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Thursday, December 27, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Nine Aggie Trackmen To Participate In Annual Sugar Bowl Meet Dec. 30 Nine members of the Aggie 1951 championship track team will par ticipate in the Sugar Bowl annual track meet Dec. 30 in New Or leans. The track meet is a part of the pre-game festivities pre ceding the New Year’s Day foot ball classic. The Cadets, under the leadership of head coach Frank Anderson and assistant coach Ray Putnam, will enter one hurdler, two sprintei's and a pair of relay teams in the meet. The relay teams will be a 440 and a mile relay team. Mayeaux Runs Three lettermen — Bill Bless, Bobby Ragsdale, and Bill Stal- ter will be joined by a speedy soph omore, Pete Mayeaux, to form the 440-yard relay team. A halfback and linebacker on the football team, Mayeaux ran the century in.9.9 during tryouts. Last year’s relay team won the confer ence title with a time of 42.4, but will enter the Sugar Bowl meet as underdogs to a speedy University of Texas team. Fast-stepping Bill Stalter, high point man in the SWC meet last year with 12 points, will also en ter the 100 meter race along with relay teammate, Bobby Ragsdale. Sports Banquet To Honor A&MAthletes, Downs Says P. L. Downs, Jr., general chair man of the Ticket and Finance Committee for the Aggies’ Winter Sports Banquet, reported today that ticket sales to the annual af fair were “selling as rapidly as can be expected this early before the banquet.” The dinner, co-sponsored by the A&M Athletic Department and the Brazos County A&M Club, will be held in Sbisa Hall on the night of Jan. 12 to honor members of the 1951 football and cross country teams. Annual awards to out standing members of the football team Avill be made at the banquet. Dick Hervey, executive secretai'y for the Former Students Associa tion, reports that the association will hold its annual club officers and class agents’ meeting over the weekend -of Jan. 12 and 13 and that he expects some 150 persons attending this meeting will also po to the sports banquet. The Aggies Club has a meeting scheduled on Jan. 12-13, and sec retary Marshall Spivey expects a large number of these club mem bers to be on hand to honor the Aggie athletes. Tickets On Sale Downs has started a heavy sales campaign on ticket sales and he has distributed tickets for public sale to the following College Sta tion personnel: Lipscomb’s Phar macy, College Station State Bank, Student Exchange, Black’s Phar macy, Madcley’s Pharmacy, Me morial Student Center, Dick Her vey, Barlow Irvin, J. D. Prewit, E. E. McQuillen, Ernest Langford, Joe Motheral, Allen Madeley, J. E. Roberts and the Student Co-op. In Bryan, tickets may be bought from the First National Bank, City National Bank, First State Bank and Trust Co., W.S.D. Clothiers, Bullock - Sims, A. M. Waldrop and Co., Conway’s, Oscar Crain, Mar shall Spivey, Flop Colson, Johnny Longley, and Judge A. S. Ware. Paul Leming Participates Paul Leming, leHerman from Beaumont, will participate in the 110-meter hurdles. Second place winner in last season’s conference meet, Leming won three firsts dur ing regular spring competition and was conference champion in 1950. Veterans Robert Mays and James Baker form the backbone of the mile relay team, which won the conference last season. They will be joined by newcomers John De- Witt of Waco and Carol Libby. A&M was best in the nation, with a 3:16.0 in 1951, until bested by Drake at the Drake Relays. DeWitt, who lettered three years in basketball and an equal number of times in baseball, has completed his eligibility in these sports but is still eligible to compete in track. Oklahoma Favored The University of Oklahoma thin-clads, who were runner-ups to the Aggies mile relay team in last PETE MAYEAUX HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DO YOU INHALE? 50? M)0? 