Friday, October 26, 1951
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Larry Isbell Will Lead Baylor
Bears In Saturday’s Contest
Baylor’s Top Threat
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By HUGH PHILIPPUS
Battalion Sports Writer
Larry Isbell, the Baylor Bears’
superb T-Quarterback, will be try
ing to engineer his team mates
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to their second win in succession
over the Aggies this Saturday on
Kyle Field. Isbell, Baylor’s lead
ing man this year, is one of the
top all-around backs in the na
tion.
“Lary Isbell has the combina
tion of explosive forward passing,
excellent field generalship and
team direction, defense-fooling ball
handling, and fine kicking. His
touchdown passes should mean the
difference between a champion
ship and atfi also-ran position in
the final rankings,” said Charlie
Burton, Dallas News.
“Lary Isbell’s expert tossing to
the many fine Bear ends will be
the talk of the season,” voiced Bill
Bellamy, San Antonio Express-
News.
The Green and Gold’s tossing
star is running second in confer
ence passing with an average of
14.3 on 82 passes attempted and
40 completions and a net gain of
571 yds. He has held this second
place in the conference passing for
the last few weeks.
To give an idea of the passing
ability of this boy Isbell, in the
Texas Tech game playing only
two quarters of the game, he
threw 18 passes and completed 13
of them, for an average of 72
per cent which is “passing” in
anybody’s game.
The booting of this Bear quar
terback is also an exception, for
he is second in the SWC, and rated
high in the nation’s punters. Isbell
has booted 27 times for 1089 yards
for an average of 40.3, and has
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Votes for AP’s
Back of Week
• Hank Lauricella, slight Ten
nessee tailback who can run,
pass and kick — and do all
three well—was named back
of the week yesterday in the
weekly Associated Press poll.
Charley McDonald of the Aggies
received votes also.
Lauricella, a throwback to the
days bofer football became a game
of two platoons and half-dozen
“specialists,” has been going well
all season for Tennessee, but he
reached his 1951 peak in Tennes
see’s traditional toughie against
Alabama. His sparkling perform
ance earned him the praise of
sportswriters and broadcasters all
over the country.
Lauricella did just about, every
thing you’d ask from a single
wing tailback in Tennessee’s 27-13
win over Alabama.
He ran 34 yards for the third
touchdown.
He passed to Bert Rechichar for
the Vols’ first touchdown, gaining
a 7-7 tie at the half, and complet
ed four passes in Tennessee’s drive
to the second score.
He quick-kicked 7(3 yards to put
Alabama on the spot and averaged
40.5 yards per boot.
Ollie Matson of San Francisco,
Bobby Marlow of Alabama, Charles
McDonald of Texas A&M, Pat
Cannemala of Southern California
and Roger Zatkoff of Michigan all
received votes as defensive backs.
Other stars nominated for back
of the week included Larry Isbell
of Baylor, Ray McKown of Texas
Christian and Ronnie Morris of
Tulsa.—Based on AP reports.
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helped to keep opponents away
from the Bear’s goal stripe.
But this week will tell the tale,
for this top punter will be boot
ing to the 4op punt returner of
the SWC, Yale Lary.
This Isbell boy stands third in
the total offensive individual lead
ers of the SWC, so it stacks up
that Lary Isbell is the top threat
to an Aggie victory.
At present Baylor stands sec
ond in the SWC pass offense, and
the Cadets stand first in pass de
fense and third in the nation, so
this game should be a top notcher
and a sure duel to the finish.
Also is will pit the All-American
candidates — Isbell and Smith
—in a battle which will contain 60
minutes of thrill packed football
for the sell out game on Kyle
Field.
Isbell gave a near-perfect per
formance, pulling Baylor out of
holes, setting up most of the runs
with receptive ball handling, and
passing with deadly accuracy
against Tulane in Baylor’s defeat
of that school 27-14.
In Baylor’s defeat.of University
of Houston 19-0, Isbell showed his
wizardry by hitting eight out of
23 for a total of 178 yards.
Last year in the Aggie-Bruin
game, Isbell tossed four touch
down passes which averaged 45
yards and did some nice kicking
along with engineering his team’s
running game brilliantly.
Isbell is a six-foot, two inch
senior from Houston. He made
most of the All-Southwest Con
ference teams in 1950. It all adds
up that if the Aggies expect to
defeat Baylor, they will do it
only by tieing up Baylor’s All-
American candidate—Larry Isbell.
Lary Isbell
Ag-Bear Clash Will Be Close
If predictions are followed there
will be an undisputed leader of the
Southwest Conference football race
this week-end.
As of now, Texas Christian, Bay
lor and Rice are undefeated in
conference play. TCU isn’t in dan
ger of losing its status since it
plays Southern California in an
intersectional game at Los Angeles
Saturday.
