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i Ags 6th, Smith 4th In Natl Rushing With its jump among the top 12 teams in the nation according to the majority of the polls, A&M also took a rapid rise in the statistical department, according to the Na tional Collegiate Athletic Bureau. In rushing offense, the Cadet eleven is ranked sixth, with Ariz ona State holding the first spot with a total of 2,860 yards to the 2,349 of the Aggies. The only team in the top 15 which the Farmers have played is Oklahoma, who is in the 10th spot with a total of 1,964 yards. The Aggies are 11th in total of fense while SMU is fifth, while again Arizona State is in the driv ers seat. But the big gun from the Southwest Conference is A&M’s Bruisin’ Bob Smith. Smith 4th In Nation Smith, A&M’s mighty fullback, thrust his way into the fight for the national rushing crown when he carried 29 times for 297 yards in crushing SMU, the top one-game burst of the season. The NCAA Service Bureau calls Smith’s ram page, which included touchdown runs of 74 and 73 yards, the great est rushing damage ever inflicted by an individual on a major rival. The only two higher one-game figures in the major-college record book are 326 yards by Fred Wendt of Texas Mines against New Mex ico A&M in 1948, and 307 yards by Curtis Kuykendall of Auburn against Miami (Fla.) in ’44. In both instances, the Bureau says, the opposition was below par. He has gained a total of 1,124 yards in 151 carries for a 7.4 average. Smith’s big blast carried him past Everett Grandelius of Mich igan State into fourth place and into what promises to be a hot fight for rushing honors among Smith, Whizzer White of Arizona State of Tempe and Bob Reynolds, of Nebraska. Smith also holds the 16th position. Johnny Bright, Drake’s Negro ball-carrier and passer, is through for this season, his schedule fin ished, and as far as Drake’s op position is concerned it will be all right if Johnny doesn’t come back for his senior year. - Christmas cards you want to send—in our larger-than-ever collection now on display. Come see them soon, won’t youl Who CELOPAX CARDS 10 for only 29c TAYLOR’S Campus Variety North Gate College No back in the country has been as all-fired destructive as the 200- pound terror of the plains. By scoring four times and pass ing for another six points against Iowa State last Saturday, Bright ran his touchdown-responsibility record to 30 in nine games. He ran for 18 and passed for 12. His team scored only 36 in all. The previous TD record of 23 was held jointly by Stan Heath of Nevada and Charlie Justice of North Carolina. Bright’s new total offense record of 2,400 rushing-passing yards eclipses by 213 the previous record of 2,187 set eight years ago by Frankie Sinkwich of Georgia. Bright’s average of 266.7 yards per game outstrips the previous best—-Heath’s 221.3 in 1948. His two-season record of 4,350 yards betters the 4,003 total established by Sinkwich in 1941-42. Smith to Pass Bright Bright presently is second to White in rushing, but he is through for the year while Reynolds and Smith each has two games to go. It appears certain each will pass him. In pass completions, Dave Cun ningham of Utah clung to a slim lead over Washington’s Don Hein rich—104 bullseyes to 102. Hen- rich, however, leads in aerial yard age, 1,372 to 1,296 for Billy Weeks of Iowa State, and is the only toss- er who has hit better than 60 per cent of his receivers. Babe Parilli of Kentucky has hurled the most scoring passes, 18. Southern Methodist leads in total pass offense with an average of 260 yards for each of their eight (See SMITH, Page 4) Battalion SPORTS WED., NOV. 15, 1950 Page 3 Defensive Backs of the Week Buddy Shaeffer Charley McDonald All three of the surrounding Ag gie halfbacks played heads-up defensive ball against SMU, and were tied in the final poll for the weekly honor. Yale Lary Lary, McDonald, Shaeffer Gain Defense Back Honors Ags Ranked 12th by AP In W eekly F ootball Poll The Texas Aggies are rolling again. Gaining one first place vote and a total of 239 points, the Cadets jumped to the No. 12 spot on the Associated Press Football Rating Poll after their 25-20 win over the Mustangs. SMU now holds 14th place, hav ing dropped from seventh. Texas, ranked fifth last week, dropped to sixth place although they edged past the Baylor Bears, 27-20, last Saturday. At the top of the list stands once defeated Ohio State. The Buckeyes gained the No. 1 position with the assistance of the majority of third place votes received, although Army, No. 3 this week after hav ing been on top last week, re ceived the largest number of first place