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Friday, November 2,1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 SWC Predictions Grid Scandal Next, [ Warning Came First j By BOB SELLECK Battalion Sports News Editor College football is next. Yes, this seems to be the general opinion of all. Every one believes that football is doomed to be hit by the same bomb that blasted the basketball world. nia backfield star. Drake University has accused Oklahoma A&M of de liberately breaking the jaw of their great negro back, Johnny Bright. Pictures show almost the same identical play envolving Bright and the same Oklahoman three times. Bright is quoted to have said “You never hit a fellow illegally three times unless you do it on purpose.” Out of Press Box Michigan State kicked a Notre Dame scout out of its press* box last week, claiming he had exceeded the limit of three scouts per season. Toledo and Bowling Green players and fans engaged in a seven- minute brawl after their game last Saturday, resulting in an esti mated 20 black eyes. The football lid is being twisted completely out of shape and be fore long, sooner than a lot of people think, the* top will fall off, anyway, everybody has been warned. This week-end the Aggies go to Arkansas for the most critical game of the season with the Razorbacks. A Texas-SMU classic will be in the Cotton Bowl and unbeaten but tied Baylor Bears play host to TCU in Waco. Rice entertains Pittsburgh in Houston to round a complete and undoubtedly wild week-end. A&M 20, Arkansas 13 The Aggies cannot afford another defeat if they are to remain in competition for the title. In the Razorbacks, their strong game en counters a ponderous and effective forward wall. Last year A&M blasted a 42-13 triumph but this year’s vote is shakier than that. Bob Smith, Glenn Lippman, and Billy Tidwell will be the dif ference. Texas 25, SMU 20 Texas squeeked by Rice 14-6 Saturday while SMU had an open date. The Longhorns lead the conference in intercepting passes and shouldn’t have trouble finding lots of business this week with SMU’s Benners in the game. An interesting point about this game is the fact Texas has dropped six consecutive games in the Cotton Bowl and is Still seeking its first win over the Mustangs iri the huge stadium. Despite ail this we favor the visitors to snap both of the streaks Saturday, Baylor 20, TCU 13 Texas Christian, with a spotty non-conference record, neverthe less is undefeated in league play. Baylor, the best defensive unit, op- opposes TCU, wtih the least effective defense. TCU’s Dutch Meyer has the happy faculty of being extra tough in league lompetitions. How ever, all factors considered, Baylor should celebrate a homecoming win to remain undefeated. Rice 21 Pittsburgh 7 Even a healthy Bestwick will find the Rice defense too tough to crack. The Owls will be thinking - of Arkansas the following week as they convince Pitt this trip wasn’t really necessary. Ever since Army’s explosion of their cribbing scandal, a tidal wave of one nasty incident after another has unfolded on the football field. Accusations have been flung at players, charges made to coaches and officials with reckless disregard for the laws of libel. , | A peak has been attained and you can ! start looking for the breaking point almost i anyday now. Blair Cherry, former TU coach, has made his complaints public in a National Magazine. A USC player has been credited with having removed from action a Califor- Top Razorback Man McHan Poses Threat Not unlike the start of many an All-American football player Avas the exhibition put on by Ar kansas’ sophomore triple threater Lamar McHan in the Porker’s 42-7 victory over Oklahoma A&M earl ier in the season. Earning the plaudits of each of the visiting sports scribes in at tendance at the game for his ver- r,atile role in the one-sided tri- Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST 303A East 26th (Across from Court House) Call 2-1662 for Appointment BE AT THE.. Exchange Store -9A.M. SHARP- November 6 umph, McHan, a blond-haired 6-1, 195-pounder resembles both in ap pearance and somewhat in perform ance a