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THE BATTALION
Five Texas Men On All-Conference Selection
Two Aggies, Two Bears Put On
Battalion’s Mythical Team
SPORTS BITS
BY FRANK W. THOMAS JR.
Well, now that football season is
over, all eyes are turned towards the
coming basketball season. Here’s hop
ing that the Reidmen come out higher
in the conference standings than did
the football team.
* * *
There appeared in various state pa
pers last Wednesday a published “ru
mor” to the effect that Coach Matty
Bell was in danger of losing his job
real soon. As to where this tale start
ed there is little knowledge.
* * *
We may be wrong, but it seems
rather crude to publish a “rumor”
like that the day before a game that
was as important as the game Thurs
day. There was undoubtedly no harm
meant, but it looks like there are 364
other days that that story could have
been run— and why pick on that one
day?
* * *
The rumor further stated that the
ex-students were doing the kicking
about Coach Matty. This appeared in
the morning paper, and every after
noon paper carried statements from
the important Ex’s clubs backing Mat
ty to the limit. There isn’t a more
loyal bunch of ex-students to be found
in the nation than the ex-Aggies.
H« * *
Coach Bell is hired as Head of the
Department of Physical Education—
his job is. to improve football play
ers. As long as he fulfills this re
quirement, his job is in no danger. If
it is, why not can the heads of other
departments because they have
flunks ?
* * *
If we haven’t been winning foot
ball games. Coach Matty is not the
one to blame, there isn’t a more able
coach in the conference. Our former
coach, Dana X. Bible, saw the hand
writing on the wall—and you can’t
win games without material.
* * *
If the Ex’s are protesting, and we
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Freshman Basketball
Draws Many Players
With a little better than 90 men
signed up for freshman basketball,
Coach Klepto Holmes, freshman bas
ketball mentor, started practice Mon
day in the A & M Memorial gum.
The number of men reporting is
the largest turnout in recent years,
the number being over fifteen more
than reported for the initial workout
last year.
Holmes has been selected as fresh
man coach of basketball for this sea
son in order to allow Roswell Hig-
ganbotham, head coach of all fresh
man athletics, to devote his full time
to varsity baseball.
As soon as possible, the squad will
be weeded down to a workable size
so that training may be started for
the games that the fish squad will
have this season. The fish schedule
has not been arranged as yet.
Many Tall Men
On Cage Squad
With sixteen of the twenty-six can
didates standing six feet or more in
their stocking feet, the dearth of tall
goal-shooters which has so severely
handicapped Aggie cage teams of the
past few years is not expected to af
fect this season’s squad.
Dooley Dawson, the tallest of the
tall men on the squad, is six feet four,
and is followed closely by Charlie
Malone with six feet three and one-
half inches of flesh and bone. C. B.
Floyd, guard candidate from Dallas
is third on the list of tall ones with
six feet three inches of height.
All of the returning letter men
from last year’s quintet, Capt, Shiro
Hoke, Shiro; eBau Bell, Greenville;
and Charlie Beard, Fort Worth, are
all six feet or more tall. Hoke, who
last year brought the Aggies credit
by being given considerable mention
as an all-Southwest center and was
probably the outstanding member of
the Aggie squad, and Bell are both six
feet one inch tall while eBard just
reaches the six-foot marker.
Other members of the “six-footers”
are: S. E. Groves, Fort Worth; E. S.
Horn, Dallas; C. E. Marcum, Estel-
line; Paul McFadden, Cleburne; T. M.
Melden, Mission; J. P. Miller, Prince
ton; J. C. Moody, Corpus Christi; A.
G. Nixon, Canton; J. E. Roberts, Ter
rell; and David S. Wingo, Wills
Point.
Ag-g-ies Fight Hard But
Texas Much Too Strong
A superior backfield, working be
hind an equally efficient line was too
much for Coach Matty Bell’s fighting
Aggies last Thursday, in Austin, when
the powerful Texas Longhorns piled
up a score of 26-0 against them, thus
proving their right to the title of
Southwest Conference Champions.
