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• Worry? Borddom • Lead to Predicting By FRED WALKER Why do sports writers attempt to forecast the outcomes 1| of ensuing sports events? For the most part it is a com- 1 bination of frustration, the seeking of notoriety, boredom and the lack of copy. But here is a novel excuse. We strain over statistics, beat out our brains over com parative scores and then wait for a hunch to arrive. After the games are played, and the bad guesses_ start falling in, we can sit back and laugh at how much we don’t know about football, thereby proving to all the world that only the eleven men on the field, and the head man on the sideline really know what is going on. Since this is our first throw at prog nostication, we doubt that any great number 1 of faux pas will instigate a burning in effigy. • All right, let’s start with the East: The big gairto of the day will be Army versus Pennsylvania. If you look at the Cadets carefully, the effect will be terrifying. From end to end they have depth, speed and powder. Elmer Stout and Dan Foldbcrg already are being . considered for All-American candidacy. Against Columbia, the most Gil Stephenson could gain was tw r o yards after trying for a quarter, but in came substitutes A1 Pollard and Herb Polluck, and the game , w as in the bag. On the other hand Penn has one of the most versatile triple-threnters seen this year—Francis (Reds) Bagnell. Earlier in the sfeason he set an all-time Collegiate record by amassing 490 yards in one game. The Penn line is fast and tough, but they lack one big thing that Army doesn’t— depth. It should be a good ball game for three quarters, but in the end Army should come through on their reverses. Make it Army by about two TD’s. J Upset Special .. . Columbia over Cornell Walker Here’s an Upset Special for you I —Columbia to beat Cornell. The 1; Big Red have lost a little each 1- week, and this Saturday doesn’t i look like a recovery. Don’t kid „ yourself, the Lions. and Lou Little f! are tough. Elsewhere in the East: Holy | Cross to take Harvard; Yale to beat Dartmouth (But don’t be sur- prised if they are up-set); Prince- | ton over Colgate about 21 points; Rutgers on Brown by 13; Penn State, tired of tying, to take Bos- | ton College’s measure; William & * Mary to squeak past Boston Uni versity; Lehigh to flatten Muhlen- * berg; Pitt over West Virginia; and Syracuse past Lafayette. There are seme corkers lined up in the South, but most eyes will be turned towards two cities, Lex ington, Kentucky, where the unde feated Wildcats take on the once beaten, but highly-regarded Hur- xlcanes from Florida, and Tuscaloo sa, Alabama, to watch the Crim son Tide try to stop undefeated but thrice-tied Georgia. Kentucky has been favored by as many as 14 points as the gam blers take into consideration their seven wins without a defeat. Flo rida has lost only to Georgia Tech (16-14) who preyigusly bad been beaten by the'Wildcast 28-14. The odds, statistics and every thing else say “No!”, but here goes a hunch on those scrapping boys of Bob Woodruff. Fr the upset of the week try Florida over Ken tucky. Aggie Water Polo Team Edges TU In Final Seconds By CHUCK NEIGHBORS Coach Art Adamson’s water polo players came through with a 3-2 victory over the Texas University team last night in the natatorium. Starring for the Aggie swimmers were Gil McKenzie, with two scores to his credit, and Ralph Ellis, who tallied the remaining marker. The Aggie goalie, Tommy Com stock played a great game in the nets saving a large number of shots with his nimble fingers. The game seemed to have settled down to a stalemate after the first quarter ended with the Ag gies out front by a one point mar- Bayl or Cubs Down TCU fogs, 23-0 Fort Hood, Tex., Nov. 3—fAb— Baylor’s freshman football team smashed Texas Christian Univer sity, 23-0, last night turning the game into a one-sided affair with pass interceptions in the fourth quarter. Jerry Goody plunged over the goal for a Baylor touchdown in the second quarter, then Charles Rad ford grabbed one of Danny Powell’s passes and ran 35 yards for an other cub score in the fourth. A few minutes later, James Duncan snared a Powell pass and ran to the TCU 12-yard line. Mickey Sul livan smashed over for a touchdown four plays later. The Cubs blocked a TCU punt later in the period for a safety. Bobby Benge kicked three extra points. Beat Arkansas gin, 2-1. The score remained 2-1 until the last period, when Prior of TU tied the score by flinging in a hard shot past Aggie goalie Comstock. With thirty seconds left in the game, Gil McKenzie flashed down the pool and slammed a score home to put the Aggies out in front 3-2. Aggie B Wins, 6-1 The Aggie B team, composed of freshmen and ineligibles, flashed to a 6-1 win over the TU Aquatic Club in the preliminary tilt. John Parnell stood out for the B team scoring four of the six goals. Ledford was the other scor er with two goals. John Singleton, the B goalie was instrumental in the low score made by the TU club by his sometimes miraculous saves. Beat Arkansas TU-SMU Tilt Eyed By Bowl Groups Austin, Tex., Nov. 3.—(A 1 )—Rep resentatives of the Sugar and Orange Bowls will be eyeing the Texas-Southern Methodist football game here Saturday. Presumably they will be most in terested in the lower. The win ner likely will win the Southwest Conference championship and thus will be host team in the Cotton Bowl game. (Editor’s note: We question the latter). Beat Arkansas Longhorns Hold Review Austin, Tex., Nov. 3.