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'll ^ 11 I m WEDNESDAY Ba Italian P O R T )BER 19,! 1949 i- ob Smith Drop To nd in Yards Gaine ■ j j j ; | ■ Robert Smith of A&M was edged out this week by [uscles ii^g ball ” Campbell of Arkansas for the top spot as the lead carrier in the Southwest Conference.! Smith, w!hi an average of 4i6 yards per cary, trailed Campbell by only 39 yards. Campbell has Ih the punting department, Y»l« ■r a n . Y»le> Lsry of A&M kicked twelve times ii the TCU game for an average of 38 yards. This bettered his aver age) in the LSU game, ahd it also increased his puntiiig average for the year to 36,9 yardsi Lary has punted 42 times for a total of 1551 yards. - h . M Adrian Burk of Baylor, who tinted four times against Texas was the leading punter of week with an average of 49.5 yard's. Doak Walker of SMU took the lead in the punting division this week, as he kicked twice for an average 42,2 yards, which raised his average of 38.6 yards for the Jfear. Charley Royalty grabbed the ■ninth slot on the leading punt return list as he averaged 12.6 yardsi in three runbacks.i Dan Wilde of TCU led the list with ah aver age 9f 23.3 yardfe. Wjilde has an gain of 384 iyards. k.2 yaf, ds for the eni- average 1 of tire season. Don Nicholas hjel<J the spine spot this week as he did last (week to continue to be one i of thb leading passers in the conference.!Nicholas has completed twenlty out of forty passes Joi* a total: of 230 ya| Lindy Berry of the Frogs has 9 pleted 62 of 114; passes for a net total of 825 yards, j Paul Camlpbell of Texas trails .Berry by! only 68 yards. Smith dro jped fj^om third ?lace g department to | sixth failejd Ifo score in) last iams in the scorin place as he weeks coiitt of Rice jum ejd t< ggie Wil ped ipto third place, as he scored seventeen points agjainst the Mustangs las|t ^eek in the Cot ton Bowl.j Randall Clay of Tertas continues to be high; poi^it man ! witli 54 points. | , | nners , £ v-*. ^ l • .•.[••I *.• Lk - 'j ' 'ii : ■ .j[/r l» Mote to N: mson FRANK SIMMEN, JR Two of the seven Southwest Conference football teams are ranked by Paul Williamson in his weekly ratings, as being in the top ten in the nation. The two teams are Texas and Baylor| with the rest of the SW conference teams following slowly down the La Motte, speaker. eet at iM the spotlight the half-way By FRANK ECKL ■ I ' ' ’I • ' i . NEW YORK, Oct. 19—(A**—Tr iditional rath er than: intersectional clashes have as the; football season reaches mark] Saturday. Although Notre Dame is idle while awaiting its game with Navy- on Oct. 29 much of th* in teresting action appears to center in the Midwest where four Big 9 games are on tap. Featujre clash finds the heavy Minnesota line going against the crack Michigan eleven at Ann Arbojr, Mich. We'H string along wifh the champion Wolverines. Other midwest conference games find North western ajt Iowa, Wisconsin at Ohio State and We’ll take Northwestern. I V *r LINEMAN OF THE WEEK ■ . |i 'i I It I for the is Jim H ' I I; I Lineman of the Week ;econd consecutive time Tlowers. The Highland Park native took ,he victor’s fcpot in the opinion of nembers of The Battalion sports staff for his play irt the TCU ;ilt. Although the Aggie line still ailk to livt! up to expectations—or lopes, perhaps—a fewc,individual jdrformers usually loiok capable mough against the Cadet oppos- ti6n. v . ! N ' Possibly 'the top play t of the 1 ^ame from the viewpoint! of Ag supporters was Flower’s intercep- ;ion of a Horned Frog pass near ,he end of the first half] “Half jack” Flowers fook the pigskin jn th^ run and'^rtornied up field io within the ! ChrTstian8’j25-yard ine. •{ However, his feat was nullified as the Maroons failed to get a single jlay smarted from Scrimmage be- 'ore the gun sounded to end the, 'irst half.. The roar of approval hat had followed Jim as he moved upheld with the burglarized pass was a tribute to his head’s up play r JIMMY FLOWERS in the contest. | ; l Shown in AP Photo As thef Associited Press -I | wire; page of ( the photo on the Monday Battalion Vevealed, th<i mer Scottid played a whale i game on defense sfthere goesi that swimming stuff popping up again). The particular action shown was a tackle by Big Jim which delayed] Frog fallback Moirtori’s scoring of m LJ the ..initial touchdown. FWVs selection was not based T he quarte on thesh twp; play|, m case anyone thgt m (kfm v« incr in to meet I might Ifie wondering, hut rather the fact that he Consistently play ed the best defenpive ball for tn< impotent jChdets.'] As .in the past^ guards Qarl M(u[b^fg and Ma: Greiner Were among, the stronge contender^ |fbr linerpan. The Dallasite's athletic prowes ia not limited to jttje fall footbal wai-s and for'thit |reason he wjil continue to.be heardjkrom after the) moleskins arc packed away for the year. Primarily as qn aqualtc abe but also as a potentially valuable shot putter, Flowers will remain in the spotlight op/the Aggie ath letic scene, j | i. T ■ !