Ag Eleven Favored
'OverNevada, 34-13
By FRANK N. MANITZAS
Battalion Sports Editor
Tomorrow will be “kick-off day for the Southwest Con
ference as six of the seven teams will begin their 1950 foot
ball season with intersectional tilts. Only Rice remains dor
mant, waiting for the stadium dedication
opener against Santa Clara.
The other six teams will be playing teams
from different parts of the nations and four
different conferences.
We will string along with our pre-season
predictions that all of the conference teams
will win tomorrow.
A&M should win easily, although the
Nevada eleven which is weak in reserves,
boasts a heavy line. Averaging at 234
pounds per man, the Wolf pack line should
be extra rough for the Cadets.
The backfield will also be unusually
heavy with the quarterback, Pat Brady, weighing 195
•pounds and the fullback, Doug Brooks, 209 pounds.
Bruisin’ Bob Smith, Glenn Lippman, Billy Tidwell, and
Dick Gardemal seem to be the logical contenders as starters
tomorrow night, and we look for Gallopin’ Glenn to go all
the way on a punt or kickoff return.
On the line, the Aggies won’t be to soft with big Russ
Hudeck, 240; Jimmy Flowers, 225; Sam Moses, 200; Andy
.Hillhouse 230; et al, opening up the holes and stopping the
opposing runners.
Adding it up, we come out with a score of 34-13, the
Cadets winning their first opener since 1947.
t TCU By Force Of Habit, 20-0
Mr. Power & Mr. Speed
MANITZAS
In 1942, the TCU Frogs met
Kansas University on the grid
iron, and defeated the Jayhawks,
41-7. Since then, the Kansans have
scored only 18 points against the
Horned Frogs in the six other
games between the two teams.
, Scores from ’44 to ’49 were
mostly in favor of the Christians
although in ’46 and ’47, 0-0 ties
occurred each year. Other scores
were 7-0, 18-0, 14-13, and last
year 28-0.
w The Frogs will be depending
greatly on the new formation de
signed by Dutch Meyer. Using a
two team system which will be
lacking the passing and running of
Jjindy Berry plus the bigger line
men that the Frogs had last year,
Coach Meyer will attempt to stop
the Hawks attack with a line aver
aging at 190 pounds.
Team average weights show
that the Frogs starting eleven will
tip the scales at 187 while the
Kansas will weigh 204 pounds.
For those who base their pre
dictions on last year’s results here
are the statistics of the ’49 game
with TCU’s result given first:
first downs, 20-8; net yards
rushed, 218-114; passes attempted,
29-19; passes completed, 14-14; net
yards passing, 184-90; and punt
runbacks, 46-24.
We give the nod to TCU, 20-0,
although Kansas could use their
line and overall weight to great
advantage and upset the Frogs.
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By ROGER COSLETT
Aggie 1950 football hopes took
wings this morning as 37 eager,
victory starved Maroon and White
gridsters winged toward Sacra
mento, Calif., on the wings of a
DC 4 from Easterwood Field, for
their season opener with Nevada’s
Wolf pack.
The Cadets are favored to win
their first opener since 1947 when
they sank the Southwestern Pi
rates 48-0.
Three-deep in every position the
Aggies will enter the fray minus
the services of Half-back John
Christensen, End Walter Hill and
Guard Dick Frey. All three men
are out because of practice in
juries, but Trainer Bill Dayton
hopes to have them ready to go in
time for the game with Texas
Tech.
Entering the conflict at least a
two touchdown favorite, the Ag
gies will afford the opportunity
to experiment and come up with
the quarterback that may add the
final seasoning to their attack.
Bruisin’ Bob
Gallopin’ Glenn
Smith and Lippman will start tomorrow night when the Aggies
tangle with the Nevada Wolfpack at Sacramento. At the present
time, both men are in excellent condition and should do well in
the Cadets’ opener.
Mustangs To Win In Rough Game, 26-14
Watch the Cotton Bowl rumble
Saturday when the Georgia Tech
•and SMU quartets start hustling
the pigskin across the field. In
the Southwest, the Mustangs back-
field is practically a legend, es
pecially with Killer Kyle Rote
sparking the attack, but down in
Dixie, the razzle-dazzle backs
from Tech are just as good and
maybe better.
