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Wednesday, October 24, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 5 m maim mm W. T. Rush Ballard Promising In Pass Defense Bill Ballard took over a job for his first time—playing as starting defensive halfback — and showed well against TCU. Intercepting a TCU pass in the third period, Ballard broke up a Frog touchdown threat and set up the Aggies for their second score. Augie Saxe played the defensive halfback spot now held by Ballard until he received a fractured arm in the Trinity game. Ballard was chosen to fill the vacancy and looked good against the Frog’s passing game. He took a job unfamiliar to anyone on the Aggie team—work ing with Charles McDonald and Yale Lary in the defensive back- field. It was this job to pinch hit for the injured starter in the Saxe- McDonald-Lary combination which had clicked so smoothly in last year’s games and the Cadet’s first three games this season. Ballard was discovered and de veloped as a defensive halfback during spring workouts and im proved enough in his pass defense to get the nod for the TCU tilt. A 178-pound sophomore from Wylie, he shows big possibilities for developing into a great de fensive back. —Beat Baylor— Blount Added To Geology Faculty A recent addition to the Geology Department staff is Branton B. Blount. Blount graduated from A&M in January, 1950, with a BS degree in geological engineer ing. Ag Wrestlers Hold Meeting For Mat Men The Texas A&M wrestling club, undefeated in last season’s compe tition, begins preparation for this year’s bouts with a meeting to night in the Little Gym at 7:30 for all interested in wrestling and returning members. Aggie wrestlers handed defeats to the Dallas Y.M.C.A. and Texas University, winning over these teams 21 to 5 and 20 to 5 re spectively. These victories coupled with two individual first places in the Texas AAU provided the club with an outstanding season. Every man on last year’s club will be returning this year with the exception of Dick Battin, who was the number one man in the 157-pound class for the team. Returning members by weight classes are: Rudy Rivera, 123; George Lang and Curly Pin, 129; Harold Turner, 137; Rudy Henson, Texas A.A.U. Champion, and Wayne Bradford, 147; Bill Lay and John H. Jones, 157; Warren Pierce and Pete Menos, 167; Bob Poteet, Texas A.A.U. Champion, 177; Leon Scott, 191, heavy weight class, and . | Max Maxwell and Bill Zeidlik. Sponsor and coach for the club J j. : is Jim Griffith of the Physical Ed ucation department. Griffith coached the wrestlers last year to state hoonrs and has almost the same material to work with this year, so should repeat if not better last season’s show ing. J"’ CHS In Crucial Tilt Of Season By RIDLEY BRIGGS Battalion Sports Writer The A&M Consolidated Tigers will invade Hempstead Friday night to play what could be the most crucial game of the season in district 24-B. Both teams boast an unblemish ed record in district play with Hempstead having only 7 points scored against them during the entire season. Magnolia was defeated by Hemp stead 12-0 while they dropped a close one to the Tigers, 20-19. However, Consolidated romped over Milano 8-0 while Hempstead defeated them 19-0. Neither of the two teams has lost a district game and the winner of Friday night’s game is expect ed to emerge at the end of the season as district champion. In last Friday nights game with Waller, the Tigers took an easy 34-0 victory. Chafin Very Pleased Coach O. V. Chafin reports that he was very pleased with the Tig- .sW7... Defense Lineman Of Week Hush Chosen For Aggressive 1 lefense: W. T. Rush has been named de- School, Rush stands 6 ft. 1 inch ' fensive lineman of the week by and weighs in at 195. The Battalion for his outstanding i-[ e can be depended on for re- , play against the Horned Frogs, liable blocking, in the line and The TCU ba.ckfield continually down field, and has seen a lot of i found Rush breaking in and spoil- action this season as defensive! ing their plans as he joined in guard where he has proven himself with other Aggie linemen to slow more than a match for anyone he down the Frog ground game. has met. Playing top ball in every Aggie Rush has earned two varsity let- tilt, Rush holds down starting hon- ters in his three years at Aggie- :>rs for each game despite the land and is gunning for his third lough opposition for this honor of- this year. He stands a good chance lered by his teammates. to cop all-conference"'honors 'witb Rush also starts the game at of- h* s hard driving.offense and ngver- fensive jpaard and opens the holes say-die diefense play, for Aggie backs. He is known as This is the second time this year No. 1 offensive guard on this that Rush has been named the Bat- year’s eleven. talion’s defensive lineman of the His specialty on offense is lay- week, ing his man out and then going Rush was also honored after the down field for another blocking