THE BATTALION
SPORTS
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Y MIKE’* FINN, ASSISTANT “DOUGH” ROL-UINS, EDITOR “SNOOKS” GARDNER, ASSISTANT ♦£
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INFANTRY WINS
CHAMPIONSHIP
BY SINGLE POINT
Casual’s Jinx Follows Them Into
the Fray and Lose the
'Htle 7-6.
When Buescher’s attempt at goal
from touchdown went wild, the Sec
ond Battalion gathered in the Inter
company Championship, together with
the thirteen sweaters and moved the
football supramacy of the Campus
from the Sons of Rest Apartments to
the Corpe of Cadets. Pinson, the
elusive back of the doughboys, swept
left end for a thirty-yard gain and
placed the ball in dangerous territory.
Miller made five more and then Pin
son bucked it over and Moore kicked
goal. The rest of the first half was
the Casual’s but they lacked the nec
essary punch to shove it over. Wal
las, or more commonly referred to as
the “Dark Horse,” proved his worth in
the first play when he carried the ball
twelve yards for the Casual’s first
down, but a crashing tackle sent him
from the game early in the contest,
and Rollins followed a few minutes
later. Carroll, left guard for the Ca
dets, was the individual line star of
the game, but Denny the Casual cen
ter followed a close second.
The second half showed the game
even for excitement, and was more
of a punting duel than a match of
offensives, and here’s where “Bill”
McMillan’s nickname was changed to
‘“Bo” for he brought the punts back
in a style that would make even the
great “Bo” a trifle envious. The Cas
ual’s touchdown came as a result of a
pass to Beuscher, and penalty impos
ed on the Infantrymen, when Masuda
was caught piling on after the; whistle
blew. The Casuals failed to buck it
over, but Denny smothered Miller’s
punt behind his goal line, and Ramsey
recovered. P. C. Coffin, a veteran end,
played 1 havoc with the Cadet’s of
fensive, and will be seen in action
again when the All Company game
will be staged.
Between halves, the Sons of Rest,
.headed by their original Casual Band,
made a large “C” and then followed
with the usual Aggie yells. Then the
Cadets made a large “I” and gave
their yells. Spirit on both sides was
at a high pitch throughout the con
test and the classic resembled more
an intercollegiate contest than an in
tercompany game.
To pick any individual stars would
be a task, in fact it would be an in
justice to every player who partici
pated, for all of them fought every
inch of ground, but two backs stand
out above all others: Harry Pinson,
the crashing line-smasher of. the Ca
dets and Bill McMillan, one of the
greatest broken field runners that
Company football has ever produced.
Closely following in their tracks are
two linemen, Homer Carroll, the Ca
det guard, who was in every play, and
“Corporal” Denny, the Easy-Goer’s
center who swept down under the
punts and functioned for an end.
Ramsey and Cowan bore the brunt of
the Military attack, but the McClel-
land-Patilli combination fully equaled
their brilliancy. “Six Eggs” Moore
and Riggs made good short gains for
the Second Battalion, but Rollins, Jar
rell, and Park duplicated the feats for
the civilians, and Phocian Park’s de
fensive game stood out pre-eminent
ly. Miller on long end runs and Sco
field on short ones were responsible
for a large percentage of the Cadet’s
gains. “Breaks and Flukes” are re
sponsible for many victories, but out
side of the “Injury Jinx” that has fol
lowed the Casuals, the “Breaks and
Flukes” went fifty-fifty.
Company ball with the exception of
t v - All-Company game, is over, and
there are dark and bright spots on the
sun, but certain stellar roles still shine
forth and it will be a source of praise
when they answer “present” next fall
as Coach Bible calls the Varsity try
outs roll.
The line-up:
Casuals. 2nd Battalion
McCarter
Left End.
Ramsey _
Left Tackle.
Pattilli
Neeley —
Left Guard.
Carroll
Denny
Center.
