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THE BATTALION
FISH FOOTBALL
(Continued from page 12)
well during the early part of the sea
son.
The freshman players are given fine
opportunity to demonstrate their
prowess in workouts against the var
sity team. While one squad of the
“fish” players scrimmages with the
varsity, the other is kept busy drill
ing on formations of the opponents
next in line to clash with the varsity
team.
Many of the freshmen are giving
indications of becoming good material
for the varsity squad in coming years
and there is every reason to believe
that this squad will prove to be as
valuable a source of varsity material
as the 1926 squad was.
Outstanding among backfield can
didates are: L. E. Clark, all-state
halfback from Marshall High school
who is developing into a triple threat
man rapidly; C. A. Tracy, Houston
boy who starred on the San Marcos
Academy eleven; J. G. Floyd, Gilmer
high school fullback; H. B. Delery,
fullback from the San Jacinto high
school at Houston; G. H. Zarafonetas,
Breckenridge boy who has seen ser
vice in the backfields of the high
schools at Pomona, California, Rang
er, and Breckenridge, and who has al
so had one year at Burleson College;
G. E. Richenberg, North Dallas high
school halfback and former team
mate of Conover, Aggie half this
year; W. G. Cotton, Beaumont high
school halfback and quarter; H. U.
Bible, brother of Coach D. X. Bible
and four year man from the high
school at Jefferson City, Tenn.; M.
Sessions, Austwell boy who played
with San Marcos Academy; H. D.
Philips, four year man from the Mc
Kinney high school.
The backfield does not contain all
of the men who show promise as fu
ture material, however, for there are
several men on the squad wRo should
be of value in rebuilding the Aggie
line which will be badly weakened by
graduation this year.
Among these line candidates are:
Herbert Evans, stellar tackle from
Oak Cliff high school, Dallas; H. R.
Hornsby, guard, who played two
years with Austin high school; C. H.
Anderson, center from Sunset high
school, Dallas; S. S. Langford, guard
and tackle from Fort Worth who has
played with Polytechnic high school
and North Texas Agricultural Col
lege; T. B. and W. B. Powers, twins
from Beaumont high school who play
end; E. E. Farquhar, Jonesboro boy
who starred at end for Gatesville
high school and Weatherford junior
College.
T, C. U. TIE GAME HELPS
MORALE OF TEAM
In the outcome of the game last
Saturday with the Horned Frogs of
T. C. U., a 0 to 0 tie, Coach Dana X.
Bible sees a stabilizing- factor that
may contribute materially in a help
ful way to the Aggies for the remain
der of their conference schedule. In
asmuch as A. & M. entered the con
test as the favorites to win, consider
able gloom prevailed In the Aggie’s
camp following the brilliant defensive
showing of the Frogs that held to a
scoreless tie game. It was not the
first time Matty Bell’s gridsters have
upset the dope either. And this con
tributed in part to the ultramarine
haze that hovered over Aggieland
when the battle had been fought and
the result hung up.
However, as Coach Bible points out,
that is now history and possibly
helpful history. The game at Lub
bock next Friday, Oct. 28, with the
Texas Technological College, is next
on the card and Bible and the Aggies
are looking that way. This week’s
practice for the clash at Lubbock
promises to be one of the very light
workouts with no drill on new plays,
or formations. The idea is to let the
players rest up a bit and to get them
in as good physical condition as pos
sible for the somewhat tiring ride to
the Plains. Great preparations for
the initial game between the Aggies
and the Matadors have been made and
indications are that West Texas will
turn out a record breaking crowd for
the contest. In consequence the Mata
dors may be expected to stage a hard
battle.
“We have not overlooked that fact,”
said Bible, “and the Aggies realize
they will play another inspired team
at Lubbock, just as they played one
at Fort Worth last Saturday. This
means the boys will have to be in
shape mentally and physically. The
T. C. U. game may be considered as
having given them the right frame
of mind and it will be up to the coach
es to get them in shape physically.
