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THE BATTALION
TEXAS AGGIES, CONQUEROR OF CONQUERORS
COACHING STAFF
FOR NEXT YEAR
NOW COMPLETE
The Athletic Council has named
Charles F. Bassett and Bob Country
man as coaches for next year. This
selection is subject to the approval
of the Board of Directors and the
President of the College but in all
probability it is final.
Mr. Basset is to be the line coach
in football and the head coach of
varsity basketball. His duties will be
gin on September 1, 1927. Coach Bas
sett comes to us highly recommended,
both in ability and character. Was end
on varsity football squad and center
on varsity basketball team for three
years at Michigan State College, grad
uated from same college, spent three
summers at Notre Dame, Harvard,
and University of Michigan in coach
ing school, coach at Flint High School
and Junior College where his foot
ball team won the Michigan State
Championship three out of the five
years that he coached there, basket
ball team went to State Tournament
every year and won the championship
once. For the past year he has been
on the coaching staff at the Univer
sity of Michigan where he took his
degree in Physical Training.
“Bob” Countryman will be coach of
the varsity baseball team, replacing
Coach Rothgeb who is to go to Rice.
It is needless to say who Countryman
is, as he is well known to all of us.
He was pitcher on the San Antonio
Texas League team for two years,
pitcher and outfielder for Fort Worth
Texas League Team, pitched the
game that won the pennant for them,
was runner up in batting per centage
in Texas League, was sent to major
league twice, player and manager of
the Mt. Pleasant team in East Texas
League, Manager of 'the Palestine
team in East Texas League last year,
wort pennant for them and has been
one of the official umpires in the
southwestern conference this year.
Countryman will begin duties on Feb
ruary 1, 1928.
INTRAMURAL BASEBALL STAND
ING.
The winners in the various leagues
are: Co. A Signal Corps, Troop D Cav
alry, Co. G' Infantry, and Co. H Inf
antry. These four teams will play a
series of games for the champion
ship, which will be decided this week.
THINLY CLADS
CHOOSE LE ADERS
Buck and Childers to Captain Track
and Cross-Country.
At a meeting of the varsity track
men, C. E. Buck was elected captain
of the 1928 track team. Buck is cer
tainly deserving of this honor as he
has worked hard for the past two
years and his efforts have not been
in vain.
Childers was elected to lead our
cross-country team to a champion
ship next fall and a better man could
not have been picked. “Nurmi” is a
consistent worker and is well-liked by
everyone who knows him. He is one
of the four juniors who were selected
for the Aggie Hall of Fame in the
1927 Longhorn.
With the wealth of material that
will be back and with such inspiring
leaders, we look for a championship
in both cross-country and track next
near.
Captains have not been elected yet
for next year’s golf team, tennis team,
and baseball team. As everyone knows,
Joel Hunt will lead the football team
and Sikes the basketball team.
CONFERENCE TENNIS MEET
HELD IN AGGIELAND
A. and M. was signally honored by
having the Southwestern Conference
Tennis meet held on the local courts.
Twenty-three stellar players, repre
senting six of the colleges in the
conference, battled for two days for
supremacy in singles and doubles.
Allison of Texas won the singles
title by defeating J. Barr of S. M. U.
in the finals. Allison won his way to
the finals by defeating Gill of A. and
M. Dunlap of Texas, and Mather of
Texas, while J. Barr was defeating T.
Barr of Rice, Davis of A. and M. and
Appell of Rice.
In the doubles tournament the title
went to J. Barr and Estep of S. M.
U., who defeated Mather and Allison
of Texas in the finals. There were
eleven doubles teams entered.
None of the A. and M. entrants
got beyond the third round, but with
the building of the new courts we ex
pect in the future to see a greater
interest in tennis here and the event
ual winning of a championship by
some Aggie.
“What a whale of a difference a
few sense make,” said the student as
grades were posted.
LETTER MEN AND
FISH NUMERALS
ARE ANOUNCED
The Athletic Council awarded let
ters and numerals to the following
men:
Major Sports.
