Wednesday, September 26, 1951 THE BATTALION
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A&M Leaders
SWC Teams Swing
Into Second Week
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports News Editor
After surviving the effects of their season openers, the
Southwest Conference has settled down to prepare for an
other full week-end of grid battles.
Everyone in and around Aggieland seems to be well
pleased with Aggie football team after their win over UCLA
last Friday night.
Ray George made as outstanding a debut as could be
desired by even the hardest of Aggie fans. George T. Davis,
Sports Editor of the Los Angeles Evening Herald and Ex
press, had this to say about the youngest coach in the SWC:
“Gosh, we can’t believe our old pal, Ray George, now
that he’s gone to the open spaces of Texas.
“He' spins those yarns just like a cowhand from the
Lone Star State. Take last Friday night, for instance.
“George brought his Aggie football team to the
Coliseum to battle the UCLA Bruins—and he let stories
be told that he had the ‘durndest’ running team in all of
Texas.
“So wha hoppen? When the final gun sounded,
George’s Aggies had taken the hapless Bruins into camp,
21*14—and all three of their touchdowns were made
by forward passes.’’
Over the hurdle of the first week into the deepest hole with their de
end of football the SWC did bet- feat being blamed mostly on “old
ter than break even. A&M, Baylor, man weather.” I guess he was the
Texas and Arkansas all jumped to 12th man for Georgia Tech eleven,
an early lead in the win columns. TCU was bothered with a leaky
Only TCU and “the Doakless, pass defense as Coach Meyer’s
Roteless” SMU fell into a hole. squad lost to the Kansas Jayhawk-
Apparently, the Mustangs fell ers 27-13.
Aggies Among Statistic Leaders
At the conclusion of the Aggies
first game of the 1951 season, sev
eral A&M players placed as con
ference leaders or were among the
top ten in all the statistical de
partments.
Billy Tidwell, A&M back, led the
conference as the top pass receiv
er. Tidwell caught four passes for
92 yards and a 23.0 yards average.
Stan Williams, Baylor end, and Pat
Summerall, Arkansas end, held the
runner-up spots. Williams earned
the best yardage average with 29.
Charlie Hodge caught six passes
for 69 yards and one TD.
Yale Lary, another Aggie back,
held the top position as the punt
returner. Lary carried three punts
back for 55 yards and an 18.3 aver
age. He also placed as onei of the
top kickers with 31.4 average for
seven tries. Jerry Norton, SMU,
dominated the punting department
with a 40.3 average on six punts.
Graves Second In Passing
Ray Graves is second only to
Larry Isbell, Baylor in contention
for honors as the leading passer
in the Southwest. Graves complet
ed nine passes out of 17 attempts
for 142 yards and two tallies.
Dick Gardemal ran a very close
fourth by completing six out of
■nine attempts for 101 yards and
one TD. Isbell leads the confer
ence with eight completions out of
23 tries for 178 yards and one
score Isbell topped Graves only in
the yardage outcome.
Among the total offense individ
ual leaders Graves placed a strong
third by compiling 141 yards La
mar McHan, Arkansas, was second
with 148 yards but handled the ball
only 13 ..times as compared to 21
for Graves and 25 for Isbell, who
leads with 186 yards.
Dick Gardemal also held a dom
inant position with total gained
yardage mark of 117.
A&M placed Charlie Hodge, Eric
Checking Pre-Season Dope
Now, another look at the SWC
picture. All of the pre-season dope
scheduled a battle between Baylor,
Texas, and A&M. TCU was con
sidered by many as a good dark-
horse.
There was not even a mention of
Arkansas except with reference to
the “cellar.” The always big boys
from the Ozarks beat a good Okla
homa A&M eleven last week 42-7.
The Porkers combined a razor-
sharp passing and running attack
that threw a few scares into the
other SWC coaches.
Arkansas has always had a big
fquad but this year it looks like
they have found a use for their
“raw” power and could well prove
to be a leading contender for the
Championship crown that they
have not worn since they tied with
Rice in 1946.
Miller, and Yale Lary among the
leading scorers in the SWC with
six points each.
Darrow Hooper, end, reigned
over the runner-up spot in the
place kicking section a perfect
three attempted and three made
record.
Rice, the only idle team in the
conference last week, is preparing
for its tussel with the Clemson
Tigers this Saturday.
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A&M Rated 7 th
In UP Poll
The Aggies were placed
seventh in the first United
Press football poll of coaches
across the nation. This was a
jump of four places over the
pre-season forecasts in which the
Farmers were rated eleventh.
