Late Friday the attention of
Texas and the nation was on Aus
tin as fans, sports writers, coaches
and every other football-minded
soul looked forward to the winner-
take-all meeting- of Texas and Ar
kansas. For the rest of the South
west Conference the Saturday out
look promised little, if any, ex
citement.
Around 5 p.m. on the hi# day,
however, althoug-h peonle hadn’t
forgotten what was about to be
gin in the state capitol, they were
all talking about what had al
ready happened on Dallas and Col
lege Station gridirons.
Two teams which had been suf
fering from various degrees of for-
gotten-ness suddenly got remem
bered. — The SMU Mustangs pull
ed a television ujiset on the LSU-
tying Rice Owls and the Aggies, in
losing, sent Sonny Gibbs and crew
back to Fort Worth fully aware
they had played a ballgame and
won it only by the skin of their
teeth.
Haden Fry’s Ponies capitalized
on a fumble recovery and an inter
cepted pass to surprise the Owls,
15-7, before a meager 15,000 Cot-|
ton Bowl fans.
Hank Foldberg fielded a team of
determined Cadets which led twice,
dominated the statistic's and in gen
eral showed a crowd of 23,000
faithfuls a magnificent effort be
fore they were forced to accept
a 20-14 defeat.
Even though Texas’ 7-3 victory
appears to sew up first place
honors in the SWC this season,
Satm-day afternoon action reminds
us that the race for lower stalls —
and perhaps the top slot — is far
from over, and that Southwest Con
ference football is still the most ex
citing and unpredictable in the na
tion.
Frogs,
20-14
Cadets Move According To
Plan, Scoreboard Is Traitor
By JIM BUTLER
Battalion Ass’t Sports Editor
“Operation successful, patient
died” seems quite appropriate
when applied to the Aggies’ ef
fort against TCU last Saturday.
All of Coach Hank Foldberg’s
pre-game plans worked well though
the mission fell as little as three
yards short of accomplishment.
“We planned the game to possess
the ball and keep it away from
them. We did that pretty well,”
Foldberg said. Statistics backed
him up as they showed that the
Cadets ran 71 plays to 50 for the
Frogs.
When asked why he didn’t play
his third unit until the fourth quar
ter, Foldberg replied, “We planned
it that way.’*
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“We would play our two units
against their two units. Then in
the fourth quarter we knew that
they would have to play one of
their tired units so we put in
our fresh unit.”
This plan also worked well as
the Lightning unit moved the ball
from the A&M 21 to the TCU 17
before the gas gauge read empty.
Foldberg injected a note of con
fidence by commenting that the
team had finally hit its stride. He
complimented the whole squad for
playing a good game and mention
ed centers Jerry Hopkins and Ray
Kubala and fullback LeeRoy Caf-
fey for good defensive play.
WILLIAMS PICKS TOUGHIES
WATERBURY, Conn. <A>> _
“Toughest pitcher I ever faced
was Bob Feller,” said Ted Wil-
limas on a visit here. “Ken Chase
of Washington back in the early
40s was tough. So was Willis Hud-
lin, Spud Chandler, Bob Lemon,
Whitey Ford and Joe Page. And Ed
Lopat’s junk gave me trouble.
“They were breaking ball or
sinker ball pitchers and they gave
me trouble. Normally, I hit fast
ball pitchers pretty well. Fellows
like Red Ruffing, Johnny Rigney,
Virgil Trucks and others.”
WilSenborg Skirts End On Option
Aggie quarterback James Willenborg (17) turns TCU’s
right end on an option play which accounted for most of
the Cadets’ yardage against the Frogs. Willenborg gained
53 yards on 11 carries to lead Ag runners.
Statistics Reveal Promising
*
Future For Cadet Gridders )
A&M varsity football statistics
released Monday by sports public
ist Tommy Blake paint a promising
future for Coach Hank Foldberg’s
gridders, as most of the leaders
are sophomores and juniors.
Quarterback Jim Keller, a jun
ior in football eligibility, leads the
team in rushing with 103 yards in
31 carries. Almost half of these
yards (50) were gained against
TCU last weekend. Second is junioi
halfback Travi$ Reag’an, getting
94 yards in 12 attempts for a 7.8
yard per carry average, tops on the
team. Soph quarterback Jim Wil
lenborg holds third place with 2C
carries for 84 yards.
Keller also paces the team in
passing, having completed 22 toss
es in 40 tries for 221 yards. Wil
lenborg has 10-24 for 53 yards to
hold the runner-up slot.
