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Large Firing Program Ahead
By HERSCH Kl
in its initial pOH^
ear, the rifle tear
yea:
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of 1870 points to 1
week.
I-BT i Utah Stake, uiitoiiity of Wjlevada,
' u e Jti MioHijphiri Stilt*.I Inigro Statei. Ore*
ni |f on State a ml! [the University of
dweated the H^vv-Kii. Alsr sl-heiliilled are nmUh-
Sfer-
versity of Montana |by a scoife e8 w j t jj
72 ;|ioitits last c h an t Marire
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Ciyde Bucljanan rnirn Tentat^ XilU
V ie T 3 ,4# ‘k SC A r ; M ( ! f versity of AliflJanm, West
383. The other meli m A&M s .\nnnpolis, Yile, harvard
team ahd their 5C0rts|Srere; J>m vvashiriirton III
T»e IftL shows si
3k C.1 fir'd ialNmlte 3''™'^* r 0 "'
and his 367 was higrhfer! than the
Kf'hedii)l*d are nmteh-
.M.L the U. S . Mer-
e [Academy, ami the
apan.
Uni-
Point,
and
US of
team
M^nd only to Oklaho-
kid. mwo thBpWna teart. ,T £ 4M
The team average N** 374, 30 S» e No Tl' I ' ,tercol < eKlaU!
points' above the average for tiHe
opposing team. m
This year, the •r u ”-''
been very fortunate
full time coach. He ii
Oljyde Bui haftian has beeh con
sistently higi riiijii ^aqh wee|k ^vith
fine . scores off ;}7fi r 380, anjei ^83.
He has reco (|<|dj scares. rtf 03- and
R. Reese, from Ritnmr. Texbs. ? 4 'n 8tandiV| w*ith is oulstand-
Prpvious to his arrival-at A&M mg marksm: n*)P anywhere^. C. A.
Sgt. Reesa was ajsifigjid to the Taylor has dsi). fired a 380
' |u, Japan, and.^ui^ .Jim M«
f Vi
round
regimental rifle tqam.jSe is due scol ?s otWj, joh and 3i9.
a great deal of credit Tor the way Postal maretes are fired at the
in which he has orgahi^l the men resp^ctite schools involved in the
and for the interesting ^ihedule'jif match ahdi t le stores are th >n for-,
matches he has limbi Jp for t|e warded to 1 ^ t h*. opposing school. In
year. w ' • ••I •'« , | *this way a ' caini nilay fire against
The schedule iVips fM- indvfdys one | or nlor > schools a week for
postal matches wijtH IPTC unijts the jwhole yi a if. Those matches are
from, Xavier UniYersinL Univtjr- fired in the 'odr positions of pi one
sity of Miss., Presbly^ei^h College, sitti|ng.. kiiee iik! and standing,
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j , tp*> Angs evefir
(Joll^elnan. should know!
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Th *re . is an Upsetting situatipni|
in the Southwesjt Confevence as Hi
come 5 to the filial week—the ;tWoi
teams with tht poorest records
meet the. two With the best to!
decide the championship.
Tecas A&M land Texas Chris
tian mpy give the answers to the!
puzzie ihvolvingj Texas and South
ern Methodist, j H | .
Siutlkern Methodist clinched a
Cot on Bowl b)d and at least a
share of the crown by beating
/ Baylor last we*k. The Mustangs
can get clear title by whipping
Texjas Christian Saturday.
Texas can keep its h°P 03 f 0I t
a share!, of the! title bW beating
Texas A&M in! the traditional
Tharksgiving Uiny game bebieflh
them two huge jitate schools, j
Rii-e, which nicked up steam in
the l etrcmd half to crush Texas Aj
&M, 21-7, mcet t s Baylor
Aikiutsas, which hinij a bHmkj
warm ui» with TiiiUa, 65*lg, langlii^
with WjJliam & Mary at Little)
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H iulhi rn Methodist came ; (it!
the end of n pi rferl scnmui (list
veil ■ wgnlnNt Texiis ( hrlMlItin.
Th< MtiHtiingN wore lucky lit
conn- off with d tie, j;. ; j " j
Texas A&M h|sii't won n game
all y '«r,; hut wor|tlng on the thdory
that II, rnn't be 'worse, the Aggies
miglt break an! nticlent jirN and
beat Tekay in ills own Moitmrial
Stad urn.
Both the Aggies ami Horned
Frogs nfe iii perfect {position, liich
is figured to lope, but if one dr
both doesn’t—what an : upsetting
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The Aggie varsity squad held; a sefcfet wojrV
Field yesterday in preparation for the Tttrkey )
Austin Thursday. . "
Kmphasis was being placed oh offmse du
tice and hahd blockirtfc and tackling weije sk;
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ball jhaiidling was being bin*
day 1 caused by the cofa ' north
breeze bat despite that, still look*
edfobd.il'™ fFi/Sl
and JimmY Cashion
were dpingi the pass tossing as us.-
IpumplfiWl Hn)r
g right on the mark.
