Leading SWC Rusher
BiJly Tidwell
Tidwell is rated by the SWC as the leading ball carrier in the con
ference with an average of 11.4 yards for 13 carries a total of 148
yards. In the two games that the Hearne scatback has played in,
he has yet to lose any yardage.
TCU Readying for SWC
Opener With Porkers
Fort Worth, Oct. 4—Special—
More poise and more purpose.
Those were the twin objectives
on the TCU practice field this week
as the Horned Frogs made ready
for that make-or-break game—
the Southwest Conference opener
against the Arkansas Razorbacks.
The old rivals roar together Sat
urday night in TCU Stadium at 8
o’clock.
Coach L. R. (Dutch) Meyer of
the Christians, who rated the Ar
kansas game as “crucial” for his
team at season’s start, has some
definite ideas on what his Frogs
must accomplish to have any
rhance against the well-manned
Ozark club.
“In beating Kansas and losing
k) Oklahoma A&M,” he pointed
out, “several things were evident.
One was our greeness that resulted
in costly mistakes. Those five
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fumbles were decisive at Stillwa
ter. We seem to have good offen
sive power but we’ll have to have
more poise and determination to
stay on the field with Arkansas.”
Evenly Matched On Paper
On papbr, the Frogs and Pork
ers seem nvell matched. Both lost
to the amazing Oklahoma A&M
Aggies in almost identical ways.
Arkansas lost 7-12 and the Frogs
7-13. Both roundly outplayed the
Cowpokes in the- statistics but
couldn’t score enough. Arkansas
was impressive last week, however,
in routing a good North Texas
State team, 50-6.
Playing at home for the first
time and with some of their
cripples back in the lineup, the
Christians may play their best
game. Max Eubank, senior center
who has yet to play a down, will
see some duty. Capt. Clarence
(Red) Marable, also yet to see his
first action, may take the field.
And there is hope that one or
both of the top right half-backs
hurt at Kansas will be fit for duty.
They are Johnny Medanich and
Malvin Fowler. Medanich appears
to have the best chance this week.
Morton—Fullback, Again
Just to play it safe, Meyer plans
to continue running big John Mor
ton at the spot. The 210-pound
fullback did very well against
Oklahoma A&M although he too
made a few mistakes at the new
position.
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Bruisin ’Bob Leads
SWC Scorers Again
BASED ON AP REPORTS
Bruisin’ Bob Smith is still the
leading scorer in the Southwest
Conference as he scored three more
touchdowns against T'ech, bringing
his total to 36 points.
Aggie End Andy Hillhouse is
continuing to snag ground-gaining
aerials, making two of these pay
off for 12 points and a rating of
third place among the SWC leading
scorers. Hillhouse is tied with seven
others.
Darrow Hooper’s educated toe
has won a spot for him among the
12 SWC stars who have scored
six points or more in the season.
Having converted 10 of 12 attempts
for point after touchdown scores,
Hooper shows an efficiency rating
of .833 and is fast becoming an
expert in his own right.
A&M, Texas, and SMU have
three members of their respective
elevens in the top 12 scorers, while
Arkansas, Rice and Baylor have
only one each.
Gib Dawson, fleet Texas half
back, and H. N. “Rusty” Russell,
SMU triple-threat, are tied for
second place among the scorers,
each crossing pay dirt three times.
Tied with Hillhouse for third
place with a total of 12 points are
Kyle Rote and Ben White, SMU;
Byron Townsend and Ben Proctor,
Texas; Bill Jutney, Arkansas; Bil
ly Burkhalter, Rice; and Buddy
Parker, Baylor.
Aggies Lead SWC
Leading the galaxy of SWC
teams for season standings this
week are three teams— A&M
Texas, and SMU. When appearing
in print, A&M rightly holds top
place by virtue of the 82 points
Musial Wins NL
Hit Parade Crown
New York, Oct. 4—UP) — Stan
Musial, the slugging star of the
St. Louis Cardinals, won the fourth
National League batting champion
ship of his brilliant career Sun
day as he finished the 1950 season
with a healty .346 mark.
Musial is the third player in
National League history to cop
more than three batting cham
pionships. The other two were the
immortals Honus Wagner of Pitts
burgh and Rogers Hornsby of
the Cards and Boston.