Although the Aggies fought val
iantly throughout the battle, it was
scarcely noticeable as the unstopable
Longhorns gained consistently through
the ranks of a weary fighting team.
A score in each of the four periods
enabled the Longhorns to fold up the
largest markin in the modern history
of the classic, which is held by the
Aggies, capturing the 1925 tilt 28-0.
From the time the Longhorns first
took possession of the ball, on theri
own 34 yard line, and marched straight
down the field 66 yards for a touch
down, the outcome was evident. The
Longhorns gained 233 yards from
scrimmage as compared to 92 for the
lAggies. The victors were also credited
with 16 first downs to seven for A
& M.
The “Big Three,” Shelley, Koy, and
Stafford stood out prominently in the
Longhorn attack. They were never
stopped completely, and when one tir
ed Coach Littlefield seemed to have
another man equally as good to re
place him. These three luminaries
were the outstanding worries of the
entire Aggie team from the opening
whistle to the final gun, for when the
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NOW A FORWARD
Beau Bell, letterman at guard last
year, is attracting considerable at
tention on the Aggie cage squad this
session since his transfer to forward.
Houston Ex’s to
Entertain Aggies
The members of the 1930 Texas
Aggie grid machine will be entertain
ed as guests of the Houston Ex-Ag
gie club Saturday at the annual foot
ball dinner given in their honor at
the Rice Hotel.
This dinner is given each year by
the Houston A & M club and has as
a special feature, the presentation of
the Houston Post-Dispatch trophy to
the most valuable player in the South
west conference, which this year is
being awarded to Jake Wilson, Bay
lor quarterback.
The banquet this year, which is re
garded as one of the outstanding ban
quets of Houston, will have many spe
cial features to entertain the visiting
Aggies and guests. A musical comedy
show, featuring 35 girls, will be the
main entertainment of the evening
and will be supplemented by a musi
cal program.
The Houston Aggies have long
planned for this banquet, and it is
expected to be the best that has ever
been tendered any Aggie football
team.
In addition to the A & M football
players, Jake Wilson, Coach Jennings,
George Belew, business manager of
athletics at Baylor, and Jinx Tucker
will be there from Waco. A special
table is being set for the Baylor fans.
Varsity Letters
Awarded Players
LARGEST NUMBER IN YEARS
GIVEN FOOTBALL SQUAD
Varsity letter awards to 20 mem
bers of Coach Matty Bell’s Texas Ag
gie grid team and five members of
Coach Frank Anderson’s champion
ship cross country team have been an
nounced by the athletic council. Fresh
man numerals were awarded to 23
members of Coach Roswell Higgin
botham’s Aggie freshman football
squad. With the exception of the garde
with Southwestern, every game count
ed as a conference game with respect
to playing time necessary to secure
a varsity letter. One hundred and six
ty minutes actual playing time were
required this year for a man to re
ceive the coveted “T.”
The following were awarded the
varsity Aggie “T” in football: Dan A.
Abbey, Del Rio; James W. Aston,
Farmersville; Jack Christian, Abilene;
Walter E. Davis, Fort Worth; Capt.
Graceton Floyd, Rosewood; Walter P.
Hewitt, Groesbeck; Richard H. Horns
by, Austin; George P. Lord, Jourdan-
ton; Otis Magrill, Marshall; Charlie
Malone, Dallas; Paul M. McFadden,
•{Cleburne; Alvin A. Moore, Itasca; Carl
Moulden, Cisco; Willis Nolan, Santa
Rosa; Harry Phillips, McKinney; Har
ry Stiteler, Smithville; Adrian Tracy,
Houston; Roscoe L. Van Zandt, Fort
Worth; William Wolf, Corpus Chris
ti; James O. Woodman, Austin.
