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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1931)
i T h E Aggie Cagers Play In Hunts ville Thursday I 7 iT ■ After do« ning the Humble Oiler* TH« fifth emual gridiron dinner | gieen by the Houston Ex-Students, i with the A and M football team an the honor guests, again met with hi«e succes* when Bxe*. Coaches, and friends of the Aggies gather ed in the Rice hotel Ballroom Mon day night and showed their appre ciation for the team’s success this by a decisive score Saturday night, seesen. [ Coach John Reid a^d his cagers | will journey to Huntsville for a pair of games with fte Sam Hous- I ton Teacher’s College ‘Bearkats” | in the latter's gymnasium, Thurs day night ‘ Although the schedule reads only 1 one game with the “Bearkats” both While the gathering joined ia unison and naked their hearty approval of the renew- jrf.af Coach Matty Bell’s eoa- tract and the election of Jiao- mic Aston as leader of the !U32 grid machine. Complete Staff Of Student Intramural M*rrs. Announced Each year two Senior Intramur al Athletic Managers are selected to supervise intramural athletics they make schdules for the var ious contests in sO branches of in- tramursl sports, keep an accurate standing of each team, and keep track of: all equipment used. These men are under the direct supervis ion of W. t*. Pcgberty. This year the two men selected to fill these pieces ore W. J. (Jackj Moser end H. F. (Chubby) Hil- gdhsi They were chosen from the four Junior Managers of last year As reword for their services each will receive a beautiful wstch at 'Among other entertainers at the the regulars and the reserve# will 1 th , f ^ -Wh »«* •*« Th. W n- ^ wh „ hj> ' Zm »1. in « »•"'* WiU be between the var- u j an ior Intramural Man party, who might be called extern- ^ ^ “ d *** n this year to aasist Moser po/aneous, were “Wck- Hornsby ^ ^ by and H ilgers are: T. M. Metden, Joe aid Dooley Dawson. “Dick” provid- battle of the reser\e*. Thi.' \\ inston, J. W. Smith, and E. Levy. ed vocal entertainment while Dool- of * wo in The Sophomores now trying out ey showed the girls s few things ^ ni « ht b ^ u> U * t D. C. Alania. J. J. Klein, about dancing. .promises to become an annual af-j M. L. Bright, T. M.' Weaver, W . fair. Those men who take part in the opener on either team, will not The new tripple threat artists ^ flowed to play in the second were brought to light at the gala event when “Dick” Hornsby and since it is yet early in the sea- DOoUy gave a song and dance res- and neithar team has eneount- p^ctivaly. proving conclusively that ^ any gtiff tvmptUtl(>n ^ ^1*. football player, can perform equal- ^ u |itUe m compare the I. \y will in the ballroom, the cla»- Htrenffth of the teams. How- activities here eWry year much 0. Taylor and B. J. Lednkky. These men render WUable service in car rying oat this vast program of sports. Four of this number will be called next year to become Jun Ira Managers. Since intramural' athletics play auch an important part in school B ATT A ijlO N ^ Tumblers Many Big < sparing mts For Basket I’lall Games With the opener of the basket j ball season the ; ambling team be gins its regular ssfiaon of perform ing between the halves of the bas ket ball games. c4eh V. D. Want pf the team plank po have the team perform for every ^tome game that Basket Tossers Win First Game From Oil Team room and pn the gridiron. - And Preachy Dorn incur prov ed to he as irrrsistahle to the fairer sex as he was ea the gridiron Thanksgiving, against Texas, and ke was forced to as sist ia one of the songs by a member of the twenty beau ties who provided the musical Phew. ever, it is knodn that the Aggies wweised at the beginning will not be a^ Mkmv at center ax of “ fh V e * r to fiU e>ch P tac * * ith they were at the meeting last year.! ***• rao * t c »Phhle men. when the Aggies boasted the nil- New T«^j Courts indications there will be plenty of To Bo Kt'<ld> SOOH competition for th« Maroon and r — - - White cagsra when they Ungle Since the rains of the past two with the ‘‘Bearkats,’*’ ia the latter’# weeks have packed the new dirt on den, as ♦iidenced by the close the tennis courts, work has been y[ ' _ ’ / games of former yetrs. continued and at least three of the Reposts that captain Aston, who r< * ch R,id wnl * Urt courts ^xriil be ready for w«a'injured in the Thanksgiving “ me in *4 ' nitM "•* Thwe n * w *“' tmni * col,rts garni, would not be back in school ** that which °» > * ntd “ fmin,t th « the gym this term have been found to be HunM* team Saturday night, nasium annex There will Wit bout, basis. Coach Bel received wh * ch consists of* Marcum and courts built, but only three notice from the Doctor, who exam- forwards; Dawson, center, | completed