THE BATTALION
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‘MIKE” FINN, Assistant
SPORTS
“DOUGH” ROLLINS, EDITOR
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AGGIES SPLIT
SERIES WITH
LS.U. TIGERS
Drop First Game 24-16; Make Spec
tacular Comeback With 49-19
Victory.
Playing the most spectacular game
of basketball seen on the local court
in many a day the Louisana State
University took the opening game
from the Aggies by the decisive
score of 24 to 16. The game was
fast from the first whistle to the end
of the game. The first half found
both teams fighting for a lead and
the period ended the Farmers were
leading with the score standing 14
to 13. The second period started off
in a rush with the Aggies looping the
first basket but this was the last scor
ing that the Farmers did during the
game. The Aggies were carrying
the ball down the court in fine form
but their trys at goal availed them
nothing it seemed as if the ball
would not go in the basket although
it would roll all over and around it.
By this we don’t mean to discredit
L. S. U. victory for they outplayed
the Farmers and well deserved the
victory. Helm was the high point
man for L. S. U. making 5 goals,
but when it comes to picking stars
for the Louisiana team we will have
to leave that for someone else for
they were all stars and played as a
machine. Forbes and Hartung play
ed the best game for the Aggies.
Aggies Take Second Game
With 49 to 19 Score.
The Farmers came back and won
a decisive victory from L. S. U. in
the second game and had the Louis
ana men outclassed throughout the
game. The Aggies found the basket
and the way they worked the ball
down the field was the feature of the
game. To the ones who saw the first
game it was a different Farmer team
and as many remarked no team in the
South could have beaten the Far
mers on that night. The Aggies took
the lead from the first and held >t
throughout the game. The first
half ended with the score 25 to 10
in favo;c--6f the Aggies. The second
perrotf was nearly a repetition of the
first as the farmers scored 24 points
to 9 for L. S. U. Forbes and Eh-
lert were the stars of the game, For
bes making a total of 10 field goals
and three fouls, Ehlert followed with
a total of 8, Wiliams was playing a
fast game and the way he got around
on the court was good to see. Har
tung and Dwyer proved that they
were the best guards in the confer
ence and if they play this type of
basketball against Texas U., there’21
never be any doubt as to the out
come of the fray. Helm and Ives
wei'e the stars for the Louisiana
team. We have never seen any bet
ter team than L. S. U. on the local
court this year and although we did
loose three games to them we can
say that we lost to a team made up
of true, clean, sports and a team
that any school should be proud of. We
wish that we were closer together
so that we could play more games,
but as we are not we will have to be
content with what games we can get.
TENNIS CANDIDATES
ARE TRAINING HARD
With the three clay courts in the
rear of the Shirley Annex in first-
class shape, and wealths of beautiful
Spring weather available, the candi
dates for the tennis team have
been putting in some real hard woric
in preparation for the season close at
hand. The squad has been cut to
eight men in order that the necessary
and essential individual drill and
training can be given each aspirant.
Mi*. Cahn has been assisting the
head Coach, Mr. Thomas, and has
been successful in forcing the fight
ing and training qualities of the play
ers to the limit.
The team has been strengthened
considerably lately when “Cotton”
Welsh, a runner-up in one of the
former high school championship
tournaments, Johnson and Hanna,
reported for practice.
Wilson and Chambers seemed to
have forged ahead in the work in
singles and look like real champion
ship class.
In doubles, Wilson and Varnell
pairing against Rogers and Chambers
have given some recent exhibitions of
clay-court art that will no doubt put
A. and M. up in the collegiate ten
nis world.
The season proper calls for five
meets and the officials and coaches
are trying to agree on two more.
AGGIE MATMEN
MEET STATE
SATURDAY NIGHT
The Aggie Matmen will leave for
Austin Saturday noon where they
will meet the University team on
Saturday night. Seven men with
Coach Jones will make the trip and
will reach the Capital City in time to
weigh in at five o’clock. This meet
has created considerable interest in
the state and all mat fans will be
turning to the sport pages of the dif
ferent papers Sunday morning to
look for the outcome of the contest.
Both teams have been working hard
all winter in preparation for this
meet and each team will be in ex
cellent trim for the fray. The fol
lowing men will make the trip/115
pound class; Adams, Spence or
Thompson. 125 pound class; Gard
ner. 135 pound class; Matthis. 145
pound class; Ashworth. 158 pound
class; Rowdand. 175 pound class;
Haney. Heavy-weight class; Ram
sey.
FISH FIVE
666 breaks a cold quicker than any
remedy we know.
IN DALLAS
TO FINISH SEASON
OWLS SUCCUMB TO
AGGIE ATTACK ON
LOCAL COURT
Aggies Play Brand of Basketball
That Bespeaks Southwest
Championship.
