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Sports Trail. . . Official’s Have Soft Time - Or Do They? By WHITNEY MARTIN New York, Nov. 1—</P)—Pretty soft for those spry gents in striped shirts who play drop-the-handker- chief on college football fields these Saturdays, isn’t it? Or is it? They get a stray pup's view of the game down there and have to crawl under the players to find the ball. But you can’t beat the hours. They aren’t going to buy any castles in Spain with their earn ings. In fact, it’s a labor of love in most cases, when you figure the officials’ traveling time, the cost of their uniforms, and their laundry bills. Here are some figures, courtesy of Bert Bell, the National Football League commissioner, which might be discouraging to a young fellow contemplating picking up some of this easy money every fall Satur day. “A college official makes only around $400 a season for the first four or five years,” Bell says. “Then when he gets up to the top he might make $1,100 a season. That’s a little discouraging. “When officials can make $2,500 or $3,000 a season younk fellows will have an incentive to take up the work.” Considering that an official must study the rule book until he knows it inside out, that he must be in top physical condition, and that he is subjected to frequent bitter criticism by fans and coaches who don’t see why a staf halfback was ejected from a game when all he did was use one hand to slug a guy it’s a wonder we have any of ficials. Integrity—Unquestioned Their integrity must be unques tioned, too, and they must be as impartial as rain, which falls on the fair and the just fair alike. They can’t be like the official Coach Harvey Harmon tells about who worked one of his Rutgers games. “The start of the second half Was delayed while the band played the alma mater song of our op ponents,” Harmon relates. “I was a little worried when I saw this official yank of his cap and stand at attention. I was more worried when he called back one of our touchdowns.” Harmon was just kidding, of Course. The officials are out there to call ’em as they see ’em. They do a great job; a job we wouldn’t tackle for 10 times the money they get. ,^5^4. ,S3***. be big man on campus or in the office with Van Hensen shirts New Van Chick Not a stitch in sight on wide-spread collar, cuffs, front. White, colors. We’ll help you pass in high style this Fall with Van Heusen styling and lab-tested fabrics. Let us show you the new Van Heusen Century with the soft "won’t wrinkle ever” collar...the new Van Gab gabardines and the many other Van Heusen smarten-up for Fall items. LEON B. WEISS MILITARY CIVILIAN ►FURNISHERS CLOTHIERS r Williamson Drops' Ags to 37th Spot By FRED WALKER Rip cord, rip cord, Williamson pull that rip cord! Gad, thank you so much. The jolt was terrific, but after the dust had cleared a very obnoxious No. 37 was stamped clearly on the Aggies botton. Mr. Williamson, that isn’t rating—that’s deflating. But while A&M was being pushed through- the bomb-bay so unceremoniously, the Pony-Boys continued on a dry run and returned home still in the cockpit. Talk about flying high. Another Cadet eleven found the weather rough, for while laying 34 incendiaries over Columbia without catcning a single piece of flak, Mr. Williamson detected motor trouble in the big Army machine, dropped them to No. 3 and brought up Ohio State, who seems to carry a heavier bomb load, to fly wing. So the lead group, in position, takes off as follows: (1) SMU, (2) Ohio State, (3) Army, (4) Kentucky, (5) Okla homa, (6) Texas, (7) California, (8) Princeton, (9) Pennsyl vania and (10) Miami, Fla. Completing the wing are (11) Michigan, (12) Clemson, (13) Wisconsin, (14) Tennessee, (15) Illinois, (16) Wyoming, (17) Wake Forest, (18) Vanderbilt, (19) Northwestern and (20) Georgia. Walker • With the exception of leader SMU and wing Texas, the Southwest group was reorganized. A&M plummeted from eighth to 37th, Rice plopped from ninth to 31st, from 69th to 34th came the Baylor Bears, TCU skidded from 39 to 46th and Arkansas rose out of a dark 47 to roar into between UCLA and Purdue at 28th. Williamson had ‘a great deal to say about the “basketball game” between Ohio State and Iowa, the strangling of Cornell by Princeton and even the 7-6 slip Susquehana gave to CCNY. But, gul dernit, the Aggies can’t seem to get any publicity even by being on the receiving end of a major upset. Commenting More Fully On Certain Teams Now for the weekly gripes— Williamson Ratings, besides the fact that it was down- On Saturday, October 28th, these right rude for PBW to lock us up in same Hawkeyes galloped into Col- 37th. umbus, Ohio to battle the Ohio First, as we said last week, Ken- State Buckeyes, tucky has to show us something Hawkeyes Schmawkeyes, battle more before we will concede them schmattle! a top ten spot. Can Woodruff’s Several thunderbolts later Ohio boys at Florida upset the Wildcats? State managed.'to;-sMvage an 83-21 The chances are outage, on a, com- edge. This week The High Llama parative score basis (Kentucky 0 f New Orleans LIFTS the same whipped Tech 28-14, Tech nipped i owa Hawkeyes from 56th to 22nd. Florida 16-13.) and all the odds T „ , , ,, , , , are