TEXAS ASGIE SPORTS
Aggies Set For 36th Steer Tilt
HARRIERS WIN FIFTH CONFERENCE TITLE
FIFTH CHAMPIONSHIP IN NINE
YEARS BROUGHT TO AGGIELAND
How does he do it? Five champion
ships in nine years. Three consecu
tive ones. With two decisive wins
over the leading conference teams,
texas and Rice, the unsung Aggie
warriors conf identally treked their
way to Houston and calmly walked
off with the 9th annual hill and dale
event with the small score of 36.
Five times have these harriers turn
ed the trick and twice they were
runner-up, being barely nosed out
in 1924 and ’23 by Texas.
Rice, doped to give the Longjiorns
a tough fight for second place, fin
ished in fourth with 68 points, S. M.
U. barely nosing them out with 62.
Texas finished second with 49 points
while T. C. U., with their first team
ever to enter the meet, finished last
with 102 points.
Willis, fleet captain of the Owl
club, turned exceptional time to lead
Dick Winders, the 1928 individual
champion, by a distance of some
250 yards. His time for the 3 3-4
mile course was 19 minutes and 3-5
seconds. The Aggies placed six of the
first thirteen men and easily copped
the meet. The following is the or
der in which harriers finished follow:
Willis (Rice); Winders (Aggies);
—Shoemaker (-Aggies); Hobson (S. M.
U.); Cole (Texas); Storms (Texas);
Howard (Aggies); Jacobe (Rice);
Schiller (Texas); Pfeifner (S. M.
U.); Smith (Aggies); Perkins (Ag
gies); Michael (Aggies); Williams
and Bower (Texas); Isley (T. C.
U.); Persons (S. M. U.); Arnold
(Rice); Rucker (S. M. U.); Kap-
land (Rice); Wilmoth (Rice); Brown
and Dacus (T. C. U.); Griffis (Ag
gies); Meredith (Texas); Ravanelli
(S. M. TJ.); Cate (Texas); Wortham
and Bennett (Rice); Cook and Gor
don (T. C. U.).
DROP KICKS
5 AGGIES RECEIVE “T”
Coach Anderson announced that
he first five men finishing for the
tggies would receive the coveted
tggie “T.” A rule prohibits the
jiving of more than five letters
v-hen the team wins the champion-
ihip and only “T”s to the men fin-
shing among the first ten when
he Aggies fail to cop the title. The
nen that receive their letters are:
Vinders, Shoemaker, Howard, Per-
:ins, and Smith. Winders and Shoe-
naker lettered last year, but the
ither three will receive their first
etters. Perkins would have lettered,
>ut took sick just as the team was
eaving for Austin for the meet.
Howard and Smith are sophomores.
With the promising list of fresh-
nen distant men coming up. Coach
frank Anderson is on the inside
rack for his sixth championship.
Coach Anderson’s three time cham-
>ion team again seems to be on the
nside track for their sixth cham-
nonship as only three of the var-
Captain Shoemaker,
Mickael
and
Griffis. Shoemaker is
the
only
man
of the trio that has
been
finishing
among the first five
for
the
Ag-
gies.
HIGH SCORERS.
T.D
Pts.
Tot.
Leland, T. C. U. ...
.14
0
84
Wilson, Baylor
.12
1
73
Miller, Arkansas . . .
.12
0
72
McElreath, Baylor . . .
. 9
9
63
Green, T. C. U. . . .
.8
14
62
Mills, Aggies
. 8
1
49
Schoonover, Ark
.6
7
43
Kattman, S. M. U. . .
. .6
3
39
Mason, S. M. U. . . .
. 4
6
30
The average football coach in
American Colleges receives a salary
of $6,107 a year, or more than a
thousand dollars more than the av-
erge highest paid professor.
Four gone and one to go! The
most important of all games to be
played tomorrow. Texas can redeem
a heart-breaking season by defeating'
the Bellmen and the Aggies can re
gain the prestige they have lost
in the first three conference goes.
TURKEY OR STEERS Thanksgiv
ing? We have come to our last
game—and while our season has not
been so successful—we can make it
so with a victory tomorrow. If we
go out with that determination to
win and fight hard, we will win. An
other thing, in 1924 the Longhorns
dedicated their Memorial Stadium—
at our expense, we started dedicat
ing ours in ’27 with a 28-7 victory,
and now that “Sully” has completed
the structure we must complete our
job right.... A few polite speeches
will not do—only a victory on Kyle
Field.
