The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 24, 1953, Image 4

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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.
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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!
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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.
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