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THE BATTALION
AGGIE- LONGHORNS
GREAT BILL IN
AUSTIN TONIGHT
Race Between the Longhorns With a The scene of the conflict has now
Percentage of 1.000 and Aggies been shifted to Austin, and| With
833 is Now On. Tiny looking good, the Longhorns
will possibly realize they have a bat
tle on.
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Up to the present time the com
pany football games have not been
real contests of the gridiron, the
leading teams probably have several
experienced canoeists as well.
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The Austin publicity hounds have
already predicted an easy victory
for the Orange and White—but yet
after the Turkey Day tilt, they still
forget the Aggie spirit of fighting
till the final whistle Dwyer and
Company, representatives of Aggie-
land, are the logical upseters of the
dope bucket from our point of view.
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The wrestlers are complaining
about the adverse weather conditions
hampering their road work, While
our friend Synocles, the Calvaryman
says they look like a bunch of guys
with frost bitten ears.
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When it comes to ilie fine points
of basketball, the casual reader
should go down and lamp Roper, De
guards. Gill, the only member of the j Lee and Company, Tossers and Pass-
quintet not a veteran, has played ; e rs de luxe. After on e half of their
a consistent, high-class game but with ; s tyi e of play, opposing teams throw
additional experience will look even ; up an d retire to the side lines—
better. Darby, of last year’s Fresh- : meaning raising their hands over
man Team, is used at center and for- ; head,
ward also. Likewise Megarrity, a let- j * * *
ter man of las'l year’s champions, is | Sully’s Bulletin of the Spring
worked intermittently at forward. | Home Events reveal a classy card
With the great crisis of the race for
the Southwestern Conference Cham
pionship drawing near, the Texas Ag
gies have been working extra hard in
preparation for the two-game series
with the league leaders, Texas Uni
versity, in Austin, Friday and Satur
day. The Orange and White cagers
have not lost a game so far this sea
son, but an athletic contest between
these rival institutions is always more
or less of a toss-up, and in several
cases recently, the Aggies have shown
very little respect or consideration for
the dope bucket.
Against the fast Haymakers here
last week, the Aggies played good
ball the first night and then swept the
visitors off their feet the second night
with perfect teamwork, and were
gaining momentum every minute.
The team easily looked like it had
recovered from the slump. The reg
ular combination was used, playing
Ehlert and Williams at forward, uti
lizing the giant Keen at center, and
working Captain Dwyer and Gill at
RACE GETTING TIGHTER
IN THE BATTALION
FOOTBALL GAMES
Present standing of the teams:
W
L
Pet.
2nd Battalion
. 2
0
1000
Cavalry
. 2
0
1000
Casuals ’
. 2
0
1000
Artillery
_ 2
1
500
1st Batalion
_ 0
2
000
Signal Corps
. 0
2
000
Aviation,
0
2
000
Only two games
were
played in
“Floppy” Hartung, former all-
southwestern guard, who was injured
for the R. V. weekend, so Aggies get
that date and dot the grand stand
and should Ehlert register many more
similar games that he has played here
this year, will be a nominee for an all-
southwestern berth.
The team will leave here Thursday
in order to secure a good rest. Quite
a number of the students here have
expressed intentions of accompanying
the team on their conference chase.
-Our Prof’s sick in bed, to-
What’s the
again on the road trip, was inten- ■ with some of the latest creations of
tionally withheld from the Phillips Mme. Goldbery and Bellas Hess,
games in order to completely recover
from the effects of his injuries, and
may start the game against the Long
horns. He is a great guard and his
three year’s team work with the
Farmer leader, Dwyer, will strengthen
their defense considerable, an item
highly necessary to curb the scoring
power of the Longhorns who have so
far this year run wild over all op
position. Against this great defen
sive pair, Hartung and Dwyer, the
latter playing the most brilliant game
of his four years here, the Longhorns
are due to face the hardest game on
the schedule.
Another factor to which the Maroon
and White supporters point to with
a source of pride, is the steady im
provement of “Tiny” Keen, who at the
first of the year looked extremely
awkard on the court, comparatively
slow, and bungled teamwork often,
while now he hustles the ball with the
grace of a finished player, and forms
a working unit in Bible and Mc-
Quillen’s style of play. Against the
Phillips crew he looped six baskets
the first night, and the second man
aged to duplicate his feat in spite of
the close guarding of the invaders.
Likewise the forwards, Williams
and Ehlert, especially the latter, have
Won
day.
Too—Thasso?
plaint?
Won—No complaint; everybody’s
satisfied. R—ecord
the company football league the past
week due to the bad weather.
