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Page 4 THE BATTALION Tuesday, November 24, I95S Keith’s Dashes Spark 14-13 Fish Victory The breakaway running of Bobby Drake Keith and the alert defens ive play of Dick Monday helped give the A&M Fish a 14-13 victory over the Texas Shorthorns Satui-- day at Memorial Stadium. Keith scored A&M’s first touch down on a brilliant 65-yard punt return in the first quarter and gained a total of 228 yards for the afternoon. He also kicked the' first extra point. Munday intercepted a Shorthorn pass on the Fish 6-yard line in the last minute and a half of play to kill a drive for the winning touch down that had started on the Year ling 31. Texas Ties Score Texas tied the score in the sec ond quarter when End Mike Trant blocked Charles Marshall’s punt in the end zone. Tackle Charles Bak er recovered for the touchdown. Guard Dickie Lowrey kicked the extra point to make the score 7-7 at the half. The Fish drove 69 yards in 10 plays in the third quarter, Half back Don Carpenter scoring around left end from the 2. Fullback Jack Pardee then kicked the game-win ning extra point. Carpenter’s 25-yard burst up the middle on the drive’s first play Avas the big gainer. Keith chipped in runs of 14 and 11 yards. The Shorthorns scored again early in the fourth quarter. Full back Edward Hawkins, the game’s leading rusher, took a pitchout and scooted 17 yards for the score. Don Maroney’s game-tying extra point kick Avas short. Scott’s Pass Intercepted * Baker’s interception of a Charlie ^Bicott pass on the Texas 25 started ^the drive. Quarterback Connie Orr passed 37 yards to End George Da- riS' to put the ball on the Fish 34, a 71-yard drive in four plays. Hawkins, a 170-pounder from Lufkin, picked up 82 yards on 12 carries. Keith had 75 on 18 rushes, and Carpenter gained 61 on 10. A&M End Eugene Stallings played a splendid defensive game and was one of the best linemen on either team. He blocked a Texas punt in the first quarter and teamed up with Tackle Bobby Lockett to stop Ma- roney on the Aggie 1-yard line in the second quarter. The Short horns had picked up a first on the 9 but couldn’t score. Lockett, Guards Jim Martin and Billy Pippen and Munday also Game Statistics A&M Texas First doAvns ... 10 12 Net yards rushing... ...165 145 Net yards passing... ... 49 76 Passes attempted ... 7 15 Passes completed ... 3 5 Passes intercepted... ... 1 3 Punts ... 8 6 Punting average ... 29.1 36.3 Penalty yardage ... 30 20 LAST DAY WED. thru SATURDAY showed well on defense for the Fish. Keith and Stallings Avere elected team co-captains for the season after the game. Fish Coach Willie Zapalac called Keith’s punt return the outstanding play of the game and praised Stalling’s defensive play. Besides his 75 yards rushing, Keith had 87 yards on two punt returns, ran back two kickoffs 22 yards and caught a pass for 14 yards. He also kicked out of bounds at the Texas 6 in the first quarter. He finished the season with 738 yards in all phases of play. James Blaine Takes First .4s Ags Win Cross Country James Blaine finished thi’ee steps ahead of Inocensio Cantu of Texas to lead the Aggies to a thrilling 31-32 Southwest confer ence cross country championship in the meet hel 4 d Monday in Dal las. Blaine’s time was 12 minutes and 35 seconds for the 2.6 mile course, which was very good, considering the stiff wind facing the runners over most of the course. Third behind Cantu was Verlon Westmoreland of A&M and Elbert Spence and Tom Rogers of Texas were fourth and fifth, respective ly. Lenroy Lowe of SMU was sixth, Don Neighbors of Texas was sev enth, and Aggies Frank Whitwell, William Cocke and Dale DeRouen were eighth, ninth and tenth in that order. The Aggie victory Avas a team triumph, with all five entries fin ishing among the first ten. Second place went to Texas Avith the 31 point total, and SMU and Arkansas tied for third Avith 84 points. TCU was fifth with 116 