The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 08, 1950, Image 5

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    Hillhouse, Greiner, Meyer, Smith,
Molberg, Lary On Bait All-SWC
By FRED WALKER
The 1950 fight for the Southwest
Conference football crown has been
completed and the members of
each team have shown their grid
iron prowess to the best of their
ability. After close observation of
these men and due consicdration
given to all phases, The Battalion
rtports Staff now presents its
choices for All-Conference honors
in offensive and defensive football.
Some of the picks came natural
ly, while others took a consider
able amount of scrutinizing, so
close was the battle for some posi
tions. The exclusion of such men
as Neal Franklin of SMC, Sonny
Wyatt of Rice, or Charlie Mc
Donald of A&M might indeed seem
harsh, but competition and limi
tation will always produce some
fettered feelings in cases such as
this.
Here is The Battalion's choice
for first string offensive honors:
Ends: Andy Hillhouse, A&M and
Harold Riley, Baylor.
Hillhouse led all SWC receiv
ers in passes caught for touch-
dbwns with six. He took 24 tosses
in all for a creditable yardage of
432 yards. Hillhouse is an academ
ic junior but is playing his last
year of football lor A&M as he
played one year at Lamar Jun
ior College (Beaumont).
Riley was the logdcal choice for
the other end position as he was
one of the reasons why Baylor
placed second in the Conference.
He led his rivals with 35 passes
caught—three of which were for
TD’s—to amass 539 yards. Riley
is only a junior.
Tackles: Ken Casner, Baylor and
June Davis, Texas. Casner was the
bulwalk of Baylor’s forward wall
and along with Davis played a con
sistent brand of heads-up football
the entire season. When Dick Par
ma carried or Larry Isbell passed,
he' was always on the spot to open
a gaping hole or provide ample
protection for cither.
When Texas finally emerged as
SWC champions, much of the
praise meted out by Head Coach
Blair Cherry went to Senior June
Davis. He is given the honor of
being responsible for the gallops
of Byron Townsend.
Guards: Bud McFadin, Texas
and Max Greiner, A&M.
No one can overlook McFadin.
Chosen All-American on almost
i very All-America eleven, his abil
ity is known throughout the con
ference. This was McFadin’s last
year.
Greiner turned out to be one of
the most consistent players in
football this year. Many times
this season he -was outweighed
across the line—but never out
played. The A&M backfield will
testify to ferocity of this senior
linesman. Greiner was the only
man in the SWC who can boast
four varsity letters in football.
Center: Hugh Meyer, A&M.
This Aggie junior was a big
reason -why A&M jumped from last
place to a third place tie in
the conference. Always doing his
job and a little bit more, Meyer
could open those holes over center.
Time after time he was observed
pushing his opponent many yards
into the enemy secondary. As a
protector for Aggie passers, he
was hard to beat.
Quarterback?
A slight controversy arose here,
but the problem was solved by the
choice of two quarterbacks, Gil
bert Bartosh, TCU, single wing
man under, and Lary Isbell, Bay
lor, “T” quarterback. Both men
were the heart of their respec
tive teams, and without them this
staff feels neither eleven could
have functioned properly.
Bartosh was the conference
leader in total offense. The 20-
year-old sophomore ran 321 plays
from scrimmage for a total of
1,733 yards, 710 rushing and 1,023
passing. He is possessed with a
remarkable knowledge of football
“savvy*’ and as Bartosh went, so
went TCU.
There is no doubt that Isbell is
Mr. Baylor all the way. This sports
staff sadly remembers how he al
most single-handedly upset A&M.
He completed 91 of 18(3 passes for
1,220 yards and a runaway 15
touchdown connections. All this
gave him a third place tie in
total offense with 1,252 yards,
average 6.0.
His 41.1 punting average led the
conference quite easily in that
division. A junior, Isbell now
threatens to take the honors from
his immortal brother Cecil.
Halfbacks: Byron Townsend of
Texas and Kyle Rote of SMU.
