■A&M Eleven Eager
■For OU Sooners
By HAROLD GANN
Only a few minutes had elapsed since A&M’s convincing
victory over Texas Tech. The Aggie dressing room, bulging
fyom an overflow of jubilent players, coaches, and adherents,
was a mad house of melee and mirth.
A barrage of towels, discarded helmets,
and shoulder pads steadily erupted from a
congestion of back-slapping, hand-pumping
bodies.
Game Captain Bob Bates, shedding
shoulder pads that were swollen by sweat
and strain, mounted an imaginary soap box
in the middle of the group. “Tonight’s game
is just a stepping stone,” he shouted. “Next
week we’ve gotta stop Oklahoma’s 22 game
win streak.”
Re-worded and re-expressed in different
ways, Bates’ suggestive remark caught fire
and spread throughout the steaming room. “Mental prepara
tion” for the Sooner game took the place of happy after
thoughts of the triumph over Texas Tech.
Red Raiders—Scrapping Players
Gann
The Raiders will be remembered
as a group of scrapping players
who never called it quits and who
jiever threw in the towel. Not un
til the final quarter, when A&M
pushed across two touchdowns,
were the West Texans counted out.
The A&M-Tech merger may be
termed “Aggie Football Experi
ment No. 2”, for it proved several
significant things.
It proved that the Aggie offen
sive and defensive lines compared
with, if not surpass, any in the
conference. Tech gained 270 yards
on the ground against highly-her-
arded Texas. Against A&M, the
Red Raider ground forces picked
picked up 217.
The Longhorn rushing attack
collected 120 yards against Tech.
The A&M offensive clicked for
224, with Bruisin’ Bob Smith car
rying the ball 27 times for 147
yards.
The Tech game proved that A&M
pass defense, for two years a
major hindrance, broke up enemy
aerials with remarkable consis
tency. The Red Raiders went
through the air for only 56 yards,
as compared to 54 against Texas
two Saturday ago.
Delmar Sikes—Capable Quarterback
The game also proved that the gained Tech in every department
Cadets now have a capable quar- while racking up a three touchdown
terback in Delmar Sikes. Three margin. In the second half the Red
weeks ago Sikes was so low on the Raiders never crossed into A&M
Aggie totem pole of quarterbacks territory, getting to their own 43
that he could x’ead by the light of once.
* , xi. ^ j 4. As Bates pointed out, A&M is
In Saturday s scrap, the Cadet now p 0 i n ting for the Sooner game
T functioned smoothly, and con- in Norman llext week . And on this
trary to past experiences, never ^ A ggj eS) SO undly equipped
stopped or bogged down when the at ey position and superbly
going got tough. Sikes ball hand- trained an(J coachedj may brin g.
ling and signal calling left little a victory,
room for criticism.
.At halftime during the Tech Three months ago A&M s
tussle, the Aggies, ahead 14-13, thoughts of gaining the first divi-
were behind in every department sion in the conference were see-
except scoring. The Raiders led, sawing between “hopeless” and
‘13-8, in first downs, 195 yards to “impossible.” Presently, as its na
il! in rushing, and 43 yards to 33 tional rating rises with the passing
in passing. ol- every weekend, A&M s concep-
Quickly reversing the procedure tion of winning the conference is
(n the second half, A&M out- now a reality.
—Beat Oklahoma —
Okie Aggies Pull Upset
Over TCU; SMU Next
the Aggies, Saturday week.
Last week the Aggies upset Ar
kansas, 12-7, and Saturday in
Stillwater, Okla., the same aggre
gation defeated the TCU Horned
Frogs, 13-7. It was luck, and amaz
ing goal line stands that gave the
invaders from the North their
second victory of the season.
Although outgained both on run
ning and passing, the Aggies stood
firm when it counted to stop TCU
and the stellar running and passing
of Quarterback Gilbert Bartosh.
BASED ON AP REPORTS
SMU—watch out. Twice in the
ist two weeks, the Oklahoma Ag-
ies have entered gridiron con-
ists against Southwest Confer-
ace teams as underdogs, and
vice the Oklahomans have left
re field victorious. The Mustangs
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Gridiron Sketch
A&M
19
First downs
8
243
Rushing yardage
78
97
Passing yardage
56
18
Passes attempted
16
8
Passes completed
7
0
Passes intercepted
1
4
Punts
8
38
Punting average
44.5
5
Fumbles
2
Tigers Run Up
25-5 Score
To Beat Waller
BASED ON AP REPORTS
A&M’s Consolidated Tigers,
who now have one win, a loss,
and a tie under their belts,
will meet one of their rough
er opponents of the season,
Cypress-Fairbanks, this coming
Friday.
