Lippman Keeps Going Aggie Left Halfback Glenn Lippman regains his balance on his right hand before squirming on through for three more yards. Against the Rice Owls Saturday, Lippman carried the ball nine times for a net gain of 20 yards. He now ranks as the No. 7 ball carrier in SWC play. Fish, Shorthorn Elevens Clash Thursday at 2 On Kyle Field A&M’s Fish footballers will be out to break a three-game losing streak when they tangle with the University of Texas Shorthorns on Kyle Field tomorrow afternoon at 2. Having a 1-3 record for the sea son, both teams arc entering the fray with the worst conference rec ord they have ever held prior to the annual tilt. Tomorrow’s battle be tween the two freshman elevens is the fourth sponsored by the Ben Hur Shiiners. The profits are used by the Shriners in maintaining the crippled children’s clinic in Austin. A&M holds the series lead with two wins while Texas has won one. The Fish finished victorious the past two years, 14-0 and 13-0, but the Shoythorns won the opener of the annual grudge battle, 16-0, in Austin. Never Won Game Before the series began the Ca dets had never won a game, with TU but they were also never skunked by the Texans. This may mean that Thursday’s game will be NCAA Football Statistics . . Smith, Ags Still Rank High ttawi GWENN ■ SptiitjBVINGTON • Pwt uh • scoih bukeu HELD OVER -A 2, ' n 9'Vw Pf*:' Lavish Scenes / - "T"' fl'sb great • Paramount presents BETTY HUIMBI, with tiOLAND RUM lUCHE GREGORY 'Q+ if Produced by Direcud by ROBERT FELLOWS • NORMAN 7 MCLEOD Screenplay by Allan Scott Additional Dialogue by Dane Lussitr By RALPH GORMAN Coach Harry Stiteler’s Aggies and A&M’s all-American fullback candidate, Bruisin’ Bob Smith con tinue to rank high in the statistical comparison of the hundreds of col lege teams and the thousands of gridiron stars across the nation. In a release from the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau on offi cial football statistics, Smith main tains a strong fourth place among the nation’s rushing stars and six teenth in total offense. Arizona State’s Wilford White is holding the reins in the na tional rushing game with a total of 1,335 yards to lead A&M’s Smith by only 110 yards. The Bruisin’ Houstonian is but 35 yards away from second placer, Nebras ka’s Bob Reynolds, while Drake’s ’Mural News By JOE BLANCHETTE intramural Co-Editor Several cage champions have al ready been named‘Tn •various- bas ketball leagues of the Intramural Leagues. B Coast Artillery has been declared the winner of League A; B Field Artillery the victor of League B; E Infantry the cham pion of League D; E Air Force the first place club in League E; and A Cavalry the top quintet in League H. Only two basketball games, three football battles and five ten nis matches were reeled off in Tuesday’s play. 9 Basketball Bill Thorhton looped in six tal lies to pace the Marketing and Finance Club to a 19-11 win over the Fish and Game Club. Losh led the fishermen with three counters. The Business Society romped to a 32-2 win over the hapless Range and Forestry quintet. Goldstein and Alexander of the businessmen were the game’s high point men with eight each. Moore also of the Business Society hooked in six digits. Tom Shiflet scored (See 'MURAL NEWS, Page 4) John Bright holds but a seven yard edge on Smith for the No. 3 position. Smith Still Doesn’t Pass Of the 20 stars named in the total offensive division, Smith is the only one who has established a position ih this phase of statis tics without the aid of passes. In nine games of the 1950 season, the Southwest Conference’s leading ball carrier has never been on the starting end, of a pass play. In team standings of total of fense the SWC suffered a slight set back in games of Nov. 18 when the Aggies dropped to a tie for fifteenth place with the University of Washington from their stand as No. 11 last week. Southern, Methodist, fifth a week ago, lost their lofty perch and just squeezed inside the top ten._ The Mustangs show a game average of 399.5 yards in total offense, while the Farmers have totaled 3,441 yards for an average of 382.3 yards per game. Ninth In Rushing The only SWC eleven among the top-rushing-tea-ms,' A&M ranks ninth this week as compared with their sixth place rating of a game ago. In nine games the Cadets have rushed through the opposing forward walls 477 times for a total of 2,567 yards and an average of 285.2 yards per game or 5.4 yards per play. On the East coast, a Princeton eleven leads, bqth the rushing and total offense of the nation’s teams with an average of 349 yards per game on rushing plays and 