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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1948)
il MILI.Y MnWIjiMrN tho famU'Mi nnittiUM on the Hiiund, nmi inly (“vi> the hurnn troiftilc K» ufdiiy, lifm Interest of 'I i ' I f : ! Freshman lULi-U, VAN HBTH C Ntrlnft FinR crnlir i IK Knoil ball frjo r iH^ltinn. cjaches to Lmw This Saturday r i|ht‘ fans usually-;!vja.tjch the hiacks— Imtl a group of mi P 4iH‘nnil- pl«v. hiN llnrbuck* •I T p rn y .ur iv , .i , tl „ 7-4.-; ir----*- -- .1 Hji’f h«» scored 140 points aid coaches will be more Hit tested in how well the linesmen per- 'amn^d 27:i yards pain pw Kartie form when the Texas Al&iv( freshmeh team c^de» with the whije T€tt has but ill points aijid University of Texas’’polverful fresh aggregation here Sat urday afternoorji. ; if • For tlie LonKHiirns nndj A varsity jeleyetts ojich are !<i lose heavily in the limf; The Stccrli lost • most of theijr etjds and I Sickles, apd the Aggies ‘Will lose jj lvej of t- lJ - So the Cadet coaches ii»|l | 1 1 ’ ' * ickl RqSs interested in the/play of tfick^es: Sam Moses ; of Lockhart;! *' '/'i Hudech of Houston and Hoyles- of I'iMupa; ^uardi lSi>b Davidson of Port! Arthur si: id l?lo Nohavitza of El Cantpo aiid-cen ter Jaimes Fowlfcr of TMhiuc. 'Phe Aggies retain m<|st d! jjhi'ir: ends this year, losing: only ley Wright. Ui However, four freshman termi nals ait e due- to push memibers olf the varsity next, ‘fall. They are Jack Jones of Bivekenridgc, Ralph Diesslgr of San Antonio, Clinton Qwin bf Shreveporjt, La. ajnd Char les fledge of DalJ Tackle Barlo^r (Bill of Wichita Falls;, guards JOHNSON’S UPHOLSTlfiBV shop SEAT OQVfcRS h- C I Plastic' •4- Straw Convertible, ftop^, Back of Ehgle Offb* "fUtVAJll : i" - AIICNTION ■ HUNTERS pected to be ih stand? when the ^ 30 1^. sails! 5ntd the air, • ' M ' Win Start the Duck and , f: . I il Season right by visiting i , Bryan Outboard Moto 's. HUNTING clothes ' J' nj • . DECOYS !, ;•! I " rii I ^ k BOOT Sd\ ■•i GAME iBAG KNEfc BOOT!; 114*' Roots To no *o, the Maadh dope w<fre strongest Purple /them aini War day* and a possible horse” cpnteivder < but now flrid thenwolves In that next-to-the-col- lar spot 47<must defy their wonft two iifixw* of recent years: Houf- ton iind Jess Nealy. fjcU baa baaa abla to win bu( on* in noiNton since 1938, anq il has been able tq win but two Ksincs from Rice since Neely la t came head coach in 1940. Th^ Neelymcn have won five front the Frogs with one contest end* ioK In a scorejess tie. i ■ .Statistics and comparative scor es ctlfer the Purple Httle encouh- ugement. While both teams have IdwhiticaL iwon-and-Jost records fqr jthd IseadcHi each having wdn fmir and lost four-j+the Owls liave rollqd up more impressive records (mlhlpth offense and defense. ; an average of 244 yards per game. The Frogs have even been 4 biit-| scored and oijtgained by their; eotnjbined opponents, who have tal-j lictd 11^ points and averaged 2151 yards! gain per game. In Contrast, the Owls hold a $5; point advjintijge op their combined; opponents, having held them jb 1(» points and an average gain p 1{H» yards per game., ; >oiji Menasco and i Long famed foC, their aerial qt-j Jim I’akenham of! Longview and ! tack, TCU can find its only eln- tackle Elill W Isqn .of Himston couragement in passing statistics, ,are among the m«j»re outstanding The Frogs have averaged nearly linesmen . who’ll plerform fpr the twice as much gkin per game op 1 . i C nuo'emo. nc tlie Owlc unrl wit.K thO / ■/L ? ■ mm F V ' !