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Monday, October 15, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 SWC Round-up A&M T ramplesTrinity: Upsets Spoil Records Based On AP Reports Upsets marked the spotlight of the Southwest Conference week end clashes. TCU, rated among the top teams * in the Conference, fell before a spirited Texas Tech eleven 19-33. it was Texas Tech that lost to the Aggies 7-20. Baylor caused some eyebrow lifting by having to fight to squeeze by Arkansas 9-7 in a con ference game. This didn’t look like the Baylor team favored by many as the winner of the SWC. The Aggies continued to roll like thunder as they completely over powered the Trinity Tigers 53-14. Every man on the Aggie bench saw action. SMU 27, NOTRE DAME 20 Fred Benners, a human windmill, hit on 22 passes in 41 attempts for 326 yards and four touchdowns * Saturday to pilot Southern Metho dist over bewildered Notre Dame, 27-20. % The 6 foot, 3-inch senior, who lives only several blocks from the Dallas school’s campus, shattered all of his own aerial records in unharnessing the most furious passing game ever fired at a Notre Dame team. The Irish, unable to pierce the SMU defense that shielded Ben ners like he was a hunk of uran ium, bowed to their first defeat in three starts this season. Reverse 1949 Score The Mustangs were up in the air from the start and did not call more than a dozen actual run- LAST TIMES TODAY “I Was A Communist for the FBI” TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY ...MEETS Starring SHELLEY MCDONALD WHS'CAREY helm CARTER f) .in. LUTHEH ADLER • FRANK LOVEIOY »d LIBERAGE Screenplay by JOEL MALONE and OSCAR BROONEY Directed by BRUCE HUMBERSTONE Produced by MICHEL KRAIKE A UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURE ning plays in winging to their first victory in four games with the Irish. The score was identical, only reversed, of the great Notre Dame 1949 triumph, the last time the two intersectional rivals met. But the young Irish made a battle of it with a last quarter touchdown on a passing attack of their own. It kept the crowd of 58,240 on its feet and added more thrills for the millions of television fans watching on a coast to coast hookup. In all 89 passes were tried by both teams. SMU wheeled into a 13-6 first quarter lead, was ahead 20-13 at the half and then boosted it to 27-13 in the third period. Previous Records Benners’ previous single game records were 39 attempts against Texas last year, 20 completions against Texas and Ohio State in 1950 and 306 yards gained against Ohio State last year. In the first half, SMU called only one play for an actual run as Ben ners struck on 12 tosses out of 23 for 224 yards. He spiraled 11 passes, in the first 10 minutes and his fifth con nection in that span resulted in a 57-yard touchdown to Benton Musselwhite. Sam Stollenwerck place kicked the first of his three extra points. Later Notre Dame, ranking fifth nationally, pulled up 7-6 when freshman Paul Reynolds of Spring- field, Ill., rocketed 29 yards yards off the novel “I” formation which the Irish used nearly as much at the “T”. Then before the first quarter ended, Benners made his ninth completion in 18 heaves good for a 38-yard payoff to Rusty Rus sell. Game at a Glance SMU No. D. First downs 12 14 Rushing yardage 21 99 Passing yardage 338 231 Passes attempted 45 44 . j Bryan Z-SS79 TODAY — TUESDAY LAST DAY Passes completed 23 18 Passes intercepted 2 2 Punts 9 9 Punting average 34 39 Fumbles lost 2 1 Yards penalized 27 52 TU 9, Oklahoma 7 It was the Longhorn defense again as Texas University won a decision over Oklahoma, 9-7, in Dallas’ Cotton Bowl. It looked as if the contest might get one-sided in the first min utes as the Longhorns charged 45 yards to a first down on the Ok lahoma four-yard line. Then something happened. Oklahoma unfurled a 10-man line and on the next three plays the Longhorns lost so much yardage that a fourth-down, six-yard gain still gave the ball to the Sooners on their six. From there, with McPhail, Ves sels and Dick Heatley striking re peated sudden blows inside the tackles, the Oklahoma team tore down the field on gains of 12, 4, 12, 14 and 31. A Texas offside helped make it first down on the Texas nine. Ves sels made two. From the two on fourth down. Quarterback Crowder crowded over his right guard for the touchdown. Weatherall con verted. That was all for Oklahoma. Texas Misses Chances Never again did the Sooners ser iously threaten. Texas got inside the Oklahoma five in the fourth quarter and had another less promising opportunity but couldn’t quite make it. The victory was another one, perhaps, for the Texas defense. The game turned back the clock to those long ago days when the forward pass was only a threat and not much of that. Both the Longhorns and the Sooners ran and ran and ran . . . passed only in desperation, and not very well. Texas tossed only three times for a total gain 'of 29 yards. Only in the last stages of the game did Oklahoma show any more willingness to pass; com pleted two of five for a minus one yard. Wilkinson declined to compare Texas with the Texas Aggie team that defeated Oklahoma, 14-7, at College Station