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A^M.’s crow-country harriers
monopolized the top places in tfae
dual meet Thursday with North
Texas to win 16-to-44. Two Ag
gies, Jim McMahon and Julian Her
ring, took first place in a dead-
heat finish on the College Station
course. The winning time for the
2.6-mile race iwas 13:26.
Soipe twenty-five yar
the pace-setting pair ufere three
more Cadets: John Germany, How
ard Jones, ahd Alexander Ortiz.
The three runnels crossed the fin
ish line abrealst 'and were clocked
Ut 13:47. 1
Following the first five Aggies
in were three NTSC Eagles, Don
Edwards, James: Young, and Ben
Sparks. The North Texas trio
took sixth, seventh, - and eighth
place, respectively.
HoweVer, Sparks had to turn on
the steam ip the last few yards to
repulse the challenge of Maroon
runners Calvin Hubert and Bob
Allen who were threatening to pass
Texas Writers
List Schoolboy
Elevens in Poll
Texate sportswriters again gave
Lubbock the top spot in The Dallas
Morning News weekly schoolboy
football poll. Henderson dropped all
the way tb nineteenth place.
Marshall’s 2i-to-14 victory over
Henderson, .previously unbeaten
and untied, netted fifth place for
the Mavericks, who were rated
twelfth a week ago.
In the only other change, High
land Park swapped places with
Grand Prairie. The Scots were rat
ed seventh this week with Grand
Prairie eighth. Grand Prairie was
seventh and Highland Park eighth
Hubert took ninth and At- |in«
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len tenth in the race. 1 | For Thursday’s meet A&M’s to-
The last of the five Eagle run- tal was found by adding 1, 2. 3, 4,
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finish count jawards the team tq-
tal, but seven men can be entered
by each team. The Idst tWo can
have a “negative” effect | on the
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In ‘46\ Game
BY CHL’CK CABANI1SS
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A play that still brings a sparkle
into the eyes of many sports en
thusiasts could possibly be reenact
ed Saturday on Kyle Field.: The
College Station dash between
A&M and ISMU brings together
once again the two protagonists
of this welltremembered grid dra-
ma.
The two men involved wbre Kyle
Rote and Bob Smith and the play
occurred during the 1946 meeting
of Thomas Jefferson of San An
tonio and Lamar of Houston.
Rote at that time was pacing the
Jefferson Mustangs while Smith
was the powerful halfback ace of
the Redskins. The game in which
the two met was an all-important
tilt in the ’46 state playoffs—a
game which would send one eleven
into the semi-finals to face Luf
kin’s Panthers and eliminate the
other fromj further chanipioiiilhip
contention.-j j •. j M
Smith, top ground gainer for the j.
Bayou City titlists as well as lead- 1
ing scorer in the city race with
explained, the two Cadets who fin
ished ninth and tenth forced
NTSC’s last two runners into the
eleventH and twelfth places and in
creased; the Aggie margin of vic
tory.
. A&M’s so far
sum of 6, 7, 8, dels will meet the defending
score:. 44). As: pion SMU Mustangs tomorrow
afternoon at two on Kyle Field
before a crowd in excess of, 30,000.
In addition to the Aggie student
body and a small, but vocal group
from Southern Methodist, large
numbers
iccessful Ca- fans will file into the concrete Ponies have not had the ad
ending cham- horseshoe for the Southwest Con
ference tilt Many of these non-
eollegiate spectators will be at
tracted by the last appearance in
this area of Doak Walker, Pony
All-Amqrican.
The tilt this weekend marks the
me this season that the
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not had the advantage
of playing on their “home turf.”
Aggies are hoping that the Cadets
themselves may be able to make
use of this home field advantage.
Nevertheless, the Dallas aggrega-
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aggrega
tion has been established as a
three to four-touchdown favorite.
It is intereating to note that the
Do’s & Don’t’s
DO—Keep hands
tight against
chest (right)
DON’T—Have
clinched hands
away from chest
(below)
DO—Keep hands
clinched for
block (left)
DON’T—Have
hands open
for “block’
(below)
a week ago} The, two teams meet, 60 Uned-up to boot t h e
at Grand Prairie Friday with the j, ame opening kickoff. Rote, hail-
winner blmpst certain to'take the
District 8-AA championship.
