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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1948)
i jn" m\ r ‘r 1 rl *»- . I ■y) > CLEM^ON to T*£\&jL o JL L/yy O/7 • rt sJ/> /j ^Y*, ^ \ < v fA OUQUESME I (Or Oa-U./tCU^ , / V. - over KANSAS STKIt COLUMBIA, tc-irim. SYRACUSE T- KCE u/M :V eDARTMOUTH PENN STATE fo r «/t PIT 1 MINNESOTA v> «- '•«<.(.Os!S!N • NARVARP tc^ YALF MICHIGAN ST over WASHINGTON S T h5lY CROSS fcbedItMPLE ♦ PURDUE to halt , INDIANA RUTGE RS to trounce FORPHAM <4NDERBILT fc tot MARYLAND MICHIGAN to crush OHIO STATE V; NORTHWESTERN to mp ILLINOIS MISSOURI \eastrover NEBRASKA ♦ GEORG IA Tk show FURMAN - ALABAMA to beat i GEORGIA TECH to rout CITADEL ♦ OKLAHOMA K ANSAS -j^Si WM fo MaRY to top N.CAROLINA STATE » FLORIDA N '.tg > halt MIAMI TENNESSEE over KENTUCKY ■> NORTH CAROLINA tocrusAi^DUKE WASHINGTON _ s MU to upset BAYLOR <• ARKANSAS to beat TiU SA^^^^^ & f>£ae *W OREGON .fo tnm OREGON STATE " RICE over TCLJ i II : v : , . i'* i J :..;l j loTeam etain Undefe illy PRANK Coach Art Adamson’s; watet polo team kept its unbeaten slate for the third straight season as they out-pointed • a high y improved JBaylor squad last night in the final game of the season by a score of 7 to 5 in Waco. The Baylorjtes, playing in their own pool, itook an lead in the fray.! While; the game* svr CALIFORNIA tr> nip STANFORD * SOUTHERN CAL. to crush UCLA Jjmm iiiiii p mUi h and thirty, sec lanale made a bounced off the Williams to ie tally of the Seaso: Fish Basketball Squad Opens If 4 M 1 ; t Allen ffoniglK gain By FRANK ijsiSilMKN, JR. 'ffil ' m" I ' tr ; , I r :|T <; | v ; The Aggie freshi Jan hasketbail team 'vijl open its 1948-40 season toni Field House against t ers have yet to play ti be in top shape for thfe frky. \[\ -U li night in DeWare £ Ajlfen Academy cag^e Aguad at 8 p. m. The Aggies and the Allen eag- iti Jtvtrnmuwls *Tuesc4y aftornooii.; jgame this season. C( a<?n Wilkins said that most of the boys, would w pu . l ^*, r ^;*l l ko 1 p i t lfec ? r(l u r T(. Starting for the Fist star who is pretty accu Ate his lonp shots. At the ottier i slot will either be (iibbs jjjthe Lufkin flash or “Whrkb ker, a 5 ft. 8 inch lad fr house. Holding down the cefter fafsi- tion will be Buddy 11 f\is, the 6 ft. 8 inch flash frorjTNeldtr- land. Buddy is roundini lintd ex cellent shape ' this sei ton and will be heavily count! d qrf for points in the Allen con est. Bud dy tilts the scales at }205< but shifts his weight an ; height around with reidirkah 4 cdordi- nation. at the guard slots Lead; I r '-•til • f . | X will bg Bobby Farmer, the ex-Amarillo High Ij-t ZL. E—_j—J.* .j | ,i , 11 ...j.- j.- | , T\1 ■ J.■ i Bailey [Takes Pass Receiving tt Still Top Runner Was only a minu ids old Bullit ickhand shot tha- ind :Of teamma ake/the Bears’ half. ... : j r , ■ i ' Johnnie Heentai* jlpassedi; to Vani Adamson, who tipped i thei ball; in 3 minutes and 45 endp in the first period. Just re the end bf the opening quarter Van Adamnon made a lonb shot over the heads ; of thr4e Baylor swintmefs 12 feet fro A the wicker. This .ended the scoring in the filrat period, j A&M’s next two tallies pame with|n fifteen seconds of eaclj oth er vihile the accond quarter, was barely, three; minutes old. Herman scored' on a side shot aifter a mad Hcmjuble for the bull iq the (Jonter of tbefpool followed hy Fisher who jjtook,! it puss from AthimHon to score Xbout (l