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Injuries May Make SMU Third Upset Victim for Cowboys BASED ON AP REPORTS SMU may be the third number on Oklahoma AfelVTs SW'C upset list when the two elevens meet this coming weekend in the much pub licized football double-header which is supposed to be the first of its kind. The big reasons that the Mus tangs may lose are the loss of Rusty Russell, Jr., and Hank Stol- lenwerck who were hurt in the Missouri game this past weekend. Russell suffered a rib fracture, Stollenwerck an ankle injury, and neither is expected to be ready for our completely washable Van Gab gabardine sport shirt You’ll see eve-to-eye with Van Gab gabardine sport shirts—-on every count! Com pletely washable, completely color-fast, these soft, lustrous Van Gabs feature, the popular California Lo-No collar— smart with or without tie. We’re putting these won derful Van Gabs through price-ringers for flat wallets, too! Come in now for a look- see of Van Gab’s glowing array of Fall colors! $4.95 & $5.95 LEON B. WEISS Military • Civilian Furnishers • Clothiers "Next to Campus Theatre" the coming weekend fray. But the Methodists continued to prove that they are one of the top teams in the nation, defeating the Missouri Tigers, 21-0. SMU Gridiron Sketch Missouri 25 First Downs 10 283 ... Rushing yardage ... 121 194 .... Passing yardage.. 99 37 .. .. ...Passes attempted 18 20 ... Passes, completed 6 3 Passes intercepted 2 3 Punts 8 19 Punting average... ... 39 2 Fumbles lost 1 55 Yards penalized 5 The second largest home crowd in Missouri history, near 36,000, sat in as Missouri suffered its second straight shutout since the tail-end of the 1937 season. That year Kansas tied the Tigers 0-0 and U. C. L. A. beat them 13-0. Missouri played better than it did in losing 34-0 to Clemson last week, but the Tigers couldn’t stop the power running of Rote and (See MUSTANGS, Page 4) Pro Giants Protect Undefeated Record New York, Oct. 9—(A*)—Charlie Conerly threw a last-minute touch down pass to Gene Roberts yester day to give the New York Giants a 21-17 victory over Washington and preserve their record as the only undefeated team in the Na tional Football League. Until the winning toss, a 39-yard play, Bill Dudley and Harry Gil mer had kept the Skins ahead with fine running and passing. The Giants now lead the NFL’s American Conference with a 3-0 record. Cleveland, 30-17 victor over Pittsburgh last night, is second with a 3-1 mark. At Chicago, the Bears’ Johnny Lujack shifted from a passing to running game in the 27-6 victory over the Cardinals. He scored twice to break a scoreless deadlock in the second quarter, from the one- foot and 32-yard lines. The Bears now are in a three- way tie for first in the NFL’s National Conference with Detroit and the New York Yanks, both victors today. Each has a 3-1 mark. Strong-armed Bobby Layne com pleted 15 of 32 passes for 205 yards in Detroit’s 24-7 pasting of the hapless San Francisco Forty Niners. At Green Bay, the Yanks outlasted the Packe-rs in' a six- touchdown third quarter to. win, 44-31. Beat VMI MANITZAS Oil’s Final Plays Confusing, Lucky By Frank N. Manitzas Battalion Sports Editor It was quite a game in more ways than one. The Okla- homa-A&M game, we mean. The Aggies showed what they had, and as Buddy Shaeffer said, “We had them beat . . . until ... it all happened so fast/’ Exactly what happened may never be known, but to the radio audience it probably sounded like poor coaching in the final few minutes of play. Actually it wasn’t; just a little fast play which was confusing and lucky. When OU’s quarterback Claude Arnold completed six of the final seven passes which he threw, he not only surprised the Cadets, but also himself. Arnold will prob ably be the first to tell you that it has been quite a while and probably the first time in his life that his passing was as sharp as it proved to be Not that Arnold is a bad quarterback. On the contrary. He’s great. But he is not one of the better passers in the nation by a long shot. Concerning Arnold’s passing we quote Charles Burton of The Dallas Morning News: “Arnold who hadn’t been able to hit the ground with his helmet all afternoon, threw . . . ” Said The Houston Post: “Arnold, who impressed very few with his passing in the first minutes, emerged a hero . . . the Aggies were vastly underrated . . . for 56 and a half minutes they (the Aggies) had beaten Oklahoma at its own game ...” From The Fort-Worth Star Telegram: “ . . . they (the Aggies) proved to the satisfaction of all who saw the bruising game that they’re a team to be reckoned with by all future opponents” . . . Defense Set Up To Stop Puns Coach Harry Stiteler had the yardage on running plays than Cadet defense set up to stop the they did on the passing plays which Sooners most powerful plays which we could have stopped had our were in the form of running at- boys been in better position.” tacks. The eight-three formation used All in all, the Farmers played habitually by the Aggies was, ac- a bang-up game, that no one can cording to Stiteler, “ . . . to stop deny; and we’ll agree that the the wide running plays of the Cadets DID have that game won, Sooners . . . they gained