recent Southwest Confer ence All-American star— Kyle Rote of Southern Methodist. Punting/when in danger, passing with precision seldom shown by a sophomore, and running with tre mendous power, the 19-year-old Lake Village soph sold himself solidly to the 25,000 football fans at Lewis Field—both rival and partisan. McHan, in his first week of var sity football, went to the top of the list in leading ball carriers in the Southwest Conference with 95 yards in seven carries; ranked second in total offense w'ith 148 yards (an 11.4-yard average per play); fifth in punting with a 36.2-yard average (one short kick under 40 yards held him back); sixth in passing with 53 yards in three completions (50 per cent accuracy); and of course, with his brilliant 81-yard touchdown run through the Oklahoma A&M line, was tied for third in scoring with one TD. He is one of the few footballers in the country to: stand- out at two offensive positions^—quarter back and fullback. Lamar is a for mer All-Southern tailback; throws the javelin in track and this next season will pitch for the Razor- back varsity. IP PRISSNTEO BEFORE NOV. 31, 1951 THIS COUPON WORTH ON THE PURCHASE OF A SEP-RA-BOL THE GUARANTEED PIPE WITH A TOBACCO FILTER IN GIFT SHOP — MEMORIAL CENTER Your pipe dream come true. Try It. You’ll like It or your money back. Im ported briar in three smart finishes—three shapes to choose from. Alumni, order by mail. Mfg. & Guaranteed by SEP-RA-BOL Pipe Co., Houston. Aggie Leaders Against Hogs CHS To Have Easy Time This Week The A&M Consolidated Tigers will battle a weak but determined Somerville eleven tonight on Con solidated field. Somerville with a 1-2 record has only a hope of defeating the dis trict leading CHS Tigers. Somer ville is running just out of the cellar in the district standings. Consolidated fought to a 7-7 tie with Hempstead this past week, but won the hard fought contest on first downs even after penetra tions were even. really demonstrated that ability to get up and go. Some of the A&M Consolidated players slated for action tonight include Bobby Jackson, 163; Tho mas Wade, 138; Dan Williams, 155; Bobby Smith, 154; David Bonner, 134; Gorge Johnston, 136; Donald Royder, 125; Jimmy Bond, 140; and Gayle Klipple, 156. A&M Consolidated started out with what looked like a weak team dropping two early season games. They came back strong in district Bob Smith Fullback Hugh Meyer Center Pro Golfers Try Crystal Gazing Hog Coach Douglas Man Of Experience Pinehurst, N. C., Nov. 2—(A*)— “I am probably the best football handicapper in the whole state of Texas,” said national Open Golf Champion Ben Hogan today, se lecting Texas and A&M to win the big Southwest games Saturday. Ed (Porky) Oliver of Seattle figures California will trample UCLA, about 33-7. Clayton Heafner of Charlotte, N.C., sees no hope for North Carolina against Tennessee. Sam Snead calculates Wake For est will trip Clemson in a close game. E. J. (Dutch) Harrison of St. Andrews, Ill., likes Illinois, over Michigan. Jimmy Demaret of Ojai, Calif., thinks Dartmouth a good bet to upset Yale. We left our crystal hall in New York when we came down for the Ryder Cup matches, so why not let Uncle Sam’s golfers, all avid football followers, take over the job today. Ben Hogan Here goes: Southwest (picked by Ben Hogan of Fort Worth). Texas over Southern Methodist —-It’ll be a close game but the Longhorns will stop SMU’s Fred Benners at Austin. A&M over Arkansas—The Ag gies bound back after the Baylor tie and Arkansas is not as good as against Texas. Baylor over Texas Christian— The Horned Frogs can’t stop Lar ry Isbell’s pin-point passing. The others: Rice over Pittsburgh, Oklahoma A&M over Tulsa. Dutch Harrison Midwest (picked by Dutch Har rison) : Ohio State over Northwestern— Ohio State is rolling again and the Wildcats will think they’re seeing snakes in the bushes. Illinois over Michigan—don’t be surprised if the Wolverines score an upset but we’ll have to stick to Illinois on the record. The others: Wisconsin over In diana, Kansas over Nebraska, Iowa over Minnesota, Oklahoma over Kansas State, Purdue over Penn State, Drake over