Evening star., 1943-06-15
Arkansas, -Four
Texas Colleges
Plan EIevens
Look to Navy Cadets
To Man Teams; Rice,
BuyIor Likely to Fold
(This is another of series
dealing t0ith prospects for in
tercollegiate football this tnH.)
BY HAROLD v. RATLIFF,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer
DALLAS, June l5.-The South
west Conference plans a football
campaign-that is. a majority OF
the members debut don't be sur
prised If only five of the seven
schools send teams to the post in
September.
In fact, don't be surprised too
much If none of them takes the
held. It's a question of manpower.
Baylor has not officially an
nounced abandonment of football,
but even the die-hards have given
up the Golden Bears for the coming
season. Baylor has some Army
engineers and Naval aviation
trainees, but it is pointed out that
the Army has not given permission
for its men to participate in ath-
letics-and more than likely will
not. And even If the aviation
trainees were told they could play,
they probably wouldn't have time
for it.
Recent developments indicate
that it's problematical whether Rice
will be able to play football next
fall. That will come as quite a
shock to the fans, who had figured
the Owls would be in the swim if
anybody was.
Rice Unlikely to Play.
One of these developments is that
Rice probably will not be designated
as a Marine war college as expected
and that 10 Of its IL gridiron letter.
men will leave because they are
enrolled as Marine trainees.
Informed sources at Rice take this
view: That will leave us with
only few 150-pounders. We don't
believe the public is interested in
seeing lot of small boys play inter-
collegiate football"
Texas Christian, Southern Metho-
dist, Texas, Texas A. and M. and
Arkansas still plan football teams.
T. C. U. thinks it can continue be-
cause of the Navy training program
and it also expects designation as
a Marine war college. Southern
Methodist is hopeful for the same
reason; Texas has Navy trainees
and Arkansas plans to use it's 4-F
boys and the II and 18-year- -olds,
while still figuring on some help
from the Air Corps trainees.
Texas A and M. doesn't expect
any players from the Navy, Army,
Air Corps and Marine trainees sta
toned there and has few prospects
with experience from the student
body, but Coach Homer Norton
says: We'll have a team as. long
as we can place IL men on the
field" The college authorities back
him up in that.
Long Trips Banned.
For those teams that are in the
race there will be no long trips and
few intersectional games. Southern
Methodist has postponed tilts with
Pittsburgh and Temple, Rice has
Cancelled game with North Caro-
lima, Texas A. and M. has Cancelled
an engagement with West Point and
Arkansas has dropped Detroit.
Texas Christian has announced
that it does not plan to play any
game that will take men away from
the campus for more than 48 hours
and D. x. Bible, Texas coach, says
travel will be reduced and service
teams substituted for intersectional
opponents.
All over the Southwest it looks a
lean year for college football. Texas
Tech and Texas Mines of the Bor-
der Conference announced they
would continue and West Texas
State said it might, depending on
conditions next fall. Hardin-Sim-
mons definitely is quitting football
In the Lone Star Conference, North
Texas says it is out, Sam Houston
State expects to be and Southwest
Texas State is undecided, while
East Texas State will carry on. In
the Texas Conference, Howard
Payne, Abilene Christian College
and McMurry already have with
drawn. Austin College is undecided.
Southwestern alone plans to play.
Over in Arkansas only two COL
leges have announced intentions of
going ahead. They are the Uni
versity of Arkansas and Ouachita.