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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1949)
■f'i» Jimmy Cu.shioa, Himior quarter back from College Station, |>lay- « v «l | almost the entire gam;e against Texas Teeh. Cashion’s quftrterhacklng is highly Un it proved over his, last year’s p«‘r- i formanees. ' r. J ; - & ,§£ Vale Lari ... r —. hack from Fort Worth. i sophomore i! -L apt punting average high with a 40.M average against Te|vas tech. He average ai tuioe tool Haiders’ ten i -) I tetl it oqt be! yanl ijne. ! I I I s I d SI -i- Amei|'ica , $ current Number least a three touchdown fa- 2 leant! — in the Williamson l vorite. If the score Is any rating^ — and the squad ; closer, Jhe Cadets will probab- Grantlajnd j;R i c e predicted ly rise in national regard even would Ibe the 1949 national | if they lose. Champions will be A&M’s op- Bud Wilkinson, coach of ponent ? this Saturday, The the Norman school, i team receiving all of this ear- ! with : Missouri’s Don jFajurot ly season backing is Oklaho- a'S thfe Reading exponent of the ma, which apparently is load- Splitj-T formation. Jtj .the ed. I ■ li, • ■ ■ l ' i.i pastf t W |0 inson^s Last Ifair the Sooners drop- j OU jteams have outddne even ped thelir first game to Santa i the Show-Me-Staters in the Clara ty a 17-20 count, but f application of this sensational thereafter the Big Red com- j formation. juf pletely pemolished its opposi-! ^ As jifr Mentioned tion. Siuccessive wins over A Sooners have an outstanding & M, Texas/ Kansas State, backfield jin Royal, |Thomas, T C U| Iowa State, Missouri Pearson, ^nd Heath, ; Royal, Nebraska, Kansas and Okla- j a three-lejttermalft,] 'ijs 'v taking homa A&M earned the O U over the shoes of djhe great eleven ihe fifth ^)ot nationaj- Jack Mitcnell.' Previously he ly in (thei final Associated had been a halfback, even ^“Hoie, the Press pbll. though last year he st quarter against the with Mitchell at a The (Big Seven champions did nolf stop here, however, but weijjt On to further fame \ slot. Necessity, in the in a contest with North Car-1 of greater skill on I the olina ir| the Sugar Bowl. A of/Mitchell, resulted in 14-6 triumph over the Char- two led Tarheels’, re- .,Royal is a 160-pound fitchell, resulted in exchanging position: >yal is a 160-poundler ley J suited nationally house. | Okla|om en onelscal weekend the clad te4m trounced highly re- Thomas was all-BA garded; Boston College by a last year when he gained 46-0 yfhitOwash score. The yards and scired ten to A.uyiii us a i.uy-puuuder this meeting of c|n pass, run, arid hanpu ranked p o w e r* ball with the best of tie I : I rent crop of backs: and a has already tak- probably be equal to his p this fall. Last ,if not quite the magicfcin e'red and 1 white his predicessor was. A ti d at Aggies ack arm part the who d-the cur- will task that junior guard rksburg, played an (standing defensive g a m <> igainsl Texas Terh. He threw ji key block to help John Chris tensen on his long punt ret(i Glenn Lippman. the Aggies’ most elusive halfback, made 85 yards on the ground in 12 car ries against the hoys from the West Texas plaii; Davis-sparkod Army. Heath packs 192 hard pounds of muscle on his jarring frame and' will give any opponent plenty of headaches. Although all - conference tackle Homer Paine is gope, he is not expected to be mips- ed too rnpeh. Wade Walker, injured lai§t fall, is back at pis physical best and is being boomed for All-America as one of the nation’s top block ing linenien. At tpe other tackle slot Leon Manley adds his 202 pounds to ,the con vincing statement of top line men advanced by the 197- pound Walker. Guards Stan West, 229 pounds, and Norman McNabb, 183 pounds, are