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Wednesday, October 24, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Football ‘Upsets’ All Leagues By BOB SELLECK £ Battalion Sports News Editor By now everyone has probably revived from the “shock” of the sports world last Saturday, especially the Southwest Conference. A&M was stunned by the Horned Frogs, Rice surprised SMU, and according to the experts it was impossible for Arkansas to beat Texas University, yet they did as three upsets struck the SWC in opening games. Results of the hectic week-end were not limited to just the SWC. The East, Middle West, and the West Coast all suffered as victims of football’s worst surprise. Only the South was saved from the plague of upsets. Mighty Tennessee rolled over Alabama 27-13 which was good enough to rate the Vols as the No. 1 team in the nation by Associated Press Poll. ' From there the AP Poll was turned upside down. A&M dropped from No. 6 spot to sixteenth. Texas slipped from fourth to tenth. . California, last week’s top team, dropped to No. 9 spot after being shocked by USC 20-14. Ohio State, victims of Illinois completely dropped out of the top twenty teams. Unbeaten Baylor climbed to seventh place being the only undefeated college team remaining in Texas. Incident Closed, Says George Hgjpyswifc-* Coach Bay George should be on the team and the school, T be- commended for the manner in lieve that nothing can be gained which the TCU-A&M on-side kick by any further discussion and the has been handled. Coach George thought of filing an official pro- considered the incident closed and test is completely out of the ques- no action will be taken. tion,” explained George. “In the best interest of the boys This is enough said. Two Factors Develop Selleck 1st Games Downs Rush Plays NET GAIN Rush Pass Total fwd pass % Att. Comp. Comp. Own Pass Int. Punt Avg. Yds. Lost Pen. A&M 5 71 267 1238 586 1824 84 37 .440 4 35.2 345 Opponent 55 222 975 311 1294 80 34 .425 10 35.7 269 Arkansas 5 72 253 947 574 1521 115 47 .409 9 38.5 312 Opponent 52 252 632 364 996 78 29 .372 6 36.0 296 Baylor 4 59 187 622 666 1288 89 45 .506 7 40.3 249 Opponent 33 164 444 350 794 88 34 .386 13 34.6 253 Rice 4 37 210 544 487 1031 60 23 .383 5 35.0 259 Opponent 54 194 617 386 1003 98 34 .347 8 33.9 205 SMU 5 77 190 558 888 1446 164 81 .494 10 35.5 126 Opponent 50 235 608 608 1216 94 39 .415 10 38.6 363 TCU 5 71 205 834 614 1448 106 51 .481 9 38.6 315 Opponent 78 279 942 541 1483 82 36 .439 7 36.7 299 Texas 5 59 271 1180 119 1299 34 9 .265 4 37.8 409 Opponent 79 244 635 489 1224 103 50 .485 14 37.5 159 A&M Score 14 14 LAST WEEK’S GAMES 57 ' 199 118 317 15 6 .400 2 36.8 65 TCU 20 10 41 212 68 280 22 9 .409 3 36.4 25 Arkansas 16 15 66 173 55 228 14 5 .357 1 38.2 45 Texas 14 4 47 173 7 180 12 1 .083 0 38.9 45 Baylor 40 18 53 123 250 373 25 18 .720 1 35.7 70 Texas Tech .... 20 6 38 131 89 220 20 9 .450 3 25.7 131 Rice 28 6 49 164 142 306 8 4 .500 1 38.8 129 SMU 7 18 40 87 153 240 45 17 .378 3 32.1 25 Naturally no one likes to lose, especially the players that actual ly participate in the game, but we believe that two impoi’tant fac tors were developed last week. PALACE Bryan Z‘SS79 NOW SHOWING Heart-Warming! Happy! Heavenly! M-G-M n -happily presents A I l/H w*v-w ii QUEEN NOW SHOWING _ waMN-$Mffe-TONE • BARTCN fljgg! KtlTH AIM tm( ftlSTOSHStTI One being the return to action, we mean real action, of All-Ameri can Bob Smith. Bruisin’ Bob show ing some of his last year’s form, churned his iron legs for 7(5 yards in 15 tries. This does not include Gardemal’s pass that he also took and sped for 55 yards through the whole Froer team while playing tag with TCU’s Sammy Morrow. This brings Smith’s season total to 229 yards in 53 carries for a 4.3 average. Another “bright spot” was the great defensive performance of Buddy Shaeffer. This El Paso sen ior stands six feet and weighs 175-pounds and is ont of the most aggressive players in the confer ence. Shaeffer recovered fumbles, knocked down and intercepted passes, and seemed to be all over the field tackling TCU ball car riers. Aggie Defense Good Again The Aggie defense was as good last week as it has been all year. The only trouble seemed to lie in their tackliny as a whole. We believe that the first three quarters belonged to the Cadets and that they played a creditable game. It just happened to be TCU’s day and that was it. That is now all in the past, and for the first time this year, the Cadets will enter a