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Page 4 THE BATTALION THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 11, 1945 Aggies Mar Sooner Record With 19-14 Defeat Saturday Fumbles Prove Disastrous For Oklahoma University Cashing in on three expensive Oklahoma .fumbles, the Texas A-ggies piled up a score of 19-14 over the Sooners during last Saturday’s game at Owen Field in Norman, Oklahoma. An Aggie fumble and a 77-yard drive were re sponsible for the two Oklahoma scores. The red-shirted Sooners got off to a bad start with a fumble in the first play of the game. Bob Butchofsky covered the ball, and it was a first and ten to go for the Aggies on the Oklahoma 21 yard stripe. With Peewee Smith doing some fancy running^ the Aggies worked up to the one-yard line, and Bob Goode dived over the stripe on a line buck to score the first Cadet tally of the day. Then came an exchange of punts, with both sides running into a solid wall of opposition when they tried to carry the ball. Be fore the first quarter was five minutes old, Steward of Oklahoma made the second costly Sooner fumble which was covered by hard- driving Aggie end Charley Year- gain, and the Cadets took over on the Sooner 27. Goode shot a 23 yard pass to Norton Higgins, and A. & M. advanced to the 12-yard line. From there. Smith and Goode drove down to the one-yard line and Goode plowed across again, to chalk up the second Aggie score of the afternoon. Higgins kicked the extra point, and the score stood Texas Aggies 13, Oklahoma 0. Sooners Switch Offense The Sooners switched from the “T” formation to the single wing, and the Oklahoma team began to click. Hawkins loped 33 yards through the Aggie defense, but penalties marred the rally and the Aggies took over the ball on their own 14, after Hawkins punted the Sooners out of a hole. Johnny Feagan missed the ball on a bad pass from center; Oklahoma’s Joe Harrell pounced on the ball, and the Sooners found themselves in possession on the Aggie seven yard stripe. Hawkins plunged over the goal on a reverse to the left, and Bodenham’s conversion made the score 13-7, in favor of the Aggies. Oklahoma Goes Ahead In the second half, Steward found an opening in the Cadet line, and galloped through it for thirty eight yards. With thd*ball on the Aggies’ 37, "Venable’s eleven yard spinner and a pass to Aub rey McCall moved the Sooners down to the Aggie 10, and Venable powered on through for the re maining yardage. Bodenham kick ed the point and the Sooners took the lead for the first time, to the tune of 14-13. During the final quarter, a lateral, from Venable to Steward was intercepted by Butchofsky, and the Cadets stepped back into the game from the Sooner 46- yard line. Goode moved the ball up to the Sooner 23 with a flashy 23 yard run. The Cadets were stopped cold by stiff Sooner resistance un til Lillard Hart shot a pass to end Dan Foldberg, who plowed on to the Sooner 8-yard stripe. ^ Goode covered the remaining yardage in two trys, and made his third touchdown of the afternoon. The conversion attempt was unsuccess ful, and the tally stood 19-14 in favor of the Aggies. Aggies Stave Off Rally During the closing minutes of the game, the Sooners made a des perate attempt to save the day. From the Oklahoma 20, after Bob Goode’s end zone kick, they sail ed down to the Aggie 31 yard stripe. With two minutes to play, "West tried two passes to end Aub rey McCall, but both attempts were unsuccessful. Then West was smeared four yards behind the line of scrimmage, and the ball went over to the white-shirted Cadets. The Sooners got the ball once more, but didn’t have time to pull another play before the final gun sounded, ending the game with the score standing at 19-14 in favor of the Aggies. Game in Figures Okla. A&M First downs earned 7 8 Yards gained rushing 184 157 Net yds. gained rushing 118 118 Yds. gained forward pass. 0 89 Forward passes attpt. 8 14 Forward ■ passes com. 0 6 Number of punts 9 10 Ave. yard, punts 43.6 36 Number of kickoffs 2 5 Ave. yards of kickoffs 50 52 Total yds. gained 212 371 Total No. of fumbles 6 3 Fumb. cost loss of ball 5 2 By Ed Brandt Battalion Sports Editor The old injury plague has finally hit the Aggies, and this week finds three key men sidelined. Fullback Preston Smith is suffering from bruised ribs and sore elbows, tackle Leonard Dickey is ailing with a severe charlie-horse in his left thigh, and quarterback Tom Daniels is in the college hospital with the flu. At first Smith’s ribs were reported out better than anticipated. But in case none of the three are in starting shape, Lillard Hart will most , likely fill the quarterback slot, Les Millican the tackle hole, and Stubby Matthews the full posi tion. Help Asked of All Aggies As Team Preps for Tigers Football players, like all other men who come to A. & M., are as being broken, but on examina tion, it was learned that they are only badly bruised. Dickey is ex pected to see service in the LSU tussle, but his time will be liimted. As for Tom Daniel, he is reported to have fever of 102, and