The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 28, 1956 Page: 7 of 8
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, 1956
THB THRESHER
Seven
TCU EKES
WIN OVER
T.C.U. halter a 74 yard drive
on its 25 yard line with two
minutes remaining in the game
to squeak by the Rice Owls 20-
17. The Owls had taken over on
their own 2 yard line and march-
ed to the T.C.U. 21 behind the
passing of Frank Ryan. Ryan
hit John Held, G. F. Alsbrook,
Don Gee, and Dan Shuford all
the way down the field before
the Froggies rose up to squelch
the rally.
Rice scored first on an 80
yard behind the running of King
Hill, Ken Williams and Ray-
mond Chilton. Chilton scored
from the 3 and Jerry Hall kick-
ed the point. Late in the second
quarter the Owls moved to the
T.C.U. 20 on passes from Hill
to Bobby Williams and Ken
Williams and short bursts by
Chilton. T.C.U. held firm on the
20 and Hall came in to kick a
field goal to make it 10-0.
The Frogs took the kick-off
and in seven plays the 6core was
10-6. The big plays in the march
were passes of twelve and thirty-
three yards from Chuck Curtis
to Jim Swink. Buddy Dike drove
over from the two.
T.C.U. received the kickoff to
start the second half and
promptly moved 79 yards in 16
plays to put the Frogs ahead.
A fourth down 17 yard pass
from Curtis to O'Day Williams
*was the key play. Dike again
plunged over and Pollard kicked
the point.
Rice started on the 30 after
the kickoff and moved 79 yards
to pay dirt. A pass from Hill to
Gene Jones put the ball on the
OUT 20-17
OWLS
42 and from there Hill tossed
to Ben Williams for the tally.
Hall's kick made it 17-18.
The Frogs were not to be de-
nied though, and they stormed
60 yards to wrap up the scoring.
Passes from Curtis to Swink ate
up much of the yardage, with
Curtis scoring the big touch-
down. Pollard converted to bring
it to 20-13 and cinched a Cotton
Bowl bid for the Frogs.
Larry Whitmire, Batt Gorges,
Charlie Thompson and Gene
Jones were the Owls' outstand-
ing linemen.
o
Owlets Edge The
Baylor Cubs 10-7
The Rice Owlets edged the
Baylor Cubs, 10-7, last Thursday
to tie the Texas Shorthorns for
the unofficial SWC freshman
championship.
After throwing and fumbling
away several scoring opportuni-
ties in the first half and spot-
ting the Cubs a third-quarter
TD, the Owlets roared back to
win on Gordon Speer's 31-yard
field goal with 2 minutes and 11
seconds left in the game.
At the start of the season,
many predicted that the small,
27-man squad of Coach Charlie
Moore would not win a game.
Yet they snapped back from a
21-14 loss to SMU in their open-
er to sweep their last four con-
tests. The team certainly made
up in quality and spirit what it
lacked in quantity, and many
fine prospects will move up to
the varsity next year.
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SMU-TCU at Big D is the
little t—TCU was lucky to edge
the Owls last week; they cer-
tainly didn't look like a worthy
Cotton Bowl representative. SMU
couldn't penetrate past Baylor's
47-yard line last Saturday, and
they don't figure to do much bet-
ter against the Frogs. This lack-
lustre game probably will be won
by TCU.
Rice vs. Baylor at Waco —
Baylor's defense and ball control
were tremendous last week. They
have a great All-American guard
Bill Glass, and halfback Del
Shofner deserves All-Conference
recognition. On the other hand,
Rice has shown a strong offense
in its last five games, despite
losing three of them. Although
Baylor will be a heavy favorite,
we like Rice in this one.
The Saturday Special — a de-
vasting passing and running at-
tack sparked by King Hill, Frank
Ryan, Raymond Chilton, and
Ken Williams will lead Rice to
a win over Baylor in Waco.
Upset of the Week — a hard
charging line will contain Del
Shofner, and his Baylor cohorts
as the Rice Owls upset Baylor in
Waco.
From a biography of George
Washington by 7-year-old T. S.
Eliot: "And then he died, of
corse."
—H. Allen Smith's "Write Me
A Poem, Baby."
Owls In Waco
For Final Game
The Rice Owls meet the Bay-
lor Bears in Waco Saturday
afternoon in their final game of
the season.
This long rivalry has been ex-
tremely hard fought and even.
In fact it stands at a dead heat,
each team having won 17 games.
There have been two ties.
However, several times in re-
cent years the Owls have acted
as spoilers, knbcking the Bap-
tists out of championships or
bowl appearances. The last such
occasion was in 1954, when
Dickie Moegle single-handedly
kept Baylor from the Cotton
Bowl.
This year may be no excep-
tion, as the Bears, spoi-ting aI
gaudy 7-2 record, have high
hopes for a Sugar Bowl Ipid.
Their only loses are to Texas
A&M, 19-13, and TCU, 7-6.
Baylor's main asset has been
its defense, led by Bill Glass
who has already made several
All-American teams. The whole
line is big and rough, and the
Owl ground game is in for a
severe test.
Much of the Bear's offensive
punch was lost when Doyle
Traylort broke his leg. Had he
been able to play against TCU
|and the Aggies, Baylor might
now be SWC Champion, but. •
The chief remaining threat to
Owl defenders is Del Shofnerv
who has been perhaps the finest
halfback in the conference this
year. He owns a 91 yard punt
return against Nebraska and
leads the SWC in this depart-
ment, averaging 19.7 yards per
runback. He also owns the best
punting record, averaging 41
yards on 27 kicks.
As for Rice, the Owls looked
sharp on offense against TCU
Saturday, as they had against
the Aggies the week before.
Frank Ryan and King Hill pass-
ed for 161 yards against the
Frogs, who owned the top pas-?
defense in the nation. This seem.")
to imply that, while Rice doesn't:
figure to go through or around
the Bears, they have a good
chance of going over them.
Ten Rice gridders will close
out their college careers this
Saturday. Playing their last
game for the Blue and Gray
are ends John Held, James
Peters, and Don Gee, centers
I Jerry Harris and Albert John-
son, and backs Phil Harris,
Lanny Fife, Jerry Hall, Jack
Throckmorton, and Paul Zipper-
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