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Tuesday, October 2, 1951
THE BATTALION
Page 5
A&M Rated No. 10 Team In
Nation By Weekly AP Poll
One Of Top Linemen
BASED ON AP REPORTS
A&M again reached the top
ranking on the Associated Press
football poll as they collected 222
points to place tenth as one of the
nation’s powerhouse football teams.
Texas University took over the
place the Cadets held at the start
of the season in the No. 6 with
616 points, while Southwest Con
ference favorite Baylor was ranked
No. 19.
Michigan State College, one of
the nation’s leading independent
football powers was ranked first
in the initial poll by the AP.
Coach Biggie Munn’s Spartans,
who spanked Michigan, 25-0, last
week, edged out the Golden Bears
of California for first place.
Bears Barely Second
The Bears took the runnerup
spot by a sparse 28 votes from
Tennessee, the team which was ac
corded the No. 1 spot in a pre-sea
son poll Sept. 10. In last month”
balloting, Michigan State was rat
ed number 2.
Lippman Leads
Ball Carriers
In SWC Chase
Glenn Lippman of Texas
A&M leads the SWC ball-car
riers with 167 yards on 22
runs and Lamar McHan of
Arkansas is second with 153
on 20 carries. Marvin Fowler is
third with 124 yards on 23 rushes.
Marvin Fowler of Texas Christ
ian is the man in Southwest Con
ference football.
The TCU tailback is the total of
fense leader and the most accurate
passer in the league.
Fowler has gained 364 yards run
ning and passing. He ranks second
in yardage in passing—240—but
has the top percentage. He has
completed 18 of 28 passes for a
mark of .642.
Fred Benners of Southern Meth
odist has thrown 48 passes and
completed 28 for 292 yards and an
average of .604.
Jerry Norton of Southern Metho
dist leads the punters with an aver
age of 41.0 on nine kicks. Larry
Isbell of Baylor is second with
40.2 on five.
Bill Jurney of Arkansas has
caught the most passes, taking
six for 128 yards. Bob Blair of
Texas Christian is second with five'
for 105. Yale Lary of Texas A&M
has been the most effective punt
returner. He has carried back five
for 99 yards.
Arkansas leads in team offense
with 859 yards while Southern
Methodist tops in defense, allow
ing only 203.5 yards per game.
Beat O U
Sooners Weak
Says Ag Scout
Oklahoma City, Oct. 2—
(AP)—A football scout who
watched Oklahoma swamp
William and Mary, 49-7, Sat
urday reported to Head Coach
Ray George of Texas A&M:
“Oklahoma has several glaring
weaknesses—on the seventh and
eighth teams.”
George made the report public
today in a telephonic interview,
amplified for Oklahoma City’s
downtown quarterbacks at their
weekly luncheon.
Texas A&M, with victories over
UCLA and Texas Tech, next meets
Oklahoma at College Station, Sat
urday night.
“I don’t think we have enough
depth to cope with a team like
Oklahoma,” George said in the
novel interview. But he added that
Texas A&M would be at full
strength “unless some injury oc
curs this week.”
He said he expected his star
fullback, Bob Smith, who received
an ankle injury in the Texas Tech
game, to be ready to go Saturday
night.
Oklahoma Head Coach Bud Wil
kinson, who used 44 men against
William and Mary, saw the Texas
A&M-Texas Tech game. He told
the Quarterback Club that Texas
A&M has “tremendous speed and
excellent ball carriers.”
“I don’t think any team will stop
Texas A&M cold,” Wilkinson said.
“Control of the ball will play an
unusually important part in our
game Saturday night.”
The Sooner mentor said he was
pleased with his team’s initial
showing against William and Mary.
He admitted, however, that “our
first stringers didn’t play long
enough for us to tell much about
them.”
Wilkinson said Oklahoma had
more team speed than William and
Mary, “which was the predominant
factor in the game.”
This was seconded by Charley
Ellis, William and Mary assistant
coach, who attended today’s ses
sion and told the group:
“We thought we would give
Oklahoma a pretty good game, but
all we saw was the backs of their
jerseys. We found Oklahoma much
faster than we anticipated. I never
saw such speed. Whew!”
——Beat 0 U—
That was before the teams got
into their game suits. Michigan
State had barely beaten Oregon
State the previous Saturday, 6-0,
but the Spartans ripped their old
Michigan rivals solidly in their
second game and drew 37 first
place votes out of a total 133
cast.
On the basis of 10 points for
first, nine for second, eight for
third, and so on, Michigan State
stacked up 1,026 points in the poll
of sports writers and sportscasters
from coast to coast.
Tennessee—No. 3
California, which came east to
rock Pennsylvania, 35-0, and gain
a lot of respect from eastern grid
iron scribes, had 22 firsts and a
total of 962 points. Tennessee, win
ner over Mississippi State 14-0,
polled 27 firsts, and a total of 934
points.
