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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, November 4, 1953
THE BATTALION-MSC
QUART
BACK CLUB
Mustangs Surprise SWC Fans
SMU’s Mustangs, with a new sion by most sports writers before of the best bets for the SWC crown, the leading Pony ground gainer
offensive formation, are in the the season’s start, SMU has won Woody Woodard replaced Pusty for the last two seasons. He has
middle of the Southwest conference three of five games and is tied for Russell as head coach this summer gained 24G yards rushing so far
title race. third in conference standings. and promptly did away with the this year and has a 38 yard aver-
Picked to head the second divi- Now the Ponies are rated one single wing and Y formations for age on 21 punts.
which the Mustangs had been not- Nutt has hit on 17 of 28 passes
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ed. for 208 yards. Stollenwerck has
Any complaints about his ver- connected on 13 of 28 for 146 yards,
sion of the T and split T offense Nutt completed 7 of 10 in the Tcx-
have been silenced by the showings as game,
of the Mustangs this year. " Eidom Is Great
In their first 1953 game SMU
pushed highly touted Georgia all
over the field but lost 6-4. - Tech
has been consistently rated among
the nation’s top 10 all season.
The Ponies then plastered Mis
souri, 20-6, edged favored Rice, 12-
7, on Frank Eidom’s incredible 91-
yard dash in the last minute, beat
: Kansas, 14-6, and lost to Texas last
, | week, 16-7.
Norton Leads
Eidom, second in the conference
in kickoff returns, is one of the
outstanding break-away runners of
the league. He hits a hole in the
line so fast that he frequently
breaks loose before the linebacker
or halfback has time to close the
gap. Eidom has run back five kick
offs for 121 yards, a 24.2 yard
average.
Mcllhenny is another of SMU’s
T -xt j ji outstanding backs. He has mter-
All-Gonlerence Jerry Norton, the . j ,1 ii,- j
^ ’ u t cepted three passes this season and
is another great open field run
ner.
Stand-out linemen for the Ponies
include tackle Jack Gunlock, and
Ed Bernet and guards Jerry Clem,
Darrell Lafitte and Don Goss.
Gunlock and Clem are co-cap-
tains. Bernet, a sophomore, has
caught 11 passes for 124 yards and
is a fine defensive performer. Clem
played more football than any
player who did the most to beat
the Aggies in last year’s 21-13
loss in Dallas again sparks the
Mlstangs. This year however, he
has more help than last year.
SNU has a whole corps of bril
liant backs. They are: Norton,
Eidom, Bill Crisler, Don Mc
llhenny, Duane Nutt, Sammy Stol-
lenwerk, Hal O’Brien, Roy Pace,
Blake Tucker, Don Moore, Don
Kilgore and and Dale Moore
Connie Magouirk
Back of the Week
Norton gained 814 yards rushing other Mustang last year, 457
and passing last year and has been
Leads Ags
gouirk
With Razor!mcks
Connie
In Game
Connie Magouirk, senior half- He punted one time for 51 yards His vicious tackles on Razorbacks
back, is the Quarterback club back and caught a pass for 10 yards. who sifted through the Aggie line
of the week choice for the second Sweeping the ends with good helped to make his performance
straight week bursts of speed, Magouirk made A the . ni £ h t outstanding among
^Magouirk^piunged two yards for much of his yardage on pitchouts, th ® Ag f. le b ^ s *.
one of the Aggie touchdowns in du t wa s equally effective on plays
the game with Arkansas and car- through the line,
vied the ball 11 times for 48 Besides his fine offensive show
cards and a 4.4 yards-per-carry av- ing in the Arkansas game,
Standing 6-2 and weighing 190,
Magouirk lettered in 1951 as a de
fensive back. Last year he oper
ated from the fullback position and
was converted to halfback for this
minutes. Lafitte played 417 min
utes.
Goss Has Ability
Goss has the ability to be one of
the best linemen ever produced in j
the SWC, according to many ex- J-jl!ieiIlcfII ,J ’ 1 tt c^Oiv
perienced observers. The middle
guard on defense, Goss frequently
had to be hit by three players on
Longhorn running plays Saturday.
The Ponies have 21 lettermen,. 17
of whom played more than 100
minutes last season. Thirteen were
either offensive or defensive star
ters.
Clem, Norton, Crisler, guard Lou
Miller and Lafitte played more
than 400 minutes in 1952.
A&M has a 17-12 edge in the 34
game series. Five games have end
ed in ties. They started playing
in 1914.
Sid Theriot
)rage.
gouirk was a defensive standout, season.
Jerry Norton—Mustang Triple Threat Ace
Aggie-Hog
Film Set
At QB Club
The movie of the A&M
Arkansas game will be shown
at the Thursday night meet
ing of the Quarterback club.
The meeting will be held at
7:39 p. m. in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom.
Jones Ramsey, sports pub
licity director, will be the nar
rator for the film.
All future meetings of the
club will be held at 7:30 p. m.
in the MSC.
The schedule for the rest of
the year is as follows:
Nov. 11, SMU-A&M film,
MSC Ballroom.
Nov. 19, Rice - A&M film,
MSC Assembly room.
Dec. 3, Texas - A&M film,
MSC Assembly room.
Guard Sid Theriot Selected
Top Lineman of Hog Game
Guard Sid Theriot is the Quarter- Theriot’s speed enables him to season Theriot seldom is moved
back club lineman of the week for turn in shattering blocks downfield out of a play through the middle,
his play in the Arkansas game. on offense. One of the top competitors on the
_ squad, Sid is always one of the
One of the outstanding Aggie Sid’s 199 pounds make him light fj rs t players on the practice field,
players of the season, Theriot has for a major college guard, but he “j really enjoy playing the game,”
been widely mentioned for his line knows how to make use of every ] ie sa i d _ “j ge t a kick out of beat-
all-round play all season on both pound. He undoubtedly is one of j ng t h em a n»
offense and defense. the best linemen in the Southwest
conference at his weight. Many ^ Ihenot was an all - staiter at
A regular last season as a sopho- sportswriters who have followed . 0 ^ S0n ^ and is one of
more, Sid has been a solid, steady Aggie games this season would go eight Louisiana players on the
performer in every game. A hard, further and call him one of the best S( l uac h
sure tackle, he is one of the fastest linemen in the conference. Soft-spoken wheh he does say
men on the squad and is always something, Sid lets his playing
one of the first downfield on punts Outweighed by almost every speak for him. And so far this
and kickoffs. lineman playing opposite him this year, it’s had plenty to talk about.
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