last week. “They’re different types of teams,” he explained. The Longhorns again stuck to the ground in advancing 212 yards rushing and only 29 yards passing on two completions in three areial efforts. Ed Price, Texas’ undefeated head coach in four games, said, “It was another game where we leaned more than we should have, possi bly, on our defense.” Game at a Glance Texas Okla. First downs 11 10 Rushing yardage 212 170 Passing yardage 29 —1 Passes attempted 3 9 Passes completed 2 2 Passes; intercepted 0 2 Punts 9 7 Punting average 37.0 39.8 Fumbles lost 0 1 Yards penalixed 82 5 “Tokyo File 212” 9 Bajdor 9, Arkansas 7 TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY C. O. Brocato, a. little known line-backer, booted the first field goal he ever tried in college to squeeze Baylor past Arkansas Sat urday, 9 to 7. Larry Isbell, Baylor’s brilliant quarterback, fired 31 yards to End Stanley Williams for a vital six points in the second quarter, and the try for point never got off the Socrates preached: “THE BEST SEASON FOR FOOD IS HUNGER. FOR DRINK, THIRST." 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Third in the nation honors go to It’s been a turbulent football power-packed California, which has season so far, with upsets plenti- 38 straight regular season victor- ful, but if you rummage through ies. They will be host to Southern the debris you can find 15 teams California at Berkeley in a game still strongly in the running for that will go far toward deciding national honors, the Pacific Coast Conference Cham- With every section of the coun- pionship. Southern Cal., loser on- try represented, these outstanding ly to Camp Pendleton, beat Ore-^contenders are: gon State Saturday 16-14. East—Princeton (3-0), Villano- Tennessee, No. 3 nationally, va (3-0), Cornell (3-0). takes on traditionally tough Ala- Midwest—Michigan State (4-0), bama in their annual melee and Illinois (3-0), Northwestern (3-0). the fact Alabama has lost three. Southwest—Texas A&M (4-0), games will make the crimson tide Baylor (3-0), Texas (4-0). only that much more cantankerous. (See GRID, Page 4) Saxe Out For Year With Injured Arm Augie Saxe, vital part of the Saxe-Charlie McDonald Yale Lary defensive combination, played what might be his last minutes of col legiate football against Trinity University. “He will not play sooner than four weeks—and it could be that his college football days are over,” said Bill Dayton, head trainer for the Aggies. Saxe received a fractured arm in the second quarter of play as the Cadets were making their way to ward the north goal. It has been reported that the injury was be low the wrist of left arm. Coach Ray George now has the task if finding a replacement for the spot vacated by Saxe. The com-' bination Saxe was a part of has been rated as the sixth pass de fense power in the nation. This trio, Saxe-McDonald-Lary, hit it off together for the first ground as Francis Davidson fumb led the snapback. Brocato kicked the three-pointer hard and high from a slight angle at the six, in the final period with out knowing it would provide the margin of victory. Arkansas had not come near touchdown land at the time. A Baylor fumble, recovered by Arkansas End Bob Linebarier on Baylor’s 37 started the Razor- backs goalward in the waning min utes. Sophomore Lamar McHan shot a 17-yarder to End Pat Summerall and hit the other end, Bill Jurney for 18 more. Left Half Dean Pryor raced through his right guard from the two, standing up, and George Thomason kicked the extra point to pull Arkansas within two points of the Bears. Three minutes remained in the game, and the Baylor crowd of 25,000 sat paralyzed when Arkan sas got the ball again and surged from its 43 to the Baylor 34 on the passing of McHan. An interception in the end zone by Baylor’s Red Donaldson saved the day and Baylor had won its Southwest Conference opener and three in a row. • Rice 23, Navy 14 The Rice Owls marked their first win of the season by defeat ing Navy Saturday night at the Rice Stadium before 50,000 spec tators. The score was 21 to 14. Horton Nesrsta of the Owls took the kickoff and returned it 20 yards to the Owl 32. On fourth down, Bob Hempel of Galveston broke through and blocked Billy Burkhalter’s punt, grabbed the ball and galloped over for a touchdown untouched. He ran some 20 yards after blocking the ball on the 26. Ned Snyder added the extra point to make it 7 to 0 Navy, with the game less than two minutes old. Rice Scores Dan Drake faded and Bill How- ton broke into the clear to take a long pass from Drake and scamp er from the Navy 45 : yard line all the way for a touchdown. The pass netted 74 yards. TODAY & TUESDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:16 - 3:23 - 5:38 - 7:48 - 10:00 .time last year in the A&M-Baylor tilt, and proved their coordination together time after time as they worked as a combination the re mainder of the season and for the first four games of the present year. His spot on the trio was at right defensive halfback. “It hurt us bad—defensively,” said Coach George, “and Saxe was just beginning to show possibil ities as an offensive halfback.” Saxe’s absence will only add to the worries of George, who