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Five SWC Elevens
Predicted To Win
By FRANK MANITZAS
Battalion Sports Editor <
Five of the seven Southwest Conference Conference foot
ball teams are picked to win in tomorrow’s grid events with
one of the contests being called by many, the game of the
day.
We mean, of course, the predicted battle
between the SMU Mustangs and the Ohio
State Buckeyes. Although led by future All-
American Kyle Rote, the Ponies are under
dogs in the coming fray, but may pull an
upset.
Rice is the only other team in the SWC
who will be in for a rough time, when they
tangle with the rough Santa Clara Broncs
from California. Last week, Santa Clara
played the California Bears a better game
than anyone thought possible. The Broncs
are starting the season with an entirely new
team plus a new coach.
On the home front, the Aggies look good, and are fa
vored tomorrow night over their opponents from Lubbock
who almost threw a monkey wrench into the TU victory
machine last Saturday.
Baylor, who plays the University of Houston, and Ar
kansas seem to have the easy teams tomorrow, although
Head Coach Harry Stiteler tells us that the Razorback’s op
ponent, North Texas, has a mighty fine team. Last week
they lost to mighty Kentucky, 0-25.
TCU is favored over Porker upsetter Oklahoma A&M,
and Texas has the nod over Purdue, although the third rated
team in the Big Ten could pull one of the upsets of the year.
So tomorrow, it could be five wins and two losses for
the SWC with maybe two upsets marring or helping the
score, one way or the other.
A&M to Gutnish Tech, 27-7
MANITZAS
Twenty points difference is quite
*a bit when one thinks of last
weeks fray between the Red Raid
ers and the Longhorns, but we be
lieve that the Aggies’ scoring ma
chine has just begun to wind up,
and it still has a long way before
it is unwound.
■ Tech is a new ball club in the
sense that only two returning let-
termen hold posts on the line al
though it pushed TU all over the
field.
The Cadets’ line is, in our opin
ion, just as good and probably
better and if the forward wall can
open up the holes tomorrow night
as they did against Nevada, the
Farmers’ quartet will have a field
day.
Bill Tidwell, Gallopin’ Glenn
Lippman, Brusin’ Bob Smith, and
Delmar Sikes will start behind the
forward wall and we expect
Brusin’ Bob to have as good a day,
if not better, as he did last year
against the Raiders.
Both Lippman and Tidwell will
probably get off for their regular
long jaunts, and Sikes should be
just as good if not better in the
man-under slot.
Texas to Edge Purdue, 14-13
Texas to edge Purdue, 14-13, or
vice-versa, we can’t quite make up
our mind but we’ll stick with the
Southwest Conference to be victor
ious in its first game against an
eleven from the Big Ten.
LAST DAY
’Nuffs beep said, about TU, but
here is a little on the Boilermakers.
For the past three years, they
have held Notre Dame to fairly
close scores. In ’47 it was 7-20, in
’48 it was . . . well . . . one of
those games, 27-28, and last year,
the Irish again won, 35-12.
The man who will probably star
for the Purdue gridsters will be
John Richard Kerestes, who as full
back last year blasted the Irish
for the majority of the 280 yards
that the Boilermakers gained on
the ground. He averaged 4.33
yards for each of his 146 trips last
season.
At left half will be Mike Mac-
cioli, who’ll make the Orange and
White fans shiver with his open-
field running, but since this is the
first meeting between the two elev
ens, and the first between the con
ferences, no one really knows.
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THE S1W..C. WINNERS
Stiteler, at First QB Meeting . . .
QB Club Meeting-Success
‘Aggies Looking Better 9
By HAROLD GANN
In its first 1950 meeting The
Battalion Quarterback Club
entertained by Abb„,Curt|is, assist
ant to the secretary '"of the South
west Conference, Head Coach Har
ry Stitelr, and movies of the Ne
vada game last night in the As
sembly Hall.
Curtis, a veteran athletic offi
cial who now supervises SWC of
ficiating, briefed the large turnout
with rule modifications for the
1950 football season.
