The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1943 Page: 3 of 4
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By Mildred McCall
Now that football season is offi-
cially over, climaxed by the R Ban-
quet last night, we can take a short
look backward and go on to basket-
ball and post-season games. It has
been, on the whole, an interesting
season, and one in which our team
has come a long way. The difference
in the eleven players who took the
field against Randolph, and the
group who played in the latter part
of the season is the difference be-
tween some willing but woefully in-
experienced boys and a football
team. Of course, the mistakes they
made were still evident last Satur-
day, but they were far fewer than'1
before, and a rain-soaked ball ac-
counted for many of those.
Among the highlights of the year
were the Rice vs. Texas Tech and
Rice vs. Arkansas games. In both,
our team showed up well, and once
again proved that a good coach can
do wonders with willing players.
Probably the best game, from the
standpoint of good football, was the
SLI vs. Southwestern tilt here on
October 23.
Ex-Owls have done well in other
THE GOLDEN EGfc
(or He Lost His Pants in the Rush)
TCE upon a time, three little boys
were walking home from school.
Their names were Gustav, Bobby -
and Johan. As i they walked
f along, tB^'saddenly spied a golden
egg lying on the sidewalk. All three
immediately made for the beautiful
egg, but as they began to run, Gus-
tav discovered he had forgotten to
put on his pants that morning and
had to run home and get them. While
he was gone Johan beat Bobby-Wob-
by to the egg, and took it home. The
next day Gustav's mamma and papa
came over to Johan's house and
claimed that Gustav had had his
pants on all the time, but he just
didn't know it.
rE RESULT was that now Johan
and Gustav will have to race af-
<ter the egg again, and Bobby-Wobby
must play too, so if everybody jumps
out again like they did last time, Jo-
han will again get the golden egg.
.The moral of this story is:
VOTE FOR KIVLEN
AND STOP THIS QUIBBLIN'
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conferences. Bob Brumley led the
Big Six in scoring, with 79 points,
and was fourth in the nation. Char-
ley Malmberg has received an invi-
tation to play in the East-West
game, an invitation which unfortu-
nately he cannot accept. In the big-
gest league of all, ex-Rice stars like
Dan Coffee, Ed Singletary, Ollie
Cordill, and too many others to men-
tion, are giving us reason to be
proud.
The SLI vs. Randolph Field game
in San Antonio last Saturday was
one well worth seeing, despite the
adverse conditions under which it
,was played. The field had been the
scene of a game the night before
and was a sea of mud; the day was
c&ld and rainy, and a driving wind
whipped down the length of the field
from the north end. It was into this
wind that Alvin Dai'k made his best
kick of the game. Although by no
means the longest, that kick was
the one which set Randolph in its
worst hole. When the ball finally
died on the Ramblers' two-foot line,
Glenn Doibbs made his big mistake;
on the next play he called a pass—
which Fred, Jac<5ibs intercepted on
the eighteen and C&rried over the
goal-line behind the fine blocking of
.his team. That fine blocking, which
continued throughout, and the splen-
did handling of punts by Dark, both
•on offense and defense, were the
features,of the game. Dark managed
to kick out of bounds most of the
time, and the rest of the time kept
the ball out of Dobbs' side of the
field. Receiving punts, the ex-LSU
star was all over the field. Dobbs
seemed unable to avoid kicking into
his arms. And when he got the ball,
Dark was a dangerous man to han-
dle. He caught it at a dead run and
picked up his interference as he went
along. That was the game. Some ru-
mors are drifting around that Ran-
dolph outplayed SLI. They are just
rumors!
- The bowl games coming up on
January 1, 1944, are not far off
that "it; is "not permissible to discuss
them. Probably, the best of the lot
will be that played here in the new
Oil Bowl between SLI and Arkansas
A & M. The two teams have met
once before this year, coming away
with a 20-20 tie, with which neither
The best gifts
of all.
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When you can't think of any place to go
THERE'S ALWAYS
NICKEL JOE S
FOR A BARBECUE SANDWICH
BOB BRUMLEY
was satisfied. That is the only dull
spot on the SLI record, while Ar-
kansas A & M was defeated 7-0 by
Southwestern at a time when four
of the Aggie stars were in the hos-
pital. As there is no love lost be-
tween the two, this second meeting
promises much. SLI, however, may
have the winning edge • in Weldon
Humble and Vincent Buckley, nei-
ther of whom played in the first
game, and J. W. Magee, who had
not worked out during the week be-
fore it. Houston was very lucky in
securing this game. What really
made it possible was the blindness
of the Sugar Bowl officials.
