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CANYON, Tex., 1 Sept. 15 '*»>—
ational ratings immediately leer teams stand out inPAlic Bor-
Upset Villanova in ’39
||S Sose Festival, 33-7
\sh\n the half when they turned it
over to the Reserves, and the
, sepre was 33 to 7 at the end.
jumped the Cadet? into increased
prominence, and the poolsters be-
— to keep attention focused to-
Tean. They Qime as (one of
the best in the land, haying a | ward College Station. The Aggies
pf 19 wiiijis, and J jumped to second in the conference
at once, and not Jong thereafter
into the Jchd.
three.ye r record of 19 wiijs, and
Jhree ties to tljieirj credit.! '
f ew expected) thje hot tmic that
tha- Caidcjs would give tMrri; the | f’ ....
At-gies- rj Jed n|ini|ier fou| in the
the vistt-fi's. OUe
• fanvted ft
conferencf-'whil^ |villano«a-was | frame an< ^ 14 in the second. | finish, i ear the top.
•fctefisJ^'rTinr^rtw , srr .*&^**,
ieat warf too . mucii lor
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atpted ft 6m hent. exhaust;
that was, j ie ; ld as or d of the
for the defeat unti the Ag
continued wins, del lonstrat
hotness tf the Nat or
Underf acting
KfimbiOinL’h the
Wottetltijio unbledished record of
,i|e Wildcats. .Thfc score was 33
to f. in j favor jof {the Agf ies at
der Conference—Texas Tech, Har-
din-Sunmoi)s, Texas Mines and
West Texas State. r
Arizona and Arizona State of
Tem)>e are “maybe” entries in this
Texas-New Mexico-Arizona grid
J league, but there is slim chance
j New Mexico, New Mexico A&M or
tallied l!» points in the ! Arizona State at Flagstaff will
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r their open** football game of the 1948 season with the Villanova Wildcats.
squad accompanied by their coaches, managers, and trainer will leave from the
air port at 9 a.m. Thursday. The non-stop flight will take approximately 7 1 /* hours,
illiam ‘‘Duo (King, newly appointed sports publicity director, and two yell leaders,
Spnugerber and Jim ate-4-
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uaa will aoid a aaort prac*
iluirsuay aiternoon.
r wornoui Will he fte|d
y morning at IV. f riaay
the entire sqaad will
guests at the emcago Cub-
pma nutty: bases ail
e at tthibe l ark in nuia-
h ... .
Warwick Hotel will be the
hdjihe of the team Thursday, Fri-
Saturaay mgnis. Ine sahie
terea pianc will ormg me Ag-
nome at 10 bunaay morning,
wui arrive at Aggieiann at
oximateiy 6 o’clock Sunday ■,
ing.
, :aa Coach Harry Stltelcr said
ho youia pick 87 players to make
trip, ‘iney win oe announced
aiternoon at practice.,
' >0 more injuries were report*
yesterday afternoon after the
racucc session ended on Kyle
1 ild, but the temporary loss of
ipiback Bobby Dew and the
Manent loss of Fullback Clo-
Oisak within the past three
rs have given Coach Stiteler
<|re reason to worry. -
lew is suffering from a twisted
rtilage near his left knee while
ls{»k was discovered to be per-
aoentjy ineligible because of the
conference rule which states that C ^
ail rilayev must complete his four \
eligibility within five A.
As this is the
football galue in the
urday a crowd of close to 60,*
only colldge
East Sat-
000 is expected.
Game time will be 3 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time.
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rill of 19-12 and was never in the i
Acc. " im.
The Cadets are rated as slight
underdogs in Saturdays tussle ;
rhich will be hiUad as the top {
ie in the nation this weekend. <
ankee Keller ?
To Have A Day
of thul
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men
n, and
the final quarter against
reserves. First. Downs were 8 to
4 in the Aggies’ faVor, and on
reasons ! the ground the Cadets moved 105
?ies, bv-j yurdslto 35 for the Wildcats. A&M
*d their Il’ as9e ^ 116 yards; the , Visitors
- made fifty yards in the' air.
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conference season with a 28-0
victory, over Arizona Stale of
Flagstaff test week. Five loams
see action this week.
Plenty of manpower and a
[ | wealth of experience at Texas
j Tech and Hardin-Simmohs makes
An early Olympic test was the 1 it easy to tag these-two at the
throwing of rocks,and weapons—:top, But Texas Mines is getting
this “has its modern counterpart in j heavy backing from some of the
the discus, hammer thrc*v,‘weight 1 conference coaches. •••
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I as J’l&I ’dominates the
pendent college elevens
j Southwest.
j Texas Tech lost a flock of
fine players, but there' is no
; jn«>aning around Dell Morgan’s
; camp. And any moaning from
Texas Mines’ headquarters at
El Paso should be taken lightly.