foot out on the right flank. \ Bullit Manale. Bnylors offen- stvc standout came nut of the ghhh with u cratni) In his left foot lust before the halfdime siffb4 ' i f At the start of the second half, wltlj the Aggies ithesd 4-to^l the Watjolttps \ (|Ulcklv tnude another tnaijlter M iUm Bullit Matlalel: com pletely ImfNed Carl Fk*mi|g by swinimiing around him and liforally phtii ng the biiil in the wickjpr for a Bpyldr score. Thirty seconds later Fleming toOk a pass from Jerry FBaher to score from the two-foo| .line thq Dorpi 17 defenie!' afler evading tw<> Baylor awim- 0 0 jotb his passing and "Wrs to end the tallying fqr the expert runningivThonias passed to) third stanza. . ^ . Roh Moore ande Dick Dronet. fori I Thirtv secoi Flag Football In Spotlight Of Intramural! nigh and njtgged Flag Foe featured Veteran competitic Danny GrbciT , swkm up rfroi up (from his hia oiwn ie guard the game, ?d position tor his own right, ,nk to score the last marker for e Bears, of the night. With only-25 seconda|| |«ft in the game Heeman took a long pass from Daim^ Greeh to sdt up another tally for the Maroo*,' and White making the final score 7 to 3. ! [ Bemie (Lovet) SyfaW, Aggie aquatic star who is out with a bad back suffered ip the lairt. Baylor fray, officiated at the game. Hank Chapman's boys let by the, I Baylor goalie, wh|b time and again saved an Aggie market, showed a great deal mote teamwork and aggressiveness tljnn the last' Ag gie tussle held in College Station. Bill Karov made thfee scores for the Aggie B squadets to lead the future varsity swimmers to a ,1 to 1 victory ovi»t the Bnylor see-; ond stringers. Browning Ware ; made the Bearii lone tu|ly in the: lust qunrter on a side snot that; just slipped out of the arms of! Ag goalie Tommlf Comstock spoif-i ing his perfect; game, i Star at Kdgewood. H« at Trinity University Then iami' Rent, W on the diamond he wa Ji Legion game in >e* laddie is no strupi the ISdgewo«Kl team i During the past sea same team—a sundlot Kddie recalls one in»i e H V a« caf , Sknt. owRh^ by, (^har a hasebnj ?,;w .bee when « first to playing so good us| American t Tdliuty. tchlng for ers were on base at the samc time and t "Whut ,..iiiui luai«wt,te Oi replied. What happened, Eddie7*’ 'a laf jaaka|. he sti Wemishtd ufith u 14 tio 0 win ovirjj a scrappmg Dotjm 17| team. l)aye|‘ Thomas ke | guessing on Pur year’s TD’s and both conversion*. R sparked Dbinn 17’s his fine running and ing. hirty seconds afterr the Whistle pin; Morris Bailey, TCU’s pass snatching endy took over the lead in pai is l receiving in the SWC last weekend when he caught 7 hoaWfor a net gain of 98 yards. Bailey took the lead away from fabulous SMU st^ar, Doak Walker who fell to " ’ J "^he Doaker cqugnt^ f i— ■ ■ f ■ ■—j-—■[—j— Xl tl< * Vj OXTVVflMi^ M instrumented) ble^v putting the ball in plhy for,, issell Mayd I the; last quarter, Sorrell fouled : ilaying withi Heeman intentionally and was: timely pass- 1 thrown out of the pool. FIs ab-! j serjee was momentarily thoqjnj, as; teams. Law Heeman quickly passed to Fisher! Arkansas i. At the forwartJ po; Ed Houser, a six (fooU!', fSpringa and either Crurch at the other fol Bentley is from ]Harlj reaches li ft 3. Bobby ( stands six two wip, be. heavily for the Allen ( is an efcAfloustql cageij. 