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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1927)
8 THE BATTALION A. R. MENGER, Editor C. M. Florer, Ass’t. Sports Editor C -H»1L AGGIES WIN INITIAL CONFERENCE GAME BASEBALL AND TRACK CANDIDATES REPORT FOR PRACTICE Prospects for Championships Loom. After completing a very successful season last year the Aggies are re porting for baseball practice with a determination to dethrone the long ruling Texas University from the Baseball Throne. Coach Rothgeb has very near the same team to work with this year he had last year, with the exception of Sid Kyle, Williams, Steineker, Koerth and Brazelton. Strengthening the Aggie team will be Capt. Hollis Tucker, who played a sterling game at the short stop posi tion, Punk Baker who played the hot 3rd. base corner with meritorious rec ord. Stopping the pill will be the ef fervescing Red Scheunemann who has been in the conference lime light for the past two seasons. On the pitch ing staff will be the iron man Hillin, who was one of the best in the con ference last year. Nig Wyman, G. O. Mount, Cotton Bryant. In the outfield will be, Schou, Broyles, Clark, Mc- Conaughy. There will be a wealth of material to draw on from last yeaar’s freshman squad. Headed by the versatile night owl E. P. Parker of Cross-Country and track fame, the thinly clad aspir ants under the tutelage of Coach An derson have reported for spring track practice. The Aggies will be strengthened in the weights and hurdles this year, but will be somewhat weaker in the sprints because of the loss of big Mule Wilson. Woolridge, who finish ed well up near the front in the con ference meet will be the fast man for the Aggies this year. Willie Bart lett will be a strong man in the weights. The Aggies will again send a team to the Texas relays this year. An add ed attraction at the relay carnival this year will be a new relay of four miles; the conference has been mark ed by relays this long but this is the first time the south has witnessed a carnival with a four-mile relay. Before the Christmas holidays the intramural cross-country was run-off. Fish Killian of the Artillery was the first man to cross the finish line. The Artillery amassed enough points to win, while the First and Second Bat talions won second and third respect ively. LAST WEEK’S SCORES. A. and M. 31, S. M. U. 28. Texas 22, Baylor 15. Arkansas 34, Rice 18, (First Game). Arkansas 36, Rice 18, (Second game). INTRAMURAL FOOTBALL GAMES ARE CENTER OF ATTRACTION Games are Keenly Contested. The Center of attraction in Intra mural sports at present is football. To date there have been four games played, the Air Service playing two and winning both of them. The first game with the 1st. Battalion was a close game all the way, the only score being the Air Service touch down in the first quarter. The 1st. Battalion is the only other team that has played two games. They lost to the Air Service in the first encounter but emerged victorious in the next game, 20 to 0. The other games played were be tween the Air Service and the 2nd. Battalion and the Artillery and 3rd. Battalion, 'the Air Service again won, this time 25-0, while the Artillery and 1st. Battalion battled to a scoreless tie. Men that have showed up well so far are: Miller of the 2nd, Parrot, Mills, and Rogers of the first., Brown, Edgar, Taylor, and Cuthrell of the Air Service. Oliver and Morris of the Artillery, (Lack of information on men in the 3rd. Battalion and the Composites is the reason they are left off the list. Battalion managers please submit reports of the games played to the Sports Editor at 107 Hollywood). NEW FOOTBALL SCHEDULE. Jan. 8, 2:00, Varsity Field, 1st. Bn. vs. Composite. Jan. 8, 2.30, Fish Field, Air Service vs. 2nd. Battalion. Jan. 8, 3:30, Varsity Field, 3rd. Bat talion vs. Artillery. Jan. 15, 2:30, Fish Field, Cavalry vs. Composite. ' Jan. 15, 3:30, Varsity Field, 1st. Battalion vs. 2nd. Battalion. Jan. 15, 2:00, Varsity Field, Third Battalion vs. Air Service. Jan. 22, 3:30, Varsity Field, Com posite vs. Artillery. Jan. 22, 2:00, Varsity Field, 2nd. Battalion vs. Cavalry. Jan. 22, 