Heading the list were the Ten
nessee Vols, followed by the TU
Longhorns. Rated third were the
Golden Bears of California, fourth,
OU’s Sooners, then Ohio State,
Michigan State, and in seventh
place, the Aggies.
After the Aggies, came Ken
tucky, Washington, and Illinois to
complete the top ten college teams
in the United States.
The Aggies climbed to seventh
place as a result of their 21-14
decision over UCLA. Texas, ori
ginally rated thirteenth, was ele
vated no less than eleven notches
to second place because of the way
the Longhorns handled Babe Par-
illi and the Kentucky team last
Saturday.
Points are used to place the
teams on the UP list, 35 coaches
cast their votes, with 10 points for
a first-place vote, nine for a sec
ond, and so on down to one point
for a tenth.
Of the top ten, only six have
opened their play this season,
those remaining, Tennessee, Okla
homa, Ohio State and Illinois open
this Saturday.
Beat Texas Tech
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Lineman, Back of Week
One Win In Their Cap
Cadets Set For Tech
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports News Editor
The Battalion commendation of
the week goes to Quarterback Ray
Graves and Charley Hodge, end
for their work in Friday’s game.
In picking Graves, The Battalion
sports staff took into account the
great improvement he showed dur
ing the UCLA game over his last
year performances. Hodge got the
nod because of his sticky fingers in
the California airborne attack-
Hodge, who hails from Dallas,
snared six passes for 69 yards
against the Bruins. A starter in
the game, he played most of the
game at defense post. This was in
addition to his regular slot as end
on the offensive team.
Scores Final TD
Pulling down a pass by Dick
Gardemal, Charley scored the final
touchdown of the game. This final
catch was only for 9 yards, but it
brought the pork hide into pay
territory.
As a total during the game he
caught six and missed one that
was incomplete. The team of
Hodges and Gardemal and Hodges
and Graves was the winning com
bination. With Gardemal or
Graves in the pitcher’s box and
Charley catching, the ball went for
Aggie yardage.
In the pi'ess box in the Califor
nia stadium one sports scribe was
overheard to say “Were the quar
terbacks prejudiced last year in
not throwing many passes to
Hodge . . . more to Hillhouse.”
Graves Gets Late Start
Graves got a late start in the
game and went in during the sec-
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A&M-Tech Battle
For the Aggie followers this
week-end, KORA, Bryan, will bring
the play-by-play radio report of
the clash between the Texas Ag
gies and Texas Tech at Dallas in
the Cotton Bowl.
The game will be sponsored by
Humble Oil and described by John
Ferguson and Alec Chesser at 8:00
p.m. over the following stations:
WRR, Dallas; KFJZ, Ft. Worth;
KRBC, Abilene; KGKL, San An
tonio; KEWD, Brownwood; KB ST,
Big Spring; K C R S, Midland;
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so; and KORA, Bryan.
—Beat Texas Tech—
ond quarter. His first pitch went
to Billy Tidwell on the Aggie 44
yard stripe—but it went for a loss
of 2 yards.
He got to clicking when he toss
ed to Hodge on the UCLA 30. This
combination racked up 14 yards for
the visiting Cadets. A toss to
Lippman in the end-zone was in
complete, but he made up for it
later with a pass completion to
Hodge good for 10 yards.
Back on the six yard line he
made the Graves to Hodge combi
nation click and the ball went down
for eight more Aggie yards. Try
ing for yardage on the ground,
he was thrown for a loss of two
yards on a bootleg play around
right end.
Flips to Tidwell
Making up for this loss he flip
ped the ball to Tidwell, who went
from the Aggie 35 down to the
UCLA 10—this was a 70 yard gain.
During the closing minutes of
the game he was smothered for
a 10 yard loss and failed to com
plete a pass to Hodge. He made
up for lost ground with a 11 yard
run around right end.
It was his pass to Miller in the
end-zone that chalked up another
Aggie 6 pointer. He held the ball
for Hooper to boot. Liking that
job he ended out the second quar
ter with a pass completion to Lary
for a TD.
Completed Passes to Hooper
During the third quarter he com
pleted passes to Hooper and to the
boy from Houston called Smith.
Stalling the game in the last of
the final quarter he made an in
complete pass to Hooper.
Graves is a 19-year-old Stephen-
yille lad who was last year rated
the number three quarterback on
the team. All of this adds up to
one of the top passers on the Ag
gie squad.
