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f 4 AgEleven Favored To Win Over TCU By Frank N. Manitzas 4 Battalion Sports Editor This is the week that everyone has been waiting for. Now, the different schools in the Southwest Confernce will really show what they have—defensively and offensively The majority of the conference teams have finished their intersectional games, and the SWC holds a record of 13-5. Oklahoma handed league elevens two of the losses— A&M and TU; Wyoming beat Baylor; and Oklahoma A&M defeated two local teams— TCU and Arkansas. Conference teams which still have in tersectional games to play not including bowl games, are Texas, who will play Louisi ana State Dec. 3rd; Arkansas, who will play Vanderbilt Oct. 28th and Tulsa Nov. 23rd; Rice, who competes against Texas Tech Nov. 4th; and TCU, who plays Mississippi Oct. 28th. This week, odds-makers are giving the Aggies, who hold a 3-1 seasonal record and are ranked ninth in the nation by the Williamson Poll, a twelve point lead over the TCU Horned Frogs. It will be a rougher game than everyone expects; how ever, we do believe that the Cadets will win. At the present time, weather conditions seem to favor rain which was the setting on Kyle Field two years ago. At that time, TCU came from behind in the closing moments of the game to defeat A&M, 27-14. Wet grounds will probably hold down the passing attack of both teams, but it will also give more opportunity for, lady luck to enter the picture on fumbles, et al. We still favor the Aggies, 34-6, with certain ireserva- tions that it isn’t raining during the game. Longhorns to Down Razorbacks, 21-13. MANITZAS Two big lines will be make or break the Texas - Arkansas game which will be played tomorrow at Memorial Stadium. Last year the ‘Longhorns defeated the Porkers, 27 -14, but it was the Austinite’s aerial bombardment which cov ered 257 yards that made the dif- • ference. There was only one yard difference in ground gaining. Although both teams have heavy and big lines, TU seems to have better depth and will undoubtedly take advantage of it. After its one point loss to the » Sooners last weekend, the Steers may be “down,” manly because that was “the game” that Forty Acres wanted this year. Entering the fray with a 2-2 record, Arkansas could be boast ing a 4-0 file had they had a few breaks in the earlier contests. But breaks will probably go both ways this weekend, and should they be equal, the Texans will win their first conference game of the year. Arkansas has averaged 30 points a game while TU has scored only 27 each game, but the final count should be in favor of the Steers, 21-13. SMU to Edge Rice, 21-20 Why? Last year, Rice won the conference title. At the end of the season, twenty-two seniors bade farewell to their alma mater and hit the road. : But what few people seem to realize is that the Blue and Gray kept the majority of their back- • field, and the most important item they still have a darn good line. Both SMU and Rice will enter the new Rice Stadium undefeated, i?.nd it will be quite a ball game. One of the better quarterbacks in the Southwest, Vernon Glass will be at the helm for the Owls and from his past performances this year he won’t be outclassed too much by anyone on the gridiron. He is second to SMU’s Fred Ben ners on net yards in passing but he has a much better completion average. His average is .719 as compared to .582 for Benders. Both have thrown five scoring passes with Benners has thrown more than twice as many passes as Glass, 67 to 32. Kyle Rote’s running may be the deciding factor tomorrow night, but we expect him to be held quite a bit by the Rice line. SMU to take No. 5 in a row, 21-20. Baylor To Take Texas Tech, 24-19 It will be Larry Isbell’s passing and Frank Boydstun’s running * which should determine the out come for the Baylor—Texas Tech game. Last- week, the Red Raiders re ceived their fifth straight loss and will be out for more than blood, but the Bears are not a team to be denied and they can yet snap into the SWC race. The last time Tech beat Baylor was in 1946, 13-6, and many peo ple expect the Raiders to upset the Bruins this season. When the Wacoans defeated the Lubbockites 28-7 last year, the victory came about mainly because of Baylor’s running attack which gained 207 yards. But Ike Stuver and Earl Jackson’s return to the gridiron should help the Raiders gain more than the 142 yards on the terra firma which they rolled up last year against Baylor. Both men sat out the TCU game because of injuries. Baylor should get ahead early and stay there to keep the con ference’s record with Texas Tech clean, defeating the Raiders, 24- 19. Teams To Watch For Upsets With both teams featuring ter rific passers, Rice and SMU will be battling to the finish and one may be sure that the ohs . . . and ahs . . . will be sounding loudly with every pass thrown in the Rice Stadium. Rice may get the necessary push they had last year and upset the favored Mustangs, but it will be mainly