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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1947)
I ■ i Take 13-0 Decision Over Victory; — - StttaiiDh Sport NOVBtofcR MONDAY, JO, 194Y .. ■; - g-a; •!> r a g.l;-.Ml,’ * ■ ^ ■■■ „■ 0\ K HE FI Page 8 ;——— Ponies Break Eleven Ye4r Kyle Field Jinx; AiM Falls Seventh Victim of Rampaging SME LARRY GOODWYX' J ie jockeying for positions in the Southwest Conference flag chase nday as the seven teams passed the midway mark in conference 8y PAti MAkttVi »*»4&*MMaur I'l' WALKER, KM DOAKl tfWlldl TIIUK. KPB WWm (Sli. IMI’ Kuanl It] hark, k hronnht down for a on UREKN (17), nm back leans the I Mm to block out Tulk. SltMUaC way Texas, Rice, SMU Victorious In SfV Conference Tilts, Frogs Idle An sffNttVS DM* Ijrftnl* on ths psrt of (h« rttJ Mu«Unr« phu Inck of on* on th* port of th* T*km ASM Anb* w*» rMpowibb for th* IS O hsntM th* C»d«ts Kstur ***"&!'*i h V ^ f Mi thatl of AAMk )>«*•« ten wmr- t»»pt<Nl. bhflo only Tl w*!** eom pl*t»A thr** of th*M In of th* Thoeah th* w»» tofdr t*m th* rloalnt Johnson Sparks !)<*k Walker downs, thif# pt*f*d him riith in th* oonf*r*ne* THoufh th* Pony **ri»l ntUck MMM Anb whsn ’on* si ip kin*, I Stubborn ■usin Mu»- Owl* Replace Aggie* in Fourth Spot ' In SWCn* INvrker*, Rear* lake Cellar . For the first time in many Monday* the Southwest Con ference football picture was not muddled with upsets or feurprises as ail favored teams came through with decisive Wins last Saturday.' ; . * SMU. in beating the Aggies, still holds on to the lead With thr*« victories sod no defeiU.»*" 1 — ■ ■ • Pr«2i2.tf^ Freshmen Sought has won two and lost one and muat beat Texas thi* week to be in the running for the title. Rice moved Into fourth portion kith one conference Win against two losses. AAM will try to take Over thia position when they meet this week. The Aggies boast two defeats, a tie and one victory to i place. and Arkansas are fight- the (sellar spot. Arkansas now in the bottom and probably kill not get out as their last con ference game will be with leading ■MV this Weak. Ksrtern Ooflege* Install New ( ode Schoolboy Teams LffiJr For Fencing Team Pistol firing and fencing have been recognised as sports at Texaa AAM C'olege and will be added NEW YORK. Nov. 10 A standardised cod* which smong other thing* forbids financial aid to athletes If th* same asslsUnce ia not available to non-athlete* has been sgreed upon by 53 eastern colleges, Joining to form the larg est athletic conference In the coon- l % y subscribing to the new con stitution, each school promises to abide by the code which makes mandatory * year's residence for IXTn TkT nfftcl*r.thlet£' fre,hnien tr*nafer students and immediatoty to the offtcal athleUc provides that in no case may Tinancfal aid exceed tuition plus institutional incidental fee*. Announcement of the new or ganisation and its compart was made here yesterday by As* S. Bushnell, Commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Confer ence. Bushnell headed the old orga nization, a somewhat looser federa tion of intercollegiate leagues and associations that has operated un der a central office for the last 10 years. program, according to AtMetic Di rector William R. Carmichael. Minor ft wil) he awarded to the team members'qualifying for the award*. "Addition of the two sports it another step in the broadening of the athletic program egt AAM,” Carmichael stated. i All Freshmen at the annex in terested in trying out for the fencing team are requested to meet iVi the gym (annex) at 7 p. m. I Monday night. ■ MltW Aftb* ground Mm* 1 i vSiMNl Ml* Jbffdpfaf* of *“tts«s eompl*. Hoha was below t*Or, hinst of fhe to**** from th* tends of ootr taftechs fuvyl nr ^ vvnnwv ven that IOT nlv€ JfMui*. Cadet com pic tkm* were for 14. It, 14, S8, n and S yards, the -o yard paaa be- Nor dttv. AAM MIimP Jim Winkler, IM Ifrim TsUBlo, indH t, w*r* h* *H*mpt*d k renter «f the wilt, AhMt nil he taehl* A4ea*«a«el I •|ovunfl Mkmni i Antonio, wore yarfbilorty IteMM. Mi Oberty and I Bettecnet also tOwtad In goo nut ■Marion good per- >hnson, SMU tail GOVERN WENT BOWS OUT 86 Points Campo Win HOTTBTON, Nov. iO_(Wi-Glenn , Lippman, El Campo'a terrific back- Cuba Down Shorthorns • % field star, romped for five touch-; Tl I HOUSTON, Nov. j0 ——The ' lown* and kicked six extra point* ; CUERO, TEX^ Nov. 10 —j government will l»ow out of the i Friday night against West Colum- Baylor's Cubs scored a 21-7 decis-^ synthetic raMwr tetmeaa next yt*t •7 hia to baoat his scaring total fdr inn over the University of Texas Rep. Shafer (R-Mich),- predicted the season to 226 peinta. El Cam- Shorthorns in their annual grid Friday, but it will not drop all Ip won the high school game, 74-0. tilt here Friday. 