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Page 4 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 18. 1964 Longhorns Bring Out Best Snell Smashes World Mile Stands In Poised Aggie Safetyman By LANI PRESSWOOD Sports Editor On Saturdays, Jim Willenborg is a good football player. On Thanksgiving Day he becomes a great one. Lining up against the Orange jerseys of the Texas Longhorns has always brought out the best in the veteran Aggie safetyman. In his sophomore year, Willen borg faced the Longhorns as an offensive signal-caller. His pass ing was sharp and his darts around end continually harassed Texas defenders. Though Texas captured the contest, 13-3, syndicated column ist Red Smith commented after wards that Jim was “the best back on the field.” Some of the Texas backs per forming in that game were Duke Carlisle, Ray Poage, Jerry Cook, and Tommy Ford. shot his receiver and Willenborg plucked it out of the sky and slid out of the end zone. The officials ruled that he had been over the end line when he caught the ball. Texas scored the winning touchdown a few plays later. Game films refuted the call. The current explanation being given by Texas supporters is that he didn’t have control of the ball when he went out. Inquiring reporters have asked Willenborg about the play time and time again. “I still think I was in bounds,” says Jim. “When I caught it, I just held it, I didn’t juggle it at all.” The 191-pound senior has been involved in big plays on the grid iron for some time. He started playing football in the seventh grade at Clifton, 30 miles north of Waco. JIM WILLENBORG . former quarterback now a topnotch safety. Coach Hank Foldberg shifted Willenborg to halfback his junior year, but midway of the season installed him at safety, where he has been ever since. AGGIES! Need lodging- or party rooms for the “Turkey Day Game”? Stay at Beacon Lodges on scenic Lake Travis. ECONOMY COMFORT PRIVACY Write or call Sam Sheppard (’61), for information and reservations. 5611 Adams Street, Austin, Texas, Phone: GLendale 3-7227 It was at this position that he turned in a stunning performance against the National Champion Steers last year. He intercepted two aerials which killed Texas drives and late in the fourth quarter figured in one of the most controversial plays in Southwest Conference history. The desperate Longhorns had inserted passing artist Tommy Wade to overtake the leading Ag gies. One of Wade’s aerials over- He and the game got along so well that by the time of his grad uation, he had racked up all-state honors on several of the annually selected teams. He also made the Super Centex team of the Waco Tribune Herald. He guided Clif ton to the Class A quarterfinals his senior year. Willenborg didn’t confine his talents to the football field, how ever. He was an all-stater in bas ketball, a topflight baseball hurl- er, and a relay performer in track. Every SWC school but Arkan sas tried to procure his services after graduation. A&M won the recruiting race and has never been sorry. Foldberg ranks the two - year letterman with the conference’s best. “Jim has real good football savvy, he continually tries to think ahead of the opposing quar terback. This and his fine ath letic ability enable him to keep in position.” The witty accounting major is due to graduate in May. To make it Jim is taking 37 hours this year, 18 of them this fall. He was recently selected to “Who’s Who In American Universities.” The Willenborg home is a house divided every Thanksgiving. Jim has two brothers and a sister at Texas and another sister who graduated from the Austin school. Willenborg is engaged to a Clifton girl and a spring or sum mer marriage is in his plans. Also in his plans is a football encoun ter in Austin next week. AUCKLAND, New Zealand UP>— Peter Snell of New Zealand, whose aim is to run a 3:50 mile, bettered his own world record with a clock ing of three minutes, 54.1 seconds Tuesday over a cinder track in Western Springs Stadium. Racing against an international field, the lean, 25-year-old Auck land salesman clipped three-tenths of a second off the mark set Jan. 27, 1962 on a grass track at Wan ganui. Two other runners broke] barrier in the fast-pai which saw Snell cross til line with 15 yards to spatJ 'ptdUi/te. pi ■923 Sa-ColUgaAvi-Bryt SPECIALS Regular Mexican Dinner—Fried! Rice, Tamales, Enchiladas, Taco] Choice Soft Tortillas or Crisp' las, Crackers or Bread. Reg. Price $1.00 Come Early 50c Thursday thru Sunday Casa Chapultepec — Chapulte _ 2 Locations To Serve You 1513 Colleve Ave — 413 KiwayC,] TA 2-9649 VI 6-9955 fPm “I always think we can beat Texas. I know I’d