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battalion « M * * * * * * * * ♦ * * * * * * ♦ * * * * Simple Plays Effective In Both! Games ] I ■ j I • • •. j ■ ^ and John Tarleton Lose Games To Farmers on Opening Day Men In l ine r, I Form—Hard NEW STARS Using straight football for the entire game, Coach Matty Boll's Aggies opened the lt31 sea son with a bang, by trouncing the Southwestern Pirates to the ta|p of 33-0 and then, immediately prot seeded >to stomp the John Tarle-> ton Plowboys, and win the night cap 21-0. I V Throughout the first half of the game the small, but fighting elev en Warriors from Georgetown re- speatedly refused the Aggies mhre than one score, and it was not un til the third quarter that the Ag gie offenae broke loose and i * ' ed the Pirate goal Ime three in quick succession, to put the on ice. The -small Southi line proved its metal early game when they stopped the erfui Aggie forward wall for times when on the goal lint. r- — — Oom/ngue it! AGOJCEf tmmmm cu Battle To Win M i INIKW ORLKANS. Sept 30.— FORTWURTH.Sept.30-Soeee- ($l>ei'ial|—Ood Kimraennen, Fly-*whet better pleased with hie charg- i:tK Dutchman of Tulane'.* Green , es' showing than a week ago. Coach Watc. stamped his imprint on ev- Francis Schmidt started drilling Bight‘bf Coach Bell’s squad ‘»1! rty ipoarter of his team's 31 to 0 his Texas Christian Horned Frogs 14 backfield mm icap«-<l into the fietbry over tjie University of for the hard tuaale with <4 Gloomy iwMcMMg Saturday ip the sce.-son i Gus" Henderson's Golden Hurri- backfield prospects m the upon mg game alone. ' opener. | ^ cane of Tulsa Uaiversity. Imlhv'ii yards gained pet ini Timmerman figured -paramount The Christian mentors expreas- [is “Pete” Hewitt, the Graedwiti > n <*>** first tpuchdown. flagging; od a degree of satisfaction with boy who after malting a nice 41ithk ball down into Ole Miss terri-j the whole team’s showing in the malomB! CAPT.I yard jaunt, on -the next play smashed throngli ~t|ie Pirate line for 12 more yards ahd the fir^t Aggie marker. JiMiddMiBvIb pi*F ing at his new position, at fullback bore the bnlnt of the running at tack and proceeded to shew'the hoys how by averaging better than three yards for each smaeh throughout the game. Frenchy Domingue. the shifty iophon.orc from Port Art her, did some very neat passing and ranmng with the pig akin in the ntemorablg third quarter. Of eight passes attempted by the Aggies,‘Mude were complete for a total gain of 60 yards One was intercepted. From tunning plays 319 yards were credited to Matty Bell’s boys. Tarleton Defeated 21-0 The nightcap did ifebi) show exact ly what might be expected of i junior college team, but instead the Plowboys came through likd a real college eleven mad held the Aggies to a three touchdown vic tory. Domingue * passing and runnfcg was probably the feature «f this game, with “Pate"' Robertson's pass snatching, i and Barfield's drive on off-tackle plunges follow ing closely in the race for fifst place honors. In winning the Aggies compiled -a total of 20 first downs to six for the visitors Tarleton failed to make a single first down in the first half. Very similar to the opening ea- eounter, the fireworks broke loose in the third quarter and the Aggies made yards account flair , touch downs. Lord opened the Maroon and White attack by intercepting a pass on his own 43 yard line. Domingue then got . ID' PtUMi around end on the next plAT., CgR three mere passes the Aggies had crossed the Plowboy goal lias w the aecond time in the game. Big ’ted” Speocet, the little 19b pounder .from Gilmer, dealt miseft’ lory oaly to* have his team’s of- 3-0 defeat of the great L. $. U. feh«e thrust stopped on the one Tigers last Saturday. Especially foot line. The Oxford team kick-i was the Christian tutor pleased ed out and back Zimmerman came. with ^ continued improvement TMs time be wheeled it to the one . „ , ^ I of Buster brannon et the quarter- beck position. Red Oliver at half back. and Jack Graves, sophomore end. Brannon not onlj ran the team in flawless fashion as field gener al, buf also carried the ball with more drive than any of the star ing hall hustlers. He pulled his mates out of several threatening holes with his sensational punting. Red Oliver showed a reversal ef form in ball carrying, and gave a neat exhibition of the driving pow er of which his speed and 135 (See SIMPLE PLAYS- PMp&ri lucchesb * 4 BOOT 00. Made to order Roots. Bells A Shoes. Write in forer> der blanks. 115 Broadway, San Antonio. L T [i > ‘ '■■ML/ .yard line and .