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Page 6 College Station, Texas Friday, September 24, 1965 THE BATTALION Tech Challenges TU By HAROLD V. RATLIFF Associated Press Sports Writer Texas Tech’s Red Raiders play the big one-for them — Saturday night at Austin when they open the Southwest Conference foot ball championship race against Texas. They will learn in a hurry whether they have reached the stature necessary for conference football competition. A team must beat Texas to know it has finally arrived. In five years of trying Tech has had its season ruined by losing to the Longhorns. The nearest they ever have come was 17 points. Most times the margin has been frighteningly wide. Tech looked good last week in SWC Sidelines TOM MURRAH, 185-pound Aggie guard, shrugs off his lack of heft with: “I don’t worry about my size. I realize I can’t overpower anyone so I concen trated on quickness and being in the right position to hit people.” A nephew of Cap Murrah, an Aggie immortal, Tom is com manding officer of his military company and made 6 A’s and IB last spring in compiling 60 grade points on 21 semester hours. A professional survey reveals that two million people tune into the SWC games brought to them each week by Humble, now in its 32nd year of broadcasting. This total does not include the thou sands whose ears are glued to the Arkansas network each week. ... In the past Rice has utilized a guard to share linebacking duties on a “rover’ basis. This year Jess Neely is utilizing an end, normally Bert Barron to add breadth and quickness to the linebacking patrol. In describing how Texas cov ered up its mistakes in the in augural with Tulane, Mickey (Houston Post) Herskowitz ob served that the Longhorns “buried their own mistakes, like a doctor.” . . . Texas’ David Conway hiked his string of extra point placements to 31 as he ran Texas’ game score to that figure in the shutout of Tulane. An oil portrait of the late Don Pierce has been hung on the north wall of the Kansas Memorial stadium press box that has been named in his memory. . . . Bay lor’s Harlan Lane caught more passes (9) than any other SWC player ever did in a season in augural, but he also was con spicuous with his blocking. In selecting Texas to win the SWC championship, Jim (Fort Worth Press) Browder paid his respect to the Longhorn defense by picking three players to make the all-SWC defensive team and two other defenders for all- Sophomore recognition. Texas did not have an offensive back chosen for either team and only Pro Basketball Set In Lubbock Texas A&M students who fol low their team to Lubbock for the Oct. 2 football battle with Texas Tech’s Red Raiders also will have a chance to see another top sports attraction. At 3 p.m. on that date, the St. Louis Hawks will clash with the Philadelphia 76ers in a pro basketball game at Lubbock Mu nicipal Coliseum. The football game is slated for 7:30 p.m. at nearby Jones Stadium. Havin' to Hustle to Make Your Dollars Go For Enough? Then, you better hustle on down to LOUPOT’S at North Gate and save on USED TEXTBOOKS while the supply lasts. All pur chases guaranteed. North Gate LOUPOT’S College Station Books-Supplies-Clothing-Laundry Service—and more beating Kansas 26-7 but the Raiders have looked good before only to fall to the power of Texas. Some hint that it’s as much psychology as football ability. Anyway, the Texas-Texas Tech game, with Texas a 13 point favorite, headlines the second week of the conference campaign. In the openers last week the league came off well indeed, winning six of eight intersection al games. one offensive lineman. . . . When Alabama lost and Texas won last week, Darrell Royal pulled all even with Bear Bryant as the winningest coaches in the ’60s with identical 48-6-2 won-lost- tied records. George Wright, who turned over Baylor sports information duties to Dub King while con valescing from two rounds of major arterial surgery, feels the medics showed little mercy in prescribing orange and white capsules. Then before he could shake the nausea, he was asked to start taking vitamin pills shaped like footballs, and colored, of course, burnt orange! Oklahoma State’s Phil Cutchin emerged from the Arkansas in vasion with a number of impres sions: (1) That Arkansas is better offensively than a year ago and (2) That his players must have thought it was an 8:30 game instead of a 7:30 one. (Arkansas led at half-time, 21-0). . . . When the SWC touring scribes stopped at TCU, they asked Abe Martin: “What is your greatest concern?” Martin answered: “Whether these young sters can keep working and im proving in the face of reverses.’ Remembering that TCU faced Nebraska last week, goes against Florida State this week and Arkansas the next, one under stands the Frog coach’s concern. There are only six of these games against the outside foes on the card Saturday but the league isn’t expected to score as highly, percentage wise, as last week. Arkansas clashes with Tulsa and the Razorbacks are solid two-touchdown choices. Baylor meets Washington at Waco and the Bears, who sur prised by whipping Auburn 14-8, are mild favorites. In the other four, though, the conference is expected to sink up to its armpits. Illinois has its 1964 backfield intact, including the great full back Jim Grabowski. Orioles Still Cling To Pennant Hopes SIMM wz Wz If you are Faculty or Staff we invite you to become a member of the ACADEMIC ROUNDTABLE Call Morris Stone 846-5573 after 4 p. m. Ir?^r?8virisvir^i;r8?ir7^r7»i[m>»ir?i^r7stfr7sfir/^ir78\ir7s^ry8\ir/siir7irs\^ Ag Guard Excels In Grades, Block SALLEE TO START SATURDAY Bill Sallee, 180-pound halfback from Midland, will start at weakside back ag-ainst Georgia Tech Saturday afternoon. He and injured Jim Stabler will alternate at the position. Southern Methodist, whose 7-3 victory over Miami last week was as much of an upset as Baylor’s triumph, journeys to Urbana, 111., to meet Illinois. The Methodists will find them selves seven point underdogs, al though the Illini started the sea son last week by losing 12-10 to Oregon State. Murrah Tabbed Tom Murrah, the Texas Aggie guard from San Antonio, not only may be the lightest starting line man in the Southwest Conference this season, he also may be the smartest. Murrah, at 185 pounds, is small by high school standards these days. But, approaching his senior season at Aggieland, he owns two varsity letters and currently holds down a starting defensive guard post. Murrah has a career academic grade point average of 2.77 out of a possible 3.0 for the past six semesters and has been nomi nated by Texas A&M for the Academic All-America football team. The stocky San Antonio lad shrugs off both his lack of heft and his mental prowess. “I don’t worry about my size,” he says. “I realize I can’t overpower any one so I concentrate on quick ness and being in the right posi tion to hit people.” During the past spring semes ter when he was toiling through a rough spring football session, Murrah carried 21 hours and com piled 60 grade points by posting 6 A’s and 1 B. weren’t playing football I'd able put off studying, tb I’d have time later to doj For All-Academic Rice, which beat Louisiana Tech 14-0 and couldn’t get much credit for it, can attain that objective Saturday if it knocks over the opponent of the week — well-rated Louisiana State. Rice and LSU clash at Baton Rouge with the Tigers 15-point favorites much to Rice’s dismay. The Tigers started last week by beating Texas A&M 10-0 but couldn’t score a touchdown un der its own power. Yet LSU is strong defensively and that may also be Rice’s long suit. This one looks like it might wind up a tie. The Aggies are in Atlanta bat tling Georgia Tech, which had a disappointing opening — a 10- 10 tie with lowly Vanderbilt. But Tech isn’t expected to play a tie with A&M — the Yellow Jackets are nine-point favorites. Texas Christian, which got smashed by Nebraska last week, hosts Florida State. The South ern visitors are 6%-point favor ites. By The Associated Press Is it possible? Do the Baltimore Orioles have any chance of overtaking the front-running Minnesota Twins in the American League pennant race ? “It’s not too late until you’re out of it,” said Orioles’ Manager Hank Bauer, “and my players certainly don’t feel they’re out of it.” The Orioles remained