Texas Clips LSI!
Ends 9-1 Season
The Southwest Conference foot
ball campaign has reached a be
lated end with mighty Texas fir
ing the last gun—a 21-6 victory
over Louisiana State to boost the
league’s intersectional record for
the season to .619.
Southwest Conference teams
won 13 of 21 intersectional games,
besting every area except the
Missouri Valley where Oklahoma
and Oklahoma A&M each strapped
two victories on the Southwest.
The Southwest scored a clean
sweep over the East and Midwest,
won two of three from the best
and five of seven from, the South.
The record against the Missouri
Valley, however, was three out of
eight. The boys still are trying* to
figure out how that weak Okla
homa A&M team beat both Arkan
sas and Texas Christian.
A&M Does OK
A&M did the Southwest proud
by winning* the first bowl game in
which a member participated. The
Aggies whipped Georgia 40-20 Sat
urday in the Presidential Cup
game at Washington. Bob Smith
roamed 100 yards for one touch
down and 81 for another. The 12
points were not added to his
total for the season in the con
ference, however, as this was not
a regular season game and with
it A&M played 11 compared to
any other team’s 10
The only football business left
for a conference team is the Cotton
Bowl at Dallas Jan. 1 when Texas
plays Tennessee.
Texas had little trouble with
Louisiana State Saturday, rolling
up 276 yards rushing and passing
to 142 and with Byron Townsend,
Texas fullback, finishing in a tie
with Smith for the season scoring
lead. Each wound up with 84
points. Townsend made two touch
downs against Louisiana State and
narrowly missed another.
Texas had a season record of
nine victories against one defeat—*
a 14-13 loss to Oklahoma—and had
the conference’s top defensive rec
ord, allowing 128 points in 10
games. The Longhorns won the
conference title almost a month
ago. They finished with a perfect
record in conference play of 5-0.
gives the Longhorns,
No 3
in the
First downs
LSU
4
Texas
17
Rushing yardage
.113
203
Passing yardage
. 29
73
Passes attempted
. 6
14
Passes completed
. 1
6
Passes intercepted ...
0
2
Punts
10
5
Punting average
. 37.9
38
Fumbles lost
. 2
2
Yards penalized
75
20
•
nation, the same won-and-lost rec-
ord as their Cotton
Bowl
oppon-
ent, Tennessee, rated
No.
4.
Player
Leading Scorers
tp pat fg tp
Smith, A&M, fb ...14 0 0 84
Townsend, Texas, fb 14 0 0 84
Rote, SMU, hb 13 0 0 78
Parker, Baylor, hb .... 9 0 0 54
Kloyd 7py, fb 8 0 0 48
Tompkins, Texas, qb. 4 19 1 46
TODAY & TUESDAY
TODAY thru WED.
BIAZING ADVENTURE'
Southwest Conference champion
Texas smashed Louisiana State
University with a three-touchdown
flurry in the second quarter Sat
urday at Austin.
Fullback Byron Townsend came
within inches of claiming clear
title to Southwest Conference scor
ing honors for the season. He pul
verized LSU’s forward wall twice
from the 1-yard line for Texas’
first two tallies, running his 10-
gamc total to 84 points, same as
Texas A&M's Bob Smith.
Quarterback Ben Tompkins
turned in Texas’ longest scoring-
run from scrimmage this year—
38 yards—and kicked three extra
points to round out the Longhorns
21 points.
It took a Texan to score for
LSU. With a minute and a half
remaining, Fullback Billy West
broke into the Texas secondary
and ran 24 yards before laterall-
ing off to right half Billy Baggett
of Beaumont, Tex. Baggett stumb
led out of a tackler’s grasp and
sped the remaining 25 yards to
salvlage some consolation for Tig
er rooters. Ken Konz’ try for
point was wide.
Nine Wins in 10
The victory, cheered by most
of the 35,000 who filled Memorial
Stadium to little more than half
capacity, gave the Longhorns and
their retiring coach, Blair Cherry,
nine decisions in 10 starts. .That
In scoring his fourteenth touch’
down of the year, the rambunctious
Townsend broke the old record for
Longhorn touchdowns by an indivd-
Team
W
L
T
Pts. Op.
Pet.
ual player. The previous mark was
Texas
.. 9
1
0
239 128
.900
12 tallies over . a regular season
grind, set by the great Bohn Hil-
Baylor ...
.. 7
3
1
183 138
.700
A&M
.. 6
4
0 304 186
.600
hard in 1932.
SMU
.. 6
4
0
251 146
.600
The Tiger’s deepest penetration
Rice
.. 6
4
0
168 196
.600
of Texas territory before the final
TCU
.. 5
5
0
157 161
.500
frame was the 47-yard line in the
Arkansas
.. 2
8
0
156 163
.200
first quarter.