Men of ’30 did you ever stop to
think that the bonfire tonight is the
last one that you will ever see as
a member of this student body; that
as a student the football game to
morrow is the last time you will
have the privilege of seeing a Mar
oon and White team fighting? Be
serious men—stop and think: in our
stay down here so far we have seen
three games with the University,
Texas has won two and the Aggies
only one. Must we leave here with
that score unevened ?
Coach Frank Anderson and his un
sung heroes have again brought an
other Southwest title to Aggieland
and with it another beautiful tro
phy. Seven of the hardest working
Aggie athletes have been training
since early September for this one
chance to do something for Aggie
land, and now that they have, ac
complished their mission and brought
the Championship home for the fifth
time in nine years and the third
consecutive time—all they have to
do is begin training off. And yet
they get no credit. Men, see these
conference champions, encourage
them, say something to them—it
will help a lot and they will feel
like going through the same grind
next year for you. Coach Anderson
loses only three men from the en
tire squad, only one letterman and
there are numerous freshmen that
are a promising hill and dalers.
Eight Aggies complete their foot
ball careers tomorrow, eight men
that are the equal of any that have
gone from this institution. They are:
Ralph Dorsey, line plunging Aggie
fullback who will be meeting the
Longhorns for the third time; Chuck
Richter, Aggie bid for all-conference
honors at guard, also playing the
Steers for the third time; Captain
Tom Mills, fleet, black-headed quar
terback of the Aggies; Pinky Alsa-
brook, end who has met the Long
horns twice before; jlrooks Conover,
who has only one chance at Steer
meat because of a broken hand;
Joe Brown, center, whom the Long
horns well remember from his hard
tackling in the Austin game last
year; Walter Ewell, guard, who also
rose to unbelieveable heights in the
Steer tilt last season; Roy Vamell,
end, who played against the Steers
in the other meeting in the role as
a back; and Hod Bible, but Bible
will not have the opportunity of
playing this year because of an in
fected elbow which has kept him out
of all the games since early in the
Two defeats and one win—will
you help these eight men and their
mates even the count?
* i
. IT wars coa,'o\/£&
BOTH TEAMS PRIMED FOR
SOUTH’S GREATEST CLASSIC
» I
&/CMTg:A2.
“Chuck” Richter is one of the pre
mier guards of the conference.
This is Chuck's third and last year
on the Aggie team and his play
this year his been of the highest
type. Richter was in every play in
the S. M. U. game and should he
show the same brand of play against
the Longhorn's scribes cannot fail
to put him on the Conference se
lections.
PREVIOUS SCORES
1894
Texas
. .38;
A.
and
M.
. 0
1898
Texas
. .48;
A.
and
M.
. 0
1899
Texas
. . 6;
A.
and
M.
. 0
1900
Texas
. . 5;
A.
and
M.
. 0
1900
Texas
. .11;
A.
and
M.
. 0
1901
Texas
. .17;
A.
and
M,
. 0
1901
Texas
. .32;
A.
and
M.
. 0
1902
Texas
• • 0;
A.
and
M.
. 0
1902
Texas
. . 0;
A.
and
M.
.12
1903
Texas
. .29;
A.
and
M.
. 6
1904
Texas
. .34;
A.
and
M.
. . 6
1905
Texas
. .27;
A.
and
M.
. . 0
1906
Texas
. .24;
A.
and
M.
. . 0
1907
Texas
• • 0;
A.
and
M.
. . 0
1907
Texas
. .11;
A.
and
M.
. . 6
1908
Texas
. .11;
A.
and
M.
. . 6
1908
Texas
. .24;
A.
and
M.
. . 8
1908
Texas
. .28;
A.
and
M.
. .12
1909
Texas
. . 0;
A.
and
M.
. .23
1909
Texas
. . 0;
A.
and
M.
. . 5
1910
Texas
. . 8;
A.
and
M,
. .14
1911
Texas
. . 6;
A.
and
M.
. . 0
1915
Texas
. . 0;
A.
and
M.
. .13
1916
Texas
. .21;
A.
and
M.
. . 7
1917
Texas
. . 0;
A.
and
M.
. . 7
1918
Texas
• • 7;
A.
and
M.
. . 0
1919
Texas
. . 0;
A.
and
M.
. . 7
1920
Texas
• • 7;
A.
and
M.
. . 3
1921
Texas
. . 0;
A.
and
M.
