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By FRANK N. MANITZAS
Battalion Sports Editor
Everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about
That’s the weather, and it certainly messed things up
throughout the sports world during the past
weekend.
Seven major upsets rocked the football
world—four of the games being played in
the snow. Four other games were completely
cancelled for the weekend and postponed.
Crowds at all of the games were at a min
imum, although tickets had been completely
sold.
In the Southwest Conference, two games
were played and both presented upsets.
Baylor handed Southern Methodist its
Manitzas third defeat in its last four starts, 3-0, and
Texas Christian overcame Rice, 26-14.
In the Big Ten Conference, everything went haywire.
Illinois, who seemed to have the Rose Bov/1 and confer
ence title cinched after their 13-6 win over Ohio State the
previous week, lost to Northwestern, 7-14. The Illini would
have still held the title had not Michigan done the almost
improbable and downed Ohio State, 9-3.
Perhaps the strangest thing in the Ohio State-Michigan
game was the total offense gained by each team. Michigan
gained 27 yards to Ohio State’s 41. Both teams set new
punting records as the Wolverines booted 24 times to the
Buckeyes 21.
0
On the coast, inspired Stanford held mighty California
to a 7-7 tie, although the Golden Bears still seem to be the top
choice for Michigan’s opponent jn the Rose Bowl.
Oklahoma, who for the second time this year was tied
at the half—A&M lied the Sooners 14-14 at halftime—
came back to win over Nebraska, 4D-35.
In other major games, Tennessee
kept alive its 15 year winning
sti'eak over Kentucky, winning 7-0;
Princeton garnered its first unde
feated season since 19d5, defeating
Dartmouth, 13-7; mighty Georgia
went wild in a minus 11 degree
weather skunking Furman, 40-0;
and Cornell won its third straight
game over Philadelphia, 13-G, with
only a fourth of the 52,000 ducat
holders appearing.
Alabama drubbed Florida, 41-13;
Clemson trounced Auburn, 41-0;
Harvard held down the expected
three TD difference in score, los
ing to Yale by only 6-14; UCLA
never flicked an eye in overrunning
Southern Cal, 39-0; Washington
State took a licking from its Uni
versity—Washington, 52-21, and
Fordham dropped New York Uni
versity, 13-0.
Bowl Games Approaching Fast
With regular football schedules
ending, the ever-looked-for bowl
games are making their appear
ances.
Of the top bowl tilts in the na
tion, only two are completely set
while others have one opponent.
The Cotton Bowl game pits the
University of Texas against Ten
nessee, and Oklahoma meets Ten
nessee in the Sugar Bowl A&M
meets Georgia in a post season tilt,
Dec. 9th, at College Park, Mary
land. <
Here’s the way it looks in the
other bowls:
Rose at Pasadena— California
vs Michigan. Both teams seem to
he in, but official notice has yet
to come through for either.
Sugar at New Orleans—Ken
tucky vs. OU, both affirmed.
Official notice on the Sooners’
acceptance came in late last night.
Orange at Miami— Miami vs
Clemson, Wyoming, Alabama, or
Fordham with Alabama looking as
the top team in the balloting.
Gator at Jacksonville—No teams
have yet been announced for thiF
game but officials say that by
Tuesday, both teams will be noti
fied.
Cadet Cagers Open
Season Against
ATS tn New Gym
By RALPH GORMAN
Friday, Dec. 1, Coach John
Floyd’s Cadet Cagers will open
their 1950-51 season against
Coach H. O. Shands’ Eagles of
North Texas State.
Along with the christening of a
new season, the contest will offi
cially open a new North Texas
State men’s gymnasium, seating
4,500.
Five lettermen and four squad-
men return to the Cadet basketball
lineup for this season along with
nine others who are up from the
ranks of the 1949-50 Fish team.
