v A I brought . i BY CHUCK CABAftl A glance at the AP wire coi a wry grimace to our face—jthe tidbit the expression was from Cambridge, Maasachusetts. Quote: “Another sorrowful page in Harvard’s 75-year Saturday that caused itts. Quote: jld football history was written today as the Dartmbuth Inc ians gaiped a 27-13 victory before a 30,000 crowd. It marked the first time Harvard ever lost five consecutive games. 1 ' Boy! those "fellows don’t know what a losing streak is! I As the scores of games from all over the nation clicked bff the machine, one could fairly see the prostrate alumni of such schools as Kentucky, North Carolina, Minnesota, North western, and Pittsburgh, all of whom suffered upset-defeats ‘ during the course of the day. We might add the names of the ‘Sips fo this list dince they felt that the Steers would down Rice and were even abetted in this notion by several notable Southwestern sports columnists. i» Two conclusions can be drawn from Saturday’s games (or so it appears in this corner); (1) the Southwest Confer ence may yet make a determined bid for equal rating with the Big Ten on the basis of ‘49 football play and (2) A&M plays some of the strongest teams in the nation. Will SWC Receive Recognition in ’49? te The first statement conies on the heels of the usual "up-East” comments that as always the Mid west is football’s top section. Well, the last of the Biff. Ten’s unde feated elevens succumbed when ponderous Minnesota fell before Michigan, 14-0. ; The October 19 AR Poll listed the Gophers third nationally—the only representative of America’s “big” conference chosen among the top ten, teams. Next (n line was Mich igan down in the twelfth spot. ’ Yet the Southwest Conference placed Rice (9> and Texas (10) in the select group with Baylor (11) and SMU (17) ppt too far back. This week’h poll could very Well show the Owls and the Ponies within the tap hijdf dozen teams with Baylor and, ITexas threaten ing fo enter the top ten, too. t , The strength of the Aggie schedule is further proven each week as Oklahoma Continues unde feated, Villanova impresses d spite an upset loss to 1 weak Tul and TCU lowers the boonh on in-j tersectional fpes. Latest confirm ation, came Saturday its LS knocked Charlie Justfcc-led No: Carolina from the IHttlH : 'I \ r , m mm Am . .m m* H 0 Wm ■ ■, . • * - jfHMt || w .. »— mmmm in Nicholas, Aggie quarterback, picked up four ' ii on this crack over his own left tackle. ie Fanners ran from the split T at the be ginning of the Baylor contest while Nicholas Aggie “Unknowns” Are Proving Valuable ’' 'i . ! : ; ! !. i rday as ustjce-led undefeated cla^s and pi-obaibly from the top ten: n tionally; a spot the Tarheels ha 1 held for a cotipla’ years| r • * * just musing in the press box *fter the Bruin game was over . . . wonder if Augie Saxe wouldn’t have, broken up -dome of those BUrk "floaters”? Remember Au gie? He was one of the top—if not) defensive work Saturday agaihst the best—pass defense halfbacks on last fall’s fish eleven. ,: V He may not have improved suf ficiently to be playing today, but in ’48 he would break up aerial plays without waiting ilntil the receiver already- had the ball— ’something , .jfnoKh ;of the varsity halves aren’t, doing yet. i ^ Strange, Isn't it . . . fellows like , Dibk Callendar and Don Nicholas ! remain buried deep down the rolls „ on the squad for seasons, but when ^hey' f^et a chance |to play home ■game ball—Well, we’ve all jseeri what can happen. Nicholas’ parsing exhibition agkinst the Sooners was an example, i as was Calendar’s the Bears, r. Ahd did yob notice number 90? He’s,Jim Fowler, the '48 ^h cen ter who was; exj ecjlied light) for| varsity dufy. And who was calling defensive signals quite a bit 1 Of the time against Baylojl-? That’s right, Fow- Makes onie wonder who; else might sparkle if e^posied to the sunlight| on Kyle Field during game-time. | j ' | Aggie Cross Country Runners Defeat Sooners Saturday, 27-28 A&M’e cross country harriers nudged the Oklahoma Sooners 27- 28 Saturday in a two mile race over the Ijoustbn highway. Top Cadet was Julian Herring who finished second with a 5 time of / 0:52 for the course.. The winner Was jacobs of OU who did the race In 9:48. Jacobs is the son of the Sooner coach. The order jpf the finish for the remainder or! the teii runners was (3) Slocum, of OU, (4 & 5) Jones and McMahon of A&M in a near dead heat, (6) Wilkerson of OU, (7)! Garmany of A&M, ( gins of NU. (9) Ortiz,of A (101 Burns of OU. | Porkers Down Vanderbilt By Extra Point 7-6 ;:ashville, Tehn., Oct. 24 <£•>— back Gcno Mazzanti raced 77 grids to the Vanderbilt two-yard stripe to set up a touchdown which ksvb Arkansas a 7-6 upset vic tory : here Saturday. A crowd of witnessed the intcrsectional football gahie. Defensive Fullback Louis Schau- idle, who seldom before has ca|r- the ball for Arkansas, plunged e| two yards for the touchciowiji. blocked placement kick after Vanderbilt got a touchdown in tjhe third quarter was the final mar- ginj of victory. rkansas outplayed Vanderbilt [i)i the first half,, but the Commo dores came back strong in the two finjd periods. Each .team racked up 14 first downs, the total yards gained was the same for both, 276. ! Porkers Gain Ground rkansaS Outrushed Vanderbilt, gaijning 262 yards to 16l for the Southeastern Conference team. Vanderbilt gained 115 yards by air tb |l4 for Arkansas. n off side penalty called on a,. , , , -4. * touchdown pass from Jamie Wade in * madt ' was guiding the offense. Bob Smith Cadet fullback who is the conference’s leading rusher, threw a key block to take the Bruin put of the play,i- | Battalion P O R T C 1 MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1949 Wildcats Fall, 20-7, Before Mustangs Dallas, Oct.' 24 —Southern Methodist kicked Kentucky in the middle of its national ranking Sat urday, knocking down the seventh^ rated Southern! team 20-7 on thb smashing runs, of Kyle Rote and the thread-needle passing of sopho more Fred Benners. Playing without the great Doak Walker who heard about the game from his hospital bed where he is recuperating from an influenza at^ tabk, the Methodists stormed from behind and| wpn going away. As the game ended, SMU was on the Kentucky seven-yard line with three downs to; go for a touchdown.' '-Tt 'was the first game for the Boaker to misb in his college ca reer npd his f absence had been instrumental irt K e n t u c k y be- to Buck Curtis, cost Vanderbilt a score in the second period. he Arkansas touchdown came quilekly 1 in the second quarter on Mazzanti’s long run and Schau- fele’s two-yard plunge. Duval Thprnton’s kick was good. Vanderbilt scored on an 81-yard match in the third period. It start ed when Cary Copp intercepted Dofi Logue’s pass on the Vander bilt 19. [ ;! * . Ten plays ilater, left halfback Nelson Burton, Memphis sopho more, took a pitch-out from Jamie Wade and ran 23 yafds for Van derbilt’s score. Left end Billy Hix blocked Cannon Mayes kick, leav- ihg! the score Arkansas 7, Vander- bilt 6. Game Close The score does not adequately show how close the game really was. Until the last five minutes Kentucky was in the ball game. A gamble on the fourth down by the Methodists was a deciding factor. j Knowing the power of the Wild cats was too much for them, the Ponies realized they had to keep the ball. It was fourth down on the Methodist 35-yard line and four inches to go jfor a first. The Meth odists gambled and McKissack rammed right tackle for the first T"™’ I . <■ j I, h Kentucky got the ball just once more after thkt and lost it on a fumble on its 31-yard line. The play of Bobby Folsom, Souther^ Methodist end, was a Patches Alterations Tailor Made Uniforms 1 . . . *•’ /'l ■ I Forest Green Shirts .... j ) , i j ' Fcfrest Grepn Pants .... Pink Pants .... Pink Shirts SMITH CLEANERS North Gate j Phone 4-4444 WE GIVE HAH GREEN STAMPS mil.; : . • !.• 1 ' . 1 ' \\ ‘ ii ; most important part of the victory. He intercepted one pass, prevented a touchdown when he ran! Dom Fucci out on the Methodist 12-yard line when it appeared the latter was loose and batted an appar ent touchdown pass out of the hands of Wilbur Jameson, Kentucky halfback, down on the Methodist six-yard line. Penalties Hurt Penalties hurt Kentucky badly. One, for off-side, called back a 68-yard touchdown run by Emery Clark-and another baited a deter mined Wildcat swing deep into Methodists territory. j Southern Methqdist had the edge in the statistics, Romping 206 yards on the ground and 125 in the air to 98 rushing and 175 throwing by Kentucky. Rote ground out 91 yards wham ming the bulky Wildcat line as the game’s top ball-carrier. In passing, Benners