1 control* over the Industry. Martin ing from Batey ton Bfegfn* Gilbert Johnson, SMU tailb^k from Tylsr, was ths man Of the hour with his amazing exhibition of pigskin pitching. Th* 23-year- old sophomore from Tyler connec ted with 14 tosses in l* attempts to rack up 152 yards and two TD*. Johnson took the spotlight away from the much-publicised Dort Walker who completed two of two for 26 yards. Walker, who was bottled up throughout, picked up only 30 yards on the ground in 11 try*. - As of lait Week lohnson com/pletr<! only 50 JH*rte«t tosses for 257 yards and two touch- “it ty SM to tMal yards In U* air, Bety tea*- tat I am «Mt fte: |M iwtds . aIa «.a rx-A a_-s ff M a wnn tnrnr i■ s^«. novnnvw ^ ^ a rnnn#ciinir wfin tnrMi OVi Of eight WTO two IntercepUogs. Bsty hit left end Cotton HoWell for It yard* s^ a fim down on the vMtorh 85. The husky Junior from Nacogdoches mad* a nke effdrt after snatching the ball and was almost in the dear at the time. - <■ Barney Which, making the moat of a bad situation, used his I is well as the rest of him on ode occasion. At Walker prepared to try for the conversion following the second Pony touchdown, Welch slowed down, noticing that the ball hadn’t been snapped. If Walker made the ooiiit he could refuse the penalty, lotting the play stand. If not. He could try again with noth ing to Me. Welch also saw this possibility and stepped Hi front of the SMU kicker until the whis tle was blown. P. S. Walker missed the point anyway. Colts Edgi Team 6 to 8 Friday By art Howard IMU'a FUh team needed injured Kyi* ‘Mill* brat th* AAM of a blanked ootpasred, th repaired three Pony coal line Mate as tfm jam* tereloped Into a pant Vt* Iona seort of ths gam* rim* In th* third uuarter Rh*n end Jim nM W IMI' blocked Blanton Taylor'* kick an the Aggie five yard line, picked H Uti and resmp *red scran the goal ttn*. There waa a qaratton an ths play as Taylor had not actually gotten hi* foot Into the tell, bit sines he waa in the motlffti of kMriiftr When Kite* hit him, the play wa* allowed. Th* reason for th* Aggie lore t* easily found In the statistic*, on* pas* completed out of eight trie*. Thte on* pan waa for three yards. The Flih-BaaO' ground gam* eras a little better with Tay lor, Bobby Dohoney and Tom Col lins getting the moat yardage AAM threatened In the tm quarter but lost the hall on downs on the Colt's twenty yard line. Another Fish threat came in the closing minutes of the final quart er when guard Bob Miller recover ed a fumble on the SMU 26. But the visitors retaliated by inter cepting the tell on the next play. Fish quarterback “Red” Wiggins off some nice forty-five and • J had settled competition The down Mo With SHU’S title-botmd Munfan^.s riding in the driver’s _ The Ponies pulled away to a fast start and have been lengthening their lead ever -4 since, with the three other pre-f §y— w-*. « «a race betting favorites—Rice, tex- € t lsh-R 1 “ and Arkansas—falling by ths srayaidc. Of the leng-ahou, only eadily improving Horned may hqpe the stretch overhaul th* front-rui (pngs. The Christian* ^ Mart with a 4-0 defeat to Arkan- In their conferem * debut, bore round steadily snd test against Tessa 1 Th* I'unlra hauled '‘senal rireua" out of the tell* and put It te good use A-M Cross Country Bows to Longhorns Ifad by little Jerry Thompson, nationally famous distance runner, th* I'njvmlty of Texas downed AAM is s Croe* Country moot on th# Aggie Crore Country oourre, Friday, Nov 7, tt to IT. Eaek tell I ' ' ^ 7 ■4 *■ i . i j' 1 TP I 1 ^ * l i I 4 1 1 - •I 1 A *- Seven Down, Three to Go for Mustangs For SWC ttonorN and Cotton Bowl Bid * *** t * « j 1 • In taking the decMon from the | year old Kyle Field jinx but alao Maroon and white. Southern | bro »At its record up to aeven Methodist not only broke an eleven straight win* in aeven Marts this ‘ season. Three conference opponent* are loft on the calendar—Arkansas In Dallas, Baylor in Waco, and Taxaa Christian fas Fort Worth. Baylor and ArkaaMM! each aus Uiaadlts third conference lose this wrak-ond but th* Horned Frog* are apt to gira Malar Boll’s charges trouble. Th# Imgrtred Pur ple* came back from a no, a res- tonal lo« and a conference leas to plow imdor four strong agtrega- tlon* Mi as many nrrefas -Miami UniietMa, Ttaaa AAM, Oklahoma, and Bayfer, the latter two being tell hpaMa. Currentiy with the numter 5 tram In the nation, as rated by bnth Paul Williamson, nationally known forecaster, and the Aaaocla ted Press Sports Poll, the Metho diet* hare the only undefeated untied team In the Southwest Con. ference. K t i ty yard Iricks, but “B” team.’