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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 1946 THE BATTALION Page 3 From This A ngle:: LARRY GOODWYN The Aggies bid tomorrow for their third conference win of the season, but, as the situation looks now, the effort will be futile un less the present backward trend of Farmer football fortunes is re versed. The memory of that Arkansas nightmare still is bitter to all con cerned. Some changes will have to take place or the tussle with S.M.U. in the Cotton Bowl will be a repeat performance. The Mustangs are not the same crew that bowed to Rice, 21-7 three weeks ago. With their ster ling freshman find, Howard Payne, a constant threat, and the Mus tang line playing bang-up ball, the Ponies gave T.u. a fit for two quarters before bowing to the ’Sips superior reserve strength and Bobby Layne’s arm. The Red and Blue numbers among its accomplishments this Headache For All As Scott vs. Scott An interesting sidelight on the Aggie—SMU game in the Cotton Bowl Saturday is that it will bring together brother against brother and both of those brothers have the same nane—Joseph Scott. Joseph Bailey Scott is an end for the Mustangs and a mighty good one, according to the scout reports. Joseph Oscar Scott is a right halfback for the Aggies and is the lad who took the touchdown passes from Buryi Baty that beat Baylor 17-0. To further complicate matters Joseph Scott, the Aggie, goes by the name of Mann Scott, which he says is his grandmother’s name used to distinguish himself from his brother. Then to complicate matters, he picked up the name of “Goober” while at A&M in 1944, so he has the names of “Mann” and “Goober”, neither of which is his given name. At any rate, he certainly did sports writers and sports broad casters a big favor by taking his grandmother’s name. Imagine the announcer saying that Joe Scott intercepted a pass which was in tended for Joe Scott or that Joe Scott tackled Joe Scott. Fans hearing the program or reading about the game in the paper would find themselves in the same pre dicament. So here goes a vote of thanks from the sports writers, broadcas ters and fans to Joseph Oscar Scott for making himself Mann Scott. season a flashy 17-0 triumph over Missouri (the team that tied Ohio State) a 15-7 kayo of the Okla homa Aggies, and a 7-7 tie with Temple. And with Matty Bell dy ing for revenge for the Aggies’ 3-0 robbery last year on Kyle Field, the Mustangs are going to be hard to corral come Saturday. The hot-and-cold functioning of A & M’s offensive will, in the fi nal analysis, probably decide the issue. If Baty is able to complete his bullet tosses to Scott and Ho well like he did against Baylor; if Welch can get in high gear and if the line plays like it did against O. U. and T. C. U., the Aggies can, conceivably walk off the field two or three touchdown victors. They should have the will to win after that calamity last week. They know only too well how a team can bounce back after a sur prising loss. If they don’t, they got a good lesson last week from a fighting mad Arkansas team that had bowed to a woefully weak Mississippi team, 9-7 the week be fore. If, the Aggies bounce like the Porkers did, it’ll be a sad day for the Red and Blue. Well, all the aforementioned is just so much blow. Words won’t mean a thing when the whistle blows Saturday. It’ll be an Aggie team with little title hopes out to stop a Mustang with no title hopes. With both teams having every thing to win and nothing to lose, the game should be a lulu. As for predictions—well, we’re of the opinion that some changes WILL be made. We can’t quite see the Aggies bogging down on the goal line five times in one game two weeks in a row. So here goes a rather weak vote for the Aggies to “upset” S.M.U.—say about 13-10. Of course, if Flanagan, Welch and Zapalac are unable to play as per recent reports, the Aggies are due for their second conference loss by a good two touchdowns. As for the other games this week involving conference teams, we’ll have to stick with T.U. to take Baylor to the cleaners by any score they want. For the sake of the record, we’ll say 34-0. Rice’s high-flying Owls should deflate Arkansas by three touchdowns— call it 26-7. T.C.U. is idle. East Texas Club The East Texas A. & M. Club met Monday, October 28, in the YMCA. A Thanksgiving party was planned, to be held Friday, November 29, at the “Plantation” in Kilgore. It was decided that regular meetings of the East Tex as Club would be held every other Thursday. Tm all over the map at once" TT certainly keeps me on the go . . . my job of distrib- -t- uting equipment and supplies to the Bell Telephone companies throughout