Aggies Hold Rough
. W orkouts Preparing
For Porker Eleven
By FRANK N. MANITZAS
Battalion Sports Editor
A&M’s best football team for
many a year went through a long
and hard workout yesterday, as
the Cadet coaching staff put the
footballers through the paces. Not
only did the Farmers run their own
plays but they also concentrated
on stopping the various plays of
their coming weekend opponent—
Arkansas.
“Everyone will be ready to go,”
was the main comment that Head
Trainer Bill Dayton had to say,
as he smiled across the field watch
ing a majority of the players who
were supposedly injured in the
Baylor game, running around kick
ing their heels to everyone.
Enthusiasm and spirit among the
team is also running high.
Among the plays that the No.
1 defensive team of the Aggies
was stopping was the split-T which
the Razorbacks picked up this
year with the garnering of a new
coach—Otis Douglas.
Douglas Came From Pros
Douglas, who came from a coach
ing position with the professional
Philadelphia Eagles to tutor the
Porkers, regards speed as one of
the most vital factors in the game
of football. In fact he won’t even
look at an end whom he may think
is not fast enough to do the job
»although he may be big.
And on size, here’s how the team
averages at various positions: ends,
194 pounds, 6’ 2”; tackles, 225
pounds, 6’ 2Y2”; guards, 207, 6’
0”; centers, 215 pounds, 6’ 1”;
quarterbacks, 176 pounds, 5’ 11”;
• right halfbacks, 175 pounds, 5’
10Mi”; left halfbacks, 170 pounds,
5’ 11”; and fullbacks, 198 pounds,
6’ 0”.
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Hence, it’s easy to see that the
Razorbacks are not a small team.
Poirker Offensive
So far this season, the Porkers
have shown that they are as of
fensive minded as anyone. They
hold fourth place among the con
ference teams in total offense.
For the six games that they have
played, the Razorbacks lead the
other teams in the conference
which have played six games—
TCU, A&M, and Baylor—in holding
their opponents to offensive yard
age with a total of 1,520 yards.
A&M leads the conference offen
sively with 2,331 yards, but their
opponents have gathered 1,861
yards against the Cadets.
Of Arkansas’ 1,161 yards gain
ed on the ground, Right Haltoack
Ray Parks has gained 312 yards
in 53 carries for an average of
5.9 yards. Last year, Parks was
picked to the Star Telegram’s All-
Conference team, after he had fin
ished a season with 377 yards
gained in 77 trips.
Arkansas Versatile
But running or passing, the
Porkers can be well represented in
each, although they have lost their
pile-driving fullbacks—Geno Maz-
anti and Leon Campbell, and come
Saturday, they will be fighting to
upset the Aggies whom the odd
makers are giving a seven-point
advantage.
Arkansas line will also be well
fortified for the weekend fray
Which should show what happens
when man-power meets man-pow
er, i. e.; A&M and Arkansas.
Beat Arkansas
BATES
Bates Named
Lineman of
The Week
For his brilliant play at offen
sive center and the linebackers
post, the Battalion Sports Staff
awards Lineman of the Week hon
ors to Bob Bates.
Weighing a
crushing 210
pounds, Bates is
a potent pivot
man on the Ag
gie eleven and is
regarded high
ly by opposing
elevens as a ne-
misis to their
ground gaining
attacks.
He was slated
for the offen
sive center slot
when the 1950 grid campaign be
gan, but semed to shine brighter
when allowed to check offensive
plays from the linebacking posi
tion.
In six games this season Bates
has added experience to his pre
vious seasons on the gridiron and
has proven his alertness and invin
cibility to have a large hand in on
nearly every opposing offensive
play.
A senior this year, Bates is bid
ding for his third letter in var
sity football. He is president of
the “T” Club.
Denizens of Cowtown are proud
to claim Bates among their out
standing high school footballers,
as he was a stelldr center for
Amon Carter Riverside in his
pre-college days.
To coach after graduation is the
desire of this physical education
major, but he might agree to parti
cipate in pro football for a few
years if faced with an offer luc
rative enough.
Beat Arkansas
Aggie Wingman
Cedric Copeland
Cedric is one of the lightest linemen in SWC competition this Fall,
but is living proof that weight makes no difference in being a
target for passes. At 180 pounds, this six foot, two year letter-
man from Waco was on the receiving end of the aerial that tied
the game with SMU last year.
