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THE BATTALION
DROP KICKS.
AGGIES DUE TO WIN OWL TILT
INTRAMURALS.
The Aggies are due to win their
next tilt from the lowly Rice Owls,
but since the Owls have been tram
pled on so many times the last few
years they may get their feathers
ruffled and set the Aggies in the
cellar for the first time. The Aggies
have not shown the expected form
since the Kansas Aggie game and
should get started against the weak
est team in the conference. At pres
ent Rice is higher than the Aggies
in the standing, but only because
they have played less conference
games than the Bellmen.
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The Horned Frogs are still on top
the heap and their game with Tex
as should either make them the ab
solute favorites and knock Texas
completely out of the picture or will
Rave the conference in as bad a con
dition as last week’s results did.
The Baylor-S. M. U. game will do
considerable to clear up the muddle.
* * *
In that the Aggies and the Owls
will battle for the cellar position
this Saturday at Houston, this season
is rapidly developing into a duplica
tion of the 1928 campaign, although
the Aggies tied the Frogs that year.
This battle on the Feathered tribe’s
own lot promises to be a bitterly
fought contest and many cadets will
probably take advantage of the low
rates offered.
Rivalry between the Aggies and
Owls is keen and of long standing,
and a glance at the results of pre
vious games between the two teams
indicate that the Aggies should al
ways list the Owls among their most
dangerous opponents regardless of
the relative strength of the two
teams on paper. A striking example
of the inspired play of the Owls
against the Aggies is found in the
grid contest' of 1927 when the Aggie
eleven, championship-bound and with
a record of overwhelming victories
over virtually all opponents behind
them, journeyed to Houston to be
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With the Varsity and Freshman
gridmen still training; the Varsity
cagemen working out daily; Varsity
and Freshman harriers running their
courses daily; and intramural com
petition in two classes of basketball,
speedball, and tennis, the athletic
activity of the A. and M. student
body is possibly at its highest peak.
Many others are taking advantage
of the new handball courts and it is
seldom that a court can be found
that is not in use.
Intramural tennis began this week.
It is being run on a six-man tourna
ment plan due to the fact that there
are only three courts available at;
present and the method used last
year would prove unsuccesful with
so few courts.
The basketball season has just
about closed, but there are still sev
eral postponed games to be played
and these have a direct bearing on
the league championships., Many
more men took part in basketball this
year and all of them were allowed
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Dr. Walton has urged that a sweep
ing investigation be made concern
ing athletic conditions in Texas col
leges and if one should be made,
many people may be surprised at the
findings that undoubtedly will
be uncovered, (although the condi
tions are already generally known);
yet we do not believe that the dis
coveries will be of any more signifi
cance than the Carnegie “discoveries”
unless the institutions really begin
cleaning up their dirty sports.
* * *
The Aggie Harriers annexed an
other dual meet from Texas Friday
AGGIE HARRIERS WIN FROM I BELLMEN DROP THIRD
TEXAS; RICE FRIDAY CONFERENCE TILT
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on Page 7)
Southwest
Conference Standing:
Team
W L Pet.
Pts.
T. C. U. . . .
...2 0 1.000
193
Texas
120
Baylor
. . . 1 y 2 x /2 .750
259
S. M. U. .
. . .IV2 V2 .750
106
Arkansas . . .
...2 2 .500
185
Rice
...0 2 .000
63
A.ggies
. . .0 3 .000
164
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* WHERE THEY PLAY THIS *
WEEK
*1+ Friday, Nov. 15—Cross-Country <*
❖ Aggies vs. Rice at Houston *•
•U Saturday, Nov. 16—Football
❖ Aggies vs. Rice at Houston
*> S. M. U. vs. Baylor at Dallas ❖
❖ Texas vs. T. C. U. at Austin
❖ Arkansas vs. Centenary at '>
Fayetteville. + X*
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Friday afternoon seven unsung
Aggie warriors, led by “Warhorse”
Shoemaker, who finished first for
the first time in his career, trounced
the Texas harriers by the over
whelming score of 21-38, taking the
first three places and 7th, *8th, 9th,
10th and 11th places. Captain Shoe
maker ran the course in 20.45, which
was exceedingly good time for the
heavy course. This was Texas’ sec
ond dual meet in the mud as they
had defeated the Owls the week
before on a soggy course around the
hills surrounding Austin, and they
should have been in training for the
heavy going, but black land is rather
sticky and holds one back.
