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Sophomore-Laden Aggies To Cowpoke Ground Power Tuesday, September 28, 1954 THE BATTALION Page 3 By JERRY WIZIG Battalion Sports Editor Pass interceptions at vital mo ments and a larger, more experienc ed opponent were too much for the soph-studded, outmanned Cadets to overcome Saturday night in Dal las as Oklahoma A&M ground out a 14-6 football victory. With six sophomores in the starting line and another in the backfield, Coach Paul Bryant’s re building job seemed to be decidedly undei’way by the time the final gun sounded. Bryant suited up only 32 men and used 30, and none of them turned in a bad job. Veterans like Marvin Tate, Sid Theriot, Bennie Sinclair, Larry A Winkler and Norb Ohlendorf didn’t start, but played a great deal and had much to do with the Farmer’s * good showing. One of the most encouraging changes from a local standpoint was elimination of all 10 of the fumbles that hurt so much against Texas Tech. Quarterback Elwood Kettler was greatly improved and looked sharp in directing the Ag gies on their fourth quarter scor ing inarch. Ground Attack Gains The Cowpokes ground out 280 yards rushing against the lighter Aggie line', and Tackles Leland Kendall and Jack Hutchison and Guard Dale Meinert opened up numerous holes for the winners. The first time they got the ball, the Cadets marched 52 yards to the Oklahoma 29 but quarterback Fred Duval snagged a Kettler pass on the 8. Later in the first half, A&M drove to the 13, but Half- Jt back Bill Whitt intercepted an aerial in the end zone. In the last quarter, with the score 14-6, Theriot blasted Whitt Ks he caught Joe Schero’s punt and Winkler recovered on the Oklaho ma 22. Th*e Aggies got to the 14, but Keith failed by inches to get a first down on fourth and one. Here is a summary of the game by quarters; First Quarter Duval ran back the kickoff to the Oklahoma 25. On the first play, Halfback Joel Favara raced 43 yards to the Aggie 32 as he broke through left guard, then cut down the right sideline before Don Watson caught him. Oklahoma got a first on the 18, but Duval fumbled on a keeper through the middle and End Gene Stallings grabbed it. From there, the Cadets fired up drive that carried to the 30. Kettler’s pass to Schero for 21 yards to the Aggie 40 was the big groundgainer. Then Kachtik, Kettler an<j Watson gained off the tackles to the 30, where Bryant * sent in his veterans. On the first play, Kettler’s pass to Pardee was caught by Duval on the 8. The Cowpokes then rolled to their 41 where they nearly gave the Cadets a big break. End Ken McCullough fumbled the snapback on fourth down but got away a great boot to the Farmer 16. A&M couldn’t go, and Hender son punted 43 yards to the Okla homa Aggie 42, and Half Harvey Romans returned to the Ag 45 as the quarter ended. Second Quarter Oklahoma broke the scoring ice as sub fullback Lehman Brightman bulled over left tackle with 12:46 left. Burden Daughtery set up the touchdown when he broke loose for 11 to the 21, and the Aggies drew a 15 yard penalty to their 6. Guard Louie Flores convei'ted. Several minutes later, the Cadets got the ball on their 39 after a punt and powered to the Cowpoke 13. Keith started it with a 13 yard slant off right tackle. From the Oklahoma 47, Kachtik smashed around left tackle for 11, and two plays later Kettler threw to Keith for a 26 yard gain. On third and 11, Kettler’s pass was intercepted, and Oklahoma ran out the clock. Third Quarter A&M received, couldn’t move and Schero punted to the Cowpoke 43. The Oklahoma Aggies then drove to the 10, Duval and Daughtery getting nearly all the yardage. On fourth and 4, Kettler broke up Du val’s pass into the end zone. After the Cadets failed to gain, the Cowpokes took a punt on their 45 and scored in 8 plays, a 15 yard penalty again giving them a big helping hand. Lunsford got 14 at left guard and the penalty placed the ball on the Aggie 23, Favara sprinted for 14 around right end for a first on the 6 after Lunsford had picked up 3. On fourth down Whitt went over from the 1 and Floras converted with 57 seconds left. Fourth Quarter The Cadets used up the first 8 minutes with a 67 yard scoring drive. They got a first on their 41, then