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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
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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 . . .
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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)
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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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Jimmy Flowers
Flowers returned to the gridiron this year with a determination
which has showed up in all the games. Weighing in at over 200
pounds, Flowers, who was shifted from center to guard, is one of
the best in the conference.
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