Williamson Yields;
A&M Sixth In Poll
By FRED WALKER
Sports News Editor
After sitting here for 30 minutes waiting for a great
big inspiration to conjure up a startling lead, we have de
cided to let you have it plainly and fully;
PAUL B. WILLIAMSON NOW RATES
TEXAS A&M SIXTH IN THE NATION.
Yas suh, Massa’ Paul came sidling out
of the Louisiana bayous to place those
Fightin’ Aggies behind only Army, Oklaho
ma, Kentucky, Texas and California in that
order. No doubt there was a great deal of
incense burned, several rapid barks at the
moon and a bushel or so of burnished po
tato chips tossed in the wind.
This is the way the first 20 teams have
been shuffled together: 1) Army, 2) Okla
homa, 3) Kentucky, 4) Texas, 5) California,
6) TEXAS A&M, 7) SMU, 8) Ohio State, 9)
Princeton, 10) Tennessee, 11) Wisconsin, 12) Pennsylvania,
13) Clemson, 14) Illinois, 15) Wyoming, 16) Wake Forest,
17) Miami, Fla., 18) Northwestern, 19) Alabama and 20)
Washington.
Some of these will probably come as a shock to you, so
here’s a quote from PBW:
“Readers will note that the System ranks according to
what is, not what ought to be. That is, it ranks teams in
the most ^consistent manner according to the actual results
of the season, by the old “who beat who” argument.”
That is all very well and fine, but we have two questions
to be answered.
• Why in the devil did Mr. Williamson have to wait
until A&M hit the first ten again before making this announce
ment?
• How do you explain Army and Kentucky?
To twist the connotation of “who beat who” a bit, just who
is “who” on the Army and Kentucky schedules? We have
already been through this once, so it won’t come as much of a
revelation to be told that both teams are playing an easy
schedule this year.
We just want to be shown some of those “who” teams in
connection with the Cadets and Wildcats. We’re not trying 1 to
discredit either of these fine elevens, but like that Missouri
mule, just show us when Army or Kentucky gained a victory
over one of the country’s top elevens.
Walker And Lippman! Who Won?
Walker
If you have last week’s ratings
you will notice the shakeups this
week. Army and Oklahoma changed
places as did Kentucky and Texas.
The newcomer to the top ten was
A&M—up from 27th—while last
week’s tenth-place Wisconsin fell to
11th.
The remaining SWC teams are
spread out quite a bit as Baylor, on
the strength of her showing against
Texas, jumped from 32nd to 26th.
Rice moved back one to 30th, TCU
moved up one to 44th, and Arkan
sas lost three notches while drop
ping to 67th.
Predictions Successful, Inspite of Upsets
The Soothsayer thinks that he
was mighty lucky to come out with
an 82.4 average this week, (from
60 major games forecasted) when
all of the upsets were taken into
consideration. Bowl officials and
the System were thrown into a
panic when Louisville tied hereto
fore undefeated and untied Miami.
Says Williamson, “ . . . a feat
roughly comparable to a flea
throwing a mouse ...” Some flea
PBW.
When VMI (Remember them?
A&M .52, VMI 0) beat Georgia
Pech 14-13, The Citadel whomped
South Carolina 19-7 and favored
Temple was walloped 0-35 by Buck-
ftell, the voice from New Orleans
could only sigh, “ . . . beyond ex
planation.” That’s all right, profes
sor, there’s many more of us still
sighing.
For games of the 18th, the Sys
tem comes out this way: Oklahoma
should continue to roll along this
week at the expense of Missouri;
the game of the week probably will
be Ohio State over Illinois; Army
should turn back Stanford; it
looks like Iowa over Notre Dame,;
Mississippi State ought to beat
LSU; Michigan should take North
western; Tulane ought to beat Vir
ginia in a reversal of the ratings;
Wisconsin over Penn; and Colum
bia over Navy.
In the SWC it stacks up this way: Texas over TCU;
SMU over Arkansas, and TEXAS A&M OVER RICE. Baylor
will be idle.
The Aggies have fought a long, hard battle and have
(See AGGIES, Page 4)
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Gallopin’ Glenn Lippman gets up steam to pound
out 18 yards as SMU’s Val Joe Walker (20) and
Dick Hightower (51) close in for the kill. Jack
Little (76) races up behind an unidentified Pony
to lend a hand but Walker made the tackle a few
seconds later. This was only one of many hard-
fought gains Lippman ground out during A&M’s
25-20 defeat of the Ponies.
Smith--Meyer Top Offensive
Back, Lineman Of Week
Bruisin’ Bob Smith is the selection for
this weeks honor of Offensive Back of the
Week. Leading the Aggies in their stinging
defeat of SMU, Bob virtually nailed down,
the title of All-American.
His running was nothing short of
sensational all afternoon, as fol
lowing his blocking perfectly, he
ran roughshod over the entire SMU
team. Charging through the line,
and then fakng the secondary silly
was the order of the day for Smith.
By picking up 297 yards on the
ground in 29 trigs, Brqistn’ Bob
gained an average of 10.2 yards for
his day’s work. With the combina
tion of great blocking and personal
determination, he has gained a
total of 1,124 yards on the ground
this season. This is an average of
7.4 yards per carry on each of his
151 tries, which places him far
ahead of other runners in the SWC
and increases his national standing
considerably.
