Stress Blocking In Spring
Conference Swimming Meet To Be Held
And Hubbard Well Pleased
With Material Out For Practice
"Blocking, blocking, and more blocking/’ ia the battle
cry for Aggie footballers as spring training swings into its
third week. With the players rounding into top phy sical form.
Coaches Homer Norton and Cal Hubbard are putting their
prospects through daily scrimmages and drilling them espe
cially on football fundamentals rather than attempting to
create team plays to any extent in this phase of the train-
With the idea in mind that there*
ha* never been a great team that
did not have exceptionally good
iilocking, the coachea will devote
meat of the remaining time allow-
~ed for spring training not only to
teach the boys how to block, but
to also create in the players a de-
, atre and a delight to block- In
the words of Hubbard who has
fu»t completed actual playing,
there is no part of football that is
more real fun and gives a player
-greater pleasure than to carry an
opponent completely out of the
‘play by a terrific block. “Why.”
said Hubbard, '“I had rather flat
ten out a would-be tackier than
eat. It is a lot more fun than to
actually make a good tackle.”
“But,” he continued, “blocking is
short session to work on team
plays enough to put on a regular
game at that time. There will be
king and hard scrimmages held
daily for the rest of the season,
however.”
Fine Material
When asked what his opinion of
the material out for spring train
ing so far, Norton said that, al
though it was really too early in
the season to predict anything at
all on what the boys would do
next year because of the many
elements that might enter between
now and then, the material is the
best that he has ever had to work
with ami there is more natural
ability in the boys here than any
he has ever started with, barring
none." The main trouble with the
like eating olives. At first the boys themselves
emfel
■ctoall
what possibilities mey nave and do
not know how good they can be
come with plenty of hard work and
Utttaiaf.”
VARSITY GOLFERS
CHOSEN AS RESULT
OF RECENT TRYOUT
is this he added,
player looks at blocking just as j -they actually do not know juat
work and antil he learns how to
block effectively and powerfully,
takas it something like medicine.
Then as blocking is learned and
becomes natural with a boy, he
begins to get delight in it as he
can in no other phase of the game.”
Norton then said that the pur
pose of the coaChes would be to
instill such a desire into the boys
although it would be hard work
at first and would take continued
drilling to do so. “But,” said Nor
ton, “the players had just as well
it into their* minds now ' to
learn and perfect blocking because
if they don’t, they will get so tired
if the continued drilling that they
will have to learn it if for no
other reaaon than to stop the in
tensive drilling on blocking”.
Scrim maxes Every Day
: Although there will be scrim
mages every day until the end of
the season, there will not likely be
any full game played at the end
of the thirty days training as has
been the custom in past years.
“We are advancing at a rapid rate
ia the training “Coach Norton said,
“but we still have plenty of work
to do on the fundamental drills
and won’t have any time in this
Meets With U of Texas and
SMU Are Scheduled In Ad
dition To Conference Meet
At Fort Worth Mav 8.
1ES TIE FIRST ,
GAME WITH HUMBLE
OILERS LOSE 2HD
Mooty and Moon Hurl for Ag-
gies in (James Played at
Henderson; Both Go To
Kxtra Innings.
As a result of the recent elim
ination round held at the Bryan
Country Club, the 1 i<34 Aggie var
sity golf team will be composed of
Frank Bolton. College Station,
George Bargmann. Gonxalea. J. B.
Heinen. Dallas, and W. H. Turner,
Iiongview. These men won positions
on the team by virtue of their low
qualifying scores snd they have
been practicing regularly in prep
aration for the dual meets' of the
spring and for the conference meet
to ; be held ia Fort Worth May 8,
which is the climax Of the period
Above are a few scenes taken
from the spring football training
camps taken from their second
week’s practice. In the center are
the coaches working out with the
team. They are Head Coach Ham
er Norton. Line Coach Cal Hub
bard. Freshman Coach Kay Mur
ray. and Barkfield Coach Maiming
Smith. The team scrimmages each
afternoon and will continue to
work out every afternoon until the
time for spring practice to end.
Watching the Aggies
BY CARROLL ROBERTS
Battalion Sports Editor
Coach Roswell Higginbotham's
Aggie* and the Humble Oil nine
weto hsrdly able to break a dead
lock in two extri innning ball
g*mes at Henderson Friday and
SaCut-day afternoons. The first con
tent. which ended In a 6-6 dead
lock, was called on account of dark-
nesa. at the end of the twelfth in
ning. In the second game, h took
cleUtn innings to settle the dis-
putO in favor of the Oilers by a
score of 8-7.
ftlnke" Mooty pitched effectively
m-the first contest after a rather
wiki start. The Oilers had Mooty
in serious trouble when he passed
(tree men snd allowed three hits
in the second inning hut after this
did not threaten the hurling “Jake”
seriously. The Aggie righthander
settled down in the latter part of
the game and held the Oilers score
less for the last five innings.
Bill Sodd furnished the batting
power In the first contest with 3
hits in 6 times up, two of these hits
being doubles. Mooty snd Cochran
collected two hits each off the
Oilers.
In the second game, “Bugga”
Moon, Aggie captain, ran into' a
bit of “pitcher's tough luck”. He
distHbuteil 10 hits over eleven In
nings and allowed only 3 earned
rune, yet lost the game. Moon was
steady in the pinches despite the
ragged support given him by his
mates and allowed only one extra
base blow.