The armchair quarterbacks were
highly pleased over movies of the
Cadets’ opener. Stiteler, who de
scribed the present Aggie line as
“prqbably the most aggressive we
have had in some time,” narrated
the film.
“It’s more of a pleasure to stand
up here this year than last year,”
Stiteler confidently remarked as
he took the speaker’s stand.
“The Nevada game brought out
two convincing factors,” he said.
“First, it proved that we could
come from behind. Second, it prov
ed that our line can hold. Nevada
was inside our four-yard line twice
and failed to score.”
A&M made lots of mistakes,
Stiteler pointed out. But it didn’t
make any that could not be correct
ed.
“Our pass defense was a bit
leaky. But any team that throws
48 passes, as Nevada did, is bound
to find weaknesses in the defense.
“Our pass defense was too loose
on the short passes, and most of
the Nevada passes were completed
in the flats for little or no yard
age.” From the Nevada game,
how'ever, no sound conclusions can
be drawn on whether or not A&M’s
pass defense, a weakness plaguing
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improved.
Nevada has ope of .the ipatioiv'p
best passers? ih Pat Brady! 1 iBrady
is compared with All-America Stan
Heath, who starred as a passer for
the Wolfpack two years ago.
Always stressing the pass as its
chief offensive weapon, Nevada can
be considered as a good A&M ex
periment, if for no other reason
than to test the Aggie pass de-1
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By FRED WALKER
They’re still pounding for the
wire in World Series Derby trials.
The pace-setters are faltering, and
the stretch-runners are making
their bid for what looks like a
nose-in for the favorites.
The favorites, Red Sox, Yankee,
Indian and Tiger, got away well,
and Tiger took an early lead which
he held almost to the three quarter
pole. It was then that a 99 to 1
shot, Brownie, came up through
the pack long enough to knock
Tiger and an on-rushing Indian
off stride. Indian never recovered.
Tiger dropped a nose behind
Yankee, and Red Sox followed at
his withers.
Red Sox, the Boston-American
Stables entry, odds on favorites at
the starting gate, stumbled at the
Club House turn and limped (down
the home stretch—lame. A mighty
stretch-runner of races past, Red
Sox looker tired and weak.
Senator, another 99 to 1 shot,
had given him that fatal bump at
the top of the stretch, and it was
too late to recover.
Driving For Wire
They’re driving for the wire now,
and Yankee, ridden by Jockey
Casey Stengel, looks like the win
ner by a head. But don’t be too sure
about these things, Jockey Red
R o 1 f e, atop Detroit’s juvenile
Tiger, is still hanging on and a
furlong can be awfully long.
From here the great stakes win
ner Yankee looks like the winner.
One more length and the New
York thoroughbred is in. (Tip: Tig
er and Red Sox will place and show,
respectively.)
As usual the field was lai’ge, and
a second heat had to be run, Just
as exciting and hotly competed as
the first, this trial had its sur
prises. A 20 to 1 colt, Philly, from
Ben Carpenter’s Philadelphia-Na
tional stable, accepted the offered
reins from Jockey Eddie Sawyer
and took the lead at the head of
the back stretch, from where he
set the pace throughout.
Philly II is the grandson of the
hard luck Philly I who won the
trial in 1915 only to be defeated
in the finale of the $900,000 added.
Favorites Challenging
The favorites—Dodger, Cardinal,
and Brave—have all challenged the
leader, and it was a bitterly fought
race down the back stretch.
BobP r Y Tajioi — Lana Turner
“JOHNNY EAGER”
Tigers Seeking 1st Win
T onight Against Walle r
By CHUCK NEIGHBORS
“We’ve got a pretty good chance
of winning.”
That’s the way that Coach Othel
Chafin feels about tonight’s game
between the A&M Consolidated
Tigers and Waller, the first Dis
trict B opponent for the local ele
ven this season.