game definite ly the underdogs. Baylor is the only undefeated college team in Texas and they rank ninth in the nation in for ward passing offense while A&M ranks third in the nation in for ward pass defense. The Bears, according to Waco sportswriters are blessed with a talented youngster who has been acclaimed as the mastermind, pass ing perfectionist, areial wizzard, super-human, strong-arm, tossing terror, and the only preseason pub licized star that has made good in the SWC, This boy Isbell must be good! We’ll see. QUEEN Starts Sun., Oct. 28 Runs thru Nov. 3 flOST FORBIDDEN OF THE ID’S GREAT LOVE STORIES 2a /^ ;: ^A en,ur y- Fox p rewn ** m ROADSHOW ENGAGEMENT PRICES: MATINEE 80c NIGHT $1.00 SPECIAL STUDENT MATINEE STUDENTS 50c CHILDREN 25c A&M Leads SWC In Offense; Claims Best Aerial Defense SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL STATISTICS (Through Games of Oct. 20, 1951) Total Offense Individual Leaders Players School Fowler, TCU.... Bartosh, TCU. Graves, A&M.. Lippman, A&M Drake, Rice Leading Ball Carriers Times Net. Avg. Players Crr’d gnd gain per try Total Net Net Total Avg. Plays Rushing Passing Gain Per Try ...151 -22 780 758 5.0 ..134 274 350 624 4.7 ... 97 -9 571 580 6.0 ... 69 146 251 397 5.8 ... 88 162 225 387 4.4 ... 62 48 305 353 5.7 ... 59 334 0 334 5.7 ... 61 -38 365 327 • 5.4 - --r-r-zss Lippman, A&M 59 Dawson , TU 36 McHan, Ark. 63 Riggs, Rice 50 Smith, A&M 53 Floyd, TCU 59 M’white, , "SMU' 44 Barton, TU 63 Ochoa, TU 36 Norton, SMU 50 337 334 5.7 302 294 8.2 307 274 4.3 251 246 4.9 242 229 4.3 223 220 3.7 236 211 4.8 244 209 3.3 206 206 5.7 270 191 3.8 Performance of Ball Carriers Last Week times Players Crr’d gnd Net Avg. Lippman, A&M 18 80 80 4.4 Dawson, TU 8 92 91 11.4 McHan, Ark. 17 60 46 2.7 Riggs, Rice 9 48 48 5.4 Smith, A&M 15 76 76 5.0 Floyd, TCU 18 81 81 4.5 M’slewhite, SMU 11 20 13 1.2 Barton, TU 14 43 35 2.5 Ochoa, TU 4 15 15 3.8 Norton, SMU 15 60 29 1.9 Leading Paassers no. no. net Avg. Players att comp gain per Pass Benners, SMU 132 68 780 11.5 Isbell, Bay 82 40 571 14.3 Drake, Rice 28 15 365 24.3 McHan, Ark 71 26 350 13.5 Graves, A&M 48 23 305 13.3 Gardemal, A&M 31 13 273 21.0 Fowler, TCU 35 19 251 13.2 Bartosh, TCU 44 18 225 12.5 Rinehart, Ark. 29 17 189 11.1 Performance of Passers Last Week No. No. Net Players att. com. gain avg. Benners, SMU 35 14 108 7.7 Isbell, Bay 18 13 155 11.9 Drake, Rice 8 4 142 35.5 McHan, Ark. 12 3 34 11.3 Graves, A&M 9 5 58 11.6 Gardemal, A&M 6 1 60 60.0 Fowler, TCU Did not play Bartosh, TCU 12 5 28 5.6 Rinehart, Ark Did not play Hank Soar and Cal Hubbard, American League umpires, were formerly pro football players with the New York Giants. Leading Pass Receivers Avg. Players, pass yards gain caught gained pet- pass Howton, Rice—E 15 428 28.5 Williams, Bay—E 13 275 21.2 Journey, Ark—E 15 251 16.7 M’slewhite, SMU—B 15 234 15.6 White, SMU—E 13 196 15.1 Russell, SMU—B 13 190 14.6 Summerall, Ark.—E 12 177 14.8 Leading Punters Players Norton, SMU Isbell, Baylor McKnown, TCU McHan, Arkansas Adams, Texas McFarland, TCU Lary, A&M Punts Yd. Avg. 12 497 41.4 27 1089 40.3 8 322 40.3 31 1192 38.5 35 1338 38.2 20 758 37.9 25 939 37.6 TODAY LAST DAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:35 - 3:16 - 4:57 - 6:38 8:19 - 10:00 \\ NEWS — CARTOON STARTS THURSDAY FIRST RUN NIGHT INTO MORNING NEWS — CARTOON Leading Scorers Players TD Conv. FdG TP Dawson, TU 5 6 0 36 Howton, Rice 5 0 0 30 Summerall, Ark 2 0 3 21 Lippman, A&M 3 0 0 18 M’Kown, TCU 3 0 0 18 Rinehart, Ark 3 0 0 18 Williams, Bay 3 0 0 18 Place Kickers Players pat. pt. fg. ttl. Flowers, TCU 14 10 1 13 Hooper, A&M 15 13 0 13 Brocato, Bay. 13 7 1 10 Summerall, Ark. 0 0 3 9 Thomason, Ark. 14 9 0 9 Wright, Rice 10 9 0 9 Stollenwerck, SMU 10 8 0 8 Leading Punt Returners (at least 5 returns Players Returns Yd. Avg. Lary, A&M 11 195 17.7 Nesrsta, Rice 11 172 15.6 Raley, Texas 5 78 15.6 Dillon, Texas 6 92 15.3 Norton, SMU 5 46 9.2 Crisler, SMU 6 47 7.8 Britt, Ark. 5 24 4.8 LAST TIMES TODAY “Edge of Doom” THURS. & FRIDAY SheTnf to fJ Jone $f g^ e wasrit 3®l m DID IT! | ANN BUTH-MARK STEVENS [ ..?