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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1947)
fi 21 Press Pass t< r-V 7 !■ ■J '■ No Pronii Broken 7 it ; Xo matter Hio iobody hafi ;f!iy about. It’s thej'p! it we’re talking; one likes to lotje ers least of al think of the n^s as Agpies l^v quite a time ! If you’ll risen Harney Welch s of Goodwin H»1 and spoke fior team. He said b >ut. Of a garni, But fit seajson bien^ timeihofc. 1 /' am eht 7 2R 2,1947 ade, No Promise* ^ " Year jjou 1 )iok. at it, iccjinplaih season ; se, no play* st to earn inis ANDY MAlIXA Welch, Prolop Spar! As Aggies Lose Last Game of Yea tJ|:| By LARRY GOObMAlil |- • | ! A h^rld-fighting but erratic Aggie football team tlat enjoyed one hot Saturday and suffered through two other equally “cold” days, today had completed its 1947 gridihon Li I set tradition of fujl ing thi[ou)gh the ll I: )i eks bv plow* nb tri Ihocorne *1 of the ed by adeva. ieve I 1 By HA ROM) V. RATLIFF 1 lai*t Hopt|mljer, tood J)P ith# steps at (’ollciJtelXight theentife |Aggie thei\ . ji ipay not seejth s team, yirw ever* game! this year but you*wfii'H see team that! will play njhjrndred ing thiloqgh thr* anothen Wig ground j:airu(i SWC. Jle.was aptjly ba Ralph iatiiel and (ilbdrge '1 hefe are marjjj that JiBtory, that tljie LSU gamje ^as t^e turn- g furl fing point of the \ggie gridiron carcerj this seasonL The team was set fob a win. bull itllosf. It alsri lost Jjmmie t ashioni whose able (|uart<|rbacking was Horejy missed in th»| remaining games. Stan Hollmjig land Biin|i:$aty stepped into the (JH slot! jnid filjed the air wjth foot halls;! tjielr passing campaign, finishing in a fifth-place tie with Arkansas the final Southwest Conference standings. As one of the most colorful and upset-ridden:)}Southwest campaigns’ staggered to a closie, the Aggies could look back over a season that saw them win three games easily, lose three more with pimuv ! stiffW hpniH-hrpfeInner Maroon and White From Abilene Chrki A flashy, if spotty, Aggie Bas-t the pre-vaneit quintet defeat ketball Team opened Its season last night with a 63-54 wiin over the Abilene Christian College squad. In -/ ball thii t’s exa< tl (•finite! f. percent betier year.’? And fh; | they did. no made | about i an|tiiihg i betted foothallj And fhat’s} e|act)y uha seen t|is year, has bejfn way? sit U’e (avob ij? )er, Ojyerly, |$ti utzenb :Tulis --with ;ai> 1> l|ir Cr a ry ibeca nifl, Ai^c M fs defen.w. M afijy out th* hai’d :wa to go [lo- ,lH»|4ir ] wHm , | :{i an Aggie wejaiki <lefondle faikiij Tepcas! gani(| 1 vi last what premises excel)! i.TI. - Chair |)ion; : Southern Alctho- dist ahit j I’linneir-up Textis, as should be,! p peed the most men on the All-Sont twest ConfereiKfe foot ball teani) Hach landed N thri'e arid! four of thiso selections wehi ununi- equal eat*e, suffer heart-brekking mous. j losses to Oklahoma and Louisiana Seven members of the! team | Bftate, and jbiittle Arkansas to a were sjelhctjed eapily. Thej’ just j thrilling -lt2l tie. stood out etiough that there w|as j fhursdayis 32-13 loss td Texap, no question of their making the the eighth straight setback at thq All-Star ! outfit] These players hands of ttyir traditional foe, gave the Aggies a season’s record of three wins,; six losses and a tie. The defeat to Texas before the I were:. Max B(mygai'dner, Texas, end; Hick Htiftis, Texas, tahkic'l J| W. Only Hianaged 3 T a.. T ., .. T .., we’ve! ,e L Agjjip( ijnie May