468.9 yards, overall. SMU and Fred Benners rank high in yardage gained via the ozone. The Methodists are the No. 1 team on forward passing offense with 133 completions out of 245 attempts, totaling 1,877 yards and showing' a completion percentage of .543. Mustang adversaries have in tercepted 18 of these aerials, while 13 tosses have scored TD’s. . Benners No. 5 Passer Washington’s Heinrich leads the league in passing with a comple tion percentage of better than .600, but Benners is close by in the No. 5 spot with .578 for the 89 times that he has completed in 154 at tempts. Baylor’s Larry Isbell shows up a little farther down the line as the No. 17 passer with a completion percentage of .480. Isbell, and Company are the only SWC members ranking in the punt ing division, which is led by Colo rado and their specialist, Jordan. Colorado has a team punting aver age of 44.6 yards on each of his 38 punts. (See STATISTICS, Page 4) Michigan State Unable To Play In Cotton Bowl Chicago, Nov. 22—(A 5 )—Michigan State College yesterday was re fused permission by the Big Ten to play Texas in the Cotton Bowl game at Dallas, New Year’s Day although it had not received a for mal invitation. Michigan State, the Western Conference’s football member-in name-only, had received Cotton Bowl feelers and sought to clear the way to accept a formal bid if it were offered. A petition by Michigan State asked the conference to waive , a regulation banning post-season grid play in any game except the Rose Bowl. Big Ten Commissioner K. L. (Tug) Wilson said the request was denied. No official vote of the nine conference members was announc ed, but it was understood the bal lot was overwhelmingly against the waiver. Not Eligible For Bowl As a non-championship confer ence member, Michigan State is not eligible for the Rose Bov/1. It enters football title competition in 1953. The Spartans lost only to Mary land in nine starts this season, and scored wins over three Big Ten members as well as Notre Dame. At Lansing, Mich., Dean L. C. Emmons, MSC faculty representa tive in the Big Ten, said: “Michigan State received a bid from the Cotton Bowl and we were anxious to accept same. Through myself and Athletic Director Ralph Young, the college asked permis sion of the Big Ten to accept the bid.” At Dallas, Cotton Bowl Presi dent Joe C! Thompson Jr., empha sized Michigan State had not been invited formally. “Serving the Aggies and their Families” State Wo.%1 ULTRA MODERN CABINS (for the end of a perfect day) North of Sulphur Springs Rd. on Hwy. 6 South Rt. 3, Bryan, Texas Phone 6-2024 “Michigan State was one of the teams oh the list of preferred op ponents, given us by the University of Texas (the host team),” he said. “We asked Michigan State whether it could play if it were in vited. But we did not make any invitation for it to play here. “We have a large number of teams under consideration. We have contacted Pi’inceton and Ar my, among others, but we have not issued a formal invitation to any team.” Team Expresses Regret Players and doaches alike joined in expressing regret that the Big Ten had vetoed the suggestion that Michigan State, newcomer to the Western Conference, engage in the bowl game. Head Coach Biggie Murin de clared, “I feel very sorry for the boys for it is a disappointment for them. When I was in college, I was refused permission to play in a Shrine gaihe for the benefit of crippled children. Therefore, I know just how badly the boys feel in losing out on a chance to play in a bowl game.” Beat TU close. In the nine games played be tween the two Freshman teams, Texas has won seven to A&M’s two. The scores since the series began in 1937 are (with A&M’s score being given first) 6-14, 6-7, 0-2, 7-18, 7-18, 0-12, 0-16, 14-0, and 13-0. Coach Perron Shoemaker, A&M’s freshman coach, is confident that the Aggies can defeat the favor ed Shorthorns if they play the heads-up ball of which they are capable. In the majority of their games, Shoemaker added, the Fish have had bad breaks which have cost heavily. Bad Breaks Hurt In reference to Shoemaker’s statement, proof can be found by checking the fact that in two of games lost by the Cadets, over 12 fumbles occurred. But, Shoemaker concluded, the Fish footballers are not altogeth er to blame for the losses since the majority of the players are nOw occupying different positions than they did while competing in high school. Also the T formation is hew to the majority of the team members since the single wing is almost predominate in Texas’ high schools. Probable starters in tomorrow’s backfield include Johnny Salyer in the