FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1946
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Looking at the Aggies . . .
From This Angle
LARRY GOODWYN
Credit Where It’s Due to ‘Cotton’
Howell, SWC’s Most Overlooked Man
One of the most underrated and overlooked players the 1946
Southwest Conference season has produced seems, from this angle,
to be A&M’s sterling left end, Cotton Howell.
Game after game, Cotton has played bang-up ball, snagging key
passes and showing well on defense. And yet, in post game writeups,
the 19-year-old wingman is seldom mentioned.
Exceptional Showing Against 0. U.
Howell has played steady ball
all season and in at least four
games has turned in exceptional
performances. Against O.U., he
was one of the principal bulwarks
of an Aggie line that fought the
highly rated Sooner forward wall
to a standstill. On one occasion
in the O.U. game, Cotton made a
play that must have made the
Aggie coaching staff feel that life
was worth living after all. In this
particular case, the Sooners pull
ed a sweep around Howell’s end
and succeeded in knocking out the
defensive tackle and linebacker.
With two interferers leading the
way, the Sooner ball carrier roar
ed toward Cotton, all alone in the
flat. Well, to make a long story
short, Howell evaded the first
blocker, evaded the second block
er, tackled the ball carrier so hard
that he fumbled and Howell also
recovered the fumble. Brethren,
Grabs 16 Out of Aggies’ 57 Passes
that kind of football rates a little
notice in the daily sheets once in a
while.
Howell also sparkled in the Ag
gies’ victories over T.C.U. and
S.M.U., in both games catching
passes that set up touchdowns. In
the S.M.U. game, Howell’s recov
ery of a blocked kick in the first
few minutes of play, set up the
touchdown that took the starch
out of the Ponies for the whole
first half. And, in the Rice game
last week, Howell caught two
passes in a row to carry the ball
from the Rice 32 to the one-foot
line, from where Dusek plunged
for the Aggies only touchdown. ,In
addition, it was a Baty to Howell
pass that put the ball in position
for Ballentine to kick the Farmers
into a 3-0 lead early in the game.
And in between his pass catching
chores, Howell finds time to play
a brand of defensive ball that isn’t
exactly a discredit to the team.
But the main puzzler is how Cot
ton’s pass-grabbing has escaped
notice in this aerial-crazy league.
He is among the leading receivers
in the conference while playing
on a team that is fourth in the
league in yards gained passing. Of
57 aerials the Aggies have com
pleted this season, 16 have been
to Howell. In comparison, Texas’
All-American, Hub Bechtol, has
caught only 9 passes of the 93
that the Longhorns have complet
ed. These facts should speak well
enough for Howell without any
thing else being said.
Not that Cotton is holding the
Aggies up by himself. Far from
it, A&M would come out on the
shorter end of more games than
they have, had it not been for the
bruising work of Stautzenberger,
Moncreif, Winkler, Higgins, Shefts,
and Wright. But these men have
received some credit for their
work, Howell hasn’t. He’s been
lost in the shuffle and it’s high
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Grid Drills on Kyle Field
The Aggie football team con
tinued engaging in secret practice
behind closed gates on Kyle Field
this week in preparation for
Thursday’s Thanksgiving clash
with Dana Bible’s charges in jinx
laden Memorial Stadium.
Exactly what features of the
Aggie offense and defense
are being stressed remains
a mystery as game time draws
Norton to Coach
Shrine Game Team
Homer Norton, Aggie head
coach, will again lead the West
against the East in the annual
Shrine football game at Kezar
Stadium in San Francisco on New
Year’s Day. The game annually
brings together outstanding grad
uating seniors from schools all ov
er the nation with the receipts go
ing to the Shrine Children’s Hos
pital Fund.
During the war, the scarcity of
playing material forced the game’s
foundling fathers to relax the rule
against playing anyone but grad
uating seniors, but with player
strength back to its pre-war quan
tity, the rule will again be en
forced this year. The move makes
ineligible Bob Goode, Aggie half
back, who last year as a fresh
man, caught the winning touch
down pass as the West turned back
a favored East eleven.
On that same West team in ad
dition to Goode were four other
Southwest Conference players ;Gene
Wilson and Doak Walker of S.M.U.;
“Bull” Johnsqn of Baylor; and
Leonard Dickey of A & M. Only
Wilson and Dickey will be eligible
to play this year as Walker is in
the service and Johnson and Goode
are not seniors.
