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Hillhouse, Meyer, Smith, Tidwell • Four Aggies Share Offensive Honors f By RALPH E. GORMAN, JR. •Battalion Sports News Editor I Two in the backfield and two in the line. I That’s the way the Battalion Sports Staff saw it in Saturday’s battle with Rice on Kyle Field, when that department chose the recipients of the Back and Line men of the Week awards. | Bouncing Bill Tidwell and Bruis ing Bob Smith are the Cadet back- field stars who gain the honor and do so by virtue of their outstand ing individual records over the weekend. ■" In the department directly in front of the backfield Hugh Meyer and Andy Hillhouse are the Stite- krmen who receive the Battalion dward this week for spectacular play against the Owls. T 11) W E L L maintained the feJ "] highest average *“'• of the South- | west Confer- ence’s leading ball carriers, while Smith gained more yards than any member of the same group of stars. In 13 plays from s c r i m- mage, A&M’s bouncing halfback from Hearne garnered 72 yards through the Feathered Flock’s for ward wall for a rushing average of 5.5 yards per carry. This bet tered Rice’s top fullback George Glauser’s performance for the af ternoon. Glauser ranked second Call your local Greyhound Agent for complete infnumation on low fares and convenient schedules. Ames Travel Agency, North Gate, Phone 4-7114 among the ball carrier* with a 4.5 average for his 11 carries. Early in the tmru period of the Owl-Aggie contest Saturday, Tid well scooted through the left tackle slot and eluded the Rice secondary on a play that carried for 12 yards and the final Cadet goal crossing. Tidwell’s seasonal record credits him with a net gain of 462 yards in 70 carries for a ranking of sixth among the leading ball toters in SWC play. His average of 6.6 yards per carry places him second behind teammate Smith in that column. •In eight games, (Tidwell did not suit up for the VMI tilt because of injuries, but was ready on the sidelines if needed) the 20 year old, 175 pound junior has crossed the double stripe six times for 36 points and a ranking- of fifth among the leading scorers SMITH a c- counted for more yards gained than any of the top ball carriers throughout the SWC over the past week-end when he turned in a net gain of 101 yards in the 27 times that he lugged the pig skin. An average pickup of 3.7 yards per Carry, places the Cadet all- American fullback candidate third in Saturday’s average column. This feat can hardly go without recognition, for it was the 190 pound Houstonian who was the ob ject of the concerted afforts of the entire Rice team. The Owls were determined to stop the devastating running play of the rugged Smith, but 101 yards was the best that they could do. 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Although the former all-state fullback failed to score in Satur day’s tilt, he maintained the lead in conference scoring with the 14 times that he has entered paydirt for a total of 84 points. MEYER a 208 pound center from Gaines ville is a main stay at the pivot post and is lauded for his consistency in passbacks. Re garded highly for his prowess of the gridiron, the husky jun ior produces great blocking for Aggie offensive marches. Meyer was named among the 34 up-front huskies this week who were nominated by the na tion’s sportswriters and sports- casters for the Associated Press’ Lineman of the Week award. At 22, Meyer has one varsity letter to his credit and is bidding for his second this year with still another year of eligibility remain ing. Majoring in petroleum engineer ing, the No. 1 Cadet pivot man would like to try his hand at professional football upon grad uation before entering the oil industry. HILLHOUSE, on three passes, accounted for 44 of the 64 yards that the Cadets passing game net ted last Saturday. One of these aerials went the final nine yards of a 67 > yard first period scoring drive for the initial cadet tally. On this play, A&M’s 225 pound ’Mural News , By JOE BLANCHETTE Thrilling football tilts Were the order of the day. as the intramural leagues continued to operate for the eighth consecutive week. A “razzle-dazzle” offense ver sus a bruising ground game evolved from the A CWS-A Signal con test. Kenneth Pipes and Hamp Oliver kept the A Sig pass defense confused all afternoon with short jump passes and long range aerials. Chapman of the Sigs was the star for the winners as he loped across on the final play of the game to hand the signalmen a 7-6 victory. A CWS drew the first “blood” in the contest late in the first per iod. Two long runs and two com pleted passes off the arm of Pipes set the ball on the Signal’s 