Freshmen Battle Shorthorns Saturday
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In Annual Pre-Turkey Day Contest
By JOE CALLICOATTE
Assistant Sports Editor
When the Aggie Fish travel to
Memorial Stadium for their annual
contest with the Texas Shorthorns,
every freshman at A&M will have
one primary thought looming in
their minds and that will be. . .
hair.
One of the few traditions that
hasn’t been lost in any revisions to
“new Army” is the one concerning
hair. It is generally understood
by all the Fish around the campus
that by stealing one of those little
orange hats, called “beanies,” or
yelling his football team to victory
over the Shorthorns, he will be re
warded to see his beautiful locks
again.
There’s one point the Fish over
look and that is the fact that at
Texas University, the freshmen
don’t wear “beanies,” so the only
alternative is to go out and yell
for their “fish buddies” on the
football field.
Saturday’s contest will mark the
22nd meeting of the two teams
and for 13 years it has been spon
sored by the Ben Hur Shrine Tem
ple of Austin.
The Shorthorns will be seeking
their fifth straight victory over
the Fish this year. Before their
four year winning streak, the TU
freshmen were set back two years
SMU Picked to Down Bears;
TCU Favored Over Rice Owls
By HAROLD CLASSEN
Associated Press Sports Writer
Taking another fling at picking
the college football winners with
the right hand while trying to eat
a sandwich with the left.
Northwestern over Illinois: This
always is a donnybrook, even when
nothing is at stake.
Louisiana State over Tulane:
The Greenies will find Billy Can
non a tough customer.
Syracuse over Boston University:
The Davis boys and Art Baker
should find this a pleasant after
noon.
Penn State over Pittsburgh:
Richie Lucas finds the flaws in
the Panthers’ defense.
Southern Methodist over Baylor:
Don Meredith will pass and pass
and pass.
Southern California over UCLA:
The Uclans have no answer to the
ingged play of the McKeever
brothers.
Elsewhere: Tennessee over Ken
tucky, Iowa over Notre Dame,
Purdue over Indiana, Washington
over Washington ' State, Princeton
over Dartmouth, Iowa State over
Oklahoma.
FRIDAY
Furman over Davidson, Michigan
State over Miami, San Jose over
College of Pacific.
SATURDAY
Southwest: Arkansas over Tex
as Tech, North Texas State over
Drake, Texas Christian over Rice.
East: Rutgers over Columbia,
Harvard over Yale.
South: Alabama over Memphis
State, Auburn over Mississippi
Southern, Clemson over Wake For
est, Florida over Florida State,
Maryland over Virginia, South
Carolina over North Carolina
State, Vanderbilt over Florence
State, West Virginia over The Cit
adel.
Midwest: Wichita over Dayton,
Detroit over Villanova, Nebraska
over Kansas State, Kansas over
Missouri, Holy Cross over Mar
quette, Ohio State over Michigan,
Wisconsin over Minnesota.
Far West: Air Force over New
Mexico, Arizona State over Hardin-
Simmons, Arizona over Texas
Western, Colorado State over
Brigham Young, Idaho over Mon
tana, Oregon over Oregon State,
Utah over Utah State.
A tree which has its own state
park is the Wye Oak on Maryland’s
eastern shore. The largest white
oak in the United States, it is about
420 years old, stands 9.5 feet.
in a row, mainly through the ef
forts of Jack Pardee and John
Crow.
Besides the work of Crow and
Pardee, the Aggies have such
“greats” as Dick Todd, John Kim
brough, Marshall Robnett and
Charlie Krueger sharing some of
the glory.
Texas has also had some
“greats” making their appear
ances. Among these “greats” were
Jack Crain, Mai Kutner, Spot Col
lins, Billy Quinn, Herb Gray and
Bob Bryant.
Since the beginning of the an
nual battle, the Shorthorns hold an
edge over the Fish in games won,
posting 17 wins and six losses,
but the Aggies could boost their
average this year.
The TU freshmen have won three
and tied one this year to post an
unofficial lead in the conference.
The Aggies have only one victory
under their belt this year, but have
suffered two defeats by one point.
A&M fields probably the larg
est team, weight wise and in num
ber, that they have had in the last
decade. There are almost 70 mem
bers on the squad and their com
bined weight runs a little over
13,000 pounds.
Tommy Janik of Poth is the top
ground gainer for the Aggies. He
netted 99 yards against the Rice
freshmen. Janik is 6-4, weighs
185 pounds and is a 10.5 100-yard
dash man. Although he sometimes
runs like a halfback and has the
hands of an end, he is a quarter
back.
Running a close second behind
Janik is Lee Roy Caffey from
Thorndale. Galley weighs 205 and
has gained 168 yards for the sea-
season.
Jon Mason, 185-pound speedster
from Las Cruces, N. M., will add
to the color of the Fish backfield.
Mason runs the 100-yard dash in
9.7 and gave the fans a demonstra
tion of his speed against the Bay
lor Cubs when he took the opening
kickoff back 93 yards.