quarterback position; Don Cris well, right half; either Buck Gib son or Johnny Cavileer in the left halfback slot and Pete Mayeaux, running from the fullback spot. Salyer to Start Salyer was an all-district quar terback while attending Austin High and was also all-state honor able mention. The 5’ 8”, 165 pound er is a better runner than a pass er, but after more experience with the T, he should become one of the best. Criswell and Gibson, both from Rising Star, were known as the “touchdown twins” in high school. And no wonder. Both were all district for two-consecutive sea sons, and Gibson led high school scorers' last year with 257 points. His total high school scoring amounted to 423 points in three years of competition. Rising Star won the Class B track championship in 1949 and both of the “touchdown twins” were integral parts of the squad. Criswell rah oh the mile relay team that set a new record, and Gibson won the 440-yard dash for the second time in ’49. All-district for two-years while enrolled in high school at De- Quincey, La., Mayeaux , is , leading the Cadets in scoring this season. He has crossed the double stripe four times and has booted three points-after-touchdown, tp have scored 27 of the Fish’s 40 points. Cavileer—Versatile When Austin High’s football team went to the state finals in ’49, Cavileer went with them, but he failed to gain any mention on district, regional, or state teams. This year he has shown up excep tionally well, having scored one of the Fish’s touchdowns, and may alternate with Gibson against the Shorthorns. Lettering three years in high school track and winning the state broad jump title last year, Cavileer is another one of the versatile Fish backs. Starting in the offensive ends positions will be Eric Miller and Bobby Price. Before coming to A&M, Miller played in the fullback position for the Bartlett High ele ven and was named to the all-dis trict team in ’49. He was also all district in basketball, baseball and placed in the state discus toss EXCLUSIVELY AT SHAFFER’S . . . Let the home folks show your colors MADE EXPRESSLY TO YOUR ORDER . . . Plaques: to be used as wall plaques or hot plates—Ea. $1.75 Glasses: ten-oz. ‘T’ glasses by Libby . . The dozen—$2.50 You Can Afford the Best at— SHAFFER’S BOOK STORE N. Gate Across from the P.O. DO YOU HATE BAD MEDICINE? Sure you do... AND SO DO YOUR CLOTHES—so why not bring them to us and let us give them some GOOD MEDI CINE. Friendly, fast service just like you want it. * AGGIE CLEANERS N6rth Gate College Station finals. Price, a 200-pounder from Has kell, was all-district for two-yearg arid will play in the right end slot. Center Men The top three men holding the line down , in the middle will be Guards William Burtchell, Louis Capt, and Center Robert Gosney. Gosney was all-district for three straight years and honorable men- Probable Starters LE Miller Ingrham LT Gibbons Burnett LG Buvtchill Studer C Gosriey Seaholm RG Capt Trafton RT Morgan Hestand RE Price Spring Qb Sayler Smith RH Criswell Branch LH Gibson Calhoun FB Mayeaux Sullivan Last Day $ Lucky License $ “THE SECRET FURY” tiori in state for two-years. Capt wag all-district for two years, while Burtchell was all- state for three years, all-southern (See FISH CLASH, Page 4) TODAY and THURSDAY FIRST RUN —Feature Starts-— 1:23 - 3:36 - 5:54 - 7:57 - 10:00 RISC RAH DE starring JOHN WAYNE • MMIREEN O'HARA A REPUBLIC PICTURE NEWS — CARTOON PICTURE FRAMING Chaphian’s decorative department associates the proper color tones in picture frames and mats with your photograph or print . . . ready for hanging by Christmas. Chapman’s Paint & Wallpaper Co. “Next to the Postoffice” Bryan Dial 2-1318 Battalion SPORTS WED., NOV. 22, 1950 Page 3 Get yourself some of these New Interwoven Socks . . . New Patterns . . . New Colorings . . . 75c the pair. LEON B. WEISS /.• - S, ' ’ by ■ . ,,v > .Nv i. v Ar'i''' f ' ■ )' ■ MILITARY CIVILIAN FURNISHERS CLOTHIERS obody’s pulling the feathers over this bird’s eyes! He’s spent too many semesters in Psychology I. He knows — as any smart smoker knows — that you can’t make up your mind about cigarette mildness on one fast puff or a quick sniff. A one-inhale comparison certainly doesn’t give you much proof to go on. That’s why we suggest: The Sensible Test ... The 30-Day Camel Mildness Test, which simply asks you to try Camels as your steady smoke — on a pack after pack, day after day basis. No snap judgments needed. After you’ve enjoyed Camels — and only Camels — for 30 days in your “T-Zone” (T for Throat, T for Taste) we believe you’ll know why... More People Smoke Camels iimn any athar