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THE BATT ALIGN
V
FREE-THROWS
It will be several moons before the
Aggie basketballers will be seen on
the Memorail Gym court as road
trips will occupy them until late in
February. If sport fans wish some
kind of contest they will be forced
to watch the Aggie diamond aspirants
take their work outs or follow the
Intramural football chase.
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Although we still have the mer
cury down near the freezing point,
Spring is surely just around the cor
ner as Coach Roswell Higginbotham
has issued his call for ball players
and would-bes to report Monday,
February 3rd.
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By handing the Second Battalion
a decisive lickipg, the Cavalrymen
continued to uphold their claims as
the leading team of the intramural
football league. The First Ai’tillery
presented a bewildering aerial attack
and whipped the First Infantry 6-0.
The Engineers and Second Artillery
played a tie.
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We see in an AP article from Tem
ple, Texas, dated Jan. 27, that direc
tors and former students of the
Texas A. & M. College voted against
subsidizing’ athletes, saying: “The A.
and M. College doesn’t want athletes
who have to be bought.” Captain Bill
Sterling presided.
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Coach Roswell Higginhotbam has
reduced his freshman cage squad to
workable size and will begin prepar
ing for their scheduled games. 19
men remain on the squad.
* * *
Coach Frank Anderson’s thinly clads
have been forced to remain inside
due to the weather conditions and ex
pect to get down to hard training as
soon as registration and scholastic
trials have been hurdled. Coach An
derson has seven conference first
place winners under his wing this
season and prospects for another
flag are bright.
$ LAST WEEK’S RESULTS i
Y X
f Aggies 25, T. C. U. 28
5 Aggies 17, Rice 23
^ Baylor 32, S. M. U. 24
4> Texas 42, Baylor 25
6 Rice 24, T. C. U. 23
^ J
FISH CAGE SQUAD CUT
Coaches Roswell Higginbotham and
‘Red” Petty wielded the cutting
knife the past few days and just
19 of the 90 or more beginners remain
of the squad. With the squad cut down
to workable size, plays can be given
and more individual attention given
to the brightest prospects.
Much publicity has been given the
T. C. U. and Rice first year squads,
but nothing has been heard from the
A. and M. team. Nevertheless there
are a number working out daily who
can hit the basket about as good as
press accounts say the others can and
also we have a few sjx-footers here
too.
Those still on the squad are: J. W.
Aston, Farmersville; W. H. Dullnig,
Asherton; R. E. Diaz, San Antonio;
C. B. Edwards, Stephenville; A. Em
ery, Dallas; W. B. Mitchell, Canton;
R. H. Scheer, Marshall; T. B. Sebas
tian, Houston; F. H. Shepherd, Hous
ton; Young, Morgan, Moody, Martin,
Malone, Johnson, Horn, Collier, Mil
ler and Brown.
REIDMEN DROP TWO
CONFERENCE GAMES
Coach John Reid’s cage artists lost
their stride and dropped a couple con
ference games during the past week,
the first to the Owls 17-23 and on
Friday nite to the Christians by a
| count of 25-28 in one of the best and
fastest games seen on the local court
in several years.
The Aggies led the Owls at the
half but during the second half Rice’s
two high scorers, Hart and Hess, be
gan sinking their shots and left the
Ag-gies on the small end of the
score.
Then along came the Schmidt out
fit and dosed out a heart braking
28-25 defeat. Lefty Martin was the
one shining light of the Aggies on
the offense, but his work on the de
fense did not begin to measure up to
his offensive work, allowing Atkins
the Frogs’ outtsanding man, to
break through for ten counters.
Atkins is by far the best player
we have seen perform on the local
court this year. His ability to take
the tip-off was uncanny and his
ability to score was not so favorable
for the Reidmen.
Others may cirticise as much as
they please, but personally we knew
Texas weather would finally do the
right thing.
