Monday, December 17,1951
THE BATTALION
Page 3
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Smith Still Great,
ToPlayBowl Game
By ED HOLDER
Battalion Sports Writer
The gridiron season is over for the Aggies as a team,
but some of the Cadets have done well enough to rate posi
tions on post season elevens.
Bob Smith, condemned this year by the
more stupid football fans, has been asked to
play in the Shrine tilt out in California for
the West Team.
Condemned? Yes, several persons set
themselves up as judges of the great game of
football and, basing their opinions on Bob’s
1950 record, claimed he stood as nothing but
a “has been” this last year.
Let’s back up a little and look over this
record he set last season. Bob was a junior
None of the SWC coaches knew much about
him, and what’s more, they weren't too wor
ried about his racking up yardage. He didn’t
have the best of lines in front of him, so they figured they
could hold him to a minimum of gains.
In other words, he hit them as a surprise, and when they woke
up, he had rolled up enough yardage to set a record in the SWC for
yards gained rushing in a single season. His total? A neat sum of
yards. It might also be noted that Kyle Rote, great SMU back
?W:949 and 1950, made 777 yards in his best year, Lindy Berry of
TCU rolled up 783 in his best season, and Byron Townsend of Texas
covered 841 ... . Bob’s closest contestant.
Bob scored a total of 84 points among his other feats, to
place him among the top scorers of all times in the conference,
he ran 75 yards from scrimmage against a powerful SMU team
which placed him in the top eight of famous touchdown runs.
And it might be mentioned that in this SMU game of
1950, he plowed his way through a favored team, and led the
Aggies to a 25-20 win. In doing so he chalked/ up 301 yards
for an average per carry of . . now get this . . 13.4.
Smith Was Great
Now comes the 1951 season. Smith was great. Our coaches knew
it, our students knew it, our fans knew it, and the coaches of the
other SWC teams knew what this 188 pound terror meant.
If you were coaching a team against such an All-America, what
would you do? If you were smart like the mentors of the teams whom
we played this year, you would watch the films of last year, find his
weaknesses if any, and put one of your best defensive stalwarts on
the field, or maybe two, with one job the entire game . . . put the
skids to that Smith boy.
All Bob had to do was appear in the game and run on the
offense this year. Why? He could draw at least one of the op
posing team’s best defensive men out of play, and could keep
the opposition on their toes and worried the whole game for
fear he would break lose.
Yet did Bob do so bad as some people would have us think? De
spite the odds, he rolled up 419 yards for a 4.4 yards per carry aver
age. Now I ask you, is that bad?
Someone must think Bob is plenty good. Out of many of the
fullbacks in the west, he has been ,chosen among the two or three to
represent the west in the annual post-season classic in San Fran
cisco, the East-West Game.
Gallopin’ Ghost Lippman
Then there is the case of Olcnn Lippman, the gallopin’
ghost. Glenn didn’t make the Associated Press’ All-SWC, but
he stood on the top rung of leading ball carriers in the confer
ence. And it might be mentioned he made the All-Conference
teams of most the leading papers in Texas, and rated among
the best with the International News Service and the United
Press.
Glenn toted the ball 118 times and came out on top with 801
yards to his credit. His average was bettered by only one man, and
this betterment was done by one who carried some 24 times less than
the Ghost.
He will play beside Bob in the Shrine tilt for the West team,
and we feel these two boys will do more than a good job at represent
ing A&M and the SWC.
(See TIDWELL, Page 4)
Cadet Swordsmen
Bring Home Honors
Lubbock Wins
Over Baytown
For State Title
BASED ON AP REPORT
Lubbock beat Baytown Sat
urday to win the state champ
ionship of A A A A high
schools, and keep the title in
the western part of the state.
Mistakes at the wrong times cost
Baytown the game, as the Western
ers bolstered their first unbeaten
and untied team since 1917. It
also spelled doom for the Ganders
who have been stopped three pre
vious times only a step short of
the title.