/' ». : »■ tmi • jf V.' 1 1 I • I |f y- VI n Academy, Bobby Farmer Stands Out Season Opener; Bryan T l 1 *' 1 ’"M ' The A&M freshiti v il’ Athletic codpons are good for the A&M Fiali-Texas University Yeailing football game Satur day afternoon at Kyle Field. Kickoff time is 2:30. •ir V. TTir {RAY HOLDlTCH, <»ne of A&M’s sophomore tackles w|io lUtle action this fall, has shown up we l in recent practice Holdifch will be ope of the leading candidates for a tackle at his l murk; has seen sessions. Holdifch will be ope of the leading cia^n berth on next years’ starting eleven if he continues to improve at present rate. H. T' ■ U V -H — '—-l* Varsity Squad Begins Working For Thanksgiving Day Classic •Shorthorns.' ! } c passing as the Owls, and with tjv The:-Shot then is’] Byron Town-‘ conference’s best pass defense rtfef send and the Ag.nujs’Glen Lippman 'ord! in the Southwest—in this eje- maylfind the gc ibg roiigh against pautmentl these ...big forwa rdS. . The two team? have had three More than Ityi'tfO f*np are ex-, opponents in coifimon—Rice betjfj- fore getting do Vf 1U in kickoff ! nK i Arkansas 251? fi . whereas T( A Instead of their Usukl light wOrkout Monday, they had a ,n. practice (?haflie DeWare dojhg the talkSj.g. The “ - * • TC j^ . but two practice li ir 28 to 6, add ipn the Natic)|ij;al Football Lea- {to 14; and both losing to .TexAs, guC ejampaign gpiiundfrway, three 1 Rice 7 to 20 ami TCU 1 to 14. j team?)—the Yanks, Phila delphia Eagles ;and Pittsburgh Steejqrs—had r cHr Won a game 1 from Ithe Chicago,^Beafs. W-r HOLIDAY An Adventiir* in Hog. Owl Players Linetnen-of-Week I AUSTIN, Nov. 18 -</?•- Sou|lj- ^est Conference linemen-of-the- wi*ek honors were shared by guajfos Tom Parsons of Rice ami Italy Peters of Arkaimas this week. Sports publicity directors of l(l|c bcyen conference; schools, on whhse rccpmnwndations tlv« recognition is =,based, were impressed by ppr sohK’ terrific blocking against Tejc-1 as A&M and tpe all-ufound brilli ance of Peters againkt the Mus tangs of Southern Methodist. , Htrong i-ontenriers for the- hoijior wore ends Morijis Bailey of Tci is Christian and Andy Hilt house! af Texas A&M, tackle John Hambior- 8 1 gur of Southern Methodist and Canter Dick Harris of Texas. “I I' 1 ' [ ! 4->--— ' i Aggies Favored In Cross Country L. Meet Here Friday A&M seems assured of Winning tpeir fiiwt SWC chBmpiohahip in (truss Country since 1930 when the Conference meet is held H*re to morrow Afternoon. The Aggies will Iw top heavy fqvuriUfs to Win Ithe meet. 1 ,' / ! ■tt f If the University of Texes fsils to win it will he the first time in the just seventeen years that the Longhorns hsye not "won the crown., The A&M team is composed of * group of experionecd rtlstiLtice tjunnors plus an outstanding soph- (itniire who has shoivn mtich prom ise this year. The numhet one man on the Aggie team is J ,pj Hamp ton. Hampton has won every two mile race he his Imtorcd this fall tjihd is expected] to walk jawdy with the top honor in tomorrow s i ftce. Julian Herring, the flashy sophomore on the Aggie team, is .considered second only to Hampton. Herring has been on Hampton's heels all season. No .1 other man on the Aggie squad ./ ajfflculiy fho A&M freshmar to ovqr take & y capers and ''ish gudrd Bobby poibt8 in the 1 fray Co over a tough /.Hen squad. The game, filled with roug clumsy playipg, was nevtj ice until the final! minutes last; quarter when the varsity cagers put fourth quarter sp go wiy ahead and win the Until the Cadets began the hoop in • ho sectond h; Academy ^boyi, combined breaking bffonfe with a fai gone dtfehMe that managed tercepit the ball numerous cutting off Aggie passes, < If Farmer Would have, with HI* b>hg |»hnts the nutc tha gjime wmlld have'been forenV story, The Cadets had time working i the hall virt the hoop and were not able advantage of their quick hi ?! ' i i m •fi .1 „y n* Both teams showed thsj ' practice hui eaiMwtqd In the first j IMWII V needed a can he ** i ■■ [4 ^,1! te fronts from the Allen icre of S56 to 46.;^ \ s eager imade 17*r- > a ten-pj)int edge!;! twenty of*— id to cc \ illalovss,^ played a • e for the - 1 HotFsquads showed signs provemrnt ss the game pr| sed, hut with so many sal tes bring used the iboys difficulty a (irking toge(h( Uiutjdy Davis, the Nell flash,] proVwl to be a iiigS polfitment in the first hi mime! a i ii wo thiid land fo | eleven poinb I has beaten Herring in competi i tion this year! The remaining three phices on