Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1924)
THE BATTALION 3 /^qqie) S'porh/ 3 D. H. KEITH Statistician A. C. TAYLOR, Editor O. C. GENTRY, Associate Editor MARVIN STEPHENS Assistant Editor MUSTANGS RUN AWAY FROM A. & M. DALLAS A. & M. FRESHMEN VICTORS OVER ALLEN ACADEMY Bedford of S. M. U. Was Brigiit Particular Star. Aggies Had Trouble With Mustang Court. Dallas, Texas, Jan. 22.—The S. M. U. Mustangs took both games from the Texas Agg'es by the score of 13 to 9. The Mustangs used a close five man defense that held the Aggies powerless and the Aggies long shots over the heads of the defenders went into the low rafters. FIRST GAME. The Aggies, worn from the series with the Bears in Waco, did not show the old speed that they have demonstrated on the home court and were outscorcd by the Mustangs in the first game. The Mustangs used a man for man defense and held Darby powerless until late in the game. Bedford, a rangy forward that learned his basketball with the Centre College Praying Colonels, was the individual star of the night. Cap tain Gill and Washburn broke up the Mustang offense time after time buc they were unableTo supply the offen sive spai'k that the Aggies lacked and that the forwards seemed unable to give. Coach Bible used a shifted line-up with Damon and Wilcox at forward and Darby at center but the shift seemed to do little good. The low rafters and the poorly lighted court of the Mustands seemed to upset the Aggie offense. THE LINEUP. S. M. U. Position A. & M Baird (c) R. F. Damoi Bedford L. F. Wilcox Henry C. Darb? Runnels R. G.' Washbur: Brooks L. G. Gill(ci Substitutes for S. M. U.: Mein tosh for Runnels, Jones for Baird Baird for Henry. For A. & M. Duckett for Wilcox, Brient for Da mon, Wilcox for Brient, Dealy fo: Wilcox. Field goals: Bedford 3, Henry 1 Runnels 1, Darby 1, Gill 1. Free Throws: Wilcox 1, Darby 2 Duckett 2. Referee: Sweeny. SECOND GAME. Bible again shifted his lineup for this game, using Dealy at guard an 1 sending Washburn at forward, but the change apparently did little good. The Mustangs again formed their close defense and did not allow the Aggies close shots. The long shots went into the rafters and the Mus tangs were able to loop enough goals through the splendid work of Bed ford to win the second game 16 to 9. Bedford ran wild throughout the first half and before the gun fired he had chalked up four field goals. He was watched in the second half and did not succeed in making a single Took Long End of 27 to 15 Score. Baker and Mit Dansby Starred For Freshmen. In their second match game of the year, the Freshmen defeated Allen Academy last Wednesday night by a score of 27 to 15. Coach Pierce has developed a highly creditable organi zation in his team and as soon as they put aside some of their nervous ness, they should be able to capture all the games on their schedule. Baker and Hamilton looked to be the best members of the Allen aggre gation although Mitchell did some good defensive work at guard. For the Freshmen, Dansby was probably the outstanding man. In variably he was breaking up Allen’s attempts to bring the ball down the court. Tucker was high point man in the game with six field goals and one free-throw. Baker, all-Battalion guard, was covering the floor and he played a steady, consistent game. LINE-UP. Tucker R. F. Burtis McConaughey L. F. Hamilton Dansby C. Baker Baker R. G. Mitchell Tapp L. G. Rogers Substitutions: Allen; Sealy, Lewis; Freshmen: Smith, Walton, Perkins, Wilcox, Blunt, Shelton, Floyd. Field goals: Allen; Burtis 1, Ham ilton 2, Baker 2, Rogers 1; Fresh men; Tucker 6, McConaughey 1, Dansby 5, Tapp 1. Free-throws: Allen; Baker !, Mitchell 1, Lewis 1; Freshmen: Tucker 1. Referee: Keen. point but the Mustang lead was too great for the Aggies to overcome. Washburn played a splendid ggme at his new forward position and had the other men played up to his form they could have downed the Mus tangs. The team was considerably slowed up on account of the road trip and the colds that they had caught en route but the Mustangs had a good team and the Aggies would have had to have been in splendid shape to have beaten them. S. M. U. Position A. & M. Bedford R. F. Darby Baird (c) L. F. Washburn Henry C. Duckett Runnels R. G. Deaiy Brooks L. G. Gill (c> Substitutes for S. M. U.: Jones for Baird, McIntosh for Runnels; For A. & M.: Damon for Dealy, Dealy for Duckett, Wilcox for Da mon. Field Goals: Bedford 4, Baird 1, Jones 1, Henry 1, McIntosh 1, Darby 1, Washburn 2. Free Throws: Damon 2, Washburn 1. Referee: Sweeny. ❖ ❖ * THE DOPE BUCKET. ❖ ❖ * ^ ^ Coach House issues