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AGGIES DOPED OUT TO WIN CONFERENCE TITLE
BUCKNER, FLEET
BACKFIELD MAN,
OUT OF GAME
A. and M. Squad Suffers Loss of Most
Likely Conference Pick For
Backfield Position.
No doubt many times during your
career at A. and M. you have mar
velled at the great Buckner in action
on Kyle Field. Buckner’s football ca
reer at A. and M. is now a thing of the
past. No more will we see him risk
ing life and injury for the name of the
Aggies. Whenever Buckner carried
the ball we were nearly always cer
tain of a large gain and many times
to a touchdown. Can we not all re
member last year on Kyle Field when
one of the Longhorns was rushing to
wards the goal for a touchdown and
the mighty Buckner overtook him and
saved the game. This is only one of
many instances where he has saved
the day for A. and M. Last year
Buckner got his leg broken towards
the latter part of the season, but when
this year rolled around and the call
came from Aggieland, Buckner was
on the job full of fight and Aggie
spirit. It is a true example of Ag
gie spirit and one that we should all
be proud of.
Buckner is not only admired for his
work on the fotball field, but for his
manly character as well. He has
gained countless friends at A. and M.
by his clean sportsmanship. This year
he came back and in the second game
of the season got his leg broken again.
When he was carried from the field
with that terible pain and agony there
was a slight smile upon his lips for
he knew he did it for old A. and M.
He can let his heart swell with pride
for he knows he has done his little
bit. Buckner is the type of man that
A. and M. is proud of( proud to have
him as one of her representatives.
It is no more than right that we
should give a silent prayer for the
man who has sacrificed so much for A.,
and M. Fellows, let’s all give FIF
TEEN FOR BUCKNER!
Kant: “This place turns out fine
men.”
Descartes: “When did you gradu
ate?”
Kant: “Didn’t graduate; they
turned me out.”
Notice.
Due to Ike’s wedding we will not
have space to print Dan Peavy’s so
cial calendar for this week.
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AGGIE DOPESTER RANKS CONFERENCE
TEAMS IN ORDER HE THINKS
THEY WILL FINISH THE SEASON
Some BEAR meat is tough eatin’,
but us Aggies have always been able to
eat most any kind- of meat. After
eating at Sbisa’s once, this Bear meat
will be nice and juicy!
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Gentlemen, after the evening of
November 4th, there will be so much
Bear meat scattered out over the way
from the Cotton Palace to College
Station that all the people will think
a circus menagerie had been wrecked.
It isn’t Baylor any more it is Brad
shaw and Bearlettes. No Bradshaw
no game!
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Have always given Jinx Tucker the
honor of being the best football sport
writer in the State, but the best of
’em go wrong sometimes. Anyway,
he is employed by the Waco News-
Tribune.
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Gang, it is going to be an awful
crime to disappoint all the people at
Waco, for they have been preparing
for a perfect year in football for
nearly fourteen years. They have
been holdin’ Cop Weathers nearly that
long but the “beef trust” is now show
ing too much finish which naturally
occurs from over-conditioning.
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Wosn’t Mr. Ike’s wedding great?
Bo, let me tell you—you remember
when our Commandant used to get up
before us and tell us to do what we
didn’t want to and make us like it—
with a face full of bloom and sincere
thought, but this night Col. Ike was
somewhat excited or something, for
he was about as cool as a polar bear in
Mexico. Anyway, it was one of the
most magnificent occasions we have
ever seen. We bid you all the hap
piness in the world, Mr. and Mrs. Ike
Ashburn, etc.!
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The committee that picks the All-
State High School football team that
leaves Mitt Dansby, the Bryan star
half, off the select few, will certainly
make a bone.
Waco, Texas.—At the Baylor-A.
and M. game the Baylor boys will
sit between the A. and M. men and
the Baylor girls. The officials are
afraid that the Aggies will get “fresh”
and the Baylor boys would have to
come to their “rescue.”
(Editor’s Note—With six hundred
Shieks on the campus, not to mention
Peavy, what can the girls do ?)
STATISTICS SHOW REAL OUT
COME OF A. & M.—L. S. U. GAME
Gains from line plunges:
A. and M., 307 yards.
L. S. U., 98 yards.
Gains from forward passes:
A. and M., 155 yards.
L. S. U., 48 yards.
Completed passes:
A. and M., 5.
L. S. U., 3.
Gains from intercepted passes:
A. and M., 55 yards.
L. S. U., 43 yards.
Number of passes grounded:
A. and M. 10.
L. S. U., 12.
Number and distance of punts:
A. and M., 9 for an average of
43 yards.
L. S. U., 13 for an average of 35
yards.
First downs:
A. and M., 17.
L. S. U., 4.
Fumbles:
A. and M., 2.
L. S. U., 5.
Penalties:
A. and M., 7 for a total of 75
yards.
L. S. U., 5 for a total of 49 yards,
yards.
Distance of kickoffs:
A. and M., 50 yards average.
L. S. U., 40 yards average.
Touchdowns:
A. and M., Morris 2, Miller 2,
Allison, Neely, and Poth.
L. S. U., 0.
Goals after touchdowns:
A. and M., 5.
L. S. U., 0.
Gains and losses on end runds.
A. and M., 195 yards; loss 7 yards.
L. S. U., 39 yards; loss 37 yards.
Fifty Years Ago.
She: “Stop -this minute or I’ll get
out and walk.”
He: “But, Mary—”
She. “Aren’t you ashamed of your
self, and after I’ve known you so long,
too ?”
He: “But—”
She: “You needn’t explain—you’re
not a gentleman.”
He: “But this darned horse wont
go unless I use a whip.”—McGill
Daily.
Plenty of Opposition Expected to Pre
diction Which Gives Farmers
Conference Title.
The Aggie Dopester has taken upon
himself the criticism of many when he
lines up the conference teams as fol
lows :
First—Texas A. and M. College.
Second—Baylor University.
Third—Texas University.
Fourth—-S. M. U.
Fifth—Oklahoma A. and M.
Sixth—Arkansas.
Seventh—-Rice.
The above ranking is not expected
to be greeted with much enthusiasm,
especially those attending the enemy
colleges, however, we take the liberty
to express our candid, honest, and sin
cere opinion as to the future outcome
of the Southwestern Conference.
Wie have taken all the phases of
football in considering this selection
and believe we can back it up with
fair minded reasoning, if that is pos
sible in the game of football.
First, Texas A. and M. College has
the best coach in the game of foot
ball in the South. Why ? Because he
plays the game square and has all of
his pupils play it fair and square.
Other reasons are that he likes the
game and in liking the game his un
paralleled mind and brain power
work automatically with the situa
tions that confront him. Coach
Bible has already proven that he is
a mutual friend of physchology—ask
Texas U. Bridges who is a fair coach of
football, but is nothing near the equal
of Bible. Mr. Bridges has made won
derful strides with the Bears. We
believe almost any coach could de
velop a pretty good team by working
three years with practically the
same men. Now Mr. Whittaker
of Texas, is ranked by many
as a wonderful developer of men
in the science of football. It
is evident that Mr. Whittaker is lack
ing in some respect in the game of
football by the showing of his last
year’s “wonder team” against the Ag
gies on Thanksgiving. The team was
composed of men who had had years
of experience and titles of honor at
tached to their names, but this went
for naught when Bible’s strategic
moves were made. Probably the great
est showing noticed recently in the
way Coach Morrison of S. M. U. has
developed the Mustangs, but with that
no conclusive decision can be reached