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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
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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
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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
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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—*- .
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sijlp
mb roxit
as afntn me tjdj
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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
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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-
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piishu
randstand play
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best
IjjSock departmenl for the
^psorftjjnli it of fine Socks by Interw|ven t
hochi?) t'fjerks and Gilbert.
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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,
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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
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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-
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A&M VS. TEXAS
hKtutistics compiled byj
L; C. Goodwvn)
. ‘ TEXAS
first, downs j 16
yards rushing 216
... 1 13
5
2
71
305
4
38.5
1 for 35 penalties 4 ^hr 30
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ptisrts attempted
pas s e.s\e i, m pi e ted
rlasses hit. by
jkls. passriag :
total yds. gNitied
punts, numbeX
{units, average\
Op. fumbles pee.
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