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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1947)
llili m ^ Now that the '47 i ■* -to a cli f ainea a I'.-1 he iron front i M annual ppaitiona; on Ajl-Coi^a AU-An^riea ^eams. ].{ sfe's JjiisJM fpir some sort of Natloria recORni a " ition. •[-,• 1.1]-I ■ ; On the home-front, the scrambfit ft* positions of the annual All S o u t hwest shapes up to be a rpil lieity* press agenti i^ies. The backfieta set up with Wflkel’, tayne virtual certaip tyro or three other ing for the ; other sb howeveit,-4s a differ b rector to push them s Ijohi en path/ to glory. XI e) c* se of; bert Bechtol at Texas a cla .. example. This fairhajrej lad hid onb good, season while) 1 more back iiv the ,dalys BAD! keying ili at! and Ji x sen bciu4< Gonfeijeincei elevwr 41 tut of p.ub- ihd! 'personal nio ’e or leg Shott,, and cinpices an 1 ckin^datjes yy- ffi; the Hrw, problenji.. 3 done jii ai 3 do; HF! louthwc Annually, injustice^ the selection of an jA, line, ^incb the real vi uh of a lir man remains hidden mij^h of it) time fronvthe spobt'j winters (aatl they’re the ones whet pi):: mos the teamsK it nawuta(| r follOlkS; that boys who have beeii stciHl ylMgging' ajong game 4? ter g^^t 6 playing excellent, b tjt Wot nece - to it hdoed linemen who have the w -| T , y .. . , , ' , vantage of a good ®city rlJ Te #. that 88 t,® 1 n H E AI V EliJC’rRI .1 r-t £LE K A the gj a SopMu- when til e ■M ;vW ! v i.,; the desks ch 4 pi»yer«h acoundth W fame, land _ again whift pUy ^s conspicuous hw. ptional play with this in rtiind, we gues orf or less futile to fry to i certain Ag^e lineman ft uthwest honors, «even thoug opinion of a lot of followers of Aggie football, he thoroughly deserves them. Ijf . I ■ 6 Wj refer to Jin) ! 'Vyinklej-, the [Agues’ scrappy (ta c playtt d^ rough, headsU^ Son. JinfiVonly fail^iw is tb not n a position 1 to do anjlthim “sen sational” that inight take spoir s writers’ attention .away from their typewritor* long chough to dive, him a break. Week after week, Winkler roams the field, making tackle ; after tatfk e, diiagnozing plays cprfectly and being at the right spot at the right tinte to stop them/ He has a lot to do with the throttlipg of t)oa c i Walker, ;in the SMU 'game artd he played a rough, headsup ‘' But iiMHUHiiliiiiMi •T r IT ' i - / - ; -i — i ganie against LSU. But it ilooks likei Jinf is just gojmgj to anotjhcr “sh( uld-have-been” when the AH- Corj erence selections start coming in. 1 But the spirited tackle from Ten pie has one Cpniolation. year in Which the scribes in good as ; most think he' iis. — ! pec )lej around here ’Oie Washington .Capitols ojjF the mpetball Asspbiation of America only one home game out of. 30 season. v j »A S HEATERS ETS J ! 1 : ■ i B t A N K v n Ot A R M E R S G ^ A D S — LAMPS CTR CLOGK S East Ga i 7; | e | , ■ . * ifRADlO & NCE CO. I; jfj i' Phonie 4-1251 3T Work Hard nse for fish Tilt 19—-(Spl.)—The winless, but Remain miexa* Game, Ktfre Session L'STIX TEX Nov IS^ISnl li-The winlksi but do- the ‘ s ‘ a| rt of tlie seas<)n. the A&M Varsity started practii Chan Tbe!e m tw? er ' • ai - t the . A * M 2 i3h : j l' lout in V earnest Coach Norton's ’ ’ ’■ . !' • . : • ■■ lie Goes to Austin ' ; ' '■■'-■r’-i ' i • aturday against the A&M little brothers of the Thanksgiving Day classic rivals—will preview the Aggie-Longhorn rivalry of the future in Memorial Stadium Sat urday in a game whose benefits will go to the Crippled Children’s Clinic, under the sponsorship of the Ben Hur Shrinens in Austin, earlings, : competing