THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15, 1945
THE BATTALION
Paere 3
BALLENTINE BEATS MUSTANGS 3 - 0
Coming so close to the door of defeat that even the-f
wind moaned, the Aggies sneaked by the SMU Mustangs
last Saturday 3 to 0 in what was their poorest game of the
season. Only the smiles of Lady Luck linked with the kick
ing of Bob Goode and John Ballentine stood in the Ponies
way.
For it was John Ballentine who won the game for the
Aggies. He went into the game on the first play of the sec
ond quarter and kicked the field goal that meant the game.
Bob Goode had just run 51 yards to put the ball on the SMU
17 when Ballentine went in. Under instructions from the
bench, he called for the field goal try, and then proceeded to
kick it 35 yards at an angle against the north wind. His
kick went true, and the Aggies crawled into the lead that
stuck for the rest of the game.
The Aggies were halted from
the very start, and only few times
did they have the chance to run a
series of downs. The kicking of
Red Maley and Doak Walker kept
the Cadets on the defense most of
the time, and well in their own
end of the field the rest. Only once
did the Aggies cross the SMU 25
yard line, and that came in the
closing minutes of the first period.
After the ball had changed
hands a number of times between
the two thirty yard lines, SMU
had the ball on their own 49. On
the first play from scrimmage,
Wilson fumbled a pass thrown him
by Walker, and Preston Smith re
covered for the Aggies on the A&M
32. Daniels handed of to Goode,
and the big Aggie halfback went
51 yards to the SMU 17 yard
stripe on the only long run of the
afternoon. Smith tried the line
three times for 2 yards, and it was
fourth and 8 from the 15. John
Ballentine came into the game for
Smith, and the Aggies formed for
a field goal. The ball was resting
on the 15, which meant that the
kick had to travel from the 25, or
35 yards altogether. The ball was
snapped, and Ballentine’s kick
went squarely through the middle
of the uprights for the 3 points
that got bigger and bigger as the
game went on.
SMU’s only serious threat came
late in jthe third quarter when
they brought the ball to the Aggie
14 yard line before losing it on
downs, but they were constantly
in possession of the ball in the
danger zone between the Aggie 30
and 15.
Outstanding for the Aggies all
afternoon was end Bill Geer. He
played his best defensive game of
the season, and was a thorn in the
side of the Ponies on every play
that he was in the game. For the
Mustangs, Doak Walker was the
lad that no one could handle. Wal
ker’s passing and running were
superb, and his kicking was excel
lent.
RICE GAME TIME
Starting time for the Texas
A. & M.-Rice game in Houston
has been moved up from 3:00,
the time shown on tickets, to
2:30 p. m.
By Frank Cawthon
A. & M. 13—RICE 7
The Owls will be plenty good,
but the Aggies should be better.
The margin for Ole Army might
be two touchdowns, but I’ll play
it safe for one. After a bad show
ing against SMU, the Aggies will
show the Houston boys their real
power with Smith and Goode play
ing at the same time.
TEXAS 20—T. C. U. 6
The Longhorns should at last
come to life and play a good brand
of ball against the Frogs. TCU’s
Joslin will see that the Layne to
Bechtol combination is hard to
stop and it will roll on to the
Turkey Day skirmish. All-Confer
ence Ralph Ellsworth is ready to
play, after an illness, and will
carry much of the burden.
New Plan Gives
Better Selection
For All-American
For the first time in the history
of football, the outstanding play
ers of small schools will have equal
opportunity with those of the larger
universities, according to Coach
Homer H. Norton of Texas A. &
M.
• Norton is one of 350 members
of the American Football Coaches
Association who are helping to
select an All-America team under
the sponsorship of the Association.
Instead of reflecting the views of
H O LIC K * S
BOOT
SHOP
Will be open for
delivery of custo
mers’ shoes on Fri
day, November 16
and Monday, No
vember 19.
We do expert
Washing
and
Let us keep your car looking
good and running smoothly with
our expert washing and Certified
Mobilubrication. If the finish
has become dull, we can make
it gleam again with Mobilgloss
and Mobilwax.
Spanish Club Meets
The Spanish Club held its third
meeting of the year Monday night.
A team composed of Dick Reed,
Stanley Self and Robert Gault won
the “Dr. I. Q. Quiz”. In addition
there were Spanish songs and
Mexican slides with comments by
J. J. Woolket, head of the Modern
Language department.
The next meeting is slated for
November 26, at which time slides
of a bull fight will be shown.
