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f h ; Battalion P 0 R TO wbdneiiday, cktorkh 21., 1047 P»f* 3 FROM THIS ANGLE ■by M**y COODWYN Comparative Scores Prove Nothing Toward Naming Saturday 1 ! Favorite After havinc taken one kwk at if^W WUlWn~tbe n»»ted but quf«lion»!.|,. footb«l) Kandleapper, we’re anxioualy a- *»toni ♦bat tlw bonarMe handi- ^rjer*. pwodo-frtd experta, pan- bWHUera. bookiaa and other ^a- ed collectiona of forecaatera of th>PMt famea, have to aay »ut the A. A M. . Arkanaaa game l ’* woek-end. Rxrludmf William- who aeema to he quite aure °f hiasirif on the game, thet* Wema to be an element of doubt ^Deeming who ahould be favored Jhen the in-and-out Afgies meet the hot-an<l-c<>ld Porker* ‘ A'k \ ^ A glance at comparative acorea produce* nothing but a headache .and a <M point inaccuracy. A *4 point bulge ia pretty tremendoua, ' n thia upoet-ridden confer ence, but the figure* speak for toemoelve* Arkanaaa topped TCV 5? P°' n ^* * n< l the Frog* dump- A. A M. by more making the fit* appaar 32 pointa better on paper thaa the Aggiea. Then of course, the Aggie* rack ed up a *4-0 win over Baylor, the aame chib that two weeka earlier had apillad the Porker* by eight point*, which add* up to the same fnaUgln of S2 pointa—only this time* in favor of A. A M AH or which mean* little or nothing, ex cept possibly that football i* no field for a mathematician, not even Vyintamaon and hit fabled ratinga * Incidentally, speaking of Will iamson brings to mind that Ulus- triooa forecaster’s ratings of the part week. Froan this angle, Wiil- tamaon ratines stand as shining examples of now a drunken idiot would judge football teams. About the only thing that looks right from where we ait, ia regard to the Southwest Conference, i* Will- iamson'a ratings of Rice and 8MU Hia rankings qf Baylor, Texas. Arkansas and TCU with a telescope illiamson Ranks Baylor Eleventh Even After Defeat by Aggies Baylor csnecially, seem* to hold dWPe Medal attraction for For* t daster Williamson. He ratod Bay- tenth nationally before the Ina were dubbed by the Aggie* w said dubbing. Baylor slid •ii the way to llta. By William- ••na standards, fen Agfir team hfeving Just polished Off Ifeylor In # jywlfew »«♦»•, sull rates fp IJb^ ht|M that fefenw t#«m. If that'a an saampl* of mathe JNfetlea fet work. wrVe only tun tti be maMny In Kiigli^i. Tefeaa’ Iwlng seledoit a« th* tap INini_lh the nallmt for 4h< p«.t /JWrtfel weeka, we nI«o aan’t l| hMn Ihai wa don't Mmeede TeV «l h«« « i.hsI, pneaikly great, ball •ih, In fart, we wrr* one nt th* Jir the Nwt i hamplonahlp, Rut th- yrtf" pei^WWWlp to dale ret f'"•l »« ImlWfeU a national |wampl«n. The Teaa* defei • levs rtimpat ..me leaks to (he fine of Mat national champion* jVegon and Oklahoma both puhr- jured II for two tnUrfcdnwn*, the latter team rulliag up enough yar- dage to win sny milinary ball S ame. And well go on reyi.H with U predletlon tW Wilier and ni. ; r t i*.iiml"ni* ''i 1 ’ 0 "’ 1 nw m rne ismvnvnnOTIWWwall thi* week-end. Text* *till rate* is the logical choice, from this angle. ^ to cop conference honors, big iamson seem* to be forgetjtii ill i . ” ——-Jng • couple of food teams, .gamely Michigan and Notra Dame, when he sticks the Capital City boy* on to P j And |f there are any dlaeentera remaining m the crowd, brethren, Williamaoa'a foreeaat on the TCIK ““‘ lor game thia week end should II all dotlbta. Flaring TCI! II behind hia Baytye bty*. in pm*'e, Willtamapa We> no ra- rourao but to al* Ifc Irulmi ”to l^miml oveb TClJ.’ , Frankly, w. rant sew hna^ an o^and nonlng iho TCU ltd W ii Itwlcrdog to a Baylor doh ktly mtpl aelompliahmeal hi Arhmi«a* on* iomni r, WMM V I’" 1 *' -r i to note mi|i There U on# alaml Wllllamsi • his week.' He picks Arkensas ever AAM. miwflng note fwreiasia for AFFSOVS FNaNCNINR 1 AHII.KNK, TM., Del M - llroetora of the Unghom'hase for league memkMahlp In Ban^An- iclu. provided an eighth riVy dt ^rthr^gne membership ban meet league roqulrnnnto. select your smart new ' r* i'* 5h Hit Vyti, Nmtlfei md Viiw CMtkiN n Miki nut Thi tat h MmiwI TWil leak tharp—apd he Nomey ahead la «*»- with one of aur new AMgator i takteeaunimgYfe’rauwdib, Fear Man, fm rakb hail, WHldfeMio.ll Matohleaa la protertiva prueMt* " •omionM wnh Impaeafebte toHorifei aM high •tvliito Tiy orm Nitodhyt fe LEON B WEISS Next Campus Tbaatrt Saturday Crucial Bay in Southwest Warfare I^QiniA flaaMe^s LfiiguelsMmTfe Provide Answers To 1947 Puzzles »F lEM HAMMONDS Sjtajfcy. Nov«mber 1, will probably be remembered An the Southwent's ri*y of deci sion when the I^IT foothtll ieiwon finfelly akidfe to a halt New Year s Day in the Cot- tonjfowl. Saturday’s three conference games will go a long way in answering the numerous puzzle*' built up through in upset-ridden first six weeks of the campaign. Two undefeatod, untied teams. £ «-£“j5SH2 odiat MuaUnga, Ungle in the Cot ton Bowl in Dallas before a sell out crowd of 48,000. Thia game •nd SMD’s Doak Walker, the Southweat's two best All-America back candidate*, in the nation’* number one game of the day. In most quarter* it ia conceded that the winner wiB go on to take the conference championship and high national honor* with the possibility that the national championship may depend on the outcome. The •porta aenbes all say that it will be the best game the year in fte Southwest, and the 60,000 foot- Sail fans who can’t get tickets **etn to agree. Other conference games send AAM to Fayetteville to battle Ar- kk^®aa, and TCU travels to Waco to matt Baylor in a clash that will toe one removed from the cham pionship race. Arkanaaa is already out of the conferenca race, but the Rasortachs are always tough on •rtr home sod. and their IP-It up »t win over Mississippi lart gatur- dfey indicates that they are play, tog hall again. The Farmer* fan a rugged afternoon with alimlna tton from ronfwumi contention atorlng (hem m the faee. TCU will toMjaWy rat. a siifbt edge over Baylor due |o the imureaalv* show- uV . lhit 5t» MU" rtwlc th« Imi twa Aaturdays. 1*1 a win by Sartor would I* a maidered no up ^li Stor plays ••fi dwaten Tefea« Tarh 1* % W tonal clash. aM Ike Owls shoukl get hack in W,M **** »" K.Haider. Hi to la the ..me S IMM this rear Tile Houalon cluh ». already lo.i two ronferoaiv ashes, l.uti sltll iNNi.sas fe |e.irM mill team, lish^aiimr Majorta ^ponwr Barbrniu ' fUP «bi th* -VedT „f a get acquainted barbecue for fish rr professor*, amt W V rt P™** afternoon from 8:10 until T p, m. Besides gittin« acquainted and hying a good time i n general, the afternoon was highlighted by sev- era! spirited volley ball game*, the last of tohid was almost