Friday, September 24, 1954
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Consolidated Seeks
Third Straight Win
Against Rattlers Tonite
Weaker than last year’s senior-
loaded team but still rated favor
ites for the district title, A&M
Consolidated’s Tigers take on Nav-
asota here tonight.
Game time is 8 p.m.
Unbeaten in their previous two
Shatter 13-13 Tie
By MAURICE OLIAN
Consolidated Sports Writer
A&M Consolidated junior high
school opened its grid season on
the right foot last night, trouncing
Madisonville junior high, 33-13.
Scoring on the sixth play of the
game, the Kittens were never be
hind, although they had to break
a 13-13 tie. Their first scoring
drive covered 54 yards with Jim
Wright going over from the 2.
Bowlers Elect
Smith President
Frank Smith is the new presi-
dent,of the College Station—Bryan
all-star bowling league, sponsored
by the American Bowling Con
gress.
An eight-team league will be
formed for the 30-week season,
and four teams already have sign
ed up. They are Conway & Co.,
Faulk auto supply, The Radio shop
and the A&M military department.
Other officers are Joseph Foster,
vice president; James McDonnell,
secretary-treasurer; and Joseph
Faulk and Herbert Cowham, execu
tive directors.
starts, the Tigers are heavy fav
orites over the Rattlers, who lost
40-0 last week. Tonight’s game
should be closer than that, how
ever, since two Navasota starters
were out.
Coach Jim Sevens has had his
John Wayne Todd kicked the con
version and CHS led 7-0.
The Colts pulled close late in the
first period when Bob Hall, 125-
pound fullback, sprinted 65 yards.
The extra point attempt failed,
and the Kittens led 7-6.
Todd, 130-pound fullback, put
the Kittens ahead 13-6 a few min
utes later when he got loose for
a 35-yard scoring run.
Hall, Madisonville’s best runner,
then traveled 73 yards and went
over for the extra point to tie
the game.
Consolidated marched back, and
Todd ran 38 yards to score. Quar
terback Edgar Feldman passed to
End Bobby Ross for the conver
sion, and the Kittens led 20-13 at
the half.
Two quick touchdowns in the
fourth quarter put the game out
of Madisonville’s reach. Feldman
scampered 33 yards to make it 26-
13. Seven plays later, Sidney
Greer, 108-pound halfback, piled
over from the 3 for the last score.
George Carroll made the extra
point.
The Kittens play at home again
next Thursday night, meeting
Brenham junior high.
squad spending much time on
blocking, tackling and defense, the
points where the Tigers have been
weakest. CHS also needs to come
up with a better passing game if
it is to go far in the ’54 season.
While bowling over Bremond and
Madisonville, the Tigers sparked
by Travis Engelbrecht, have dis
played a good running game. En
gelbrecht, 137 pound halfback, has
averaged over 9 yards per carry.
Bevans probably will start six
seniors tonight—end Jerry Oden,
tackles George Litton and Henry
Phillips; halfbacks Engelbrecht and
Tommy Barker; and fullback Bob
by Joe Wade. Wade is the only
member back from last year’s
starting backfield.
Other starters probably will be
Dick Hickman at the other end,
Jack McNeely and Manuel Garcia
at guards, Norman Floeck at cen
ter, and J. B. Carroll at quarter
back. They are juniors.
Little Carroll is a good ball-
handler and runner and last year
had an outstanding record in kick
ing conversions.
’Mural Banquet
Set Wednesday
Intramural managers, officials
and their assistants will be guests
at an intramural department ban
quet Wednesday in the Grove.
Two hundred chickens will be
served, said Barney Welch, intra
mural director.
The 1954 program will start Oct.
12 with swimming and tennis pi’e-
liminaries. This year’s program
will include four classes—A, up
perclassmen; B, freshmen; C. ci
vilian; and D, clubs.
Plans for the program were dis
cussed at a meeting of managers
Thursday afternoon.
Kittens Win 33-13
In Season Opener
PORT o
H O R T
By JERRY WIZIG
Battalion Sports Editor
Texas football fans who stay in the state get a chance
to see only one game this week involving a Southwest con
ference team, since Baylor, TCU and Texas play intersectional
contests and Arkansas stays at home.