Floyd, who is a neophyte to
SWC basketball competition, learn
ed the famed Hank Iba system of
defensive play while playing at
Oklahoma A&M and is now teach
ing his own version of the sys
tem. With Floyd’s arrival at A&M,
a change of Aggie cage tactics
was instigated, and the new bas
ketball coach had this to say about
the change:
“Switch to New Style”
“The switch to a new style of
play will probably mean that A&M
may drop numerous eai'ly season
games, but by the latter stages of
the campaign the Cadets should
be hard to beat.”
Floyd continued, “Aggie fans
will see 95 percent of the 55 to 65
shots per game coming from a
short or medium-short range. The
In bowl games definitely set, the top ones seems to be in this
order:
December 1—Lions’ Bowl at Laurel, Miss.—Holmes County (Miss)
Junior College vs East Mississippi Junior College.
December 2—Potato Bowl, Bakersfield, Calif.—Olympic Junior
College vs unnamed opponent; Refrigerator Bowl Evansville, Ind.—
Gustavus Adolphus vs Abilene Christian; and Orange Blossom, Miami
—Florida A&M vs Wilberforcc (O.) State.
December 9—Presidential Cup Game, College Park, Md.—A&M
vs Georgia; Pythian Bowl at Salisbury, N. C.—Appalachian vs oppon
ent to be named; Little Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.—Long Beach,
(Calif.) City College vs opponent to bo named; Memorial Bowl at
Jackson, Miss.—Kilgore, Tex., Junior College vs one of the teams com
peting in Dec. 1 Lions’ Bowl.
January 1—Salad Bowl, Phoenix—Arizona State at Tempo vs un
named opponent; Sun Bowl, El Paso—West Texas State vs Cincinnati.
Oleander Bowl, Galveston—San Angelo vs Wharton, both junior col
leges.
Bruisin’ Bob Smith—One Man Team
It may be wrong to give one man
•credit for the vans dr losses of a
team, but we believe that we are
justified in giving Bruisin’ Bob
Smith’s individual record for the
year which is unsurpassed in the
conference.
Although we will be the first
to admit that a line and down-
field blocking play an important
part in the performance of an in
dividual back, we also believe that
the individual himself must have
something to be great:
Smith has that something.
He has scored 14 touchdowns, a
total of 84 points, which divided
gives an average of 9.2 points for
game.
He hasn’t played the entire time
that the Cadets have been on of
fense. This may explain why his
scoring and ground gaining which
are first in the Southwest arc not
even greater.
Another boon to Smith’s credit
is the greatest individual perfor
mance ever expounded by a runner
in the nation against a major
football power. He gained 301
yards while losing only four in
29 carries and scored two touch
downs against once highly touted
Southern Methodist.
He failed to score in only one
game and also failed to gain over
a hundred yards in only one game.
Here is Bruisin Bob’s individ-
ual record by games:
Game
IDs Crs.
Nevada
3
17
Tech
3
27
OU
1
19
VMI
2
13
TCU
i
24
Baylor
i
6
Arkansas ...
t
16
SMU
29
Rice
0
27
Totals ...
14
178
117
111
115
146
5.4
5.8
8.9
6.1
Bob Smith
In nine games, he has gained a
total of 1,225 yards in 178 car
ries for an average of 6.9 yards
per trip. All of the yardage gained
by Smith has been on the ground.
It is the greatest record, as far as
our files .idipYri ever .established by
a rusher m the SWC.
101 16.8
133 8.3
298 10.2
101 3.8
178 1225 6.82
Jn only two games this' season
have Aggie opponents outgained
Smith on the ground.
♦ Against Baylor, .Smith played
only during the first half, but
Richard Parma gained 113 yards
in 19 carries for an average of
5.8 yards for trip, playing the en
tire time on offense for Baylor.
® Billy Burkhaltcr gained 110
yards in 19 carries for an average
of 5.7 yards for carry. Both Bufk-
halter and Smith played the entire
game on offense.
But in both cases, Bruisin’ Bob's
average for carry exceeded the
two backs who outdistanced him.