The Farmer Freshman basketball
team is in Dallas where they play
three games this week-end, finishing
their season. They meet the strong
Katy Independent team on the Ter
rell School. The Katy team defeat
ed thb University Freshmen and
these games will give the fans some
line on the strength of the two fresh
man teams. The following men
made the trip: Howerton, Brient,
Darby, Dubois, Evans, Gill, Brown
lee, Baker, and Smyth. They were
in charge of Coach Anderson.
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
ANNOUNCES COACHES
Baylor has added two new men
to the coaching staff of its athletic
department. R. R. Wolf, the speedy
captain of last year’s Bears track
team will take charge of the track
and assist in football while “Jim”
Crow, en ex-Aggie tackle who play
ed here in ’16 will coach the line.
Head Coach Bridges trains the back
field.
MAXIMS WORTH HEEDING.
Make few promises.
Always speak the truth.
Never speak ill of any one.
Keep good company or none.
Live up to your engagements.
Be just before you are generous.
Earn money before you spend it.
Drink no kind of
drinks.
Good character is above all things
else.
Keep your own secret if you have
any.
Never borrow if you can possi
bly avoid it.
Never play at any kind of games
of chance.
Keep your promises if you would
be happy.
Make no haste to be rich if you
would prosper.
When you speak to a person, look
him in the face.
Save when you are young, to spend
when you are old.
Never run in debt unless you see a
way to get out again.
Avoid temptation, thru fear you
may not withstand it.
Ever live (misfortune excepted)
within your income.
Small and steady gains give com
petency and tranquility of mind.
Good company and good conversa
tion are the sinews of virture.
Your character cannot be essen
tially injured except by yourself.
If any one speaks evil of you, let
your life be so that none will believe
him.
If your hands cannot be usefully
employed, attend to the cultivation
of your mind.
The Rice Owls failed to maintain
their lead through the second half
of the first game Friday night and
lost to the fighting Aggies by the de
cisive score of 26 to 16. Rice took
the lead early in the game and held
it throughout the first half with the
exception of one time. The first
half ended with the score 11 to 10
in favor of the Owls. But this lead
served to make the Aggies come
back in the second half determined
to win. The Farmers took the lead
at the very outset of the period and
had the Owls on the run the rest of
the game. It was one of the pret
tiest comebacks ever staged on the
Farmer court with the whole Aggie
team in the limelight. The guard
ing of the Farmers was exceptionally
good and when it came to throwing
goals they were at top form. For
bes led in the scoring with 5 field
goals with Ehlert a close second with
4. Lovett led in the scoring for Rice
with 3 field goals. The guarding of
Hartung and Dwyer was a feature
of the game.
Aggies Win the Second Game With
the Same Margin as the First.
The second game was a repetition
of the first with the exception that
the Aggies were always in the lead
although the first half found tjie Ag
gies with but a one point lead. Rice
couldn’t find the basket which ac
counts for their poor showing. The
Aggies were playing consistent ball
throughout the game and were able
to make their shot at goals good.
Forbes and Wiliams led in the scor
ing for the Aggies each making 5
field goals. Dw;yer and Hartung
were playing their consistent game
at guarding and it was through their
playing that Rice’s scoring was kept
down. Teead lead in the scoring
for Rice with 4 field goals.
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Even at that, A. and M. stock, all
things considered, is very little be
low Parr.
In the C. I. A. Lass-O we observe
an illustration advertising “What
intoxicating ] Women Want.” Close inspection
makes us think they got the wrong
gender for the middle word.
The Freshman Reporter’s Twenty-
Third Psalm.
Reporting is my profession; I shall
always want.
It maketh me to hike all over the
campus, it leadeth me into rough
waters.
It resteth not my soul; it leadeth
me into paths of inquiry for the other
fellow’s sake.
Yea, though I walk my legs off and
hand in lots of dope, it never gets
within even the shadow of print. My
stories and articles never confront me.
I write my stuff on a typewriter in
the presence of others. They cover
me with confusion; my cup of misery
sloppeth over.
Surely to goodness, this won’t fol
low me all the days of my life, or I
shall dwell in the bughouse forever.
—University Kansan.
Mary has a little dress
That barely hides her knees,
And makes wool hose quite necessary
So her legs won’t freeze.
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Bill King says since the Jazz Six
announced the probable C. I. A. en
gagement the orchestra has had fifty
applications from musicians who de
sire to carry everything from Jew’s
harps to the baggage.
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All this agitation about combining
A. and M. and C. I. A. meets our ap
proval—when we go to the legisla
ture this will be our first bill. .
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Lefty Matthews expected a front
page story because he was toast
master at the S. M. U. Choral Club
dinner and only space limits pi-e
vented.
