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THE BATTALION
SNOOKS”GARDNER
SPORT EDITOR
‘MACK” MCREYIMOLDS
ASSISTANT
SPORTS
“JINX” JINKS
ASSOCIATE
SPORT EDITOR
HOUSTON TEAM NO
MATCH FOR FAST
AGGIE QUINTET
Dwyer and Company Perform In
Midseasan Style After Listless
First Half.
The Houston Triangles lead by
two former A. and M. captains, For
bes and Longscope, were defeated on
the local court on Saturday night
by the score of 22 to 14. The game
was one of the roughest seen here
in years, at times resembling a foot
ball game more than a basketball
game.
The Aggies started the scoring in
the first minute of play on a free
throw, immediately followed by a
field goal. The Houston boys came
back and tied the count, then forg
ing ahead, but the lead was short
lived, for the Aggies were soon in
the lead never to be headed again.
The score at the half stood 13 toll).
All during this half the passing of
the home team was not the best and
for the great work of the guards the
score might have been different.
Aggies Come Back.
The Aggies came back in the sec
ond half and literally swept the Tri
angles off their feet. Carrying the
ball down the court at will and miss
ing but few shots at the basket, they
soon rolled up a big score. The vis
itors seemed unable to stand the fast
pace set by the home team. Captain
Dwyer’s men covered the floor in
midseason form and showed no signs
of fatigue at the finish.
For the Aggies Keen probably
showed up best for the time he was
in the contest. He looped several
baskets and was all over the court.
Dwyer played one of the most bril
liant games of his career, time and
again carrying the ball to the oppo
nents goal single handed. Williams
again led the team in scoring, with
five field goals. Ehlert as well as
Gill and Megarrity came in for their
share of the honors.
For the visitors Longscope was
the individual star, often carrying
the ball down the court with a
smoothness that was very noticeable.
“Todda” Forbes due to lack of train
ing was not up to his old time form.
The Linup: Triangles; Longscope
and Johnson forwards; Davis and St.
John guards; Forbes, center. Substi
tutes: Cannon, Jackson. Aggies. Wil
liams and Ehlert forwards; Dwyer
and Gill guards; Darby Center. Sub
stitutes: Megarrity and Jones.
Moore (Sewanee) Umpire.
TTQdc!
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Two wonder teams have the Ag
gies met and twice they have come
off the field undefeated. Give us
more wonder teams SULLY.
Fisher, the Harvard mentor says
the Centre loss was due to an injury
sustained by Roberts in the first
BASKET TOSSERS
LEAVE THURSDAY
Meet Mustangs and Bears on Firsi
Road Trip of Season.
The undefeated Aggie Quintet will
leave on Thursday for their first
road trip of the present season. On
this trip they will play four games
two with S. M. U. and two with Bay
lor. This will mark the opening of
the conference season, for all three
teams and will give some line, on
the way the race will go this year.
Very little is known here of the
Mustang Five, since they have play
ed only two games this season, los
ing both to Coach Gardner’s team
from Southwestern by rather large
scores. However the Pirates have a
a wonderful team this year and too
much cannot be based on these
games. Jimmy Kitts, the star atl-
lete of the Mustangs, was absent on
a hunting trip when these games
were played and his presence in the
lineup will make a different team.
Bears Have Fast Team.
When the Bears are met on the
Cotton Palace court on Monday
night, the Aggies will meet their
first real contender for conference
honors. Coach Bridges has built a
wonderful team around Lyons and
Bradshaw. Lyons was selected as Ail
Southwestern center last year, by
practically every sport writer in the
state. Bradshaw continues his spec
tacular playing and seems to be the
star of the team as he was of the
football team. The Bruins lost tv/o
games to the Triangles early in the
season but the team at that time had
had little training. During the holi
days they took a trip through the
southern states meeting some of the
best teams in that section. Very few
games were won by the Texas team
but no boubt they improved wonder
fully and are expecting to win from
the Aggies.
The Aggies have undergone some
strenuous training since their last
games. Both Coach Bible and Mc-
Quillen have been on the floor the
past week and the team has made
wonderful strides. The passing is
getting better and the forwards are
getting their eye on the basket.
When the team returns next Wed
nesday we still expect them to be
undefeated and on their way to their
third Southwestern Championship.
quarter. We only had three regular
backs on the sidelines due to injur
ies. However we offer no alibi.
Seven varsity men ineligible on
Monday—Seven Varsity men eligible
on Tuesday. Funny.
We not only produce athletes of
All-American calibre but our latest
contribution is an All-American Yell
Leader.
Among the numerous wedding re
ceptions tendered Bo McMillin that
by the Aggies at the Dallas Stadium
was in our mind the warmest of al-
lex and the one that he will longest
remember.