Aggies win over Texas Tech. His chore. fine blocking and aggressiveness Perhaps the greatest quality of were again the reasons for the Rush is that he is good—consist- award. ently. He wants to play good foot- It is quite possible that before ball and he does just that. the season is over Rush will have A 21-year-old Senior engineering supplied our opponents enough student from Lampassas High headaches to last a long time. Sam Moses Offensive Lineman of Week Moses Picked For Brilliant Line Play Tigers and is always good for that extra yard. Rounding out the Tiger backfield is sophomore Freddie Anderson, who is small but very deceptive and efficient. His passing seems to improve every game and is mak ing the Tiger offense much more effective. In last weeks contest with Wal ler, the Tigers turned in their best showing of the year. Leighton Leads Scoring Jerry Leighton, who is leading district 24-B in scoring with 78 points, tallied twice with Arnold, Klipple, and Jackson scoring once each. There was no scoring in; the first quarter, but early in the sec ond quarter Willie Arnold plunged over for the first score. Arnold is second in scoring with 54 points. Leighton scored the nexf two touchdowns with runs of 21 and 42 yards. The second came on a pass from Anderson. George Johnson kicked two of the three -extra points to give the Tigers a 20-0 lead at the half. When the final gun sounded, eUs showing against Waller and | Tigers had a total offense net of 370 yards—a remarkable fig ure for a supposedly weak and in experienced team. Tigers Led Buljdogs In statistics, the Tigers led the Bulldogs in every field. Consoli dated racked up 14 first downs to 10 for Waller. The Tigers had 262 yards rush ing while the Bulldogs had 95. Tiger passing gained 124 yards to the Bulldog’s 69. Top Six Scorers By JERRY WIZIG Battalion Sports Writer ed Bob Smith compile his unbeliev able single-game rushing record. His play in the Presidential Cup Sam Moses, 220 pound Senior game made Georgia’s touted de- ■ tackle, has been nanled offensive fense look sick. ; lineman of the week by The Bat- The close of the season found talion as a result of his outstand- him established as one of the i ing performance in the TCU game, best of the Maroon and White line- Moses, twice all-district and once men, having played a total of 288 j all central Texas at Lockhart High minutes of stout steady football. Workouts Continue As Positions Are Filled By ED HOLDER Battalion Sports Writer “It’s too early in the season to tell much about it but I would say things are looking fairly good,” said John Floyd, head mentor of the Aggie basketball team. Workouts for the varsity and freshmen started last week, Oct. 15, and Coach Floyd reports in terest is high and the boys are “really working hard.” The two forward spots were vacated last year when John De- Witt and Marvin Martin were graduated. Competition High Competition is running high for these positions, says Floyd, and there are about six boys trying for the starting honors. Eddie Mouser, 6 ft. 1 inch squad- man; James Addison, 6 ft. 4 inch sophomore from last year’s fresh man team; and Pat McCrory, 5 ft. 11 inch speedster also from the 1951 freshmen squad are all prac ticing in the forward slot. Working hard to prepare for their opener against North Texas State Dec. 3, the varsity has been working out every afternoon since Oct. 15 with Coach Floyd direct ing the circular formation used so often against zone defenses. North Texas Strong North Texas has their same starters back this year and should prove to be a powerful quintet as they meet the Aggies in DeWare Field House. Jewell McDowell, two year all conference guard and three year letterman, will return to the Cadet starters for one semester. He will be graduated in January and his loss will be a heavy one for the team. Other guards who have been in the hard workouts are Bobby Farmer, Raymond Walker, Pat Mc Crory, and Don Heft. Heft will probably be one of the starting guards but the other position is wide open. Davis and Miksch Buddy Davis and Leroy Miksch are the centers as it looks now. Both are lettermen and both show ed outstanding play in last year’s games. Davis is the taller of the two as he stands 6 ft. 8 inches and Miksch is a “short” 6 ft. 4 inches. As Coach Floyd explained it, “None of the positions are de finitely filled, since a lot' of the boys are alternating in two differ ent spots. We are doing this in order to attain the utmost efficien cy in coordination between the squad members. They Work Best “Wherever they work together the best, that is where they will most likely play. And it isn’t hard ly right to say that anyone is playing in a certain spot, because the formation we run doesn’t place anyone is any special place on the court. Everyone rotates. “I would say we have a good chance to win games. We are far ther along in our workouts than we were last year, and that raises my.hopes. All