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( Page 4 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 13, 1963 Longhorns Still Ruler Of Roost By The Associated Press The rope from which an effigy of Coach Abe Martin dangled could also mark the end of Tex as’ five-weeks reign as the na tion’s No. 1 major college foot ball team. Texas alone remained unde feated and untied after last Sat urday’s games and easily won the top spot in The Associated Press ranking poll. The Long horns were rated first by 48 of 53 sports writers and broadcast ers voting in this week’s poll and received 526 points to 446 for sec ond-place Navy. Scoring in on the basis of 10 points for each first place vote, 9 for second, etc. TEXAS WON ITS eighth straight game-and fourth straight close one-from Baylor 7-0 last Saturday. This week it hopes to make Texas Christian No. 9. TCU lost its third, against three vic tories and a tie, 28-14 to Louisiana State. TEXAS, VOTED the No. 1 spot for the first time Oct. 15, has seen little since then except teams that were “up” to beat Ag Handball Finals Slated For Thursday Who’s the best handball player at A&M? Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m. the answer will be found when the fi nals of the A&M Open Handball Tournament will be held in De ware Field House. The championship match will pit Jerry Levy, a senior in Squadron One, against Barney Welch, form er A&M intramural director. The tournament is sponsored by the A&M Handball Club. Sixty entrants including faculty, stu dents and staff members partici pated in the tournament. the leaders. The Longhorns won from Arkansas 17-13, Rice 10-6, Southern Methodist 17-12 and Baylor 7-0. After Texas, the top ten listing was thoroughly juggled after another weekend of upsets. Navy, 42-7 winner over Maryland, moved into second place and Illinois went down to eighth after a 14-8 loss to Michigan. Navy drew four of the five first place votes that Texas didn’t get. MISSISSIPPI HELD third place, followed by Michigan State, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Alabama, Illinois, Auburn and Nebraska. Michigan State rose from ninth last week and Pitt from eighth. ^Auburn slipped from fifth after 13-10 loss to Mississippi State. Ohio State, losing 10-7 to Penn State, yielded 10th to Nebraska. Opposition for the top ten teams this week: Navy vs. Duke, Ole Miss vs. Tennessee, Michigan State vs. Notre Dame, Oklahoma vs. Missouri, Pitt vs. Army, Alabama vs. Georgia Tech, Auburn vs. Georgia and Nebraska vs. Okla homa State. The top ten teams with place votes in parentheses, season rec ords and points on a 10-9-8-7-6-5- 4-3-2-1 basis: W L T Pts. 1. Texas (48) 8 0 0 526 2. Navy (4) 7 1 0 446 3. Mississippi 6 0 1 361 4. Michigan State (1) 5 1 1 303 5. Oklahoma 6 1 0 284 6. Pittsburgh 6 1 0 281 7. Alabama 6 1 0 253 8. Illinois 5 1 1 133 9. Auburn 6 1 0 91 10. Nebraska 7 1 0 84 Others receiving votes in al phabetical order: Army, Bay lor, Georgia Tech, Memphis State, Mississippi State, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rice, Southern Calif ornia, Syracuse, Washington, Wisconsin. . .. ' ^ ... „. , ^ „ i V ->•>- r * mi.. * " ' ■* . A** . i .‘V' - n., •} ... ; • >- . .c* • if V**. ■■ * i- ^ ^ ^ A* I ■m ■ 5 w & > r*, a Aggies’ Long Bomber Sophomore quarterback Charles LaGrange complete to John Brotherton for 17 yards lets fly an aerial in the fourth quarter and a first down, of A&M’s 9-7 loss to SMU. The pass was Tackle Bill Ward In Running For Soph Lineman Of Year He’s the lightest man in A&M’s starting line and he may be the best too. Anyway, Aggie backers believe he’s the best sophomore lineman in the Southwest Con ference. The object of this attention is Bill Ward, a swift, smart, 202- pound sophomore tackle from Aus tin. FOLLOWING THE SMU battle here last Saturday, a bone-rattling brawl that the Mustangs won, 9-7, in the last 40 seconds of play, SMU athletic Director Matty Bell put his stamp of approval on Ward.” “He played a better foot ball game against SMU than did Texas’ Scott Appleton last week,” Matty proclaimed. Ward dealt the SMU backs a lot of misery all afternoon and he played with such reckless abandon Pre - Christmas Use Our Lay-A-Way CONVENIENT CREDIT TERMS SALE CONTINUES ^2 Carat WEDDING SET 14kt. Reg. $184.88 Now $139.50 14kt. 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He was credi ted with six tackles and five as sists. IT WAS HE and the Aggies’ other Ward (junior tackle Waylon from Mt. Pleasant) who trapped SMU quarterback Danny Thomas on the SMU 1-foot line once. Many Aggies thought is should have been ruled a safety. A consistent performer all sea son, Bill Ward made headlines during the TCU game when he blocked a Garry Thomas punt, scooped it up and ran for a TD in the 14-14 contest. THE TCU play - by - play man typed it this way: “Punt blocked, Ward picks it up at about 20 and goes in for TD. Ward also blocked it. Ward is a hero.” . . . During a interview this season Ward was asked if he looked for ward to playing any one team. “No sir,” he replied, “I don’t look forward for any of ‘em. I play scared. This is a serious