\ t /'■ JEAST Army tq rout Columbia. Navy to surprise Penn. ViRanova to crush Duquesne. MIDWEST Purdue over Illinois. Missoari easy over Iowa State. Michigan to edge Minnesota. Oklahoma to crush (Nebraska. ) Illinois at Purdue. Ohio State and Purdue. The east has at least five interesting clash es, two being played upstate New York, two in New England and one in Philadelphia. Colum bia goes to West Point to get a sample of the rugged Army eleven, Princeton’s Tiger figures to get it’s tail twisted in the Cornell game at Ithaca, Dartmouth meets Harvard at Cambridge, Mass., Holy Cross travels to the Yale Bowl at New Haven, Conn., and Navy takes on (Penn in Franklin Field. The south is studded with many traditional clashes with Duke, Georgia Tech, Tulane and Wake" Forest expected to be among the] victors. Selections by sections follow: .. . SOUTH SMU easy over Kentucky. North Carolina to halt LSU. Mississippi over TCU. Vanderbilt to crush Arkansas. SOUTHWEST Baylor j to »»ip Texas Angies. Texas fo efush Rice. Texas Tech to beat Arizona. ROCKY MOUNTAIN Colorado U. to beat Utah State. Denver to nip Brigham Young. FAR WEST California to trim Washington. Southern Cal to halt Oregon. UCLA to trim Washington State. line. A&M although dropping its game to TCU, mbved up. from the sixty- i 0 gy*de Chib t in the sports editor Another part of the of color movies at last I-Toxas game in Austin. To round out the program, priz es will bo awarded to 11 winners in last week's contest. La Motte, promoted to the sports editor’s position on The Post at the beginning of the Fall, has been a member of The Post news staff Since 1941. (He was assistant city editor at thef time of hi« promotion He eras sports editor of The Daily Texan in 193B-40 and was a member of the sportg; and; ifWV- staff of the Austin Tribune for .more than a year before going to Houston. T He has a brother, Dr. Charles pLa Motte. professor in the. bio- 7. meet for ' Rill i m eighth spot to the Sixty-second pbs- 1 itibn. TGU grabbed number 44, a .five point advantage over last waMU; /'f . j TUj although dropping from the sixth to the seventh spot still leads the conference in ratings with Bay-; lor right behind in eight place. Baylor, which smothered Texas Tech, still I'emains the only un defeated team in the Southwest conference* The Bears have beaten South Carolina, Mississippi State and Arkansas to go into the num ber one spot dicing withj Rice as What Makes the T Tick .. .| tonight will foe Elpctri tar of G Peters M Leek’s -Auto Iryan Motor iii ■ ^ shouli Winners to receive prixes. Ilf any are absent, their prixes will be awarded to the persons who turned in the next best guesses. This week’s winners are: Mrs A. J. Otte,, Bob 5368, College Station; C. R. Pannil, Box 1152, College Statiion; Warrant 0. Al- brech, Box 2727, College Station; Mrs. F. E. Allison, Box 2767, Col lege Station; Curtis Hayes, Jr., Apt. C-21-X, College View; Mrs. Split TSpreads the Defense; The Quarterback Is ’Slider’ BY JIM BECKNER (Editor’s note: This is second of a story series on football’s T for mation. The regular T was cover ed In the first story.) Neiw York, Oct. 19 , A > *—The “Split Tt qffensive formation is the newest and, because of the great success of sqme of the teams using it, the fastest growing of the Basic T variations. It was-devised by Don Faurot of Missouri and adopted by Bud Wilkinson of Oklahoma, whose teajms have been very powerful with it. There; are two basic differences between! thq split and regular T. First, the Hjnenjien are spaced far ther apart. There is a foot be tween guards and tackles and the ends are another yard out). “The fundamental purpose of the split is to spread the defense,” says Wilkinson. “If the defending line- ipeh refuse] to spread to meet the split we hive an angle to block them iriside] and run around them.” Secojid iimportant difference is that the quarterback is a slider rather ;than a “spinner.” Ijn the re gular T, the quarterback takes the