Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXVIII
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 19, 1920.
NUMBER 15
RACE FOR JUNIOR
STOCK JUDGING
TEAM NEAR OVER
REVIEW OF THE
19 TRACK TEAM
SHOWS WINNERS
THE BIG NOISE
MINSTREL GIVEN
MONDAY NIGHT
FARMER FIVE
CINCHES THE
CHAMPIONSHIP
Training; Will be of Untold Benefit.
Team Will Leave on Saturday
February 28th.
With Good Coaching the Team Show
ed Unusual A. and M. Pep.
Letters Awarded.
Famous “Catfish” Last Appearance
on Stage at A. and M. Fun, Song
and Costumes Galore.
Cordial Reception Tendered Team on
Return From Trip. Final Games
This and Coming Week.
As the time for nicking a team
approac’. there is.«dope spread
upon the winds, it is interesting to
dig up past records of men trying
out. The investigations show that
“dark, horses” are very few and far
between. One day the rabbit’s foot
may be with him and the next he wi‘l
hit the bottom. The consistent man
is the fellow who gets there. The
Freshman and Sophomore contests
show that a surprising number of
men who are now trying out for the
Junior team have been in both.
There are about 18 Juniors trying
out for the team. Of this number
there are 11 who have been in for
mer class contests as follows:
Alsmeyer, L. H., high man in hogs in
1918 Sophomore contest; Mowfery,
R. C., high man in sheep in 1918
Sophomore contest; Snell, M. G.,
high man in hogs 1918 Sophomore
contest; Evans, S. C., high man in
1918 Sophomore contest; Blood-
worth, J. E., high man in 1916 Fish
contest; Tyson, P. M.; Robinson, H.
C.; Ward, E .C.; Luker, C.; Rothe,
C. H.; Sanders, C. P. The percent
age of Juniors trying out for the
team is not quite as large as for the
1919 Junior team. Even though a
man does not make the team, the
training he gets would be of inesti
mable value to him, a fact that is
brought home many times after the
man has graduated and golden
winged opportunity has flown.
Furthermore, more trying out for
the team would make the competi
tion much keener and enhance the
chances for the College turning out
a better team.
This is the last week of work in
judging before the team is chosen.
The value of a strong finish is pai’-
amount and the pace is fast waxing
to a pace where blow-outs are fre
quent and many gruesome wrecks
are flung by the wayside. Nex.t
Saturday the grand and most high
grand jury consisting of the Ani-
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Uncle Sam called for runners to
serve him the same as any one else;
so when the first call for track blew
the men that reported were inex
perienced men, but they had the real
A. and M. spirit and with the help of
the exceptionally good coach and hard
work on their part they made a very
successful season. When the season
opened there was only one letter man 1 '
but before the season was over three
of the new men proved themselves
to be worthy track men.
The first meet of the season was
with the Baylor Bears at Waco, April
19, 1919. At this meet Hugon proved
to be the best man, winning first
place in the three dashes, which
made him high point man. Frazier
fought hard for his team and won
two first places. Neuman won the
first and one second. Jonas two
seconds. Hoag two seconds. Patter
son one first. Reynolds one first.
The following men won second
places: Davis, Alexander, Landon
and Millard.
At Waco April 19, 1919.
A. and M. 72.
Baylor 37.
Hugon—1st 100 yds., 10:3; 1st
220 yds., 24:4; 1st 440 yds., 55:2 —
15 points.
O. Frazier—1st 220 hurdles, 29:0;
1st javeilin, 143’ 6”—10 points.
Neuman—1st shot, 37’ 4 1-2”; 2nd
discus 106’—8 points.
H. Hoag—2nd mile; 2nd 880
yds.—6 points.
Jonas—2nd 120 hurdle; 2nd 220
yds—6 points.
Patterson -— 1st 880 yds., 2:10—
5 points.
Reynold—1st mile, 5:10—5 points.
Davis—2nd 220 yds—3 points.
Alexander — 2nd javelin, 142’—3
points.
Landon—2nd pole, 10’—3 points.
Mallard—2nd high jump, 5’ 4”—3
points.
A. and M. easily won the meet
with 72 points to Baylor’s 37.
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The famous Big Noise Minstrel
under the leadership of R. B. “Cat”
Goodman, is to be presented to the
student body and world at large on
next Monday evening, Feb. 23rd.
The time is 8:30 sharp, so get the
date well fixed in your mind because
there is a treat in store for everyone
especially the music-loving class.
The place is the Airdome, so se
lected because a large amount of
fresh air will probably be needed be
cause of the hot collars, hot air and
to much dark color. No time or
money has been spared in assembl
ing this unique conglomeration of
satalites in answer or rather in the
attempt to satiate the demand for
amusement. You simply can’t af
ford to miss this presentation of wit,
j humor, music and everything that is
associated with minstrelsy in its
climaxial form. Only the moon will
shine on that night from on high—
the stars will all be in the show
barn. This will be the last appear
ance of Mr. Goodman in black face
comedy and it is guaranteed that he
will be at his best. The men have
been in constant practice for several
weeks and the material to select from
is the best in years. The latest song
hits will be sung and men with deep
sea bass and airplane high voices are
slated for these features. Some of
the features to be offered consist of
The Castenou Quartet (Knicker
bocker, Vandervoort, Tucker and
Wilson) will sing all new songs and
will fling harmonies and minors to
the satisfaction of all; D. S.
(Wrinkles) Moore as interlocutor,
will keep order and see that there
is no gun play over a dice game;
Pridgeon will present several selec
tions in his majestic vaudeville man
ner; Jack Finney of tenor fame sings
‘‘A Tumbled Down Shack in Ath-
lone”; A. S. (Nitch) Vandervoort,
in preparation for his contract with
Victor and Columbia, sings “Bye-Lo”
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When Coach Driver’s quint piled
off the Pullman last Friday morning
with the whole corps cn hand tc wel
come them home, they had complet
ed the hardest and most successful
sally against enemy teams ever at
tempted by an A. and M. club. Six
games were played and every one
resulted in a win for the fast-mov
ing Aggie machine. The whole trip
was a most pleasant one and Coach
Driver is to be complimented upon
the efficient way in which the team
was managed and handled while in
hostile country.
The carnage began Friday night
when the Longhorns came so near
breaking the Red and White’s win
ning streak. The visitors finally
nosed out a one-point victory with
Hartung and McQuillen starring for
the winners. With the aid of the old
band, “Wildcat” and a crowd of en
thusiastic rooters, headed by “Cat
fish” Goodman and “Red” Thomp
son, the Farmers took the second
Texas clash with more ease. This
time the Varsity team was bested by
a score of 22-14, and for the first,
time in history an A. and M. basket
ball team twice defeated Texas upon
her own court.
With the aid of Turkish baths and
many yards of tape the old five was
again ready for a tough game with
S.M.U. on Monday night and they
got it. When the smoke cleared
away the Mustangs were losers by a
score of 20-15 and the Aggies had
clinched the conference champion
ship. The second game also result
ed in another win with McQuillen
playing the stellar role for the Red
and White. With only two more
games and those with a team that
had not won a game so far the
chances for a perfect trip looked
good.
Baylor proved as easy as was ex
pected and with very little difficulty
the Farmers twice carried away the
Bear’s bacon. Forbes furnished the
thrills of the series with Ehlert,