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THE BATTALION
NEWS SECTION
AGGIE MATMEN
WIN NEW HONORS
IN OKLAHOMA
TEXAS CHAMPIONSHIP GOES TO
FARMER TEAM; OKLAHOMA
AGGIES CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONS.
WIN SOONER MEET.
Ramsey Invited to W. R. Meet at
Ames, Iowa; Brings Home Gold Me
dal; Gardner Holds 125 Champion
ship; Five Medal Winners From
A. and M.; Frazier Named “Bull
Montana; Coach Jones Highly Pleas
ed With Record.
Special to Battalion.
For the second time in the history
of Texas mat sport A. and M. h'hs
emerged as State chompion, and this
year has added to a good record by
defeating Oklahoma University in a
dual meet and placing second to Okla
homa A. and M. in the Southwest Con
ference meet, in which Arkansas and
Texas University rated third and
fourth.
The Texas Aggie matment started
the northern trip on March 2nd,
wrestling through the preliminaries
and semi-finals at Stillwater on March
4th, and placing five men in the finals
March 5th. Gardner in the 125 lb.
class and Ramsey in the heavyweight
won first places, thereby winning the
Southwestern titles in their weights,
and earning gold medals.
The Aggie men who placed second
were Thompson in the 115 lb. class,
Matthes in the 135 lb. class, and Ash
worth in the 145 lb. class. They won
silver medals.
In the dual meet with Oklahoma
University on March 7th, Gardner won
by default-fall in the 125 lb. class,
Matthes won by two straight decis
ions in a fast match in the 135 lb. class
and Ashworth won by decision in a 27
minute match in the 145 ,1b class; O.
Frazier won by two straight decisions
including fall off of the mat in the 158
lb. class, Haney won by decision in a
gruelling match in the 175 lb class
and Ramsey won by two straight
falls, tim£> ; 0:1:58, 0:01:59 in the heavy
weight. V Thompson ^ost in a hard
matclvkyi "two' 'faWl“"fn the ban turn-
weight.
Three nights of gruelling matwork
within four days is a strenuous record
for anyone and the Farmer grapplers
who retuimed with Coach Jones and
Mr. Sullivan on Tuesday showed the
effects of their struggles. No per
manent injuries have occurred, how
ever, and every member of this year’s
team is expected to come back strong
next year.
Following is a detailed account of
bouts on March 4th, 5th and 7th:
i Preliminaries and semi-Finals.
In the 115 lb class, Thompson of the
Texas Aggies and Hallobar of Arkan
sas University opened hostilities. Both
men were in fine condition and after
wrestling three seven minute bouts to
a draw, and 6 extra minutes on ex
tension, Thompson finally won on de
cision by displaying cooler headwork
on top and better judgment in getting
out of a hold. This bout placed
Thompson in the finals, on March 5th,
when he locked arms with Swim, the
champion bantamweight of Oklahoma
Aggies. Thompson after going three
minutes was unable to stand the pace
set by Swim, and lost on two falls in
ten minutes.
On Monday, at Norman, Thompson
went after Arnold of Oklahoma like
a whirlwind, and almost succeeded in
upsetting the taller and stronger op
ponent, but the Sooner grappler had
the advantage in strength and skill
and threw Thompson in two straight
bouts, winning for his team the only
victory of the evening.
In the 125 lb. bouts, Gardner, A. and
M.s most experienced wrestler has
won every bout this year, bringing-
back the title applied by the Univer
sity, that “Scrapping Jew.”
In the semi-finals on Friday, Gar
dner met his old adversary, Nelson
Scurlock of Texas University, and in
the hardest fought bout of the eve
ning- amid the yells of the Stillwater
audience beat his opponent into sub
mission, on two straight decisions.
Many times both men clashed in an
attempt to gain the drop. Finally
Gardner executed a tackle, but the
State man came down on top. The
Aggie clamped an arm and side roll
ed, gaining* the advantage, and stayed
on top for four minutes. The last
three minutes were fast, each man
calling forth his utmost, but Gardner
succeeded in keeping the advantage
and won both seven minute bouts on
clear decisions.