Quarterback Charles Brewer of
the Westerners seemed to be the
big gun of the day as he handled
each situation with cool and cun
ning. His passing was exception
al and his ball handling looked like
that of a college senior.
The little 155 pounder kept the
Ganders on their toes throughout
the tilt as he bootlegged the ball,
ran with it, and then passed it
time after time.
Top man for the Ganders, and
leading ground gainer of the day
was Kevin Lounaberry, powerful
190 pound fullback for Baytown.
Game at a Glance
Baytown Lubbock
First downs
. 7
14
Rushing yardage
.234
158
Passing yardage
. 18
147
Passes attempted ....
. 9
19
Passes completed ....
. 2
10
Passes intercepted ..
. 1
0
No. of punts
. 8
7
Punting average
.. 36.7
28.
Fumbles
.. 3
1
Yds. penalized
.. 97
• 70
Baytown 0
0 0
12—
Lubbock 0
7 0
7—
Ag Five Returns Home;
Lose 3 Games On Tour
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports Editor
A&M returned home Sunday
from their eastern tour still vic
tory-less, but the future looks
brighter than when the Aggie five
left College Station a week ago.
LcRoy Miksch topped the Ca
dets scorers as the A&M quintet
fell before unbeaten Tennessee 52-
60. Miksch countered 14 points
but it wasn’t enough as the Ag-
A&M
Binford, f ....
Miksch, f ....
Carpenter, f
Davis, c
Farmer, c ....
McDowell, g
Walker, g ....
Heft, g
Houser, g ....
FG FT PF TP
.2115
. 4
Totals 20 12 20
Tennessee
FG FT PF TP
12
Leroy Miksch
High point man for the Aggies? against Tennessee, Miksch will he
back with the Cadets tomorrow night in DeWare Field House in
their first home game since the road trip. The Aggies will be
looking for their first win of the season.
Gymnastic Clinic Teaches
New Routines and Pointers
Bowers, f ....
Hipsher, f ....
B’tclkamp, f
Neff, c
Jarvis, c ....
Bartlett, g .
Parmenter, j:
Little, g ....
18 19 60
Totals 21
Score by periods:
Tennessee 11 15 l 1
A&M 9 13 1
Free throws missed:
Miksch 5, McDowell 2,
Tennessee—Hipsher 2, Neff, Par
menter 2.
17—60
14—52
A&M—
Walker;
gies registered their fifth straight
defeat.
The Cadets opened their eastern
travel by losing 40-46 to Marshall
College of West Va. The next stop
took them into Madison Square
Garden where they gave Manhat
tan College, one of the top bas
ketball powers in the nation, a
tough fight before fading 40-44.
Blew 9-Point Lead
Against Manhattan, the Aggies
held a nine-point lead with 10 min.
utes left to play but were over
come by a final period Jasper
rally.
The loss of two regulars early
in the second half plus over cau
tiousness cost the, Aggies another
defeat.
Despite the benching of Walter
Davis, the highscoring center, and
little Ray Walker, the playmaker,
the Cadets managed to hold a- 42-33
advantage until the final stanza.
At this point the defensive-mind
ed Aggies made the mistake of
waving the first of five free throws
in order to maintain possession.
The strategy backfired continually
as Manhattan regained the ball
each time to score.
Fast-Breaking Vols
Against A&M, the Tennessee
Vols fast-breaking attack was
clicking as it amassed the highest
point total given up this season
by the defense-wise Aggies.
The Vols extended their win
streak to three straight as they
were led by their 6-foot, 3-inch
senior forward, Dick Bowers, who
netted 14 points. Bowers was fol
lowed closely by Center Herbie.
Neff, the outstanding all-round
player on the floor, with 13.
Only five points separated the
teams going into the fourth period.
The Vols led, 43-38. Heady floor
play by Captain Tommy Bartlett
and the shooting of Bowers and
Neff pulled Tennessee away to a
comfortable lead.
