Wednesday, October 24, 1951
THE BATTALION
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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.
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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-
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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
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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.
Over the par 71, 6800 yard
course he had 7 birdies 10 pars
and one bogie.
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