When it came to rushing, Town
send, a junior, carried the Orange
and White into the Cotton Bowl.
Second only to Bob Smith of A&M
in conference rushing, the Odessa
Hurricane has gained 770 yards
in nine games with one contest to
go. This gave him an average of
3.8 yards per carry. Townsend was
shifted to halfback by The Battal
ion Sports Staff for obvious rea- ]
sons.
rifying way in which the senior
took out interference and broke
through for vicious tackles, the
Longhorns might not have gone
through conference competition
undefeated.
Howton is one of the vanishing
60-minute men, but it is at the
defensive position that this junior
shines. While considered light for
a college end, Howl on makes up
for the lack of weight in speed,
deception and suppleness. How-
ton was a unanimous choice.
Tackles: Paul Giroski, Rice and
Ken Jackson, Texas.
The huge senior Owl was a must
on this eleven. In fact, there could
be no reason imaginable to keep
the bruising tackle from an All-
Southwest team. Opposing elevens
found it almost impossible to block
Giroski, and against A&M he won
the distinction of holding Bruisin’
Bob Smith to small hard-fought-
for gains.
Jackson is another who would
be difficult to exclude from these
selections. Texas lineplay was
feared throughout the Southwest
and senior Ken Jackson added
considerably to this fear. Jackson
is one of the fading linesmen who
have mastered the art of “hand-
play.”
Guards: Bud McFadin, Texas
and Carl Molberg, A&M.
McFadin is the only player to
whom this staff gives both offen
sive and defensive honors, but the
reasons are easily noted. Many
doubts were hurled at the Long
horn senior concerning his defen
sive ability, buf Coach Blair Cherry
allowed the big fellow to answer
these doubts beyond any hesita
tion when he starred in both the
Baylor and A&M contests.
While playing his last year for
the Maroon and White, Molberg
showed throughout the season that
he is truly one of the best de
fensive linesmen in the Southwest.
In the SMU, Oklahoma and Texas
frays, this senior proved to all that
he is one of the finest when it came
to aggressiveness, tenaciousness,
and speed.
Linebackers: Dick Hightower of
SMU and Don Menasco of Texas.
Set Stage for Win
“Killer” Kyle Was an almost un
animous choice for All-American
and certainly cannot be excluded
from Conference honors. He is
truly a triple-threater all the way.
Third in conference rushing—762
yards, averaging 5.0—eighth
pass—490 yards—tied forldiird in
total offense—1,252 yardSTavcrage
5.7—and .seventh in punting with
a 34.8 average, Rote had “big
shoes” to fill at SMU and has done
so very capably.
Fullback:
A&M.
Bruisin’ Bob Smith,
Here, again, there arose some
squabbling over choices, but in the
end Hightower was given a clean
bill. Through SMU started strong
and finished weak, the senior Pony
played consistent aggressive foot
ball. Texas, A&M and Rice will
tell of his alert movement to fill
m JW. gaps,,or, quick fading to cover
any possible- pass- receiver.
Menasco was another must for
these selections. Some sports writ
ers placed the Texas junior on
his regular end position, but we
feel that his invaluable ability in
pass defense wins for him a berth
as linebacker. •
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If any one of these 12 players
fell into place, naturally it was
Smith. The Aggie junior set the
Southwest Conference afire with
long flashing dashes and crunch
ing line plunges. Heralded as “the
best in the Southwest since Kim
brough” this player is all. a coach
could ask for in a fullback.
Bruisin’ Bob virtually “ran
away” with the rushing honors
as he recorded a rocking 1,302
yards for *a juicy average of 6.5
yards a tote. While doing nothing
but carry the pigskin, the big
fullback placed second in total
conference offense and third in
national rushing competition.
This is the All-Southwest Con-
ference Defensive as chosen by
The Battalion Sports Staff, And it
might be added that here argu
ment, debate and hardened deci
sion was prominent.
Ends: Ben Proctor, Texas and
Bill Howton, Bice.
