The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1944 Page: 3 of 4
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Last week-end the Southwest Con-
ice opened its football season
with four large bangs—two inter-
•ectional clashes and two games
With army teams here in the state.
Two teams at least gave notice-to
fwtdre opponents that they will be
towgih up to the final gun. The oth-
~er two which had their first public
showing against outside competi
tiqn, Eice and A & M, still revealed
little or nothing about their poten-
9:- tialities.
But two conference teams are as
yet among the unproven. Texas, the
favorite of the so-called experts,
was idle last week, but enough in
* formation has leaked out from
scrimmage sessions in Austin to
give a pretty good idea that the
Longhorns will be hard to get along
with. The Mustangs, on the other
hand, are still to be considered dark
horses. Some enthusiastic reports
have come from Dallas, but indica-
tions are that the S. M. U. coaching
I CSS Staff is not letting anything out
. * until information can be concealed
no longer.
The Answer
v Last week I was still wondering
, whether our own team's offense was
very good or whether the defense
was just no good at all. No one was
more pleased than yours truly when
the result of Saturday night showed
that the defense is quite good-—ex-
cept where it feces a passing at-
tack. The pass defense, it must be
recognized, is very leaky. But a-
. gainst a ground game the OWLS
showed promise of great strength.
Of course, we had small opportuni-
st ty to see the secondary as "a defen-
sive unit} the line just did not let
the flyers get that far.
A far more speedy -running at-
tack in general annd backfield in
particular were' the outstanding
points of interest Saturday night.
; And while George Walmsley took
, / care of his full share of the run-
ning attack, there were also others
who showed up to great advantage.
Frank Lawrence and .Bill Scruggs
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Ladies Ready to Wear
were handling the ball with great
dexterity and both were running
with a commendable amount of
drive. Scruggs has picked up a lot
of speed and handles broken field
sprinting in a way which leaves
little to be desired. Carl Russ hand-
led his assignments like a veteran.
Indeed, the work of Russ and Coffer
left everybody yelling for more. An-
other outstanding ball carrier was
Fred Toan, whose speed in catch-
ing the touehdown-ibound Banie-
wicz will long be remembered.
In The Line
The line as a whole turned in a
splendid performance. Nick Nichols,
Harold Tate and Johnny Cox form-
ed a solid wall in the center of the
line through which the flyers could
not penetrate. Bob Zelsman, Bob
Smith, Charlie Hohn, Dan Daven-
port, Bruce Bradbeer, George Grin-
ninger, ani Phil Swatzell held down
their pos^jwell also. In fact, if I
stopped to talk about everybody
who played an excellent game Sat-
urday night, it would take a good
deal more than the available space.
But there is still plenty of room
for improvement and no reason-for
too much optimism, even after that
57-0 score. If it had been Texas
University on the small end—a re-
sult much to be desired—things
could be considered in another light.
But his is no time to lose sight of
the fact that the worst is yet to
come.
Prospects
•Part of the worst will arrive here,
in just two days in the form of the
Randolph Field Ramblers from San
Antonio. The Ramblers are big and
tough, and their talent includes ev-
erything from college stars on up
through All-Americans and pro grid
standouts.
The Ramblers' starting line aver-
ages 207 pounds, and substitutes
will not cut that average downf The
club is well- balanced and very ex-
perienced, quite capable of taking
advantage of an opponent's mis-
takes. Their strong passing attack
will no doubt prove all too effective.
This Week-End
Friday and Saturday every con-
ference team goes into action. In a
night game Friday, Arkansas in-
vades Oklahoma City to try its luck
against Oklahoma A&M. On Sat-
urday five clashes are scheduled.
Texas goes into action for the first
time, meeting Southwestern Uni-
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MEET YOUR FRIENDS
visit
THE CHICKEN SHACK
A free bowling party will be j
en for the NROTC and V-12 tr
ees and their dates on October
at the Recreation Bowling cexi
across from school. The alleys will
be taken over by the Navy at 7 pm.
and will have them from that time
until closing.
