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fullbacl: whJo is struggling
r „ Bruisin’Bo) Smith, the Hous-
lor Bears will bring an unde- with Porkqr Muscles Camp-
Eeated record into their clash bell for the 3WC rushing lead-
with the Aggies. In 1947 the ship. j ,
At left end for the Kyle
Field invaders will be 5’ 11”,
Top Aggies of The
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and has earned two letters be-
tijig this season,
opposite termi-
itar pass catcher
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Ison, a native of Ashland,
weighs 190, and
The Kentuckian is
still .of more than passing in- babk for his second (and fi-
terest to Aggies. Since be- nab letter and, having caught
ginning competition with the ^3 passes so far, he is right on
Baptists in 1899 the Cadets Borned Frog ; Morris Bailey’s
have won 29 tilts, lost 10, and heels in''this phase of offense.
“ ' ‘ ' 7 ' ' | heft tackle is in the capable
^Although last Saturday’s lore s__.
tussle with TCU was adequate fanning
proof that A&M is not follow- n 8 ^ be
ing the winning pattern set . .D. Ison.
in previous years against cop- Ison, a
ference Opponents, the record Kentucky,
of the Farmer-Bruin series is stands 6’:
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win in 1937 is sandwiched in twice and handles the kickoff
between two ties with A&M chores for the Bears. On the
with three straight victories other side of the line another
showing for 1939 - 40 - 41. two-letterman, Rupert Wright
Again in '42 the W &c o a. ns of Goose Cteiek, statts. “Bash-
were ahead at the final jwhis- fii| Rupe”, who weighs only
tie by a slim 6-0 margin.
Three {Farmer wins lollop
ed in 1945 - 46 - 47 before the W0rld that he will make the
Baptists sneaked back for I ’49 all-conference team | — a
their ’48 victory. ’ No games fact yet to be proved, of
were played in’43 and ’44 be- Cohrsq. ij
cause football had been dis- Captai
continued at Baylor for the
duration of the war.
As mentioned before, the
Bears for the third
Bobby 190-pound senior
letterman who played at the
fullback slot for the first time
this season Saturday afternoon,
has shown consistently that he
is a hard-running bull-toter and
will receive credit for many
rushing yards befolre the season
is over.
An Aggie specialty man is Yale
Lary, a 180-pound half back
from Fort Worth, who is hand
ling the punting chores excep
tionally well, boasting of an av
erage of 38 yards per try.
;00 pounds and is 6’ 2” tall,
lais already proclaimed to thei
plain Bon Mjpuser heacjs
right guards while all-
dpijnference j(on certain selec-
s) Chuck Stone flanks the
Jt
straight center on the left. Mduser,
year have reached this point a two-1 etterman senior,
in the grid wars without a de- weighs 195, stands 6’ 2”.
feat to mar riheir record. This Stone, with a similar record
fall the Waco eleven opened for experience,; is a 6-foot,
the season against thei South 185-pounder. 1
The top Aggie players of
the week were selected
this week by the Sports
Staff of THE BATTAL
ION. Selections were
based on statistics from
the A M — T. C. U.
Game in Fort Worth
Saturday. ; j
Carolina Gamdcocks and took
a 20-6 decision on its home A ’
field. ' j .
Switching from the South
ern Conference (of which the
Gamecocks are members) to
the Southeastern league, the
Green and Gold uniformed
Eugene jHuebner^ 6’
pounder
enter post and is
2hor of the
ebacker slot.
he defensive anchor of the
TwiN,
ebner is a two-letter sen-
from Brackenridge ;High
njSan Antonio. £ tone is from s
team bumped Mississippi Nkvasotia and Mpuser from
State, 14-6, in a clash at Vernon.' I- l
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StarksVille. In the sole Oon-
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Baptists, they drubbed
then all-victorious Arkan;.
Razorbacks, 35-13 ih Waco.
Burke, a
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ference fray to date for the ide at the man
ing |h
s 1662 pass completion av
s leading the conference with
’|, 175-pound
der position,
Quarterback
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Assembly
e. He formerly played
Kilgore Junior College,
ild gain only a 14-7 adv:
:e by the end of the th
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tage by the end o:
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conference pbssib lity.
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jAt the halves, Buddy Par-*
‘ r and Jitterbug McKinney
period, but in the final stan
za they pulled away to a 28-7 sthrted in the Tech fracas,
margin in the Lubbock con- Parker so far has outshone
test. his more highly touted broth-
The Kyle Field (jilt would eij, Dudley. He m from C
appear-to be a tos$-up from pijis Christi, weighs 160, is
the comparison of the scores 5’ 9” tall, and let!
of tlto two schools agairtst a^ a sophomore.
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. their 6niy common opponent 1 I McKinney is a jthree-letter-
Howevef, the Wacoans are man from Lufkin who carries
ranked eighth in the William- lf5 pounds on hisj6’ 2” frame,
son ratings and the Cadets jitter picked up l i20 yards on
are far behind in the sixty- 34 carries in ’48.
second spot. {At fullback either Ffank .
Baylor will probably be a Boydstun or Jeijry Mangum
two-touchdown favorite in the, vrill start. Probable starter
eyes cif the experts (?). Cer- Mangum is a 19)-pound six-
tainly the passing combiria- footer who playied for Bur-
tion of Adrian Burk to J. D. bank in San Ante nio. Despite
Ison has outshone every Ag- hjs size, “Big Red” is one of
gie offensive instrument ex- the fastest men on the Bear
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est men
cept the power running of club. j-( I ]
I4s(r WEEK’S CONTEST WINNERS
Tonight - 7:30 p.ra.
See Movie J— | |
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“Highlights from Great
Southwest Confer-
enee Football Games.”
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Speaker:
CLYDE LAMOTTE
, Sports Editor of Houston
Post will put himself out
on a limb predicting
Southwest Confer-
ence victories for the re
mainder of the season. ^
Jim Flowers, a threje-sport per-
fortper who is specializing as a
213-pound center and line back
er, repeatedly gave j evidence oi
his gridiron worth aS he stopped
the leakage in the t|onvard \va 1
again and again.
Frederic!
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guard pokt
in Cowto Vn.
.Saturday
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Of interest to the Aggies who plan to attend the ,
Club sponsors shown above. As a result of their interest ip
it’s student body, the Quarterback club will be able to offer be
and more prizes for it’s contest. Those shown abqve are fn
responsible for the increased interest in the: Qufcriferl
sponsors .
the remaining six will be pictured next Week.
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