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I Tuesday, September 2, 1952 THE BATTALION Page 3 A&M Should Be First ★ Football ★ Little Gets Psychology May Training Briefs Sport Mention Determine SWC By ASSOCIATED PRESS At Center Slot Austin—Head Coach Ed Pxice of the University of Texas was all Aggie Jack Little, who will smiles after a pair of brisk woxkouts opened fall practice for the see duty on the 1952 grid Longhorns yestei’day. squad as offensive center and Football Champ A 75-man squad giving the appeax-ance of being in fine shape defensive tackle, was named whipped through a mox-ning session but found the going a little rougher honorable mention in the under ' the broiling mid-aftex-noon sun. By HAROLD V. RATLIFF Sports Magazine All-America pre­ Associated Press Sports Editor Only one Longhorn griddex-. Sophomore Halfback Dick Willing season football selections. of Dallas, was unable to work out. He will be oxxt until Wednesday with Coaches usually profess great pleasure when their teams a foot injury suffex-ed ten days ago. Little was named to the Look Group work on fundamentals was spotlighted the first day. Magazine first team last year as are rated out of championship contention. They say that’s defensive tackle. fine psychology—and it also makes their jobs easier. If * * * Sjkart Magazine picked Bill Forr­ nobody expects anything, nobody will be disappointed. At Dallas—The Soxxthern Methodist University Mustangs ester of SMU on his first string * least that’s the way it ought to be. But a lot of coaches were up with the sun yesterday for their fix-st workout of in the tackle position. , have been fired for not winning with a team that wasn’t the season and the sun was low in the sky before they headed supposed to win. back to their dormitory. Others from the Southwest Con­ ference picked on the mythical pre- Anyway, Coach George Sauer of Baylor is going against One casualty was reported. Jim Mahew, St. Loxiis, a season teams were the following: * the accepted theory. He says his Bears have much more letterman guard, chipped a tooth in a collision, with another second team—Bill Athey, Baylox-, ability than the sports writers give them credit for. He teammate. * * * guard. Honorable mention — Don doesn’t like that sixth-place rating they’ve accorded Baylor in Rhoden, Rice, center; Ray Mc- the Southwest Conference race. Perhaps he’s a trifle alarm­ Fort Worth—Seventy candidates were on hand as Texas Christian Kown, TCU, back; Gib Dawson, ed ; perchance he fears that if the fans are led to believe Bay­ launched fall grid dxills today. Texas, back; and Lamar Mc.Han, lor can’t beat anybody they will stay away from the stadium. Coach L. R. “Dutch” Meyer sent his chax-ges through two drills Ax-kansas, back. Crowds are as necessary to coaches as good football players. marked by i-ough contact in blocking and tackling. But Sauer is different from most coaches anyway. He * * * Blair Meets Gaytan isn’t the crying type; he considers his team’s good points Fayetteville, Ark.—Coach Otis Douglas worked his 66 In San Antonio Tonight along with the bad. The others only talk about the bad. grid prospects in two sessions yesterday as pleasant 80-degree Psychology Favors A&M Walt “Buddy” Davis, Olympic high jump champion and A&M weather gi-eeted the University of Arkansas football squad. San Aixtonio, Sept. 2—(JP)—■ track and basketball star, was given a hero’s welcome when he The Razorbackai worked out in shorts during the morning Jacky Blair, Dallas, Texas feath­ But if psychology favors any­ slipped into the conference without arrived at his home in Nederland from Helsinki and the Olympics. sessioix and then donned full equipment for the afternoon erweight champion, will meet body Ray George should be the him knowing about it. First to greet the gold medal winner were his wife, Margaret; one* practice. Francisco Gaytan, Matamox-os, * ❖ * fair-haired boy.- Ray is coach of Rice did a pretty good job with year-old daughter, Mary Edith; and three-weeks-old Nancy, who Mexico, in the 10-round main event A&M, which is ranked seventh in a largely sophomore team. It got her first glimpse of “Daddy”. It is hinted that Davis brought Houston—Rice opened football txaining on Labor Day, but the of a boxing show here tonight. the conference only because there fought for the title down to the home a basketball contract from the Philadelphia Warriors which Owl’s labor was light as they spent the day in light exercises in are just seven teams. At least he’s last week. he will “carefully look over”. (AP Photo) shoxds and T-shii-ts. better off than Jess Neely of Rice Recalling the uncertainties of