In the Cotton Bowl, Texas, South-
west Conference champion, tangles
with the powerful' Randolph Field
Ramblers from San Antonio. The
Ramblers have the more experienced
team and the invaluable leadership
of one Glenn Doibbs, who this year
is as All-American as he ever was.
The Sugar Bowl and the Orange
Bowl will have to take a back seat
this time, although both will be
good games. Georgia Tech and Tul-
sa should provide New Orleans with
a show, while LSU and A & M, who
have played before, could startle
everybody with a wide-open game.
I think they will finish like this—
OIL BOWL: SLI over Arkansas A &
M in the best game of the day.
COTTON BOWL: Randolph Field
over Texas. Glenn Dobbs is a great
football team and there will be
ten others on the field with - hfm.
Twenty-one man will be hard to
beat.
ORANGE BOWL: A & M and LSU.
It looks close—I'll say the Aggres.
SUGAR BOWL: Georgia Tech over
Tulsa—better team, that's all.
CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS
I want to express my thanks to
all those who supported me in the
primaries and I will appreciate
your and your friends' support in
the run-off.
1 also want to comment on the
sportsmanship that was shown in
the primaries. It has been a pleasure
to participate in this election.
My thanks are due also to the
Thresher for this space.—Sincerely,
G. A. Gunn.
Stuff
(Continued from page 2)
Jack Shirley to the OWLS dance. By
the way, Mollie Alexander has a date
with "short-stuff" Bill Henry to the
same affair.
Phil Robinson seems to have more
than a passing interest in Ann Lan-
drum. Say, why was Sweetie Gar-
rett at Evelyn Burke's house in his
pajamas Saturday night? Mary Jo
McGinnis was there too—smoking a
cigar.
JOHN MILTON SAID:
"Those also serve, who only stand
and wait."
BUT WHO WANTS TO WAIT?
. ELECT
C. A. GUNN
Frosh President Now!
To my past supporters, I wish to
express my deepest gratitude for
your loyal support. I know you will
be behind me in the coming run-off.
To my new supporters I offer my
platform and statement of civil pol-
icy: ,
Gas in every tank,
Money in every bank,
A steak in every pan,
Ten gals for every man.
This is the New Deal proposed by
your man, my man, everybody's man.
—Phil Robinson.
I just want to thank all those guys
and gals who supported me in the
last election, and I hope that they
and others will vote for me again in
the run-off. In return, I promise hap-
piness for everyone, everywhere,
now and forevermore. Amen.
—Ann Martin.
Hey there, Freshmen!
I want to thank you for your votes
last Monday and tell you that I ap-
preciated them so very much! I hope
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you will support me again In the
ron-off.
Let's everybody vote Monday and
make our freshman class the best
one ever.
Thanks to the Thresher for this
space. —Sara Nan Snoddy.
STANDINGS
Final Conference Standings
Team W. L. T. Pet. Pts.Ops.
Texas
A & M ...
Rice
SMU
TCU
Arkansas
Team
Texas
A & M
Rice
TCU
SMU
Arkansas
0 0 1.000 185 20
0 .800 81 27
0 .400 33 103
0 .400 44 56
0 .200 26 92
0 .200 21 92
Season's Standings
W. L. T. Pet. Pts.Ops.
...... .. 7 1 0 .875 270 47
4 1
2 3
2 3
1 4
1 4
.833 170 46
.300 60 189
.250 71 146
.222 69 115
.222 105 191
Leading Conference Scorers
Player, Team, Pos. td pat tp
Ralph Park, Texas, hb 8 12 60
J. R. Callahan, Texas, fb 8 4 52
S. Turner, A&M, fb 5 15 45
Bob Rados, Texas, hb 7 0 42
Jim Hallmark, A&M, hb 6 0 36
A. Baldwin, Arkansas, e 5 0 30
Jim Lucas, TCU, qb 4 1 25
J. Burditt, A&M, hb 4 0 24
R. Ellsworth, Texas, hb 4 0 24
Bobby Coy L#e, Texas, fb 3 2 20
B. Sheffield, Rice, hb 3 0 18
M. Flanagan, A&M, qb 3 0 18
B. Jones, Arkansas, hb 3 0 18
D. Carter, TCU, fb 3 0 18
C. D. Allen, SMU, fb 2 1 12
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