During the past weekend, the Ti
gers ran up their biggest score of
the season, defeating Waller, 25-6.
Quarterback George J ohnston
seemed to be the main cog in the
Tiger machine which literally flew
over the Waller eleven.
Johnston accounted for 143 yards
through the air with the comple
tion of 11 of 21 attempted aerials,
and his general fieldmanship was
near perfect.
One reason for Johnston coming
into his own, may be explained
by the absence of Halfback Bobby
Williams, the Tigers’ top runner
and defensive back, who usually
stars for the Consolidated team
with his fine, hard-charging run
ning. Johnston came through be
cause he was needed.
Johnston Pushes Attack
Johnston also pushed the scoring
attack with the completion of three
touchdown passes, and then scored
once himself as he plowed over
from the one yard line.
Showing the Bulldogs that they
came to win, the Tigers scored ea
sily in the first few minutes when
they recovered a Waller fumble.
The winning play was Johnston’s
first TD pass, complete to Billy
Richards.
Late in the second period, John
ston completed his second TD pass,
again to Richards, who caught the
pigskin on the 18 and went the
rest of the way untouched.
It was Johnston again in the
third quarter as the Tigers scored
in a series of play after receiving
the kickoff. The 140-pound quar
terback climaxed the local grid-
sters drive with a 1 yard plunge
across the double stripe.
Completing their scoring with
a final tally in the fourth quarter,
Consolidated scored their final
counter with Johnston’s TD pass
being caught by Halfback Jerry
Leighton in thq end zone.
—Beat OU—
SMU Planning
3rd Straight
Win
BASED ON AP REPORTS
Southern Methodist will be
looking for its third straight
intersectional victory this
weekend at Colombia, against
Missouri University. The Po
nies have already beaten Georgia
Tech, 33-13, and last weekend
overcame a 14-point deficit with a
19-point scoring spree to defeat
the Ohio State Buckeyes', 32-27 at
Columbus, 0.
Clemson defeated Missouri,_ 34-0,
Saturday.
All scoring was in the middle two
periods. But the statistics don’t
bear out the final outcome. TCU
had nineteen first downs and 243
yards rushing, to eight and 78
for the Aggies. In passing, TCU
led 97 to 56 yards.
The first Aggie touchdown was
a 1-yard plunge by Johnny Grabko
after a 45-yard drive in the second
period. But the game’s other two
were sudden.
In the third period, with two
minutes gone, Wayne Johnson
came out of nowhere to intercept
Bartosh’s pass on the TCU 45 and
return it all the way. It was the
only pass interception of the game.
Just three minutes later, Bartosh
broke away for 41 yards with a
fancy display of broken field run
ning. We went over the goal stand
ing up. The 157-pound quarterback
made 131 yards rushing and 92
passing.
In the middle of the fourth quar
ter, the Texans started a drive on
their 10-yard line and, with Bar
tosh doing most of the running and
passing, moved to the Aggie 8.
Halfback Johnny Dunn rammed
center on the next play but fumb
led on the 2. Darrell Meisenheimer,
grabbed the ball in mid-air and re
turned to the s even.
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Gridiron Sketch
Ohio State SMU
17 First downs 16
186 Passing yardage 415
232 Rushing yardage —7
24 Passes attempted 47
13 Passes completed 25
2.... Passes intercepted by .... 2
5 Punts 4
27 Punting average 40
4 Fumbles lost 4
40 Yards penalized 25
A stunned crowd of 80,672 watch
ed Fred Benners, 190-pound SMU
quarterback, put on a scintillating
aerial attack to pull the game out
of the fire.
The tall Texan completed 19 of
34 pases for 306 yards, four of
them for touchdowns in the closing
minutes of the contest.
Ohio held a 27-13 edge a minute
after the final period opened. And
then Benners went into his aerial
show, which befuddled the Buckeye
defenders. His opening gun was
a 67-yard scoring throw to little
Johnny Champion. Three minutes
later he tosed 17 yards to H. N.
