Papfe 4 College Station, Texas Thursday, September 1, 19G0 THE BATTALION
Steers Favored To Annex
Southwest Football Crown
By HAROLD RATLIFF
Associated Press Sports Writer
The forty-sixth Southwest Con
ference football campaign opens
this week with Texas favored to
win the championship and by so
doing move out of danger of los
ing its leadership.
The conference’s official list of
champions shows Texas to have
won eight times and tied twice.
A&M has eight titles and one tie
and Texas Christian seven champ
ionships and one tie.
A&M could take over the lead
if it won the championship but
the Aggies are given about as
much chance as a straw in a West
Texas wind of doing it.
Record Quips
Actually, it would appear that
Texasought to have ten champ
ionships and two ties. In 1916
Texas had a 5-1 record and second
place Baylor 3-1 but the confer
ence fathers decided there would be
no champion that year for some
unexplained reason.
Then, in 1918, Texas had 4-0,
with victories over Texas Chris
tian, Rice, Southern Methodist and
A&M, while Oklahoma had 2-0.
But no champion was declared, ob
viously because it was a war year
and the conference officials
thought the teams weren’t good
enough since too many top players
were in the service.
In another year—1933—it would
appear that co-champions should
have been declared instead of the
notation “no champion.” That was
the season Arkansos had a 4-1
record and Baylor and Texas
Christian 4-2 but Arkansas was
found to have an ineligible player
■—a fellow who played a tptal of
10 minutes against TCU, Baylor
and Rice. So the championship
was forfeited and nobody got it.
It would appear that Baylor and
TCU ought to have been declared
ro-champions since each lost to
Arkansas and would have had a
5-1 record when the Arkansas
Intersectional
Slate Tough
For SWG Too
As if playing each other in the
grueling Southwest Conference
title race, most all league schools
lace equally grueling tests on the
jntersectional slate.
Take a look at some of the op
position:
01 Miss, being primed for the
national championship, Pittsburgh,
University of Southern California,
Ohio State University, Louisiana
State University, Colorado Univer
sity, Georgia Tech, Navy, Univer
sity of Oklahoma. . .
Texas Christian University ap
pears to have the most rugged
schedule, facing Southern Cal,
Kansas' and Pittsburgh. On the
other side of the ledger, Texas
Tech appears to have the easier
intersectional schedule, doing bat
tle with West Texas State, Tulane
and Wyoming on the intersection-
al trail.
Top games that will doubtless
attract national interest include:
A&M vs. LSU, University of
Arkansas vs. Ole Miss, Baylor Uni
versity vs. Colorado, Rice vs.
Georgia Tech, TCU vs. Pittsburgh
and, of course, the Oklahoma-Uni-
versity of Texas clash in the Cot
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games were forfeited. A&M, which
finished fourth with 2-2-1, didn’t
play Arkansas that year.
Baylor Forfeits
In 1915, the first year of the
conference, Baylor is listed as
champion. But actually Baylor for
feited the championship that sea
son. It had an ineligible player
which it found out about when the
season was over. Yet for some
reason this never was placed on
record and the conference still lists
Baylor as the champion.
That year Baylor and Oklahoma
(which was in the league the first
five years) had 3-0 records apd
were the only undefeated teams in
conference play. So, if Baylor for
feited why didn’t the title go to
Oklahoma ? Oklahoma, incidental
ly, had an undefeated, untied team
for the entire season. Baylor lost
to Sewanee.
Oklahoma never seemed to have
worried about it. The Sooners won
enough titles in the Big Eight
Conference to satisfy them any
way.
The conference will have eight
teams this year for the first time
in 37 years with Texas Tech mak
ing its first championship race.
Tech, of course, has to wait at
least a year before it can be in
cluded among the champions.
Record to Date
The record will never be changed
and this is the way the schools
rate in championships to date:
School Championships Ties
Texas 8 2
Texas A&M 8 1
Texas. Christian 7 1
Southern Methodist 6 1
Rice 4 2
Baylor 3 0
Arkansas 2 2
LSU OPENER
4 Go, White Team’,
‘Bandits’ Test Ags
Louisiana State University and
its three platoons will be the for
midable opponents of A&M in the
grid opener for both schools in
Baton Rouge, Sept. 17.