-(ollie Felts plunged ever. , The Dutchntan kicked, passed and ran but mdst of all his block ing >toud out. He looked like the Bankef of old aa he blocked. Jim Hodgira; Zimmerman's un derstudy. substituted for the Dut chman lau in the game and he al so showed well, reeling off numer ous long gains and passing well. Harold Lemnlon showed well at fullback when Coach Bornie Bier- man switched Felts to quarter in the middle of the game. Dawson had suffered d slight injury at quprier,' thus causing the shift. Tkju GreVnies Ipnl things their own way. Thfy made eighteen first .downs compared with two by the kfisstsaipplMa. ’ The Wave gained 296 yards from rushing a- gainst 40 for the Oxford team ZlmmermM ln 22 tries gamed 139 yards or in average of aix yards an effort. Glover in U attempts gained 46 yards for «n average of 3.7. Hedging ran 6B yards for the final Wave touchdown after inter cepting an Ole Mis* Pans. His run was the longest of the gnnto. ole Miss, as game a team as ev er Came into the Greenie Stadium layed a* if it «a* their only game if the Season. They fought from start to finnih and held the Wave to one touchdown in the first half. Coach K<1 Walker shot hit whole offoxe aii the left side of the Greenie line- -the aide filled most ly by Tula tie new comers. The Mistsasippisas rarely attempted the right side where Captain Dai ry mph-. Scafide and Upton stood |ot X t watch. Vet they could gain only 40 yards the whole afternoon over the left side. C^uck Satailiqg, OJe Mias Back- field coach romipented interesting ly on the Greenie team and Zim- moijasni | Apcorlling to Smalling. the Greenie vdl have a fine chance a- gaupt .Wathington State here Dee ember &. unless* the Westerners have an' excepticsial team. Tulane’a line, says SmaJling, is an a par with the averag^ Wishington State line, and the Tulirne backs are bet- tar. : “Don Zimmeripan wis the thorn in our flesh .lunjniay afternoon.’* said SauHing, ’^He is one of the beat hacks 1 hove ever seen.” j Pete Cunningham at tackle al- Smalling was fyrpierly a star M> bl» pert well, tackling ! Hera are four of the men expected to make < o*. h Matty Bell’s “Fighting Texas Afties M uphold their‘reputation during the 1931 football season. Captain Carl Mouldtn, Cisco, for two years a fiery tackle. Will be svgilable for either tackle or end. Jimmie Aston, who hails from Ferwerlville, formerly played quarterback but has been switched to fullback or halfback, is one of the most accurate passers on the Aggie squad. Charlie Malone, lanky lettennan at end from Dallas, is a pass snatcher of ability^ Paul McFadden. Cleburne, is rated aa one of the best kickers In -the Southwest Con ference and will proUbly he one of the trio hearing the brunt of the pwatiag this fair. MC/L. tFFmXN Harriers At Ii Work For New Championship Starting out to cop a fifth con secutive cross country champion ship with only two tettermen is aa easy job for anyoit, and it is jost such a handicap that Track Coach Frank Anderson a now working andar. From last yearn title winners, only Captain MeRon Smith. Sul phur Springs; and Salvador Mar- pounds are capable, a sophomore end from Beaumont, t«*n> this year, stole Dick Winders, had rated third string until given •“t ymr 3 * captain and three let- his chance when Salkeld was fora- terman, sad Malcolm Perkins, also sd to the sidelines with injuries. » !««*«■ m "' i" tbe sport. The Beaumont sophomore played wer * ^°* t by graduation. Sport Sidelights By V. J- Faulk To “Cross the Greenie Goal game. T C U repeatedly carried Lina” will be the one purpose of the ball within the L S U 2U yard Coach Matty Bell’s fighCi« Ag- line but failed to provide a goal gies whan they sail into the mifh- line punch to score. ty Wave in Tulane Saturday af- tesnoop at New* Orleans. And a real storm is reputed to be await ing on the delta way down south in Loutaiana. And the slow-starting Mustangs, from the Southern Methodist U«»- vsrsity, -cored only twice in their opening engagement.' However. . f ' ' they can never be judge*! by the A twofold job asraita the eleven shewing in their openn«, as shown warriors who will grapple with by records of former years. Coach Bierman’h crew; that of be- I . ' ing the first team in Dixie to _ . down the Greenie* in three ( o * ch Uttlef.eld . chsm^ and also the redeem themselves as pion TexM I»nghon^ Jack Graves, q™*- Cuero; era again out for the contenders for. the Southwest con- c ° t off * fljrin * ,Urt and tun ? an 'excellent game from both an offensive and defensive standpoint and has received more praise from Coach Schmidt than any other man on the squad. , The head Frqg tutor left his •quad Friday with Line Coach Bear Wolf, and