Tech’s problem—no forward
wall ;. . . well, that’s what they’re
. screaming, jand it seems To be the
big difference in the two teams.
SMU is boasting one of its best
lines in the past few years al
though the ends are weak.
But with H. N. Russell, Jr. call-
fug the plays, Rote, Johnny
Champion, and Pat Knight, round
ing out the backfield, the Ponies
should hold their own. The boys
from Dixie who constitute the
backfield are Halfbacks Buster
Humphreys, Red Patton, Bob Mc
Coy, and Joe Cobb (take your
choice, they’re all seniors and
fast); Fullback Bobby North, “the
best off-tackle runner in Dixie”,
and Quarterback Darrel Crawford.
Unless (the publicity directors
were babying up their teams, SMU
should shoo, right across the field
for a winning count of 26-14. One
things, we know, will be right, the
Mustangs will recognize a new
star this weekend in Bill For
rester (6’ 3”. 215 pounds), who
plays in the fullback slot.
Overated
Deepest Sympathy Given
To Moanin ’ Grid Coaches
Longhorns To Stampede Over Tech, 54-0
It’s only fair to give the Long
horns such a big margin over the
Red Raiders, for last season the
TU eleven won handily, 43-0, and
Bow they got that team. The pre
vious two years the Steers blanked
Texas Tech, 33-0, twice.
And again tradition steps into
the picture. Texas has won 54, tied
two, and lost one in 57 previous in-
) ugurals, and have never been
beaten by the Raiders.
Texas’ line will really be the big
thing although Byron Townsend,
Who will be playing in the full
back position, won’t stop for any
one, and he should have a field
day. Ends Tom Stolhandske and
Paul Williams, Guards Bud Mc-
Madin and Joe Arnold, Tackles
Gene Vykukal and Ken Jackson,
and Co-Captain Dick Rowan, cen
ter, will be the mainstays on the
line for Texas.
Up at Lubbock, the tears are
dropping thick and wet, for this
year, the Raiders are rated sec
ond in the Border Conference and
will have to come along fast to de
feat any of the four SWC teams
they have scheduled.
Main reason for tears: only two
returnees from last season’s start
ing offensive team, and no letter-
man quarterback to handle the
man-under chores.
Ranked fifth in the nation by
the Associated Press, Texas should
have little trouble in reaching
reaching their heights and going
all the way to trounce Texas
Tech, 54-0.
1 Bears To Claw Wyoming Cowboys, 24-7
This is one of those . . . well, State 103-0.
can’t exactly say it, but last year With new Coach George Sauer
• the Bruins handed Wyoming their at the helm, the Bruins will be
only loss of the season to a tune facing Wyoming without a strong
of 32-7. But gone are Adrian Burk, backfield, although the line may
J. D. Ison and others who could be better than pre-season show-
make Baylor one of the top teams ings, and the ends—Harold Riley
in the conference instead of the and Stan Williams—will be the
• “cellar-dweller” they are predicted sparks on the forward wall who
to be this year. It’s rough down may show the way.
there, we know. Although the game is away from
Last year the Cowboys won six home, and Wyoming won last week
straight games without a TD be- over Montana State, 61-13, we pick
ing scored against them, and they Baylor with a 17 point margin,
also defeated a team, Colorado 24-7.
Arkansas To Rout Oklahoma Aggies, 21-6
No individual stars, but what to run wild with their new style
seems to be a better than usual of attack and pro type defense, to
line plus the expert coaching of defeat Oklahoma A&M, 21-6.