10 yard line. The second play from scrimmage from that point gave the Chems a TD as Pipes shot a pass to Oliver. The same combina tion failed to connect for the ex tra-point. On the final play of the game Chapman bulled his way over the goal to tie the game at 6-6. White tallied the extra-point as he cut over the center of the line and hit the treasured pay-dirt. The final score, A Sig 7, A CWS 6. A Ord stopped A CAC 7-0; A QMC pushed ASA all over the field in winning 12-0. D Seniors continued to roll in the intramural competition by overwhelming B Inf 25-13. C Seniors also chalked up a win by edging past A FA, 10-6. Basketball In a play-off cage battle Pur- year triumphed over Legget 20-15. Reeves of Puryear was the high pointer of the afternoon with nine digits. Martin paced the losers with four counters. Puryear led at halftime 7-4. Keller led the Freshman Band to a 17-12 win over Co. 11. The hustling little bandmen hooked in 11 points. Bill Couch of Bizzell was high point maker of the afternoon with 10 buckets but his efforts were to no avail as Milner thumped the Bizzellmen 23-17. Thomson of the winners tallied eight. Co. 8 edged past Co. 9, the score being 17-15. Tennis K AF stopped C FA on the net courts, 6-1 and 5-3. A Composite defeated B Eng 5-0 and 5-0. D Inf encountered a little more compe tition in downing B AF 5 : 0, 7-3. C Vets waltzed to a victory over D AF, 5-3, 6-1. B CAC dropped B Composite 5-1, 5-1, and 2-5. Horseshoes In the two horseshoe contests of the afternoon B FA defeated A Eng in two straight matches. Lynn Rhodes, Richard Alexander, Royce Brimberry, and John Lam bert pitched I AF to a win over E Inf. Give the Perfect Gift . . . MUSIC The Columbia 33'/r record player S12.95 Fully automatic player — $16.95 The RCA 45rpm Automatic Phonograph . . . $29.95 YOU CAN AFFORD THE BEST AT Shaffer’s Book Store N. Gate Opposite the P.O. Tennessee Vols, Coached By Ex-Aggie, Accept Balks Bowl Newcomers to the Cotton Bowl turf, the University of Tennessee accepted an invitation last night to play Texas University in Dal las’ Cotton Bowl Jan. 1 Coached by Bob Neyland, a na tive Texan and former football hero at A&M, the Volunteers took all-American end candidate had to fight Rice defenders Haddox and Silver for possession of Aggie Quarterback Dick Gardemal’s toss, but the 6’ 3” wingman fell from the three-man contest with the ball firmly in his grip. At the left end post Hillhouse produced good downfield blocking for his teammates’ running attack when he wasn’t employed as a po tential pass receiver. In the final period the Alvin end set up a possible Cadet tally when he snagged a 22 yard aerial off the arm of Delmer Sikes, and lateraled to Fullback Bob Smith when be was bogged down by Rice defend ers. Named honorable mention on United Press’ all-American team in 1948, Hillhouse ranks as the No. 5 pass receiver in SWG competition with 18 catches for a gain of 351 yards. Six of Hillhouse’s 18 aerial snags have carried into the promised land for a total of 36 points and a ranking of fifth among the lead ing scorers in SWC play to make him the highest scoring end in the conference. only one day to make the decision. A native of Greenville, Ney land was at A&M in 1910 when he was a quarterback under the late Charley Moran, and a first baseman on the Cadet base ball team. Neyland left Aggieland that year after he received an appointment tc West Point, where he was a great all round athlete. During World War II Neyland was stationed at Dallas as head of the Southwest Division, Army Engineers. He was a brigadier general in the far East. Neyland made the acceptance in a telephone conversation with Joe C. Thompson, Jr., president of the Cotton Bowl Athletic* Association, and chairman of the bowl’s selec tion committee. “We are happy to have Tennes see, which was the first choice of Athletic Director D. X. Bible and Coach Blair Cherry of the Uni versity of Texas, Thompson said. “The Tennessee acceptance is, of course, subject to approval of the Southeastern Confei’ence, but there is no doubt but that this will be forthcoming.” Tennessee is the second straight Southern team to split the $250,000 school’s share of the Cotton Bowl gate receipts, as Rice defeated North Carolina 27-13 last New Year’s Day. The Cotton Bowl which seats 75,349 has been sold out since Nov. 1. —Based on AP Re ports. Battalion Sports THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1950 Page 5 !.50 PER DAY FLOOR WEAR es oniy'smn deep'' Sand o$ that dull surface coat and you'll have new floors again. It's as easy as running the vacuum cleaner and you can sand 3 or 4 rooms a day. 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