this against teams combining B teanjers and freshmen, have lost four games with their roster al most complete with first-year men. But [for Saturday’*-game, with special permission, oply freshmen will compete, removing the inex perience handicap.which has both ered them all year. I ■ ; But ih matters bf defensive line play, 'University of Texas freshman squfid has [had few sii- periprs through the [years. Not since 1938, and the 1 youngsters that grew into the great Texas varsity pquad of 1941, mas so hefty a crop pf young linemen been on hand. Foremost among these are two young tackles, both of Whom are ; beipg counted on for heavy varsity service-next year by Head Coach Blawr Cherry. They are Lewis (Bud) McFadin, the 236- pound start from fraan, and Gene Vykukal, a husky 212-pounder, who stared at Goose Creek. Two more fine line prospects are the; guiirds, Kenneth Jackspn, a husky-but-agile Austin ‘High pro duct, and Herman Foster, an All- Stater with Odessa’s championship 1946 team. At center, tl)e Yearlings have two more future stars, Alvin Myfers, a line-backing expert from Wharton, and Frank Parker, of Brownsville, who works at guard antj center, i At ends, the Yearlings have two ' * 1 Xl rge Gen- Streuber* of Amarillo. luMy Satu Jpf Si I .'fUl the practice fipld Jcjhn; Ball- was s" int kic soggy turf. entine was sgowini at point kicking iis usual skill spito bif the mm Ags lead Passers, Hpllmig in Punts In spite of the losses, the Aggies do not look too bad from the sta tistical side of the sepresheet. A&M leads the conference in passing yardage with 1148 against 1067 for runner-up Texas. Stan Hollmig [has pase.d for 615 yards jiyith a .41 completions average but Iis; second to offense-oiily Bobby Layne viho jhiis credit for 912 yards with a; j.57 average. Burly, * j ^ ,, Baty is fourth with 482 and a AS^fhigh school stars,^Georg- average, on his throws. ! tr y °1 Temple and ^1 Ed Dusek is the only A&M ball . j. - r x „ g 1_ The backfteld, while not the aimer m <«. h" 11 '”? equal of the line in'cidier size or fifth plate with 361 yank Walms- h b , fi ^ ley ol Rjeo havmjr ppsseil him by , ' Al , h T . a ,. teH)ack 1 t , one yard after last weeks qame. ‘ hure , s Pni „ k g^iTen. ridge and Bill Allen, a former Wax- ahijiehie star. At the halfbacks, there am Bobby Raumati, the Ama- riljo football and track star, Arlyn Stroman, an all-aroui)d athlete frejm Victoria, and Dpii C)uhn)ng- hain, a[ hard-running? youngster A&M has not played » game in the mud thjs year but tjhel team did hot show it. The) passers did not seemed to be troub ed with thp heavy pigskin and i the receivers were holdjng the ball.. Then mental attitpde ofj the Ag gie players will be almost as im portant as their physical shape for the coming gamp. Tpose yho re- istitu- Texas die 1940 teapi will with tips ktatp- inent. The coaches and the team are appreciative of the suppert given them this week in spite of their bad loss to Rice. More -han one Aggie feels that if the Farmers beat Texas, the season tyill be a success. game. mptnber the famous no-jsubstitu- tion, “They SHall Not Pass,” U. team wh»gi beat the 1940 A&M vith this 1 - i — r\* ■ di.u:i:h WEDNESDAY, NOV .J. j.ljM Aggie B Team fengl Junior College Her -*4 > Clifton r Frid«y at 1-M h (Johnny Frankie’s 0 clo|e the ’47 season agajn^t ollege eleven on Ryle Fieljd fr: ime set for 2:30 p. m. The Aggie Bees, sparked! tjjt P Quarterback slot, have heretofore combined with Charlie DeWai’e’s Fish team this year and have dr|op-< ped four games in four toys. X— Last week against the Bice Blue Bolts, the Bees, starting the and carrying through the Station WTAW will broadqasj 8 J* this game Friday starting at 2:15 and will also carry the Fisb.