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Tuesday, December 2, 1952 THE BATTALION Page 3 WATCH HIM GO—Gib Dawson (44), Texas back picked up 15 yards through right tackle in the UT game in Austin, Thanksgiving Day. Blocking for Dawson are Tex as tackles Don McGraw (77) and Charles Genthner (75). John Salyer (20), A & M back, is blocked out by an unidentified Texas player. Texas won 32-12. Graves, Boring And Ellis Finish High In Statistics By MACK PRICE Battalion Sports Staff Don Ellis, offensive halfback for Texas A&M, rambled 413 yards in 17 carries to become number one in in the kickoff return column. He averaged 24.3 yards per carry. Joe Boring, defensive halfback for A&M, snagged eight areials to TODAY & WEDNESDAY i- ' ' * ““"j JAMES' % MARLENE STEWART \ DIETRICH f AO*"""'"* j €/A tie with Ronald Fraley of TCU for first place, in total pass inter ceptions. Boring traveled a total of 67 yards with an average of 8.4 yards per try. Fraley ran 36 yards for an average of 4.5 yards gain. First place in total offense went to T. Jones, quarterback for UT with a gain of 1299 yards. Jones carried for 281 yards and passed for 1018 yards to give him an aver age of 6.2 yards per try. Ray Graves, A&M quarterback, finished second with 1245 total yards. Graves ran 256 yards and passed for 989 yards more. He had a 5 yard gain average. An injury sidelined Graves in the Rice game and made him miss part of the SMU game. Texas University led the confer ence in total offense with 3865 yards gained. A&M placed fifth .with 2734 total yards gained while TCU was last with a.total of 2470 yards. '^HfLBREH UNDER 12 Y€A*S^. f R£fc 4-1181 TODAY LAST DAY —Features Start— 1:18 - 3:01 - 4:36 - 6:24 8-12 - 10:00 ' Albxis SMITft ^ TURNING POINfl® NEWS — CARTOON STARTS WEDNESDAY ...V- Rainbow ROUND MY f* ,§ttQULDER "Technicolor Frankie LAINE Billy DANIELS A COLUMBIA PICTURE ARTHUR FRANZ “THE SNIPER” and “THE BIG STEAL” CIRCLE PHONE 4-1250 TONIGHT & WEDNESDAY Children Under 12 Admitted Free When Accompanied By An Adult. Connie Magouirk, Aggie full back, tied for fourth place in scoring with five touchdowns for 30 points. David Johnson of Rice and Tom Stolhandske, both made five tds for 30 points. Billy Quinn of UT led the con ference in scoring with 13 TDs for a total of 78 points. He set a new SWC record for sophomores when he crossed the goal line for his thirteenth touchdown in the A&M game. Roy Dollar, A&M punting spec ialist, finished third in the con ference with a total punting yard age of 1682 yards. He' punted 45 times and had one kick blocked, for an average of 37.3 yards per punt. Final conference standings rat ed UT first with a record of six SWC wins against no losses. Tex as’ overall record for the year was eight games won and two lost. UT racked up 262 points against their opponents’ 164. A&M finished sixth with one win, four losses, and one tie. Their season record was, three wins, six losses, and one tie. A&M scored 137 points against their oppon ents’ 187. Arkansas finished last with a 1-5 record .in conference pi ays and a 2-8 overall record. 'SALiYand Saint AW] UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONM. PICTURE Little Makes All-America Jack Little, battling Aggie tackle, has been selected on the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) second All-America offen sive football team. Little, 225 pound senior from Corpus Christi, Texas, stands 6 feet, 3 inches, and made several All-America teams .last year as a junior. He is a bruising tackier, and charges through opposition lines like a locomotive, often stopping enemy ball carriers short of the line of scrimmage. His selection as offensive All- America tackle, when he played most of the season on defense, is a tribute to his all-around ability. One of the better blocker’s on the Aggie squad, Little would be press ed into offensive service when the going got rough. He was fast enough to lead interference for Aggie ball carriers. The talent for both offensive and defensive football makes Little one of the outstanding pro foot ball tackle prospects in the coun try. Texas U Keeps Slate Clean In Conference Play By 32-12 Campus capers call for Cob When grades are posted, get hold of yourself—maybe the news is good. Anyway, there'll always be problems ahead, so start now and face them refreshed. Have a Coke. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY THE BRYAN COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY “Cot®” 13 o fsgis'a.