Starts 1st Period
Texas started rolling toward the
end of the dull, scoreless first per
iod. Rocked back to their one-yard
line by penalties, and slashing
tackles by the Texas defense, LSU
kicked out and Texas .safety Bobby
Dillon set.urn.ed to the "24.' Then
Bubba Shands swept to LSU’s 12.
Five plays later, Fullback Byron
Townsend, slammed over from the
1, and Tompkins booted his first
extra point.
With Tompkins obviously feed
ing Townsend the ball in an ef
fort to boost him into the South
west Conference scoring leader
ship, Townsend cracked over from
the 1 again to terminate a 41-yard
surge. Tompkins’ 19-yard pass to
end Ben Proctor was a key play.
Tompkins Scored 3rd TD
Tompkins grabbed Texas’ third
touchdown of the second quarter
on a 38-yard sprint after he ap
peared trapped on a pass attempt.
He spurted through the middle of
the LSU team, cut to his left and
bulldozed over with two tacklers on
his back after Sands shrew a
terrific block for him near the
goal line.
Townsend missed a third touch
down by inches after carrying the
ball eight straight times in the
third quarter, one surge across the
goal line being nullified by a Texas
offside. LSU took over with the
ball inside its 1-yar’d marker.
LAST TIME TODAY
“The Flame
and lire Arrow”
Ags Lucky to Win
On Wet Turf-Bond
By FRANK N MANITZAS
Battalion Sports Editor
“After I took one look at the wet turf at Byrd Stadium,
I thought we would be lucky to win,” said Kenneth Bond,
A&M Sports Publicity Director. Bond gave us his descrip
tion of what happened at the first Annual
Presidential Cup game which the Aggies
won, defeating Georgia, 40-20.
He had been in Maryland and Washing
ton since the early part of the week, drum
ming up the nation’s capitol for the arrival
of the Aggies. Kenneth thought he had
everyone pretty well sold on All-American
Bruisin’ Bob Smith and after the first quar
ter of play, the East’s sportswriters were
trying to buy more stock on the Houstonian.
A sports editor of a large New York paper
said, “Smith doesn’t need a sales manager—
he does okay for himself—he’s great.”
Here are the complete statistics of what Smith and the
rest of the Cadet eleven did towards bringing home the first
post-season trophy A&M has won since 1941. That year
Jarrin’ Jawn Kimbrough and company brought home the
Cotton Bowl trophy and a 14-13 win over Fordham.
«
This is all that Smith did: carried 20 times for 158 yards;
passed once for 5 yards; scored two touchdowns; caught a
pass for 22 yards; returned two kickoffs for 121 yards;
and scared the pants off the UCLA scout. UCLA is the
Cadet’s first 1951 opponent.
Smith’s record for the 11 games he has played this year
include 16 touchdowns for 96 points—84 points scored in the
regular season places him in a tic for first place with Byron
Townsend of Texas; 1,465 yards gained in 220 plays for an
average 6.66 yards for try (which is the best in the confer
ence and third best in the nation). In the 220 times Smith
has handled the ball eh has lost only 26 yards—the least
number of yards lost by the ten top ground gainers in the
conference.
e
Billy Tidwell, who was the high caught a pass for 5 yards and a
scorer for the afternoon, scored touchdown, and returned a punt for
Manitzas
three touchdowns; carried 12 times
for 78 yards but lost 25 yards on
yards. Lippman’s season aver
age is 4.98 yards in 109 trips,
a fumble, giving him a net gain a total of 543 yards,
of 53 yards. He also caught a pass Quarterback Dick Gardemal, who
for 9 yards. Tidwell’s ground gain- seemed to be back in his top ball
ing total in 87 trips is 535 yards, handling form after a bad day
an average of 6.15.
against Texas, completed 5 of 8
The other rushing trouble mak- attempted passes for 68 yards and
er for Cadet opponents is Glenn one touchdown, and surprised
Lippman, who carried the ball 11 everyone when he reeled off 24
times for 65 yards against Georgia, yards in two running trips.
Also Observed at the Prexy Cup Tilt
Senior letterman End Cedric Copeland (84) follows W .T. Rush
(68) who is hoping for a handoff while an unidentified Georgian
hangs on to Copeland’s jersey. All-Conference Guard Carl Mol-
berg (67) and All-Conference Center Hugh Meyer (52) approach
from the rear. A&M won the first Annual Presidential Cup game,
40-20 over the Georgia Bulldogs.
Duquesne Bops
Ag Five, 73-36
By JOHN DEWITT
Special Eastern Correspondent
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 10 (Spec
ial)—The Dukes from Duquesne
combined a fast bx*eak offense
with a tight man to man defense
to overpower the visiting Texas
Aggies 73 to 36 in nearby Farrell
Saturday night.
