top ground gainer'in the Tigers opener.
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Battle To Tie, 0-0
,, A&M Consolidated and the Mad-
) isonville Mustangs battled to a 0-0
tie Friday night at Tiger Stadium
in a show that was dominated by
a flashy number 22, Bobby Wil
liams.
Williams ran, blocked, and tack
led like no other player on the
field to lead the’Tigers in yardage.
Lugging the ball at the other half
back position was Jerry Leighton,
Lwho also proved to be quite speedy.
Already picked as favorites in
District 32 B, the Tigers should do
as well as expected after the show
ing they made against the Class
A school. At the present time, the
teams in the district are picked to
.finish in the following order: A&M
* Consolidated, Smithville, Lexing
ton, Bastrop, and Somerville.
Both Williams and Leighton
{ seem to be in the top roles as All-
i District backs, and Williams should
easily make the All-Regional team.
Jack Burchard should make the
mythical teams easily at the end
^position, and 200 pounder Melvin
Free seems to be another top per
former who may prove to be of
* all-district caliber,
In the Mustang backfield, Sam
Haines and Buddy Barrett were
the main stars for the visitors as
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each alternated the majority of the
time in toting the mail. Coach Jim
my Cashion, who graduated last
year from A&M where he played
on the first string in the quar
terback position for two seasons,
did especially well with his Mus
tang eleven which was outweighed
on the line by 10 to .15 pounds and
in the backfield by five pounds.
The first- half ended with the
Madisonville in possession of the
ball on the A&M 45 where the
Mustangs had recovered a fumble.
Coach Othel Chafin’s line which
averaged around 190 pounds
proved more successful in the sec
ond portion of the game as they
began to stop the end runs which
Barrett had been carrying on to
great success.
The Tigers line proved its
worthiness in the second half as it
began to stop the end runs of the
Mustangs. At the beginning of the
second half, the Tiger forward
wall held the Mustangs to two
yards in four plays when the
visitors had reached the home team
30 yardline.
Loss of Magee Felt
The loss of last year’s top tosser
Jake Magee was felt early in the
game as George Johnston failed
to connect with the greater per
centage of passes thrown. A com
pletion of a 20 yard pass to Full
back Roland Jones started what
might have been Consolidated’s
biggest scoring threat.
With ithe pigskin on Madison-
ville’s 32-yard line, Leighton and
Williams began to move the ball
on the ground but were stopped at
the Mustang 17 when a fumble
occurred with the yisitors recover
ing. Three times the Tigers moved
in scoring position but failed to
tally each time.
Statistically, the game was al
most even with the Tigers running
up a total of 97 yards, both in the
air and on the ground, while the
opposition had 95, but led in first
downs, eight to six.
Included on the starting line-up
for the Tigers were Quarterback
George Johnston, Williams at left
half, Leighton at right half, Full
back Roland Jones, Ends Jack Bur
chard and Jimmy Richards, Tackles
Royce Rodgers and Eddie Guthrie,
Chester Bobby Smith, and Guards
Melvin Free and Dan Williams.
Hollmig Gains Hit
Philadelphia, Sept. 18 —DP)—
They had a day for Granny Ham-
ner yesterday at Shibe Park and
the Philadelphia Phillies’ shortstop
celebrated the occasion by whack
ing a three run homer that gave;
the National League leaders a 5|
to 3 triumph over the Pittsburgh
Pirates. Hamner was honored with
many gfits ' by friends from his
hometown, Richmond Va. Texas
Aggie Stan Hollmig gained a hit in
three time at bat and also scored
once.
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Cadet Whites Upset
Favored Maroons
In Intrasqnad Game
By HAROLD GANN
An underdog White eleven, con
sisting mostly of third and fourth
stringers, battled a power-laden
Maroon team to a 26-26 deadlock
Saturday on the renovated turf of
Kyle Field before a throng of 500
Aggie followers.
Ending before the field was
drenched in a heavy downpour, the
tussle marked A&M’s final game-
condition scrimmage before the
season’s opener with Nevada Uni
versity, Saturday night at distant
Sacramento.
Sparked by Darrow Hooper’s
passing and Yale Lary’s fine ex
hibition of running and punting,
the Whites came from behind three
times.
The pre-season preview indicat
ed two factors:
• Better conditioned and soundly
equipped at every position, the
College Elevens
Begin Activity
Come Saturday
New York, Sept. 18—(AP)
—Preliminaries properly dis
pensed with, college football
this weekend with gridirons
swings out the main show
this weekend with gridirons busy
from coast to coast.
California, the nation’s thix-d-
ranking power last year, is host to
Santa Clara at Berkeley, but this
game is overshadowed by a brace
of major entanglements in Dixie
and an important intersectional
conflict in the southwest.
Louisiana state, ninth in the As
sociated Press final “top ten’’ in
1949, will invade the blue grass
territory to meet Kentucky, rated
11th. These are two of the favor
ites for the Southeastern Con
ference championship.
The intersectional highlight sees
Georgia Tech’s razzle dazzlers in
vading Dallas for a tiff with
Southern Methodist University.
This will be a quick test of
strength for the Mustangs who
battled Notre Dame to a near
standstill before losing in the last
game of the 1949 season, 27-2Q.
Kyle Rote, who spearheaded
SMU’s magnificient play that day,
is still in uniform. Gone .is the
Mustangs’ threefrime All-America
halfback, Doak Walker.
Oregon State will go to Michi
gan State, and Texas Christian will
invade Kansas for other topflight
intersectional battles.
Aggies may spoil predictions made
by traveling scribes who saw them
in the primative stages of prac
tice, when they were slow and slug
gish.