11 The Allen Ai'idcmy Squiid iwill probably send licuis Mji }s, b T> f|. J} inch center to the ipst.f Vyill$, who is playing his so iopd {.season for the Academy lis the Millust |majn on the squad. ! ; J ; The starting guard 1 mil: lie Frankie Villalovas and Feld Bran- blitt, and James Idouxlaml jSkinny | second place only one! pajss j ; j {game. .ji. , '• 4 hi,« Bailey’s seisqn record shovis he iroki Riiv * 1IHS L ’ au &bt 2! jnlisses for 310 yards. „,i He has caught mie touchdown pass. ar 1 klot I! Wa,ker his knagged 11 aerials , for 256 yiirdk while 3 of his . ! i, n caliches resulted in touchdowns. ibmJtedon I , A KP ie nnd] Cfiarlie Wright is .. Le>t ifioh close third uitii 21 catcfies for 255 T yards. Only ome. of Wright's re ceptions ondxli in a touchdpwn. A&M’s oth or j; starting end, Andy Hillihouse is tejnth in the ednfer- i • r T I age. Walker’s season punting; aker- .%p,e *d us,, is 13,4 ynr,| on 23 k)* ence standiitgs caught for 11)6 Clyde Scott with 1!| passes yandsL retained his lead in ball carr^inlg although he only picked up li yards in the SMU „ ganne. Scot! Sow has gained a Bridges will hold Aol|]| thej foi'- net 670 yatdsj in; 95 tries. I ward positions. j j j Ray Bornem^u, ITcxas' candidate The Allen Academy l^gerjs, for all-conf•rUnce backfield |»ost, nu*mbers of the Texasi Junior; Coil-! inove«l into second place in ball lege Conference, tied for jfiratj carrying wl eri he picked up 154 place in their zone lafft. season but! yards in a 1;S attempts against .^’lost in the playoffs. Him. will be TCU. Born*htah’a record i» 612 > *h.. ri.af C /.i 1 ,.a„i,wi gpnic for tpe|l yard* in D4 itifies. the first scheduled Bryan boys this bo ison. Coach Robinson js expecting some of the footballers to come cut for prac tice Inter on in! the season to- . —.—l-li# Jimmy Cashion of AlftM, Buryi Baty of A&M and Doak Walker. Walker raised mis punying aver-1 age dn the Arkansas game to niain-1 n Dpo tain a. comfortable lead in ; the ni nl ikicking department. The Docker ‘ kicked 3 times f^r a 54 yaird ayer- SUITS... ordered WDW for Xman d|elivery 'em SHIRTS j Lindy Beiryl of TCU is third in yi^rds gained (pushing. Bobby Lan- t.ripiof Rjceisjjfoui'ith; Aggie Bobby Goff is fifth; Leon Campbell . of Arkansas, is sixth and Doak Walk- cr jis’ 1 seventh^ j : Gil Johnson of SMU added to his pasaing lead Wilh 12 com pletions in 2j0 attempts for 107 ydrds against Arkansas. Johnson now has completed 60 passes in 93 attempts for a total of {131 yards. .{ . The other leading passers in or der are; Paul) Campbell of Texas, iLindy Berry rtf TCU, Adrian B,urk . of, | Baylor, : Tlobjn Rote of, -Rico, strengthen his squad considerably. The freshman have a full sea son planned with games with the Baylor. Texas, and Rice Frosh and also Tyler Junior College. To date the conference has rultd, that freshman basketball teams are limited to an eight game ,slate, but is expected to change Their decision to twelve when meet in the early part of eember. Other leading punters in or ler of average yards per kick axe; Gordon Long qf Arkansas, Till Cox of Arkansas. Frank Guess of Texas, Huey Keeney of Rice and Rob Goode of A&M. George “Gabby” Sims is still in the lead in punt returns with an average of 25.2 yards on 11 re- i turns. Long of Arkansas is Bepond and Doak Walker is third. Walker picked up two more points Idat Saturday to keep a big ' lead in points scored. Walken now | has 86 points, ^hree men air tied j for: second withi 42 points eacji. i Jackie Robinson [ Quits Basketball Two T