called hecauaa of darkness. Following the volleyball games cveprone helped themselves to the hurbaeue which was eaten by the light of a campflro. - Odessa, Corpus Top Schoolboy Elevens Pallas, Oct »- wh_ texa* , 'P® r ^ j wr,U r « Placed Wiehlta Falls amt Odessa on an equal footing a* the strongest high school football team* incite state, the Dallas Morning New*’ weekly poll dis closed. Od***n. defending state cham- l»on had baan rated no. I team for five straight weeks and Wichita Frtla no f. Th e p^, ^ wwk •bowed they had »*d for first with •68 point* etch. Corpus Uhristi nosed out Long- V wa P 1 *** in the rilthig*. whito Marshall waa fifth and Bracken ridge (San Antonio) and «ooae Crock tksi for sixth poai- tton. Waeo, Arlington Heights (Port Worth) and Amarillo round ed out the top ton teams. Hog’s Cagey John Barnhill May Stop Aggie* ] S, * ,is,i( * 9»w SoiAgAiLt A. A M.’a football team is boat ft. Arktnwui John Rarnhltl ia a coach who to mightv atinav iwith itu.» • .. ‘ - awsum gtoa gut Inside the Fork tr’a ton yard line on thrsa different occasion*, only to ha stopped by the tight Arkanaaa defense. This strong lint was na accident, far Coach Barn hill believes to condition ing; he had his squad run over l.oon miles during lart year's football aeaaon to increase their endur ance. He worked hia boys so hard that they were glad to go on ah out-of- town trip—they got more feat on the train than they did at home. This year la Barnhill's second season at Arkan sas. Last year he took over an ailing dark-horse team and piloted It into Conference Co-Champions and a Cotton Bowl game in Dallas. Ha waa catted to Arimn- m. from tl). University totratod by the f.glro. of Tennessee Where ha Statlslkfe ot IMPfegfert Ctmftr- «... w—j *. *- ^ fence football *" m * for the One of Coach Barnhill’s main asset* to Ms abiHty was head coach In Neytonds absence. In 1*41 hi. Tenntaaae team tost m lf not' ort/ iTVV^aY mirter’mlt Ar '* nM> •»raly prMfeing him. only otto game whito wfe- that he's ftie heart and aoXof the ♦«• t*"* 1*0 yard* net ning nine. Aggie offense. | 7» runs, Scott has made 38T The big boy from Honda ha* f" * 1 - ^orft Walmstoy of Rice to booted 46 times and averaged 40.0 ♦HB 8)1 on 46 carries. * ^ 8P * Hiife despite me fact Hodrard Hughes ot Arkansas to 1 to get a team into mental lh * t ^ *Hray« aims at the eoffln th. punting £dt r tn actual ^var- •hape for a game. Strong- ti, na% places the ye Wt, has kicked only five times ly-fm-ored tic, ta*, Uli. b- !! "S* »» ^ »' * 5 1 ^ c'-Hf out tost vear »i»« u B t ‘J 10 * to P P**»er Texas has 4L6 on IS. Rut Holl u . t . ^ ?* r,n )“ “«»nd to Texas’ Bobby 1 mig ia the real leader. Hoga held them for little Woe with 862 yard* on 31 com \ m or no rain at Little Rock. Potion* ^ 7 & “tteaspu. Ha has ■ , \ u » f |V * touchdowns with* Arkansas la “ ^ "— good on the »» voumaowna witn' la especially “• their home romptotod 34 out of! k * .u- !®. ,0r . *•? ***• as one of thej M in I grounds with almost the entire crowd their own mpporter*. They also have the advanUge of making their conference opponent* travel clear up to the Oxarka on Arkan aaa' ‘Toonerrille Trolley" railroads. Notre Dame Regains Lead In National Gridiron Race -Notre Dame, still toying with the opposition as , nu. * 'a* No. 1 (Wt* Mil ll.!"”* 1 ?