The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 6, 1948 Page: 7 of 8
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THE THHESHEP
Seven?
Razorback
Threatens
The largest crowd ever to see an
Arkansas University home football
game, some 35,000 fans, is expected
to be on hand this afternoon when
the Rice Owls attempt to shatter a
jinx before it gets a strong foothold.
Although Rice holds a big edge
the series, having won 16 times to
Arkansas' 5 with 2 ties, the every-
other-year trip to the Ozarks is on
the verge of blooming into a first
rate jinx. You probably recall how
the flock flew up into the hills for
the '46 encounter leading the league,
lost a muddy battle when a pass
interception runback by Hoffman,
Porker fullback, scored the game's
only TD, and had to share the title
with the Hogs.
But the 1944 tussle was the one
that started it. The Owls had knock-
ed off S. M. U. and Texas to take a
commanding lead in the conference
Jinx
Owls
Seven Present
At First Frosh
Basketball Session
Seven men were present last Mon-
day as Coach Don Suman issued the
call for the Blue Bolt basketball
team, and at least three more are
expected after football season is
over.
Reporting were Pete Runnels of
Lufkin, Joe Wheeler of Highland
Park (Dallas), Earl Bellamy and
Tom Wharton of Lamar (Houston),
Ralph Grawunder of Reagan (Hous-
ton), Leonard Childs of Jeff Davis
(Houston), and Marion Froehlich of
Milby (Houston). Freshman grid-
sters .expected out are Sonny Mc-
Curry of Wharton, Bill Howt6n of
Plainview, and Gene Silver of Har-
lingen.
The Bolts will meet before the
varsity each day.
when, led by George Walmsley and
Bucky Sheffield, they entered the
Razorback lair heavy favorites.
Near the end of the first half,
with the score 7-6, Rice, the first
sign of "S*fcke-bite" appeared. With
the ball deep in Rice territory,
Walmsley broke loose and set sail
down the side lines for the touch-
down that would give the Owls a
commanding lead. But he never
made it. Mike Schumchyk, 6 feet, 4
inch Hog end, set out after him.
Mike chased George for 80 yards,
but he caught him, hauling the Rice
sprinter down on the Arkansas 10
yard line. Time ran out and that
scoring opportunity faded.
When the third quarter began, the
Owls decided to play it close. After
all, they had held Texas and Bobby
Layne scoreless for 60 minutes; why
shouldn't they be able to hold Ark-
ansas for 30 minutes.
Then out of the line charged an
Arkansas guard, Frank Lambright;
and, as the Owls spun in their tricky
offensive formation, he snatched the
ball from the hands of Sheffield and
started galloping. He ran exactly
38 yards with the Owl backfield
in pursuit, and for all practical pur-
poses the season was over for Rice
—Arkansas 12, Rice 7.
For this year's battle, both teams
will be at top strength for the first
time this year, Schumchyk and Lam-
brigst are on the Porker squad, and
the Hogs will probably be favor-
ites, but we'll see.
0
Quarterback Club
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Clyde Lee, University of Houston
coach, invited everybody to come
see the game between his Cougars
and the Stephen F. Austin Lumber-
jacks. Lee promised a "fired up"
ball club would be on the field. At
Scribes Predict
Texas Will Win
Last week, your THRESHER pre
dictors came up with three out of
four in some very close games. Bay-
lor not only saved its undefeated
record on its own one (against T.
C. U.), but helped keep our season
record above. 700. The tally:
total right wrong ties pet.
35 25 9 1 .736
With T. C. U. resting up before
getting "Texas, Rice, and S. M. U.
(in that order), the six other Con-
ference squads battle in three Con-
ference games.
Rice vs. Arkansas. Another tough
one to pick. Clyde Scott and Leon
Campbell were double trouble for
the Aggies last week. Whether Joe
Watson will play or not is still a
question mark. However, if the Owls
can hold the ball and show some
last half drive, it may be a bigger
victory than we predict. Make it:
Rice 14, Arkansas 7.
S. M. U. vs. Texas A&M. This ought
to be a breather for the Mustangs
after last week's win over Texas.
The Cadets just didn't have it last
week against the Razorbacks, and;
with Stautzenberger still slowed
down, they should have a field day,
in a 34-7 win.
Texas vs. Baylor. Texas has won
and lost on successive Saturdays
against keyed-up teams, but, in both
games, the Longhorns have looked
good. The Steers may be due for
a letdown. The Bears have the Long-
horns in Waco. However, the Bears
have barely squeaked by the Aggies
and the Horned Frogs on their last
two outings. Baylor, with Sims and
Burke sparking them, will be gun-
ning for this one. On the flip of a
horse, give us the Orange and White
by a 14-13 margin.
a pep rally, Lee had a movie star
kiss each of the players in an at-
tempt to do the "firing up," and if
that fails, the ball players will have
a new bed partner Friday night—
the University's new mascot, Shasta.
The
MARTIN and MILLER
We think that is high time to give
a pat on the back to the Physical
Education Department in general,
and to John Plumbley in particular.
Plumbley, who took over this year
as director of intramurals, has done
a fine job with that department
which had been lagging far behind
for the past few years. The football
intraniurals, with the greatest par-
ticipation in Rice's history, were
run off with amazing smoothness,
being marked by intelligent sched-
uling and efficient officiating. By
the way, the finals of the football
play-offs will be held this afternoon
at 1:30. An interesting game is
promised although a Wednesday
deadline left the finalists unknown
at the writing.
Intramurals are a great thing, es-
pecially at Rice where physical
training is not required of upper-
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classmen and where studies usually
take up too much of a person's time.
The best feature of intramurals is
the fact that anyone can enter, if
only for the fun of playing. Out-
standing examples of such teams
are our own Thresher entrants. The
boys didn't enter with the school
championship in their visions, but
the odds are that they had more
fun than any other teams; conse-
quently, although they are winless
at the writing, they probably got
more out of the program than any
other team.
To the P. E. Department in gen-
eral, thanks should go for the many
improvements it has made. Notable
are the Sunday afternoon and Mon-
day and Tuesday evening openings,
the two putting greens with ap-
proaches for golfers, and the new
softball diamond that is being lev-
eled.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 6, 1948, newspaper, November 6, 1948; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230770/m1/7/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.