-Short-I g v j , ) horn game in Austin Saturday at) B,al1 Barney Welch is the leading pass receiver j in the conference, haying snagged 19 for 226 yards. However, three Texds men, Bum- gardiiier, Gillolry, and Blount are within ten yards of [him and Welch will have to stop ’ehi as well as| catch ’emi to keep his lead intact j f r( ) m Gifaham. ;| J on Turkey Day, j 5\i; i j At fullback, Lewis Leyine, of On the scoring side. Bob Goode Harlingen, has been dividing time is tied f° r third place behind Waj-1 with Milton Brice, the 1946 Borger ker and Gillory. Walker is away ( star. Levine has been the Yearl- aheud with, 70 points, but Gillory ings’ line-plunger and punting star has. only 42 points to Uoode’s 36.' anti Price is a defensive standout. ii. ij i l- J i if Stan Hollmig is ialsb high up in another bracket, kicking. A though he holids only third pla with an average of 39 7, the othql? two ineh have not kicked any- whei'u near as many times as HollJ mig^. Should Hughes) of Arkansas’ or Landry of Texas get off one bad ! U- ail* Baiiman and Gentry Cot-Captains ’for the Yearlings ! his firat ■“yddf of coaching, Harold (Buddy) Jungmichel is the head teacher ofithe Yearling squad. Buddy Was a lihe star on the Texas 1941 team before going into the Navy, then played pro ball with Jet _ boot in their final game, Stan will, thy Miami Seahawks of the All jump to first place. Williamson Keeps Average in Spite Of Many Upsets Padl B. Williamson stuck close I v '« rsit y n0 ' v Aiperica league last yea?. He join- j ed the Texas coaching staff, last j spring and has divided time with coaching the freshmen and scout ing for the varsity. He is assisted byi C. J. (Shyrty) Alderson a Vet- 1 eran coach apd official, and Jack j Ray, a guaitl on, t|ie 1946 Army \team Who is a student in the uni- 1 to his season’^* average despite the -many upsets qn thd gridiron last week, his report Jows. Calling) sELLINSGROVE, 231 games out of 384 his weeks, TEN MORE FOR STAGG BA., Nov. 17 For Win Were thC Ulonzo Stogg Sr., C packed°his bags same 83.4 percent. , , , torfay for ^ trip , to California, Baqk in the natiop’s No. 1 spot; « V ery well satisfied” with his first was Michigan after trouncing Wis- j ye ar as co-coaeh of the Susqueh- cpnsin 40-6. Following in order, to! anaa University football team. He complete the tipper ten were Notre 1 signed a new ten-year [contract Dame, SMU, Texas, So. Cal., Ponn-j w jth ^usquehannaXlast spring. sylvatiia, California, Alabama, | [ ; \.j ] Pena. State, and Gedrgia Tech. Near misses were h|. Gar. U., and NEXT? ! . I •:-V • r- Now — for;tie firs| tim< in bring yw acnr %L * " \ that really hajv imi and Weather F.ATKHS <r i! •'-j- ' I •( Ih'jriip. . ' different mar WHAT Ole [Miss, in the 11! and 12 spots, j JS. 1-7hAe^ficillly , Scattered down the line were designated by Gov. Beauford H. LSUijLS, Rice-14, TCU-18, Army- Toxas Americanism week 23, NaVy-28, Texas ;A&M-48, Bay- keeping with the Texas Vqter- lor-54, and Arkansgs-Sp. [ ans () f Foreign Wars similar pb- Listed as the upset of the week j selva nee of the week. Was Iowa’s 13-7 victory over Min-1 Sunday, Decr-Tjjvas .proclaimed, pesota. Othdr outstanding sur-j Ti/xas American Ijtededication Day ( prisefe were jN. C4r. State over j by the Governor. ' Wake Forest 20-0, Idaho’s shot at, j Unbeaten Utah 13-6, | and Army’s 1 ‘ j , tie with the,Quakers 7f7. William-j son gives the