7T -/ l>T- » ri -• j X .a iw- It Up J-i j s ! I i \L ■ 1 BY CHUCK CABANIS i - / ies, woefully, short on talent .have had j 'll- ■ many foot- hatat Blirr . “The Aggi troubles this fall... There is no quick way to rebuild ball team whose player material had run as short as A&M.” Whom are we quoting? None other than Chari ton, one of The Dallas Morning News’ two columnist Burton’s daily column, “The Inside Story,” has dutiedj many references to the Aggies this fall. Some, particularly after the Oklahoma game, were quite flattering to a losing eleven; others, like the quote above stated frankly thC Ca dets weaknesses as seeti! through the eyes of the News sports- writers. ' • • : j j ' j .j M • j 111 We are riot seeking to embroif ourselves in a feud with Burton, a la Simmen-Ratliff, but we do wonder of the Ag gies have fooled us or whether Burton is off base. Optimistically, we felt prior to the opening of tje sea son that the Cadets would show marked improvement! as the campaign progressed. Well, they have shown some i of? tihis desired improvement the p&st two weeks, but few o: usl a$ spectators have been able to judge the attitude of the in dividual athletes. ! ! I , We do think though, that some of the Farmers have failed to perform as well as they gave promise of list fall (and we aren’t talking just about sophomores since we real ize that the first string line is largely a junior cbmbihation'). We don’t know why these players haven’t met our expecta tions—perhaps we expected too much, j - Mh i . -T f V V- 1 4.1; i I ijv it ■ “Big” Three in Cadet Line Is Confidence What The Aggies Need? However] we choose to feel that this isn’t the case. What the team seems to need is a “shot in the arm”—something to revive within it the- confidence that it can win. We suspect that one winning ef fort by the Ags—say a victory over Southern Methodist Saturday— could turn the Majroons into one of the most justly feared aggrega tions in the conference. Last fall the Cadets never could (juite make it^—either a had first period marred by mistakes or a nightmarish final quarterjthat found a tired Aggto eleven sagging before the opponent’s fresh re serves would lead to a Maroon loss. The 14-pointers never could quite hold that other team to 13 points, i Well, seven games have come .and gone. Seven games, sjx losses. The seniors have just about ended lack luster careers, the juniors have al most completed another unsuccess ful season, the sophomores have found that victories as freshmen are obscured by losses as the var sity. It is because these men lack Burton says? of too few capable rest* too little) backfield speed lieve tha( tins':year's losses are the »* HUGH MEYER The Gainesville center at 2 pounds Is the heaviest man the Ag. line. MICKEY SPENCER An all-state performer at Pasa dena, tackle Spencer tips the scale at 205. w -i "f J McLendon MovieTo Mi fe 1 iiV- •K* ! Gordon DWAYNE TUCKER A 210-pound husky from Waco, Tucker Is earning Ms second let ter at tackle. ryps and We be ar results df too-much overall lack of experience. Seven games cap provide a lot of ex per ie! ice—-play against Yillanova, Oklahoma, LSU, and Baylor could have removed a great Heal -Of the greeness from any playler-. ! What all of this is addjijng Up to is just this: we feel that Saturday would bd a good time fo:* the* Ag gies to i urn tihe record pdge ever. With th? banks starting a little faster, running a little hirdeij 1 and the linemen blocking a li die crisp er, tacki ng a little hardv, you Ca dets can niakfc the “experts'" and odds-setters eat their words* . * .* • r Make us ea^. ours, we’rd going to pick the Mustangs to win because of the two! teams’ record i so far. Show* ^urton and the othet ex perts that it was only inexperience that prevented you from winning front veteran elevens like the Soon- ers and the Tigers, phow the w’orld what we Aggies have be- Aggie Harriers To eet M’S Today ee Aggie cross country team wi!