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Ags, Steers, Hogs Picked For Wins By FRANK N. MANITZAS Battalion Sports Editor Southern Methodist, the No. 1 team in the nation, will re main undefeated over the weekend since they will not play but rest and wait for their game with Texas University, Saturday week. The rest of the Southwest Conference will be playing, four teams en gaged in conference tilts. The Longhorns tangle withe Rice Owls at Houston, and it should be quite a ball game with all of the 70,000 tickets already sold. A&M meets Baylor in the other confer ence game, with the Bears celebrating a homecoming. Arkansas and Texas Christian will also play, but against teams from other confer ences. The Razorbacks tangle with Vander bilt while the Horned Frogs meet Mississippi University. Arkansas plays at Little Rock and TCU at Memphis, Tenn. Throughout the nation, here’s the way their picking the winners: Texas over Rice, A&M to down Baylor, Vanderbilt to stop Arkansas, and Ole’ Miss to trip TCU. So far this year we have picked 19 conference games right, and eight wrong for an average of .703. In these pickings, we have picked one upset—OU over TU—but lost on others, but at the same time we have come fairly close on our scores. From now on, we wonder what the scores will be. Aggies to Edge Bears, 28-21 Rough Aggie Tackle Bears In Best Mental, Physical ■ ■ —" — J Condition for Saturday’s Game Manitzas At the beginning of the week we sent out releases with our predic tions of the Southwest Conference I which included with some of the j regular malarkey, the indication ! that the Cadets would easily roll over the Bears by a four touchdown margin. Now, we hope we can BEAT * Baylor. Many reasons are responsible for us changing our predictions, but we believe the words of A&M’s Head Trainer Bill Dayton will ex- . plain everything: “What has happened during the week between Baylor and A&M—the bear-snatching, etc.— has brought the Baylor team to a new high of enthusiasm and they are more fired up than Coach George Sauer could ever get them.” That’s it. A fired up team like the Bears is a dangerous team. With Larry Isbell’s passing and Stanley Wil liam’s fine end play, it will be quite a job for tbe Aggies should the Bears be playing over their heads. Last year Baylor blanked A&M, 21-0. Statistics ran something like this (Baylor’s given first): first downs, 16-7; own fumbles lost, 0-1; net yards rushing, 127-126; passes attempted, 22-5; passes completed, 13-3; net yards passing, 188-40; touchdown passes, 1-0; punt run- backs in yards, 87-11; and yards penalized, 40-20. But this year, matters have stacked up differently and wc take A&M by seven points, 28-31. Sam Moses Moses is one of the Aggies top tackles and is playing his second year on the varsity. Weighing over 200 pounds, Big Sam is quite a hustler. Texas Longhorns To Romp Rice, 33-20 Although many are predicting upsets in favor of the Owls, we pick the Steers, and with a 13 point margin for one simple reason. TU is good; they have yet to .'.how what they can do, but we believe that the Longhorns will roll this coming weekend, and if there is any team—with the ex ception of the Aggies—that TU (would febbtUike to' beat we can’t think of it. Last year at Memorial Stadium, both teams—-TU and Rice—met. Both were undefeated, both were strong favorites for the conference title. Texas outplayed the Owls all over tbe field: in rushing TU had rolled up 236 yards to Rice’s 148 yards and in the air, TU led with 136 to 53. First downs were in favor of the Orange and Whiite, but in one de partment, the Steers didn’t lead. The department was—the field goal department which included those attempted in the closing sec onds of the game. Froggie Williams, All-American end, caught', one of the passes that gave the Owls one TD, kicked twq extra points and the winning field goal. This season, both teams are ready, willing, and able, but the Austinites • should be the second team in two weeks to romp over Rice, who, although they have a good team, are not up to par with the main cogs of the SWC. We take the Byron Townsend led Steers over the George Glau- ser led Owls, 33-20. Arkansas to Down Vanderbilt, 34-20 Arkansas big, stout line will be the difference in weekend intersec tional battle between the Razor- backs of the Ozarks and the Com modores of Vanderbilt. Although the Commodores ex pected to win their last game easi ly, Florida surprised them, knock ing them from the unbeaten ranks, 31-27. In other games this season Vanderbilt has defeated Middle Tennessee, 47-0; Auburn, 41-0; Ala bama, 27-22; and Mississippi Uni versity, 20-14. The Porkers, on the other hand, do not boast such a fine record, but they have won every other game which they have played, and the tilt against Vandy is No. 6. Last week, the Hogs showed that they must have something holding a lead over the University of Texas until the final period of play when the Longhorns went on to score and win the game, 19-14. Bill Wade’s passing and Jim Ta bor’s passing will make the Van- dy’s attack just as potent as ever, but we depend on the Porkers’ line to keep up the SWC’s good rec ord among intersectional oppo nents. With big Bob Griffin on the de fensive side of the Arkansas for ward wall, Wade’s running may be baited, and remember that the Porkers’ also have quite a runner— Ray Parks. So will leave it up to the Ozark- ians line to decide the final score with Arkansas ahead, 34-20. 