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THE BATTALION
AGGIE POWER.
Dorsey, Conover, Zarafonetis and
Floyd—these four veterans of the
Texas Aggie backfield are expected
to figure prominently in the Aggies’
' offensive on the invasion of the T.
C. U. Horned Frogs’ lair at Fort
Worth by Coach Matty Bell’s charges
next Saturday, October 19.
“Heebie” Dorsey, who only re
cently returned to the Aggie line
up after being out some time with
a broken thumb injured early in
the season, is not only a ball toter
of merit but one of the outstanding
passers of the conference as well.
Last season his performance in the
Aggie backfield led to his selection
by several critics for an all-confer
ence berth at half.
Brooks Conover, triple-threat man,
is another fleet-footed half who is
putting in a strong bid for all-con
ference honors. He is now near
the head of the list of the Aggie
ground gainers this season, being
second to Captain Mills. Brooks has
a 52-yard punting average.
George Zarafo.netis, hahd-iplung-
ing fullback and defensive end of
the Aggies, is another triple-threat
performer. Besides doing a large part
of the passing, running and plung
ing of the Aggies, Zarafonetis has
been bearing down a large part of
the burden as a punter.
Bull Floyd, transferred from guard
where he lettered last fall to half
because of his speed and driving pow
er, is considered by many critics as
the strongest defensive back on the
Aggie team. He is also a mainstay
of the Aggie offense as an inter
ference runner. It was partly due
to his ability in this department
last year that he was shifted to the
backfield.
Conover and Dorsey will be play
ing against the Horned Frogs next
Saturday for the last time during
their college careers, as they will
complete their eligibility with the
Aggies this fall. Floyd and Zara
fonetis are juniors.
DROP-DICKS
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HILL AND DALERS
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about the Conference elevens since
they have started their drive for the
championship. Arkansas has several
on the injured list and T. C. U. has !
one man laid up.
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Certain writers keep telling of
the easy schedule that the Aggies
have for the year. The Aggies have
just emerged from two. very hard
intersectional games and go into
two tough conference battles.
S. M. U., in our opinion has the,
easy schedule. They were foresight-
ed enough to schedule only one real
intersectional game and two easy
ones—and on Friday at that. Last
week they played Austin College
and this week they take on the S.
M. U. Colts. No drill is necessary
for any of these games and all their
attention can be devoted to their
next conference games. The game
with Mississippi amounts to one
with a team similar to Daniel Baker
or some other T. I. A. A. conference
school. Furthermore these games are
played on Friday and the whole
team sent to various games where
conference elevens are playing. Are
they scouting? Well yes. Before a
play gets started well they should
have it smothered. They may say
that Matty Bell has the easiest
schedule, but we have our doubts.
’28 team, is the only man who was
lost through graduation. De Carlo
and Akins, two bright prospects
from last year’s fish squad, failed to
return, but I. C. Hahnand and M.
Smith, two likely sophomore candi
dates are eligible this year. Per
kins, who was lost to the team last
year, on account of sickness is one
of the best prospects of the season.
There will be a series of compe
titions to choose the members of the
team. The men finisTied in the follow
ing order in the first competition
held last Friday: Perkins, Winders,
Smith, Michael, Griffis, Hahn and
Green. Captain Shoemaker set the
pace. There will be three more com
petitions in as many week ends, the
choice of the team depending on the
results of the competitions. On Nov.
8, a week after the selection of the
team, a meet will be held with Tex
as here at College, the following
week end the team will go to Hous
ton to run in a preliminary meet
with Rice. The conference meet will
be held on November 23 in Houston
this year.
AGGIES SMOTHER KANSAS
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game when Conover returned the
kick-off 12 yards and then passed
back to Mills who laid the ball on
the Kansans’ 37-yard line. A 22-yard
pass to Alsabrook, 15-yard penalty,
and a drive by Dansby gave the
Aggies of Texas the first blood. The
other two counters came as the re
sult of a long heave to Varnell who
scampered across the goal line and
then Mills threw in another with a
long run.
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