The iqudd had its group picture
made diuring the practice and was
suited !up ltd game uniforms. In
cluded wei^ Wray Whittaker, Jphn
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Blaln “ “
S&E
he recejvea 01
Chrilstenseil, and Percy Burk, Whit-
taker and Chriatcnsen \feit ,injur-
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forced to
patiop unti
Burke ,a
n the somiQn and were
nterrupt tht^r parttcl-
neat year.
reserve tackle, Iwelvoil
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Texas' chance for a
title depends on its
-hare of
lieatili"
M and TCxas Uqristian’s
hea ing Southern Methodist.
W
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ars Favored in Basketball
Race Even Without Robinson
With t ie fjinii] gun of officiRl 1948 footbajl ocasqn du
u jaw injury In Mcrimhinge Inst
mt fat the
n lose or draw with j Rice this
Boh Woodruffs Baylor Bears
their best record in yohrs.
ie moment they stand third in
season, standings]- and arqi tied Ifor
thinl in the conference. .j
Ai kartsas can take some of -the
glitter oiut of thi| (Delta Bowl if it
Thumps William & Mary, one! ofii
the teams already signed for tjhis|i
Memjphi$, Tenn., New Year’s Oayji
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BiVins Labeled As
Good Opponent BV
Louis After Matift l,wh ^ :i ^ w
to be fired next Saturday, the interest of the
turning tov'ards basketball in general, and the
conference race in particular.
A month ago the sports writers♦ r
were picking only the second place
team, with fhc powerful Baylor
team left intact from last season.
But hotshot wackie Robinson was
recently lost to that tejani as a
resist of an injujry incurred last
season. Robinson' >vas the deadliest
shot on the Bruiii squad, and was
a member of the Olympic squad
this summer.-! | F Tj
However, -Baylor is not ready
to be Counted out of its favorite
spot wijtb Heatherington, Owens
DeWitt apd Johnson all return
ing startlers from last year’s
ccnferCncV champion squad.
From! there on it will be a race
for seconds ahd thirds. Jack Grey
still has a Igood portion of his TU
team lejft from last year, but will
probably have to fight SMU, Rice
and. A&M for: 1 the runner-up posi-
Thurfdny dud hnd to qtjft for
This f cck Rounds ’WTOMS
Out November
Intramural Action
... TT _. phyklciil eon*
dlllon of Ihr I cam would li* for
ih* game next ThursdRy
mage last Week
that ho would b^
Thursday.
The squod will
the practicing totja:
the ifcat day of p
fema n
ThUrsdjiy morninj
tin., : Nn-;.
they,
Ihenksgivihg a
gi*N fill bid twi
dcrdofH Mna the r
jinx of -Meniorl il'tH
! gone unbroken . In.
i A win by tlm A rir 11
to h»i ana Of the bij
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a scrim-*- :
out said
to go
paring off’
morrow ia.
for til*-
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bus fop;
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nit upsets to
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b y vlr-
tuo of jllmir U1 gkmic lojsiiig; slrcak
have the lnotmu ,ly| i
gold them on to a ijwl
pmuUr/ to
port futiH id
9 Southweot
tion.
SMU 1
ferson Stars, Kyle RHte and Lutz.
rs pp fooiMiff imrli,
L fU’rtipfoynl nine nnnillnt of '*tm .
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Heavyweight C< h a m p i o n Jo'
Louis laVjels Jimmy Bivins th
toughest opponent he has; faced! so
far pn his exhibition tour.
••f. don’t know (why he shouldn’t
A&M w
j tically the
I ished ijiext
Bill Batcy
Schricljcel,
Jenkinl ha
be a} contender if he gets seribus ! lately. Several sophomores are ex-
pldy qu'tC a bit this
aboult h|s trninin|;.’’ Lopis saul! in
his dressing roonjj last night afte|
pected to
season, hi
engalgirijg in a silk-round uo-decisi- | only one gijvtn aii [outside chance to |
ion nffaitr with th| Cleveland negro.' break iritt
' 1 ' wheln
Wfth i both fighter^ using [12-
oUnck; gloves instead of the legu>
latiojn eight, Bivins openied a cut
above Louis’ eyl|> in the second
I’Punjd and auain jin the fourth.;
Blkdmt did mosjt of tho leadihu,
whilf Lo'ula openiitl up only Hptu’n*
dicajly, He alimejt drOpp*d Rivltw
with m right in the feeond who I
the jtvjiq wort* In it mtiilnll coriiei',
Tlje tdmiiijtion jlhhi'ij tjndid of jitn
tittle; aiisl seemed jt'onlenl In takfi 1 I
eimyi, bill opened ttp Htld'letily; n l
one [point In tlie|' fifth nttd /Iriiive
ItlvlM to cover with a flurry ' f
lights and lefts.!