against the Hurricanes, but If we may be so bold we should just hoping for a “I told you so” hke ^ I ,' ^Lteler, or we are looking for the year’s upset. Athletic Office, that arrange- Ncw here is the bic one AVhen ments be made to include a game one. football team gets beaten by with Ohio State at the season's another, the usual procedure is to enc ‘- note a falling off of. prestige for We shall allow them to defeat us the stricken eleven. by several hundred points, thereby Not any . more it isn’t. gaining the assurance of at least Listen to this. Last week Iowa a second place position in the Wil- University was placed-.66th in*the JtaasQBdRafengs. ' ■ * Predictions For Weekend Game For the games of November 4th this time at the expense of Dart- the System comes up with these: mouth and Michigan State is very ARKANSAS should take TEXAS slightly favored over Indians. A&M; William and Mary over Bos- The big game in the East will be ton should be close; Tennessee that battle between Army and ought to beat North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Williamson says, Michigan ought to beat Illinois. “Army will have a chance to prove California should take Washing- its high rating by beating Pennsyl- ton this week by a touchdown or vania a touchdown or more.” Think more; Yale should continue to roll, it’s possible Mr. W? SMU-Texas, Game of Week According to PBW, and a great many other sports writers and prognosticators, the Southwest will have the game of the week—Southern Methodist versus Texas. Remarks the System, “Ail to itself on Saturday. The Williamson System, “Ail to itself on Saturday. The Williamson System picks SMU, the nation’s No. 1 team, by about a touchdown.” Oh, yes, he also picks Baylor over TCU and Rice to take Texas Tech. Beat Arkansas Allen Leads Fish Band Cagers To Win Over Company 8,23 - 22 By JOE BLANCHETTE Intramural Co-Editor Hallowe’en afternoon found four cage contests, one gridiron tilt, and two net matches taking place in the Intramural Freshman Leagues. With Allen looping in 11 points, ! the Fish Band edged out Company | 8, 23-22. Allen of the winners was : the big gun for the fast-breaking musicians as it semed the freshman couldn’t miss. Hall was the high pointer for the losers as he buck eted nine digits. Company 2 routed the hard- playing Company 4 quintet, 30-21. Mitte of Company 2 plastered the netting of the hoop with 11 points to be high point man of the fray. Wilson led Company 4 with nine counters. Leading only 10-9 at the half, Company 3 put its sharpshooters to work in the second half to swamp Company 1 30-16. Coleman seemed to be the only consistent scorer that the losers had and the high scoring freshman led the scoring in the engagement with 10 counters. Davis, Steinman, and Lasseter each tallied five for the winners. Company 12 stopped Company 9 in a low scoring contest, 12-8. Cox and White scored four points each for the winners. e Football Mitchell Hall edged out the Law gridiron squad, 6-0. Mitchell led in penetrations, 5-1. • Tennis Company 7 stopped Company 11 in straight sets. Smith, Warrick, Craig, and Walls turned in the victories. Company G netters blasted the racketeers of Company 5 in two straight sets, Hunt, Birdwell, Ste wart, and Evans were the victors. Beat Arkansas- Texas A&M is the only SWC team which has three of its backs among the ten top ball-carriers in the league. Through the Oct. 28 games, Bob Smith was the leader, Glenn Lippman sixth and Billy Tidwell who played in only four games, was fourth. COLORS FOR YOUR HOME ! presented by SPEED SATIN (A Glidden Product) The original synthetic rubber emulsion base paint for WALLPAPER, SHEETROCK & WOODWORK Chapman’s Paint & Wallpaper Co. ' Next to the Postoffice” Bryan Dial 2-1318 1 Cadet W ater Polo T earn L To Clash With Steers By CHUCK NEIGHBORS A&M’s water polo team will play their first and probably last home game Thursday night in the Nata- torium at 7:45 p.m. when they meet the strong University of Texas team. Coach Art Adamson said today that the team had decreased their schedule this year because Baylor dropped water polo as a conference sport. Back from the ’49 team are Van Adamson and Billy Karow of Col lege Station, also Ralph Ellis, Bill Sargent, Tommy Comstock, and Gil McKenzie. Bad news for the team is the loss of Paul Fleming, right back; and John Hollingshead, the team’s No. 1 substitute. However, Bill Hale is a dark horse who may be able to fill the trunks of the able Fleming. There will be a “B” team game at 7 p.m. 1'his team is composecf of the' campus swimming club, in whose ranks aref reshmen, those ineligible for varsity play, and even a few professors. The B’s will play the Texas Aquatic Club from Austin. Added Coach Adamson, “W r e ex- Sports Roundup . . Legendary Football ignres To Be Seen New York, Nov. 1—y—The best part of the show at Saturday’s Brown-Rutgers football game in New Brunswick, N.J., likely will be the show between the halves . . . That situation isn’t toe unusual— look at the Harvard band—but this really is a special occasion . . . Out there on the field you’ll see Pudge Heffelfinger, Homer Hazel, Fritz Pollard, Harry Stuhldreher, Eddie Mahan, George Pfann, “Trampy” McLaren, Ken