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THE BATTALION
Thursday, September 25, 1952
Walter Hill
PLAY WRECKER
Hill, Aggressive End
Used on Offense, Too
In these days of wide-open, high
scoring, offensive football, one
rarely finds a footballer who would
rather plug away at the non-head
line making job of defensive end.
Such a player, however, is big
Walter Hill, A&M defensive right
end, kept out of most of last sea
son’s games because of a knee in
jury suffered in the UCLA game.
Better Suited
Walt, an offensive fullback at
Ballinger High School, and on the
Fish team, prefers defensive play
because he feels that he is bet
ter suited for it.
Holder of two varsity letters,
the 204 pound senior is a tough ag
gressive player. His injured knee
feels fine and he hopes to see
lots of action Saturday night in
the Cotton Bowl.
Went to Win
Hill had this to say about the
game of last Saturday: “We beat
a pretty good ball club. We went
down there to beat those Cougars,
we all played together, and that’s
what we did.”
Speaking of this year’s club,
Walt said, “I think this year’s
TCU Runs Thro ugh
Plays of UCLA
FORT WORTH, Sept. 25—CP)—
TCU’s defensive team, slightly re
vamped since the opening loss to
Kansas, went through a lengthy
gcrimmage against UCLA plays
yesterday. The offensive platoon
contented itself with dummy drills.
team is a better all-around ball
team than last year’s, not meaning
to take anything away from last
year’s guys.”
Walter does not care to make a
prediction on the outcome of the
SWC season. Knowing S W C
teams, that is the best choice
sports fans could make.
Aggies Sure Winners
In Saturdays’ Contest
•ANCHORMAN—A senior this
year F. A. Di*y holds down the
center position. Dry was one
of the Cowpokes outstanding
players against the Arkansas
Razorbacks last weekend. One
of the largest men on the squad,
Dry is very fast for his six foot
one inch, 210-pound frame.
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The only sure thing about
A&M’s game Saturday night in
the Cotton Bowl is that the winner
will be an Aggie.
Oklahoma A&M is on its way up
and has at least a chance to win
the Missouri Valley Conference
this year.
The Cowpokes coach J. B. Whit
worth, who was line coach for 11
years under coach Wally Butts at
Georgia, said when he took the
job that it would take about four
or five years to rebuild.
One Season Early
It is one season early for his
prediction to come true, but he
should have a good team next sea
son. Only three of the five sen
iors on the squad are starters
with the majority made up of jun
iors and sophomores.
Of course the Cadets still have
a chance, to win the Southwest
Conference title this year, since
they haven’t started conference
play.
The Orange and Black Oklahoma
squad is undoubtedly stronger this
year, with plenty of depth on both
offense and defense.
A&M on the other hand will be
handicapped by lack of depth and
experience with both the ball-car
rying and ball-stopping ' platoons
heavily sprinkled with sophomores.
LIT Holds Heavy
Hour Scrimmage
AUSTIN, Sept. 25—(A*)—Texas
ended its heavy work yesterday in
preparation for the North Caro
lina game with an hour’s scrim
mage which placed equal empha
sis on offense and defense.
Coach Ed Price alternated two
backfields behind the Longhorns’
number one offensive line.
Both teams seem to have about
equal balance in defense and of
fense. Both use the same attack
formation, the split-T, and seem
to have capable personnel for a
scoring pjonch.
The O-Ags have two offensive
patterns, the split-T and what is
called a Cimmaron Spread. The
Oklahoma team kept the spread
formation under wraps in the Ar
kansas game, having a lot of suc
cess with the split-T.
Don Babers, Oklahoma A&M
signal-caller led the nation in pass
ing for several weeks last season
using the spread formation. Bab
el’S, a sophomore last season has
improved this year making the
Orange and Black eleven a threat
either on the ground or in the air.
Graves Directs
Directing the Aggies attack will
be Ray Graves, who did a good
job against the University of
Houston, Saturday night, in his
first attempt with a split-T of
fense.
Babers and linebacker, Elmer
Stout, are two stars for the Okla
homa eleven that will probably
give the Cadets a rough time be
fore the contest is over.
Darrow Hooper and Jack Little
for the Aggies will be hard to hold,
giving the Cadets a fair chance in
the tilt.
As far as the Aggie coaches are
concerned the game is termed a
toss-up. Either team is capable
of coming out on top.
The game should be a high scor
ing affair with plenty of passes
and sparkling runs from two of
fensive minded squads.
Need Defense
If either team can come up with
a stout defense, both on the ground
and in the air, they will have a
distinct advantage.
Everything points to a hot time
in the Cotton Bowl Saturday night
when the Oklahoma Aggies, seek
ing their first victory of the year
tangle with the Cadets.
