The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1945 Page: 3 of 4
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week when they plowed under the
Kiddie Korps from College Station
by a 6-0 margin. The victory placed
Rice i$ second place with only a
half-game separating them from
Texas, currently setting the league
' pace.
Once again it was#the Bice for-
ward wall that rose up and stopped
Jhe opponents cold. The first half
waB a see-saw battle that saw both
.teams fighting back and forth with
neither gaining the upper hand,
i The second half was a different
story, however, and it was Rice's
game from then on. Featuring the
line-bucking of Bob Nemir—who, by
the way, will be £ unanimous choice
for All-Conference—the scat-running
of Walmsley and Keeney, and the
accurate chunking of Jess Mason, the
rampaging Owls rolled to a score
early in the third period, and except
for a slight scare when A&M was
knocking on the 6-yard marker, the
Blue §nd Gray were never headed.
The line, which has pushed heavier
forwards all over the field—such as
the heavier Texas, Arkansas, and
A&M lines—deserves most of the
credit for the Neely victory.
The great defensive play of Park-
er, Nelson, and Weatherly, and the
offensive play of Nicholson and Op-
rea were the features of the hard-
fought contest. The best picket work
done so far was turned in by ends
Bradbeer and McBride.
County Fair McBride caught the
all-important pass pegged him by
Jitterbug Jess Masdn and crossed
into paydirt, and Bradbeer played
the best ball he's - done this- season.
Although this tilt saw 194 yards
tolled off'by the officials, it was the
most cleanly played game between
these two teams in many years. Most
of the Rice penalties were for over-
anxiousness with the red flag falling
for offsides and backfield in mo-
tion. Even though sizeable gains
were called back as a result of these
penalties, it was the best officiating
this year.
This week-the Neely televen jour
Redhead. Mason will be at quarter
back, and Keeney and WalmBley or
Shelton at the halves.
The line will probably be the same
that started in the last contests with
Weatherly at the pivot, Nicholson
and Ogrea, guards, Parker and Nel-
son, taekles, and Bradbeer and Mc-
Bride on the wings.
The team will be pointing for a
Cotton Bowl bid and if they don't
get over-confident we'll be watching
them New Year's Day (unless
Southern Cal gets the Rose Bowl
bid). After growling all season that
Rice would be lucky to win a game,
the Houston sports scribes have
climbed aboard the Rice bandwagon
—so get aboard, li'l chillun, we're
going all the way!
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Cryin' Towel -- Owls
Are After Frogs
FORT WORTH, 21 Nov.—Recent
bogging down of the T. C. U. Horned j period to nullify Jess Mason's spec-
Frogs is easily explained, according tacular touchdown pass to Jack Mc-
By Bob Mivltle
Against a background strung with
tension, the Mighty Owls put an end
to the qine-year-old Aggie jinx by
downing the Cadets 6 to 0 Saturday
afternoon at Rice Stadium. The
game provided everything for the
record erowd of 30,000 that jammed
the stadium to witness the spectacu-
lar pigskin battle—broken records,
penalties galore, and too, it was one
of the longest games on record.
Above all it was one of the sweetest
victories Rice has won in a long
time.
In a first quarter that featured 79
yax'ds of penalties called, it looked
as though the Aggies were going to
run the Owls right out of the sta-
dium. Our highly vaunted running
attack was practically stopped cold
by a great Aggie forward wall, asnd
it wasn't until the second period that
we were able to rack up a first down.
It was in this first half that the
Cadet offense suffered the loss of
their quarterback and top passer,
Tom Daniel.
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A backfield in motion penalty j
reared its ugly head late in the third
By John J. Fox
SLIPPERY SLIMES AND WEST-
SIDE COUNTRY CLUB VICTORS
The Slippery Slimes went all the
way to beat the Maullers 12 to 0. For
the Slimes, Donaldson and Burke
were outstanding; Donaldson with
his calling the game and blocking,
and Burke in the scoring depart-
ment,
Burke took a pass from Woods in
the end zone early in the first pe-
riod for the first tally, and threw
another tally to Craig who went over
from the five yard line.
The Westside Country Club over-
came the mighty Rippers in a dead-
lock game by one penetration. Neith-
er team scored and the playing was
all done in each others territory ex-
cepting foi the one penetration of
the Westside Country Club. Mils^ead
was outstanding for the Clubbirs,
and Sonny Starnes for the Rippers.
Games scheduled for Wednesday,
21 November, will be cancelled be-
cause of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Also, the games scheduled for Sat"
urday, 24 November, will be can-
celled, so that every one may ven-
ture to Fort Worth to see the OWL-
FROG tilt.
The next intramural games will be
on Wednesday, 28 November, when
the Chem Engineers vs. Ramblers,
and the Tetering Tots take on the
i'-House Club.