votes. A&M, TU Better OHS? Two teams in the SWC—A&M and Texas—can claim to be better than the first place team having beaten the Ponies., Ohio State, however, will meet a tough test this week at Champaign, taking on Johnny Karras and company from Illinois. Ohio State, the Big Ten ruler, gained the top position after a tingling 19 to 14 victory over Wisconsin. A win over the Buckeyes will send Illinois to the Rose Bowl. The fall of Army is the big news in the weekly Associated Press poll. The unbeaten Cadets, 51 to 0 winners over little New Mexico Saturday, actually received the most first place votes, 72. Army, which barely edged Cali fornia for third, got 2,272 points. California’s total was 2,126. Kentucky, the only other team over the 2,000-point mark, with 2,001, was fifth. Then, in order, (See POLL, Page 4) By RALPH GORMAN Yale Larry . . . Charley McDon ald . . . Buddy Shaeffer , . . these three members of the A&M’s 1950 gridiron aggregation were regard ed as standouts in the Aggie back- field defense when the Mustangs of Southern Methodist were turned back 25 to 20 last Saturday in Dallas’ magnificent Cotton Bowl. Participating in every phase of football defense, these three lads staged a show all their own. Tackling, knocking down intend ed aerials, intercepting two Ben ners tosses, and returning punts— add all these up and it will prove that Lary, McDonald, and Shaef fer were a trifle busy with their gridiron obligations this past Arm istice Day. Ag'Cagers Work Hard Preparing for 1st Tilt By JOHN DeWITT A&M basketballers are working long and hard nowadays in pre paration for their first tilt on December 1st with North Texas Teachers. Coach John Floyd, the new Aggie mentor, seems to be well pleased with the improvement his charges have shown in the past two weeks. The Cadets are doing exception ally well in picking up their new style of play. Coach Floyd says he is still doubtful as to what his starting lineup will be, and added that he probably won’t know until the opening date. Leading candidates for starting berths at the present time are Jewell McDowell, Buddy ’Mural News By JOE BLANCHETTE Intramural Co-Editor A raft of forfeits marred Tues day’s intramural play but never theless the grid battles, cage wars, and tennis contests were reeled off for the second consecutive day after the victorious Dallas Corps Trip. • Basketball Stephen sank the winning field goal in the final 15 seconds of play as Company 3 continued undefeat ed in intramural play by edging past the hustling heretofore unde feated cagers of Company 2, 20- 19. Steinman of Company 3 led the scorers of the contest with 10 tal lies. Mittee led the losers with eight counters. (See MURAL, Page 4) GIFTS.. Bought on our Lay-Away Plan Actually Save You Money ! ! • Electric Appliances ■K • Kitchenware • Silver • Dishes • Lamps • Crystal Davis, Bob Farmer, Marvin Mar tin, John DeWitt, and Don Heft. Woody Walker, Leroy Misch, Eddie Houser, Glenn Williams, and Don Garrett are also showing consider able promise and will likely see a lot of service in the approaching campaign. Returning Lettermen Returning lettermen from last year’s Aggie quint are McDowell, Davis, Martin, Houser, and DeWitt. Farmer, Williams, and Walker were squadmen last season and saw only limited service. Misch, Heft, arid Garrett were regulars on the Freshmen crew last winter. Jewell McDowell, the brilliant little Aggie guard who was men tioned on several All-American se lections at the close of last season, was also a unanimous for the All- Southwest Conference team foiYthe 1949-50 campaign. Davis and De Witt also received mention on the mythical Southwest Conference all- star quintet. Cadets Top Contender The Cadets are rated a leading contender for the Southwest Con ference title by pre-season fore casters. The favorite will likely be the Arkansas Razforbacks, who have a seven-footer on their squad. SMU, Texas and TCU are also expected to make things rough in the title scramble. The Baylor Bears, after taking 4th place in the 1950 N. C. A. A. playoffs, are in the process of re building and at present are some what of a dark horse. Rice is not expected to be as strong as in recent years but do claim one of the Conference’s lead ing scorers in Joe McDermott. According to the experts, the brand of basketball displayed in the conference should be a great improvement over that of last sea son. The title chase should be nip- and-tuck affair right down to the wire. Beat Rice LAST TIMES TODAY “STAGE FRIGHT” THURSDAY & FRIDAY HENRY A. MILLER North Qate Phone 4-1145 (Wring mom obrien PAMELA BRITTON LUTHER ADLER^ _ Md hleo C Mate 1 Hatty«fadii" Protac • IsieKsd Him Wsli LARY, a 180 pound junior let- terman from North Side of Fort Worth has punted 45 times this season for an average of 39 yards per boot to rank in the No. 3 spot in the SAVC. He maintained that same average against the Mus tangs and would have probably had more had he not booted seve ral of these into coffin corner. Employed on defense the major ity of the ' game, the 6’ 0” Cow- towner garnered three assisted tackles in halting the Methodist power. While playing safety, Lary tuck ed in Kyle Rote’s punt on the Cadet two-yard line and scooted up the West sidelines to the Mustang 36 for a 62 yard runback. A Rote pass was knocked down by this alert Aggie in the second period and but a few moments be fore halftime, the elusive Lary came from nowhere to intercept a toss in the end zone and grind his way to the Farmer 14 before be ing. run out of bounds. McDONALI), 165 pound junior letterman from Thomas Jefferson in Port Arthur lacks only size in his brand of ball playing but has been a mainstay at defensive half back for several weeks. Mustang partisans were well aware of the gridiron prowess of the 22 year old as he stopped the '“great Rote” many times when ad ditional yardage was an impor tant factor in the SMU offense. It was McDonald, who stopped Rote cold on the one-yard line when the Cadets staged their great goal-line-stand early in the second quarter. This ended a 20-down threat which the Ponies had mus tered in trying to score. Five unassisted tackles and four with assistance were chalked up to McDonald as he played one of the greatest games of his career. SHAEFFER, who answers to the same dimensions as teammate Lary, also turned in an outstand ing backfield defensive perfonn- aiice. Buddy filled the linebacker slot for nearly all the defensive min utes and stopped five Pony rush ing attempts alone, while being aided by other Cadets in stopping five othqrs. This wasn’t all that the El Paso lad did before the final gun sound ed, for he summoned all his speed to cover the SMU attempted passes like a blanket and on one of the occasions jumped over Ben White’s head to intercept one of Benners’ aerials. Coach Harry Stitelcr’s worries decrease a direct proportion with each week’s play and when performances such as those garner- 1 ed by these thi’ee Aggies are wit- i nessed each Saturday, there is no wonder why. When the all-conference defen sive team is selected at the close of this season, the names of Lary, McDonald, and Shaeffer 'will re ceive strong consideration. Beat Rice - Bruisin’ Bob Smith, coming round-the-bend for an extra few yards before being felled by an unidentified Mustang in last week’s 25-20 win over SMU. Smith is ranked fourth in the nation among the rushers with an average of 7.4 yards for each of 151 carries’. Going . .. Going... Gone • • • to the Campus Cleaners “Over the Exchange Store” “In the Old George’s” Maroon & White . . . . . Sports Chatter r pT^'V'-iT. Lucky License Nite Bing Crosby RIDING HIGH 1 Murray Holditch and Charley Royalty have been chosen by Head Coach Harry Stiteler to lead the Cadets against the Rice Owls, Sat urday afternoon on Kyle Field. . . . Holditch is a senior 6’ 0” guard from Blooming Grove, while Roy alty, also a senior, but playing left halfback is from Freeport. Head Trainer Bill Dayton reports that all of the Aggie squad will be ready for Rice come Saturday, and that everyone was suited in regu lar equipment yesterady with the exception of Carl Molberg and Elo Nohivitza, both of whom should be ready by gametime. . . . Bruisin’ Bob Smith is oj^ly 148 yards out of the top spot on the National ground gaining list. . . . Smith’s 301 gained-yardage against SMU last week is a record in the SWC and according to the NCAA Smith is the only person to have ever performed this feat against a major team. . . . Big guns in the Cadet forward wall which helped Smith were Cen ter Hugh Meyer and Guards Mol berg and Max Greiner. . . . Bruis in’ Bob’s own words ... . “Our ieam is doing better this year be cause of the way the line is block ing, especially so downfield and because the team is beginning to think more than it ever has before, plus plain ole’ hdstle . . .” Beat Rice LOUPOT'S Watch Dog of the Aggies DYERS-FUR STORAGE HATTERS lYKmmmxvYVKw; Loupot’s Trading Post—Agents eos’r oC " oi '- ite4 bo* Kltffc w00 ' Vnrt in co\® ts QUALITY P L US ECO N O MY LEON B. WEISS . , / !' ' . _ _ , •” Military • Civilian Furnishers Clothiers Boyett St. Next to Campus Theatre Time Was When all a newspaper had to worry about was getting the news and putting it before the people. 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