formation and Mitchell, tunujd ... „„ performances before Mitchell 1 won by a 13 to 0 kcore. A. P. Wylie was the winner's quarter* i j back and tossed twojscoring pas- j ses that were too mjuch for Law to overcome. His receivers were R. E. Williams, and J. R. Har-i ' mom ij. f ■ j Sporting a spread formation!, 16 downM »j battliijg bult baffled Trailer Camp team, 12 to 0. Art Burch tossed ope paydirt pass to M. P. McCheraeiu and.phi,l . . Russel scooted over flrom the throp lls l ' ,a yard line) for thje second Lilly. for the next Farmer score. ' Andy Odom, the Galveston flash) who did a line job jof giar<iing\ Runners Outshine Passers in Grid Records This Yeai Jtjcc j football still has boys who Dorm v> ny a zw'to o jeounr. rJenson *" , r -—* ■ q — t- L 4 crossed the goa| thrqe tiniesT twice P 1 omiBes .o be nj monument on ten yard sprints; and qnci» oh hind-woiking athlete who h a thirty-yard pass injterceptjic also kicked two extiii pointjs, Walton was unable to stop a . . ... . ‘lost Dorm 3 by a 20 to 0 Icount. Benso i YORK, Novl 17 H2P)—En of the glorified lorwaijd pass it is nice to notd that)college aM sung! ; “S Mw U 4. the goal thrde tinies) tv on ten yard sprints; and once op * thi r‘w!m«r 'e'iomM*ad. back, is almost certain to Ibecome Montgomery County Club came . the third player of a big tiiie team in ten years to pass the 1,000-yarid mark in rushing.; to their game shoHhandfld and got the short end |of a 31 to 0 score from R4nge iind Forestry Club. Bill Lowry khot t\to TD passes, one tjo Ddn Husjs, an*! othe| to I.arry Larsen who lat erals! to Kit Manning. He alsq intercepted a pass {or a 15 yard) runback and a spore. Duncan Cooper’s pass to Hums was good; for another six points and a sec-* ond pass of his ucrounted for; ong extra po{nt. j I , i | WACO. Tex.,ifJov. 17 UPI—J ball team for Ith Robinsoh, star ion; Inst summer a {member of tpc U.S. Olympic cage this w'inter. ! Robinson haAi I{i Volleyball, AlSCE s|>t baejk , . sckie j Agronomy Society t{i two h‘ridgift Baylors picket- (faibes. Landscape Art Assoeinticm and forfeited to C alvestjim A&M Cluj). Austin Club swept) j its qbt-witih AIEE. meml team, will not play . : j. [■ . a calcium ifomia- Blvfiis aectT'^ ilk«y Bix'ln^i .hand ers M . HouvyWeigiu ch imploh Joe Lout* reSuihcs ilis cxhi i)Uiorv)tour tonight S agiimkt ^iiumy juvirw^ a fellow lie once Jtegiuueu us tncjlogical cot- uqdor trrr hi* ci own. : •' f r j, •T..| ’ f ; i , |., Five years a to a {rteeting bie- twognj Lou.» tnd tlje Cleveland ^egi'd; qiYgnt ha rit pruduceu plenty oi nrcwbiKs in the iluig, but ifid settihijr tf differ, mt now. , Tonight bout |s a jlix-round no- •Jetision • ailuii With piliow-akc i2-oiihcc'giovcs instead of the reg- Ipht. J ; , The jfply way Bivins can Win Is W knocki ut on a technical knoc.kout—and on tie basis i»f O'*’ ! recent rbcorijj that pros- consi Jeraoqrj less than m i Mustangs to Play Irish Next Year at lehst a eiiy. This is his final yeqr at Biylor. The ealejumj formation resulted from an injury' in last fidjuson’s western regional NCAA Tourna- . mept at Kansak City. Robinson chddked in his uniform last night. DALLAS:, i N’ov. 16 —L'PU- A] home-qnd-ho’ijiie agreement between | Notre jUame and Southern Methb-! dist U{iiversity for football gam{!s and 1950 is* in the makinj At least a half-dozen jothenj are likely to joir{t thf “HHL Yards a Game Club," lah exclusive or-: ganization to w hich