. . 0
1922
Texas
. . 7;
A.
and
M.
. .14
1923
Texas
. . 6;
A.
and
M.
. . 0
1924
Texas
• • 7;
A.
and
M.
. . 0
1925
Texas
. . 0;
A.
and
M.
. .28
1926
Texas
. .14;
A.
and
M.
. . 5
1927
Texas
. . 7;
A.
and
M.
. .28
1928
Texas
. .19;
A.
and
M.
. . 0
President Hoover has undertaken
to settle the Army-Navy football
dispute; and if he succeeds, the na
tions of the earth had better give
him the permanent job of arbitrator.
COA/OV£&
Brooks Conover will do his last
punting for the Aggies tomorrow.
Brooks has helped ward off many
touchdowns by his brilliant kicking.
Conover booted one for an even 109
yards against the Frogs. Conover
is undoubtedly the best punter in .the
conference and should receive that
mention by every scribe. He has
averaged 48 yards on 36 of his at
tempts and that’s not so bad in any
man’s country.
PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UPS
Aggies Texas
McFadden (25) Rose (20)
L. E.
Magrill (45) Brown (c) (11)
L. T.
Richter (32) Baumgarten (10)
Brown (37) * ‘Burnett (221
C.
Christian (19) Beaty (15)
R. G.
Moulden (44) Hargrove (23)
R. T.
Alsabrook (20) Vining (4)
R. E.
Mills (c) (15) Rees (12)
Q-
Conover (18) Perkins (34)
L. H.
Dorsey (17) Beard (3)
R. H.
Floyd (38) Beular (6)
F. B.
Officials: Referee, R. L. Meyer
(T. C. ).
Umpire, H. A. Winters.
Head linesman, Chas. Braun (Se-
wanee).
Field Judge, E. C. Frazier (Bay
lor).
♦ *
❖ LAST WEEK’S RESULTS *
+ *
❖ Football: '•*
❖ T. C. U. 34; Baylor 7 *
❖ S. M. U. 34; Rice 7 *
"I* Nebraska 10; Kansas Aggie 6 •>
<* Southwest Cross Country
❖ Meet:
*:■ Texas Aggie 36; Texas U. 49, 'I*
❖ S. M. U. 62, Rice 68, T. ❖
❖ C. U. 102. <-
❖ Aggie Fish 22; Reagan 42. *1*
❖ *
COMPANIES C AND
B INFANTRY WIN
CHAMPIONSHIPS
; Battery E Wins Cross Country Meet.
Company C Infantry, 1928 intra
mural basketball champions, repeat
ed their former exploit with an en
tirely new team to win the Class
A, basketball championship for the
second consecutive time from Battery
A by the decisive score of 16-6 in
one of the hardest fought and best
games of the intramural season.
Company B Infantry copped the
Class B championship from Bat
tery E by a 15-8 count. This was
the first year that the intramural
department has sponsored two class
es of basketball and it has been so
successful that the practice will be
continued.
In the semi-finals Battery A de
feated Company B Infantry and
Company C Infantry won from Troop
D in the class A competition; while
Company C Infantry was defeated
by Battery E and Company B drew
a bye in the class B play-off| It is
interesting to note that both Com
pany B and C Infantry won their
league championships in both class
es offered.
The members of the champion A
basketball team are: F. Taylor, R.
C. Barron, C. King, R. B. Lane,
and R. D. Barron. These men will
receive sterling silver medals from
the intramural department and it is
customary for the organization which
is represented by the winning team
to give sweaters. Company B's cham
pionship team is composed of R. B.
Edwards, R. E. Barker, J. U. Par
ker, M. C. Todd, C. L. Brown, R.
J. Peace, F. Nagu, and J. Nagy.
Each year competition and inter
est increases and grows in this pop
ular sport and every year it is
thought that the high mark has been
established, but again records were
shattered when 41 teams play
ed in seven leagues in the two
classes of basketball. 496 men took
part in these contests which were
started October 7th. Last year 22
teams were entered and 318 individ
uals participated. 211 of the men par
ticipated under Class B flags, while
285 took part in the Class A games.
The addition of another class makes
it possible for more teams to enter
and niore men to participate. Each
Compay is allowed to enter two
teams.
