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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1930)
6 THE BATTALION SPORTS BITS BY FRANK W. THOMAS JR. Anyhow, it was a great .game, and even though we did come out on the short end of the score the Nebraska players know they have been up against a team which fought with ev erything they had. If by some acci dent the firm of Young and Paul, Inc., were put out of the game, it looks as though D. X. would ’have to call off the rest of his games. It must be a lot of consolation to Bible to know that he has at least bro ken the Matty Bell “jinx.” The “Kur- nel” might have been biting cigars in pieces on his side, but we’ll bet that D. X. was doing plenty of sweating on his own side of the field before that first half was over. The Aggies showed they were just about of 1 the same calibre as the Corn- huskers in that first half, but contin ual dropping will wear away any stone and being outweighed about ten pounds to the man doesn’t make the resistance any stronger either. Dashing across the line time and again to make 'tackles from behind and on the opposite end of the line. Rube Tracy turned in what was prob ably the outstanding defensive play of the day Saturday. Tracy was in virtually ; every play of the game and went idown under punts like a streak, always being ready to pounce on the Cornhusker receiver as soon as the ball hit. Continuing that style of play, Tracy will remove all doubt as to who will occupy one of the wings on the all-conference eleven this fall. Another wingman, Paul McFadden, also gave an excellent account of him self in the Cornhusker clash, dropping back to do virtually all of the punting for the A & M team. Booting the ball twelve iimes, more often against the wind that with it, he averaged 40 yards per kick in the game. An idea of the type of defensive playing which the Aggies faced last week may be had from a story of what (Continued on Page 7). AGGIE STARS IN CORNHUSKER GAME Floyd (capt) Tracy McFadden Capt. Bull Floyd, whose ground gaining and sterling defense qualities were displayed in the Nebraska game. Rube Tracy, veteran end, easily the outstanding defense player on the field Saturday. Paul McFadden, flashing end, distinguished himself by punting twelve jtimes, for an, average of 40 yards, besides turning in an excellent game. Swimming- Prospects Very Much Brighter Captain Dan Humason of the Aggie swimming team has begun spotting material for what looks like one of the best teams in a number of years. Although the A and M swimming team has not been defeated in the four years of its organization, . the prospects are even brighter than here tofore. Two members from last year’s cham- Tumbling Team Seeks More New Candidates With candidates working out every afternoon from 4:30 until retreat for the past week, formation of the 1930 Aggie tumbling team is. well under- wa.y. Virtually all of the old men have responded: to the call of Capt. Bill Staples but very few new candi dates have reported thus far. The team is planning a big year with many new stunts, unique pyra mids, and freak ^omepsaults with which they plan to entertain between Riflemen Prepare To Open Practice Preparations for the indoor small bore intercollegiate rifle matches will soon get under way. These matches are held annually between all senior R. O. T. C. units in the United States. Although the matches will not be fired until next spring, it is necessary to begin pi'actice in the fall to enable every man on the team to have ample time to get his eye well trained on the target. The initial step will be taken halves during basketball games. It pionship swimming crew have been is planned to give shows during the u, . r f el ; 1 ‘l 0 ^ «« '***> mA A 1„1, u «,*5T1 Wz.il I A ll w’Kii + t,;-i, the firing of the intramural matches the week immediately pre ceding the Christmas holidays. lost to the club, but it is still well year. All students who think they supplied with lettermen, having seven are tumblers or have aspirations to be returning. Student coach R. L. Suggs are invited to come down to the gym for tryouts. • Additional information concerning! CONFERENCE SCORES Aggies 0, Nebraska 13. S. M. U. 14, Notre Dame 20. Baylor 7, Purdue 20. Texas 0, Centenary 0 (tie). T. C. U. 0, Simmons 0 (tie). Rice 20, St. Edwards 0. Arkansas 6, U. of Tulsa 26. Tulane 0, Northwestern 14. WHERE THEY PLAY Aggies vs Tulane at Dallas. T. C. U. vs Arkansas at Fort Worth. S. M. U. vs Austin College at Dallas. Texas vs Howard Payne at Austin. Baylor vs Trinity at Waco. Rice vs Arizona U. at Hous ton. of San Antonio will be swimming the breast stroke and free style again; ifcvv; ' s V. D. Howder of Ft. Crockett, free the team and its activities may be ob- style; Cecil Thread gill- will repeat in tained from Staples at 50 Mitchell or his diving; “Red” Moeller, breast- a t the gym any afternoon after 4:30 stroke; and Captain Humason, who has not been defeated in the breast stroke in his three years in competi tion, will swim the back stroke and fijee T) yjilidn I If swimming is made a minor sport here this year there will