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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1953)
THE BATTALION Page 5 Thursday, October 29, 1953 One Platoon Grid Play Causes Fewer Passes A decrease in the amount of for ward passing has been the only significant change in the style of play in college football’s first year of return to one platoon rules. This is revealed by mid-season statistics compiled by the Nation al Collegiate Athletic Bureau. The only other appreciable change is the expected drop in extra-point kicking efficiency, now that use of specialists is limited. The figures cover 650 games so far this year and 667 games through a comparable point last year. Time Outs Changed This year’s rules abolish the automatic time out whenever the ball changes hands, thus cutting the actual time that the ball is in play by about ten per cent. That automatic time out was adopted in 1949 to enable offensive and de fensive units to change places, so the timing of the game this year is almost the same as in 1948 and be fore. Taking this 10 per cent reduction of playing time into account, every Ag Football Squad To Leave Friday For Arkansas Tilt The A&M football team will leave for Lj^tle Rock, Ark. at 2 p. m. Friday from Easterwood air port. They will fly on a plane charter ed from Braniff air lines. Arriving around 4:30 p. m. Fri day, the team will go directly to the Marion hotel, said Ray George, head coach. He expects to take a 35 man squad. The team will hold a short prac tice late Friday afternoon on the Aikansas War Memorial Stadium field. Save Your Money! Save Your Clothes! CAMPUS CLEANERS phase of play except passing shows a relative increase in comparison with 1952 figures. Most figures in volving quantities (number of plays, number of touchdowns, etc.) are substantially the same as in 1948, before the game was, in ef fect, lengthened. Fewer Passes In passing, there has been a de crease in frequency, but not as much of a decrease in efficiency. Compared to 1952, there have been 18 per cent fewer attempts, 23.2 per cent fewer completions and 22.5 per cent less yardage. Although the percentage of pas- s|es completed has fallen from 44.8 per cent to 41.8 per cent, there has been a slight increase in yards gained per completion. Compared to 1948, there are 5 per cent fewer attempts, 6 per cent fewer com pletions and 6.8 per cent less air yardage, but practically the same completion percentage and average gain. Only 64.1 per cent of all extra point attempts have been convert ed this year, compared to last year’s all-time high of 76.2 per cent. The 1948 figure was 70.8 per cent. Higher Scores Despite this loss of extra-point efficiency, scoring has increased this season over 1952, in propor tion to both playing time and the number of offense plays. To^al points ax - e down only 5 per cent, in a 10 per cent shorter game. Touchdowns have come at the rate of one for every 23.7 of fense plays. In contrast 25.4 rush es and passes were required, on the average, to produce each 195S touchdown. Elapsed time of games, accord ing to figures covering Eastern Intercollegiate Football association games, is down as result of the change in the automatic time out rule. And there has been a marked decrease in exceptionally long games. This year, only 23 out of 86 games, or 26 per cent, have lasted two and a half hours or longer. Last year this was true of 33 out of 80, or 41 per cent. The average elapsed time this year is 2 hours 23.7 minutes, compared to 2:28.2 last year at the same point of the season. Tig ers (Continued from Page 4) Arnold have scored 48 points each. Fred Anderson has 42 points. Arnold is the team’s leading rusher, picking up 546 yards on 78 carries for a 7 yard average per carry. Bonnen has 419 yards on 67 for 6.1; Wade, 381 on 74 for 5.2; Anderson, 212 on 34 for 6.2; Rol and Beasley, 148 on 22 for 6; and Travis Engelbrecht, 103 on 22 for 4.7. Quarterback J. B. Carroll has booted 17 straight extra points and has kicked 32 of 36 this season. >UY, SELL, RENT OR TRADE. Rates .... 3c a work per insertion with a B5e minimum. Space rate in classified section .... 60c per column-inch. Send all classified to STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFICE. All ads must be received in Student Activities Office by 10 a.m. on the day before publication. LOST LOST—ONE black and white male toy terrier. Answers to name “Danny.” Reward, 4-9652. After 5, 6-1643. • FOR SALE ® CEDAR CLOSET, portable washing ma chine, child clothes closet. Call 4-4679. FOR RENT LARGE three room partly furnished apart ment. Utilities paid. North gate. Phone 6-2332. FOR RENT—Large bedroom for two. Pri- . vate entrance and bath. Close to college. Phone 6-6188. SEWING machines. Pruitt’s Fabric Shop. •DIRECTORY OF* BUSINESS SERVICES jlNSURANCB of all kinds. Homer Adame. North Gate Call 4-1217 • Blue line prints ® Blue prints • Photostats SCOATES INDUSTRIES Phone 3-6887 GUY H. 