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y ‘Rough, Clean Football? Walker As}?ie Halfback Billy Tidwell is shoved (note fists) out of bounds by an unidentified Baylor player. The Aggies lost their second conference start to Baylor, 20-27, in the biggest upset of the year this season in SWC competition. 'Bastrop Tromps Consolidated Eleven, 27-12 A&M Consolidated’s foot ball squad will travel to Som erville Friday and will be try ing for its first District 32B win after having suffered two setbacks. The Bastrop Bears hand ed the Tigers their second district loss Friday night at Bastrop 27-12. A big first quarter by the Tigers wasn’t enough against Bastrop who came from behind to win. Consolidated received first and worked the ball to a TD with Gayle Kiipple, slashing over from the 15 for the counter. A long pass from George John- * ston to Luzon Beauchamp set up the touchdown play. Again the Tigers were eager for a score as they took advantage of • a Bear fumble at midfield to go the remaining distance for the score. Jerry Leighton cracked through the line and sped all the way to the two-yardline to set up the climax which came with ’ (See TIGERS LOSE, Page 4) Battalion SPOETS MON., NOV. 30, 1950 Page 3 LAST TIMES TODAY Winchester 73” Screenplay by HAROLD SHUMATE and JOSEPH HOFFMAN Direcled by FREDERICK de CORDOVA • Produced by ROBERT ARTHUR LAST TIME TODAY “Return of the Frontiersman” Gordon McRae — Technicolor ’Mural News By JOE BLANCHETTE Intramural CoEditor Long shots from far out on the cage courts, sensational runs on the gridiron, and outstanding play on the part of the tennis players featured the closing of the third week of intramural play. A fast breaking attack in the second half of play handed A Transport an easy 21-10 win over B Cavalry. Big Gerald Davis spear headed. the. attack ' by '■controlling the backboards a'nd looking in nine' points to be high point man of the afternoon. Carol Miller tallied six for the winners. Curtis Lucas paced the Cavalrymen with five digits. Outstanding men for both clubs were Cleve Bowdoin, John Wake field, “Red” Stribling, J. P. Cot- man, and Jack Vincent. Lou Colvin split the nets of the basket for 10 points as he led E Field Artillery to a 16-8 victory over B Composite. Jones led the Composite crew with four points. A Eningeers led by Ried Rogers stopped the airmen of K Air Foi'ce to the tune of 16-6. Rogers tallied 10 of his team’s. 16 points. The score at half time was 9-4 in favor of the Engineers. A Composite stormed to a 22-17 win over D Infantry. Francis of the Composite led the point makers with eight scores. Tabb led the in fantrymen with six. Messersmith dropped in the win ning two points for B Field Artil lery in the final 15 seconds of play as the Artillery edged B In fantry, 13-11. Dick Walker led the strong B Coast Artillery team to a compara tively easy 21-14 win over A Field Artillery. Walker scored eight points for the winners. Blank led the infantry with four digits. Paul Shaffer scored nine points for E Infantry but his efforts were- in vain as C Field Artillery stop ped the Infantry 17-15. . Jerry Cloud, Hobie Fatheree, and Bruce McDaniel scored four points each for the winners. C Infantry made a racetrack out of their tilt with D Field Artil lery as the infantrymen edged the Artillery, 28-6. Rawlings was high scorer of the game with 10 count ers. • Football In the field of football, D Vets stopped A Seniors 21-0, A Signal edged B Air Force 12-7, D Seniors eked out a 6-0 win over C Air Force, and H Air Force over- whelmed a tired C Senior Com pany 26-7. • Tennis On the tennis courts, B Quarter master stopped L Air Force 3-0, B Transport stopped E Seniors 3-0, A Ordnance defeated E Air Force 3-0, A Air Force passed A Vets 3-0 without difficulty, and D Air Force riddled C Cavalry 3-0. ——Beat Arkansas Game Atmosphere Varies Noticeably By FRED WALKER Smiles and tears, shout of joy and chokes of sorrow burst forth simultaneously and rumbled into one gigantic sound tract of garblings as the final shot went cleanly ! through the hearts of the Ever-Fighting Texas Aggies. A&M had lost its first con ference game to a raging underdog team of Golden Bears that would not be denied. Yes, it was Homecoming for Baylor, and it couldn’t have been sweeter. An esti mated throng of 34,000 screeched for a vic tory and the Bears obliged by dropping bomb after bomb from the etherial regions. They might be halted two or three times, but on that fourth chance they were gone. On Saturday afternoon, between two and four-thirty, Baylor University would have taken Army’s measurements and then wrap ped them in a straight jacket. © Nine hours previously the picture was entirely different. The Corps had started moving early in the morning. Highway 6 was preg nant with cars, streamers, “Beat Baylor!” and upturned thumbs. This wets just another