It may be argued that Proctor
deserves offensive honors, but this
staff feels that without the ter-
Halfbacks: Yale Lary, A&M and
Val Joe Walker, SMU.
As one of the alertest halfbacks
against passers and as one of the
fastest men to come up for tackles,
Lary, A&M junior, was a must as
a defensive halfback. But still an
other feature of Lary’s cannot be
disregarded in the selection. Lary
ranks second as a conference punt
returner. He has taken back nine
punts—the least number among
the top rankers—for 209 yards
and an average of 23.2.
It cannot bo argued that Walk
er is misplaced as a halfback,
but this Mustang cannot be ab
sent from any defensive team from
this region. Head Coach Rusty
Russell credits much of the SMU
defense to this 20-year-old sopho
more.
Safety: Bobby Dillon, Texas.
This junior speed merchant won
one game for the champion Long
horns this year with an 84-yard
touchdown scamper against Bay
lor. Against the national champion
Oklahoma Sooners, Dillon ran back.
an interception to give Texas its
second score. In the TCU game he
turned another interception into a
TD with a 46-yard spurt. Dillon
has played this kind of heads-up
football all year and is a unani-;
mous choice for safety man.
The Battalion Sports Staff has
also chosen additional honors to
be presented—Coach of the Year,
Mr. Southwest Football, and out
standing SWC Sophomore of 1950. j
While the staff would take off j
its hat to A&M’s Coach Harry i
Stiteler for bringing a winning j
bail club back to the Aggie cam
pus, Coach of The Year Honors !
can go to only one man, George
Sauer of Baylor.
Take into consideration that
Sauer was new to the Baylor club
(and vice-versa), the brand of I
football in the SWC is some dif- |
fei-ent than in the east, and the I
fact that Baylor was picked almost !
unanimously to finish last this year
and the choice is as good as gold. |
To a fine coach who has done a 1
fine job at Baylor, this staff pre- j
sents Coach of The Year.
Bruisin’ Bob Smith of Texas
A&M has been chosen as Mr.
Southwest Conference Football.
Most of the facts have been
stated concerning Smith, but add
to those the fact that he played
only half the game against Arkan
sas and Baylor and only about
three quarters in the TCU and
Nevada contests and one can men
tally add more yardage to his
rushing total.
Gil Bartosh of Texas Christian
was given the title of “Outstand
ing SWC Sophomore of the Year.”
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SPORTS
FRL, DEC. 8, 1950 Page 5
Ag Cagers Edge
Canisius, 45-44
In Final Second
Marvin Martin
Martin, A&M forward, tallied six points last night to aid the Ag
gie quintet in an unsuspected yet welcome 45-44 victory over migh
ty Canisius. The A&M basketballers will meet Duquesne Univer
sity in Pittsburgh, Pa., Saturday, then return home Sunday.
By JOHN DEWITT
Special Eastern Correspondent
Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 8 (Special).
A field goal in the fading seconds
by Jewell McDowell gave the Tex
as Aggies a 45 to 44 triumph ov
er Canisius College here Thursday
night.
The Cadet cribblers led most of
the way. But fell behind with
four minutes to play and trailed
40 to 43 at the two minute mark.
Marvin Martin, Aggie forward
from Houston, connected on a free
throw but Canisius matched it to
| retain a 44-41 lead.
Then Martin cut the margin to
one point with a jump shot which
set the stage for McDowell's game-
winning bucket. Following Mar
tin’s fielder, the Aggies regained
possession of the ball when Mc
Dowell and Aggie sub Bill Car
penter stole the ball from the
Buffs’ Herm Hedderick. Carpen
ter grabbed the ball and flipped
it to McDowell who quickly mesh
ed a two-handed push shot from
the cerner.
See-Saw Battle
It was a see-saw battle in the
early minutes with the score tied
at 4 to 4 and 8 to 8 before the
visitors forged ahead to hold a 28-
22 halftime lead Big Walt “Bud
dy” Davis proved to be a thorn
in the Buffs’ sides by controlling
both backboards and taking high
point honors for the night with
14 tallies.
