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SMU’s
fs freat game against the another star. Even the ponderous
No. 1 team of the nation Satur- linemen and backs of No' re parae,
day will make the hationfs sports
writes* w«ke up and take a very
close look again at the Southwest
Conttipnce.
For Notre Dame, the nation’s
number one powerhouse, and rated
by ita coach add many others as
the greatest in the history of the
school, had to break a four quar
ter tie to defeat the fifth ranking
team in the Conference, Southern
Methodist. 1
Mustangs “Up”
The Mustangs were “up” for the
Irish Saturday. There was no doubt
of that. And the ra^st outstanding
back of the game didn't play for
the Micks Saturday. The most
outstanding player of the day was
Killer Kyle Rote, the Methodist
back who stepped Into the shoes
of the great Doak Walker and did
a marvelous job. 4 j ! \
-Walker was on the sidelines in
' civilian clothes nursing an injured
'• leg which he received in the' TCU
game last Saturday. Hip only
appearance on the playing field
was when the captains of the two
^toams met just before the kickoff
tr> call the referee’s" coin toss.
Walker represented SMU with the
Mustangs’ two other co-captains,
Bobby Folsom and Dick McKis-
sack.
The one thing that can be said-
-again and again about the play of
the Ponies Saturday is that they
. were great. The way they played
for 60 minutes in their hall game,
you would have thought that no
one had bothered to tell them that
they were 28 point underdogs.
There were others on the SMU
team that deserve and have gotten
much praise from sports writers.
t Little Johnny Champion, the mite
sized scathack from Houston was
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Champion wasn’t awed by the
Irish’a enormous All-Arne dean end
Leon Hart either.
Around Hart’s End
It may sound unbcliei able but
most of the yardage Role gained
was around Hart’s end, and who
was part of the interference which
led him? Johnny Chamiion. And
the Mighty Mite and his U ammstes
cut down the big boy jlime and
again and allowed Rote ! the run
ning room that he needed
H. N. “Rusty” Russell; Jr., the
sophomore Methodist buck who is
bon of the SMU backfield coach H.
N. Russell, took over ancjther part
of the duties of the missing Walk
er. He called the signals! through
out the game and did a[ fine job.
The Methodist line, which should
have been pushed all over the field
Saturday, rose amid its injuries
and gaps where its number one
men were out and played the Irish
a whale of a game. Tackle Neaf
Franklin was one of the outstand
ing men on the Mustanjr forward
wall as were the ends, C^o-Captain
Bobby Folsom and convejrted back
Pat Knight.
Rote Shines
But it was still the Sap Aptonio
bruiser, Kyle Rote, who was the
player of the game. Of the 128
yards rushing that the Mustangs
made against the South Bend team,
(26 yaris were lost, mos ;ly on un-
successir
successful pass attempts)
counted for 115 in 24 tries. John-
other 13
Rote ac-
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ny Champion made
yards in two tries.
In the passing department. Rote
held dowq most of thi passing
duties but at times gavi them to
Sophomore passer Fred Banners
of Dallas. With these twjo passing,
it could be easily seenj that the
Irish were lacking in o»ie
they didn’t have a pass <
On the other side of the Scrim
mage line was the Notre Dame
team, with its three All-Americans,
Leon Hart, tackle Jim Martin, and
fullback Emil Sitko.
Sitko was leading rusher for the
Micks—he bruised 84 ydrejis in 14
carries and did not loie a yard
while doing it. He easily Ijved up
to his title of “Six-yard Sitko.”
Tackle Jim Martin of the Irish
forward wall lived up to his rat
ings but end Leon Hart (Jid not.
Time ami again the Methodists
clicked off yardage around his end
and at times he was imide to look
like a schoolboy player b^r the Mus
tang’s lighter intorferanoe run-,
new. ■ ‘-.I jk !
At other times Hart played the
kind of hull for which he was noted
and managed to take out the Meth
odists’ backfield iiieq whep ft
seemed necessary to do so.
