The Battalion College Station
(Brazos County/, Texas
Wednesday, Noovember 6, 1957
PAGE 3
PORT SLANT
By JIM CARRELL
S
Only three games remain on the
A&M schedule. They are the most
important three games of the sea
son . . . because they are the ones
left to play.
Will the Aggies win them? Or, a
better way to put that question,
will the Aggies win them playing
the calibre of ball of the last few
weeks ?
Then the enraged answering
questions come, “What’s been
wrong with the way the Aggies
have been playing? They’ve been
winning haven’t they ? And isn’t
that all that counts?”
Here’s an Aggie team rated num
ber one in the nation on almost
everyone’s poll. Did their game per
formances put them there or did
the depressing play of Oklahoma
and the nation’s sports writers’
willingness to see somebody other
than the Sooners on top have more
to do with it ?
A moot question.
First, call it the quality of the
opposition. It is conceded that
Oklahoma plays a weak schedule.
But, what has been so tough about
the teams we have played ?
Almost everyone has had their
turn at slapping Maryland around.
We held our breaths for a 21-13
win. Follow that with a, tremendous
21-0 victory over “mighty” Texas
Tech.
Another concession: A&M took
Missouri handily, 28-0.
Then comes the Aggies only ^all-
out performance of the year, a
very fine 28-6 victory over the
University of Houston. There was
a revenge motive in that the
Cougars applied the sole blemish
to the Aggies 1956 record. There
was second-effort and the Aggies
looked as if they wanted to win.
However, Oklahoma State tied
the Cougars, 6-6, and Auburn
crushed them 48-7.
It was a brutal 7-0 win over TCU
and who could ask for more.
A 14-0 win over Baylor should
be sufficient but A&M didn’t play
at its peak. The margin should
have been wider, not just to run
the score up, but because Baylor
is not a very good team. You want
evidence: Baylor proves it every
Saturday.
Now let’s analyze last week’s
narrow escape in the Ozarks. An
extra-point victory over Arkansas,
7 to 6.
Consider that on certainly no
less than six occasions the Aggies
found themselves needing fourth
and three or less and having to
punt. That doesn’t happen to great
teams.
Coverage on punts was extremely
poor. Consider the instance when
an A&M punt was fumbled by
an Arkansas halfback. Two Ag
gies were down on the play. Only
John Gilbert had a chance at the
ball and he blasted a covering
Razor back loose from the fumbled
ball. He had no help.
Charlie Milstead, through no
fault of his own had a punt partial-'
ly blocked. Surely Aggie forwards
could have at least slowed up
Arkansas rushers.
The assets that made last year’s
ball club a terrific competitor were
absent. The defense was strong
and permitted only one Arkansas
touchdown.
Here is a team with potentials
that outweigh last year’s club.
But, this team is not as quick,
they don’t pursue, they don’t gang
tackle, they are not as aggressive,
and there is little all-out, second
effort. Remember that most of
this year’s starting lineup was
playing a year ago, and then ask
why aren’t they as good or better
than they were last year?
Injuries have handicapped the
Aggies and poor weather has
hampered conditioning and work
outs by forcing the team inside.
But it’s more than those two
factors.
Perhaps it’s a matter of desire.
Or, as Coach Paul Bryant might
say, “they lack pride in the little
things.”
Fish Harriers Win
A&M’s Freshman Cross Country
team won first place in the Texas
University Invitational Cross Coun
try Run Saturday in Austin.
A&M took the number, one spot
with 30 points, followed by Texas
with 48 points and the University of
Houston with 50 points.
Members of the Fish squad are:
Jim King, Eusebia Garcia, Howard
Dugger, Billy Ray Morgan, Charles
Rollins, Hardy Francis, Daniel
Alfaro, and James Wallace.
The University of Houston took
top honors in the varsity race.
SWC STATISTICS
TEAM OFFENSE
Aggies, Cardinals
Still Undefeated
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Only Texas A&M and Lamar
Tech answer the roll call of the
undefeated as the Texas College
football campaign enters its final
month. Texas A&M is undefeated
md untied but Lamar Tech has
tie on its record.