—<A > )—The Texas Longhorns held a “day of review” yesterday afternoon, con centrating on timing and smooth ing out offensive plays to be used against Southern Methodist Uni versity. SWC Predictions & 8 ^i.?.!".: going to get mighty tired of los ing silly ole football games because Both times a guy named Doak of single points, so if the Steers Walker was the big pain in the win, it might be a stampede, neck, but now that he’s gone, one In a high scoring game, we’ll might wonder if that is OK. give the Longhorns the edge most We think it is, and we also be- people are giving the Mustangs, lieve that one of these days TU is 28-20. TCU to Regain Prestige, Beat Baylor, 24-11 Georgia with So far the odds makers have been dumping the points on Geor gia and calling Alabama the favor ite. The Bulldogs haven’t lost a K * game, but ties to St. Mary’s, North Karolina and LSU, coupled with ihe fact that Crimson Tide losses to Southern juggernauts Vander- t tilt and Tennessee by only live points, gives Alabama the nod by six to ten points. But, we go along with a Georgia team that has proved it can play i;| ; football. It looks like most peo- » pie have forgotten that the Bull dogs trimmed mighty Maryland ■ 27 to 7. For the rest of the South: Ciem- K: * son to pour it on Duquesne; Duke and Georgia Tech to tie; LSU to take Mississippi U.; Maryland over George Washington about 12; Mi ami folding Georgetown; Mississip- Midwest Heres’ hoping the rest of the Mid-West battles fall this way: Detroit to beat Villanova; Drake 3-0-3, To Win pi State over Auburn; North Car olina State over Richmond about 21; NORTH CAROLINA U. TO UPSET TENNESSEE; Vanderbilt smothering Chattanooga; VMI, Virginia and Washington & Lee to have easy times with Davidson, Citadel and VPI. The main attraction in the Mid- West will be the Michigan-Illinois tussle. Last week Michigan was tied by a poor Minnesota team while Illinois was mutilating In diana, but the Gophers, no matter what kind of team they have, al ways manage to scare the Wolv erines. This week, the mini’s star half back, Johnny Karras will be play ing with a weak ankle, while flashy Chuck Ortmann is sound again. We’ll put our money on Ortmann and call it Michigan. Battles to take Bi'adley; Iowa State’s Bill Weeks to pass Kansas State into (See FORECASTINGS, Page 6) If you want your underwear really comfort able you’ll want Arrows. Arrow shorts have no binding center seam, and are generously cut. Form-fitting Arrow “Guards” and under shirts are made of fine quality cotton yarns. See your Arrow dealer! 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In the game with Bobby Dixon Dixon is noe of the sophomore linesmen that Coach Harry Stite- ler will have to call on quite a bit next season. Already playing a good share this year, he is one of the bigger sophs at 6’ 2” and 220 pounds. Vanderbilt a Saturday ago, Doug las used 31 men from the bench in holding the No. 2 team in the Southeastern Conference to a one point victory. Leaving the ranks of the pro footballers this year, Douglas is a new mentor at Hogland and along with his newness he intro duced new thinking and new for mations. The split T was Douglas’ baby, and he knew that his new students would not accustom them selves to it overnight. Not obstinate in his coaching, the former Philadelphia Eagle coach, abandoned the split T completely last week and continued in favor of the Widely spread single wing- back offense. It was from this field formation that the Hogs scored their two 1 counters against the Vandy eleven. SPORTS Rote - Townsend Renew Grid Duel Austin, Nov. 2—(SP*—Two strap ping 190-pounders, Kyle Rote and Byron Townsend, will play the rub ber game Saturday in a duel for football honors dating back to 1946. Now carrying the ball for SMU and Texas, Rote and Townsend will meet on the field where they first competed against each other in the state schoolboy championship fin ale. Townsend was the big gun that December day, leading Odessa to a 21-14 victory over Rote and his Thomas Jefferson teammates from San Antonio. He galloped 124 yards on 27 carries, scored one touch down and passed for another. Even in defeat, Rote loked good. Held to 17 yards running on 11 of- fortSj .h 0 ran f° r cme touchdown, pakshcl' f° r th^$tbe% - and- ••ka’ctowk ’both extra points. The two Bid not meet on the gridiron again until last year. They tinned in similar running performances, neither one specta cular, but Rote increased his scor ing margin over Townsend. He caught two passes for 33 yards and one went for SMU’s lone touch down. That gave Doak Walker a chance to kick the extra point that beat Texas, 7-6. There are many tricks hidden in the sleeves of this SWC neophyte, and he has his hoys in midseason experience now. Therefore, Kyle Field denizens on the evening of Nov. 4th should not be surprised if the Porkers suddenly exhibit a high calibre of gridiron talent. In short, they may explode/ Fumbles and outright miscues have been the cause of the Ar kansas defeats in three of their six starts in 1950. Douglas commented after the Vanderbilt loss that “our boys find a new way to give a touchdown away every week.” But they are expected to grow into form one of the days and on that Saturday will be a formidable threat to any team. Douglas will probably be minus the services of Porker Halfback Ray Parks, a lad who turned in several sparkling gridiron per formances before he was injured a few weeks ago. In the Hog baekfield will be featured the quarterbacking of Jim Rinehart and the line smash ing ability of Jack Bailey and Lewis Carpenter. i Rinehart ranks as the No. 5 passer among the SWC stars and is expected to maintain his .419 pass completion percentage. Porker Fullback Louis Schaufle is second to Baylor’s Larry Isbell in the punting division, kicking 10 times against Vandy for a better than 40 yard average. Little Sammy Euro is expected to be ready to carry on in his half back slot and will probably share duty with Larry Hogue, a con verted quarterback. Balancing the wingback positions will be Buddy Rogers, who has a four yard aver age gain for 70 carries to rank tenth in the conference. Bill Journey and Jack Richards will work at the end posts, Journey being the No. 5 pass receiver in SWC play. Performing tackle scores for the Hogs will be Dave Hanner and Fred Williams, while Buddy Brown and Charles Milam will be busy at the guard posts. 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