slated to man the centeir-flanking positions. Both are sturdy veterans of the grid wars and West has been receiving almost as miich acclaim as Walker in the pre- seaffcon. all-star talk. Charley Dowell, number two center last year,! moves into the star ting positiqn to handle the offensive chores. Just as the guard and tack le positions offer All-Ameri can prospects, so do the end top Aggie players of the week were selected »is week by the Sports i Sjlaff of THE BATTAL ION. Selections were on statistics from ♦He A&M - Texas Tech Game Saturday night in San Antonio. ' ’hr— •llmmy Flowers, junior coaler fr mi Dallas, plnyrd a whale of a deffo*h? game against the Red Raiders until he weitt out with an ankle injury. Ho plays hi a UMbaclipr! position on defense. I Nop-,student tickets t« lerback Club mid entry Id Quarterback Club contest nri ntaillible from club sponsor* listed below. [{ 11 1 •fell Royal homaH a , halfbacks ni Tanked and' Lindcll right with Thom As a« a run- Keinlr T . n K ri : ngir* luuf full <6a I'kliA U l> yards bile ni|bi u-iy bbiiig ijv/wi, v i liiiv. j t miu ^vvn vu SCVCll HIX* Alt hough the AggieS look- pointers! cd much better in dropping 1 L Heath has been the Texas Tech. Red Raiders to the remarkable 26-7 ih San Antonio than th^y ing, leading Big SeX< bad t.ie previous week againpt* while a plunging ...It i 1 mc compared ^Iqfeji Gold- rusher CK on at al Villaiiovn. Oklahoma will; the’46 Sooner team . probably enter ijthe game at most toppled Blanqhard and i i . ’ .-l . 'ffi’ j! ' krij LAST WEEK’S CONTEST jg eleven individuals won the prizes i st entries must be in THE B, 5:00 p.m. Friday or postraarked n .) v I Nam*. . i — 8. B. F J* 5. VERNON Z. MARTIN v. G A. BAIiPH 9. , 10. GRAD a, j. j. d; ' : ’v " g M/j- j i\i >1- 1 • ■ I. ■M - 1 " -i £!•' !|. ••■•"I— ..U— •••• 1. m^v! aw tpots afford authorities—and opponents j— speculation on just how much top material Oklahoma has garnered the past few years. The fair haired lad at end is Jim Ow- j ens, k ISS-jkmnd dervish, With his teammate at the other terminal, 166-pound Bobby Goad, close behind in observ ers’ regard! - . ! • /.| Besides the first string strength the Big Red offiers, Coach Wilkinson is pie n t y dfeep in veteran reserves. All this adds qp to the apparent conclusion —- lookout Aggies, you’re playing with DYNA MITE! s quarterback rback Club 3e awarded ce not later > 'i. Bkan, VColegel , Colege Coleg* Quarterback Club Assembly ;! | j Hall Tonight - 7:30 p.m. -SEE— Movie of Last Week’s F ixas Tech — A&M Game S I’ K A K E K : ! : ' 1. T. King — Football ' ( out who watched Okfa- oma University pUy t week. Get tips on weekH game. nnr/N. A. & M. Press student Activities College Station QUARTKRR&CK CLUB CONTEST | rra—ji"; !_. f I-: •) | ' : [T . T ...j...u. U ■ ii\ . : UZ..., J ,/♦ »/* ■ /7l f ( [ T' -T All entries must be turned in bo Battalion Sports Desk or t ot later than 5 p.m. Frida* , . B x**** postmarked Quarterback Club Sponsors ' : \V. M. ALEX. Jl lii'/’l 1 ; 1-s| Of interest to the it’s fetudent body, HARLIE CADE ‘1 !| .1 i E® i ■ -i !■ ii illy I Aggies who plan to attend sponsors shown above. As a result of iponsors re he jremainii ning six Listed bel<s|v a Mr. J. C. H. J. Petew Cmarfie Ferreri of The Mr. C. E. G Joe Faulk . >. he Quarterback club will be able to c 3r It’s contest. Those shown above sponsible for the increased interest!in th more brizes for It s contest will be pictured next week. SPONSOK S he sponsors who have donated this weeks riesser of GriesserV Electric Co. of Lack’s Auto Supply i j .•j: : , I i . Cafeteria Ente| the Quarterback dii 11 PRIZES FREE EVERY ilH ■'mmagmaM . ii. m )■ w k D. 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