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Page 3 THE BATTALION Wednesday, October 15, 1952
THE BATEAUON-MSC
A&M QUARTERBACK CLUB
Jerry Crossman
Marshall Rush
PICK THE WINNER
PICK YOUR TEAM is sponsored jointly by The Battalion and
the Memorial Student Center. Anyone is eligible to enter as many
times as he wishes. Entries should be mailed to Ed Holder,
Sports Editor of The Battalion, or placed in the contest box in
the MSC before 5 p.m. each Friday. The winner will be an
nounced the following week, and will receive two tickets to next
week’s A&M football game.
‘PICK YOUR TEAM’
T. C. U.' ... A. & M
Texas Arkansas
S. M. U Rice ....
Texas Tech—.. Baylor
GAME OF THE WEEK
Kansas Oklahoma
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Ellis. Crossman Offensive
Players of The Week
The Quarterback Club picks as
the players of the week against
Michigan State College, Don Ellis
and Jerry Crossman for the of
fense and Marshall Rush and Dick
Frey for the defense.
Halfback Ellis came out of the
game with the best team rushing
and the top pass receiving for
the Aggies.
. Hitting the line seven times, he
rolled up a total of 50 yards for a
little better than a seven yard av
erage. The little, hard running
“eel” was outstanding to say the
least.
Ellis snagged six passes and ran
up 78 yards to lead the Maroon
and White receivers in this depart
ment. His broken field running
after he caught the ball was also
very good. The speedy defensive
backfield of the Spartans was all
that kept him fro going all the
way.
Crossman Good Again
Turning in another fine .per
formance after his showing against
Kentucky University, Crossman
pulled in four passes for 40 yards
and a 10 yard average. This mark
made him* second man on receiv
ing passes for the Cadets.
. Crossman is a continual threat
against any team’s defensive sec
ondary, as he proved when he
scored the Aggies’ only touchdown
against Kentucky. This pass was
caught while two of the Wildcat
defenders were surrounding him.
Pie then stepped over for the score.
Against Michigan he continued
as one of Ray Graves’ most depen
dable pass receivers. He is also
faster than the average end with
Don Ellis
his running after he catches the
ball.
Fry Shows Hustle
One of the bigger boys in the
Aggie defensive line, Frey plays
the right guard spot and makes
the middle of the wall a no-man’s
land for opposing ball carriers.
Frey is always hustling on the
defense making tackles on his side
and on the opposite side of the
line. Frey refuses to yield to the
opponent’s strength, never com
pletely out of any play, forcing
hi*s rival lineman to go all-out on
every play.
Frey has shown a marked im
provement since the first game,
and will be a top lineman before
the season is ended.
Rush Makes Debut
In his first game at a defensive
guard post, Rush showed very
good poise and strengthened an
Aggie defense which has allowed
opponents over 300 yards per
game.
Rush was mainly, an offensive,
guard last season, but looked so
good at defense it is doubtful that
he will be used on offense again.
A 190 pounder, Rush also adds
weight to the defensive platoon
that has been considerably out
weighed by its opponents.
Rush has the speed and deter
mination and will make the center
of the line one of the toughest in
the SWC.
Dick Frey
Can McKowan Repeat iwa/t Ke// y
* ^ Ray Graves On
To Lead Frogs Over Aggies? QB Program
Walt Kelley will speak tomor-
Can Ray McKown and his T.C.U. teammates do it again ?
Beat the Aggies that is. Saturday afternoon on Kyle Field,
the Christians will make their bid and, as usual, the game
may be a deciding factor in the Southwest Conference Cham
pionship.
Thousands of fans can still recall the 1951 meeting be
tween the old rivals. The Aggies, undefeated and untied, in
vaded Fort Worth and ran up a fine 14-0 lead going into the
fourth quarter.
Young McKown, an unknown sophomore, took command
and in the space of some nine minutes paced the Purple to
three touchdowns ancl a 20-14 triumph. From that lift, the
Christians went on to a surprising conference championship.
Things Are Reversed
This year things have been reversed a bit. The Frogs
were favored to repeat as champions while the Aggies were
low rated. Early season play has revised this picture a bit.
The Cadets, under Ray George, got off to a fine start with
victories over Houston and Oklahoma A&M. They held
powerful Kentucky to a 7-10 victory.
Dutch Meyer’s Frogs stumbled in their opening games,
losing to Kansas 0-13 and to U.C.L.A. 0-14. They did come
to life against Arkansas for a 13-7 triumph and once more
are leading the title chase.
But all the chips will be down on Kyle Field Saturday
afternoon. The Aggies, high spirited and in good shape,
are anxious to get off to a good start in the annual family
fuss. The Christians, of course, are most anxious to mark
up their second Conference victory.
The game may develop a fine personal duel duel be
tween two of the circuits best offensive backs. McKown
will again trigger the Frog attack and Ray Graves will be
the man-under for the Aggies. They have been waging a
hot fight for the total-offense leadership in the Southwest
Conference almost from season’s start. Both are top passers
and good runners.
Their duel should be one of the most exciting of the
season. The two teams have been playing each other since
1897. Of the 47 previous contests, the Cadets have won 25
times, the Frogs 18 times and 4 games ended in ties.
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of tl
meeting of the A&M Quarterback
Club.
Following his speech in Guion
Hall, Ray Graves will narrate the
Michigan State film.
The interest shown for the movie
has prompted the showing of the
film in a larger place than the
MSC Ballroom where the club us
ually meets.
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