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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1921)
THE BAT TALI0 N LOOK THEM OVER FOR THE LAST TIME. 'MIKE” FINN, ASSISTANT SPORTS “DOUGH” ROL_l_INS, EDITOR “SNOOK*” GARDNER, ASSISTANT THE FIRST SPORT PAGE This, the first sport page in the his tory of The Battalion, has not been all that a good sport page should be, but we hope that our efforts have met with the approval of every old A. and M. man and those who are interested in the College. Sports are now, and always will be, the major attraction in Aggie- land, and because of this interest in athletics and all things pertaining to athletics the sport page was start ed in the Bat. The purpose of this page has been to present to the public the collegiate man’s view of athletics as compared to the sport writers of the state. There is a great future ahead of sports at A. and M. and as they develop there will necessarily be development of the page devoted to them in The Battalion. The editof is thankful for all kind words that have come his way and he will con sider his work a success if the sport page lives in the future and continues to grow as it has during the past year. Too much praise cannot be A. AND M. WINS SECOND GAME FROM TEXAS WITH EASE. A. and M. turned the tables on Tex as in the second game and evened up the series with Texas, having won two games and lost two to Texas. The loss of one game to Rice cost us the championship and Texas can count herself mighty lucky on copping the gongflon this year. The Texas hitters never solved Sprague’s delivery and he had them where he wanted them throughout the entire game. His curve ball was working perfectly and his control was the best a pitcher could have. The whole A. and M. team played a game up to form and few errors were made on either side. The Aggies presented a somewhat changed line up for the second game. Dinan who has been playing the outfield the en tire season went behind the plate, due to the fact that Crawford’s finger was split by a fowl ball during the first Texas" game. Henderson went to right and replaced Dina'n. Wilson started out at second instead of given "Mike PiflVi-avid S n uoks Tyarduer Dougherty. The "new arrangement for excellent work in making this page. Mike has been responsible for a greater portion of all baseball dope and those of you who have read his write-ups know that he understands 1;he national sport from first to last. Mike graduates this year and will not return to school next year and The Bat and especially the sport page will lose a good man. Snooks Gardner has always been on the job and has been responsible for nearly all the copany athletic writeups in addition to other work that he has jdone. “Snooks” will give the teams publicity in the coming year. A. AND M. LOSES GAME AND CHAMPION SHIP TO STATE UNIVERSITY worked well, as was proven by the fin al score. The Aggies were never in any real danger. Texas looked a little dangerous in the ninth but some true pegging by Dinan nipped their rally in the bud. The final score ended with A. and M. 9 and Texas 3. AGGIES TAKE FIRST GAME FROM SOUTH WESTERN PIRATES. Before one of the largest crowds ever assembled in Brenham to see baseball game the Texas Farmers won an air tight game from Southwestern University Wednesday 3 to 2. Matth In a game that was anything bul what was expected, A. and M. lost the first of a two game' series with Texas on the home grounds. The A. and M. team cracked under the strain of a strenuous season, and the infield made many errors which was the main cause of the down-fall of Henderson in the first game. However, it must be said for State that she hit when hits were needed and.she played a clean game throughout making few erors, at least of the costly nature. Henderson started the game for A. and M. with a sore arm and while not trying to make alibies this had a great deal to do with the outcome of the first game. He held out until the mid dle of the game when a couple of walks and errors almost compelled him to quit the game, but he gamely stuck it out. Dougherty, a man whom the corps had not seen in action, started the game at second and performed credit ably while he was in the game. He scored our first run on a perfect squeeze, but after that play Texas came back strong and scored two runs. Gillete pitched good ball throughout but he was unhittable when he got in a pinch. The Aggies tried for a desperate rally in the 7th but it bore no fruit. However, the band came back strong in the 8th and we managed to push four runs across but we were too far behind to do any good. The ninth in ning saw the Aggies still fighting but the