at this time, * ‘ ~ Beard and Vsltman, guards. ! the Aggies play, j* - ___________ J Although the torn made its in- ! novation during 's»« half in the Fellows we bump into on the Texas-A and M ftotball game, its campus more frequently—A1 Seen-1 regular schedule Regina with the gar, the congenial editor t>f the basket ball season. Longhorn with his voluminous The team has bken working out voice and gift of gnb pouring forth daily and has nli§p. new stunts, at all times, no matter how dreary somersaults, and > pyramids almost the day. $ perfected. With ptven letter men Jack Edgar, the same smile greets from Iwst year a(M five promising you and just as gabby as Saenger. ,* w men on the ^fgam, one of the Dooley Dawson, the tre«-topper 1 ^ st tumbling teaigs that the school from Crockett who can dance better hai( ^ in sever^ years will per- than any hoofsr on the ”blg time” fonn at ^ n#xt ot the when the occasion calls for ao hail uamlAlong with tho Houston. Monday night. He alwa/s p^Ormincm st&» basket ball games, several oisUldc trips to oth- Clm.de Evans, the editor of this pr pUnned for years BatUlmn who has kept the - — ^ Bat on par where Herbert left off last year and has given iC rise to] higher heights. Jack Christian, who many admire for his modesty, but for all, an all-round good fellow. . j Maggie Magrill, another modest man but hell with the women. Ace Moser, whom we think can not rise to any higher laurels, foe he gives his best all the tune, and alao. whom we think is the best cadet colonel seen on this campus in the past five years. Nelson Rees, the pied piper from cool Dallas, who is another unas suming athlete. Bus Moore, nearly two hundred pounds of fight, and a ton of cheer- inesa. \ Completely outplaying and over shadowing the work of their op- pen tsn in every department. Coach] John Reid’s Aggie hardwood five embarked on their journey through and one more din for cither school tho 1931-32 basketball season with will gain the permanent poososaion Rifle Team j- -eparinsf For More Shooting Contests With organised and regular prac tice not scheduled to start until February, the varsity rifle team is firing only in off periods in pre paration for, a beaaoa that will de termine whether the cup wot last year will become a permanent fix ture in the new library or return to far off Neath Dakota. Both schools have won the trophy twice fated Jimmie's injury last week, to the effort that the iajury was ifbt of serious nature si d that after a short rest of two or three weeks Jimmie would be ready to resume his work. • •]!» 1 * There were no "Shiro” Hokes on thr floor Saturday night, but nev ertheless the Aggie cagers came ictics, there will be an intramural tennis tournament. A definite date through with some beautiful; team- , > TTV"* ‘f" TT?* work and smothered the Humble f ° Ur b “ krt ' f ° r * ^ * e, * ht Moody High Score Man In Saturday Games; Others Close cannot be set for those contests br- I 1 cause of the uncertainty of when Scoring for the A|rgies was dis- the courts will be completed, tributed between twelve, of the eix- - f 1 -ffc, Mi«y,i» »iti> “Uiti, “Parlor Tennis” Going M-od, Irtdlnc the field hy leopin, Big -y,. Luther Bell, the president of tho senior class, and a darn good one! Two Gun Herman from Sherman, they don’t make any better yell leaders than he. Charlie Eaton, Ike Schunior, and Mark gurchison. are never found If the courts are completed in 1 without each other hanging on tho time, according to Mr. W. LI Pen- other's neck. Hall-raiscrs and good berthy, director of intramural ath- men. "T? fite from Houston with a very im- pnronive score which showed that fot every point scored by their op- ^ onor * pdneot. the Aggies accounted fo> fifa-i points. Captain Charlie Beard and “Bull' Marcum tied' for second with seven points £ Although the Aggie defense was practically invulnerable through out, Jones a midget forward was compos- outstanding even in defeat for the The first - stringers, ed of the four returning letVermen Humble quintet. Jones did not start and Dooley Dawson, squadman of either period but was credited with last season, played lens than one- the scoripg of five his team’s half of the entire game. While 11 seven point*. „ ether memb. ra of Coach Reid's A weakness which was prevs- atyuad of seme twmdy odd candi- lent throughout the season in the dates also took part in th# proverb ial “race track." Aggie camp last year, that of poor goal shotoiag has apparently, baea : solved if the results of the game Saturday are to be taken as an in- Of the sixteen competing play- dication of the ses-on’a play. Be ers. four were lettermen on the cords of last season show the Ag- footbaB team this past season. And ^ be the low scoi era through- included in these was Dawson, who ou t the conference However, they with less than one full week> prac- weBe a i M lading defensive tioe stepped into the storting Kne- iB u* circuit , up to fill the pivot past Ray Mur- * [» ■ ■ ray, the Mercedes boy; “Pete” Rob ertson, Austin; and “Frenchy” Do- mingue, the Port Arthur flash; 'j ware the other -fanner gridmen -; who participated in the game. I I ( ( HKSE BOOT CO. M:ide to order I toots, Bdto ft ShtH‘8. Write in for or der blanks. 