However, the Aggies boast two
seniors, Willie Zapalac and Monte
Moncrief, who have played in the
New Year’s Day classic in year’s
past. Both will be eligible to be
selected this year.
Named as assistants to Norton
in coaching the West squad are
A. L. “Lon” Steiner, head coach
at Oregon State and George Sauer,
head coach at Nebraska.
INTRAMURALS
Cliff Ackerman
The success of the Intramural
program comes about with the co
operation of the participants and
the Intramural Managers and Of
ficials. This fall the cooperation
has been excellent, and a continu
ing of the feeling and an under
standing of each other’s job will
bring about a greater Intramural
program.
The various leagues are moving
along and in the near future some
college champs will be named.
Nearing the finish line is basket
ball, tennis, and freshmen flag
football.
BASKETBALL
Dorm No. 16 stayed in the un
defeated list as they beat a hard
fighting Mitchell team 19 to 7.
Hoover, Weidenfield, and Foster
sparked No. 16 to their win, while
Scheumack and Harmon played
on outstanding game for the los
ers. The high scoring team of the
week was “A” Inf. as they ran over
“A” Signal 20 to 1. Every man
on the winning team had it easy
throughout. Riha was the lucky
man to score the lone point for
the losers. Dorm No. 15 edged
out a victory from Mitchell 23 to
27. Ingram and Ballard led the
winners in the scoring with 6
points each. Andrews and Ellis
set the pace for the losers in de
fensive. »
FLAG FOOTBALL
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closer. However, its a safe bet the
Aggies’ pass defense is going
through a thorough working over
in anticipation of T.U.’s Layne-
sponsored aerial assaults.
Hope is being held out that the
Aggie pass defense, weak all sea
son, may be slowly rounding into
shape. Despite the fact that Rice
scored three of its four touch
downs via the aerial route, the
Farmer pass defense against the
Owls, on the whole, was much im
proved over that shown through
most of the season. Fans who
saw the Rice -A&M game are
still wondering how Eikenberg ev
er earned his reputation as a pass
er after watching him heave high,
wobbly passes to men completely
in the clear, with touchdown re
sulting.
However, there is little doubt
that Bobby Layne can serve ’em
up, accurately and in a steady
stream. The ability of the Farmer
line to rush Layne and of the sec
ondary to cover his receivers, par
ticularly Jimmy Canady, probably
will decide the game.
The starting lineup that Norton
will toss against the Longhorns
is anyone’s guess. Injuries have
forced the Aggie mentor to start
different combinations in every
game this year, and with Flanagan
definitely out and Zapalac re
maining a question mark, the sit
uation will probably hold true
Thanksgiving day. The starting
four may be anyone of a group
Aggie Bees-
Shorthorns
On Saturday
The Texas Aggie “B” team ter
minates the current football sea
son this Saturday in San Antonio
with it’s annual tilt with the Uni
versity of Texas Shorthorns. With
kick-off scheduled for 2:30 p. m.
the game is to be played at Ala
mo Stadium.
To date the SMU ponies are at
the top of the SWC “B” league
with five wins, no losses and one
tie, the single tie being handed
them by the Aggie Bees in Dallas.
Arkansas is second with six wins
in eight games and A&M is third
with three wins, two ties and one
loss. The Texas Shorthorns are
rated fifth.
Last week the Bees traveled to
Houston to avenge themselves of
the only defeat of the season han
ded them by the Rice Institute
Blue Bolts earlier in the year.
They handed the undefeated Owl
ets a 20-0 shellacking but in doing
so lost the services of ace fullback
Charlie Boyles who was laid out
with a painful knee injury.
This week Coach Charlie De-
Ware lost Jim Boswell, ace block
ing and running back who was top
man in net yardage gained last
week with 47 yards in 8 tries. Bos
well moved to the “A” squad and
Red Burditt was transferred to
replace him.
Bruce Wallace, ace quarterback
will not be able to play as was
hoped and the presence of guard
Calvin Dupree is still problemati
cal. Dupree was hurt in the game
with the SMU Ponies.
The loss of Boyles leaves De-
Ware’s team shorthanded.
At present the Aggie starting
line-up will probably be Yeargain
and Pollock at end, Andrews and
Denton at tackle, Brown and Hill
at guard, Guly at center, Beesley
at quarterback, Dew and Burditt
at halfback, and Frey at fullback.
games won were by high scores
and shutouts. High scoring team
of the week was “E” Inf. when
they outplayed “B” Field 27 to 0.
