TKe Battalion PAGE 4 College Station (Brazo* County?, Texa» Tuesday, November 6, 1956 Tigers Lose., 14-13 Almost Beats Cyp ress-Fa irhan ks By MAURICE OLIAN CHS Sports Correspondent A&M Consolidated wrested a moral victory Friday night in a 13-14 encounter with favored Cy- press-Fairbanks’ Bobcats. The Bob cats salvaged the game, but not face as the scrappy Tigers, winner of a single tilt, ground out 13 first downs to the opposition’s 10. Coach Horace Shaffer’s eleven, in dropping their second straight conference fracas and seventh in eight outings this season, actually deserved a better fate. They roll ed up four penetrations, twice be ing halted on the Bobcats three- yard line while the hosts failed to penetrate the CHS 20 on any oc casion other than their two touch downs. If the Tiger conversion attempt had been successful, the game would have been theirs on the basis of first downs. Slippery Alton Arnold led the CHS running attack and in the air CHS managed 79 yards on 11 completions in 20 attempts. Edgar Feldman connected on nine of 13 tosses in the second half alone, but most of them were short jump passes and totaled only 61 yards. Bill Kavanaugh sparked the Tiger defense, getting in on al most every other tackle. Stead man Davis, the hustling 155-pound linebacker, and Arnold, who inter cepted three pases and almost snared a fourth were outstanding for CHS. The Bobcats completed only three of 14 aerials for 99 yards. Of that total, 79 yards led to the first Bobcat tally. Cypress - Fairbanks netted 158 yards rushing. They couldn’t move following the open ing kickoff and punted out to their own 41-yard line. On the Tigers first play from scrimmage Arnold took a pitchout from Feldman, got his key block from George Carroll and raced down the left sideline for a quick 6- 0 lead. Jim Wright kicked the point after, and the Bengals had a 7- 0 bulge. On the Bobcat 20 David Horn heaved a long aerial to midfield that was batted around like a volley ball. Finally, the Bobcat All-District end, James Oldham, emerged from the confusion with the pigskin and pi'omptly out-ran the Tiger defenders to pay dirt. Oldham converted to tie the score at 7-7. Midway in the second period another Horn-to-Tillota pass was good for 14 yards and a touch down. The Bengals multiple offense started moving in high gear late in the tilt. With Feldman com pleting five of seven passes, the Tigers marched from their own 31 to a first down on the Bobcat 10-yard line. Defensive pass interference on a toss to Don Davis put CHS with in one yard of the double stripe. Feldman went across on a quarter back sneak, but Wright’s conver sion attempt sailed wide to the right, the first miss in ten straight tries, and the Tigers trailed 13-14 as the clock ran on. A&M Leads Defense; TCU Paces Offense DALLAS, (A 5 )—Southwest Con ference football teams don t pass much any more but statistics show that this still is the biggest pro ducer of touchdowns. Charley Arnold of Southern Me thodist has connected on 48 of his passes and eight of those shots were for touchdowns. Nobody has gotten that many scores by run ning. Arnold will be throwing for touchdowns all the time Saturday because he goes up against the toughest defensive team in the league against a ground attack- Texas A&M. The stingy Aggies have allowed only 136.7 yards per :jrame by running. They’re tough against passing, too, but not as much as Texas Christian, which has allowed an amazingly low 29.8 yards per game through the air and the Aggies have given up 57.4. Arnold is the leading passer of the conference, yardage and touchdown wise. He has rolled up 710 yards with his throwing. He hasn’t completed as many passes as Joe Clements of Texas, how ever. Clements has connected on 56 out of 108 for 597 yards. Two of the leading ball-carriers also will be seen in action in the SMU-Texas A&M game. They are Charley Jackson of SMU, who ranks second with 441 yards on 67 rushes, and Roddy Osborae of Texas A&M, who has romped to 407 yards on 104 tries. Texas Christian still is the lead ing offensive team with 329.2 yards per game but Texas A&M is moving up. The versatile Ag gies are averaging 313.1 for third place, just 2.2 back of second place Rice. The Aggies are far away the best defensive outfit, too. They have granted only 194.1 yards per game both rushing and passing.