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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1929)
8 THE BATTALION AGGIES CLASH WITH PIRATES SATURDAY DROP KICKS. And now the school will be offi cially opened with the first football game on Kyle Field. Southwestern comes to Aggieland for the tenth time in a vain attempt to win a game from the cadets. Only once have the Pirates succeeded in scoring on the Aggies, that being in 1925, when Bible’s championship team was forc ed to yield a touchdown. The Aggies have scored a total of 236 points to the Pirates 6 in their nine engage ments, the largest being 54-0. This year “Lefty” Edens has a light, but fast and fighting machine. In the last three engagements, the Pirates have had powerful teams, but the fact that the Aggies had so much strong reserve strength to throw in the games accounts for their revers es. Usually they make misery for the Aggies in the first part of the game. * * * “Red” Delery, 200-pound letter- man from Houston has again chang ed his mind and at present is a member in good standing in the registrar’s office and working out daily with the Aggies. He will find it very difficult to replace either of the stubborn sophomores that are at (Continued on Page 11) AGGIES IN TOP CONDITION FOR GAME. RALPH DORSEY Look over the hill, ye supporters of Aggieland, where the farmer and the engineer share the light with the army, and gaze into the valleys below. Far away in one of these vales in the Northland, in a secluded spot recognized by geographers as Georgetown, Texas, an old ship once more is being launched. It’s bottom has been recaulked and repainted, and bright, white canvas patches have removed the scars of conflict from her sails. Under the taunting skull and cross-bones flag a mighty and husky crew swarms constantly, working day and night to put the battered hull in shape for the battle. Saturday that pirate craft will arrive at Kyle Field, and will valiantly strive to conquer and lay waste to the land of Aggieland. In other words, the Southwestern University Pirates meet Matty Bell’s Texas Aggies in the opening game Saturday. The Pirates will suffer this year from the loss of Hodges, Janick, Blackburn, Young, Smith, Johns, Andrews, and Jackson, but the Pirate chief, one “Lefty” Edens, has a wealth of material with which to fill out his crew. Howard Weir, brother of the “Heinie” Weir who a few years ago brought warmth and joy to the hearts of Aggie football fans, will be among the mainstays of the Southwestern backfield. Among other Southwestern players who can be counted upon to deal misery to the cadet defense are Geiske of Angleton, fullback; who will do the punting; Terry of Richland, 155-pound, lightning fast back; and Seamans, squadman for the past two years who is now coming into his own. Eight lettermen have returned this year to the watery outlaw fold. Although Southwestern will put one of the lightest teams in its history on the field, it also will be one of the fastest and most spirited. The Pir ates, though so far have always done down into defeat before the Aggie onslaught, always go down fighting, fighting with the firm belief that no football game is won or lost until the final whistle has blown and the trigger on the timekeeper’s pistol has been squ-e-ez-ed. Footfall relations with the Georgetown school have been the most pleasant of any of the T. I. A. A. schools that A. and M. has played, according to James “Sully” Sullivan, Aggie athletic business manager. Coach Edens has succeeded in capturing two T. I. A. A. championships in the three years he has been coaching at Southwestern. Probable lineup for Southwestern: Williams and Franklin, ends; Mer cer and Johnson, tackles; Ash and Safely, guards; Andrews (Capt.), cen ter; Seamans and Weir, halves; Allen, quarter; and Geiske, full. Down there on historic Kyle Field “Matty” Bell is putting the final touches to the set of chimes with which he hopes to ring the death knell for the Pirates. Hard work and then a bit more of the same is all that Bell is demanding, but that is enough. (Continued on Page 11) IMPORTANT! “Heebie” Dorsey also begins the end of his career as an Aggie ball toter in the Pirate game next Sat urday. Dorsey has lettered two years at half and bids fair to repeat this year. There are few men in the con ference with the ability of this Fort Worth product. Dorsey takes his football probably more seriously than any two men on the entire club, and probably that is the reason for his success. We are looking for many long gains from this man and many of the scribes will name him on their All-Conference selection at the end of the year. All Cadets and other spectators will sit on the West side of Kyle Field, the students occupying the seats South of the 50-yard line and faculty and others North of it. All will enter the gate between the brick Gym and the Intramural Gym as the main entrance will be locked. Cadets will enter in ramps A, B, and C, and the faculty will use ramps D, E, and F. Every person must have his coupon book or a ticket, this includes fish squadmen, T Men, Varsity squadmen, band, and everybody. Approximately 300 of the students have failed to buy cou pon books, the majority of these being upper-classmen. Mr. Sullivan has announced that special precau tions will be used, and each man must present his own book, so don’t try to slip a fast one by “Sully.” RESULTS OF LAST WEEK’S GAMES. S. M. U. 13—Denton 3. Stephen F. Austin 0—Baylor 88. WHERE THEY PLAY THIS WEEK IN FOREIGN FIELDS Not to be outdone by the Big Ten Conference or Missouri Valley Con ference teams, the Southwest Con ference has a stink of its own. It has been alleged that three S. M. U. students have made a vain attempt to entice a star freshman athlete away from the Christians, and rather forcibly. The fish in question is a. star St. Mary’s Academy player, Deitzel by name. This man had in tended entering Rice so the Hous ton Dispatch says. Dr. Blackwell, business manager of S. M. U. has made a complete denial of the charg es. S. M. U: is also liable to run into some more trouble if they schedule their game with Navy on November 15 in 1930 and ’31. This is the Baylor-S. M. U. usual date and the Bears have no other date open for this S. Wj. C. game. There have been no negotiations made for a change. T. C. U. has an evenly balanced Fish Squad. Out of a total of 61 men reporting, 35 are linesmen. Heretofore the coaches have had to convert some of the excess backs into linemen. It is said that the en tire squad will average six feet in height and about 170 pounds in weight. Looks like another team will have something to offer in ’30. (Continued on Page 11) CAPTAIN MILLS A. & M. vs Southwestern at Col lege. S. M. U. vs Howard Payne at Dallas. Texas vs. St. Edwards at Austin. Baylor vs N. Texas Teachers at Waco. T. C. U. vs Daniel Baker at Ft. Worth. Arkansas vs College of Ozarks at Fayetteville. Rice vs Loyola at New Orleans. The Southwestern game marks the beginning of the third and last year that this black-headed ball toter from Groesbeck will be able to scintillate for the Aggies. Tom has been a mighty factor in the Aggie offense for the past two years and with his personality and leadership, his mates made him captain of the 1929 edi tion of Matty Bell’s first number. At present the Aggie Coaches are very much in need of a first rate field general and Mills will be given an opportunity to run the team.