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Flu-Ridden Ags Face Red Raiders Saturday By BARRY HART Battalion Sports Editor Anxiety deepened the lines on Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant’s face Wednesday as he named 16 of his Aggie gridders that are either in jured or out because of virus in fluenza. “I’m really concerned about this virus,” spoke Bryant. “It’s get ting worse instead of better. Some of the boys are still in the hos pital with high temperatures.” Seven of A-&M’s starting lineup are sidelined with the bug or in juries, including both guards, both ends and three-fourths of the backfield. Missing are Bobby Drake Keith, Bobby Marks, Dennis Goehring, Murry Trimble, Roddy Osborne, John Crow, Loyd Taylor, John Tra cey, Richard Gay, Kenneth Beck, Emmett Smallwood, Ken Hall, yr; , John Gilbert, A. L. Simmons, Don Smith and Lloyd Wasserman. Tay lor will probably miss Saturday’s game. “The worst thing is that Osborne isn’t getting any work,” said Coach Bryant. “If they can’t get out there and work Thursday we’re in bad shape. We’ve got to play the game—we’ve got to play some body.” The Aggies put their undefeated record on the line in Dallas Sat urday at 8 p.m. against one of weakest Texas Tech teams in re cent West Texas history, but the virus may be the equalizer. The Red Raiders of Lubbock have won only three of the 14 meetings be tween the two teams, but the Ca dets have a sharp memory of the 1954 contest when Tech Coach De witt Weaver never called off his dogs and let the Raider crew run C" I;'-'- '• - V • A&M’s LOYD TAYLOR—versatile right halfback who took Jimmy Wright’s 30-yard pass for the Aggies’ first touch down of the ’56 season against Villanova, will probably not see action in Saturday night’s game with Texas Tech. Splash Books Rewritten Marks Shattered In Mural Swim Two freshmen swimmers broke the existing 200 foot breast stroke record in Wednesday’s intramurals. John Dollard, with a time of 45.6 bested the old record by 2.2 seconds. He was followed closely in time by Mike Briggs whose time of 46.5 was 1.3 seconds better than the 47.8 sec onds set in 1954 by Kessler. Dollard swam for Sqdn. 15 and Briggs for Sqdn. 24. The seven other men to gain the finals were: Bill Wil liams, C AAA, Ralph Lauder, B Engineer, McJohnston, White Band, Kelly Hensley, B AAA, Bob Kendrich, Sqdn. 11, Ray Maddy, Sqdn. 18, and Mike McGuire, A Composite. In class A and C James Skelton set the pace in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 49.4 seconds. Other winners of the eliminations were Ray Winburn, A Chemical, Dave Bonnen, A Composite, Jim Brady, E Infantry, Ted Golden- burg, C Field Artillery, M. F. Schewe, A Signal, Roy Mitchel, Sqdn. 17, Jerry Wheat, A Ordi nance, Salvadore Baz, Hart Hall, and Andi’e Carrillo, Walton. Skel ton sw r am for Law Hall. Mike Briggs also tore the old record in the 100 foot backstroke with his time of 19.5 seconds. His time was one tenth of a second bet ter than the 19.6 set by Kirkpatrick in 1955. The other class B qualifiers were: Bob Trees, A Engineers, Jim Higginbotham, A Signal, By ron Stone, D Infantry, Charles Fimble, White Band, Bob Kendrick, Sqdn. 11, John Kingston, A Ar mor, Kieth Butler, Sqdn. 13, Nor man Floeck, A Composite, and Mike Calvin, Sqdn. 11. Class A and C were led by Ray Winburn of A Chemical with a time of 20.7 seconds in the 100 foot backstroke. Other class A and C men to qualify were: W. M. Kappel B Field Artillery, Bob Wil kins, D Infantry, W. H. Jones, Sqdn. 18, Kirby Cunningham, C Field Artillery, M. F. Schewe, A Signal, S. S. McKenny, B Infantry, Bob Marshall, B Engineers, Bob McNight, A Athletics, and Bob Barr, Sqdn. 1. He Cures Home Ills ONE CALL SERVICE When You Coll DOCTOR FIXIT For Homo Repairs Contracting a carpenter here, a paper hanger there, a brick layer elsewhere is the hard way . . . and generally more costly. One call to Doctor Fixit does it all. He U a qualified specialist in house repair. He is courteous and competent and offers easy monthly payments. Free estimates—no job too small or loo luge. Marion Pugh Lumber Co. Old Wellborn Road VI 6-5711 up a 41-9 score against Bryant’s first try in the Southwest Con ference. Eight of the Aggies that faced Tech in Bryant’s “welcome” to Southwest football will mainstay the nation’s number 11 team. Jack Pardee, Don Watson, Gene Stall ings, Bobby Keith, Dee Powell, Lloyd Hale, Dennis Goehring and Bobby Lockett are back with but one thought foremost in their minds—get Tech. The Red Raiders, although los ing both 1956 games so far—to Texas Western and Baylor, will show a starting lineup that has earned 22 varsity grid letters. A pair of all-Border Conference guards will make it tough on the injured Aggie middle. Hal Broad- foot, 6-1, 205 pounder, has made the honor team three years and his running mate, 210-pound Ray Ho ward is a double-award winner and hack after a stint in the arm ed services. 