The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 02, 1927, Image 6

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    THE BATTALION
8
STEERS 36-35
* ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ * ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ * ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ VOLLEY BALL TOURNAMENT
* *j GETS UNDER WAY
* FREE THROWS *
* * | Tumblers Work Out
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The saying that a team with the j
determination to win cannot be whip- j
ped was surely proven Saturday
night. It was wonderful to see the
way our boys came from behind to
win.
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There wasn’t a very large percent
age of the cadet corps in the gym
Saturday night, but you couldn’t tell
it by the yelling. The fortunate few
who were here stayed behind the
team from start to finish of that
hair-raising game.
* * *
Well gang, it is up to you to make
the Interschoiastic League Tourna-
ment a success. Our Athletic Depart
ment has brought the tournament
here and if we make it a success, the
State Interschoiastic track meets and
basketball tournaments may alternate
between the two major State schools.
That means that the best high-school
a-thletes in the state will become
acquainted with Aggieland.
* * * *
Those Longhorns were sure watch
ing “Red” Petty. They guarded him
so closely he was unable to make a
single field goal. But while they were
watching Petty, Captain Baker loop
ed a pair of pretty ones.
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And while passing around the
honors it wouldn’t be amiss to men
tion that the tall Texas center cer
tainly had the stuff. He could shoot
baskets from anywhere.
* * *
The Aggie eleven will make the
long trip to West Texas next fall to
give the Texas Tech. Matadors their
first big football game at Lubbock.
Thp game replaces Baylor on the
Aggie schedule.
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The current basketball season is
about the fastest and closest ever
staged in the Southwest. Most of the
games have been decided by one
point and there have been two extra
session conference games already.
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The Texas relays will be held
March 25. Coach Anderson expects
to enter several teams. This will be
the third year of this event and the
Aggies have always gotten a good
share of the prizes.
The intramural volley ball tourna
ment will get under way next Mon
day. Two volley-ball courts have been
laid out on the edge of the baseball
field and they will be open for prac
tice all this week. Balls and nets may
be secured from the intramural sports
office.
It is not generally known, but we
have a cracker-jack swimming team
working out daily n the “Y” pool un
der the able direction of Bill McRea,
the life-saver. Anyone interested in
this sport should get in touch with
him. He may be found somewhere in
Gathright Hall.
We also have a splendid bunch of
tumblers working out in the gym
every day. They expect to put on an
exhibition between halves of the next
basketball game. Tommy Alexander,
of E. E. fame, is coaching them and
he is anxious to get some more men
in his class. Anyone interested should
see him at 13 Pfeuffer.
The intramural golf tournament is
progressing nicely. Some of the
second-round matches have already
been played. A schedule of the
matches may be found on the Y. M.
C. A. blackboard.
Cadets are reminded that the hand
ball courts are open at any time
during the day. Balls may be gotten
from the intramural sports office.
No intramural football games have
been played since last Wednesday
when the Artillery beat the Signal
Corps 20 to 0. The schedule will be
resumed February 5.
GYM. TO BE SETTING FOR
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Fish to Play Waco.
The gym will be the scene of much
basketball activity this week-end. In
addition to the varsity putting on
some finishing touches before travel
ing up to Fort Worth, the Aggie Fish
will play a pair of games with the
powerful Waco High School quintet.
These games will offer quite a test
for the Fish. The first game will be
played Friday night and the second
one Saturday morning.
In addition to these games, the
Brazos County Interschoiastic League
basketball tournament will be held on
the Aggie Court Friday afternoon
and Saturday morning. All these
games will be well worth seeing.
FRESHMAN TRACK PROS
PECTS ARE BRIGHT
Many Excellent Prospects on Our
Fish Team.
Coach Anderson is gradually get
ting his fish track team organized and
from the looks of things he will have
the best fish track team in the history
of the school.
Some of the outstanding men who
are now working out are: Hodge of
Archer City, who won the 220 yard
dash at the State high school meet
last year. Ed Thompson of Cameron,
who won the half-mile race the past
two years at the A. & M. Invitation
meet and came second in that event
at the State meet. Simpson of Denton,
holder of the State high school mile
record, came third at the National
Interschoiastic Meet at Chicago last
GAME MARKED BY
BRILLIANT PLAYING
Capt. Punk Baker High Point Man.
Nation Stars for Texas.
The Texas Aggies rounded up the
Texas Longhorns in their first bas
ketball game of the season here
Saturday night by a score of 36 to 35.
The game was fast and abounded in
brilliant playing.
Texas roundly outplayed the
Aggies in the first half, emerging
with a 17-12 score in their favor.
Our boys couldn’t seem to get going.
But the second half was a different
tale. Within three minutes after the
second period started the Aggies had
evened the count and from there on
it was nip and tuck with first one and
then the other in the lead.
Captain “Punk” Baker was the
star of the game, as it was his un
erring eye which carried the ream to
victory. He couldn’t miss a free
year. Jim Killian of Alvord (brother j throw, as he sunk eight of them
of our famous “Doc”), winner of the i without a miss. By dropping a couple
mile the past two years at the A. & | of baskets at opportune moments he
M. Invitation Meet. Bradshaw of Me- brought his total up to twelve points,
Gregor, an all-round man who came tyeing for scoring honors with
third in the high jump at the last
State meet. Moers of Wharton, an
unusually good weight man. Stranski,
of Savanna, Illinois, a pole-vaulter
who can do 12 feet with ease. Bowen
of Lubbock (brother of “Sheik”
Bowen) another good pole-vaulter.
Shoemaker and Allen, who placed
well up in the recent interbattalion
cross-country race.
In addition to these men, Coach
Anderson expects about forty or fifty
more men out when the season opens.
Our 1928 track team ought to be
Conference Champions.
CONFERENCE STANDING
W
L
Pet.
Arkansas
6
0
1.000
S. M. U
3
1
.750
Texas
2
2
.500
T. C. U
2
2
.500
A. & M
3
3
.500
Rice
0
5
.000
Baylor
0
3
.000
THE AGGIE GOAL TOSSERS
Player Fg.
Clark, 21
Petty, 19
Baker, 5
Webster, .. 9
Davis, 8
Sikes, 5
Konecny, .....' 2
Ft. Tl.
4 46
4
14
4
3
2
2
42
24
22
19
12
6
Nation, the lanky Texas center.
Clark of the Aggies and Brock of
Texas were next in line with eleven
points each. In the final moments of
the game Coach Stewart hurried
man after man into the game in a
desperate effort to win but the Ag
gies fought hard to keep that one-
point margin.
The victory gives the Aggies three
games won and three lost in the con
ference race. The game was Texas’
second loss and puts them in bad
shape for conference honors.
Summary:
A. & M.— Fg. Ft. Pf. Tl.
Petty, f 0 1 2 1
Clark, f 5 1 2 11
Sikes, c 0 0 0 0
Baker (c.), g 2 8 2 12
Konecy, g 2 1 1 5
Webster, c 2 2 3 6
Davis, f 0 1 2 1
Total 11 14 12 36
Texas—
Stallter, (c.), f 2 1 2 5
Brock, f 4 3 3 11
Nation, c 6 0 1 12
Olle, g 0 0 4 0
Estes, g 1 4 3 6
King, f 0 1 2 1
Looney, f. 0 0 0 0
Patrick, f 0 0 0 0
Total 13 9 15 35
Officials: Referee, Sears; um
pire, Boggess.
T. C. U. FROGS ARE CROAKING/