Last year, Smith dropped from
first place in ground rushing the
last two gpnies, but this year it
seems virtually impossible, sinr? he
Jewell McDowell
All-SWC Guard
boys will take advantage of any
good, fast break opportunity, but
wrM be sure to have the basketball
in their possession when they reach
the offensive end of the court.”
Several capable ball handlers are
included on the Aggie roster that
should be successful in coping
with and mastering their new
mentor’s defensive style of play.
Morale High
Morale among the Cadet hard-
court men seems much higher than
in recent years, and the players
show a strong determination to
make Floyd’s first year, a winning
one.
Opponents of the Aggies will sec
6’ 8 ; ’ Buddy Davis at the center
post; 6’ 5” John DeWitt at one
forward slot, and either Marvin
Martin or Leroy Miksch, who stand
6’ 3” and 6’ 4” respectively, at the
other forward position.
All-Conference guard Jewell Mc
Dowell, who measures only 5’ 9”
will again handle the guard chores
on one side of the court, and his
running mate, who can be cither
Eddie Houser, 6’; Don Garrett 6’
214”; Max Montegut, 5’ 11”; Bob
by Farmer, 6’; or Woody Walker
5’ 8” will capably handle the other
post.
Recent Intrasquad Game
In a recent ■ intrasquad game
which matched the A and B var
sity squads with the A and B
squads fx-om the freshmen ranks,
spectators in DeWare Field House
saw McDowell, Miksch, Martin,
and Davis as the top point mak
ers.
As was expected the varsity
squads won both contests with the
B team game being 19-18, as the
A squads tallied more points for
a 39-19 victory.
'The outcome of these two con
tests goes hand in hand with all
that has been said of the Iba style
of defensive ball, similar to that
Floyd is employing. In 24 games
during the 1949-50 cage season,
A&M and their opponents scored
an average of 104 points per game,
while the two intrasquad melees
showed an average of only 47
points.
McDowell—Spark, Leader
High scorer for last season’s
cagei’s and one of the most poten
tial men returning to SWC courts
this year is McDowell. An Ama
rillo lad, the Aggie guard served
as a floor leader and spark for
the 1949-60 quintet.
Stanley Woodard’s “Basketball
1951” describes McDowell well:
“Considered by numerous qualified
experts to be the best basketball
player in his section. Compensates
for his lack of height by superior
skill, stamina, and aggressive
ness.”
Next in line in last year’s scor
ing is towering Buddy Davis. With
only one varsity letter to his credit,
the 19-year-old Nederland athlete
has two years of eligibility remain
ing.
Davis Well Coordinated
Davis should prove the equal of
any conference center, being well
coordinated for a man his size.
Lacking the polish last year that
comes from college experience, Da
vis is gxeatly improved this year
and is playing a strong game off
the backboards with less than his
usual number of fouls.
The No. 3 scoring star on the
Aggie quintet last season and a
returning stalwart is DeWitt, a
two-year letterman from Waco.
In 1948-49, the 195-pound for
ward was named Outstanding
Sophomore in the Conference. Ex
ceptionally well endowed physi
cally, DeWitt was slow in adapting
himself to the forward post after
shining as a pivot man in 1949.
Together with McDowell and
Davis, DeWitt is very likely to re
ceive eonfei'ence honor's for this
season’s cage play.
Martin—4th “Sure Starter”
A fourth “sure-etarter’ for the
Aggie five this season is Martin
from Houston. Playing at both
the forward and center post, 'Mar
tin saw frequent action as a sub
stitute last year.
He possesses a remarkable pair
of hands that enable him to main
tain complete conti'ol of the ball
in sei'ambles and jam-ups under
the basket.
In Denton, Coach Shands is
building his Eagle quintet around
six returning lettermen: Captain
Dick Kelley, Dick Wall, Tom Ed
wards, and Charley Johnson, all
of Fort Worth; Pat Cain of Dal
las, and Lew Lutrick of Aber
nathy.
