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Tuesday, October 7, 1952 THE BATTALION Page 3 Michigan State Drops in AP Poll NEW YORK, Oct. 7—(^—Wis consin’s poised Badgers, the cur rent favorites to capture the Big Ten crown, took over first place in the Associated Press’ football poll today as the result of their impressive victory over Illinois* and Michigan State’s tight battle with Oregon State. • The Badgers jumped up from eighth place by whipping Illinois’ Rose Bowl champs, 20-6, while Michigan State needed a field goal in the final two seconds to edge Oregon State, 17-14. State, the pre-season pick of the experts to finish the season as the No. 1 team, fell from their first place perch to second. Texas, fifth last week, plunged right out of, the top 20 following UNDER 12 YEARS- f R£t Tony Curtis “NO ROOM FOR GROOM’ and . x Arthur Kennedy " BRIGHT VICTORY” First Show 6:30— — THURSDAY — FRIDAY “MY 6 CONVICTS” PALACE Bryan 2'&&79 LAST DAY “Annie Oakley” and “Marciano vs. Walcott” WED. thru SATURDAY Jeff Chandler in Yankee Buccaneer queen NOW SHOWING THEfRE JUMPING WITH '/OJp . MOMFMI it?' - WKKES. •, \ ret? i?w«»pepsipi gin?. ► tkrf* S 3- ^ MirioM, A VtAjrmm their 14-3 loss to Notre Dame in Austin. The Fighting Irish, 19th a week ago, jumped to eighth place. Princeton, 61-19 conquei*ors of Rutgers, advanced from 13th to tenth. The leaders points based on ten for first, nine for second, etc., with first place votes in parenthe ses are: 1. Wisconsin (27) 1,128; 2. Michigan State (24) 980; 3. Cali fornia (23) 961; 4. Maryland (22) 834; 5. Georgia Tech (12) 734; 6. Duke (12) 530; 7. Southern Cali fornia (6) 493; 8. Notre Dame (3) 332; 9. Kansas (1) 301; 10. Prince ton (3) 264. The second ten: 11. UCLA 221; 12. Oklahoma (1) 183; 13. Illinois 137; 14. Villanova 132; 15. Vir ginia (3) 128; 16. Purdue 98; 17. Navy 54; 18. Alabama 52; 19 Geor gia 40; 20. Penn State (1) 38. TODAY & WEDNESDAY 4-1181 TODAY thru SATURDAY —Feature Starts—• 1:24 - 3:33 - 5:42 - 7:51 - 10:00 Rifa Glenn HAYWORTH-FORD t'V CIRCLE PHONE 4-1250 TONIGHT & WEDNESDAY Children Under 12 Admitted Free When Accompanied By An Adult. A UNlVERSM-lMTeaMAUONAt, flCTURE -Also— GO£0EN HORDE «?/*OrnyAfu AA/»n / Ann BLYTH David FARRAR AGGIES MOVE—Don Ellis takes off on a 37-yard kick off return at the start of the second half in the Aggie-Ken- tucky game on Kyle Field. An unidentified Aggie has just knocked the - Wildcat’s Tommy Adkins (31) out of the play. To Ellis’ right is Frank Fuller (75) one of the Kentucky tackles. Ags Stopped by Clock And Strong ’Cat Line By GUS BECKER Associate Sports Editor Kentucky displayed a great de fensive line, that should give many SEC opponents a rough time, as the clock ran out on the Aggies in Saturday night’s contest on Kyle Field. A blocked punt by the Wildcat line in the third quarter set up the winning play, a field goal from the Aggie 26 yard line. The Wildcat line held the Ca dets after they had a first down and goal to go on the Kentucky five, which could have been the winning score if the Farmers had rammed across. The Aggies had to take to the Graves Second In Passing Aggies Lead SWC Teams In Rushing, Total Offense Texas A&M, although defeated in last week’s game, still remained among the leaders in the South west Conference according to of ficial statistics released this morn ing. The Aggies lead in first downs with 48. Close behind is Texas with 47 and TCU with 39. In rushing the Aggies have rolled up 529 yards to hold the top spot while the Steers are in second position with 461 yards on the ground. The Cadets are the leading total offensive eleven with 897 yards on the ground and in the air while the Longhorns trailed in second place with 823. Ray Graves, Aggie field general is second to Ochoa of Texas as the leading ball-carrier of the SWC. Graves has carried the ball 34 times for 146 yards and a 4.3 average. Graves is also second among the leading passers in the SWC, be hind Ray McKown of TCU, with 34 passes completed out of 53, (had two passes intercepted) for a total of. 358 yards and a 10.5 yards per pass average. Graves percent age of completions is .641 with one touchdown pass. McKown leads the total offense leaders on the strength of his 547 yards through the air while Graves is again in second position with 504 yards on 87 plays for a 5.8 yards per carry average. FRESHMEN of Tailoring Does 56 Years Experience Mean Anything ? 