Russell for another score, climax-
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Bruins Confident
After Downing UH
BASED ON WP) REPORTS
The pass-happy .Bears, who last
weekend proved that Adrian Burk
wasn’t the only good passer that
the school could produce, are now
beginning to feel • more confident
after their rousing 34-7 victory
over the University of Houston.
Traveling to Shreveport, La.,
this Saturday, the Bruins will tan
gle with Mississippi State, who
TU Only Team
In SWC to Rest
Come Saturday
BASED ON AP REPORTS
The University of Texas
Longhorns will be the only
team in the Southwest Con
ference to rest this coming
weekend. After their hard
pushed 34-26 victory over the Pur
due Boilermakers, TU will need
the rest as they prepare for their
Oct. 14 tilt with the Oklahoma
Sooners in the Cotton Bowl.
Texas’ passing attack was not as
sharp as usual but it accounted for
two touchdowns, while a vastly im
proved running game sent Long
horn runners across the goal line
three times.
Purdue held Texas to a 7-7 tie
in the first quarter and was close
enough on the Longhorns’ heels to
keep Texas fans nervous until the
late moments of the final period.
Sophomore Left Half Gib Daw
son scored twice for Texas, once
on a 24-yard pass play in the sec
ond quarter and on a pitchout good
for two yards and the final touch
down late in the fourth.
Byron Townsend, rip-roaring
Texas fullback, scored only once,
but his powerful running account
ed for 158 of the Longhorns’ 251
yards rushing. He carried 24 times.
Ferocious defensive play by Leff
End Leo Sugar, the outstanding
lineman of the day, helped Purdue
make a game of it. He did a great
job ofr ushing the Texas passers
and accounted for the Boilermak
ers’ second touchdown, by recover
ing fumble behind the Texas goal
line.
Kerestes Scores
Big John Kerestes, Purdue full
back, capped an 80-yard drive with
a three-yard dash around left end
for the first Boilermaker touch
down.
Gridiron Sketch
Purdue Texas
8 First downs 14
99.... Yards Gained Rushing ....251
140.... Yards Gained Passing ....125
5 of 22..Passes Completed..? of 16
1.... Passes Intercepted by .... 1
9 for 38..Punts, No. Ydg.3..for33
7 for 33.. Penalties, Ydg. ..6 for 40
Sugar’s touchdown was a shot in
the arm for the Boilermakers, who
pulled within one point of Texas
on a 57-yard scoring pass from
Dale Samuels to Halfback Philip
Klezek in the second quarter. Texas
End Paul Williams blocked Sam
uels’ try for point to leave the score
21-20 in favor of the Longhorns at
the half.
Tompkins connected with End
Ben Procter for 27 yards and a
touchdown near the end of the
third quarter.
Purdue bounced back once more
when Sugar recovered Bobby Dil
lon’s fumble on the Texas 36. Six
plays later Halfback Neil Schmidt
went around his own right end on
a reverse for seven yards and a
touchdown. Samuels missed the
point and the score was 28-26.
Dawson’s second touchdown end
ed a 64-yard march by the Long
horns, and Billy Porter missed his
extra point for the first time this
season.
—Beat OU—
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Bryan
last, year lost eight and tied one.
But among the Maroons opponents
last season were Tulane, Alabama,
Auburn, and Tulane, hence, Miss.
State can offer a few excuses if
needed.
Quarterback Larry Isbel tossed
three touchdown passes in the first
half of Saturday’s game when Bay
lor dedicated their new $1,600,000
stadium.
Isbell, coolly employing evasive
action on the few occasions he was
not well-protected, completed 7 of
11 passes for 113 yards and punted
five times for a 43.4 average.
Trout Scores for Baylor
The Bears drove 74 yards in 13
plays after taking the opening
kickoff, with Isbell passing 14
yards to End Harold Riley to start
it, throwing to Halfback Don Car
penter for 27 more to keep the
drive rolling and hitting End Bob
Trout of Bowie for the final 13
yards and the score. Trout made a
fine catch, outjumping the Cougars’
Shannon some eight yards deep in
the end zone; Hank Dickerson
booted the first of his four straight
extra points.
Baylor moved 41 yards in four
plays early in the second period
for its next touchdown, after James
Mott’s 17-yard punt return was
offset by a 15-yard holding pen
alty.
Frank Boydstun, swept end for
seven, and Jim Jeffrey made a
shoestring catch of Isbell’s pass
for 12 more, but a backfield-in-
motion penalty nullified Carpen
ter’s three-yard gain and set the
Bears back to Houston’s 27. Isbell
then passed to veteran Halfback
James (Buddy) Parker, who joined
the squad only Wednesday, for the
score.
