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Lamar’s Gi t
Rapid Ra
By FRANK SURMRN, JR.
Grid fans called the big line
cracker “Rapid Robert” in high
school becauseJie was so fast; today
the former school boy star is just
fast and is gaining a reputation
as one of the Southwest’s most
powerful backs.
The full back referred to is
Robert Smith, Lamar’s outstandingi
Jialfback of three years" ago, : whoi
is. currently pacing " the confer
ence runners with a record of 410
yards bn 86 carries. Rob has aver
aged 4.8 yards per carry and has
accounted for almost 58% of the
Ag ground yardage. 1
Smith, who was offered scholar*
ships to Tulane, L8U, Rice, Baylor,
Texas, and 8MU and had an ap
pointment to West Point, says that
the spirit at Agyit'land attracted
him. ;
The lt>2.poundUL, admits, though,
that he was u victim of the well
organ Used Aggie-Ex Club of Hous*
-ton, The Exes consistently kept
after him before and after he com
pleted his high school eligibility
with the two-time district cham
pions of Houston, Lamar. «
SMI! Almost Nabbed Him
The young gridster also ^dmita
that ho came pretty close to accept
ing a scholarship to SMU with
his Lamar backfield mate' John
CpaMjrton.
iWhcn asked what he thought of
Champion 1 , Bob quickly said. "He’s
damn good^ought to burn the con
ference up next year when the
Mustang seniors.leave." The inter
view took place before the Rice-
SMU game, so for the interest of
the readers, Champion compiled an
average of over 10 yards per try
against the Mustangs’ toughest
opponent in three years.
Smith feels, along with room
mate Jim Dobbyn, that the Cadets
havB the best cbaching" staff in the
Southwest Conference.
Bob’s' folks ’ are now farming
just outside of Dallas, but when
• asked where he considers his home
he remarked without hesitation—
"I’m from Houston^”
Teammates Went to Rice
“Most of the boys I went to
higbi school with arje now at Rice,”
said Smith, "that’s why I would
especially like to beat them.” The
husky back had not plqyed against
any of his old high school team
mates until last Saturday when, he
faced soihe of "them in the Bay
lor game. ‘ J , f \ .
Coach Dick Jodd 34>'.s that he
wants ta use Bob on both the of-
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Houstonite’s shoulder
enough to d< so.
Smith’s shoulder injury consists
[of some: ligaments pulled out of
ri l 3fr i ii£ h „r eck ’ tathew i
Smith, as you may remember, wai
out of practice for a week with thi
shoulder injury before the Villanovi
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says that he didn’t have
much ; chance,^to do anything in
high school bufOhm, since Champ
ion took care of all the -passing,
kicking and ball handling duties
of thej team.
* Thai two all-district performers
led thbir team to a district champ
ionship in ’46 and advanced to the
state [semi-finals where they lost
to Thomas Jefferson of San An
tonio. Kyle Rote and Tuck Chapin
were on the Alamo City squad that
year land both played a part in
the dose, hard fought contest, i
| Redskin Led Scoring
“Rapid Robert" was high point
man ;ifor the city in ’46 with end
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Billy
Wright
jess
Smith
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score
no
Wright of Milby second.
B iMlTH
game, and; only
in the TleClk
ok part in
four
plays ini that tilt, carrying the ball
once fo| six yaids. ,
Sijjjith Topped Runners
Despite this fact he still led
the conference ball carriers the
week before the TCU ftay?
Another factor to takje into- con
sideration is the fact that when
Bob made 214 yards in 31 carries
is now ' ’ g gUard on
Ne+ly'a Rice aggregation,
couldn’t remember just how
pointa he made, hut reported
He had plenty of chancea to
bocaune the Rednklna wero
potent | that year.
Both Lamar ladn, Champion and
Smith, along with Billy Wright
were placed on Houaton'n ull-uja-
tilct loam, with Champion making
1 honorable mention all state.
,i Scholastically Ineligible last
I year, Smith played on the "B"
[team., Says Bob, “I learned more
playirjg ball against the varsity
than 1 ever could with the fresh
man team.” Apparently the year
lay off resulted in rapid improve
ment'for the big fullback. Coach
Stiteltr watched Smith closely
while; working with him last year,
so thi 1 head mentor had first hand
information on the former Lamar
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Not only is Harry Stiteler glad
about Smith enrolling at A&M,
but !
head
game, he hkd to carry j the mlove.
the bait with bis left hapd clutched ! Sm
up agiulnst his left Shoulder to | put,
avert further injury, j -4'j
‘Colonel Attdy” Anderson,
track coach, |is happy over
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th will compete in ithe shot
javelin, and discus [ on the
(See SMITH, Page 14)
Infantry Basketball Teams
Show Power; Handball Starts
On tjie Intramural basketball courts Wednesday, F
Flight skipned by a 115-14 Win over a hard fighting eleven
from B Infantry. Outstanding player of the match was high
point manlof the Air Force team, Leonard who set the pace
by smooth ball handling and shooting.
