6
THE BATTALION
HARRIERS WIN FOURTH STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
SPORTS BITS
BY FRANK W. THOMAS JR.
It’s the last old go-round, as the
saying goes, and the last circle can
still turn into a successful season for
A & M.
* * *
There are seven men on the squad
who will play their last game for
Aggieland—to you, this paragraph is
dedicated. You have seen one of the
most famous teams ever turned out
at A & M, and it has been your mis
fortune to have played your last year
on one of our weakest. But, there is
more than winning—and more than
losing, it is to know that you did
your best and that your effort and
work is remembered and appreciated
by the student body. You may not
win tomorrow, but when you take off
your jersey for the last time—let it
be recorded that one of A & M’s
fightenest teams did their best. What
else matters ?
Cross Country Champions
What a mix-up this conference turn
ed out to be. If the Aggies beat Tex
as, and T C U beats the Mustangs—
the Frogs will get the conference.
Whereas if the Ponies pitch the Frogs,
and the Bears trim the Owls, Ponies
and Bears will tie for the champion
ship. Should the Bears and Mustangs
draw ties, there would be a triple
tie for the title—if Texas loses.
* * *
Regardless of what either team has
done during the season—all compar
ative scores are off when Aggie meets
Longhorn. This game is always the
hardest fought game in the confer
ence.
* * *
The Maroon and White has a real
runner in Fuentes, winner of the in
tramural cross country race. This lad,
freshman from Texas Military Insti
tute of San Antonio, was one of the
outstanding academy distance runners
last year in the country and gave an
exhibition race during the National
High School meet at Chicago.
* * *
It’s just a little thing, but did you
ever notice that when an Aggie comes
off the field, a team-mate always
brings him his coat and a pat on the
back? We noticed that when a Rice
man came off the field, his coat was
thrown to him, and he took his place
on the bench—just a little difference
—but it means a lot to a player, and
that’s why A & M is known for its
team spirit and fight.
* * *
The harriers clearly showed their
supremacy in the conference by win
ning the fourth consecutive cross
country title, and Dick Winders came
in first for the second time in three
years—not so bad.
* *
Every sports writer in the state
will predict a Steer victory Thanks
giving Day—but none take into con
sideration that all rules and regula
tions of predicting are off on that
day. Since 1920, there has been twice
that the team picked to win, won!
* * *
You seniors of “31,” thrice have you
(Continued on page 7)
Texas Aggies Cross Country team which won its fourth consecutive Southwest Conference championship last
Saturday at College Station. Winning members of the squad pictured above are Winders, Marquez, Smith, perkins
and McClendon.
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
AGGIES
TEXAS
Name
No.
Wt.
Name
No.
Wt.
Tracy
28.....
175.....
Left End ...
Peterson
32
....195...
Magrill
...45
187
Left Tackle .
Blanton
.....11
....210..
Christian
19
176
Left Guard .
Baumgarten ....
10
....178...
Abbey
43
201.....
Center
Gatoura
9
....190...
Lord
.. 20
176
Right Guard .
Emerson
- 8
...190..
Moulden ...
44......
176
Right Tackle
....Cook
14
....190...
McFadden
...25
175
Right End .
Vining
4
....170...
Stiteler ....
.10.....
137
Quarterback
....Elkins
25
....160...
Graves ....
15
172
Left Half ...
Perkins
34
....170...
Davis
18......
170
Right Half .
Shelley (Capt.)
--24
....185...
Floyd
38
175
Fullback ...
Koy
6....
...190...
25 Trains To Carry
Crowds To Texas Game
Approximately twenty-five special
trains will arrive in Austin Thursday
morning bringing fans from all sec
tions of Texas to see the annual A
& M-Texas football classic at Memori
al Stadium, information from Austin
discloses.
Besides the four special trains from
College Station, bearing the cadet
corps and Bryan and College Station
fans, trains will be run from Waco,
Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas and Pal
estine.
Advance ticket sales indicate that
a crowd larger than that which set
a new attendance record for the
Southwest at Austin two years ago
will see the game. In 1928 the atten
dance at the A & M - Texas game
was approximately 42,000, at that
[time the largest crowd to have seen
a football game in the South.
“What brutes you Bolsheviks are,”
grumbled the doomed one, “to march
me through the rain like this.”
“How about us?” retorted one of
the squad. “We have to march back.”
AGGIE COACHES
MADISON BELL, HEAD COACH KLEPTO HOLMES, LINE COACH
Justice—How did the accident
>ccur ?
Dune—Why, I dimmed my lights
md was just hugging a curve.
Justice—Yeah, that’s how most ac
cidents occur.
Mrs. Clancy, your child is badly
poilt.
Gwan wid yo.
Well, if ye don’t believe me, come
md see what the steam roller just
did to him.
Winders Captures
Individual Title
The tenth annual cross country
meet held last Saturday resulted in
bringing the sixth championship to
A & M when Coach Frank Anderson’s
Aggie harriers led by Captain Dick
Winders barely nosed out the Texas
Longhorns 29-30 in one of the clos
est meets ever held. All of the schools
in the Southwest conference were rep
resented at this meet with the excep
tion of Arkansas and T C U.
This victory was the fourth consec
utive triumph over other conference
contenders for the title, the Aggies
having taken possession of the honor
back in 1927, and held it ever since.
Rice Institute was the last school to
have won it.
Dick Winders came in first for the
econd time during his three years
f competition, having placed first in
928. Winder’s time was 19 minutes
and thirty seconds for the slippery,
muddy course. A & M placed five
men among the first ten, Texas plac
ed four, and S M U one. There were
twenty-eight men entered in the race.
The winning of this meet gives the
A & M runners unchallenged lead in
conference cross country champion
ships, as they have won six, while the
nearest rival, Texas, has won only
three meets.
According to the rules of the con
ference the first five men on the win
ning team and those finishing among
the first ten for the other teams are
eligible for letters. Three schools were
represented among the first ten men
in this meet, the other schools failing
to place below fourteenth.
The following is the order in which
the harriers finished: Winders (A &
M), Schiller (Texas), Marquez (A &
M), Johnson (Texas), Storm (Texas),
Perkins (A & M), Blakney (Texas),
Hobson (S M U), Smith (A & M),
McClendon (A & M), Rucker (S M
U), and Bowen (Texas).
Seating- Arrang-ement
Announced For Game
Members of the A & M cadet corps
should enter Gate No. 1 on Twenty-
third street at the Aggie-Steer tilt
in Austin Thursday, athletic officials
have announced. This gate will be
nearest Sections G, F and E, those
to be occupied by the A & M student
body.
All faculty members and college em
ployees should enter Gate No. 6 or
Gate No. 7 on Twenty-second street.
The game is scheduled to start at
2:30.
Word from Austin indicates that
250 ushers will be required to handle
the crowd at the game and it is de
sired that ticket holders facilitate
handling the crowd by paying close
attention to their gate numbers.