Kettler raced wide to the right and lateralled to Watson for 10. Watson took a pitchout and passed to Schero for 8 to the Oklahoma A&M 38, Keith got the first , on the 35 but then the Cow pokes seemed to stop the threat. Kettler got caught for a 9-yard loss but on the next play, he circled left end on a keeper, got a block from Tate and raced 15 yards to the 29. Kachtik got 3, then Kettler sneaked for the first. Kettler passed to Pardee for 12 to the Okie 12 and broke loose for 10 more on a keeper off right tackle. Two plays later, Kettler smashed th cough right guard to score from one half yard out. Whitt and LaRue crashed through to block Kettler’s conver sion attempt. The Cadets then pulled an onside kick and Kettler, busies'! man on the field, recovered on "his 48. Kachtik got 2, Kettler was caught for minus 9, threw a pass incom plete and the Aggie scoring chances faded. Then Schero’s punt went to Whitt, and Sinclair, charg ing like a tank, tore him loose from the ball and Winkler recovered on the 22. Kettler ran for 7, Keith and Kettler got 1 each to make it fourth and one on the 13. Keith hit the line and was short by inches. Winkler was hurt on the play. Oklahoma got a first down, then punted out of bounds on their 46. On A&M’s first play, Henderson’s pass was intercepted on the 29 and the game ended at midfield two plays later. Tigers Suffer First Loss As Navasota Takes 12-7 Tilt The Consolidated ; Tigers began Monday preparing for the Friday encounter with Heinpstead after recovering somewhat from their jolting 12-7 defeat by the Nava- sota Rattlers Friday night on Tiger Field. Coming on the heels of wins over Bremond and Madisonville, the game marked the first Tiger loss of the season and the first Nava- sota win. Neither team was able to chalk up points in the first half, but Con solidated moved inside the Rattler 30 on three different occasions while Navasota was unable to move offensively past the midfield stripe. Fred Lohmeyer, who was a spear head in the Rattler second half surge, took the kickoff and gallop ed 42 yards before being hauled down on the Tiger 45. From that point Navasota scored in nine plays, but the missed conversion left the score at 6-0 for the Ratt lers. James Spano, 160 pound half back, carried the ball across from three yards out. After the Rattlers had scored again late in the third quarter, the Tigers started the longest drive of the game to cover 69 yards in 11 plays for their only score. Quar terback J. B. Carroll added the ex tra point to give the Tigers a chance to go into the lead with another touchdown, but Navasota kept possession of the pigskin for the final four minutes of the game. The Rattlers had moved to the Con solidated 20 yard line when game time ran out. Leading ground gainer for the evening was Navasota’s Lohmeyer with 75 yards on 15 cai'ries for a respectable 5 yards per carry aver age. Bobby Joe Wade led the Tig er attack with .70 yards in 11 car ries for nearly 6.4 yards per carry. Coach Sauer’s Talking About ‘The Jones Boy’ Johnny Crouch Disclaims Any i Super Sportsmanship FORT WORTH—OP)—J o h n n y Crouch says it isn’t so. The senior Texas Christian foot ball end gave yesterday his version of the wipe-out touchdown incident against Oklahoma Saturday at Norman and modestly disclaimed any credit for super sportsman ship. With TCU leading 2-0 in the sec ond period Saturday, TCU halfback Ken Wineberg made what many thought was a touchdown catch in the end zone, and Field Judge Don Rossi signalled it a TD. Another official Ear! Schhipp, upfield and in position to see the catch, over ruled Rossi. Afterward it was reported Crouch had informed officials the TODAY & WEDNESDAY PAYNE EVELYN KEYES EtSl^lR STREET Last Stop In The Waterfront s Underworld. ball bounced before being caught and thus had displayed unusual sportsmanship. “I’d like to take credit for an act of sportsmanship,” Crouch said, “but that isn’t the way it happened. “When I saw Schlupp start to overrule the touchdown signalled by the field judge, I asked Ray Hill, one of our tackles, what hap pened. He said the ball hit the ground first. “I turned to the official and he said, Tt’s not a touchdown.’ “I said, ‘That’s OK. Nice call.” WACO, Sept. 28 — UP) — Coach George Sauer of Baylor says one of his most pleasant surprises has been a guy named Jones. This Jones boy is Bobby and he came to Baylor without an athletic scholarship. Sauer liked the boy’s looks but he didn’t figure he was as good as two other quarterbacks on the squad—Billy Hooper, a senior, and Doyle Traylor, a sophomore. Sauer found Bobby a job and he came out for football. The first crack out of the box Traylor was injured and lost to the squad in definitely. In the very fix-st game, Managers Needed For Intramurals Sophomores desiring to become intramural managers in any of the fall spoi’ts should report to Barney Welch in the DeWare Field House intramural office. Entry cards for football, tennis, hoi’seshoes and basketball and also A, B and C classes in swimming should be turned in by five o’clock Txxesday in the De Ware Field House office. Any x'ecognized clubs intei’ested in competing in intramural football or basketball should also report by five o’clock. SIX INCHES FOR SIX POINTS—Elwood Kettler rides the backs of Joe Schero (44) and an unidentified player across the goal line as Oklahoma A&M players gang up in a futile defense effort. Watching the productive fourth quarter play which went to the other side of the line are Ray Barrett (60) and Lawrence Winkler (78). The Ag gies were unable to score again and dropped the Cotton Bowl encounter to the Cowpokes by a 14-6 margin for their second loss of the young football season. In SWC Grid Camps.. By Associated Press FORT WORTH — Scouts w h o watched Arkansas annihilate Tulsa 41-0 gave TCU gridmen little op portunity Moxxday to x-eflect on their close one with high-ranking Oklahoma. Backfield Coach Walter Roach said the Frogs must do a “better job of prepax-ation this week than we did for Oklahoma if we are to beat Ai'kansas” Satui’day night in the Southwest Conference open- ex’. The Frogs, who came out of their 16-21 loss to the Soonei’s in good physical condition, reviewed the movie of that game, then launched drills. against University of Houston, the x’egulars—the vetei'an team—could not scoi’e. So Sauer sent Bobby in at quarteihack. All the lanky yoxxng man from Heame, Tex., did was pass for two touchdowns, oxxe for 65 yards, scoi’e two and set xtp two moi-e. He was quite the hei'o as Baylor slammed Houston 53-13. Satui’day night Baylor played a fired up Vandei’bilt at Nashville. The Commodores wei’e giving Bay lor a fit when Sauer sent Jones in at quai’tei’back. His fii’sf pass was to Heni’y Gi’emminger and it cover ed 66 yards for a touchdown. Van- dy came back to tie the scoi’e at 19-19 and in the final five minutes Jones speai'headed a 41-yai’d di’ive to the winning touchdown, which bounding Bobby made himself. AUSTIN —“Both our pass of fense and pass defense need im provement,” Texas Coach Ed Place said Monday after sending the Longhorns through a light work- out. “We also need to improve the tackling in our secondary,” he add ed, outlining some reasons why Texas lost to Notre Dame last Saturday. varsity practiced only in sweat suits last night but the freshmen were given a hard workout in prep aration for their opener with the Houston Frosh Thursday night here. Coach Paul Bryant, after viewing movies of Oklahoma A&M’s 14-6 victory over the Cadets Saturday, said the play of quarterback El wood Kettler continued to improve. Bryant also lauded lineman Ray Barrett of San Angelo. FAYETTEVILLE — The Arkan sas Razorbacks suffered thpir first injury of the season Monday, two days after walloping Tulsa Uni versity 41-0 in their season opener. Walt Matthews, one of the few ends on the thin Razorback squad, suffered a dislocated elbow in scrimmage. He probably will miss Saturday’s game with TCU. Ta/k to your GREAT SOUTHERNER* HOW about FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE for yourself and your family! W. DEE KUTACH Ph. 2-1235 ReA 6-1281 Great Southern fife Insurance Company HOME OFFICE • HOUSTON. TEXAS DALLAS — Don lyicllhenny, out for two weeks because of a back ailment, got back to the rough work yesterday and made impres sive gains as SMU launched final preparations for its season opener against Georgia Tech in the Cotton Bowl Saturday night. 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