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— T i Thursday, October 13, 1955 THE BATTALION Pag’e 3 Aggies, Froggies Clash for 50th Time In Crucial Conference Battle Saturday FISH QUARTERBACK Jackie Hathorn, 175-pound Port Neches high school product, will see lots of action in to night’s battle with the Baylor Cubs. Hathorn completed two out of three passes against TCU’s Polywogs last week for 37 yards, and picked up 27 yards in five carries on the ground. By RONNIE GREATHOUSE Battalion Sports Editor A&M and TCU celebrate 50 years of continuous football rivalry Saturday, and both head coaches are making elab orate preparations for the big occasion. Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant plans to serve the Horned Frogs several quick shots of Old Crow and Old Taylor, spiced with an occasional dash of Jack Pardee. TCU Coach Abe Martin, not one to be outdone, counters with a vicious forward wall and a guy named Swank—Swunk—Swing, or something like that. “They’re studs! Ever’ one of ’em,” says Assistant Coach Jer ry Claiborne. “What they haven’t got they don’t even need.” Statistic wise, the Froggies de serve their No. 1 ranking in the conference, and No. 7 place among the nation’s top teams. They pace the loop in per-game offense with a 373 yard average in four games, and also hold down the top spot in average defense per game with 143.5 yards. Only blight on the rosy TCU of fensive picture seems to be its passing attack, which is the lowest in the league at an average of 38.7 yards per contest. The Aggies own a 45 yards per game average through the air. “Why should they pass?” said Assistant Coach Phil Cutchin, who has scouted the TCU team in its last two games, “they’ve never been in trouble. Oh, they throw a pass now and then just to see if they can go all the way. But, their running game is def initely their strength.” A&M’s ground attack has also been its most potent offensive weapon, and it is second only to the Froggies among Southwest Conference teams. The Cadets have averaged 243 yards per game rushing, and have been very ef fective in stopping opponent’s ground gaining. Through four games now, A&M has not been scored against on the ground. Unlike TCU, which has depended on James Swink to amass one- third of its total rushing yardage, A&M’s ball toting duties have been spread among several outstanding backs. Among these are John Crow, Loyd Taylor, Jack Pardee, George Gillar, Ken Hall, Ed Dud ley, Don Watson, Bill Dendy and Donnie Grant, any one of whom could go all the way on any play. Crow Top Ball Carrier Crow, who saw only limited ac tion in last week’s romp over Ne braska, is third in SWC rushing with 223 yards, and a 6.2 average gain per try. Pardee is seventh in ball carrying with 170 yards, and averages 6.8 yards every time he carries the ball. He ran only once against Nebraska last Satur day, for 1 yard. “We don’t have a man on our team who could make the first string line at TCU,” commented Coach Cutchin, “and this guy Pitts—he’s the greatest lineback- (See TCU GAME, Page 6) MEXICAN DISHES SPECIALS Thursday thru Sunday FREE CRISPY TOSTADITAS WITH EACH ORDER — A la Carte — Enchiladas (3) Beef Tacos (3) Beef Enchiladas . . . (3) Tostados (3) Chile Con Questo ... (3) Tamales - Chile . . . (3) Guacamole - Salad . . . . MEXICAN DINNER ONLY 45« CHAPULTEPEC Your Host, TONY MANRIQUEZ Aggie Fisli Meet Miglily Cubs On Kyle Field Tonight at 7:30 By BARRY HART Battalion Sports Writer A&M’s talented Fish, with an eye on another Southwest Conference freshmen title, run headon into Baylor’s Su per-charged Cubs on Kyle Field tonight at 7:30. Tickets are 75 cents per per son. Student activity card hold ers will be admitted free. The Cubs, branded by many as the “greatest first-year team in Baylor’s history,” bring what Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant terms, “The greatest array of freshmen football talent ever assembled at a college,” here to do battle with the revenge-minded Fish. Last year the Cubs humiliated the previously unbeaten Aggies, 38-14, for A&M’s only loss of the campaign. The Fish would like to reverse the charges this trip. Heralded early as the two best freshmen teams in the SWC, the winner of tonight’s clash may well emerge as the conference champ. Both won easy victories in their initial outing; the Fish bombing TCU 27-6, and the Cubs crushing the Texas Shorthorns, 48-7. A&M downed a big Wog team with ease as three full teams push ed the Ft. Worth visitors around at will. The quick Fish line out weighed 17 pounds per man, hit harder and quicker than their heavier opponents and pounded the TCU backs for five fumbles. Quarterbacks Luther Hall, Jackie Hathorn and Hal Sandefur directed the first three teams to 325 yards rushing and passing, with Hall hit ting three of four passes for 42 yards. Hathorn connected on two of three for 37 yards. Hall picked up 27 yards in nine carries—one an 11-yard scoring dash from the left halfback posi tion on a handoff from Sandefur— while Hathorn got 27 on five tries. Joe Pascuzzi, 25-year-old ex- serviceman from Pennsylvania, was the game’s leading ground (See FISH FOOTBALL, Page 4) PROBABLE STARTERS Tonight at 7: 30 FISH CUBS No. Player Wt. Pos. No. Player Wt. 80 Usry 200 LE 85 Witcher 186 71 Price 193 LT 75 Horton 216 60 Browning 192 LG 60 Burt 200 54 Goff 195 C 54 Cagle 200 66 Howard 206 EG 68 Douglas 215 75 Driskell 195 RT 73 Dickson 220 83 Smith 195 RE 80 Dennis 196 13 Hall 185 QB 17 Humphrey 185 40 Delfeld 170 LH 23 Fisher 175 27 Pascuzzi 185 EH 43 Prestidge 180 30 Martin 175 FB 30 Hickman 203 DYERS'FUR STORAGE HATTERS Students ... 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