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Aggies Carry Unbeaten Record Against Favored Oklahoma
CRYSTAL
SMU^ Rice, Texas, Arkansas Seen
,f Winners; Angies Picked Over OU
This week the crystal ball seems to baa mite cloudy (or
maybe It is only your correspondent’s vision) but here goes
for another round of scientific and informed (?) guessing
Starting off with the Agp* is
their journey into the wilds of Okls
homa no .on second thought let’s not
start off with the Aggies but take an
easier one.
SHU should have little trouble in
taking a decision from the once-de
feated Missouri eleven. However, re
ports reach us that Matty Bell isn't
looking any too happy these dsys w
he may be displeased with this wesk’i
prospects. Missouri, which shared last
year’s Big Six honors with Oklah<
is better this year with a faster and
more versatile line and probably some
thing in the backfieW. So, despite the
Paul Martin presence of Dpak Walker and con
temporaries, the Ponies may have to work for any tallies
thsy may get. In order to keep from having a blank a
‘ », w# , U call U JO te 14, S.lt.U.*~ —"H ■
two Tl>«, aay It-M-
hi* and BouUwm Cel will b«
the other
MM wltk
If
T«e» I'nlveraity, on
hen*l, should hero n« trou
the oppoetne toem; It Is only the
•oech they hero to worry about.
North Cerottna'i montor Cart
Hnevoly, ll s led who dreams up
fancy variations of Isfitlmate
plays—many of which art •vsnta-
ally /Mtlawod — hut one never
knows when ho will come up with
another DassHa 'these dirt
thoughts and the fact that North
Carolina it highly favored In the
deep South, we ll call it Texas by
30,000 Fans Expected to See Contest
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FROM THIS ANGIE
LARRY GOODWYN • j ' .
■aOtama Sparta Wyttar
NORMAN, OKLA. Oct. S—(SpU—Two teama from rival conferences both rated “moderat
i’s Was Aggies and Bud Will
filkinson’s Oklahoma
to potentially
I bash beads
•hp LABRY GOODWYN
The Southwest starts playing foi
Mm 1 s.i risrwkk 4
wicn its memoers Tneeung top-ingnt t
WHHP, ClOWo In r on
South and Big Six
laying for keeps this weekend,
teams from the West
Worth, Arkansas and
powerful" clash here tomorrow when Homer Norton
at Owens Field.
e 30,000 fans are expected to ait in on the 2:30 pja. kickoff, and if pre-game indications prove true, they may b#
in for a high scoring offensive duel. Both Norton’s pass-producing double-wing setup and Wilkinson’s split "T" are coo*
ducive touchdowns and an old fashioned Southwest brand of razzle-dazzle may be the result.
As game-time neared, the Sooner* were Installed as eeven point
favorites to even UP Uw series thet began between the two teama is
1903 Oklahoma's iMtHnainute 10-T victory In '♦« gave the Okiee thred
wine ta the paries to the Aggies four.
ids appear In good shape for the game although the As-
pered by an outbreak of colds and an ankle injury to
j fullback George Kadera, received in practice Rddy
Davis, flashy Sooner fallback who scored three touchdowns in Okla
homa's 'Gator Bowl victory last New Year's Day. la rounding Into
shape and will be ready to eee action Saturday after a two weeks lay
off due to a pulled muscle.
Two unbeaten records are han*-+— —
Battalion'
PORT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8.1447
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Both tquacU
gtae ye hamper
second string fi
different, but hare well else give
the Owl* the nod to retain the
honor of th# Southwest by IS-It,
no more, no less.
Ordinarily, Arkansas should
carry TCU with no difficulty, but
the Frogs an no ordinary team.
Dutch Meyer may well pich this
time to start his upsetting. Never-
theleee, wv'll along with the
nsSlf on the
becks by about 1l n «
Kasor-
Aggies to Use Weighty Pansing T
Turn Back Sooners by Seven Foil
Getting back te Ike all-impor
tent Aggie-Soener contest, ASM
^ »HI hold a sligkt edge In weigkt
here.
has, I
field
a wh<
!. and
d) n
(IM te 1S1 for tke team
whole. 204 to 202 in the
1S4 te 172 in the bnck-
TUs extrn weigkt skould
eome in handy for, kaowlnr tke
Sooner* of oM. it will he pUaly
rongk.
John Rapaa, 224-ponnd center
from Oklahoma end last year’s
All-Amenean is described as one
of the best men kt the pivot in
history. Another All-American is
213-pound Paul Burris who will be
pbymg right baeWe Raoax in the
left t»ekle slot Right ta&le Wade
Walker is not to be overlooked
—
but the man to watch is Dave
Wallace, the golden-toed l>oot-ar!
ist who is responsible for convert
ing more than one loss into a Vic
tory for. the Oklahomans. .