more but it’s just one . of those things. Notre Dame, Michigan State Upset Notre Dame getting beat by the 0; TCU defeated Arkansas in the Purdue Boilermakers, 28-14, and conference opener 13^6; and the Michigan. State knocked off by the Ride Owls ran over an easy LSU Maryland eleven, 34-7,’dropped the Tiger, 35-20. The University of first two ranking teams in the na- Texas remained idle, tion from their positions. TMs coming . weekend two SWC At the present time, the team -teams may lose but it is unlikely, with the longest streak of wins according to the expert*. Texas and still undefeated for the year has had a week of rest for their is Oklahoma. Had the Cadets beat- . game wi th OU, while SMU should en the Sooners, it would have be more than ready for the Oklaho- marked one of the seven upsets ma A&M Cowboys, although the during the weekend. Mustangs will be without the serv- All of the Southwest Conference ice of Rusty Russell, Jr., and Hank teams with the exception of the Stollenwerck. These four teams Aggies won their intersectional make up the first football double tilts over the weekend.. This gives header in the history of the game. Hillhouse Tries Hard the SWC a 9-4 record over outside opponents. for the season. Baylor .upset- Mississippi - States 14-7; Kyle Rote and the Ponies de feated an easy Missouri team, 21- -Beat VMI- Andy Hillhouse (89) tried hard to catch this pass thrown by Quar terback Dick Gardemal, but defensive specialist Tommy Gray of the Sooners managed to out-wrestle the Cadet end for the pass which fell to the ground incomplete. This was during one of the top games in the nation when A&M almost broke OU’s endless string of victories, losing in the final 37 seconds, 28-34. Bears May Fool Experts After Upsetting Maroons Intramural Entry Form for Oubs Please enter the in intramural (club) (and/or) (Check Sports (basketball) (football) you will play.) Club Athletic Officer Address: Dorm. Room. Box Return to Student Activities before Tuesday, October 10. BASED ON AP REPORTS Baylor will try to fool all the ex perts this coming weekend when they meet the favored Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville, Ark., for their first conference tilt. Upsetting favored Mississippi State during the past weekend of upsets, the Bruins may be a far better team than anyone expects. It was the passing, of the Bears quarterback in the final moments of the game which gave Baylor a 14-7 victory. The quarterback, Larry Isbell, brother of the fabulous Cecil Is bell of pro football fame, picked up the flagging Baylor boys after they had struggled throng a score less first half. Baylor was com pletely outclassed by fast, spright ly Mississippi State in the first two quarters. But Isbell’s Houdini-like ball-handling from the T-quarter- back slot and hiss-passing wizardry evened the score in the third quart: ter. Smithville Consolidated Meets First District 32B Foe Friday By CHUCK NEIGHBORS The A&M Consolidated Tigers take on their first District 32B foe next Friday night entertain ing Smithville on the home field. Incensed at the thought of los ing to Cypress-Fairbanks by the painful score of 12-14, the Tigers enter the game against Smithville with high spirits and determina tion. 0 V ' Arrow Sports Shirts For all-round campus wear . . . best choice is an Arrow. They’re made to fit comfortably and to give you long rugged wear. Corduroys, gabardines, colorful checks and plaids . . . all washable! See your Arrow dealer. *3.95 to *10 ARROW SHIRTS & TIES UNDERWEAR • HANDKERCHIEFS • SPORTS SHIRTS A Wide Selection of Arrow Sports Shirts... Comfortable... Rugged... Right for Campus Wear! Brother . . . whatever your preference, it’s here in an Arrow. Rugged Corduroys . . . rich Gabardines with smart saddle-stitch ing detail . .. and lively checks and plaids. All washable. All excellent buys. See them here today! $3.95 up for C0X+L2C® s BBXA# ARkOW UNIVERSITY STYIIS Due to the unfortunate misses of two point-after-touchdown kicks, the A&M Consolidated players just added more proof to the impor tance of these “extra-points”. It was a hard game to lose, but the Tigers weren’t defeated easily. Still tearing into the Cypress- Fairbanks Bobcats as the game ended, the Tigers were more a dis appointed team than a beaten one. Bobcats Score First The Bob Cats scored first on a down-field march of 50 yards in six plays. The Tigers roared out of the locker room determined to score as the second half began. They crossed the goal line on their second play. Then came 'the fatal error that cost the Tigers the ball game. Roland Jones missed the at tempt for an extra point on a placement kick. In the remainder of the third quarter the game settled down into what appeared to be a kicking contest with one team going no where for three downs and punt ing on the fourth. Winners Score Again However, this was not to be the case for long. Early in the final period, the Bobcats of Cy press-Fairbanks started a drive which ended with them racking up their second and what later came Gridiron Sketch Miss. St Baylor 10 First downs 12 230 Rushing yardage 93 32 Passing yardage...., 98 10 Passes attempted 13 5 Passes completed 8 0 Passes intercepted..., 2 6 ...., Punts 6 33.6 .... . Punting average........ 