Officers of the club are: Frank
Serna, president; J. B. Frazier,
vice-president; H. A. Pate, secre
tary-treasurer; M. G'. Boehl, re
porter. Clyde Cecil is program
chairman.
one expert or a handful of top-
ranking coaches, the new All-
America will embody the opinions
of all of the 350 members of the
Association. This places the selec
tion on a nationwide basis and
gives the outstanding performers
of both small and large teams a
chance at national honors.
Each week the coaches file a
report on any player or players
who look like All-America mate
rial. These reports will be tabu
lated and forwarded to all coaches
for their information in watching
remaining games. At the end of
November, the coaches will fill
out their individual votes for the
All-America selection. Under this
system, there is little chance of
a good man escaping notice.
Ireland has the most intensive
cultivation of potatoes of any
country in the world. Most of its
people subsist largely on the crop.
S. M. U. 23—Arkansas 0
The powerful, but almost win
less Mustangs, will deal the Hogs
a terrific beating Saturday, with
Walker running and passing to his
pair of fine ends, Wilson and Clark.
It will be a field day for the
Ponies, who have beaten Rice 21-18
and lost to A. & M. and Texas
by 3-0 and 12-7 scores repectively.
TULSA 13—BAYLOR 7
The Bears have a fine ball club
and should deal the Tulsans plenty
of misery before the afternoon is
over. They lost a bang-up football
game to Texas last week and will
be laying for the Oilers who lost
to powerful Oklahoma A. & M.
last week 12-6 after pushing them
all over the field. The Bears will
be hard to beat, but Tulsa will
do it.
Engineers Meeting
Thursday 7:30 P. M.
Engineers of Area 14 composed
of the following counties: Brazos,
Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison,
Milan, Robertson, Walker and
Washington will meet Thursday
evening at 7:30 P. M. in the Civil
Engineering lecture room, Novem
ber 22 for the purpose of forming
a permanent chapter of the Texas
Society for Professional Engineers.
All engineers and other interested
people are invited to attend. The
following program has been plan
ned:
Welcome—President Gibb Gil
christ.
Proposal and acceptance of con
stitution and by-laws for the local
chapter.
Election of officers for 1946.
A POINT WORTH REMEMBERING
By trading with the Campus Cleaners you are
spending your money where it will help Aggies the
most. Owned and operated by the Former Students
Association, Campus Cleaners’ profits are used for
the betterment of your school and the perpetuation
of those good old Aggie traditions.
CAMPUS CLEANERS
“Stay Well Dressed”
M CALL FOR
AND DELIVER
YOUR CAR!
Aggieland Service
Station
“At the East Gate”
Anderson Egaday Feed & Seed Co.
618 North Main — Bryan, Texas — Phone 2-1443
A Complete Line of Stock and Poultry Feeds
REMEDIES — DELIVERIES — SERVICE
Edgar Anderson, Class of ’45
Your Friendly
MAGNOLIA DEALER
214 SOUTH MAIN
BRYAN, TEXAS
By Eld Brandt
Battalion Sports Editor
Texas A&M lost one of its
most valuable football players this
past week, when it was learned
that Bob Butchofsky would be out
for the remainder of the regular
season. Butch suffered a kidney
injury in practice after the Baylor
game, and has missed the last two
tilts as a result. Coach Norton
said that the big halfback stood
“only the barest of chances to
play in the Texas game, and will
be definitely out of the Rice game
that Saturday.” The medical re
ports on his case have been sent
to Houston for checking, and the
report from there is anything but
promising. Butchofsky is a two-
letter man and is one of the most
experienced man on the Aggie
squad. He ran with the backfield
consisting of Babe Hallmark,
Bing Turner, and Red Burditt, and
Marion Flanagan in 1943, and with
Bobby Goff, Jim Parmer, Mann
Scott, and Jim Cashion in 1944.
Butch is noted throughout the
conerence as being one of the best
blocking backs to have played in
the southwest, and at the same
time, he was a consistent ground
gainer. His services will indeed be
missed in the coming two champ
determining contests.
A&M emerged this week from
the wild and wooly conference race
as just about the best defensive
team in the conference. Some of
the statistics for the Aggies read
like this: First downs by opponents,
54, for the least in the league; net
yards gained by the opposition by
passing, 296, for the least in the
conference; forward passes com
pleted against them, 35, for the
least number; yards gained by the
opposition by rushing, 919, for
the second least in the conference;
and a total of 1215 yards gained
against for the second least. Kick
er Bob Goode is fourth in the con
ference with a 37.3 yard average
on 68 kicks. The team punting aver
age is 36.8 for the second highest
in the conference.
In the ground gained column,
Preston Smith is still in the top
slot with 548 yards gained on 119
carries. Goode is in third place with
515 yards on 94 carries. Goode and
Smith are also first and second,
respectively, in the conference in
played only two or three minutes
downs for 60 points, and Smith
retained his 55 points on 9 touch
downs and 1 extra point.