Although the ejfhltiiton was aj!iio
ilecliiott ufftilr, MatthluMkcr I,a try
Atkins Conductetljo polljamtmg IhC
term,
via giadut
Tall
out at th(
probably
newfms'h at 'rlngj|ide and repotjj
the writers favtuled Bivlr H by
to 5 vote. Howevttr, most
agrijed that Louis had
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FIRE JNSURANTCE
PROJECTION
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yet fovSe mpoey , '
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■Mul HU not|uH« ar (ow cosy
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ill have several good
Irate Fan’is Anger
Turn to Praise i
As Team Clicks
new York, Mov. 23 tpi -
Penn State was leiulitig Penn 7-(
when State’s little ( Elwood Petche.
tossed a pass that* almost was in
tercepted. A mud-voiced fan, whd
had been riding Coach Bob Higf
gins all day, bellowed!: “That’s it,
Higgins, throw- thje game awayi
throw it away, Higgins.” —Just
then another pass ! clicked for
second Penn State touchdown.
SSSTrS' ^
Pausing only toj get a lungful
of air, the alumnub (it must have
been one) went right on: “Thats
it Higgins, pass ’em to death. 1
11 Start [off with prac-
sahie team which fin
to the cellar tyst year,
, Billy Turnbow’, Gene
Mike Garcia and Sam
ve all been working out
Chili Cochrane, Indiana U.
field coach, had jiist acquii
t Jobr) DeWitt is the
the lineup until mid-
: Sam
back-
juired
house in Bloomihgton. He waa
leaving reluctantly! for the regular
Sunday evening 4 inference wit
Head Coach Clyda Smith
some friends drft]
makings of a houi
ner.
>use-
whe i
ed in with the
warming diq-
Jgnkins leaves
tjot). i
hjis been working
post position giul will
t»ir| id that spot,
k lb-' 4' (.w.'-.,......
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Cochrane phoned the boss to
explain. “If you’vt! still got that
many friends after the last five
games, by all means stay with
them," said Smith,
Armj Needs 14,359
Officers To Fill
Complement
The Amy (icedjs MJlflW officers
foi its prostfnt miHtrloh, (otonel
Oscar B. Abllott, senior urmy In
structor fur the (jlriatilitriURoser*
Ves In Teias, Hnnoiinced today. '
The pr< eesjdtjg if tiupllcHtions
for ReiHer-e pljflcitra naive been
streamline I to permit direct ap
plication t) The Adjutant General,
WytshingUn D. G., Abbott stated.
Applicatioi forms and information
can be obtained (from any local
Organized Reherv<S> Corps Instruc
tor’s Of fite. I
The De lartmenti of the Army
has desigi att-d twd Organized Re
serve Cor is units of College Sta
tion and Bryan as supporting ele
ments for thd Army’s 18-Division
| | Striking r oroe. These two units
will receive top priority in active
duty trailing and,equipment.
Organizition and equipping of
tjie. 18-Division Striking Force that
is made (ip of 12 regular Army
6 national guard divi-
ORC supporting units,
ik to be completed by July 1, 1949
Abbott said.
Rod Smith, NeV York Heraljil
Tribune: “Fewer thqchdown
es might have the! intensely desiC-
ithle.effect of restoring Hie term
nglish, Them
, 81lngiii’ Sun s
Chunkin' cimh
iml '(}' to written;
wouldn’t be *o muit
dtehlii' I’etdrs Ami
eys eumiln ' Mruuijid and throwll
scorlii' pusstiis end iilUttarln' up tile
sportin' peges uml ItMialn' up m|r
Suudey mornln' reddin'."
Intramural activities slacked off
a hit Monday afterhqdn and will
continue today. However no game*
are Scheduled for tomorrow attd
only a few for a week from todayl
In Flag Football, “A’’ / QMC ran
away from “F” Field Artillery 2$
to 0. Bob Thomas wasfoutstanqih
for
.wck
TD’s and participating . in twt>
points after. , |j
“C” Field Artfllery won over!
“A” Transport on penetrations.