The Cavalry and the Signal Corps
hooked up in one of the hardest
games played which resulted in the
score being tied 0 to 0. The field
was so heavy and cold that very lit
tle progress could be made by either
team. Cap Murrah who refereed
covered more ground as he brought
his water wings along. As a whole
it was wonderful game as to which
one could hold the other team down
and hold on to the ball. Fumbles
were frequent. The Signal Coi'ps
aomeWhat surprised ^he .spectators
in the wonderful comeback from the
second half on. It looked like Fish
Cook was going to get loose several
times and did make some spectacu
lar gains. Fish Red was unusually
good on the receiving end of the
passes completed by the Signal
Corps. Gibbs played a wonderful
game at tackle and broke many
plays. For the Cavalry, Krass was
the backbone of the gains made and
they were very frequent. Knicker
bocker handled his team very well
and made several good playes him
self. In the line Gunter played
good defensive game. The man that
put more fighting spirit in the Sig
nal Corps was Dillingham. Very
few gains Were made through center
and he was playing all the time.
The second game was played be
tween the Casuals and the 1st Bat
talion. With the Casuals winning
by a mere 6 to 0. This touchdown
was a result of an intercepted pass
by Neely who ran forty-five yards
for a touchdown. Neely made most
of the gains for the Casuals and was
; on most of the receiving end of
most of the passes. The Casuals
! played an open method type play
I and it worked very effectively. They
have a nice passing team. The ter-
j ror in the line was Carroll. He
played like the first raters all the
[ time. Down on the punts fast and
[ was a stone wall on the defense.
| Cowan also played a good game at
com ~ tackle for the Casuals. The Casuals
were in scoring distance several
times but could not put it over.
^ For the 1st Battalion Prewitt was
the shining light and made several
Girls who are earnest and loyal J large gains,
are always welcome to share with us '
the goo dtimes, and the good pro
grams which have been arranged
for the year.
Dear Sweet Thing—“Oh! That’s
the first time I have ever been kiss
ed by a man.”
Young Hopeful— (surprisedly)
“How do you class my room-mate.
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AGGIES DOWN FAST
HAYMAKER FIVE
IN TWO GAMES
Crooks, Visitors Forward, Proves to
Be a Real Whirlwind Keen
Comes Inso His Own by Scor
ing Six Baskets Each Night.
A capacity house saw the Aggies
emerge with a bare 31 to 25 victory
over the Phillips University five here
last Friday night after being lead
by the shifty invaders by a 11-8 lead
at the termination of the first hal f.
The Haymakers, although used a
comparative simple style of offense,
had it well perfected and coupled
with their well executed five man de
fense left the Farmers somewhat at-
sea in the initial period. Crooks,
the outstanding forward of the vis
itors, proved to be one of the most
accurate shots seen on the local floor
this season and was a veritable whi r l-
wind but towards the termination of
the contest was somewhat curtailed
due to the exceptional guarding of
Captain Dwyer. It was in the sec
ond half that the lead was at last tied
and then headed, and due credit is
accorded Tiny Keen who made the
wonderful victory possible. He
registered six goals and three free
throws. Throughout the entire sec
ond period the entire cadet corps
were a raging howling mob and the
faithful Aggie Band played “Wild
cat” for a solid twenty minutes.
Saturday Nite found the Aggies
dishing out coupopn No. 13, and some
fear was held ere but what this hoo
doo number would be their undoing,
but the crowded gymnasium full of
fans and spectators anticipating a
real contest as on the night before
saw the Texas A. and M. basketball
team come out of their slump and
into their old true form. It was a
brilliant contest throughout, but the
superior teamwork on both defense
and attack gave the last year’s
Champions a 31 to 18 win. It was
in this game that they truly resem
bled championship contenders.
Crooks, the star of the previous nite,
was again the same swift moving
elusive forward, but he was closely
watched, although he managed to
register three baskets in the few
minutes of play from the middle of
the court. Keen again was the star
for the Farmers, but in this game
he was a star of a different type.
He formed a working unit in the
team and his baskets were the result
of excellent cooperation by bringing
the ball within the scoring zone.
Ehlert for the Aggies and West for
the Haymakers also played a stellar
game.
The Line-up:
A. and M. Forwards, Ehlert and
Williams; Center, Keen; Guards, Gill
and Dwyer, (c).
Phillips U. Forwards, Ballard and
Crooks; center, Gray, (c) ; West
and Milam, guards.
Substitutions: A. and M., Jones,
Darby, Megarity and Roper.
Phillips: Coldfelter.
Referee: Mann.