up to the Owls pass defense if they are to win. Another possible upset is at Austin where one of the best teams in the nation clashes with an un known in the nation’s sports eye. Coach Otis Douglas will have every opportunity to pull all of his pro fessional type football tactics since he is rated as the underdog. The Razorbacks wide open style of play which we expect will be used exclusively may be what de termines the final score. -Beat TCU- Adamson Calls Swimmers Out Two Months Early By DALE DOWELL This year Coach Ar-t Adamson has called out swimming practice two months early mainly because the freshmen are back on the cam pus. For several years the “Fish” have been housed at the A&M An nex and this has made it impossi ble for Freshmen to go out for the swimming team. “It takes at least four years to prime a man to swimming compe tition,” says Coach Adamson. This means that if a swimmer intends to accomplish anything in college swimming competition, he must start training as a freshman and build through the years to his ultimate goal. There have been several cadets at Aggieland who have started in the swimming game without compe titive experience, and who later went on to win glory in the South west Conference. Few Report A meeting was called earlier this year by Adamson, but only a few freshmen reported. The swimming team is working out now and all those interested in the aquatic sport are requested to meet with Adamson between 4 and 5 p. m. at the pool. The swimming team has always been composed of boys drawn from the main student body, but during the period in which the freshmen have been on the Annex, this pro gram has been crippled. Now the Fish are back and that means that they will get a chance to once again start swimming in their first year at A&M. In years to come, this will prove to be a strong influence in the caliber of swimming teams to represent Texas A&M. According to Adamson to make this team a student needs three things. First, he must be ready to work hard, Second, he must have an abundance of talent, of which the Coach will be the judge. Thirdly, the student must love to swim. Last year the Aggie tankers were third in the conference, and the water polo team beat West Point and Navy in practice games at the New York Athletic Club. With the probable loss of Billy Karow, Coach Adamson will be much shorter on swimming talent this year. Thus, this gives all prospective swimmers an even bet ter chance to swim under colors of Maroon and White. Baseball Bonus Rule May Be Abolished New York, Oct. 20—(AP) —Baseball’s bonus rule, long a headache to major league moguls, appears to be doomed if the owners’ actions at their meeting next month speak as loud as their words. Summoned by Commissioner A. B. Chandler to convene in Cincin nati Nov. 16, the owners arc ex pected to discuss distribution of the 1950 World Series television and radio money in addition to the possible elimination or alteration of the player bonus rule. Jimmy Gallagher, general man ager of the Chicago Cubs, a long time booster of the controversal rule, appears to have changed his mind along with other former bonus backers. “The bonus rule is a good rule,” he said. “But it is not enforced and should be dropped. At least one third and maybe one half of the clubs are cheating on it and with out enforcement it is a farce.” Vice President Chuck Comiskcy of the Chicago White Sox said: “The bonus rule is not fair to the, owners or to the kids who have become bonus conscious. It has failed to stop the trend among kinds trying for big money—a fac tor which has defeated the rale’s purpose. We will vote to repeal the rule.” An Associated Press survey among big league club owners showed a strong majority were in favor of repeal. With few excep tions, all condemned the bonus law. A vote among the owners to abolish the rule would not be enough, however. Since it is a major-minor agreement, a three- fourths vote among all the minor league clubs would still be a ne cessary to do away with the bonus rale. The majors need orjy a majority. Cadet Senior Guard ||A&M HamCrS Mct'l Steers Today At TU it till ■ *1 Carl Molberg One of the Aggies best guards, Molberg has played consistently on both offense and defense and is also one of the lightest men on the squad. He is one of the fourteen seniors on the Cadet football squad. By RAY HOLBROOK A&M’s Cross Country team, still smarting from a stunning loss to the Oklahoma Sooners two weeks ago, journeyed to Austin today to take on the ever-tough Texas Longhorns in a dual meet. In their second meet of the sea son the A&M harriers hope to break into the win column against what is probably the weakest TU team in many years. The meet will occur over the 2.7 mile cross-coun try course, on which the Aggies won the conference crown a year ago. On this same course and in the same meet Julian Herring set a new course record, as the Long horns ran third behind the Ar kansas harriers last season. Seven Men to Run Seven men will comprise each