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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1927)
8 T HE BATTALION ❖ »J* *?♦ »T* *i* ♦♦♦ ❖ ♦♦♦ «J> ♦♦♦ •*> »> ❖ ❖ ❖ FREE THROWS ❖ ❖ ❖ •»$<■■»$«•■*$«■ -►J*- -»•£«- The ever ready Sanger Clark was a salvation the other night when the Aggies were on the wrong end of the score at the end of the first half in the game with the Rice Owls- Playing on convertible dance floor, the Owls played the Aggies off their feet but Sanger kinda ruffled up some feathers when he got out there and they would not skid. ❖ * * Whoops my dears! An ingenuous department of the college has brought to us an old, game under a new name—the name of it today is “The Little Parade.” It is played on the drill field; the contestants are COLLEGE MEN who did something the group knows as “The Thou Shalt Nots” decreed that they should not have done; they must play against the five o’clock whistle. The judges are arbitrarily selected to see that the contestants do not walk too fast. The general public is invited to attend these games that are played every Saturday and Sunday. A continuance performance is guaranteed from one till five. Playing such a game as that on Sunday—isn’t that scandalous ? * * * We do not want our dear readers to be misled. Through an oversight on our part we allowed the News Department of our paper work over time on one of the recent issues. Rest had to be taken before any more such work could have been considered again, in the last two issues evidence of such a rest was brought to our attention through the fact that some of our old news had been printed. We want the public and our fellow students to know that we will not play our Thanksgiving game in Austin next season nor have any Conference football games be played within the last month or so. THE AGGIE GOAL TOSSERS. Player G. EG. F Tl. Clark 2 10 1 21 Petty 2 4 3 11 Davis 2 4 2 10 Baker 2 2 4 8 Webster 2 3 1 7 Sikes 2 1 0 2 Konecny 2 0 1 1 Total 24 12 60 There was an old King from Boulogna who got booted right off his throgna, He said then, “Alack I’ve got all the jack, so wherefore and why should Imoagna.” INTRA-MURAL PROGRAM MARKS NEW ERA IN ATHLETICS OF THE COLLEGE Speedball will be an added Attrac tion in the Sport Line. During the past week there have been three football games played in the Intra-Mural league. The Air Service refuses to be pulled from the grip they have on that elusive first place. The first game was between the Calvalry and the Composite Regi ment, all that is known of the game is that the score was 6 to 0 in favor of the Cavalry. The next game was a seemingly fast one in which the Air Service poured it on the Third Bn. 26 to 0. For the Air Service Edgar and Davidson did some very fast work in advancing the ball, Knight, Westlel Cuthrel and Dalton showed up well in the line. FoTr the Third Bn. Cole man, Montford and Florel showed up ■exceptionally well. In the last game of the evening the First Bn. defeated the Second Bn. by a lopsided 27 to 0 score. The First gained a major part of its ground on passes that the Second could not solve. Starring for the Second were Miller, playing with an injured shoulder, Decker, on the pivot, and Lewis played good defensive games. Schumman, a good defensive player had his foot broken. For the First the outstanding players were, Mills, a good charger, Parrot, a pass snatcher, Dodge in the line, with Roland and Nearbeer. When it was announced there would be an intra-mural golf tourna ment held the intra-mural director was flooded with applications for entry. To date there are over forty nine signed up for the contest, this exceeds the number that signed to play in the one held last year, by an overwhelming majority. Those entered to play in the golf tournament are requested to play their qualifying round before the current semester is over in order to avoid any delay in regard to the way the contestants are to be grouped in the play-off of the tournament. When the qualifying round has been played those entered are requested to turn their scores in to Mr. Penberthy at the gym. For the first time the college will see a volley ball tournament carried over in big style. Uprights have already been erected on the tennis courts where the games are to be played. Some of te Battalion Mana gers are very thoughtlessly delaying the inauguaration of play by holding (Continued on Page 10) AGGIES INVADE FOREIGN TERRITORY Face Stiff Competition. A. & M. BASKET TOSSERS WITH The Aggies started Monday training and preparing for a crucial road trip that will mean much in the way of the Conference title. Already the Aggies have successfully invaded foreign territory, when they took the Rice Owls in tow at Houston. The outcome of this invasion is not one that can be easily predicted as the Aggies run into some of the severest competition they have this season encountered when they meet the Arkansas Razor Backs in Fayet- ville on January 21 and 22. The Arkansas team after winning two straight from T. C. U., are topping the Conference with four straight wins and no losses. On January 24 the Aggies will take on the S. M. U. Mustangs in Dallas. This game will be bitterly contested as in the last game the Aggies nosed the Mustangs out by a three point margin in an extra period. The next game the Aggies play at home will be on January 29. OLD AGGIE STARS SHINE AGAIN Aggies, Bears, and Sooners Play Together. Those who had the good fortune to see Jim Kendrick and his famed Texas Rangers play during the Christmas holidays saw some of Aggielands most famed satellities beam with irredescent glory once more. Jim Kendrick, himself an old Aggie star, picked his team from men who once played in the Southwest and Missouri Valley Conferences. Old Aggies who did themselves and their Alma Mater justice and honor were “Mule” Wilson, Captain of the Championship team of last year; Barlow Irwin, another member of the stellar 1925 eleven; and last but far from least is the big Nealy Allison who gave them fits when he played the Aggie wing position with Evans, Jim Kendrick an old Aggie star, is responsible for the accumulation of this group of stars from the Southwest. Kendrick, the originator and founder was also the dictator when on the field, from the quarterback position he issued his orders. CONFERENCE STANDING Team P. W. L. Pet. Arkansas 4 4 0 1.000 A. & M. 2 2 0 1.000 Texas x 2 1 1 500 S. M. U. 2 1 1 500 T. C. U. 3 1 2 333 Rice 3 0 3 000 Baylor 2 0 2 000 FAST CROWD Clark is High Point Man with 18 Points. The Aggies won their second con ference tilt Friday night when they overcame an early lead piled up by the Rice Owls and defeated them 29 to 28. Rice got away to an early start when they started hitting the basket from all angles and positions, while the Aggie youngsters could not do a thing. At one time Rice had a 16 point lead, but the Aggies led by Sanger Clark cut the lead to six points at the half with 'the score 20 to 16 against them. Clark was a high point man of the encounter with eighteen points to his credit. Billups of Rice with eleven was the Owl high scorer. The Aggies left Monday for a five day road trip, playing two games with Arkansas at Fayetville Friday and Saturday, and dropping off at Dallas for a return game with the Mustangs on the following Monday Night. The Box Score: A. & M. Fg. F. Pf. Tl. Davis, f 1 0 2 2 Petty, f 0 1 4 1 Webster, c 0 1 1 1 Baker, (C), g 1 3 1 5 Sikes, g. 1 0 0 2 Clark, f 9 0 1 18 Konecny, g 0 0 0 0 Total 12 5 9 29 Rice Davis, g 0 0 0 0 Schroeder, f 1 3 1 5 Billups, f. 5 1 2 11 Grant, c 1 0 3 2 Moriss, g 4 0 2 8 Herting, g 0 2 3 2 Tolle, f 0 0 0 0 Total 11 6 11 ri Referee, McCurdy, Umpire, Kinney. Last Week in the Conference. A. & M. 29, Rice 28. T. C. U. 28, Texas 24. S. M, U. 28, Baylor 27. Arkansas 24, T. C. U. 16. Arkansas 23, T. C. U. 22. The College which dismissed a student for wearing a flower in his lapel at a botany quiz is said to have had a campus statue torn down because it leaned toward the wrong church.