Receivers are led by junior half
back George Hargett, Hargett has
caught 10 passes for 108 yards.
Dude McLean, sophomore end, is
close behind with 9 catches for
75 yards.
Hargett is also tops in punt re
turns with 11 for 138 yards.
Five players are tied for scoring
honors with six points apiece. Kel
ler, Lee Roy Caffey, Mike Kohl-
man and Dan Mcllhany have scored
one TD each, while Mike Clark has
hotted three extra points and one
field goal.
The Aggies have had nine passes
intercepted and have picked off
three of the opposition’s tosses.
The Cadets have lost six of 15
fumbles and recovered nine of 14
fumbles by their foes.
First downs are even with the
Aggies and opponents each having
66. In five games the Farmers have
picked up 1,112 yards and given up
1,257.
Just before gametime in Kyle
Field Saturday, 23,000 wet, wind
blown fans must have wished they
had stayed home. Sixty minutes
later, however, there probably
weren’t many who were sorry
they had come to the A&M-TCU
game.
They had seen an inspired Aggie
football squad nearly upset TCU
and Sonny Gibbs before they al
lowed the Frogs a 20-14 final edge.
Coach Hank Foldberg’s Cadets
drew first blood in the contest and
let 7-0 and 14-7 before TCU’s of
fense caught fire and tallied late
in the third quarter and early in
the fourth. A fresh Aggie third
unit started a drive to get seven
game-winning points after the
third Frog TD, which netted only
six and left them vulnerable. The
bid failed, however, when incom
plete passes killed the drive deep
in TCU terrain.
AS THE FIRST quarter neared
its finish the ball had changed
hands three time and the Ags had
already shown the Frogs they
were in for a ballgame. Quarter
back James Willenborg brought
the fresh White unit into the game
and A&M started a 16-play, 77-
yard drive that, culminated in the
first Aggie score.
It was on this series of downs
that Willenborg and Jim Keller
discovered a weak spot over the
TCU ends. Using the option, with
runs up the middle to keep TCU
honest by Lee Roy Caffey, the
two Aggie quartei’backs took A&M
in for a six-pointer. Keller got it,
after a great fake by Caffey from
the one with 14:07 left in the half.
Mike Clark converted.
TCU came back by leaps and
bounds after a 23-yard sprint up
the middle by halfback Jim Fau-
ver. Fullback Tommy Crutcher
blasted up the middle for 16 and
nine-yard gains respectively. After
a pair of short gains by Crutcher
and Fauver, Gibbs passed to Tom
Magoffin on the Ag three and
halfback Larry Bulaich went over
righ end for a Frog score. Jimmy
McAteer made it 7-7.
SPIRITS UNDAMPENED, the
Cadets came back to drive from
their 20 to the TCU 17 in 16 plays
—most of them the successful op
tion by Willenborg and Keller.
But the Frogs recovered a disap
pointing' Aggie fumble at that
stripe and the ball went over.
TCU lost a fumble on the next
series of downs to Jim Phillips, but
time was running out and as Kel
ler tried to shoot a pass on the
last play he ended up catching it
himself when a Frog lineman bat
ted it straight up.
As the second half began the
Farmers forced a Frog punt and
then drove from their 40 to the
TCU two, with Keller, Sam Byer
and Tommy Meeks grinding out
yardage on the ground. The drive
also featured 20 and 15-yard pass
plays by Keller to George Hargett
and Meeks respectively, for crucial
first downs.
But the Frogs weren’t fooled by
the option on their two and the
bid failed.
THE AGS weren’t to be denied,
however, and minutes later Caffey
stole a Gibbs pass and scampa
46 yards for the second Aggie!
Tackle Melvin Simmons had,
the big rush on the tall qaaiti
back, causing the bad thiw,!
the other tackle, John Brotlsij
blocked the frustrated Gil
help Caffey over. Clark
verted.
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tior
den
Gibbs and the Frogs quicklt
taliated with a 33-yard gain y, i;
Bulaich and a series of passes
Ben Nix that set up a Gibbstm ^
thoi
down from the one. It was 11
at the end of the third quafli ^
Passing, running and a dewier
ing pair of penalties gave;
Frogs the last TD. McAteer'si
for one was no good, but Hie;
were all they needed as the id
Ag drive was stopped short,
Walter Blum led Mow
Park jockeys during the li
meeting with 60 winners.
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