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Should the Blue Laws become ef
fective, Sunday would be the gala
day of the penitentiary. The convicts
wouldn’t be missing a thing then.
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The Rhode Island Beacon voices a
New Yorker’s opinion that the girls
of the Big Village have the prettiest
legs in the world but that they will
let the stripes of their hosiery run
crooked. Well, pardner, you’'e
judging New Yorkers. Personally
we prefer the Texas curves.
Here and Hereafter.
“Agnes always finds something to
harp on.”
“Yes; I only hope she’ll be as for
tunate in the next world.”
—Boston Transcript.
The Horrid Thing.
Scene—The proposed boulevard
along the Cioto.
Horace—“Are you tired walking?”
Clarice (with visions of a taxi
cab) —“Yes.”
Horace — Let’s run awhile.”—Sun
Dial.
ROTHGEB COACHES TRACK.
Circle and Straightway Being Re
cindered; First Three Contests
Will be Held at College.
A few doses 666 break a cold.
This seasons’ schedule is unique ii.
that the first three contests are to
be held at college. This arrange
ment wil give coach Rothgeb an op
portunity to see his cinder path war
riors in action before he leads them
into foreign soil. The following is
the spring schedule:
Inter-Battalion meet, Mach 12th,
at College.
Freshman meet, March 26th, at
College.
Southern! Methodist University,
April 9th, at College.
Baylor University, April 23rd, at
Waco.
Rice Institute, April 30th, at
Houston.
Texas University, May 6th, at Col
lege.
Conference meet. May 13th and
14th at Waco.
The team is coached this year by
C. J. Rothgeb who assisted D. X.
Bible in coaching football last fall.
He is a graduate of the University
of Illinois where he was a star sprint
er and weight man. He is a coach
of wide experience, having brought
his coaching career to an end when
the war broke up his team at Colo
rado College after having won three
consecutive championships in the
Rocky Mountain Conference. Mr.
Rothgeb has returned to the coach
ing game, and we consider ourselves
very fortunate in having him with
us.
Of the letter men around whom
coach Rothgeb will build his team
are: Denny, Frazier, Hugo’n, Sand
ers, Harris, Riggs, Hailey, Lynch,
Steele, Mahan, and Weir. Other
men of past experience on the squad
and of whom much is expected are
Reynolds, Dinwiddie, Ward, Wilder,
McNelly, Mitchell, Dinan, Davi«,
Mims, Eubank, and Wendt. Among
those who have donned the red and
white for the first time, but from
whom many points will be drawn
are: Sprague, Bartholomew, Fraser,
Grey, Heard, Bare, Littlejohn, Le-
Stourgeon, McDonald, Milhollin, Nos-
ter, Moore, Mortensen, Mongford,
Rosborough, Spessard, Vinther, Wy-
ly t Williamson, Maiwin, Bourke,
Beasley, Drummitt, Daniels, Diete-
rich, Wilson, Sanders, Smith, Simp
son, Van Hook, Wilkerson, Whitmar,
Baker, Hamilton, Easton, Muncey,
Morris, and others.
The track has been dug up, and
many loads of cinders put on it, and
it is being rolled and dragged near
ly every day in order to keep it in
tip top shape. The jumping pits
have been refilled and enlarged anil
are in fine shape for those who are
doing the jumping. The Athletic
Department is doing everything in
its power to encourage track work
and everything is made as convenient
and comfortable as possible for those
who are trying out for the team.
AGGIE FIVE TO AUSTIN
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
The Aggies will journey to Austin
Sunday where they will meet the Var
sity Five in a couple of basketball
games Monday and Tuesday. The
team is leaving in good shape and
promises to give the university two ex
hibitions of basketball such as it has
never seen before. If the Aggies split
the series they will have practically
cinched the conference championship
but they are not going to Austin with
the intention of splitting but they are
going with the old time farmer fight
that is alwoys prevalent when an Ag
gie team goes up against one from
the University. There has been con
siderable improvement in the team
since they played the University here
the first of this month and with Forbes
and Ehlert working like they did in
the last L. S. U. game and Dwyer,
Hartung and Williams in their same
old consistent way, we can see but one
thing ahead of the Varsity five. Lets
every one give the team our last
ounce of support for they will need
it to be able to take from University
the conference championship and leave
the Longhorns in with two defeats.
Preparedness.
He (to the fair one)—“Gracious,
what’s that clicking sound—wood
peckers ? ”
She—“No, darling, it’s the man
taking moving pictures of your pro
posal to me, to be used in case I have
to sue you for breach of promise.”—
Dallas News.
Newlywed—Why don’t you make
the bread mother used to make ?
Mrs. Newlywed—Why don’t you
make the dough father used to make ?
666 quickly relieves a cold.
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