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Norfolk’s friend to troubled teen-agers. Story of the ar thritic cripple to whom youngsters flock for advice. 2. The great Pilfdown hoax. How this famed “missing link” in human evolution has been proved a fraud from the start. 3. Mow to sharpen your judgment. Famed author Bertrand Russell offers six rules to help you form sounder opinions. 4. My most unforgettable character. Fond memories of Con nie Mack—who led the Athletics for 50 years. 5. How to make peace at the Pentagon. Steps to end ruin ous rivalry between our Army, Navy and Air Force. 6. Book condensation: "High, Wide and Lonesome.” Hal Borland’s exciting story of his adventurous boyhood on a Colorado prairie. 7. Medicine's animal pioneers. How medical researchers learn from animals new ways to save human lives. 8. What the mess in Moscow means. Evidence that the Communist system is as unworkable as it is unnatural. 9. Master bridge builder. Introducing David Steinman, world leader in bridge design and construction. 10. 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Who! your sense of humor tells about you. What the jokes you like, the way you laugh reveal about you. 21. The sub that wouldn’t stay down. Stirring saga of the U.S.S. Squalus’ rescue from a depth of 40 fathoms. 22. Madame Butterfly in bobby sox. How new freedoms have changed life for Japanese women; what the men think. 23. Doctors should tell potients the truth. When the doctor operated, exactly what did he do? Why a written record of your medical history may someday save your life. 24. "How wonderful you ore ...” Here’s why affection and admiration aren’t much good unless expressed; why locked-up emotions eventually wither. 25. Horry Holt and o heartful of children. Story of a farmer who singlehandedly finds homes for hundreds of Korean war orphans. 26. Our tax laws make us dishonest. How unfair tax laws are causing a serious moral deterioration. 27. Venereal disease now a threat to youth. How V.D. is spreading among teen-agers—and sane advice to victims. 28. Secy. Benson’s faith in the American farmer. Why ha feels farmers, left alone, can often solve their own prob lems better than Washington. 29. Your brain’s unrealized powers. Seven new findings to help you use your brain more efficiently. 30. Britain’s indestructible "Old Man.” What Sir Winston Churchill is doing in retirement. 31. Are juries giving away too much money? Fantastic awards juries hand out because they confuse compassion with common sense. 32. My lost best days on earth. In her own words a young mother, learning she had cancer, tells how she decided to make this the “best year of her life.” 33. Foreign-aid mania. How the billions we’ve given have brought mainly disappointment and higher taxes. 34. Out where jet planes are born. Story of Edward Air Force Base, where 10,000 men battle wind, sand and speed barriers to keep us supreme in the sky. 35. life in these United States. Humorous anecdotes reveal ing quirks of human nature. 36. Man’s most playful friend: the Land Otter. Interesting facts about this amusing animal. 37. Why not a foreign-service career? How our State De partment is making foreign service attractive to young men. 38. A new deal in the old firehouse. How one town got lower taxes, greater protection combining fire and police. 39. Crazy man on Crazy Horse. Meet the man whose statue of an Indian will be the largest in history. 40. Their business is dynamite. How the manufacture of this explosive has been made one of the safest industries. 41. His best customers ore babies. How a kitchen strainer and a pint of mashed peas became the Gerber Products Co. 42. Smoky Mountain magic. Why this, our most ancient mountain range, has more visitors than any other. 43. Coll for Mr. Emergency. Meet the Emergency Police, who get 8 million New Yorkers out of trouble. 44. Beouty by the mile. How landscape engineers prove roadside planting is lifesaving as well as beautiful. 45. Humor in uniform. True stories of the funny side of life in our Armed Forces. 46. Seven economic fallacies. The American Economic Foundation explodes misconceptions about our economy. 47. Admiral of the Greek Oil Fleet. Story of Stavros Niar- ehos, who has won a fortune betting on—and carrying—oil.