Coach Paul Dietzel, who has led
the Bayou Bengals to the national
championship and two Sugar Bowl
appearances in the past two years,
will again be ready with his ef
fective three-platoon system to be
tested by the sophomore-studded
Cadets.
Coach Jim Myers, has bemoaned
a lack of time for the first year
men on the varsity to develop.
Best Since
However, the mentor feels the
group, called the best since the
crop led by John Crow and co
horts in 1955, will blossom rapidly
under the rapid treatment expect
ed in Baton Rouge.
LSU will be ready to give that
test, too—with the ‘Chinese Ban
dits,’ the ‘Go Team’ and the ‘White
Team.’
After the clash with the Tigers,
the Ags will entertain Texas Tech
at College Station in the confer
ence opener, followed by a trip to
the Alamo City and a battle with
the Trinity University Tigers.
And then the Cadets will be
faced with the traditional suicide
schedule with familiar SWC oppon
ents.
Should be Evident
By mid-season, or shortly after
the Trinity game, it should be evi
dent if the Cadets have matured to
make an appreciable showing the
SWC wars.
Of the 56 squadmen greeted by
Myers, there are 27 sophs. Also on
hand are 12 seniors and 17 juniors.
18 earned letters in the past years.
Roy Northrup, who many have
labeled A&M’s defensive quarter
back, will captain the Cadet grid-
ders. Powell Berry, senior quarter
back from Snyder, is the alternate
captain.
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Getting the Ball Rolling
And that’s what this foursome will be doing ball for the Tiger crew are right halfback
Friday night when the Consolidated Tigers Frank Hagler, fullback Vic Clark, quarter-
meet the Navasota Bulldogs in Navasota. back Condy Pugh, and left halfback John
The boys who will probably be handling the Pedigo.
S
PORT SLANT
By JOE CALLICOATTE
S
A&M Consolidated opens the 1960 grid campaign Friday
against Navasota. And it appears that the Bengals are going
to be on the move this year.
Coach Ed Logan greeted some 29 hefty footballers two
weeks ago and immediately the scribes put the 19-AA title
favorite bug in the Consolidated camp.
The Tigers are following in the wake of a successful
season last year, when they closed the season with a 5-3-1
record and a 3-1 district mark. That slate was second only
to Bellville in District 21-AA and their array of talent paced
by Lynn, Koy and others.
Missing from the Tiger ranks will be an All-District Cen
ter, Joel Mills, All-District Second Team Halfback, Dee Smith
and All-District Second Team End Virden Smith. It isn’t easy
to replace experienced hands like that.
Perhaps the Bengals will.
The Tigers this year will be bigger—and faster. A look
at the probable starters shows that Consolidated can field
a bunch weighing in at 175, with the line tipping 180.
Leading the Bengals in quest of the newly arfanged
District 19-AA title will be Vic Clark, senior All-District
tackle. Clark last year toed in at 210, but since has dropped
to a trim 188 for backfield and middle guard duties.
Other returning lettermen include Condy Pugh for half
back and quarterback responsibilities, and three senior
guards, Mike Bloom, George Outlaw and Bob White, a 180-
pounder.
The beefy line, in addition to the three above, will boast
Alex Quisenberry, 205-pounder who was an All-District
Second Team performer last year, along with Mark Luther
and Bud Adams. John Pedigo and Cyril Burke will again add
speed to the Tiger backfield.
This should be the year for the Tigers as they face district
foes in Caldwell, Cameron, Hearne, and Rockdale. Also on
the docket are non-conference appearances with Navasota,
Madisonville, Giddings, Crockett and Huntsville.
Barring the unexpected, the Tigers may well wear the
19-AA crown by the end of November and enter the state
playoffs.
Barring any complacency, that is.
