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Thresher Sports Seers
Try Their Luck Again
by Thresher Sports Staff
The Southwest Conference football squads open the 1951
season this week with every team seeing action except Rice.
The phenomenal luck of the Thresher sports staff is hereby
pushed for another season.
Texas A&M vs. UCLA. The title
contending Cadets open their season
against the single-wing Bruins to-
night. Ray George's debut as an
Aggie coach should be a successful
one in a tight game. Texas A&M
28, UCLA 20.
Texas vs. Kentucky. The Wildcats,
fresh from a 72-18k warm-up win
over Tennessee Tech, should provide
very formidable opposition for the
split-T Longhorns' opener Saturday
afternoon. Ed Price's new offense
and inexperienced quarterbacks have
a little too much Parilli to contend
with. Kentucky 35, Texas 20.
SMU vs. Georgia Tech. The Mus-
tangs are one of the many dark
horses in the Conference scramble.
Georgia Tech badly needs a split-T
passer, and, against offense-minded
SMU, this need becomes acute. SMU
26, Georgia Tech 13.
Arkansas .vs. Oklahoma A&M. The
Cowpokes' squad is on the way up,
but the Hogs should also improve
their 1960 2-8 record. Otis Douglass'
split-T and T aggregation to take
a close one, 14-12.
Baylor vs. University of Houston.
Even Roy Cullen Day cannot sway
support from Larry Isbell, Don Car-
penter and Co. The Cougars should
be way up for the battle, but the
mural Tourney
Deadline Oet. 3
Intggmural tournaments in Touch
Football, Tennis Singles and Doubles
for man and women, and Volleyball
for women have been scheduled by
the Physical Education Department
for the month of October. Entries
for these tournaments close at 5
p.m., Oct. 3.
In November, tournaments are
scheduled in basketball for men and
women, handball singles, badminton
singles for men and women; table
tennis singles and doubles for men
and women; and squash. Entries for
these tournaments close November
7.
Brains may not have forgotten last
year's three-quarter scare. Baylor
21, Houston 7.
TCU v«. Kansas. Dutch Meyer's
1951 team should be an improved
one in the backfield, if not in the
line. The Horned Frogs, with Bar-
tosh, Fowler, and Floyd, to triumph
on their home grounds: TCU 14,
Kansas 7.
Baylor, A&M, Texas,
Are Teams To Beat
by Thresher Sports Staff
The Southwest Conference blows the lid off the 1951 foot-
ball season this week end, with Conference play due to start
October 6th. This year the teams can roughly be divided into
two categories, the contenders and the dark horses. In the
contender bracket are Baylor, Texas, and Texas A&M. This
leaves four dark horses to ~ . " T „i t s++i„ go™
,, , , , . Meyer at center, Jack Little, Sam
scramble the leaders, and inci- jyjosea) jjlo Nohavitza, and W. T.
dently, try to pick up all the Rush lead a good line. Defense and
marbles.
A fine textured oxford grey flan-
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BAYLOR
the old quarterback problem could
wreck the Aggie hopes. Gardemal
_ , . . , has always looked sufficient at the
y! 8JJr<T" ^aVe.. .!n '11* man-under post, but definitely not
flashy. Graves, Sikes, and Dollar, a
junior college transfer, all have de-
ficiencies. The Aggies are strong,
but how strong remains to be seen.
SMU
far and wide in the press. The
Bears have sixteen lettermen, in-
cluding ace Larry Isbell at quarter,
backs Don Carpenter and Dick Par-
ma, ends Harold Riley and Stan
Williams, tackle Ken Casner, guard
Bill Athey, and center Gale Gallo-
way. Sophomore Jerry Coody should
adequately replace Buddy Parker,
last year's star halfback. The Bears
solidly rate the favorite spot.
t TEXAS
SMU is now without Doak Walk-
er and Kyle Rote. Moz-e important,
perhaps, is the loss of seven tackles.
The offense is still thei'e, with Fred
Benners still in there chunking, and
fellows like Rusty Russel, Pat
Knight and Benton Musselwhite to
Texas has the powerful defense jjive him help on the ground. Ends
back, but badly need an experienced Bill Rippey and Ben White give
quarterback to guide them through Benners some good targets. Line
a. rugged schedule. Ben Tompkins problems .may derail the Mustang
developed rapidly last year, hut, un- train before it gets rolling.
der a new (split-T) system, can T.
Jones or Pan Page develop as rap-
idly? Solid performers like backs
Byron Townsend, Gib Dawson, and
Bobby Dillon, ends Paul Williams
and Tom, Stolhanske, linemen Jim
Lansford, Don Menasco, Don Cun-
ningham, Harley Sewell, June Davis,
and Jack Morton, are back to make
TCU
TCU is the most potent of the
dark horses from this corner. * Gil
Bartosh, sophomore Malvin Fowler,
and Bobby Jack Floyd, coupled with
Dutch Meyer's formations, give the
Frogs a potent attack. The loss of
the Moorman twins at the end posts
weaken the defense to the question-
the Longhorns strong contenders. #b]e statis But Bartosh and Floyd
The quarterback problem, not unique can deal Saturday misery to any
in the Southwest, remains to be solv- team jn the j ;
ed.
TEXAS A&M
Texas A&M should go places this
year. Bob Smith is still around for
one thing, to go with last year's
ARKANSAS
Arkansas is the darkest of the
dark horses. The Hogs have been
hurt in the backfield by graduation,
but the big Razorback line, with Bill
backfield of Glenn Lippman, Billy Jurney, Pat Summerall, Dave Han-
Tidwell, and quarterback Dick Gar- ner, Fred Williams, and Bob Griffin,
demal. Punter and runner Yale Lary is rugged again. At quarterback,
adds to the offensive punch. Hugh (Continued on Page 8)
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