the boys are show ing a great deal of interest in their play and are really hustling.” Freshmen basketballers are also working out every afternoon. Out of the 50 players who started the season, only 16 are still showing up for the practice sessions. School, renewed his bid for a berth on the mythical all-SWC eleven. Sam, whose real name is Fred erick, was a starting offensive and defensive tackle last year and oqe of the Aggies’ “seven mules/’ that unheralded and unpublicized group who opened the gaping holes through which Bob Smith, Glenn Lippman, Billy Tidwell roamed. After going through two years of varsity football virtually un heralded, Moses at last appears to be getting the recognition that he so richly deserves. A splendcd offensive blocker and offensive line signal caller, Sam also takes good care of himself on defense. He was outstanding last season against Nevada. His blocking in SMU game hclp- On the night of Sept. 21, many a UCLA fan was wondering who the devil that pesky No. 75 was and what he was doing in the Bruin backfield all night.. 'That night saw. Sam play onb of the best games of his football career. He spent most of the even ing as the fifth man in the oppos ition backfield and consistently stopped plays before they had time to develop. Because of the driving defen sive play of Moses and his line men teammates and Ijecause of the pinpoint passing of Dick Gardemal and Ray Graves, the Aggies came back from Califor nia with a pulsepounding victory. Against the underrated Texas (See MOSES, Page 6) that the whole team looked very outstanding. Chafin says that he was more than pleased with the improvement of the Tiger’s defensive game and their passing attack. Anderson Tossing With little Fred Anderson doing the tossing, Consolidated racked up 124 yards and two touchdowns through the air. The only player who may not see action Friday night will be Bob Barlow, who is benched with a twisted knee. Barlow has been out-standing as a defensive tackle for the Tigers. As a whole, the team is in high spirits. Coach Chafin says al though the game will be a, rough one, the Tigers shouldn’t have a hard time taking it. Lightning Leighton Stars Star of the Tiger eleven is Jer ry Leighton, 135 pound halfback. “Lightning” Leighton shows both deception and power in his runs and lives up to his title of all-dis trict. Against Milano, Leighton com piled a total of 30 points with runs of 34 yards, 82 yards, 9 yards, 42 yards, and 43 yards,■< Another star halfback frojn Con solidated is Willie Arnold, who has kicked dust into the faces of many opposing players on his long jaunts. Powerhouse Klipple Pile-driving Gayle Klipple holds down the fullback slot for the Six of the top scorers of the district are Consolidated Tigers. Leading the pack are Leighton and Arnold with Johnson, Bonnen, Klipple, and Packson following. Johnson has 20 points, Bonnen has 18, and Klipple and Jackson are tied with 12 each. The game Friday night with Hempstead will probably tell the tale and Coach Chafin says that his boys are “ready for Hemp stead.” Beat Baylor " at 15* ^ MAPLE PAIL MILD ... COOL - TOBACCO Bill Ballard Hays Leads Company 7 In 24-20 Win Over Co. 10 By JOE BLANCHETTE Battalion Intramurals Writer Company 7 took Company 10 into camp yesterday afternoon by winning on the cage court, 24-20. Hays was the big gun of the Com pany 7 quintet by looping the hoop for 13 points, all in the first half. Smith paced the losers with eight counters. The Company 7 squad led at halftime, 16-6. Company 12 stornied to a 20-8 win over the Fish Band. Larry Dotson and Wise led the point maker’s of the winners with seven points each. Scanned and Ashcroft tallied the entire point total for the losers with four counters each. B Athletics Win B Athletics moved to a 24-14 wip over E AF. The athletes built up a 20-4 lead at the half and then coasted in the final half of play. Douglas, B Athletics, paced the scoring in the contest with seven digits. Squadron 5 topped Company 2, 11-6. Law wins, 13-0 Law pushed Mitchell over the entire field in winning their grid iron battle, 13-0. Law racked up seven penetrations to one for the losers. The first downs depart ment proved to be closer with Law leading, 3-2. Tennis On the tennis courts Company 9 moved to a 2-1 win over Com pany 6. Company 14 defeated Com pany 11 by the scores of 6-4, 1-5, and 5-0; and the netters of Com pany 1 stopped Company 4 by the scores of 8-6 and 8-3. Beat Baylor Barber Sets Record Miller Barber, a member of A&M’s golf team, set a new record of 65 Monday afternoon over A&M’s new championship golf course. Playing in a foursome with Johnnie Storrie and golf teammates John Barrett and Jimmy Burke, Barber shot the front nine in one under par for a 35. On the back nine, which he found more to his liking, he dropped a 25-foot putt on the eighteenth hole for a birdie 3 and a total of 30 strokes. 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