On Saturday night, Oklahoma A.
and M. sent McCullough, her best
specialweight against Gardner. Two
furiously fought bouts followed end
ing with the Texas man winner on
straight decisions. Several times
Gardner tried half-nelsons and arm
locks on his opponent, but was un
able to force the fall due to the
sterngth of McCullough.
Monday night, at Norman, the Soon-
er’s 125 lb. man, Anderson had to for
feit the match on fall due to two
broken ribs. Gardner remains undis
puted champion in his weight in Okla
homa and Texas.
In the 135 lb. class, Matthes drew a
bye at Stillwater, entering the finals
Saturday night. He met Frost, the
Oklahoma A. and M. winner over Ar
kansas. Matthes tripped in the first
bout permitting a fall. In the second
and third he won two close decisions,
necessitating an extra six minutes in
which Frost gained a slight advantage
in staying on top. The match was the
most gruelling of the evening and was
undecided until the last. At Norman
Matthes won two straight decisions
over Armour, the fast Sooner grap
pier. Matthes won a silver medal,
ranking second in the Conference and
holding the State title in the light
weight.
The welterweight furnished no short
matches. Ashworth, the Aexas Aggie
matman, got revenge on his Univer
sity of Texas rival Friday night by
winning a close decision after 33 min
utes of hard struggle, thereby plac
ing second place in the conference. In
the finals he met Nash, the Oklahoma
Aggie heavyweight who trained down
20 pounds to make the 145 lbs. Ash
worth put up a game fight, getting a
draw for 21 minutes, but being unable
to hold the Oklahoma farmer down in
the extra six minutes, and lost the
longest match of the evening. At
Norman, Ashworth came back strong,
but as usual could not get out of his
habit of wrestling extension periods,
and so after going 21 minutes with
Smith, the University of Oklahoma
matman, came back for six minutes
extra. Here Ashworth was at his
best. He rose up out from underneath
in two minutes and held Smith down
for the rest of the time. He used the
old standby of dropping back with his
opponent and also tripping him from a
back hold. Ashworth returns with a
silver medal.
Frazier in the 158 lb. class, met
Robinson, Arkansas’ ex-football half
back who played rings around Rice
last fall. The middleweights fought
long and hard, going 33 minutes at
full speed. Robinson finally won on
condition. Frazier vindicated his rec
ord Monday night, by taking Wails,
the Sooner middleweight into camp
for a fall off the mat, which was in
cluded in two straight decisions. The
Stillwater audience was disappointed
that. Frazier did not get to wrestle
Lookabaugh, the Oklahoma Aggie he
ro, the so called Tarzan of Oklahoma,
and the man who has never met his
equal in wrestling.
Lookabaugh threw Hill of Texas U.
in fifty seconds and is all that his
name, Tarzan implies, a gorilla. He
squeezes his man like a constrictor,
almost breaking his ribs in a vicelike
embrace. Lookabaugh tied Polly Wal
lace of Ames, the heavyweight. Look-
abaugh’s father owns a ranch near
Pawnee. The co-eds look twice when
Lookabaugh passes in his Buick coupe
down the street. When Lookabaugh
steps in the square ring, the Stillwater
audience shouts until he has secure
ly placed his opponent’s shoulders on
the mat. Even with all that, Look-
abaugh’s breath came fast when he
beheld Frazier’s smooth muscles play
ing over each other in the workout,
and the mat fans were disappointed
when Frazier, the first man who looked
equal to Lookabaugh failed through
a little adverse luck to make the
grade. Frazier returned with the
nickname, “Bull Montana.” Looka
baugh says he would like to meet one
other man besides Frazier, Jack Ma
han.
Haney, our light heavyweight,
wrestled the Oklahoma Farmer’s big
gest man, Voyles. Both men were in
top condition and worked hard.
