Wednesday, October 21, 1953
THE BATTALION
Page 5
Bears Seek Fourth
Win Here in 48th
Meeting With Ags
For the 48th time in their foot-
: all history the Baylor Bears and
.rt-ygies face each other Saturday
afternoon.
Baylor’s first football game in
history was played against the
Aggies. A&M blanked the Bears,
33-0, in 1899.
The Bears have beaten A&M
only three times at College Station,
but the Cadets haven’t won over
Baylor since 1947. The total dif
ference in the last two games has
been spne point. The two teams
fought to a 21-21 tie at Kyle Filed
in 1951. The Bears edged the Ags,
21-20, in Waco last year.
Quarterback Francis Davidson
is the engineer of an offense that is
currently seventh in the nation in
total offense and forward pass
ing.
Rated Sixth
Rated sixth in this week’s United
Press football poll, the Bears have
averaged 375.3 yards offensively
in their four games. They have
gained an average of 148 yards per
game through the air.
Davidson is second in the confer
ence in passing, completing 26 of
52 for 432 yards and three touch
downs. He completed six of eight
for 47 yards against Vanderbilt.
On 12 punts Davidson has averag
ed 40 yards.
Billy Hooper, second string
quarterback, must be given strong
consideration by Baylor opponents
after his great showing Saturday
against Vanderbilt. He scored twice
and completed 11 of 14 passes for
144 yards, giving his a season to
tal of 12 of 15 for 158 yards.
Dupre Second
Halfback L. G. Dupre is second
in the conference in rushing. He
has picked up five yards per carry
while gaining 268 yards on 54
tries. Fullback Allen Jones also
has a five yard average per carry,
g-aining 251 yards on 50 tries.
Dupree netted 94 yards against
Vanderbilt on 10 trips. Jones got
50 yards on nine carries.
Davidson is third in the confer
ence in total offense but has the
second best average. He passed and
ran for 427 yards and a six yard
average per carry in four games.
Davidson is first in kickoff returns
with 112 yards on five.
End Wayne Hopkins is David-
son’3 favorite pass receiver and
ranks second in the conference in
that department. He has snared
seven for 158 yards and two touch
downs. His 22.6 yard average is
first.
Charles Smith, the other end,
was second in the conference in
pass receiving last year as a sopho
more, trailing all-America Tom
Stolhandske. One of two fine grid-
ders for the Bears, named Smith,
Charles caught 21 passes for 370
yards in ’52. He has snagged, five
for 94 yards this season.
James Ray Smith and Robert
Knowles have given Baylor tackle
play that has been rated with the
best in this area.
Great as Soph
A 6 feet, 3, 215 pound junior,
Smith had a great sophomore sea
son on the offensive platoon last
year. He was a fullback in high
school and played end on the fresh
man team.
Knowles is a co - captain and
made almost every all-conference
team last year. He is 6 feet, 4, 225
pounds, and was an offensive re
gular for the last two seasons.
Co - captain Pete Erben and
Clarence Diefking give Baylor
guard play that has been called the
equal of any in the conference.
Aggie supporters will contest this
hotly, pointing to the consistently
outstanding performances of Sid
Theriot and Marvin Tate.
Erben lettered last year as an
offensive player but apparently
has made the switch to two-way
football with little trouble. Dierk-
ing is one of the fastest linemen
in the conference. He is a fine
blocker and hits quick and hard.
Taylor Resembles Broussard
The story of center Tim Taylor
is very similar to that of A&M’s
Fred Broussard. Like Broussard,
Taylor was moved from his origin
al position to fill a wide gap at
center. Like Broussard, he has
come through in great style. Until
the Vanderbilt game, he had play
ed over 50 minutes in every game.
A 220 pound sophomore, Taylor
played fullback in high school and
as a freshmen. He is from Allen
Jones’ home town of Clyde. Baylor
coaches consider Taylor an out
standing prospect.
Aggies Scrimmage Against Baylor Plays
nvasion Saturday
Capacity Croivd May
Be On Hand for Game
Halt’ L. G. Dupre Fullback Allen Jones
Two Big Obstructions in A&M’s^Way Saturday
Mural Roundup
Galveston Club Slips Past
PE Club; Dorm 2 Romps, 31-0
The Galveston club eked out a
one penetration victory over the
physical education club in in
tramural football yesterday.
Dormitory 2’s football squad ran
over Mitchell hall’s team, 31-0.
A long pass was the key play
in a 6-0 victory for dormitory 4
over Leggett hall.
Tackett Stars
Gerald Tackett of squadron 23
help his unit overwhelm company
K, 27-16 in intramural basketball.
Colayce Talbert was high point
man for company K with eight
points.
Company E^s James A. Jackson
scored 14 points to help company
E outscore squadron 25, 34-25. Jack
Thomas was high point man for
equadron 5 with 13 points.
Doug Mullins, scoring eight
points, helped company L edge
squadron 24, 19-14. Charles Alli
son and Russ Abbott were high
point men for squadron 24 with
four points.
Squadron 22’s Bryon King
scored eight points to help his
unit eke out a 28-24 Avin oA^er com
pany I. Charles Miller was high
point man for company I with 13
points.
Tennis
Squardon 20’s Jack Farley, Dud
ley Brown, Joe Warrick, Corky
Pence, Bill McClimans and Jim
Bradford Avon their matches to
blank company C, 3-0.
Bernard McIntosh, Randy Ricks,
George Nelson, Gary Hendricks,
Larkin Warren and Rul Rudell of
company B won over squardon 19,
3-0.