Wink- and j tinohijbtfiing bv liffitl line of | . was fauliless, theijr reception was medioicre. In the kicking depart ment the Aggies shined. Holl- mig’s fourth down popts sewed up the Baylor gairte,; put Arkan sas* ip the hole, k e ^t other op ponents fearful of }i high sail ing qpick-kick. Ji Hnj Ballentine's convejrsions cotild h;ive been in sured by LloydV j if London, t h^y failed so very few times. So when you really think of j itj, Rice, Citjahl; Joe Watson J ^-"OO fans who saw the 54th re*A ■ ’ * " * ■ 1 1 1 1 newal of th|e ancient) gridiron clas- jteariis 'iu|ii(l litis, you have nothin j j to eoinjplaiti , thou [vtnjh foieeri about. Neither, hac jive. The con found fere nee- was tough, jthjci material jM’pass IrwasvshqiT, the brm.kk wlgife'.ihfre-i his I3fpassepj _3'be Aggpe dtjcoridarjyj |al'|'orbed a beating tibislyeiur, ajrjd |tii*ld up remarkably :i wiill. j Ralph| Daniel was (always; rjfadv to! fill u|) a plug tin the iliik-.^ftobb: ; ijew bo. ea me! a sped iliXed | and JesBe But ftitti of downficjld acljles laijd| ? Barney t he A gi- M epee Rice, Gerltcf, apd Bobbjd Ldyne,. , , Texas; Drink AValker, Southern | was marked by long offensive Methodist and Scott, .hacks. Bum- trusts bj?: bpth terims ahd alert gaWiner, Harris,;. Layne.i Walker defensive play on the part of Tex- anci Scott Were; unatiipnw picks. ^ a t crucial Spots, j Sid Hallidnyo the blottd pass- The Agjfies with Stan Hollmig catching, fierce-tackling South- j in the starring role struck through ern Methodist star, edged big the air for*22$ yards but lost two .lames Williams of , Rice for the j.senring opportunities when the other end position. aerial attack, effective. britweCn the Jim Winkler, huge Texlri Aggie ‘ /l lAi - ! - pukle, came in juBt a Httjle ahead 48-42, Center B ob Kampermlii ward Billy gies kn^eoriy leai overtaken by Abilene, the first string went mii utes before the half. th(j the west started cuttin; Fai*mer’s lead to bring to a close j 28-23 8ti mark. taflefejus ’Si, siiore lidtjay In the second half thq took, the initiative and lr in two points of the forward Sabi Jenkintt ting the hdop to give a not-too-cOmforltablft points which they held |t the rest of the game. In the closing ffew thri game Abilene start the game to try to ca A&M tried, equally haltdl to ; slow the play lip. The Ag^i"S, started taking the ball out at njiK|f | M , fli| In- i ] rusk up, |l 88.;The Afj.n-piiss uvas- snort, mo preifiyp. were f fihct ip it frittl.the,.quent or nard, but t)H(i playing was , . , , , •„, eni B<j)l>{)jf'Layne solid, spifitwl, vfbAhw ofiljk*. finest I ‘'I st ' ,) d , ’ , .ly - boat: opt ihflijnn Of Weldon Edwards of Texas ( hristian, for the other forward job. : f j ■ ■ i I 1 Karl Cooke of Southern! Metho- Rob- I’j Heitda ivtmj’t •■bif* popt, end of the passes. h ■ On ,j the <W Welch] himself y man |ittj hat! piL; share fife ; (o Avetcnj niniself| mp gie attack a hilndn’d p< ney w \ i-— 1 B. ceiverfc of jhie put [i s heart ■>Wr a 'itI; iri 'renj!! Texas. Ed j liui ( k j foil )Wc i J -4—*- . - l. ! . sijlp mb roxit as afntn me tjdj H • i j -4 I InrVied ilc' 'ri'f. Brir- qiiiss jre» ft Kyle Field Other Coaches < The Aggies ha! ojnly oiresj <vn the | stick this! season. Tljelsjtpa been norinal for pAodl m flight eldvcnsi acrpspjtht Out on the west] eptis once mighty Stinfor " have np scalps tu year. THey have so clippings though hell out of Sou ches Tiij'ieii the y |jp pie W| in jlie t , the 1 ndians disphiA this me good press They; > sjLirctd thiefrt f>l, and nearly kept “the \xq’.awJiy|[>om Califorriia in a tMj(ljttoija!l battle old as the ITi-A&M! series. in | BARNEY WELCH (right) carries pigskin while Ralph Daniel (35) blocks Charlie Tatum (76) in t|e Tqrke^Hay Texas jU.