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THE BATTALION
AGGIES LOOK BEST
IN SPITE OF IN
JURY HANDICAP
RESERVES HUMBLE CROSS COUNTRY
FISH IN A HARD RUNNERS LOSE
FOUGHT GAME BAYLOR ENTRANTS
INTER-BATTALION
BASKETBALL PRO
GRESSES RAPIDLY
Many Eagle Scouts Will Probably be
There For Final Birds-Eye of
Bible Machine.
In spite of the numerous injuries
dotting the Aggie ranks, and the great
effort that the Owls will make to turn
the winning stride of the Farmers,
it only seems tangible that the team
that stopped the onrushing Bears and
turned their heads down in that deep
chasm of defeat is the logical choice
for victory, Armistice Day in Hous
ton. The Farmers are not going to
leave here Friday morning with cinch
victory gratis as their design, for past
conflicts have taught the disciples of
Bible the ill-effects of overconfidence,
and the 56-0 victory for Texas spells
nothing relative to the fight the Hous
tonians will stage against the pride of
Aggieland. Authentic information
relative to the condition of the feath^
ery tribe is not available at this writ
ing, but they will be setting for us in
a fifty per cent, better environment
than they were when they lived up to
their contract for a scheduled game
with State. Recently, the new coach
ing staff at iho South Texas institu
tion, sen^'tut-v- ' f call, urging
every man physically able to report
for tutelage in a desperate effort to
unearth talent in order to give the
Owls maximum strength for their
homeground classic of the season.
Not as a basis of alibi in the case of
an Owl triumph, but the enthusiastic
fan is warned to appreciate the in
jured condition of the Farmers. Out
of the whirlwind backfield, McMillan
and Morris, the first string quarters,
Pinson at full, and Weir at half, will
hardly be used owing to injuries re
ceived in the Bear encounter, how
ever, should they be worked, they will
not be able to present their maximum
strength before that great gathering
that will congregate to witness the
Farmer’s first Houston invasion since
1917.
Excepting Winn, the line is practi
cally none the worse from the wear,
and that Aggie line which always
looms up as a formidable determining-
factor at the critical moments will be
in Houston Friday challenging the
best the Rice Instituters will have to
offer. Regardless of the hard attack
they are preparing to hurl, it is an
accepted maxim that an Owl backfield
without a Dyer will be like a sailboat
without a sail—or an oar either. The
nucleus of the A. and M. backfield
whose phenomenal speed has stag
gered conference opponent after op
ponent this season, will be there and
upon the remaining few will fall the
burden of blasting the Owl’s nest.
As a basis of comparison (?) and
food for thought we offer the follow
ing: Rice lost to the Bears by three
points and we won from the Bears by
11 points, thereby we are a touch
down and field goal better on paper
and the game should terminate 10-0.
Likely it will.
Freshmen, Minus Services of Cope
land, Battered Down Before the
Fighting Scrubs.
Fighting like wild men throughout
every minute of the game, with
“Froggy” McCoy getting greatest
honors on a team where all deserve
praise, the Reserves left Kyle Field
on Friday, Nov. 4 with a 17. to 2 vic
tory over the hefty men of ’25. It
was an interesting game in which de
termination and better teamwork took
honors from avoirdupois.
Coach Anderson’s disciples made
their best showing during the early
part of the game when, led by
Quayle, they advanced the ball to the
20 yard line and attempted a field
goal. But.the ball failed to go where
it was intended and the assault of
the wearers of the red jerseys be
came dormant and was seen very
little thereafter.
The first score came during the
early part of the second quai-ter.
Hannah, of the Reserves, punted and
his teammates recovered the ball on
the twenty yard mark. Neibuhr drop
ped back and tried a drop kick for a
field goal but missed. The Fresh
men fumbled again and Cassidy’s clan
again grabbed the ball. Then on the
third play Neibuhr hurled a pass
to McCoy who made a beautiful catch
and fell over the coveted mark for
a touchdown. Hannah kicked goal.
Not being satisfied at all, they kept
up the rush. Hannah kicked off and
the Freshmen were downed on the
five yard line. The punt was out of
bounds and it was the scrubs ball on
the 30 yard line. The accurate toe
of Neibuhr then sent the ball through
the uprights for another three points.
It was a great boot, at an angle and
for a distance of forty yards.
The “Fish” made their only score
early in the third quarter. They
kicked off to the Reserves and then
blocked the punt. The ball went be
hind the zeroline and Moore worked
fast in order to cover it and make it
two points instead of six or seven.
In the last quarter, Long, who had
been playing a good game from the
start, broke through the heavy “Fish”
line in the middle of the field and
made 25 yards. Then Neibuhr hurl
ed a twenty yard pass to Webb who
was downed on the five yard line.
Long smashed through on the next
play for another touchdown.