only 17 men; have been admitted in the last; decade. ' !. . i■ ji , ’ l Price rolled <upj 13 L yanls in Td- lanc’s 35-18 victory over Baylor last Saturday to irtefease his sea son’s ground yardage; to 892 and to become the natioiys second mo4t i effective ball totor. National coliegiate athletic bu reau statistics show the [rushing department is sltill ; led py Frcjd ! Wendt of Texas Mines, who with i 1,057 yards promises to give the 'Border Conferepce; its j third | straight champion in this! spfecial- fty. i | Rudy Mobley rtf! Hardin-Sim- mons was top ground gainer in 1916 and Wilson Davis; of thti same school won the honor last ywr* 1 1 1 j JAMES FOWLER, starting freshman center frdB played a smashing game for the Fish against the Rice Saturday. Fowler, iafthough weighing only 175 |»oundi4, defensive man. 1 ‘ - w|. lf ‘ —ifn J \ , - —7-ip Yell Leaders to Present L I nil, \ ■; j ’ j. * |^i Footballers Tomorrow [ ; , B) iACIt 4w)BnB| ,; . . : ffl| || HijfhUpht of the Yell Practice to be held tomotfrbli’Mght will be the presenilation of ;the freahmhn football Jkjuad U.v; Head Freshman Coiach Barlpw “Bones” ilrvin. Tho^re^hmdq play the University of Texas Short-4— M ^^ fTTt i—H 1- ?'] horns on Kyld Field Saturday a & ‘ X ! 1 1J ernoon at 2:30.1 : ! ; < . i repor thfilty ort he ihai ,, ~ i . .for khia teiefpse ht rcaliios it’s a last (H4'h | efxort to rege siaiuiing 'amonj; the 'LeUis «ays r “ ■ ehoiigli tomgbl a t-dd’t for the next iJujie. 17 for Ollic .0; CKlOHE Ti R ELEA SKI) ON BAIL , '.MilanA, n4 t J. Q.-iJifeobs, a ,tome* for Ollic .Oi prince, dhurgec vnth tobbmg banks at Bled fnd Malono, Jlajd his dient hoped to be riioamd Un bond to day. jj. T|; . Federal Judge Whitfield David son yesterday onldied Prince’a bniid. reduced t raiyi $|5,000 to |25,- mm ' ' T . F- ' ■' •• ‘ ‘T riy ——w- ^. I*- • 1 -Tlf: F IX- I ' j ' . Good and Bad EAST LANSING, Mich, —i/Pi— The most lobsided victory; ever Michigai ' ' scored, by a Michigan State College, forttball team: was the 104 tof 0 j conquest of Hillsdale college in . .1 j 1904. The worst beating the Spar- x-l v ‘ * i. tans ever took was 119 to! 0 by Wilkins fn^-year a5&tCgation j Mk . hi an in 1BQ2 getting a two-week start on the | i ; [ | aitsity, whichnYfill not open it's) season until December! 3 when they meet Trinity University in Sun in 194. _ Matty Bell, Southern head! coach, said today. “We have tentatively agre to a home-and-hrtme arrange*- Bel! declarriL “But there ment," • of: ^ dates suitable to Hot is the matter of; working out They had bettor'than ijOOO-yartl seasons, as did Gene Rqlierts of Chattanooga in 1946. Motley abb topped 1,000 in 1942. . j. But the only other playfer of the recognized bigger | sch< ols t p achieve the goal iin the In^t decadp Were Frankie Sinkwich of Georgi: II nVIUMfin, * icxiMVtv- 11 x/jl . viv-v/x We are {drying to bring Notj’e who rolled jap 1,103 yards in 1941, Dame to Dallas in .1)949, with SMlU | and onio. This game will be open to thje public tonight, with choice seats roSng to the early fan?. ,! Michigan State College wit six; conseutcive! football gar ho flic next ye* r ’.arid, William tho opponents going bo South Bend, Indiana a site to be named by the N6t Dame officials, in i |either 1950 of Qklahoma, iin 1945. Temple and j40tre Dainejf! tjyrncutv^ ; I Nca/ to the Po$t Office w Bryan Complete PICTURfe F’RAMlNC ' j, Competent of P ctu . Only Hie Best of Mi