*A. & M. game. Williamson’s Ratings the ;11)47 ‘fooU)^ll I present time is Southern Galifor- v r j iii s piishu randstand play TOWN ami COJNTKY f-f' f- ■; SOCKS r- !. ', T f,-- <>• V' 7,.' •t j r ( . • i ii lerc's and iplinienl A,|l Belied it sure Ip Socks. i.sit jo i r i toj'I.ri.) 7^7 ock that .[ gets a round of 11- | loo. Whether your week-end |; Igf culls for eampiis, sport* or cjiiy-slicking, irill for Phoenix Town and Country ‘.1 i . I : : I • naid*, argylcs, or bas<pic stripes. il i yons, Lislea, and wools] 55c to 32.00 H 1!;; CLOTHIERS Cbllege and Bryan i best IjjSock departmenl for the ^psorftjjnli it of fine Socks by Interw|ven t hochi?) t'fjerks and Gilbert. V i h I other• guard position. Pcltje Ktout, the linj'-niiiimingt high-sci ifing full back of Texas Christian,| got the fourth hack field;" spot. Hick Mc- imiyhiiis hjissack. hrilliani, Southorn Mctho- my top dis! fijllhack, w;lS very cljise. atioft- 11 ;; J ’ “i’d ‘ " ! Northwestern wasn’t heard from until they pushed Not re Dame arpiujid a muddy field till the •South Bend boys gut their .Irish tip ajjnd finally won. The next week the Mildeats tapplied Illi nois. Like Rice, they were slow (►jil rif the gate. The puce terrible I’itt Panthers are back in the:swing of big time football hut you couldnft tell it from jtihis season’s record. I'iit; won hut (jne* game, that fetifn Ohio State, hut tjhey. lt)kt to Not fit Dame, Illinois, Mielugap, etlci. What dri you exuoet wh(|h .you] meet the butch- pfs? IlowiA’ce thri Pitt tgam does n’t seem till mini). 'They [figure on next year.; i'oidani has [enounced high pressjufe gridiron (play this year and finally managed to beat )Wl T in the last tgrimri op. thq^sea- son. ; • j \ Another leapi with far fewer victories than defeats is Tefirtes- ; see and for Boh Ney land, that sort of stuff don’t go.TYwo of Ne| land’s students .loljm 15am- hilt and Hob Woodruff haven’t been •bringing hortu* very good feport calrds this season either. Oklahoma A&M and fulane have little to thiir credit this fall. Hut; the •team .fafthcryst in the cellar and!Who; is eomplriitiing-the le;ist islthq Blu$ and Gold of Navy. The Mjdshipmein have tried some eleven times this year! and have 2tl yard lines]/ bogged down Sight on the Texas goal. The Steers/dominated play in the opening ftririod, racking >.up' six first doAns to none for the Aggies hut the 1’arm,ers cameWack in the Second qijirter to score six first downs„Wha e holding Texas to none.! The end of Ihe ifitfeience. lay in the fact that, seiaaon finds t the Texas Aggietj in nia. The Trojans meet the mighty Irix/is toe,., advantage I of each fiftieth placri on Paul Williamsbu’s lush from Nothe Dante in their count While the Aggies football 1 rating table. SMU, in sbSte of its tie to TCU, still held on to third place with Texas right ; be hind it. Here’}! how the first teh teams stack up: » . - Team Michigan Notre Dame SMU Texas Alabama Mississippi North Carolina Southern Cal Penn , Penn State The Team' that holds the (passes—-ty) S^Daie SwarUk.