Bruisin’ Bob, Tidwell, Lippman Place
A&M On Top In SWC Ground Attack
By RALPH GORMAN
Three members of the Aggie
eleven who have carried the ball
more than 15 times are listed
among the top ten ball carriers in
the Southwest Conference. To add
to their prominence in grid cir
cles, all three men hold a first
place in three of the six rated
playing positions—carrying, scor
ing, and punt returning.
Billy Tidwell, one of the few po
tential sixty-minute men in the
conference, turned in a magnifi
cent performance against OU last
Saturday to retain {first plac'e
among the leading ball carriers.
Gaining a net 114 yards against
the Sooners, Tidwell now shows a
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9.4 yard average for the 28 times
he has carried.
He is followed in second spot by
teammate Glenn Lippman, who is
also a repeater for his ranking
among the leading carriers. With
churning legs and shifty hips,
Lippman netted 55 yards in his
last game to set his average at
7.7 yards for each of his 28 times
to accept the handoff.
Bruisin’ Bob No. 6
Bruisin’ Bob Smith thundered
through the Sooner line and half
the backfield for a net gain of 111
yards to gain sixth place over the
No. 7 spot he held a week ago.
Smith has maintained an impres
sive 5.3 yards average for the 63
times he has toted the leather.
To compensate for the surprising
number of times he has carried
he is the conference leading
ground gainer with 332 yards
(some 70 yards over his nearest
rival, teammate Tidwell).
SMU’s Kyle Rote ranks third
among the leading ball carriers
with an average of 6.9 ynrds per
carry, while the Longhorn work
horse, Byron Townsend holds the
No. 4 spot with an average of
5.6. Arkansas’ Sammy Furo is nm-
ning close to Townsend and just
a tenth of a yard ahead of Smith
with a 5.4 yard average.
In the last four places are TCU’s
John Dunn, averaging 4.9; Arkan
sas’ Buddy Rogers and Ray Parks,
averaging 4.8 and 4.7 respectively;
and Rice’s George Glauser gain
ing an average of 4.3 yards each
of^the 39 times he has started.
Bruisin’ Bob Leads Scorers
A&M’s man of the hour, Bruis
in’ Bob, has scored in each of the
three 1950 contests and has massed
a total of 42 points for six TD’s
to again lead the SWC scorers.
This total is just six points below
Smith’s ten game total for 1949.
SMU’s Rote is second to Smith
with 24 points for the four times
that he crossed paydirt. Rice’s Billy
Burkhalter and Glauser are tied
with Arkansas’ Bill Jurney and
SMU’s H. N. “Rusty” Russell for
third place with three TD’s apiece.
Darrow Hooper is justly called
the SWC PAT king after establish
ing an admirable record of con
versions in the first three games.
Hooper has missed only two in 16
attempts and now ranks fourth
among the SWC scoring stars with
a total of 14 points.
In the punt return division and
leading the ten men who are in
cluded in this group is Glenn Lipp
man. Returning five boomers from
the safety position, Lippman has
an enviable average of 21.2 yards
per return.
Second to Lippman is Rice’s
Rex Proctor with an average of
20.5 yards followed by SMU’s Bill
Richards, who shows an average of
19 yards for his five I'eturns. Com
pleting the list in the order in
which they appear are Arkansas’
Dean Pryor, TCU’s Dan Wilde,
Texas’ Bobby Dillon, Baylor’s
James Mott, TCU’s Homer Thomp-
kins, Baylor’s Robert Reid, and
Arkansas’ Johnny Cole.
Lary Fifth Among Punters)
A&M’s Yale Lary ranks fifth
among the eight SWC stars who
are responsible for booting the
long punts. In three games the
Aggies have punted 21 times with
Lary handling the chore each time
for an avei’age of 37.6 yards per
punt.
Leading in this division is Bay
lor’s Larry Isbell, who has punted
17 times for an average of 41.1
yards. He is followed by Arkan
sas’ Louis Schaufels, Rice’s Bordon
Wyatt, TCU’s Jimmy Hickey, Lary,
Texas’ Billy Porter, Arkansas’ Joe
Balderidge, and SMU’s Kyle Rote.