-sj fresfMiarJr. © 1952, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY By JERRY ESTES Battalion Sports Staff The Aggies closed their 1952 football season by dropping a 32- 12 decision to the University of Texas. With Ray Graves playing with a supporting cast on his recently injured leg, the A&M offense couldn’t get rolling. Slowed down by the cast, Graves had trouble evading tacklers while fading back to pass. Usually, would-be tack lers have posed little trouble for the fleet Aggie quarterback. The Longhorns, knowing the power of the A&M aerial defense, stuck to the ground the whole game except for seven plays. Of the seven passes attempted, only two were completed. With Ochoa, Dawson, (}nd Quinn carrying the ball, their ground game seemed to be enough as they rolled for 464 yards rushing. T. Jones the quarterback, added sub stantial yardage on the ground also. Texas ran up a 29-0 score in the first three quarters of play before the Aggies could score two touch downs in the fourth quarter. One thing the Aggies could gain some solace from was the fact that Connie Magouirk and Ray mond Haas became the second and third A&M men to cross the goal line in Memorial Stadium. Only one Aggie could turn the trick before. The Cadets missed one scoring opportunity in the first quarter when Dawson fumbled on the A&M 23 yard line and Joe Schero re covered. Graves hit Haas for 13 yards. Then, Darrow Hooper sneaked in behind the Longhorn secondary and caught Graves pass good for 55 yards to the TU nine yard line. After taking over on the nine, Magouirk got four to the TU five yard line. Then on the next play, Magouirk fumbled and White re covered for Texas. Blair* Graves Rate Player of the Week Five A gg ies Named To All-Star Teams On every bench sits a seldom- used football player who is in the uncomfortable position of playing behind proven regulars. He is quite certain that, if given a chance, he could play the kind of game that makes the regulars. W. G. Blair was that kind of player. '"I Gut HAAS RAMBLES — Raymond Haas, Aggie halfback, grabs a pass from Graves and picks up 12 yards early in the second half of the A&M-UT game. Aggie Soccer Team Routs Helpless Longhorns 4-0 The Aggie soccer team swamped the UT squad 4-0 Thanksgiving morning. A&M’s team went on the field Thursday at 10:30 a. m. fighting a strong UT team, 40 degree weather, and a sti’ong wind. They tallied twice in the first period and came back for two more goals in the second half. A brilliant defense held UT scoreless while the Aggie team pounded in their goals. A. P. Casas, freshman CE maj or from Venezuela; scored twice, Guillermo Cardenas, captain of the team and junior AH major from Mexico; counted for one tal ly, and Juan Letts/sophomore CE major from Peru, booted in the last goal. A league is being formed be tween UT, U of H, Allen Aca demy, San Antonio, and A&M, Cardenas said. The teams will play their games on a home-visitor basis. - Members of the A&M soccer team are V. M. Artecona, Para guay; J. It. Ducos, Argentina; C. Molina, Nicaragua; E. Pabon, Co lombia; A. Casas, Venezuela; G. Fernandez, Cuba; J. Letts, Peru; Guy Fernandez, Peru; K. J. Ko- rotha, India; G. Cardenas, Capt., Mexico; J. Ortiz, Mexico, A. Vil lanueva, Mexico, and Gene Lester, Dallas, Texas. B.S.O.C (Big shirt oh campus) You’ll be a B.M.O.C. in a sportshirt by Manhattan. 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Graves will be hard to replace when the Aggies don football clothes for Spring train ing. Ellis Quarterbacks Don Ellis took over man-under duties when Graves was hurt, and with beautiful ball-faking, guided the Ags to two quick touchdowns while the Steers tried to decide which Aggie was carrying the ball. Connie Magouirk and Don Kach- tik both played outstanding games as they alternated at fullback pos ition for the Aggies. Joe Boring, besides playing a great defensive game, punted in place of the injured Roy Dollar’. He kicked four times for a fine average of 44 yards per kick. It was late in the fourth quar ter with Don Ellis at the quarter back post after Graves was forced out of the game with an injury, the Aggies got their two touch downs. With Ellis running and passing, A&M struck for two quick counts. One was by Connie Ma gouirk, the other by Raymond Haas. One of the outstanding men on the field was W. G. Blair, Aggie guard. Previous to this game, Blair had not played any ball for the Cadets. But today he proved to be a stone wall on defense. He was (See TEXAS, Page 4) Five A&M football players have been selected on various All-South west Conference, All Opponent, and All American teams. These play ers are Jack Little, Ray Graves, Marshall Rush, Joe Boring, and Alvin Langford. Little has been named to one All-America and six All-SWC teams. Graves was called “the most valuable single SWC player because he was the heart of the Aggie offense” after being select ed on the Houston Press’ mythical squad. NEA put Little at offensive right tackle on their All-America second team. He was also picked All-SWC by the Coaches, Associat ed Press, Fort Worth Press, INS, Austin American, and Houston Press SWC. Joe Boring, ace Cadet secondary defender, was placed on four SWC squads and one All-Opponent team. He was named on the Coaches’ SWC, AP SWC, Arkansas All-Op ponent, Fort Worth Press SWC, and Houston SWC. 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