First for A&M
Won in 1917
1902 Football (Not SWC)
1917 Football
1919 Football
1920 Basketball
1921 Football, Basketball, Track
1922 Basketball, Track, Cross
Country
1923 Basketball
1925 Football, Cross Country
1926 Golf
1927 Football, Cross Country
1929 Track, Cross Country
1930 Track, Cross Country
1931 Baseball
1933 Cross Country (Tied with
Texas)
1934 Baseball
1937 Baseball
1939 Football, Pistol
1949
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1959
1960
Track, Cross Country
Basketball (Tied with TCU
and Texas), Baseball (Tied
with Texas), Track, Epee
(Fencing)
Track, Fencing
Track, Cross Country,
Fencing
Cross Country, Fencing
Baseball, Fencing
Swimming, Individual Golf,
Football
Baseball
Golf (Team & Individual)
OLNEY PICK IN AA
Texas Schoolboy
Grid Race Opens
The Texas schoolboy football
race, with four divisions settling
state championships, opens this
week.
There will be 914 schools play
ing football, the same as last year.
The tentative list had totaled 920
for an all-time high but consolida
tions cut it down when the final
entry date arrived.
Actual play starts in all classes
except the top one—AAAA-L-next
week. AAAA has to wait until the
second week in September be
cause it is the only class with
spring training.
Class AAA, AA, and A, which
decide state champions the same
as AAAA, are privileged to start
the campaign Sept. 2. AAA has
only 11 games while A has 123 and
A 139. Since many of the games
are inter-division affairs there are
duplications and the actual total
is muuch less than the combined
262.
Class B and Six-Man and Eight-
Man football also can start mov
ing this week. The decide only
regional championships.
Port Arthur in Class AAAA,
Sweetwater in Class AAA, Olney
in Class A and Stinnett in Class
A are well-defined state champion
ship favorites. There can be title
repeats in only two divisions—
AAAA where Corpus Christi might
come through and AAA where
Breckenridge and Cleburne might
again tie.
New Champ
Class AA will have a new cham
pion regardless. Stamford, the
1959 king, was found ineligible and
its championship forfeited to Bra
dy. Also, Stamford can’t even com
pete for the title this year. It
will be permitted to play the dis
trict schedule but the games will
count neither for nor against the
opposition. In other words Stam
ford’s games will mean nothing.
Katy, the Class A champion, has
advanced to Class AA, so there’s
bound to be a new titlist in this
division.
Here’s How They Look
Class AAAA—Port Arthur, Bay-
town, Wichita Falls, Highland
Park, Corpus Christi Miller, Waco,
Odessa, Corpus Christi Ray, Lub
bock Monterrey, San Antonio Jef
ferson.
Class AAA — Sweetwater, Cle
burne, Carrollton, Henderson, San
Antonio Sam Houston, Kilgore,
Dumas, Mount Pleasant, La-
Marque, Huntsville.
Class AA—Olney, Taylor, Bell
ville, Crockett, Quanah, DeLeon,
Liberty, Gatesville, Olton, West
Columbia.
Class A—Stinnett, Crowell, Al
bany, Gaston, George West, Plains,
Clifton, Honey Grove, Sour Lake,
Rio Hondo.
VARSITY SCHEDULE
1940
Football (Tied with SMU)
Sept.
17
LSU at Baton Rouge
8
p.m.
1941
Football
Sept. 24
Texas Tech at College Station
7:30
p.m.
1942
Baseball
Oct.
1
Trinity at San Antonio
8
p.m.
1943
Track, Baseball (Tied with
Oct.
8
Houston at Houston
.....8
p.m.
Texas)
Oct.
15
TCU at College Station
2
p.m.
1944
Swimming (Tied with
Oct.
22
Baylor at Waco
2
p.m.
Texas)y
Oct.
29
Arkansas at College Station
7:30
p.m.
1945
Swimming
Nov.
5
SMU at Dallas
2
p.m.
1947
Track
Nov.
12
Rice at Houston
2
p.m.
1948
Track, Cross Country, Golf
Nov.
24
Texas at Austin
1:30
p.m.
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