A fligjht vras swampejil by a pow-f
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of the inmost one sided matches
tlhe yeat • In their first game
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Baylor texa^ a&m'
IS . First Downs > 7
M3 Yards Gained Rushing 135
36 Yards Lost Rushing 9
127 Net Yords Galnd Rush, 126
188 Yards Gained Passing 40
22 Passes Attempted 6
U Passes Completed ' 2
2 - Passes Inteircepted By 3
86 Yds. Interceptions Returned 2
l)3.2 Pont Average 39.4
8 No. of Punts , , 10
40 Pongltlea (Yds.) 20
1 Opp, jhimbles Recvd Hy h
0 Fumbles 3
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A Flight looked strong but were
almost hapUss in the hpnds, of the
Infantry teiun. BUI Barber was
high point nan for the victors as
well us. the match with sever)
points. | ,
S mop thi ball handler. A. B.
Harris paced the high scoriicg A
Chem -team to a 26-16 win over
C Field'. Outstanding player for
the Artillery feanii was a toss-up
between Trcky J. v l). Hinton and
Hayeai
On tl)ie Tennis counts, C Aiv
Force dbwhed a hard fighting A
Otjdnance team 2-1. The (; Flight
vl( tory was led by u powerful eoup-
le.lj of Steve Dardiganiiiii and Lam*
nr Walker.
\ Infamfy Takes Tennis Lead
A Infantry showed they still
had the tennis niateriajl that took
them jso far last year jin downing
a goojd D Field Artillery team 3-0.
Abe i Gorman and Jack Prince
paced the victori.
Nance and Thonas led E Infantry
to a I decisive vi
Cedric Copeland (84), 176-pound end from Waco* Is playing his,
second year on the varsity. As a sophomore last fall Copeland
was named one of the outstanding sophs in the country and made
honorable mention on the United Press all-conference team.
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Baylor, Rice Hold
Top Ten Ratings,
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Editor To Address QB Club
Baylor Among
Nine Unbeaten
College Teams
New York, Oct. 24 13P)—Nine
teams held the thinning line of
major unbeaten—untied college
football forces today, but the cas
ualty rate is getting terrific.
The season may 1 be lucky to
squeeze through with as many
perfect elevens ns last year yvhen
Michigan, California and Clemson
alone closed out with spotless es
cutcheons. California fell later
in a bowl game.
Notre Dame and Army, the coun
try’s two top-ranking powera, up-
P#ar good bets to survive the lust
six weeks ami fourth-place Oklaho
ma may extend Its string, '
But the other untarnished teams
4-Citlifornla, Cornell, Baylor,
Pbnnsylvnnla, Boston U, and .Vir
ginia- havu rough sea* ahead,
Baylor bus yet to meet the
Southwest Titans—Texan, Mouth*
*rn Methodist and RlCe.
Four teams with nothing but big,
fat victories took a tumble Sat-
uirdajy in the most violent reversal
of form this season.
Nprth Carolina, Minnesota, Ken-
ttidky and Pittsburgh went down
With a thump.
Y UIT
LSU Strikes N €
North Carolina was stunned ly
Louisiana State iin a night gan e
at Baton Rouge,! 13-7.
Minnesota’s Cophers, already
eyeing the Rose Bowl, were trim
med by Michigan’s defending na
tional champions who bounced back
from two straight, 14-7.
Bear Bryant’s Kentucky, 1 riding
Freeman,
is the official speake
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BY HAROLD V. RA
Dallas, Oct.
have been a awe
day that Southe
one for the Doaker.
All the ingredients
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for cooking up ope of those drama
tic tale* Whereby a football game
waa dedicated to its greatest siar‘
who couldn’t jtlay.
Anti that would haVe’ book tjho'
story If Coach Matty Hoi had 1’t
stolipod in.
AILAmorlca Uttak Walker
goiiiig to miss thii first gamie t>t
colloge career because of
There was a meeting of the [8
squad lasl. Wednesday! dh<d dky!