points, while Rice and Baylor did not compete. Tigers, Deers Play Wednesday Night A&M Consolidated high school’s undefeated Tigers lost their first decision of the season Saturday morning and will play Deer Park for the bi-district championship at 8 pan. Wednesday in Deer Park. The Tigers lost the coin toss in Hempstead which decided the time chose the Wednesday date because of the Thanksgiving holidays. The Tigers won their 10th straight game of the season Friday night, rolling over Tomball, 35-0, in their final district 25-A game. Deer Park whipped Dickinson, 38-7, for their second straight dis trict 26-A title. The Deers lost to Wink in the state class A final in 1952. They have a 10-0 season record. Consolidated Scrimmages Consolidated staged an offensive scrimmage Monday. Coach Jim BeAmns said the Tigers came out of the Tomball game with a few bruises, but expects everybody to be ready for Deer Park. Quarterback Sammy Blount is one of Deer Park’s offensive spark plugs. He scored 20 points against Dickinson, including touchdown runs of 31 and 39 yards, set up two other scores, and kicked a field goal and five points after touch down. Deer Park has Avins over La Porte, Crosby, SAveeny, Santa Fe, NeedAulle, East Bernard, Missouri City, Spring Branch and Dickin son. Tigers Have 419 Points Against Tomball the Tigers-ran their season scoring record to 419 points to 35 for the opposition. TUESDAY — WEDNESDAY \ \ AfresfegS 8 ' •11.YVET7E CUGAY-GENE LOCKHART NANCY guild ■fr mmmm ■sr&M&s^TSi. Halfback William Arnold scored two touchdowns and Bobby Jo Wade, Fred Anderson and Bobby Carter one each. Consolidated gained 322 yards offensively to 239* for Tomball. Arnold scored on a 13-yard off- tackle dash in fhe first quarter af oul of bhiu-idsThcrr’. - Fiillb'itVk ’Da vid Bonnen’s block took out Ar nold’s last two obstacles. J. B. Carroll kicked the first of his five conversions. He now has booted 44 of 50. Four in Second Quarter In the second quarter, Consolid ated drove 76 yards in nine plays for the first of four scores in the quarter. The pay-off was a 20 yard pass from Bonnen to Carter after Bonnen took Arnold’s pitch out. Robert Cleland recovei'ed a fum ble on the Tomball 40, and Consol idated scored again eight plays la ter. Anderson passed to Carter for 24 yards to the 1-yard line, and Wade Avent over. A few plays later, Arnold tipped a Tomball pass, caught it, dodged an official and ran 38 yards for an other touchdown. Anderson Scores Bonnen set up the last score, in tercepting another pass and re turning it 16 yards to the Tom- ball 38. On the next play, An derson dropped back to pass, couldn’t find a receiver, cut to the right,- reversed his field and ran down the left sideline behind sev eral blocks for the last touchdown. The probable starting offensive lineup for Deer Park is: Ends, Duke Paris, 140, and Jimmy Car penter, 145; tackles, Luther Cain, 170, and Leon Wolters, 180; guards Glenn Tolar, 150, and Jack Daniel, 145; center, Dale Rider, 150; backs, Blount, 170, Eugene Wallis, 120, James Harris, 130, and Frank Mc Lean, 150. Consolidated’s probable offen sive starters are: Ends, Carter and Bobby Jackson; tackles, Pete Hickman and Melvin Free; guards, George Sousares and Charles John son or Jimmy Bond; center, Pinky Couner; backs, Anderson, Arnold, W r ade and Bonnen. George Litton, Douglas Nor- cross, Roland Bealsey and Cleland will start on defense, replacing some of the offensive starters. Cole Bowls 223 For High Game In League Jim Cole, of the Coca Cola team, bowled a 223 to take high game honors in the All-Star BoAvling league Thursday. Bob Strampe, of Conway & Co., rolled a 576 for the high series score. He bowled games of 213, 150 and 213. Conway & Co. leads the league by one game with a 23-7 record. Joe Faulk Auto & Supply Store is second with a 22-8 mark. Conway & Co. holds the league record for team game, 914, and team series, 2,620. The league will not bowl this Thursday