Squadmen included in this year’s
lineup ax'e Bubba Slaughter and
Pat Kelley, of Dallas; Buddy Simp
son of Lewisville; Pucker Barse of
Fort Worth; Larry Conces of Pas
adena, Bill Allison of Houston, and
Dick Woodward of Worden, Ill.
—Beat TU—
Twice Scored Upon
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house North Carolina. A 27-0 vic
tory over Mississippi State was
recorded before the Geoi'gians were
again tied—this time by LSU, 13-
13.
A win over Boston College was
followed by -the Athens team’s on
ly loss, a 7-14 scrap with Ala
bama. The Bulldogs recovered
quickly to top Bob Woodruff’s Flo
rida eleven, the Auburn Plainsmen,
and Furman.
Information released by the
American Legion committee dii'cct-
ing the inaugural performance for
the Presidential Cup places a $6.66
price tag on the best seats in Byrd
Stadium, site of the game. Good
tickets will also be available for
$4.80 with student prices set at
$2.80.
Tickets to the game went on sale
yesterday at the Athletic office,
A&M College. Fans outside Texas
may secure tickets by writing the
Presidential Cup Football Game,
| Mezzanine Floor, Williard Hotel,
Washington 4, D. C.
Active Bowl Participants
Spectators who witness the clash
at College Park, Maryland—within
the shadow of the nation's capitol
—will see two of the country's
more active bowl participants.
Each has visited a major bowl on
Sooner Eleven
Votes to Return
To Sugar Bowl
Norman, Okla., Nov. 28—
(AP)—The University of Ok
lahoma football team—the
nations No. 1—voted to the
man yesterday to return to
New Orleans’ Sugar Bowl and
meet once-beaten Kentucky.
The Soonci's, with 30 straight
wins, will be back in the huge
stadium Jan. 1 for‘the third con
secutive year.
“Wc are very happy to be in
vited to the bowl and honored by
the invitation,” Coach Bud Wil
kinson said after his team met and
considered another trip south.
And Abe Goldberg, past presi
dent of the Sugar Bowl committee
and a member of its executive com
mittee, was equally happy.
“No. 1 In Nation”
“I feel the Sugar Bowl has in
vited the number one football
team in the nation,” he said here
before returning to New Orleans
last night.
Oklahoma, which lias been in
five post-season games but never
against Kentucky, has yet to lose
in the Sugar Bowl. In 1949 the
Sooners licked North Carolina 14-
6 and in 1950 whipped Louisiana
State 35-0.
Since he became head coach, Wil
kinson’s four-year record is 37
victories, three defeats and a tic.
Wilkinson, surrounding himself
with a group of young capable
assistants, perfected the split T-
formation he learned from its in
ventor, Dan Faui'ot, of Missouri,
at Iowa Pre-Flight when they
were in the Navy together.
Wilkinson Pessimistic
Before the season opened, the
always pessimistic Wilkinson pi'e-
dicted his team would lose at least
one and perhaps two of its first
three games.
But Oklahoma won from Boston
College, Texas A&M and Texas.
Both games with the Texas teams
wei'e close—Oklahoma edging Tex
as 14 to 13 and thg Aggies „ 34
to 28.
Then Wilkinson claimed his team
was overrated by the public. It has,
however, achieved phenomenal suc
cess in moving to the nation’s
longest undefeated record and set
ting a new modern mark for con
secutive victories.
Beat TU
Arkansas Sweeps SWG
Harrier Meet: A&M 2nd
By RAY HOLBROOK
The University of Arkansas
swept to their first Southwest Con
ference Cross Country Champion
ship yesterday afternoon on the
A&M course, scoring a tei’rific vic-
tory over the runner-up Aggies,
the defending champs, 21-36.
