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£ SMU’s Point Makers Rice Bops Fish in 3rd Straight Defeat, 52-7 SMU’s Point Makers By CHUCK NEIGHBORS An over-anxious, fumbling Fish bleven lost to an inspired Rice Owlet team, 52-7 on Kyle Field last night. It was the Fish’s third straight loss of the season, having lost previous games to the Texas Chris tian Polywogs and the Baylor Cubs. Johnny Salyer of the Fish was the top man in rushing' the Aggies with 69 yards;, second in ground gaining was Pete Mayeux, who racked up a total of 29 yards net rushing. Only one injury seems to have come from the game. Bob Gosney, center for the Fish, was X-rayed this morning for a possible fractured wrist, which could bench him for the remainder of the season. The Owlet’s mainstay, Bill Gas- kamp, a hot little halfback from Brenham, had approximately 100 yards gained in rushing, including two TD’s. His running mate, Carl Johnson, Kyle Rote Killer Kyle needs no introduction, but this year he has attempted to fill the Doaker’s shoes and is trying them for si/e now. “Little Rusty” is the signal and play caller on the Mustang eleven, and one might say with “Little Rusty” out on the field, “Big Rusty” is there also. Battalion SPORTS Page 4 WED., NOV. 8, 1950 First Met in ’46 HS Playoffs Bruisin 9 Bob, Killer Kyle Meet Again By FRANK N. MANITZAS Battalion Sports Editor This weekend in the Cotton Bowl, the two best hardcharging backs to have played in the Southwest Conference during the past decade ’ will meet again. A&M’s Fullback Bruisin’ Bob Smith first met SMU’s Halfback Killer Kyle Rote in a high school grid clash between Thomas Jeffer son of San Antonio and Lamar of Houston. Smith attended Lamar and Rote was in Jefferson. The game in which the two were participating was the all important tilt in the ’46 state playoffs—a game which would send one team into the semifinals to face Lufkin and the other would be eliminated from play. And this weekend, the same sit uation arises and in many respects both Rote and Smith were in sim ilar positions on their high school teams that they are today. Loser Will Be Out The winner of the tilt Satur day will throw one team from the conference race while it will al low the other to continue ahead and hope for the chance of winning the conference. But going back to the high school game, here’s what happened. Smith, the top ground gainer for the Bayou City titlists as well as the leading scoter in the city race with 60 points, lined up to boot the opening kickoff. Rote, well known as one of Texas’ all-time great running backs and noted also for his >passing and punting abil ity, moved into position to receive the kickoff. A description of what followed was best expressed in the words of the sports writers who saw the game. “. . . the greatest threat . . .” “. . . I’d like to mention that probably the greatest treat I’ve ever had in covering sports was a tackle that Smith hung on Kyle Rote when Lamar met Thomas Jef ferson in the quarterfinal game of the state high school AA playoffs,” Jerry Ribnick of The Houston Chronicle writes. “It was the first play of the game. Rote took the kickoff on his own 10, returned up the field to the 30 where he was met head- on by Smith. The collision between the two was heard from one end of the field to the other. “The ball went one way, Rote the other, and Smith the other. Lamar recovered, the fumble, but j couldn’t go, and the final windup favored Jefferson. But that tackle that started the game was still the top thrill of the day,” Ribnick says. Never Thought He’d Get Up Said John Hollis of the Houston Press: “When he (Smith) hit him you never thought Kyle would get up. He did. But it was eight yards back from where he had carried the ball. “That was the first meeting of Bob Smith and Kyle Rote and it was a coming together,” Hollis em phasizes. From the San Antonio Light, Johnny Janes wrote: “He (Smith) and Rote made contact on the open ing kickoff when Bob tackled Kyle so hard that he fumbled. It was a characteristic Smith tackle.” Last year the two met again, but this time it was Smith, who led his team to glory, scoring three touchdowns to give the underdog Aggies a 27-27 tie with the Mus tangs. But Rote was not to be denied as he too had his share of the spot light. In that fray, Smith not only scored three of the Aggies touch- For a final flourish to “bold look” attire, add these dashing cuff links by SWANK. The/re designed in striking geometric patterns from a strictly masculine angle. The exclusive SWANK Elbo* bend assures correct setting of the cuffs. An up-to-the-minute buy for an up-to-the-minute guy. QUA L IT Y PLUS E C O NO MY 1 LEON B. WEISS 4 • Military • Civilian dv'. f. Furnishers Clothiers Boyctt St. Next to Campus Theatre WED. thru SATURDAY downs but he gained 175 yards in 23 carries to lead the ground gain ers. Rote’s greatest achievement in the game was his 100 yard runback on the kickoff with the