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THE BATTALION
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Quite a fall from 1.000 percent to
.250 percent. And it all happened
within seven days. Wonder what the
future holds in store for us ?
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The 1928 Agg’ie cage team may not
be a winning combination but it is
the fightingest team in the Confer
ence. Their opponents know that
they have been through a game when
they get thru’ playing the Fighting
Farmers.
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An example of this was given in
the S. M. U. game Monday night.
Three minutes before the first half
ended the Ponies were leading, 18 to
3, but the half ended with the score
20 to 13.
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The sensation of the game was the
miraculous guarding of Allison by Joe
Brown. This Mustang scoring ace,
who has run wild in all previous
games, was held down to one field
goal by the tall “coulomb-chasing”
sophomore.
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When Allison went out of the game,
Brown was taken out, and when Alli
son went back in, Brown followed him.
They ought to call Brown “mucilage,”
he stuck so close to Allison. The
Mustang star finally went out of the
game for good with four personal
fouls.
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J. B. Mann of the Mustangs was
high-point man with 17 points, with
his teammate Hooks second with 15.
V/ebster, Aggie guard, was third
with six field goals, and Keeton was
next with 10 points.
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Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.
We haven’t played Arkansas yet.
Just because we lost two games to
S. M. U. is no sign that we haven’t
got a good team. We ought to win
a majority of the remaining games
on the schedule.
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* LAST WEEK’S CONFER- *
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* S. M. U. 39; A. & M. 25 *
* T. C. U. 31; A. & M. 27. *
* S. M. U. 40; A. & M. 28. *
4* Texas U. 37; Rice 27.
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AGGIE BASEBALL PROSPECTS
FOR 1928
With four letter men and five
squad men as a nucleus around which
to build his team for 1928, Coach Bob
Countryman, appearing for the first
time as an Aggie coach, will begin on
Feb. 1 to shape up the Aggie Nine
on the new diamond at Kyle Field.
For the past four years the Aggie
baseball team has been good enough
to be at the head of the percentage
column but not good enough to beat
Uncle “Billy” Disch of Texas Univer
sity out of the championship. Al
though the prospects for this year do
not look as good as did those of the
past it is hoped that, with a new coach
and the material that he has to work
with, the Texas Agg-ies will end the
year as they started it, with a Con
ference Championship.
The lettermen back for their berths
this year are, “Hi” Broyles, (capt.)
outfielder, “Bubbar” Blount, infielder,
“Nig” Wyman, pitcher, and “Siki”
Sikes, pitcher. From the squad of
last year Bray, outfielder, Gorman,
pitcher, Holmes, pitcher, Hunt, out
fielder, will be back to work for a po
sition on the first string.
Freshmen numeral men to appear
on the Aggie roster are: Voekel, Hol-
leron, T. Haller, Dittman, Cody, in
fielders, Conover, Lockett, outfielders,
Jefferies, Lackey, Catchers Kaspro-
wirz, pitcher.
Other members of the team will be:
Alsabrook, Bernhard, Blount, Chil
dress, Day, Elis, Emmons, J. K., Em
mons, W. M., Flory, Haby, Keeton,
Sweatman, Weston, Willmann, Wil
loughby, Bessmay, infielders, Berger,
Bradford, Broesche, Fitzhugh; Hal-
bouty, Knight, Story, Westley, Yeary,
M,, Yeary, O. N., outfielders, Davis,
Heliums, Mills, Moore, pitchers Tracy,
pitcher.
With two positions in the outfield
and two in infield and the catcher’s
position to fill, Coach Countryman
will have plenty to keep him busy the
two months that he has to prepare a
team before the first conference game
which is March 30-31 at Houston
with the Rice Owls.
The Aggie conference schedule
calls for sixteen games, four games
each to be played with Texas, Rice,
T. C. U. and S. M. U. Announcement
of the pre-season games has not yet
been made but it is likely that three
games will be played with some of
the Texas League teams during the
early training period.
Following is the schedule of con
ference games for 1928:
March 30-31, Rice at Houston.