connected on six for 101 yards while Vito Parilli, the Kentucky wonder passing man, lived up to all expectations. He threw 24 and completed 12 for 175 yards. Ponies Tally j The Methodists scored first, roar ing 65 yards for a touchdown on a drive that paid off just as the second period opened. Bill Sullivan missed the conversion. That just made the Wildcats wild, After Lee Truman had re turned to his own 40-yard line, Kentucky snorted and pranced to a touchdown in eight plays. The pay off was a 26-yard pass into the end zone by Parilli to Fucci. Bob Brooks planted the ball between thf goal ppsts and Kentucky led 7-6.I I . But as soon at the Methodists gnt the bull in the third quartet' they paraded 88 yards to another score. It was made from the seven- yard line by the powerful Rote who hannnered the Wildcat will just twice for the touchdown. Kote eon* VWtM. j The last Methodist score was on an 84-yard surge midway of the fourth period. Benners boomed a lonfr pass from the Kentucky 49- yard line and down on the one H. N. Russell, son of Southern Methodists backfeld roach, made a diving catch, rolling over the goal line with ball. Rote again convert ed. -f-H ' *■ k i» ^ ——- Day after day ait the 1 diver sity Store in Athens, Georgia, as in college shops through out the coiihtry, yoti can always find University of Georgia students and ice-cold For with students fropty ice-cold Coca-Cola 14 the favorite drink—Coke belongs. Coca-Cola. F everywhere, H'- . ' ' j dsk for it eiti BBYAN ^ ...... . t I ' MARK YOUR CLOTHES . i,r..v “Sarsco” Clothes Marking Kit - / ; )j Complete Kit Contains 1. Stamp With Your Name 2. Bottle of Waterproof Irik 3. Pad and Brush v 4. Packed in Strong Compact Box i 1 ■ ■ ■ i ::: J ■ i i "- EXCHANGE STORE Main campus .j EXCHANGE STORE H Only tl-W ' : ■—■—i pad, To Horned Frogs Aerials Defeat Ole Miss, 33-27 | Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 24 <*>- Texas Christian. University nosed out Mississippi, 33-27, Saturday night in a wild offensive struggle. The spectacular parade of touch- | do\viis| Started 45 second!* after the game opened when Bi|ly Mustin raced 59 yards for a Mississippi score. It ended shortly after the fourth quarter began When Lindy Berry jplassed 23 yards to John Mortorj fo^ Texas Christian’s game-winning tally. In between, the teams traded' touchdowns in a wild disregard for defense. Mississippi picked up: another j touchdown in the first period] and scored in the second! and third periods. j ‘ I Texas Christian, rammed over one first quarter tally, two in the second and one in the third. Don Blanchard kicked three ex tra points for Mississippi and Hom er Ludiker booted three for Texas Christian. * ’Ole Miss Scores Musttn's long jaunt came on the second play of the game, jnioutee later Texas Christian had its first tallyy Wilde, passing to Morris Btjdley for 37 yards to climax a four-pi Maintain Dick Callendar, 170-potuid de- ' fen lire halfback, has returned tc jibe position he played in ‘48. His 'performance was one of the bright spots in the losing test with the Bears as the hard-hitting loughie time-after- stopped the Baptist backs. r-piay, 66-yard drive. Before tht period ended, ole Miss had scored again on Dottley’s three-yard line plunge. Then .the Rebels built their margin to 20-6 when Byrd scampered 27 yards to complete a 65-yard march. Berry opened up in a hurry af ter this, pitching in the manner that after tonight’s game gave him 1,032 yards gained in six foot ball games. | i. 7 !' ] • ■ 1 j" i' Berry Sparked Drive He sparked a 70-yard drive and ended it With a three-yard pajy- off pitch to Bailey. His passes set up the next score and Morton did the honors from the one -ya^d line. Texas Christian jumped ahead briefly in the third quarter when Berry passed 11 yards to Wilde. But the first play after the kick off following this tally, Dottley broke loose on a 68-yard scoring sprint behind a wave of Rebel blockers, i j - 1 j j . . • ?• It was a question of pass defense for Mississippi, then, and the Reb els didn't have one good enough to stop the Homed Frogs’ final drive. ; ■ - . mm 14, ped In A. Murry Holditeh, 205-pound tack le froni Blooming Grove, helped bulwark thr Cadet line against the Baylor ruahing attack Sat urday. The 26-year-old veteran junior quite often teamed with his roommate, starter Dwayne Tucker, to provide a sturdy de fense it* the mud-battle. VOU CAN DEPEND ON HEINE’S BLEND ... , The Smoking Tobacco D.D.S.