be no more freshmen allowed in competition. How ever, there'are a number of"first year- men this year who look like fine pros pects for next season. One of the mb&t outstanding is probably C. E. Reichardt from San Antonio, who swims back stroke and free style in good form. Much credit is due Lt. Nachman for the work he does as coach and super visor of the team’s interests. Tony Ketterson is business manager and is planning meets with T. C. U., S. M. U., Texas, and R ce for the sea son, which starts in i anuary. INJURED There are so many good coaches around now, so many smart ones, who have studied and learned from all the leading teachers of football science, that material (in v a team) usually tells the story. And by ma terial you must count in not only quality, but also quantity.—Grant- land Rice. Practice for these matches is sched uled to begin the Monday following the Thanksgiving holidays. Each or ganization will be alloted ammunition and time enough for men to practice, from whom seven men will be select ed to represent the unit in the intra mural match. From this group those men having the best chance .will be given a chance to try out for the college team, and the nine highest will replace those lost by graduation. These men along with the lettermen from last year will begin daily practice the first week after Christmas holidays. The first intercollegiate match is to be fired the first week in February. Last year the team won national recognition by winning first place in the national intercollegiate, and plac ing second in the Hearst intercolle giate match. The former was fired by a team of fifteen men, the latter by a team of five. With the winning of these matches, the team was awarded the title of national champions. Cornhuskers Defeat Valiant Aggies 13-0 Fighting valiantly against a team that wore them down through sheer weight and superior reserve strength, the Aggies were forced to accept a 13-0 defeat at the hands of Coach D. X. Bible’s Cornhuskers last Saturday at Lincoln. After being played on equal terms during the first half of the game, the Nebraskans came back to score two touchdowns during the last two per iods of the game. All praise is due the Aggie team for the defense that they put up during the game in spite of the handicaps with which they had to contend. The first half, which ended with the Aggies in possession of the ball on Nebraska’s four yard line, was easily the Aggies’ half. Time and time again the line held against the famous Bible off-tackle rushes and line bucks, with Moulden and Magrill shouldering a major part of the at tack, and oftentimes throwing the Nebraska backs for losses. Byrom Magrill, giant Aggie tackle, was in jured in the first kick off of the game when he received a fractured wrist. With Coach Bell using reserve linemen to rest his starting forwards, Paul and Young carried the ball down the field with a succession of line bucks for the first touchdown in the opening minutes of the third quarter. The other touchdown came in the fourth quarter, after the heav ier Nebraskans had worn down the stubborn resistance of the Aggie line. Capt. Bull Floyd and Rube Tracy were largely instrumental in holding the Cornhuskers to a small score. Rube was easily the outstanding de fensive player on the field—Often times running behind the line to make the tackle. Bull proved his worth not only as an excellent interference run ner, but as a consistent ground-gain er on line plays. McFaddlen kicked the Aggies .out of danger many times with his long, never failing ^unts, besides putting up a sterling ' game at end. Aston proved his worth as a field general by, handling the : team very capably through out most of the gamb. All the guards that were used during the game turned in excellent accounts of themselves. Magrill Byrom Magrill, stellar Aggie tackle, who will be lost to the Aggies for about the next three or four weeks as a result of a fractured and sprained wrist which he sustained in the Ne braska game. — country championship from the con- Moscow, Idaho-(IP)—After playing ference meet which will be held at their tough 1930 schedule of 10 games, the University of Idaho Vandals will journey half way across the Pacific to the Hawaiian Islands to meet the University of Hawaii gridders and and the Honolulu All-Stars. The Idaho team will sail on the Mad- son liner Madsonia from San Francisco on Dec. 17, and will return on the same ship Jan. 7. Harriers Training For Coming Season With twelve men out for practice, Track Coach Frank Anderson is put ting his candidates through the; paces for the first cross country competition which will be held about October 18. Full of determination, and with the material to win, the harriers are working hard to be in shape to cap ture their fourth successive cross College on Nov. 22. Having three lettermen back, and excellent material from among the last years squadmen and fish team, the prospects are very bright for this year’s team, according to R. N. Win ders, captain of the hill and dalers. Even though there is a smaller number of candidates out than us- (Continued on Page 7).