The six-foot, eight inch sky
scraper poured in 10 points in the
first half and added a pair of two-
pointers in the second half before
fouling out midway in the period.
McDowell and Hedderick were close
on his heels in the point-making
department with 12 and 11 points
Intramural News
Basketball Finals
C AF Wins Cross Country
By JOE BLANCHETTE
Intramural Co-Editor
A Armored wil oppose B QMC in
the finals of the Intramural Bas
ketball Leagues tonight at 7:30 in
the Gymnasium. B QMC gained
the finals by downing E Infantry,
21-12 and the cagers of the Armor
ed unit entered the finals by vir
tue of their 16-11 win over B FA.
Trailing 9-6 at halftime, A Ar
mor came fighting back in the
final half of play to defeat the
cagers of B FA, 16-11. Bill Moon
spearheaded the fast-breaking at
tack which eventually brought vic
tory to the mounted cavalrymen.
The artillerymen fought desper-
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A&M’s Army Rifle team led by
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Schlinke easily downed the Aggie
Air Force Rifle team by a 67 point
margin in an intrasquad game
Wednesday night.
Schlinke, who was second to Za
pata by only one point (371-372),
holds the range record having suc
cessfully shot 388 out of a possible
400.
John Rowe of the Air Force
scored 364 points to lead the air
men.
This weekend, the combined
team made up from both the
army and air force squads will
journey to Arlington where they
will compete with Arlington State
College and Texas University.
Making the trip will be Schlinke,
Zapata, Reuben Cook, Russell Dcr-
rill, and Rowe.
Members of the army team be
sides Zapata and Schlinke include
Cook, Dwayne Unrue and Derill
while William Rainwater, James
Blackaller, Hartwell Remsburg ami
L. O. Hill together with Rowe
form the air force team.
——Beat Georgia
ately in the final stages to gain
possession of the ball which the
Armored five was freezing.
James McGee of the Armored
outfit was outstanding in his court
game.
Bill Moon was the high point
man of the night with six coun
ters.
B QMC Advances
B QMC lightning attack left
the cagers of E Infantry staring
in amazement in the first quar
ter of the semi-final tilt and be
fore the infantrymen had regained
their composure the supplymen had
built up a 10-0 lead.
Richmond started the scoring
for the QMC the first time the
eventual winners got their hands
on the ball. This was quickly
followed by a Dick Lenzen two-
pointer. Fred Bredthaur counted
the next two digits and Lenzen
looped in the final four points of
the supplymen’s initial 10 point
lead.
The QMC led at halftime 16-8.
Dick Lenzen was the high scor
er of the night with nine tallies,
and Tink Dunn led the infantry
men with four counters.
Cross Country
Mike Mooney of C AF came
flashing across the finish line in
8:40.05 to win the ci’oss country,
a 1.7 mile run, fully 15 yards in
front of his nearest challenger.
Mooney was the winner of the
event last year at the Annex.
A Ordnance was the team win
ner with a total of 93 points. The
Ordnance team was followed by
the White Band, ASA, A Infantry,
C Infantry, L AF, E Infantry, A
QMC, D AF, and A Engineers.
The nrembers of the winning A
Ordnance team were Conrad Webb
who finished sixth, Ralph Gay,
13th; Walter Lumpkins, 17th; Tom
Colley, 21st; and Jim Tarrant,
06th.
The winning team was deterniin- ]
ed by adding the position finish of
each member of the unit’s five man
entry and taking the lowest score
as the winner.
Cadets Hope to Gain
Road,'Series at Pitt
tm-
Tomorrow night Coach John
Floyd’s A&M quintet will pit their
prowess on the hard court against
Coach Moore’s Duquesne basket
ballers in an effort to add to their
winning column.
In a game with Canisius College
in Buffalo, N. Y. last night, the
Acgie cagers downed a formid
able Eastern 1 five 45-44 to bring
their four game season to two
wins and two losses.