* DEGREE! HlEINE’S BLEND , I tUjTuni PIPE TOBACCO ieViOTToaacc«co.4s Mtt-teteiX. ♦Deep-Down Satisfaction Upsets the Rule Saturday; Ags Are Exception ' ’ o' • . i Njew York, Oct. 24 —Colt football provided more suripi Saturday than a Christmas Michigan, bcajten on succcsaive Saturdays by Army and Northwes tern, battered ponderous Minnesota frorp the big ten top, 14 to 7. Southern Methodist, with Doak Walker in the hospital, pushed Kerjtucky out of the unbeaten lists, 20 to 7.; . ! ,/f • ; jj r j Iljlinois defeated Purdue, 19 to 0, for jthe first time ip 30 year! jof trying and Wyoming downed'Utah, 1»V>0. | ;; l^ni Williams, -l^t wealc'fi Press lineman of : tija week, kicked a difficult field goal to give Rice a 17 to 16 edge oyer Texas. Arkansas edged VanderbiK by a single point, 7 to 6, and Iowa subdued Northwestern’s Rose Bowl champions, 28 to 21. Kansas About Faces Indiana’s sophomores complete- Ijy befuddled Pittsburgh, another previously unbeaten club, 48 to and little Memphis State slap* down Kansas State, 21 to 14. iwrn, Kansas stopped Oklahoma JA M., 65 to 14. | Every one of those results is a gilt-edged upset. j But there were other unusual features, too. Army massacred Columbia, 63 to 6, and Uomell had to hustle all the, ’way; to whip Princeton, 14 to 12, in defense Of its Ivy League leadership. :: Connecticut’p 125 to ; 0 verdict over Newport Naval Station was anqther surprise, the sailors fading an ill-point favorite as the teams took the fi*el(i. And t|ien there wui) West Virginia States 2||t0 0 triumph over St. Augustine. ! > Illini Top Big Ten ||| ' The Illinois and Michigan victor ies pushed Illini to the top of the Big Ten standings, a :circvw|.\tn which Ohio State, came buck from its licking of a week ago to defeat Wisconsin, 21 to 0, j ( ; Oklahoma aivfl Missouri contin ued the buildup for thete own big seven meeting later this season by downing rival tit|«i threats. Missouri shoved Iowa St«te aside, »i5 to 0, for the Cyclomi’* first de feat and Oklahoma, held in check for a time, finally bettered Nebras ka, 48 to 0. tr-— Good News for Air Minded College Men! . f? 1 A U. S. Air Force inter vitwing team will ba here to give you com plete details about * many flying and flying opportunities to single young men*bd- tween ages of .20 i yards, immatei Town- fiissed f vei good pore. They) had the ftrsr; period line. Also in »ve fot tv-eight f'f •V b .’Ii" ! I'jmej Longnorns opportunities fo ie ball twicej in the Owl 16-y e first, theiy d^ove foittv-t yards to the Rice two s In the sec ond they got; to ?the thrse on a (Ol-yard drive j buj. were Stopped, nrincibally by big Watson, the Rice ' cdntejf. And in tjic four h, they rtove4 sixty-t^o y^rds to |the Rico tteelv*. •] i | Ride Had only »one touchdown a jot pn which it filled to capitalize. H proceeded to tjie Longhorn 1J- X»rd line early in the fourth quar ter after Watsop intercepted a pass , but its! 1 runjiing g^mc rani opt df gas. , I •• 71 • Texas ()pj?ns Scoriijg ■ I. f Te^as began thergame ak thouci fl wdre going to jrun Ricj! all th^ vjay back to the fayoua. I t acoreld s touchdown and | safety l: toU at the half, and (|wla; to a single flrst dov (jperiing half; _j i . Tekas scoted first on a safety 'Hhfen Ray StoneL big eft end, (barged In to block Wyal.t’s punt : ifdroi the end zone. The bill boutl- i&J pff the field play. The Steers !adde v ;he second period ton tault after taking a tjaking a pun mrd! dash > by Cla^,, who bdown ^ a 43-yard as- A d»rte)d trough left tackle and cgme badk to his right* was the jheadline )layi In threje linfi bucks from the (-yard line, Clay j|ut the ball ovefr, he . touchdown cpming IJrom the Nyard line. Clay 4dded the point. | That made! it 9 '>£0 0^ Texas. Aeriqls Aid Drivje , In the third, thu! Longhorns tack ed on another topchdowm after irivlng 62 yards. Two passes from ;he fight hand of Quarterback Paul lampbell—ope to ilEnd Ben Procter 'Or 9 yards and ^.another to Paul Williams, the other end, for 18^- ere mixed with |line burrows by ’owpsend and FqJIback Lewis Lc- 1 ^rom the js-ya’rl line, Clay gain- 2 yards in tWp trys and then Fowhsend smackeid left guard for he tpuchdown. 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