* Bruce Wallace got off the belt with a 53 yard boot. The beat Aggie effort of the day came when th* SMU Fish were on the Army nine, first and goal. Starting fullback Doyle Moore twW tackled SMU star Bob Mirell a> he tried to cross th* goal. Alao rood on defense were guards Bob MHI*r and Baddy Molberk' Coach Charlie DeWare waa sat isfied with the showing of hta team because the Ponies had previously humbled the Owlets and th* Short horns by worse scores than his In overcome « ■luhtent ini* and maintain (heir (he head of the field, In 11-0, the Farmer'* simpl tot** with the accurate f, iltert JnhhMi who rang 14 time* In Id attempt* to bark te th Aggie*' d f*bl*d iV*V Walker rom|leleii two for two In the air bj^t could lather only 10 yard* in if whack* it a determined AAM line that Had hi* numter all day. With Burr! Italy ahaaat match ing Johnson in yards via air travel—Baty hit eight of 17 for 144 and Johnson 14 of 14 for 164—the Aggie* made a game of it all the wajy, but timely end zone interceptions by the Mas- I tangs halted the Agglea three time* In aeoring territory. It waa after one such Aggiei drive had bogged down a yard | short of a first down on the SMU | 19 that Johnson warmed up hia] pitching arm and herded the Ponies : fl yani^fer the game’s first score. Johnson (bnnected on four tosses in as many attempts to account for 51 of the ynrds, the payoff coming on a 30-yarder to End Paul Page- The Aggie* threatened briefly once more before the half. Dick Reinking breaking up the drive with an end sooe interception after a Baty to Nortoa Higgins paaa had oaten ap 32 yards te the SMU 34. The Aggies launched their moet r AAM Bha Um fa*teat Aggie. Bill Dsnitd ■a* ntmi, JMtet __ Ian of Te*#* wa* fourth foil ky two Agglea, Jem Ron nan Ural Hahn, to fire AAM fifth i hnwi pkrt* reapoetlveiy, The remaining eight men flnlalu ed In the following ofdart DMp Braoka, Jack Nipper. Bjfhby Whla- enant, and Wayne Wanton (all te Texa*). Mason, Royer Raven. Ja4 MfCIn'Mlh, and Malk Oreslin (all Anies). Texas' wide margin of victor* was due mainly to the fact that the Longhorn runner* hare year* of experience behind them whiB most of the AAM men were novel distance runners until they cam# to Aggieland. Five of the men on i the Steer team have won the Suit ' high School mile. Running into a strong north wind over the first part of thh course Thompson was timed in 4:61 for the first mH*. His time for tha 17 miles Waa 18:09 minutes. (See I-8MU on Puge 4) team suffered. However, he pro ised the boys lot* of work in pre paration for the rough Rice B team here this Friday. Water Polo Group Elects Officers Gene Summers, AAM student from Bryan and a member of Aggie Swimming team, was < to head the newly-created Polo Club on the campus. John Westervelt and Jerry Fish er, ulso members of the swimming team, were named Secretary SM treasurer respectively at a meet, ing held last Wednesday, Matches have been tentatively arranged with Texaa University apd Baylor with sererel othet. schools not yet heard from. Data* will be set later. NEFt RESIGNS WACO. m.. Nov. lo -(An- Pat M. Neff, TI, closes another phase of a long, varied career when he stop* down as president of Bay lor University December 81. Here, in question and answer form, are some facts on the U. S. Air Force Aviation Cadet program. Tliey rover details yon may have been woodeHhg about—and will be naeful to you if you want to learn to fly and begin a career in one of today's fasteaMuovlng fields. 1, Wh« Is tllflhl# f*r •pgalntmegf H fh« Ctdkhl i t I i You, If you’re physically At, single, hciwccn 20 and 36 >A yoare old, and havo MMtybMj dt least mte-half the require menu fur a college degree from an • •eerediled lastiiution - or pass an equivalent V gaaatinalinn. 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