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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1930)
8 THE BATTALION FREE-THROWS The new courses in Physical educa- cation have been approved and next year students will be allowed to ma jor in physical education. This year Rice instituted a coaching’ course and now the Aggies will follow suite. With schools putting in coaching courses in the South, soon we will not have to go North and East for men tors. As yet only 55 Freshmen have signed up for Fish baseball, but Cap tain Lyons, the new Aggie Fish ball coach, predicts that this is but about half the number that will report at the close of Freshman basketball. Ti’ack Coach Frank Anderson is quite optimistic over his Freshman thinly clads as he has about 80 reporting for practice each day although he says that none of them have won places in any big meets. * * * Athletic activity on this campus is probably at its greatest heighth this week with Varsity basketball, base ball, track; Freshman basketball, track; Varsity and freshman tennis; Varsity golf, swimming; Intramural handball, volleyball, horshoe pitching and football occupying the attention of those inclined toward sports. At least 600 individuals are participat ing in some kind of organized ath letics each day. ❖ ❖ Pete Wendt, captain and all-Con- ference hurler of the 1930 Aggie ball club, started the season off as the first man to go on the injured list when he wrenched his back while practicing last week. He has not been able to report for the last several days but is expected to rejoin the club in a few days. GAMES THIS WEEK Basketball Wednesday, Feb. 19— T. C. U. vs. S. M. U. at Dal las Friday, Feb. 21— Aggies vs. Arkansas at Col- <- lege Saturday, Feb. *f* t V T X t £ Tuesday, Feb. 25— ♦!* S. M. U. vs. Texas at Austin T I I i V V V V ± i Aggies vs. Arkansas at Col lege Baylor vs. S. M. U. at Dallas Texas vs. T. C. U. at Austin Football Saturday, Feb. 22— Engineers vs. Second Infan try at 2:00 First Infantry vs. Composites at 2:30 Second Artillery vs. Artillery at 3:00 t T Y Y i ± Y Y j Y Y Y t T Y ± t Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y I Y I x ± First t Y v •;•*!-*!*•!”!**!**!**!**!*’I*•!*•’.‘•I--!*\**!• !- NEW COURSES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION APPROVED At the request of the Department of Physical Education, and in re sponse to a growing demand and nec essity for this type of training in the College, the general faculty has approved a number of new courses in Physical Education, to be offered in the session of 1930-’31 and there after which will be made the basis for a major in Physical Education, given in the general curriculum in Liberal Arts, and leading to the de gree of Bachelor of AiTs. Following is the revised list of courses in Physical Education: Physical Education 203-204 (2-4)- Methods in Physical Education. Physical Education 206 (3-0)—Per sonal and Community Hygiene. Physical Education 305-306 (3-0) — Public School Physical Education. Physical Education 311-312 (3-2) — Fundamentals of Athletic Coaching. Physical Education 401-402 (3-2)— Theory and Practice of Athletic Coaching. Physical Education 403-404 (3-0) — Organization and Administration of Physical Education. In the Freshman and Sophomore years the student will pursue the pro gram of studies as outlined for the course in Liberal Arts, with modifi cations to provide for instruction in Anatomy and Physiology, and the courses in Methods in Physical Edu cation, and Personal and Community (Continued on Page 9) 1ST ART. LEADS; 1ST INF., COMPOSITES, 1st ART. WIN When the first Infantry and the Composites took the measure of the Cavalry and the Second Artillery Saturday, the First Wagon soldiers went into the lead for Intramural football honors. Games are better played and competition is becoming- keener. One of the Artillery elevens had better pull through on top or Major Sloan will show them how hard he can make it for them. The Major is on the sidelines for each game his outfit plays and is always pulling for them. The same can be said for the Infantry officers and great was their delight when the Artillery was trounced Saturday. By scoring a touchdown in the sec ond quarter by a pass from Sudderth to Hurst, the Composites won a hard fought game from the Second Artil