** **« >i”- • -iih' Amy, n. buk u No, 1 After giving the Irish second hilling to MirhWan for twn w ,. M k. *5*;- "Sirriokll^ ••Id familiar firsi-place ranking ! — w —• - *nn> pnaa* running ami dropped the wolverines to th* ruruttr-up mtsliimt. Mivhigan'a narrow squeak lit Fttllliig it |«.fe vietorv from Minii*- MM mil «f lha fire apparently vnlcro' ealimallan of the Wnlvrtditoa, Tito wnai eaten alvfe weekly HI In many yearn N ." th ' "•‘W' “I 1T84 (III lednia for n flrot-ttlace Haltot, » fur scenml, a for third, rt*'.l. tytohlgait'. tnial was llMM) Tm»»« mufelnfeil In IhlH place with ill* a* a result nf the Ironghnros' triumph over Rlev, Two new trnantv appeared afeimia the lop lea with Houlhera Maiho- dUi aM I)akt sappl.nllag Call- forato and llllaoi.. HMU' a Mu. taate cHaihed from 12th i* eighth y • T4 win over Un. \ aM now fare Teas* thia Halurdav lo decide *ynhwert (onferenre lead. Duke s 1.1-4 caaqaest of W she For est moved the Mae Devils from ISth to »th la preparation for their • Wl1 ■‘■O-^rr 1.corgis Treh this week. Army, atill smarting from the 21 to 20 setback by Columbia that men their •Med tM f todrts' non-losing strofek nftai M games, tumbled from .lath plaro to DMh ju.t « notch ahead •4 Itllnols, Aaturdu; victim nf Fur due Ultm.l* fend Muhlgsn collide ?„' h riu by ?• ht « "th* Wile Ihls week, while Army draw. mi apparent hroaihot In Wash. Ingjon and Lee, Teal" atondltif* wiih tatiM* fl*- wroil «n » Id it « | Jtoato (flrat place votes in pfereit- Flslt tWi 1YR4 !: ter 1 IS! 4 fwtyyffefenlfe jlh HU h. Mont hern Callfnrnta (•) iifell ? Ueortto Tech (I) MT T./fehn Mute (t) . niftl J. Bouthorn MotUiut r.M •• Duke (|) m N» BABA SB 11. Illlnola, 206; If. Virgin*. 1M « Ir'&tK 7 *' i4 ’ r «li*"iia. 66; 15. Wake Forest, 61; 16. Fur- 17 L ® u '»**h* SUte, 86; 18. Alabama, 33; 1». UCLA, 28 W. Columbia, 27; 21. Texas Chris’ tian, 12. wide open. The reaulta of Monday’s ball games show that the cellar dwell- or* are out to beat the top ranking team*. . a V? Hiriller of the day was the t®; 1 * rotory of Hart Hall over • hard fighting Mitchell Rail team. Taking a 4-2 load in the first quar. ter. Hart held on to • narrow lead throughout. The first half was a rough scrimmage all the way. JyJ by Leroy Bodeman and Mays, Hart Han finished the half with a f E ln 5;£t d ;. G ® uJn * b** ,n thf fight Mitchell stfttrod dosing the gap In the last two quarters only to have time run out with Hart T AGGIE SERVICE STATION mourn PRODIKTH HilHI ObI Hip IIPAnty nf Vwtr (Mr. • • Poliiihitig.. U axin^ Complete Luhrieatum Intramural Roundball in Final Stag's: Cross Country Set for December 11 CIIFF ACKERMAN ^Iromural basketball team* 2 points out in front High »cor- Jith nr!. h -»' r J ,n * • fa * et °f p'ay ers for the game were Davis and to Th^w T* till t>U> Ho ? k * r ®f Schell with 6 point* wide no?^ h the and Bw <*‘n'>n *ad Pitt* each Ptn - #e ® nn f 7 point* for the winner*. An mspirod fifth place A Infan try team scored a runaway 34.9 victory over the secon* place E Field team. Fergus lo<b the win nmg team both on offense and de fense. B Field toerofeaed a 4 point lead f® bwit A Vat 26 to 18. With tha lead switching back and ftortti, C Composite finally took Field 33 to 22 Leading acorar of was Richardson of D Field with 13 potot*. For the losers Hodges and JaniM tallied 10 HnU Mob. The 1047-48 Intramural Cross Country Meet will he nm on De cember 11. Entry blanks will he mit the laat of this month with the closing daU- for entries dua liiN'rnibtr 8. This is to remind all men who plan mt entering tha meet to he on their time and to work out ac cordingly. ThU nieet i. espiN-ted to be even tougher than last year’s nMroMUUn will !