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THE BATTALION
AGS PICKED IN FIRST DIVISION
Texas A a aiia Favorite In SWC
By HAROLD V. RATLIFF
Associated Press Sports Writer
The major change in the foot
ball rules this fall will allow a
team to kill a punt inside the op
position’s 10-yard line. Previously
the ball had to be left alone and
unless it killed itself inside the
10, it would become a touchback
and the opposition would get the
pigskin on its 20.
This rule may be all that Texas
needs to become the nation’s No.
1 team. Texas under Darrell Roy
al always has depended on its
kicking to win ball games probab
ly more than any other phase and
Royal has been an advocate of
giving the kicking team more ad
vantages.
Texas comes up with a kicker
who may turn out to he the finest
in Southwest Conference history.
He is Ernie Koy, son of a Long
horn great. Already fabulous
stories are being told of Key’s
mighty kicking.
Well, with such a formidable
kicking game and the way left
open for putting the receiving
team in the hole by downing the
kicks inside the 10, Texas ought
to be sitting pretty indeed.
The Longhorns already were
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Young Bullfighter
Eloy Cavazos, 10, of Monterrey, Mexico, is shown perform
ing’ in the bullring at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, against a
young bull. Young Cavazos has one ambition—to someday
be Mexico’s top bullfighter. In this exhibition he did not
kill the bull, but pirns to enter the ring again and next time
make a. kill. ( A v ’ rephoto)
being- regarded as well above the
field in the Southwest Conference
and likely to be the pre-season
No. 1 pick in the nation. Texas
just flat has the men to do it.
There are 26 lettermen roaming
the 40 acres with prospects of a
stronger team than won nine out
of ten and the Cotton Bowl to hoot
last campaign. Texas has such
fine backs ns Jerry Cook, Tommy
Ford, Ray Poar; - and Pat Culpep
per, that demon linebacker, and
the Longhorns are two and three
deep at all of the line positions.
The main question seems to be
who’s going to finish second. From
here it looks like Texas Christian,
the only team able to beat Texas
last year but most erratic on all
other Saturdays. There are 29 let
termen in Frogville and they have
a line that will average 6 feet 4
inches in height to the man. Son
ny Gibbs, the 6-7 quarterback, is
being- boomed for All-America.
Texas A&M has 28 lettermen
and those Aggies are big and pow
erful. Texas Tech comes up with
26 lettermen and' nine starters
from last year, headed by fullback
Coolidge Hunt.
The Aggies and Techs should
be greatly improved and the for
mer ought to make a real bid for
a first division berth.
Baylor has 23 lettermen, includ
ing Ronnie Goodwin, also being
boosted for All-America. The
Bears may be better than they
were last season when injuries
ruined their chances.
Southern Methodist has 25 let
termen, which sounds like the
Methodists should be loaded for
new coach Hayden Fry. However,
those fellows were able to win
only two games last season. They
would have to be improved about
50 per cent to win two more than
that.
Rice has only 12 lettermen but
Coach Jess Neely says he’s going
to have a good team. It wouldn’t
appear good enough to contend for
the championship, however.
Which brings up Arkansas, the
team that always confounds the
critics. Arkansas hasn’t been
X)icked for the championship in
years but has won one outright
and tied for two in the last three
seasons.
There are only 17 lettermen in
the ranks of the Razorbacks this
season which, however, may not
SPORTS
mean much. Arkansas had quite
a red shirt list last fall and those
guys got almost as much experi
ence as the men who played. Also,
Frank Broyles is about thq finest
coach in the country.
This time the critics are quite
wary about Arkansas. They aren’t
planning on getting caught off
guard again.
But it doesn’t appear here that
anybody is going to handle Texas.
This might be the best team of all
at the state university. It wouldn’t
have to be much better than last
season’s to earn such a distinction.
Nichols Places
Second In Open
sporting career. But todai
one of the best on the profs
circuit. -
Two years after receivii Vol
degree from A&M, Nicholsi
pro and is now playing i
Midland, Texas.
His scorecard at the
like this: 70-72-70-73-281
Bobby Nichols, a ’58 graduate A serious auto accidei:
of A&M, came within two strokes years ago almost ended S
of winning one of America’s top
golf tournaments last week at the
National Open in Oakmont, Pa.
The 26-year-old finished with a
72-hole total of 285 and tied with
former University of Houston
golfer, Phil Rodgers, for second
prize of $5,500.
Going into the final 18 holes,
Nichols was tied with Arnold Pal
mer for the lead, but he slipped
to a two-over par 73 on the final
round.
Jack Nicklaus, former Ohio
State golfing champion, downed
Palmer for the top money in an j
18-hole playoff last Sunday.
Nichols, a native of Louisville,
Ky., was recruited to A&M by
football coach Paul (Bear) Bryant
in 1954 as the head coach and ath- |
letic director was building a golf
team that has been the terror of
the Southwest Conference in the
past six years.
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