in it Wednesday by beating Min nesota 5-2, handing the Twins their third straight defeat and keeping them from reducing their magic pennant-clinching number below three — which seems to have become a tempo rary roadblock. DALLAS — Thirty-eight play ers, including Aggie guard Tom Murrah, have been nominated for the 1965 SWC All-Academic foot ball team that will be selected at the conclusion of the season by a panel of area sportswriters. Nomination for the team re quires a B average or better on optional periods: entire college career, either of the previous two semesters or both. Nominees for 1965 include outstanding scholars who are majoring in such de manding courses as pre-medical, pre-law, mechanical engineering, business, mathematics, pre-dental and chemistry. Among those achieving the highest marks are Center Randy Stewart of Arkansas, a mechani cal engineering major who has compiled a 3.82 grade average of a possible 4.0; Tom Murrah, A&M guard majoring in account ing, who has a 2.77 of a possi ble 3.0; John Scovell, Tech sopho more quarterback, 3.76 of a pos sible 4.0 (11 A’s and 4 B’s as a freshman); Dan Jones, TCU de fensive halfback who has a 3.6 of a 4.0 possible in pre-med work. The nominees are: GUARDS (4) — Tom Murrah, A&M; Jim Swanson, Rice; Gary Cooper, TCU; Benny Brott, Bay- lot. CENTERS (3) — Jack Howe, Texas; Randy Stewart, Arkansas; Edwin Blankenship, TCU. BACKS (15) — Jack Brasuell, Jim Lindsey and Larry Watkins, Arkansas; John Scovell, Tech; Donnie Oefinger and Ronnie Reel, SMU; Mike Adams, Jimmy Duf- fey, Dan Jones, Steve Landon and John Richards, TCU; Roger Mike Marshall, Eddie Whiddon and Richard Defee, Baylor; Chuck Latourette, Rice. LINEBACKERS (3) — E. A. Greshman and Olan Nelson, TCU; James Haney, Tech. Cougars Face Undefeated Cincinnati Wills Stealing Way To Dodger Flag ENDS (9) — David Anderson and Paul Becton, Baylor; Terry McWhorter, Tech; Bert Barron, Rice; Sonny Campbell and Ron ald McMillion, TCU; Dave Cor- der and Doug January, SMU; Gilbert Coats, Tech. TACKLES (4) — Roy Brown, Tech; Mike Moore, SMU; Larry Clore, TCU; Wayne Barginear, Tech. By The Associated Press The Los Angeles Dodgers have a new streak going — Maury Wills. He exploded out of a drastic base-stealing slowdown Wednes day night and ran the Dodgers a step nearer the National League lead. Wills, who had stolen only two bases in 19 previous games this month, stole three and scored after each theft — climaxing his efforts by carrying across the winning run on Lou Johnson’s llth-inning single as the Dodg ers overcame the Milawaukee Braves 7-6. HOUSTON <A>>—The Univers ity of Cincinnati, boasting a five- game winning streak, plays Houston, a team unable to score in its first two games this sea son, in the Astrodome Friday night. The Cougars approached the season with considerable fanfare centered on Warren McVea, a 173-pound halfback rated by some as the best broken-field runner in Texas high school history. But the San Antonio Negro, the first of his race to play for a major Texas college, has been unable to get going. As a result, Houston hasn’t scored this season. It was beaten by Tulsa 14-0 and by Mississippi State 36-0. In fact, the Cougars haven’t scored since they were beaten by Cincinnati, the Missouri Valley Conference champions, last year 20-6. The game is the only one in volving major colleges on a sparse Friday night schedule. Cincinnati compiled an 8-2 record last year and began this season by whipping Dayton 28-0, holding the Flyers to 79 yards total offense and minus one on the ground. The Fountain Of Ellison’s Pharmacy Is Under New Management Now Aggie Owned and Operated CARROLL ENLOE Invites Everyone To Visit The New CARROLL’S CORNER Join Us At The Happy Hour 9-10 P.M. MONDAY - SEPT. 27th THROUGH SUNDAY - OCT. 3rd All The Coffee You Can Drink For Only 5 CENTS A top military student at Murrah is commanding offi the athletic company, was sergeant last year and u\ outstanding military soph two years ago. He faces two years of? in the Army following Ms; ation but plans to do gti work in accounting and! once his milittary tour is pleted. 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