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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1928)
8 THE B ATT ALIGN FROGS ARE COMING DROP KICKS Gang, you saw that team standing at attention while you were singing Taps didn’t you? Wonder how they felt, think it over. * * * You were putting out in true Ag gie fashion, don’t weaken, your cause is only strengthened now. ❖ * * A spectator remarked with sur prise, “Why the Soldier Boys are carrying the Gents off the Field.” That man needs to know that all Aggieland appreciates a Sportsman and recognizes his real worth. * * * Man it was in the air last Sat urday, starting at five a. m. Eas tern Standard time. * * * The yelling in the Mess Hall does- 'nt hurt one thing but watch and don’t become destructive. The T. C. U. student body were | exceedingly nice to you last year, so be on your toes and render all possible aid. It- is the start of a hard fight for Conference honors so take heed | and 'don’t slip. * * * The race is upon us and to the twelfth man goes the honor of up holding the greatest team in this little Kingdom of football. ❖ * * Say, you saw Harry Phillips catch that pass last Saturday, didn’t you ? * * * Don’t Forget: Chill ’em Boy Chill) ’em. STUDENTS AT C. I. A. START HOCKEY PRACTICE Announcement comes from Miss Mary Virginia Williams, hockey manager at, C. I. A., that the an nual series of hockey games end ing with the colorful A. and M.- Texas take-off game to be played just before Thanksgiving, will soon start. Practice games will be held every Saturday, and a record kept of these games to determine who can play in the Thanksgiving affray. Eligibility consists in coming out for at least one practice game monthly and-: also two afternoons each week. Two teams are picked from the eligibles, one team repre senting A. and M. and the other team representing Texas, and the two teams battle it out in the Thanksgiving contest. CROSS COUNTRY TEAM HAS INITIAL TRY-OUT Coach Anderson’s Cross Country men had their premier try outs Sat urday on the track behind Kyle Field. The team showed plenty of speed, and the ranee ended in a close finish. Winders, dark horse of the race, was first; Moore, Perkins, Brown, Shoemaker and Michael fin ishing in the order named. At the conclusion of three tryouts the team will be picked. At present the squad is working with the idea of coming into their top speed between the 10th and 24th of November. This will put them just about “right” for the conference meet to be held in Austin. It seems as though Winders will be the only individual star, how ever, the squad as a whole is much better than last years champion ship team. ’Tis queer indeed, but every time the football team wins a championship the cross country team has done likewise. Listen, fellows, next time you go down to watch the football team work out drop by and give the cross country team the once over. Show them that you are interested in them, they need your support and interest too. They will appreciate your attitude. They are working just as hard as the other Varsity teams and deserve support. If you show them you are interested and behind them, they will work just that much harder. A championship is a cham pionship regardless of what team gets it. Cross country doesn’t arouse as much interest as football or baseball but they work just as hard, so get behind them and push. A “Cross Country Champs” would look good on that old Championship pennant this year. BASKETBALL CENTER OF INTRAMURAL INTEREST In the first three days of play the Cavalry unit has again showed itself as the leader on the basket ball floor. Of the four games the horse soldiers played, three of them were victorious. Trooc C, the cham pions of 1927, losing their only con test. Battery B, Battery C, and B Engineers appear to have the strong est teams of the lot by the early season games. The best games will probably come out of League D as each of the teams are exceptionally strong and from the dope it looks as though one of them will be in T.C.U. TO INVADE CAMPUS SATURDAY Jinx of Conference to Aggies. Out of the North from Panther City they are to come Saturday, intent on a victory over all Aggie land. For the last three years they have succeeded once in getting the heavy end of a three to nothing score and twice in a lucky ties. Ag gie teams, two of which were Con ference Champions, have been forc ed to suffer a tie at the hands of spirited Frog teams. What does the coming tilt hold for the Aggies ? The game will be play ed on Kyle Field in the Heart of Aggieland, but the Frog jinx again. The older cadets that transferred from the Salvation Army in the Fall of ’83 and Spring of ’92 realize just what it means to meet a team that would call a victory over A. and M. a perfect season. The purple and white will play a game away above their heads in an attempt to keep the spell of the Frogs cast over Aggieland. The predominating question in the minds of the fans who are interested in the coming tilt is how long can this phenomenon of football hold the Aggies. The defeats suffered before have not necessarily proved fatal, but to allow a slip on the first Con ference game would throw the Ag gies in a very crucial if not dis- asterous position. The corps was right last Saturday, and so-right, they should be more so for this week-end. The time has come when each man realizes his true value and will put .out to the end. A Centenary Fan remarked that there wasn’t a quiet spot for miles around this place, Gentlemen, there isn’t supposed to be, so do your stuff. T. C. U. fans will start arriving Friday to look you over, the Spec ial train will get here around noon Saturday. The plans at present call for it to be back in Fort Worth by mid-nite the twentieth. How is it going back ? the finals. In the first games Trook A whip ped Company H out to the tune of 16-12; then A Engineers showed their superiority by beating Battery