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fan itor will attempt to phases of campus, hopes will interest m is doing’ quite a ig new features to each week, for, we r column by Welton emarks about the 11 begin his column, 3 your offering any ernment has a new —Government 315. iss which promises i Earle, alias Cadet* ts, he’s being well ended for the way litories during the al comes into my ntil then any sub will be gratefully ina County Hometown t in the Reading Room floor of the YMCA m of officei's. lity Valley Hometown et in Room 2D of the •yone from Liberty, Chambers Counties ttend. County Hometown* 2t in Room 126 of the ilding. An election of be held and plans for*, tivities will be made. [ENS SHOP I —NORTH GATE E OWNED bad weather iek ahead — imp Bools $10.95 : $11.95 t Zippers gtialls OF GOOD TASTE Weaver’s Red Raiders for Revenge By GARY ROLLINS Texas Tech has every reason in the world for wanting to beat the Texas Aggies. The most prominent reaspn would be the unforgettable drub bing the Farmers handed Coach DeWitt Weaver’s hapless Red Raid ers last year in the Cotton Bowl. The Aggies had a field day, and when the gun finally sounded, the scoreboard read 40-7. Revenge was sweet. That was last fall. DeWitt Weaver had this state ment to make following spring training, “I was pleased with the spirit and individual improvement shown in spring training. If I had to choose between spirit and experi ence, I’d take spirit. It would be much better to have both and by 1858 I think we will!” On paper, the Lubbock school appears weaker than last year’s squad with only 12 lettermen re turning from the 1956 squad. Grad uation cleaned out the Athletic dor mitory, taking 14 players and the heart of the team. Everything about the Red Raid ers is untried, but just as last year’s Texas Aggies revenged a 1954 loss on Kyle Field, the 1957 Tailor Made FRESHMAN ' GREENS *23.00 ZUBIK’S North Gate Tech team hopes to do the same type of revenge. They’ll have A&M on their home field, and Weaver says his inexperienced squad has little to offer but spirit. If spirit can win games, A&M will lose their first game since the Turkey Day game of 1955. Seniors Sparse There are only eight seniors on the Texas Tech roster, with sopho mores dominating. Their weak nesses are at end, halfback and center where one letterman will return at each position. Their strength is at fullback, where they will return three of their top ground-gainers in Doug Duncan, Charlie Dixon and Gene Bentley. At quarterback, they have been bolstered by a junior college trans fer Floyd Dellinger to assist John Riddle. Their passing attack, last year a component of their potent of fense is now dependent upon un tried receivers. If their sophomore-laden front wall develops, their running game could be stronger than anyone has bargained for. Their line will average about 201 pounds, with squadmen furnishing WEDNESDAY needed depth. The backfield will average 174 pounds. Of the 65 men on the r ;ru:h starting positions will go .o the men who want to play. The line will boast five standouts in guards co-captain Charlie Moore and Floyd Hood, end co-captain Pat Harts- field, center Jack Henry, and tackle Jim Henderson. Up from their freshman team are three promising yearlings: tackle Bobby Cline, 245; guard Gene Lay, 185; and halfback Mickie Barron, 175. Things really look dismal at the South Plains school, but that is just the way Tech would like for them to look. Frog Tales Last year, just two weeks after sustaining a 7-6 loss' to A&M, the still-strong TCU Horned Frogs made a trip north to play in Lub bock. Visions of beating the Red Raiders “worse than those Aggies” clouded the minds of Swink & Crew, but when they awoke from their dream, they found the score- board at the end of Jones Stadium telling a tale that none could be lieve. Spirit and Texas Tech had won, 21-7. Gridders Come Alive; Sturt “Hitting” Again ' “For the. first time since the season began,” said Coach Paul Bryant, “our kids looked like they were beginning to en joy practice—everyone looked like they wanted