Smith also leads the SWC in
scoring with a total of 14 touch
downs and a total of 84 points. The
14‘TD’s are equal to the total num
ber of touchdowns that the en
tire Aggie team scored last year.
This is the fourth time in eight
games that Smith has been named
“Back of the Week” by the Battal
ion Sports Staff. He is a Junior
Business major from Houston, who
will be with the Aggie team again
next year.
Beat Rice
’Mural News
By PAT LeBLANC
Intramural Co-Editor
Crosscountry runners will see
action Dec. 7, says Barney Welch,
Director of Intramurals. The up
perclassmen will spike the turf on
opening day of the crosscountry
run and the Freshmen are slated
to race on Dec. 8.
Entry blanks will be handed out
today, and those ’mural trackmen
who wish to partcipate in thg mar
athons must rhn the 1.7 mile course
at least five times prior to Dec. 7th
and 8th.
«
Handball
Handball games that were to be
played by last Friday, will be play
ed through Wednesday of this
week. All games not reported by
Wednesday will result in a forfeit
for both participants.
Whep handball players receive
slips for the scheduling of their
games, both players should meet
and arrange the date of play.
The winner of League H has al
ready been decided. A Armor emer
ged victor in this loop while B
CAC has won the title in League
A.
•
Football
Jewel Raymond, of L AF, bucked
across the goalstripe to score the
lone touchdown in L AF’s 7-0 con
quest of A Armor. Raymond had
previously set up the TD by a 20
yard scamper to the four. Gus
Blackmon added the extra point.
Willie Strief, Hal Truner and
Roy Moore stood out for the vic
tors, while John Coolidge, James
McGee and Joe Harris were A CAC
mainstays.
B CAC, through the efforts of
(See ’MURALS, Page 4)
A&M - TU Ticket
Sales to Start
Student tickets to the A&M-
TU Turkey Day football game
will go on sale in the MSC tick-
( ct booth, Nov. 15th with sales
continuing through the 22nd,
Ticket Sales Manager Howard
Nelson said early today.
Only 6, 916 tickets have been
allotted for A&M, Nelson added.
He also said that tickets left
over after 5 p. m. on the 22nd
will be sold as date tickets, be
ginning at 8 a. m. Nov. 23rd. On
the 24th, remaining ducats will
be sold to the general public,
Nelson concluded.
For his brilliant offensive line play in the
SMU game, Hugh Meyer has been named to
the post of Offensive Lineman of the Week
by the Battalion Sports staff.
A crushing 208 pound center, Meyer
blocked like a demon for the fleet
Aggie hacks all afternoon. At his
starting post of offensive center - ,
Hugh was one of the main reasons
that the Aggies gained so much
yardage on the ground.
His blocking was of the type that
coaches preach to their linemen. Hb
wodld carry out his assignment on
the line and then race down the
field to make key blocks in
the secondary. According to the
backs, Meyer was specially effec
tive on smashes through the cen
ter.
Meyer has been the regular start
er at the offensive center position
all season. The addition of two
year’s experience has developed
him into a candidate for All-Con
ference honors.
Down at Gainesville, Texas
Meyer was also an outstanding ath
lete in High School where he earn
ed seven letters in those pre-Aggie
days. Hugh is a petroleum engin
eering major who will be going
after his second letter. Aggie fans
will be glad to know that this top
notch peidormer has another year
of eligibility.
Beat Rice
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A&M took the lead in South
west Conference statistics over the
past weekend of league play which
left the Cadets holding first places
in seven of the 11 departments list
ed by Official SWC Statistics.
Bruisin’ Boh Smith, the Aggies
top candidate for All-America hon
ors this season, has contributed
greatly to five of the positions
held by the Cadets. Briefly here
are the first places that Smith
holds among conference opponents:
® Leading ground gainer with
1,124 yarxls in 151 carries for an
average of 7.4 yards for carry.
® Leading scorer with 14 touch
downs, a total of 84 points.
0 Leading total offensive leader
with 1,124 yards, all of which has
been gained on the ground.
« Unofficially, he is also, the
leader in the conference for long
runs having taken off on spurts
of 38, 50, 47, 69, 73, and 75 yards,
proving that he has speed as well
as abundant power.
Ags Lead Offense
The Aggies lead in total of
fense with 3,159 yards while SMU
is second with 3,046 yards. In
ground gaining A&M leads with
2,349 yards while second place
Arkansas is 837 yards behind with
a total of 1,512.
In total scoring the Cadets hold
a 67 point advantage, oyer the
second place Mustangs who have
224 points to the Aggies 291.
Battalion
SPORTS
TUBS., NOV. 14, 1950 Page 3
Leading the punt returners is
versatile Aggie Yale Lary with an
average of 24.1 for eight returns,
and the Cadet also holds third
place among the leading punters
with a 39.0 average for 45 punts.
Texas’ Bobby Dillon is second
among the punt returners with a
22.4 avei - age.
Larry Isbell of Baylor leads the
punters with a 41.1 average for
(See STITISTICS, Page 4)
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