The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 30, 1963 Page: 7 of 8
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30, 1963
THE THRESHER
Seven
OWLOOK
Owls' Stellar Austin Performance
Leads To Bowl Game Speculation
To win big in football, you have to be good, you
have to be spirited and you have to be des-
tined. Saturday night in Austin the Owls put it
all together except destiny.
Now all that stands between the mighty Long-
horns and that mythical, but oh-so-elusive, national
championship is a king and ten men. The king is
Don Trull, ruler of the airways in the Southwest
Conference. The ten men are his Baylor team-
mates.
TO BORROW a phrase from Bill Little, sports
editor of the Daily Texan, the Longhorn pass de-
fense has the quality of grade A Swiss cheese—
full of holes. Texas, mighty Texas, will fall before
the month is out.
But if you want to read about Texas, you can
subscribe to the publication mentioned above. The
football season here at Rice is only half over.
ALL THAT STANDS between the Owls and a
bowl game on New Year's day is five more games
in a conference that has more upsets than the
stomachs in the Anacin commercials.
It was once said of a little girl in a nursery
rhyme: "When she was good, she was very, very
good; but when she was bad, she was horrid." The
Owls have been horrid only once. Those who saw
them against LSU or in Austin know that they
can be very, very good.
COACH JESS NEELY, when asked to point out
the most impressive things about the Owls so far,
listed the intangibles—the support of the student
body, the spirit of the team, the leadership of
the two captains and all of the seniors. Then he
mentioned one very tangible item—Malcolm Walker.
To these things we would like to add several of
our own: the linebacking, the ends, the passing, and
an extra-special phenomenon—goal-line defense.
A very easy way to get into an argument around
the land of the Owl is to suggest that there exists
a better football player than Mai Walker. Team
Russel Wayt with him, and you have superb line-
backing, by definition.
ALTHOUGH THE RICE fans have become ac-
customed to it over the years, the performance of
Red Bale's ends is again noteworthy. Kelly, Syl-
vester, Barron, Calihan, et al, not only catch passes
spectacularly, but they defend the Rice flanks
better than the LCB protects under-age youths
from alcohol.
There might be two better passers in the league
than Walter McReynolds — Baylor's Trull and
Rice's Hollingsworth. There also might be two bet-
ter passers in the league than Benny Hollings-
worth—Baylor's Trull and Rice's McReynolds. All
of which is just pointing out the obvious: Rice has
two very good passers.
THERE ARE TIMES when a football team
ceases to be eleven men and becomes one unit.
Three times the Owls welded together spectacu-
larly Saturday night with their backs to that last
white line. Every armchair quarterback knows that
those last ten yards come the hardest. For Texas
they simply didn't come. It is hard to pick heroes
from a collection of supermen, but we must salute
Larry Stewart and Richard Bowe along with Wal-
ker for magnificent performances.
But there are two blemishes that stick to the
Owls closer than their nylon game pants. One is
the sometimes nearly non-existent running game.
The other is the slowly disappearing tendency to
give the football to the other team. If Rice could
move the ball on the ground as easily as they do
in the air, they'd need a University computer to
keep up with the score. And if the lost fumbles
and intercepted passes could be eliminated
SO THE OWLS stand in third place in the South-
west Conference with all'their faults and virtues.
But there are five games remaining and where the
Owls will go from here is not for mere mortals to
predict.
Coach Neely, in considering the remainder of the
Rice football schedule, remarked that all the con-
ference games are about the same—which is like
saying that any stick of dynamite can blow up
in your face.
ALL THIS MEANS is that it's up to those boys
who pull on the blue uniforms for ten Saturdays
in the fall. Or more specifically it's up to the
pride they have.
Pride is as hard to pin down as John Roderick
in an open field. But it's something that makes
you make sure that you're ready for all the games
—not just the big ones. And it's something that
won't let you be satisfied with only carrying out
your assignment 90 percent of the time. And it's
something that turns your insides at the thought
of letting yourself or your teammates or your
classmates down by giving less than your best.
The Owls can be very, very good. The Rice foot-
ball season need not end on November 30 if the
Owls have the pride to play up to their ability.
—JOHN DURHAM
Rice 27 Texas Tech 7
Powder Puffs Clash In Jones Bowl;
Upperclass Girls To Defend Record
By PAUL BREWER
The real question of who is
number one will not be decided
until Thursday night. The two
giants of the football world—the
Powder Puff Powers — clash
head-on in one of Rice's most
featured games of the season.
Only on Jones Field at 4:30
can one see the likes of LaMotta,
Bertch, Stooksberry, and Layne
collide with Barry, Green, Charles
and Doyle.
WATCH FOR the Jr.-Sr.'s fan-
tastic running game. They are
famous for running reverses, run-
ning double reverses, and run-
ning into each other.
Nancy Stooksberry will lead
the upperclass team as quarter-
back. With her passing arm cock-
ed and throwing in the Sammy
Baugh tradition, the Jr.-Sr.'s hope
to keep their perfect record in-
tact.
KAY LAYNE, a fifth-year ar-
chitect, will be making her fifth
appearance in the annual classic.
Lou Bertch and Margaret Stevens
add their speed and experience to
the upperclass backfield. Patty
Shelton, up from the Soph team,
is also heavily counted on.
The Freshman-Soph team, led
by Brenda Barry and Jean
Charles, will field a backfield that
should match the upperclass girls
in every aspect. Linda Green will
handle the signal calling chores.
Bev Gatlin, playing in the Doak
Walker tradition, and Ann Miller
should keep constant pressure on
the defense.
THE LINE PLAY should sep-
arate the girls from the jocks.
The upperclass line features jun-
iors Del Goldsmith, Norma Fiske,
and Carol Howell along with sen-
iors Nancy LaMotta, Susan
Bridges, and Jane Scarborough.
The challengers supply fi'esh-
men Susan Slaughter, Eileen
Doyle, Jean Starling, and Susan
Norris along with sophs Mary
Frossard, Brenda Barry, Susan's
sister Jean Slaughter, and Jean
Charles.
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Keilin, Eugene. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 30, 1963, newspaper, October 30, 1963; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244897/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.