1 ; Charley Royalty Royalty will be on the Aggie ilneup tomorrow for the first time since the VMI game and the little halfback may get to play against the Bears. Batta lion SPORTS FRL, OCT. 27, 1950 Page 5 By FRED WALKER The Baylor Bears, keyed as dedi cate as a tuning fork after num erous “prank” incidents, will loose a team against the Aggies tomor row which will be in the best phy sical and mental condition of the season. Coach George Sauer, former Navy mentor, stated yesterday that during the more rugged workouts this week, Baylor blocking has been better than any time previous ly and the whole squad was show ing the best of spirits. Returning to action will jbe tackles John Hancock and Luke Welch and halfback Jackie Day. Welch, a former All-Stater from Dayton, Tenn., turned in speed and hustle during spring training to he one of the bright prospects. Another All-Stater, Day impressed many with his dazzling speed. Hancock has looked good at defen sive tackle. Offensive Lineup The Baylor offensive will stack up this way. Ends: Boh Trout, 190, 6-2; has extra drive—Harold Riley, 195, 6-2; letterman; has caught 15 passes for 197 yards and is the fifth ranking pass receiver in the Conference. Tackles: Steve Dowden, 215, 6-2; letterman; strong, fast, aggressive—Walter Still, 190, 6-0; letterman; good enough to fill tbe tackle slot at a- below-normal weight. Guards: Walter Bates, 190, 5-10; letterman; fast but hampered by a trick knee ---Bryce Reid, 200, 6-1; letterman; most aggressive man on the club; 60-minute man. Center: Danny Cockrane, 200, 6-2; letterman (2); dependable experience. Isbell Dangerous Quarterback: Larry Isbell, 180, 6- 2; second best passer in the Confer ence by completing 34 of 75 for 4 TDs and 465 yards; 10th punter in the nation and best in the Confer ence with an average of 41.3 an 31 kicks. Halfbacks: James Jeffery, TigersHold Weight Edge Over Bastrop By CHUCK NEIGHBORS The Consolidated Tigers go again fit Bastrop tonight with a slight advantage in weight. Bas trop’s biggest player, Kelly, tbe left end, weighs in at a solid 185 pounds, but the remainder of the Bastrop squad are anything but Goliaths, with the average at about 140 pounds. Bobby Williams, who played for a quarter in the Smithville game, will be out of action in tonight’s affair because of an injured knee. Co. 12 Edges Co. 11 In Fish ’Mural Basketball TCU to Tie Mississippi, 13-13 It will be the third meeting be- The Mississippians won the first tween Ole Miss and the TCU Frogs encounter which was in the Delta this' weekend in Memphis, Tenn. (See SWC, Page 6) By JOE BLANCHETTE Intramurals Co-Editor Seven cage,tilts and one tennis match were reeled off in intra mural play yesterday. All the events were in the freshman leagues. One of the most exciting games of the day saw Company 12 score the winning field goal in the final 15 seconds of an overtime period to edge Company 11, 18-16. White was high point man of the contest wilh 11 points. Company 1, trailing 12-3 at the half, came fighting back in the second half and held Company 5 to the sum total of no points but were unable to amass enough dig its to win the contest. The final score was 12-10. Acree of Company 5 was the high point man of the engagement with six points. Brandt and Ohlendorf led the Company 1 cagers with four tallies each. Company 9 Wins Company 7 smashed an out classed Company 9 team, 22-9. Lockshin was the leading point maker for the winners and of the game he sent nine points through the hoop. His teammate, Bob Morgan was close behind with eight counters to his credit. Leggett piled up a 17-9 lead at halftime and coasted in to defeat Bizzell, 23-15. Irish was high point man of the day with eight. R. Stegemeir lead the crusading Biz zell cagers with six markers. Thurman Boswell had five. Dunkin and Nark led Company 4 to an easy 23-13 win over Company STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY’S Lowest Net Cost 6 Month Policies—Easier to Pay Dividend Each 6 Months KRAFT INS. AGENCY Ph. 2-2629 Pictured above is the Smoker’s Kit being offered as a second prise in the Qu'irterback Club contest.' The Kit is supplied by the 3* M. Frank-Co. Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST 203 S. Main Street Call 2*1662 for Appointment 6. The two cagers scored eight and seven points respectively. Muniz led the losers with six points. Puryear and Law, tied 7-7 at the half, turned the second half into a scoring spree as Puryear ran away with the contest, 31-9. Law although limited to two counters in the second half had their quota of .chances at the seemingly elusive basket. Pigot led the winners with 16 points, 12 of them in the second half. Company 10 stopped Squadron 8, 25-9. In the only tennis match of the day, Company 3 edged Company 2, 2-1. Zeller, Holloway, Stribling, and Glover turned in the necessary victories. Beat Baylor G'ood news for the Tigers will be the return of end Billy Rich ards who was sidelined In the Smithville conflict with a sore ankle. . Melvin Free, Dave Bonnen, and Billy Smith are expected to see a lot of action on defense as are Bobby Jackson and Jimmy Rich- I ards. Bastrop, running expertly from a single wing, has an excellent passer in Wolf, their fullback. Wolf’s ability prompted Coach Othel Chafin of Consolidated to keep his boys working on pass de fense at every practice this past week. Other players in the exceptional category for thrice-beaten Bastrop, are Turner, the wingback, and Meuth a 168 pound defensive guard. Says Consolidated’s mentor, “We’ll play wide open, and with a little luck we can win.” According to Principal C. L. Boze of Consolidated, there will be two buses running to Bastrop for the benefit of the students. The fare will be sixty cents. Consolidated’s offensive and de fensive lineups: Offense LE—R. Jones LT—M. Free LG—J.Burchard C—C. Smith RG—R. Rodgers RT—H. Harris RE—B. Richards QB—G. Johnston HB—J. Leighton HB—L. Beauchamp FB—G. Klipple 185, 5-11; letterman, ninth leading ball carrier of the Conference with 253 yards or 3.7 per carry; No. 2 ground gainer in 1949—Buddy Parker, 158, 5-10; letterman (2); tied for fourth in Conference scor ing; fast scatback. Fullback: Rich ard Parma, 190, 6-0; promising sophomore; hard-driving and fair ly fast. On the defense will be Terry Downs and George Cook at end, Luke Welch and Ken Casner at tackle, Bill Athey and John Han cock playing guard, Gayle Gallo way and Frank Boydstun lineback ers and James Mott, Johnny Curtis and Glenn Jones holding down the halfback and safety slots. Mott, Boydstun and Cook have lettered two years at a defensive post while Downs, Casner, Galloway and Curtis have earned one letter each. Boydstun is another 60-min- uite man. Against this crew Coach Harry Stiieler will send the same men who started last week’s game against TCU with the exception of Dick Gardemal who will re place Del.mar Sikes at quarter back. Also returning to action will be Buddy Shaeffer, Charley Royal ty and W. T. Rush. A call to Stiteler’s office as sured the public that “no one New Golf Course -- (Continued from Page 4) golf shop that is to be the exist ing horsebarn on the Northwest corner of the 125 acre plot. Plans are complete now to construct a club house in the frame of the pre sent horsebarn as soon as the hew horsebarn is completed west of the railroad tracks and the animal hus bandry department is moved. Those who have assisted in the planning and supeiwision of the construction as members of the golf course advisory committee are James B. “Dick” Hervey, executive secretary of the Association of Former Students; A. F. DeWerth, head of the landscape art depart ment; Dr. R. C. Potts, the agrono my department; Dr. Jim Watson, the agronomy department; Dean W. L. Penberthy, C. K. Leighton, college construction ehgineer; Dr. Jack Miller, the animal husbandry department; Carl Tishler, head of the physical education department; Barlow “Bones” Irvin, athletic di rector; Plummer, Fagan, and White. would be out” and that the Aggies'f will be in “good shape.” This in cludes Billy Tidwell and Glenn Lippman who were roughed up last week. Stiteler went on to say that “the boys were not overconfident. They don’t have too much to be proud of yet.” So far this season Baylor has lost to a fine Wyoming team 7-0, (They have not been defeated' through five games), walloped Houston 34-7, upset highly-favor ed Mississippi State 14-7, was trounced by a heavier and more ex perienced Arkansas eleven 27-6 and took Texas Tech 26-12. If the Ag gie and Baylor efforts against Tech were compared the picture would be about the same. First downs were 17 to 14 in favor of the Bears and 19 to 15 on the Aggies side. For total offense the Bears gained 371 yards and Tech 321 while it was 305 and 273 re spectively when A&M was in San Antonio. , The Bear-Aggie series started in 1899 and through 51 years there have been 46 games played. Of these the Aggies have won 29, 16st 11 and tied six. The largest Baylor win came in 1901 when they defeated A&M 47-0, but nine years later the Aggies got revenge by stifling the Bears 53-0. This will be Homecoming for Baylor and to lend dignity to the affair will be present the noted Baylor team of 1930—a team which included All-American Bochey Koch. The kickoff will come at 2 p. m. and a goodly crowd is ex pected to view a battle which will be intensified by an exchange of pranks by both schools. Chef Billeter’s Thought for Today . . . Choose the best way of life and habit will soon make it pleas ant for you. Chef Billeter’s Dish for Today . . . From the Baltic we bring you Delight of all Gourmets: HASENPFEFFER Tender young rabbit, marinaded overnight then browned and smothered slowly in a delicious brown sauce, just sour enough and just sweet enough. —Also— FILET of SOLE MARGUERY v/hich was introduced last Fri day and liked so well that the Bryan News ran it again in the Sunday News. Unfortunately we were not made aware of this until too late to prepare it, but we promise to have it today! HOTARD’S Cafeteria 311 N. Main Bryan, Texas CLIP THIS AD! 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