McClleland
Rhomberg
Right Guard.
Bradley
Kee
Right Tackle.
Shiftlet (C)
Coffin
Right End.
McMillan
(C)
Moore
Quarter.
Jarrell —
Left Half.
Pinson
WolHo
Price
Right Half.
Rollins : Miller
Full.
Substitutes: Infantry, Real, Sco
field, Masuda, Japour, Jarvis, Wilson.
Casuals, Beuscher, Park, Weinburg.
Referee: Knickerbocker.
Umpire: Drake.
Headlinesman: Morriss.
Time of Quarters: 15 minutes.
CANDIDATES OUT
» FOR BASEBALL
Tuesday, Feb. 1, Coach Bible called
for a meeting of all men going out
for baseball this year. About 50 men
answered the call, and prospects look
mighty bright for the coaches. Sen-
tell is now in camp and work is being
carried on with added vim and pep.
The first day was a routine one con
sisting only of the assigning of lock
ers and the issuing of uniforms. A
few limbering up exercises were taken
but the work was called off early.
Wednesday saw about 40 aspiring
athletes out working hard and with a
determination even though the day
was rather chilly, and cool. A brisk
infield practice was gone through and
the pitchers unlimbered a few and be
gan to find that old control. The bat
ters were then served up with just
the straight old pellet and no curves
or steam being put behind the ball.
The second day out brought several
men into the limelight who will be
favorites on the Aggie nine this year
who have never before donned that A.
and M. uniform. A rather sensation
al find was made in an elongated
hurler from the port side, who has a
wind-up and delivery all his own.
Words cannot describe it. Just wait
until you see this boy whisk them by
the opposition and you will join with
me in saying that he is some south
paw.
This year there is, if ever before,
a better opportunity for new men to
break in. In the infield practically
no position is cinched one, as we have
third, short, and second, open to the
best men and while first is pretty well
looked after, there is always room for
improvement, and anybody that can
hit and can field just a little will find
himself perched on first when the
umps yell play ball for the first game
of the season. In the outfield we have
many old men back, but here also there
is room for the man who can hit, as
we lost several of our letter men who
gamboled around in the outer garden
last year.
In the pitcher’s box we can use a
couple more twirlers with the greatest
ease, and it is a known fact that an
other catcher would not go bad at
least for a utility man.
The new man coming out for the
first time should go at it with a de
termination and an “honest to God”
fight in his heart and he will be sure
to come out at the end of the sea
son with a letter besides sharing in
the glory of having played with the
Southwestern Championship baseball
team for the year of 1921.
This week will see many men cut
from the squad so it is up to the in
dividual to see to *it that he is not
numbered among those who have to
go. By the end of this term we will
have a better line on the prospects
and a more thorough story of the men
out for each position can be made.
EFFORT BEING MADE
TO ARRANGE MAJOR
LEAGUE GAMES HERE
Mr. Sullivan Has Four Letters in the
Mail Asking for Such
Not exactly as the result of last
week’s article on the possibility of ar
ranging a few big league games here,
is an effort being made to book such
games, but just because such a thing
was brough before the notice of the
Athletic Department.
Games will try to be booked be
tween the Cleveland Americans, De
troit Americans, New York Nationals
and Chicago Americans, and others
where it is possible, however, none
have been definitely fixed as yet and
all we can do is to live in expectancy
and high hopes.
It seemed ' ^ be the wrong idea that
we wanted J - two big league teams
play here, _ .c it is the feeling of the
student body that it would be better
if games could be played between the
majors and the Aggie nine, as in this
way it would have the added local in
terest, as well as the pleasure of see
ing the stars of the majors perform
against our nine. Such an arrange
ment would be much better financially
and again it would be a difficult task
to get two of the majors to play here,
as no two of the teams are this year
goixig home together as was the case
last year, when the St. Louis and Phil
adelphia teams were going north.