• An impressive set of new of
fensive plays, largely accounting
for the eight touchdowns, means
that the Cadets should feature a
high-scoring machine.
Maroonsi Score Early
The Maroons marched 55 yards
to paydirt the first time they
gained possession of the ball. With
Flankers Andy Hillhouse and
Charly Hodge, Tackles Mickey
Spencer and Russ Hudeck, Guards
Carl Molberg and Jim Flowers,
and Center Hugh Meyer making the
thrusts along the forward wall,
the Maroons used six plays to push
the pigskin across the goal line.
Bob Smith, Bill Tidwell, and
Glenn Lippman lugged the leather
while a 16-yard pass play from
Dick Gardemal to Hodge set up 1
the T. D. Lippman scored from
the two.
The Whites took a 7-6 lead,
midway in the first quarter when
quarterback Hooper feinted the
Maroon defenders out of position
and then flipped to Lary in the
flats. The punting specialist slip
ped through two defenders, then
raced 50 yards down the sideline.
Hooper’s kick split the uprights.
Tidwell Scores
Displaying another powerful
ground-game, the Maroons con
sumed 80 yards on seven snaps of
the ball to make the score 12-7.
With the White barricade jumbled
tightly to stop an anticipated power
lunge by Smith, Tidwell skirted
end for the remaining four yards.
A few moments before halftime
Delmgr Sikes heaved a 45 yard
pass to halfback Charley McDon
ald, who galloped over the double
stripe. Hooper failed to convert,
but the Whites remained in front,
13-12.
A White safety and a Gardemal
pass to Smith, who bulled his way
20’ yards to a touchdown, gave the
Maroons command, 19-13. Buddy
Shaeffer’s conversion made it 20-
13.
Fumble Leads To Score
A mid-field fumble recovery and
some fine running by Lippman
and Tidwell gave the Maroons an
other touchdown a few minutes
later. The Maroons missed the ex
tra point, and the game stood at
26-13 till late in the final period
when the Whites blocked a Ray
Graves punt on the Maroon seven.
After four plays, Augie Saxe
slashed through center to climax
the short drive. Two minutes later,
with the game confined to a few
seconds, Sikes rifled a 40-yard
aerial to Saxe for a touchdown.
Hooper’s extra point tied the game.
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Buddy Barrett of the Madisonville Mustangs rounds end for one of
his typical sweeps which gained the majority of the yardage for
the visitors last Friday. Madisonville and the A&M Consolidated
Tigers battled to a 0-0 tie.
Psychologist Gives
Browns 4 Whammy’
St. Louis, Sept. 18—(TP)—The
scrambling St. Louis Browns said
last night a telegram from their
erstwhile psychologist, Dr. David
F. Tracy of New York, “put the
whammy on us” in the second
game with the New York Yankees
yesterday.
Maybe it was the double wham
my, because Tracy sent two wires.
They came during the ninth in
ning of the second game. One
complimented Ken Wood and the
other n(raised Stubby Overmire
for their work in winning the
first game.
Receipt of the wire was marked
by five Yankee runs, four on a
grand-slam homer by Johnny
Hopp.
The Browns lost. The telegrams
were destroyed.
Rosox Nip Tigers
Detroit, Sept. 18—(A 5 )—The Bos
ton Red Sox climbed to within a
game and a half of the American
League' lead yesterday as they
nipped the second place Detroit
Tigers 3-2 after squelching a Tiger
two run rally in the ninth.
The victory left the third place
Red Sox just half a game behind
the Detroiters and only a game and
a half behind the pace-setting New
York Yankees who split a double-
header with St. Louis.
Chicago Edges
New York, Sept. 18—(AP)
—The Chicago Bears got
sweet revenge against the Los
Angeles Rams yesterday as
the National Football
League’s 31st season hit full
stride with a five-game program.
• George Halas’ , Chicagoans,
humbled twice by Los Angeles last
year, edged the Rams, 24 to 20,
before 18,219 drizzle-soaked fans.
The great Sammy Baugh gave
Baltimore a lesson in aeriel artis
try, passing for three touchdowns
in Washing-ton’s 38 to 14 romp over
the Colts.
Bo McMillan’s young and revital
ized Detroit Lions smothered Green
Bay, 45-7, as Bobby Layne passed
the Packers silly.
The Giants, shackled for three
periods, broke loose in the final
quarter to whip the Pittsburgh
Steelers, 18-7. The Yanks com
bined a smashing ground attack
with timely passing to score a 21
to 17 victory over San Francisco’s
49ers.
League action officially was
started Saturday night in Phil
adelphia, where Otto Graham led
the Cleveland Browns to a 35 to 10
victory over the Philadelphia
Eagles in pro football’s “world
series.”
'Rajah ’ Hornsby Planning
Return to Major Leagues
CHICAGO, Sept. 18—(A*)—Rog
er Hornsby, whose Beaumont
“Roughnecks” topped the Texas
League regular season, returned
home yesterday and declared he
is willing to “listen and consid
er” any offers.
“Now I would like to return to
the majors,” said Hornsby, who
is considered a top candidate for
“manager of the year” honors in
minor league baseball this year
due to Beaumont’s sensational suc
cess under his managership.
The Rajah, already signed to
manage Ponce in Puerto Rico win
ter baseball, chatted briefly with
Frank Lane, general manager of
the Chicago White Sox before to
day’s double-header against Wash
ington.
The one-time National League
hitting great’s name has been
linked to the White Sox managerial
post from time to time since the
Battalion
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Chicago club still has not acted
upon the selection of a skipper for
the 1951 season.
The White Sox now are managed
by Johnny Corriden, who took over
for the rest of the season from
Jack Onslow. The Sox dropped
Onslow in May.
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