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D. H. KEITH
Associate Editor
W. H. CALD.WELL
Sports Editor
R. A. RAWLINS
Assistant Editor
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JUST GOSSIPIN’
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It will be the Aggies and the Long
horns again Friday and Saturday
with the other schools slipping in for
a few first and second places. The
dope is in favor of the strong Long
horn aggregation in view of the de
feat they handed the Farmers in the
dual meet last Saturday on Kyle
Field. However, the fact that the
other schools will be taking a few of
the places that went to the winners
in the dual event and that there will
be two more places that will add
points in the conference gathering,
will have something to do with the
final outcome of the meet.
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Spectators at the premier track
and field event of the season will
have the opportnity of seeing
several stars in action that are
the best in the country in their
particular events. Poth, the sen
sational Aggie sprinter, is easily
the best dash man in the confer
ence as well as the entire South.
He has been defeated in only one
meet this season and he has been
pitted against the best the entire
country has to offer. He was a
winner at the Texas Relays, the
Southwest Relay Carnival at
Houston, and in all of the dual
meets the Farmers have engag
ed in. He was defeated at the
Kansas Relays for the first time
in two years.
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Captain Jim Reese of the Long
horns, is conceded the best miler in
collegiate circles in the entire coun
try. At Austin during the Texas Re
lays, he was leading the famous Joie
Ray of the Illinois Athletic Club when
the latter suddenly discovered that he
had been afflicted with a strained lig
ament.
Higgins, captain of the Oklahoma
team, has been running the 440 yard
dash in record time and is expected
to set a new record in this event.
Jones of Baylor, in the dual meet
with S. M. U. recently, threw the
discus farther than it has ever been
thrown in either a conference or dual
meet.
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Judging from his past per
formances, Bull of Okla. A. and
M. is going to give Poth a hard
race in the 220 yard dash. In the
dual meet with Texas, he ran the
distance in the record time of
21 4-5 seconds.
It is very gratifying to know that
“Uncle Billy” Disch, baseball coach
at the University of Texas, has
agreed to remain at the school of
which he has been a member of the
coaching staff for so long. He would
have been entirely out of place at
S. M. U. had he gone there as he
had apparently intended.
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The epidemic of mumps has
certainly taken its toll from the
track squad this year and has
weakened the squad to a great
extent. The last one to fall vic
tim was Gillespie, star distance
man who was taken to the hos
pital the day before the dual
meet with Texas. His absence in
this meet had a direct bearing on
the outcome of this event as sev
eral shifts had to be made in or
der to have an entry in the 2-
mile run. Had he been in this
meet perhaps there would have
been a different story to tell.
Five others have been lost to the
team because of this malady,
among them being Bowen, Macy,
and Parker. The latter was the
best quarter miler on the squad.
J. H. POTH.
Winner of conference meet in 100
and 220 yard dashes last year. Will
be favorite in the two events Satur
day.
Chaperone—“I just saw a young
man on the side porch trying to kiss
your daughter.”
Modern Mother—“Did he succeed?”
Chaperone: “No, he did not.”
Modern Mother—“Well, it wasn’t
my daughter then.”
—Rammer Jammer.
^ Friday and Saturday, Aggie- ^
★ land will be host to approxi- *
★ mately 125 of the premier
^ track and field stars of the ^
A Southwest. They will be on the
★ campus for several days, some
$ of them probably arriving Fri- ^
£ day. Each member of the stu- Jf
★ dent body should take it upon
himself to see that these visit-
£ ing athletes are treated as a -¥■
★ guest of Aggieland should oe
-*• treated. Take them in charge
£ and show them over the campus
★ and explain the details of the $
★ College that might be of inter-
^ est to them. ■¥
★ Do everything possible to
★ make them feel at home and ^
£ assist in making the Tenth An- ^
★ nual Conference Track and +
★ Field Meet the greatest in the
^ history of Conference meets in "Jr
^ this section.
BASEBALL TEAM
GOES 0^ TRIP
Will Play Three Games. “Punk” Ba
ker Back in Lineup.
Waiter (to convivial gentleman who
has entertained friends with realistic
imitations): “Beg pardon, sir, the
manager says no gentleman would
make a noise like that.”
Convivial Gentleman: “Of course
not. ’Taint no gentleman; it’s a lion.”
—Punch.
The Farmers’ entry in the confer
ence pennant chase left yesterday for
Dallas the first stop on their second
road trip of the season for a game
with the Mustangs. Before returning
Friday night, they will go to Waco
for a game with the Bears Thursday,
and then to Waxahachie where they
tangle with the strong Trinity Univer
sity team on Friday.
Fourteen players accompanied by
Coach Rothgeb are making the trip.
The squad will return Friday night to
witness the Tenth Annual Southwest
Conference Meet, on Saturday.
The infield combination will be
greatly strengthened by the return of
Baker to the lineup after being kept
out of the game for two weeks be
cause of a sprained ankle obtained
in practice two days before the Long
horn game in Austin two weeks ago.
EXCHANGE OF FOOT
BALL COACHES
An exchange of coaches for spring
training has been effected between
Princeton and the University of Mich
igan. Fielding Yost, the Michigan
coach, is now in Princeton instruct
ing the men in Michigan tactics. Af
ter Yost’s visit is over with, Coach
Roper of Princeton will go to Ann
Arbor and give the Michigan men a
taste of eastern coaching. The ex
change has been made to introduce
new ideas into the work of both teams.
There is no great difference between
football training in the east and west,
according to Yost.—New Student.
Applicant: “Sir, I am a graduate
in M. E.”
Employer: “Well, I’ll give you a
chance anyway.”
CONFERENCE OFFI
CIALS TO MEET
Officials to Discuss Important Issues
at Meeting Friday.
A meeting of the Southwest Con
ference officials has been called for
Friday evening to discuss several im
portant issues that relate to athletics
of this section. Dr. D. A. Penick of
the University of Texas is president
of the conference and among the
members of the executive committee
are Dean Chas. E. Friley and Col. Ike
Ashburn.
Several pressing problems will be
discussed at this meeting, among
them being the question of just what
is the line to be drawn between the
college ball player and the profession
al player. This question has arisen
after Heinie Odom, shortstop on the
Longhorn team last year, had been
declared ineligible for accepting a
bonus for signing a contract with a
major league club.
Perhaps the most important issue
that will be discussed at this meeting
will be that of a commissioner of ath
letics for the Southwest Conference.
Such a position should be created for
the need has and continues to become
more pressing. This commissioner
would act as a “Judge Landis” of col
lege athletics in this section and would
have the authority to decide questions
that would arise from time to time.
It is very likely that some decision
will be reached on this question at the
meting Friday.
The Yale student should not forget
why he is here—someone might ask
him.—Record.
Tickets for the Southwest Con- 4*
ference Track and Field Meet
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to be held at Kyle Field Sat
urday. May 9th, will be placed ❖
on sale in the rotunda of the
Main building Thursday be- ||
tween the hours of 8:00 a. m. ❖
and 5:00 p. m. Student tickets if.
in the rooting section will be l!
sold at fifty cents on presenta
tion of coupon book. Reserved
seats will be one dollar.
This meet is held under the
supervision of the Southwest
Conference and no one except
varsity track men will be ad-
^ mitted free. Texas A. and M.
»S> is host for this meet every eight
^ years and we are very anxious ^
to make a favorable impression. ❖
* The support of every student is %
necessary to make this meet sue-
cessful. Your assistance will be *
greatly appreciated. %
Everyone will be admitted *
free to the preliminaries Fri- «$•
day at 3:30 p. m. ±
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ATHLETIC COUNCIL.