night because of the Thanksgiving holiday. League standings are as follows: W L ConAvay & Co. 23 7 Faulk Auto 22 8 Student Co-op 19 11 Coca Cola 16 14 Riverside Inn 13 17 Carroll’s 12 18 Schulman 8 22 Kennedy 7 23 Welch Clarifies ’Mural Eligibility Non - military students cannot participate in intramural athletics with their old outfits, said Barney Welch, director of intramural athletics. This is not a new ruling, but there has been some misunder standing among students, he said. Welch explained that there are four intramural programs - fresh man, upperclassman, non-military and club. Students must participate in tire pro'gT8T?r'f3t < ? WKTe*K tli%y'ra-re eligible. Tljey cannot mix acthdties. Staff ’ m'enibers can still choose the program in which they want to participate, said Welch. Aggies Prepare for Steers; Expect to be at Full Strength Joe Boring and Bob Easley were on the ailing list as the Aggies drilled defensively yesterday for the Thanksgiving Day game Avith the University of Texas Longhorns. Both, hoAvever, are expected to be ready for action by game time. Boring has been taking it easy with minor bruises, while Easley is recovering from a mild case of influenza. The squad managed to get in but little workout time Saturday be cause of bad weather conditions, so Coach Ray George scheduled full offensive drills Tuesday for the final day of full-scale workouts. George plans to send his regular starting eleven against the Long horns in an effort to repeat the thrilling Aggie victory over the A&M Soccer Team Edges BAFB, 2-1 A last minute goal by Guillermo Cardenas gave the A&M soccer team a 2-1 win over the Bryan Air Force Base team Sunday afternoon on the Aggie soccer field. Composed of players from France, Holland, Denmark and Norway, the BAFB team played a very sharp defensive game, on several occasions staving off Ag gie scores with exceptional plays. Juan Letts put the Cadets out in the front on a fine scoring play early in the game, but BAFB soon tied it up on a goal by Kristensen. The tivo teams battled on eAmn terms until the Cardenas goal late in the contest brought victory to the Aggies. Outstanding for the Aggies was A. P. Casas, center half, while Kugpery goalie, and Knibbe, center forward for BAFB, played a fine game for the visitors. Cardenas and Letts are co-cap tains of the Aggie soccer team. -Pass G-ives Squadron 20 7-6 Win Don Stacy’s extra point pass to Tommy Murry, squadron 20, was the edge needed to defeat squadron 18, 7-6, yesterday in intramural football. The score for squadron 18 came when interference was ruled on a 40-yai’d pass from Gene Brady to Norm Stephens. Then Brady took the ball around end for the touchdown. Squadron 20’s Stacy came back with a 30 yard pass to Adrian Helms, avIio romped 40 yards for the touchdown. Squadron 6 Wins Bill Hightower, Rusty Crowley and John Acree, squadron 6, scored a touchdown each to help their unit edge squadron 5 on penetra tions, 4-2, after the game ended in a 19-19 tie. Leon Hull made two of squad- 22 Radio Stations To Carry Ags-UT TAventy-two Texas radio stations Avill broadcast the A&M-University of Texas Thanksgiving Day game. Kern Tips and Alec Chesser Avill describe the action over the Hum ble Oil & Refining Col’s network. The game Avill be broadcast over the folloAving stations: WTAW, College Station; KHBC, Austin; KRLD, Dallas, KTRH, Houston; KABC, San Antonio; KEYS, Cor pus Christi; KGBS, Harlingen; KFDM, Beaumont; KSPA, Nacog doches; KDET, Center; KTBB, Tyler; KALT, Atlanta; Kosy, Tex arkana; KWFT, Wichita Falls; KFYO, Lubbock, KEPO, El Paso; KPET, Lainesa; KRBC, Abilene; KBST, Big Spring; KGKL, San Angelo; KCRS, Midland; KFDA, Amax-illo. ron 5’s scoi’es, and Tom Eikel scored the final touchdoivn. Two kickoffs out of bounds helped squadron 16 defeat squadron 13, .2-1, in penetrations in a 6-6 tie. J. Willis scored squadron 16’s only score. B. Lee made the touchdown for squadron 13. Johnny