The Aggie - Oklahoma A&M game in the Cotton Bowl
Saturday night is the only SWC game in the state this week.
After picking the winner in all of last week’s games,
here is the way this Saturday’s games looks to us:
A&M 13, Oklahoma A&M 12.
Texas 19, Notre Dame 14.
Baylor 35, Vanderbilt 13.
Oklahoma 28, TCU 14.
Arkansas 20, Tulsa 7.
Tradition Won’t Help
Tradition will be on the side of
the local Aggies this weekend,
since they’ve won six put of the
seven previous games with the
Cowpokes. Unfortunately, tradi
tion won’t help once the whistle
blows.
However, better things than
their perfonnance against Texas
Tech are in store for this year’s
Cadets, and they showed indica
tions of it at times in practice
this week (even if Coach Paul
Bryant did get peeved at them
Wednesday).
Sophomores will see a lot of ac
tion Saturday night, and sophs
make lots of mistakes. On the
other hand, the youngsters fre
quently have spirit and drive that
will offset their errors. That’s
what will have to happen if the
Aggies are to win Saturday, be
cause the Missouri Valley Confer
ence team is loaded with experi
enced hands.
Fullback Earl (Earthquake)
Lunsford is the top runner in
Coach J. B. Whitworth’s backfield,
and he was the best in the MVC
last year. To make things worse,
the Cowpokes have a good pass
ing attack, too.
In spite of all the things in
favor of the Stillwater crew, this
corner still casts a weak vote for
the Cadets.
Steers Must Be ‘Up'
In South Bend, Ind., Saturday
afternoon, the first “Big” game of
the 1954 season matches Notre
Dame and Texas. The Irish, play
ing their first game under youth
ful Terry Brennan, are seven point
favorites, but Texas has its open
ing game in the record book, and
that makes a difference.
Coach Ed Price may or may not
have the Steers in the proper
frame of mind, which, when play
ing.Notre Dame, has to mean the
desire to maim and mangle. A
team just can’t get too “high” for
the Irish.
If Texas is looking west toward
Oklahoma this week, the result will
be fatal, but if Price has his boys
properly conditioned, physically
and mentally, Texas will be at the
top of the national polls Monday
morning.
Baylor, which now looks like the
team to beat for the conference
title if Texas falters, is a top-
heavy favorite over an out-man
ned Vanderbilt team.
Soph quarterback Bobby Jones,
from nearby Hearne, last week
against Houston completed the
first pass he threw in a varsity
game for 52 yards and gained 172
yards. He’ll be hale and heai’ty
for Yandy, and even if they didn’t
have Billy Hooper, too, the Bears
would still appear to be a shoo-in.
Vanderbilt is reported to have a
GUARD RAY BARRETT
Will Probably Start Against Oklahoma A&M
soft spot at the tackles, and L. G. Saage are just the runners to take
Dupre, Allen Jones and Rueben advantage of them.
Frogs May Make It Close
TCU, surprisingly strong against
Kansas, sends its soph-loaded team
against Bud Wilkinson’s Sooners.
Quarterback Charlie Curtis, anoth
er soph, guided the Frogs on three
of their four touchdown marches
and outshone Senior Ronald Clink-
scale.
This week, however, the compe
tition is too stiff for Abe Martin’s
squad, and OU should win by two
touchdowns. For three quarters,
the Froggies, on their way back
after a poor 1953 season, might
make a battle of it.
Arkansas, minus Lamar McHan
and Floyd Sagely, opens its sea
son this week. The Hogs prob
ably will have three sophomores in
their starting lineup, and appear
too inexperienced to go far in the
conference race.
However, Bowden Wyatt has sev
eral good performers, notably Full
back Henry Moore, Guard Bud
Brooks, blocking back Preston Car
penter and wingback Joe Thoma
son. Tulsa, holder of a 3-7 record
last year, doesn’t figure to be too
much better in 1954. With only 11
lettermen on hand, the team is
weak in the middle of the line and
inexperienced in the backfield.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Dallas Forest 27, Sulphur Springs 7
Cherokee 27, Fredericksburg B 0
Florence 32, Georgetown B 0
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