The cross country awards were
made to: Capt. R. N. Winders, Hous
ton; Malcolm Perkins, Mt. Pleasant;
Melton Smith, Sulphur Springs; Sal
vador Marquez, Yorktown; and P. T.
McClendon, Dothan, Ala.
Freshmen awarded football num
erals are: E. I. Bacon, Stephenville;
R. E. Barfield, Port Arthur; W. R.
Boydston, Clovis; L. D. Brown, Cle
burne; G. C. Domingue, Port Arthur;
T. H. Fraser, Fort Worth; J. A. Gol-
asinski, Houston; R. F. Hartman,
Cuero; C. G. Hayes, Fluvanna; L. M.
Land, Vivian, La.; J. Merka, Bryan;
R. L. Murray, Mercedes; E. R. Nolan,
Santa Rosa; J. W. Pittman, McCam-
ey; C. D. Ritter, La Ferria; J. C. Rob
erts, Corsicana; J. E. Robertson, Aus
tin; W. W. Schulz, Schulenburg; J. E.
Rudder, Eden; T. L. Spencer, Gilmer;
B. H. Warnock, Fort Stockton; W. B.
Williams, Greenville.
FINAL CONFERENCE
STANDING
Team
W
L
T
Pet.
Texas (champ.)
4
1
0
.800
Baylor
3
1
1
.725
T C U
4
2
0
.667
S M U
2
2
1
.500
Arkansas
2
2
0
.500
Rice
2
4
0
.333
A & M
0
5
0
.000
Tracy Placed At End And Moulden
At Tackle
By Frank W. Thomas Jr.
First Team
Player Position
Tracy, A & M Left end
Moulden, A & M Left tackle
Koch, Baylor Left guard
Atkins, T C U Center
Emerson, Texas Right guard
Blanton, Texas Right tackle
Long, S M U Right end
Wilson, Baylor Quarterback
Shelley, Texas Half back
Stafford, Texas Half back
Koy, Texas Full back
Every year it is customary for the
Battalion scribe to pick an all-Con-
ference mythical eleven. It probably
won’t agree with anyone else, and no
one will be satisfied—but it might
create a little discussion.
To begin with, placing five Texas
men on an all-conference team lays
us open to wide criticism, but after
seeing most of the conference teams
in action, it seems the logical choice.
The Aggies and Baylor tie for second
with two men each, while T C U and
S MU get one man apiece.
The position of quarterback, being
the most important place on the team
comes first. Jake Wilson, while we
have not seen him play, seems to be
the most logical choice. He is easily
ranked as the best triple-threat man
in the conference, and a dangerous
player at all times. There was little
trouble in picking this position, as
there are no other outstanding quar
ters in the conference. Gilbert of the
Mustangs, and Elkins of Texas were
taken into consideration, but they
started shining too late.
After witnessing the Texas “trio”
in action at Austin, it is unquestion
able that they are the best. Shelley
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Intramural Football
Coaches Appointed
With the definite announcement of
managers and coaches for the 1930-
31 season, intramural football practice
was begun Monday afternoon, and
daily practice sessions will.be held by
all teams, according to team man
agers.
The following have been designated
as managers and coaches of the vari
ous teams: First Battalion Infantry—
T. E. Wooton, manager; R. H. Horns
by, J. O. Woodman, C. A. Tracy, and
A. L. Sebesta, coaches; Second In
fantry—P. P. Roberts, manager, W.
M. Emmons, A. A. Moore, and J. W.
Aston, coaches; First Artillery— H.
M. Hoffmeister, manager, W. E. Da
vis and W. W. Hewitt, coaches; Sec
ond Artillery—R. P. Lively, manager,
and O. Guseman, coach; Engineers—
F. M. Parker, manager, D. R. Abbey
and C. H. Flournoy, coaches; Cavalry
—J. E. Jarratt, manager, R. H. Stite
ler and J. P. Christian, coaches; Cos-
posites—R. L. Suggs, manager; P.
L. Tracy and R. Dorsey, coaches.