Ballots aite tabulated on a 10-9-
8-7-6-5-4-3-~2-l bhsrs (each writer
votes for tep team*).
the top ten and their point to
tals, with first-place votes in pa
renthesis:
1.1 Lubbock (14)
-^2. Port A thur (4)
,3. Wichita Falls (2)
4L Corsicana
j 5. Marshall
6. .Baytown
7. Highland Park
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J...180
U. 161
112
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ed as one <>f Texas’ all-time great
running backs and noted also as
the passer" and punter for the
Alamo City champs, moved into
position to receive the ball for the
Ponies.
Through Observers’ Eyes
What followed can best be de
scribed by some of the sports
writers who were present at the
game.
" . I'd like to mention that ;
probably the greatest treat I’ve I
{ever had in covering spoijts was!
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’• I Jefferson in the quarterfinal game
10. Aus in rp- |0 f the state high school AA play-
The secoiul ten: 11—Brocken-1 iff) » j erry Ribpick of The Hous-
ridge; 12—;ie between Odessa and ton Chronicle writes. ^
San Antonio Tech; 14—Thomas j was the first play of the
Jefferson ( San Antonio); 16—San | Rale took a kickoff on his
Jacipto (F ouston); 16—Texarka- own tQ ( swpng up the field to the
:ia; 17—John Reagan (Houston); | w bere he was nipt head-on by
lo; 19 Henderson; 20 s m jth. The collision between the
two was heard from one end of the
18—Amaril
—Gainesville.
Other t*fam.s
Austin (El
Arlington
Pampa.
receiving votes:
Paso), Sunset (Dallas),
Heights (Fort Worth),
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field to the other.
“The ball went one way. Rote
the other, and Smith the other. La
mar recoveifed the fumble but could
n’t go and the final Windup favor-
i ed Jefferson. But that tackle -that
} started the game was still the top
j thrill of the day,” Ribpick says.
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“The one plaiy that sticks out in
i ray mind .j. . happened oh the kick-
j off. Lamar’s Smith kicked off, then
Went downfield to tackile the re
Cadets have
success against
years past Only
meis, 27-point
within a prayer of
league titliata. Only a L
off return by Walker and
plays engineered by the same
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field ace broke a 14-14 dead!*
and brought SMU a m ’
The Mustangs ha'
recovered from a ? 2
Rice' three weeks iagq and
since beaten previously uhdef<
ed Kentucky, 20-7. and strong Tex
as, 7-6. After the Steer clash! a
MU needed win. ^
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reviously undefeftr aB out
ts gave the North Texas eleven
ninth spot in the nationwide
ranking. \
Ags Enjoy Success
JSince tl)e rivalry between the
schools began, A&M hak won
1$ games fvith the Methodistjs tak
ing a and three ending in
tiijs. The Aggies, are the only SWC
ber to hold an edge over the
eleven in an all-time seriea
-^*n6 small feat in itself.
The invading Mustangs feature
an outstanding backfield in Walk-
e», Kyle Rote, Dick McKissack, :
apd Johnny Champion, Frank
Forest, 13-7, and
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Up Predicts
Sports Editors Bill Potts and
ghuck Cabaniss. in an attempt to
remove their predictions from the
doubting eyes of the reading pub
lic, are publishing their predic
tions for Saturday^ game in this
small, obscure spot oh .the page.
Forecasts are Texas 14, Baylor
7: Rice 28, Arkansas 6, and SMU
14, A&M 6. “Hope not top; many’
Aggies read these authoritative
analysis of a trio:of unusupl sit
uations involving confusing cop-,
ditions, or something," the spprta
editors mumbled as they
the predictions tp the
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both the i
tipns in complicated plays that have
earned backfield coach Rusty Ri|s- :
sell a wipe reputation for nis de- •
captive and most successful at- :
‘Offensive ends Zohn Milam and ;
Raleigh Blakely, six-footers who •
weigh 190 and 196 respectively, are ;
the chief Pony snarers. HoWeve
lob Folsom, 186 pounds, G’D’, who 1
.lays defense with Carl Wallace, :
180-pound six-footer, sees uri much I
offensive action as Milam.
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Both o^ the first string Rod-and- ;
Blue tackles will miss the coming :
tilt. Bobl y Vann, 210-pounder,' is J
out for t ic remainder of tne sea
son whil! 216-pound Bobby Cqi|»
lier won'; see action until pbssil’
bly the Arkansas clash next week.