team from which only the first five will be scored with the num ber of points £iven according to the position they came in. Although the sixth and seventh men do not score points, they may hurt the opponent’s score by pushing back tneir first five. Making the trip for the Aggies will be John Garmany, Charlie Hudgins, Charlie Gabriel, Jim Mc Mahon, Marshall Layarine, Julian Herring, Alex Ortiz, and Amil Omo. The latter will not compete as a team entrant, as the number of entrants is limited to seven per team. TU’s Entries Bolstering the Steer’s team this year are Lowell Hawkinson and Don Sparks, both of whom are seniors. Hawkinson was seventh in last fall’s conference meet and runnerup in the track conference 880 last spring, while Sparks did Battalion SPORTS FRL, OCT. 20, 1950 Page 5 Prognostrials . . . . I j, , , Mustangs Picked Over Owls By WILL GRIMSLEY New York, Oct. 20—WP)—Foot balls bounce funny ways, and the reputations of amateur seers some times bounce with them. Arm’s Bob Blaik stuck an instep into a ball last Saturday. It soar ed 45 yards, rolled another 30, yanked the cadets out of a terrible hole and set up Army’s 27-6 victory over Michigan. There went our upset special. But Oklahoma saved the day by beating Texas and our “sneaker”— Colgate over Holy Cross—jelled. So to date it’s 177 right, 55 wrong, 11 ties and a percentage of .763. Here’s to better bounces this week: Southern Methodist over Rice: The nation’s No. 3 team is in for its toughest fight so far this sea son and there’s good chance of an upset. But we think the Mustangs have too many giins. Army over Harvard: The East gets a look at some of Earl Blaik’s bench strength, and here’s hoping Cambridge provides a good man to count the touchdowns, which should number about eight. Tennessee over Alabama: For years this has been one of the best games in Dixie, with the winner often going on to a bowl. Mark this one up to Gen. Bob Neyland. Navy over Southern California: The Middies are a good team which just hasn’t exploded yet. Illinois over Washington: The Ulini have one of the best defen sive clubs in the country. Michigan over Wisconsin: Chuck Ortman leads the Wolverines to the road back, wrecking the Bad gers’ perfect slate. Cubs Lead SWC Freshman Elevens Baylor’s Cubs lead the way in Southwest Conference freshman football with two victories in two starts. Texas Christian’s Wogs are un defeated but have been tied. Texas and Southern Methodist have not played games as yet but swing into action this week. Friday Texas opens the cam paign against Baylor at Austin while Rice, which lost its only game played—34-13 to John Mc- Neese Junior College—engages Southern Methodist at Houston. The Aggie Fish have yet to win a game, losing two. TCU rack ed the Fish Thursday night 60-0 in the most decisive freshman game ever played. Notre Dame over Indiana: No body’s scared of the fighting Irish any more but they’re still a tough football team. Coi]nell over Yale: Jeff Fleisch- mann ends the Eli winning streak and Coach Herman Hickman loses 20 of his 260 pounds. Georgia over Louisiana State: The unbeaten but twice tied Bull dogs have found their scoring- punch . Virginia over VMI: Johnny Papit leads Art Guepe’s forces to their fourth victory. Kansas over Oklahoma A&M: Ears Whitworth’s boys not fully recovered from SMU shellacking. UCLA over Stanford: The single wing UCLAns smash down one of the heavy Rose Bowl favorites. , The others: East—Dartmouth over Lehigh,. Princeton over Brown, Rutgers , over NYU, Pennsylvania over Col- i umbia, Temple over Wayne, Col gate over Bucknell, Connecticut over Maine, Delaware over Lafay- I ette, Fordham over West Virginia, Syracuse over Holy Cross, St. Bon- ; aventure over Duquesne. Kentucky over Villanova, Carnegie Tech over Allegheny, Muhlenberg over Get tysburg. Massachusetts over Rhode i Island State. Vermont over Roch- i ester. Midwest— Puidue over Iowa, Ohio State over Minnesota, North western over Pittsburgh, Michigan | State over Marquette, Cincinnati i over Western Reserve, Drake overi Wichita, Missouri over Iowa State, Oklahoma over Kansas State, Ne braska over Penn State, Tulsa over Detroit, Hameline over St. Mary’s (Minn.) South—William and Mary over- Virginia Poly, Washington and Lee over Davidson, Wake Forest over George Washington, Vander bilt over Florida, Mississippi over Tulane, Maryland over North Caro lina State, Georgia Tech over Au burn, Duke over Richmond, the Citadel over Furman. Southwest—Baylor over Texas Tech, Texas over Arkansas, Texas A&M over Texas Christian, Texas Western over New Mexico, West Texas Sta.te...oyer Sam Houston. Far West—California over Ore gon State, Denver over Brigham Young, College of Pacific over Loyola (Calif.), Colorado over Arizona, Oregon over St. Mary’s (Calif.), Wyoming over Utah, Arizona State (Tempe) over Utah State, Colorado over Colorado State, Montana over Montana State. Three Texans Gain Golf Semifinals' Fort Smith, Ark., Oct. 20—(Ah— Defending champion Patty Berg from Minneapolis