to “hit”-^it seemed to make them feel good. If they do it again tomor row, then we’ll know they are starting to get something out of our practice.” The squad worked out for an hour and fifty-five min utes Tuesday; longer than any practice session for the en tire year. The ground was wet, and a cool north breeze made it feel like football season had finally come to Aggieland. The ftnttnlion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Wednesday, September 25, 1957 PAGE 3 WC Teams ‘Top 20’ ( tvt'WrW uNthe •,? Sifclis mm WEDNESDAY “THE OKLAHOMAN” with JOEL McCREA Plus — “DEVIL GODDESS” with JOHNNY WEISSMULLER CIRCLE TONIGHT -feCHNlCCX-O*. Plus TKis Cbxrlcl Be The PAUL Might, AHIHONY F -Cinemascope Gordon LeBoeuf LeBoeuf, 190-pound sophomore fullback from Port Neches, had a fine opening game against Maryland. With the backfield weakened by the loss of key backs Crow and Taylor, Gordon and other sophs will be called upon to fill depth vacancies. Intramurals Sophomores interested in posi tions as intramural managers are urged to contact Barney Welch in the Intramural Athletic Office in DeWare Field House as soon as possible. Welch is in dire need of sophomore managers. Attention is called to the be ginning of intramural competi tion with the opening of the swimming meet, Monday, Oct. 7. POOR SELECTION LACONIA, N.H. (TP)—Two La conia teenagers will be a bit more choosy when they pick a fight in the future. The battered pair appeared in juvenile court—one with a closed eye and swollen cheek— for start ing a fight with a Massachusetts boy at an outdoor movie. Their intended victim? A for mer Golden Gloves champion. IVY LEAGUE SPORT SHIRTS TARTANS ★ GO NEAT ★ GO COMFORTABLE ★ GO IVY LEAGUE Sports Car Club To Hold Meeting The Chaparral Sports Car Club will meet at 8 p. m. today in Room 2-A of the MSC. All interested sports car enthusiasts are invited to attend. A program of activities for the present school year will be the main topic to be discussed. Slides of last year’s activities will be shown. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The first major games of the 1957 season did nothing to alter the general pre-season belief that Oklahoma has the strongest col lege football team in the land. Striking with awesome speed and power against a team that had been regarded as the best in the East, the S o o n e r s demolished Pittsburgh 26-0 last Saturday and ran their record winning streak to 41 consecutive games. The result was reflected today in the first Associated Press weekly ranking poll of the new season. Oklahoma had been the pick of the sports writers and broadcasters in the pre-season poll when they rated the teams in the way they expected them to finish. Oklahoma again was an over whelming choice in the first week ly rating, based on what the teams have shown so far in the new season. Texas A&M rated second in the pre-season balloting, retained that place. Michigan State, ranked fourth, drew four of the nine first place votes that didn’t go to Okla homa. Duke received two and Navy, Minnesota and Iowa one each. Texas A&M had a stern opening opponent in Maryland, but came through at the finish in the rain for a 21-13 victory. Georgia Tech, an impressive 13-0 winner over Kentucky, moved up to third in the first weekly ratings, displacing Michigan State, and Navy, which gave Boston College a 46-6 battering, advanced to fifth. The top ten teams with points on 10 987654 3 21 basis (first place votes and won lost records in parentheses): 1. Oklahoma (65) 1-0 720 2. Texas A&M 1-0 460 3. Georgia Tech 1-0 374 4. Michigan State (4) 0-0 354 5. Navy (1) 1-0.....A... 297 6. Minnesota (1) 0-0 275 7. Duke (2) 1-0 249 8. Tennessee 0-0 247 9. Oregon State 1-0.. 223 .10. Michigan 0-0 190 THE SECOND TEAM 11. Baylor 1-0. 169 12. Iowa (1) 0-0 127 13. Texas 1-0 60 14. Houston 1-0 53 15. Southern Methodist 1-0 35 16. tie Pittsburgh 0-1.. Stanford 1-0 18. Rice 1-0 19. tie Mississippi 1-0.. Penn State 0-0 26 26 23 21 21 TENNIS RACKETS BALLS SHOES RESTRING ING STUDENT CO-OP N. 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