FIRST 1NTRA M URAL
FOOTBALL GAMES
PLAYED SATURDAY
Cavalry and First Artillery Win;
Engineers and Second
Artillery Tie.
Opening of the 1930 Battalion
football season with the playing of
three games, Intramural football was
officially IstaFted Saturday. Al
though these games were the first
of the season and many comical plays
were made, those who turned out for
the games saw three real battles
with several thrilling plays eexecut-
ed. The pei-formance of all six teams
was exceptional considering the fact
that practice has been hindered by
weather conditions and the day’s play
by a heavy field.
The First Artillery, led by O’Dowd
of T. C. U. fame, beat the First In
fantry 6-0. Evidently O’Dowd was
used to the mud. since he received
considerable practice last fall walk
ing about 5 miles in a driving rain
when T. C. U. defeated the Aggies
as the result of a bet with Frog. The
teams were well matched and only
the passing offense of the “waggon
soldiers” gave them the victory. Their
lone touchdown came in the second
quarter when O’Dowd passed to
Pierce, who carried the ball 10 yards
for the only counter. Ballanfant and
Ellis were the outstanding players
for the Infantrymen.
“Hod” Bible’s pick and shovel crew
dug in and succesfully resisted the
Second Artillery attack. Both teams
played heads-up ball and neither team
was able to score, although the En
gineers’ heavy line gave them a
slight advantage. “Swede” Parker,
flashy fullback for the Engineers,
showed up well.
Coach “Hebe” Dorsey’s blue-jersied
Cavalrymeen had little trouble in
crushing Bus Moore’s Second Infan
try by a 31 to 0 score, although the
Infantrymen fought bravely. Block
ing by the Cavalry linesmen and long
end runs by Harry Stetiler were the
features of this game. The Cavalry
has a weath of material, both in
the backfield and in the line, and
completely outclassed the Infantry
in all departments of the game. Wat
son of the Second Infantry was out
standing.
No games will be played Saturday
on account of registration, but the
schedule will be resumed February
8th.
Practice to Begin February 3rd; 11
Lettermen On Roster.
Monday, February 3, Coach Ros
well Higginbotham will begin limber
ing up his first Varsity diamond crew
providing; the weather man looks up
on Aggieland with favor. 11 of last
year’s outfit, nine or ten numeral
men of the 29 squad, and many pos
sible prospects will enter upon the
training grind.
Led by Captain Pete Wendt, all-
Conference twirler, the 1930 club,
coached by Roswell Higg-iribotham,
should go far in the conference race
and they have an outside chance of
toppling the Texas crew off its 19
conference.win pile. Besides the all-
Conference Wendt, Hig has four oth
er all-Conference choices in Tom
Mills, pitcher; Bo Bell and Brooks
Conover, outfielders; and Barron
Lackey, captain of the ’29 crew,
catcher. Other outstanding men who
should develop into stars the coming
year are Gil Johns at short, and
Pampell at (second-base. Fneshnrenj
numeral men who will push the vet
erans for places on the Varsity are
Keith, Carpenter and Davis in the
infield; Veltman and Crozier in the
outfield, and Franklin in the box.
Leland Hunter, a junior transfer
from North Texas, should prove to
be one of the best left-handers in
the conference. Last year he was the
outstanding moundsman for the
Fish, starring eespecially against the
strong McKipney club.
In Veltman, the Varsity has ac
quired a man that has great possibil
ities. He was one of the best hit
ters on the Fish club. Pete Crozier
should prove to be a valuable man.
Keith will probably give the two
veteran third-sackers a tight race as
he can hit the apple on the nose and
is especially good in the field. Car
penter and Russel are due to keep
Gil Johns and Pampell working hard
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WHERE THEY PLAY
Confex-ence Basketball
Friday
Arkansas vs . Baylor at Waco
Aggies vs. S. M. U. at Dal
las
Saturday
Arkansas vs. Baylor at Waco
Aggies vs. T. C. U. at Fort
Worth