Texas team had all the say about who would score and as a result we lost the first and deciding game of the series, but not without letting them know they had a fight, and they were by no means sure the game was won until the last inning. The final score ended with A. and M. 6 and Texas 9. ews started the game for the Ag gies but had to be relieved by Olsen in the eighth because he developed a wild streak. Lefty has been playing left field all season but his ability as a pitcher was such that Bible started him against Stafford the Southwestern ace. Matthews got 11 strike outs while he was in the box and in the last half of the ninth inning with a score a 2 to 2 tie and one man on second he came to bat and delivered the goods in a way of a three bagger, winning his own game. The Aggies’ ability tc make hits count for runs cost the pi rates the game and added one more to the Farmer string. FARMERS AGAIN THE VICTORS—GAME GOES AN EXTRA INNING The Farmers again showed the Brenham fans that they had the stuff when they took a ten inning game from Southwestern by the score of 7 to 4. Here’s how it all happened—our Farmers took the lead early in the game and it looked as if they were sure of the game, but Southwestern came back in the sixth and tied the score at 6 to 6. The game rocked along in this way with supporters of both teams waxing hot over the fray until the last of the tenth when Pat “Babe Ruth” Dwyer, with a man on first and second, steped to the plate and delivered a three bagger which was stretched into a home run when the Southwestern fielder heaved the ball into the stand. This game ended a successful season for the Farmers, and as we lose none of the players we are sure to have a world beater nine next year. DRISDALEWINS FRESHMAN STOCK JUDGING MEET The Eighth Annual Freshman Live stock Judging Contest was held Sat. May 5, under the management of the Saddle and Sirloin Club. Fifty-one Freshmen representing the upper two- fifths of the Freshman Agricultural students were entered in the contest. The five highest men in the contest being designated as the Freshman Livestock Judging Team. J. V. Drisdale of June, Texas, was high man with an average of 92 per cent., or with 692 points out of a posible 750. T. R. Stevens of Mission, with 673 points was second; L. D. Steffans of Smithville, with 622 points was third; W. E. Flint of San An tonio with 646 points was fourth; R. F. McSwain of Wellborn, with 644 points was fifth. These grades are ex ceptional. Each of these men were awarded handsome medals for which they are indebted to the following suporters of A. and M.: Casey & Sparks, Charlie Nitch, J. F. Lavinder, J. M. Caldwell and Brandon & Lawrence. Ten classes of four animals each were placed in the contest. There were two classes each of beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, hogs and horses. Reasons were taken on one class of each group, making five sets of rea sons. The following men were high for the respective groups of livestock: W. W. Barker in sheep with 146 points out of a possible 150; J. B. Jones in horses with 131 points; W. C. Flint in dairy cattle with 146 points; C. C. Wilson in hogs with 146 points; and F. D. Brown in beef cattle with 148 points. The ranking of the contestants in descending order was Sec. 4, 1, 6, 3, 5, 7, and 2. The judges of the contest were, for beef cattle, Prof. Geo. L. Templeton head of the A. H. Department; for dairy cattle, Prof. R. L. Pou, head of the D. H. Department; for horses, Prof. W. L. Stangel; for sheep, J. M. Jones of the Experiment Station; for hogs R. C. Mowrey and C. Luker. members of the International Team. C. P. (Goat) Sanders, was superin tendent of the contest, V. Bennett assistant superintendent, H. C. Rob inson, chief clerk and J. E. Blood- worth, recorder. Thanks are due all these men for their efficient work. It was the larg est contest both as to number of con testants and as to number of classes placed than any previous one; yet it was completed in the shortest time. As noted before the grades made were exceptional; consequently they reflect high credit upon both students and instructors. Each year brings a better contest and higher scores—may thy continue to improve. In conclu sion we must note that almost without exception men who rank high in the Freshman contest make valuable judges for the Junior and Senior teams. This being the case A. and M. wil Inot be without winning livestock judges in 1924. • r ~ A. AND M. CADETS WILL ATTEND R.O.T.C. CAMPS Government Will Pay All Expenses and $1 a Day to Advanced R.O.T.C. Cadets. Approximately thirty per cent of the entire cadet corps of the A. and M. College of Texas