The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 20, 1947, Image 3

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    W alker Sparks Mustangs To
144) Upset Over Favored Rice
Doftk W.lirer, the ZO ytar-iAd Ikl
faw ipMtiater, the S. M. U. Hue-
Unva whipped the lUce Owli, 14
to 0, In their opening Southwest
Conference battle BaUirdsy sfuf-
Boon. .1 f ^
Welker did •eerythin* He kirk<
ed the exile points. He scored the
first touchdown after sparking an
I0«yaril drive that began with the
etwnlng klakoff.
Marvel ea Defense
He was • a marvel on defense.
He ripped off ran after run. And
In the eloetni minutes of the 1*11
game, with Tobin Rote launching
a desperate aerial attack. Walk
er Inter opted two pssaew In the
end srnic to turn thetp Into touch-
barks.
In between times, the 8. M. U.
forward wall and line barkers
Page,
t’alkei
TCU Eleven Swamp Aggies 26-0 in Conference Opener
'Game Staiistlrs’
1
K.
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SMU
Rice
First downs
16
IB
Yde jrAhed rushing
263
152
Yds gained passing
71
121
Fwd pluses attempted
• 9
23
Fwd pisses completed
7
8
Fwd pgsae* intertpt.
8
0
Punting average
33.7
42
T yds all punt* retd
12
0
Op fumble* recovered
1
2
-Yds lost by-penaltiea
20
10
Mid the Rice running attack in
oteck, and rushed Passers Rote
and Virvil Etkenherg sq fast that
they were trapped liehind the line
<of scrimmage time and again
The Owla didn't have it They
fumbled often, and those fumbles
were costly. Their b^cks were out
run, their ling ootrkat gi-i.
Start From Scratch
The Mustangs started their first
touchdown drive right from
kickoff an their 20. Paul
swift wingback, went 10. Walker
broke through the line on a quick
handoff and raced 28 yards to the
Rice 31 before being brought
down.
GeroM Wratherby, buck |n the
game (or the firat time in a year,
rraeisd down to nail Dick Me
Ktsoark (or a two-yard loss. Walk
• r was stopped by MaggU Magee,
but then hr whipped a pass to End
lid HallkUy for II yaida. Again
Walker nass«d to Halllday a eou-
S t of plays later to make It fhrat
wr on the Kto'iy
The Klee line Mlffened, and on
fourth down Wslkrr was etopped
a roupU y< feet from the gntl line,
but Rice was offside, and that gave
Walker his ehaiic^ He raced
around his right ehd for the touch
down, wdh the game U minutes
old. He ako kicked the extra
point
Meanwhile, midway in the sec
ond quarter, the MeaUngs struck
again, for what proved to be tbs
clincher. George pfalmslcy had
raced end for II yards, and on the
next play he picked op about 9.
only to Tumble wheh tackled, with
Walter Robrrda, Pony Vuurds,
pouncing on the ball on the
Rice 37.
I Passes Nat Teach
Gflbert Johnson passed to Blake
ly for nine yards and then Dick
Kemking, tall end, leaped high in
the air in the end aone to pulb
down a 28-yard touchdown pass.
Figures were fairly even in the
first half, with Rice picking up
8 fimt downs to 3.M.U.’s 7, and
gaining 108 yards rushing to 12Q
for S.M.l\ but in the second half;
the Owls had to make several
I game stands to keep the score
Steers Edge Hogs
In SWC Opener In
Memphis Saturday
The University of Tagas Long
boras demonstrated their ability
to travel and win In the mud as
wall as un fail territory opening
their doutbweat Conference sche
dule Saturday with a 11-8
victory over the Arkanaas Raaor
Lfirawrs
the Longhorn* out-
AGGIES LOSE YARDAGE—STAN HOLLMIG (48), A. & M. quarterback, at-
tempts to circle right end and in brought down for a one-yard Rmh by WELDON ED-
W ARDS (right), tackle, and FOY GADDY (82), left end for TCU. The other two
Aggie players are BARNEY WELCH (20), halfback, and PRESTON SMITH (15),
(AP Photo)
halfback.
Battalion
FOR
scratch. They took the opening from mounting higher.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1947
Ptge 3
TIES and SLACKS
r| •i" 1
TAILOR-MADE SLITS:
■ At
UIKKV « III KU ( limit*
/' V* Hp«* islising In TaUor-hUde Aults
Rules for Intramural Flag Football
Explained as Season Gets Underway
THE GAME: A game shall con
sist of two halves, each half being
made up of a total of 2ft plays.