Remaining in good form SMU’s
Russell leads both the passing and
the pass receiving divisions. Rus
sell has tossed 16 aerials and com
pleted 12 for a percentage comple
tion of .750. At the same time he
has snagged 10 from the arms of
his teammates for a total of 281
yards, three of these being inside
paydirt.
The Mustangs’ fabulous Fred
Benners is second to Russell in
percentage completions with a .576
for his 59 tosses.
Rounding out the list of best
passers who have completed 10%
or more are Baylor’s Isbell, Texas’
Ben Tompkins, Rice’ Vernon Glass,
Baylor’s Haden Fry, SMU’s Rote,
TCU’s Gil Bartosh, and Arkansas’
teammates Don Logue and Jim
Rinehart.
Nine men who fall behind Rus
sell in the pass catching game are
SMU’s Ben White and John Champ
ion, Rice’s Bill Howton, SMU’s
Jimmy Hawn, TCU’s Wilson
George, Texas’ Gil Dawson, Rice’s
Billy Burkhalter, Arkansas’ Jack
Richards, and Baylor’s Harold
Riley.
As the Aggies prepare for their
fourth game of the 1950 season
they rate a strong first place in net
yards rushing throughout the
SWC with a total of 869 yards and
claim second to SMU in the rushing
and passing total with 1,050 yards.
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SPORTS
WED., OCT. 11, 1950 Page 3
Final Clean-Up on World Series
Yanks Win 13th Series In 17 Chances
By FRED WALKER
The 1950 World Series has been
delivered to the recorders, and the
mighty New York Yankees, for
the thirteenth time in seventeen
Series, lustily emerge as Champ
ions of the World.
But least too many Bomber sup
porters stare sneeringly at that
4-b-oh-oh! mark, leave us thor
oughly check all the factors.
The first game was played in
Philadelphia where civic pride
flows freely. As the surprise start
er, “Iron Man” Konstanty, ambled
to the hill to oppose Yankee ace,
Vic Raschi, huge mouths of vacant
seats laughed right in Jimmy’s
face. Undaunted, the 74-game re
liefer flipped a four-hitter at the
Stengelites—only to lose to a fire
man whp had a bigger fire going
in his 'fuimace—Raschi, allowed
only 2 hits.
Yanks Win First
When the silence of the last
seven innings died away, the
Yankees had pooled a double by
Bobby Brown and flies by Hopp
and Coleman for a winning score
of 1 to 0. Heroic performances
were turned in by Raschi, Kon
stanty, and “World Series” Brown.
The second scene was again at
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The City of Brotherly Love. Robin
Roberts scattered 10 hits and Rey
nolds 7, but “The Big Chief”
had the last laugh when Jolting
Joseph DiMaggio tapped a souvem
ir to the left center stands. The
Bluejays had previously scored
their first run of the combat when
Goliat singled home Ashbprn in
the fifth after Coleman had scored
in the first on Wood ling’,s single
to make a tie until -Tie Clipper”
sailed home. Again a Phil pitcher
won acclaim although he lost the
game, but the incomparable Di
Maggio took the big honors.
“The Old Timers” made it three
straight over “The Whiz Kids”
when the third game shifted to
Yankee Stadium. The aging Ken
Heintzelman had blown down the
Knickerbockers like wheat in a
whirlwind for 7 2/3 innings, but
something snapped and he wgllged
three men in 'succession.
Yanks Win Again
Brown hit an easy try to Hamner
who forgot to pick it up before he
threw it. That tied the score until
the last of the ninth when a mutter
ing Russ Meyer chucked the win
ning single to Coleman to score
Brown who was safe on Blood-
worth’s error. (Sawyer had sent in
Brother Jimmy for defensive pur
poses.) Habitually, the Yanks
smiled confidently and wandered
nonchalantly off the field.
The last game was a brilliant
victory for a wonderful pitcher,
20-year-old Whitey Ford. The
youngster gave up but seven hits
in 8 2/3 innings.
The Phils scored two runs, but
only because the sun blinded Wood-
ling into dropping an easy fly.