—Beat Texas Tech—
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports News Editor
With a UCLA feather stuck in
their victory cap, the Aggies step
ped into the second week of the
newly opened football season with
a schedule of hard workouts for
their meeting with Texas Tech in
Dallas this Saturday night.
“Billy Tidwell and Walter Hill
will both remain out of action
against Texas Tech,” stated Head
Coach Ray George.
Tidwell and Hill are recovering
from injuries suffered in the Aggie
opener against UCLA last Friday
night.
“Charlie McDonald, Augie Saxe,
and possible Pete Mayeaux are the
leading probables to start in the
position vacated by Tidwell,” ex
plained George. “There is also a
chance that Glenn Lippman might
be shifted to the empty right half
post and Yale Lary moved into
Lippman’s spot.”
In a replacement for Hill’s posi
tion, the Aggies have two pros
pects. Darrow Hooper is expected
to see more offensive action and
there is a bright prospect in soph
omore Eric Miller. Miller snagged
one of the three Aggie touchdown
passes in last week’s thriller.
Squad in Good Shape
The remainder of the squad
emerged from their first battle
with only a few cuts and bruises.
The team entered the game in good
condition and for the most part
finished the game in fine shape.
Just because the Aggies passed
UCLA silly in last week’s game
does not mean they have given up
their ground game. Billy Tidwell
broke loose with a sparkling 70-
yard dash after receiving a pass
and proved he is capable of doing
more.
Bob Smith, although he was not
sensational, did a good job as the
Aggie leading ground gainer. As
the Aggie passing attack develops
into a real threat, the opponents
defense will have to loosen up.
This will be all the enconragement
that Smith, Tidwell, and Glenn
Lippman will need.
Probable Starting Lineman
Barring any injuries during ths
week’s practice sessions, George
will continue to go along with these
offensive starting lineman: Darrow
Hooper and Charles Hodge at the
terminal posts; Jack Little and
Sam Moses in the tackle spots; Elo
Nohavitza and W. T. Rush at the
guard positions and co-captain
Hugh Meyer at center. It is also
Tech Shows Strong Attack,
Fails With Weak Defense
LAST TIMES TODAY
“FRENCHIE”
By HUGH PHILIPPUS
Battalion Sports Writer
Sports forecasters and writers
all seem to favor the Aggies over
the Red Raiders of Texas Tech in
their first encounter in Dallas.
But after the Red Raider’s show
of power against West Texas State,
some scribes and coaches wonder
if maybe the Raiders have the pow
er and potency sufficient to defeat
the Aggies in the Cotton Bowl Sat
urday night. Coach Dalton Fair-
cloth agreed with this opinion af
ter he scouted the Tech team last
weekend.
“If we aren’t careful,” Faircloth
reported, “Texas Tech will be the
main course rather than an ap
petizer for Oklahoma. If we can’t
stop the Raiders, it will be ‘Katy
bar the door’ when we play the
Sooners.”
No Passing Attack
A passing attack did not show-
forth according to the Aggie scout,
but he warned that Tech didn’t
have to show its, “Sunday Punch”
against West Texas.
However Faircloth did say,
“Their running attack was plenty
good, especially on the outside.
Their blocking was sound, and
some of them can really throw a
hard tackle.’*
Two backs were singled out by
Faircloth for their running ability.
Right half Frank Griaves, and
Graves’ substitute, Bobby Cavazos.
“Fullbacks Charles Welton and
Pete Renaldi were more than cap
able as blockers,” reported Fair
cloth.
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One of the weaknesses seen in
the Raiders by the Aggie scout was
the tendency to horsecollar ball
carriers. “The Red Raiders showed
plenty of hustle, but there was a
lack of varsity experience as one of
Tech’s disadvantages”, viewed by
the Aggie spy.
In closing Coach Faircloth said,
“It will be a good, hard ball game
for us; it will be a carbon copy of
the Oklahoma game.’
Tech’s new coaching regime,
headed by DeWitt T. Weaver, is
incorporating the split-T for the
first time this season at the school.
Weaver, a split-T convert, be
lieves nothing will replace a good
clean block. He came to Texas Tech’
from the associate coaching spot at
Tulsa University.
Price to be W’atched
Not only the Raider’s eyes, but
also many of the Aggies eyes will
be on Tech’s nominee for All-
American tackle—Jerrell Price.
Price, known as “Sody Pop,” is
supposed to have the best chance
of any Red Raider in the past of
making a “big” All-American, ac
cording to veteran Tech followers.