Other figures list Daniel as the
fourth top passer with 25 complet-
tions for 57 passes thrown for 254
yards, and Higgins as the seventh
pass receiver with 8 completions
for 128 yards. Smith has returned
15 punts for 175 yards to give him
an 11.6 yard per return average
and fifth place in the conference.
Player-of-the-week honors this
week go to the man who won the
SMU game with a swift kick, none
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
Not long ago one of our South
west Conference Referees told me
an amusing incident that happened
in a high school
game in which he
officiated. On the
opening kick-osf^f
the ball was kick
ed on the fly in
to the end zone of
the receiving
team where it was
caught by one of
the players. Aft
er catching the
ball the lad, who
was not very
large, looked out
play and saw the
players of the other team charg
ing down on him so he just stood
still and made no attempt to touch
the ball to the ground for a touch-
back or to run it out. The referee
sensed the indecision on the part
of the lad and asked, “Son, what
do you want to do?” In a quaver
ing voice the youngster answered,
“I don’t know, but I don’t want to
run.” I am sure that many of us
have been in a very similar posi
tion—we knew what we should do,
but we hesitated because we are
a little afraid.
Penberthy
on the field of
STUDENT CO-OP
Bicycle and Radio Repair
PHONE 4-4114
Fear is a very natural thing,
and I never saw a person who was
without a fear of some kind. The
fears of other folks often seem
very ridiculous to us, but I am
sure our fears seem equally so to
them. The individuals who appear
to be immune to fear are often
the ones who are afraid of the least
harmful things.
In my opinion, to be afraid is
not a sign of weakness or Coward
ice, and we should not be criticized
or condemned. But when we give
in to our fear of something to the
extent that we let it dominate us
then it is another thing. We all ad
mire courage and there are several
kinds, but the kind that gives me
a thrill is that which is evidenced
when an individual takes control
of himself and does not let fear
keep him from performing a cer
tain task.
In our program we have many
students who have a real and un
derstandable fear of the water,
but I want to say to their everlast
ing credit that almost without ex
ception these fine boys have had
the courage necessary to conquer
this fear and have gone on and
learned to swim.
other than John Ballentine. He
played only two or three minutes
in the game, but in that time, he
kicked a field goal and SMU out
of the conference picture. Hats off
to John Ballentine.
This corner of tne column could
not be complete without saying
something about the ball game
played by end Bill Geer. Bill was
picked this week by the Associated
Press as the outstanding end in
the southwest, and it was an honor
that was certainly due him. He was
the strongest defensive man on the
field last Satui’day, and figured
in nearly every tackle around his
end of the line. To Bill goes the
most honorable of honorable men
tions.
Captain Kermxt K. Beahan, Hous
ton, Texas, dropped the atomic
bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
Aggie-Ex Sees Same
Play He Used On SMU
Exactly 25 Years Ago
History repeats itself! Sitting
in the stands Saturday at the SMU
game was Colonel Richard H. Har
rison. He probably shook his head
in amazement, because just twen
ty-five years ago to the day, Tex
as A. & M. had defeated the Ponies
3-0 and the man who kicked that
ball neatly between the goal posts
was none other than himself.
Col. Harrison is now in Me Clos-
key General Hospital at Temple,
and came down with the Aggie dele
gation from the hospital for the
game. Col. Harrison graduated
from A. &M. in the class of 1920.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
College Station, Texas
The pastor will continue a series of sermons
Sunday morning on the general subject—
GOD’S REMEDY FOR SIN
Nov. 18 a.m.—Why God’s Remedy ?LOVE
Nov. 18 p.m.—God’s Remedy for Sin Explained
Nov. 25 a.m.—God’s Remedy for Sin Considered
Nov. 25 p.m.—What Think Ye of the Remedy?
Dec. 2 a.m.—God’s Remedy for Sin Rejected
Dec. 2 p.m.—God’s Remedy for Sin Satisfies
Dec. 7 a.m.—God’s Remedy for Sin Neglected
Dec. 7 p.m.—The Last Call to Accept God’s Remedy
You are Invited to Hear These Discussions
MEET THE GANG---
AT GEORGE’S
For the pause that refreshes between those
gruelling classes, drop by and let us fix you
up with a little pick-me-up.
y
Our modem, sanitary fountain, our jukebox
with the latest recordings, and our deluxe
sandwich board are at your service.
GEORGE’S CONFECTIONERY
Beat Rice, Aggies
WE’LL BE WITH YOU IN SPIRIT SATURDAY
The Exchange Store
SERVING TEXAS AGGIES
>*3*+ ■***<■ ■■>**<■