Che Daily Bulletin
Vol. VII
College Station, Texas, Friday, March 7, 1924.
No. 129
LITTLE IN FAVOR OF
BASEBALL AT START
Coach House Has only Mediocre Abil-
ity for Most Positions on
Diamond.
The resounding smack of horsehide
against ash is the chief accompani-
ment to the crack of the trackman’s
starter gun on Kyle field these days
that are enjoying clemency from the
mythical god of weather. Coach
House has taken advantage of every
day which has offered surcease from
the descent of rain. That means that
up until today the Aggies have had
six days of field practice. This has
been greatly needed for House has
a big task before him in laying out
a diamond squad that*will bring hon-
ors to Aggieland in competition with
the powerful fielding and batting com
binations that are being trained at
other conference centers.
Only six letter stars of last year’s |
squad are back in uniform. These
include a couple of pitchers in I.
K. Gill of Dallas and H. L. Rogers
of Mart, J. P. Forgason of San An-
tonio, eatcher, J. D. Johnson of Kings-
ville, first base, S. P. Chapman of
Hutchins, third base, A. M. Puckett
f San Antonio, field. Joining these
veterans are three other squad men
who were not selected among those
of first importance last year to re-
ceive a letter.
of East Andover, N. H., outfield, C.
L. Craig of Brookston, second base |
and J. B. Bradford of Mempuis, Ten-
nessee shortstop.
Backing these are untried men with |
no record of performance to recom-
mend them for place on the team, ex-
cept for some experience that wus
obtained on the freshman squad last
spring.
Among the letter men 's some abil-
ity in departments of the diamond
game, but to say that there are any
allround baseball talent would be a
hazardous statement for credence as |
fact. Gil is probably the most pro-
fitable man on the squad but he has | R. Besse, Infantry and was put up!
Chicken Hatchery |
AM odern Bakery
The marvelous extent to which sol
ence has superceded the artificial for
the natural processes of incubation is
revealed on a visit to the hatchery
at the Experiment Station poultry
farm Friday of every week when 4000
live chicks are removed from the in-
cubators or more literally “ovens” of |
moderate temperature in which they |
have in a figurative expression been |
cooked into life.
The surroundings are so unnatural |
to what would ordinarily be conceived |
as properly environmental to generat-
FIRST GAME WITH
Closely Resembles | [)NGHORNS TONIGHT
Fighting Farmers Will Endeavor to
Check Longhorns’ Unbroken String
of Victories.
The Texas Longhorns with the
championship of the Southwestern
Conference tucked under their belts
will invade College Station tonight and
tomorrow night for the toughest ser-
ies that they have undertaken this
year. The Longhorns are bringing
a wonderful team to College Station.
| One that has been victorious in every
game they have played this season.
The Orange aggregaticn this year
is one of the best that has ever
ive procedure that it is miraculous and ' represented Texas University. Coach
| induces speculation as to what science | Stewart has succeeded in welding a
These are J. A. Graves
| may yet evolve in its experiment
| with the generation of that myster-
{ lous though obvious thing called life.
| much more real, on superficial ap-
| pearance, as a kitchen. There are
two large boxed compartments about
| five feet high and six feet square,
| based flat on the floor, a smaller
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AIR SERVICE TRAM
Todd Makes Presentation
in Presence of Entire
| Cadet Corps.
| Colonel
A handsome silver loving cup was
awarded to Cadet Captain H. J.
| Johnson of the Air Service squadron |
‘and nine other members of the Air
| Service indoor rifle team by Colon:1 |
 C. C. Todd, commandant in the pres-
{ence of the entire cadet ccrps in
! parade formation Wednesday after-
| noon. This award designated them
‘as the best rifle shots in the cadet
corps.
| The cup was the gift of Captain I..
Inside the hatchery conditions are |
IS AWARDED TROPHY
| machine that is capable of standing
against the best in the south and
their winning 18 straight conference
| victories is unsurpassed in the annals
of the conference. Stewart, true to
| his promise, has made a better bas-
ketball team than he has football
for the basketball team has hit on all
six throughout the year and have won
their games as they came to them.
Not (nce have they slackened the tre-
 mendous pace that the gloomy mentor
! drives them at and they have more
stamina than any other Texas tsam
has ever shown.
Stewart was extremely lucky to
have good material to start the sea-
son w th and of this material he has
developed a smooth passing machine.
Ponsford, Ragland and Captain Roh-
“ertscn all rank high in the ranks of
scorers and Robertson is an excep-
tional {loorman. This trio are used
interchangeably and all of them are
capable performers. Ponsford is the
i master of the one-nanded shot that
1s so hard to perfect and yet so useful
| to the owner when ha is well guarded.
| Ragland, like Robertson, has played
' both gvard and forward and is a
| splendid defensive player in addition
| to being a goal thrower.
In Nation and Settergast, Stewart
not yet shown promise of professional for award last fall when practice in has two of the outstanding centers
ability to the extent that is possessed | the indoor range was begun in order | of the conference.
by other schools in the conference. |to stimulate interest in firing by giv- |
Gill’s ability exists in his clean phy- | ing a spirit of competition.
sical power, clear head, love of sports
The other nine members of the
The first string guards are Curtis
| and Foster. Curtis is playing his
| third year with the Longhorns and
and persistent loyal efforts in learn- | champion team were G. N. Calloway | Foster his first and the rating of the
ing the rules of the coaches and hon-
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of Palestine, G. R. Storrie of Denton,
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two men depends upon the preference
| of the individual.