Bouncin ’ Bill
Named Back
Of The Week
Bouncin’ Billy Tidwell is named
Back of the Week by the Battalion
Sports Staff for his stellar play in
the recent A&M-Baylor game in
Waco.
Tidwell was
the most worked
member of the
Cadet eleven
last week in
that he carried
13 times and
racked up a to
tal of 51 yards
for a yards per
carry average
of 3.8.
In five games
this season (he TIDWELL
did not suit up
for the VMI game because of
slight injuries in the OU tilt, but
was ready if needed) Tidwell has
lugged the pigskin 51 times, gar
nering 384 yards for an average
of 7.5 per carry, to lead the SWC
stars in this division.
Four of his 51 carries have tak
en him across the double stripe
for a total of 24 points to tie for
j sixth place in the scoring column.
The 5’ 8” halfback packs lots
of power and plenty of speed in
his haid running 184 pounds. Hail-
i ing from nearby Hearne, Tidwell
was an outstanding back in his
high school career and for the 1948
Aggie Fish.
Should the shifty Tidwell main
tain the pace that he has set in
the first games of the season, he
is a good choice for all-conference
honors.
—Beat Arkansas—
Through games of October 28th
Texas A&M had the individual
scoring leader, leader in extra
point kicks, leader in total yards
| gained and average per carry and
' leader in touchdown passes thrown.
Southwest Conference Rumblings
Austin, Tex., Nov. 2—OP)—Coach
Blair Cherry’s Texas Longhorns
showed improvement yesterday in
defense against SMU plays', 1 Hut
tricky Mustang screen passes and
reserves still plagued the Texas
line.
Tuesday, reserve backs ripped
off five scoring plays via SMU of
fense patterns.
With the heaviest practice now
behind his team, Cherry has carried
out his plan to emphasize defense
to the utmost.
Barring injuries ^ ip, .thej ,4, light
drills to coliey' thb 'Tfexas squad
will be at full strength Saturday.
•
Dallas, Nov. 2—(TP)—The na
tion’s No. 1 football team, gave
its passing game a thorough work
ing out’yesterday.
Fred Benners, Rusty Russell, Jr.,
Kyle Rote, Johnny Champion, Ben
ton Musslewhite and others, were
throwing long, short, and medium.
How About It
Army?? What ^
Do You Think ? ?
Army, what are you going
to do about it ? ? If A&M is
going to continue to be as it
always has been, we are go
ing to have to get out and
talk to our buddies about
coming to Aggieland. YOU
are the one to do this. Do
you realize that if we don’t
get more and more fish, the
Corps will be down to T.U.
size before long.
Here is the one thing that
each of you can do—get one
or. two of your buddies up
here on the weekend. Take
him to the game to see those
Fightin’ Aggies play. Show
him around the campus —
and impress him with the
spirit we have. Take him
to chow. And if you just
can’t afford it — come talk
to Ole Lou—he’ll give you a
little boost.
YOUR FRIEND LOU
Coach H. N. Russell, also giaye
his ground attack! a hfusij|ng, , ’up'
and had the squad get in’ a few
licks on defense.
• The Mustangs tangle with the
University of Texas, seventh rank
ed team in the nation, Saturday.
©
Houston, Nov. 2 —CP)— The Rice
Owls, already thin with reserves,
lost Frank Allen, their regular left
end, for an indefinite period yes
terday.
Allen received a fracture of his
left leg during today’s practice ses
sion.
Coach Jess Neely said he will be
replaced by sophomore George Pon-
tike.
Allen joins backs Gordon Wyatt,
Don Campbell, Billy Burkhalter,
tackle Bob Winship and Bobby Al
len on the Rice hospital list. All
the others, however, are expected
to see action Saturday against
Texas Tech.
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Waco, Tex., Nov. 2 —(TP)—Baylor
Coach George Sauer worked his
squad hard on defense yesterday,
frankly saying his team has not
been looking sharp enough to stop
the wild assortment of formations
used by TCU.
Sauer said he was pleased with
the way the Bears’ offense has
been looking.