Last year Wallgee booted the
field goal that gave the Sooner*
n l#-7 win over the Ag* and ha*
started off this year by wianieg
the Detroit opener for Oklahoma
with three conveniomi and n
field goal
Providing the Cadets make the
first touchdown, Norton’s charges
phould carry the day by three tal
lies. -To be on the conservative
side, well call it 2i-17, allowing
for a field goal on the part of
Messer* Balkntlne and Wallace
for their respective team*.
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Football Across the Nation Advances
Into Third l eek With Irish Opening
Joha He u rlock
Time for anothor weekend of 1947 style football, and
h«re U the line up. Toppingth ellot Is the North Carolina vs.
Texas U. game at Austin. This should be a high scoring c<>n-
tast with pannes flying all through the air. Number two for
thin wnek-vtid find* a one* d» e
fnntod (but sUII highly rntndl Mss|
mnntlng Southern Callfomin in Loa M* *9^ • • •
Angrin. Thia ought to b« the top w I O
gam# of th* regular aonaon for IntnimUrfll NeHSOD
th* Pacific coaat, but the Trauma 1,111 d,,,UI dl 1 a tMI
will have U topple th* favor*)
Owls to make It a memorable one.
Number thre* on the Hat ha* USD
pitted against oncc-dcfeatad but
now highly-ragardad Georgia.
By aoctiona: In the Eaat; Yale
should find little trouble In beating
Cornell. Navy should make a come
back over Columbia after last
t’* upset defeat at the hands of
the California Bean. Princeton is
due to stay With the top rang
teams of the East by trouncing
a fair Brown eleven.
In the South; Alabama (with
Gilmer wiser by one sad evper-
ienoe) should rebound and catch
Vanderbilt still thinking about
last week's victory over North
western. Tulane will have to pull
another big upaet to stay unde
feated. as they take on a Georgia
Tech team that handled Tennessee
roughly last week. And Tennessee
should still find itself lacking a
victory aa they tangle with the
Duke Blue Devils.
In the Mid-west; Indiana meets
Wisconsin in what should be a
tussle. Iowa tackles Illinois, and
might atop Illinois from thinking
they’ll go back to the Rose Bowl
soon. Minnesota gets another week
to shrpen up on a fair Nebraska
team. The same goes for Ohio
State, .playing the not-ao-highly
rated Boilermakers from Purdue.
The Iriah of Notre Dame wUl open
their season against the Pittsburgh
Panthers. Pitt was just about up
to the Illinois last week, but will
be more prepared this weekend.
The Irish had better be ready for
this one. Kanaaa should have little
trouble running over Iowa State.
In the Southwest and Pacific:
Arkansas and TCU open the
Southwest Conference season at
Kayaitevtlle. The Golden Bears of
California have some stiff com-
Mdition this week in the St Mary’s
•sela, but Waldorf should have his
Bears ready to take this one.
Intersection*!: Vlllanova should
't have mu«h trouble beating
Miami. It will be a dtagrace for
Michigan to i <»s leas than fort)
points against Stanford. Mtseis
sippi State should be able to
trognee Michigan Bute before they
ver from last week's slaugh
ter. Northwestern will be trying
for a comeback as they fact UCLA,
show that the '4F7 Row- Bowl game
show that the 547 Rose Bowl game
was played on their “off day". The
8MU Mustangs will probably find
T.C.U. pry the fid off the conference title
chaae with the year’s opening league game
The Aggies, of course, will be in Nor
man to match points with Oklahoma, cq*
(defending champion of the Big Six compe
tition, playing boat to Missouri's Tigers in
Meanwhile, Rice journeys to the Pacific
Coast to meet a fine U.S.C. eleven while
Texas stays at home to meet the South’s
number one team, Justice-powered North
Carolina. Baylor is idle.
The Southwest rate* no better than an
even break in the pre-game forecasts, if
Aggie* are down as seven-point
and IT.S.C. deserves a slight
int in the balance
having taken their
loot w*ek from
the Aggie* having poll
SouthwMtern and Tws* Toch In
iu two opontaf tilt*.
Th* Sooner*, boosting ■ big, ca
pable line and a jMk-fMMt VSMP
terbark named JMk Mitchell, carry
• foit-otriklng ofefmo, (MwiHfl
to score quickly and from “any-
whar.”
M*l lore-Goode Watched
It wo* Mitchell together with
Dave Wallace who carried th#
Sooner’* banner *> effectively
against Detroit loot week. The
little quarterback •parked two
length of the field marrke* against
Detroit and chipped In a <0 yard
Wallace exercised his well-devel
oped toe.
Lack ef backflald speed and re-
serve strength Mem to be tke Ag
gies' chief shortcomings with tbe
Cadets relying on pesslng such 01
■ubdusd Tech to derail the favor
ed Oklahomans.
I’roltsblr St.r'.mr
Aggie* Poo.
Howell, ISO LI
Tulls, 134 LT ...
Subrgsr, m.. LG ....
Gary. 1S4...« C ....
Ovtrfy, 1S4 ... RG ...
Winkler, 05 IT ...