Using a modified T and being
outweighed on the line and in the
backfield by five pounds, Waller
will enter the contest a two touch
down underdog. However, Waller
has seven starters from their dis
trict championship team of last
year and should be ^ good match
for the Tigers, who Without the
use of their top back Bobby Wil
liams will be playing their first
game away from home.
Three buses have been charter
ed by the A&M Consolidated High
School to make today’s football
trip to Waller, Principal L. E.
Boze announced early today.
The football team and the band
will have separate buses. The third
bus will carry the remaining stu
dents and friends of the school.
The buses will leave at five and
a charge of sixty ceqts will be
made for the round trip, Boze add
ed.
So far this season, the Consol
idated gridsters havp yet to win
a game. They battled the Madi-
sonville Mustangs to a scoreless
tie in the opening game of the
season, and last weekend, the Tig
ers lost to a strong Navasota elev
en, 0-7.
Williams, Consolidated’s top back
and one of the best in District 32B,
wasn’t as hot on his offense against
the Rattlers last week although his
defensive play was better than
par.
A net gain of 53 yards in 17
carries gave the 140 pound scat-
back a 3.1 average per carry.
Williams also threw five passes,
completed three and had one in
tercepted. Together, the three pass
es gave the Tigers only 22 yards,
but Navasota had a tight defense.
Punting Average
In the punting department, the
all-around backfielder punted nine
times for an average of 33.2 yards
per boot, although one of the kicks
was blocked.
But Williams wasn’t the whole
show for the Tigers.
The returning seven lettermen
from last season district team, the
Consolidated forward wall like the
majority of the lines in modern
day football, always go by un
noticed, but without this group of
players the Tigers wmuld not be
such a strong favorite to win their
district.
Among the stalwarts for the line
include Jack Burchard, 165 pound
guard who has been favoring a
hurt ankle since the beginning of
the season, will be ready to go at
full force tonight.
Rodger Big Help
Linebacker Royce Rodgers has
also been a big help pn defense
as has Billy Richards, who was one
of the standouts last week against
the Rattlers. Eddie Guthrie, 195
pound defensive tackle, helps an
chor the Maroons line. Newcomer,
as of last week, Paul Harris, 170
pounder also a tackle, seems to
have come into his own after hav
ing played most of the game last
Friday.
Pinky Cooner, starting center
for Consolidated last week, will be
replaced by Chester Smith tonight.
Starting Line-up
Offense Defense
LE Roland Jones Roland Jones
LT Burchard Jack Burchard
LG Tom Wade Royce Rodgers
C Chester Smith Melvin Free
RG Royce Rodgers Don Royder
RT Eddie Guthrie Eddie Guthrie
RE Jimmy Richards B. Richards
QB Geopge Johnston D. Bonnen
HB Jerry Leighton J. Leighton
HB Beauchamp L.Beauchamp
FB Gayle Klipple G. Klipple
fense.
“Thank goodness Tech isn’t go-
mg to be as strong in passing as
Nevada,” the 41-year-old coach re
marked.
Tech Team Strong
“Tech has come up ^yith a finp
ball club,” Stiteler continued.
“They’re on fire because of the
Texas game. The Texas team has
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Around the far turn, Philly
pushed well to the front as Dodger,
Brave, and the dark horse, Giant
alternatively forged ahead in the
fight for place and show. The co
favorite, Cardinal, had a poor jock
ey and slipped back into the bunch.
Heading for home Philly still
holds a good lead, but Dodger
started making his bid and is
closing ground very rapidly. Brave
and Giant are still fighting for
show r .
Furlongs To Go
Coming down to the wire with
less than a furlong 4 to go, Philly
still leads by three lengths, and al
though tired and waxed pi re
serve strength, still retains enough
of her early lead to win. Dodger
is a cinch for place, and Giant
should take show money.
The big show cpmes next week
though— The §1,000,000 Added
World Series Derby of 1950—and
from this hapdicappers view, it
should be Philly by a nose. A weeks
rest is enough for any thorough
bred.
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