96 Enter Cross Country Meet.
Probably the largets cross coun
try meet ever staged in the entire
Southland was run off by the in
tramural department last week when
96 men representing 17 organiations
ran the 2.7 mile course. 86 of this
number finished with Marquez, fleet
freshman representing Company E,
crossed the finish line first, followed
closely by R. M. Langby of Company
B Signal Corps, with the remarkable
time of 14:15 3-5 minutes. The day
before he led the freshman harriers
to the tape against J. Reagan Bull
dogs. Battery E, represented by J.
S. Cunningham, G. Bichsel, and R.
Bergendahl, won the meet with the
low score of 13. Company B Signal
Corps scored 33 points for second
place and Company C Engineers won
third place with 44 points. Only the
first three men finishing for each
organization counted.
“Heebie”, little but oh how he can
carry that ball. Every time he-gets
the ball and starts his well-known
wiggling motions the rival coaches
can look for anything. Coach Matty
Bell will have to look far and wide
next year for a man to fill his
shoes.
Joe Brown, veteran Aggie pivot
man, plays his last game for the
Aggie cause tomorrov/. The Long
horns well remember this sterling
center from his brand of play at
I Austin last year and can expect the
same this year. Not many passes
will be completed in his territory.
There are two former Captains
of A. and M. athletic teams now
connected with the Extension Ser
vice Department? Namely, Mr. A.
L. “Whiskey” Smith, captain of the
varsity baseball team in 1919, and
Mr. G. W. “Stud” Barnes, captain
of the varsity football team in 1910?
An inspired Texas Aggie football
team, keyed to their highest fight
ing pitch of the season, will take
the field against the highly touted
Texas University Longhorns tomor
row afternoon in the annual Turkey
Day Classic of the southwest. Al
though the critics are rating the Ags
as the underdogs, Coach Bell's charg
es are due to give the old dope buck
et one of its worst raps of the
season. At any rate, it is a certain
ty that the 35,000 people who will
jam the new memorial stadium will
be treated to a real game.
Loser to three conference teams by
the scantiest of margins, the Aggies
are determined to end the season
in a final blaze of glory by routing
the orange warriors from Austin. A
defense to stop the renowned Mr.
Dexter Shelley and Co., has been
perfected by the Farmers, while on
the other hand, an offense built up
around the muchly underrated Tom
mie Mills and Co., will be very much
in action. While on the subject, we
can’t see how the boys can leave
out Mills and Chuck Richter when
the picking of all-conference teams
start. The mere fact that they have
been playing on a losing club will
probably keep them off by some of
the so-called sport experts. If they
play up to their usual game to
morrow. They are cinches to make
the mythical team.
With the sting of a 19-0 pasting
still on their minds from last sea
son, the Farmers will present a de
termined team. Some of the wind
has been taken out of the Texas
sails in the past two weeks. At the
outset of the season, sport scribes
predicted that Texas would have its
most glorious season, but they have
gradually gone down, the climax com
ing a couple of weeks ago, when T.
C. U. trimmed them 15-12, for then-
first beating of the season. They
had previously been fought to score
less ties by S. M. U. and Baylor. It
will be a cautious team that starts
against the Aggies, and not the
fiery dashing aggregation that start
ed the season in a burst of football
glory.
The Aggies will present a condi
tioned team, with no injuries to
hamper the starting line-up. Tracy
and Alsabrook, the two veterans
who starred against the Longhorns
last season, will be on the wing po
sition. Two green, but brilliant soph
omores, Moulden and Magrill, will
be entrusted with the tackle posts.
There is a very strong possibility
that “Red” Delery, massive scrapper
from Houston, will start at Moulden's
tackle.
The guards will be well taken
care of, as usual. Chuck Richter,
considered by the wiser critics, the
outstanding guard of the Conference,
will team up with Jack Christian,
scintillating sophomore star. You
can very probably measure the dis
tance that will be made over guard,
with a slide rule. Joe Brown, the
hard tackling pivot man of the Bell
man, will start at center. He was
the defensive star of the Turkey
Day game last season. It will be his
last game for the Maroon and White.
Captain Tommy Mills, one of the
greatest running backs in the Con
ference, will lead his team from the
quarterback post. A real perform
ance is expected from Mills in his
final appearance in the Maroon uni
form. Brooks Conover, the expert
triple threat artist from Dallas, will
hold down one of the backfield posts.
His punting will probably be a fea
ture of the game, as will his broken
field running if he ever gets loose.
At the other half post, Zarafonetis
line ramming ace, will start. He 's
due for a big game. Big Bull Floyd,
premier of all defensive backs in the
Southwest, will hold down the full
back post. Floyd is noted for his
great work in backing up the line,
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