Texas finished a poor third with
78 points while Southern Methodist
First Aggie to finish was John
Garmany in the third spot a few
yards behind West. He was follow
ed by defending SWC champ Jfei-
iaii. Herring also of A&M. Charles
Hudgins and Mai'shall Lazax-ine,
the Cadet soph stax*s, finished
eighth and tenth. Lazarine was
closely followed by Jim McMahon,
Chax'lie Gabriel, and Alex Oi’tiz,
all of A&M, in that order.
The only runner to break into
the Axkansas-A&M monopoly for
the first 13 places was C. A. Run-
dell in the ninth spot for the
third place Longhorns.
Baylor’s first finisher was Nor
man Alsobrook in the 19th spot
and SMU’s leader was Jim Bur
ris, who finished 22nd.
Porkers Bx-own and West hook
the lead from the start and never
relinquished it the entire distance.
Their mile time was 4:40 fi'om
which point they began pulling
away from the crowd.
Aggies Herring and Garmany
stuck right behind the leaders al
most to the two-mile ihark. How
ever, from that point in, the x’ace
belonged to the two boys from the
Ozarks. Their two-mile time was
9:26.
Garmany’s bid, late in the race,
almost caught West, who was fad
ing toward the end of the race,
but fell short by five yards.
Johnny Morriss, Arkansas coach,
said he had felt confident that his
boys would win but was surprised
at the good showing of his third,
fourth, and fifth boys. He was es
pecially proud of the entire team
because he has only been working
with them a day or two a week,
being busy on the football staff.
Brown, Mori'iss concluded, should
be the outstanding distance man
in the South this year.
Runner Time
1. James Brown, Ark. 12:01
2. James West, Aik. 12:10
3. John Garmany, A&M 12:12
4. Julian Heri’ing, A&M 12:24
5. Joe Haixiin, Ark 12:30
6. Bill Cairns, Ark 12:33
7. Oliver Gatchell, Aik 12:36
8. Charles Hudgins, A&M 12:40
9. C. A. Rundell, TU 12:42
10. Marshall Lazarine, A&M 12:49
11. Jim McMahon, A&M 12:52
12. Charlie Gabriel, A&M 12:53
13. Alex Ortiz, A&M 12:54
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John Garmany
Top Aggie Harrier
and Baylor were fourth and fifth
with 129 and 130 points, respec
tively.
James Brown of Arkansas was
the individual winner, finishing the
2.5 mile course in 12:01. Brown’s
teammate, James West, was sec
ond some twenty yards behind.
The remaining three Razorbacks
who finished in a bunch, fifth,
sixth, and seventh, were Joe Hard
in, Bill Cairns, and Oliver Gatchell.
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—Beat TU—— ‘ record to show for its post-season
efforts. The Bulldogs were led by
All-American Frankie Sinkwich as
they defeated TCU, 40-26, in the
1912 Orange Bowl and UCLA, 9-0,
in the 1943 Rose Bowl.
Another All-American, Charlie
Trippi, paced the Athens eleven to
a victory over North Carolina, 20-
10, in the 1947 Sugar Bowl. In
1949 the Texas Longhorns outscor-
ed Georgia, 41-28, in the Orange
Bowl.
A&M Has Won .500
A&M has a .500 average for its
bowl appearances. All-American
fullback John Kimbrough led his
teammates to a 14-13 Sugar Bowl
win over Tujane in 1940 and a
13-12 defeat of Fordham in the
1941 Cotton Bowl.
Dallas’ Cotton Bowl witnessed
the initial post-season loss for the
Aggies when Alabama topped the
Texans, 29-21, in 1942. LSU rode
the churning legs of Steve Van
Buren to a 19-14 win over A&M
in the 1944 Orange Bowl although
the Aggies had beaten the Tigers,
28-14, during the regular season.
This year’s President Cup play
is currently being placed in the
background by the Aggie players
and coaches since A&M is busy
concentrating on its Nov. 30 clash
with Texatcr-but after that date,
the Southwest .Conference’s most
attack-minded eleven will sight all
its ofensftffi -weapons on the Geor
gia Bulldogs.
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