Rated one of the 100 best teams
in the nation this season, 1 the
Duke’s from Duquesne .suffer
greatly from the loss Of its start
ing five via the graduation route.
Duquesne partisans bemoan the
loss of All-American Charles
Cooper, who was probably the
best rebounder in the nation.
Several Gamewise Players
Not to be seen evidencing dis
couragement concerning these loss
es, the Dukes are compensating for
the ardous schedule ahead of them
with several game-wise players,
and a handful of very promising
sophomores and juniors.
This Eastern quintet may not be
a tournament team this year, but
they are sure to offer a strong
threat to any of their competing
respectively.
Canisius, ranked as the sixth
leading team in the East, went
into the tilt as an 11-point favor
ite. The victory brought the Ag
gies season standing to two wins
against two losses. They can bet
ter their .500 percentage by best
ing a strong Duquesne quintet in,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Saturday night.
The Box Score:
A&M (45) fg ft pf tp
DeWitt, f 2 2 16
Carpenter, f 0 0 0 0
Martin, f 2 2 4 6’.
Davis, c 7 0 5 14..
Farmer, g
1
0
3 2
Miksch, f
1
2
3 4
Williams, g
0
1
4 1
Heft, f
0
0
0 0
Totals . . . .
. 17
11
22 45
Canisius (44)
fg ft pf tp
Stootzel, f
2
3
2 7
Kenny, f
0
1
0 1
Krochmal, f
0
2
2 2
Hartnett, f
4
2
2 10
Stockman, c
0
2
2 2
Sharp, c
9
0
0 4
Foreman, g
2
0
4 4
Deluca, g
9
0
1 0
Miller, g
1
1
1 3
Hedderick, g
2
7
3 11
Totals . . . .
. 13
18
17 44
Halftime score: Texas A&M 28;
Canisius 22.
Free throws missed: Texas A&M
DeWitt, Davis 2, McDowell 3,
Miksch. Canisius—Hartnett, Sharp,
Miller 2, Hedderick 4.
Officials: H. Blakeslee and J.
Lynch.
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QB Club Tickets
Awarded McNeely
J. C. McNeely, instructor, in the
Ag Economics Department, Tues
day night, was awarded two tickets
to the President Cup Football
Game for winning first place in
last week’s Battalion Club con
test.
Second place prize, a Frank
Medico Smokez’’s Kit, went to Roy
H. Kinslow, senior M. E. major
from Dallas.
The Club’s Tuesday night meet
ing was canceled because of in
clement weather. Club Direetpr
Roger Coslett said it may he re
scheduled for next Thursday night.
Films of the President Cup Caine
may be available for shorting gt
that time, bo said.
teams.
One of the tallest men in the
game will handle center chores
for the Dukes—Dick Thiesen, 6’
10”. A real .skyscraper, Thiesen
needs but a little experience and
speed to strengthen his potency.
A replacement at the center post
will'be 6’ 3” Hank Kuzma, a rug-
:ged and combative senior who had
an. impressive year as a reserve
guard last season.
Rounding out Moore’s first team
is another senior and three juniors,
John Manning, the other senior,
will be at one of the guard posi
tions.
Goldberg lo Start
Considered one of the top 50
Eastern Conference cagers, Junior
Art Goldberg will employ his 6’
3” frame at the forward post,
while the other forward will be
Hal Cerra, who stands one inch
taller than Goldberg.
Goldberg is a talented set shot
artist and a strong rebounder and
is counted on this season for. many
points. Cerra is also a dependable
scorer and a fair board man.
Pacacha—Guard
At the other guard position, on
the Duke five will be 6’ 0” Carl
Pacacha, who is fast and highly
.adfcpt—a necessary classification
for any team.
The 1950-51 version of the Duke
is not a tall team, but is faster
and more alert than its predeces
sors, who gained fourth place in
the National Invitational Tourna
ment.
First line junior reservists in
clude Charles Horne and Jim Ken
nedy, while the more promising
sophs are Charley Wcchsler, Mike
Ringer, All Bailey, and .Steve
Garay.
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