Manitzas Bruisin’ Bob 5th In Nat’l By FRED WALKER Dep th In QBs Helps Ags Considerably By FRANK N. MANITZAS Battalion Sports Editor Depth—an invaluable factor in this year’s Southwest Conference grid race. And the team which seems to be packed to the hilt with the stuff is A&M. Here is an example. In the backfield, Dick Gardemal started at the man-under position against Nevada, only to be replaced by Delmar Sikes, who went on to start the following weekend against Tech. Against OU both members of the Aggie eleven saw action and against VMI two otners—Darrow Hooper and Kay Graves —took their turn at the helm. All this totals, four quarterbacks on the Cadet team and one always seems to be ready. Against TCU last Saturday, Sikes started but couldn’t seem to click, and was replaced by Gardemal, who “soothed the sav age beast” and led it to victory. Each contributed to A&M’s high scoring. Sikes has tossed six touchdown passes, is eighth in the conference in passing, having completed 21 of 49 for 235 yards. This past weekend Gardemal completed eight of 13 at tempted tosses for 135 yards and two touchdowns. Graves, in his first college play, tossed a touchdown pass to Augie Saxe in the VMI tilt, and has completed each of his four passes—the first three to Aggies and the other last week to a TCU player. Hooper has yet to score a touchdown but is tied for ^ nce lead> sharing the position, . -i . r p ■ . -1.1. i ii • however, with Southern Methodist third m conference scoring with 24 points—all conversion Romps to Rushing Army and Princeton in that order. The Mustangs have attempted 146 Three Southwest Conferencepasses and completed 81 for 1,171 teams—A&M, SMU and Baylor—yards—234.2 per game—10 touch- have maintained positions in thedovvns and average of 55.5. National Football Statistics, while j n j n dj v jd ua i departments “Killer r .^ l 1 uls . m Smith leaped t 0 Ky! e ” R 0 te grabs the 15th spot , C0l ' in ^ 1 'y- W ide rushing. f or total offense collecting 718 SMU leads other Southwestern- arc ] s j n plays. He has rushed ers in two team departments and 461 yards to gain llth in that one individual bracket as this de , 4men4 weeks compilations find them fourth in total offense and first Fred Benners, the Pony passing in passing. ace, ranks 10th among the nation’s In total offense they have run passers, having completed 50 of up 2,236 yards per game—average, 84 for 662 yards, six TD’s and an 447.2—to follow Arizona State, average of 59.5. Only three passes Smith Ahead With 60 . A&M Leads Conference In Scoring With 204Points attempts. He has missed but six in 30 attempts. This is the depth A&M has at the one position that Aggie coaches were afraid would be unfilled when the season start ed. A&M Scoring Done by Eleven Men Eleven members of the A&M have proven their strength with team have scored so far this sea- their scoring, averaging 40.8 points son, and in five games, the Cadets for game. A&M is the only team have a total of 204 markers. so far this season to score more Bruisin’ Bob Smith leads the than 13 points on the Oklahoma field with 60, Andy Hillhouse fol- Sooners; they scored four times lows with 30, while Billy Tidwell and kicked each extra point, and Darrow Hooper each have 24. It was also the first time since Three backs and an end each have 1947 that a team had ever scored scored 12 points. The backs Jim 28 or more points on the Sooners. Dobbyn, Glenn Lippman, and Yale All said and done, the Aggies Lary and the end Charlie Hodge, have started off on a great year, Backs Bernie Lemmons, Augie and should they continue to play Saxe, and Buddy Shaeffer each the heads up ball which they played have scored once. in the latter portion of the TCU As an offensive team the Aggies game, they will be hard to beat Scribe To Speak At Beaumont Tonight, we will speak to the A&M films. Beaumont A&M Club on “Sports at In part this is what we intend to A&M” and also narrate the OU- (See BANNER, Page 4) YOUR BEST ADVICE ON HOME DECOR ATI NGr AT CHAPMAN’S ART SUPPLIES . . . PICTURE FRAMING Chapman’s Paint & Wallpaper Co. “Next to Post Office” Bryan Phone 2-1318 By CHUCK NEIGHBORS The Aggies are at the top of Southwest Conference in number of points scored against opposition. Although the Cadets have lost a game, they remain in the confer- and Texas University. Aggies are in the three highest places in SWC scoring. They are Bruisin’ Bob Smith with ten TD’s for sixty points; big Andy Hillhouse, five markers for thirty points; halfback Billy Tidwell, who has racked up 24 points in four goal line crossing, and Darrow Hooper, the boy with the educated toe, also in third place with 24 points scored in