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Don Ellis and Raymond Haas are one-two for the Aggies in the kickoff return section. Ellis has returned four for 124 yards and a 31.0 average while Haas has two , returns for 58 yards for a 29 yard average. The. Aggies are one-three-four in the pass interception department, with Hub Scott, first with 2 for 34 yards and a 17 yard average, Schero, third with two for 24 yards and a 12 yard average, and Boring with two for 15 yards for a 7.5 yard average. air in the fourth quarter, but nev er could keep up a sustained dxive as the Wildcat secondary intex - - cepted one pass and knocked down another in the end zone. Wildcats Receive Kexxtucky received the kickoff and made a first down befox-e hav ing to puxxt. The Aggies tx-aveled to the Wildcat 43 but also had to punt. The Wildcats xxxade four first doxvns tx-aveling to the Cadet 49 where the Farmers tightened their defense and made the Wildcats boot on foux-th dowxx. A fumble by Larry Jones gave the Aggies the ball on the Ken tucky 32 yax-d line and the Aggies moved to the Wildcats 29 as the initial pex-iod ended. In that period Kentucky had x’olled up five first downs to the Aggies one. Aggies Stopped Cold Moving fx-om the Wildcat 29, the Aggies xxxade a first down on the Kentxxcky five but were stop ped cold by a deterxxxixxed Wildcat line. Kexxtucky punted after failiixg to move from their own one and the Cadets put on a drive that ended with Ray Graves passing to Jerry Crossman for the only Aggie score of the gaxne. Dux-ing this drive, the Aggies gained 53 yards ixx the air. The half ended with the scox-e A&M seven, Kentucky nothing. Kentucky kicked off to the Ag-, gies to stax’t the last half, but the Cadets failed to move and elected to kick on foux-th dowxx. Puxxt Blocked Dollar’s punt was blocked axxd the Wildcats x-ecovered. The Farxxx- ers line held the Wildcats for no gain on three plays and the Wild- cate kicked the game-winning field goal, three minutes deep in the third pex-iod. A penalty pushed the Aggies back to their own one a few min- xxtes later and the Farmers were again forced to puxxt. Fumbles and ixxtercepted passes stopped both teams uxxtil late ixx the third- quarter when the Wild cats took over oxx theix* own 27 whex-e two passes for 38 yax-ds axxd an 18 yax-d x-uxx moved thexxx to their secoxxd score of the gaxxxe with 10 secoxxds left ixx the pex-iod. Graves tried 13 passes in the fourth quartex-, half of his total for the whole game, but a fumble, a 15 yard penalty axxd an inter cepted pass kept them fx-oxxx scox-- ixxg as the clock x - axx out with the Aggies having a first axxd texx oxx the Wildcat six. "Represents education tliat continues, " says GEORGE GALLUP Founder of the American Institute of Public Opinion; formerly Professor, Pulitzer School of Journalism, Columbia U. "A serious weakness of the American educational system is the missing link between what we are taught in school and what we learn after leaving school. The Reader's Digest represents education that continues. It arouses and satisfies keen interest in the vital issues of the day and in varied fields of lasting knowledge." Tigers Keep Victory String, Win 45 to 0 Willie Arnold, who, accordixxg to Coach Othel V. Chafin, wasn’t even supposed to play last Fx-iday night, nxade three of A&M Consolidated’s seven toxxchdowns against Milaxxo High School. The scox-e was 45-0. Buck Byer was fixst to scox-e early in the opexxing quax-ter fx-om the one-yax'd line. This fix-st tally was closely followed with another by Byex-, and a 32 yax’d pass fx-om Fred Andex-son to Willie Arnold. Melvin Fx-ee made the lone touchdown in the second on a blocked punt by Bobby Jackson. Fx-ee x-an it back fx-om the Milano 23 yax’dlhxe. The successful con- vex-sxon was made by Bobby Cax-- tex-. Ax-nold made an 80-yai’d i-un- back in the thix-d quax-ter to stax-t the Tigex's off x-ight in the second half. He also nxade another touch down on a plunge from the six in the saxxxe period. Bobby Cax-ter again converted for both extra points. Look at the wide range of subjects in any issue—The Reader’s Digest is designed for the well-rouxided individual who cultivates interests far wider than the confines of any particular field. From the wealth of material that is published each month, the editors select those outstanding articles no thoughtful person would want to miss. Each article is condensed to present the essentials clearly, yet preserve the full content and flavor of the original. The Reader’s Digest offers a continuing liberal education for milhons of men and women with alert, open minds. 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