Color Eye are MIT Framing/' t |M jj ' ; i I and a in the Art Backfield Expert SOUTH BUND, J|k1. Mbrliy Wendell, Chicago fwinior who hand les the right guard assignment f >r Notre Dame, is a i handy mart to have around a forttball team. His experience on the gridiron includes play at halfback, quarterback, fufl- back, center and gbard. He cavo|r- ted at half! an^ qjuarter in high school, and he already has w<j(n three letters at Notre Dame- full, center find gujud. Sanitone Service Bob Fenim who gained 1,04: Wendt and Pi-ice are averagin; better than 100 yards a game alon with John Papit of Virginia, G ■Stephenson of Arniy an 1 Wilso{i Davis of Hardin-Simmon <. Jackie Jensen of Califoi nia, Bob by Stuart of Army,) Nay Van No; of Utah State and) Harr r Szulbc risk of Purdue ai^ jwit iin retie! of tihe door handle) to he sel society* Of the four highest pri :ed yearl ing race horses — Ne 1 1’ Broon|, Hustle On, Pericles and Jroadway j Limited — only Pericles ever won a race, aqd that \fras a i v contest for four-yuar-ob On never went to the post. Co-captains of the; Fish squad are Bob Davidson of I’t. Arthur and Glenn Lippman df El Carrtpo. They were elected before the John Tarleton game in Sbephenville. Lippman, ;beside»| being the Galloping Ghost of the Gull Coast, is also called “Little Moses” by hm fellow inhabitants of Hart Hall becaus^ he is sup posed to lead the Aggies out of . the Tootiball wilderness. Big. Moses on the squad is. Sam Moses of Lockhart,. a 200-paund tackle. A. center in high school, Moses was shifted to tackle when he i-eported to practice at the start of the year. | / ! Nickname* are common on the j first year squad. Among tbps* having psctidunymns arc Ger- |i aid “Man o’ War’’ Bowen, Rob ert “Buddy’’ Shagffer, Billy “Cowboy” Tidwell, Don “Pop corn” Pfctorkom, Clarence •‘Bull” LaWsrtn, ahd Kenneth “Tuffy” Shobe. ! ' .! ^ a Tlie tin leading James Fowler of Van Hetherly of La present Fowler rat ing position od thie Outstanding re*ery Edward Holley, 195 Arlington, Va.; Wi“ pounder from Li Thornbonpw of Pp’ Sauer of iSan Antnid Fulgjham pf. Pasudom bloses gnd Russel Houston are the tack been starting for the played high school b^i High of ‘ pounds. louston and Ode of the jaurprising aspects of the Fish squad! this year has been the performance turned in by, the line under thje direction of Assis tant Coach Bob)Gary. Unpubliqized while in high) school; the Fish for ward walhnen nave dominated the line play in rrvyry game this year. Although the line is light, it has proved hard {to block on the dc- ohscure fense. The gn{itds ari especially on •• “«* h£ v Sts Other tackles arc Big Springs 185 Pratt, 190 poundei Christi; | Johnsa pounds, from Lufki Cline, 20(1 pounds, pito. Ralph Dresser Hodge have been W terminals !fpr thd|! them are :*Jaro Nel Jortes, Clinton Gwlij tilli, John Walker, dri Hfi r ' R dkHrctlvi, high qtufity rtatlon-/ 1 . I { i ■ for men and women. Heavy iht, rag content, two-tone, , vt ; I • { cloud weav:, with -the feel that : {• 1 U ■ ;I ■ ■ / :• burned ately a|(Pclate with Indcftn tely. P^tjnd Packages more than positions p r e Davidson of PL fr I better kind lof Dry Cleaning? in Rewfeaving garments, draperies, L upholstery materials” We Pick-up & Deliver - Ph 2-8665 e at the gud Co-captain Bol Arthur and : ztl Campo. Both" of the^o . listed at 180: pounds oil tho pro- — Nolnvitta of.El •djo wiyers are • !'' 4j 1 r,