8
THE BATTALION
AGGIES OPE
CONFERENCE WITH A WIN!
INTRAMURAL ATHLETICS.
Weather conditions were such last
Saturday that the Intramural depart
ment thought it advisable to postpone
the first of this seasons scheduled
football games. These games are to
be played during the week, thus mak
ing it possible to follow the regular
announced plans. There seems to be
a stronger line-up in each battalion
than those of the past.
The college volley ball champions
will be detei'mined during the week,
there are three teams left in the run
ning.
The Tennis tournament was dropped
just before the holidays but will be
continued with permissable weather.
The renewing- matches will be played
within the next two weeks.
The plan of the Intramural board
is that every man take part in at least
one sport. If the promises come true
this will be Aggieland’s greatest year
in Intramural contests.
This is the Athletic and Military
College of Texas, and all we have to
do is put more on the athletic part.
RESULTS OF INTERBATTALION
FOOTBALL GAMES PLAYED
JAN. 10.
First Bat 15
Thii’d Bat 6
***** * * * *
Air Service 7
Artillery 0
In their last practice game before
opening the conference season, the
Texas Aggies lost a close, hard-fought
contest to the Houston Triangles, 41
to 37. This was the Aggies first ap
pearance on the local court and the
c’adets had an opportunity to see
all of the players in action before the
game was over.
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The 1927 Texas Aggie football
squad, accompanied by the coaches
and business manager, will journey
down to Houston Saturday to be the
guests of the Houston A. and M. club
at a football banquet. Among the
high spots of the evening will be the
presentation of All-American diplo
mas to Sprott, Hunt, and Sikes. These
thi'ee Aggie stars were given All-
American mention on the team pick
ed by “Pop” Warner, Knute Rockne,
and Tad Jones for the Christy Walsh
Syndicate.
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We have been told that no com
pany has at present started making
square peas but we know of no law
to keep us from mashing them flat.
FRESHMAN BASKETBALL
Seventeen men from the squad of
more than sixty who first reported
as candidates for the Texas Aggie
freshman cage team for 1927-28 are
working out daily under the direction
of Freshman Coach R. G. Higgin
botham and much promising material
for varsity teams of coming years is
being developed. S. J. (Punk) Baker,
captain and star of the 1926-27 Texas
Aggie varsity quintet, is assisting in
the training.
As in football, the freshman squad
is used to scrimmage with the varsity,
but in addition the “fish” team will
meet quintets from several of the
high schools of the state. Definite
announcement of the schedule has not
yet been made but negotiations are
under way for games with Bryan,
Houston, Austin and Waco teams.
For the forward positions Coach
Higginbotham has R. D. Hardcastle,
Houston Heights high school; H. U.
Bible, Jefferson City, Tennessee; H.
B. Cox, Houston Central High; W. G.
Cotton, Beaumont High; R. B. Jones,
Leesville, Louisiana; E. K. Martin,
Palestine High. Hardcastle w'on
statewide recognition during his two
years at Houston Heights and is one
of the outstanding candidates on the
team. Bible, a brother of Head Coach
Dana X. Bible, played three years
with the Jefferson City, Missouri, high
school, and seems to be better in
basketball than he was in football, in
which he won his freshman numeral
the past season. Cotton was a letter-
man at Beaumont high school three
years and is a fleet-footed forward of
ability. Besides one year as a letter-
man with Palestine high school, Mar
tin received two letters in basketball
from Randolph Junior College. Jones
is a three-year-man from Leesville,
La., and Cox received a letter from
Houston Central High.
It is with material for the center
positions that the freshman squad is
particularly favored. C. T. Hoke, all
state center from Houston Heights
high school; H. D. Phillips, three-
year-man from McKinney high; W.
P. Russell, who was awarded two let
ters at Breckenridge high school; R.
C. Bell, four-year-man at Bellville;
A. M. Allison, forward and center
from Denton high school, and H. E.
Thompson, Hereford boy with three
years experience at guard-center,
from as promising an array of ma
terial from which to select a center as
could be desired.
R. T. Lamb, another Houston
Heights high school product with two
years experience; H. C. Skaggs, two-
year-man from Fort Worth; E. J.
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T RACK
Reinforced by eight members from
last year’s varsity squad and seven
teen freshman numeral men, the nine
lettermen who have returned to seek
additional laurels on the Texas Ag
gie cinder path and track give Track
Coach Frank Anderson an unusually
large amount of material from which
to build his 1928 track team.