RE
By CLIFF ACKERMAN
A chicken barbecue will high
light the seaeon’s Intramural pre-
C m when all Athletic Officer^,
m Managers, Intramusal Man
agers, and Intramural Officials
gather for a big feed Monday, Oc
tober 6 at 3:15 at the Grove. Pic
tures will be made at that time
and lots of fan is on the sched
ule.
Officials and Managers
Working Hard
Participants in Intramural 1
sports this year will once again
haw top officiating in all game*
and sports.
C. G. “Spike" White end Us
Palmer have taken grcsU pains to
drill the Intramural managers and
officials in rules and mechanics of
officiating. An experienced offi
cial will be working in each game
along with competent managers.
Cooperation on the part of the
players as well as the official* will
help moke the Intramural program
a pleasure and a big succesa.
'Wednesday’s Results:
Basketball
B Composite edged out a victory
from A Engineers 22 to 19 in a
fast thriller with Hlnsch scoring
10 points for the winners. McCul
lough ran up 11 points for the 1m-
CJLS. AIRS GAME
The Atgie-Oklahoma game Set
urday will he carried aa * action
wide hookap over the CelamMa
Broadcaatlag Syetem. starting at
IM p.m. ( art Gewdy will ba at
the mlkc for CBS sjmI will carry
the gaam, first aaUoawids foot
boll broadcast ever te originate
Oklahoma, to over 290 stations
aeroaa the aatioa. WTAW will
carry the game in the College Sta
lion area ever the Texaa State
Network.
punt return for six points. Wal
lace, actually was the margin
difference between the two elube,
booting three extra point! and
13-yan) field goal.
Wallace and the Aggie's Rob
Goode, incidentally, probably will
be two of the moet raapectod
formers on the field
Goode was a thorn in the
side for the full 60 minotgs in
the '46 game and was largely re
sponsible for the Cadet’s thrilling
19-14 last-quarter triumph.
Wallace lumbered off the Soon-
I rr bench with a scant 40 seconds
left in last year's game, and boot
ed the game winning field goal.
Previously, the two teams had
waged a grueling defensive battle
and stood deadlocked at T-7 until
aa, 192
174..
Welch, 170
0<«wle, 206 ...
Du Bek, IM....
m.. Tyree
199, Pabe
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Hapiw
, Amlri>«
, WaBer
74, Brevik
RH IM, Royal
FB .177, Grthoua#
tit,
04
209
gOg
QB -175, kiitc'l
LH .17
that is. On the bright side. AM.U.
Is ixioksd to trim Missouri and
Taxas IS stoamed to throttle Choo-
( hoo Charley Justice and kty
North Carolina railroad compan
ion* In tbs family squabble, Its
Arkansas by two T.D.'i over TCy
say the boys who’re paid to know
All ef which moans Utile er
nothing to years traly. who *m-
ih '
more commonly knewa ss Good
wya's Msroea aad-WMto - pit*
kwa.
From where ws Ml (toe doss to
the exit, lacmsntsl r
It looks tkusly:
4m
AAM over OklgkoOM — without
oven looking bodk. Ws'vt been
•tying all yeer the Aggies are
underrated and thia will prove A
Too much atmosphere filled with
Aggie posts for the Sooner*. But,
this to several factors, among oth
er things Oklahoma's fins tine, tke
Sooner* won’t exactly be hanging
on the ropes. In fact, wall call a
hasty 14-7 shot for ths Aggies and
pa*> on to mors solid grooni
*
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H.M.U, over Mlsseart Depends
on how hot or cold Doek Walker
Is. If he doesn't wear himself o«t
making touchdowns, th# ssofe
could go Into the strattphere. On
the chance, he’ll bs merely hot
rather than torrid, Ito the Ponies
20-6.
CBS (SOOristuTTat 1:15
(Cart Gowdy).
Chain of
p.m.
Toxm at 2:15
Humble
P WNAD (640) ol Norman at 2:11
m. (Jack Payne).
Offidala
Referee—Ray McCulloch (Texas
Christian).
Umpire—Lawrence Ely (Nebras
ka).
Linesman — Lon Evans (Te:
Christian).
Judge-W. C. Mills (West Vir
ginia).
Consolidated
Plays Tonight
The AAM HjConsolidated High
School Tigers journey to Centers-
ville Friday night to cloth with
Cantersvillc in the first district
game of the season.
Freak from their victory
Somersville last week, the Tigers
are hampered by a leg injury to
Harold Williams, ace halfback.
Williams received tbe injury in
practice and may not eee action
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losing two
back to
A Air Force after
games by 1 point ea
slaughter B Cavalry 89 to 11.
Richardson for D Field scored
12 points to spark his team to a
0 to 12 win over A Composite.
B Air Force slipped by C Com-
pMite 19 to 11. Harris from C
Composite was hlgh-polnt man In
this game with 9 tallies, while
Kruse of the winners follow*!
with I point*.
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ptekli
rado. Th* Texas Aggies should
surprise the nation by beating a
good Oklahoma team in a convinc
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