2:30, Fish Field, 3rd. Bat talion vs. 1st. Battalion. Feb. 5, 2:30, Fish Field, Air Ser vice vs. Artillery. Feb. 5, 2:00, Varsity Field, Com posite vs. 2nd. Battalion. Feb. 5, 3:30, Varsity Field, Cavalry vs. 1st. Battalion. Feb. 12, 2:30, Fish Field, 3rd. Bat talion vs. Composite. Feb. 12, 2:00, Varsity Field, Artill ery vs. 2nd. Battalion. Feb. 12, 3:30, Varsity Field, Caval- (Continued on Page 9) VOLLEY BALL TOURNAMENT TO START ON JANUARY 17 A New Intramural Sport. The Aggies opened the Southwest Conference basketball season success fully last Saturday night when they defeated the S. M. U. Mustangs from the Northland 31-28 in a spirited Volley ball is being introduced as an intramural sport this year for the first time and from the amount of interest that is being shown in the game, it ought to go over big. Origi nally designed as a Y. M. C. A. gym nasium pastime, volley ball has great ly exceeded its originator’s ideas and is now a big factor in group recrea tion. It will be played here on the varsity tennis courts and the only uniform requirement will be that rub ber-soled shoes be worn by the con testants. The courts will be ready for use in about a week and teams will be allowed a week’s practice before the tournament begins. Each battal ion will be represented by two teams of six men each, one playing in the freshman league and one playing in the upperclassman league. There are so few expert volley ball players on the campus that everyone has a chance to make his team, regardless of whether he has ever played before or not. The game is very simple and easily learned. Battalion sports man agers are urged to get their men out and start practicing as soon as pos sible, because the tournament will start about January 17. RESULTS GAMES PLAYED IN INTER-BATTALION FOOTBALL LEAGUE Air Service 6, 1st. Battalion 0. 1st. Battalion 20, Composite 0. Air Service 25, 2nd. Battalion 0. Artillery 0, 3rd. Battalion 0. Standing at Present. Team P W L T Pet. Air Service 2 2 0 0 1.000 1st. Battalion _ 2 1 1 0 500 Artillery 1 0 0 1 000 3rd. Battalion _ ___1 0 0 1 000 2nd. Battalion __1 0 1 0 000 Composite . 1 0 1 0 000 Cavalry _ 0 0 0 0 000 VARSITY BASKETBALL SCHED ULE. game that took an extra five minute period in the Memorial Gym nasium. The game was closely contested all the way, and it was not until five minutes after the start that the first field goal was thrown. The Mustangs lead 14-13 at the end of the first half. The Aggies succeeded in tying the score after the start of the half and from then out the lead sea-sawed back and forth until the end of the game found the score tied at 28-28. Captain Baker of the Aggies threw a field goal just before the shot ty ing the score. In the extra period Davis threw a field goal and a free goal that decid ed the game for the Aggies. Allison of the Mustangs was high point man with 13 with Red Petty of the Aggies second with 10. Baker and Dawson both put up a high class game of guarding. Many fouls were called during the game, Woolridge of S. M. U. and Ko- necny of A. and M. both being put out on four personals. The majority of the rest of both teams had three already called on them when the game ended. Box Score: A. and M. Fg F Pf Total Davis, R. F. 3 2 3 8 Petty, L. F. 4 2 3 10 Webster, C.-R. G. 3 0 3 6 Konecny, R. G. 0 14 1 Baker, (c), L. G. __1 11 3 Clark, R. F. 1 13 3 Sikes, C. 0 0 1 0 Total 12 7 18 31 S. M. U.r Mann, (c) R. F. 1 3 3 5 Allison, L. F., C. 5 3 1 13 Hooks, C.-R. G. 2 0 1 4 Dawson, R. G. 0 2 1 2 Woolridge, L. G. 0 2 4 2 Lindsey, L. F. 1 0 2 2 Daniel, G. 0 0 2 0 Burgess, F. 0 0 1 0 Jan. 14—Rice at Houston. Jan. 21—Arkansas at Fayettville. Jan. 22—Arkansas at Fayettville. Jan. 24—S. M. U. at Dallas. Jan. 29—Texas at College Station. Feb. 7—T. C. U. at Fort Worth. Feb. 11—Centenary at College Sta tion. Feb. 12—Centenary at College Sta tion. Feb. 19—T. C. U. at College. Feb. 23—Rice at College. Feb. 28—Texas at Austin. Total 1_J9 10 15 28 Referee, Sears; Umpire, Boggess. Conference Standing. P. W. L. Pet. Arkansas 2 2 0 1.000 A. and M. 1 1 0 1.000 Texas 1 1 0 1.000 S. M. U. 1 0 1 000 Baylor 1 0 1 000 Rice 2 0 2 000 T. C. U. 0 0 0 000