Gridiron Sketch
Houston Baylor
8 .
First downs
17
96 .
.. Yards gained rushing
...170
43 .
... Yards gained passing
...169
13
Passes attempted ....
... 27
6
Passes completed ....
... 16
0 .
... Passes intercepted by
... 3
7 .
Number of punts
... 5
24.3.
Punting average
..43.4
15 .
fri-. Fumbles lost
... 0
25
Penalties
...125
! Baylor Halfback Johnny Curtis
intercepted Jolly Hartsell’s pass on
the Houston 20 late in the period to
set up the next score which came
four plays later on Isbell’s flat pass
to Jeffrey for 10 yards.
Houston Counts in Third
Houston scored with five min
utes left in the third quarter when
Shannon shot over right guard on
third down, cut left with no blocks
ing and outraced two defenders
down the sidelines for 68 yards
and the score. Curtis got a hand
on Shannon at the Baylor 20, but
couldn’t hang on, Max Clark con
verted.
Sophomore Guard Bill Athey, a
defensive standout for the Bears,
blocked Hartsell’s attempted punt
five minutes into the fourth period
and Dickerson recovered in the end
zone for the next touchdown. Three
minutes later, the Bears had their
final touchdown, set up by Curtis’
37-yard runback of an intercepted
pass.
A 15-yard, illegal-use-of-hands
penalty set the Bears back to the
Houston 29 and they scored in four
plays.
Sophomore Fullback Richard
Parma plunged for two, Isbell ran
for 19 after failing to find a re
ceiver and Parker plunged over in
two carries.
—Beat OU—
Ray Graves, sophomore from
Stephenville—the home- of former
Aggie footballer Barney Welch,
who was the last Aggie to cross
the south goal in Memorial Sta
dium, is about the coolest passer
on the A&M team and will surely
see service this year.
AM Is Still.
Leading SWC;
Bob Smith First
BASED ON AP REPORTS
A&M continued to pace the
conference in ground gaining
over the weekend as last
year’s star rusher and ground
gainer who sparked the SWC
most of last season took over
first place. Bruisin’ Bob Smith re
placed teammate Gallopin’ Glenn
Lippman for the top spot as he
rolled up 147 yards against Texas
Tech Saturday, increasing his total
to 221 yards for 44 carries.
Last year after the Aggies had
played two games, Smith held sec
ond place in ground gaining with
a total of 220 yards but only 32
carries.
Second in the conference is Tex
as University’s Byron Townsend,
who has rolled up 208 yards in 37
runs, and Lippman trails in third
place with 159 for 15 carries.
Fred Benners of Southern Meth
odist, whose throwing shot down
Ohio State Saturday, is the lead
ing passed with 20 completions in
37 attempts for 314 yards. Ben
Tompkins of Texas is second with
14 out of 25 for 248 yards. Kyle
Rote of Southern Methodist is
third with 222 yards on 12 connec
tions in 23 throws.
Rote is the total offense leader
with 370 yards rushing and passing
while Benners is second with his
314 yards on passing alone.
Rote tops the punters with an
average of 40.8 on five kicks. Lar
ry Isbell <3f Baylor is second with
39.5 on 11 boots and Jim Hickey
of Texas Christian is third with
39.2.
Bill Richards of Baylor leads in
punt returns with an average of
34.5 but Lippman has the most
yards—84 on three returns.
H. N. Russell, Jr. of Southern
Methodist is No. 1 pass-receiving.
He has taken 10 throws for 173
yards, three for touchdowns. John
ny Champion of SMU ife second
with seven for 158 yards.
Arkansas To Open
SWC Flay After
Stomping NTS, 50-6
BASED ON AP REPORTS
The Arkansas Razorbacks seem
to be in good standing for their
SWC opener which will be held
this coming Saturday at Fort
Worth against the TCU Horned
Frogs. Both teams have been de
feated by the Oklahoma Aggies,
each team losing by almost similar-
scores.
Last weekend, however, the Raz
orbacks attached roller skates to
their feet and rolled merrily over
North Texas. State, 50-6, at Fay
etteville, Ark.
The weekend before, both teams
had been beaten. Arkansas by the
upsetter among the SWC’s op
ponents, Oklahoma A&M, to a
tune of 12-7, and the Eagles by
the Kentucky Wildcats, 25-0.