This party was made possible
through the courtesy of Mr. Fred
Magee, who generously turned over
the alleys for- the men and their
dates. Lt. Greenwald wishes to ex-
press his appreciation for* this kind-
ness through the Thresher.
versity in Austin. S. M. U. also en-
tertains its first opponent, North
Texas Agricultural College; while
in Fort Worth, T. C. U. meets the
South Plains Army Air Field. Tex-
as A&M goes to San Antonio to play
Texas Tech in Alamo Stadium, and
we all know what is on the card
here.
Since no one has accepted my in-
vitation to help out with predictions,
here are mine for the coming games.
Randolph Field over Rice—1 would
enjoy eating my words on this one,
but I am very much afraid I will not
have to.4 T. C. U. over South Plains
A. A. F., Texas over Southwestern,
S. M. U. over N. T. A. C., Texas
A&M over Texas Tech.
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RICE OWLS—
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Walmsley, Lawrence, Sheffield, and
Parrish in the backfield slots.
Also expected to see plenty of
service, however, are ends Bob
Smith and George Grininger, ta-
kles Truman Wright and Charlie
Hohn, centers Red Crisman and Dan
Davenport, and Bill Scruggs, Buddy
Russ, Fred Brechtel, and Walter
Coffer in the backfield.
The Ramblers
The star-studded Randolph Field
roster contains so much talent that
it will be difficult for Coach Frank
Tritico to pick a starting combina-
tion. Among those who will be pres-
ent Saturday night, whether they
start or not, will be men who have
won , All-America, All-Southwest,
All-East, All-Service, and All-Pro-
fessional honors.
A few of the schools represented
are Rice, Texas U., Texas A&M,
Tennessee, Drake, T. C. U., Baylor,
Notre Dame, Alabama, Virginia,
Holy Cross, and Detroit—^to men^
tion only a* few. Also present will
players from such professional clubs
as the New York Giants, the De-
troit Lions, the Brooklyn Dodgers,
the Philadelphia " Eagles, and the
Pittsburg Steelers.
Probable starters, however, in-
clude Harold Newman, 210-pounder
from Alabama and Jack Russell,
Sl5, from Baylor at ends; Martin
Ruby 245, formerly of A&M and
Walter Merrill, 215, of Alabama and
Brooklyn at tackles. The guard slots
will be filled by Jack Freeman, 195,
Texas U. and Delbert Davis, 175,
San Marcos Teachers. T. B. Robin-
sons, 200, who played with Brooklyn,
probably will get the noli for the
center post.
At the present writing the only
starting back known is Bill Dudley,
well-known because of his All-A-
merican record. Pete Layden of Tex-
as, Dippy Evans of Notre Dame, and
^Hby Ciefers will probably join
him.
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Language is the armory of the
human mind; and at once contains
the trophies of its past and the
weapons of its future conquests.
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By Joplin
The OWiLS came out of the first
game with only one injury, Fred
Toan, who broke his collar bone,
will likely be out for the season.
The civilian members of the team
went through a light workout Mon-
day, while the Navy trainees were
drilling. Coach Neely has lots of
heavy work planned for Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday with the
stress on passing and pass defense.
The Blue and Gray showed up ex-
ceptionally well in the game Sat-
urday, The backs were running and
handling the ball smoothly while the
line blocked well. The fact that we
did not fumble even once during
the game shows how thoroughly the
back have learned their assignments,
because the ball is handed off or
laterelled on almost every play.
Walmsley, Scruggs, Russ, Mason,
and Coffer were in their very best
form when they broke away for
long runs. Both Lawrence and Brec-
tel handled the ball well and com-
pleting several long passes.
The de^gnse work looked good but
then you have to consider that
GAAF's offense was way below par.
Both the firsj| and second string
lines proved far too tough for the
Aii-men. On their passing plays
(which were the only ones on which
they made any appreciable yard-
age) the passer was very laished.
Undoubtedly they would have com-
pleted many more of their passes
if the line hadn't rushed them so
fast. Our line will have its first real
test Saturday for Randolph has a
line averaging well over 200 pounds
and full of ex-college and profes-
sional stars.
The victory was so easy that
Coach Neely didn't use but a few
of his many plays from the "T". He
used just one pass play and about
five line plays. We can expect many
surprises when Randolph visits us
Saturday night.
From any normal person's view-
point the odds are against us, but
we will have an inspired team play-
ing for us, who will be doing their
best to win, so let's not be too pes-
si mistic about the final score.
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