Squadron 18’s Don Moore, Gene
Corder, Earl Hall, Bob Hanson,
Gary Laughlin and Durward
Thompson beat company A, 3-0.
Jimmy Carpenter, Jimmy King,
Dickie Thomas, Bill Duplantis,
Jimmy Whitfield and Bill DaAus of
squadron 21 beat Fish band, 3-0.
Company H won OA r er company
D, 3-0.
AAA lost to A ordnance, 2-1.
Winning matches for A ordnance
were David Mitchell, John Mote,
Stanley Brand and Fred Ayala.
Chuck Newman and Howard Chil
dress won a match for AAA.
Any sophomores interested in
becoming intramural managers
should get in touch with the in
tramural office in DeWare Field
House.
All intramural schedule sheets
haA T e been or Avill be completed by
the end of the week and should
be pocked up soon as possible
said Barney Welch, intramural di
rector.
Williams Speaks
At Ranch Meeting
D. W. Williams, xuce chancellor
for agriculture of the A&M sys
tem, was the principal speaker
Sunday at the opening session of
the King ranch centennial.
He spoke on the “fmpact of
Science on Ranching Practices” to
more than 300 guests at the King
ranch headquarters.
More than 50 animal scientists
from all oA r er the world were on the
three day speakers’ schedule for
the centennial.
Among the speakers \A-as Jan C.
Bonsma of the South African de
partment of agriculture, who AA r ill
speak at the Experiment station
meeting here today through Satur
day.
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KACHTIK DRIVES FOR 10—Don Kachtik powers up the
middle for 10 yards in the first quarter against TCU. Sid
Theriot (65) blocked out Morgan Williams (75). David
Finney (24) came up from the secondary to put the
clincher on the play. Kachtik later scored on a 42 yard
run, also up the middle.
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By BOB BORISKIE
Sports Editor
The Aggies scrimmaged defensively yesterday against
Baylor plaj-'s thrown at them by freshmen and reserve varsity
units as they prepared for Saturday’s invasion of Kyle Field
by the Bears.
With Joe Boring and Charlie Hall returning for action,
the Aggies will be in good shape physically for the second
Southwest conference game of the season.
Both Baylor and A&M posted victories in their only con
ference competition thus far, Baylor scoring a 14-7 win over
Arkansas Razorbacks in Waco, and A&M taking a 20-7 con
test from the TCU Horned Frogs Saturday in Fort Worth.
A possible capacity crowd will have a chance to compare
Aggie ace quarterback Don Ellis with Baylor’s equally capa
ble Francis (Cotton) Davidson, who is second to Ellis in pass
ing in the Southwest conference.
Ellis who has completed 40 of 83 passes, with five inter
ceptions, for 442 yards, Avhile Davidson has connected on 26
of 52 tosses, with three interceptions, for 432 yards. How
ever, the Ellis figures cover five
games, while Davidson and the
Bears have played but four games
Both passers have connected on
three touchdown passes.
The starting lineup for the Farm
ers depends on several factors. If
the Aggies kick off in Saturday's
contest, Boring will probably start
in the defensive backfield, but if
the Aggies receive, the same of
fensive backfield which started
against the Horned Frogs will be
used. Ellis will be at quarterback,
Billy Huddleston and Elwood Ket-
tler *will be at the halfback jwsi-
tions, and Bob Easley will get the
call at fullback.
Comparison of the two teams
in national statistics shows that
Baylor is among the offensive lead
ers, while the Aggies are strong
defensively. The Bears rank sev
enth nationally in total offense
with an average of 375.2 yards in
four games. They are also seventh
in forward passing offense with
an average of 148 yards per game.
Aggies 10th in Defense
To counterbalance this great of
fensive threat, the Farmers are
10th in the nation in total defense,
allowing but 186.2 yards pqr game
to five opponents.
Ellis appears on two of the in
dividual leader lists, ranking sixth
in forward passing, and 17th in
total offense with 529 yards in
154 plays.
Most of the credit for the fine
A&M defensive record goes to the
linemen. From end to end, the Ag
gies show the result of added ex
perience gained from each game.
The winner of Saturday’s con
test will be the conference leader
with two wins and no losses, while
the loser will drop back among the
teams fighting to hang on to a
chance for the title.
Smith Tries Out
With Detroiters
After Discharge
Bob Smith, former A&M all-
America fullback, will work out to
day with the Detroit Lions, champs
of the National Football league.
Smith recently was discharged
from the army.
The all-time Southwest confer
ence rushing leader, Smith was
obtained by the Lions in 1952 from
the Cleveland Browns for a draft
choice but entered the army.
The Lions have three weeks in
which to decide if Smith will be
kept on the squad. Beaten 31-19 by
Los Angeles Sunday, the Lions
have been giving most of the full
back duties to veteran Pat Harder.
In three years of play, Smith
established an all-time conference
record by gaining ^2,573 yards on
459 carries. In 1950 he was named
on the Gridiron Record, NEA,
Chicago Tribune and Doak Walker
all-America teams. He was voted
“athlete of the year” by the Texas
Sports Writer’s association and
was a unanimous choice for all
conference teams.
Smith ran for 1,720 yards in 229
carries in 1950, his junior year. He
w T as named “sophomore of the
year” by the Associated Press in
1949 after gaining 694 yards on
145 tries. .
In the 1950 SMU game Smith
staged the greatest one man per-
ormance in conference history. He
gained 301 yards in 29 carries, in
cluding touchdown runs of 75 and
73 yards. The Aggies beat SMU,
25 - 20.
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