lery. Price and Barton showed up well in the line and Stransky and Sud derth played fine ball both on the offensive and the defensive. Moser, Criswell and Hilsman were the best performers for the Artillery. This Wagon Soldier’s loss was (Continued on Page 9) AGGIES PREPARE FOR PORKERS With only three more games a- head, all of them to be palyed on the A. and M. Memorial Gymnasium court and the first two scheduled with the title-pointed Arkansas Razor- backs Friday and Saturday of this week, Coach John Reid’s Texas Ag gie cag-ers are driving hard for a gar rison finish of a season that so far has left them with only a bare as surance of at least temporary pos session of third place in the confer ence standing. The season will be closed with the Texas Longhorns March 1. The game will be of particular in terest to followers of A. and M. cage activities since the Porker quintet is coached this year by Chuck Bassett, who in 1928 and Itj29 was basketball mentor of the Aggies. It will be the second meeting of athletic teams of the two schools since Bassett left A. and M. for Arkansas. Though the Aggies will undoubted ly enter the games this week as un derdogs, the fact that the S. M. U. Ponies last week came within two points of duplicating their upset of the Longhorns against the Porkers has revived hope for an A. and M. victory at Aggieland. The Aggies are credited with two decisive victories over the Pony cagers. It will be remendered that two years ago on the memorial court, the Aggies put up their best game against the Porkers. FISH WIN PAIR FROM BLINN Coach “Red” Petty’s Fish basket ball team repeated their performance of last week when they won the two games played with the Blinn college team. The first game was won by a 26 to 20 score. Fish Diaz, with nine points, was high-point man for the Freshmen in the first game while Mercer led Blinn’s scoring with seven points. Moody and Miller turned in nice games for the Freshmen. The second game was won with a 35 to 24 score. Rogers again led the scoring for Blinn with ten points while Mil ler and Moody each scored 10 points for the Freshmen. Coach Petty has an interesting ar ray of candidates this year in J. P. Miller, J. C. Moody, W. R. Young, J. H. Brown, A. M. Emory, T. B. Sa- bastian, E. S. Horn, R. H. Sheer, O. W. Martin, Charlie Malone, W. J. Collier and R. E. Diaz. As yet only two or possibly three basketball players are on the Fish roster. Miller and Moody seem the best bets with Diaz coming- about third. Miller and Moody look like real prospects and soon may develop into real cagers. AGGIELAND PHARMACY AWARDS The Aggieland Pharmacy on the A. and M. College campus desires to give awards to the captains of the four major sports, that is, football, basketball, track and baseball, to consist of a Wahl combination set, and an award to the most valuable player on the four above named sports excluding the captain, which will consist of a Wahl desk set. In making the awards for the most valuable player the following is to be taken into consideration along with the player’s ability as an athlete: 1. Scholarship. 2. Sportsmanship, both on and off the field. 3. Ability as a leader. No member of any of the squads representing the four major sports is to receive the award in the same sport twice during his term of eligi bility. Method of Selection—The selection of the most valuable player of these sports shall be made by a committee composed of the manager of the Ag gieland Pharmacy and members of the Department of Physical Educa tion. The selection of the athlete to receive this award is to be made im mediately at the close of each sport, and the award is to be presented to him at that time. I. M. FOOTBALL STANDING W. L. Pet. 1st. Art ,....3 0 1.000 Engineers % .750 2nd Art 1% 11^ 500 Composites 1 1 .500 1st Inf .1 2 .333 Cavalry 1 2 .333 2nd Inf 0 2 .000 CONFERENCE STANDING Won L. Pet. Arkansas 7 1 .877 Texas - 6 2 .750 Agg-ies 3 4 .429 S. M. U 3 5 .375 Rice 3 5 .375 Baylor 3 5 .375 T. C. U 3 6 .333 T Y Y Y Y Y i t i T % Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y RESULTS LAST WEEK Basketball Arkansas 28-44; S. M. U. 27-29 Baylor 35; Rice 27 Texas 21; Aggies 15 Freshmen 26-35; Blinn 20-24 Football Composites 7; 2nd Art. 0 1st Art. 21; 2nd Inf. 0 1st Inf. 6; Cav. 0 *v* V* ♦v* V* V* V* V* %■* ►y* ^ ^ ♦£* *Y*V* •