game and I get very little fun out of it.” BILL ALWAYS wanted to go to the Air Force Academy and had an appointment but declined it when he found he couldn’t get the civil engineering courses he wanted. He found it at A&M and picked the Aggies over Rice and Texas. Oddly, his mother, an Austin school teacher, was graduated from Texas. “Actually, my parents didn’t want me to go to school in Aus tin,” Bill says. “They told me to attend school away from home and learn what life was all about, or something to that effect.” AGGIE COACH Hank Foldberg told writers before the season be gan that Bill Ward Was the best sophomore football player on his squad. “He made the transition from frosh to varsity football smoother than any football player I’ve been associated with,” Fold berg said. If Bill plays to his usual high standards against Rice and Texas, he’ll be in the thick of the ballot ing when the Southwest Confer- ehce’s Sophomore Lineman of the Year is selected. jFish Close Season Against Yearling The A&M freshman football team, winging away on a three- game winning streak, closes out its five-game schedule Saturday, Nov. 23 when it invades Austin to tac kle the Texas Shorthorns. After losing the season’s opener to TCU, 10-0, the Fish have rallied to win three straight, 27-20 over Baylor, 6-0 over Texas Tech and 19-6 over Rice. Lloyd Curington continues to lead the club in rushing. The half back from Houston has rushed for 166 yards in 34 carries for a 4.9 average. Quarterback Harry Ledbetter of Breckenridge is the top passer, having completed 13 of 21 for 142 yards and one touchdown. HekJ had no interceptions. End James Wallace of TejuJj City and halfback Ronnie Linfel of Hallettsville lead pass receive I with four each. Jerry Cox asi Robert Plsek have both score I touchdowns by snatching in aerials | in the end zone. Some of the top hands in tie] Fish line include Lindy Endsley.ij 6-6, 250-pounder from Waco; Jin] Wickerham, a 6-8, 210-pounil!il from Houston Lamar; Emil Fan,I 6-3, 190 from Spring Brand; I John Poss, 6-4, 195 from Southflaij Cliff; Gary Kovar, 5-11, 195, an:I Ken Lamkin, 6-0, 190 from Brown.] wood Early. Memo to Club Representative: In order to meet our deadline we must require that all club pictures for the '64 Aggieland be scheduled by December 13. You, or a representative of your dub should come by the Office of the Student Publications on the ground floor of the Y.M.C.A. as soon as possible to schedule your club’s picture. Needed for your page will be a write-in of your club’s purpose and activities (not to exceed 200 words), a list of officers, and the president’s or sweetheart’s picture (full page may use both). The costs are $55 for a full page and $30 for a half page. All pictures will be scheduled to be taken by Feb. 14; all material regarding club’s purpose, activities, and president’s and/or sweetheart’s pictures and payment will be handed in to Student Publications by the same date, Feb. 14. Pictures regarding the motif of the locale of the home town, or the purpose of the professional club, should also be turned in to add variety to your page. Sincerely, Wallace W. Migura Editor, Hometown Clubs Section Randall P. Smith Editor, Professional Clubs Section Assignment: match the performance of our finest automatic drive in a lighter, less expensive version! Result: A new Ford-built 3-speed torque converter—ideal “traveling companion” for our new, hotter, medium-displacement V-8 engines A completely new Ford Motor Company 3-speed automatic drive for 1964 delivers improved passing performance . . . smoother acceleration . . . better start-ups (up to 35% higher torque multiplication in Low) . . . more flexible down hill braking . . . quieter operation in Neutral. With the introduction of this lighter, highly durable and efficient transmission in 1964 Comet, Fairlane and Ford models, our engi neers have taken still another step toward putting extra pep per pound into Ford-built cars. Simplified gear case design and a one-piece aluminum casting result in a lighter, more compact transmission—one that has fewer components and is extremely easy to maintain. Built to precision tolerances akin to those in missile production, the new automatic trans mission is truly a product of the space age, and is typical of technical progress at Ford. Another assignment completed; another case of engineering leadership at Ford providing fresh ideas for the American Road. MOTOR COMPANY The American Road, Dearborn, Michigan WHERE engineering leadership brings you better*built cars Volum Plai day nigl Science tion for every T1 Mik cutting by a ere The the high in order Marlow Cam Reti 17 h With tl Friday, t had colie Peterson “C.O.’s to talk t most imj terson. Leading to be’’ pre has the 1 100% is ! Those cent are: Squadroi Squadron White Bi Squadron Squadron Squadron Squadron Company Squadron Corps Sb Other percentaj 3rd Brig Squadron 2nd Wini Law Hal Squadron Company Company Company Company Squadron Mitchell Mitchell Legett I Squadron Company Com pa Hart any Ha The t must be the cash Office in ians ma payment in the ci / Squa with Gate tion Stud !