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Oat Farming in CB Not Bone by Aggies By Frank N. Manitzas Battalion Sports Editor “The Texas Aggies may have opened a ‘grass roots’ campaign to defeat the Southern Methodist University Mus tangs in the Cotton Bowl on Nov. 11”. That is the first sentence of an Associa ted Press article which was carried in the majority of the newspapers yesterday. We deny that Aggies are responsible for the actions taken, and we believe that nothing in reality has been done, concerning oat farming in the Cotton Bowl. The main reason for our denial is the fact that A&M’s Head Football Coach Har ry Stiteler had asked that the student body refrain from the use of such tactics after it was disclosed that a large “A&M” had been grown in the turf of Memorial Stadium. That act too has yet not been proven to be one committed by Aggies. After some students had been arrested in Waco for car painting, Coach Stiteler asked of the Aggies to try and control their enthusiasm which was not in the nature of physically hurting someon e but of pranks. Aggie Linebacker Manitzas Concerning the AP story which insinuates that Aggies arc respon sible for the sowing of oats in the Cotton Bowl, and that A&M was laying plans to capture the Mus tangs mascot, Peruna V, we say nuts. If someone can not think of a better way of getting his team prepared for the Aggies than us ing, what in our opinion, false hoods—we say that someone better start reading more books. Besides Aggies know that only cotton grows in the Cotton Bowl, and v.'hat would we do with Peru- na—our new horse barns are not yet finished. Aggies Rank But Single Vote in AP Poll A&M, who after their first game of the season against Nevada got six votes in the Associated Press football ratings poll, received but a single—one—vote in this weeks poll. The Cadet eleven dropped from 13th to a lowly 49th place posi tion. • Other teams in the .Southwest Conference were also included in the i votes gained department. Southern Methodist continued as the leading team in the nation, garnering 2,574 votes, 153 for first place, and the U of Texas holds seventh place with 1,236 votes, with none going for first place- Baylor is 32nd in the nation with six votes to complete the list of conference teams from this area in the top fifty teams in the na tion. Poll Will Be Shaken Up Saturday The shaking up of the poll, how ever, should come about this Sat urday, one of two teams and may be both will fall. We mean, of course, the Long horns and Mustangs battle which will be held in the Memorial Sta dium. No one has yet set their, minds one way or the other on the out come of the game although many seem to lean towards the offensive of the Ponies. In five games SMU has a total of 2236 yards offensively. Through the air the Ponies gained 1171 yards and the remainder of their total, 1065 yards, was rolled up on the turf. Kyle Rote, SMU’s big, big gun has contributed 733 of the yards. But 257 of which have been through passes. Texas’ total offense rates up to a total of 1618 yards, with 959 coming on the ground. Byron Townsend seems to be the cog in the Texas’ wheel holding sixth place in total offense among the conference, with 504 of his 534 yards occuring on the ground. A&M—Top SWC Offensive Eleven Switching to the team which leads the conference in total of fense with the emphasis on run ning, we find that A&M holds the lead with 2331 yards. Almost two-thirds of this is through run ning—1716 yards. Largely responsible for this is the Aggies top fullback Bob Smith, Who in 106 plays has totaled 694 yards for an average of 6.49 per tarry. He holds second place in total offensive yards gained in the con ference while leading the ground game and the score card. Bruisin’ Bob has rushed across 11 touchdowns for 66 points. Another top ball carrier among the Aggies is Billy Tidwell who has been playing almost 60 min ute ball in the Aggies last few games. He holds the best average in the conference with 7.5 yards for trip and has made 51 for a total of 381 yards. 