Voyles had the advantage of experi
ence and speed while Haney displayed
more strength in his movements. Ex
perience finally gained the decision,
and Haney lost a chance to beat the
Arkansas man whom Voyles later
beat. Haney showed his grit by
plonghing into Dolph, the Oklahoma
University halfback, on Monday night.
This bout was the most thrilling of
the evening. For a heavyweight match
it was remarkable for speed. Each
man threw all caution aside and
fought like mad. Dolph had Haney’s
shoulders on the mat for rolls twice
but the big Sweede turned over in the
nick of itme and in turn threw the
Sooner on his back. By quick twist
ing, Dolph averted a fall. Both men
were all in after the first round. Dolph
was unable to come back for the sec
ond round and it developed later that
he had broken two ribs in the first
clash with Haney, giving the match to
the Texas Aggies on fall.
“Pontius” Ramsey has left an im
pression never to be forgotten in Ok
lahoma Aggieland. For a heavy
weight he displayed the most versa
tile form ever shown on a Stillwater
mat. Ramsey came through the pre
liminaries in less than two minutes,
throwing Grabiel, the big Arkansas
185 pounder in one minute, ten sec
onds and fifteen seconds, respectively.
Ramsey used his favorite left arm
grip which has disabled two of our
own men who have trained with him.
“Pontius” came on the mat a decided
favorite Saturday night, when he met
Briscoe, the Oklahoma Aggie “Scissor
King”. Brisco tried to offset his
lighter weight by speed an dsucceed-
ed in gaining the drop in the first
bout. He locked a scissor on Ramsey
but the big boy rose straight up, lift
ing Briscoe with him. The first bout
went to Ramsey on decision. In the
second bout, the audience kept up a
continual hurrah on Ramsey and
somewhat disconcerted him so that the
bout was called a draw. In the third
bout, Ramsey came back and thi-ew
Briscoe with an arm and headlock
after six and a half minutes of ag
gression.
Ramsey met a man of equal weight
at Norman, in Bill McKinley, the
Sooner 185 pounder. Both men were
fast workers, but Ramsey gained a
headlock and pinned the Oklahoman
after two minutes. He repeated the
operation in less time in the second
bout. Ramsey returns with a gold
medal, the Texas and Southwest title
and a strong invitation and request
from Coach Jacobson to accompany
the Sooner team to Ames for the big
Missouri Valley War Relief Meet.
Ramsey will have all expenses de
frayed by the Commission and will
be recognized as a representative of
Texas A. and M. He will meet the
redoubtable" Polly” Wallace, the hero
of Ames’ grapplers and captain, as
well as an all-Americal full.
The team returned with Mr. Sulli
van and Coach Jones Tuesday, after
breaking training in Norman and Ft.
Worth. Gardner ate hot cakes, while
Matthes bought chocolate candy and
Haney went to Waco. Ashworth
tried to smoke cigarettes, but could
not buy any o^ng to the Oklahoma
law which forbids selling tobacco to
minors, so he had to ask Mr. Sullivan
for a couple. Mr. Sulivan would not
transgress on the low, however, so O.
Frazier, the only man not to break
training came to “Shorty’s” rescue.
Coach Jones says he is well pleased
with the team, the results having been
better than he had hoped for.
FIFTEEN MEN
1 WANTED TO GO
TO HOLLISTER
President Bizzell Urges Representa
tion of at Least Fifteen At Na-
Tional Summer Association
Conference.
The “Y” is busily planning means
whereby A. and M. may have the rep
resentation of fifteen students at the
Hollister Conference during the com
ing summer as desired by President
W. B. Bizzell who recently addressed
the Y Cabinet on the matter. Pres
ident Bizzell stated that he would
attend the Conference himself if he
was in the country at the time.
State Secretary Erhard, who was
a guest of the meeting, gave a vivid
description of the “Harold Bell
Wright country” in the Ozarks where
the summer conference will be held.
Outlining the plans for the work dur-
the the summer of 1921, Mr. Erhard
stated that no effort would be spared
to obtain the greatest men and
strongest speakers and teachers the
nation affords.
