Tuesday, November 13, 1951
THE BATTALION
Page 3
A Infantry Wins
Again In Playoffs
Bob Smith Charges Pony Line
By JOE BLANCHETTE
Batt Intramural Writer
A Infantry and B Athletics con-
* tinned to roll toward their seem
ingly inevitable meeting in the
finals of the Intramural Cage tour
ney by stopping B CAC, 9-5 and
C AF, 23-12 respectively.
A Infantry opened the night’s
_ play by topping B CAC 9-5 in a
rather slow moving game. The
infantrymen led the artillerymen
4-3 at halftime and won the game
only because they were able to
control the backboard. Ed Moses
and Charley Smith were the spir
itual and scoring leaders for the
infantrymen with three tallies
each. Dick Walker of the artillery
men paced the scorers of the con
test with four counters.
C AF set the court on fire in
the first half of their contest with
the athletics of B Company but
completely fell apart in the final
half to colapse before the aggres
sive athletes, 23-12.
Airmen Lead
The airmen led at halftime 12-6
but just couldn’t stand the fast
moving pace and couldn’t manage
to tally a point in the closing half.
Jerry Lastelick opened the sec-
’ ond half for the Hart Hall men by
tipping in a shot to narrow the
gap to 12-8. Ed Sandlin hit on a
' short set shot to draw closer,
12-10. Mai Douglas tied it up a
few seconds later with a crip
shot to start the runaway. Dish-
man hit on a crip to put the ath
letes ahead just as the quarter
ended.
Continue Runaway
Dishman kept the swift moving
attack rolling in the final quarter
as he hit on another of the crip
shot variety to put the eventual
winners ahead 16-12.
Dishman hit on another free
shot to push the score further
away from the grasp of the airmen
and Dave Selman, Lastelick, and
Douglas quickly added two-point
ers to tuckaway the kanre safelv,
23-12.
Mai Douglas was the high point
man of the night with eight tal
lies. Jim Dishman followed for
the Athletic squad, five points.
Mike Kingston and Stuart Cowan
led the airmen with four tallies
each.
Football
In the football contests of the
afternoon A Signal rolled over H
AF, 14-2; A FA defeated A En
gineers on penetrations; A AF
topped A Vets, 6-0; and D Seniors
downed A Armored, 6-0.
Horseshoes
Horseshoe pitching opened yes
terday with E AF downing D In
fantry, A Infantry stopping K AF,
and E FA topping A TC.
Ag Fish Face Shorthorns
In Shrine-Sponsored Tilt
The Aggie Fish football team
will take the field Saturday, Nov.
24, at Austin, for the kickoff which
will open the fifth annual Ben Hur
Shrine-sponsored Fish - Shorthorn
football game.
A large and enthusiastic delega
tion of Aggies is expected to swell
Lion’s Baseballcrs
Receive Awards
It was recognition day for the
Lions Club baseball team yester
day at the club’s regular weekly
luncheon in the MSC.
President A1 Price presented
gold baseballs to Jerry Holland,
Bill Farrar, Jud Rogers, Garland
Andrews (captain), Johnny Barger,
Jerry Mills, Larry Leighton, and
Alex Rush, all members of the
Lion’s minor league team. Brit
Bell, pitcher, was not present for
the awards.
The president presented Steel
with a certificate of appreciation
for the work he had done with the
club.
the crowd to 15,000 or 20,000.
The Fish will be out to avenge
the 6-46 pasting of last year on
Kyle Field, when the Shorthorns
took advantage of Fish miscues to
score in every period.
In 1949 the Fish played a heav
ily favored Yearling team off their
feet, winning 13-0 before a record
crowd of 16,000 at Memorial Sta
dium, the graveyard of Aggie foot
ball dreams.
The hotly contested series began
in 1934 and was discontinued from
’42 to ’47 because of the wartime
eligibility rules.
The Fish took the games of ’34
and ’35, with the Shorthorns chalk
ing up their first win in ’36 by a
score of 21-6.
The result of the ’37 game is a
mystery. According to an old is
sue of A&M’s Annual then known
as the Longhorn, it was an Aggie
victory. Austin sources say the
Shorthorns took it, 14-6, with Pete
Layden leading the way. Regard
less of this, the baby Steers took
six in a row before the Fish broke
into the win column in ’48 with a
14-0 victory.
WOW!
Here it is, Aggies!
Here’s the gift that will make them sit up
and take notice! A maroon garter with white
lace that has “Texas Aggies” on the bow.
You’ll never go wrong with one of these garters.