credit/ for Alabama’s i win over Ga. Tech 14-j7 to Harry iGilmer and not to th() weatherman ! as was the case with many upsets. Cotton Bowl Will Sell Bids Nov. 23 A million dollars in Cotton Bowl bonds will be placed on sale by the State FO'i" or Texas Sunday, November 23. purchasers of the bonds will be granted the right t<j» buy tickets to games id the stadium whfen it is rebuilt. • The bonds, of 30-years duration, will bear 3 percent interesMoney from the sale will be used to add about 16,006. additional seats on the west Slide, R. L. Thprpton, president of the fair, said.! The ne.W Cotton Bowl will seat 62,000 persons when completed, he stated. With the purchase of each $100 bond, the purchaser obtains an op tion to buy at regular price 1 one ticket to; arty football game all the Cotton Bowl Stadium for which re served seats' are sold. The sale will end December 15. This enlargement project) is only one step toward a 100,000 capacity Cottoti Bowl, Thornton sajd. Gliders Glide In Pavilion Tonight The Aggie Aerocrqts Club will sponsor the firpt coptest of the - seaspn for model airplane flyers and buildetS tonight at 7 p. m. in the Animal Husbandry Pavilion. Anyone iu tlie (Jollege Station area may enter [the glider contest, acocrding tio Rogers Barton, facul ty sponsor and member of the en gineering drawing staff. Three cash prizes will be awarded the winners based on the average times the best three out of five flights, Barton stated. Atlhough each contestant may enter as iriany as five different gliders, bn(t for each flight, he will be eligible for only one prize. 1 — 1 ■ 11 1 ■■ Barbershoppers To Form Tonight at 8 s | , j V j u A “Barber Shop” choral groum will be formed Wednesday nignt at 8 p. m., in the lecture room of | the Electrical Engineering Build- j ing, W. H, Hall, sponsor, gnijounc-[ ed yesterday. After the group has beein ori-1 ganized if is planned tq [ form groups that could meet at ijiny time gnd place convediept for [them to [ practice. i 7 .to Pliiy His Yearlings 2 Games Saturday To Be Broadcast Njf 7 ' F Although only two games are scheduled this weeje-end, Humhjle Oil & Refining Company’s broad casts should carry a full quota of football thrills, gs the hard-fought Southwest Conference draws near er the big Thanksgiving finalg. Humble’s broadcast of the SMU- Baylbr game will bp peard from Municipal Stadium |n Waco., The game/will go on the jiir at 2:20 game the same hour. | i Richard Gottlieb will announci , \ both games, with the aid of Millj Frenkel. i. ■Mi ball on downs. Previously, WalUaC* had connected twice with passes be p.. m( over station? WF AA-WBAP, ; (820 kc), DallaSrFt. Wbrth; WOAI, San Antonio; KPRC Houston;, KRIS, Corpus Chris ti; KVAL, Brownsville^, K G N Cj Amarillo; KRIG, Odessa: KiPET, Lamesa; and WACO, Waco. I The Rice-TCU broai cast, sche duled for 1:50 p. rti., will be aiiied from TCU Stadium in Fort Worth. [Stations carrying the | game will be WRR, Dallas; KFJJZ, [Fort Worth; KRBt, Abilene; i KjBST, Big Spring KGKjL, San Angelo; KCRS, Midland; KQSA, Odessa; KIUN, Pecos; KROD, El Fato; KNOW, Austin; KM AC, San An-> tonio: KPAB, Ldredo: KRlO< Me-1 Allen; KXYZ, Houston; KFDM, Beaumont; KRRV Shennan; BG'VL; Greenville; KPLT, Paris; KCMC, ! Texarkana; K M H T, Marshall; i KRBA, Lufkin; KV^TT, Wichita Falls; KWBU, Corpus Christi; KFRO, Longview; and KSST, Sul phur Springs. ■ • ■■ —in?—n— '. i i [ A person with 1 blue eyes! does not see colors in the same hije? as does a person witli brown eves. VISIT A. & M. 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