Only five Aggie basketball cap
tains on the court Saturday night.
Quite a family affair.
BIG JUMP IN
BASEBALL STOCK
Eugene Cochreham, Heady Mound
Artist to Coach Aggie Diamond
Siars.
When the powers that be signed
Eugene Cochreham of Luling, Tex
as to coach the A. and M. basball
team for the coming season they ap
parently put the final and important
cognito a baseball machine that
should, and we trust will, bring home
the meat for diamond lovers around
College Staion.
Mr. Cochreham has been in pro
fessional baseball for the past ten
or twelve years. Most of that time
has been spent in the Texas and
National Leagues, although he spent
a short time in American Associa
tion. He was a member of the Bos
ton Braves when they blazed through
the National League to a champion
ship and then defeated the then fa
mous Philadelphia Athletics for games
in a row for the world’s champion
ship. While with Boston he was as
sociated with such brainy stars and
coaches as eorge Stallings, Fred Mit
chell, John Evers, “Rabbit” Maran-
ville, and Leslie Mann.
Since coming back to the Texas
League this same Texan has pitched
a classy brand of ball and has at
the same time won recognition as
an all-round baseball strategist. Li
1920 he managed and pitched for
the Lockhart Independents and his
superior knowledge of the game as
well as his ability as a hurler con
tributed a large part in bringing the
state championship to that town. It
is said that the opposing pitcher is
never at ease when he is on the third
i base coaching line.
He is at present the property of
the Houston Club, but their loss is
our gain. We say this in view of
the fact that he has signed a con
tract to handle our baseball reins
from the first of February until the
first day of June. For the past two
seasons we have had the services of
Paul Sentell during the early part
of the year but his connection with
the professional game caused us to
lose him right in the middle of the
collegiate race. This year it will be
different.
Mr. Cochreham begins work here
on February 1st when he will call
out the battery candidates. Others
will be called out later. The only
letter men lost from the 1921 roster
is Henderson, who did the bulk o.:
the mound duty. Therefore, will all
due respect to other hurlers on the
club, it would seem that we need a
man who is able to handle pitchers
and if there is one within the borders
of this big state we feel that A. and
M. has his services. He is also the
kind of man who will fit in natural
ly in an Aggie machine. His connec
tions with the diamond now are lar
gely the result of his love of the
gam e and that is certainly the kind
of ball played on Kyle Field. The
Battalion as a mouthpiece for the
entire A. and M. student body wel
comes him and promises him every
support in the attempt to do big
things for Aggieland baseball. ^
AGGIE SCHEDULE
FOR’22 ANNOUNCED
BY SULLIVAN
Six Games on Kyle Field; Two New
Teams on Card.
The 1922 football schedule as giv
en out by Business Manager Sullivan
is practically the same as this year.
This means one battle after another
throughout the entire season. The
card includes ten games, six to be
played at College Station and four
on foreign fields.
The season opens here on Septem
ber 23, when the varsity takes on
the husky Freshmen team, which
from all advance notices should be
a wonder. One week later Arnold
Kirkpatrick will bring his yellow
Jackets here from Brownwood to
battle the Aggies. This team held
the Aggies to a 14 to 7 score this
year and will probably make things
interesting next year.
Following the Yellow Jackets, the
Arizona Wildcats come for a game
on October 10th. This team was un
defeated the past season by the Ag
gies, later meeting Centre College
in a postseason game at San Diego.
Centre won 38 to 0. Just four days
after the game with Arizona the
Southwestern Pirates invaded the lo
cal camp. This team has not played
the Aggies since 1919, when they
were defeated 7 to 0, due to a long
run by Higginbotham.
On October 20th, Louisiana State
University comes to College Station,
and the Aggies intend to get revenge
for the defeat handed them in the
swampy state this year. This game
will probably be the best played on
Kyle Field during the entire seasor.
After L. S. U. the Aggies take on
Henry Kendall, now the University
of Tulsa.
The first big conference game
comes on November 4th, when the
team goes to Waco for their annual
clash with the Baylor Bears. Baylor
will undoubtably have the best team
in her history in 1922 and this game
will probably b e the best played in
the southwest during the next sea
son.
Armistice Day will find the Aggies
at Dallas playing Southern Metho
dist University. This team has never
beaten A. and M. but things have
changed at the Methodist school late
ly and they should be heard from in
the next few years.
After returning from Dallas the
Rice Owls will be met on November
20th and ten day later the gridiron
classic of the southwest will take
place on Clarke Field at Austin.
The above schedule includes
games with five conferences, four
being in Southwestern Conference,
one in the Rocky Mountain Confer
ence, one in the Southern Confer
ence, one in the Oklahoma State
Conference and three in the Texas
Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
Really a representative schedule for
the leading team of the great south
west.