Just Need Determination
O-Ags Tough Test,
Magouirk Claims
By BILL SAUER
Battalion Sports Writer
“Saturday night against the
Cougars, the whole team was de
termined and made up their minds
to win—and we did,” said big Con
nie Magouirk, yesterday after
noon.
“The U of H team had some
mighty good
boys, but they
made a lot of
mistakes which
hurt the m,”
Magouirk a d d-
ed.
“Yesterday,”
Magouirk said,
“we saw the
films of the
game and we
have been work
ing hard to cor
rect our own
mistakes.”
Magouirk was the starting full
back for the Cadets against the
University of Houston.
Magourik
“I think Ray (Graves) did a
good job last Saturday, and out-
ends were breaking into the open
very nicely,” Magouirk continued.
“We had one pass play that they
couldn’t stop and along with the
excellent downfield blocking, I
think we looked pretty good on
offense.”
11 Letters in High School
A senior this year, Magouirk is
20 years old, and comes from New
London where he earned 11 high
school numerals. He played be
hind Bob Smith last season, but
carried the ball eight times for
an average gain of 14.6 yards.
Magouirk earned his varsity let
ter last year as a defensive half
back, but has come into his own as
a ball-carrier since spring drills.
“As to Saturday night’s game,
it will really be a test. It should be
a lot harder game than last week’s
and should settle us down and give
us a hint as to what to expect in
the conference this year,” mention
ed Magouirk.
Alert Cadet Linemen Show
McMurtry Gets Good Results
Those who saw or heard the
Aggies defeat the University of
Houston Saturday night, were con
tinually amazed by the holes open
ed in the middle of the big Cougar
line.
This was in no small part due
to the, coaching of Paul McMurtry,
Aggie line coach.
At the University of Southern
California, he lettered three years.
McMurtry finished a fine career
in 1950 with the highlight being
his blocking a punt, which gave
the Trojans a 9-6 victory over
Mural Equipment
Now Ready for Use
About 100 to 150 Aggie sport en
thusiasts will be participating in
their favoi’ite sport this afternoorr
because of the intramural athletic
equipment room.
Open seven days a week, the
equipment room can, and does,
furnish all manner of athletic
equipment to students, in addition
to selling ice cream and candy for
the convenience of the playei’s and
also to help defray expenses.
Sam Blanton, former Aggie
baseball pitcher, is now in his
first year as manager of the of
fice, under the sponsorship of
the intramural department.
Students may check out equip
ment from 1:30 to 6 p. m. every
day, with the exception of Wed
nesday, when the hours are 1 to
2 and 5 to 6 p. m.
Students are required to leave
their identification cai’ds before
equipment can be obtained.
Blanton states that at present
basketballs are the most popular
sports equipment, with footballs
a close second.
In addition, softballs, softball
bats, boxing gloves and headgears,
horseshoes, and volleyball equip
ment are available.
By dint of simple arithmetic, it
may be seen that at least 3300
students make use of this service
every year. Because of the equip
ment office many Aggies can en-
-gage in sports which undermormal
conditions would be denied them.
Ratliff Picks
SWC Race
With Ags 7th
Here it goes again.
Everybody is naming the
conference champion and the
Texas Associated Press
Sports Editor, Harold V.
Ratliff, has picked his top
seven teams in the confer
ence. Needless to say, he
puts the Aggies No. 7.
He lists Southern Method
ist first because: “they have
the material — the men — to
take the championship.”
Teams are picked to finish:
1. Southern Methodist
2. Texas
3. Texas Christian
4. Rice Institute
5. Ai-kansas
6. Baylor
7. Texas A&M
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Notre Dame. He was coached there
by Ray George, Aggie head coach.
McMurtry made All Pacific
Coast his senior year and was also
team captain.
Turning in fine preformances in
Baylor Readies
For Coast Eleven
WACO, Sept. 25—OP)—The Bay
lor Bears prepared for Washington
State with another long workout
yesterday.
The Bruins polished their run
ning and passing game. A Negro
will play against Baylor in Waco
for the first time Oct. 4. Wash
ington State lists three Negro
players. One is a starter—How
ard McCants, defensive left tackle.
the line were guards Sid Theriot
and Marvin Tate at the offensive
guard posts. Although outweighed,
they outplayed the veteran Cougar
men.
Alvin Langford and Louis Capt
turned in fine defensive jobs. Also
showing well on defense was Dick
Frey. Jack Little played his usual
fine game on offense and defense.
McMurtry went from Rio Hondo
Texas High School directly into
the navy and was in the service
for eight years. He then entered
Long Beach Junior College and
entered USC the next year. He is
married and has one boy, Jimmy,
8.
Coach George said while coach
ing at USC, “If I ever become a
head coach, I want McMurtry to
coach my line.” He must have
meant what he said, and isn’t sorry.
LINE COACH—Paul McMurtry,
has polished the sophomore line
men to a point that they play
with the aggressive spirit and
coolness of veterans.
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