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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1930)
8 THE BAT TALIGN PICK-UPS One of the scribes down Austin way is griping because the “Aggies always lay for Texas and let all their other games go.” He points to the Thanksgiving affair and the last cage battle. The Aggies have never been known to lay down on any team. Every man that has played football against an Aggie team can vouch foi that. This year we had new coaches in football and basketball and did not expect to set the world on fire, how ever, our teams were fairly consis tent in both basketball and football, although we admit that we did play hard in the Texas tilts—tradition was back of these games and we are sure that no one in the State of Texas would like to see the famous Aggie-Texas tradition sin,k firom sight. But we played as hard against T. C. U. in football, and harder a- gainst the Porkers in basketball.' The Austin scribe says that we should play all our games as hard as the Texas game. No doubt he will agree that it takes hard playing a- gainst everyone to win a conference flag; and no doubt he has probably heard that the Aggies have five of those football titles while Texas has but two in the 15 years of Confer ence competition. This speaks for it self. Also it will do the scribe well to note that the Aggies were the first team to win four basketball championships in a row, although the Hogs have gone one better. Also the Aggies have copped three track titles, two in a row; just five cross country ichampionships in inne years, three consecutive ones, and 3 Gulf Coast swimming championships. Yes, the Aggies do play hard, but against everyone; Texas is just another one of the Texas schools. We admit we like to beat them—at anything. VARSITY LETTERS AWARDED SIX Six Fish Gagers Numeral Varsity lettei’ awards to six mem bers of Coach John B. Reid’s Texas Aggie Cage team and six freshman numeral awards to members of Coach “Red” Petty’s freshman quintet have been made by the Athletic Council. Cagers receiving the coveted \ sity “T” are “Bo” Bell, Captain Har ry Keeton, “Shiro” Hoke, Johnnie Konecny, “Lefty” Martin, and Char lie Beard. Freshman numeral awards were made to J. C. Moody, J. P. Mil ler, Charles Malone, E. S. Horn, W. R. Young-, and R. E. Diaz. Three of the lettermen, Keeton, Konecny, and Martin, will be lost to to the squad through graduation as ( will two squadmen, Joe Brown and Leland Hunter. Keeton and Konec ny both received the “T” award for the third time this year. Keeton -was virtually the choice of the scribes for an all-conference guard position last year and received several men tions this year. Konecny received mentions both seasons. The three returning lettermen will give Coach Reid a strong nucleus around which to mold his 1931 ag gregation. Shiro Hoke was probably the outstanding member of the team this year and received several men tions for an all-Conference post, an honor that he will surely acquire next year with a few of the scribes glancing his way a part of the time. Bead is a forward and has a good eye for the basket while Bell is a guard. His long shots were found valuable by the Aggie quintet in a number of games the past season. “BICYCLE” RACE ON CARD AGGIE RIFLE TEAM DROPS TWO MATCHES; FIRST LOSSES Although the Texas Aggie Rifle team, coached by Lieutenant Nach man, shot their highest score yet made this season, they dropped two matches to five of the teams fired against. Nebraska University won One of the interesting features of the bouts last week was an impromptu bicycle race staged by O. L. Mimms and H. M. Mastin. Mastln could not seem to catch Mimms and finally be gan begging him to stop awhile so he could land a blow; Mimms complied t h e third competition with a score with the request, and socko was Mas- &f 3737 ancJ Cincinnati University tin’s p ar t, but Mimms merely laugh- £C ored 3732 while the Aggies took ed and merely trotted around the | third with a total of 3714 points, ring. Such is the life of a boxer. | g cores Q f the other teams: Culver Military Academy 3582; Wyoming Names of the two intramural golf University 3487; University of Wich- players from each organization must it a 3320. be handed to the Senior Manager before Friday noon. RESULTS LAST WEEK Football Engineers 7; 1st Art. 7 Cavalry 6; Composites 0 1st Inf. 1; 2nd Inf. 0 It is very rare that a college rifle team breaks the mark of 3700, but to be beaten by two teams in the same firing is extraordinary. Porcher was high scorer with a to tal of 377 out of a possible 400 and McGinnis was second with 375. An derson shot 