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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1929)
THE BATTALION FREE THROWS An editorial appeared in the Bat talion last week concerning athlet es and intellectuals. We made in vestigations and found that the ma jority of athletes of this school were above-the-average students. However the author of the editorial definite ly defined the type of “athlete” that he was attacking. So much has been said concerning this article and since several replies have been sent to us that we have decided to publish one INTRAMURAL HANDBALL STARTS Football Equipment to be Issued Af ter Xmas. Intramural handball competition started last Monday afternoon. It is being run off as last year—on a percentage basis; each organization will play every organization in) its league and to win a game they must win two out of three matches. It is hoped that the organizations of the replys which has been consid- j that have entered will not forfeit erably softened. Most of the articles j their matches as they have in speed- were of this nature, but worse, ball Company E Infantry entered the Everyone has his own idea upon any \ speedball competition but forfeited subject and has a perfect right to publish it in the Battalion, and it does not necessarily mean that the Battalion approves it. ❖ ❖ * “In last weeks edition of the Bat talion there appeared a very sordid denunciation regarding college ath letes, picturing tfrem as a worth less, degenerate lot of boys who in fest the campus of every college. Be fore continuing, let us remind you that the editorial appeared on “the highly intellectual” page of the Bat talion, known as the editorial sheet, and was very probably written by some bird who does nothing but sit in his room, peer through thick lensed glasses and peck such articles on his typewriter as the aforemen tioned one. You know his kind—one of the real assets of the college. Bah! The writer of the editorial attempt- Coach John Reid’s first Aggie cage team will open their 1930 schedule with a two game series against the Sam Houston Teachers quintet Fri ed to put over the fact that the day and Saturday nights. December all of its games. Company A Engi neers and the Casuals have each for feited four games; Troop A and B Engineers 3. Organization managers must begin posting their schedules so that the rest of the organization can see when they have contests— someone might wish to play. Football uniforms will be issued January 7th. Battalion managers may come to the gym and check one football out to start practice with (Continued on Page 9) REID CAGERS MEET TEACHER’S QUINTET Two Games Scheduled. ALSABROOK TO PLAY ON WESTERN TEAM. It has just been announced that Pinky Alsabrook has accepted an invitation to play on the Western team. It is interesting to note that the Aggies have supplied the Wes tern team with an end for the last three years. It sorta looked as though the Aggies would have • no men on the all-Conference team and not a chance at a place on the West team. But now we find two mem bers of Matty Bell’s tribe on the all-Conference selection and one on the Western team. Aggies’ claim to national recog nition came in ’27 when the mighty Hunt and Sikes were the principles of a stinging defeat handed to the Eastern all-American stars. As a prominent sports scribe expressed it in his lead: “Gentlemen, they play football in Texas,” Hunt, Sikes, Mann, and Matthews were all the noise foor the West. Hunt made the first touchdown and much yardage and Sikes recovered the ball which Jerry Mann carried over for the second touchdown. The East was I afraid to come around Matthews’ end, principally because he tolod them he would take them in and also because they knew he could. Last year Red Petty, at present assistant freshman mentor, carried Aggieland colors to the West. Three ends and a back from one school in three years is not half bad. AGGIES TO PLAY NEBRASKA 1930 Tulane, Centenary Also on Schedule. prime purpose of every athlete upon entering college, was merely to breeze through four years of college 20th and 21st the Aggie five will journey to Houston for a two-game engagement with the all-star corn- sports and never crack a book. Rube | bination of the Houston Triangles to Goldberg pays $5 each for such bril-' close their pre-Christmas schedule, liant ideas. Could it ever have oe- j Probable starters for the initial cm-ed to the great editorial writer j bow of the Aggie five are: Keeton that before being able to participate | and Konecny, forwards; Hoke, cen- in a sport an athlete must be eligi-jter; and Bell and Broiles, guards, ble, this meaning that a passing Fix, Beard, Carpenter, and