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THE WORLD'S MOST HONORED WATCH
to Coach Dutch Meyer—no offense
and no defense!
"We haven'it-*been able to go, and
we haven't teen • able to keep the
other fellow from going—and there
you have it!" Meyer explains, j
"Of course, injuries have hurt us
badly. We have had from twcf to
foUr ends out since the Baylor game,
as well as numerous injuries to our
best men at other positions.
"Our ground game has bogged
down the last two weeks, our passing
has been ineffective, and We haven't
done +00 well at stopping our oppo-
nents. Outside of that we've done
all right!"
Bride. It was the first of the two
pass-snatching acts put 011 by Mc-
Bride and was good for 48 yards and
paydirt, but that red flag that be-
came so familiar to all was lying
back there on the turf. That marked
the end of the third quarter and the
score still stood at 0 to 0 as the two j
elevens swapped^goals.
The turning point came all top I
suddenly for the Aggies in. the final ;
frame as the Owls again took to the j
airlanes. It all begun after the Cli- !
max Kid, Huey Keeney returned
Goode's punt 20 yards to the A. & I
M. 31. After gaining a first down on j
the Aggie 25, Mason fired a pass to j
Keeney in the end zone but the ball 1
saw action played his heart out and
made Coach Neely proud of him by
his steady performance.
It's only appropriate to mention
here that this game marked the 1
final appearance of Ensign Bob Ne- \
mir 011 the Rice gridiron. Bob Ne-
ported for duty Sunday at San Bru-
! no, California. The "Whirling Der-
| vislv* will be remembered and missed
| for a long, long time—here's wish-
j ing you all the luck in the world,
Nemo."'
WINNER OF 10
WORLD'S FAIR
GRAND PRIZES,
28 GOLD MEDALS
AND MORE HONORS
FOR ACCURACY THAN
ANY OTHER TIMEPIECE
Not since 1924 have the Horned ! got away from him after Goode had
Frogs been goose-egged two weeks partially deflected it.
in a row. Texas had not held T.C.U.
! scoreless since 1931. As of the cur-
' rent week, Meyer-coached teams
. have been shut out in only 20
Horned Frogs, who last week went | (three of these se0reiess ties) out
down before the Longhorns by a | of 127 contests since 1934.
neys up to Fort Worth to play the'
three-touchdown deficit. Although
the Frogs lacked a scoring punch,
their ace passer, Leon Joslin hurled
27. passes, completing 15 of them
for 154 yards.
The TCU team managed a minus-
five yards in rushing against Texas
and their only main threat appears
to be Joslin. The Owls still have
much to be desired in the way of a
pass-defense but we can always pray
for rain. Regardless of the weather
up there, Rice will chalk up their
fifth win in a row.
The team figures to be in top
shape for the game with Red Ander-
son returning to the fullback slot.
This appears to be the best-filled
position with either Hoerster, Walm-
"All the pressure is off know,"
Meyer comments. -"We're down to
the simple fact that we're going to
ne^d—and need mighty bad—both
a better offense and a stouter de-
fense if we are to stand a chance
against those Rice Owls here Sat-
urday."
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on the 1945 schedule, th^co^ches
are hoping for no letup in the fight
the team has shown in the last six
contests* These last two tilts will
be as hard to win as the Texas and
A&M battles, and the Owls will
have a fight on their hands from
both teams.
The loss of Bob Nemir, who was
transferred to the West Coast by
the Navy, will handicap the team,
but Rice has capable resei'ves to
plug the gap.
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On the very next play Mason took !
the ball from center and this time |
shot one right over center to lanky j
McBride who grabbed it on the 10 i
and went all the way for the winning i
touch. Drawing a five-yard substi- I
tution penalty the Owls failed to !
convert as Bob Nemir's kick went!
low.
Now the Owls had to show what i
their line could do in the way of j
a stiff goal line stand as the Aggie
starting knocking in the waning
minutes that seemed so* terribly
1-o-n-g. The Rice fans practically
hung up tho reeciver as Hart's
fourth down pass hit two Aggie men,
the last one being Goode who raced
over the goal line, but the play
proved to be illegal and the Owls
took over—and the fans relaxed
once more.
In the final three minutes the
Rice ground game came to life with
Nwiir and Keeney sparking a drive
to the A. & M. 47 before the gun
went off. Now the Aggie eleven
could look dejectedly up at the score-
board where emblazoned for all to
see (Associated Press take note) it
read: RICE 6, TEXAS A. & M. 0.
The bruising Rice reserves defi-
nitely spelled the difference here
Saturday afternoon as they re-
fused-to give up to the rugged Aggie
line. To single out one outstanding
performer on the Owl eleven would
be impossible for every1 man that
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