> CECIL KEUAWAY • JESSE WHITE-CUBS STEVENS j Dor/t Let 'em Go Hungry! D ON’T LET your family or friends go to the Baylor game hungry. Buy them a reserved luncheon ticket today. S PECIAL pre-game lunch served on MSC Starlight Terrace Saturday October 27 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. L IMITED number of tickets available at MSC Desk until 6 p.m. Friday, October 26. Get yours TODAY and be safe! MSC Food Dept By HUGH PHTLIPPUS Battalion Sports Writer A&M’s powerful eleven contin ued to lead the Southwest Confer ence in total offense and ground gaining with the first full week of league play underway. Coach Ray George’s pass defense also stayed in the spot light as it re mained the third best in the na tion. In total yardage gained, the Cadet eleven churned the turf for 1,824 yards, with 1,238 coming on the ground which was also first. Leading the conference in pass defense, the Aggies allowed only 311 yards to be gained against them. This ranked behind Washing ton and Lee and Columbia among the national football circles. Glenn Lippman continued as the SWC’s top ball carrier for the fifth straight week, having gain ed 334 yards in 59 carries. Bruis in’ Bob Smith is in fifth place, carrying the ball 53 times for 229 yards. Ray Graves and Dick Gardemal were the fifth and sixth top pass ers in the conference. Graves com pleted 23 passes of 48 attempts for 305 yards and four touchdowns. A&M’s other top quarterback, Gardemal, completed 13 of 31 at tempted passes for 273 yards and also four scores. Darrow Hooper is tied for first place in PATs with 13 points; while Graves and Lippman rank sixth and seventh, r-espectively, among the conference’s top offen sive leaders. Yale Lary has booted success fully 25 times for an average of 37.6 which is the seventh best in the SWC, but leads in punt re turns with 17.7 yards for each of the 11 carries. Basketball Fixers Released On Bond New York, Oct. 24—UP)—Three ex-Kentucky basketball stars were free in $1,000 bail yesterday after arraignment on charges of taking $500 bribes to fix a 1949 college game. Eager to testify before a grand jury, the men were reported to be cooperating with investigators probing the shocking national scan dal. Their hearing was set for Nov. 7. Vincent A. G. O’Connor, assist ant district attorney, asked Magis trate Ambrose J. Haddock to set low bail because, he said, he does not consider the men “risks.” Alex Groza and Ralph Beard, former All-Americans and mem bers of Kentucky's national champ ions of 1949 and 1949, and Dale Barnstable, 1949-59 captain, were the men invovled. Groza, six-foot seven-inch cen ter, and Beard, pint-sized sharp shooting guai’d, are part owners and members of the Indianapolis Olympians of the National Basket ball Association. Barstable is a Louisville high school coach. Charged With Taking They are charged with taking $500 each for shaving points in the March 14, 1949 National Invi tation Tournament game with Lo yola of Chicago at Madison Square Garden. Loyola won the game 76- 50. Groza and Beard were returned here from Chicago by Assistant District Attorney A. G. O’Connor last night, a few hours after the National Basketball Association or dered the two players to dispose of all their stock in the Olympians within a month. President Maur ice Podoloff of the NBA previous ly had suspended them for life from playing in the pro league. Barnstable has been here since Saturday night. Before leaving Chicago, where Groza and Beard waived extradi tion, O’Connor said “you may as sume that other schools probably are involved.” O’Connor’s comment came when he was asked about a printed re port that as many as seven more schools were to be quizzed in the point-rigging that already has in volved seven schools and more than 30 players. In addition to the three Ken tuckians, players from Bradley, Toledo, City College of New York, Manhattan, Long Island Universi ty and New York University have become enmeshed in the gambling scandal. O’Connor said 14 players al ready have been convicted in the gambler - conceived plot to big points. Groza, Beard and Barnstable face prison sentences of one to three years if convicted of conspir acy, a misdemeanor. If convicted of bribery, a felony, the law calls for a prison sentence up to five years for each count. Neither Beai-d nor Groza had much to say on their arrival in New York. “I don’t know what to say,” was Groza’s reply to reporters. But in Chicago Beard told news men it might be a good idea if the scandal-hit players organized a playing tour in foreign countries. He added: “For most of us basketball is our only means of livelihood. We shouldn’t be punished forever.” Beat Baylor * ★ Lucky Star Nile ★ ★ “OPERATION X” 1 "A boys bestfriend is his mother '55 but Cigars are a Mant Smoke! You need not inhale to enjoy a cigar! CIGAR INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, INC.