44 4 Fumbles r 4 5 Yards penalized...,. 20 Hogs After 1st League Victory BASED ON AP REPORTS Arkansas will be trying for its first conference win this weekend on their homefield when they meet the surprising Baylor Bears, who upset Mississippi State last week end. Texas Christian who won its first SWC tilt Saturday defeating Arkansas, 13-6, will take a breath er this coming weekend when they meet the much beaten Texas Tech Red Raiders, who lost this past weekend to West Texas State, 18- 28. In downing the Razorbacks, the Horned Frogs garnered their first win over the Porkers since 1943. Gil Bartosh—the boy who wan dered from TCU to Texas A&M then back to TCU, as a freshman and caused a conference investi gation—team with Dan Wilde, Horned Frog veteran, to bring the Battalion SPORTS MON., OCT. 9, 1950 Page 3 Owls in Mace For SWC Title After Easy Win The Rice Owls proved that they were definitely in the running for the SWC champ ionship which they won last year as they easily defeated a not so strong as usual Louisiana State eleven, 35-20. Rice travels to Pittsburgh Saturday where they will meet the home city’s foot ballers who were defeated 41-7 by Ohio State. A crowd of; 52,^00 .^aw; Rjce ,scoiy it’s first victory since ’ 1945 ovei- LSU and gain revenge for the only defeat suffered last year while winning the Southwest Confer ence championship. Near the end of that period, Isbell completed six straight passes in a 67-yard drive. His score for the night was eight complete out of 13 thrown, for a total of 98 yards. Halfback Don Carpenter plunged one yard for a touchdown and back Jim Jeffrey went over from the one after Jim Mott’s 37-yard runback of a pass intei’- ception set up the second score. End Henry Dickerson converted both. State went 7 yards on 10 plays for its touchdown in the second period. Frank Branch, 127-pound quarterback, masterminded the deal and Halfback Norman Duplain tal lied on a 12-yard dash. End Max Stanbrook converted. An estimated 20,000 fans saw the intersectional fray, the first defeat for Mississippi State and Balyor’s second win in three times out. Miss. State 0 7 0 0— 7 Baylor ....,0 0 7 7—14 Mississippi State scoring: touch downs, Duplain. Conversions, Strainbrook. Baylor scoring: touchdowns, Jef frey, Carpenter. Conversions, Dick erson (2). Gridiron Sketch Rice LSU 15 First Downs 11 164 ... ....Rushing yardage 177 121 Passing yardage 52 15 Passes attempted 15 7 .... . ...Passes completed..., 4 0 Passes intercepted by 1 4 !.. Punts..., 8 45.5 Punting yardage 33 1 Fumbles lost 2 50 Yards penalized...., 98 to be the winning touchdown of the game. The locals followed fhis up with a spectacular run of 70 yards with the ball carried by speedster Jerry Leighton on a screen pass from quarterback George Johnston. Un lucky Jones’ placement failed again. With two minutes and five sec onds left to play, the snarling Tigers found themselves in posi tion to score again. Unfortunately Father Time was not with the Tigers, and they were left with a two-point defi cit staring them in the face. See . . . Aggieland Service Station & Garage John Bravenec, Owner —YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR— • WASHING • LUBRICATION • FLATS • POLISH & WASH Complete Motor Overhaul * MOTOR TUNE-UP • BRAKE SERVICE GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR O. O. Murpliey — G. S. Wallace (We Call for & Deliver) Ph. 4-1188 East Gate College All of Rice’s touchdowns were scored on running plays, compared (See RICE, Page 4) battered Christians triumph over the massive men of the Ozarks. Gridiron Sketch Arkansas TCU 11 First downs 16 40 Rushing yardage 181 226 Passing Yardage 184 30 Passes attempted 16 15 Passes completed..., 8 0 Passes intercepted. .. ..... 1 8 Punts r 7 39.1 Punting average........ 36.7 1 Fumbles Lost.... ... 1 85 Yards penalized 94 Arkansas could have won the game and was in it until the final minutes. Two dropped passes over the ,goal line took away Razorback touchdowns and penalties dealt staggering blows to the Razor- backs at critical moments. A pen alty for illegal use of hands nulli fied a touchdown run by Buddy Rogers in the second period. Bill Jumey, Arkansas end, hob bled a pass in the end zone with (See ARKANSAS, Page 4) Harriers Swamp Cadets Oklahoma University’s Cross Country Quintet swamped the highly touted Aggies last Saturday in Nor man, Okla., by a score of 23- 32 (lowest score wins). Jim Wilkenson of the Sooners was the individual winner travel ing the two-mile in 9:50. He was followed by teammate Bruce Drum mond and the Aggies’ John Gar- many. Charles Hudgins took fifth for the Aggies and Chaidie Gabriel, Jim McMahon, and Marshall Lazar- ine finished seventh, eighth, and ninth for the Maroon and White, in the five man team contest. ./Wilkenson, Lazarine, and McMa hon w^re /right ^together at the head of the pack at the mile mark but the pace was too tough for the Aggies as they dropped far behind in the second four laps. In the cold damp morning air the Cadets showed they were badly off form, but it was obvious that the Oklahoman’s had been better prepared for the match. 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