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.
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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.
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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.
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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.