Professor Wood followed Mr. Er
hard and stressed the beauty of the
Hollister region and placed great
emphasis on the work and teachings
of the conference. Student D. D.
Steele who'attended the last Confer
ence presented pictures of the sur
rounding country and listed the bene
fits of the conference.
Every effort will be made to give
A. and M. a strong representation at
the coming conference and students
should seriously consider the trip for
as Dr. Bizzell stated ajt the meeting,
the college needs many students with
training in religious work for Sec
retary Erhard announced the fact
that the Y had found trained stu
dents more efficient in such colleges
as this than the imported experts.
“What is the Irish Republic’s tele
phone number?”
“Why, don’t you know?—McSwee-
ney 80 (ate nothing). ’
AGGIES MAKE
TWO WINS OYER
MUSTANG FIVE
Southwestern Conference Title is
Cinched by A. and M. In Fast
Games With S. M. U. At
Dallas.
By Miss Lorraine Conner.
With Captain Forbes, playing the
brilliant game that has marked him
as the best college player in the
state, leading the way, the Farmers
cinched the Southwestern Conference
basketball title in two fast games
with the S. M. U. quintet Thursday
and Friday nights in the S. M. U.
gymnasium.
The game Thursday night was a
hard fought one, resulting in injur
ies to four players—Hartung of the
Aggies, Kitts, Griner and Cooper of
the Mustangs.
At the end of the fix-st half, A. and
M. held only a five-point lead, 15-10,
but rushed ahead in the second.
Forbes easily led the scoring, mak
ing eleven, points on five field goals
and a fx*ee thi-ow. In spite of the
fast play and its fighting quality, the
game was remarkably free of fouls.
Cooper of the Mustangs played the
stellar role.
The line-up:
A. and M.—Forbes and Williams,
forwards; Ehlert, center; Dwyer and
Hartung, guai*ds.
S. M. U.—Kitts and Matthews, for-
wax-ds; Brooks, center; Coopex) and
Griner, guards.
Substitutes—A. and M.: Megax--
rity for Williams, Williams for Har
tung. S. M. U: Hax-t for Kitts,
Pearson for Griner, and McCain for
Brooks.
Scoring-—A. and M: Field goals,
Forbes 5, Ehlert 3, Dwyer 2, Megar-
i-ity 2; free goals, Fox-bes 1. S. M.
U: Field goals, Matthews 2, Coop
er 4; free goals, Cooper 2.
Referee: Davis (Michigan).
Friday’s Game 16 to 11.
This game closed the Southwestern
Conference basket ball season, giv
ing the championship title to A. and
M.
Rix’s men who went through the
season without a conference victory,
put up a splendid bid for their
finale. They outplayed the Aggies
in the fix-st half, holding a 7-6 lead
at the end of the period. But the
Farmers staged one of their come
backs that have becoxxie common
place with them this season and rang
up a victory in the last half.
Hortung’s knee, injured Thux-sday
night, bothex-ed him and Bible sent
Wiliams in at guard. Rix was en
abled to present his regular line-up
in spite of injuries.
Forbes, Captain of the Aggies was
not up to form, and missed many
easy shots at the basket, bxxt was the
chief individual scox-er of a cleanly
played fast game.
Scoring—A. and M. :Field goals,
Ehlei’t 2, McGarrity 2, Forbes 2;
Fx-ee goals, Fox-bes 4 out of 4. S.
M. U.: Field goals, Matthews 2,
Cooper 1; free goals. Cooper 5 out
of 7.
Referee: Mattenheixxxer.
At both games thex-e was a lax-ge
enthusiastic crowd of students and
many former students of both insti-
txxtions. The lowest estimate is
placed at 300, in spite of the fact
that there were rival entex-tainments
on both ixights. Such good sports
manlike games are well worth going
a long way to see.
Editor’s Note: This is the first
athletic event ever “covered” for the
Battalion by a gix-1.
INTER-BATTALION
TRACK MEET ON
SAT. AFTERNOON
The final contest for intra-mural
championship in tx-ack will be held
on Kyle Field at 3:30 p. m. Satur
day afternoon.