0U Sooners Taking Along Own Air for Came With Colorado Norman, Okla., Nov. 1 — — Most football teams take their own drinking water when they hit the road, but Oklahoma’s Sooners go ’em one better. They take along their own air. And the Big Seven conference champions will have along an extra large quantity when they risk foot ball’s longest winning streak against Colorado Saturday in mile- high Boulder. ’ Somewhat dazed by conflicting suggestions from well-meaning fans on the best ways to combat i the altitude, Coach Bud Wilkinson disclosed today that tanks of oxy gen are standard equipment for his club. Here are a few of the sugges tions which have poured in from followers in recent days: ® Make all players wear nose guards because they’ll bleed to death if they get hit in the nose. ® Bring the team in at the last minute so the players will have good old Oklahoma air still in their lungs. © Take the team to Colorado a week ahead of time as they can become accustomed to the climate. © Bring along iron lungs that they can crawl into to recuperate after long runs. © Take sea sick pills. ® Don’t give them anything to eat until after the game. © Do more passing because the ball sails farther. ® Cut down on passing because it’s harder to catch a ball. However, Wilkinson feels there will not be enough difference in climate to bother his team. “I think it’s all psychological,” he said. “Our main job right now is to convince the boys they can breathe just as well in Colorado as here. “I don’t think it’s as tough a switch as a team used to a cold climate playing in hot weather.” The Sooners always take along a couple of cylinders of oxygen— wherever they play. When a play er comes out of the game, he gets a couple of whiffs. “I don’t want any rumor to get started that we’re taking oxygen along just to make up for the thin air in Colorado,” he said. “We always do it. We’ll just take a little more this time. “Actually, there’s only one thing certain. The air inside that foot ball isn’t going to be any differ ent here or there.” —Beat Arkansas— What Does Your Car Need ? ® SEAT COVERS ? • FLOOR MATS ? • A NEW TOP? • RE-UPHOLSTERING ? — See Us for Complete Service — J. B. COVINGTON Seat Covers — Awnings — Convertible Tops 107 N. Parker Bryan Phone 2-7148 Dawson, Gilstrap Will Speak to QB Clubbers By ROGER COSLETT Two rival football talent scouts, each representing major teams in the SWC, will forget their jobs and speak Thursday night not to an audience of prospective high school talent but to an audience of arm chair quarterbacks. The occasion will be the weekly 7:30 p. m. meeting of The Battalion Quarterback Club, and the schools being represented will be The Uni versity of Texas and A&M. Up from “Forty Acres” will be H. C. “Bully” Gilstrap, assistant football coach, talent scout and public relations man for the Long horns. “Dog” Dawson, end coach and talent scout for the Aggies, will round out the cozy twosome. Along with the two speakers will be the presentation of two tickets to the A&M-Arkansas game, and color movies of the-Baylor game of last week. Competition Between Two In spite of the extreme compe tition between these two men in their efforts to outdo each other in securing prospective college ath- Bat tali on SPORTS WED., NOV. 1, 1950 Page 5 Fowler has been playing in the linebacker position for the' Aggies this year, and has shown that he can do the job. His height and weight, 6’ 0” and 190 pounds, make him a hard hitting man for the job. Unscored-On Cubs Lead Fish League By Associated Press Five of the seven Southwest Con ference freshman football teams will be in action this week, unde feated, untied, unscoi'ed on Baylor meeting unbeaten, once-tied Texas Christian at Camp Hood Thursday. Texas and undefeated Southern Methodist play at AustiR Friday while Arkansas meets tHe North Texas State freshmen at Eldorado, Ark., Saturday. Two games were played last week. Rice defeated Texas 20-16 and Arkansas licked the Oklahoma A&M freshmen 18-0. Season Standings Team WLTPtaOp Baylor 3 0 0 72 0 Southern Methodist 1 0 0 14 0 Texas Christian 1 0 1 12 6 Arkansas 2 1 0 32 30 Rice 1 2 0 33 64 Texas A&M .....„1 2 0 33 59 Texas 0 2 0 16 32 Aggies Favored Over Arkansas Dallas, Nov. 1 — (A 1 ) — Southern Methodist is a seven-point favorite to win the Southwest Conference’s big game over Texas at Austin Saturday. Odds, established here today also picked Texas A&M to beat Arkan sas and Rice to whip Texas Tech. But it was even money on the Texas Christian-Baylor game at Fort Worth. A&M is a seven-point favorite and Rice is given a 14-point bulge over Tech. “Take your choice,” the odds- makers said about Texas Christian vs Baylor. —Beat Arkansas— At the rate he’s going, all America fullback candidate Bob Smith' of the Texas Aggies will make twice as many touchdowns and more than twice as much yard age as he made in 1949. letes for their respective institu tions, the scene will be a friendly one. For in reality the two are the very best of friends. “Bully” is best known for his “beat the Aggies” spirit and it goes back a long way. In fact he says that his greatest thrill came when, as a player, he helped Texas to its first victory