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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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