Tuesday, September 29, 1953
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4 Battle With Cousrars
By BOB BORISKIE
Sports Editor
The Aggies came through the
rugged 14-14 tie with the Univer
sity of Houston Cougars Saturday
night with only a few minor
bruises, and engaged in light drill
Monday.
Played before 35,000 spectators,
the game saw several scoring
chances muffed by fumbles and
dropped passes.
The Aggies lost the ball twice
in the scoreless first quarter on
fumbles, and four times out of five
miscues during the game.
The Cougars were unable to
move the ball up the field after
the opening kick-off, and after
Paul Carr punted, an Aggie fum
ble gave Houston the ball on the
A&M 37, where they were again
stopped with 2 yards in three tries.
Later in the quarter, another Ag
gie fumble on their own 28 was
covered by Cougar Buddy Gillioz.
After Houston had moved to the
A&M 11, Joe Boring intercepted a
pass in the end zone to end the
threat.
In the second period, the Aggies
started moving from the Houston
39, following Boring’s recovery of
a Cougar bobble, and were across
the double stripe in 11 plays.
Don Kachtik hit the middle for
4, Don Ellis passed incomplete to
Connie Magouirk, then hit Eric
Miller for 17 yards and a first
down. Kachtik picked up 6 over
center and Boring was stopped for
no gain.
Boring circled left end for 5 and
a first down on the Cougar 7,
Kachtik made 3 over right guard,
but fumbled for a yard loss on the
next play. After 2 incomplete
passes, Ellis passed to Magouirk in
the end zone and Boring added the
txtra point.
With the reserve backfield start
ing the second half, the Cougars
started from their own 33, and in
9 plays had racked up a touchdown.
McWhirter, Stegall and Shows
stayed on the ground to register-
big yardage on optional keeper
plays around the ends. Shows
made it 7-7 with the conversion.
Recovering another Aggie fum
ble two plays later, McWhirter
sparked the second Cougar touch
down drive which took only five
plays.
From the A&M 34, Patterson
hit the center for no gain, but
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Game at a Glance
A&M
Hstn.
First downs
11
9
Rushing yardage
51
184
Passing yardage
170
14
Passes attempted
26
5
Passes completed
5
1
Passes intercepted ...
1
1
Passes completed
15
1
Punts .
6
8
Punting average
23.7
32
Fumbles lost
4
2
Yards penalized
35
15
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Shows picked up 4 on a keeper,
McWhirter skirted end for 14 and
a first down on the Aggie 12.
From there, McWhirter swept
around end again to score standing
up, and the Shows point after made
the score Houston 14, A&M 7.
In the final period, Ellis began
to thread the needle with his
passes. Starting on the Aggie 46,
Ellis passed to End Bill Schroeder
for 11, hit Elwood Kettler for 32
more, then tossed to Bennie Sin
clair for the touchdown in three
plays. Kettler converted and the
score was Aggies 14, Houston 14.
The Aggies recovered a Cougar
fumble on their own 13 in the wan
ing minutes of the game, and with
Ellis passing with deadly precision,
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moved into the Houston end of the
field.
Ellis connected with Joe Schero
on a 39 yard pass play that carried
to the Cougar 7, but time ran out
with Schex-o frantically trying to
stop the clock. The Aggies, how-
evei-, had already used their five
allotted time outs for the second
half, and the game was over.
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.BORING ON THE WAY—Joe Boring (41) scats up tlie sidelines for 39 yards with a punt
to the Houston 23 in the third quarter. Lawrence Winkler (78) take^ out Patterson
(45) the punter. Bill Schroeder (80) and an unidentified Aggie lead the way.
Mural Tank
Events Begin
Today in Pool
Preliminaries in three events will
open the 1953 intramural season
today as the swimming meet takes
over P. L. Downs Jr. Natatorium.
Trials in the 440 foot relay, 300
foot free style and 200 foot breast
stroke will be held today. Finals in I
all events are slated for Monday.
The rest of the schedule follows: |
Wednesday-100 foot backstroke,
300 foot medley.
Thursday-Diving preliminaries.
All non-dorm students interested
in competing in the open handball
tournament must register not
later than Wednesday.
Any club interested in entering
intramural football and basketball
should contact the intramural of
fice immediately, said Barney
Welch, intramural director - .
t *isto] Team to Hold
Organization Meet
The A&M pistol team will hold
an organizational meeting with its
new coaches at 7:30 tonight
at the rifle and pistol range under-
Kyle Field.
Students interested in trying out
for the team are invited to attend,
including freshmen, said Frank
Neville, team captain.
