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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, September 28, 1967
BAIT PICKS
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Sports Aplenty
Twins To Win
On Last Day
By GARY SHERER
SWC Roundup
Chicago White Sox manager Eddie Stanky was quoted
earlier this year as saying the American League was hav
ing a tight pennant race to keep football off page one.
As far as football-mad Texas is concerned, the tight
race failed to keep front page status. But in Minneapolis-
Paul, Chicago, Boston and Detroit the pennant scramble
news anywhere you go.
The Twins, White Sox, Red Sox and Tigers have been
involved in what has been the tightest American League
race in 20 years. What is more surprising is that in the
last decade it has been the National League that annually
staged the best pennant run while the AL usually had a
runaway.
This year it was reversal time! The St. Louis Cardi
nals ran away from what has become a mysterious NL
group. Last year, Los Angeles pulled out the flag, but this
year has had trouble keeping ahead of the NL expansion
bums, the Mets and Astros.
Because of the Cardinal romp, the American League
race has stolen the thunder from the senior circuit.
The White Sox have logged the most time in first place
for the total season thus far. The Pale Hose took over
on June 5 and held the lead until the second week in
August. The Twins have held it most of the time since
then with the Bosox grabbing a turn a couple of times.
Last night, the Twins played California, the Red Sox
U met Cleveland and the White Sox were hosted by Charlie
ft: Finley's troubled Kansas City club. Detroit had the night
off. All the contenders lost! Chicago was hurt the most
as they dropped a doubleheader to the last place Athletics.
As a result of that action, Minnesota holds on to the
elad with a 91-69 record. After this the situation gets real
sticky!
Detroit at 89-69 is one game behind the Twins as is
third place Boston at 90-70. The Tigers are in second be
cause they are one percentage point better than the Red
Sox. Hows that for closeness ? Chicago, who may have
blown their chances with the twinbill loss, is at 89-70 or a
me and a half back.
It now looks like the pennant will be decided in Minne
sota’s home park this weekend. Boston comes into Metro
politan Stadium in Bloomington, Minn, on Saturday for the
last two games of the year for both teams. Chicago and
k Detroit will finish their seasons at home with the White
Sox hosting Washington for their final three and Detroit
finishing up with four with California.
Yesterday, I would have picked the White Sox because
their top pitching. Last night, that theory was thwarted
as their top two pitchers (Gary Peters and Joel Horlen)
were both beaten. Detroit looks out also as they play the
Angels who will be loose because of no pressure on them.
This leaves the Twins and Red Sox. My choice is for
the Twins to take both games with Boston and take the
crown on the last day of the season.
Games
Sherer
Rowton
Grisham
Fuller
A&M at
A&M by
A&M by
A&M by
A&M by
LSU
10
6
6
7
Tech at
Texas
Tech
Texas
Texas
Texas
by 7
by 1
by 14
by 7
TCU at
Ga. Tech
Ga. Tech
Ga. Tech
Ga. Tech
Ga. Tech
by 12
by 7
by 3
by 10
Tulsa at
Arkansas
Arkansas
Tulsa
Arkansas
Arkansas
by 14
by 7
by 7
by 14
Navy at
Navy
Navy
Navy
Rice
Rice
by 1
by 10
by 7
by 2
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
at Purdue
by 20
by 21
by 14
by 14
USC at
Mich. St.
use
use
USC
Mich. St
by 4
by 7
by 4
by 10
Georgia at
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Clemson
by 14
by 7
by 10
by 20
Last Week
4-4-0
None
5-3-0
4-4-0
Season
4-4-0
3-1-0
8-4-0
6-6-0
By JERRY GRISHAM
The football armies of the
Southwest Conference pick up the
mangled vestiges of conference
prestige this weekend and charge
once more into the fray with the
aim of atoning somewhat for last
week’s bombing by outside teams.
THE SWC stands 1-8 in inter
sectional play at the present time.
With two teams idle this week
and two playing each other, only
four SWC elevens will be going
against outsiders this Saturday.
Even if all four come home with
victories the record will still
stand at a lowly 5-8.
The Aggies, of course, head for
the bayou and LSU for a renewal
of their rivalry. A sellout crowd
is expected for the 29th meeting
of the two schools. The Tigers
have won 16, the Aggies 10 and
there have been 3 ties.
AP Picks ND, Spartans
NEW YORK (A*)—What hap
pens when a football power such
as Michigan State gets a cold
towel thrown in its face the first
time out, as in the case against
Houston last week ?
Its morale can be shattered or
it can come back snarling. Our
guess is that Michigan State will
be a mean, cantankerous animal
against Southern Cal Saturday
in the blue-plate special. Last
Texas Aggie Starting Lineup
And Travel Plans Announced
The Texas Aggies will fly out
of College Station Friday after
noon and will work out at Tiger
Stadium at Baton Rouge late
that afternoon.
They will fly back to College
Station after the game.
The tenative starting lineups
for both teams have been an
nounced.