though he will probably make the Baton Rouge trip, is not expected to play. The starting line-up has not been announced, as things may turn expected to make their grades, and good ones. With an athlete, a good part of his time is taken Up with practice and game trips and as a consequence, his grades suf fer. After a hard day’s practice session, or upon returning to the campus after a weekend of rough and tough football, a man is nat urally expected to be just a little worn out. It is at these times that grades suffer, and grade points drop. With this drop in grades, comes a drop in eligibility, and no team can be a team without eligi ble players. That is wnere the up perclassmen come in. You juniors and seniors who are making fair ly good grades should take it upon yourselves to help out the football players in your own out fit, and should do it with a feel ing of content in knowing that you in a small way have directly helped that Ole Army ball team be just a shade better than it was be fore. It means a lot to the fel lows on the squad for someone to give them a little help in class es that they miss or are behind in. Realize that these ball players are your buddies, and that they are the boys next to you in ranks in the outfits. Help them all you can, and do the best you can to co operate with them. We are all Ag gies down here, and should keep that uppermost in our minds at all times. An Aggie is a person who is noted for having that sense of cooperation that makes us all work together for the same com mon goal. Think it over, Army, and give these football players all the help and support you can. This is another way to show that ole ball team that the whole corps is behind them 100%. We’ve got to push them and pull them when the going gets tough, and nothing can be tougher than being behind or missing class work. It’s up to you. What are you going to do with it? Are you going to be a Aggie, or are you going to prompt ly forget about it and leave the team to struggle for it self. Take this as a challenge, and let’s see what you can do about it. Hold On - Here We Go Again Three Starters Sidelined That old thousand percent rec ord finally went up in smoke this past week, and from the looks of things, the percentage will be dropping lower each week. But once again sticking my neck out, here is how they should turn out this. week. A&M over LSU. This will be the week’s closest game, but the Ag gies have it by a single point, say 14-13. Texas U. over Oklahoma U. The Longhorns will have their hands full, but make it TU 20, OU 7. Arkansas over Baylor. This will be the highest scoring game of the week. Score: Arkansas 26, Bay lor 6. Oklahoma A&M over SMU. The Oklahoma Aggies will walk away with this one about 33 to 0: Tulane over Rice. The Green Wave should wave on to the tune of about 25 to 0. RESERVED SEATS A. & M. TOWN HALL 1945-46 SEASON including 10 great attractions RUBINOFF AND HIS VIOLIN MARGARET SPEAKS CONRAD THIBAULT PERCY GRAINER JOHN B. HUGHES LOIS BANNERMAN and four local favorites, Singing Cadets, TSCW Choir A Capella Choir from Bryan “Bohemian Girl” NTSTC — only — 6 $V».00 including tax STUDENT ACTIVITIES For Reservations Call 4-5324 Open Again.., SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13-14 Repairs on our building are not yet complete but we are opening on a limited schedule in order to provide Aggies with some top-notch first run College Station pictures that have accumulated to our credit. It will be our aim to provide the best pictures available at popular prices. THIS IS THE AGGIES OWN THEATER. OPERATED FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. SCHEDULE Tuesdays & Wednesdays 1:00—One Full Program Feature—N ews-Shorts 7:00—One Full Program Feature—N ews-Shorts Saturdays and Sunday Opens at 1:00—Continu ous shows until 11:00 p.m. We will combine our Sat urday night show with the popular Jamborees with Bill Turner’s Aggieland Orchestra and Singing Cadets and Outstanding Stage Talent. COMING SOON National Velvet 30 Seconds Over Tokyo Objective Burma (Errol Flynn) Hotel Berlin God Is My Co-Pilot Horn Blows at Midnight (Crazy Jack Benny) Conflict (Bogart’s Best) Corn Is Green Pride of the Marines Christmas In Connecticut PRICES 10^ and 25^ The lowest theater admis sions in this area for top- notch pictures. All profits go to Student Activities for student wel fare and recreation. POLICY Guion Hall Theater is operated strictly for the pleasure and entertain ment of Texas Aggies. We have been fortunate to re new booking privileges with the outstanding film producers, WARNERS — MGM for first run pic tures at College Station. These will be shown only a few days behind Bryan. We also have choice sec ond run privileges. It will be our policy to bring Tex as Aggies the best of the pictures available. SATURDAY and SUNDAY MGM’s super musical show! “MUSIC FOR MILLIONS” with Jimmy Durante, June Allyson, Margaret O’Brien, Jose Iturbi and hundreds of Hollywood’s starlets! and Cartoon Box Office Opens at 1:00 Guion Hall Theater Operated by Student Activities