The artillerymen made four 40-
yard markers and one twenty
while the transport n|ne crossed
their opponent's forty but once)
Royder and Bowman played fine
ball for “C battery while pover
and Berchardt stood out for “A’f
yWCcT f, iji -. i
In Volleyball, “C” Cavalry
£orfe^> aw«y front “E"
Force. “A" ASA pushed two quick
victories over “D” Irifantry. ♦‘A
CWS did the same to “A" Air
Force. “D” Field set down “A” In
fantry in straight games. Day stu
dents forfeited to "E” Field add
“C” Flight and “B" Vets were in
a double forfeit. “B" Air Force
defaulted to "A” Signal.
“B'’ Athletic and Senior Com
pany double faulted as did "B"
Infantry and “A” Field Artillery
in tennis.
In the Intramural handball
tournament!. Jew el McDowell won 1
oyer A. T. {Pappas of; “A" Signal
21 to 11 and 21 to; ,15 to take
singles championship. McDowell
will now team with Burr Lane
in doubles against Fappas and
Joe Livingston.
Basketball playoffs have beijni
tentatively sot for tjlut week <H
December 6 through Id. As yet,
no winner huve been ducided ip A
Two (Chicago Teams Cop f jtl
essiwial Ball LtLm
In MessM 1 Ball Aeagu^
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NEW YORK, Npv. 22 (J>)-4l>o rujinliiglaAd pawing
combinations that w’ork togtAher jikc beqVa jid' pi^t/.^la are
and SteveJVun Burcn of the Phil-'
adelphia Eagles, The dll-America
conference! counters irith taiito-
matic Otto Grahhm and Marion
Motley of the Cleveland; Browns.
Since the two league*, don’t
speak to each other officially, the.
relative merits of the pairs iMon’t
be determined on the gridiron. ;
Both combinations' had good
days yesterday. LrAhaim and
Motley powered the Browns to
a .34-21 decision Over; the New
York Yankees.;
Los Angeles, the last dub that
had a chanjee to share in the crown,
lost it by ' bowing to the [ Chicago
Cardinals, !27-24. ‘ F
The Chicago Bears
in Boston
Yanks, 51J17, cinching thd title.
id H easy
downing the; hapless
17, cinching thtf tijtU
iprietJtWs are
Lcircuits,
n Thompson
cd|ed Baltimore,
seconds left
17-14, Ott^fiddJ g
Agajankn wdtl
to' play^Fj'
Chicago and Bufifulo were idle.
The New/ Yor t Tand Baltimore
losaes, however, h ft Buffalo all
alone in. first pUce in the Eastern
divlsiojo of the- A A P-
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EVANSTON,
North yds te ril'd
cate today upunim
signer L. L
Vattnkna l.cgguc or B or 0 Mili-j
tgiy. Uatiirit will bo iw'hodulod At 1
ulglit and playod In Uto DoWiito
Flolld nous*.
(Jreen Bay’s Packerit looked so
bad in Iriiing to New York, 49-
3, that {coach Curly banibeau
asked waivers on on* flayer and
declared he’d “like to get rid of
10 or 12 tndre.’’ ' jy j 4 . •;!
Bill Dutljey scored twice, for Dc>
troit as the. Lions upset Pitts
fburgh, im p-; ^ if
San Frapcfeco and Brooklyn atit-
ed as if tljey'd never hbaid Of tbOi
two platoon system, if-they hud!
they forgot to bring thsi dofensiVci
units' to EbboU Field; yestonliy.j
When the- firing wn« all’over .San;
Fijahclscn J wgs on top, 63«40, in id
12: assorted confpronw • offOnalvd'Hsjy/
sfords lu)d |men j y| ; i; ! of jR
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To Shrine
h Invited
Content
Two Aggie footliall players, Iblh
nkler. have n
to the ahnukl
game. Goo<
Goode and Jim W!
reived Invitations
East-West Shrine
was informed of h
terday afternoon
indicated his williji
Winkler was nbt {available
comment, but it is believed thkt
he too will accept (th* invitation.
s selection yep
y telegram, i
igness to 4o.
'Twelve members of the
the Chicago Bears of the
Football League mjakc their
in Chicago.
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. AUHTIiy. By downjkii
LouilsIaiiH Stale here In the 11*41
gridiron opdiier,! the Uhlveralty of
Texas Longhorns maintained tlltflr
record of never losing a home open
er. In 56 years of fotAball hjstofyi
Tex|as has lost' only, one opening
game, that by an extra point,, at
Kansas in 1938, The entire reccjrc
reads 52 wins, two ties and qni
loss. Highest opening game mar
giq ever scored; by the Longhorn. 1
was 74-0 over SMU in 1916. Mbs',
points ever scored against them ir
an opener was the Ip notched bj
Kansas in the Ipnb loss. The period
from 1913 po 1933 found the Long
horns being scored against onlj
once in 21 opening gafties. v
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