Great Lakes, Houston over Wichita, Detroit over Bradley, Bucknell ovec Temple. Clayton Heafner South (picked by Clayton Hekf- ner and Sam Snead): Tennessee over North Carolina— The Tarheels give the Country’s No. 1 team a battle, but they’re not good enough. Georgia Tech over Duke—the Rambling Wreck does another wrecking job. The others: Georgia, over Alaba ma, Tulane over Mississippi State, Louisiana State over Mississippi, Maryland over Missouri, Washing ton and Lee over Virginia Tech, Virginia over the Citadel, Ken tucky over Miami, Auburn over Louisiana College, VMI over Dav idson, South Carolina over George Washington, North Carolina State over Louisville. Jimmy Damaret East: (picked by the roving Jim my Demaret): Cornell over Columbia—the Big Red recovers from last week’s mauling by Princeton. It’s still a solid team. Dartmouth over Yale—Another little package of grief for Prof. Herman Hickman:in an upset. The others: Princeton over Brown, Holy Cross over Colgate, Fordham over Rutgers, Maine over Colby, Notre' Dame over Navy,. Boston U. over NYU, New Hamp shire over Connecticut, Southern California over Army, Pennsylvan ia over William and Mary, West Virginia over Western Reserve. Ed Oliver Far West (picked by Ed Oliver): Washington State over Stanford —This is the upset special. State has won some good one, lost some close ones. California over UCLA—The Gol den Bears can move a building with their powerful charge, so UCLA should be easy. Washington over Oregon State— The huskies have the best material on the coast, and, this week they show it. The others: Brigham Young over Colorado A&M, Colorado over Iowa State, Oregon over Idaho, Arizona over New Mexico, Wyoming over Montana. Otis Douglas, 40 - year - old na tive of Virginia and the 20th man to direct Razorback football teams in 57 years, went to the University of Arkansas from, a coach-trainer-player position with the world professional champion Philadelphia Eagles. A veteran of the game as coach and player, Douglas succeeded John Barnhill early in 1950. An advocate of the offensive game so often associated with the professional game, Douglas contributed greatly to the three- year success of the Eagles from 1947 to 1949. Defense Expert Working with one of the “old- timers” of the game, Earl Neale, he helped to develop the famed Eagle-type defense that he now employs at Arkansas. While coaching and playing with the Eagles (he was the oldest ac tive player still in the National Football League at 38), he also found time to re-organize and di rect the football program at Phil adelphia’s Drexel Institute of Techniology. Arkansas’ head football coach is a graduate of William & Mary. He also holds his Master’s degree' from Michieran University. While at William & Mary, he lettered four years in football, captaining the Indians his senior year. He also gained collegiate Aggie Statistics recognition as the school’s only undefeated wrestler and was slat ed for an Olympic bid in 1932 when measles interfered. After graduation, Douglas stay ed at his alma mater to teach phy sical education, direct the intra mural program, assist in coach ing football, coach track and swim ming, act as athletic trainer, and head football scout. He augmented his living by play ing football on. weekends in the Dixie League and boxing profes sionally. Later Douglas moved from his alma mater to Akron University where he continued in his accus tomed versatile role and in addi tion became Director of Athletics. Douglas Starts “Open Huddle” A short staff required Douglas to fly fequently in order to scout an opponent. It was at Akron where Douglas collaborated with Vic Obeck m setting up the now- popular “open huddle” system. As a naval officer in World War II, Douglas worked with Mary land’s Jim Tatum as coach at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station. Only 31, Douglas kept in trim by playing first string tackle with the team. It was this playing that prompted him to accept an offer from the Eagles to play in the “big leagues.” It has long been accepted the Arkansas has always had some of the best material in the conference