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Seven SWC Champs?
Ags Sharpen Defense
For Owl Tift Saturday
By BOB BO RISK IE
Battalion Sports Editor
The Aggies went through de
fensive drills Tuesday in prepara
tion for their Saturday game with
the Rice Owls in Houston and a
possible tie for first place in the
conference race.
With Elwood Kettler returning
to action, the Cadets may be at full
strength for the contest.
Coach Ray George will start a
backfield consisting of Don Ellis,
quarterback; Joe Boring and Con
nie Magouirk, halfbacks; and Don
Kaclitik, fullback.
The starting line will be Bennie
Sinclair and Bill SchroecfW, ends;
Durwood Scott a n d Lawrence
fWinkler, tackles; Sid Theriot and
Marvin Tate, guards; and Fred
Broussard, center.
Although the Aggies will be bat
tling to knock the Owls out of a
first Mace tie, there is also a/
possibility they may help pave the
Lvay to an unprecedented con-
iference snarl in which all seven
teams end up in a tie for the title.
That’s right, all seven.
Harold Ratliff, sports writer for
the Associated Press, recently
came up with the profound con
clusion that four teams could tie
for the lead, so we decided to
twist the probabilities to an even
'Mural Highlights
Acree Sparks 25-0
Calves tonClub Win
greater degree.
Let’s start with our own Aggies.
If A&M defeats Rice and Texas,
thcv will have a conference record,
of three wins and three losses.
, If Baylor loses to SMU and Rice,
they will have a record of three
wins and three losses.
If Rice loses to A&M and TCU,
then wins from Baylor, they will
have a record of three wins and
Jhreo. losses.
If SMU loses to Arkansas, beats
Baylor and then loses to TCU, they
will have a record of three wins
and three losses.
If TCU wins over Texas, Rice
and SMU, they will have a record
of three wins and three losses.
If Arkansas wins over SMU,
they will have a record of three
wins and three losses.
If Texas loses to TCU and A&M, T * T xtt m • at a- • i
they will have a record of three DLAINE WINS AGAIN—James Blame crosses the finish
wins and three losses. ^ ne i n H : 36 and shatters his week-old course record Mon-
The way we see it, all seven day. The Aggie cross-country team edged Oklahoma A&M,
teams would be tied for first place. 1.27-28, for its fifth straight win in an undefeated season.
Rough Day for Aggies
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By TERRY MICHAEL
Battalion Sports Hlafl
The Aggie football feixm is men
tioned in about any copy of The
Battalion. Fans read a lot about
the boys who play in this weekend
games, but very seldom hear about
those who don’t play.
These B team players, “The Gold
Nuggets” as they call themselves,
work as hard as anyone in the
athletic department preparing the
varsity for Sturday games.
C The best players are the ones
who start the game, but did you
ever stop to think about the play
ers who take the punishment from
the varsity all week? It’s the
“Gold Nuggets” Sometimes, how
ever they are the ones who dish it
out.
Several Show Promise
Coach Ray George said there are
.reasons these boys do not play in
the weekend games.
There are several B team boys
who have shown much promise this
season. Some are: Don Watson,
Herb Wolf, Tommy Strait, Gil
bert Petty, Charles Ritchey, Cary
Wofford.
Bob McCarley, Ivan Greenhaw,
Earl Connell, Roy Millen, Ogden
Bass, Hal Parks, Jim Cavitt, A1
Zuckero, Paul Kennon, Henry
Nuggets ’
Vital Job
Clark, Richard Vick and Fred
Hartman.
All the squad members are good,
or they would not be playing at all.
Some will be instrumental on next
year’s squad, said George.
Held Out
He mentioned Hartman, Con
nell, Watson, Ritchey, Clark and
Petty. Petty, Watson and Ritchey
are not playing in any games this
year, - so they will not use up a
year’s eligibility, he added.
Some players on the B team are
victims of the new one platoon sys
tem. One is Bob McCarley, a good
defensive player who has had dif
ficulty with his offensive play.
Another group frequently over
looked is the freshman team. Coach
t George said that some of the
most profitable scrimmages of the
year have been against the fish.
IMPATIENT PRISONER
RALPH, N. C. OP) — Impatience
cost George Dixon, 19, his legal
release from prison.
While prison officials waited for
commutation papers to arrive
which would reduce Dixon’s sen
tence to time served, he escaped.
He was serving a two-year sen
tence for forcible trespass. In four
hours he would have beerKfreed.
The Galveston club, led by John
Acree, romped over American
Veterinary Medicine association,
25-0 in intramural football yes
terday.
Acree passed to Eugene Letsos
for the first score, went over cen
ter for a second tally, plunged
through guard for another, and
handed to Jodie Hintz for the final
tally.
