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In 12th Man Bowl Whites Blank Maroons, Friday, December 16, 1055 THE BATTALION PageS A vigilant White team cash ed in on two fumble recover ies to blank the Maroons 13-0 yesterday in the fourth an nual 12th Man Bowl game on Kyle Field. PACED BY A hard-charging line that shackled the Maroon’s offense inside its 20-yard line, the Whites scored a touchdown in the second and third quarters to wrap up the contest viewed by a sparse crowd of about 1,500. downs, were just about even. The Whites ground out 137 total yards during the afternoon while the Ma roons managed 155. Charles Smith, a sophomore in C-Field, was the outstanding run ner of the afternoon, leading both teams with 80 yards in 10 carries. A slashing runner, Smith turned in the longest run of the game in the final period, sprinting 42 yards. Leading the White eleven on the ground was Don Skelton, who romped for 33 yards and a 6.6 average. Skelton, sophomore speed ster from Dorm 16, scored the White’s first TD on a 9-yard jaunt. THE MAROONS took the open ing kick-off and moved from their own 20 to the White 23. A fumble on the 23 was pounced on by Dick Sayger and Frank Webber, two rugged White team members who played magnificent ball. Quarterbacked by classy Bobby Singer, the Whites sent their bevy Both teams played aggressive ball, and except for the two touch- See Joe Faulk ’32 for — Auto Parts Seat Covers Crosley-Bendix Appliances JOE FAULK’S AUTO & APPLIANCE STORE 214 N. Bryan 2-1669 ROPED IN BY WASHDAY WOES? LET US SET YOU FREE! Thanks to our quick efficient service, your laundry is done in a jigtime. Leggett, A-Comp. Take Cage Titles By JOE DAN BOYD Intramural Writer Leggett Hall and A-Composite copped championship basketball titles last night in civilian and up perclassmen intramurals. Superb defensive play held down the in dividual scoring that featured quarter and semi-final competi tion. Dale Fisher’s 10 points paced Leggett’s scoring in a 31-22 vic- toi’y over Puryear-A. Teammate John Rouse and Puryear forwards 3rd Floor Banker's Mortgage Building "Next to the Gulf Building" \ 708 Main Street Houston Joseph Moebus and William Bel- ford tied for the game’s second place scoring honors with eight points each. Darwin Huston rang up seven points lor the champions and Tom my Purifoy completed Leggett’s scoring with six. Bobby Daven port’s two baskets and two points by A. E. Percival ended the point making- for Puryear. A-Composite whipped B-Infan- try 31-24 for the upperclassman championship in another exhibition of all-around teamwork. High- scoring- Ronnie Moates was heavily guarded by B-Infantry’s David Eby and Larkin Warren. Moates accounted for eight Composite points, tying teammate Bob Jack- son. B-Infantry’s Robert McDaniel tied Ken Bi’iggs of A-Composite for top scoring honors with nine points. David Bonnen added four markers for the Composite quin tet and Jim Adams netted the re maining basket for the champ ions. Other Infantry scorers were Channing Williams with six points, David Eby, four, Larkin Warren, three and Sammie Turk, two. B- Infantry protested the game and are awaiting the intramural offi cials’ decision. Straight from our house to you comes this message with hearty good wishes for a Merry Christmas. If we had the magic power of good old St. Nick to be everywhere at the time, we could say it in person. But oar thoughts at least can come to you with all the good things that go toward makmg each Holiday Season one of happy W. S. D. Clothiers 108 N. Main Bryan Ph. 2-1475 of talented backs to work and pro ceeded to march 77 yards in 15 plays for the game’s first score. Oren Helvey, Tommy Norton, Cot ton Games and Skelton blasted their way to the nine where Skelton took it over. Carnes’ extra-point kick was good to make it 7-0. ROY MILLEN took Webber’s short boot on the ensuing kickoff and returned to his own 41. From this point the Maroons put together their most serious scoring threat of the day, marching all the way to the White 4-yard stripe. Smith and Channing Williams, second ranking ball carrier for the Ma roons with 28 yards, led the surge on the ground. B-Fields’ Glen Rand directed the smooth Maroon split-T, and his 18- yard pass to end Ed Gray set up a GAME AT A GLANCE Maroon White First do^ns 8 9 Total yardage 155 137 Rushing yardage 119 119 Passing yardage 36 18 Passes attempted 7 5 Passes completed 2 2 Punts 1 1 Punting average 20 48 Fumbles lost 3 0 Yards penalized 87 55 first and goal on the White’s 9-yard line. Rand was stopped for no •gain on fourth down by the right side of the White line and the ball went over. The half ended with the score still 7-0. Webber and big Louis Frank, 233-pound tackle, fell on a stray Maroon fumble on the first play after the second half kick-off to set the stage for the White team’s final scoring effort. Charlie Ritchey came in to direct the White attack on its 31-yard touchdown drive, and scored from 5 yards out eight plays later. Skelton chewed up 19 yards in the goalward march. Carnes’ conver sion try was wide to the left. TACKLE JOHN Jo nes recovered another Maroon fumble seconds lat er to put the White team on the offense again. The Maroons held, however, and Carroll Hungerford punted a 48-yarder that pushed the Maroon back to their 4. After another exchange of punts, the White team held onto the ball and marched from their own 28 to the Maroon 11. Norton picked up 20 yards and a Singer to Gail Pruitt pass clicked for 13 yards (See 12th Man, Page 4) TOO LOW AND TOO LATE—The man was clear but the pass was too low as the White team took to the air in yesterday’s 12th Man Bowl game on Kyle Field. It didn’t mat ter too much for the Whites rolled to a 13-0 win in the annual classic. A&M Wrestlers Meet UT Today A&M’s wrestling team will jour ney to Austin this afternoon to do battle with the University of Tex as in their first dual meet of the season. Coach J. W. Griffith will take a man in each of the eight weight divisions. Making the trip will be A1 Clechar, 123, Captain Don Bur- chard, 130, John Hardy, 137, Don Schoenfeld, 147, Xavier Gonzalez, 157, Jim Witcher, 167, Kenneth Jones, 177, and John Watson in the heavyweight division. The Aggies won the Houston In vitational Tournament in their only other competition, scoring 56 points. The Houston YMCA took second with 29, the Texas School for the Blind captured third with 26 and Texas was fourth, totaling 22 points. 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