practice game for the Aggies and a chance for stu dents, to get a date play with the Devil. Waco was chaos, mayhem and color all rolled into one. Every now and then, between the curses of frustrated drivers and whooping students, a traffic patrolman would chastize an overly-anxious motor ist. The Baylor campus was bathed with every hue imaginable. If the Bear supporters thought that they were going to be defeated they never showed it. The atmosphere couldn’t be called anything but elec trifying. And why not? Add up Homecoming, the itch to win and aroused feelings and you have the answer. Everyone In A Mad Rush Running in and out of the var- “Let’s go!” rattled off the com- ious women’s dormitories and sor- pleted east and west sides of the ority houses with delighted and ex- stadium and then floated over the pectant smiles, were the male en- unfinished endzone tiers to rout thusiasts of both schools. It was al- the latecomers out of their homes, most one forty-five—game time And then it began—but not the was at two. way A&M had anticipated. Baylor rr,. i i , ,, had it, and they used it for all The only difference be ween the th were worth _ with La Isbell atmosphere at the stadium and throwi with deadly accuracy, that of Waco proper was the in- sophomo V Richard Parma running tensity—it was tighter than a with the d of a jet and the cowpony s cinch. Once mside-and wer of an A _ Bomb and Aggie A wasn t easy-every man, woman fumbles and penalties appearing and child bellowed until the din at the most opportune moments, was uncompromising. tbe Bears flashed past a 13-0 de- Paper, banners, ribbons and ficit to lead at half-time 20-13. screams floated over like a fleet Adding to Coach Harry Stiteler’s of model airplanes as the mascot worries was bad bruisings received bear and her two cubs jerked their by Bob Smith and Billy Tidwell, handlers between the sideline mark- There : , was v complete irony in' this ers. ,|. , ij , j j, , V : ,: C becauseAWe list was incomplete. Aggie Sand Greatly Received In SWC Competition . . . TU, SMU, Remain Undefeated But the Bear was lapping up this sweetest of honey with great dex terity. During the half-time enter tainments, after the precise march ing of the Cadet Band had been, roundly applauded,., the. Green and Gold took over in partisan delight. Irony: The huge Baylor croNvd showed their greatest appreciation to the visiting musicians from Ag- gieland. In short, they were mag nificent. Stately walking down a long stairway in the northern end zone, 24 lovely coed duchesses grace fully flanked the goal post. From the procession stepped Miss Beth White, of. McKinney and Miss. Anna Wang of Hong Kong, China to be crowned as princesses. A great ova tion was then raised as Miss Helen Dean, a vivacous brunette from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was crowned Homecoming Queen of 1950. Change Occurred In Corps Section It was curious about the Corp section. There was still the same Aggie yells arising, but now with a marked change in volume and fre quency. And then something hap pened that was supposedly un known, a few Aggies were ob served leaving the stands before game’s end. There weren’t many, just enough to rape a long-standing Aggie tra dition. Had the Corp given up? If the Corp had admitted defeat, not so the bruised and battered eleven remaining on the field. The Aggies gave all that could be ex pected of any group of human beings, but on that Saturday of October 28th the Bears were there to stay. So be it, but NO ONE CAN SAY THAT A&M HAD LET DOWN. No difference of opinion as to game’s playing c^n shout down the fact that A&M was beaten by a hard-fighting club (that wanted to win. The game was over and the crowd went beserk—at least a large part of it. Baylor’s beloved team of 1930, who had posed playfully for photographers at the half, hugged and kissed anyone they could reach. And it wasn’t difficult in that joyous mass. In the press box the Western Union wires were flaming as some sports writers still shook their heads in dis belief. As usual the Cadets shouldered each team’s players from the field, but from this incident came a mis representation of fact as stated by George Raborn of The Waco News-Tribune. Says Raborn: “The loyal Aggie Cadets lined up outside the A&M dressing GUY H. DEATON TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE Guy H. Deaton, ’20, Owner Typewriter Sales & Service AH Makes New Portables—-Easy Terms Use Oar Christmas Layaway Plan 116 Sa. Main Bryan Dial 2-5254 TODAY & TUESDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:29 - 3:13 - 4:48 - 6:32 8:16 - 10:00 HEDY LAMARR & room to console their heroes when they emerged ...” We were present in the Aggie dressing rooms, and the Cadets that were there to “console” could have counted on one hand. Wives, sweethearts, immediate family and a few friends