J.W. Sorenson Co. was last year. Somebody placed Southwest Conference football over Fifty-eight men reported, including two junior- college transfers— End Tommy Wilson and Halfback William Gaskamp. Rice eighth. Which caused Jess the years, we are tempted to pick Complete Line of to ask if maybe some other team— A&M to win the championship “We’ll have some contact wox'k by the end of the week,” said Texas Tech perhaps — had been with Baylor a good second. Rain In Spotlight Coach Jess Neely, “but no scx-immage. I want to give the boys several days yet to get their legs in shape.” Hardware Eight SWC Sell Outs * * sk . BIG REDUCTION Howard Grubbs, executive secre­ The games indicated by Gi’ubbs Waco—Baylor started fall football practice yesterday with LAWN MOWERS — FANS tary of the Southwest Conference as possible sell-outs are Texas- During AL Stretch Coach George Sauer working four backfield units and de­ has applied to the NCAA for eight Notre Dame, Oct. 4; Texas-Okla- claring “every position on our entix-e team is wide open”. We Invite You to Visit televised games this fall. homa, Oct. 11; Southern Metho- By Associated Press first-inning home run by Billy Our Store Juniors Jimmy Davenport and Francis Davidson and soph- The NCAA, you know, is allot­ dist-Rice, Oct. 18; Texas-Rice, Oct. Goodman, Scarborough would have omores Billy Hooper and Frank Paschel quartex-backed the 301 N. MAIN NORTH GATE ting games over the country to 25; Texas - Southern Methodist, Jupiter Pluvius may have a hand had a shutout. various units. TV and has already indicated Nov. 1; Texas-Texas Christian, in deciding the American League The Yankees collected eight hits, which are to be televised. But the Nov. 15; Texas-Texas A&M, Nov. pennant this year. five off loser Ellis Kinder-, who Southwest Conference wants to 27; Texas Christian-Southern No, Jupiter Pluvius is not an­ hurled the first three innings. follow its 1951 policy of telecast­ Methodist, Nov. 29. other castoff plucked by the New A’s, Senators Split York Yankees for their stretch ing all games that are sell-outs. Austin can not televise but San Splits mai'ked all other double- ^ And Grubbs thinks he has a good Antonio will do it on the Texas- drive although he proved to be as helpful to the world champions as headers. Philadelphia’s fourth- chance of getting this for the con­ Notre Dame game at Austin if place Athletics won a 10-inning 9-8 ference. permission is granted. Ray Scarborough, the refugee from the Boston Red Sox. opener from Washington but the The Southwest won’t be able to Last year four games were tele­ Senators came back to take the send television out over the nation vised—Texas-Oklahoma, Southern The two combined to increase the Yankees’ first-place margin to nightcap, 4-2. ' until Jan. 1—the Cotton Bowl Methodist-Texas Christian, Texas Cincinnati won the second game, game. But San Antonio, Houston, Christian-Texas A&M and Texas- 2% games over Cleveland yester­ day. Scarborough, purchased last 3-2, after the St. Louis Cardinals Fort Worth and Dallas can tele­ Southern Methodist. They were had walked off with a 6-0 opening vise locally. sell-outs. week from the Red Sox, hand­ cuffed his former mates with three win. Chicago’s Cubs thrashed hits last night in pitching the Pittsbux-gh, 6-0, but the Pirates New Yorkers to a 5-1 triumph. won the second game, 5-4. Early Wynn registered his 18th Aggie Grid Roster Rain Helped St. Louis triumph as the Indians backed Mr. J. P., otherwise known as him with a 14-hit attack against (Continued from Page 1) Joe Boring, sophomore, Dallas and Old Man Rain, helped the St. Louis loser Gene Beax-den and Tommy Joe Schero, sophomore, San An­ Browns defeat Cleveland, 2-1, in Byrne. Two-run homers by Luke more, Lafayette, La.; Bobby Dix­ tonio. on, senior, Ingleside; Howard Chil­ the second game of the double- Easter and Wally Westlake high­ ders, sophomore, Amarillo; Lon­ Fullbacks—Don Katchtik, soph­ header after the Indians had won lighted the Indians’ victory. Clint nie Martin, sophomore, Cotulla; omore, Rio Hondo; Herbert Wolf, the opener, 9-3. Courtney’s two-run homer ixx the Jack Little, senior, Corpus Christi; sophomoi'e, Houston; Charles Hall, Rain halted the nightcap for an second inning off Bob Lemon ac­ Dick Frey, senior, Houston and sophomore, Dallas; Hoard Zuch, hour and 12 minutes in the bot­ counted for all St. Louis’s second- Lawrence Winkler, sophomore, junior, Austin; and Connie Ma- tom half of the fifth inning With game x'uns. Satchell Paige went Temple. gouirk, junior, New London. the home team Brownies ahead, the curtailed distance.

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