THE BATTALION
Aggie Sports
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Say Aggies, three bridges have been
icrossed on that old thousand-mile
walk and we are still going like “a
house afire.” Still there is no let-up
in sight for we have seven more big
bridges lying at the top of seven
long, hard hills and it will take lots
of pulling from you “Twelfth Man”
before we reach the shore and board
that old “ship” where every good
worker can pull an oar.
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“Arkansas is the next victim” is
the saying that has been heard more
than once this week. It surely is if
we all “stay in there and pitch” and
don’t get too confident. Gang, you
know what overconfidence and looking
too far ahead did to us last year—
don’t let it happen again. Do not try
to cross your bridges before you get
to them and remember we’ve got to
fight for every game we win.
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That Aggie line certainly looked
good against Sewanee. The Tigers
wasted a lot of energy trying to get
through it but it was all in vain.
Every man in the line was putting
out all he had and you saw the re
sult.
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One of the “Big City” scribes was
heard to remark that the Aggies in
terference was the best he had ever
seen on a conference team. Led by
Capt. Joel Hunt the Aggie backs ran
wild with the ball. Wonder what they
can do on a dry field ?
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Joel Hunt has made the first touch
down in each game so far. When he
gets the ball “it won’t be long now.”
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A. and M. is the only unscored-on
eleven in the Southwestern Confer
ence. Hope we can say that November
25.
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Alsabrook made one of the hardest
tackles ever seen on the Fair Park
gridiron. The ball popped out of the
Sewanee man’s arms as though shot
out of a gun when Pinky hit him.
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Despite the fact that the powers
that be could not see fit to give a
blanket pass for the Band to attend
the A. and M.-Sewanee game Satur
day, the portion of the cadet corps
fortunate enough to attend the game
did not have to give “Wildcat” or
sing “The Spirit of Aggieland” with
out the proper accompaniment. A
band of between forty and fifty pieces
was present and gave a good account
of themselves.
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There were a lot of surprises in
the football scores this past week-end.
Trinity-j university had never scored
on the Texas Longhorns in football
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FOOTBALL TEAM
PRESENTED WITH
25 Men Given Protection Against the
Elements.
Saturday morning, while the rain
was coming down in torrents in Dal
las, the football team received a visit
from Mr. Jas. K. Wilson of Victry-
Wilson, clothiers, who presented
each man on the squad with a
waterproof overcoat. He made a
short talk to the team in which
he wished them good fortune in
the coming contest and hoped they
would have a very successful season.
It was quite a pleasant surprise to
the team as they are not accustomed
to receiving such favors. The mem
bers of the team are unanimous in
thanking Victory-Wilson for this
seasonable gift.
CROSS-COUNTRY
TEAM TO BE
PICKED SOON
The Cross-Country team that will
represent the Aggies in the Confer
ence and Dual meets is scheduled to
be picked in the very near future,
probably at the end of this week. All
of the men on the squad that are out
for the team have been running the
five mile course, and are rounding
into shape, having been out for a
good while. This year we will have
a stong team that should show up
well.
Captain “Nurmi” Childers, and
“Pedro” Avila, are the letter men
from last year’s squad, and besides
we have Jack Haile, and George
“Tutitsky” Moore, who were on the
squad but did not letter. From the
’30 squad we have some fine material,
and though lacking in experience,
they should, under coaching develop
into good Varsity men. Killian,
Thompson, and Shumaker, who made
their numeral last fall, are out this
year, and we believe that they will
go a long way to filling the gap made
by Crump, who graduated, and the
other vacancies.
