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Fish Host Tomorrow Shorthorns at 2 p.m . AUSTIN (Spl.)—The Univer sity of Texas and A&M freshmen clash on Kyle Field Saturday at 2 p.m. in a game that may decide the Southwest Conference cham pionship for first-year teams. The Shorthorns, with one of the best freshman squads in many years, will be a touchdown favor ite to win over the thrice-beaten Aggie Fish. A Texas victory will give the Shorthorns at least a tie for the league frosh crown and possibly the undisputed title, depending on the outcome of the game involving the TCU Wogs and the Rice Owl ets, the teams currently tied with the Yearlings for the SWC lead ership. Anchored by a line averaging better than 215-pounds per man and wing-ed by two rugged, 230- pound ends, the Texas freshmen are being counted on to help the University recover its prestige during the 1957 rebuilding season. They have won three games while losing one in 1956—their only loss a 13-7 upset to Rice. Last week the Shorthorns surpidsed the pre viously unbeaten Wogs. The contest, a Shrine benefit for Central Texas crippled child ren, will bring together the two school's freshmen teams for the 19th time. Texas holds the edge in the series 11 games to seven. The Shriners have sponsored the battle for nine straight years and the Shorthorns hold a 5-4 edge on this series. There has never been a tie. The Fish will field a team that represents Coach Paul (Bear) Bry ant’s third recruiting effort. The SHORT ON MONEY? Sell your books to Lou and buy them back by Thanksgiving. NO INTEREST — NO CARRYING CHARGE Trade with Lou, he’s right with you! L O U P O T ROD & GUN CORNER HOPEFUL “I shall miss you while you’re on your hunting trip dear,” said the young wife. “I hope the other hunters will too,” was his reply. We sincerely hope yours will be a safe season. Watch out for other hunters — and yourself. Come by today and see our complete line of rifles and ammuni tion. Bring in that old gun and trade for the latest model. See — JIM AENCHBACHER H1LLCREST SPORTING GOODS 2013 So. College Bryan i i S i “I first Bryant-recruited squad, the 1954 Fish team, downed the Short- „ „ ^ horns, 20-7, and it is around this T*- group that Bryant has moulded his highly-successful varsity elev- en this year. g) ^ While the freshman game be- : -i ' tween these two state schools has \ * usually been a high-scoring af- fair, this year’s promises more on the defensive side. Bryant’s teams are noted for their defensive abil ity and the Fish edition is no exception. The Shorthorns, on the other hand, have held their opponents to 50-yards a game rushing and to little yardage passing. Bobby Lackey directs the team at quar terback and does most of the pass ing and punting. He has two big, tall ends to shoot at in Larry Stephens of Angleton and Wiley Feagin of Conroe. Quarterback Charles Milstead and Halfback Gordon LeBoeuf lead the underdog Fish. LeBoeuf, the Port Neches all-stater, has gained 201 yards in 41 carries to almost double the output of Milstead, run ner-up with 108 yards. LeBoeuf leads the Aggie scorers with 25 points while Milstead stands sec ond with nine. Milstead has punted 15 times for a 40-yard average and his five completions of 18 attempts have gained 58 yards through the air. QUARTERBACK CHARLES MILSTEAD—starts Satur day against the Texas Shorthorns in the 10th annual Shrine Game on Kyle Field. STARTING LINKUPS A&M Bill Caruthers . Ben Havard . . Albert Taylor . Larry Ward . . Buddy Payne . Gale Oliver . . Paul Alexander . Charles Milstead Gordon LeBoeuf Henry Colwell . Bill Newcomb . . LE LT LG C RG RT RE QB LH RH FB Texas . Wiley Feagin . . Curtis Dyer . J. Shillingburg Howard Jackson . Henry Sledge . . Dick Jones . Larry Stephens . Bobby Lackey . George Blanch .Bobby Matocha . . Mike Dowdle Fencing Meet Here The second annual A&M In vitational Fencing Meet will be held tomorrow in DeWare Field House starting at 2 p. m. Rice, the University of Houston, Texas University, the Galveston Buccaneers and the 1 Galveston Independents will make up the contenders for the two-day affair. Consolidated Quint Opens Play Tues. By MAURICE OLIAN Consolidated Correspondent Coach Larry Hayes’ 20-member A<^M Consolidated Ti gers basketball squad finds its season opener, a Nov. 27 clash with Richards at Tiger Gym, rapidly approaching. In his second year as head basketball coach (his Tigers were co-champions of District 25-a last year), Hayes has only two lettermen back from the 1955-56 quintet. The re turning monogram winners are Bobby Potts and Bill Hall, who along with Donald Patton are the lone seniors on the squad. Seven squadmen are on hand in juniors Bill Kavanaugh, Bill Breazeale, Joe Randolph, Jerry Mills and Jerry Holland, with sophomores Don Avera and Kirby Jackson. Other candidates battling for spots on the starting five include freshmen John Mar tinez, Bruce Thompson, Fred Brison, Larry Godfrey and Billy Mac Miller along with sophs Alton Arnold, Johnny Barger, Wilburn Kurtpatrick, Billie Let- better and Kenneth Cooner. Coach Hayes observed that much of the success of this sea son’s cage team, which will be forced to use speed and aggres siveness to overcome an obvious lack of heigdit, will depend upon the improvement of these boys who are playing their first year of high school basketball. Hie Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Friday, November 23, 1956 PAGE 3 Bryant’s Original8 Out to Crush Texas By BARRY HART Battalion Sports Editor Two years ago Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant took his “Thin 30” to Austin and lost a tough, 22-13, game to the University of Texas Longhorns. It was the Aggies’ ninth loss in 1954 and eight sopho mores played important roles although losing. Today that same eight, now seniors and the core of the 1956 Cadet foot ball team, are making that same trip next Thursday with the situation somewhat altered. As the 1954 contest found the Aggies with only one win and wallowing deep in the cellar of the Southwest Conference. The reverse is true in 1956 with the Longhorns, winners of but one game this year, on the bottom and Bryant’s Aggies riding the top of the heap, undefeated with a 14-14 tie against Houston their only blemish. Coach Bryant likes to refer to his eight-man core as the “Boys from Junction—the heart of the team”. Around them the A&M head man has built the Aggies from the SWC door mat to the na tion’s fourth-ranked power. They won one, lost nine in their Sopho more year, battled the odds for a fine 7-2-1 season and league run ner-up in 1955, and are currently 8-0-1 on the year. Thanks to the NCAA, Jack Pardee, Don Watson, Dee Powell, Lloyd Hale, Dennis Goehring, Bob by Lickett, Bobby Drake Keith and Gene (Bebes) Stallings will be playing, their final game for A&M in Memorial Stadium Thanksgiving Day. The original eight have set one record and can finish their ten ures with another. This is the first team that won the SWC crown only to find themselves in eligible to be the host team in the Cotton Bowl. If they win Thurs day, the Aggies will be the first A&M team to beat the Steers in Memorial Stadium, a fitting cli max to eight brilliant careers. Can they do it ? The “Boys from Junction” are out to make sure they do. We’ll see next Thurs day. CHRISTMAS TOYS NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE STUDENT CO-OP SEE OUR NICE SELECTION OF SPORT COATS AND SLACKS AT PRICES YOU CAN AFFORD • Open a Charge Account • Use Our Lay-a-way Plan A&M Mens Shop 103 MAIN NORTH GATE DICK RUBIN, ’59, Ownr 1956 -1957 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY It’s that new Y8 in the ’57 Chevrolet. 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