and three Texans survived quarterfinals of the Hard scrabble Women’s Open Golf tour nament here yesterday. In today’s semi-finals, Miss Berg will meet Alice Bauer of Midland, Tex., and Betsy Rawls of Austin will play Betty MacKinnon of Dallas. In yesterday’s matches, Miss Rawls, won from Mary Lena Faulk, Thomasville, Ga., 3 and 2. Miss Bauer defeated her sister, Marlene, one up. Miss MacKinnon came from be hind to defeat Marjorie Lindsay, Decatur, Ill., one up on the 19th hole. Determined Lineman w Julian Herring SWC Cross Country Champ Colds, Sore Throat Stop 9 Tiger Stars In a press release yesterday af ternoon, Coach Othel Chafin re vealed that nine members of the Consolidated Tiger football team are out of hetion with various ail ments. Among the injured men are Bob by Williams, star halfback; Billy Richards, first string lineman and sparkplug of the Tiger defense; Dan Williams, line backer; and Jimmy Richards, defensive line man. The majority of the Consol idated players are out of action because of colds and sore throats. Included in (hks category ar;e line men Bob Barlowy‘jack Burchard, Willie Benevitez, and Chester Smith, along with backfield man Royce Rodgers. The Tigers have maintained light wox-kouts so far this week due to the injuries and tonight’s open date. Coach Chafin has had the team working mainly on their blocking and tackling fundamentals with no scrimmaging taking place. Consolidated’s Tigers journey to Bastrop Oct. 27th for their second District 32B game and Chafin ex pects the bulk of his side-lined players to be in shape by then. Charles to Defend Title November 28 NcSv York, Oct. 20—MPl—Jake Mintz said today Ezzard Charles had agreed to defend his world heavyweight boxing title against Nick Barone of Syracuse in a 15- l round bout at Cincinnati Nov. 28. i Charles will receive 42V2 per cent for his fifth defense and his 1 first home appearance since he : won the championship, Manager Mintz saiid. i Barone, a rough stocky lad who I is ranked sixth in the light heavy- ; weight division, will get 1714 per j cent. Promoter Sam Becker predicted the fight at the 15,000-capacity ! Cincinnati garden will draw $100,- 000. Prices will be scaled from $15 j to $2.50. Negotiations are under way for a return bout in case Barone should win the title. not place in either meet. Texas’ chances were hurt with the loss of Tom Rodgers, who was runnerup last fall to Herring. Rod gers has since been called to the Marines. Garmany may well be the stand out Aggie in the meet, as he has shown increasing promise in re cent practice. Herring, still de finitely below par, should make a much better showing than practice sessions indicate. Coach Clyde Littlefield, the Longhorn harrier mentor, has fielded a strong team for several years, but Aggie Harrier Coach Frank Anderson has been round ing his distance boys into fine shape, which will add to their depth in material and should bring home a decisive victory on their return from “40 Acres.” Beat TCU Cadet Fencers Engage Each Other Today The A&M Fencing Team gets its first opportunity to show its 1950- 51 prowess this afternoon when the varsity squad engages the ineligi- bles in a three-weapon intrasquad meet. Aggie Captain Curtis Wilson had not selected the starting lineup this morning, but said that it is possible 'that the entire squad will be given a chance to employ their knowledge of the fencing game. The Cadets have been working out for only about two weeks and show signs of needing polish on a number of points, but this after noon’s affair should give a very good indication of where the major strength and weaknesses lie. Opposition for the varsity will be furnished by a squad composed .primarily. p|. trap^fer, students, who foi .various reasons are in eligible this season. The ineligible team, which incltides such men as Jim Moss, Lacey Breckeriridge, Bobby Myers, and Charlie Hicker- son, should present a formidable test to the varsity, particularly in foil and sabre. For the Cadets, mainstays fig' 1 ure to be Curtis Wilson, John GotU lob, Carrol Bell, all returning let' terment, along with Jim Powell, who is a newcomer to the team. 1 “Oil and Truth Come to the Top Always.” (Potter) WE SUGGEST “Filet de Sole Marguery” Of French origin, this dish is very popular among Gourmets and is universally served in the best American and European Hotels and Restaurants. HOTARD’S Cafeteria 311 N. Main Bryan, Texas Hours: 11:00 to 2:00 4:45 to 8:00 Close 7:30 on Sunday TU’s Dilion — (Continued from Page 4) duties at left half in fall training this season. However, Dillon was •indispensable defensively, and the offensive chores were turned over to sophomore Gib Dawson, who had much promise as a breakaway threat but little defensive skill. Dawson crumpled to the ground in last week’s Oklahoma game with an abdominal injury. With Dawson incapacitated and unlikely to be ready for full-scale action this week, Dillon was summoned for double duty. 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