were there, but “the loyal Aggie Cadets” were on their way back to Waco. The usual parties, went on that night and the visitors finally start ed working their way back home to start thinking about the next game. It was a bad weekend for the Aggies, but there are more good ones to come. Let’s forget the past and look to the future. Beat Arkansas Short Course Set For Utility Men The Public Utility Short Course for Electrical Metermen, will be held here Nov. 13-17. Norman Rode is chairman of the conference. Registration will be conducted in Room 114, Bolton Hall, from 8 a. m. to 9:45 a. m., November 13. Meetings will be conducted in Rooms 301 and 104 of Bolton Hall and Rooms 2A and 2B in the Mem orial Student Center. One hundred and fifty are ex pected to attend. Southern Methodist and Texas remained as the two undefeated elevens in Southwest Conference conpetition over the weekend. The Longhorns easily defeated Rice, 35-7, while SMU remained i inactive, preparing for the Texas j clash this weekend. Baylor pulled the biggest up set yet to hit the conference, besting the Aggies, 27-20. Ar kansas and Texas Christian fell before intei’sectional foes, Vander bilt edging the Porkers, 14-13, and Mississippi passing over the Horned Frogs, 19-7. Although the Aggies lost, they continue to lead the conference in scoring with 224 points and also lead the conference in ground gain ing with 2,252 yards. Bruisin’ Bob Smith, who carried the ball only six times against Baylor for 101 yards, boosted his first place total to 696 yards for 106 carries, an average of 6.5 yards for carry. Smith also leads the scorers with 66 markers. This coming Saturday will see all of the conference teams in ac tion. A&M meets the Razorbacks under the arcs at College Station, the Bears tangle with TCU at Fort Worth, and Rice meets Texas Tech. Texas meets SMU, as pre viously mentioned. Texas 35, Rice 7 Texas methodically cashed in on two first quarter Rice Institute mistakes and then breezed to a 35 to 7 Southwest Conference victory before a sellout crowd of 70,000. Only twice was the defending champion Rice team able to break through the tough Longhorn line and penetrate Texas territory. The Rice touchdown that came 11 seconds before the half was the only time the Owls threatened after Texas took advantage of the first quarter mistakes—a fourth down gamble that failed and a pass in terception—and then ran its lead to 21-0 with a 65-yard second per iod touchdown drive. Two Second-half" Longhorns scores resulted from a 68-yard drive and guard Don Menasco’s recovery of a blocked punt in the Rice end zone after Texas had lost the ball on downs on the 2. Rice Mixed Plays Rice mixed running and passing for its lone score. Reserve quar terback Harmon Carswell passed to end Bill Howton for the final 20 yards of the 66-yard march. Billy Wright converted. Hard charging fullback Byron Townsend scored twice on short plunges for Texas, while quarter back Ben Tompkins dove over from the 2 for one score and completed a 5-yard pass play to end Ben Proctor for another. Tompkins also made good on all five Texas extra point attempts. It was sophomore guard Harley Sewell who blocked Sonny Wyatt’s quick kick in the Rice end zone and set up the end zone recovery by Menasco in the final period. Rice Gambles—Loses The Rice gamble on fourth down led to the first Texas score and came on the first series of downs after a 51-yard quickkick by Lewis Levine to the Rice 23. The Texas line stopped fullback George Glauser by inches on fourth down and the Steers took over on the 33. But it took a wierd field goal at tempt to get the touchdown. Texas Bryan Z"8$79 TODAY thru WED. mm TODAY thru WFf, “FOUR DAYS LEAVE” see our many new CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR MEN These are cards with the tailored look men like... the cards snsn like to send end to receive. Our wide selection is now on display. ANOTHER DANDY HALLMARK CELOPAX 10 Cards - 29c TAYLOR’S Campus Variety faced a fourth down from the four and Rice tackle Paul Giroski blocked Tompkins’ three-point kick attempt. End Tom Stolhandske re covered for Texas on the one. Townsend went over center on his second attempt. Guard June Davis paved the way for the next tally by gathering in a pass by Rice’s Vernon Glass and returning 20 yards to the Owl seven. The play came after a 15- yard penalty had shoved Rice back to its nine. Tompkins scored on a quarterback sneak after Townsend had moved to the two. Rice Aggressive—Twice Outside of its touchdown, the only other time Rice moved into Texas territory was the first time it had the ball. A pitch-out, Glass to Glauser, was good for 24 yards to the Texas 39 but the Texans held and the Owls punted out on the 16. The Texas line permitted Rice only 90 net yards on the ground compared to 200 yards the Owls ran up against SMU. Townsend in 21 