will attend Sen ior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps summer camp to be held in various parts of the United States for the separate branches of the service from June 16 to August 1. Orders have already been issued by the military department of the Col lege for 287 students who have signed up to attend the camps. Of this number 148 will attend the infantry camp at Fort Logan, Colo rado, 52 the field artillery camp at Camp Knox, Kentucky, 50 the signal corps camp at Camp Alfred Vail, Lit tle Silver, New Jersey, 35 the cavalry camp at Presidio of Monterey, Cali fornia and 2 the aviation camp at Post Field, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The rea son for the small number of air ser vice men going to camp is that the aviation unit was only established at the College the past winter and only these two men who had previous ser vice in the aviation branch of the reg ular army were eligible for the ad vanced course and hence for admit tance to the summer camp. Of the total number going 179 are taking the advanced course of the R.O.T.C., which is given in the Jun ior and Senior years, and 109 the basic course which comes in the Fresh man and Sophomore years. All who at tend wil lhave their transportation ex penses to and from camp paid, will receive their uniform and equipment free from the government and live in barracks and subsist in camp at the expense of the government, and in ad dition .the advanced course students will receive pay of $1 per day for the entire time they are in camp. A SUCCESSFUL YEAR. This year ends one of the most suc cessful years in athletics in the history of the College. Our president said at the beginning of school that the team that won from an A. and M. team won the conference champion ship. It has been proven beyond a doubt that he knew what he was say ing for this school year has seen the Maroon and White come out the con ference champions in basketball and track and runners up for the confer ence honors in football, wrestling, ten nis and baseball. There are not many schools in the United States who can boast of this singular honor. There must be a reason for the remarkable showing made by the Aggies, and if we were asked to give them we would say the following: “A. and M. has the best coaching staff in the South. She has the best athletic material in the South, and she has the best cadet corps in the world to back her teams win or lose.” There are still great things ahead for the Farmer teams for next year and those of us who are leaving the old school behind to start our life’s work will never let our eyes lose sight of the school we love and will always have that keen interest so characteristic of every old A. and M. man in the success of our Alma Mater. FAREWELL BANQUET TO TEXTILE SENIONS The underclassmen of the Textile Engineering Society surprised their Seniors by giving them a farewell banquet in the T. E. Building last Wednesday night. During the course of the affair speeches were made by the instructors, and the guest of hon or, Bill Sparks, a former T. E. Neeley delivered an address on “Who’s Who in the T. E. Department,” and pre sented T’s to all notables. The climax came when Toastmaster P. C. Franke presented in the name of the T. E. Society a gold initialed pencil to two of the Seniors, as, he said, a token of their appreciation for the work done by the two Seniors. The whole event was unique in that it was original, and it was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Queen Specials Monday, Tuesday, May 23rd and 24th WANDA HAULEY IN THE SNOB Wednesday, Thursday—Master Special CLARA K. YOUNG IN HUSH Friday, Saturday—A Comedy Clean up WALLACE REID In His Best—’‘The Charm School” NEAL HART IN HELL’S OASIS Tuesday—“Guilded Lies” With Eugene Obrien. Wednesday, “Out of the Darkness’. Thursday, Frank Mayo. Friday, ❖ * * * * * * * ❖ * * * * •i* * * * ❖ * * * * * * * * * * > •> V I I •> »”• •:> V s ************* ********•• •? I For Graduation SEND HER A BOX OK OUR Delicious Candy THE SMITH DRUG CO. BRYAN, TEXAS G. S. PARKERI LUMBER PHONE 41 Up-to-1VaVe Hrtn J K~^rone cflT^ r the CAMPUS SHOE SHOP Our prices are right and we make old shoes look like new. iOLlCK & SON ************************** ;; BRYAN, .TEXAS THE FIRSTNATIONAL BANK OF BRYAN *************************^. ************************** <• «> • • I* % * * *• «> • ^ Capital and Surplus $250,000.00 Undivided Profits .. $50,000.00 « * (Since 1873) Accounts Solicited Upon most liberal terms the CAMPUS BARBER SHOP Eight chairs. One of the best equipped shops in Tex as. All kinds of TONICS Come to See Us J. F. 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