The contest is open to aixy student
now in attendance at the college and
carries the same rewards as in the
case of the other battalion contests
previously held during the year.
Coach Rothgeb states that he hopes
to have as many contestants out to
support their respective ox-ganiza-
tions as possible. Three places will
be counted in each event and the
team making the highest scox-e will
win the championship.
Contestants ax-e reminded that the
contest will start promptly at 3:30
and will be run on schedule time.
FARMER FIVE
SPLITS SERIES
WITH TEXAS U.
Thirteen Proves Jinx for Both Teams;
First Game at Austin Won by State
State 16-13; Second Game a
Farmer Victory 18-13.
By “RUNT” HANSON.
The Farmers dropped the first
game to Texas by a score of 13 to 16.
Insofar as the scoring is concerned, the
game belonged to the team that could
throw ’em in from the center of the
court. Texas opened up with the
Farmer’s own style of play but did
not have very much success carrying
the ball through thp Farmer guards.
However, the entire Texas team dis
played their best brand of basket ball
and deserved to win. The Farmers’
play throughout both halves was not
up to their usual standard of dash
and brilliant passing. More than
enough easy shots were missed by
both teams to win or lose the gaxxxe.
Second Game, 18-13.
The second game in Austin was
truly a come-back for A. and M. and
it had to be. The Texas team still
had on its basketball clothes and play
ed a wonderful game. Inspired by
their previous victory of the night be
fore and grasping at a fighting chance
for a championship, the University
men put out everything they had.
The scoring started with a field goal
for Texas, only to be duplicated by
Williams a second later. Then came a
foul on Texas and “Todda” dropped it
in, giving A. and M. a one point lead.
From here on it was always A. and
M. just a point or xxxaybe three in the
lead. The first half ended just that
way.
About half way in the second half
Texas drove up from behind and tied
the score. You should have heard the
cheering.
It was just at this tixne that Ehlert,
who had been fighting hard, was tak
en out to give Megarity that long look
ed for opportunity—Texas. Did he
take that chance? Say, boy! He
slipped a couple in so fast that some
of the Texas boys remarked soxxxe-
thing aboxxt a “dark horse.” From
the way that boy “fought ’em” for
that last texx minutes, the _ “good
coach” is subject to suspicion of hav
ing held out on us.
From here on there was no doubt
as to the outconxe, for it was in this
last ten minutes that the Farmers did
their best passing. It is true that
Megarity is the boy who turned the
tide but too much praise cannot be
given Capt. Forbes for the way he
played the floor and led his team.
Dwyer and Hartung, guards, as usual
formed a wall over which the best of
teams have failed to get very far.
Williams and Ehlert played good
games at forwards, “Hoots” holding
up the lion’s share of the scoring.
Pepton and Barrett were by far the
out-standing stars for Texas, causing
the few Farmer supporters alarms
every time they took a long shot.
However, the entire Texas team show
ed good coaching and played 100 per
cent better ball than they did in either
of the games at College earlier this
season.
LEITER LIGHT
OPERA COMING
Four Talented Artists ixx Costumed
Classics anc^ “The Philosopher
and the Lady.”
Next Thursday night at Guion Hall,
7:45, the Harry Leiter Light Opera
Company will entertain the College
audience with selections from the pop
ular old operas such as “The Mikado”,
“Robin Hood,” “La Boheme,” “II
Trovatore” and others equally famil
iar. The scenes presented will be in
costume which will add considerably
to the general stage effect. The light
opera, “The Philosopher and the
Lady”, presented the first time by this
company exclusively a few months
past, will also be presented in costume.
The artists of this company. Misses
Hazel Huntley, contralto, Martha
Cook, soprano, and Messrs Joseph
Kendrick, tenor, Clayton Quale, bari
tone and Harrison Burch, accompan
ist, have each had wide experience and
have xxxet with much favor in the north
axxd middle west. This is expected to
be the best of all professional enter
tainments at the College dxxring the
year, and due to its unusual nature
and the exceptional ability and tal
ents of the artists, an exceedingly
large audience is expected. Tickets
may be reserved at the “Y” beginning
Monday at 8 a. m.
