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Wednesday, November 14, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Rice Owls Challenge Farmers; Clash To Draw Record Crowd By BOB SELLECK i Battalion Sports News Editor A&M, the pre-season challenger for the SWC title, and Rice doomed for the cellar by the early predict ors, will clash before an estimated 70,000 football spectators. “The fact that the game is Rice’s Homecoming, a Corps Trip for the Aggies, and has an important bearing on the Southwest Confer ence strongly indicates the lar gest crowd of the season will be on hand. Now things are changed around with A&M fighting to stay out of the cellar and the Owls holding firm in second place. Rice has a long string of victor ies over A&M dating back to 1945 and the Owlmen will be looking for their seventh straight win over the Cadets. Last year they won an upset victory over the Farmers, 21-13. The Owls did themselves proud in trimming a very good—extrejne- ly big-Arkansas team Saturday night, 6-0, to win the first of their battles for survival. • Owl Defense Good The gallant Rice defensive unit deserved a lot of credit for the win. They shut out the giant Pork ers for the first time this 1 year, a club that outweighed ’em by about 20 pounds to the man and had averaged over 20 points a game. The Razorbacks got inside the Rice 20 yard-line only once—in the opening minute of play when Jack Troxell broke loose for 53 yards to the Owl 19 on the second play from scrimmage. Three plays later the Hogs had been thrown back to the Rice 41. Once in the second half they got as far as the Rice 30, were stop ped cold, and a field goal attempt failed, falling way short. Arkansas managed to get to the 27 in the final minute of play, but B^lly Burkhalter intercepted a pass to halt the threat. More On Defense The Rice defense set the Hog’s star quarterback, Lamar McHan, deep into a hole for a minus 23 yards rushing and a net total of fense gain of only 25 yards on 29 plays. The Razorback tilt Was just an other performance of Coach Neely’s top notch defensive teach ings. But the real credit goes to a bunch of sophomores who carried out their assignments perfectly. Sensational end Bill Howton was leld out on defense except in the Tinal minutes because of his shoulder injury, but he is expected Jo be in top strength for this week’s battle. Another senior, A1 Boughton and the always reliable veteran Sonny McCuiry are scheduled to hold down the end posts. The Owls own three little but aggressive men playing secondary defense and they rank with the best in the conference, senior half backs Gene Silver and Billy Burk halter, and sophomore safetyman Horton Nesrsta. Burkhalter Offensive Whiz Burkhalter also played most of the time on offense and was the game’s individual star against the Hogs as he scored the only touch down. He was also the Owl’s lead ing ground gainer, and intercepted two passes at key times. Nesrsta turned in the longest run of the evening, a brilliant 59 yard punt return. In just the reverse, Rice threat ens to be rough on the Cadet punt returners, as they were able to stop the Razor-back’s safety John ny Cole, for a mere 17 yards on two tries. The stout young Rice defensive line has given up only six touch downs on the ground. Five other scores against the Owls came on two passes, return of intercepted pass, a blocked punt, and a punt return. Never Beaten By Aggies The small but important band of seniors on the 1951 Rice Insti tute squad will be especially deter mined to beat the Aggies in the Owl’s Homecoming Saturday. Such veteran Rice players as ends Bill Howton and Sonny Mc- Curry, tackle Glenn Walls, guard Simon Verret, and backs, Gene Sil ver, Teddy Riggs and extra point specialist Bill Wright have played on a team that has never been beaten by the Aggies. Reserve end A1 Boughton, who has seen plenty of action this year, especially wants an Owl victory Saturday since his dad, Dr. I. B. Boughton, is chairman of the A&M athletic council. Rice was sixth in the nation last year on total attendance for all their football games and it is pre dicted that the total for this year will be even greater. Aggie Troubles Coach Ray George will have to again send in substitutes for some of his defensive players against the Owls. Bill Ballard, defensive right half, Saturday returned to the Solon Proposes Clause Change New York, Nov. 14—UP)— If Rep. Celler (D-Ny) chair man of the House Sub-com mittee investigating baseball has his way, baseball’s con troversial reserve clause - will be thoroughly revised. Celler branded the reserve clause “obnoxious” last night while ap pearing on ABC-TV’s program, “On Trial.” The congressman added, howev er, that the clause “is so imbedded in the fabric of baseball it would be necessary to keep it, but it must be amended. There are cer tain abuses which must be obliter ated.” “It would be ludicrous for Con gress to write a code,” he said, “but we are not going to give baseball a blank check. We are trying to find a middle ground.” The reserve clause, challenged as a possible violation of anti-trust laws, binds a player to a club for (See CHANGE, Page 5) CSK BATTALION CLASSIFIED ADS TO BUY, SELL, KENT OK TRADE. Rates .... Sc a word per Insertion with a 25c minimum. Space rate in classified section .... 