: Replacing the two first string
ers will probably be reserves John
Cheney, 20f>-pound, 6’ 1” tackle
who lettered in ’43, and Fred Gopd-
W.pt last year’s starting center
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By F’R.VNK SIM MEN, JR. 'jing Razarbacks on illegal blocking, pose i of the blocker is to completely
Nearly three miles of Southwest
Conference gridiron turf have been
stepped off by referees for viola
tions of the 1949 NCAA football
rule book. Not that all of this
illegal play is due to blocking,
but experts attribute at least 70%
to it.
This season in particular, there
seems to be more protesting than
ever before from college football
coaches throughout the nation con
cerning the opposition’s illegal,
playing and the officials' poor of
ficiating. It seemed to come to a
and defensive play. Nothing ever put bis opponent out of the play.
came of the charges although many
state papers gave it first rate ad
vertisement.
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More Outbreaks
The second such, outbreak, al
though not due to players’ illegal
actions, came Oct. 22, when SMU
played Kentucky in Dallas. Coach
Paul Bryant of Kentucky hopped on
the / officials after his team had
lost to the Mustangs. Also, Coach
Johnny Vaught of Mississippi ut-
tered criticisms when his team took
a licking from Dutch Meyer’s.
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Houston Press reports.
kanSas in Fayetteville in the first
the coun-
East in particular, verbal j
The T formation, an the other
hand, is built around speed and
deception, as well as power. The
T calls for an unsustained, screen
block, which in most cases, is
dealt to the upper part of the
body.
Trouble With Blocks
At this point the trouble starts.
It is difficult for the player
throwing the block to keep in con
tact with the opposing player for
as long a time as is needed, there
fore there is a tendency for the
blocker to block more w;ith the
arms than with the shoulders.
The hands are required to be
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‘When he (Smith) hit him you j Southwest Conference game of the: lashings: on the part of the coach-! kept pressed against the blocker’s
never thotught; Kyle would get up. year, j , ^ ! es have : been even more prevalent-J body and at no time are they
He did. But it was about eight, Dutch Meyer, famed Horned Frog' question is asked—why? allowed tube in any other position
yards back from wlhorc he (had j coach, maintained that his players, In ankweiing the above question: during the actual’ blockings In.
(Set SMITH, Page 6) were roughed and beaten by charg-, wc havij; to consider many things, j other words, the hands, whether in
| | “ j First of all, the football world, a secured or loose position, are to
suffered from a complete turnover'll kept against the body before,
of tactics when th^ T formation .during, and after the actual Con-
replaced the single arid double tact.
wing as the major gridiron forma- Q ne 0 f the most common faults
t'' 00, _ . ii! 0 ^ players is the incorrect posi-
T Blocking Different tion of the elbows during or after
The regular T formation, as well the block is nearly completed. It’s
as the (split T. has brought about j very easy for a blocker to swing
increasqd fast blocking ancj screen- his elbows around and into the
ing. ! ; opposing player's face.
In the single and double wing for- Elbow Trouble, Too
mationsj the blocker docs not have' The same situation pertains to
to hit as fast and the main puc-1 the elbows as pertains to tho hands.
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Legally they can be extended from
the body but must be parallel to
the shoulder.
Another change in gridiron play
that has just been put in the rule
books this year is the new con-
concept of clipping- Now it is
perfectly legal for a player to
strike another man from behind as
long as the block is above the de
fensive man’s waist.
This complicates the picture as
far as the officials’ decision is con
cerned and, until it is fully un
derstood by the average fan, will
bring verbal blasts at officials
throughout the nation. This how
ever. has nothing to do with the j
coaches’ criticisms mentioned !
above.
Radical Change^ of T
Because of the radical change
brought about by the T, it’s more j
difficult for the officials to see!
everything that is going on. Foot-
ball iplayers often try something j
out of the ordinary because they
think they can get away with it.
Perhaps the only way that offi
cials: can stop the use of illegal
tactics is to penalize the offenders
repeatedly until they learn that it
is costly to their respective teams.
Bqt only by football becoming
cleaner and the penalties dimin
ishing in number will the game re
sume its wholesome appeal to
every American sports fan.
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