“Big Jim” again saw action, and
for the first time in the Series
someone, got hold of his many as
sortments.
Upon cleaving the homer Law
rence Berra was heard to say, “I
finally got that so-and-so.” Ac
cording to AP reports, the lan
guage used was much more color
ful.
Yes, it looks like New York
used this time for a tune-up, but
if you look at the statistics, the
Phils weren’t exactly overpowered
—they just couldn’t bunch their
hits and play that pasture smooth
ly enough.
Yankee Statistics
The Yanks totaled 11 runs, 30
hits—3 doubles (Brown Coleman,
DiMaggio), 1 triple (Brown), 2
homers ( Berra and DiMaggio) 24
singles (Woodling 6; Coleman 3;
Bauer, Brown, Mize, DiMaggio,
Berra, and Rizzuto 2; and Raschi,
Lopat and Reynolds 1.)—13 walks,
2 errors (Brown and Woodling),
12 men struck out, and 33 left on
base.
The winning Yankee pitcher?
were Raschi (0 runs, 2 hits, 5 SO,
and 1 bob in 9 innings.), Reynolds
(1 run, 7 hits, 7 SO and 5 BOB in
9 1/3 innings,), Lopat (2 runs,
10 hits, 5 SO, and 0 BOB in 9
innings.), and Ford (0 runs, 7 hits,
7 SO, and 1 BOB in 8 2/3 innings.).
Honor's for runs-batted-in went to
Coleman (3), DiMaggio (2), Berra
(2), Woodling (1), Bauer (1), and
Brown (1). The 11 runs were
scored by Coleman, Berra, DiMag
gio, Brown, Woodling (all 2), and
Rizzuto (1).
Phillies Story
The statisticsl.ior the Phils read
5 runs, 26 hits—6 doubles (Ham
ner 2; Ennis, Jones, Asburn, and
Waitkus 1, 1 triple (Hamner) 19
singles (Goliat, Jones, Waitkus,
and Hamner 3; Ashburn and Sem
inick 2; and Sisler, Ennis, and Kon
stanty 1.), 7 walks, 4 errors (Gol
iat, Jones, Seminick, and Ham
ner), 23 struck out, and 26 left
on base.
Phil pitchers were Konstanty (4
runs, 9 hits, 4 BOB v and 3 SO
in 15 innings.), Roberts (3 runs,
11 hits, 5 SO, and 3 BOB in 11
innings.), Miller (2 hits, 2 runs,
0 SO and BOB in 1/3 innings.),
Meyer (1 run, 4 hits, 1 SO, and 0
BOB in 1 2/3 innings. Heintzelman,
(2 runs, 4 hits, 3 SO and 6 BOB
in 7 2/3 innings.) RBI’s were
by Sisler, G'oliat and Ashburn, and
the runs-scored fell to Goliat,
Hamner, Ennis, Jones, and Ken
Johnson.
Phil Pitchers Allowed Few Runs
One can see from these statistics
that the Philadelphia pitching al
lowed very few runs, and they
kept the hits well scattered. It was
the fatal walks and ill-timed er
rors that turned the trick.
The Yanks, on a whole, were
seasoned veterans who could more
easily adjust themselves to tight
situations than could the Phils.
The Bombers played “heads-up”
ball all the way, taking advantage
of every chance. Sawyer’s boys
made a game try, and for that, if
nothing else, should receive praise.
Old Man Stengel thought a good
bit of them.
“I thought it was a whale of a
series,” said the Yankee manager.
“Three of those games could have
gone your way as easily as ours.”
The Phils on the other hand
failed to produce the usual per
iods of lamentations. For a while
they were unhappy, but soon their
spirits picked up. They figured the
breaks went against them, and they
really had nothing to be ashamed
of. Eddie Sawyer expressed the
general attitude.
“The Yankees are a pretty good
club, but not so much better than
we are.”
Tne one consoiat'tdn;''th,)ib/Phil
adelphia has is that etfeU in los
ing each player will pocket a lit
tle over $4,500. The Champion
Yankees will each receive approx
imately $6,800.