North Texas’ Eagles scored first
on a 48-yard run by Halfback Ken
Bahnsen and promised to make a
good game of it.
Gridiron Sketch
Arkansas N. Tex. State
22
First downs
12
334
Rushing yardage
190
111
Passing yardage
49
20
Passes attempted
19
8
Passes completed
6
4
Passes intercepted
1
4
Punts
7
30.2
Punting average
2tl.7
3
Fumbles
3
60
Yards penalized
46
But the Razorbacks, rebounding
from an upset by Oklahoma A&M,
took the ensuing kickoff and
marched 84 yards to a touchdown,
Quarterback Jim Rinehart sneak
ing over from a yard out. George
Thomason kicked his first of five
points to give Arkansas a 7-6 lead
and the rout was on.
A few minutes later Arkansas
took the ball on a blocked punt at
the North Texas 29 and on the
first play Rinehart passed to end
Bill Jurney for a touchdown.
Hand Browns-
Loss In Pro League Play
New York, Oct. 2—(A*)—Full
back Eddie Price plunged over in
the first five minutes, then great
defensive play by the New York
Giants frustrated the famed Cleve
land Browns offensive yesterday in
the National Football League up
set of the season.
The Rookie fullback from Tulane
rammed over from the three-yard
line for the only score of the
game, and the rebuilt Giants won,
6-0. The victory put New York
at the top of the American Con
ference with a 2-0 record.
Brown Quarterback Graham, a
great passer, never was bottled up
He ‘ '
It is the first time in five years
the Browns, four-time champions
of the dead All-America Confer
ence, haven’t scored. They now are
second in the NFL’s American Con
ference with 2-1.
Price’s touchdown came at the
end . of a 51-yard march. Ray Pole
missed the conversion because of
a fumble by the ballholder.
Packers Pull Upset
A Green Bay, the surprising
Packers again pulled an upset.
Coach Gene Ronzani’s underdogs
wripped the Chicago Bears, 31-21,
Gary Anderson, halfback from
San Antonio on the Aggie football
team, was State City conference
100 yard and 220 yard dash cham
pion in spring of 1948.
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throwing the National Conference
into a four-way tie for first. De
troit, Green Bay, Detroit, the New
York Yanks and the Bears all have
2-1 marks.
Joe Geri passed and kicked the
Pittsburgh Steelers to a 26-7 vic
tory over the faltering Redskins
at Washington.
At Washington, Geri started the
Steelers off with a 40-yard field
goal. Later he clicked on 36 and
28-yard passes, the latter to Elbie
nickel for a touchdown.
The lone Washington counter
came on a 70-yard pass play be
tween Harry Gilmer and Hugh Tay-
nLftTTA' He t0 A 0m ' Ur. The rest of the afternoon pass
plete his first seven passes. Three - - - 1
of those were intercepted.
ers Sammy Baugh and Gilmer were
set on their pants by the charging
Steeler line.
On the coast, the Los Angeles
Rams whipped San Francisco’s
49ers, 35 to 14. Halfway V. T.
Smith raced 94 yards with the
second half kickoff to snap a 14-14
tie and deal the 49ers their third
straight defeat.
The Yanks defeated Detroit, 44-
21, Friday night. Baltimore will
play at Chicago against the Card
inals Monday night. The Philadel
phia Eagles were not scheduled.
Jurney got another tally near
the end of the game when he in
tercepted a Zeke Martin pass and
ran 21 yards.
Arkansas’ ground attack was
awesome against the hefty North,
Texas line, netting 334 yards, with
Ray Parks accounting for 73 and
Jack Bailey, heretofore a defensive
specialist, grinding out 64, all in
the second half.
The Porkers’ passing attack,
though still not too dangerous,
showed marked improvements as
Arkansas tuned up for its South
west Conference opener with Tex
as Christian next week.
The triumph could have been
costly for Arkansas, whose ace
halfback, Sammy Furo, injured his
right knee in the* first half and
never returned to action. Serious
ness of the ailment was not deter
mined immediately.
N T S 6 0 0 0—6
Arkansas 14 7 13 16—50
North Texas State scoring:
Touchdown—Bahnson.
Arkansas scoring: Touchdowns—•
Rinehart, Jurney 2, Parks, Pryor,
Summerall, Hogue: points after
touchdowns—Thomason 5; field
goal—Summerall.
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