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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1929)
DROP KICKS. The following from the Star-Tele gram, is an estimate of the T. C. U. players of the Aggie gridmen. No further comment is necessary, the few remarks speak for themselves: “T. C. U. players came out of the battle with A. and M. singing the praise of the Aggies’ clean, hard playing. “They fought and hit harded than any other team we have played,” said Captain Brumbelow, “but they played the game as it should be. There was no holding or unnecessary roughness.” “And another thing about those Farmers,” added Noble Atkins, “is that they know how to lose as well as win. Saturday’s defeat hurt them a great deal, but they took it in a sporting manner. They have a great spirit. If we have to lose I hope we can do it as gracefully as A. & M.” * * ' * s "'' Leffto Right, bottom row: Moore, Schodnpver, Van Sickle, Miller, Dale, Gardner, Buckelew, Uptmoor. 2ND ROW: Darr, Hays, Secrest, Creighton, Van Meter, Finney, Varnell, Coach Shaw. 3RD ROW: Ledbetter. Cunning, Jackson, Kelley, Robinson, Chambers, Butts, Holt. TOP ROW: Coach Bassett, Kyle, Bradley, Hvizdlek, Morley, Ruckman, Coach Thomsen. Captain Geis- missing when picture was taken. 7.;'“ “Like Father, like son,” is an old saying, and the Freshman grid team seems to be pattering after their Varsity in making the long trip to Brownsville. Coach Higginbotham and crew left today for the Southern most point of the United States for a scrap with the Brownsville grid- sters. * * * Well gang, we have another year to wait before we can say that the Aggies have taken the Frogs’ to a cleaning. It’s just been since. 1924 (Continued on Page 9) The above is a picture of the Arkansas Razorback grid machine that will invade Aggieland for the Aggies first Conference tilt on Kyle Field and the second of the season. It will be the Porkers third conference tilt and last with members of Southwestern teams. Of additional interest to followers of Southwest conference football will be the teacher versus the pupil angle tilt occasioned by the meeting of Klepto Holmes, line coach of the Aggies and Chuck Bassett of the Porker coaching stafc. Holmes was an all-conference guard on the Bassett coached forward wall, which paved the way for the Aggi es when they captured the conference title in 1927. FISH TO BATTLE BROWNSVILLE ELEVEN Dan Abbey, who hails from Del- Rio, is the understudy of Joe Brown and is such a capable student that Joe must keep in his best form to keep this sophomore from filling his shoes. He played a good game against the Frogs and for the rest of the season and for two more years the Aggie supporters can feel well assured that the pivot position will be capably taken care of. Coach Roswell Higginbotham en trained for the Mexican Border with 24 of his most promising freshmen gridsters today, not to take part in the popular Mexican pastime, but to engage the famed Brownsville team that so overwhelmingly defeat ed the Chicago high school cham pions last year. Drill on fundamentals has occupied the squad for the greater part of the practice season and if South Texas grid fans expect to see T. C. U. plays, which the fish have been running against the varsity, they will (Continued on Page 9) WHAT’S IN A NAME? ♦ ♦ ♦ LAST WEEK’S SCORES * ♦ ♦ ❖ Aggie 7, T. C. U. 13. * 4* Texas U. 21; Oklahoma 0. *> Baylor 31, Arkansas 20. 4* ❖ Kansas Aggies 6, Kansas U. 0 ❖ ❖ L, S. U. 31, Miss. A. ° M.. ❖ ❖ 6. <* ❖ Centenary 35, Sam Houston ❖ Teachers 0. 4* St. Edwards 38, Southwestern ❖ ❖ 7. ❖ ❖ Texas Tech. 0, McMurray 0 *> ❖ Nebraska 7, Pittsburg 13. -> *> Tulane 60, Southwestern (La) *> ❖ - 0. ❖ ♦ ♦ What’s in a name ? Who knows ? Ever since the time Abel raised more cain than Cain was able, ex perts have been a bit wary in this game of guessing size and char acter from names. It’s a bit discouraging, don’t you know, for these nomenclature sages, when a lad with the name of Per- cival turns out to be a second Tar- zan, or when a youth with a hard- sounding title comes forth as a boy who wouldn’t fill the bottom of a half pint bottle. It’s the same way with nicknames. You can’t tell a thing about them. One fellow with the name of “skin- ♦ ♦ * WHERE THEY PLAY THIS ♦ * WEEK * * ♦ 4* Texas Aggies vs. Arkansas U. 4* 4» at College. 4* 4* S. M. U. vs. Mississippi U. 4* 4* at Dallas. 4* 4* Texas University vs. Rive at 4*- 4* Austin. 4* 4* Baylor University vs. Centen- ❖ 4* ary at Shreveport. 4* 4* T. C. U. vs. Texas Tech, at 4*- 4* Lubbock. 4* 4* Louisiana State vs. Louisian 4» 4* Tech., at Baton Rouge. 4* ♦ ♦ ney” is really slim, while another with the same attachment might re semble the Infantry’s pride and joy, (Continued on Page 9) coA/oy^/e At last Brooks is hitting his nat ural stride. Never since his high school days has he gotten his kicks off properly, but this last and final year is different. They were perfect in the Tulane game, improved on in the Kansas game, and there isn’t any word for the T. C. U. game. He now has an average of 49 yards for 13 boots. Not only is Connie good at kicking the pigskin, but he is a very versatile ball carrier and pass er. Conover should go high when the scribes begin picking their Confer ence team.