tries, netted 55 yards as the leading ground gainer. Gib Dawson, little Texas halfback was second with 40 in nine car ries, followed by Glauser, who got 32 on 13. Tompkins completed seven of 11 pass attempts for 122 yards. Glass had 46 yards on four completions out of seven tries but had two intercepted. Procter took in three of Tomp kins’ tosses for a net of 74 yards. Arkansas 13, Vandy 14 Vanderbilt fashioned a two- touchdown lead on Arkansas’ mis takes and then held on grimly to nip the Razorbacks 14-13, in a nerve-wracking intersectional foot ball game. The outcome avenged a 7-6 Ar kansas victory over the Commo dores last year. With its vaunted aerial attack bottled up almost completely, Van- dMt showed little offense in the f irsfA half, But the Commodores’ Ted Kirk land pounced on the ball at the Arkansas 13 when the Razorbacks' Bob Cross touched but could not hold a 75 yard quick kick from the toe of Dean Davidson. Jim Tabor crashed to the nine and Davidson went through the middle for a touchdown with a minute left in the first quarter. Early in the third period, Arkan sas’ Tommy Britt dropped a punt on the Vandy 45 and Commodore Captain Russ Faulkinberry grab bed the ball. On the next play Bill Wade, the nation’s passing yardage leader, going into this game, lofted a long one to end Buky Curtis, who step ped into the end zone. Gordon McCarter converted for the second time and Vandy led 14- 0. Then Arkansas junked its T at tack and started operating for the first time this year from the widely-spread single wingback for mation. In three plays the Porkers, who had moved well between the 30 yard lines in the first half but never threatened, roared 68 yards for a touchdown. Jim Rinehart swept right end for 12 to score. Conversion Blocked End Dick Walton broke through to block George Thomason's at tempted conversion. In the fourth quax-ter, Rinehart faded from the Vanderbilt 27 and hit halfback Buddy Rogers with a pass on the 18. Rogers sidestep ped one Vandex’bilt defender and outran another to the goal line. There still were 1014 minutes left and Arkansas pitched away as the one-point difference most of that time. But Vanderbilt rose to the occasion and held the desper ate Porkei’s for three downs at the Commodoi’es’ 25. Arkansas’ chances slithei'ed away as Pat Summerall missed a field goal at tempt with 30 seconds .remaining in the game. TCU 7, Ole Miss 19 Littly Rocky Byi’d, the smallest man on the field passed Mississ ippi to a 19-7 victory over Texas Christian. After spotting the Texans an early touchdown, Ole Miss came back on the accurate arm of the 168-pound quarterback and the bull-dozing runs of Big John Dott- ley. The Rebels caxwed out two scores and went ahead 12-7 midway in the second period. The thii’d Mississippi same was made by guard Bill Watson, who intei’cepted a TCU pass on his 30 and lumbered 70 yards to pay dirt behind good blocking. Only Score Came Early The Texans racked up their only scoi’e in the first five minutes of play. It was set up by the passing and running of Bassinger and the lunges of fullback^ Jim Amburg. Bassingex*, behind fine interfer ence, broke through right tackle and i’an' 15 yards to the goal line. Homer Ludiker converted, putting TCU ahead, 7-0. One minute latex-, Mississippi re taliated on a 70-yai’d touchdown pass play executed by Byrd and end Bill Stribling. Byrd’s aerial, a 30-yard job, was tucked away by Stidbling on the TCU 30. Jim my Lear’s tx-y for the extx-a point failed. Penalties Help Miss Two penalties against the Tex ans helped Mississippi to it’s sec ond touchdown right after the second period began. A five yax-d penalty gave the Rebels a first down on the TCU 40. Byrd passed a short one to Dottley, who smashed to the 20, and a personal foul moved the ball to the five. Three plays later Dottley outi-an the TCU secondax-y for the score. Lear’s try at a conversion failed. Three times the Horned Frogs rolled into Ole Miss tenitory, only to be denied tallies by the vicious tackling and pass defense by the Mississippians.—Based on AP Re ports. Beat Arkansas DVERS-FURStbpiAOE HATTERS Loupot’s Trading Post—Agents jT 5 - 4,, Ihe "A” stands for "Activities’ lot of them. Plays first-string basketball. Repre^ sents his class on the student council. Writes for the school paper. When it comes to campus doings; his major ^ is Service. Telephone people are like that, too; They V believe in giving good telephone service—cour teous, friendly, helpful service. And because they believe it so strongly, their spirit of service shows up in community affairs. That’s why you’ll find telephone men and women working on charity drives, joining service clubs, leading Scout troops. Both at work and at home, telephone people try to help out wherever there is a need—and enjoy doing it; i a\ BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM '1L__ ^