This victory now makes the Ag
gies favorites to cop the title for
the third time in a row since the
Steers decisively defeated the Owls,
who were supposed to have the
strongest team this year.
Perkins, who has been leading the
pack in the early competitions, was
tied by Dick Winders, 1928 Confer
ence champion, for second and third
places. Storms of Texas was the
first to cross the finish line for the
visitors. Little “Pee Wee” Howard
took seventh place for the Aggies,
while Smith, former fish harrier,
took eighth. Both of these latter
men are running their first year on
the varsity and are due to step high
before they finish their careers. Yale
Griffis, his third year on the team,
was barely nosed out of ninth place
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The Ponies took the long end of
the score of the mud battle waged
on Kyle Field, but to the Aggie
line goes the greatest glory of the
cay. Although outweighed 11 pounds
to the man, the forward fall fought
and fought, and when the ball near
ed the goal line put out just a little
more. “Klepto” Holmes can well
feel proud of this line he has coach
ed.
Chuck Richter, Jack Christian,
Moulden, Brown, Abbey, Tracy, Ewell
and Magrill fought their very soul
out against the determined Mus
tang crew. Chuck and Christian were
in every play; Brown smeared play
after play; Ewell, who rose to the
fame against the Ponies in Dallas
last year, again played the same
superb ball that characterized his
play last year and only an injury
kept him from dealing the Ponies
more misery; and then Tracy. Tracy
played football, football that only
all-conference men can play. Its his
tory now how this fleet Aggie wing-
went down on Conover’s and Zarry’s
punts and nailed his man before he.
could take a step. Brown played a
wonderful game at center and his
ability in passing the heavy, wet,
slippery ball was most pleasing.
Only a victory could have repaid
these men for the way they fought.
The Owls are due to feel the wrath
of this line if it only plays half
the way it did against the Mus
tangs.
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DR. WALTON URGES
INVESTIGATION
In the Sunday Press Dr. Walton
came forth urging that sweeping
investigations be made concerning
athletic conditions of Texas colleges.
In the Southwestern Conference Bay
lor, S. M. U., and Texas were examin
ed by the Carnegie Foundation’s
investigators and not one of them
was given a clean record. Nothing
not generally known and accepted
in the college world was disclosed
by the lengthy report which took
three and a half years to prepare.
Even if an investigation is made, it
is not expected that the colleges will
immediately discharge their paid
coaches, make the teams buy their
own sweaters, buy their own meals,
and stop reading the newspapers,
as recommended by the foundation’s
preface.
Dr. Walton’s urge was possibly
occasioned by the Carnegie report
of which probably the most poignant
comment was the remark: “In addi
tion, Canadian University sports
manship is sufficiently strong to
prevent recruiting.”
To our minds it will do little
good for a committee to play po
liceman against proselyting by others.
The student body and the alumni
must be brought to feel that there
is more than just winning and un
til this spirit of sportsmanship, en
tirely alien to the present desire for
victory, becomes the motivating idea
of college athletics, the conditions
can hardly be expected to be im
proved. Nevertheless we do believe
that an official investigation will
do some good in that it will be
able to give out facts and there
will be no need of rumors going
the rounds concerning certain schools
that are supposed to pay their play
ers and recruit them.
We really believe that A. and M.
athletics are as free from paying
football players and recruiting them
as any school in the conference,
yet if A. and M. had been inves
tigated, this school would not have
been one of the few found that
was free from the guilt that the
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* LAST WEEK’S RESULTS *
* Aggies 7; S. M. U. 12 ->
* T. C. U. 24; Rice 0 *
* Texas 0; Baylor 0 ♦>
* Arkansas 52; Oklahoma *■
* Teachers 7
*> Centenary 0; Henderson- ❖
*** Brown 0
* Kansas Aggies 3; Iowa State- *
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