COL. OUSLEY
LECTURES ON
CITIZENSHIP
Prominent College Official Delivers
Series of Lectures for Stxxdents
and Campus People.
Oxxe of the greatest men in the state
of Texas and a prominent figure in
the agricultural affairs of the nation.
Col. Clarence N. Ousley, former asis-
tant secx-etary of the United States
Department of Agriculture, former
editor of the Seapower Magazixxe,
former editor of the Fort Worth
Recox-d, former Director of the
Texas A. and M. Extension Ser
vice located at College Station, and
at present College lecturer, is to de
liver a series of twelve addresses on
citizenship to the student body, the
facxxlty members and others who xxxay
find the time to attend. iCol. Ousley’s
lectures will embrace all of the fun
damentals of citizenship, starting with
the axxcient laws and customs of the
Chaldeans and the Egyptians, and
tracing the progress of these customs
and laws on up through the Grecian,
Roman, French, German, Spanish,
English, and then the present day cus
toms and laws of the United States
and the world at large. All of his
lectures are so interwoven that each
bears directly upon the precedixxg and
the succeeding ones and the connec
tion which each bears upon the course
in citizenship can be plainly seen.
Col. Ousley delivers two lectures
each week ixx the “Y” chapel at 6:45
on Tuesday and Friday nights. The
fourth of his series of lectures will be
delivered tonight. The lectures at the
present time are only preparatory to
the ones that are to follow dealing
thoroughly with the subject of cit
izenship. He will also include in his
lectures such subjects as “Interpre
tation of the Constitution of the Unit
ed States,” “Child Welfare,” “Child
Labor Problems,” and the “Duties of
the State.”
FARMER A.E TEAM
WINS HONORS AT
FT. WORTHSHOW
Two Aggies Tie for First Place; Team
Wins Over Oklahoma by 160 Points;
Cattle Shown Place High.
At the Fox*t Worth Fat Stock Show
eax-ly this week the A. and M. Live
stock Judging team of the Junior
Class, won the coxxtest over Oklahoma
by a wide margin of 160 points. Two
Texas A. and M. men, Carlisle and
Hale, tied for first place, Love was
fourth, Knapp was fifth, and Dinwid
dle sixth. This gave the Texas Ag
gies five on the first six places, Nel
son of Oklahoma winning third place.
These men will be strong contendex-s
for positions on the Senior Team from
A. and M. next season which contests
with other college teams for the In
ternational honors at the Chicago
Show. With Coach Stangel, who has
been sending out excellent teams in
the past as their coach, prospects are
good for the showing of the 1921 Tex
as team at the International. Coach
Stangel and Prof. Texxxpleton, head of
the department, accompanied the team
to Fort Worth.
The team preceded to Oklahoxxxa
City after the Fort Worth contest,
where it will meet the Oklahoma
teams again in the Stock Show at that
place.
The livestock shown at Fort Worth
by the College won high placings, five
firsts being clinched the first day of
the showing, one second, and one third
place also being won. The famous
Prince Perfecto 11th, senior calf which
won a first at the Chicago show and
was Grand Champion at the Dallas
Fair, again received his first place in
the classes of calves of all breeds.
The College is increasing its interest
in showing prize livestock at the var
ious shows and Prof. Templeton
takes personal charge of this phase of
the department’s work.
The Study Classes instituted by the
“Y” are doing exceedingly well. In
struction is being offered in six
courses and a total of 127 have en
rolled for the classes up to the pres
ent time. The classes will xxxeet once
a week in the designated places at the
regular time with the exception of the
course in “Building the Bible,” which
will meet twice a week on Monday and
Thursday nights at 6:45 in the assem
bly room of the E. E. building.
* * *
Mrs. Geo. Long of Bryan, will sing
at the mass meetixxg in Guion Hall on
Sunday evening.