The Raider captain weighs 210
pounds and distributes it over a
frame of 5’ 11”, which fills the
tackle slot with the appearance of
a baby tank. He is a double duty
man, playing both offense and de
fense. He received numerous votes
for All-American last year, and
was picked by many of Tech’s op
ponents on their All-Opponent
team.
Some other Raiders to watch are
Pete Edwards, Bobby Close, Au
brey Phillips, Junior Arterburn,
Buddy Barron, and Jack Cockburn.
Edwards is the only offensive
starting back returning, and last
year was noted for his pass sling
ing, as he completed 42 out of 99
and had two intercepted for a
total of 696 yards and seven TD’s.
Close was the Raider’s punter
last year and booted 39 times for
an average of 35.8 yards per try.
Phillips, the ball snapper, is
supposed to be one boy whom the
line is to revolve around.
Barron, a guard, is also counted
on heavily. Cockburn, an offensive
guard, is slated for heavy duty,
and was the winner at Tech of
Standefer-Canon award which goes
to the football letterman with the
highest grades.
Stronger on Offense
The Red Raiders are stronger on
offense than ever before, and are
definitely in a rebuilding phase. A
handful of better-than-average
backs operating the explosive split-
T behind a hustling line should
produce the scoring combination,
but a light defensive unit 1 without
strength in depth may have diffi
culty slowing down the opposition.
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anticipated that Meyer, Moses,
Rush, and Little will also see ac
tion on the defensive unit.
From the results of the A&M-
UCLA tilt it still looks like the
quarterback post has not been nail
ed down by any one single man.
Two Capable QB’s
Dick Gardemal and Ray Graves
both turned in creditable perform
ances in their first action under
pressure for this year.
The Aggies have enough depth
in the fullback position to keep
them out of serious trouble. Ber
nard Lemmons, who showed up
sparkling in several late season
games last year, is a senior. Next
in line is sophomore Connie Ma-
gouirk.
The Aggies will have to make
the touchdowns, while the job of
kicking the extra points is already
taken care of by the well educated
toe of Darrow Hooper.
Weak in Guard
The biggest headache for the
Cadets however still lies in the line.
Head Line Coach Paul McMurtry
has to strengthen a definitely weak
left end. UCLA made most of
their yardage around this side.
The lack of depth in the middle of
the line also will continue to bother
the Aggie stone wall efforts in de
fense.
This week the Aggie defense will
no doubt run plays against Texas
Tech’s split-T. Tech has a handful
of better than average backs oper
ating behind a hustling line that
will weigh just about the same as
the Cadets.
Thb Red Raiders have 17 return
ing lettermen which have formed a
nucleus to create a scoring combi
nation that is good, but they will
have trouble keeping their oppo
nents from scoring.
Both Teams Under New Coaches
Both teams this year will be un
der new coaches, George for the
Aggies and DeWitt Weaver for the
Texas Tech Raiders.
When the Aggies and the Red
Raiders take to the field next Sat
urday night each will have one vic
tory. A&M got its win over UCLA
while the Tech boys were over run
ning West Texas State.
The series, switched to Dallas
this year so Dallas fans may get
a look at the Aggies every year,
has previously been played in San
Antonio. / —
Aggie teams have been victor
ious nine times while Tech elevens
have won twice. There have been
no ties in the 11-game series.
Aggie Swim Team
Ready For S W'C
By LYLE DeBOLT
Battalion Staff Writer
“The swimming team this year is
in fairly good shape,” Art Adam
son, coach of the Aggie swimming
team, said recently.
“If we could build up some more
good 'distance men, and get one
more good sprinter, we will be
hard to beat. The Southwest Con
ference race will be between SMU,
Texas, and A&M.”
A returning letterman this year
is Van Adamson, who holds the
Southwest Conference record in
the individual medley. He also
swam on the 400 yard free style
relay team, which also holds the
Southwest Conference record.
Lundell, another returning let
terman, swims the back stroke and
was also a member of the winning
400 yard free style relay team.
Comstock Returning
Tommy Comstock is a returning
letterman swimming the breast
stroke and was a member of the
300 yard medley relay team which
took first place in the Southwest
Conference.
Letterman Crawford swims the
back stroke and another member of
the 300 yard medley relay team.
Ralph Ellis is a free styler who
swam on both relay teams. . ,
Other returning lettermen 1 are
John Parnell, distance man; Bill
Sargent, back stroker; and Strick-
ler, breast stroker.
Returning squadmen are James
Baker, back stroker; Johnson, div
er; and Jones, free styler.
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