A little thing such as the Blanket
tax should not stand in the way of
such a game for it is entirely possible
that such games could be paid for out
of the gate receipts paid in at the gate
by the surrounding populace, and then
again the Chamber of Commerce
should give such a thing as this a
backing. However, the student body
demonstrated that opinion when asked
if they would pay to see such a game,
but it might be possible that such a
thing would not be necessary and then
those who could not otherwise see such
a game, perhaps in their whole life
would be able to do so.
The athletic department in full jus
tice to it is doing its part now in
trying to arrange such games, only it
should try and make the games be
played between the local nine and the
visitors, which I personally believe
they will have to do, if they want to
play, as no two teams will be induced
this late in the season to stop over,
especially when they are not going
north together. An effort will be
made to make the price just as low
as possible to the cadets, and in fact
make the blanket tax cover the ex
pense of such a game as the expenses
are not going to be as large as it
might be imagined.
AGGIES COMPLETE
HARD ROAD TRIP
The Aggies invaded Louisiana for
four games of basketball, with the
Louisiana Tigers and two with the
Tulane five. Playing for the first
time this season on foreign courts and
with veteran teams; in all cases the
Aggies were only able to take one of
the four games played.
Fate decided both the games with
the Tigers since the first game was
lost by one point and the second by
two points. Two more brilliant games
of basketball were never staged, and
both teams fought hard. The Tigers
played a strong game from the start
and were leading the Aggies through
the first half by a score of 16 to 12.
With the opening of the second half
the Aggies came back with a brilliant
attack) led by Capt. Forbes and scor
ed 18 points while the Tigers scored
only 15, but this was not enough to
win and the game ended with the
score 31 to 30 against them.
The second game was a repetition
of the first, replete with brilliant de
fensive work of both teams. The
Tigers, however, led the Aggies all the
way, but won by a narrow margin.
Captain Forbes was again high point
man, but the playing of the entire
Aggie five was brilliant.
After two defeats at Baton Rouge
the Aggies rested a couple of days
and journeyed to New Orleans for a
brace of games with Tulane. The first
affair was easy for the Aggies, they
winning 41 to 28, but in the second
contest the Tulane five turned the
tables and took the Aggies into camp
by a score of 30 to 27. Captain Forbes
was, as usual, the high point man, but
as in all previous games the Aggies
played the same dashing game. This
game concluded a six-game road trip,
the Aggies having won two from Rice
before invading Louisiana and in the
six games they won three and lost
three which is an excellent record for
the road. In the three games lost
they were defeated by a total of six
points in all three games, which gives
some idea of the strength of the
teams.
ONE ON EDDIE.
A lot of people think football fans
belong only to the male sex but there
is at least one in Houston who be
longs to the opposite sex and just to
prove this statement here is a letter
addressed to the Department of Ath
letic Training from one of the fairer
sex who signs her name as “Miss
Evelyn The Football Fan,” mak
ing inquiry concerning “Harvard Ed
die” Mahan:
“Would it be asking too much of
you to inform me just which ‘All-
American team Jack Mahan made
—and is it more of an honor to be
on Walter Camp’s ‘All-American’
than Collier’s ‘All-American’ or
some of the others?”
Jack denies having ever met the
young lady, but did not fail to ex
hibit interest when shown the letter.
It might be well that Mr. Rothgeb
keep an eye on Jack when the track
team visits Houston this spring and
it also might be well that the leading
newspapers of Cook county not copy
this.
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you should see a cowslip would you
expect her to strain her milk?
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Little Red Ridinghood should take a
bath would Little Bo Peep?
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a ship is capable of making thirty
knots per hour how long would it
take to get the ocean tide?
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both of you work in a dairy and you
loved no one butter, how would
you get the milk made?
TENNIS PROSPECTS ARE
BRIGHT FOR SQUAD
Freshmen Spuad Soon to be Or
ganized.