|l meet the North Texas State Eagles at 3:30 today in a meet over the 2.6 mile course just west of [Kyle Field across the railroad trajeks. ’he North Texas harriers have dropped two dual meets to the TeNas Longhorns, 25-12 in Austin and 31-24 in Denton. Top Eagle runners are Don Edw'ards, James Yojung, and Ben Sparks. Julian Herring, number two man in jthe Southwest Conference meet lasjt fall, will lead the defending conference champion Aggies. Other top Cadet performers are Jones, Mahon, Garrhony, and Ortiz. ’MURAL NEWS .SCHEDULES FOR FRIDAY Military Basketball am vs. Team Courts CA Battalion O PORT O THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1949 Page 5 . , | Class A Footballers En ter Home Stretch (The following article on Class I Kermit’s 7-13 loss to Monahans A football teams and the article) left Wink in a good position to on the top Class AA and City Con- j take the District 5-A crown. Mona- ferience elevens also on the page | bans, the defending state champ- today are part of the statewide! ion, is out of the running as a coverage The Battalion plans to | district contender. carry bei tdlent as , „ »We believe not. We believe thafcjlieved all along last year’ij losses were the results ! plenty cf talent. ftei-' ' ^ : ... .. j: Scrub Today, Headliner Tomorrow Seems as though we have more j any rate, if the caller is correct, the -that J and more “unknowns” who act like “Balls of fire” once they hit the turf during a game. First we had Dick Callander, Don Nicholas, and Jim Fowler. Now we turn up Mur ry Holdftch, who won the plaudits of the Batt sports staff for his per formance against'the Razorbacks. With the defensive work of Cal lender earning him nomination for week for man wearing Bobby Dew’s number (as givtjn on the program] is Saxe. If ouj- feature schedul j runs off as expected, the Batt vill carry stories jon offensive firs' Stringers Wray Whittaker, Bobby Goff, Dwayne Tucker, Mickey Spencer, Carl Mjolberg, Max Ore within the next two : w’eeks. If we can round writers] We'll pick-up th you have FA VET A! FA B ATH INF VET' COMF 1 VET E 1 FA ner,. etc., b nd a half iE up enbugh J ^ e features | ers, too—! every day,! ? next quiz ! riority/on I national lineman of the . jiis play against Baylor and Hoi- on the defensive play ditch and Fowler taking the Batt : but there’s only 24 hours lineman honors for the Arkansas and who knows when th clash . . . well, one ne\\t knows j will bej demanding top who will rise suddenly td i ’ famejltime? ^ aejlt.. If nothing else is accomplish- 1 j- }d, these^>developments should keep ! the spirits of jsquadmen high since 1 liadune? be;the next t ; .-t-r i T ,tr ; f :• Mount Vernon walloped unde feated, untied DcKalb, 40-0, as Dale Moore scored 18 points to boost his total to 105 for the sea son. The Tigers get back into 15-A play this week against Min- eola. DeKalb and Atlanta Tied DeKalb and Atlanta are tied for the lead in 14-A, each with two victories. These two teams tangle this week in khat will probably be the district’s title tilt New Braunfels just about wrap ped up the District 24-A title. The Unicorns . smashed Gonzales 76-6, and took over undisputed leadership in the district It was their fourth district victory and seventh of the year. Merlyn Murphey scored five touchdowns to boost his total for the year to 126 points. Kaufman, the pride of District 17-A, smashed Plano, 57-0. John La Roe scored four touchdowns to run his total to 120 points for the season. Leverett’s Chapel smashed Cen ter, 47-13, and leads District 16-,A with seven conference victories. Grand Saline Stays Ahead Grand Saline beat Wills Point, 14-6, last week to retain the only undefeated District 18-A record. Clarksville and Honey Grove won opening games in the four- team District 13-A. They play each other Nov. 18. Mexia beat Franklin 26-7, to just about cinch the west zone title of District 20-A. Crockett beat Groes- beck, 25-0 and Huntsville walloped Alto, 47-0, to stay atop the cast zone standings. Humble, a Class B team, beat, Brenham 12-6, but Brenham still tops the 23-A pack. Webster beat Cedar Bayou, in a top 26-A contest, while French of Beamont and Nederland both tVon by big scores to stay unde feated in 26-A. Edna and Beeville continued un defeated in District 28-A, beating Kenedy, 18-14, and Cuero, 19-0, respectively. Ballinger swamped Lake View, J5-14, to stay unbeaten in 7-A, while Rotan walloped Merkel, 47-13, to ride high in the west