Walker wont to a hospital, It tviuj a
and no J ope *knbw
secret meeting r ..„
what wont on, not oVeft t ,
The assumption was that: AM
boys were pledging thoy’d win this
game tho victory that was Sorely
needed to build up flagging Kplrjts
—aa a tribuuto to Wnlkpr. The tip-
Opponent Waa Mighty KenttR'ky
Friday—the day bcfoiieith^ Kon*
tucky game Bell blasted ai the
press for carrying such a isilorf.ij!
He snapped: "It isn’t truq that
the boys dedicated thy game to
Walker. Captaii) Dick McHissack’
told me they didn’t. The meeting
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second and greatest year,
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sports world) ,
Wihnjera o^ last week’s
, tho winner «*>ntost” are
,Tbe present Thursday nigh
celve their plfxes. If for
son, a jwinnei! is ahsent, the prison
will be awnr(H*d to the person who
turned in theHmext best unswul
The krueMiing contest will Icon
tinue again jthls week with U
sponsoits aga^n offering prises for
the best giieSsers on the outcomd
Of gamjBs in which Southwest Con
ference h ams play next Saturday.
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was one like tljc slquad
week—a pep talk. McKissack t0li_
them they hadp-t been blkyijig thp
football they were capable-ofi l
a five-game winning streak, lost! f? 8 ** 11 A he , p f. ss [ "\ aki ;^. f 8 ^ 1 !
to Southern Methodist, 20-7, and 1 c Se , ^°i yS l • i
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were today; that
BY FRANK SIMMEN
i is par tiy
of
due to a readjustment
. , I l . . . ( oi Tulaq^’s squeak by 14-6 over
Again. P&ul B. W ilhamson in his j Auburn
statistical ratings places two! Oklahoma takes over fourth
Southwest Conference teams among p] acei 0 ne jump higher than last
the top) ten of the nation, but
this tirhe its Baylor and Rice in
stead ofjthe Bears and Longhorns.
Baylolr, ranked in the number five
week. The Sooners, who ran dp a
score ir) the forties over Nebraska
took oyer Minnesota’s
while tjhe Boilermakers
in thb remaining
the
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Both teams
lucked the
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tennis match of
football field, A
airy fought to. a
the Cavalry tddm
one 20 yard fttin-
showed they had;
ent defens vo teams, b u,t
spot \behind Army, Notre Dame, i ( j own d, the ninth position.
Oklahoma, and California, is still California, ranked last week
leading! the Southwest conference | number
as far i as Williamson is concern- fourth
ed. The Bears to date have racked i j n fifth
up wins against South | Carolina, (gum w
Mississfppi State, Arkansas, Texas I Champ
Tech, ahd A&M. | in the
Last week the Bears were in thi*! Rj co
number! eight position, after
tary to score
Btihson craahc
lone TD for B C
the Win over B
offensive power
d; over for the
oast to give them
gMC. Hink and
Dougins were outstanding players
for tjhe Quartermaster elovtMi,
11 jAlr Force took the nod over
B Composite by ponelutlons after
knocking the Composites over the U . I1 VJ'‘' J
field but lacked the punch to score.
Higdjui and Hill led the victors
hy outstanding offensive and de
fensive play.
E Flight Wins Again
E Flight <von on penetrations
over E Vet after both teams fought
to aj]6-6 tie. Both tegms had one
twenty yard penetration but K
Flight had two 40 yard penetrations
to onje for the losers.
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B;[Field won pver the Senior
Compjany in their Opening hofse-
shoes match. Hampton and McMa
han led B Athletics to a 2*1 win
over D Vet.
B Vets won over A Composite
2*1 \jnth the outstanding play of
Gfeorge Hartwell and Albert Con-
dtfon.
Clajyton and Sayfath led A Vets
2-1 victory over A Coast. C
Cavalry took the nod over E
Flight by a forfeit.
Op ;n handball sjipa are now out
to tl e entrants and games must
be pi eyed on or before the date on
the ejards. It is up to the players
to schedule their own matches as
long hs it is within the limit on the
cards,. .
Tb s outcome of all matches shall
be reported to Intramural Office
before the deadline or shall be
considered as forfeits.
Texas 11. who held down seventh
place, Now the Horn* by virtue of
thoir lol*» to the Owls arc down the
list at | thirteen.