BASEBALL: Baker, Blount, Broil-
es, Clark, Hillin, Kalleen, Schuene-
niann, Sikes, Tucker, Williamson, Wy
man.
TRACK: Appleman, Ashley, Bart
lett, Blair, Buck, Burgess, Childers,
Crump, Davis, Haile, Kennedy, Mc
Kenzie O’Neal Wooldridge.
Minor Sports.
TENNIS: Davis, Gill, Hyland, Ross.
GOLF: Brehmer.
Freshman Numeals.
BASEBALL: Barnes, Cody, Ditt-
man, Holleron, Jefferies, Kasprowicz,
Kollman, Lackey, Lockett, Menger,
Scovell, Wendt, Voekel, Conover, Har
ris.
TRACK: Allen, Bradshaw, Dick,
Huccaba, Hodges, Killian, Johnson,
Kendall, Markle, Mills, McGowan, Or
chard, Jared, Richter, Schumaker,
Stransky, Thompson.
In passing it might be well to ob
serve that Freshmen numerals do not
mean so much; so “Fish” athletes, if
you do not make a ’30 numeral do not
become discouraged but come out for
your sport next year and fight for a
“T.” Norway Schow failed to make a
numeral but won a berth on the Var
sity baseball team before the season
opened up during his Sophomore year
and is now making good with Paris in
the Lone Star League hitting the pill
at .333. So Freshmen, “just think noth
ing of it” if you failed to make a
numeral.
RESULTS OF INTRAMURAL
SWIMMING MEET.
40-yard Breast Stroke
Dittman, L. E., West, T. B., Brooks,
F. A., Jefferson, J. R.
Plunge for Distance.
Cox, P. W., West, T. B., Dittman,
L. E., Brown, H. K., Broiles, H.
40-yard Back Stroke.
Okes, R. Q., Hunt, O. J., Dittman,
L. E., Cooper, F. C., Broiles, H.
40-yard Free Style.
Davis, J. W., Wilson, W. L., Davis,
H. A-, Oaks, R. Q., Dittman, L. E.
100-yard Free Style.
Davjs, J. W., Cooper, F. C., Prude,
G. F. Haller, E. C., Davis, H. A.
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AGGIES FINISH
SECOND IN
BASEBALL RACE
Hillin Won His Last Game by Pitch-
in Best Game of College Career.
Again the Texas Aggies were nosed
out for the Southwestern Champion
ship by the Texas Longhorns but
again they had the satisfaction of
defeating the champions in the last
game of the series. Last year, after
being defeated on Kyle Field by the
Longhorns 7-8 the Aggies took it
away ^from them on their own sand
lot by a score of 8 to 1. In the first
game of the series played Friday and
Saturday the Aggies were defeated
by Texas by a close score of 2-1. It
was a good game from every angle,
errors were few, hits well scattered
and pitching on both sides was excel
lent. By far the best feature of the
game was the heavy hitting of San
ger Clark who got three hits out of
four trips to the bat and the three
real hits of the game for the Aggies.
The pitching of Baker is to be com
mended too, allowed only four hits
during the entire game, the least that
any pitcher has ever gotten by with
against the Aggies. Sikes, although
touched for eight hits, pitched a good
game and kept the hits well scatter
ed.
The second game was by far the
most thrilling from an Aggie stand
point, featured throughout by the pre
mier pitching of Hillin and the hit
ting and fielding of his teammates.
It would be hard to say who got the
laurels and all were outstanding stars.
Everything was “rosy” with Hillin, the
boy baffled the Longhorns inning af
ter inning with his fast ones and was
seldom in serious danger. He had
plenty of speed, control and confi
dence, everything that makes a good
pitcher, allowing only two hits and got
two himself to cancel those. Billie
Disch used nearly all of his players
trying to find one who could hit the
elusive pill but the game was over
before the boy could be found.
Captain Tucker, Schueneman, Clark,
Baker, Hillin and Bryant saw their
last game in an Aggie uniform. We
will miss these men badly next year
as they have been the backbone of
the team for the past two years.
Box score:
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