215 Broadway, San AntoaHs IfMLS. Franklin, members Brows played the entire game while Franklin played only a short while. Southern Methodist's 1 Areal-Cir cus began working after remain ing dormant for almost a season and 11 of fourteen passes attempt ed against SL Mary’s Gaels, in the first half of the fame Saturday were complete. Although the Mus tangs were beaten 7-2, Southwest fans will be hard, extremely ao, to convince that the Methodists did not rightfully deserve a win over the California Crew. That final punch, which has defeated many n great gridiron machine was lack ing when the Ponies were one and one-half feet from the Gael goal line, three downs to go. in the aec- ond quarter. . The Ping I’oiur tournament which began Mundatr, December 7, ia in full swing. With 36 men signed up to play, competition keen, and be fore the matches are completed to determine the winners of the four prises offered, many exciting and closely contested games are expect ed to be plgyed. The four prizes offered are: first prise, a leather billfold! second prise, a pearl handled knife; third prise, an eversharp pencil; and fourth prize, a key retainer. Any person enrolled as a student in the A and M College is eligible for these matches. The first round, which started Monday will be fin ished by Fridsy. December 11. The second round will be finished by Thursday. December 17. All the fi nals will be played on Friday, De cember 18. Rules and further in formation concerning the game are posted on the bulletin board in the main lobby of the Y M C A. This ia the first year that Ping Pong has been played at A and M. The tablet in the Y M C A were furnished jwith small nets at the first of the year and the popularity of the game has grown at such a fast rate that the tournansent was begun to satisfy the demands of the many players interested in that Carl Moulden. Hit smile makes yon feel better even if your girl has run off with another man. A fight er and a wild hoes rider. Paul McFsdden who ia the typo whom we arr admire and respect. Jack Moser, Ace's brother, whose personality is the kind that we en vy to the untmoet. Rabbi Guseman, a clean fighter and a good clean liver! General Oakes, whose name is yelled all over the campus and a leader and a man! Clint Herring, likeable Major of the Cavalry. Majdr J Walker’s executive but a scholar and a gen tleman. And for the under classmen— T. D. "Pappy' Craddock, Baldy Ful- a 45-9 win over the Humble Oilers from Houston, in a game in which sixteen Aggies saw service. The starting line-up, composed of captain Charlie Beard and letter “Squawk” Veltman at the guard positions; Clarence “Bull” Mar cum and “Little Joe” Moody, for wards; and “Big” Dooley Dawson as the pivot man; opened the game with an attack on the basket which soon nee tad them a safe lead of some 17 points to exactly none for the Oilera. Then with the first half yet young Coach Reid replaced the entire line-up with a freeh team, of which three places were filled -I by sophomores, and the remainder ■*| by Juniors, The xo-rslled second team, al- | the team. The e^t plans of the trips have not ym^been completed. ww Jeff ME ' Model Farn> House AttractsjStfational Home Recognition though not so adept at hitting the Invitations hsvej been received basket as the veterans, managed from President Hvi- rt Hoover by to continue the scoring while the several promineat^gmpu* People. Humble team also chimed in to whose efforts were*responsible for count occasionally and the half (he Demonstratm ‘ Farm Home, ended 23-7 in favor of the Maroon built for demonstration and exper- and White. imental purposes .by the Extension Still another team opened the Service, to be in ittqndance during second period of the game and the the Home Building and Home Ow nership Conferenet In Washington 1 Those receiving Mutilations were; Dr. T. 0. Walton^ President - of A and M College; ift:Earnest Lang ford, head of t^U Department of Architecture and ner and sup ervisor of constnMtiin of the Key frsmanntrutka• Home; Mr. Dan Scoates, Head of the Agricul- from December 12fh to the 15th. turn! Engineering-Department; Mr. 0. B. Martin. DifKtor of the Ex tension Service; j&JU. S. Allison, Agricultural Experiment Station; Miss Mildred HortAi; Miss Bernice Claytor; Miss Katf Hill; ami Miss