Strong, and a dozen or so other legendary figures out of football history. . . They’ll be introduced, their feats recounted to the crowd and out of this group will be chosen a “Hall of Fame” All America team. . . The idea, of course, is to raise some money and get some publicity for the Football Hall of Fame, to be built nearby on the same grounds where' the first: ’intercol legiate game was played in 1869. Cash Wanted The Rutgers site for the proposed hall was chosen over a year ago and an office was set up there. . . . Committees have been appoint ed to supervise selection of the fa mous stars whose names will be enshrined there and to plan for a library, historical collections and the like. . . . But they still need about $4,000,000 (M) to build the structure. Part of the proceeds of the Brown-Rutgers game will help, sup ply the needed funds -and they’re hoping other colleges will follow suit. . . . New Jersey high schools also will take up collections at their games the same day. Long, Long Ago If the “Assembly of All-Ameri cans” looks like a buch of large, well-preserved old gentlemen whose only exercise is playirig Canasta, it will only emphasize the impor tance of the occasion, . . . Almost everybody can remember a few yarns about the old-time stars, but football history has been a hit-or- miss afafir and the facts are rap idly becoming obscured by the leg ends. . . . We’ve encountered “Heff” in recent years and it’s hard to reconcile the appearance of this old gentleman with the tales of his playing days or a picture recently seen in an old football book. ... It was captioned “Hef- feifinger Blocking a Goal” and showed two players standing on the cross bar, clinging to the goal posts, while a tall, somewhat lean er “Heff” balanced on their shoul ders, arms outstretched, ready to bat down the ball. Somewhat Later More accurate, perhaps, are per sonal memories of the way little Stuhldreher blocked when he quar terbacked the Notre Dame “Four Horsemen” against Princeton. . . i Equally unforgettable is the pile-l driver plunging and the tremendous kicks that Hazel made for Rutgers aaginst Lafayette in 1924, when those schools had big-time teams. For our money, Hazel and Red Grange are two of the greatest players who ever carried a foot ball. . . . Other fans probably have similar ideas about other players. . . . That’s why they need a place where the names of the all-time stars can be inscribed and where the true records of their greatest feats' can be prescribed. His Best Friend Lou D’Achille, Indiana’s young passing sensation, and Jim (Bucky) Mutscheller, Notre Dame end, were teammates and the closest of pals back home in Beaver Falls, Pa. They played against each other for the first time this year and when they met after the game, neither knew just what to say. . . . Fumbling around for some comment that wouldn’t hurt his friend’s feel ings, D’Achille finally blurted out: “Gee, Bucky. You’ve got a new suit. It sure is a nice one.” l£ flO, of ite 10 0 0 RCA ViCTOR The “G!obe Trotter’ JjjSUa range and power are yours with die "Globe Trotter,” RCA Victor 8BX6 —amazing sensitivity, plenty of volume even for outdoor dancing. That hand some case is of plastic and lightweight aluminum with a special, weather- resistant finish. Plays on its RCA bat tery, the second you lift the dial cover, or on AC-DC house current. It’s a star performer with the marvelous tone of the famous "Golden Throat.” with the vmn Finest tone system in RCA Victor his BEAT The Exchange Store “Serving Texas Aggies” ARKANSAS pect to have at least a four-team conference next year, if Baylor and Rice put teams in the water. As it stands now, A&M and TU are the sole contenders in the SWC.” A&M’s water polo squad closed their season with a successful Eastern trip defeating Annapolis 12 to 3, Army 9 to 2, and New York A. C., last year’s national A. A. U. Champions, 7 to 6. The members of the water polo teams were Gilbert McKenzie, Bill Moye, Hollingshead, Adamson, Sargent, Ellis, Fleming, Comstock, and Billy Karow. The' Aggies have always had a victorious water polo team. They were defeated in Conference once and were Junior Indoor Water Polo champions in 1938-39. The Cadets have defeated such outstanding clubs as Northwestern of Louisiana, Illinois Athletic Club, Annapolis, West Point, New York, A. C. Missouri Athletic Club, and others. Battalion SPORTS Page 4 WED., NOV. 1, 1950 Veteran Catches Mack Bass G. Benton Nicholas, a Navy vet eran student living in College View, caught a large mouth black bass in the Country Club lake which is located between College Station and Bryan last Tuesday morning at 7:30. Proof enough can be seen in the above picture. The 7 pound fish which was caught on a 10 pound test line with an 8 pound nylon clear leader, all of which was connected on a steel rod, first struck at the plug 60 feet off ashore. % The water depth at that point ranked from four to five feet and aftr the fish had ben hooked, then the battle began. Lacking a net, Bento:.., who is studying I. E., gladly allowed his wife to wade out and grab the fish, so one can’t exactly give G\ B. all the credit for catching the fish. 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