the nation. "Right now I’m busier than ever . . . delivering tele phones, switchboards, cable and countless other kinds of apparatus and supplies. They’re all needed for the Bell Sys tem’s construction program of more than $2,000,000,000 ... to give you better-than-ever telephone service. "I maintain 29 distributing houses at strategic locations, where I keep some 10,000 different items in stock . . , and where I also repair telephone equipment. "And that’s only part of my job. I’m manufacturer and purchaser for the Bell System... and I install central office equipment. "Remember my name ... It’s Western Electric” Western Electric A UNIT OF THE BELL SYSTEM SINCE 1882 Crippled Aggie Eleven Tangles With SMU Farmer’s Title Hopes Riding on Outcome A crippled Aggie eleven will take the field against one of the most highly improved teams in the Conference. Saturday when they meet the SMU Mustangs in the Cotton Bowl. The Aggies will en ter this game as the underdogs due to the large number of key players who are injured. Like every game that the Farmers have played this season, they will enter the game with at least three of their stars sitting on the bench. Willie Zapalac, who has been out of action on every occasion that the Aggies have lost this year, will again be on the bench when the starting whistle blows. The week the Farmers played Baylor was the only week that Zapalac was in even fair condi tion, and that week he had a sprained wrist. He played last week, but his hand .was in a cast, and he was only able to play de fensive ball. He will probably play this week, but it will be the same story—he won’t be able to carry the ball because of his bro ken hand. Buryi Baty, the passing sensa tion of the Baylor game, will also set this one out, as his neck has not responded to treatment. He was injured in the final stanza of the Bear tussle, and since then has not reached top form. Marion Flanagan, Aggie field general, will also be on the bench at game time, this week because of a bad leg. Flanagan was also injured in the Baylor game, and he will not be able to start the game with the Ponies. Under normal conditions the Aggies would be the favorites in this game, but due to the condi tion of their key men, the Ponies will enter this game as the decid ed favorites. The only basis for a comparison is the games both teams played with Texas Tech, and neither can be judged on this basis, as they were played early in the season, and both have im proved miracuously since that time. Both teams were defeated by the Red Raiders by one touch down, but either team would en ter a game with the Raiders at this time as the favorites. On this basis the teams should be rated as even money at the kick off. With the Ponies in top form, and the Farmers in the worst shape they have been for any game, the bookmakers will be giv ing the Farmers points. Aggies Still 48th Nationally; Rice Ranked 5th, TU 8th The hot-and-cold Aggie football team, which was definitely cold last week, remained 48th nation ally in this week’s ranking of Paul B. Williamson. It was the third week in a row that the Aggies were ranked 48th. Army and Notre Dame remain ed one-two in that order to leave the stage set for their climatic battle this weekend in Yankee Stadium. Georgia, U.C.L.A., and Rice round out the first five with once-beaten Texas eighth. L.S.U. was 16th, Texas Tech 19th, S.M.U. 33rd, Arkansas 36th, T.C.U. 52nd and Baylor 54th. Conference statistics released early this week by James H. Stew art, Executive Secretary of the Southwest Conference, (covering games through Oct. 19th) showed Texas leading in total offense with 2057 yards, in net yards passing with 962, in net yards rushing with 1095, and in first downs with 61. Baylor has thrown up the best pass defense holding four oppo nents to 141 yards through the air in four games, 95 of which, were chalked up by A. & M. A&M-SMU Game Will Be Broadcast From the Cotton Bowl in Dal las, a play-by-play account of the SMU-A. & M. game will be broadcast by Yes Box at 1:50 p. m. Color description will be handled by Fred Kincaid, and the broadcast will be carried over stations WTAW, College Station; KRLD, Dallas; KTSA, San Antonio; KWFT, Wichita Falls; KGNC, Amarillo; KFDM, Beaumont; KEYS, Corpus Christi; KTHT, Houston. Aggie Track Team Ready for Texas u. Head Track Coach, Frank G. Andersons’ thinly clads are work ing out the kinks this week in preparation for their second sea sons cross-country meet with Tex as University. The 2.7 mile course will be run Friday Nov. 8 at Aus tin. Webster Stone who has suffer ed a leg injury will not participate in the meet. The probable runners are: Car rol Hahn, Jerry Bonnon, Tilford