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Page 4 THE BATTALION Wednesday, October 28, 1.953 THE BATTALION-MSC s-Hogs ter 50 Years Connie Magouirk Back of the Week Hack of the Week Connie Magouirk Selected QB Club Back of Connie Magouirk, Aggie half back, scored a touchdown on a jlazzling 23 yard run and caught two passes for 31 yards to merit the Quarterback club selection as back of the week. Besides his offensive show, Ma gouirk was a defensive demon, breaking up Baylor passes and making tackles all over the field. High tribute was paid Magouirk by teammate Don Ellis immediate ly after the game when Ellis called Magouirk the outstanding Aggie back of the game. Magouirk posted a net gain of 20 yards in three carries for a 0.5 average and punted once for 35 yards. He scored the first A&M touch down from 23 yards out in a fine display of broken field running. Magouirk took a handoff from El lis, cut over right tackle, was brushed at the line of scrimmage but hit hit the Baylor secondary behind great blocking and sprinted for the touchdown to score stand ing up. * Week To set up the touchdown play from the 23, Magouirk made a beautiful catch of an Ellis pass from the midfield marker on the previous play. Magouirk is a 190 pound senior from New London, has earned two varsity letters at the fullback slot, but has played this season in the halfback position. QB Club to View Aggie-Bear Film The A&M Quarterback club will show the films of the Ag gie - Baylor football game Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in. the MSG Ballroom, Bob Boriskie, club president, said. All remaining films will be shown either in the MSC Ball room or Assembly room, Bor iskie said, and announcements on the location for each show ing will be carried on the Quarterback page. After 26 games and 50 years of football warfare, the Arkansas Razorbacks and Aggies will be still fighting for a series edge when they meet in their Southwest conference clash in Little Rock this Saturday. One of the oldest gridiron rival ries in the Razorback record book, the two teams enter their 27th meeting with an all-even history of 12 wins each and two ties. It will be the fourth appearance for the Aggies in Arkansas’s capital city. Though the margin of victory in their past meetings has been de cisive more often than not, the series takes on a ■ peculiar aspect when the success of the two teams in league play is considered. Both charter members of the SWC, the Cadets are second only to Texas in the number of conference championships won, while Ark ansas ranks last. Yet, Arkansas is the only school, outside of the Longhorns, with a respectable re cord against the Farmers. “Home soil” has apparently been the difference in the past history Lineman-of-the- Week Bennie Sinclair SW Conference Top Receiver End Bennie Sinclair, leading pass-catcher in the Southwest con ference is the Quarterback line man of the week. Sinclair snared five passes for 93 yards and one touchdown in the Baylor game and put on a bang-up defensive show. Bennie has a season record of 14 catches gpod for 218 yards, two touch downs and an average of 15.6 yards per catch. The six feet, 2, junior has a lot of speed, enabling him to get downfield and into the enemy sec ondary fast. His fine opening jump from the line of scrimmage is another big factor on his side. In A&M’s 87 yard fourth quar ter touchdown drive, Bennie caught passes for 17, 16 and 17 yards, the last one for the score. Sinclair was on the receiving end of a 31 yard pass play in the third quarter that carried from the Aggie 40 to the Baylor 29-yard line. His 25-yard run with a fourth quarter pass interception , set up the third touchdown in the 20-7 win over TCU. Sinclair’s play sewed up the game for the Aggies when it appeared that the Frogs were going, to make trouble. Bennie has run back two kick offs for 28 yards this season. He ably demonstrated his blocking ability Saturday, throwing one of the key blocks that broke Connje Magouirk loose for his 23-yard touchdown ramble. “If we’d had five more minutes, we would have won, said Sinclair after the game. “We’d gone the length of the field twice before and could have done it again. . . We’re not out of the race yet, and I think we can still win the title.” al Bank Bryan” T. 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Then, with all-Conference star Joel Hunt leading the way, the Aggies smothered Arkansas, 40-6. Except for a brief interruption from 1931 through 1933, the two teams have been keen conference rivals every yera. In the pre-1931 games, Arkansas won three straight contests, 27-12 in 1928; 14-13 in 1929; and 13-0 in 1930— the first Little Rock game. The star of the ’28 game was high- scoring Garland “Bevo” Beavers (who that year set an all-time Razorback scoring record of 84 points) with two TD’s. ★ Quarterback 0 f the Week ★ iif Every football team needs a leader with plenty of know-how and drive. The same thing - applies to a city. In Bryan, the City National Bank is the leader. And it took plenty of “know-how and drive” to put the City National Bank where it is today. In past years, citizens have watched the City National grow and pro gress. 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