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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
Tuesday, January 7, 1958
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‘Orangesh irted ’ Vols
■ Three Points Too Tough
By GARY ROLLINS
w A game Rice Institute football squad, destined to play
in the Cotton Bowl this New Years Day laid the Texas
Aggies into their coffin last November 6, defeating them
7-6.
Just twelve days later a rampant herd of Longhorns,
with visions of New Orleans’ Sugar Bowl dancing in their
heads nailed the coffin door shut on Aggie hopes by trip
ping the Cadets 9-7.
On Dec. 28, Tennessee’s Volunteers lowered the coffin
into the grave, with a tombstone marked “The end of the
Bryant era—Tennessee 3, Texas A&M 0.”
A game tailback from Pu
laski, Tenn., and a third-string
fullback with a talented toe
tacked the third straight loss
on the Texas Aggies, break
ing a Tennessee Bowl losing streak
tmd starting an Aggie loss skein.
It was the first time in 29 games
the Cadets had been held score
less—the last time being to UCLA,
the last single-wing team they
were to face until Tennessee. It
also maz'ked the beginning of a
losing streak,that has extended
rapidly to three since late Novem
ber.
Bobby Gordon, 189-pound senior
tailback sporting a prominent “47”
on his orange jersey slashed and
lulled his way to the outstanding
player award for the Volunteers
and Sammy Burklow booted the
field goal that sealed the Aggies’
feoom.
John Crow, Mr. Do-it-all for the
Aggies, was voted the outstanding
performer for the losing team.
On two occasions, Crow and
Gordon met head-on with astound
ing results. The first impact found
the Tennessee tailback losing pos
session of the ball and his com
posure as he broke through the
middle of the line only to find
Crow awaiting. The Aggies recov
ered the fumble.
Late in the fourth quarter, with
Tennessee threatening on the Ma
roon 20-yard line, Gordon once
again set out for the promised
land, and, “as straight as the Crow
flies,” he was met at the three by
Mr. Heisman Trophy, who hit with
such impact as to leave Gordon
reeling, stumbling and finally, un
conscious.
However, the spunky little tail
back stayed in action and tried one
more line buck before Tennessee
realized they couldn’t penetrate
the Aggie defense for a touch
down, so they would have to “kick
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the ball over” which Burklow did.
When all was said and done,
Tennessee praised the Aggies as
one of the hardest-hitting, toughest
defensive teams they had ever
faced.
(See GATOR BOWL, Page 4)
After playing doormat for the
powerful Eastern Coast basketball
teams, Coach Bobby Rogers’ trav
eling Texas Aggies return to their
home court for the first time this
season to face the infamous “or-
ange-shirted” Texas Longhorns to
night in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
In the Cadets’ conference open
er, they bowed to the powerful
Texas Christian Horned Frogs in
Fort Worth last Saturday night by
a 71-48 score, while Arkansas was
barely able to eke out a 57-55 win
over the surprising Steers.
The Aggies are paced by 6-5 Ar
chie Carroll and 6-9 Wayne Law-
4-rence, both averaging 12 points per
game. Close behind in the lineup
is Victoria’s hot shot guard, Neil
Swisher, who has accumulated 111
points in the 10 contests as com
pared with Carroll’s and Lawren
ce’s 118.
Rounding out the Aggie starting
five are Jim McNiehol and Ernie
Turner.
McNiehol, the 6-5 redhead from
Philadelphia, Pa. seemed to have a
personal grudge against the Long
horns in last season’s final game
with Texas and directed the Cadets
to their second win over the hap
less Horns.
In the Southwest Conference
Tournament, held at Houston dur
ing the Christmas holidays, the Ca
dets dropped games to Tourney-
champ TCU and Southern Metho
dist, while whopping Baylor by a
17-point margin, 80-63.
“All the King’s Horses—”
And Roddy Osborne just couldn’t put the ball across the
double stripe as the Aggies were outstripped in their Gator
Bowl effort by a fighting Tennessee team, 3-0. That’s wing-
back Jim Grubb and end Murray Armstrong preparing to
haul the “Grim Keeper” to the turf.
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