tht* Farmer team will lie filled from the following group of pun- hers: Carol Hahn, Jerry Bonpen, Webster Stone, Ray Holbrook and Alexander Ortiz. , Dickie Brooks, Wayne [ Hanson land Bobby Whisenant are the lead- ling distance men on the Ldnghorn squad. Missjng from this; years’ [roster are the names of Texas’ fa- :dolfl comeback urth quarters'! . The fl ft. t(j have a gri in gutting feet tmdor the basket. Bill Glover of Beaumont^ ed very helpful the sher : he was in the game, scori points, and consistantly ei Alien guards Pete Bramhl)tt||k James Byrtey. George'8 ' The yarsity squad lias been taking it easy this week be- iVii to fhe business at hand a week from today. lasted only ja Couple of hours, and was concerned [with re viewing ;,l a ys ! foil the'* y ., A T "i T7~ wil ^ j; . t 1 ,1 r n w as built. 1 hey have managed to score only three touchdowns against Texas in Memorial Slap second strinjg center 1 , alspj good.. f. ilLl ■ *■, Allen Academy's i slick forwiini Skiriny Bridges, mous distance twins who led the ^ bje he cjuld do witho Steers to the championship last • of H P ounds > hlt J f m\ lis LT. Thanksgiving Day cont(‘st, 1 Tuesday^ a light pjactieje was iheld with-only a part of the players - (in fulf equipment.; Otjicrs were .practicing in shorts hr order to ■dium that long span ofiyearp— one on a fumble by Tekas, one [help bruises received id the Rice on a l» unt run-back, and one on Igatne heal I quicker. } j a long pass. Yesterday, prafticsll^ jlhe; w hole Once .again this seasohj the Ag-; I squad ‘ “ c#pt for guard Odell Staiitzeii- j time against the Steers. jHow^ver,! berger, who was takinjg ii easy was! in Tull kuard rho ws on an injured khee. His injury is not serious and he will bei ready to go next Thursday. Emphasiti was being phieed on puss defense and on i>erfc*cting | running plays. I ; The whole s(|u«d appeared to bp peppy and ready to k 0 against, the Longhorns. This extra week- j end < f rest is expected to have them in the be|st physical shape since before thy start qf this sea- gies will be the underdpgs, |this; time against the Steers. [How many people are hoping for an! upset like that one that happened] just ten years ago next Tnursqay, [ , That v -idi member of thb US Ofyiripjc team i ca ^‘ > | s ,this past summer ahdoon Sparks, i wT ; I : I Two other schoiJwin the Co*- EX SUB COMMANDER ference — Arkanwas and Rice— FOjRT CHfiSTEH, N. Y. are expected to enter teams in ' " r * ^ * ’ ' 1 the meet. Both of these Schools took part in last years’ meet which was held in Austin. ‘/P't—Rear Adm. Richard Y,ogej U.S.Ni, ret., 44, a cc er of subniarines during] Wav II, died today. i i son. The Aggies r will be |ip against the “jinx” again in I Memorial Stadium in Austin ntjxt Thurs day when they meet T®***- The Aggies have not defeatied the NEW YORK, ^Nov. 18 — ( /F»— 'Longhorns in Austin, since be- 1924, the year the Madium Thai year, the Texas team Was (he underdog and was] in the same shape A&M is Ibis lea-] son. They had lost , nine [straight up to that point. The qnderdog Steer team had one win (to chalk up that season and the Aggie game was it. They slipped up on the Aggies and kept thej jinx in tact. ^ • j The game next Thursday is fore cast as a sell-out and that means that nearly (58,000 people will seie it. - r (' I : 1 -—— i j-4- t HODGES TO RETIRE “rl ‘ _ Gen. Courtney B. Hodges, com manding general of the first aripy, will retire because of age on. Jan. 31, army officials [said tbday. jj fore !+ MARINES SENT SINGTAOi AREAl . N «0 u, 1,000 TO TSINGTAO WASHINGTdN, NOV. J8 — Defense Secretary Fpiresjtal said todajj the United States] Marine Force at Tsingiao, Cpina, will be increased iby 1,(K)0 Mai'ines. also' told a news . [ I . I 14 , , 1 All kinds of Hiflp Shotgun-Ammuni lor ling nil gaugci f 0 SlugH and Buc < Shot. < • ] III 1 ' I j’ 1 '' Mr "il y > that two transports arc g^ing into ChinesfciPwrts, (>ne radiy]land one Friday, to rcmojve. 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