The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1948 Page: 7 of 8
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THE THRESHER
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SMU Mustangs Get Nod to Repeat Grid Championship in Tight Struggle
Four Conference
Teams To Open
NextWeek
by Sports Staff
While Rice's football season does
not open until September 25, four
conference teams open their season
this week. Texas* A&M journeys to
Philadelphia to open its season with
Villanova; Arkansas plays host to
Abilene Christian; Texas Ohrist-
ian swings northward to tangle
with Kansas University; and Texas
unveils its new stadium as it meets
Louisiana State.
Since, it will be the policy of the
sports department to prognosticate
the outcome of all games concerning
Southwest Conference teams, the
following is our first effort of the
year:
> Texas A&M versus Villanova: The
Aggies have fine potential but lack
experience; the Wildcats have a
strong nucleus from last year's
line squad and, beside that, have the
advantage of playing the season
opener ta home. Though Cashion's
passes will cause trouble, we'll take
Villanova, 21-13.
Texas versus Louisiana State:
Texas never loses an opener, and
this year is no exception. The Steers
lost Layne, but LSU lost a lot
more;* don't be surprised if Texas
rolls up a big score. We'll take 34-0.
Texas Christian versus Kansas:
For two years these two have played
scoreless ties. This year. TCU will
score; without Evans and Schnell-
bacher, Kansas won't. Make it TCU,
13-0.
Arkansas versus Abilene Christ-
ian: Abilene Christian has a good
Class B team, but Arkansas is in
the majors. A workout for the Ra-
zorback reserves in a 40-0 Porker
Goodrich Appointed
Publicity Director
This is by way of introducing the
lanky blonde fellow who has been
and will be • seen a lot around the
Field House. His name is John Good-
rich, Jr., and he is taking over as a
full time job the task of being Pub-
licity Director for Rice. This is an
amplification of the work done by
Harold Tate last year.
Goodrich was born 23 years ago
in San Antonio, graduated from
Thomas Jefferson High School in
that city and also attended for one
year St. Mary's College. He first
came to Rice as a Navy V-12 trainee
in 1943 and lettered in track in '44
and '45, running on the mile relay
teams that were runners-up in '44
and conference champs in '45.
He was then sent to the Notre
Dame midshipman school where he
was commissioned and immediately
sent to sea aboard a Navy troop
transport that operated in the At-
lantic and Pacific areas.
He returned to Rice in the fall
of '46 to finish work on his engin-
eer's degree, and since graduating,
he has worked as an engineer and
has taken some liberal arts work.
He joined the athletic department
this past summer. ,
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Grid, Tennis —
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"health is required each year follow-
ing the freshman year.
Intramural certificates will be
awarded to first place team mem-
bers. Participation in intramurals is
voluntary, and the student takes
part at his own risk. First aid is
available at the health service in
case of injury.
Bobby Lantrip
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Cameron Outlines New Situation on Tickets
Available for Guests, Out-of-Town Games
The following statements resulted from conferences, held by a joint
student-administration committee, the last of which was held in the office
of Mr. H. S. Cameron, Dean for Student Activities last April 28, 1948.
1. Blanket taxes will be non-transferable, will be issued to only en-
rolled students paying the full amount of the banket tax, and will carry
a photograph of the person to who/n
the blanket tax is issued.
2. Four hundred (400) guest
tickets will be held for each HOME
GAME for purchase by students.
Each student will be limited to one
guest ticket in order to accommo-
date as many as possible. These
tickets may be purchased at regular
prices in one of two ways: In sets
or singly.
A complete season set of one
ticket for each home game, except-
ing the U. of T. game and the L.S.
U. game, can be purchased during
the first two wedks of school in
the Fall, that is, from September
20 to September 24 inclusive. After
this time, tickets may be purchased
for only individual games as de-
scribed in the next paragraph.
Guest tickets for each home game,
Pro - Footballers Sign
Seventh Former Owl
If for some reason you still don't
think that Jess Neely turned out a
great club in 1946, just ask the
boys who ought to know—the pro-
fessionals. They seem to think so
because they don't sign players just
for the fun of writing the names.
And they have been signing mem-
bers of the '46 squad.