Musial pounded 192 hits in 555
trips to the plate. Among his blows
were 28 home runs, seven triples
and 41 doubles. Musial drove in
108 runs and scored 105.
Ralph Kiner, the hard-hitting
outfielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
won the home run derby with ease,
belting 47 to outdistance runnerup
Andy Pafko of Chicago, who
wound up with 36.
Sal Maglie of the New York
Giants finished with the best won-
lost percentage, .818. The former
Mexican Leaguer won 18 and lost
4. Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain
of the Braves, and Robin Roberts
of the Phils, were the only 20-
game winners.
scored to 31 for their two oppon
ents.
The Mustang;s of SMU are the
nearest competitor for the margin
which places the Aggies at the
top, being 17 points behind in the
points-scored column and showing
a deficit of nine points in compar
ing opponents scores.
Fourth ranking team, but hold
ing second place in the confer
ence is Rice. Santa Clara was the
Owl’s first game. Arkansas, TCU,
and Baylor will be battling it out
for the cellar this week-end, as
all three are tied for third place—
each winning one and losing one.
Texas to Rest
Saturday will find six of the
seven SWC members engaged in
another grueling grid contest, Tex
as being the only team with an
off week.
A&M will journey to Norman
to meet the University of Okla
homa; SMU clashes with Missouri
up at Columbia; Rice plays host
to LSU on a turf that is but one
game old; Baylor and Mississippi
State meet on neutral grounds in
Shreveport; then Arkansas and
TCU inaugurate their 1950 confer
ence campaign when the two teams
meet in Fort Worth.
SEASON STANDINGS
Team
W
L
T
Pet.
Pts.
Op.
A&M,
2
0
0
1.000
82
31
SMU
2
0
0
1.000
65
40
Texas
2
0
0
1.000
62
40
Rice
1
0
0
1.000
27
7
Arkansas .
1
1
0
.500
57
18
Baylor
1
1
0
.500
34
24
T C U
1
1
0
.500
21
20
Goodman Wins 1st
AL Batting Crown
Chicago, Oct. 4—UP)~Billy Good
man of the Boston Red Sox won
his first American League batting
title yesterday, turning in a sizzl
ing .354 mark for the 1950 season.
The 24-year-old Goodman, who
bats left-handed finished 14 points
ahead of George Kell, the Detroit
Tigers’ 1949 league batting cham
pion.
His unofficial average was eight
points better than that of Stan
Musial, the slugging star of the
St. Louis Cardinals who won his
fourth National League batting
title.
Trailing Kell, who had .340,, were
Dom DiMaggio, Bostop, .326; and
Phil Rizzuto, New York, and Lar
ry Doby, Cleveland, who each had
.324.
A1 Rosen captured the home run
championship with 37. Dropo was
second with 34 and Joe DiMaggio
of the Yankees was next with 32.
Ed Ford of New York finished
with the best won-lost percentage,
.900, on nine victories and one de
feat. Vic Raschi had the second-
best pitching record, 21.8 for a
.724 mark. First in strikeouts
with 172 was Cleveland’s Bob Lem
on.
Buddy Jones
Joites is the Sooners* top safety and is the lightest back on the team,
weighing in at 155 pounds. Last year against Iowa State, Jones
returned a punt 83 yards for a score.
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Rugged OU End
Frankie Anderson
Anderson is only one of the Oklahoman’s top four ends who re
turned this year. A rugged senior, Anderson is expected to start
Saturday against the Aggies.
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SMU, 3rd; OU, 5th
Forty-one former Texas colleg-
inas are in the National Football
League—the greatest contribution
to professional football of any
state.
There are 429 players in the
league, thus Texas has produced
almost one-tenth.
The University of Texas has the
most pro players with 10. Texas
Christian and Rice have contribu
ted six each and Baylor five.
Here are the Texans in pro foot
ball as the 13 clubs of the National
League cut to the limit of 33 play
ers per club:
New York Yanks—Bruce Alford,
Texas Christian, end; George
Brown, Texas Christian, guard;
Pete Layden, Texas, back; Martin
Ruby, Texas A&M, tackle; Jack
Russell, Baylor, end; Orban “Spec”
Sanders, Texas, back.