All the Reserves played great ball
but the work of McCoy stood out over
all. He was down on punts like a
sprinter and his tackles were deadly
and many. It was this deadly tack
ling that was largely responsible for
the fumbles of the Freshmen. Moore
played his usual consistent, heady
game and Long was dangerous on
both the defense and offense. Nei-
buhr’s whole anatomy, from his toe
to his gray matter, was working to
the advantage of the Reserves. The
whole line worked great things.
Quayle stood out for the first year
men. His ability to carry the ball
is largely responsible for the fact
The First Six Places Swamped by
the Aggie Hill and Dale
Runners.
In the first dual cross country meet
ever staged in the Southwest, the
Texas Aggie Hill and Dale runners
fairly left the Bear entrants in the
woods crosing their first six men be
fore a Bruin runner ever came in
sight. Hailey, captain of the 1921
cross country team, ran a beautiful
race, covering the four and one-half
mile course which led from Baylor
University around the Cemetery Loop,
in 26:50, remarkable time for this sea
son of the year. The Bears were
coached by their former famed track
captain. Wolf, of 1920 fame. He
seemed to have only mediocre material
on which to best his hopes, but the
Baptists’ offerings never held a candle
to the splendid work of the Aggies,
ably tutored by Snyder, the great
Ames champion. Gayer, the 1920
half-miler for the Waco aggregation,
finished first for the Green and Gold.
With the first place of Hailey, and
the finishing of Eubanks, Heard, Rey
nolds, Palmer and Atkison, in order
named, the Aggies gained possession
of a beautiful solid silver loving cup
bearing the appropriate inscription,
“Dual Cross Country Run, A. and M.
vs. Baylor, November 5, 1921.” Coach
Snyder seemed very well pleased with
the initial showing of his men, and has
already returned to his heavy train
ing program in order to have the Ag
gie distance men in adequate condi
tion for the coming Conference meet,
the cross country title classic of the
Southwest.
The officials of the run were picked
entirely from the ranks of the A. and
M. supporters, “Pete” Wilson, Chief
Judge, Thos. McKnight, Assistant
Judge, assisted by J. R. Daniels, C.
Jobson and B. B. Freeborough.
Very little is known of the strength
of the other conference teams, but in
view of their past conference distance
records, it is to be supposed that
Texas University and Oklahoma A.
and M. will send representatives here
Turkey Day of proven worth to com
pete with Aggieland’s best.
There was a dame from
Ahboo
Who considered all garments
Taboo
Till quite chilled one cold night,
She cried out in fright,
“Quick, bring me my ear-rings.
Archoo.”
A bachelor is man who doesn’t find
his comb full of hair.
Our idea of a lazy man is one who
gets up .at five o’clock in the morn
ing in order that he will have more
time to loaf.
that his team got credit for a great
er number of first downs than the
victors. The absence of Captain
Copeland from the game was appar
ent in the play of the “Fish.”
Artillery and Cavalry Occupying
Jointly Top Berth of Percentage
Column.
The Inter-Battalion series is prob
ably the first signs of basketball any
where. From the games played prom
ise one of the fastest and hardest
fought games played by competing
organizations. A great array of new
material both for the Varsity and
the “Fish” teams has loomed up and
it will be nothing less than a fight
ing proposition as to who will even
make the squad.
These games are necitating great
interest not only for each organiza
tion’s honor and spirit, but also to
the keen-eyed coaches, who take ad
vantage of this opportunity of ob
serving the new men and when the
time comes for him to make or break
the required number for the squad,
they will have well in mind just who
—who and what to do. At present
the spirit is running high as to which
organization will come out ahead.
The Artillery won the sweaters last
year and bid better than fair for this
honor this year.
In the games already played the
lack of sincere practicing and train
ing has showed up prominently how
ever only a few casualties have oc
curred so far—including minor ruises
and lost teeth.
The men coaching the various
teams are: “Nute” Jones—doing
wonder with the Artilleryman;
Johnny March is running the Ca
valry in fine style; 2nd Battalion is
being handled by “Hooty” Williams
and a fighting team has been pro
duced; De Lee is handling the Sig
nal Corps in a nice manner; “Floppy”
Hartung is v/orking hard with the
Air men but sowe horn they havn't
hit the pace yet; “Dutch” Ehlert is
having a tough time with the Casuals
due to their late start; the 1st Bat
talion is being coached by “Slimmy”
Magarity and they are liable to
open up yet.
The standing of the teams at
pres-
ent:
G.P.
W.
L.
Pt.
Artillery
3
3
0
1000
Cavalry
2
2
0
1000
2nd Battalion
2
1
1
500
Signal Corps _
2
1
1
500
Air Service
3
1
2
333
Casuals
2
0
2
000
1st. Battalion
___ 2
0
2
000
The two undefeated
teams
will
clash next Wednesday and no doubt
much interest will be shown and a
real battle be seen as to who will
occupy the top position.
Mary was a sweet young thing,
Who didn’t drink or smoke.
There wasn’t a Commandment made
That Mary ever broke.
She was so darn unearthly good
That, gosh, I wouldn’t be her—
But Mary went away to school.
And now you ought to see her.
—Ex.