The best game of the season was
the semi-final playoff game in the
Freshman leagues between “E”
Field and “A” CWS. “E” Field
came out victorious on penetra
tions in a scoreless game. In the
finals “E” Field will meet “C”
Field.
VOLLEYBALL
In one of the best volleyball
matches of the season “C” Field
over came an outstanding “A”
Coast team to win that semi-fi
nal match 15-12, 15-12. For the
winners Tettle was outstanding
with his smashing spikes. On the
losers team Gilbert showed skill
in blocks and spiking.
The finals in volleyball will find
“E” Inf. and “C” Field fighting
it out. This match is scheduled
for the night of Tuesday, Decem
ber 3 at 7:15 in the Big Gym.
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The condition of the squad as
a whole, while not good, is better
than it has been through most of
the season. The extent of bother
some minor injuries is not as
widespread as it had been at times,
and only Zapalac and Pickett are
still plagued by old injuries.
Poll Shows Hogs
Deserve Bowl Bid
Arkansas should play in the
Cotton Bowl New Year’s Day if
the Porkers end the ’46 season in
a tie with the Rice Owls. At least,
that’s the opinion of the leading
sports writers throughout the
state who were polled by Jere
Hayes, sports-editor of the Dallas
Times Herald. Of 13 writers
questioned, nine voted for the
Porkers, three for the Owls and
one favored matching the two
clubs in the New Year’s Day clas
sic.
The nine writers voting for Ar
kansas were: Ed. Fite, United
Pi’ess; Harold Scherwitz, San An
tonio Light; U. V. Johnston, A&M
Battalion; Troy Gordon, Interna
tional News Service; Paul Tracy,
Daily Texan; Dick Freeman, Hous
ton Chronicle; Lloyd Gregory,
Houston Post; Harold Ratliff, As
sociated Press and Jere Hayes,
Dallas Times-Herald. Jinx Tuck
er, Waco News-Tribune, Lorin Mc
Mullen, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
and Wilbur Evans, Austin States
man, voted for placing Rice in the
Cotton Bowl.
The 13th man polled, Flem Hall,
of the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram,
made no choice, suggesting the
best bet would be to match the
two in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1
to settle the Southwest Conference
Championship once and for all.
Hall also stated that if either Rice
or Arkansas refused to meet in a
title clash, the bid should go to
the eleven that was willing to
play it off. The vote was taken
to determine the team entitled to
the invitation, not necessarily the
team the writers rated as the
strongest.
However, Rice has two games
yet to win before eligible to lay a
claim on the championship and
although both games are against
so called “weak sisters”, T. C. U.
and Baylor, the possibility of an
upset, knocking the Owls out of
any contention, are far from re
mote. After what happened in
Ft. Worth last week, T.U. will be
the first to verify that statement.
Receipts Needed
For T. U. Tickets
The supply of 7,000 tickets A&M
has been allotted for the T. U.
game was rapidly vanishing late
Thursday afternoon with a defin
ite possibility existing that holders
of come coupon books may be left
out entirely.
All students are reminded that
Coupon Books and Receipts for
payment of student activities fees
must be shown when purchasing
T. U. game tickets. Ducats are
on sale at the Y.M.C.A. at $1.20
per.
Tickets for the Aggie Bee-Tex-
as Shorthorn game at Alamo Sta
dium in San Antonio Saturday
have been taken off sale at the
Athletic office, but students wish
ing to see the game may purchase
tickets in San Antonio.
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BOB GARY
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Two SWC Contests Slated Saturday
Only two conference games are
scheduled Saturday as three mem
bers take an off day in prepara
tion for Thanksgiving Day games.
The Baylor Bears journey to Dal
las to meet S.M.U in a battle to
decide who occupys the loop cellar
while the other conference tilt
matches Rice against T.C.U. in
Houston.
A. & M., Texas and Arkansas
are all idle this weekend, the Ag
gies and T.U. sharpening their
wares for their Turkey Day tilt
in Austin and Arkansas making
final preparations for a Thanks
giving invasion of Tulsa to meet
the Golden Hurricanes.
Both S.M.U. and Baylor have
yet to win a conference game, the
Bears going down before Texas,
Arkansas, A&M and T.C.U.
while S.M.U. has been bowing to
A&M, Rice, Texas and Arkansas.
Rice must beat the upset-loaded
Horned Frogs to keep intact their
chance for a tie for the crown
with Arkansas. The Owls have
one more game, with Baylor, af
ter T.C.U.
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