V According To Tradition Texas Over Aggies In Best of Season By ED HOLDEK Sports Editor The jinx will hold. Aggie spirit will make the game an interesting one, but the power and experience of the Steers will have the fans convinced before the battle is over that the Longhorns de- serve the top rung of the SWC. Ray Graves will outperform T. Jones. But here is a point that needs clarification. Fans over Texas have set up this game to be a dual between the passing and running abilities of the two quarterbacks, Graves and Jones. If they would stop and think, they might realize the feats the Cadet man- under could perform if he only had the for ward wall which Jones can boast. And zmmm. Graves is still 10th in the nation among the llllllp top passers. But despite Jone’s advantages, Graves will out-shine him. Tuesday, November 25, 1952 THE BATTALION Page 5 Holder Crying for Win Aggie fans are crying for an A&M win in Memorial Sta dium. After the game, they merely will be crying. For what can a group of inexperienced sophomores do against veteran men like Jones, Harley Sewell, Gib Dawson, Tom Stolhandske, and Dick Ochoa filling out a powerhouse squad. Fourteen Cadet seniors will get their last crack at Texas. A few of these men know what it is to beat a Texas team in Austin. Some of these seniors defeated the Shorthorns in Memorial Stadium when they were freshmen. They could f do it again, but the possibility is slim and improbable. Score Should Be 27-21 The score should be about 27-21, with the Aggies play- # ing their greatest game of the year. They are ready and should be at full strength with all injured personnel, except Pete Mayeaux, going at top speed. This will make it a good game, and if the experience factor on both teams was a little closer, the final score might prove surprising. From here we see the Aggies looking forward to 1954 when they can take another shot at the Memorial Stadium jinx. Fish Surprise Shorthorns (Continued from Page 4) a colorful show featuring their band, drum and bugle corps and flashy drill team. Shorthorn Coach Ox Emerson demanded that the second half get underway. It start- ed and prevented the Aggie band band from performing, i After the Shorthorns scored on Seniors (Continued from Page 4) five seniors meeting Texas for the last time. Bobby Dixon of Ingle- side, W. G. Blair of Carthage, Al vin Dangford of Fort Woith, Dick Frey of Houston, and Little will leave many gaps in the Maroon and White’s line. Five men also leave the end posts this fall. Besides Hooper, Jeri’y Crossman of Franklin, who is the conferences seventh top pass receiver having caught 18 passes for 214 yards and one touchdown; Walter Hill of Ballinger, outstand ing at both offense and defense; Charles Saxe, of Beaumont, who was shifted to defensive halfback this year; Don Moore of Junction, , * who has seen little action because of his size. * Only 31 members of the 1952 * A&M squad will be eligible to play ^ football again next fall. the first play after the kickoff, the “Fish” got busy. With Ronald Robbins putting on a great show with his passing and running, and the outstanding running of Billy Pete Huddleston and Don Watson, the score was closed to 26 to 27. Pass Intercepted Then with three minutes re maining, the Fish intercepted a Brewer pass and r'eturned it to the Shorthorn eight yard line. Watson, carrying the ball on the first play from scrimmage, fumfcled and the ball was recovered by Texas. Watson scored two touchdowns for the Fish while Robbins scored one and Huddleston scored one. It was a hard fought game from start to finish with bitter rivalry between the players. SWC Champs Continued fro mPage 4) first against LSU in Baton Rouge, La., and the second over North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N. C. In their first home game, the Steers could not move through rugged Notre Dame defense, and bowed . 3-14. Texas got their offense clicking against conference foes and bowl ed over Arkansas, Rice, SMU, and TCU in succession.