The Exchange Store
“Serving Texas Aggies”
Bob Smith (36) charges through the Mustang
forward wall with an unidentified Pony trying
to hang on. Mustangs closing in are Dick High
tower (51), SMU center, Val Joe Walker (20)
back, and Clem (71), Pony tackle. In the back
ground are Aggies Charlie Hodge (87) and Glenn
Lippman (25).
Sports Thrill of a Lifetime
Graves
Setting
By RAY GRAVES
As Told To
PEPE’ LeBLANC
Big Moment Came In
Up First Aggie TD
“We were panicky before the
game. I believe it was Hugh (Mey
er) that got up and talked to us
about how the coaches had treated
us so fine and that we should
win the game for the coaches and
the Corps, if nothing else.
“The game was scoreless. There
was only one minute left to play
in the first half.
“I went in the game for the
first time this year.
“I was nervous, like everyone
Ray Graves
else is on their first play of the
year. We were on our own 15 at
the time.
“In the huddle, I called a fake
play. I was to fake to Bob (Smith),
then Glenn (Lippman) and then
pass to Billy (Tidwell).
“I told Billy to really blare out
and get in the open. I remember
him saying, ‘give me a lot of
lead’. He didn’t want to slow down.
“Then the tense moment came. I
faked off to Bob and then Glenn
and I faded back and heaved one
at Tidwell.
“I don’t know if I got knocked
down or whether someone was in
front of me. I just couldn’t see
Bill.
“I didn’t know if it was com
pleted, intercepted or what!
“What a feeling.
“Then I knew that the pass was
completed when they (the Aggies
and UCLA fans) yelled.
“He (Tidwell) had caught it and
run like a rabbit to their 15 yard
line. The play netted 70 yards.
“Dick (Gardemal) took us right
down to score. We went wild at
the bench.
“I was just running up and
down the sidelines, squeezing
everybody. Everybody was squeez
ing everybody else.”
When Graves was asked by this
scribe as to what effect the com
pletion of his long pass to Tidwell
had upon his initial play “jitters.”
Graves responded:
“It sure eased the tension and I
felt less nervous.
“Everybody thought that UCLA
was strong at that time. We didn’t
run much against them; we just
passed.
“We just wanted a victory and
we didn’t care how we got it. We
beat them 21-14.
“After the game, we were in
pretty high spirits. We made plans
for that night. Everybody was
excited.
“Ray George was really happy.
Men were coming up congratulat
ing him.
“He was real nervous before
the game; in fact, he admitted that
he was, becase he was in front
of his friends.
“He looked all right after that
win though.”
Ray Graves is a nineteen year
old junior rated number three
quarterback last year, but through
hard work and determination to
win, won starting honors in the
SMU game.
In the SMU tilt, this 6’ 1”, 170
pound lad from Stephenville per
formed at the quarterback slot on
every offensive play. He completed
five passes for a total yardage of
74, with one of these passes re
sulting in A&M’s second touch
down.
In the UCLA game, Graves toss
ed for two TD’s to put the Cadets
ahead in the last two minutes of
the first half of that hectic nip
and tuck tussle.
Against those same Bears from
California, he turned several ap
parent losses into gains after he
had dropped back to pass.
Graves played a smart game
against Baylor by employing the
spread formation when the Aggies
were deep in their own territory.
From this spread formation
Graves had ample time to pass if
a receiver was in the open, or
with the aid of the guards who
were dropping back for interfer
ence, Graves could run.
A&M Out To Spoil Owl
Homecoming Saturday
By GUS BECKER
Battalion Sports Writer
The Aggies will run into an
other “homecoming” this weekend
when they meet the Rice Owls in
Houston.
Last year the Owls knocked the
Aggies out of the running for the
Southwest Conference champion
ship, so this year it is A&M’s turn
to play the spoilers role since Rice
has only one conference loss to
date.
The Cadets have not won a
game from the Owls in Houston
since 1943 when they did the trick
20-0.
Smith Scorless Against Rice
Aggie fullback Bob Smith, a
Houstonian, will be out to break
a jinx that has kept him from scor
ing against Rice.
The Owls are last in the confer
ence on total lushing with 1725
yards in seven games, while the
Aggies lead the race with 2786
yards in eight games.
Teddy Riggs, a sparkling left
halfback for the Owls, is the third
leading ball carrier in the confer
ence. He has carried the ball 92
times for a net gain of 453 yards
averaging 4.9 yards per carry.
In the air the Owls have made
494 yards and 6 touchdowns on
the arm of Dan Drake, a sopho
more. Drake has averaged 20.6
yards per game for the best aver
age per game in the SWC.
Completing 24 out of 59 aerials
attempted the brilliant sophomore
quarterback has a better aver
age than Lamar McHan, the Ar
kansas second year man who dealt
the Aggies misery two weeks ago.