200? V. IF YOU’Rt 4 N AVERi6 [ smoker THI RIGHT IS OVER 200! jPvs-: ^ s: m Yes, 2@© times every day your nose and throat are exposed to irritation. • • im GOOD REASONS WHY YOU'RE BETTER OFF SMOKING Philip Morris! mm PROVED definitely milder .. . PROVED definitely less irritating than any other leading brand . . . PROVED by outstanding nose and throat specialists. EXTRA ! ATTENTION ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS Every Tuesday Evening over NBC THE PHILIP MORRIS PLAYHOUSE Presents an Outstanding College Student Featured with Famous Hollywood Stars in the PHILIP MORRIS Intercollegiate Acting Competition 7r<T&£- mJf. PHllIP MORRIS year’s meet, are favored to win this event at the Sugar Bowl meet. Ok lahoma didn’t lose a man off the 1950-51 team while the Cadets lost two. The nine tracksters, accompan ied by the Aggie coaches, will leave tomorrow to compete in the meet and will remain in New Orleans afterwards to see the New Year’s battle between Tennessee and Maryland. Senior Girls Plan New Year’s Dance Senior girls from Stephen F. Austin High School, Bryan, and A&M Consolidated High School in College Station will give their an nual New Year’s Eve Dance in the MSC Ballroom Monday night, Anyone may attend, according to Jacquelyn Scott, in charge of ar rangements. The dance will start at 8 p.m. and last until 1 a.m. The dance is formal, and there is no admission charge. On wet or icy pavement, pump the brake pedal gently but firmly. Jamming the brakes on and hold ing them on contributes to skid ding on slippery roads. Excessive speed contributed to 20 per cent of urban highway fatal ities last year and 28 per cent of rural fatalities. Rabbi R. Kahn To Speak Here Jan. 9 in MSC “The Significance of Pray er” will be the title of an ad dress given by Rabbi Robert I. Kahn of Temple Emanuel in Houston Jan. 9 at 7:15 p.m.’ in the MSC. The program will jbe sponsored by the Hillel Foundation. Rabbi Kahn will also give a his torical sketch of the formation of the Hebrew Prayer Book. A nativg of Iowa, Rabbi Kahn was ordained at the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati in 1935 and has been a resident of Houston since that time. In 1950, he re ceived the degree of Doctor of He brew Letters from his Alma Mater. After a three year chaplaincy in the army with two years service with combat infantry overseas, Rabbi Kahn was elected chaplain of the American Legion, Depart ment of Texas. He is now, in ad dition to bis rabbinic post, chap lain to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston, and the Jew ish consultant chaplain at Elling ton Field. You may be the world’s best driver—but what about the other fellow ? Twenty-two out of every 100 adult pedestrians killed in traffic accidents last year had been drink ing. Letters (Continued from Page 1) tin; Lonnie Martin, Cotulla; John Hensley, Lafayette, La.; Howard Childers, Amarillo; Ronald Chax-- ouleau, New Orleans, La.; and Fred Broussard, Deuincey, La. Guards: Lawrence Winkler, Temple; Sidney Theriot, Houma, La.; Marvin Tate, Abilene; Lodie Stapleton, Galena Park; Billy Rob erts, Texas City; Louis DeHaes, Irving; Ray Barrett, San Angelo; George Arnold, Navasota; and Henry Arnett, Dallas. Centers: Leo Marquette, New Orleans, La.; and Ivan Greenhaw, Dallas. Quarterbacks: Edgar Hennig, Tyler; Sam Howard, New Braun fels; and Joel Smith, Alice. Halfbacks: Warren Anderson, San Antonio; Joe Boring, Dallas; James Self, Wichita Falls; Rich ard Vick, Beaumont; Fdward Kach- tik, Rio Hondo; Gerald Sandusky, Bronte; Bernie Cook, Clyde; Ken .Langford, Houston; Bob Stout, Baytown, and Glenn Pruitt. Dayon. Fullbacks: Bill McGowan, Sils- bee; and Virgil Patton, Oklaunion. Cross Country Runners Cross country runners who let tered were James Blaine, Imperial; Dale BeRouen, Port Arthur; Charles Gabriel, Houston; and (Charles Hudgins, Dallas. The council lettered Allan B u r t o n, Brownwood, and Allen Weaver, College Station, as team managers. Don’t drive unless you are fully capable of handling your ton-and- a-half of potential destruction — your automobile. Soccer Team Undefeated (Continued from Page 1) call the game futbol. It is quite popular and several countries have professional teams. While no member of our team has ever actually played on pro fessional teams all have played for high school teams and several have played for teams that might com pare to our semi - pro baseball teams. The Aggies are captained by John Fett of Porto Alegre, Bra zil, who plays the center half pos ition. There is no set starting team. Substitution is worked on sort of a rotation basis to keep fresh play ers in the game. Goalkeepers Guillermo Oritz of Merida, Mexico is the only member of the team who may wear knee pads, though any of the others may wear shin guards if they like. The goalie is also the only man who can catch the ball in his hands. It