For the Texas Aggies on of
fense: WE—42 Bob Long (180),
WT-72 Dan Schneider (205),
WG—79 Mark Weaver (213), C~
56 Jack Kovar (195), SG-71
Maurice Moorman (241), ST—74
Rolf Krueger (227), SE-80 Tom
Buckman (214). QB— 10 Edd
Hargett (186), TB-27 Wendell
Housley (210), FB-29 Bill Sallee
(190), WB—81 Tommy Maxwell
(192).
For the LSU Tigers on de
fense: LE—89 John Garlington
(217), LT—71 Donnie Bozeman
(200), MG—61 Ronnie Manton
(220), RT—58 Carlos Rabb (230),
RE—91 Jerry Kober (195), LCB
—53 Ficky Owens (180), RLB—
45 Benny Griffin (205), RGB—27
Gerry Kent (170), LS—35 David
Jones (190), RS—30 Sammy Gre-
azaffi (170).
In last year’s meeting the
Tigers and Aggies battled to a
7-7 tie. LSU went on to a 5-4-1
record for the year. Last week
A&M lost a close 24-20 contest
to big, powerful Purdue in the
Cotton Bowl at Dallas. LSU
scored in the final minute to
come from behind and beat Rice
20-14.
week’s score: 41-12 for .774.
Season: 66-21, .758.
Michigan State 19, Southern
California 7: Wasn’t Duffy Dau
gherty thinking of the Trojans
when Houston slipped up on his
blind side ?
Notre Dame 21, Purdue 18:
The Boilermakers always make it
tough for the Irish but they can’t
stop Terry Hanratty.
Rice 25, Navy 20: The Owls
should find enough razzle dazzle
to offset Navy’s John Cartwright.
Georgia 17, Clemson 15: The
Bulldogs’ 200-pound ball-carriers
and 240-pound linemen tip the
scales in a rough, tough game.
Syracuse 19, West Virginia 7:
The Mountaineers will think Lar
ry Csonka is a seven-man line
that just shifted to a six.
Texas 14, Texas Tech 8: The
Tech Raiders, big and versatile,
could pull an upset but this looks
like the Longhorns’ year in the
Southwest.
UCLA 23, Washington State 7:
Gary Behan and Company will
be bidding to up their No. 4 na
tional ranking.
Princeton 17, Rutgers 10: A
renewal of football’s oldest ri
valry and it’s still one of the
closest.
The contest will put the nation’s
No. 4 passer, A&M’s Edd Hargett
against one of the toughest de
fenses in the Southeastern Con
ference. A&M Coach Gene Stall
ings reports that the Aggies are
improving and last Saturday’s
outing against Purdue seemed to
indicate that to be true.
will fill in at quarterback for the
injured Shelton. Hailey is con
sidered a better passer than Shel
ton although not as tough a run
ner and could prove wrong those
who said that Rice would be dead
without Shelton.
The Middies come off a 23-22
win over Penn St. and could prove
to be troublesome if the Owls can’t
develop an offense wtih Hailey.
Texas and Texas Tech take
some time off from the intersec
tional battles this week as they
battle each other in Austin.
The Longhorns are still trying
to convince everyone what year
this is but Southern Cal didn’t
buy it and after last week’s 52-0
performance against Iowa State,
the Raiders are beginning to see
cotton in their future and don’t
have time for Austin propaganda.
Not that the Raiders aren’t
taking the Horns seriously. It’s
been eight years without a win
over TU for Tech and besides the
Raiders would like to keep their
scoring average up.
SATURDAY night may well
be “do or die” time for the Aggie
squad. Three defeats in a row
has a way of becoming four, five
and so on, but a victory over the
tough Louisiana team could well
be a giant step on the road back.
When you think about TCU vs.
Georgia Tech this weekend it be
gins to look bleak again for the
SWC. The Froggies were bounced
along with the rest last week by
an Iowa team which wasn’t sup
posed to bounce anyone and now
it’s the Yellowjackets who love to
bounce everybody.
TEXAS TECH definitely has
something in quarterback John
Scovell. The senior helmsman led
the Raiders to their stunning win
over the Cyclones, scoring three
touchdowns himself.
Texas is still trying to de
termine whether “Super” Bill is
really “Super” or just another
good football player with almost
no superhuman powers.
Tulsa has hopes that Oklahoma
State set a precedent for Okla-
home teams last Saturday when
they edged Arkansas 7-6 at
Fayetteville because the Hurri
canes hope to do the same to the
Hogs this weekend in their
opener.
The Frogs show signs of the
offensive anemia which plagued
them last year, but Ross Mont
gomery, who rushed for 54 yards
against Iowa, and a new quarter
back, Dan Carter, show signs also
of being able to pump some iron
back into their bloodstream.
Rice sees intersectional action
this week as the Middies of Navy
sail into Rice Stadium. The Owls
are slight favorites despite the
loss of their quarterback, Robby
Shelton, in the LSU game.
ROBERT HAILEY, a senior,
THE PASS-MINDED Tulsa
squad is the top choice of the
experts in the Missouri Valley
Conference and what used to be
a laugher for the Hogs could
easily turn into a groaner.
Two SWC teams, Baylor and
SMU will take the week off and
just sit home thinking. The
Bears will be trying to figure the
best way to take Washington
State next week and the Ponies
will be thinking of some way to
cut down the huge Minnesota
squad they encounter Oct. 7.
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