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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1929)
10 THE BATTALION AGGIES VICTORIOUS IN FIRST ENCOUNTER Pirates Cross Aggie Goal Second Time in Ten Years. There are quite a number of sport ing wiseacres who have statements to retract regarding the success of the Texas Aggie football team dur ing the present season, following the showing made by the Ags in their 54-7 walkaway vistory over the bold Pirates from Southwestern Univer sity. Yep, the wise “dopesters” who play and see most of their football games down on the drug store cor ner, and their close friends, sports writers, should crawl back in their shells now and call it a bad guess on the Aggies. These boys were prone to see the Maroon gridders good for more than two or three victories, but if there is a school in the Conference with a greater wealth of backfield material than our own team, we’d like to look them over. Coach Bell used four complete backfields against the Buccaneers, and every one of them functioned in a smooth manner. Brooks Conover, Dallas’ best contribution to Aggie- land in many a moon, skipped through the visitors defense in a satisfying manner. He’s the boy that going to cause the conference grid coaches to work far into the night perfecting their defenses. His peculiar dashing style, coupled with an uncanny side-stepping sense, hiakes him look like one of the best ball-toters in the loop this season. He’s got a running mate in that backfield that looks like the proverbial million dollars also, Zar- afonetis. These two accounted for a trio of markers against the Swash bucklers. Connie opened the game by reel ing off two first downs in quick style, then Zari lugged the oval around right end for 45 yards and a touchdown. He also obliged with a successful kick. A fumble by the visitors which put the ball on their own one yard line, was the cause of the second touchdown. Allen kick ed out to Tommy Mills, who made a great run of 25 yards to bring the ball back to the 12-yard line. Con over plunged it over on one at tempt. The high-powered second team came in at this juncture, and headed by twn brilliant backfield perform ers, Dansby and Phillips, accounted for two more markers before the half way point was reached. After the ball had been carried down the field to the 25-yard line on runs by Dansby and Phillips, Varnell snagged an aerial delivery from Dansby’s hand to add six more points. He also kicked goal. The other touchdown came at the close of the half, when “Pig Iron” Ewell, fleet linesman, intercepted an enemy pass and scampered 35 yards across the final chalk line. Phillips kicked goal. Southwestern scored their lone touchdown against the third team in the next quarter. A beautiful pass, Allen to Williams, which netted 35 yards, put the ball within five paces of the goal, and Allen plunged it over. He also kicked goal. In fact, this young man Allen was practically the whole show for the visitors. “Red” Andrews also played a great game at the pivot post. The first team entered the fray at the outset of the final period, and the fireworks started again. Con over intercepted a pass and carried it ten yards. Mills bobbed his way through for another ten yard gain, and then heaved a 40-yard pass to Alsabrook, who carried the ball to the five-yard line. Mills tore through the Pirate wall for another touch down. Christian kicked goal. An other touchdown resulted after Con over snagged an enemy pass, when Zarafonetis raced around end 35 yards to cross the Pirate goal line. Mills was the instigator of another plot to score, flipping a 30-yard pass to Emmons, putting the ball on the 12-yard line. Another short pass and a line buck by Connie caused the scorekeepers to get busy again. The fourth team came in and bat tered their way to a touchdown. Little Frankie Ish ran wild with the ball behind perfect interference of Harry Phillips. Ish reeled off two first downs in rapid order, follow ed by a 15-yard gallop on “Sweetie” Dasis’ part, and then bucked the line for the final score of the day. Outside of the starting backfield of Mills, Conover, Floyd and Zara fonetis, others to show up well were Leonard Clark, Dansby, Phillips, Ish, Woodman, Bible and Sebesta. Clark looks like what the doctor ordered. Carl Moulden and Magrill, second team tackles, played wonderful de fensive ball, as did “Red” Delery. Score by periods: Texas Aggies . . 13 14 0 27—54 Southwestern .... 0 0 7 0— 7 Passes completed: Aggies 5, South western 1. Passes incomplete: Aggies 7, South western 0. Passes intercepted: Aggies 4, South western 1. Punting average—^Zarafonetis, 41 yards; Phillips, 15 yards; Bible, 22 yards. NEW DORMITORIES TO HAVE GARDEN All of you have probably noticed the design or sunken garden being built between Law and Puryear Halls. This panel was designed in the Landscape Art Department un der the very able direction of Mr. Hensel, head of the department. Mr. Hensel stated, “That there were two things taken into ionsider- ation when the piece of work was designed. First, to make it as prac tical as possible, and second, to beau tify the campus. The walks are so constructed that the students shall not have to cross the grass and in this w r ay help maintain it’s beauty.” The terrace is to be sodded with Bermuda grass, the center is to be planted in flowers, a row of live >ak trees across the front along the main drive, and evergreen shrubbery planted around the buildings prop er. Then too, there is to be a six- foot concrete walk extending from the southwest corner of Puryear to the southeast corner of Law. This vill be quite a treat for those who make their abode in Hollywood, for heretofore that stretch has been a - mud hole during the rainy season and a very dry, dusty place during the spring and summer. The drainage system consists of eighteen six-inch mains, to drain the garden proper and holes in the concrete curb around the buildings, and to take care of drainage from the walks. Mr. Hensel was rather amused when he found that there had been one foot more dirt removed than he' had planned and necessitating one more step to use. He said that the rest of the people were as lazy as the cadets and did not want to take any more steps than they ac tually had to, so his original plans were to make the garden flat. He also expressed his hopes and desires that the student body would coop erate with the Building and Grounds department by keeping off the sod ded areas and make this “the pret tiest spot on the campus.” DID YOU KNOW That Texas U. has not had a single (unmarried) track captain since San- di Esquival captained the Steers in 1927. * ❖ * That last Saturday was the first time this year that the Aggie War riors set their cleats on Kyle Field. Heretofore they have had one or two scrimmages on the field before the first game; practice was limited to the practice field. * * * That Joe Brown had a peculiar and rather embarrassing accident in the T. C. U. game at Fort Worth two years ago. The mechanical “Thank you” is trite. But when expressed with sin cere feeling it becomes a beautiful expression. RECEPTION HELD FOR FACULTY Courteous bows with a touch of the Elizabethan period of chivalry mingled with gay laughter and con gratulatory smiles, which are most ly characteristic of our modern flam ing youth, were the puzzling ex tremes that any observer would have encountered at the annual faculty reception given in the “Y” parlors last Sunday evening. Dr. and Mrs. T. O. Walton, Col. and Mrs. C. J. Nelson and the heads of the differ ent departments of the College were hosts to the new and old members of the faculty. Such, a reception is an annual af fair for the purpose of bringing the faculty members into closer and more friendly relationship, at the same time giving the new members an opportunity to become acquainted with the rest of the large faculty family. To the sometimes jazzy and at other times harmonious tunes of the Aggieland orchestra, aided by some light refreshments, a pleasant evening was enjoyed by those in attendance. The world metamorphases every day. To not follow the modern trans ition is to be dead. It It The Greater Palace THURSDAY . FRIDAY . SATURDAY October 3-4-5 JOAN CRAWFORD In Our Modern Maidens ” Matinee 50c. Night 60c. <$># <s<s> Qy ueen Thursday, Friday, Saturday—October 3-4-5 WllLIAM fox present* ; Igilt HELEN CHANDLER ' ^ ^■DirecU’diy l, ALL v/IALKING (yrij&iJ ietone