Otis Douglas that has had every-
•one talking about them, the Razor- T: n Wp r<l (^olnprl
backs seem to be a sure cinch to iJdllltlCI, .LiOSC
defeat the Oklahoma Aggies. In Texas Cup Matches
Top Porker passer in ’49 was
Don Logue, who completed 31 for Dallas, Sept. 22—(A*)—The ama-
*374 yards and six TDs, not count- teurs lost a man and the profes-
ing the six he scored himself. He sionals picked up one yesterday
should make the split-T click, but as the Texas cup matches ap-
if he fails Jim Rinehart may move proached.
to the spot. Rinehart was Arkan- Ji mmy McGonagill of Shreve-
sas’ leading punt returner last port withdrew from the amateur
season as well as a pretty fair squad. He will be replaced by Ed
, quarterback. _ Hopkins of Austin.
About the line: it will weigh in Harry Todd of Dallas was added
the 200 bracket and will have t 0 the professional squad,
hustlers like Bob Griffin at cen- Billy Maxwell of Odessa may
’ter and veteran Tackles George no t play with the amateurs. He
Eckert and Travis Simpson, to an- has undergone his induction phy-
chor it and give the other mem- sical for the army and captain
bers the necessary go. Jack Munger of the amateur team
At the present time the series said he did not know whether
record gives the Aggies a 9-8 ad- Maxwell would have timfc to come
vantage, and the last time the two here and play.
« teams met, a 21-21 tie occurred. The matches will be held Satur-
We’ll stick with the Razorbacks day and Sunday.
By WHITNEY MARTIN
New York, Sept. 22—(A 5 )—We
have only the deepest sympathy
for the coaches who declare their
teams were overrated in the As
sociated Press pre-season football
poll.
After all, you hardly could ex
pect Frank Leahy to say: “Sure
we’re No. 1 who is going to beat
us?” Some team might come along
and beat his team, then where
would he be? Still at Notre Dame,
undoubtedly, but he’d have a lot
of explaining to do.
It’s only natural, of course. A
coach who picks his team to splat
ter the opposition and then sees
it splattered itself had better have
a timetable handy.
A fight manager before a bout
can say. “We’ll knock the bum
stiff.” A baseball manager isn’t
criticized when he declares his
team will win the pennant in a
breeze. A pro football coach is ex
pected to predict a victory for his
Missions 10 Oilers 7
San Antonio, Tex., Sept.—(A > )—
The San Antonio Missions out
lasted the Tulsa Oilers for a 10-7
victory here last night to take a
2-1 lead in the finals of the Texas
League playoffs.
Home runs by Charley Grant,
Rocky Ippolito, Danny Baich and
Frank Saucier featured the 11-hit
Mission attack.
squad.
But expecting a college football
coach to flex his muscles that way
would be the same as expecting a
railroad to advertise that its trains
never were on time. It just isn’t
done.
There are logical reasons why a
college football coach must take
this defeatest attitude.
First, he’s not playing the game
himself. He’s in charge of a bunch
of kids whose performance often
is unpredictable, and he’s putting
them on the spot if he says they
will win a certain game.
Predicts Banner Season
Too, supposing a coach predicts
a banner season for his team, and
it doesn’t turn out quite that way.
His critics will charge that he
didn’t get the most out of his
men, in that he said himself they
would do better than they did.
Theoretically, at least, he’s not
playing up to the gate. He doesn’t
have to paint brilliant word pic
tures of how good his team is to
lure the fans. They’ll come any
way.
They have come to expect this
defeatist attitude on the part of
a coach, and take it with a grain
of salt. They pudge a team on
WilmantoShow
Bowling Skill
In MSC Tonight
Joe Wilman of Chicago,
who was chosen “Bowler of
the Year” in 1946 will unfold
his repertoir of bowling gen
ius in an exhibition for A&M
Bowling fans tonight at 7:30 and
tomorrow at 2:30 and 7:30.
Wilman holds three world’s rec
ords in the hardwood sport, and
is one of two bowlers to ever
have bowled over 2,000 in an
American Bowling Congress Tour
ney.
As an added attraction on Sat
urday, there will be a singles ex
hibition between the top lady bowl
ers of Houston and San Antonio,
Miss Robbie Lyons and Mrs.
Grace Baskin, respectively.
Also on Saturday, the Findley
Realty Company team of Hous
ton and the Straus Frank Company
of San Antonio will exhibit their
skill in match play.