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HANNA Professional Counselor M.A. M.ed ’51 510 RESTWOOD — PH. 2-7642 Educational Personal Vocational Child Guidance DaltonFair clothProves He’s Top College Coach DALTON FAIRCLOTH By BOB BORISKIE Sports Editor Newspapers and ex-students all over the state have raved about Dalton Faircloth. But most of them have been raving about the wrong thing. He seems to be best known as “the man who coached Don Ellis and Fred Broussard in high school.” ■While that is true, it doesn’t begin to tell the story of Fair- cloth’s talents. He coached Ellis and Broussard all right, but he also developed the formation the Aggie backs are using, and he developed the backfield that has been tear ing up the opposition every week. That’s one reason you see so many sophomores in there, and one reason why the Aggies have been winning so many games. Faircloth is one of the top coaches in the state. He is one of the brainiest coaches in the state. He is one of the coolest coaches in the state. A glance at the Aggie bench dur ing a tense moment in the game will find Faircloth calm and col lected. He studies the situation, gets up to slap a player on the back when be comes out of the game, sends others into the con test, and sits down again. Faircloth came to' A&M in 1950 when Harry Stiteler was head coach, took over the reins of the “B” squad, and rapidly moved up to his present job as offense coach. He is extremely popular with the players, and is quick to give any player a chance if he believes the man can deliver the goods. The present Aggie record of four wins, one tie and one loss is large ly the result of Faircloth’s faith in the ability of several of his sophomore backs. There can be no doubt that Ray George is satisfied with the per formance of the Faircloth-coached backfield. The record could hard ly be improved on, since the single Aggie loss was by one point. Faircloth has developed a high degree of competition in the A&M backfield, with no player in a position to rest on his laurels. The knowledge there is another player on the sidelines with equal ability, ready to take over, keeps the players who are in the game battling with all they have in order to stay in. Those constant battles for start-' ing positions mean Aggie victories. LET'S TALK ABOUT SAVINGS STAMPS From time to time, many of our old-time, loyal customers have asked us why we do not give Trading Stamps. Since e current rage, and likely to get more popular before it finally dawns on the buying pub lic that there is no such thing as “something for nothing”, we are going to devote a part of the space of our weekly ads for two or three weeks in a frank discussion of the “deal”. Extraordinary Meats at Ordinary Prices CHEESE SPECIALS Mi!d Hoop . . . . !l». 59c 2 Lb. Box Velveeta Spread . .79c FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES BIG WEEKEND SPECIALS ON THOSE FINE SWIFT PRODUCTS AS ADVER TISED BY DON McNEILL ON HIS JU BILEE PROGRAM — Made from Swift, Forequarters. Extra Fresh and Wholesome Ground VeaL 3 lbs, $1.00 Swift’s Select Seven Steak . 2 lbs. $1.00 Swift’s Select Cuts for — BARBECUE or STEW Short Ribs . 3 lbs. $1.00 Brisket ... 5 lbs. $1.00 Swift’s Select Veal — Pot Roast lb. 35c Swift’s Select Veal Round Steak . . . lb. 59c Special Cuts Made From .Swift’s PREMIUM HEAVY BEEF BACON SPECIAL Bacon for the Budget Swift’s Oriole or Decker’s Tall Korn Bacon, lb. 65c First Quality Swift’s Premium or Hormel Dairy Bacon . . .lb. 75c All-Meat Swift’s Premium or Hormel Wieners lb. 49c Swift’s Premium or Hormel Rump Roast . . . lb. 55c Ham-Shank End, lb. 49c Whereas, for years the entire food distribution field has put all its emphasis on improving its efficiency, reducing its operating costs and profit margins to almost the irreducible minimum, now the trade em braces about the most inefficient weapon in its fight for sales since the stone axe was discarded. Why inefficient? Because the consumer not only pays full retail purchase price, directly or in directly, for the premium eventually obtained “free”, but in the process pays the following: (1) the salaries, commissions, transportation, hotel and meal