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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
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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.
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In a recent Oberlin College poll,
students gave a 12 per cent margin
to Dewey, but the faculty backed
Pres. Roosevelt.
—A&M—
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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— ,
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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.
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You new men on the cam
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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
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