The team has a good chance at the
Conference Championship this year,
although Rice will have one of the
strongest teams. Texas U. should
prove an easy victim, when the team
meets them Nov. 5 at Austin. Miller
and O’Conner, who it will be remem
bered, put up a strong fight against
the Aggies, in their dual meet, are
lost to the Yellow and White this
year, and they were the mainstay of
the Longhorn runners last year. The
team has plenty of fight and every
man that is out, has a determination
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SEWANEE IS DIS
APPOINTED AGAIN
For the fifth time the Sewanee Tig
ers have descended the well-known
mountain!, have crossed the Texas
boundary line to battle with the Tex
as Aggies in Dallas, and for the fifth
time the Tigers were forced to wend
their way back up the mountain with
out victory. And this time Sewanee
came out of the game with nothing
whatever except great gobs of mud
gathered from various parts of the
gridiron. It had rained all that morn
ing in Dallas and the field was in no
condition for the tricky passing at
tack which the Tigers expected to
use.
Sewanee was not as strong as ex
pected and the Aggie backs were able
to make long gains through the line
and around the ends. The Aggie back-
field gave an exhibition of perfect
interference running and the Aggie
line did some wonderful defeinsive
work. Sewanee did not attempt any
passes until the game was hopelessly
lost, so the Aggie backs did not get
that much-needed practice in break
ing up passes.
Schoolfield’s fine punting kept the
score down. The Sewanee offense was
unable to do anything against that
powerful Aggie line but at times their
defense held the Aggies at crucial
moments. Kimbrough, Sewanee’s best
player, went out with a dislocated
knee early in the game.
Every man on the A. and M. team
played a good game, but especially
outstanding was the work of Capt.
Joel Hunt on the offense and Willie
Bartlett on the defense.
Starting line-ups:
A. and M.
Sewanee
Sikes
L. E.
Lister
L. T.
Holmes
L. G.
Bartlett
C.
Figari
R. G.
Sprott
R. T.
Petty
R. E.
Capt. Hunt . .
Q.
Burgess ......
L. H.
Conover
R. H.
Varnell
F. B.
Substitutions
: A. and
M.: Davis for
Conover, Ewell for Sprott, Alsabrook
for Varnell, Deffebach for Sikes, Sikes
for Deffebach,
Sprott for Ewell, Con-
over for Davis, Varnell for Alsabrook,
Davis for Varnell, Deffebach for Pet
ty, Richter for Figari, Ewell for
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AGGIES FIRST
CONFERENCE GAME
TO BE SATURDAY
With a standing of 1,000 per cent
to give them plenty of confidence and
the knowledge that the Texas Aggies
are a worthy foe to keep them from
being over-confident, the hog-herding
cohorts of Francis Schmidt will in
vade Aggieland next Saturday to at
tempt to retain the high standing of
leaders in the race for the South
western Conference Championship.
Due to the weakened condition of the
team from the mountains of Tennes
see, the Porkers will be the Irst real
competition for the Farmers for the
season.
According to the dope bucket, the
Aggies are favored to win by about
two touchdowns, Southwestern having-
defeated Baylor 19-6, the Aggies took
it from Southwestern 31-0, and the
Porkers defeated Baylor 13-6 in their
first conference game last Saturday.
History shows that the dope bucket
is easily upset however so the Ar
kansas Raorbacks will bear close
watching.
The probable starting line-up will
be as follews:
A. & M. Arkansas
Sikes Cowger
L. E.
Lister Winters
L. T.
Wylie Harmon
L. G.
Bartlett Coleman
C.
Figari Van Sickle
R. G.
Sprott Crabaugh
R. T.
Petty Kose
R. E.
Hunt G’eise
Q.
Burgess Donathan
L. H.
Conover Cole
R. H.
Varnell Beavers
F. B.
Due to injuries Conover and Wylie
probably will be replaced by Holmes
and Mills in early part of game.
INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL
STARTS
Intramural athletics began Wed
nesday when Company A defeated
Battery B in the first basketball game
of the season. All those students who
have not signed up for some sport
should do so at once; there is still a
chance to make any of the teams as
the regulars have not been selected.
All games start promptly at the time
assigned. So far all teams have co
operated with the intramural depart
ment and have been on time; the most
noticeable thing about the games is