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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1928)
8 TH * BAT TALION ARKANSAS TO INVADE AGGIELAND COUNTRYMANS COHORTS BEGIN WORKOUTS BASEBALL PRACTICE BEGINS ON KYLE FIELD Hampered by the rainy weather and muddy field, Coach Countryman start ed his men out in light warming-up workout last Monday. After all, the bad weather will not harm them ma- tex'ially as they have ample room un der the new football stand to work out and by the time that they get the kinks out of their system the new field, one of the best in the South western Conference, will be ready for them. With a grand stand of 3,500 seating capacity and large spacious outfields for home runs to be chased down in, there should be more inter est shown in baseball this year than ever before. The Aggies have as good a chance to win the champion ship this year as ever before and they have had some mighty good chances within the three past years. S. M. U. and Texas University will be their closest competition and the first time in years, Texas is weak in their pitch ing staff. Countryman will have one of the best pitching staffs that the Aggies have had for years and has letter men in both outfield and infield about which to build his team. Contracts for all of the pre-season games have not been signed yet but on March 16 and 17 the Waco Texas League club will play the Aggies at College Station and the Houston Tex as League team will play here on March 22. It is probable that the Haskell Indians will play during the first of April but as yet no contract has been signed with them. With the two pre-season games with Texas league clubs and daily games within themselves, the Aggies should be ready for their first game with Rice, March 30-31 at Houston. ANNUAL SHORT COURSE AN NOUNCED FOR 1928 Dates for the nineteenth annual Farmers’ Short Course to be held at the A. & M. College of Texas during the coming summer have been an nounced as July 30-Aug. 4 by H. H. Williamson, vice-director of the Ex tension Service. This will be one week later than last year when the short course was held July 25-30. The program for the coming short course is already being worked out, officials having announced plans for the best educational program yet of fered, dealing with various phases of agricultural, livestock and home demonstration work. An even larger attendance than in (Continued on Page 9) CAVALRY LEADS IN BATTALION FOOTBALL RACE With only three more games to be played by each team, the Intramural Football race is simmering down to a close finish. The First Battalion and the Cavalry are at the top, the First having played three games and lost one, and the Cavalry winning all of their contests. The Air Corps and Artillery are tied for third place with the Third Battalion only a little be hind them. The honor of holding the celler goes undisputedly to the Sec ond Battalion. The teams will have a rest this week and get back into condition as the mid-term holidays and dances caused practice to be suspended. The schedule for the rest of the season is: Feb. 11— 2:00 Second Battalion vs. First Battalion. 2:30 Cavalry vs. Air Service. 3:30 Composite vs. Third Bat talion. Feb. 18— 2:00 Cavalry vs. Artillery. 2:30 Second Battalion vs. Air Ser vice. 3:30 Composite vs. First Battalion. Feb. 25— 2:00 Second Battalion vs. Third Battalion. 2:30 Cavalry vs. First Battalion. 3:30 Composite vs. Artillery. Team P. W. L. T. Pet. Cavalry 3 3 0 0 1000 First B 3 2 1 0 .666 Composite 3 2 1 0 .666 Air C 4 2 2 0 .500 Art 4 2 2 0 .500 Third Bn 4 1 3 0 .250 Second Bn 3 0 3 0 .000 NEW HEAD OF EXTENSION SERVICE ARRIVES AT COLLEGE Oscar Baker Martin, new director of the Extension Service, and Mrs. Martin, arrived here Sunday after a trip by automobile from Washington, D. C., where Mr. Martin was formerly stationed as regional director for the Southern region, comprised of the cot ton growing states, of the National Extension office, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Mr. Martin took up active direction of his new work here Monday. He and Mrs. Martin will be located on the , campus. En route to College Station they made stops in five southern states for the purpose of visiting agricultural colleges- at Raleigh, N. C.; Clemson, S. C.; Athens, Ga.; Auburn, Ala.; and Baton Rouge, La. LONGHORNS WIN FROM AGGIES The Aggie Basketeers dropped last Saturday’s game to State 51-30. The score was more prominent in Texas’ favor due to the Aggie quin tet being slowed up by vaccinations. Brock of State was high point man with 17 marks to his credit, Keaton of the Aggies was second with 13. The Aggie defense was centered on Rose consequently Brock out-stood for the opposing team’s offense. Keaton and Lockett were the outstanding players for the Aggies. The scores for the first and second halves were: 24-11 and 27-19 respec tively, and T. U. holding the large ends. CAPTAIN OF CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM ELECTED J. P. Avila, of San Antonio, a two year man on the Texas Aggie cross country team, has been elected captain of the A. & M. harriers for 1928 by his fellow lettermen on this year’s championship team. Avila, who was the first Aggie to finish in the conference meet in 1926, placed fifth for the Aggies in the meet this year, running the race with an infected foot just two days after having had a nail removed from one of his toes. The fleet-footed Aggie is a junior in college this year and will be seek ing his third letter as a member of the cross country team. He is also a candidate for the Aggie track team and although he has not participated in any track event in preceding years, he is one of the best prospects for the mile run on this year’s squad. OLDER BOYS’ CONFERENCE HERE FEBRUARY 3-4-5 Boys Receive Favorable Impression of College During Visit The Older Boys’ Conference is a combined meeting of the Hi-Y and Employed Boys’ League. The entire Conference was under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. when the boys from East, South, and Southwest Texas met here last week-end. The “Y” is doing a great work among the high school boys, newsboys, and employed boys. Beds were provided for most of the boys in the Y, and a few stayed with friends in the various halls on the campus. Meals were served each day in the mess hall with a banquet Sat urday night. Different phases of the general theme of “Living Christianity Seven Days a Week” were discussed at the (Continued on Page Nine) AGGIES HAVE THREE GAMES IN ROW At the most inopportune time, the Texas Aggies have three of their hardest games of the season, T. C. U. next Saturday night and the Arkan sas Porkers Monday and Tuesday fol lowing. The championship for celler position between the Aggies and T. C. U. will find the Aggies hampered by a number of the best players hav ing sore arms due to recent vaccina tions. Scarcely will they have rested from the Saturday night’s fray when they will meet their greatest opposition in the season’s race, the Arkansas Razor- backs. In games in the past the Ag gies have managed to keep the score comparatively close with Arkansas but this year they will have a much harder game than ever before. The Porkers have not lost a game this year nor have they lost a champion ship in so long that it seems tradi tional that they win it this year. Re gardless of their former record, they are assured of a real fight next week. FISH PLAY HOUSTON TEAM SATURDAY Next Saturday at 4:30 the “Fish” basketball team meets the Houston School of Electricity in the gym for their second game for the season. The “Fish” have one of the best teams that A. & M. has put out in several years and on the roster from Houston such stars as Wade, All- State forward from Lindale; Lockey, All T. I. A. A. forward from Sam Houston Normal; Bond and Milton, All-Houston Industrial League guards and Robinson, former star for Tri angles at center, promise to give them a well balanced team and real competition for the “Fish” will be assured. Other than this game, the “Fish” only have one more game, with Aus tin High, on their schedule. WHAT COTTON IS AND WHAT IT DOES Dallas, Texas, Jan. 7.—“Cotton is the overcoat of a seed that is planted and grown in the Southern States to keep the producer broke and the buy er crazy. “The fiber varies in color and weight and the man who can guess the nearest the length of a fiber is called a cotton man by the public, a fool by the farmer and a poor business man by his creditors. “The price of cotton is fixed in New York and goes up when you have sold and down when you have bought. A