^f : *"1 “ ^ In the third period, was good for ^ 1 ~ Texas’ third touchdown. j Hurl Baty doing the tossing, ngved Tho Aggies with Hollmig pitch- vja itasses to the Texas 21. But, ing in good form, were a constant > after Baty was dumped for a[ 13 c£i \rd& ehgnee, to ran out of gas in scoring territory The Lotighornls cracked the Ag- iffte dcfensjc for 16 first downs and 21C yards rushing. The big Orange line opened gaping holes through which poured a fldtilla of speedy backs paegd by Tom Landry, Billy ; j Pyle, Byron" Gillory and Bobby o Layne. ' ! '• j "{ Layne ■ shed his Usual role as j ,j |. primarily | a passer and shouldered [ 5; 1 tl big portion of the Texas ground | (p game. Blond Bobby tossed 13 times] 7! fitting the inark oit only four oc- ^ ijasions, put he found time in he- | p (tjiveen his aerial efforts to carry ] ni line hall seven times for 33 yards 1 tjmd one ; touchdown. One of his Position Rat annual classic this Saturday, then on New Year’s Day, they take on Fritz Crisler’s Wolverines in* the Rose Bowl. The outcome of these two games will determine the na tion’k top team for the past year. Other SWC teams on the list are Rice in the siiteentH position and TCU just three jumps behind it. After the Aggies trail Baylor 1(5.7 ! and Arkansas in 53nl and 55th Ifi.O spots respectively. •5.2 In all the Thanksgiving Day •5.0 gabies the system was correct in •4.6 calling the winners. The (Saturday •4.2 games were a different jttory and •3.5); the system only inaneiged an 83 per njicmt Cent age for the final week of sche- the ] liluled football. Other Texas teams are included in the survey for the last week; North Texas State is sixtieth on the list while Texas Tech is sixty- the Sun Bowl bid to (he Red Raid ers, is seventy-fourth. threat all afternoon long but fail- yard loss, a desperate fourth driven 1 Hal ^ in Simipons, w ^° l° s t ed to deint payoff territory until pass was intercepted by Dick IJar- ithe final period. The Steers cruis- ] Hr to, break Up the threat, ed 33, yards for the game’s first] Harris rritdrtied to the Texatj 33 touchdoWu the second time they i and Texas promptly droyri 67 yrirds gift theiif hands on the hall, After for its fourth tplly. Pyle banged; , 4 16 yaijd penalty moved the ball) across from the one/after'Lar dry to the Farmer 33, Texas scored in ; had spearheaded most of the diivie. | /even pijays the Tom Landry no-j Guess kjickgd the pointy making gotiating jhe final six/yards' over j score, read Texas 26,/A&M 0. stead of shooting foul once Bill. Matey got 1 passed to Charily Mriri lene forward. Morris around, took an easy) missed, apd the) Aggjj! the ball again. At first the Atjmy fivj ing on both the offc fense, with Kappermaii laid Thr bow taking the roboum n (: f olj the backboard! and batttr for scores] Bill BaWy a glow start and then ting the Hot to Wind u man fbr the Aggies wi Dori Voiding played best defensive games repeatedly getting the from Abijene undey tl The next Ajcgip bask, will be played here Decj> 6 [iKainst Southeastterj i Teachers (College. Game Statist rs I A&M Moore, f f Jenkins, I Tumbowj f * Hovel, f Williamson, c Kamperrban, c *• Voiding, |c Garcia, g * Bchriekel, Batey, gj Pettit ^ Fayetteville, ark., Dec -i/Pt—Coach John Barnhill i ]tij) play in the Dixiq Bbwll gata Birtnirigham, Ala., on Nltfw Year’s Their opjjqnerit wift be Wl|l- aind Mlary. .!. [ . ;j arphill Said tho acceptance wjts contingent on | approval b| Southwest Conference jivhit ready has authorfred Texas add 'R'iasj Christian bo perfortn in Bojvl arlphill said the Rttxorbaclia, vrhO had completed their regulw season last week, would rosuriie