Baylor’s Physical condition was
good. End Stanley Williams is
still nursing a left arm and ankle
injury, but the rest of the squad
is in good shape.
9
Fayetteville, Ark., Nov. 2—(A 5 )
—The University of Arkansas
football squad scrimmaged against
the freshmen yesterday in prepar
ation for the meeting with Texas
A&M at College Station Saturday.
Coach Otis Douglas stressed
passing, downfield blocking and
defense.
Halfback Ray Parks, injured sev
eral weeks ago, apparently still
will be unable to play Saturday.
Garmany Sets Fast Pace For
Anderson’s Harrier Teaift
By RAY HOLBROOK
Junior John Garmany, the pre
sent pace setter on the Aggies’
cross country team, is the surprise
package of the season for Col.
Frank Anderson’s harriers.
Garmany was the first Aggie to
finish in the first meet of the
year with OU in Norman and re
cently led, the Maroon, and White
to victory over the University of
Texas at Austin.
Saturday the Cadets take on
Arkansas in a duel meet here and
unless Julian Herring, SWC cross
country champion, has an inspired
day, it will again be the slim Gar
many leading the Aggies to victory.
“Also Ran” in High School
In his high school days, Garmany
ran all four years as a half miler,
but never seemed able to ignite the
spark that would have set the
world on fire. In his last year
there, he did manage a third place
in the Class A state meet with a
half mile time of 2:03.
As a freshman Garmany ran in
the third spot on the Fish mile re
lay team which won at the Texas
Relays in Fort Worth.
Last year Garmany was the Ag
gies No. 3 miler, but that was
enough for a third place in every
meet. His best time was around
4:20.
No. 2 Man Last Season
On last year’s cross country
team he ran as the No. 4 man at
the beginning of the season, but
improved steadily to gain the No.
2 spot and then take fourth place
in the SWC met, although he was
quite a distance behind teammate
Herring.
This season Garmany has made
tremendous progress and has been
top man for the harriers all during
the fall. With Herring rounding
into condition there will be a ter
rific battle between thes two from
now on, but Gamany holds the
edge at present and from the looks
of things to date, the slim be
spectacled thinly clad may have
the last word in the last meet
when the season comes to a close.
-—-Beat Arkansas
A&M Poloists
Meet TU at 7
By RAY HOLBROOK
Coach Art Adamson’s 1950 ver
sion of the Aggie water polo team
opens its season in the natatorium,
Thursday at 7 p. m. with the
Longhorns of TU.
The Cadet squad which lost only
one game last year returns almost
intact with the exception of Paul
Fleming, |who graduated.
Varsity team members are: Van
Adamson, center back; Ralph Ellis,
center forward; Bill Sargent, left
forward; Billy Karow, left back;
Gilbert McKenzie, right forward;
and Bill Hale probably at the
right back position. Tommy Com
stock capably holds down the goalie
spot.
Substitutes for the varsity are
Don Blandell, Bill Singleton, and
Don Crawford.
The Maroon and White team sus
tained their first loss since 1939
last year being defeated by the
Texas Aquatic Club composed of
TU swimmers and others long since
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SPORTS
THUR., NOV. 2, 1950 Page 5
out of college. On a tour of the
East last winter however-, the
Farmers defeated Army, Navy and
the New York Athletic Association.
A return game with the Steers
is scheduled for Nov. 16th and
other games for the year are still
in the planning stage.
Standouts in practice have been
back Van Adamson and forward
Gilbert McKenzie. Adamson was
the Aggies leading scorer last
year and is already showing great
form.
McKenzie, playing his last sea
son, has been pacing the forwards
with his fancy and sharp playing
and is a standout defense player.
Ralph Ellis, the most improved
player on the squad, may well be
the sparkplug of the team before
long. In recent workouts he has
been playing a terrific game with a
definite upward surge from his last
years performances.
Preceding the varsity game
Thursday will be a battle between
the B teams of A&M and TU. ’B
team members for the Aggies are
Bill McCully, Mike Tedford, John
Jerome, John Parnell, Ray Hiltoh,
Arlcn McKenzie, Rich Boughtop,
Jerry Inman, Wayne Struckler,
Paul Wollen, Richy Black, Carl
Maynard, Redgy Johnston, Sherwin
Rubein, and Art Anderson.
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