Jones, John Hampton, John Cheat ham, Edward Stanton and Joseph M. Vajdos. T. U. Meets Baylor, Porkers Try Rice In Conference Tilts In addition to the Aggies’ clash with S.M.U. tomorrow in the Cot ton Bowl, two other games dot the Southwest Conference gridiron schedule. The deflated Longhorns of T.U. play host to the Baylor Bears in Austin, while the Arkan sas Razorbacks try to make it two conference wins in a row when they meet the loop-leading Rice Owls in Houston. Some 25,000 fans are expected to turn out in Austin to watch Dana Bible’s crew meet the down trodden Bears. The Bruins will be seeking their first conference win but instead will probably go down to their fourth conference defeat. With the Texas cripples slowly rounding into shape, its not likely the Longhorns will fall vic tim to another upset. The Arkansas-Rice battle prom ises to be a thriller, with the Ra zorbacks shooting the works in an attempt to keep alive their dim title hopes. The Owls, riding high er than ever following last week’s 41-6 thrashing of Texas Tech, will be two touchdown favorites. INTRAMURALS By Cliff Ackerman By CLIFF ACKERMAN Basketball and volleyball in Class A sports are narrowing down to the finish line, as the upper classmen begin fighting their way through a tough flag football schedule. On the freshmen side of Intra murals will be team handball and volleyball. Flag football play offs will continue this week and from the looks of the teams there is no cinch on the championship. FLAG FOOTBALL Foster of the “A” C.W.S. team scored two touchdowns as the “A” Cavalry team went down in defeat 12 to 6. Christianson scored the lone touchdown for the losers as he ran a kick off back 60 yards. “B” Inf. won from “B” Cavalry 15 to 0. The first talley was on an off tackle run by Hirsch and the second on a pass interception by Chapman. Little crashed through to make the safety. Dorm No. 9 over came a hard fighting Mitchell team 6 to 0. Bean passed to Machemehl for the lone score. Hobson, Marshall, and Croft car ried Dorm No. 16 to a victory over Dorm No. 15 19 to 0. BASKETBALL “C” Cavalry led by Murray and Goodman out scored “E” Inf. 18 to 11. Epps was outstanding on both offensive and defensive for the losers. Richardson and Met calf scored 19 points for “D” Field as they ran over “A” Sig. 19 to 9. Broyles was high man for the losers with 5 points. “A” Inf ran up the high score of the week with a 27 to 15 win over “D” Cav alry. The entire winning team played outstanding ball and Edgar led the losers in scoring and de fensive play. PING PONG Depton and Lipsey took two fast matches from Holman and Prince to help “A” Sig. swamp “A” Field 6 to 0. Pettit came through to win over Prince to give “F” Field a win over “A” Field 3 to 2. Ar- buckle and Hammett took two fast matches as “C” Cavalry edged out “E” Field 3 to 2. VOLLEYBALL Dorm No. 14 and Dorm No. 17 battled three games with No. 14 coming out on the long end of the score 2 to 1. Polk and Davis car ried the winners through while Cross and Cruz played outstanding ball for the losers. Blackburn and his serving helped his team mates of “A” Inf. overcome a powerful “B” Eng. sextet 15-2, 15-10. Tennis play off matches will be gin this week. Economics Students Elect Murphy Head William T. Murphey was elected president of the A. & M. Econom ics Club at a meeting held Tues day evening, October 29. H. A. Maas was elected vice-president; J. B. Coolidge, secretary, and M. C. Mathis, treasurer. These men will serve with six other members of the club as a board of directors. The other men elected to the board are as fol lows: L. E. Fouraker, T. N. Hurst, W. K. Williamson, H. P. Shovlin, J. E. Quin, and A. A. McDaniel. Prof. A. F. Chalk of the Economics department, was chosen as spon sor. In addition to adopting a set of by-laws, the Economics Club set the third Tuesday of each month as a regular meeting date. 1 I B 1 1 I i 1 I 1 S 1 THE BLACK MARKET IN COLLEGE PLAYERS There are shocking new facts in today’s Saturday Evening Post about the subsidization of college football players. Gridiron authority Francis Wallace reveals the details of several recent cases—including the much publicized Shorty McWilliams affair- in which players were offered (or asked for) prices that run into five figures. Names are named and prices quoted in this outspoken article. In addition, Mr. Wallace proposes a practical, realistic method of checking the “wild excesses” which, he says, are threatening to ruin college football. Get your copy of The Saturday Evening Post at your newsstand today! FOOTBALL’S BLACK MARKET by Francis Wallace i 1 B 1 I ! 1 I I B 1 I R. J. 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