Knocks Out Bote
It was because of a particular
ly hard tackle laid on him by Hart
that Rote was not in the game when
the Ponies were threatening on the
Notre Dame four yard line in the
waning minn^es °f the game. His
absence on*two plays caused the
Mustangs’ scoring eff ort 1° fail*
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j Coach Frank Leahy of Notre
Dame was quoted as saying that,
"SMU is undoubtedly the best
team we’ve se«n all year,” and
that Kyle Rote was “the most
under-rated player in America.”
After Saturday’s game, both
statements are undoubtedly-trjue.
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Rote-Led Mustangs
Jewell McDowell, S’ S'/*” leHerman, guard from Amarillo, is cur
rently pacing the Cadets as they head for a rendevous with Hie
St. Louis BiUikens In Missouri. The former all-stater has tallied
32 points in his first two contests.
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Weight Men Vie
For Shamrock
Trophy, Medals
The A&M Weight Lifting Team
will journey to Houston to at
tend a weight lifting meet 4hthe
Shamrock Hotel, January iSiW>
cording to Frank C.* Dees, presi
dent of the Weight Lifting ,C1ud.
This meet will serve as a supple
ment to the annual Gulf A.A.U^
event, the president explained.
Prizes include a team trophy for
the winning team and medals for
outstanding Individuals.
An added attraction will be a
physiqtio contest for irnm and
women, The winners of this event)
will be|named Mr. and Miss Golden
Coast.!
At present the traveling .teatrj
is hot Complete since thefe are no
team inembers who qualify for
the light weight division of 132
pounds and under and the heavy
we|ght! division of 181 pounds and
Over, the club head added.
Anyone wishing to try out fop
the weight lifting team is urged
to iattend a meeting which will be
held Wednesday, December 7, In
the Little Gym, Dees said.
Battalion
SPORTS
MON,, DEC. 5, 1949 Page S
Ex Visits Manager
Meet in Fort Worth
ii. M. Tacker, district manager
of the Rational Farm Life Insur
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Worth, wmere he will attend the
Fall Quarter managers meeting.
Tacker was graduated from A&M
last January and since that time,
he has been employed as a dis
trict manager by the National
Farm Life Insurance Company.
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Highlights
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During the pant week every
Southwest Conference cage team
except Baylor opened ita 1949-50
aeuaon, ■
Baylor makes its initial start to
night with a home tilt with the
North Tcxaa State Eagles.
The Aggies opened Thursday
night In Mhdlson Square Garden
and were the victims of the Long
Island U. Blackbirds, losing 52-66.
Buddy) Davis m ow! 16 points and
Jewell McDowell 14 for the Cadets.
John DeWitt was right behind with
13: j . ' 1
With the three Farmers who
took high point honors two nights
before once again leading the way,
the Maroons took an early lead
Saturday, but were caught in the
j last half, and lost to Niagara in
a Buffalo tilt, 50-53! < j
j Porkers Win, Lose
Arkansas took its season open
er by dropping easily the Kansas
State Teachers of Pittsburg, Kan-
,p.. ; ,. . j , , * i i sas, 50-41. Again Saturday night
rhis «eek s schedule for t he Ag* | porkers took to the courts,
gies is as follows: j but in their second tilt they were \
December 6: St Louis Billiken* [ edged by the Oklahoma Aggies in (
at St. Louis, Missouri. ; M ‘ - - -
December 7: Oklahoma Aggies
at Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The! Cadets’ first home game
will be Monday, December 12; i wui.
against Abilene Chrijstian College. (See HIGHLIGHTS. Page 4>
Schedule for Ag
Cagers Reported
BY HAROLD RATLIFF
Associated Press Sports Editor
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Dallas, Dec. 5. UP*—Notre Dame’s
Fighting", Irish pulled back from
the shocklof a thundering Southern
Methodist offense that had them on
the brink of defeat Saturday to
drive 57 magniflcient yards for a
touchdown that gave them an un
defeated, untied, season, 27-20, be
fore 76,457 fans in the Cotton
Bowl.
In one of the all-time thrillers
of Southwestern football history,
the men of Notre D$me stopped! a
great SMU drive on the seven-
yard line with less than four min
utes to go to finish four years un
beaten—the first time Notre Dame
ever accomplished such a glittering
feat. It includes 36 victories and
two ties.