Pompeii grade must be obtained in at least i have all been showing up well on the two thirds of his scholastic work. ! front line and should see service in And believe me gentlemen, there are ; these practice games. Veltman and not many of the spinless type of . Harling are showing promise at the professors pictured by our friend, | guard positions; and Harris, just the editorial writer, who will pass | released from the Varsity grid team, a boy merely because he is an will soon round into form and give athlete. Ask a few of them and find out The fact was mentioned that a football player was lauded by the some of these early birds a run for their places on Reid’s first Aggie team. Martin has been working at center and forward and should get newspapers, making him egotistical. | into the frays at the center position. Our friend, the editorial writer, not ; Hoke is the only real candidate for having had an opportunity to be come acquainted with an athlete be cause he simply abhores them, seem ingly does not know the traits of an ordinary athlete. It is not pure ego tism that covers the athlete, but a feeling of confidence in himself that is an essentially vital factor in put- continued on Page 9) the pivot position and Martin may see plenty service. Coach Reid’s cagers suffered a severe loss when it was announced that Joe Brown, veteran pivot man for the past two years, will be un able to participate in basketball this season. Joe will undergo an opera- (Continued on Page 9) WINDERS CAPTAINS HARRIERS.) Dick Winders, fleet distance man ) and letterman in both track and cross country, was elected captain of the 1930 Hill and Dalers. Dick won second place in the conference run this year and won first place last year, his first year on the squad. The Aggies lose only Captain Shoe maker from the championship club and with Roberts eligible and several fleet freshman harriers it looks as though Winders should pilot the Aggiee to their sixth championship in ten years and their fourth con secutive title. If the Aggies do win the title in 1930 it will make three championship teams that Winders has been on. Wiinders was also a member of the championship track team last year. Shoemaker, Michael, and Griffis are the only ones lost through grad uation, but with Roberts and Hahn from the squad and the fleet fish distant man, Marquez, it looks as though Coach Anderson’s crew will bring home another trophy. Langby, an intramural runner, will also make good material. Varsity men retudn- ing are: Howard, Perkins, Smith, and Winders. Coach Matty Bell’s charges will do considerable traveling next year when they journey to Lincoln to meet Dana X. Bibles championship team in an early intersectional game. As usual Southwestern University comes to College September 27th, for a primer, then Nebraska looms ahead Oct. 4th. No sooner than the Aggies play these huskies, the Tulane eleven, champion of the Southern conference, will be in Dallas for a game with the Aggies October 11 and the Ag gies will be there too—to revenge that 13-0 defeat handed them in New Orleans. Then the Bellmen meet another conference champion in T. C. U. the following week, October 25 the Aggies again entrain for the distant Arkansas, and then they finally settle down at College Sta tion for a game with Centenary Nov. 1st. Three conference games follow with only the Rice game be ing played on Kyle Field; S. M. U. Nov. 8th, Rice Nov. 15th, and Texas Nov. 27. Three championship teams on three consecutive Saturdays—Coach Matty Bell’s charges have something to begin working- for. T. C. U. is the only conference eleven to meet every other team in the conference; Baylor, Texas, and the Aggies meet five, while Ai-kansas takes on four. Four conference teams will play the Centenary eleven: Arkansas, Texas, Baylor, and the Aggies. Bay lor has a fair schedule; Iowa U., Centenary, and Tulane are on their (Continued on Page 9) FRESHMEN CAGERS BEGIN WORK When Freshman Coach Higgin botham and Assistant Freshman Coach “Red” Petty issued their call for Fish cagers it looked like the freshmen were just holding another meeting—more than 75 were on hand for the initial get-together; and since the first meeting was not an nounced the coaches expect many more to sign up. Practice Began Tuesday. The freshman teams have usually been handicapped because they have had only from 4:00 o’clock to 5:00 o’clock to practice on the varsity court, but this year they will be able to use the Intramural gymnasiuvri and can put in at least two and a half hours. Last year the freshman team enjoyed a ver-y successful sea son though there were no outstand ing players on the team; they won all but one of their games.