Duquesne’s sharpshooting -cagers
led the entire game except for a
short time early in the contest
when they were behind 4 to 3. The
Dukes held a 37-20 halftime lead.
Topsy-Turvy SWC Basketball.
Baylor, TCU Lead League
End Jerry Crossman, who ably
replaced out-with-the-flu Andy
Hillhouse, caught two passes for
32 yards, and showed up well on
offensive blocking, while A&M’s
top defensive back Charley Mc
Donald intercepted two. Georgia
Passes, returning same for 14
yards.
Bond described one of Buddy
Shaeffer’s runs as the funniest he
has ever seen. As Shaeffer was be
ginning his cut toward the line,
the soft, wet turf gave-away and
down went Shaeffer on his you-
know-what. Besides the humilia
tion, it was a minus 5 yards run.
Everything is topsy-turvy in
the Southwest Conference. Bas
ketball is no exception.
Baylor, who pre-season swam-
ies wouldn’t even consider as a
contender for the title, and Texas
Christian are both undefeated and
lead the conference race.
TCU’s Georgy McLeod is the
leading scorer ’ with 61 points,
while Texas’ Jim Dowies is second
with 56, and the Aggies Walt
Davis, third with 55. Jewell Mc
Dowell, A&M’s All-Conference
guard, is seventh among the top
scorers with 49 markers.
The expected victor of the league
race, Arkansas, has won only two
games while losing to Oklahoma
A&M, 53-55, and Tulsa, 46-48.
Predicted Runner-up A&M lost to
strong Siena, 42-56, during the
week while upsetting the sixth
ranked team in the nation Cani-
sius, 55-54, and then being stomped
by strong Duquesne, 73-36.
Canisius gained revenge on the
conference dowing SMU, 64-55,
while the Ponies also took a beat
ing from St. John’s, 76-72. Sup
posedly weak Texas dropped Texas
Wesleyan, 63-41. Baylor also de
feated the Rams, 66-64; ACC, 81-
39, and Texas Tech 70-53.
Rice split its games during the
week, downing Tulane, 70-66, Avhile
losing to Sam Houston State, 52-
57.
Season Standings
Team
W
L
Pts
Op.
T C U
4
0
270
176
Baylor
3
Ov
185
156
Texas
2
2
203
189
Arkansas
2
2
208
194
Rice '
1
2
176
185
A&M
2
3
212
262
SMU
2
3
224
240
Last Week’s Results
Baylor 66, TWS 64
Baylor 52, Corpus Christi 33
TCU 53, Hardin-Simmons 35
Sam Houston 57, Rice 52
Siena 56, A&M 42
Oklahoma 49, TU 35
TCU 70, Tech 53
St. John’s 76, SMU 72
A&M 55, Canisius 54
Baylor 67, NTS 59
Okla. A&M 55, Ark. 53
Texas 63, TWO 41
TCU 81, ACC 39
Tulsa 48, Ark. 46
Canisius 64, SMU 55
Duquesne 73, A&M 36
Expected Ground-Battle—Failed
The expected ground-gaining
battle between Bruisin’ Bob and
Georgia’s Billy Mixon failed to
materialize as the Bulldog gained
only 24 yards in 7 carries. Geor
gia’s top rushers were Zippy Mor
occo, who gained 57 yards in nine
carries, and Lauren Hargrove, who
gained 87 yards in seven trips.
Here’s the way the scoring went:
9 Kick-off return by Smith for
100 yards.
® Five-yard pass complete from
Gardemal to Lippman.
© 81-yard scamper by Smith
$ Tidwell for six yards.
9 Tidwell for 5 yards.
9 Tidwell for 36 yards.
@ Morocco for 2 yards!
9 Punt-return by Morocco for
65 yards.
® Hargrove for one yard.
Hugh Meyer—A Pleasant Surprise
One of the most pleasant sur
prises for the Cadets was the
double-duty play which Hugh Mey
er turned in. Meyer, who is used
mostly as an offensive center also
played on defense as a linebacker
and will probably be the best all-
around center in the conference
next year.
Jimmy Fowler, who also has an
other year of eligibility, played
heads-up defensive ball, recovering
more than half of the Georgians
fumbles.
Head Coach Harry Stitelcr
would undoubtedly call the trip
successful, since each of the 42
players that made the trip played
in the game. The only regret any
Aggie has as to the Presidential
Cup game was the loss of the
Maroon and White’s watches and
billfolds. Someone took the valu
ables, while the team was on the
playing field. An approximated
$675 was gained by the thieves.
Only Murry Holditch seemed to
expect the attack—he, by habit, j
had placed his watch and wallet
in his shoes.