ball under the ‘center and performs most o|f hi$ maneuvers from that spot. Hi foe split T, the quarter back ‘'slides” along the line of scrimmage to a spot behind his tackle and does the handing off from there ditional backers-up. The obvious result of this is that the second- undermanned against pass es. .Wilkinson maintains that ary )s ' as long as ; less than nine men ere: employed in stopping his runniing! attack, it will go. “When the op posing team employs a seven inan line with two line backers, or a 1 Six- three we can resort to the rapid fire hashes possible with any T for-i matibn.” The splitting of the line also inakes if easier to run in qeep enem|y territory. Wilkinson considers one of the strongest assets of his offertses the (fact that his blockers heed not tnqVe the defenders, as in the tjghtjijr T„ but merely must keep them] where ] they are. “The holes are there because your alignment madt them. “That’s how you vget yardage)” Next: Winged T. ? m mr- '**' r r av* , Teams rgn much more from the split Tl thajh- from the regular set- rback, wheh he finds sive end is!not com-' ing in to meet him, can sl|p through the hole ajid rujn. If the!; end does charge, the quarterback can pitch out to a traijlirjg back. ; The fact that so many of the plays are optiojnal after the ball ie snapped caused an odd situation at Oklahoma last year. Thle Sooners piled up gn amazing amount of yardage:] oh the ground in 1948, and also set] a collegiate record for fumbles. Passing, of bourse, is not ne glected 4n the Split T. The split spreads 1 thje defensive line, which means it njust be supported by ad- Pf : ; L %• TTH *1 BUD WILKINSON • i ■ u Gibson to Attend Colleges’ Meeting c|f | the ves iss- Of R J U - ■ ! ;J C LOT 1^ ES \i ^ i far 7.' E Complete Kit Contains 1. Stamp With Your Name 2. Bottle of Waterproof Ink S. Pad and Brush 4. Packed in Strong Compact Box rITH A Oothes Marking Kit | STORE X C HA N i- f || u 4-V r —— Um Annex j; tpus GE STORE V $1.00 M :• rr-rr-—t j . Director [G. (?. Gibson i Texiis Extension Service leq Wediiesjday for Kansas j City, Mi ourij to] attend the annual meeting of the Assjociation of 'Land-Grant Colleges arid Universities Just prior to the association meeting, he will attend a meeting where present day reclamatio|i pro blems will j be discussed. The ex tension ; directors from the South ern states' will hold a meeting sometime during the week to dis cuss mutual problems* Gibson will represent the Texas Extension Ser vice atj these meetings. ; . He iq "expected to retbn campusl on October 28. w-4 Note the wide spacing of the lipe. In Ibis split’ T play the quarterback takes the ball from center and slides along the line to the “point of deception” be hind the tackle. Here he fakes a handoff to the right halfback and continues on. If opposing end comes to meet him he pitch es out to fullback or left half; if end hangs back he runs through hole. far ae conference standings stand Grhdy Elms, 218 Lubbock, Col- at the present. ipg e Station;; Dorothy Keeling, Box , • 0#U i24th 4358, Coital Station; William G. The Owls, although losing one Adkins. Box 4471, College Station; game to LSU in Baton Rouge are M r8 . w. S. Von Heeder, Box $686, ranked in the twenty-fourth-spot. £ ( Rice ran t|p the largest score in the history of the Cotton Bowl this weekend when they soundly trounced the- Mustangs of SMU by a score of 41 to 2i7. This was the first conference loss for th^ Mustangs since 1946 when Arkansas outscored them in Fayetteville. Thef are now only three ] jumps from Rice in the table. Notre Dame emerges as the na tions number one team aftfer swamping Tuljane who was ranked fourth last week. The Irish came up from the number'ten slot, and Kentucky, who was first last week dropped to fifth position. - Army holds dovyn tljie number twp spot in Williamsoh’s ratings. The ’i ling by ;the speptato Football Starts; Quartermaster Strong Again The Air Force showed its fangs on the Intramural bas ketball courts Monday with two of its teams romping over hapless opponents. Jerry Mar tinets led A Flight to a 16-3 vic tory over A Signal Company, while E Flight was running over A Vets 22-3. One other Flight won by close margin over B Vets 7-5. Although little scoring was done, jKinsey Hallmark for G Flight and Johan sen for the Vets showed nice ball handling and the ability to score as they paced their respective trains. * . < A TC was downed by B Comp osite 18-8 with the help of stellar play by Gerald