David Johnson handles the punt
ing scores for the Rice eleven
which has been forced to kick
more times than any other SWC
team this year.
Johnson, a sophomore fullback,
has booted the pigskin 57 times
for 2094 yards and an average of
36.7 yards per kick.
Smallest Man Nesrsta
The smallest man on the .Owl
team is Horton Nesrsta, a sopho
more weighing 149 pounds who is
right, behind Yale Lary of the
Cadets in punt returning. Nesrsta
has returned opponents kicks 276
yatds on 17 carries for an average
of 16.2 yards per carry.
A top candidate for all-SWC
and perhaps All-American honoi-s
and one of the Owls tri-captains,
Bill Howton, is the leading pass
receiver in the conference. The six
foot 2 inch, 180 pound end has
caught five touchdown passes so
far this season.
Howton wears the number 84 on
his persey, the same number that
All-American “Froggie” Williams
wore when he played for the Rice
eleven.
Howton has snagged 18 passes
for 482 yards and an average gain
per pass of 26.7 yards. He is also
in a four way tie for second place
in the SWC scoring race with 30
points.
On the opposite flank from How
ton is Sonny McMurry, another
two year letterman like Howton,
who stands 6 foot four inches tall
and weighs 195 pounds.
Miller Intercepts Pass
Don Miller (36,), Mustang back, grabs a pass thrown by Ray
Graves intended for Aggie end Jerry Crossman (85), in the last
quarter of Saturday’s game, as SMU teammate Benton Mussle-
white (21) moves in to help.
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between a roadrunner and a rattle
snake tonight at 8 in the Agricul
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cording to Richard Blume, presi
dent.
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Owl Knock-out
It could readily be said that
A&M had three major disappoint
ments last year as far as football
is concerned. These, of course,
would be the losses to Baylor, Rice,
and Texas.
So far this
year, one of these
1950 disappointments has
only
part-way been taken care of. This
was the 21-21
tie with Baylor.
This week in Houston, the Ag-
gies will attempt to make
up for
the second big disappointment of
last year, the
loss to Rice
13-21.
A&M was
going pretty good
last year when they met the Rice
Owls on Kyle Field. They had
beaten TCU, S
and had only
MU, and Arkansas,
the Baylor
loss to
mar their record. However,
it was
upset time again on Kyle
Field.
The high-riding Cadets were dump-
ed 21-13.
Last year’s loss was only the
12th to a Rice team, while main
taining 20 victories and having 3
ties. Saturday’s game will
be the
36th meeting
between A&M and
Rice.
The Aggies
have never
scored
more than 32
points against the
Owls and this
was accomplished in
1914 when the two teams first met.
The Owls’ largest victory
over an
A&M team came in 1947, when
they crushed
Houston.
the Aggies
41-7 in
The complete series is
as fol-
lows:
YEAR
A&M
RICE
1917
10
0
1920
7
0
1921
7
7
1922
24
0
1923
6
7
1924
13
6
1925
17
0
1926
20
0
1927
14
0
1928
19
0
1929
26
6
1930
0
7
1931
7
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1932
14
7
1933
27
0
1934
6
25
1935
10
17
1936
3
0
1937
6
6
1938
27
0
1939
19
0
1940
25
0
1941
19
6
1942
0
0
1943
20
0
1944
19
6
1945
0
6
1946
10
27
1947
7
41
1948
6
28
1949
0
13
1950
13
21
Games played
35
Games won
by A&M
20
Games won
by Rice
12
Games tied
3
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Manning the tackle positions
will be Bill Crockett and Glenn
Walls.
Crockett is a strong candidate
for All-SWC and is a rugged cus
tomer. He weighs a solid 215
pounds and stands six foot two
inches high.
Walls is one of the teams tri
captains and is called by some as
one of the finest blocking lineman
in the Conference.
Gene Little, brother of the Ag
gies Jack Little, is one of the
four Owl offensive line regulars
returning and also a good pros
pect for All-SWC honors, at the
guard slot.
Little’s running mate is Simon
Verreet, only other letterman
guard and only senior guard on
the team.
At the center position is Jack
Day who weighs 200 pounds and
stands an even six feet. tall. He
has another year of. eligibility al
though this is his fourth year at
Rice.
Top Rice Back
Billy Burkhalter, who scored in
the final two minutes to beat the
Razorgacks last week, is one of
the team tri-captains and one of
the four two, year lettermen. One
of the best running backs in the
SWC, Burkhalter had a great day
against the Cadets last year.
Johnson, whose nickname is
“Kosse”, won the starting full
back position on the Rice squad
in spring training. Weighing 180
pounds and standing six feet tall,
“Kossee” is a powerful ball car
rier.
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