points-after-touch- downs alone. The Dark Horses of the confer ence, the Aggies are getting bright er and brighter in the eyes of the rest of the conference every time they march off the gridiron. The Aggies are not anticipating a very difficult time with twice- beaten Baylor next Saturday, due partly to an injury-free team andf mostly to terrific ’play by! ( the Farmer line. Next week will find two impor tant SWC games, pitting TU against the Owls of Rice while the Aggies go against the Baylor Bears. Arkansas plays Vanderbilt at Little Rock and TCU goes against Ole Miss at Memphis, Tenn. in intersectional tilts. This past weekend in the con ference was a full one with all of the members seeing action. Seasons Standings Team W L T rRs Opp. SMU 5 0 0 184 61 A & M 4 1 0 204 88 Texas 3 1 0 94 68 Rice 3 1 0 97 76 Baylor 3 2 0 80 70 TCU 3 2 0 76 74 Arkansas 2 3 0 104 56 BRIL LI A FALL COLORS -in- Norris Sport Shirts Built for Men Priced for Aggies COME BY TODAY BEAT The Exchange Store “Serving Texas Aggies” BAYLOK Conference Standings Team W L T FIs Opp. S M U 1 0 0 42 21 A&M 1 0 0 42 23 Texas i 1 0 36 48 T C U i 1 0 36 48 Arkansas ..... i 2 0 47 38 Rice 0 1 0 21 42 Baylor 0 1 0 6 27 Last Week’s Results SMU 42, Rice 21 A&M 42, TCU 23 Texas 19, Arkansas 14 Baylor 26, Texas Tech 12 Leading Scorers Player TD PAT EG TP Smith, A&M, fb .. ...10 0 0 60 Rote, SMU, hb .. 7 0 0 42 Hillhouse, A&M, e .. 5 0 0 30 Townsend, TU, fb . ... 5 0 0 30 Glauser, Rice, fb .. ... 5 0 0 30 Tidwell, A&M, hb .. 4 0 0. 24 Hooper, A&M, gb.. ... 0 24 0 24 Bufkhalter, Rice, hb 4 0 0 24 Parker, Baylor, hb 4 0 0 24 Walker, SMU, hb.. .. 4 0 0 24 -Beat Baylor- Battalion SPORTS WED., OCT. 25, 1950 Page 3 Bob Smith Tops Rushers, Again Bruisin’ Bob Smith of Texas A&M bids to roam Southwest Conference grid irons for more than 1,000 yards this season. In five games he has netted 593 and is well ahead in the face for balLcarrying honors. Kyle Rote of SMU, the second place man, has 466. Fred Benners, SMU Sharp-shoot er, has a more-pronounced lead in passing. The tall Methodist has completed 50 out of 84 for 662 yards. Larry Isbell of Baylor, the second man, has 465 yards on 34 connections in 75 throws. H. N. Russell, Jr., of SMU still boasts the best average although he hasn’t played in two weeks. He has a mark of .750 on. 12 out of 16. Bennie White, the lanky SMU wingman, leads in pass-receiving, having caught 16 for 242 yards. Bill Howton of Rice is second with 10 for 222. Isbell tops the punters with an average of 41.3 on 31 kicks with Louis Schaufele of Arkansas sec ond with 39.1 on 23 boots. Glenn Lippman of the Aggies is head man in punt returns, hav ing averaged 21.2 on five runs. Rex Proctor of Rice is second with 20.7 on eight. SMU’s wild, offensive has rolled up 2,236 yards in five games—an average of 447 per contest. Texas A&M is second with 1,950 in a like number of games. Rote is the total offense leader with 733 yards. Gilbert Bartosh is TCU is second with 694—Based on AP Report. Beat Baylor Complete AUTO CHECK .... Yes and we do mean complete. Our expert re pairmen will check your car from bumper to bump er. Low cost! Drive in today! JANAC BROS. GARAGE & 8EKV ICE STATION 1911 South College Ph. 2-8740 have been intercepted. A&M has moved to ninth in lushing this week to lead others from me Conference. The Maroon and White has piled up 1,416 yards in five games for an average of 283.2 Ahead of the Aggies are Anzona State, Army, Princeton, Glemson, College of the Pacific, Kansas, Nebraska and Mississppi. In total offense A&M is Izth with 1950 yards which averages 390 per game. No. 36 on the Aggie team, “Biuisin’ Bob” Smith, has a good lead on other Conference members in national rushing. He has climbed steadily up that ladder until he is now lifth with a total of 593 yards on 100 carries. 1'he first four j men preceding Smith are White of Arizona State, Blight of Diake, Nebraska’s Rey nolds and Dottley of Mississippi. Three weeks ago Smith was llth in this department and last week the big fellow was seventh. The Bears from Baylor—whom the Aggies play this Saturday— have piesented a formidable pass defense and consequently rank third among the nation’s leaders. In five games the Bears’ opposi tion has attempted 74 passes and completed only 30 for 278 yards and completion average of 40.5. This is only 55.6 passing yards per game. Larry Isbell, the Bears’ versatile quarterback is 10th among the na tion’s top punters with an average of 41.3 yards on 31 boots. Townsend and Bartosh Other Conference members who have gained national recognition are Byron Townsend of Texas and Gilbert Bartosh of TCU. 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