While on the road, the Cadets
racked up a total of 134 points in
a three-game schedule. This isn’t
bad for any team, especially since
it was against the toughest com
petition in the nation.
The Aggies played some good
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“Serving Texas Aggies”
By PEPE’ LcBLANC
Battalion Sports Writer
Members of the A&M and Uni
versity of Texas Tumbling Teams
performed in a gymnastic clinic
which was held Saturday in the
DeWare Field House.
The purpose of this clinic was
to depict “helping pointers” by
the coaches and the more exper
ienced tumblers to the other mem
bers of the teams 'in order that
they might ifnprove for the ap
proaching gymnastics tournaments.
Bill Crenshaw, coach of the Tex
as squad, spoke on the promotion
of interest of gymnastics in the
Southwest Conference.
He told members of both teams
A&M’s two gymnastics coaches.
It was announced that if more
interest in gymnastics is exerted
by each of the SWC schools, the
Athletic Council of each school
w’ould have to consider this gym-
what the judges of tournaments nasties recreational sport as a min-
especially looked for in a tumbler’s or sport.
performance at the Southwest Meet
in Dallas and in the National AA.U
Tourney held in the East.
' “Gymnastics as a minor sport,”
was also mentioned by Crenshaw
and by Nicholas Ponthieux, one of
The Aggie Fencing Team again
brought back top honors from
Houston by winning four out of
fix first places in novice, foil, and
prep sabre in the Houston YMCA
last Saturday.
Cadets competed against repre-
f itatives from Rice, U of H, Cor-
3 Christi Naval Air Station, Gal-
ton Buccaneers, and the Hous
ton Fencing Club teams.
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Sparking the Aggie foil attack
were Bob Braslau and Aden Magee
who took first and second places
respectively with Linker from the
U of H dropping to third.
Braslau made a clean sweep in
the finals, recording wins of 5-1,
5-1, 5-2, 5-4, and 5-4.
Magee took his bouts 5-2, 5-2,
5-3, 5-4, and 4-5. Although Joe
Pafford missed the top three places
by a bout, he held down a fourth
place on 5-1, 2-5, 2-5, and 1-5.
In the sabre department Ham-
mcl, li of H, captured fmst place
winning 3 out of 4 bouts in the
finals. Joe Pafford came back to
hold second with a 2-2 won-lost
record, while Aden Magee grab
bed third with a 1-2.
Bill Hcgmann also had a 1-2 rec
ord, but dropped to fourth oh
points,
Although the team does not have
a regular coach, the coaching is
passed on from year to year to
the new fencers by the experienced
ones. Much of this coaching and
assisting is done by the two sen
ior Co-Captains, John Gottlob and
Lack Breckoqridge.
Coach Norman Matthew, of the
A&M squad, gave an exhibition to
the clinic member of skilled gym
nastics on the mat.
A&M’s Conrad Webb and Har
old Turner also displayed their
agility in exhibitions.
Team president Harold Turner
worked on the parallel bars while
Conrad Webb showed his talent
on both the parallel and high bars.
Texas’ Darrell Williams, consid
ered by many as an “all-round”
tumbler, gave a talk on each gym
apparatus.
Members of the A&M squad were
Webb, Turner, Clyde Mahler, Clan
Boyd, Bud Wilson, Craig Patton,
•Carl Johnson, N. Flores, and Char
les Little .
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The Aggie Tumbling Team took part in the Gymnastics clinic held
here Saturday, and showed the folks some of the finer stunts of
the game. They are shown here as they formed a “Pyramid” while
preparing for the clinic.
* Aggie Rifle Team
Loses To Texas
The Aggie Rifle Team came in
second in a three-way match Sat
urday with Texas University and
Arlington State College.
High scorer for the match was
Tom Stevenson of Texas with a
total of 380 points.
Stevenson’s teammates added to
his score and went on to win the
meet with 1860 points. A&M was
second- with 1812, and Arlington
trailed the pack with 1797 points.
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