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Page 4 *TH£ PA^TTALtok ’ T Wednesday, October 22, 1952 THE BATTALION-MSC A&M QUARTERBACK CLUB Tate, Theriot 'Rush, Magouirk Turn In Fine Exhibitions'-George Offensive players of the week who were outstanding in the TCU game are Connie Magouirk and Sidney Theriot. Defensively it was Marshall Rush and Marvin Tate. For the second time this year, Magouirk has eaten up the yardage and earned our nomination for Player of the Week. The powerful and fast fullback lunged through the Frog line for a total of 69 yai’ds on 13 plays. He also car ried the ball over for the only Ag gie score of the day. “I decided to- let Connie show what he could do, and we were all proud of the performance he turned in,” said Coach Ray George just after the TCU game. Sparking the 82 yard drive which gave the Maroon and White their score in the last quarter, Magouirk went through the middle and off tackles like a bulldozer, carrying defensive linemen with him. Magouirk scored once before this year, as he crossed the goal for the first cotint against Okla homa A&M. He has shown a great deal of improvement in each game, and has won a spot on the starting lineup with his continual hustle and drive. Theriot Opens Holes Opening the holes for the back- field through the middle of the line was little Sidney Theriot. We call him little for the reason that in every game this year he has been outweighed. He tips the scales at 188 pounds, and “in this conference that is mighty small for a guard,” said Coach George. “Sid makes up for size by his speed and the way he hustles. He has been doing a fine job, and with a little more experience, this will be one boy who every one will have to contend with when they try to stop-up the center,” George added. “Marshall played one of the fin est games I have ever seen him play in the past two years,” was the comment Cqaeh George leveled at Rush. “We looked at the film this morning, and it seems this boy was everywhere. He didn’t bother about just stopping the plays through his side of the line, he went after the runner. “I have nothing but praise for Marshall, and I think he is one of the most under-rated men in the SWC,” George said. Rush replied, “I’m just doing my job. And I would have looked pret ty bad at times if it hadn’t been foV guys like Marvin Tate backing me up when I crashed. “This year it seems like the de- fehsive then play together. There aren’t 'any particular stars, we just try to play like a team,” Rush said. In on most of the plays up the middle of the line on either side, Rush showed he is definitely in the running for All-SWC honors, and for the second time this season the aggressive guard rates on top of our list as Player of the Week. Tate Moved To Defense Marvin Tate, who was strictly an offensive player until the TCU game, turned out to be a great defensive guard when he was started at that position. A little guard comparatively speaking, Tate, showed that he wasn’t awed by the opposing linemans’ size and made quite a few tackles against the Horned Frogs. He is also a fast man and proved this by making tackles on TCU ball carriers who tried to circle the opposite ends. Tate was never taken completely out of any play, he always had a hold on the runner or else man aged to slow the man down long enough for the Aggie defenders to stop him. A starter on the freshman squad last year until he caught the mumps, Tate was good enough in Spring practice to earn a starting berth as an offensive guard. The Aggie defense seemed to be a weak point on the team, so he was switched to the ball-stopping squad last week. Connie Magouirk PICK THE WINNER PICK YOUR TEAM is sponsored jointly by The Battalion and the Memoi’ial 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’ Baylor A. & M Arkansas Mississippi S. M. U — Kansas Texas Rice GAME OF THE WEEK California — So. California. NAM E—„. ...... A D D R E S S Bears Use Sophs Baylor has finished second in the torrid Southwest Con ference football race the past three campaigns. But because of their tremendous losses in key personnel and the strength of their Southwest Conference foes, the Bruins are being picked to .finish nearer the bottom than the top in 1952. As Flem Hall, veteran and competent football writer reported in his Southwest Conference roundup for the NCAA Guide and Rules Book, “Coach George Sauer of Baylor prob ably lost as many top drawer players as anyone in the coun try . . . Baylor may recuperate offensively . . . but the main stays of that tough defensive line are gone, Luke Welch, Ken Casner, Dick Calhoun and Gale Galloway . . . Guard Bill Athey, terrific as he is, can’t man all the trenches.” Fact of the matter is, Coach Sauer is the first to admit that many of the trenches must be manned by young, un tried sophomores. The Bruin mentor who has brought Bay lor 15 victories, a tie and an Orange Bowl bid in its last two seasons, also will admit he was pleased with the manner in which his young ball players conducted themselves in the 1952 spring drills. Their spirit was tops. All told, Baylor lost 14 lettermen by graduation and re tained 15. Chief losses, of course were all-America quarter back Larry Isbell, the superb ends, Harold Riley, Stanley Williams and Bob Trout—defensive safety Bob Reid and the aforementioned members of the durable defensive platoon. Isbell handled virtually all of the punting and passing, ran the ball club, hurled ten touchdown passes and scored five times himself. May Be Some Upsets _ But there are some Bruins returning who might help Baylor slip through to an upset victory or two this fall. These include guard Bill Athey, tackle Robert Knowles, center Jack Sisco, end Ronnie Black, backs Richard Pahma, Francis (Cot ton) Davidson, Don Carpenter, Jerry Coody and Mickey Sul livan and linebacker C. O. Brocato. Youths who have been breaking into the varsity lineup in their sophomore season include backs L. G. Dupree, Allen Jones and Charley Smith, linebacker Russell Barnett, end Gordon Riley, guards Clarence Dierking, Gene Renfro and Bob McMillan, and tackle James Ray Smith. All factors considered, it is the youngest and least ex perienced ball club Sauer has fielded since he came to Baylor in 1950 It has more speed than the 1951 team but lots of newcomers must prove they can “go” in Southwest Conier- ence competition before the squad can be rated with the powerful 1951 team in depth. Magourik To Narrate QB Club Show Narrating the film at to morrow night’s quarterback club meeting will be Connie Magouirk, Aggie fullback who received this week’s “Player of the Week” honor. The show will start at 7:30, just after yell practice, and will be the movie of the A&M- TCU game. It will be shown in the ball room of the MSC, and the win ner of this past weekend’s “Pick the Winner” will be an nounced. The winner gets two free tickets to Saturday’s A&M-Baylor football game. mm mm, Hi. Marvin Tate Sidney Theriot American Laundry <£ DRY CLEANERS 210 South Main Bryan Kelleys JUST GOOD FOOD 210 South Main Bryan The Co-Op Store North Gate College Station Brazos Yarisco LUMBER — REAL ESTATE Cade Motor Co. YOUR BRYAN FORD DEALER 415 North Main Bryan Palace-Queen-Dixie BRYAN AMUSEMENT CO. Quarterback Of The Week Frank Zikes Calling signals this week is Frank Zikes. It looks like it will be a power play, Lincoln or Mercury in 1952. That is real Power. Frank Zikes is fully qualified to call the plays for Bryan Motors. He has been in the automobile business for the last seven years, five years in the present location. 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