•* imperstivo in Und*(*rant School Mwlinn Nov. 8-12 Th* annual meeting , nf (and was announced May. ^Frrocntatlroa who Iheir IndlvIdH fields Include: F.C. Bolton, dean of Uto college, C. N 8hepard*on, dean of agrirul T ; ““"‘"r 0 ". dean of Mta and actonces; H W. Barlow. ^B^ Pearson, dean of graduate *L — PHONE 4-1124 CL TULSA FUHCHABED CINCINNATI, Oct. 29 -tiFi- The Cincinnati Rads baseball chib announced today it had purchased the rontrolHM interest in th* Tul- ?* ** M Texa* League, the X* 1 ^•tUnal League outfit bought 71 percent of Die stock, it was Stated. * Wall bat yaw I’J ** ^ K0U0W 0IOUN0 hUdfel, ••••FMaoady law to p*ut. wiM ftvfe yav to* ktad •« ihavtof imMm. Han yae’vfe keen laaklfeg to* tha) "•feast they mmt §ht yaw qeXk, «Uan, tort, economical ihavei. TOU ar. toe ** ^ touted, return em to ut ond w* N tend y«u ^ y 6 ,, jo*, money beak I Yfev win •toec weyl Get e pm logs today 4 tor 10c • 10 tor Uc • 2S l«r Stc .. end for real economy 50 *>• *!•*•> ‘I 00 feoueu root MNCit toot PAL HOLLOW CfeOtNO RAZOR BiAOES Ro/ Hollow tyevad hoi the "edpe’ .rtaiMA Ball High Plover Die*# JFivsrm*. t«. <m » 5*5 SMMK 2 the eeaeon TW Wdy tov keen retaeved la LiT' - a death r^Wfea keeea (bin after aeon by fellew alhtotr.. Heaipel’a ro *!! « L nrwt f,>0,han fataltty to flitmtaa hlrtary. yards _ w ^ , P****™ Ranking third J behind Hollmig in th* eonlarenea k Jack Price of ^ ‘ — - Out of 61 for 32 Doak Walhemof Southern Math- Mist continues tto lead the ball- earners although Clyde Scott of <r<£) Kee \ r>j A sacAout* »s so 7 Jo on AlwMM fe tUATHO itt Jti JO Off MOOS *U ties * j«7j «s Is fUOmm 1300 HU* •a "W Omm-w, *•*»•• m •mm m mat m -r.nl pat O-e •• *** Ww. Umni m SAIN KEY PARK Bry’ga, Tvxm c Lt 50 BOB THI BIN ONiT ^A-BAillmna CfetoH up t« 40S mere hrltoent then toot* ef ether Into. KeeptlHferlg- "">i bHMence at lanf at toe paper Mt. On Ihe everet*, 11 timet Fere redttollt to todtofe tom, «ov*rament •toodordt require. tA)^tiw| # Th|» Ink ocbrelty c! iet at h writeil Drtot up to 3 tones r ,0, M Hum ordinory inks, j 1 * impfovement In 2 JO years! Bright as thfe piumafe bird*—yet will not fade out r weeks of intense tunlifht. iSSfiStfe&E' I5JM- TM*5 SUPPLY, 4 02. Git YOUP BOTTLE TODAY • •tTk***....,,.,, The Exchange Store Serving Texas Aggies Again! The Saturday Evening Post presents one of the great inside stories of the war! * HIGH LIGHTS PROM General Patton’s F** frml of thfe lilt (larowal * l , iUtwt wfHItn whUa tto wm rflnwi lug W* •tofini Kvmtpaan nim)Ml«n«ptimaa ttto panonal rtory of brillUin vitiarv dteMto whal ha larmc InarfoqtMla R fwoi tha high rtmtmand In bin ••laa iaUy America's moat conutul inldtor talla yow lha inoide Kory of hie Itghlninf raoa acroaa France ... tha Hattie of lha Bulfa...hia impalianoa with Montgomery •nd hia ocoartMUl UrnpirtifeiUi with Eiaenhower and Bradley. Don't (Ail to raad this bhint and candid journal by ana of Uw gnatart mflilary BfuraaofaUtkka. by ' GIN. GEORGE / ». PATTON, JR. If