Each play shall count regardless
of penalty or other circumstances
except that the try for point after
touchdown ahall not count aa a
play. The last play of lbs game
must ha free from foul by Team
H while Team A ha* the Mil.
Humble Oil to Air
4 Games Saturday
With swe Elevens
Two top intersections! matches
and two battles between cosference
contenders highlight this Satur
day’s football broadcasts brought
to radio listeners by the broadcast
ing crews of Humble Oil and Re
fining Company.
Airlag of the Baylor-ARM
.contest will be bandied by Cbar-
TACKLING: Each player wi^.-lte Jordan on play-by-plrny, with
wear a “flag" tucked into the rear Jerry Doggett aaaistiag at the
of his trouser waist. The knot oo
the flag must bsi Out A man M
feaUUng on
Held with vain
of tha gams, the
played the Porkers even more than
the score dlaalggid*
The Ling horns took charge after
the conf< ranee's co-champion eleven
scored after eight minutes of play
and the Raaorbacks were In Texas
territory only once more. That
time came in the last minute and
a half of the contest.
Hogs Psss la Final
It was also the last minute of the
affair before the Porkers were able
to make- a firat down. Then they
made th-ee in rapid order, two on
passes, but Texas was in little dan
ger of being scored upon, the game
ending with the ball on the Steer’s
a.
‘Game Statistics'
Ark.
Pint downs 3
Net yds rushing 71
Net vds gained passing 36
Fwds attempted 8
Fwda completed 4
Fwds intercepted • 0
Number of punts 8
Average distance punts 39.3
Fumbles 0
Ball lost on fumbles 0
Number of penalties 4
Yds penalised 30
Pass Interceptions Set Up Two IDs
An Frogs Roll Over Farmer Defense
Chalk Another one up for th« Dutchman. Dutch Meyert
TCU Homed Frogs took on a favored Texas Aggie eleven in
Fort Worth and rolled up a 26-0 victory before the clock ran
out.
Thia count lacked two points of tying the 84-6 drub
bing handad AAM by the PurpM
!h 1938, the nil-time high. The sin
gle Famer tally that year was
scored by Disk Todd
A brisk north wind dam mated
the fray, knocking down punt sv-
eregvs and making passing diffi
cult The so-called ’vaunted Aggie
M*sing attack' Ix*ifg«-<| down and
dkln't start elukIng till the fWtal
quarter Two of the King tallies
were s.-t up by pas* interceptions
Red Burdltt took the opening
kick-off and ran it to the AAM tff.
Here the Aggie* faded to make
Bruins Take 3441
^ ip Over Raiders
A fast-moving Baylor •Ivvvs
did not give the Texas Tusk A*d
Raiders a rhance to play with the
hall as the Bruins ground out a
33-A v a lory in Lubbock Aaturdav.
Mo*l of the game was played la
s Ammirnm fa.Ud tn ,nuke V® 4 * 04 *** (MM th#
headway alteltaii Hnlln.l* ****• ^Dl thf tlf and U»*
to T<T iSTTS ground to rack up 16 first downs
to the TCU six- The rest of t* ^ ^ r<r ^ ^ ^
on '.he ground as compared to
Tech's 16 yards.
Dell Mot gan's Raiders tried to
quarter was primsrily a punting
dael with Holhnig recovering one on
of Ms ow n thst had been blocked
TCU made a firat down, the first
of the gsme in the opening minutes
of the second period. This left the
bail first and ten on the Farmer
A shoestring tackle by center
Gstt was all that kept 205-
IKHiiul Frog fullback Pete Stout
from carrying the bfll over on the
next play. Following. Stout bulled
Three SWC Teams
Left Undefeated
keep to the air but only completed
six forwards in 16 attempts while
the Bruins, not trying so hard in
this direction, completed five in
U try*.
Game Stati-tic-*
First downs i ( |
Net yds rushing
Fwd No. yds.
Fwds attempted
Intercepted by
Punts. No. Avg.
Fumbles
Penalties. No. ydge.
