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Page 4 THE BATTALION Wednesday, November 12, 1952
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A&M QUARTERBACK CLUB
Graves, Tate,
Mayeaux, Hill Standouts
Against Mustang Power
Sparking the Cadets during the
first half was quarterback Ray
Graves, Player of the Week.
Threatening throughout the
game as a money maker was Wal
ter Hill, defensive end for the
Framers. He played both offense
and defensive during the later part
of the tilt, and rates as another
outstanding Player of the Week.
Marvin Tate, credited with the
largest number of tackles during
the game, and Pete Mayeaux, scor
ing the second Aggie score, wera.
two of the other standouts.
Graves, injured in the second
half of play and likely to .sit the
bench in next week’s tilt, pushed
the Aggies down the field for the
first touchdown, and kept A & M
in the game until he was hurt.
Throwing three complete passes
with little time left in the first
half, Graves set up the first
touchdown on the Mustang one-
yard line, and decided to try the
last play for a score on a pass.
He dropped back, couldn’t find a
receiver, and sprinted for the tal
ly just around his right end. His
run was made after the clock had
run out signaling the end of the
first half of play.
Graves led the passers with 80
yards completed on 9 completions
out of 16 tries. This set the pace
for passing in the SMU game.
Jerry Norton of the Mustangs was
second with 70 yards rolled up.
Hill Does Double Duty
Spending the first part of the
game on offense, and then doub-
Marvin Tate
Rice Making Come-Back
After Losing Streak
Back on. the winning track at last with a breath-taking
35-33 victory over Arkansas at Fayetteville, the Rice Owls
face another difficult assignment in their gridiron comeback
against the Texas Aggies on Saturday afternoon at College
Station.
While they figure to be the underdogs in all three re
maining games with A&M, T.C.U., and Baylor, the Owls still
figure they have a good chance to win ’em all or two-of-three
and finish well up in the standings. They need to win over
the Aggies badly, though having to play the surprisingly
strong Cadets at Aggieland is no small order.
Rice owns the longest winning streak enjoyed by one
team over another in the Southwest Conference that is still
intact with the string over A&M now at seven. They haven’t
lost to the Aggies since ’44, but face a stern test in contin
uing the streak if Ray Graves and Don Ellis continue their
successful offensive maneuvers for the Cadets.
While happy to get a victory over Arkansas, the Owl
players and coaches weren’t too satisfied with the showing
in the Ozark hills. Harrassed by fumbles and penalties at
the most inopportune moments, along with some mistakes on
defense they shouldn’t have made at this stage of the cam
paign, the Owls let the Razorbacks get out of a deep 0-21 hole
and get fired up—and it almost cost them the ball game.
The Owls figure they will have to play it “closer to the vest”
and discard such carelessness against the dangerous foes
ahead.
Heartening to the Rice cause in Arkansas, though, was
the greatly improved running game, the fact that end Blois
Bridges “found himself” as a pass receiver and for the first
time lived 1 up to his high promise, and the improved play of
little Horton Nesrsta at safety with his 62 yard punt return
for a TD one of the game’s highlights.
The Rice running game was at its best of the season in
the first quarter with a combination of “Kosse” Johnson at
left half, Morris Stone at right half, and Bob Garbrecht at
fullback across the top of the standard T behind quarter
back Dan Drake.
Only trouble was, Garbrecht went out in the first per
iod with an ankle injury never to return after scoring on a
powerhouse 19 yard gallop. Then Billy Ed Daniels subbed
in at half with “Kosse” going to fullback, only for Daniels
to re-injure an ailing shoulder on the very first play he was
in.
Walter Hill
ling at both offense and defense,
Hill proved himself one of the
most valuable players of the Aggie
squad.
Before the Arkansas game last
week, Hill had been confined to de
fensive play, but showed up so
well that Coach George decided to
leave him there.
Lack of experience at the de
fensive end posts brought Hill back
in to the forward wall though, so
before the game was over, the big
end was another iron man for the
Cadets.
Hard Work
Hard tackling and general all
around good defensive work was
shown by the Aggie’s Marvin Tate
against SMU this weekend as he
led the Cadets in tackles.
He broke through the terrific
Mustang interference play afteis
play to bring down the ball car
rier, and proved to be one of the
Tate not only broke up running
plays through his side of the line,
but on occasion roamed back in to
the flats to cover pass receivers.
A sophomore from Abilene, Tate
has been improving with every
game, and is considered to be one
of the most promising prospects on
the Cadet team. Because of his
great speed, he has been used at
guard on offense, and at tackle and
linebacker on defense.
With this sort of talent, Aggie
fans should be hearing a lot of him
before his three years of eligibilty
are completed.
Mayeaux Scores
P ere Mayeaux, the speedster
from New Orleans, La., displayed
some of his form against SMU
Saturday making one of the long
est runs of the game, a 21 yard
scoring jaunt, to give the Aggies
their last seven points.
, Mayeaux entered the game in
the fourth quarter, and kept the
offense going after Ray Graves,
quarterback, was taken out with
a bruised hip.
He js one of the fastest men on
the team, and showed a lot of
drive by carrying two Mustang
players over the goal line with
him. He is a good broken field
runner, and a hard man to stop.
A junior this year, he should be
one of the men to carry a big
share of the ball handling next
year.
bright spots in
football picture.
coach George’s
Pete Mayeaux
Ray Graves
The weekly Quarterback Club
Meeting will be held tomorrow
night in the Ballroom of the
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