The fish backfield is rounded out
with Ronny Ledbetter, a 180-pound
halfback from Dalhart. Ledbetter
leads his team in scoring and pass
receiving.
Starting at ends for the Fish
wil be Don Ramsey of San Antonio
and Bobby Huntington of Plain-
view. The tackle positions will be
held down by James Walton of Du
mas and George Hogan of Long
view. Starting guards are Keith
Huggins of Houston and James
Phillips of Freeport. Jerry Hop
kins will start at center.
The TU backfield will find John
ny Genung or Don Elrod at quar
terback, Harry Krenek or John
Cook at left half, Roy Poage or
George Lewis at right half and
Pat Culpepper at fullback.
The Texas line is expected to
start with Tommy Lucas and Joe
DeLorenzo at ends, Scott Mann and
Roger Harris at tackles, Perry Mc
Williams and Johnny Holmes at
guards and Ken Ferguson at cen
ter.
CHS Girls Drop Two Games
To Sharpshooting Calvert
(Spl)—The A&M Consolidated
Tiger girls kicked the lid off their
first season of Interscholastic
League basketball competition
Tuesday night in Tiger Gym as
the gals dropped two well-played
tilts to the Calvert Trojan females,
18-16, in the “B” contest that went
into overtime and 33-24 in the
featured “A” battle.
Coach Billie Cochran considered-
the losses a fine showing for the
girls who have been practicing for
mally for about three weeks. The
winning margin displayed ;by Cal
vert was minute compared to prac
tice defeats the Tigers had suf
fered. The scores, a top secret
confidential fact at Consolidated,
sounded more like football routs
than basketball games.
The Trojan “B” teamers jumped
off to a 2-1 lead in the first quar
ter, but the Tiger subs came back
to knot the count at 6-6 at the
Basketball Replaces Football
At Consolidated High School
By RUSSELL BROWN
CHS Correspondent
The bouncy orange ball and the
frhite cords have taken the spot
light from the pigskin and goal
posts at A&M Consolidated High
School as the Tigers, 27 members
strong on their opening day of
drills, get set to open their cam
paign Tuesday night in Cameron
against the Yoemen.
The Maroon and White will be
under new mentorship this year
with former South v/estern cage
star Jack Churchill taking the reins
from Larry Hayes, who has gone
to Oklahoma State.
Things look good for the Beng-
als this season with four letter-
men returning, including three
players over six feet. Gone from
last year’s second place finishers
are three lettermen; All-district
performer Don Avera who tallied
323 points for the Bengals and de
fensive leader Ken Cooner, a two-
letterman.
Bruce Thompson, two-letterman
center and Virden Smith, letter-
man forward, are the senior re
turnees while forward Condy Pugh
and guard P. D. Gandy are the
junior lettermen.
Squadmen back out again this
year include John Pedigo, Kelly
Parker, Bob Adams, James Riggs,
Danny Garner, and Mike Denison.
Rounding out the 27 candidates
are Senior Fred Brison; Juniors
Manuel Martinez, Bob Laurenson,
Larry Rice, Marshall Harris, Ly
man Hardeman and Pat Ozment;
Sophomore Richard Rasmussen,
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Churchill has indicated a wide
open offense and a tight defense
as the order of the season for the
Maroons in an attempt to grab
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The Tigers are hoping to im
prove on their 12-9 season last
year by battling Cameron, Hearne,
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Navasota, Bellville, Humble, and
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Pasadena once while competing in
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end of the half in a nip-and-tuck
battle all the way. Both teams
tallied ten points in the game’s
final sixteen minutes, keeping the
score tied at 16-16 at the end of
regulation play. Two free throws
spelled the difference in the over
time period as fouls caused the
Tiger downfall.
Angela Walace and Charlene Ma-
tejka led the losers with seven and
four points respectively while Lo-
nita Mata and Linda McBeth paced
the victors with seven and six tal
lies.
Steers Hold Edge
Over Ags in Series
When the Aggies face the Texas
Longhorns Thursday afternoon on
Klye Field in the annual Thanks
giving Day classic, tradition says
that the Steers will win.
The Farmers and the Longhorns
have met 65 times in a series dat
ing back to 1894. Texas has won
43 of these clashes and A&M only
17. Five have ended in ties.
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In the “A” contest, the Purple
and White jumped off to an early
lead and then matched the Tigers’
points in the last half to cop the
33-24 win.
Bobbie Green and Suzanne Bar
ton paced the Trojans to a 10-6
and 19-9 period leads in the first
half before tapering off in the fi
nal two periods. The Tigers re
duced the margin to 24-15 at the
end of three quarters with both
teams dropping in nine points in
the last stanza, bringing the count
to 33-24.
Bobbie Green and Suzanne Bar
ton led both clubs as Bobbie tallied
17 and Suzanne 12. Carole Murray,
a good outside shooter, swished
the nets for 11 points to lead the
losers.
THE BATTALION
Friday. November 20, 1959
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