is his job to keep the ball from going into the goal the best way he can. May Use Heads Backs and the rest of the players may use any part of their bodies to control the ball except their arms from the shoulders down. Backs on the Aggie team are Julian Domingues from Venezuela; Carlos Molina from Managua, Nic aragua; and Jose Barragan from Lima, Peru. A good back must have, to pari aphrase on the baseball term good arm, a good leg to kick the ball far down field away from his own goal, but the kick must not be just a shot in the dark, it should be a good pass to one of his team mates. Five Aggies alternate at the three half positions: John Fett, the captain from Porto Alegre, Brazil; Jorge Ducos from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Mario Sol from San Salvador; Jorge Artecona from Paraguay, and Bill Cunningham from Brazil. Dual Functions Half is the most responsible pos ition on the team. They must help their forwards on offense and meet the other team and intercept its passes when on the defense. Only five can play in the for ward wall for the Aggies, but their are eight men vicing for the posi tion. They are: Juan Letts from Lima, Peru; Fredrico Uranga also from Lima; Charro Cardenas from Mexico City; Julio Penedo from Guatemala; Ernest Pavon from Colombia; Papacu Arizmendi from Venezuela; Armando Hidalgo from Costa Rica; and Blocker from Bra zil. There are three distinct types of play in the forward wall. It is the job of the wings to dribble the ball down the side of the field and pass it high in front of the op ponents goal. The center forward must be able to control the ball well and hit it hard with his head. The high pass from the wing is to set him up, and it is his responsi bility to store or to pass the ball to the man who is in the best pos ition. Dribble the Ball The interiores help the defense and join the offense as fast as they can when the ball changes hands. They must be adept at dribbling for it is thmr duty to carry the ball down the center. To clear up a point, dribbling in soccer is not what we are used to in basketball. In soccer it is a series of kicks by which the ball is controlled and brought clown the field. For an organization of this size there must be a manager. Rafael Nunez from Venezuela handles these duties for the team and also arranges all the games. At present only one game is in the offing, and it is the TU game which was postponed earlier in the year. Tidwell Stars In Miami Game By FRANK SCOTT Battalion Staff Writer Billy Tidwell, star Aggie Halfback, added another bril liant performance to his college football career in the North- South football Classic, Dec. 25 at Miami, Fla. Playing at an offensive halfback slot for the South, Tidwell also played at a defensive safety post for one of the first times this sea- s°n. ( Playing before a crowd of 39,955 cheering fans, Tidwell set up the first Rebel touchdown with a completed pass and run play from the arm of Billy Wade of Vanderbilt that carried for 41 yards and a first down on the Northern 14- yard line. Tidwell also excelled on defense batting down many Northern passes thrown by Colorado College’s Bobby Blaik before the aerials could reach their intended receivers. The Rebels went on to defeat the North 35-7 in one of the most lop-sided victories in the series. Tidwell will also play in the North-South Senior Bowl game in Mobile, Ala bama, Jan. 5. The Senior Bowl game is scheduled to be aired on a nation-wide radio hook-up. • A cracked vertebra sustained in his last college game will keep Bob Smith out of the East-West football game Dec. 29 in San Francisco. The injury, which probably was received in the A&M-Texas game, was disclosed by X-rays taken after Smith had arrived in California to train for the Shrine Clas sic. Smith’s loss was a jolt to the West. He had been count ed upon for considerable defensive duty. The other A&M representative in the East-West clash, Glenn ’Lippman, has pleased the Western coaches with his vicious blocking and tackling in pre-game practice. Lipp man is slated to play at a halfback post for the West, but he may be moved to fullback to take over Smith’s vacant pos ition. Bob Goode, ex-Aggie fullback, wound up in the No. 2 spot in rushing in the National Professional Football League, gaining 951 yards for the Washington Redskins. 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