The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-29
TEXAS AGGIES NEW SURPRISE OF SOUTHWEST
AIM Grid Machine WeII- Oiled This Season;
 Mustangs Tame
By ROBERT WEAR


 United Press Stan Correspondent,
 Dallas, Oct. 29-(U.P)-Texas A. @ M., the Rip Van Wrinkle of Southwest Conference football since 1927, is going places this fall.
 The awakened Aggies stood head and shoulders above the other six teams in the conference today. Just what those others would be able to do to stop them remained about as indeterminate as Texas weather. which the oldheads say mo one but a fool or newcomer ever pdedicts." 1"
 Southern Methodist will play its first conference game next Satur- day. Last year, the Methodist put the conference championship in the bag, received the Knute Rockne memorial citation for the honorary national title and opposed Stanford stubbornly in the Rose Bowl.
 Bobby Wilson Gone
 The Methodist began this season with team that was only feeble reminder of last seasons glory. Gone were Bobby Wilson, Truman Spain, Harry Shuford, and a mighty handful of other letter wearerS. Coach Matty Bell had had to rely on new material.
 Next Saturday S.M.U. will tackle the University of Texas, which al- ready this season has made such an inglorious showing that angry alumni and students are demand ing the "scalp" of Coach Jack Chevigny, once a fair-haired mem- Der of Knute the Greats Notre Dame squad. The following week. end. Nov. 2 S.M.U. meets the Ag- gies.
 What will be the result when the Methodists, coached in the 'razzle- dazzle" wide open aerial style of Madison Bell, meet the awakened Aggie giant, with its sur- prising new backfield demon, Dick Todd, chunky sophomore?
 The Baylor Bear, hibernating now these many seasons, also demands reckoning. Thus far it isn't far behind the Aggies in percentage points. Baylor has hardy squad of last-year sophomores who are veterans this year.
 It lost its season opener, 10-14, to Arkansas; came back the fol- lowing week to trounce the Uni- verSity of Texas, 21-18 in 8 spec tacular fourth period scoring spree; and begged the Aggies down to a scoreleSs tie on 8 muddy field last Saturday. The Bears singing quar- terback, Lloyd Russell, is not to be overlooked.
 Rice, tied for second place with Baylor, lost to the Aggies by a field goal score of 80; defeated Texas, To last Saturday. Coach Jimmy Kits piloted the Athens basketball team to a national championship several years ago and has been building the Rice football squad with the same care for two years. Rice will sidestep for an intersec- tional game with George Washing ton University next Saturday.
 Arkansas AerialS Good
 Arkansas, with the. usual lanky, rugged boys from the Ozark Hills, will challenge the AggieS next Sat- urday at College Station, Tex. The razorbacks already have defeated Baylor, 14-10 and lost to George Washington, 14-6. Their passing game left Baylor dizzy.
 Only one step above the Uni- versity of Texas in the conference cellar is Texas Christian. Like SM.U., last seasons stars took their winning combination with them when they left school. T.C.U. has the handicap reputation this year of being a one-man team-a team built around "Slingin' Sam" Baugh. T.C.U. defeated Arkansas, 18-14, in its first conference game this year, then lost to A. & M., 18-7. Arkansas was able to match Baugh's brilliance in passing. The