For all those who like tennis as a
sport, and the wise bird who said,
“we’ll take the University on in every
thing from mumblepeg up or down,”
there is the good news that this
school now has the best line-up for
tennis that it has ever had. Coach
Thomas, whose side-line is teaching
English, has been giving much of his
time to the training of the squad since
the beginning of the year and his
worthy intentions are to put out a
team this year that will make a show
ing even more creditable than the team
of last year made in Houston. Those
who saw the Southwestern tourna
ment at that time will vouch for the
statement that A. and M. came near
having a Southwestern Championship
in singles, which is considered a
creditable showing for the first at
tempt.
At present the regular squad con
sists of eight men, for whom two of
the courts behind the Shirley Annex
are reserved every afternoon after 4
p. m. These men were temporarily
selected by Coach Thomas,in accord
ance with his “survival of the fittest”
plan. That is, any member of the
squad is subject to challenge from an
outsider on March 5th or 12th, and if
defeated 3 out of 5 sets, loses his
place on the squad to the winner. By
this method everyone is given a fair
chance.
A squad of Freshmen will be or
ganized in a short while. In the mean
time, every Freshman who desires to
play tennis is urged to come out as
often as possible so that the coach may
see them play.
Arrangements are complete for the
following tournaments:
April 2, at College with Baylor Uni
versity.
April 9, at Austin, Texas.
April 16, Baylor University at Wa
co.
April 30, University of Texas at
College Station.
May 13, 14, Southwestern Tourna
ment at Waco.
One open date to be arranged with
S. M. U.
UNIVERSITY COMING FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY.
The Aggies are going up against
the hardest opposition they will have
this season when they meet the five
from the University on the local
court Friday and Saturday night.
The games will decide in a laYge
measure who is to be southwestern
champions and the Aggies must have
every atom of support that the corps
has to win the games. The Univer
sity five has lost one game this sea
son to Baylor but this defeat has in
no way caused them to lose heart
for they came back in the next two
games and defeated the Owls from
Houston by a much more decisive
score than our own Aggies did.
Captain Forbes and his team realize
that they have a fight before them if
they are to be the victors in both
of the games and have been going
through hard workouts in prepara
tion for the contests. It is to be
remembered by the corps that a game
with the University is never won uri-
til the last whistle has blown and if
the Southwestern Championship is
to be in Aggieland for another year
they must be a hundred percent per
fect in their support. The papers
of the state gave us third place in the
race at the beginning of the season
and it is up to us as Aggie support
ers to show them that they are on
the wrong road as usual.
EXPLANATION.
Some dissatisfaction has been voic
ed because of the charge being made
for the championship game between
the Casuals and the Second Battal
ion. For the information of those
who do not understand the situation,
the charge was made to cover the ex
pense of the Silver Footballs for the
All-Company men, to buy additional
sweaters for the winning team, and
to cover the small expense which each
team incurred. The reason the charge
was made for this game rather than
the All-Company game was the fact
that it was played on Saturday and
the All-Company game will very
probably be played on Sunday. The
criticism aimed at the Athletic Coun
cil is unfounded because they have
fulfilled their part to the letter. They
gave twelve sweaters to the Cham
pions of the Company League and
those sweaters are in the hands of
C-D now. It has always been a
custom to charge for the All-Com
pany game to cover the expense of
the purchase of silver footballs and
this game was substituted for rea
sons named above and no charge will
be made for the All-Company game.
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Don’t Miss This Peppy Bill with Good Music
Monday and Tuesday—The Sensation of the Globe
“ EARTHBOUND”
Two College Chums Make Their Creed—No God, No Sin,
No Hereafter—See Them Live This Creed!
Wednesday and Thursday—“Treasure Island”
Dixie Saturday
A Made to Order Bill for A. and M. Students
JACK PICKFORD
In a Comedy-Drama Knockout, “A Double Dyed Deciever.”
Also a Big Comedy Slaps Stick Scream
MONDAY—MADGE KENNEDY IN “DOLLARS AND
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