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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1930)
8 THE BATTALION FREE-THROWS Coach Reid’s cagers seemed to have appreciated the much needed one-day layoff and the light work-out the day before the S. M.U. tilt as they show ed lots of stuff the first half. Coach Reid has a squad that is well drilled in fundamentals and as we have said before in this column, it will make a champion team out of one of his first teams. The Aggies will journey to Huntsville Friday and Saturday to repay the Teacher’s visit and then will encounter the Owls at Houston the following Tuesday. A victory ov er the Owls will practically knock the feathered tribe from the Conference race and make several of the other coaches in the conference begin wor rying about the Aggies. ’Tis some time that they have had to do this— in basketball. * * * A glance at the Aggie cage roster shows that contrary to the usual rule, the majority of the floor artists are from the larger cities. Fort Worth holds the honors with 5 members headed by Captain Buster Keeton. 4 Houston boys, 2 Dallas porducts, and San Antonio claims one. Green ville and Strawn are the homes of two other members. Now we have a promising center from Crockett— Dawson. Coach Frank Anderson has his thinly clads out doing a little calis- thenic work, body building and pre- minary instruction. The Conference champions are led this year by Ed Thompson from Cameron. Prospects are unusually bright for another flag and the candidates are all determin ed to bring the bacon home. Coach Roswell Higginbotham still has a large number of Freshmen working out and by next week he will have a much better line on his men. The axe has been falling—and heavi ly. * * * Some people like cold things, but the writer has always abhorred cold water; yet the Aggie Swimming Club has begun breaking the ice to take their daily workouts. For the past three years they have held several championships and have lost only a few first places in all of the meets they have entered. Another good year and a little publicity should bring the much needed swimming pool. Coach Matty Bell, James Sullivan, and Walter Penberthy attended the coaches’ meeting in New York City. Coach Bible was there and a general reunion was held. The New York A. and M. Club had a meeting in their honor. SWIMMERS BEGIN WORK The Texas Aggie championship swimming team swung into action this week with a first practice in the Y. M. C. A. swimming pool Monday. About 30 swimmers worked out un der the watchful eye of Captain Carl D. C'lardy of Galveston. Swimming should be rated at one of the best Aggie “minor” sports. The minor was placed in the paren thesis because the sport is not offi cially recognized by the athletic committee although the team has never been bested in the three years of its existence and has held the Gulf Coast championship for the same length of time. In the spring months the cadet natadors draw the attention of sport scribes all over the state. Only four lettermen will be avail able for service this year, and one of these is as yet undecided as to whether or not he will be able to compete. Clardy was out of school last year, but lettered for two years before that. He was selected captain at a meeting of lettermen Saturday. Dan Humason, a Junior; R. L. “Soapy” Suggs, a Sophomore; and C. M. Everts, a Senior, are the re maining stripe men. Everts, three- letterman, is the undecided one. In addition to lettermen, four squadmen will try out for the team. These are R. L. Bullock, Frank And- erlitch, J. E. Moeller, and R. M. Smith. Smith and Moeller are breast stroke men, while Bullock and An- derlitch swim the 50 and 100. Last year the Cadet swimmers trounced the Texas University Long horns at Austin, but the latter, al though the losers, were awarded letters, while the Aggies received no letters and had to buy their sweaters out of their own pockets. Captain Clardy is dickering for meets with Texas, Houston Y. M. C. A., Texas Christian University (if the Frogs have a team), and with some Dallas team. A picture show will be given in the Assembly Hall on February 14 to help defray ex penses of the team. Other candidates for the team in clude R. E. Diaz, G. M. Lowe, C. Threadgill, T. D. McNeill, J. D. How- der, W. T. Vawter, W. R. William son, L. F. Wanja, M. McCullough, C. Van de Putte, C. Howard, F. Huds peth, P. T. McClendon, F. J. Rons housen, R. E. Smith, D. J. Parmeson, C. N. Hielscher, R. C. Jorgensen, E. K. Moody, W. W. Sibson, W. O. Wel ler, J. B. Davis, L. B. Johnson, B. E, Nowotney, J. F. Van de Putte, W. R. Young and T. B. Ketterson. INTRAMURAL FOOTBALL BEGINS SATURDAY The Aggies, accustomed to seeing footballs flying around in the air the entire school year, will see the In- tramular football lid blasted when the First Infantry and the Engineers tangle next Saturday at 2:00 p. m. on the varsity practice field. At 2:30 the champion Cavalry outfit opens up against the new Second Artillery bunch, and at 3:00 the Composites encounter the Second In fantry. The First Artillery rests. All games will be played on the Varsity and Ffeshman practice fields at Kyle Field. Last year the Cavalry, coached by Brooks Conover, won the champion ship in a tight fight with the Artil lery. This year there will be one ad ditional team and all seven teams seem to have about equal power in the line and the backfield. Coaching and the players’ ability to do what they are told will probably be the deciding factor in determining the championship this year. Practice has been hampered this season by bad weather conditions. The Cavalry at the present is the best coached eleven and seem determined to re peat something that has not been accomplished in the last six years of Intramural football. Standing of Intramural 1 earns The following standing of the or ganizations include the two classes of basketball, cross-country, rifle shoot ing and speedball: Organization Points Company D ' 241 Battery F 235 Battery A 231 Company F 220 Troop D 212 Company C ....210 Battery E 205 Company C., Eng 202 Company A 200 Company B 200 Battery B 185 Co. A Sig. Corps 185 Troop B 172 Company E 172 Co. B Sig. Corps 165 Battery D 156 Co. B Eng 145 Co. A Eng 140 Troop A 136 Company G 100 Band i : 100 Battery C 100 Company H 85 Casuals 50 REIDMEN MEET OWLS IN SECOND CONFERENCE TILT The Aggies officially broke the ice in their race for the Southwestern Conference cage title Friday night by administering a 23-20 defe'at to the Southern Methodist Mustangs. It was the first conference tilt for both clubs. The Aggies were in the lead throughout the entire game, but usu ally by the smallest of margins. Eleven foul throws put the Maroons over the hump. By the way, the man ner in which the Aggies have been chunking the free throws in the first five games of the season is most gratifying. They only missed two in the Pony tilt. Hoke, wiry pivot man of the Ags, was high point man against the Ponies. He displayed fine form in looping a couple of sensational shots. He also sunk five free throws. Cap tain Keeton showed his real old-time all-conference form by the way he handled the ball. On several occa sions he dribbled through the entire Mustang defense to bring the large crowd to their feet. The Mustangs presented a power ful defense, with Scrap Iron Ham- mon showing good form. He was ably assisted at the guard post by Skeet- ers, lanky football star. Little Runt Johnson cavorted in great fashion for the visitors. The Aggies enter foreign fields again this week, traveling up to Huntsville to engage the Sam Hous ton Teachers in a pair of return games. The Aggies opened the season with the Teachers on the gym court a few weeks ago. Rice Institute will be the next opponent for the Reid- men, with a game against the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs scheduled for January 24. $>3><$><e><S><S><S><8xS*S><S^^ WHERE THEY PLAY January 17 Texas vs. Arkansas at Fay etteville. Rice vs. S. M. U, at Dallas Aggies vs. Sam Houston Teachers at Huntsville. January 18 Texas vs. Arkansas at Fay etteville Rice vs. T. C. U. at Fort Worth Aggies vs. Sam Houston Tea chers at Huntsville January 21 Aggies vs. Rice at Houston. S. M. U. vs. Baylor at Waco.
