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Wednesday, October 3, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Outside Prediction Picks Ags, Baylor By El) HOLDER Battalion Sports Writer Here is the way the “Houston Aggie News” put it . . . (1) A&M and Baylor to tie for the title. (2) A&M in the Cotton Bowl by virtue of its win over Baylor. (3) Coach Ray George to become the Coach-of-the-year. (4) Glenn Lippman to be star of the Aggies when the defense goes all out for Bob Smith. (5) Ray Graves to be the quarter back Coach George has been looking for. (6) A&M to be running something i other than the orthodox “T” before the sea- Hoider son is very old. (7) UCLA to be the test but Trinity darn near a catas trophe. (8) If anything happens to Isbell at Baylor the Bears will collapse and Texas will be the one to win. (9) Rice will not finish last. (10) It will be one heck of a season but if the Cadets come through, A&M will again become a national football power, n , __ All But One We’ll go along with all but one of these predictions. The way things are shaping up, Rice will wind up on \ bottom of the scramble. On the other hand, the accent should be put on at least three of the others. Lippman can be the star of the Cadets when the opposition sets up their eriire defensive pattern with one purpose in mind . . . “Stop Smih.” This was shown beyond a doubt in the Texas Tech game when Lippman ran wild and set his best record of any previous tilt. He chalked up 156 yards rushing on 18 tries to bring home an average of 8.7 yards per carry, while Smith tallied 58 yards for eight Carries and an average of 6.9. This by no means asserts that Smith is losing his drive. In fact it shows just the opposite. With the defense concentrating on him, he still came through with a very well-played game. \ Ray Graves—The Quarterback? Ray Graves . . . the quarterback year. Graves could step into Dick’s George is looking for? We say shoes which contain the confi- yes. Graves is a junior and has dcnce of both the team and the displayed running and passing abil- fans. And if Graves continues to ity in both the UCLA and Tech improve as he has in the past two games. games, he will be more than the Dick Gardemal, who has quarter- quarterback “George is looking backed the Aggie eleven for the for.” past three years, will graduate this Rough Year This season will certainly be “one heck of a battle” ... all the way. Every team in the conference is potentially a winning club. Texas, as usual, has another power house. They have defeated two of the big teams in the na tion. They took Kentucky 7-6 and (See SWC, Page 4) Top Aggie Lineman W. T. Rush W. T. Rush, 6’ 1”, 195 pound senior was named the third top Aggie Lineman of the week for his all-around play in the Aggies win over Texas Tech 20-7. Rush is a guard with two varsity let ters to his credit. He hails from Lampasas, Texas. Intramurals Fish Tennis, Basketball Now Started By TOM ROUNTREE Battalion Intramural Writer Freshman intramurals burst into | full bloom yesterday afternoon as both basketball and tennis got un der way. Co. 1 took a basketball win away from Co. 2 with a score of 1-5. Rogers was top scorer for the winning team with 4 points, while scoring gun for Co. 2 was Baie who also picked 4 points. Basketball was again the forte when Co. 6 downed Co. 7, 25-14. Scoring ace on the Co. 6 team was A. C. Evans while the losers top man was Hays. Sqdn. 15 eked past the Fish Band with a 14-12 score. Top man with the toters scored 4 goals While the chief gunner for the Airboys was Mathis with 2 goals. Tennis Results McCuistion and Mynatt, Grigson and Bainley, and Goodwin and Coonley won their sets for Co. 13 to take the match with Co. 14 3-0. In the other tennis match played, Co. 4 won from Co. 3 with a 2-1 match score. Winning players were W. E. Floyd, J. W. Herbeg, Lee, and Wood for Co. 4 and W. R. Pence and B. G. Rider for Co. 3. There were two forfeits of games yesterday afternoon. Co. 12 forfeited to Co. 11 in basketball and Co. 9 