ASA’s Jerry Bowen threw a
short pass to Louis Dehaes who
ran 80 yards to score the sole
touchdown which beat squadron 3,
.0-0.
Squadron 15 edged past AAA,
Si-0.
A quartermaster blanked squad-
fon 5, 22-0.
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Ed Willingham scored the first
touchdown for company B while
Ken Kuykendall scoled the second
to beat company G, 12-0.
Company K’s Scott passed to
Vrana who raced 30 yard's to score
the first touchdown. O’Connell
fooled company D with a keeper
play, and scored the second touch
down clinching a 12-0 victory over
company D.
Company F slipped past com
pany C, 15-7.
Pete Terry scored the first
touchdown for A chemical and Pat
Wilson scored the second to help
his unit beat A armor, 13-0.
Basketball
Stan Baker scored four points
to help squadron 13 eke "out a 9-8
victory over A armor.
In other games played, A engi
neers beat squadron 2, 27-6; squad
ron 9 romped over squadron 12,
24-4; squadron 6 stopped B com
posite, 26-16; and squadron 21
won over squadron 25, 17-6.
Squadron 3, led by Bill Sauer
who scored 16 points, beat AAA,
35-13.
B infantry’s Jim Adams scored
.11 points to help his unit beat
squadron 4, 26-8.
Tennis
In tennis matches on the cement
courts, A ordnance beat A engi
neers, three matches to none; B
armor edged A field artillery, 2-1;
squadron 14 tied A AAA; company
I beat company A, 2-0; squadron 21
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NOW SHOWING
Owl Ground Attack Ranks
Seventh in National Figures
A&M Saturday will face the
seventh best ground attack in the
country when the Cadets play the
Rice Owls.
The Owls, now one of the best
bets for the Southwest conference
championship, have rolled up
256.3 yards per game . on the
ground.
Rice is 13th nationally in total
offense, averaging 336.4 yards per
game.
The Aggies have a per game of
fense mark of 232.5, over 100 yards
per game less than the Owls.
Johnson Moegle Lead
Fullback Kosse Johnson and
halfback Dick Moegle give the
Owls a fast, hard-hitting rushing
game. These two are known as the
“bread” and “butter” of the Rice
team.
Johnson leads the SWC in rush
ing and is 10th nationally. He has
gained 606 yards in 128 carries, a
4.7 yard average. Moegle is second
in the conference with 524 yards, on and Dan Hart at ends, averages
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Cadet Soccer
Team Practices
To Repeat Title
A&M’s state champipnship soccer
team has started practice in de
fense of its league title for the
1953-’54 season.
The team practices from 5 to
6 p. m. every day on the maid drill
field.
The Aggies play in a league
composed of Bryan air force base,
University of Texas, Allen Acade
my and University of Houston.
No game dates have been set
yet, but league play will begin
in early December and will con
tinue through April.
All home games are played on
Sunday afternoons on the main
drill field.
The team is composed almost
entirely of Latin American stu
dents, with Terry Wilson', of Wash
ington, D. C„ the only exception.
Team members are: Armando
Hidelgo, Carlos Garcia, Guillermo
Cardenas, Maurico Le Sege, Jorge
Ducos, Wilson, Guy Fernandez,
“Cab” Medina, V. M. Artacona and
Juan Letts.
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77 tries, a 6.8 yard average.
In the 47-0 Rice runnaway over
Arkansas last Saturday, Moegle
piled up 201 yards in 31 minutes of
play. The Owls gained 505 yards
rushing against the Hogs.
Johnson’s Third Year
The 178 pound Johnson is in his
third year as the starting Rice full
back. He was the team’s leading
ball carrier in 1952, gaining 592
yards on 108 carries, He ranks
second in kickoff returns, running-
back 7 for 194 yards and a 27.7
yard average.
Johnson is also one of the bet
ter linebackers among the eonfer-
ence’s backs. Linebacking was one
of his strong points at Baytown
high school.
Rice has’a strong offensive and
defensive line, shored up by tackles
Richard Chapman and Max Sbhuei-
bel, guards John Hudson and Ken
Paul and center Leo Rucka.
Six Two Year Lettermen
All except Paul are two year let
termen. Chapman was a prominent
pre-season all America candidate,
and all rank high in the race for
all-conference honors.
The Owl line, with Blois Bridges
204 pounds per man. Not excep
tionally heavy, it still has the
third best rushing defense in the
conference at 120.7 yards per
game.
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HOUSTON CORPS TRIP SPECIAL!
DICK GOTTLIEB, 45 — BUDDY BRENNEN, ’46
and MIKE HAIKIN, ’42, present
JIM BOND, ’43
THE AGGIE RALLY
DANCE
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FRIDAY. NOV. 13
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