Texas Western fell from the
select circle last week when the
Miners were upset by Hardin-
Simmons 33-20.
Both A&M and Tech will be
favored to maintain their status
this week. The Aggies play South
ern Methodist at (College Station
aturday while Tech takes on Texas
A&I at Kingsville.
Team—
G. FD. R.
P.
Tot.
Avg.
Player, School
Att.C.P.lnt.Yds. TD
Pet.
Rice
6 013 1,4 18
841
2,259
376.5'
Hill, Rice
..58.
33
3 652 3
.569
Arkansas
7 99 1,460
515
1,965
280.7
Traylor, Baylor ...
64
30
7 294 3
.469
A&M .
7 100. 1,606
334
1,94.0
277.1
Walker, Arkansas
..31
17
2 292 2
.548
TCU
7 104' 1,72(1
204
1,930
275.1
Fondren, Texas
.36
22
4 263 4
.611
Texas
7 97 1,361
550
1,911
273.0
Humphrey, Baylor
.53
22
5 249 1
.415
Baylor
7 113 1,279
589
1,868
266.9
Christian, Ark.
..20
13
2 223 1
.650
SMU
5 60 890
322
1,212
242.4
Ryan, Rice
.25
14
2 189 2
.560
Meredith, SMU
..15
10
2 148 2
.667
TEAM DEFENSE
Milstead, A&M
..24
11
1 130 1
.458
Lackey, Texas
.29
10
4 152 0
.345
Team —
G. FD. R.
P.
Tot.
Avg.
Dunn, SMU....
.21
10
0 95 1
.476
TCU
7 89 968
424
1,382
107.4
A&M
7 94 1,178
388
1,566
223.7
TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS
Arkansas
7 . 98 1,400
462
1,862
266.0
Texas
7 95 1,420
4 53
1,873
267.6
Player, School
PI.
R.
P. Tot.Avg.
SMU
5 74 1 057
301
366
1,358
1,908
271.6
272.6
Hill, Rice..:
Shofner, TCU
.110
.102
1 SC
652 832
26 555
7.B
Baylor
7 103 L542
529
5.4
Rice
6 87 1,340
344
1,684
280.1
Hickman; Baylor ...
.100
457
0 457
4.6
Nesbitt, Arkansas..
.103
442
0 442
4.3
LEADING BALL CARRIERS
Osborne, A&M
. 87
327
91 418
4.8
Fondren, Texas
. 98
134
263 397
4.1
Player, School
T.C. G.
1..
Net.
Avg.
Crow, A&M
. 79
346
31 377
4.8
Shofner, TCU
98 541
12
529
5.3
Hickman, Baylor....100 469
12
457
4.6
LEADING PUNTERS
Nesbitt, Arkansas....103 444
2
442
4.3
(at least 14
punts)
Dowdle, Texas..
82 355
2
353
4.3
Player, School
Sherer, SMU....,
Nesbitt, Arkansas..
Crow, A&M
73 856
10
346
4.7
Pts.
18
Yds. Avg.
806 44.8
Chilton, Rice...
, 74 334
0
334
4.5
.26
1,059
40.7
Lasater, TCU ...
77 339
9
330
4.3
Hickman, Baylor....
.27
1,089
40.3
Osborne, A&M..
72 360
33
327
4.5
Fondren, Texas
26
1,029
39.6
Dike, TCU
77 276
3
273
3.5
Hill, Rice
14
537
38.4
Spikes, TCU...
52 263
20
243
4.7
Osborne, A&M
20
766
38.3
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He was instrumental in the
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last Saturday.
SEE THE
Philadelphia Phillie rookie pitch
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with the Miami, Fla., Marlins of
the International League in 1956.
TATUM GETS ’EM
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. UP)—-It
appears that the University of j
North Carolina is building its
football fortunes for the future I
under Coach Jim Tatum. Among
69 Tar Heel freshman candidates,
many not on scholarships, 22 were ]
selected to various all-state teams
during the 1956 campaign, reports
North Carolina.
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