forfeeited to Co. 8 in tennis. Beat 0 U Only nine mares have won the four and a half mile Aintree Grand National out of 115 runnings. Sooners Tackle Aggies In Kyle Field Opener jir ★ Lucky Star Nite ^ “WITHOUT HONOR” Lippman, Graves, Lary Place Among SWC Leaders A&M gained additional strength in the SWC statistical department after their second game in the 1951 season. “Little” Glenn Lippman, the “El Campo flash,” took over as the top ball carrier. Glenn’s sensational performance against Texas Tech enabled the Aggie halfback to jump ahead with 167 yards on 22 carries. Bob Smith, fullback, still has a very respectable 5.1 average review torra SEE THE COMPLETE ARRAY OF NEW PARKER PENS YOUR DEALER IS FEATURING NOW. AMERICA’S PREFERRED WRITING INSTRUMENTS, THEY BRING REAL PRIDE AND LASTING WRITING PLEASURE. 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In the kicking departments, Yale Lary tops the Aggie’s efforts with a 36.9 average. Lary has booted the pigskin 10 times for 369 yards. Jerry Norton, SMU leads the con ference with a 41.0 average. Two cadets, Yale Lary and Char lie McDonald, hold the number one and two spots as the leading punt returner in the southwest. Lary has returned five punts for 99 yards and a 19.8 average. Mc Donald ran back 43 yards on four ball-toting chances. Although absent from last week’s game, Billy Tidwell still is one of the leading pass receiv ers with fout tosses caught for 92 yards. William Jurney, Arkansas, is tops with six catches for 128 yards. Charlie Hodge set the pace for the Aggies as their leading scor er with 12 points which is good for the number four spot. The Aggie’s point after touch down expert, Darrow Hooper, has kicked five out of six attempts for five points. TODAY LAST DAY First Run Starts 2:00—4:00—6:00—8:00—10:00 A Also SANDY SADDLER vs. WILLIE PEP FIGHT NEWS—CARTOON STARTS THURSDAY First Run jn SUPER cineCOLOR * THE , iTBWS RANGERS George MONTGOMERY COUIMC* PICTURE Gale STORM - NEWS—CARTOON Dick Gardemal still holds a lead ing position among the passers of the southwest. His record for the first two weeks under fire is nine completions out of 16 attempts for 131 yards and a .562 per cent aver age. Fred Benners, aerial specialist from SMU, is “the man,” the pass ing man that it, in the SWC. Against Ohio State,- Benners com pleted an astonishing 21 throws out of 29 attempted for 211 yards. This brings Benners total aver age up to 29 completions out of 48 attempts for 292 yards, one touchdown, a 10.1 average, and a .604 per cent average. He has only three intercepted. Benners was the only player in the SWC to place among the na tional leaders. After his superb play against Ohio State, Benners was tagged as the No. 5 passer in the nation. In their first two games the Cadet machine has rolled up 525 yards on the ground, 299 yards through the air, have completed 20 out of 40 passes, claim a 36.9 punting average, had one pass in tercepted, and dx-ew penalties for 130 yards. Beat O U Only Seven Texas Teams Undefeated By ASSOCIATED PRESS Only seven undefeated teams re main among Texas’ 26 senior col leges as the football campaign moves into its fourth week. Trinity University, Sul Russ, Texas Tech, Mardin-Simmons and Austin College fell out last week. . Topping the field is North Texas State, which has won three games and scored 149 points to 12 for the opposition. Southwest Texas state and midwestem also have won three games and scored 149 points to 12 for the opposition. Southwest Texas State and Midwestern also have won three games apiece. Standings of the undefeated Tex as college teams: Team W N. Texas State 3 By BOB SELLECK Battalion Sports News Editor The Aggies will play host to the Oklahoma Sooners this week-end on Kyle Field in what is being pegged as the No. 2 game in the nation. Coach Bud Wilkinson with his Sooners will be bringing one of the wettest “crying towels” in use in big time football. Year in and year out, Wilkin son claims a Hue of woes that will lead ^everyone to believe that his team is doomed