FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 1946
THE BATTALION
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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.
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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
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