witnessed the Gol den Hurricane's Friday night bat tle with Hendrix College sf Arkan sas. He brought gack reports at an excellent club, featuring the fastest backfield that hs has seat) this year “You thought this 10- second Bowman from Louisiana was fast,” he told his charges, "but he can not hold a light to three of the Tulsa bscka* “Gloomy Gus” Henderson, Tul- sa's head mentor also tok the trou ble to review the Schmidtment in action against the Tigers. After seeing the Frogs in action, the Tulsa mentor expressed the opin ion that there ould be a real battle pn th^^kelly Field grid Ml Tulsa Saturday. With the probably exception of J. W. Townsend, Frog center, the Schmidtmen will have their full strength aiai.able for the clash with the Oklahomans. The Chris tians pivot man received a kick in the throat that has temporarily suspended his power of speech and checked his eating of solid food. Horned Frog trainers and doctors stated that the injury was a minor nature, and would not necessarily prevent his playing Saturday. Ix>n Evans, giant guard, and Red Oliv Mr,^ powerful halfback, came eat of the tussle with broken no but neither injury will keep them on the side lines. Smith is a senior and Marques a junior. Both have placed high in every ' conference Meet since their respective entries into var sity competition. Besides these t^efe are several likely squad men and freshman numeral men frorg last year, how ever. Included in the Ifct are Ira Hahn, .1 Houston, and Edward Obergfell. San Antoni#; b--th for the past two yean who are making » strong bid for a regular place o« the team. L. E. Zieechang. San Antonio, is a squad man of one year 1 * varsity ex per fere nee flag, conference. in the eyes of the Aggie team on Thanksgiving day caa do a lot to discourage it- Such does the Texas team face. (See HARRI Att-Pagc 5) fullback at Stanford Dm 11 Boa-.berg and Charlie Cal houn, two sophomore linemen. showed extreme] Miss. Calhoun rated by M year while old thckJe post l||■■M| HAS 98 MEN TO REPORT well against Ole in the gap va- , Bod eng er last was at tha Elmar McCancs.. Aggi# fan*. viciously and opening holes. With ideal football weather on tap. a crowd ranging between 11,000 and 20.000 will sac the Tex as Aggie-Wave game here this week-end. A special train ii bringii* the Ni’-.-s .-.Kb- huskies reported for uniforms on the opening day of freahigaui footbsB as announced by Head Coach Roswell Higgin botham last week. A ad the num ber continues to grow daily,’ with one of the large* and probably the heaviest .freshmgn football squads going through daily practice in several years, already turning out. \ The Aggie freshman coaching staff this ysad consists at foar former ARM football players in addition to G Coach Higgii mainly to Barlow “Bone*7 irwm the Hat of lind coaches. “Dutch . • rt—fy of fight will ba neces sary to account for the difference in weight between the Tulane line, which averages around 200 pounds, and the Aggi# Una, which will be about 180 from and to end. Those sleepy Rice Owls, who slipped one past our boys last fall Although fully half of a great on Kyle Field, came alive and line was lost to Tulane' by gradua- trounced the Sam Houston Teach- tion last June, plenty of reserve era to 'the tune of 32 to 0 and material seentt ta be doing the thereby placed themselves as poe- triek for Coach Bierman. sible title contenders in the eom- — ing race. Tulane first “drew blooJ" from the Aggies in 1929 when the Green Wave boasted of two Oll-Amerios backs in Bfll Banker and Ike Arm-^^ strong.' jHiO Aggies successfully stopped Banker but Armstrong slipped through for $ 7ti yard sprint, late in the gUme, for a 13-10 Victory for ! th« Wave.' ]«*t ff year, one week following the hat-' if. tie with the heavier Nebraska Cornhuskers. the Wave agfcin htti)- 1 bled a fighting Afgik team to the ttme of 19-9 in a, fieoce'y fought i affair, at the state fair in Dallas. } With the exception #f «he game i with the powerful Northwestern tram, which they ost 1S-0. the T ilare Lree: tea .Nave Fo* bee*, on. the short end of the score in avy ( rsase strre the neasf'i of 19 8. in the past two year*, in which the Green Wave has been uade- feeted in the south, they have sue- 1 reeded in estabHsdiirg a record j hat has yet to bo oqtalled in the Southwest Conferpnct, that is, in j winning tws consecutive football- rhampionahipa. Coach Bierman has a few wOr-j ries about his backfield perform ers with such stars as Don Zitu- I merman and “Whp" Glover, (!»e ! latter of which has figured promi nently in downing the Aggies for • the past twe seasons, both show-' 1 ing lots of