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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
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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
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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