The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 17, 1944, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 17, 1944, Image 3

Newspaper Page Text- FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 17, 1944 THE BATTALION Page 3 Aggie-Owl Tussle To Be Fairly Even Match Walmsley To Head Rice Attack; Owls Expected To Use Running Game Most (Continued From Page 1) The Aggies will throw both passing and running at the Owls, a combined offense which is the best in the confer ence. Led by quarterback Jimmy Cashion, the Cadet ball carrying department will feature such boys as Paul Yates, Bobby Goff, Mann Scott, Bob Butchofsky, Stubby Matthews, Jim Parmer, and Tom Daniel. Parmer reinjured his leg in practice Tuesday, but he is ex pected to take part in the game Saturday. Both teams are rated as having fine lines, but the Aggie line has proven a bit stronger thus far. Rice’s line was a dominating factor in the Texas game, keeping Bobby Layne on the go most of the af ternoon and never giving him time to get his passes off. Despite rainy Aveather, the turf at Rice Stadium will probably be covered up until game time to insure a dry field. In case the field is muddy the Nortonmen have been working out in the mud this past AAmek and should be ready for any thing. Starting lineups: A. & M.—Howell, left end; Shira, left tackle; Gray, left guard; Gary, center; Tassos, right guard; Mon- crief, right tackle; Higgins, right end; Cashion, quarterback; Goff, left half; Butchofsky, right half; and Yates, fullback. Rice—Smith, left end; Wright, left tackle; Cox, left guard; Tate, center; Nichols, right guard; Zels- man, right tackle; G. Grininger, right end; Lawrence, quarterback; Walmsley, left half; Nemir, right half; and Russ, fullback. By S. L. “Slim” Inzer Battalion Sports Editor Cadets Lead in Offense When it comes to getting that ball doAvn field, the Aggies are the best of the conference this year. Statistics which have been re cently compiled show the Cadets leading in offensive play, haAung amassed over 500 yards more than their nearest rival, Rice. The Tex as Longhorns are leading in pass ing at this stage with 721 yards, but they rank fourth in total yards gained by rushing and passing., A complete tabulation of the of fensive records of the Southwest teams shows the Aggies leading with 1,868 yards, Rice second with 1,352 yards, T.C.U. third with 1,207 yards, Texas fourth with 1,073 yards, Arkansas fifth with 1,030, and S.M.U. last with 993 yards. I Cai^t Get Any Worse . . . After last week’s disastrous re sults on my predictions, I swore I would never attempt to pick another winner. However, I was caught in a moment of weakness and tricked into picking the victors for this week. I hereby promise that if I do not do better than I have been doing, *1 will quit for good. By guessing one out of four last week I kept my average up to the .250 mark, which is sorry in any body’s league. Knowing that I can’t possibly get any worse, here goes for this week’s contests. A. & M. over Rice—The Aggies really came to life against S.M.U. and I think they will play just as good a game against the Owls. Rambling . . . Uncle Bill James, Aggie line coach, vows a Mustang back step ped in Morton Shefts’ face Sat urday and had five cleats on the big red head’s nose at the same time. Sheft says it wasn’t but four .... Sleepy League was the best ground gainer the Mustangs had Saturday. He got them 30 yards in two plays .... Most of the sports writers of the state are picking the Aggies to down the Owls, provided they hold on to the ball We hereby nominate Mike Eberle, Sparky’s little boy, as the number one Ag gie booster .... Stubby Matthews probably did more running than any other gridder on the field Saturday. He ran in and out of the ball game all afternoon . . . . Monte Moncrief received mention as one of the outstanding line men of the week after his per- If the Cadets play the type of ball they did against the Mustangs, they may ran Rice clear out of Houston. TEXAS over T. C. U.—On paper the Longhorns have the better team, despite the fact that the Frogs have the better record. T. C. U. has always been a thorn in the side of the Longhorns, but I don’t think they will have the stuff to pull an upset here. ARKANSAS over S. M. U.