TCU
v .‘Game Statistics'
fy Baylor Tech
Firat Aqwns 16 6
Net yds gAined rushing 323 16
Fwd passe* attempted 11 16
Fwd pa*** completed ft 6
Yds rwd passing ft4 137
Fwd*, intercepted by 2 I
Yds gaiif runback 42 10
Pnntifig average 37- 37
T yrda all kicks retd • -66’ 77
Op fumbles recovered 1 t
Yds lost by penalties 40 2ft
I
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*
NUMBER OF PLAYERSi Nln.
players •hall rnnstltute s team, On
offen*e at least live players must
bv on tbs line of seritnmag*,
whether nr not a full team la pres
ent and the remaining players at
Li—-* one yard behind the Un* At
Mrt seven ptavera of a team must
■ before that team ran
tackled when his flag Is seised and
pulled free. If a flag is inadver-
I tedly lost tha player shall be con-
ride red tackled at the spot where,
in the iudgment of the referee, he
navi
rt»«i
mike. The broadcast will
he heard at 2:39 over stations
KPJZ. FortfWorth. WRIT Dal
last KGKI/Han Vngrlo; M RS.
Midland: 4f OR A. Odessa; KIUN,
PecoayKROD, Kl I'aMi MfACO.
v _ J . ,J Wa*f KT8M. Templei KNOW,
would kave been teekled had hi* Austin; KM AC. Ban Antonini
flag been in, KI'AB. Uredot KKIO, Mr Alien;
URK OF HANDBi Defenatve |MV. Hherman; kl'l.T, Parbu
players are resirtuM In the use KGVL Greenville; KCMC, Tex
of their hands to pushing the arhana; KFRO, Uugv
*he#4ers and body of nffenslve RMHT. Marshall; RMII
Hlapping or striking la Mn; RXYA llou.ten; k
net allowed. Aurlngi BT AW. fftflege Atatlimi
BCOUINOi If scores are mad* KBHT, Nulphur IfiniMI *M
Ik# game shall be deddetl on the RWRU, Carpus ( hristl,
u L J»|. L ^ broadcast ftwn Memnr
ewar^d to tka team msk- ^ H ^ ium KwUn w)th ^
typ.- of cleat or spike may not bs If" ao-yart penetrations art tied! ^ cUaser Dflltg tiS # toCr
worn. 40-yard prnVtration, will daMda. I ill 1 ^* "■f* ^ ot
If .11 oi W, aa, th, t .n» I ,fc, p W'j : s p.
m„ will be heard over stations
. ,,1 WOAI, San Antortto; KPRC, Hous-
.w,.cm..,h.wi “iVrAAWBAr, D.ijr. rm
into the tone, or comes into pos
session of the hall within a tone
(intercepted pass, recovered fum
ble, etc.i provided thst the ball is
declared dead in that teams pos
session in the xone. A 20-yard pen
etration is an automatic 20 and
40 yard penetration.
CHARGING AND TACKUNG:
The ball carrier may not run
I tart the game.
FAjmpMENT: Only
basketball shoes ms
Ruhhcr-eeled street
FORWARD PASS: A forward
pas* may he made from anywhere
behind the line of scrimmage. All
players of the offensive team are
eligible receivers unless snd until
one of them touches the ball when
he only of his team remains eli
gible. If an opponent touches the
ball all players become and remain
6ABML
shall be declared half won and
half lost Overtime periods will not
be played. A penetration
The number of Southwest
Conference teanw unbeaten in
conference play dropped to
three thin week an TCU ran
roughshod over the atartled
Aggies. Texas stomped an over-'
rated Arkansas eleven, and SMU
upset (it says herei a favored Rice.
In the latter contest, Doak Walk
vr carried th* mail around right
end from the one-yard line for the
first tu'ly, terminating a march
downfleld after th# opening kick
off, Fullbatk Dick MrKissack help-
*1 spark the team In thia drtv* aa
well aa later.
Hoik nffenaively and defenatve-
ly (he Mustangs showed their su
periority A spvctarukir leap by
Pony left styl Dick iMnktng In
snag Gilbert Johnson's pas* In the
second quarter aeeounted for the
second score This rilmexed a 4d-
yatil drive following recovery of
Walmsley’s fumble- by as serve
•ninnl Walter Robert*.
Wnlker kicked both point* *fter
touchdown.
hie way to the AAM six and an
other first down. Berry carried
around right end for the score.
Conversion specialist Wayne Pit-
cock made the try for extra point
and the lioata took u 7-0 lead wish
four minutes aryl forty teconds &
go in the first half.
Opening the second half, Holl-
nng completed a short P"** to left
«ud Cotton Howell. Rob Goode
bolted through center for A A M's
first first down. On the next try,
the dims from Holimig Intended for
Higgins was intercepted by TCU
halfback Dave Bloxom who ran
44 yard* around right end for a
TD. Pitcock's kick was wide leav
ing the score 13-0, TL’U.,
Aa the third quarter drew to
i loa* fullback Charlie Jackson took
Hollmlg's punt on the TCU 16, and.
with the aid of exceptional down-
flakft blocking, retunted to the
AAM 19, Herb Beiry took
and romplated a toss to Jackson for
2X yard* and a imickdqwn. Pit-
cock's klck wa. gued, giving the
ton; WF A A WRAP, Dallas
1 Worth; KRIS, Corpus Christ!;
YAL,
tin; KFYO. Lubbock; KV0|
view; KRIG, Odessa; and
Lamesa.