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A. AND M. SWIMMING CLUB
TO ENTER TEAM IN
OLYMPIC TRYOUTS
The A. and M. Swimming Club,
under the expert coaching of Herman
Cox, is working out daily in the “Y”
pool in preparation for the coming-
swimming season. It is not generally
known that some of the best swim
mers in the state are members of
this organization. Last year they won
the Southwest Gulf Coast Champion
ship and this year they are out to
win more honors.
They have a meet scheduled for
February 25 with the Knights of Col
umbus in Houston and a return meet
will be staged in the sulphur waters
of the “Y” pool at College Station
later in the Spring. The A. and M.
swimming team has excited so much
comment and admiration that Hous
ton business men are going to fi
nance the trip of three men and the
coach to the Olympic tryouts in April.
It would be mighty fine to have some
Aggies on the Olympic swimming
team.
The personnel of the club is as fol
lows: free style swimming, D. H. Tur
ner (capt.); C. M. Everts, F. Ander-
litch, J. M. Meyers, R. L. Bullock, J.
J. Loving; breast stroke swimmers,
H. L. Phillips, H. F. Rumfelt, F. W.
Hall; back stroke swimmers, C. B.
Clardy, Dan Humason; divers, W.
Woodlief, Herbert Evans, N. C. Starr;
Coach, Herman Cox.
INTRAMURAL SPORTS.
Mid-term also marks the mid-sea-
son for intramural sports.
The cross country meet was held
just before the holidays. The number
of entrants was far in excess of any
previous mark. R. N. Winders of Com
pany E was the individual winner,
completing the course in 14:53. Troop
B Cavalry was the team winner, scor
ing 26 points for first place. Company
E scoring 34 points for 2nd place, and
Company H running third with 43
points.
Tennis singles were completed last
week. A. L. Storey of Houston was
the winner of a tournament bracket
ing near two hundred net aspirants.
The doubles tournament will be start
ed with the new term and those who
have entered are urged to be ready
for their match when the set time
arrives.
At present football is holding the
attention of the entire corps. Compe-
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ROAD TRIP DISASTROUS TO
AGGIES’ PENNANT HOPES
Last Half Rally Wins for T. C. U.
A field goal and two free throws in
the closing moments of the game
wei’e enough to defeat the Aggies on
the T. C. U. court last Saturday night.
This was the first game of the season
between the Aggies and the Frogs
and ended as the first conference vic
tory of the season for the Frogs.
The game was very close from be
ginning to end, the score at the end
of the first half being 11 to 10 in
favor of the Aggies. Between halves
Coach Bell must have whispered some
words of wisdom in the ears of the
Frogs, because soon after the second
half began they jumped into the lead
and held it until near the end of the
game. With five minutes left to play,
the Aggies were five points behind.
Three minutes later Webster arched
a long shot from the middle of the
floor to tie the score.
Then Acker of the Frogs won the
game by heaving a field goal. To
make sure of it he dropped in two
free throws for a foul committed on
him while shooting the winning goal.
These four points decided the game.
Summary:
Player A. & M. FG. FT. Pts.
Keeton, forward 4 2 10
Petty, forward 1 1 3
Blount, forward 0 0 0
Darby, center 1 0 2
Sikes, guard 1 1 3
Davis, guard 0 0 0
Webster, guard 4 1 9
11 5 27
FG. FT. Pts.
2 15
2 2 6
2 3 7
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2 2 6
2 0 4
10 2
Totals 11 9 31
Referee, Sears; umpire, Cauthon.
S. M. U. TRIMS A. & M.
BY SCORE OF 40-28
More ability to hit the basket gave
S. M. U. her second basketball vic
tory of the season over Texas A. &
M. Monday night. The score was 40
to 28. The 12 point margin did not
indicate the intensity of the play that
kept the fans on their feet through
out the game. The Aggie floor work
was equal to that of the Mustangs
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Totals
Player T. C. U.
Steadman, forward . . . .
Parrish, forward
McDonell, center
Effray, center
Acker, guard
Matthews, guard
Wallen, guard . . .