rather beat them than anybody. I hate Texas so much it may have been the reason I came to A&M.” Words like that make a coach’s job easy. AP Top Ten Poll (A*) The Top Ten with first place votes in parentheses and points: 1. Notre Dame (34) 433 Alabama (9) 400 Arkansas (2) 361 Nebraska 307 Texas 246 Michigan 235 Ohio State 185 Louisiana State 132 Syracuse 95 Oregon 32 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. A&M Basketball Preview Will Be Spotlighted Tonight ! Aggie basketball fans will be given a pre-season treat Wednes day night at 8 p.m. when the Var sity and Fish teams hook up in an inter-squa d battle at G. Rollie White Coliseum. Coach Shelby Metcalf said this has never been done at A&M be fore and that he was trying this as an experiment. The game will be played under actual competition conditions. There will be officials, the clock will be run, and both sides will wear their game uniforms. Three earlier contests have been ooooooooooooooooooo memo texas center _LL university BOX 5718 • COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS November IS, 1964 • OFFICE OF M. S. C. COUNCIL AND DIRECTORATE Dear Aggies: One of the finest opportunities for a completely different education is now availaole to Aggies and Maggies through the MSC Travel Committee. This different kind of education is a M Learn As You Travel Abroad” program. The Travel Committee of the Memorial Student Center nas several programs for students wiio want to live, travel, or work overseas next summer. If you are interested in tne possioility of spending next summer overseas you are invited to visit with tne Travel Committee tonignt at 7:30 in the Assembly Room of the MSC. Three distinguished guests will be present, each with a program for living or working overseas during tne summer vacation of 1965. The Experiment ih International Living furnisnes homes in Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia for the members of their program. You can become a member of a family for tne summer, living in their home. The EIL is one of tne most popular programs of this type today. The culture, the society, and the mores of your new "home” are only a part of the experience of living abroad. Operation Crossroads Africa is a working-type project. Last summer one of our Aggies spent the summer in Egypt teaching swimming to the children of Cairo. Other projects are available to fit your talents and a certain amount of free time is available for sightseeing. Summer jobs abroad will oe a limited program for Aggies who would like to work during the summer. With the co-operation of the MSC Travel Committee a limited number of jobs will be available in Europe next summer. Since this program will not be able to fulfill all applications for jobs, I suggest that if you are interested you make application tonight. Three programs, three opportunities to live, work, or travel overseas next summer. This is the chance to be a part of a program that is gaining in popularity year after year. Die time to do it is now while tne opportunities are still available. YOU CANNOT AFFORD NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE PROGRAMS. Ten Aggies who nave taken advantage of the program will oe present to answer questions and tell about their summers abroad. See you tonight at 7:30 in the Assembly Room of the MSC. Frank Ra^y, Chairman MSC Travel Committee held this fall in the daytime when fewer spectators were able to at tend. The varsity triumphed in each of them but was given a run for its money. The scores were 93-74, 70-67, 78- 73. In another experiment, the freshmen will be donned in color ful high-topped socks similar to those worn by the professional cage teams. The Brazos A&M Club will at tend the contest and consider it the main program for their regular meeting. There is no admission and all townspeople as well as Ag gies are welcome to get an early glimpse of this year’s ball clubs. THERMA-FAX SALES INC. Invites You To The Showing Of Its Latest Equipment Nov. 18 & 19 At The M.S.C. The Latest Electronic Equipment In The 3M Be Visual Communications System Will Be On Display! The Memorial Student Center, 2nd Floor 8:00 a. m.iif 5 : 00 p. m. See . . . How Transparencies From Nearly And Grip Material Can Be Made In 4 Seconds . . . Electrics Student Papers, Charts And Graphs, Lesson Outli* In Fact, Most Printed, Typed, Or Written Inforraa! Can Be Used. No Chemicals, Powders, Or Liquids Are Required See . . . The many and varied (50) classroom applications ill can be used in the following departments: Accounting, k Biology, Business Education. 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