Since the opening of College in the
fall all of the men have been training
regularly and the beginning of actual
practice finds them in excellent phy
sical condition for the grind which
will continue without interruption, ex
cept for the Christmas holidays, until
the close of the track season in the
spring.
The lettermen who have returned
to enter training are: C. E. Buck,
Beaumont, captain and sprinter;
Hershel Burgess, Hale Center, fleet
backfield star of the champion Ag
gie eleven this year, who runs the
quarter mile; J. B. Haile, Goliad, a
member of the champion Aggie cross
country team this year, w'ho runs the
mile; A. B. Childers, Jasper, captain
of the cross country team, two miles;
J. R. Kennedy, Denison, hurdles; H.
Ashley, San Antonio, jumps; Z. W.
Bartlett, Marlin, center on the Aggie
eleven this year, weights.
The squadmen back are: W. K. Hol-
leron, San Antonio, javelin; O. N.
Yeary, Ft. Worth, javelin; G. H.
Moore, Dallas, half mile; V. J. Head,
Bi'ownfield, pole vault; Simon Utay,
Dallas, sprints; A. R. Kroulik, Bell
ville, broad jump; N. A. Webster,
Texarkana, hurdles; A. L. Van Nest,
Burkburnett, hurdles.
AGGIES HAVE TWO GAMES THIS
WEEK
After having defeated the Rice
Owls in a sensational manner in
Houston last Saturday night by the
score of 27-23 the Texas Aggie Bas
ketball team will begin a week of hard
work preparatory for the S. M. U.
Ponies, their next conference match.
With “Siki” Sikes back at center
and captain of the team, the Aggies
have begun to show up in the old-
time Aggie fashion, plenty of pep,
speed and fight. Coach Bassett has
plenty of material, although some of
it is green and will be slow in develop
ing, and again in Basketball as well as
in football the Aggies should be con
tenders for the Conference honors.
Sam Houston State Teachers’ bas-
keteers will invade Aggieland next
Thursday and Friday nights for a
practice game with the Aggies, and
from what we hear of the Teachers
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DEFEAT RICE 27-20 IN A
FAST AND EXCITING GAME
Darby High Point Man. Grant Stars
for Rice.
The Texas Aggies defeated the Rice
Owls in their first conference basket
ball game of the season Saturday
night by a score of 27 to 23. The game
was played in Houston before a large
crowd. It was a fast game and abound
ed in brilliant playing.
The Aggies roundly • outplayed the
Owls in the first half, emerging with
an 18-7 score in their favor. But the
second half was a different tale. The
Owls made a brilliant comeback and
caused lots of excitement, but they
were not capable of defeating the
boys from College Station.
Darby of the Aggies was high-point
man, with Webster and Keeton of the
Aggies tied with Grant of the Owls
for second. The entire Aggie team
showed a marked improvement over
their previous performance with the
Houston Triangles.
The game was not only fast and
exciting, but was also pretty rough,
Koenig and Grant of the Owls retir
ing early in the second half with four
personal fouls apiece. Captain Sikes
of the Aggies also left the game be
fore it was over for the same reason.
This victory over the Owls in their
first conference game gave the Ag
gies a percentage of 1,000 in the con
ference race.
Summary:
A. and M.— Fg. Ft. Pf. Tl.
Petty, f 10 1 3 1
Keeton, f 2 3 3 7
Darby, c 4 0 0 8
Webster, g 3 1 2 7
Sikes (cant.) 1 2 4 4
Blount, g 0 0 2 0
Totals 10 7 14 27
Rice—
Zuber, f 0 2 0 2
Lanscope, f 1 1 1 3
Billups, f 0 3 1 3
Morgan, f 1 0 0 2
Kendrick, c-g 0 1 0 1
Koenig, g 0 1 4 1
Grant (capt.) 3 1 4 7
Thomas, g 1 0 1 2
Furman, c 1 0 1 2
Totals 7 9 12 23
Officials: Referee, Boggess, Um
pire, Henderson.
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Chic Winn: “I’d rather be a chauf
feur than a jockey.”
Jim Blackaller: “Why?”
Chic: “A jockey only gets to see
the horse’s neck, while the chauffeur
gets to see everybody neck.”