60c per column-inch. Send all classified to STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFICE. All ads must be received In Student Activities office by 10 a.m. on the day before publication. • FOR SALE • (l) 1949 CHEVHOLET Four Door Sedan; (1) 1950 Chevrolet Four Door Sedan. 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PLASTIC raincoat. Button type. In stu dent section at SMU game. James Bar nard, Dorm 3, Room 223. Directory of Business Services ALL LINES of Life Insurance. Home! Adams, North Gate. Call 4-1217. Official Notice Seniors to be graduated at the end of the current semester should order their graduation announcements beginning Mon day, Nov. 12, 1951, at the Office of Stu dent Activities. 2nd Floor, Goodwin Hall. PETE HARDESTY, Business Mgr. Student Activities. All students from Latin-American coun tries are asked to attend the meeting in the Memorial Student Center, Room 2-C on Wednesday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. W. H. Delaplane, chairman, Latin-American Students Committee. There is only one cable between the U. S. and Asia. RADIOS <& REPAIRING Call For and Delivery STUDENT CO-OP hospital for further treatment of' a kidney, injured in the Arkansas game. Trainer Bill Dayton, said Ballard may not play any more this season for the Cadets. However, linebacker James Fow ler will be ready to go after miss ing the SMU game with a should er injury. He will probably double with either tackles Sam Moses and Jack Little or John Salyer, some new-found linebacking material, I against Rice Saturday. The Owl classic will probably be the final road trip for some 20 Aggie seniors since all bowl chan ces were dimmed by the loss to Arkansas and the tie with the Mus tangs. piipir Augie Saxe Lippman Remains Top Ground Man Glenn Lippman, Aggie halfback, continued to hold his spot as top ground gainer of the SWC last weekend. Another Cadet, Darrow Hooper, sits in first position among top conference performers. Hooper heads the list of conver sion artists with the largest num ber of extra points kicked, and he is also among leading scorers through his consistency at divid ing the posts. Ray Graves stands high in the rating of top passers, with Dick Gardemal, another Aggie quarter back following close behind. SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL STATISTICS (Through games of Nov. 10, 1951) Games... NET GAIN FWD PASS H 1st Downs.. Rush Plays Rush P C/2 c/a Total Att o o 3 V $ O O g r*- 3 : 3 i hj c 3 rP > Yds. Lo Pen t3 ! C/3 : c/3 c W? : w • c+- A&M ... 8 109 394 1821 965 2786 138 61 .442 8 35.6 445 Opp . . 108 388 1698 619 2347 131 60 .458 13 35.4 336 ARK. ... 8 109 416 1474 800 2274 157 64 .408 12 37.8 407 Opp . ... 83 398 1061 682 1743 132 51 .386 7 35.9 401 BAY 7 107 335 1168 1035 2203 161 78 .484 14 39.1 360 Opp . ... 69 302 956 695 1651 132 57 .432 18 34.7 391 RICE.. . 7 75 369 1076 649 1725 107 35 .327 8 35.7 335 Opp . ... 102 371 1236 687 1923 155 60 .387 14 34.3 397 SMU. 98 281 783 1036 1819 200 96 .480 16 35.8 146 Opp . . 75 348 976 682 1658 114 44 .386 12 37.8 443 T C U... 7 99 294 1072 1047 2119 150 79 .527 13 38 6 410 Opp . ... 106 363 1239 860 2099 138 61 .442 13 37.4 430 TEXAS 8 102 445 1855 272 2127 61 29 .475 7 36.3 541 Opp . ... 110 390 1135 628 1763 153 67 .438 21 38.1 214 LEADING BALL CARRIERS Player School Times Car. Gnd. Lst. Net, Gn. Av. Per Tr Lippman - A&M 88 585 16 569 6.5 Dawson Texas 71 513 26 487 68 Riggs Rice 92 460 7 453 4.9 McHan Ark. 112 542 108 434 3.9 Ochoa Texas 78 382 1 381 4.9 Barton Texas 98 405 38 367 3.7 Norton SMU 89 467 118 349 3.9 Smith, Bob A&M 85 376 27 349 4.1 Troxell Ark. 75 337 24 313 42 Parma .... Baylor 81 312 9 303 3.7 Phone 4-4114 TOTAL OFFENSE INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS Avg Total Net Net Per School Plays Rush Pass Try Isbell, Bay 183 59 940 5.5 McHan, Ar-k 205 434 472 4.4 Benners,SMU 169 -15 863 5.0 McKown,TCU 139 245 545 5.7 Graves, A&M 118 58 561 5.2 Lippman,A&M 88 569 0 6.5 Dawson, Texas 76 487 28 6.8 Riggs, Rice 92 453 0 4.9 LEADING PUNTERS Had Avg School Punts Yds Bl’k’d McKown, TCU 17 676 0 39.8 Isbell, Bay 44 1719 1 39.1 Norton, SMU 20 774 1 38.7 McHan, Ark 55 2080 1 37.8 Lary, A&M 40 1485 0 37.1 Johnson, Rice 57 2094 0 36.7 Adams, Texas 54 1971 0 36.5 D Air Force Wins Weekly Sign Award D Air Force was picked as win ner in this week’s sign contest, C. L. Ray, corps chaplain, said last night. Second place went to A Sig nal Corps. The winners will be awarded $5 and $2.50 respectively by Eugene Rush, local insurance representa tive. Winners for the SMU sign con test were D Vets, first, and C Field Artillery. L Squadron placed first for their Arkansas game sign while B Squadron took second honors. Lucky Star Night “UP IN ARMS” LEADING PUNT RETURNERS (at least 100 yards) Schools Returns Yards Avg Walker, SMU 5 135 27.0 Lary, A&M 18 332 18.4 Nesrsta, Rice 17 276 16.2 Cole, Ark 12 188 15.6 Dillon, Texas 19 250 13.1 Raley, Texas 10 127 12.7 TODAY thru THURSDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start les - 4:37 - 7:19 - 10:01 Weigh tlifters Get Set For Next Meet Paul Cardiac