Rice lumped from the 24th. posi*
tiori to] within the top ten. Thy
Owls, ijontlnuing their winning
ways aic now in thr eighth spot
in the ijiational ratings.
tliiNlung* Jump (Ip
who, all hough without the
of their All-Americun hulf-
Djoak Walker, outpointed a
avored Kentucky eleven ih
jumped into the eleventh)
rise of 18 over last week, |
spffering Uydr worse com
defeat In over ten years,
behind the Mustangs, in
SMU
buck
Highly
Dallas,
spot, a
after
ference
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did a
of "ho
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except!
were
fired-up Indiana team, 48-14.
These upsets promised an up-
heavhl in the Nation’s first ten,
which will be determined by an
Associated Press vote today.
Minnesota Drops
Minnesota had ranked third in the
last weekly standings with North
j Carolina sixth and Kentucky) sev
enth.
Notre Dome was idle last weekJ
Army, which overwhelmed Col-
| umbia 63-6, should enjoy another
touchdown parade against Virginia
! Military Institute. Unbeaten Penn
entertains Pittsburgh.,
i Michigan will meet Illinois at
P 0 .. lor ] Champaign in a game that should
slipped unrave i the confused west
ern conference race.
The best games in the south send
Mississippi State against Tulane,
Tennessee against North Carolina
and Duke against Georgia Tech.
Texas.
Indication:
Walker won’t bt in the line-iup for
that one eitper. He’s having fever
again, his throat’s so sore he cptijt
eat like he jwaats. to.
Ladder Truck Burns,
Providence, R. 1., WPl—Liidd
in
sixth place, at present in
position followed by Baylor
Pennsylvania, sixth, Mjch-1 ana u UKe against ueorgn
10 meets underdog Illinois in Texa8 v .s. Southern Methodist is
ttgn this week, is ranked, the Southwest headliner.
seventh position. | Oklahoma has Iowa State next on
bolds down the. eighth with iK tl nu . en( i.,
Minnesbta and Southern Caliifor- | * ‘
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no other week during the
m of the Williamson system
relatively greater number
pelcss" teams rise up to
down their prospective grid
opponents.
lero Were quite a lot of picks
system that could lie called
.mul, among those included
VrkHnsnH over Vanderbilt,
Fordhntn over Syracuse, TCU ov
er MlNii)s*lppi, and Wyoming over
Utah.
llliii|oia Pull* Freak Again
"lllii >is’ Fighting Illini’’, again
went against the word of the ex
perts ip rolling .over Purdue. Ill*
inois; tanked in the second divi-
19th. plpce is Atkaims. The Pork}-tsion of the Big Ten, meets i>owerful
ers, undetdogs against Vanderbilt, Michigan this week. (RTB)
Came (through with a win. \ The results of three of the lead-
Next. among SWC contenders * n R games also confounded the ex-
is TCLj who at present is in the perts. Michigan 14, Minnesota 7;
38th. place, after skimming by SMU 20, Kentucky 7; and LSU 13,
Mississippi in a free for all scor- North Carolina 7.
A&M Ex Complete*
Masters in Colorado
B. €. Doggctt, instructor jn the
Engineering Drawing Department,
Xpent the summer at Fort Collin*,
Colo., finishing work on his Mas-
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The (Aggies, who Were ranged in
62nd. sjtot last week, are now lodged
in number 68. ,
This; week Texas meets SMU in
Dallasj Williamson picks the Mus-
jtangs jto take this one bjy a slim !
inargil). He also chooses Arkansas |
bver the Aggies along with Rice 1
over Texas Tech and Baylor over j
TCU i|n the expected close game
of the week, .j
Army Leads Nation
Getting back to the top ten we
find Ajrmy is now lodged in the
number one spot with Notre Dame
second.! Powerful Army, who rah
wild oVer Harvard took over the
leadership from the idle Fighting
Irish. The last, so Williamson says
Major games involved teams
rated at 78.0 or above.
The top ten teams of the nation
in order include:
1. Army
2. Notre Dame
3. Oklahoma
4. California .
5. Baylor
6. Pennsylvania
7. Michigan U.
8. Rice
9. Minnesota
10. Southern Calofornia.
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Professor B. B. Shaw, former)
vocational agriculture teacher at
Belton, Texas, is the newest addi
tion to the staff of the Agiicul-*
tural Education Department.
Shaw received his B. S. degree
from Mississippi State in 1985. In;
the summer of 1942, he received
his master of education degree
from A&M. /
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Company 10 \yill be a long
living this one.down:
On a practice run to \Vayla id
Square to stage a demonstration
in connection with Fire Preyenti
Week, a battery cable short c
cuit set the truck on fire.
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