Berry A. Risinger Jr. of the 1
Houston men’s team is a former
Aggie (1939-1941), and is one of
the outstanding bowlers of the
South. Last spring he accomplish
ed a “Grand Slam” in bowling
when he captured the Singles and
All Events Championships in the
Houston City Tournament.
Members of the Houston team
are Risinger, T. O. Watkins, Pres
ident of the Houston Bowling As
sociation and the only bowler in
Houston to roll an 800 series in
league play, Billy Joe Welu, who
copped third place in the Second
Annual Charley Earhart Memorial
Classic in which bowlers from all
over the nation participated, L. D.
“Dusty” Rhodes and Doon Ellis,
who reached the semi-finals in the
National Matched Games Champ
ionship last year in Chicago.
Making up the San Antonio
group are Allan Mitchell, the
South’s outstanding southpaw
bowler, Leonard Mangold, Bill
Johnson, winner of the Main Cen
ter Bowlers Day doubles, Norman
Reininger and Chuck Greenlee,
w ...! Manager of the Main Bowling Cen-
what it has done and on what they j ter, San Antonio City champion
expect it to do, not on what a and San Antonio match game
coach says. doubles champion.
Competing for the man-under
berth will be last years starter
Dick Gardemal, squadman Delmer
Sikes, and two promising sophs—
Ray Groves and Darrow Hooper.
Gardemal will probably get the
starting nod over the less exper
ienced men.
Lippman to Start
Glenn Lippman, swivel hipped
break-a-way runner for the
Cadets, will alternate with Char
les Royalty at the left halfback
spot. Billy Tidwell, right halfback,
will probably start on defense for
the Cadets, and Bruisin’ Bob
Smith is an almost certain starter
at the fullback spot.
The Aggie forward wall will be
strengthened by the addition of
Andy Hillhouse, veteran Aggie end
who has returned for another sea
son with the Cadets before ac
cepting a pro contract.
Max Griencr, Jimmy Flowers
and Carl Molberg will probably
be other line starters, but with
the wealth of line material on
hand, it is hard to predict who the
other linemen may be. It is quite
possible that some of last years
linemen may be squeezed out of a
starting berth by sophomores.
Lacks Reserves
Nevada, coached by Joe Sheeket-
ski, a former Notre Dame star,
was edged last weekend by Utah
State, 7-6, while using only 16 to
20 players. This lack of reserve
strength will most likely prove to
be the deciding factor in Saturday
night’s game.
Unless the Cadet passing de
fense has improved since last year
they may well expect trouble from
the accurate arm of Pat Brady,
cool headed, southpaw slinger and
quarterback for the Nevada T at
tack.
On the receiving end of Brady’s
passes will probably be Wally
Graf. Graf used his talents in the
fullback slot last season, but is
now using his 195 pounds as left-
end. Howard Hartsfield, 235-
pound war veteran, looms at the
other flanking position.
Lawrence Hariston, a 270 pound
negro tackle, gives the Nevada
line strength at one of the tackle
slots, and as Nevada’s chief
double-duty man, playing both of
fense and defense, seems to be well
groomed for possible All-Ameri
can honors.
Bob Martin will hold down the
other tackle slot. At the guard
positions, said to be the weakest
spot in the Nevada forward wall,
will be Don Morettini and 215
pound Gordon Surby.
Center Position Strong
Another strong point in the
Wolfpack line is the cented posi
tion which is capably manned by
235 pound Carmel Carusa.
Fast backs form the nucleus for
the Nevada attack. Brady, the 6’
3” 190 pound quarterback, handles
punting as well as passing duties.
Howard Barber and Andy Kal-
manir, two speedsters alternate at
the left halfback position while
Lee Schroder, fastest man on the
squad, leads the competition for
the right half post.
A 205 pound fullback, Doug
Brooks from Minnesota, may steal
the spotlight from the Cadet’s Bob
Smith in the inside-running
league.
Nevada had a five-five record
last year but gained national rec
ognition among the smalled col
leges the year previous because of
the powerful passing arm of Stan
Heath, one of the games’ great
est passers.
Batta lion
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Kilgore Junior College scored on
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