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THE BATTALION
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D. H. KEITH
Statistician
A. C. TAYLOR, Editor
0. C. GENTRY, Associate Editor
MARVIN STEPHENS
Assistant Editor
AGGIES WIN
THE FIRST CON
FERENCE SERIES
TENNIS TEAM TO
TAKE ON HORNED
FROGS SATURDAY
AGGIES TAKE
TRACK MEET
FROM PIRATES
ID. X. BIBLE RE-
| TURNS FROM COM
MITTEE MEETING
Owls Go down Like the Titanic; Ag
gies Show They Have the Hitting
Power.
T. C. U. Opens Tennis Season Here;
Old Aggie Coaching the
Horned Frogs.
Poor Track Holds Down Time; Aggies
Win All But Two First
Places.
Southwestern Representative Returns
and Gives Out Football Rule
Changes.
The Aggies opened the conference
baseball season with a bank. The
Rice Owls blew in Friday and blew
up Saturday and the Aggies took both
games 11. to 2 and 25 to 9. Rogers
pitched a splendid game the first day
and the Aggie Murderers Row helped
out the second, with a slashing atack
that drove the Owl moundsman to
cover. The Aggies demonstrated that
they had a well-balanced defense and
played smart baseball throughout the
series.
First Game.
The Aggies laid down a bunt bar
rage on Wilford, who started on the
hill for the Owls, in the first inning.
Sharp fielding prevented them from
scoring but in the second Kyle and
Forgason bunted safely, Bradford was
hit by Wilford and Rogers scored
Kyle on a long sacrifice fly to right.
In the third the Owls hit safely for
the first time, Wilford tripling to left
after two were down. In their half
of the third the Aggies sewed up the
game. Craig and Chapman singled
in quick succession, Puckett walked
and Johnson cleared the sacks with a
long double. Kyle grounded out to
first and Jack Forgason popped up a
fly that the first baseman dropped.
Bradford, Rogers, and Williams singl
ed scoring six runs in all.
From here on the Aggies were nev
er in danger and in the fifth they
broke loose and scored three more.
Late in the game Lefty let up a lit
tle and the Owls scored a couple of
runs but the wrong-hander had the
game in his hip pocket from the start.
Every man on the Aggie team hit
safely while the Owls collected only
six measly bingles off of Rogers.
Second Game.
The second game of the series went
to the Aggies by the top-heavy count
of 25 to 9 after one of the most hec
tic sessions ever staged on Kyle Field.
The Owls jumped onto Graves in the
first two innings and finally drove him
from the hill and then the Aggies
came back and ran away- with the
contest. Graves made a good start
but seemed to be a little nervous, his
wildness getting him into frequent
trouble. Crawford took the mound
and pitched good ball at times.
The Owls counted twice in the first
stanza when Graves issued two free
strolls and then allowed Wilford to
hit. The Aggies came back in their
half of that session and with two men
down, took the lead. Chapman drew
life on Adam’s error, Puckett singled
and Johnson hit one a mile for a
homer.
Graves started the second by walk-
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Captain Bill Rounds will lead the
Aggie tennis team of 1924 against the
Horned Frogs of T. C. U. here Sat
urday in the first conference tennis
meet of the year. The Frogs are
coached by Johnnie Baker, Aggie ten
nis and baseball man who dropped out
of the class of ’24 last year, and while
the personnel of the Frog team is not
known it is thought that he will bring
a strong team to battle his old team
mates. Captain Rounds and Coach
Baker are old friends, having roomed
together here in addition to having
|played together on the doubles team.
They are both Fort Worth boys and a
bitter battle is expected.
Rounds and Darby will probably
play first doubles against the Frogs
with Captain Rounds playing No. 1
singles and Darby playing No. 2. Hin-
man, veteran of last year’s squad and
a flashy little tennis man, will tie up
with the third Frog and either Mitch
ell or Underwood will make up the
fourth man. The Aggies have been
handicapped by the soft course and in
cessant rain; yet they are in fairly
good shape and expect to take the
Frogs to a trimming.
Captain Rounds is a splendid play
er—a man capable of turning back
the best that the conference can send
against him. The Aggies have not
seen his equal since Wilson was here
in ’21 and if he is given the proper
support in the doubles he will take
most of the teams to a cleaning. Gene
Darby was brought out after the bas
ketball season and though he has had
little opportunity for practice, he is
reaching midseason form. Hinman
has always been a fighting, aggres
sive player. He is the type that is
never beaten and this fighting spirit
will go a long way toward batering
down an opponent.
Get with ’em, gang, and see a win
ning team get started on the right
foot. Be there Saturday to watch
them clean up the frogs.