I' Twenty-five lettermen are in
‘ Coach Jack Curtice’s compact
! varsity squad. '
Frank Kimbrough used his reg-
julars only‘nine jninutes jin the
I Arizona State ga^ie and .Jiis rc-
[serves only add to the conclusion
i the Buffs will make it tough for
! any foe.
Hardin-Simmons has the na
tion’s leading ground gainer last
year in Wilton Davis and that
takes care'of a large por ion of
, Warren Woodson’s of ensive
|i worries. ' /
Mike Casfeel thinks his Arizfcna
; Wildcats will Ik’ among tl e lead
ers. On paper his offens 6 looks
j stronger than his defense.
New Mexico A&M ,lost heavily,
through graduation. Even so,
Vaughn Corley has sixteer letter-
men on hand and a prpmising
back in Miriam Mirlmaman.
Bcrl Huffman rates : his New
Mexico Lqbos sixth in the confer
ence. This may He the tip off
they;11 be tougher than-expected.
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All si?ns point to k
vades Philadelph af ‘
in the first ma;
campaign.
Both the W li ci ts
tutor of the Aggies, it ak ; Peer
about their. emphasis o 1
The two coaches hufc bqen
trating on aerial p a
son drills.
Since the Aggies
of the Southwest
where a good pasnijigjat
almost a nccessit)
the Texans will 1
ceded the edge.
flingers in Buryi
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Olivav. is countinjg
bucks Aitdy Gordon,
and Neil O’Boyle
Ita ty|aitjd Jin
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.Villanova passing, tva Botjnan
a % .4 aa9 tt 41 1 *«k Zi* 1*1 n «* a]
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take his turh, thrqwln.
The winner of\thc:
A]&M football ganjfe at
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NEW YORK—Charlie Keller,
one of Maryland’s favorite base
ball ?ons, Will be the recipient qf
a number of gifts on Saturday,
September 25, in Yankee Stadium
when'the Yankees face the Boston
Red Sox.
Part of the ntohey collected from
Keller fans and members of the
University of Maryland Alumni
artd student body will Be turned
over as a scholarship for « New
York boy who “would not other-
wise have been financially able’’
to attend college.”
’Mural Managers
To Meet Friday
The following Senior and Junior
Intramural Managers arc to meet
with Barney Welch Wednesday
evening at 5 p. m. in the Intra
mural Office at the Gym; Billie
Hightower, Doug Benefield, Jack
England find John Lincoln. The
Junior Managers are Sam Clark,
Ralph Hahnfeld, Joe Hovesepiatt,
Bob 5 Speer, Arthur Htnks, Bob
Skidmore, Bill Richard, Bob Schcc-
tcr, Barber and Shullcr.
Any Sophomores who arc in
terested in becoming Intramural
. Managers are asked to meet with
Barney Welch Friday evening
at 5 p. m. in the Intramural Of
fice which is located in the South
west corner of the Gym. Twenty-
five or thirty men are needed.
The 27th of September will mark
the opening of Tntramtiral compe
tition for both the Corp and Vets.
Artivity will begin with Basket
ball and Team T« an i‘ s holding the
spotlight. Seven daj-s later flag
football will make its appearance
which will set the Intramural pro
gram in full swing.
This is our artist’s opinion of what a Villanova player looks
like, and is spelled like. Jie might have had 260 lb. Wildcat tackle
John Sandusky , in mind when he made his sketch. |
Quarterback Club Entry Blank
Field will receive
las Basca-Ilerbert
pity. It was donafcld
nova Club of FJili
rtemory of the two
died in the service
The Gd-year-oldi 01 V
well satisfied wit!
l his squad to date.: yfy
Liners havp a itugi
OJlic believes Villa n
play a stronger lojfffcl
this season,
j '’'With advance aa c:i
Villanova’s largest hp:
many seasons, Blm
grads from all see
country will be tprepi
> been designated as
game fjor the Villat
The; game has a
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designated as “tjl
Week"’ and will
coast j to coast «Vei
network )'(ABC) ir
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broadcasts in Phj 1$<
to Tejcas will be
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o’clock Friday afternoon. Winners will receive two tickets to the
Texas Tech game in San Antonio.
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football tilt of the 1948
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The Twelfth Man of Aggicland
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bjtqk “Ij §ltopk the Hand < . ,
Harold V. Rfatliff, Tex-
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wjritten Ibyj Harold V. Ratliff, Tc:
Associated Press sports edit
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25 years, devotes a full chapter ’
o the; twelfth Man—Its origin
tad its meaning at Texas. A&M
JqUejff. f,|The Aggies' football
victory (ever Centre-first time a
Southwest Conference team ever
riumphed over n nationally fam-
puy team—is described.
Thenj ape other references to A.
aPd M.i iind A&M athletes 1 in .thie
b whitfh has 37 chapters devot-
el to fluch personalities as Dizzy
Leiut,'Dana Bible, Ba$c Didricksoa,
Byiron Nqkon. Bcn Hogan, Jiminje
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