the baseball equipment Saturday and the diamond stars go to work next week. There are holes to be filled in both infield and outfield (I mean in the per- sonel as Sully has the infield in pret ty good shape) and you boys that were high school stars or starlets ought to go out and see if you can't make that team. There are many men in this school that are good ban players that have never gone out and now is the time for them to spread their stuff. * ❖ * Did any of you ever notice that P sweater that the “Sportwriting Ser geant,” Gentry, wears? I got to won dering where he made a P and he wont say where it came from. I fig ure it might be Princeton or Purdue or Peacock or, maybe, Praivie View. Most likely Prairie View. :Jc jH * That shift that D. X. made in the basketball lineup sure looks good. Damon, Wilcox, and Brient are all mighty good men but they lack the offensive strentgh that Washburn brings to the forward post and Dealy is covering his territory in ag gressive fashion. Stay in there gang and fight ’em. We aren’t out of the race by any means. If we can win all of our games except one with Texas and S. M. U. or Baylor licKS Texas once, we win! Didn’t know wc had that good a chance, did you? * * * Let’s get on the line with this gymnasium proposition. We are ask ing for student opinion on this proposition of giving the slim rem nants of our trust fund to the gym nasium fund and would like to hear from some of the students on the question. Persoally, I have no ob jection to giving my part of the trust fund to such a good cause. By the time that trust fund account reaches us each summer, we have forgotten that the College owes us anything and I don’t believe that it could go to any better cause than this gym nasium. We need the building and this is one of the we can help. THE AGGIE OFFENSIVE. F.T. F.G. Pts. T Darby . . .28 5 61 289 Washburn . . . .10 6 26 307 Duckett . . . . . . 3 6 12 213 Gill . . . 3 3 9 322 Damon .. . . ... 4 2 10 164 Wilcox ...2 3 7 84 Brient . . . 2 2 6 77 Kyle . . . 1 0 2 03 Dealy . . . 0 1 1 148 Dansby . . . . . . . 0 0 0 18 Total. . . . .53 28 134 1625 BASEBALL MEN ARE ITCHING TO PLAY BALL Practice to Begin With Warm Wea ther; Prospects Are Looking Good for A Winning Team. With Old Sol peeping through the clouds long enough to bring a few warm days at a stretch, the baseball men are beginning to crave practice. The warm sunshine loosens the soup- ers, and many of the diamond stars can be seen tossing the ball around on the campus in preparation for the day when Coach House sends out the call for daily practice. Before long the crack of bat meeting ball will is sue from Kyle Field and the Aggie baseball team of 1924 will begin striding down that thousand mile walk toward a successful season. With the Texas Longhorns boast ing of a veteran aggregation to begin the season with, it would be foolish for the cadets of Aggieland to emir sounds that would indicate they thought they had a chance for a championship, but nevertheless the Aggies will have a good team and should the Texas pitching staff slip at the critical moment, the Farmers would stand as good chance as the next one to grasp the pennant from the falling Longhorns. The Aggies will be captained by Jack Forgason, one of the best mask- men in the conference. Jack is a .300 hitter, has a powerful thowing arm, and, above all, is a thinking catcher and a fighting leader. Under his direction the Aggies will stand ready to take advantage of every break, and often a young team can stack away many wins by this method. ■ Johnson, first baseman, and Chap man, third baseman, are the only let ter men to return to contest for in field positions. Johnson took over the initial corner in mid-season last year and, performed in a very creditable manner, while Chapman was brought in from the outfield to plug a hole at third. Stieneker and Craig, squad men from last season, will try for in field positions and several good pros pects are coming on from the fresh man squad. Two holes must be filled in the out field, for Puckett is the only veteran of last year’s team to return for a garden position. Gill may be shifted from the box to the outfield if his arm is not in shape to enable him to take his regular turn on the mount, and the other ball-hawk will have to be chosen from the new men. The Aggies will be strong on the pitching slab and that is usually the test of a collegiate team’s strength. Lefty Rogers was very effective last year and Gill had a great season playing summer baseball. If these men reach their last season’s form Coach House will have few troubles