Beat SWT
B QMC Wins Mural Cage
Crown: Co. 11 Takes CC
James McGee of A Armor and Howard Kruse of B QMC watch
Cavalryman Jim Froelick take the re-bound during the final game
of the Intramural playoffs. Jack Tanner of the Cavalry and QMC
Forward Fred Bredthauer look helplessly on. B Quartermaster
went on to win, 16-12.
By JOE BLANCHETTE
Intramural Co-Editor
B Quartermaster was named the
champion of the Intramural Cage
Leagues for 1950 Friday night by
virtue of their thrilling, spine-
tingling 16-12 win over A Armor.
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After a slow first-half, which
found the Armored cagers leading
by the slim margin of 5-4, the
QMC came to life in the second-
half of the engagement to riddle
the tight defense offered by the
losing quintet
Jim Froelich started the last
half by dropping a field goal
through the hoop to increase the
A Armor’s lead, 7-4. The QMC
tied the score a few moments
later on a Dick Lcnzen free toss
and a Howard Cruse two-pointer.
Sonny Blaine of the Armored
sank a grains throw to place the
motorized cavalry in the lead, 8-7.
John Heft of the supplymen sank a
long shot in the fading seconds of
(See QMC WINS, Page 4)
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This Week’s Schedule
Tuesday—TCU vs Indiana aat
Bloomington, Ind.; Baylor vs
Southwest Texas State at Waco;
Rice vs. Southwestern Louisiana
Institute at Houston.
Wednesday—SMU vs Centenary
at Dallas.
Thursday—Baylor vs. North
Texas at Denton, Arkansas vs Ok
lahoma A&M at Fayetteville, TCU
vs. Missouri at Columbia, Mo., Tex
as at Canisius at Buffalo, A&M
vs Southwest Texas State at Col
lege Statioin.
Saturday—SMU vs. Oklahoma at
Stillwater, TCU vs St. Louis at
St. Louis, Texas vs Manhattan at
New York.
Leading Scorers
Player School
Fg
Ft
Tp
McLeod, TCU, c
... 28
5
61
Dowies, TU, f
... 21
14
56
Davis, A&M, c
... 24
7
55
Falk, TU, f
... 22
11
55
McDermott, Rice, c ....
... 22
10
54
Brown, SMU, f
... 18
15
51
McDowell, A&M, g ..
... 19
11
49
White, Rice, f
.. 17
13
47
Frommer, TCU, f
... 20
7
47
Ambler, Ark., c
13
16
42
Big Walt Davis, Aggie center,
was high scorer for the game with
16 points. Dacacha and Goldberg
paced the host team with 15 and
14. points, respectively.
The box score:
A&M (36)
Fg
Ft
Pf
Tp
Dewitt, f
....2
1
4
5
Miksch, f
....1
0
1
2
Walker, f
....0
0
2
0
Martin, f
....0
3
3
3
Garrett, f
....0
0
0
0
Williams, f
....0
0
1
0
Davis, c
....8
0
5
16
McDowell, g
....2
2
0
6
Heft, g
....0
1
1
1
Farmer, g
....0
2
1
2
Carpenter, g....
....0
1
3
1
Totals
13
10
21
36
Duquesne (73).
Fg
Ft
Pf
Tp
Cerra, f
....5
0
1
10
Ringer, f
....1
2
2
4
Kokura, f
....1
0
0
2
Goldberg, f.
....6
2
1
14
Wechsler, f
....()
0
1
0
Kuzma, c
....3
6
3
12
Thiesen, c
....0
3
2
3
Manning, g
....1
1
3
3
Bailey, g
....0
3
1
3
Kennedy, g*
....1
1
1
3
Dacacha, g
....7
1
1
15
Garay, g
....2
0
0
4
Totals
27
19
17
73
Halftime score:
Duquesne
37,
Texas A&M 20.
Free throws missed: A&M, De
witt 4, Davis 2, McDowell, Farmer,
Garrett.
Duquesne, Ringer, Goldberg,
Wcehsler, Bailey, Kennedy 2, De-
cacha 2, Manning.
Officials: Burry and Phillips.
—Beat SWT—
Beat SWT
Tig er Quintet
Defeated Twice
In a tense eight team-tourna
ment Saturday night, the A&M
Consolidated cagers bowed twice
to superior opponents.
In the first round of play, the
Tigers were downed 31-20 by the
tourney winner, Pfleugerville.
Pfleugerville went on to defeat
Taylor in the final round of play.
Leander beat the College Sta
tion basketeers in the consolation
round, 27-22. .
The Tigers’ Blakely played great
games, having the highest score in
both games with eight points each
time.
District 68B play commences
for the Consolidated hoopsters
next Tuesday night when they
go on the maple against Snook.
“They’re doing pretty well,”
Coach Othel Chafin said.
Battalion
SPORTS
MON., DEC. 11, 1950 Page 3
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