The Oklahoma Sooners, voted
No. 1 team a year ago, gained the
No. 4 spot on, the strength of a
convincing 49-7 victory over Wil
liam & Mary. Oklahoma had 18
first place ballots.
A major surprise, not only to
Indiana and a lot of so-called ex
perts, was Notre Dame. The fight
ing Irish, who have been voted
the nation’s top team four times
since the poll was inaugurated in
1936, landed in the No. 5 position.
Notre Dame Back Again
Coach Frank Leahy’s lads crack
ed Indiana, 48-6, Saturday with
some of the old Notre Dame power,
and got quick recognition when it
came time to send in the votes.
Others in the first 10 are Texas,
which bested Purdue 14-0 after
squeezing past Kentucky the pre
vious Saturday, No. 6; Ohio State,
which barely got past Southern
Methodist, 7-0, No. 7; Illinois, a
27-13 winner over UCLA, No. 8;
Maryland, a 54-14 victor over
Washington & Lee, No. 9; and Tex
as A&M, 20-7 winner over Texas
Tech, No. 10.
The voting for the first poll,
with first place votes in brackets,
10 points for first, nine for second,
eight for third, and so oir:
1 Michigan State (37) 1,026
2. California (22) 962
3. Tennessee (27) 934
4. Oklahoma (18) 805
5. Notre Dame (9) 720
6. Texas (6) 616
7. Ohio State (1) 430
8. Illinois 294
9. Maryland (4) 237
10. Texas A&M 222
Second Ten
11. Georgia Tech (4), 203; 12.
Washington (2), 166; 13. Georgia
(1), 95; 14. Princeton, 81; 15. Ore
gon State (1), 42; 16. Duke 37; 17.
Kentucky, 34; 18. Clemson (1), 33; 1
19. Baylor, 32; and 20. Kansas, 30. 1 :
Other teams with points were: .
Mississippi and Wake Forest 27, |
Alabama 22, Holy Cross 21, Corn- §
ell 20, Northwestern 18, Wisconsin |
17, Villanova and Tulane 16, LSU j |
11, Southern California 10, Arkan
sas 8, Fordham, Penn State, and
Stanford 7, Amherst 6, Texas
Christian, Virginia, Cincinnati and
Southern Methodist 5, South Dako
ta State, Yale and Navy 4, U. of
San Francisco 3, Minnesota and
Drake 1.
Fish To Battle
Thursday Night
By GUS BECKER
Battalion Sports Writer
The Class of ’55 will see a pre
view of things to come, Thursday
night at 8 p. m., when coach Klepto
Holmes will unveil the A&M fresh
man squad against the Blinn Col
lege Buccaneers at Kyle Field.
The Buccaneers have played two
games so far this season, losing
last week to the Baylor Cubs 41-0.
A sixty-two man- squad will be
suited out for the game and coach
Holmes expects to let every man
see action. “We’ll wear them down
if nothing else,” said Holmes.
Fish Starting Players
The probable starting line-up
will have Henry Frank Clark at
left end. Clark is 18, weighs 202
i jpounds, is six feet two and a half
inches tall and was an All-District
end for Mesquite High School.
At left tackle is Lonnie Sturges
Martin, an 18 year old, 220 pound,
six foot lad, who. was All-District
tackle for Cotulla.
Marvin Paul Tate is slated to
start at left quard. Tate was a
two year All-District, two year
All-State guard for Abilene. He is
18 years old, weighs 185 pounds
and stands a half an inch over six
feet.
Fish Have Big Center
Center for the Maroon and
White Freshman, will be Leo Jude
Marquete, who hails from Marrero,
La. Marquette is a 19 year old lad
who stands two inches over six
feet and tips the scales at 225
pounds.
Another Louisiana lad will be at
Basketball Starts
Intramural Season
James Fowler
Fowler, Rush, Little
Top Aggie Linemen
Jack Little
Arkansas, Frogs Set
For SWC Title Race
Both Arkansas and TCU sche
duled a week of hard workouts in
preparation for their conference
clash that will officially open the
Southwest Conference race.
Arkansas football Coach Otis
Douglas fretted today because, he
said, all but one of his ends are
on the ailing list. And with a
Southwest Conference game with
Texas Christian'coming up, too.
The ailing ends are Pat Sum-
merall and Bill Jurney, the start
ers; Billy Pickens, Pat Perry,
Bill Forrester, Red Warren, Wes
ley Huffines and Frank Fischel.
While the injuries seem to be
minor, the coach was worried be
cause they would make some of the
boys miss needed practice.
Sophomore Jerry Bogard is the
only wingman who doesn’t have
something wrong with him, Doug
las reported.
Also, it appeared doubtful that
Lewis Carpenter, No. 1 offensive
and defensive fullback, would be
anywhere near top shape by Satur-
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day. He sprained an ankle in Ark
ansas’ 30-13 win over Arizona State
last week.