But Baylor and Rice are in dan
ger. The fellows who put money on
the line think they’ll take trim
mings, which would leave Texas
Christian high and dry in the sad
dle.
Baylor Undefeated
Baylor, the last undefeated, un
tied team in the league, plays once-
beaten A&M at College Station.
Rice, which won its conference
start over Southern Methodist,
meets rugged Texas at Austin, i
Texas is an eight-point favor
ite.
The Aggie-Baylor battle is the
headliner. It matches the circuit’s
top offensive team—A&M, with a
365-yard average per game—and
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the leading defensive outfit—Bay
lor, which has stingily allowed
only 198.5 yards per contest.
But Baylor has a topflight of
fense, tooj having averaged 322
yards, and A&M has held the op
position to 259 per outing.
Texas faces in Rice a team that
has been a thorn in its side for
these many years. Since 1930, when
the Owls started moving up into
the top crust, Rice has won 12
of 21 games. Some of the bitterest
upsets Texas ever took have come
from the - Owls.
The odds-makers don’t think
Texas Christian has much chance
against Southern California, top
pled of the nation’s No. 1 team—
California—last week. Southern
Cal is a 13 Vk-point favorite. How
ever, while this is based largely on
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the anticipation that TCU will be
“down” after being so high against
Texas A&M last week, no allow
ance appears to have been made for
Southern California being in the
same state.
Arkansas is a solid choice over
Santa Clara although the Razor-
backs reached into the ozone last
week in beating Texas 16-14 in
a major upset. Arkansas and Santa
Clara have played only one time—
in 1938, when Santa Clara won,
21-6.
Tiger-Bobcat Battle May Be
District 24-B ■ Title Decider
By GUS BECKER
Battalion Sports Writer
The 24-B football district cham
pion will probably be decided to
night at 8 p. m. at Hempstead,
when the Hempstead Bobcats
tangle with the A&M Consolidat
ed Tigers.
Both teams are undefeated in
district play. The Tigers have won
three and lost none while scoring
134 points to their opponents 19.
The Bobcats have won three and
lost none while scoring 62 points
to their oppositions seven.
It appears to be offense versus
defense with the Green and White
Bobcats having the edge in the de
fensive department. In five con
tests this season Hempstead was
allowed only seven points.
The Bobcats forward wall will
outweigh the Tigers’ front men 10
pounds per man.
Consolidated Stout Defense
The Consolidated eleven has al
lowed six opponents 46 points,
which show that the Tigers have
a pretty stout defense themselves.
In the offense department the
Maroon and White team is way
ahead scoring 134 points in dis
tinct play and 206 points in sea
son play.
Hempstead has only scored 62
points against district foes and
69 points against non-district op
ponents.
Comparison of scores against the
same teams gives Consolidated the
edge as they beat Milano 80-0 and
Magnolia 20-19, while the Bobcats
defeated Milano 19-0 and Magnolia
12-0.
Coach O. Y. Chafin said today
that the winner of the game would
probably be whoever played the
roughest. “I think we have a good
chance of winning the game, be
cause its hard to stop boys like
Leighton and Arnold from break
ing away. We have them worried
about our slick ball handling,
they’re coach is trying to use a
white or striped ball so his boys
can see the plays better.”
Jerry “Lightning’ ” Leighton,
right halfback for the Tigers,, is
the top scorer in the district with
78 points. Right behind him in
second place is William Arnold
with 54 points.
Hempstead has the next three
positions with wingback Steven
son third with 32, tailback Henseh
fourth with 30 and fullback Rich
ard fifth with 26.
This is the first game in re- +
cent years with the Bobcats who
have been in another district. Run
ning from a modified short punt
formation the Green and White
squad will be trying to maintain
their perfect record, while the Tig
ers are pointing for the district
title.
Probable Consolidated Starting
Lineups:
Bobby Jackson
LE
Dan Williams
LT
Don Royder
LG
Pinky Cooner
C
Jimmy Bond
RG
Thomas Wade
RT
Jimmy Fichards
RE
Fred Anderson
Q
William Arnold
LH
Jerry Leighton
RH
Gayle Klipple
F
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second game as a coach in the
SWC when he meets Baylor’s
George Sauer who is also a rela
tively new mentor in the confer
ence.
Sauer has had one year’s ex
perience in the table-turning atmo
sphere of Southwest football and
promises to show well in this
year’s race which presents seven
teams, each classed as possible
winners.
Baylor is second in conference
standings with one win, TCU, with
two wins is in first place. A&M
is in a three way tie for fifth, but
recent predictions favor the cadets
by a narrow margin of three points.
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