in early svrim - mages, and in the game with the University ef Mississippi last Sat urday. The Greenien also have a capable kicker in Floyd Roberts, sophomore, who has a habit of punting around yard!, with alarming regularity. Captain Jerry Dalrymple. all- American end of 1930, was again s shining light for the Greenies*|. last Saturday when the Wave * emerged on the long end of a 31-0 victory over the university if * ■RMftMfcliL; - Although the performance of tho| Tulane line was not up to par Saturday, Liae Coach Ted Cox is biassed 'With a wealth of tackles and guards weighing around the > sd back the Simmon* Uaiversity 300 pound mark. haa fashioned Cowboys |DO-0 Tradition cannot a starting line-up srveraging 2d.'j keep a ksdm from repeating as pounds from tackle to tackle, conference champions, but a tough' Since the heaviest Aggie linesman ten game schedule and a fighting tips the scales at only 196, the Tu< Aggis football fans hopes given quite a boost by the performance The loss of Dale and Uptmoor of Hewitt. McFadden, and Domin- »k>ng with several shining linss- gue Saturday afternoon. All men, just about eliminates Arkan- three fveraged better than six *as as s title contender. yards per try in earrymy the pig- skin in the opening game. And Baylor, with apparently And net only did these three nothing to write home about is smash the Him well, but likewise lately to do little damage as far did other rasmbera of the Aggie ** the leaders are concerned, backfield performers prove them- ■ selves capable of gaining more than enough ground in four trys for a first down. But Coach Matty's boys were not satisfied to whip Southwestern, they gaiped 87 yards on four plays jn the tilt with the plowboys "Jally” Woodman, fornMg. full back and member of the class that graduated last Mm and who is now coaching the Longview Lo- boss, began his season with a wia and Is now grpoming hie team for » real fight when they meet the Tyler team, last year's state cham pions. Saturday afternoon Higginbotham will attend The T C U Horne.! Frogs. favu prk while rit ** «*>P Southwest title Irwin will head U,i * found ** to use the eld reliable field goal as the last resort to win over the Louis hSST^ *“• SUI * University boys m Fort Hgi Kuauhna. nL.^fblls te be di vidsd into thrhe divisions. They will be A, B. ar l C squads. < oaches Higginbotham and Ir win will handle A aquad; Dorsey will direct squad B; and Roseoe ?vu» Zaadt is to be (Sgr FISH SQUAD Fags •> Worth, Saturday Both heavy and h »d pWuty of power, but neither was sffkiswt m the use of it. ' - T C U Was out weighted slightly but easily ©utehoae the PeHcan state boys J>y their fight, |and soe- eesied in keeping L S U^n thsfr own territory for near th* entire After two successive setbacks at the hands of the mighty Tulane Green Wav*. Coach Matty Bell's boys will be “out for blood” whan the whistle sounds for the kick off. in the Tulane stadium Satur day aftt-rnoon. at 2:10. The game will be the first major tilt for both teams this season and may well be called the acid test for eech, since both now hold victories over minor college U lane forward wall will have a advantage over the lighter Aggie HUk • While the Aggies will be out to regain the apparently lost pretC tige and to redeem themselves in the eyes of the Southwest Confer ence, the Greenieq. will be trying to cleen slate and add te their al ready elongated list another vic tory. What the Aggies lack in weight will he compensated for in fight, and whatever the resuHJ both teams will likely be forced to use every ounce ef reserve tricks, deception, and strength to emerge the victor in Saturday*! clash. The tentative stirtigff line-up* for the tyro teams M as follows: for A A M: ends. Bull (165) and Maloa#' (194); tackles, Magrill (186) and Mouldsa (1183); guards. Christian (186) and Hornsby (19i); center. Nolan (176); half- h.'Kv Graven (176) and McFad den (182)1; quarterback, Hewitt (160); fullbeck. Anton (175). } Tulane: ends, ( oligny (192) and Dalrymple (176); (uekles, Upton (212) and Boesberg (190) or Cun- ataghaiu (218); ff^rds, Charlie Calhoun (218) and Bcaf,de (209); Muter, Ixxlhgiies (Ifl); ha-fb^k*. Zimmerman (179) and Glover (163); quarterback. Dawson (161); fullbeck, Felts (176). SAY, FELLOWS— Hive you been over to see the miny itema we make for you AvRriet? ft will pay you to make us a visit. * If you have not ordered your Senior Class Ring take a look at our new samples. J Hake our store yoor headquarters when in Bryan. CALDWELL’S JEWELRY STORE f ig , ' ; | r / ’ I 1 ‘ ’ 4 /T. n s “1BQ% For The Aggie*" <4 !-! * ' ! tI i I Ii. /■ ■ :>!h I,-. I