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Dopesters may come and sport
v/riters may go.
But the bull will flow on for
ever,—we hope.
KYLE FIELD
Ten New Records Set in Tenth Annual Meet.
This is the last issue of the 1924-
25 Battalion and consequently the
last that the present staff will have
the pleasure and privilege of putting
out. The sports editors give one
great sigh of relief and still another
of regret, for it has indeed been a
pleasure to fill these columns every
week for the past year. If you have
found any pleasure or satisfaction in
reading this chatter, then we are sat
isfied, and if you have not, we do not
feel offended, because we know it is
mostly bull.
In parting there is one point we
want to touch upon and that is, the
athletics at A. and M. in the future.
Those of you who will return next
year have a herculean task to accom
plish and that is, to put Aggieland
back to its rightful place in intercol
legiate athletic circles. The fault
lies in the corps as well as in the
teams and it is in your power to cor
rect these faults. With this in view,
the following suggestions are offer
ed that we would like to see followed
next year and if you do, it is our be
lief that some of the evils that now
exist will be eliminated.
1. A closer coordination be
tween the teams and the student
body.
2. Insistence by the students
of the rigid adherence to the
training rules laid down by the
coaches.
3. A little more attention be
ing paid by members of the teams
to their scholastic work.
4. Developing that “Goal
Line” punch by the teams and
the corps.
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With this we close and we hope
that the Goddess of Fortune will
smile upon the Aggie teams next
year, but more fight is going to
be necessary and more of that
desire to win must be displayed
than was shown the past year,
before this will come to pass
The less people speak of their
greatness the jnore we think of it.—
Bacon.
That records were made to be brok
en was strongly emphasized at the
tenth annual Southwest Conference
Track and Field meet held on. Kyle
Field last Friday and Saturday. Per
fect weather conditions coupled with
keen competition were the factors
that made the meet phenominal in
the number of records broken. As
was expected the race for Champion
ship soon narrowed down to two
teams, with other teams coming in
occassionally for points. The meet was
principally between Longhorn and
Aggie. The ability of the former to
take the majority of the third and
fourth places was the factor that sav
ed the day for them, however the last
two events decided the outcome of
the meet. Many records were broken
but some were veritably smashed.
The new record set in the pole vault,
two-mile run, 100 yard dash, and 220
yard dash bid fair to stand for sev
eral years. A total of ten records
were broken with the passing of some
of the Southwest’s most eminent
track men.
100-Yard Dash—1, Poth (Texas A.
& M.), 2, Wilson (Texas A. & M.), 3,
Cockrell (Texas), 4, Luckey (Rice).
Time, 9.9 seconds. New conference
record.
120 High Hurdles—1, Jones (Bay
lor), 2, Wright (Texas), 3, Webb
(Texas A. & M.), 4, Stovall (Baylor).
Time, 15.3 seconds. New conference
record.
Mile Run—1, Hooper (S. M. U.), 2,
Royall (Texas A. & M.), 3, Reese
(Texas), 4, Brock (Texas A. & M.).
Time, 4 minutes 23.9 seconds. New
conference record.
Shot Put—1, Sprague (Texas), 2,
Cantrell (T. C. U.), 3, Berry (Tex
as), 4, McKenzie (Texas A. & M.).
Distance, 44 feet 10 3-4 inches. New
conference record.
220-Yard Dash—1, Poth (Texas A.
& M.), 2, Wilson (Texas A. & M)., 3,
Woolridge (Texas A. & M.), 4, Bull
(Oklahoma A. & M.). Time, 21.6
seconds. New conference record.
440-Yard Dash—1, Higgins (Okla
homa A. & M.), 2, Arnold (Texas A.
& M.), 3, Budd (Texas), 4, Neblett
(Texas). Time, 50.3 seconds. New
conference record.
880-Yard Run—1, Weddell (Texas
A. & M.), 2, Madden (Rice), 3, Glass
(Texas), 4, Conner (Texas). Time
SPRING TRAINING.
AGGIES LOSE TO
BAYLOR U. 5 TO 4
Loose Playing Accounts for Bruins’
Scores.
The spring training of our hopes
for next year’s football team ended
on May 7th. The degree of success
obtained by it cannot be definitely
stated but it is certain that no ma
terial harm has been done this time.
The work this spring has been de
voted entirely to fundamentals; pass
ing, punting, punt returning, and
blocking. These phases of football
play are of such importance that
training in them cannot be stressed
too much. So little time is left in the
fall for such work that the value of
spring training cannot be overesti
mated.
Of course no stars have been de
veloped from the material of the
freshman and inter-battalion teams,
but those who have watched the work
cannot but help feeling confident of
having a well balanced and well
trained squad with which to open hos
tilities next fall. Another val
uable factor contributed by spring
training is the forming of a squad the
members of which are well acquainted
with each other. This fact gives a
basis for the forming of that char
acteristic, team play, that is so vital
to a successful football team. A com
petent squad well drilled in the funda
mentals and working together cannot
help but win.
