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