presses a weight as the Aggie Weightlifting Club continues workouts in preparation for a coming meet. Catching their breath while they watch Cardiac is (L. to R.) Mac Ruff, Dale Thomson, Frank Thurmond, and (kneeling) Bobby Fletcher, president of the organization. Sports Thrill Of A Lifetime Saxe Intercepted Pass Por Big Thrill By HUGH PHILIPPUS Battalion Sports Writer The A&M Weightlifting Club, one of the recreational clubs of A&M, is trying to get organized and get started for the meets com ing. Bob Fletcher, one of the three returning members and president of the club, expressed the fact that many positions on the entry team for meets are open, and that anyone, regardless of experience is welcomed at the weekly meetinngs held on Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. He brought out the fact that many boys never come down to the club meetings, because they have never taken part in this sport and know nothing about it. Where as if they came down and worked- out, they might easily catch-on and possess the natural assets of a winner. He also said that the club needs some Freshman and Sophomores to keep alive the blood ■f and experience for years to come. The weightlifters are sponsored ] by Emil Mamaliga of the P. E. department and usually work out on their own time, which is about three times a week. Mamaliga is usually ai’ound the little gym to instract or coach the club, and can By AUGIE SAXE At Told To PEPE LeBLANC “If I were to run 100 yards for a touchdown, I wouldn’t get as great a thrill as I had' when I n- tercepted a Benners’ pass in the SMU game last year. “All pass interceptions give me a thrill but this one gave me a special feeling. “I guess that’s because it really helped us out in the game. Also a great feeling comes from knowing what the other team’s feeling is-r- that is, usually low. “The time was late in the third quarter and SMU had just scored to tie the game. “They kicked to us and held us. Then SMU took over on their 45. “Benners, Rote and that bunch came in on the offense and Ben ners started passing right off. “Benners faded w r ay back to pass with everybody spreading out. I thought that everyone on the SMU team was out for a pass. “Then I saw the ball leave his hand. It was a long pass. I follow ed it all the way then almost auto matically, I was under the ball. “I ran about 25 yards and I might have gone all the way for a touchdown if I’d seen Elo (Nohav- itza). Elo had come up fast to block for me, but I didn’t’see him in time. “After that interception, when I got up, I just pushed the ball off to the referee and I w^nt off the field with the defensive team. “We scored after that. It made me feel good to know that I set up the touchdown. I don’t remember if this was the last touchdown or not. Anyway, we won, 25-20. 1 “After the game, the Mondshine twins, who are my cousins, came out on the field and started beat ing on me. I guess they were try ing to congratulate me. “I was so excited, I just took off for the dressing room. “I don’t know whether I walk ed fast, ran or what. All I can re- LAST TIMES TODAY “Ma & Pa Kettle Back on The Farm” THURSDAY & FRIDAY UjL+tCiuN! rciuai ... ■ .. NEWS — CARTOON barring PAUL DOUGLAS RICHARD BASEHART BARBARA BEL GEDDES DEBRA PAGET member is that I was the first one there (the dressing room). “I could see the team coming toward the room. They were busy congratulating each other. “Kerry (Stiteler) was feeling good. He always feels good when we win. He went around patting everybody on the back. “Coach Todd came over and started talking to Charlie (Angle’s (See SAXE, Page 5) always be found at the weekly meetings. The other returning club mem bers besides Fletcher are C. Bra- gassa and L. E. Fincias, all win ners in the South West AAU last year in Dallas. Fletcher won 1st in the 132 pound class. Bragassa in the 165 lb. class and Fincias in the 123 lb. class, both placed high in the meet. There appears to be two out standing “New Comers” at present working out with the club that are going to give it a boost on meet entries. They are Paul Cardiac and Bill Bowles in the 165 lb. class. There are four meets scheduled for the club this year, which are to take place at Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and College Station. In these meets a man is given three chances at each type of lift, which are press, snatch, and the clean and jerk. He is allowed to choose his best one of each and then the weight lifted of the three is totaled. Last year Fletcher at the Dallas meet came very close to breaking the tourney record. He had a 170 lbs. up, but couldn’t hold it. He was the only one in his 132 (See WEIGHT LIFTERS, Page 5) Phone 4-5054 for information and reservations-or call your travel agent ....... ..... v . y ..... .'rtf s Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests fi 2a .ou have to get up early in the morning to put one over on this cock-of-the-walk! When it came to making “quick-trick” experiments of cigarette mildness, he stated flatly, “That’s strictly for clucks”! How ’ya going to keep ’em down on the farm—when they know there’s one convincing way to prove cigarette mildness! 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