Southern Methodist, picked to
lose by at least 28 points, battered,
crippled, and weary, put its great
est game into this battle Saturday,
latehing onto the flying shirttail
Of Killer Kyle Rote, the greatest
player on the field, to play Notre
Dame its closest game of the sea
son.
Southem Methodist battled with
out its great back, All-America
Doak Walker, who was on the side
lines in civilian clothes because of
a leg injury, but Walker, in his
palmiest days, never played a
greater game than Rote.
Rote ladividnal Star
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Kyle smashed and crashed for
115 yards and he passed 24 times
and connected on 10 for 146 yards.
Bob Williams, the great Notre
Dame quarterback, bested Rote in
passing with 11 completions in 18
throws for 156 yards, and includ
ed in his throw's two for touch
downs. But no one could match
Kyle running with the ball.
Notre Dame, as a result of its
ground power, led in yards with
442, with 277 of it rushing. But
SMU got 307 passing. The SMU
total was 409 as a result of a net
102 running. Rote actually oiit-
gained the entire SMU team, sirtce
the other Mustang backs lost yard
age.
It was a rough battering ball
game with players being carried
off the field in a stream;
Notre Dame Better
There appeared little doubt but
that Notre Dame had the better
team, but the great Rote, the
mightteat runner seen in the Cot
ton Bowl this year—and possibly
for any other year—almoat beat the
Fighting Irish.
It was the first time this year
for Notre Dame to bo held on even
terms in the Inst half. In fact, the
Methodists had the better of it in
the final two periods
, the migi
And ss the
game ended, the mighty Rote was
battering to the Notre Dame 41-
yard line in another great SMU
•urge. i ■ is
Notre Dame thus finished the
season as national champion for
the seventh timfc and the tenth
time in 61 years of football tAfbe
undefeated and untied.
Crowd Overwhelmed
The huge crowd Jarred the gtent
Cotton Bowl to its foundations,
rocking and swaying and going
mod at the gridiron drama being
unfolded before them.
Notre Dame thus found Southern
Methodist its toughest foe. Three
times the teams have met .and
today was the Widest margin the
Irish ever have, been able to win
The score was tied 29-20 early
in the fourth period as Notre Dame
gathered its green-shirted legions
for that one great drive that paid
off. Emil Sitko, Francis Spaniel,
Leon Hart (the All-America end
who went to fullback in the
clinches) and Bill Barrett ripped
and tore the SMU line. From the
Methodist six, the fleet, driving
Barrett whirled around left end for
a touchdown.
Ponies Threaten Again
Back came the Methodist horde
to drive with the kick-off from its
29 down to the Notre Dame four
with Rote passing and running un
til he reached the 28. Here he was
hit hard by the giant Hart While
attempting to pass and had to
leave the game.
Sophomore Fre(i Benners stepped
in and passed to|H. N. Russell on
the Notre Dame five. Russell lost
one at center and Benners was
hurt attempting to pass when rush
ed by Hart. Rote then came back
in to the ganie and circled left end
for two. Then Kyle tried a jump
pass over the line that Jerry Groom
and Bob Lally intercepted in -uni
son.
That was the ball game. .
Aerial Attack Used ^
SMU tried 35 passes and com
pleted 17, getting five intercepted
by the Notre Dames. The Metho
dists did just What they w^fe ex
pected to do—fill the air with foot-
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SMU and Notre Dame traded
drives through half of the first
period, but finally the Irish (cot one
under way that carried 73 yajrds for
a score. The pay-off was a pass
from Williams to Wightkin that
ate up 42 yards and brought a
touchdown. Steve Oraoko kicked
the extra point. 1 ■
Shortly afterward came t|ie most
sensational play of the giime. It
(See SMU, Page 4)
Buffalo
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that initial cage victory
night in Buffalo's spacloug Muni
cipal Auditorium against the short
and speedy University of Niagara
five.
/The Cadets were oujt in front
)from Jewell McDowell's! fro« pitch
that was the first mark; on the
scoreboard until Niagara’s James
Moran sank a charity toss only one
minute and 30 aecondh before the
final whjetle. f
Niagara Nnocka Count
Moran’s flip knotted the;count a.t
•47. Then J. Smyth Um*cd in a
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