and out of Texas airports an nually. * ¥ * * Cross Country Held Sunday BATTALION Saturday, November 21, 1942 Page 3 SfVC’s Leading Scorer Above is Jackie Field, Texas University halfback, who tops the Southwest Conference in scoring, will be one of the mainsprings of the oLnghorn attack when Dana X. Bible’s eleven clashes against the Texas Aggies next Thursday on Memorial Field in Austin. Jackie, next to All-American candidate Roy McKay, is the most potent T.U. back, and it is truly a “Field Day” when that little halfback gets the ball. He was the leading offensive threat in Texas’ losing tilt against T.C.U. last week and is certain to be a thorn in the Cadet side Turkey Day. Jinx ■ Busters De - Lux Both Ags and Longhorns Have Broken Countless No of Jinxes A couple of pretty fair jinx- busting outfits, the Texas Aggies and the Texas U. Longhorns, go to work next Thursday on the South west Conference’s greatest remain ing football hex—the one which forbids the Aggies to trim the Steers in the latters’ Memorial Stadium at Austin. Matter of Course Until a couple of seasons ago, it was taken as a matter of course that the Southwest Conference grid champions never repeated, that Texas would beat the Aggies at Austin and, conversely, that the Steers never had a chance to win on the Cadets’ own Klye Field. In 1940, however, the Aggies came through for a SWC co-cham pionship which, coupled to the title they won outright the year be fore, badly strained, if not broke, the “they don’t repeat” adage. And last year, when Texas U. occasionaly had the nation’s No. 1 team, the Kyle Field jinx was blasted to smithereens by an or- ange-and-white crew that slapped a 23-0 shellacking on an Aggie eleven that already had clinched the conference crown. Question Mark This Year What will happen in this war year of 1942, in the Southwest’s last great game before gas ra tioning ? The answer will be known at dusk next Thursday. Until then, all Gus Fan can do is look at the comparative records of the two clubs in this wackiest of all foot ball seasons—‘and then flip a coin. At present, the Longhorns share the conference lead with four vic tories and one defeat, while the Aggies are out of the running with two won, two lost and a tie. But, as every football fan in the Lone Star state knows, the records mean nothing when these arch rivals get together, as demonstrat ed by the 7-0 victory of the medi ocre 1940 Texas team over a Cadet outfit which had won 19 straight until that meeting in Austin. The Austin Jinx Gates from 1922, when the Aggies beat the Steers Dean Kimball Speaks Monday Night at 8:45 Dexter Simpson Kimball, dean emeritus of the school of engineer ing of Cornell university, will speak to the Economics, Industrial Edu cation, and Marketing and Finance clubs Monday night at 8:45 in the Petroleum lecture room. Dean Kimball, who is on the campus for this semester giving a lecture course in industrial educa tion, will speak on “Problems of the War Production Board.” 14-7 in the capitol city. Since then, the Aggies have won no games in Memorial Stadium, and have scor ed only one touchdown—that on a fumble recovered by an Aggie guard behind the Longhorn goal line in 1938. T.U. Holds Edge Texas is the only team in the Southwest Conference to hold an edge over the Aggies in their all- time series, having won 29 games, lost 15 and tied four in the string of tussles which goes back to 1894. The teams haven’t played every year since 1894, there being a gap from 1894 to 1098, and again from 1911 to 1915, but in some of the early years of the rivalry the teams met twice. Up until last season, Texas had not won a game at College Sta tion since 1923, when a fumble recovered behind the goal line tum- the rtick, 6-0. The two teams played a thrilling 10-10 tie here in 1933. This time the Aggies are not out to break the Memorial Stadium huoodoo, but to get revenge for that 23-0 outrage on Kyle field last November, while the Long horns, their hopes for- an unbeat en season already blasted twice, are anxious to wind up their con ference schedule with a third con secutive victory over their greatest rivals. Intramuralists Urged to Report to Kyle Field at Three ©’Clock Sharp Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock cross country entrants will start reporting to Kyle Field to prepare for the event which will open the cross country races, All freshmen are instructed to report to the east side of the gym at 3 p. m. to ob tain instructions from the black- Zapalac and Rogers Still Out; Secret Work Holds Sway Secret practice is still predom inate in Coach Homer Norton’s plans, so nothing is known of what the Cadets are up to as they make preparations for their crucial encounter with the Texas Long horns. The injury hex is still around in the Aggie camp with both Willie Zapalac, ace blocking back, and Cullen Rogers, wingback and sig nal-caller, still ailing. However, Trainer Lil Dimmett declared that their shoulder injuries are improv ing rapidly and there’s an even chance that either will get to play lots of ball next Thursday. The Aggies have been going through a light practice all week with scrimmages entering into the schedule now and then. Coach Nor ton isn’t taking any chances of having another important player injury; thus the reason for the rather light sessions. This after noon, the Ags will spend most of their time polishing up ori plays and formations, with a light scrim mage expected to highlight the way’s work. boards placed there and to receive the number tokens which they must carry throughout the race. These tokens must be turned in to the officials at the end of the race and will be used to determine the placings. This race will begin at 3:30 p. m. All recreational officers or their junior assistants are reminded that it is necessary for them to report to the Intramural office some time today to certify the five men who will run the Class B Cross Coun try race for each organization. This need not be done for Class A entrants. The starting point will be the fence on the west side of the prac tice football fields adjacent to the stadium. The entrants will run across both of the gridirons and head for the drive between the stadium and gym. They will follow this drive between the gym and athletic office out into the street and turn right as they pass through the Kyle Field Gate. From the on the course is clearly and defi nitely marked with signs reading “X Country” which will guide the contestants around the course and back to the finishing point line on the east cinder track even with the 50-yard line on the football field. Participants in the Class A event must be at the starting point not later than 3:45 p. m. to go through the same procedure of organiza tion as the Class B entrants. The Class B race will start at 4 p. m. and the course will be the same as that followed by the freshmen. Five men must finish the race to gain the 50 enlg-y points for their organization. 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