practice Monday and that Aubr>y ( Fowlgr, who previously had tc- 1 cepted a bid to play in the Norgh South game at Montgomery', Alp., Dei 20, probably would play wijth Arkansas ip the Dixie Bowl, stead. Arkamasfplayed a scoreless tie with iLSU In the Cotton Bowl gt Dallak last New Year’s Day, * 1> omit ExN; Maim Jfesis ijarjdrum', A. & Mi graduate nd third [ baseman of the Lot g- vieW team jof the Lone Star League bM md 15)41 ‘ague hid been hired to play jhlrd bfcse arid manage the Bryan team in 15)48, an Associated Press dispatjeh reported. Landrum who also mariages tJhc Longview team, ■Will take over hia <luiiei) On 1 January 1, 1048,!,; .4 j While at A. & M., he ietifred baseball in 1036. and 15137. / f ;^4—? —i W (4-L e jo ■ 0 Ifl !* 1 jD id.! 1 1)0 63 (tackle. ! A&M ; fjulrid to gain fotjowhig the kickofif jind the Steers ‘were on Hteir! vviiy again after ifefeeiving Ilqlln'vjg]s ! I PUnt. Texas used 13 iduiys tb; niarch/the 61'yard? to thri Farmer goal, Byron Gillory sweep- fing 10 yai\l.s/for the six pointer. tde In the sOrtnid (inarter," [the Ag gies drove/throe times into’Texas drovqrti the Texas 37 before k Early in) the foui/th 1 period, Ray Borneman /umhlcd on the T^xas M) and Nirijx (Irejner recovered the Aggies.’ In three play's the [Ag gies scored, Ed Dusck climbing; over Cackle for the final four jp rds. | jqhn Ballaihbine kicked the pjintl, faking ft 26-7. LatefKin the period, the Ag t.uk.d exactly the same inumber-of jVerritortv losing the ball once' on turn-. Ihe Annapolis toys have a f unib M, -again on an intercepted h,,.,. Paying for some (pretty big , ,^ d nhallv on downs after marbles with ; ( alifonjta. Penn, Army, Notn- panic, arid Georgia ; powering 53 yards to the Texas 13y Frank; Guess of Texas failed to the /ball on downs. Texas i mine fl ight ker, iaytriy ljumbared 63 yards in < {days fbr the Steer’s final ma fit gies sing year. With no (reactionary ex-.stu dent association, the Navy has no eoachine - Problem. . thfn cond (half. \ / (touchdown.; Two passes from Soll- Pyle set up Texas’ thind\sc{|i;e Unlg toj Meryl Prokqp covered 45 ayne Scoring from the one. Rob ( node returned the ensuing Tech. Thelf only concert, is next | |c ^ ei . t | a f te f’ b oth .Longbortt scowls |NkickoffI to the 30 and A&M apd the Aggies trailed 12-0 at’the drove [fO yards for their sc We’ll bet y«i!u three minUtes after the third per {ioii opened, hauling a /punt back *46 yards to the A&M/22. At this ! point, ijriyne ^’armed/up bis throvv- jjing arm and after/two passes fell | incomplete over jthe goal, connec- [ted with: SvvartzKopf for the touch- 1 down] Guess ynnverted, Thri Aggies stormed hack mid- j! > way tlifriugri the period, and with A&M yards and.on fourth down fror 1 the Texas 15, Baty cam^ in to tirovv Ji bulfricye to Gpodc- in the End /.one. Ballantine’s kick was block- H , . . thot PAL HOttOW GROUND blode^, though exceptionally lowi in price, wiljl give ybu the kirid of shaving satisfac/ tion you've bee(l looking, for. Thot njegn's they riniJt give you quick, clean, [coot, economicbPthaves/ YOU (jtrd the judge! If ^ou’ce not en-■ thused!, return 'em to us end we'll send you dduble yout money bock! You win either way! Get a packdige today. 4 for 10c > 10 for 25c • 25 for 59c FOFl THOSE WHO . DEMAND THE BEST . . College Shoe Repair North Gate 1 .. and for real economy 50 Pot Blad * s $ l 00 Pat Hollow Ground hat the ‘‘edge’* A&M VS. 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