WE CAN TRUST THE FAMILY.
Marion Star: A scientist says that,
within a few years, we should be able
to tune in with the movie theaters
and see the latest films without leav
ing our homes. But the thing will
hardly seem natural without the man
behind us, to read the subtitles.
MORE NICELY PUT.
Boston Transcript: She—You say
this dress is like me? Oh, because it
is expensive, I suppose.
He (smilingly)—Let us say be
cause it is just a little dear.
The Aggie track team took the first
meet of the season Wednesday, March
26, by downing the Southwestern Pi
rates 87 to 22. No phenomenal times
were turned in as the track was in
poor condition and Coach Anderson
seemed well satisfied with the showing
that his men made. Poth was high
point man with three firsts for a total
of 15 points while Mateer, South
western star, was second with 14.
The Pirates took two firsts, the high
hurdles and the high jump.
100-yard dash: Poth (A. and M.);
Wilson (A. and M.); 10-1.
Mile: Bowen (A. and M.); Old (A.
and M.); 4-50.
220-yard dash: Poth (A. and M.);
Wilson (A. and M.); 23-3.
120 high hurdles: Mateer (South
western); Quinby (A. and M.); 16-3.
440-yard dash: McConnell (A. and
M.); Waterson (Southwestern); 53-2.
2-mile: Not run (the T. I. A. A.
does not include the two-mile in their
events).
220 low hurdles: McCullough (A.
and M.); Mateer (Southwestern); 27
flat.
Half-mile: Johnson (A. and M.)
Weddell (A. and M.); 2-06.
Shotput: McCluney (A. and M.); R.
O. Wilson (A. and M.); 37-6.
Pole vault: McCullough (A. and
M.); Ward (A. and M.); 10 feet.
Discus: McCluney (A. and M.); R.
O. Wilson (A. and M.); 115.
High Jump: Bergson (Southwest
ern); Ward (A. and M.); 5-8.
Javelin: Allison (A. and M.); Ma
teer (Southwestern); 171-11.
Broad jump: Poth (. and M.); Ma
teer (Southwestern); 21-1%.
Relay: A. and M.; 3-34.
Referee: Littlefield, (Texas).
ON WITH THE FIGHT.
Farm Life—A certain married cou
ple is in the habit of falling out and
having a big quarrel every few days.
One morning immediately after one
of their regular family rows, the hus
band said:
“Jane, I want you to leave; for
I’m tired of you. And I want you
to take all of your clothes with you.”
A moment later he turned around
and added: “But, say, let me know
when you’re ready to go.”
“But why do you want to kno.v
when I’m ready to go, if you’re tire i
of me?” asked his wife.
“Because I want to go along wich
you, answered the husband.
D. X. Bible, the canny coach of the
Texas Aggies, returned from the an
nual meeting of the National Football
Rules Committeee, of -which he is the
Southwestern representative, last
week. The good coach spent some
time at his home in Tennessee before
he went to New York where the meet
ing was held and while in the North
ern states visited a number of gym
nasiums for inspection purposes. He
reported seeing the Princeton-Dart-
mouth basketball game and seems to
have enjoyed his trip thoroughly.
Mr. Bible, in commenting upon the
football rules changes enacted by the
committee explained that most of the
work this year consisted in clarifying
the present code and speeding up the
game in general. The thoughts and
reactions of the spectators were taken
as a guide in making the changes this
year and it is thought that a better,
speedier game will result.
In all, there were fourteen major
changes made. The most important
was the abolition of the artificial tee
on the kickoff and the compensating
rule of moving the kickoff up to mid-
field. Too much time was wasted in
moulding the tees, was the opinion of
the committee. The referee was grant
ed the power to prevent stalling by
substitutions and the number of time
outs was increased from three each
half to four each half. The penalty
for excess timeout was increased to
five yards.
The onside kick was clarified and
the return punt from kickoff was ren
dered harmless by this revision. An
onside man may only recover on the
kickoff and on a free kick according
to the new wording. The try-for-
point, the muchly debated side of the
football game, was again altered, this
time to the extent of bringing the ball
out to the three yard line instead of
the five. This will encourage the
rushing game a little more in the
opinion of the committeee. The rule
relating to shift plays was reworded
in an effort to stop the jump shift
and passive interference on a screen
pass was legislated against.
A new ruling was made in the case
of a defensive man intercepting a pass
that has been touched by an ineligible
offensive man. Next year the inter
cepting player will be allowed to run
and claim what ground he may gain
instead of accepting the penalty. It
was also decided that a man going out
of bounds would not be eligible to
return and receive a pass. A revision
was made in the case of a defensive
player committing a foul behind his
own goal and the penalty will be half