Davis and Ken neth Baker. The once victorious B Quartermaster five won again by downing D Flight but lacked the class and spark shown in their pre vious game. ] Charlia Pealor led a strong E Field team to a hard 13-8 win (See FOOTBALL, Page 6) Cadets were in the second spot last week and kept it by virtue of a 54 to 14 victory over hapless Har vard. j -j : | I [ ' ; Oklahoma 4th Oklahoma, ranked in the num ber th*ee spot last week is now in IJuiith place. The Sooners starved off a late Kansas attack and went on to win and hold down the favorite spot: In the Bib Seven race. Probably the biggest upset of TCU’S the nation took place in Evanston Illinois where Northwestern bare ly outscored a favored Michigan team to win by .foie! point. Michi gan, at present : maintains the eighteenth spot with Northwestern ranked ih fourteenth place. Minnesota, for mauling mighty Ohio State 27 to 0, moved from | number seven to number three spot;, | in the rating. North Carolina and Pittsburg J rounded out the jtop ten with both New 7 RADIOS UUARANTEKD ^HAU< ii : ■Ml Used STOCK p sro 4-4114! • * ••• ] i ■ -UP ft DELIVERY 'V ‘j* J ; ■ ■ teams soiindly topping their oppon ents. Illinois, by virtue of a 27i-20 loss to Missoqri moved up in the na tional ratings along with Missouri who jumped to thq thirty-first spot. Williamson’s rajtings were a lit tle more accurate this week, de spite the predicted victory of Tu lane over Notre Daihe. The system now maintains ah qverage of 80*9 with a weekly average of 84,0. The ten top teams in order in clude: ' 1, Notre DarttC .J r . 99.9 /i 2i Army 99.3, 3, Minnesota!].... 99.0 4« Oklahoma j 98.4 i W Kentucky ! - 97.8] 6, California 97.1 Z lollege Station; James H. Carrell, (Box 1168, College Station; and J.; College. j tii8t0r,r ! DePt - A&M possible to The guessing contest' continues! this week with the sponsors again offering 11 free prizes for thr best guesses on the; outcome o r games in which Southwest Confer-; ence teams play next Saturday. The sponsors who donate the pri-j xes arc: 'Ri;j mlj Travis Bl. Bryan of (the Firs National Bank, J. C. Hbtard of Hotard’s Cafeteria, C. E- Cries iere ; freshman footbal rong | Wogs | here Thursday tjight. The Aggjie Fish opened With ar impressive 28-13 dedsipnl! over Weatherford Junior College, win ning this-game more deciaively thgii the 15-point margin would, indiegte i But the next week, the {UffopMU' farmers were stricken with ‘‘gonl- line-itis" as they bowed to Bay lor’s' Cubsi, 13-0. In ■; V/Uosi, 13-0. In thjs gaiqe the Aggie Fish dropped one touch down pass land bogged down insido the Cubs’ ! five-yard line thnen times. , ■; f !| ■ hj The Cubs lost to TCU’s Wo; 7, which would make the Wogs: 41 three touchdown favorite hqrf Thursday ‘ night. Malvin Fowler, versatile back from Van, ip th< key man ! in , the Wog’s attaok Some TCU observers rate thin team the Frogs’ best freshmfo group in many years. Coaches Marion Pugh and Mil ton Routt; of the ; Aggie Fifoi pro .. ., 7 Texas 8] Baylor 9* North Carolina 10f Pittsburghj ........ 94.1 .... ... 94.0 „..L... 93.9 bably will start the (following com i bination: Roy Bush of Childresk and Dick (Self of San Antor* 1 “ k ends, Jack Little of! Corpus and Alvin Langford of Fort Poly, at iackles, William Robbl of Breckeinridge at; offensive; cent ter and Kenneth Reese of Orange at linebacker, Ray Graves, Wallet Hill, Connie Magourtk and Raymond Haas in tjhe backfield. w 1 , •t I il on. To enter, per entry blank from Tte!C£.l“S1 from one of the sponsors. ], , ; 'Afl entries should be turned in to The Battalion «sports desk by 5 p, m. Friday. |Entries mailed should be poptmarked by that !time v >! Chesses aie on (j^ames in which Southwest ConfeVMice teams ; play thia; weekend and should be put on itbe entry blanks ih this order: A&M vs. BAYLOR ARKANSAS vs|VANDERBILT RICE vs. JCKY 1 ISIPPI f MURAL mws JVom npuf on, in (Intramurjal illegal. The is the crow « mapagi FW] for 1 report 1. Iittrja the amBjteur be ; stopped! f thej injuries do not decrease, j ; | 'll ks FOR WEDNESDAY L—Military ; earn * Courts Tim* !WC l 5:15 inf: 2 "■ f. C VET! 3 I I. t E INF A AF5 4 i' TENNISfoMilitary Team vs ream* Courts Time A QMC A CAtf 1,2,8 15:10 ASA 4,5,6 OR* « AF; FA: TC BAL(^ am*, , CAJ OMl4 CA 4) hide-out Fl|g Football reason fot distinguish pectator. calls a lays l-fe llijog ifies tWeyn If some team Ka play, they | wijl she - penali yaqds for j insportsman-like ducit. 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