There will be some work with Texas
Tech plays, but for the most part the
practice will consist of light work
outs.”
Indications are that Conover, Bur
gess and Varnell will be in the game
at Lubbock, at least part of the time.
Due to sprained ankles, neither Con
over nor Varnell played in the T. C.
U. game and Burgess, still nursing a
fractured rib, was sent in for only a
few minutes. The only casualty of
the game with the Frogs was a
sprained ankle suffered by Figari, one
of the regular guards. It is possible
he will not get in the game at Lub
bock.
The Aggies will leave here Wed
nesday night for Caldwell in motor
cars and will board Pullman there for
the trip by the Santa Fe to Lubbock
where they are due to arrive Thurs
day afternoon in time to limber up in
workout on the Texas Tech gridiron.
They will leave Lubbock Friday night
and are expected to get back here
Saturday afternoon in time for a
light workout which should give them
a one-day advantage in preparation
for the game with S. M. U. Nov. 5.
In commenting upon the game with
T. C. U., Bible with his usual genial
smile found only warm words of
praise for the showing of the Frogs
and attempted no alibis for the Ag
gies. “As the result showed, T. C.
U. played a strong defensive game,”
he said. “The playing of Rags Mat
thews at left end was particularly
outstanding. Against such resistance
it would have been necessary for a
team to do better than its best to
make headway. We had too many
inexperienced men in the line-up to
rise to the occasion. The Homed
Frogs should get the credit they
merit for their brilliant defensive
work. Had Captain Blackie Williams
for the Frogs and Conover, Burgess
and Varnell for the Aggies been in
the game, it would have been a great
offensive battle. As it was, it was
purely a defensive game with neither
team displaying an attack of sufficient
strength to make a sustained drive.”
Capt. Aldredge: A man who can’t
express himself so that people can
understand him is an idiot. Do you
understand me ?
Fish: No, sir.
SWIMMING CLUB VERY ACTIVE
THIS YEAR.
Efforts to gain recognition for
swimming as a conference sport are
being made by thes wimming club com
posed of A. & M. College students and
it is hoped that such efforts will meet
with success in time to have inter
collegiate competition during the
present school year, according to
Drexyle H. Turner, Houston boy who
is captain of the swimming team rep
resenting the club in aquatic meets.
As yet official recognition of swim
ming as a sport has not been given by
the Athletic Council of the college,
and the council decided at a recent
meeting not to accord such recogni
tion until it has facilities for such a
sport and until swimming has been
recognized by the Southwest Con
ference. Swimming is included, how
ever, as one of the intramural sports
of the college.
Swimming is classed as one of the
major sports in many of the eastern
athletic conferences and should at
least be rated as one of the minor
sports in the Southwest Conference,
Turner suggested. Swimming teams
already exist at the University of
Texas and S. M. U., and there should
be very little difficulty in forming
teams at the other schools in the con
ference, he added.
The local swimming team last year
demonstrated much strength in de
feating the Houston team and in es
tablishing* records in the 50 yard
dash and in the 200 yard relay in the
splash day meet at Galveston. All
of the members of last year’s team
are back and there are forty-eight
candidates in addition to those who
are working for places on the team.
Last year’s team was as follows:
Herman Cox, Ft. Worth, coach;
Drexyle Turner; E. D. Clardy, Gal
veston; C. M. Everts, Houston; F.
Anderslitch, Los Angeles; J. M. Mey
ers, Pearland; C. H. Hegemann, San
Antonio; H. L. Phillips, Dallas; W.
M. McCrae, Dallas; W. Woodlief,
Dallas.
Turner is Gulf Coast champion of
50 and 100 yard dashes; Everts holds
Southern A. A. U. record for 50 yard
dash and th e Houston city record for
100 and 220 yard dash, while Clardy
holds the Gulf Coast championship
with back stroke for 50, 100 and 220
yard dashes with time records better
than those of any collegiate swimmer
on record.
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