Texas Christian gridmen report
ed to practice today at near peak
physical strength as they started
drills for Saturday night’s South
west Conference opener with Ar
kansas University at Little Rock.
Beat O U
Right Tackle Jack Little, Left
Guard Marshall Rush, and Line
backer James Fowler took The Bat
talion Sports Staff votes as the
Defensive Linemen of the Week.
The three together comprised
one-third of the tackles made by
the Aggies against the Red Raid
ers of Texas Tech.
On almost every play either Lit
tle, who also played as lineback
er, or Fowler stopped the hard-hit
ting Tech backfield from penetrat
ing the Aggie secondary.
Rush was credited for spilling
the Tech ball carriers many times
within their line of scrimmage.
Last year, Rush saw limited
action. After the Baylor game,
he waS out for the remainder of
the season with a sprained ankle.
Now, he has gained a permanent
spot on the Aggie forward wall.
The younger brother of W. T.
Rush, also a guard on the Aggie
squad, Marshall stands six feet,
even and pushes the scales at 204.
A fast lineman, many sportswrit-
ers have said that he “is the quick
est player in the line getting to
the point of contact.’
Not so little, Jack Little is one
of the largest men on Coach Ray
George’s starting eleven. Spot
ted as one of the all-conference
candidates of the Cadets, Little
has thrown his 220, 6’ 3” frame
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By TOM ROUNTREE
Battalion Intramural Writer
Intramurals for 1951-52 got un
derway with a swish yesterday
afternoon as eight military upper
classmen basketball teams met.
Play first started at 4 p. m. in
the Grove with B CAC, D FA, E
Inf, A FA, A Irtf, G AF, A Arm,
and E AF clashing.
Closest match in the first bunch
of teams , was between A Inf and
G AF. Final score was 14-10. High
point man for the Doggies was Ed
Moses with 8 pt. while top man
for the Airmen was Philip Orr.
E Inf snowed A FA with a score
of 21-1. First half of the game
ended with the Peashooters only
allowing the “Feet” 11 points to
their one. Second half of the game
saw the Footmen rack up 10 more
points while holding the Cannon
eers scoreless.
Men from B Buzzard Busters
outgunned D FA to take their
game 22-10. High point man for
B CAC was Chick Dvarocek and
top face on the totem pole for D
FA was Pat Frekling.
A strafing attack by E AF
worked A Arm over 19-2 in their
opening intramural game. Only
hit scored by the Tank Jockeyes
was in the second half when Davis
swished one through the hoop. Big
gun for the men from the blue was
Haley Roberts with a total for six
points.
Second batch of" - games started
at 5 yesterday afternoon with D
Inf, K AF, L AF, B Inf, C Arm, A
QMC, A CWS, and B Comp.
Only close game in the bunch
was between D Inf and K AF with
K Sqd. nosing the men -in the ranks
out by‘a 9-7 score. Top scorer
for D Co. was Dud Coleman. K
Airmen didn’t have any standout
players as there wasn’t a man on
the team that could make the bas
ket swish more than once. •
L AF was the victor of the
match with B Inf. First half of
game saw 12 points tallied by the
men who wear the silver wings
while the men who tote the rifles
could only mark up four. Two more
goals for the “LAF’s” and one for
the “BAF’s” was the action report
ed in the second half.
Bleeding C Arm was really
bleeding as they were outscored by
A QMC “clotheriers” 17-1. Chief
tailor for a A QMC was Moore
with four points and the least
(See INTRAMURALS, Page 6)
right guard in. the form of Sidney
Theriot. He hails from Gibson, La.
and was All-State for Terreborne
High School. Theriot is 19 years
old, stands 5’ 9”, and weighs 185
pounds.
Starting right tackle will be Ly
man E. Preston, a 5’ 11”, 215
pound, 18 year old tackle who play
ed high school ball for Austin.
Drawing the starting assignment
at right end is Bennie Clanton Sin
clair was All-District and All-State
for Mineola in high school. He is
6’ 1”, weighs 180 pounds and is
eighteen years old.
Backfield Averages 180
The backfield will have Joel
Davis Smith at quarterback. Smith
is an 18 year old, 6’ 1”, 176 pound
back who was All-Central Texas
for Lockhart.
Left halfback will be James Her-
shall Self, 5’8”, 19 year old, 150
pound scatback who was three
years All-District, All-State for
Wichita Falls High School.
Bernie Joe Cook is the right
halfback, an All-District back for
Clyde High School. Cook is 18
years old, weighs 180 pounds and
stands 5’ 11”.
At fullback will be Virgil Eu
gene Patton, a 19 year old, 200
pound, six foot two and a half
inch line crasher, who was All-
District for Vernon High School.
“The team is coming along
pretty well,” coach Holmes said
“but they have a lot to learn,
they’re big enough and it will take
a little time.”
Beat O U
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