zone of 6-A. Rosebud kicked Killeen, 22-6. to stay high in the running in District ?1-A. Lampasas still tops 22-A. Fish-Slime Tilt Expected to Be Offensive Fray Houston football fans can ex pect another offensive thriller when the Aggie Fish tangle with Rice Slime in Rice Stadium the afternoon of November 11. Last year, the Fish won, 14-12, This year, the Blue Bolts pro bably will enter the game as favor ites. p The Aggie freshmen have scored seven touchdowns in their three games and have muffed opportun ities to score at least six others. Won Opener In their': opener, the Aggies dumped Weatherford Junior Col lege, 2R-13. Raymond Haas, Walter Hill, Ray Graves and Frank Trbc- jak each made a touchdown for the Fish. Halfback Darrow Hoop er kicked all four extra points. Although they moved inside the Baylor Cuba’ ten-yard line four times in their second tilt, (he Fish lost the game, 13-0. However, they bounced back with three more touchdowns before bow ing; in a 21-19 thriller with TCU’s Wogs. Herbert McJunkin made one TD and Roy Bush, end, sedfed twice for the Cadets. The Aggie freshmen made 15 first downs to eight for the Wogs. Fish Use Aerials The Fish will do their share of the throwing. Their chunkers are Ray Graves of StephenVille, Hoop er and Carl Menger „of Hearne. Graves has completed better thah 60 per cent of his passes this season and has connected for (wo touchdowns. He’s also a dangerous broken-field runner, which makes it hazardous for linesmen to rush him. Coaches Marion Pugh and Mil- ton Routt have been drilling their freshmen grldders long and hard for the Houston game. The coach es are not predicting a victory, but they don't expect the Rice team to keep them from scoring]. McLci of »di< Scotchman” < and newsreel fame, wi the Quarterback Clob I 7:80 in (he Assembly McLendon, who is a rector of radio station Dallas, is! the chief the Liberty Broadcastii baseball broadcast! ball season each year. ! 1J He will give his views on the A&M-SMU clash hero Saturday and on other Southwest Confer ence games and will conduct a short question-and-artswer session after wards. A&M-Arkansas Movies The meeting tonight, Which is open to all students and non-stu dents in the Bryan-College. Sta tion area, will also feature the color pictures of the A&M-Arkan- I: ’ ' ■ vIV,; ii § l ■: Every team in the National League won more games thari it lost at home in 1948-49. P. Ralph Stationj 135, Coll dly, Box! Jerry P. Breon, th. Street, Bryin, \, Jf., (same i d- Terry, Box 481 6, Mrs. R. R. Shixx e, Station; and J. 1542, College Sta- sors again offiring ; Mrs J. C. SHotar Cafeteria; H. Charlie ! Ferre* -Ddive Inn; M| Gre|sser|s Ele of j Lack! Aut Clothiers; Fi| Trivu.s B. tin Ha Co., Mrl Chairlie ; To enter Jhis jrsons shouM clip the ei dank from ttye Quarterback Must Be Present e abo e winners are quire^ th be pi >sent in order (o i«- ceive their pr ees. If any of the above: winners, are absent, priies will he awardi id to alternate w n» ;ners. The gue&sinjfc contest centimes this Weak witlfthe following spoo ring ll free priz(»: Mri J|. C. jlHotard of Hotarjd’s Peers Music Go.; of The Triangle C. E. Greisser of ric Co.; Joe Fa ilk Supply; W. S. D. t National Baik, n; The Parker-As- Co.; Bryan Motor Cade. . week’s contest, I 4-v■ • luJ nl i m m4 fra«• bll page in iThuriday’s Batt or oh a blank fr0]h|onc of the spon listed abiove. ! j All entries |should be turned: in to the The Battalion sports desk by 5 p. m. Friday. Entries mailed (hnuld be postmarked by that ti i Guesses this week will be on the kames in whfch Southwest Confer ence teams pjay and should be put pn the h|ank|in the following jor- l ' A RllCE (ih. T$XAB vs. SMU ARKANSAS BA YLOR GORDEN McLENDON sas clash in Fayetteville last Sat- unlay. '■ ' Prizes will also lie awarded to <|o the winners in la!t; week’s Quar terback Club football; guessing con test. Included in tne: list of prizes awarded each week by the lispop-' sors are two tickbtti to the nekt week’s Aggie football game. > The winners of ila|st week’s coii- test wbr<}: Mrs. Curtis Hayes, Jr., Apt. Cr21-x, Collegt* View; Mrs. J. E. Hogan, Box Alll, Collegq Station; James R. 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