The TCC-Oklahoma U. game,
with Bill Michaels handling play-
by-play and Fred Kincaid cilor. will
be heard at 2:20 p. m. froin Owen
Stadium m Norman. Oklahoma.
. . , . Scheduled to carry the broadcast
through a defensive player, except m stations WFAA^WBAP, Dallas
in close line ptey, but be muat at- Fort Worth; KTSA, San Antonio;
Plain-
KPET,
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desks, cheat of drawers All
type* custom bUilt furniture
STURDM RAFT CO.
4 blotka north. North Gate on
old Bryan cut-off.
Holimig, completed a forward to
right end Norton Higgins for an
other first down but Baty’s next
pass, intended for Welch, was in-
i. ic-pu-d, stopping the only Aggie
drive of the game.
Later, a Baty-to-Smith paaa was
intercepted by Berry who tote
through the Fanner defense for
60 yards and a telly. Pitcock kicked
the extra point giving the Purple
a 26-0 lead.
Tin- Frog* were not through yet
•a-TCU quaru-rbaik Johnny Sher-
a rsn 24 yards to the AAM 24
ore being stopped by Barney
Welch. Here th* Aggies took over
to pttnt out to the TCU 36 as tho
game ended, TClT )6, Texai
AAM 9. \
STARTING LINM>UPB
_ . .. .. _ .—,
spertaiuHir Wap by host* a IP-fl tend,
Hobby Dew returned ihc klik ftl
yxnU for the Cadet*, Hehe Mall-
mark in th* quarirrlmrk slot far
AAM emnnleted a short tost to
Dew, and following, Holimig com
pleted a pass to left half Jennings
Anderson for ten ysrd* and a first
down. On the neat attempt, Holl-
mig's pass. Intended fAr left end
0. L. pollock wa» rspturwl by Frog
bark Randy Rogers.
The Aggies took the punt on
; their own 1ft and stalled downfleld.
A pass from Holimig to halfback
Barney Welch was good for 29
yards. Buryi Bnty, going in for
VjggieK Needed To
Work Ruvlor (iame
TCU
loot man
Irown »
lloxom, D.
lalune v
si'll-
mldy
try
llrownlng
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Hunt
AAM
iHii
l 111 a««ts ttMt-tf
nt •%if MTinPvpPv
, - mm
Higgins
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For l >mr S|Mirtlng <4>mmI* St
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tempt to evade the tackier. The
tackier must not hold the ball car
rier but must “play the flag rath
er than the man." The referee will
deckle in these cases just as a bas
ketball referee rules on charging
vs. blocking.
Fifteen students are needed to
help with parking vehicle* and di
recting traffic for the A. A M.-
Baylor gome Saturday, Fred Hick
man, chief of campus security, an
nounced today.
Interested students should ap
ply as soon as possible in the sc-
curitv office in Goodwin Hall.
Mr'** * F*«*nMR6|
Conference Games Only
Team— 1
W.
L
T.
Pet.
SMU
1
0
0
1.000
U. of Texas
1
0
0
1.000
Baylor —..—
1
0
0
1.000
Tex. Christian _
1
l.
0
.500
1 U. of Atkanaas
1
2
0
.333
Rice jU:
0
\
0
.000
< Texas AAM
0
I
0
.000
KTRH, Houston; KWTX. Waco;
and KWFT. Wichita Falls.
Veteran Humble announcer Ves
Box will journey all the wgy to Los
Angeles to describe the SMU-
UCLA game, due to go on the air
at 4:20 p. m. Stations KRLD. Dal
las; KATL, Houston; ami KABC.
San Antonio will broadcast the
game.
Attend A1ME Meet
Professors A. B. Stevens, Harold
Vance, and R. L Whiting of the
petroleum engineering department
attended a meeting of the C.utf
Coast Section of the AIME in
Houston Monday.
.Stevens served as vice-chairman
of the Gulf Coast Section.
Retards y's Be
SMU vs. UCLA at Log Angeles.
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•Rice vs. U. of Texas at Auetin.
TCU v». U. of Oklahoma at Nor-
U. of Arkansas vs. U. tf Missis
sippi at Memphis, Twin.
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