for the cellar and will be lucky if they win a single game all year. Despite this negative and tearful attitude, Wilkinson has compiled one of the most amazing coaching records in history. Wilkinson, reigning “Coach of the Year,” has piloted His Sooner squad to 38 wins, four loses and one tie for a .904 per cent. He has been a Head Coach only four years, all of them at Oklahoma. Last Year’s No. 1 Team Last year his Oklahoma team won the national collegiate champ ionship, placing first in both the associated Press Poll and the Uni ted Press Poll. This year is the darkest of all according to the Sooner’s Head Coach. “Our team will be the most inexperienced we have had since I’ve been here. We feel that our halfbacks, guards, tackles and pos sibly our quarterbacks will be ade quate. We definitely lack depth at offensive center, and we lack strength at end, fullback, and at defensive center, and defensive safety where we’ve had Buddy Jones.” Four Returning Offensive Stars Oklahoma keeps four offensive starters from last year’s squad. Among these are All-American co captain Jim Weatherall, and Billy Vessels, All-Big Seven. Kay Kel ler, left end, and right halfback Merrill Green complete the list. Also both “rugged linebackers” return, Co-captain Bert Clark and Tom Gatlin. Freshmen who enroll in Septem ber are immediately eligible f®r football at Oklahoma and at all Big Seven conference schools. This is the third team that A&M has faced which use freshman; Texas Tech and California were the oth ers. Key Players Hurt in Spring Three front-line Oklahoma play ers are recovering from operations or have broken bones knitting. If any of them is unable to see steady action, his loss would be felt keen ly. Melvin Brown, starting offen sive guard, broke his leg in spring practice. Ed Rowland, starting de fensive guard, and Merrill Green starting halfback, both had ankle operations late in the spring. Oklahoma runs their offensive attack off the split-T and it is doubtful if they will vary any at all during the coming battle with the Cadets. Last year Oklahoma squeezed by the Aggies 34-28, winning the ball game in the fading seconds of the final period. This years contest should turn into an equally close contest. The Sooners, ranked the No. 4 team in the nation by a recent AP poll, gained additional prestige by thoroughly trouncing William and Mary 49-7. After their first game with Wil liam and Mary, Oklahoma’s prob able starting lilleup looks like this. Jack Lockett and Kay Kel ler holding down the end posts. Jim Weatherall and Roger Nel son, sophomore, are the starting tackles. The guards positions are being handled by Melvin Brown and Joe Brock, another sophomore- Tom Gatlin is the number one cen ter. . Billy Vessels leads the poten tially great Sooner backfield. Frank Silva is in the other half back slot, with Eddie Crowder and Buck McUhail completing the squad. Monday afternoon the Aggies took things easy as both the of fensive and defensive first string-' ers worked out without pads. The rest of the squad scrimmaged against the freshman team who' Thursday will open their season against Blinn College. Dayton said that all of the Ag gie team should be in good shape for the Oklahoma tilt which will be the opening home game for th& Cadets. Both Billy Tidwell and Walter Hill, neither of whom suited out for the Tech game, started working out again. Glenn Lippman, A&M’s leading ground gainer this year with 167 yards, was in good spirits today' as were the other members of the team. Everything seems to be. pointing toward a big weekend. S’west Tex. St. Midwestern Texas A&M Texas Baylor Steph. R. Austin 1 Pts 149 141 95 41 21 19 41 LAST TIMES TODAY “Mister Universe” THURSDAY & FRIDAY "A boys bestfriend Is his mother... tt Copr. 1951 by The Parser, Pen Company VAN HEFLIN-YVONNEOeCARLO r‘l fotn fftEI • let UBl • Tm TJUr a! A UaiversaS-Intenatiooil Picture but Cigars are a Mark Smoke! You need not inhale to enjoy a cigar! CIGAR INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, INC.