—The Mustangs will have to show more than they did last week if they expect to stop the Porkers. RANDOLPH FIELD over who ever they play—This is to raise my average. formance against S. M. U BEAT RICE. PLUCK THE OWLS San Antonio Aggies Plan Victory Party After T. u. Game Members of the San Antonio A. & M. Club are planning to have a victory celebration on Thanks giving night, after the game with Texas university in Austin, said Dick Smith, club president. The party is to be held in the Oak Grove in San Antonio at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Smith requests that all Aggies from San Antonio be present at a meeting of the club which will be held on Wednesday, November 29, at 7 p.m. Final plans for the party will be made at that time. RICE FOOTBALL ROSTER Number Name Position Weight 83 Smith End 173 85 Bradbeer End 180 81 Grininger End 175 86 Miner End 174 74 Turner Tackle 225 78 Zelsman Tackle 200 70 Wright Tackle 215 75 Martin Tackle 225 66 Cox Guard 175 71 Towns Guard 187 60 Nichols Guard 196 61 Hansen Guard 205 50 Tate Center 180 56 Perry Center 179 20 Lawrence Back 180 14 Scraggs Back 146 36 Nemir Back 185 46 Parrish Back 180 44 Wamsley Back 153 45 Mason Back 165 SO Russ Back 177 Southwest Conference Most Powerful Football Machine SHIFtr SHEFTS' 8IU. WALKUt S' COTTON HOWUt BULLET CRAT DAMON TASSOS MONTE MONCRIEF WALTER HIGGINS Yauato* chermo lOE SACRA V 3 Aggies Among Liberators of Guam Of the many Texans who parti cipated in the liberation of Guam and its reconstruction into a major American fortress, at least three have been identified as Texas Ag gies. All Marine officers, they are: Colonel John T. Walker, of Azele; Lieutenant Colonel Duran F. Buch anan, of Buda, and Lieutenant Col onel Victor A. Barraco, of 2433 Bellaire Bouvelard, Houston. .Colonel Walker served as chief of staff of the First Marine Pro visional Brigade, which overcame the determined Jap defenders of the important airfield on Orote Peninsula. The men of the brigade, in another phase, killed 1,200 Japs in repulsting a wild Banzai attack on Mt. Alafan to break the back of enemy resistance in that area. Lieutenant Colonel Buchanan was commanding officer of the forward echelon of service troops of the Third Marine Division and partici pated in one of the unusual forays of the fighting here. Early in the operation a Jap suicide attack broke through a section of the Third’s front lines and 1200 fought their way within 100 yards of the command post, where they were re pulsed by cooks, bakers and quar termaster men of the service troops. Lieutenant Colonel Baracco is headquarters commandant of the Island Command. He and other members of the garrison staff came ashore in the early stages of the fighting, and long before the island was secured, their work of reconverting this outpost into a strong American base and rehabi litation of the loyal native popu lation was begun. Colonel Walker, who received his Marine commission as a Second Lieutenant after leaving A. & M. in 1917, also was with the old Second Division. In 1941 he was with the CHARLES SHIRA ABE ABRAHAM S LEE FT LEAGUE tpAuarntniM VERNON SCHMIDT Freshman’s Poem Is Published In College Anthology Notification has been received by the Student Activities Office that a poem written by Glen Brooks, an A. & M. student, has been selected for publication by the Anthology of College Poetry. The Anthology is a collection of the best poetry written by college students each year, said the letter. Brooks’ poem is called “Medita tions.” Brooks is a freshman majoring in Architecture. He lives in Pur- year Hall. BATTALIONd— British Army in Egypt as observer and later, as commanding officer of the 22nd Marine Regiment at Eniwetok in the Marshalls, earned the Navy Cross. A native of Azele, he maintains a wartime home at 1142 Virginia Way, LaJolla, Calif., where his wife and daughter are now living. He has a sister, Mrs. A. Forrester, at 2217 Lincoln, Ft. Worth, Texas. Lieutenant Colonel Buchanan, A. & M. ’17, is well known in Col lege Station, where he was on the faculty for 17 years. He is now a member of the board of regents there. He was with the Fifth Ma rines in France in World War I, and in this war joined a Marine regiment and served with it throughout the Bougainville cam paign. * Lieutenant Colonel Barraco, well known in Houston as an attorney and organizer of the Marine Corps Reserve unit there, was graduated TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL SQUAD 1944 No. Player Home Town Pos. Wt. 10 Voss, Kenneth, R. (Jim) Jonesboro B 180 12 Goff, Robert E. (Bobby) Kenedy B 175 14 Cashion, James T. (Cash) College Station B 160 17 Horne, Robert E. (Bob) Plainview B 175 18 Nicholas, Don R (Nick) Mineral Wells B 155 20 Scott, Joseph O. Jr. (Mann) Athens B 190 22 Daniel, Tom C. (Dusty) Kerrville B 185 24 Jordan, Billy D. Waco