score tied 20-20 which gave the Ponies the lead after the Cadets had come up all the way from a 6-20 deficit. Again, look to the other sport- writers and see what was thought of the second meeting between the two: From the Dallas Morning News: “ . . . Out of football’s graveyard rose the dead men of Texas A&M. Entombed for weeks and shrouded in gridiron losses they came to life Saturday with staggering and bril liant exhibition on Kyle Field. They tied the Southern Methodist Mus tangs, eighth ranking in the na tion, 27-27, before 31,800 persons who cheered the resurrection . . . (By the way, SMU is 7th in the nation now—Editor’s Note.) “There was no fluke about the Aggies’ great upset. They played heroically, particulary Smith . . . “Walker was his old self Satur day, but neither he nor Rote, nor Folsom, nor the rest could with stand the Aggie rally . . . “ . . . Tacklers Fell ...” “Smith, almost alone, paraded at the head of two of A&M’s three last-half touchdown marches. Tack lers fell off his supercharged, tear ing body like autumn leaves from a giant oak. On Saturday he was one of the greatest fullbacks in South west Conference history, lunging along for 175 yards, an average of 7 yards every time he pulled the ball to his side and roared goal- ward . . . The Associated Press voiced: . . It was a pounding fullback Bob Smith, and a spirit that burned as bright as the sun overhead that (See SMITH and ROTE, Page 6) LAST TIMES TODAY Charlie Chaplin “CITY LIGHTS” THURSDAY thru SAT. STARTS THURSDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:10 - 2:56 - 4:42 - 6:28 - 8:14 10:00 from San Jacinto in Houston, piled up 79 yards in 13 carries. The Owlets’ eight TD’s were di vided between McNeill Moore, from Center, Texas, who scored twice; as did Gaskamp; and Kosse John son, Denny Marsters, Bobby War ren, and Blois Bridges; quarter back Bobby Leggett to Blois Bridges in pay dirt completed the scoring for Rice. Rice’s first score came when the game was only four minutes old. Their second followed soon after ward, and the first half ended with the little Owls ahead 27-0. Ray mond Fenstemaker did all the point-after-TD kicking for the Owlets, making four good, out of eight attempts. On three punts the Owlets aver aged 57 yards, while the Fish, be cause ' of partially-blocked kicks, averaged only about 30. Mayeaux Scores The only Fish tally was the re sult of a 65 yard march on the “ground and in the air. Brilliant passing by Salyer, whose tosses seemed to click dur ing the third and final periods, and great running by Pete Mayeaux accounted for the sudden and in spiring drive on the Owlets’ goal. Haskell’s Bobby Price made the conversion to make the score 7-33. A&M threatened to cross the double stripe once more, at the end of the third quarter when a 54-yard aerial and ground drive culminated in Rice’s taking possession of the ball on downs after two Salyer passes were thrown for losses by the efforts of the Owlets defense. Injuries partially impaired the offensive play of the Fish since three men, Burt Koegl, John Neal, and John Gibbens were side-lined. The defensive backfield play of the Fish team was better than par, but they had bad breaks on of fense; intercepted passes and fum bles were their main problems. Buck Gibson and Don Criswell played outstanding games on de fense, making many jarring tackles and stopping the still kicking Owl ets cold on three or four occa sions. —Beat SMU— Fred Benners Johnny Champion Benners leads the Southwest Conference in total pass offense with 914 yards. Champion is the smallest member of the Ponies quartet but his speed and maneuverability prove helpful Maroon & White . . . . . . Sports Chatter The Aggies continued working last time an Aggie eleven defeated hard yesterday for their weekend I the SMU Mustangs was in 1946. game with Southern Methodist |. . . Score 14-0. Pass defense was the word as Backfield Coach Dick Todd and Assistant Coach Gil Steinke put the defnsive backfield through an extra hard workout. . . Looking especially good were Charley McDonald, Augie Saxe, Yale Lary, Glenn Lippman, and Billy Tidwell . . . Tidwell returned ' to the starting line-up for the com ing week after having set out at, the start of the Arkansas game | because of minor injuries. . . i Lary, who last week sparkled J against Arkansas, scoring four i touchdowns, continued yesterday to j boot the ball with his always ever- j present power and precision. . . Linebacker Jimmy Flowers, who ' is from Dallas, is working harder I than ever for this game as is every- j one else, says he, “I’ve got a special ; reason” . . . Flowers played high school ball at Highland Park where j he was an all-stater. . . He played along with the Doaker and the rest. . . Roommates Dorbandt Barton and Bob Bates are two of the Aggies best men on the defensive platoon of the Cadet eleven. . . They .too are eager for Saturday. . . 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