over Texas A&M on Kyle Field, back in 1923. Gilstrap One Of The Best Gilstrap still ranks as one of the University’s greatest all-time athletes. He was outstanding in football, track and baseball back in 1921-23. He started his coaching career at Electra and went on to Schreiner Institute at Kerrville the next year, and remained there for eleven more years. The Long horn athlete returned to the uni versity as a coach when D. X. Bible and Blair Cherry took over in 1937. Since then, Bully has been an integral part of the Longhorn’s coaching family. He’s noted for his friendly approach to high school athletes, for his after-dinner speeches, and for his place on the University’s football staff that has guided teams to outstanding vic tories in the Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl. Affable and talkative, Bully is a native of Taylor. He was born in 1901 and starred at Grainger High. Come Thanksgiving Day, Gil strap is all for tearing the Aggies apart but any other day you’ll find him thinking that Aggies, and all other conference teams are “fine people.” Dawson—Wise Old Dog Bill “Dog” Dawson, a younger man than Gilstrap, is nevertheless a wise old dog in his own right. His fluid tongue has won many a youth to seek his football fame at A&M. A star end on Aggies teams that won conference titles in 1939 and 1940, Dawson entered the Army In fantry upon graduation in 1941. He rose from the rank of second lieutenant to major while serv ing two years in the European theater. While in the service he played football on an Army all west team that met five profession al teaihs in 1942. Assistant Athletic Director Upon his return to A&M he was made assistant to the athletic director and served as a football scout. Later, he served as “B” team coach. Last spring he took over as var sity end coach. Dawson 6’ 5” and 235 pounds of good natured giant, is known far and wide as a wise-cracking prank ster and is extremely popular with rival coaches. Neither men have as yet dis closed the nature of their address to the club but from all past indi cations it promises to be enter taining. Beat Arkansas Baseball’s Bonus Rule on Way Out Cincinnati, Nov. 11—(A 5 )—Base ball’s controversial bonus rule, ap peared headed for the ash heap yes terday. Elimination of the rule, adopted Feb. 15, 1947, won approval of the major-minor executive committee today following a proposal by the Jersey City Club. The committee will recommend that the major and minor leagues, at their December meetings erase the entire bonus structure. Another proposal to remove the high school rule was rejected by the committee at a closed session called and presided over by Com missioner A. B. Chandler. Chandler said “abrogation of the high school rule would be one of biggest mistakes organized base ball could make.” The regulation prevents teams from signing high school players until after they have graduated, or their original class has graduated. Beat Arkansas Jim Dobbyn Starting and playing most of the second half in last weeks’ game, Dobbyn has showed his ability in running from the full back position. In the games which he has played this year, he has scored 12 points. SMU vs. TU Sellout Austin, Texas, Nov. 1 — 'A 5 ) — Don’t come to Austin Saturday with the idea of getting SMU-Texas football tickets after you arrive, Texas Athletic Business Manager Ed Ollie warned yesterday. “The game is a complete sell out. There’s no chance of any tick ets being returned from SMU at Dallas as that quota also has been sold,” Ollie reported. That meang every one of Mem orial Stadium’s 65,498 seats— in cluding bleacher and temporary box seats—probably will be oc cupied. $ $ IT’S TONIGHT $ $ JACK CARSON “GOOD HUMOR MAN” LAST TIMES TODAY ^Buccaneer’s Girl” THURSDAY & FRIDAY Your orders are to kill her! LAST DAY Starting— THURSDAY thru SAT. »* BRODERICK CRAWFORD Millard Mikhell ■ Dorothy Malone-Carl Benton Reid FRI. NITE PREY.—11 P.M. Screen Play by Sally Benson • Adaptation by Sally Benson and Gerard Fairlie • Based on the Novel by Humphrey Slater QUEEN Will Be Closed for Redec orating and Installation of New Seats Until . . . FRIDAY, NOV. 3 Charley McDonald McDonald broke into the Aggie defensive line up during the VMI game and has played con siderably since that time. Al though McDonald is not the fast est back on the team, his alert ness makes him one of the Ca dets’ best. US THE teJL GRILL for Real Taste TREATS * Home Made Chili * Delicious Malts • Bar-B-Q Sandwiches • Friendly Service B&B GHJLr NORTH GATE CAMPUS TODAY THRU SATURDAY FIRST RUN Starts—1:33 - 3:40 - 5:47 - 7:54 - 10:01 Also — News - Cartoon