B 170 25 Ble$s, Franklin R. Hondo B 165 30 Parmer, James R. Mangum, Okla. B 190 31 Yates, Paul T. (Bubba) Fort Worth B 185 32 Matthews, Mason L. (Stubby) San Antonio B 175 33 McAllister, Geo. T. (Mac) Eden B 185 44 Butchofsky, Bob L. (Butch) Ysleta B 165 45 Spires, Gene F. (Ears) Abilene B 150 46 Kingery, Don L. (Lindy) Lake Charles, La. B 180 60 Ellis, Herbert W. (Hub) Kilgore C 180 52 Gary, Robt. J. (Bob) Dallas C 170 53 Tassos, Damon G. (Greek) San Antonio C 200 55 Lane, John R. (Bobby) Honey Grove C 166 60 WWalker, Wm. E. Stephenville G 185 61 Stalsby, James A. (Stubby) Crosby G 175 62 Abraham, Arthur A. (Abe) El Paso G 175 63 League, Thos. T. (Sleepy) Hamilton G 190 64 Mizell, James L. Conroe G 175 66 Sacra, Joseph R. (Sac) Denison G 185 67 Gray, Geo. W. (Bullet) Garland G 205 68 Reagan, Robt. L. Kerrville G 170 69 Carter, Herbert A. (Herb) Stamford G 180 70 Eberle, A. A. (Sparky) Sweetwater T 205 73 Shefts, Morton (Shifty) San Antonio T 195 74 Moncrief, Monte P. Dallas T 200 76 Denton, Dean M. Jr. (Pop) Harlingen T 200 78 Schmidt, Vernon R. (Smitty) Troy T 190 79 Shira, Chas. N. (Flat Tire) Hamlin T 230 80 Chemo, Milton J. El Paso E ' 172 83 Howell, C. M. (Cotton) Nacogdoches E 180 84 Geer, Wm. E. (Bill) Fort Worth E 170 85 Yeargain, Chas. M. (Scooter) Dallas E 176 86 Brice, Sammie L. (Satch) San Antonio E 170 87 Higgins, Walter N. (Country) Galveston E 190 88 Darnell, Grant S. (Loopy) Tulsa, Okla. E 190 89 White, Oscar M. (Mop) Rising Star E 185 Ex-Aggie Now In Eighth Air Force First Lieutenant William B. Par ker , of Houston, Texas, is now a member of an 8th Fighting Com mand P51 Mustang group sta tioned in England. The 24 year old airman participates in bomber forces smashing at Germany. The fighter pilot graduated from Lamar Senior high school, Houston, in 1938, and spent three years at Texas A. & M. College from 1938 to 1941. He took flying instruction at airfields in California and Ari zona and was commissioned a sec ond lieutenant in the AAF on Apr. 24, 1942. The flier is the son of Mrs. Merl H. Howell of 3914 Marquette St., Houston, Texas, and the husband of Mrs. Mildred M. Parker of Tupman, Calif. His wife’s sister, the former Evelyn M. Jones of Tupman, is married to 1st Lt. Francis Christensen, of Oxnard, Calif., a pilot in the same squadron at Lt. Parker. Lt. Parker has named his P51 Mustang airplane “Midge.” from A. & M. in 1915. He served in the last war and has been over seas 25 months in this one, on a tour of duty in the south Pacific in the opening stages of the con flict, and then in the Marianas operation. In the interim, he served as Chief of Staff, Fleet Ma rine Force, San Diego area. -PLUCK THE OWLS- In a recent Oberlin College poll, students gave a 12 per cent margin to Dewey, but the faculty backed Pres. Roosevelt. —A&M— (Continued Irom Page 1) signed as chairman of the Board of Directors, representing public interest; Gibb Gilchrist, president of A. & M. College which he rep resents; Rufus Peeples of Tehua- cana, representing the former stu dents association; R. W. Briggs of San Antonio representing indus try; and Dean E. J. Kyle repre senting agriculture. Trustees will serve a term of 3 years and the appointments will be made in such a manner as to retire the members from one group each year. PLUCK THE OWLS DO YOUR PART—BUY BONDS —HONOR— , (Continued From Page 1) icjent Franklin D. Roosevelt “for conspicuously gallantry and intre pidity, at risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty, on May 23, 1944 in the vicinity of Carano, Italy.” Lt. Fowler was killed by a sniper’s bullet on June 3, 1944, while leading a tank platoon in the spearhead of the drive on Rome. Presentation was made to Mrs. Ann Oakes Fowler by Major Gen. Ralph McT. Pennell, commandant of the field artillery school at Fort Sill at a parade and review on the new post parade groupds. The ceremony was very beautiful and impressive. Dr. Miller said. CREAMLAND “We Specialize in home cooking” You new men on the cam pus come get acquainted. Malts, Shakes, Pie, Ice Cream At the North Gate LOUPOT’S A Little Place - - - - - - A Big Saving! FISH, FROGS, and SOPHOMORES This is an urgent request for you who have not yet turned in your khaki G. I.’s to do so immediately. You can then get your wool G. L’s. Do this before noon Saturday November 18. THE EXCHANGE STORE “An Aggie Institution” We kinda came out of the slump last Saturday — Let’s Repeat. BEAT RICE COLLEGE BOOK STORE B. W. BOBBITT, ’40 PATCHES and ALTERATIONS A T LAUTERSTEIN’S

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