Practice hours are scheduled for
Friday afternoons and Tuesday
nights.
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ERIC SNAGS ONE—Eric Miller, Aggie left end, takes a
second quarter Don Ellis pass good for 17 yards and first
down on the University of Houston 18. A&M scored the
game’s first touchdown eight plays later.
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Hold On to the BaW—George
By JERRY WIZIG
Battalion Sports Staff
Aggie grid fans will moan long
and loud about the difference a few
more seconds might have made in
Saturday’s game, but take it from
the best authority, “We made too
many mistakes to win.” That is
what Coach Ray George said in
the press box after the game.
“You can’t win when you can’t
hold onto the ball,” said George.
“We dropped a lot of passes we
should have caught, but I’m not
saying they didn’t make mistakes,
too,” he said.
“We knew we had had a contest
and I think Houston will have a
very fine football team,” he added.
‘Carr, Shows Did Fine’
Asked to single out University
of Houston players who played
well, George said, “Carr and Shows
did a fine job. Houston is very
fortunate. Their second club is as
good as their first. I wish we had
that problem.”
Looking ahead to other games,
George said, “I don’t see any soft
ones ahead.” Comparing the Cou
gars with Kentucky, he said, “We
beat Kentucky by one point, so
Houston must have been one point
tougher.”
“I wasn’t disappointed in any
of our linemen,” said George.
“Mike Michalske did a fine job.”
Jack Powell, Foster Teague and
Bill Schroeder were some of the
reserves receiving verbal pats on
the back.
Pleased With Kettler
When asked about Elwood Ket
tler, who caught three passes for
41 yards, George just looked pleas
ed and said, “Kettler did all right.’
Backfield Coach Dalton Fair-
cloth, comparing the Cougars with
their fine 1952 team, said, “I think
Houston had a better team this
year than last year. I hope we
don’t play a better club.” He added,
“I think we’ll cut out a lot of our
fumbling against Georgia.”
Haircloth was pleased by the
second half passing of Don Ellis.
Held to three completions in nine
attempts for 26 yards in the first
half, Ellis connected on 12 of 17
for 144 yards in the final 30 min
utes.
Ellis Leads Conference
JitiJ
Now the conference leader in in
dividual total offense, Ellis has
gained 299 yards for a 4.2 yard
average per try. He has completed
22 of 39 passes for 248 yards and
a glittering 56.4 percent comple
tion average. Each completion has
gone for an 11.3 average.
Schroeder has caught five passes
for 49 yards, Joe Schero three for
48, Kettler three for 41 and Benny
Sinclair four for 40 yards.
Kettler has picked up 59 yards
in eight carries for a 7.4 yard av
erage per carry.
St's Here!
jers Grind to 28-7
in, Stay Unbeaten
Stung by the first touchdown of
the year scored against them, A&M
Consolidated’s Tigers ground out
327 yards on the ground and rolled
over Navasota, 28-7, Friday night.
Both teams had been undefeated.
The Rattlers started with a rush
as Richard Stone snatched a pitch-
out and sprinted 74 yards around
end on the first play from scrim
mage. But Consolidated marched
80 yards on §ix plays a few mom
ents later, with Bobby Joe Wade
scoring from the five.
J. B. Carroll tied the score at
7-7, kicking the first of his four
extra points.
Wade Goes 30 Yards
Four plays later Wade picked off
a Navasota pass and squirmed 30
yards for the go-ahead touchdown.
In the third quarter, Willie Arnold
climaxed a 67 yard march by plung
ing over from two yards out.
David Bonnen, the leading ball
carrier with 142 yards on 19 tries,
scored the final touchdown on a 30
yard jaunt around right end.
The Tigers have now scored 152
A Ih letic Party
For Faculty
Wednesday
An informal party for members
of the faculty will be given by the
Athletic department in the Ball
Room of the Memorial Student
Center at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday.
Purpose of the party is to give
all faculty members a chance to
become personally acquainted with
the football staff and other coaches
in the Athletic department.
The coaches will be introduced,
a football film will be shown and
coffee and cookies will be served.
points in three games. It was the
third straight game in which they
have gained over 300 yards.
Stone picked up 117 on nine car
ries for the Rattlers.
Statistics
Cons.
Nav.
First downs
14
6
Yards rushing
345
154
Yards passing
- 0
30
Net y’dage gained ...
327
144
Passes attempted .
7
7
Passes completed ...
0
1
Passes intercepted .
3
. 2
Punting average
30
28
Yards penalized
45
25
Fumbles lost
1
3
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