Just the' other day the seventh
one entered the play-for-pay ranks.
He is Carl "Buddy" Russ, the slash-
ing full back of the '44, '46, and '47
seasons, who will play this year
for the Washington Redskins of the
National League. The other mem-
bers of Rice's Conferene Co-
Champs who are now in pro ball
are ends Ted Scruggs and Windell
Williams, tackle Jim Spruill, guards
Weldon Humble and J. W. Magee,
and quarterback Virgil Eikenb'erg.
Russ had been counted on to play
fullback for Rice this year; how-
ever scholastic difficulties stopped
him, and he dropped out of school.
His departure, together with that of
Dick Hoerster, leave a gaping hole
at fullback.
excepting the U. of T. game, may
be purchased during the period be-
ginning Monday and running
through Friday of the week pre-
ceding the week of the game for
v/hich tickets are desired.
Guest tickets for the Sam Hous-
ton State Teachers College game on
September 25 and for the L.S.U.
game on October 2 must be pur-
chased not later than Friday, Sep-
tember 24.
Except for the U. of T. game,
these four hundred (400) seats for
guests will be arranged so that a
student may sit with his guest in
either section T or U.
The four hundred seats for stu-
dent' guests for the University of
Texas game will be in Section M
of the stadium. These tickets must
be bought during the first two weeks
of school, and from September 27
to October 1 inclusive.
3. Four hundred (400) student
guest tickets will be held for each
AWAY GAME for sale at regular
prices. These must be purchased
during the first two weeks of school,
from September 20 to September
24 inclusive, and from September
27 to October 1 inclusive.
No tickets for away games for
students' guests will be sold after
Friday, October 1, 1948.
4. Ech veteran will be able to
purchase one ticket for his wife for
all home games for a total of $5.15
for a seat in the past end bleachers.
These sets of tickets must be pur-
chased the first two weeks of school;
that is, from September 20 to Sep-
tember 24 inclusive, and from Sep-
tember 27 to October 1 inclusive.
The veteran must sit in the bleach-
ers with his wife.
5. The ticket office in the
field house will not be open on
Saturdays for the sale of student
or guest tickets.
6. No refunds will be made
after on of these guest tickets
have once been purchased.
Longboms and Owls Rate Next,
With TCU Lightest of Dark Horses
The Southern Methodist University Mustangs, Conference
football victors of 1947, are due to repeat—something that
just doesn't happen in the ole Southwest Conference. It's tough
not to pick Rice's potent machine. The spirit fe willing, but, on
paper at least, it looks like it will take more than spirit.
S. M. U.'s Ponies have All-Amer-.**
ican Doak Walker to lead the best-
balanced, if not the strongest, back-
field in the Conference, a backfield
including such stars as Kyle Rote,
Gil Johnson, Paul Page, and Dick
McKissick. The line is not as sen-
sationally manned, but, with let-
termen like Ethridge, Hamberger,
Lewis, and Folsom back, it should
prove adequate. The Mustangs have
a tough schedule, playing Pitts-
burgh, Missouri. Rice, Texas, and
Arkansas away. Every team will
be gunning for the Champ, but it's
still S. M. U. for first place in our
book.
The Texas Longhorns, last sea-
son's Sugar Bowl conquerors, are
our choice for the second spot. The
best line in the conference, with
proven players like Holder.
Schwartzkopf, Petrovich, Kelley,
Tatom, Vasicek, Fry, Wolfe, Co-
Captain Dick Harris, and Rowan,
front for a fast backfield. Byron
Gillory is back, to join with Guess,
Samuels, Billy Pyle, Shands, Clay,
Co-Captain Tom Landry, and Bour-
neman in filling out the bar of the
At the man-under slot, however,
Bobby Layne is gone. To replace
him the Orange and White have
squadman Paul Campbell and let-
terman Bobby Coy Lee. The only
reason for the second place rating is
consecutive week-ends, should help
a hard-finishing schedule. The
Frogs, with Dutch Meyer coaching,
will always be tough—and this year
they may be the team to beat.