Washington Redskins — Sam
Baugh, Texas Christian, back; Bob
Goode’ Texas A&M, back; Pete
Stout, Texas Christian, back.
Chicago Cardinals — Bill Black
burn, Rice, center; Mai Kutner,
Texas, end; George Petrovich, Tex
as, tackle. •
Detroit Lions—Cloyde Box, West
Texas State, back; Bobby Layne,
Texas; Doak Walker, Southern
Methodist, back; Joe Watson, Rice,
center.
Thief Spells Name;
Shortens Sentence
Springfield, Ill.—(A 1 )— Because
he learned to write his name, John
Lee Harvey of Clarksdale, Miss.,
was released from jail.
Harvey, who could neither read
nor write, appeared in federal
court Aug. 3 on the automobile
theft charge. Judge Charles G.
Briggle sentenced him to 90 days,
but promised to cut off 30 if the
prisoner learned to write his own
name.
Harvey’s attorney gave him a
sample and the 20-year-old youth
practiced constantly in jail. Today,
Harvey wrote his name for Briggle
and won his freedom.
Baltimore Colts — Adrian Burk'
Baylor, back; Ray Stone, Texas,
back; Joel Williams, Texas, center;
Bob Nelson, Baylor, end.
Chicago Bears—Stuart Clarkson,
Texas A. and I., center; Wayne
Hansen, Texas Western, center; Ed
Sprinkle, Hardin - Simmons, end;
Clyde Turner, Hardin - Simmons,
center; Gerald Weatherly’ Rice,
center.
New York Giants—Randall Clay,
Texas; Bob McChesney, Hardin-
Simmons, end; Harmon Rowe, Bay
lor, back; Tom Landry, Texas,
back.
San Francisco 49ers—Ray Evans
Texas Western, tackle; Bill John
son, Texas A&M, center.
Cleveland Browns—Robert Grigg
Texas, tackle; Weldon Humble,
Rice, guard; Derrell Palmer, Tex
as Christian, tackle.
Philadelphia Eagles—John Ma
gee- Rice, guard; John Patton, Tex
as Christian, guard.
Green Bay Packers—Tobin Rote,
Rice, back.
Los Angeles Rams—George Sims
Baylor; Verda Smith, Abilene
Christian College, back; Vick Vas-
icek, Texas, guard.
New York' Oct. 4—UP)—Notre
Dame still is the No. 1 college
football team in the nation but it
looks as if the Irish are going to
have to do a lot more fighting to
hold on to their cherished laurels
this year.
The first Associated Press poll
of the season found Frank Leahy’s
lads at the top again—just where
they left off last November.
But four other collegiate aggre
gations—Michigan State, Southern
Methodist, Army and Oklahoma—
are bunched righed behind the Ir
ish, ready, and apparently able, to
move up if Notre Dame should fal
ter.
The South Benders barely nosed
out North Carolina, 14-7, Satur
day.
A total of 190 sports writers and
broadcasters, representing a coast
to coast panel, voted the Irish No.
1, with 1,500 points and 63 first
place nominations.
Only eight points separated the
next three elevens. Michigan
State, surging to the fore in the
strength of its Upset 14-7 triumph
over mighty Michigan’ gained the
No. 2 position with 1,298 points.
Two points behind came South
ern Methodist whose passing cir
cus accounted for a 32-27 triumph
over Ohio State’s Rose Bbwl kings.
Army’s Black Knights, who
struck like lightening against Col
gate for a 28-0 victory, were Voted
fourth place with 1,290 points. Ok
lahoma’s rebuilt Sooners gained
the fifth ranking with 1,025 points.
Points were tabulated on a 10-
9-8-7, etc. basis with ten points for
the No. 1 vote.
Of the first ten, only Washing
ton failed to get a first place nom
ination. In all, 14 teams received
at least one ballot for the No. 1
spot.
The Top Ten (Number in Brackets
Is First Place Votes
1. Notre Dame (63) 1,500
2. Michigan State (32) 1,298
3. Southern Meth 28) 1,296
4. Army (29) 1,290
5. Oklahoma (17) 1,025
6. Kentucky (5) 539
7. Texas (2) 502
8. Stanford (3) 464
9. California (2) 442;
10. Washington 211
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