374, Myers 373, and Price 371. M’GINNIS BREAKS WORLD’S RECORD What is believed to be the record in intercollegiate R. O. T. C. rifle match firing has been hung up by F. KK. McGinnis, Jr., sophomore stu dent from Dallas, who is a member of Troop A, Cavalry. McGinnis made sixteen consecutive bullseye hits trom kneeling position, in firing on 50-foot indoor range, using a Springfield .22 calibre straight Army issue rifle with metal sights. The hits were registered on National Rifle Association target which has a .15-inch bullseye, smaller than a .22 calibre bullet. The firing was witnessed and re ported by Lieutenant L. R. Nachman, Infantry, United States Army, coach of the rifle team at the A. and M. College of Texas this year. The best previous record reported, according to information here, was fifteen consecutive bullseye hits from prone position registered by member of R. O. T. C. unit of a college in the Northwest. Ten of McGinnis’ hits in his recent firing were credited on the A. and M. team’s intercollegiate match firing for the week and six on the Hearst trophy firing. INTEREST SHOWN IN BOXING AND WRESTLNIG Much interest has been shown in the boxing and wrestling matches the past week by students and faculty members. Ten wrestling matches and ten boxing matches have been run off the past week and many interest ing battles have ensued. Ninety-sev en have entered the two tournaments with an even fifty participating in the wrestling tournament. Bouts are held each day in the Intramural gym. Following is a list of the results of the bouts held to date: Boxing Winner Loser T. S. Curry F. G. Sleeper J. C. Criner L. R. Garner L. Sabayrac T. L. Dahlman R. C. Lines R. D. Grantham J. T. McAdams. .. .J. L. Cunningham T. C. Kenny E. S. Callihan B. B. Gibbs . . .F. J. Kana G. E. Colbert H. J. Hubbav T. W. Klein E. B. Harben H. M. Mastin O. L. Mimms Wrestling J. T. McGuire T. J. Andrews J. T. McAdams W. D. Bellamy C. A. Rechinthin ....C. P. Best E. Thompson M. Falk G. R. Marrs T. R. Qualls M. E. French R. Bone A. L. Sebesta T. C. Morris T. K. Donaldson B. Wiederman L. C. Fogleman. . .. J. L. Bergendahl E. B. Jones M. D. Jackman DIAMOND ASPIRANTS WAGING BATTLES FOR POSITIONS “The spirit being shown by mem bers of Coach “Hig’s” ball club is the best that I have witnessed in several years,” was the comment made by a recent visitor to the campus who says that he conies down every year about this time to look the team over that he expects to dub the Long horns. “They seem to like their ne v coach much better and everyone seems to be trying- to please the coach and follow his instructions,” was another comment. And the visitor’s statements are far from wrong. Everyone is hustling and trying his hardest, because no one position of the club is cinched nor will it be whe there remains but one game to play. Coach Higginboth am is giving everyone a cleax- shot at the club and the best man takes the position. At present the prost interesting private battle is being waged in the four-way fight for the berth at third base. Two lettermeh, Lou Cody and Freddie Weston, one squadman, T. A. Henderson and one numeral man, Freddie Keith are the members that are making- the problem a difficult one for the Aggie mentor to decide, but still he is assured a strong forti fication for the hot corner. Cody is probably the proven hitting ace of the four, although Keith was one of the hardest sluggers of the Fish club. Keith and Plenderson seem to have the edge in fielding. At short stop the veteran Gil Johns is having considerable trouble with Carpenter, a numeral man and Coach Higginbotham is finding it hard to choose between them, although Johns has the advantage at present. Then over on the keystone bag Pampell is having his troubles with the likeable “Sweetie”-“Red” Davis, a numeral man. Pampell has been fielding perfectly and hitting well but Davis is sure to see much service this year as will Carpenter. At first “Lefty” Martin has start ed where he left off last year and looks as if he might play considerable better ball this year. Hoke and Ko necny are trying out for the initial bag since release from cage service. In the field it looks like Conover and Bell, two all-Conference fielders, and Veltman, a hard hitting fielder that “Hig” brought up from his Fish nine. Buster Keeton has been trying for the field and looks good, but his hitting is not so good as yet, although it should improve with a few more days’ pracice. Pete Cro- zier, a numeral man from last year’s team is showing up well and will come in handy next year. He ought to see much service this year, but with Bell, Conover and Veltman on