Arkansas, if for no other reason
than Clyde Scott, looks like a pos-
sible contender even though rated
fifth. Only center Bill Thomas and
end Bud Canada return from the
starting line. Lettermen, however,
are available at all positions. Ross
Pritchard, who looked good in the
Owl encounter last year, Leon
"Muscles" Campbell, hard-running
fullback, and Alvin Duke, blocking
back, fill out with Scott at tailback
a respectable backfield. If the line
comes through, the Hogs will be
tough to handle.
The darkest of the dark horses,
Texas A&M, rates the sixth slot.
The Aggies, with Harry Stiteler at
the helm and Jimmy Cashion quar-
terbacking, could be rough. Bobby
Goff is back in shape; Goode,
Smith," Yates, and Baty returned.
Soeeders Boswell and Royalty
should help a slow backfield. The
line is rugged, with Whittaker,
Wright, WinJ**tC Settegast, Staut-
zenberger, Greiner, Turley, ando El-
lis all lettermen. Stan Hollmig, a
punter and passer deluxe,* is gone
for the greener pastures of pro-
fessional baseball. Dew, number
the question: Can Campbell, whose'two punter, may be uot all season
passing has been compared to
Layne's, provide the spark that can
turn defeats into victories ?
Third place we'll allot to our
beloved Owls. The big question
mark is the fullback position, to-
gether with reserves. For once, a
starting slate (L. S. U. is not
expected to burn up and grid-
irons this year) might allow the
Owls to start rolling early. The
schedule favors the Owls, who
meet the big three, S. M. U., Tex-
as, and T. C. U. here at Rice Sta-
dium.
T. C. U., Arkansas, and Texas A
& M fall into the darkhorse class,
with the Horned Frogs the lightest
of the horses. The Froggies have
lost their starting tackles and
guards, and the replacements, es-
pecially at tackle, represent the big
problem. Doug Brightwell, George
Brown, and Morrell Hicks put the
starting center and guard positions
in. good hands.
Six lettermen ends are return-
ing. Lindy Berry and All-Confer-
ence Pete Stout spark the experi-
enced backfield. Berry's passing in
spring training was very sharp.
However, Carl Knox, the ace punter,
has departed via "graduation. Wayne
Pitcock, the extra-point kick-off,
and field goal specialist, too, is
gone.
An open date before swinging into
Texas at Fort Worth (September
13), then to rtouston and Dallas on
with an injured knee. Essentially
the same personnel from last year's
losing team, and the lack of a pun-
ter will possibly make Stiteler's de-
but a mediocre one.
The cellar seems to have the
Bears from Baylor's name on it.
Dudley Parker, Jerry Mangrum,
and Jitter McKinney team with
Haydn Fry to form a none too
flashy number one backfield. Re-
placements include lettermen
Griffin, Sims, Blackwood, and
Hall. The line looks promising,
paced by guard Chuck Stone and
tackle Buddy Tinsley.
Hank Dickerson, at end,' will
prove valuable with his extra-point
kicking. A tougher schedule, in-
cluding battles with Tulsa and Mis-
sissipp State, may wreck the Bears
before they get started.
Our outlook on the 1948 Confer-
ence football race is now complete.
This year upsets will occur, and
just because we picked the Mus-
tangs, S. M. U. will not necessarily
win; we'll be pulling for our Owls.
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Picnic —
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Sports wear is the order of the
night according to Eubank. The
dance is scheduled to break up at
midnight. Another cold-drink stand,
operated by the Student Association
under the supervision of Treasurer
John Perlitz, will sell drinks to the
students at the dance.
Blue Bolts Slate Five Games
Charlie Moore, freshman coach, begins work this week with the foot-
ball version of the 1948 Blue Bolts. Although Southwest Conference
rules limit the number of freshmen games in one year to five, the Bolts
have an attractive schedule set up. The makeup of the Bolts is unknown
at the time because the frosh just registered on September 15; however,
the lightning for the Bolts is expected to be supplied by Billy Burkhalter
from Texarkana who spent some time at the Institute last spring. The
Complete Blue Bolt schedule:
Date Team Place
Otober 1—Del Mar College—Corpus Christi.
October 15—S.M.U. Colts—Houston
October 22—Texas Shorthorns—Houston
November 4—T.C.U. Polliwogs—Fort Worth
November 12—Texas A. & M. Frosh—Houston
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