In the opinion of Coach Bible
the spring season has been the most
successful one that he has had since
spring training has been inaugurated,
both from the standpoint of results
and interest shown in the work.
The Texas Aggies lost the last
game of the series with Baylor Uni
versity on Kyle Field Tuesday after
noon by a score of 5 to 4. Five er
rors made by the Farmers were large
ly responsible for a majority of the
runs scored by the visitors.
Freeze, hurling for the Bears, was
touched throughout the game but was
given good support in the pinches. A
rally in the eighth frame scored two
i uns and threatened to tie the score,
but fell short of the necessary mark
by one counter.
The score:
BAYLOR— AB R H PO A E
Strickland, cf 5 1 2 2 0 0
Pittman, 2b 4 1 0 4 7 0
Stallings, lb 4 0 1 12 0 0
Collier, ss 4 1 2 2 6 1
Freeze, p 4 1 0 0 0 0
Jones > c 2 1 0 7 0 0
Melear, rf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sisc °. If 4 1 0 0 0 1
w °od, 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 7 27 13 2
AGGIES— AB R H PO A E
Williams, If 5 0 2 3 0 1
Tucker, 3b 4 0 1 1 3 2
Puckett, cf 3 1 2 2 0 0
R y le ’ 3 2 1 2 0 0
Baker, ss 3 0 1 0 3 2
Steinager, lb 4 0 1 16 0 0
Crawford, 2b 4 0 0 0 4 0
Schuenneman, c . . 4 0 0 2 1 0
Koerth, c 3 0 0 1 3 0
Hillin - P 1 0 0 0 0 0
DANCE IN DALLAS JUNE 5.
Conner pj
1 minute 59.3 seconds.
U. ITT , 1 Pole Vault—1, Ward (Texas A &
Uadet neadquarters 1 M -), * 2 > Morrison (S. M. U.), Patter-
son (Texas), and Brown (Texas), all
tied. Height, 12 feet 9 inches. New
conference record.
Two-Mile Run—1, Esquival (Tex
as), 2, Williams (Texas), 3, Royall
(Texas A. & M.), 4, Bular (Texas).
Time, 9 minutes 32.4 seconds. New
conference record.
Discus—1, Taylor (Baylor), 2, Ce-
laya (Texas), 3, Harrison (Texas), 4,
Gooch (Texas). Distance, 131 feet 6
inches.
220-Yard Low Hurdles—1, Wright
M.), 2, Wright (Texas), 3, Walker
On Friday night, June 5, a dance
will be given at the Jefferson Hotel
Roof for all A. and M. men of the
vicinity. The Aggieland orchestra
will play and it is expected a large
number of both students and ex-stu
dents will attend for one last fling
with the god, Terpischore, before
entering upon their work for the sum
mer. An admission charge of $2.00
will be made.
(Texas), 2, Webb (Texas A. & M.),
3, Jones (Baylor), 4, Stallter (Texas).
Time, 24.4 seconds. New conference
record.
Javelin—1, Dieterich (Texas A. &
4 7 27 14 5
Totals 34
Score by innings:
Baylor University 102 000 020 5
Texas Aggies 200 000 020—4
Stolen base: Kyle. Two-base hit:
Williams. Three-base hit: Strickland.
Sacrifice hits: Tucker, Pittman. Wild
pitch: Freeze. Struck out: Koerth 1-
Hillin 1; Freeze 7. Bases on balls
Freeze 3; Koerth 1. Hit batsman
Jones by Koerth. Pitchers’ records.
7 hits, 5 runs off Koerth in 7 1-3.- no
hit, no runs off Hillin 1 2-3. Left on
bases: Baylor 6; Aggies 6. Umpire
O’Hearne.
It is conceivable that religion may
be morally useful without being in
tellectually sustainable.—J. S. Mill.
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(Baylor), 4, Allison (Texas A. & M.).
Distance, 181 feet 1-5 inch
o Ha £F ar d (Texas),
2, Ward (Texas A. & M.), 3, Apple-
ton (Texas), Gamtt (Baylor), Slover
(Texas), Smiley (Rice), all tied, get-
tmg 3-4 point each. Height, 6 feet
0-8 inch. New conference record
Broad Jump—1, Smiley (Rice)' 2,
Kavanaugh (Texas), 3, Morrison (s!
M. U.), 4, Lmdsley (Texas). Dis
tance, 22 feet 1-2 inch.
p ¥i le Relay—1, Texas; 2, Texas A.
& M.; 3, S. M. U.; 4, Baylor. Time,
3 minutes 24.2 seconds.
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