Benefield’s, pass to Ed Palm for 80 yards helped squadron 11 sweep past squadroix 2, 8-0. A ordnance’s Robert Giesecke tossed a 10 yard pass to Dave Mit chell for the only touchdown to beat AAA, 7-0. A field artillery Avas defeated by squadron 8, 13-0. Basketball A infantry’s Gene Smith scored eight points to help his unit squeeze past squadron 7, 16-14. E. B. Grey Avas high man for squadron 7 with six points. Gerald Tackett, squadron 23, scored 11 points to help his unit win over company L, 26-17. Tom Morrison and Ken Bridges each scored eight points to help company F romp over squadron 21, 27-10. In a tennis playoff match, AAA edged past A ordnance, two match es to one. Bowling Company C slipped past com pany A, 392-385, with H. C. Wood high man for the winners Avith 169. Squadron 4 defeated ASA, 452- 429, led by Bill Utzman, avIxo scored 169. Ed Stinnett scored 179 to help company E beat company G, 407- 361. The fii'st home run by a major leaguer under the lights was hit by Babe Herman of Cincinnati against the Dodgers on July 10, 1935. TRIANGLE’S SPECIAL DINNER Wednesday = November 25th .... 70c or Calf’s- 1 Meat Loaf oris CHOICE OF TWO VEGETABLES — Carrots and Peas — Creamed Corn — Brown Potatoes • DESSERT—Kice Pudding ' BEVERAGE—Tea or Coffee ^Turkey Dinner Thursday TRIANGLE DRIVE! ^7 t* LOUNGE Steers two years ago on Kyle Field. Only at fullback and one of the halfback posts are possible changes contemplated. George is wavering between Don Kachtik and Easley at fullback, and Boi'ing and Ehvood Kettler at right halfback. For the rest of the startex’s, it will be Bennie Sinclair and Bill Schroeder, ends; Durwood Scott and Lawrence Winkler, tackles; Sid Theriot and Marvin Tate, guards; and Fred Broussard, cen- ter. The backfield Avill have Don Ellis at quarterback, Connie Magoumk and Boring or Kettler at halfbacks; and Easley or Kachtik at fullback. Three of the starters ai’e seniors Avho Avill be playing their last foot ball for A&M. Ellis, Scott and Magouirk wind up their college football eligibility Thursday. Other senior squad members are Eric Miller, end; Johnny Salyer, fullback and end; Bob Gosney, guard; Bob McCarley, guai’d; Cooper Robbins, center and Bill McMahan, center. Ellis Loses Passing Lead; Keeps Second in Offense Don Ellis, idle last Satui’day, dropped from first to third in Southwest confei’ence passing but kept his gi’ip on the second place total offense spot. Baylor’s Francis Davidson, after a great day against SMU, captured the top spot in passing. Arkansas’ Lamar McHan kept his hold on the total offense lead and is now se cond in passing. Ellis trails DaAddson by 113 yards in passing and is 248 yards behind McHan’s total offense mark. All thx-ee players have one game left to play. Davidson completed 15 of 29 passes for 198 yards and two touchdowns against the Mustangs. His season record is 65 completions of 134 passes for 993 yaixis and 9 touchdoAvns. McHan gained 88 yai'ds passing and 30 yards rushing against LSU to boost his total offense total to 1,267 yai'ds on 259 carries. Following is a summary of Ellis’ season i-ecoi’d: Passing - 70 of 161 completed for 880 yards, 4 touchdowns. Total offense-1,019 yai’ds in 274 carries. Punt retui’ns-17 for 149 yards, 8.8 yard average, 6th in the con- fei’ence. Kickoff retux-ns-S for 153 yai’ds, 19.1 yard average, 4th in the con- fei’ence. Scoring-37 points, 4th in the con ference. His overall offensive record is 1,407 yards. This includes 139 yai’ds rushing and 86 yards on pass interception runbacks. Bennie Sinclair, Bill Schroeder and Joe Schero ai’e 3rd, 4th and 8th in conference pass receiving Sin clair has 18 for 285 yards, Schroe- der 17 for 215 and Schero 13 for 202. Bob Easley and Joe Boring are 5th and 7th in punting. Easley has a 37.5 yard average on 16 kicks, and Boring has 37.3 on 18. ^TTPFW^KlTEltS" Late Models Rent Machines Bryan Business Machine 429 S. 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