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.”
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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.
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