has already undertaken the task of re placing Walter Hill, injured de fensive end. Hill Operated On Hill was operated on Friday in Houston, and is doing fine. He will probably be back on the campus by tomorrow, but his services to the squd will be absent for the remain der of the season. Hill’s knee, which he injured during the initial minutes of the UCLA game, has kept him on the bench since the Bruin tilt and has caused the Cadets to search for a replacement for the regular end. Saxe is Senior Saxe is a senior from Beaumont, where he played high school ball for South Park. He stands 5 feet 11 inches tall and tips the scales at 176 pounds. Walter Hill will probably see ac tion again next season since he is now a junior. He hails from Ballin ger where he was coached by W. W. Wilson. Hill is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs in at 207 pounds. Beat TCU EYE I* FULL?? Li* YES SIR ... SHE SURE IS! So why not protect the eyes that bring you such beauty. Try one of these SPECIALS . . . GOOSENECK DESK LAMP . . . A standard, flexible Read ing Lamp with a 12” goose neck that will bring the light right to the spot. Heavy cast iron base and large reflector make this a must for every study desk or reading table. Only $2.05 BAKELITE DESK FLURALAMP . . . 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Low man on the totem pole was The Orange and White squad from Austin, that made 16 points. Blaine, a 19 year old junior from Imperial, Texas, placed third to lead the Aggie scorers. In last weeks dual meet with Oklahoma Blaine came in second to lead the A&M squad in points, while drop ping the meeet 27-28. A transfer student from Norway. Frederick Eckoff, paced the Okla homa Aggies, taking first place with a fast time of 9.47.1. Charles Hudgins, 19 year old junior from Dallas, Texas, and John Garmany 21 year old junior from Richmond, Texas, were in the bunch behind the leaders. Charlie Gabriel, junior from Houston and Dale DeRouen, fresh man from Port Arthur, rounded out the Maroon and White point makers. The Cadet ci;oss country team will match strides with the Texas University squad Friday, Oct. 26 in a dual meet at Austin. The 1950 Longhorn team, which finished third in the Southwest Conference behind Arkansas and A&M is back intact. Leaders for the squad are C. A. Rundell, Pat Odell, Otis Budd and Bobby Riess. Beat TCU ALWAYS... ONE zip 1 AHEAD OF THE WEATHER TV/0 COMPIEH COATS IN ONE ly played efforts of the Tigers in the initial half. Magnolia opened rapidly after receiving the opening kick-off. They drove deep inside the Tigers ten yard line, however this time the Consolidated line held. The Tigers escaped from the shadows of their own goal posts but could go no farther. They were forced to punt. Magnolia failed to score in the first period but completely bottled up the Tigers deep in their own territory. Buckalew Races 62 Yards On the first play of the second quarter, Bulldog back, Don Bucka lew, turned in a fine 62 yard touchdown jaunt. Mann Rickett’s try for the extra point was wide. Later in the same period Mann Rickett scored again for the Bull dogs on a one yard plunge. This time Dave Peabody attempted the extra point but ran head on into Tiger linbacker, George Johnston on the one yard line. This try for the extra proved to be the winning point of the game. As the teams left the field for the half, the A&M Consolidated Tigers were trailing Magnolia 12-0. Show Revived Determination After their half time rest, the Tigers showed a new determined spirit as they drove 65 yards in 12 plays to score their first tally. The drive was climaxed by Ar nold’s 26 yard run. Pinky Cooner booted the good extra point. The Tigers started off the final period in the same style. Again it was a 23-yard dash by Arnold that climaxed another lengthy touch down drive. This time Cooner fail ed in the point after touchdown at tempt. This put the Tigers ahead 13-12 hut they were not satisfied. Their third and final tally followed al most immediately. Leighton Dashes 55 yards Jerry Leighton, Consolidated’s high scoring back, raced 55 yards and Cooner added the all important extra point to give the Tigers a 20-12 lead. Magnolia took to the air lanes to set up a final one yard plunge by Mann Rickett who also ran over the good but futile extra point. Consolidated was again knocking at the Magnolia goal posts when time ran out. The Tigers had driven to the Bulldogs nine yard line when the gun sounded ending the game. The Tigers came through the game in fine condition except for George Johnston, who bumped heads with Bulldog David Peacock and injured his head. However, it is expected that he will be in shape in time for next Friday’s home game against Waller. Game at a Glance Tigers Bulldogs First downs 13 15 Yards rushing 310 139 Yards parsing 16 134 Yards lost 17 19 Net yds. gained 309 254 No. of passes 4 28 Passes completed 1 12 Passes intercepted by 1 2 No. of punts 4 5 Punt yardage 126 136 Punting average 31.5 27. Punts blocked 0 0 Punts returned2 for 12 4 foi • 68 Penalties 10 20 Fumbles 0 3 Beat TCU Doctors warn smokers about throats. FIRST THROAT-GUARD: “Wider-opening” bit. 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