costs of perhaps the high est pressure group of salesmen in the nation—the representatives of the “stamp companies”; (Not too long ago, there were three such representatives, including one or , more from the New York'office, iri this area to try to sell one retail account on the use of “stamps”. The goal: the sale of approximate ly $25,000 worth of stamps annual ly—representing 2% of the gross sales of the grocery. Stamp bus iness is big business.) (2) the exe cutive salaries of the buyers, man agers, tent and overhead of the general and district offices of the stamp companies; (3) the highest freight rates possible on the de livery of the “premiums” whether prepaid or not, this being the “less than carload rate”. If you bought the same premium for cash from your local dealer, most of the trans portation would at least have been at the 100-pounds or over rates. Swift’s Select Sirloin Steak . . . lb. 59c Heart o’ Texas Hens or Fryers . . lb. 55c GROCERY SPECIALS Beautiful Young Tender Home Grown MUSTARD or TURNIP GREENS . .2 bunches 25c Smooth, Clean Porto Rican or Red Velvet SWEET POTATOES . . lb. 5c 1 Lb. Cello. Bags CARROTS . . . pkg. 15c Flame TOKAY GRAPES . . lb. 11c Medium-Large Size Fancy Wash. State DEEICIOUS APPLES . lb. 17c CUCUMBERS—Fresh . lb. 10c One of ihe Better Grades Keyko Oleo .... lb. 22e For Better Baking and Frying Crisco .... 31b. can 79c Maxwell House Coffee lb. 85c COLLECT COLLEGE PENNANTS One Free With Each Can—HORMEL l5*/2 Hz. Can Chili With Beans . . 29c 15'/ 2 Oz. Can Chili - No Beans . . . 39c 15 Yz Oz. Can Tamales 25c Ballards or Pillsburys—Buttermilk Biscuits can 10c (Limit Total of 4, Please) Kraft’s Salad Dressing Miracle Whip . . pint 27c Popular Brands Cigarettes . carton $2.09 Cool W r eather Breakfast Special Regular Package—3 Minute Oats With Raisins . . 17c For Cooking or Roasting—No. 1 2 Lb. Cello. Raw Shelled Peanuts 59c 3 3Iinute White or Yellow—1 Lb. Cello. Popcorn 23c ® HUNTERS m Dove — Squirrel —- Duck Full Assortment It O T G II N SHELLS At Strictly WHOLESALE PRICES Swift’s—12 Oz. Can I Vein . . 43c FROZEN FOODS Swift’s Allsweet Oleo . . lb. 29c No. 2 l /z Cans—Halves or Slices Hunts Peaches. 2 for 55c 8 Oz. Cans—Tangy Spicy—Frosts Tomato Sauce . . can 5c Vz Gal. Bottles Grade A Sanitary PASTEURIZED Milk 2 for 75c (Plus Bot'.le Deposits.) 1 Lb. Box Sunshine Krispy Crackers . . 23c Candled, Fully Guaranteed, Medium Size In Cartons Eggs •. . doz. 57c 5 Lb. Bag—Kimbell’s Best Flour bag 35c 6 Oz. Cans Pasco ORANGE JUICE . . 2 cans 35c Birdseye—FILLETS OF PERCH lb. 43c Birdseye GREEN PEAS . . 2 pkgs. 39c Assorted to Suit (While Stock, Lasts) SNOW CROP PEAS AND CARROTS MIXED VEGETABLES GREEN PEAS 6 Pkgs. $1.00 V 2 Gallon MELLORINE . . . each 55c De Luxe Quality—Pure—Sanitary ICE CREAM .... pint 27c Southside Food Market STORE HOURS: 8 a.m.—7 p.m. Daily. 3 blocks due South of Kyle Field, College Open 30 Minutes Earlier Fri. & Sat. Closed Sundays A Complete One-Stop Market WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES Specials for Thurs. Afternoon, Fri. & Sat. - Oct. 29-30 = 31 Plenty of Special Tricks or Treats HALLOWEEN ITEMS & FRESH PUMPKINS The big GIMMICK in the deal: the retailer — and eventually the customer—pays the full 2% cost on all the stamps given out to cus tomers. This is where the stamp companies make their killing. They also benefit in that they are “pre mium dealers” in the very biggest sense of the word. Their annual volume is almost beyond concep tion. They undobtedly buy pre miums at costs far below any chain or department store. Yet they nev er have to cut prices, and have the least sales resistance. No adver tising is necessary. No credit risks are involved. They sell almost twice more stamps for cash than they are ever called upon to redeem. Their one problem is to induce more and more retailers to embark upon the plan. And, remember, all this tremen dous cost and waste is all added finally into the cost fo your food. How can this be done without your detecting it? Ask yourself this question: Do merchants go broke when they use “loss leaders” to gain business ? They do not go broke. They spread out thinly ov er the rest of their operation enough added profits to cover the losses The same MUST be done, sooner or later, to cover the costs of the premiums. Are Loss Lead ers (which we are also guilty of us ing) unethical or immoral? That COULD be the subject of another discussion. So much for the inefficiency of the “deal.” If you have read this far, you will begin to wonder. Further discussion will appear in next week’s ad.