but have been hurt by w r eak coach ing. With Douglas, their troubles may be over. Jerry Leighton The Tiger eleven also claims im pressive wins over Waller, 34-0, Magnolia 20-19, and a, run away over Milano, 80-0. The grid sparks of this offensive machine are Jerry Leighton, Willie Arnold, and George Johnston. To gether these boys have scored 163 points for the Tigers. Topping the list and the district is “Lightnin’ ” Leighton with 84 counters for the season. Leighton only weighs 143 pounds but has George Johnston battles and Coach Chafin has developed a strong team now (end ing District 24-B. Light But Fast CHS is light but talented and always put on fine show of speed and razzle-dazzle football. Kickoff time is slated for 8 p. m. on the A&M Consolidated foot ball game. The Tigers will be out for their fourth straight district win and one step closer to the championship. Homecoming Set This Saturday For Porkers It’s Homecoming week at Ark ansas and to show you how much the Razorbacks think about their visitors—A&M has been the top quest for this important classic every other year since 1937. The only exception came in 1941 when SMU had the honor of being the Homecoming invader. Boasting the most champion ships won in the Southwest Con ference since its start in 1914, the Cadets have nevertheless been just another ball club to the Hogs. In fact, A&M is the only team in the conference that does not hold a series record advantage Rushing Times Player Carried TD Net Glenn Lippman, Ih 67 2 416 Bob Smith, fb 62 1 259 Billy Tidwell, rh 41 2 232 Connie Magourik, fb 8 1- ■117 Augie Saxe, rh 12 1 98 Ray Haas, Ih 8 2 96 Pete Mayeaux, rh 10 1 85 Yale Lary, hb 30 0 64 Bernie Lemmons, fb 12 0 55 Ray Graves, qb 20 0 44 C. ' McDonald, hb 11 1 42 John Salyer, fb 5 0 13 Dick Gardemal, qb 17 1 2 Roy Dollar, qb 2 1 1 Herb Scott, Ih 1 0 1 Passing Player Alt. Cpl. yds. TD Ray Graves, qb 60 30 393 4 D. Gardemal, qb 38 16 339 4 Roy Dollar, qb 4 1 8 0 Lale Lary, hb 2 0 0 0 ‘COMIN’ ROUND MOUNTAIN” “WINCHESTER 73” 8AFJB-T-WAY TAXI Phone 2-1400 Eric Miller Eric Miller, sophomore end, has caught seven passes this year for 98 yards and 1 touchdown and is expected to see plenty of ac tion against Arkansas. RADIOS & REPAIRING Call For and.Delivery STUDENT CO-OP Phone 4-4114 Pass Receiving Billy Tidwell 10 for 180 and 1 TD C. Hodge 10 for 109 and 2 TD Bob Smith 5 for 103 and 1 TD Eric Miller 7 for 98 and 1 TD Glenn Lippman 3 for 87 and 1 TD C. McDonald 3 for 54 Yale Lary ' 4 for 49 and 1 TD Jerry Grosman 2 for 31 and 1 TD Scoring TD PA PAT Glenn Lippman 3 0 0 Billy Tidwell 3 0 0 Charles Hodge 2 11 Ray Haas 2 0 0 Darrow Hooper 0 18 16 Yale Lary 10 0 Ray Craves 10 0 Eric Miller 10 0 Dick Gardcmal 10 0 Connie Magourik 1 0 0 Pete Mayeaux 10 0 Augie Saxe 10 0 Roy Dollar 10 0 Jerry Crossman 10 0 Bob Smith 10 0 Charles McDonald 10 0 LAST TIMES TODAY 64 Apache Drums” ~ SATURDAY SCOTT FORBES • DOROTHY HART rrlumii 1 ta » ntM Sttem Pla » '’l' tom w BUckburn ' EDA/IN L. MARIN a-d la.-.e; P v.:b3 Froi* a Novel by T*m W. SlacVburn • M«*.c bv S!m>* SATURDAY PREVUE Sunday & Monday Ag Bowlers Meet UH Here Saturday The MSC sponsored A&M Bowl ing Team will bowl its first inter collegiate match of the year Satur day afternoon. Beginning at 1 p. m . on the MSC Alleys, the Aggies will (be op posing the University of Hous ton. over Arkansas . . . they’re exactly even. An added incentive to Razor- back football players in the com ing attraction will be the presenta tion of the annual “Crip Hall Homecoming Award.” The prize is a beautiful wrist watch, suitably engraved, to the most valuable Razorback of . the day. It was started last year by Sec retary C. G. “Crip” Hall, one of the founders of Homecoming at Arkansas. TAKING A CIVIL SERVICE TEST? Junior Professional, Management and Agricultural Assistant applications now j open. Jobs start $3,100.00 a year. College seniors apply NOW at city post office- Many failed these tests last year. Wa offer complete coaching material $3.95 (plus postage) COD. Money back if not satisfied. Franklin Institute, Dept. D-119, Rochester 4, N Y. 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