Jennie Camp. ~ ^ The Key Demofoiteution Farm Home was one ot the seventeen type farm homes iXghich the Con ference would uccfpt as worthy of recommendation ad 9 model for ru ral residental contraction. This home was &l*o recommend- j ed to the Lady's Fo'nte Journal as one worthy of publication in tha£ Magazine and vjgfi be carried in one of its futureMtlitions. The Lady’s Hofim Journal is also preparing complete plans and spe cifications of the £ey Demonstra tion Farm Home ;"for distribution to the public st a.nominal cost The foregoing aftion* will prova Houston five found the going equa lly hard at the Aggie score gradu ally mounted as the result of ac curate tosses by the Aggie substi tutes, led by the elongated Floyd, former intramural star, at the cen ter poet The so-called third team cnnimandi'd the floor for fully two- thirds of the final period before the first-stringers returned to fin ish the game. J * j *" And thus we close another sea son on thy gridiron. Some ask, was it successful? We would say yea. Tonsidering the season of 1930 the team showed a remarkable im- imovement. and we now look for ward to «n even greater season, 1932. of it. Present indications are that this yearVteam will compare with if not surpass the team than met two defeats last year, at the of the Udited States Militry at West Point and when they were n«s«| oat by 3 points in the Hearst matches. Between 250 and 270 men are trying out for the intramural rifle teams, but like the Varsity they are not yet firing for record. Lt Nachman watches these matches in hopes of finding new material for the varsity aquad. Although there are thirteen latter men out this year, nine arc Seniors, who will have to be replaced figt year. Finals In Intramurftl Basket Ball Schedule To Be Played Sunday The class A intramural basket- I ball season will be bfought to a close Sunday afternoon when Cob- paay C. Infantry meets company CL Engineers in the final battle to decide the championship, both df- ,\ gsnizations have unuauallyi good, teams and the game promise|AlML;' bitterly contested from (tort lo fokj* "^T I I Last Bundsjr ComyMy ft Ifip- J neer* defeated Buttery A Artilfary ^ and Company C Infantry defeated Company B. Signal Carps ia the semi-final matches. (lass B. Semi-finals were also played last Sunday; Ti&op C. Cav alry eliminated Company F. In fantry and Company A. Signal Corps eliminated Company B. In fantry. In all probability A. Signal Corps and C. Cavalry will also meet Sunday to decide the winner for this clasa. \ a publicity gtondpoint. Q/IBBY (jERTIE The ( ampus Cleaners & Tailors (On the Campus) r 'i * * i 1 * * r 1 * il i 1 A complete service for your every cleaning and pressing ? 1 — • , d want. Suita made to < at real low prices NOW! m £ 1 them become a flapper, evolution seems plausible." "When one aeee how a few f cher. Buddy Golaainski. 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Henry iohn of r. and Mrs. Tab- INTRAMURAL- (Continued front page 1) dangerous because of a very strong line. “Red* DeleiV declines to say much concerning the chances of the Cavalry. He will out a team composed of vetefgn players, as twelve (pen of lastijcars team will be out The Cevalley finished next to the cellar last qfoson. but with experienced men oiihand this year indications are thqK they will fin ish much higher, ’ Eirat Inffatry The first Infantfy will miss the services of “Dutch- jiebesU, plung ing back, and Bjlly Woodland. However, Sully vritjl be back at Mid-term. Sebesto iriH not be able to play because of one minutes piny in the Baylot game, but the team still has a good chance to re peat last yeari*' < b9 rn P 1 ' , nsh|) per formance. “Hub” Mcer, Jim Little, Peter Ellis, and <*her last year's player* who were Jhstrumental in winning the chai*plon»hip will be back. The Composites prill have new The following ie 4h« schedule fot the first gamas ^f9yed Saturday afterneon December 12, afi 2:00, 2:30 and 3:30 in flb following or der: ■ Composites vs. Sqcond Artillery, Cavalry vs. Firp Artillery. Engineers vs. Iffot Infantry, i Th* first and blht game trill be played on field ,«**; the second game en field two,- Pinld one is the cast vgnitjr' practice field, field two the welt varsity practice field. JG members this yelA The Coast Ar tillery will join'forces with the regular members to put a repre sentative team on the field, not much is known of thfar strength. The second coached by Jimmie Aston and.Dus Moore will be fighting hard jfo finish above the cellar, whpr* Bley laded h *"• SPECIAL RATES 10:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M —80f per hour per alley Any number may play on each alley., Bryan Bowling Alley j, I H. T. MAST, ’24. Mgr. l . 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