A bit of irony popped up when
the Phils got their best backing
from the New York crowds, while
in Shibe Park things were com
paratively quiet. As one observer
remarked, “The Phillie fans wait
ed 35 years to remain quiet.”
Beat YMI
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Williamson Alone
Predicted Upset
By FRED WALKER
“WHEN THE END CAME FOR Notre Dame, the Williamson
System was alone in predicting it. The System did not pick Purdue as
a long shot or a hunch. There was not emotion about it. The figures—
the cold statistics—showed Notre Dame’s time had come.”
Quoting Paul B. Williamson, United Feature Syndicate’s fearless
prognosticator, we must agree that he called the trick, not only, with
Notre Dame, but also Maryland’s slaughter of highly-touted Michigan
State.
This week Williamson has taken a better look at the Southwest
Conference and come up with the University of Texas in the No. 1
spot while SMU is placed fifth.
The top ten are 1) Texas, 2) Kentucky, 3) Army, 4) Washing
ton U. (Cst..), 5) SMU, 6) Stan
ford, 7) Oklahoma, 8) Purdue, 9)
Ohio State, and 10) UCLA. From
there on it goes Georgia, Rice,
California, Mississippi, Princeton,
Clemson, Maryland, Vanderbilt,
Cornell, Wake Forest, Nebraska,
Indiana, LSU, and, thank you so
much Mr. Williamson, TEXAS
A&M.
Dropping to 29th we find Baylor-,
while TCU is 45th. If you don’t
get tired you will find Arkansas at
60.
We cannot deny that the Rt. Hon.
Mr. Williamson can pick the up
sets, but we would like to know
one or two things.
Why, Why?
Why is UCLA, who was just de
feated by Washington, rate the
No. 10 spot while California, un
defeated, takes the 13th seat be-
hand UCLA and twice-tied Geor
gia?
Why do the Texas Aggies, who
played magnificent ball against a
7th place Oklahoma last Saturday
—good enough to almost break a
22-game wipning streak, move up
only one place to rank behind
twice beaten LSU and one-time
losers Indiana, Wake Forest, and
UCLA? It just doesn’t seem to
jive. Of course we are prejudiced
here at College Station, but we
still don’t think that Texas, Rice,
and SMU are any better than we
are.
With some heads-up 1 football
and a little luck in this any-thing-
can-happen conference, we will see
the day that Mr. Williamson is
forced to admit the worth of the
Texas Aggies. 4
FoF thoY’Obming weekend Wil-
liafnsbn predicts a “Return to*
Normalcy” with the No. 1 game
being Texas versus Oklahoma.
“Oklahoma’s invincibility has gone
the same way as Notre Dame’s . .
A few other “System” predic
tions: Baylor over Arkansas, Texas
A&M over VMI, TCU by Texas
Tech, Rice to run over Pittsburg,
SMU to top Oklahoma A&M, Army
over Michigan “by three touch
downs,” Ohio State over Indiana,
and Stanford by Santa Clara.
QB Club to Show
Movies of OU Tilt
Movies of last week’s game
with Oklahoma will be shown at
The Battalion Quarterback Club
meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in
the Assembly Hall.
Winner of last week’s contest
will be awarded two tickets to the
A&M-VMI game at the meeting.
Entry blanks for the contest
will appear in the Battalion.
No admission is charged to at
tend either the meetings or the
movie.
Beat VMI
Jim Flowers, who was all-state-
while attending Highland Park,
set a conference record in 1947 in
the breaststroke, but has quit
swimming entirely to devote all his
time to football.
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Dallas, Oct. 11—(A*)—The second,
third and fourth-pldce college foot
ball teams of the nation will play
on the same field here Saturday.
Southern Methodist, No. 2 in the
Associated Press rankings, meet?
Oklahoma A&M in a night game,
while Oklahoma, No. 3, and Texas,
No. 4, play in the afternoon. Both
contests are in the Cotton Bowl.
All four of the teams are unde
feated, although Oklahoma A&M
has one tie on its record.
The two games are expected to
draw around 140,000 fans.
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