Veelkel, Aggie second baseman,
got three of the seven Aggie-hits in
second contest. Bill 8«dd w-as
on the defense and$ave the
Oilers warning early in the second
game to stay near the bags when
the-hall was in his possession as he
threw the fleet-foot Novar out at
ihe> plate when he attempted to
scoi* from third, after Jones had
Hied out to Sodd in centerfield. Er
rors were few in the two games
for sb early in the season with the
Aggie* making only two each game.
New Coaches Talk!
To Honor Society
Members of the Scholarship Hon
or Society were entertained by
brief talks frofn Coaches Norton
and Cal Hubbard at their regular
meeting in the Asbury Room Tues
day night, March I t.
Coaches Norton and Hubbard,
who will have charge of the A and
M football team next year and who
are now directing the spring train
ing here, both expressed great
hopes and expectations for the Ag
gies next year since they are re
ceiving so much cooperation in
spring training. Both coaches
stated that they were more than
glad to be on the A and M cam
pus and that they had certainly
enjoyed their viait here since tkieir
arrival.
NEW YORK, N. Y—The f.ft
annual soaring contest for printar,
gliding flying will be held as us
ual at Elmira. New York, June 2
to July 2, it was announced by th^
Soaring Society of America.
FOUR CONFERENCE
SCHOOLS ARE TO
BE REPRESENTED
Tecta* - t T ni'«*rsltv Tankmen
Expected To Capture First
Place; Students Admitted
, 1 To Meet for Fifteen Cents.
:!’» ^ ; jf'
(rack swimmer* from four
Southwest Conference schools will
meet,in the’Aggie swimming pdol
Saturday nijjht at 8 o’clock as the
inference swimming meet takes
iflace. Three schools will enter
complete swimming teams. They
gr« Texas University, S M-U, and
Texas A an 1 M. whila Texas Chris
tian will only have t ntfies in one
or two events. Becausf of the small
tumber-of schools entering tearis.
r*» preiiniHiaries will be necessary.
Conference records »iv expected
o b«- broken from all kides when
it'ont.n ed on i'ajre 3)
T
GREATER PALACE
THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Aggie athletics for this week-end.
Starting Saturday afternoon at
three o'clock there will be a base
ball game between the Aggies and
the “Grand Prixe" team of Hous
ton. Then Saturday night at eight
o’clock the conference swimming
meet will be held in the Aggie pool.
Sunday afternoon the wrestling
finals will be held in Memorial
gymnasium and besides this there
will be a hard scrimmage in the
spring football training, the fresh
men track men are scheduling a
track meet with Harry Stiteler’s
(ex-Aggie star athlete) Smithville
high school team and the final
championship games in intramur
al horseshoe pitching and volley
ball will take place. To add to the
hum and buzz of activities in
sports, boxing and playground ball
are starting.
HERE IS THE SPIRIT the Ag
gies want. After spring football
training began, somebody told Cal
Hubbard about big W. H. Miller,
ACTIVITY IS the key word to | gigantic 270 pound man who had
not reported for spring training.
Hubbard immediately looked Mil
ler up and found out that he had
to work daring the time that spring
training was going on and for that
reason could not report. Such a
small detail did not stop Cal from
obtaining the big boy so he ar
ranged to come out and work indi
vidually with him during any off
period that Miller had. Hubbard
found after a little work that Mil
ler was exceptionally fast for. a
man of his size aad has hope* of
developing a star player out of
him.
;|J
IF the coaches had not shown
this interest in MiOer, he probably
would not have even thought of
going out for football and as far'
as football ia concerned would
have been wasted material. Nor
ton expressed the belief that there
are many boys in school at A and
M now- who have natural abilities
in football but do not even know
it themselves. Norton does not wont
a man who has done things in foot
ball as much as he wants men who
can do things and even if they
have never had any experience in
the grid game, he wants them to
come and talk to him if they have
any idea at all of being able to
play. It is not too late yet for aay-
one who aspires to play to enter
training and Coaches Norton ami
Hubbard xaid Monday night that
the training was open to anyc
who wished to come and talk to
them about coming out.
195 Wrestlers Sign
, Up For Competition
• Entries were heavy this year in
intramural wrestling, as the check
up at the conclusion of the weigh-
fog-ia formalities showed that 195
qadets had become aspirants for
Am ' championship medals which
Vt't* awarded the winner in each of
the eight weight classes.
The first bouts were held Mon-
<lay of this week and plans call for
a number of matches each day un
til all winners are determined.
Weighing-in for boxing, which
follows wrestling on the in-
tumural calendar, was held March
of preparation and competition.
Individual positions on the team
at present are in the order of the
members of the team listed above.
By challenging and defeating the
man just above himself on the
rankings, each man has a chance
ta improve his standing aa he im
proves his game. Challenges must
be accepted within two weeks from
date of iaaue. This kerping of indi
vidual standings was inaugurated
this year in order to keep the team
in condition by keen competition
within itaelf.
While there has been no regu
larly designated conch, Hugh Car
penter, farmer assistant pro at the
Cedar Crest Club la Dallas and
who ia now attending school here,
has been voluntarily lending his
assistance to club members. No
captain has been chosen to
the team this year.
Before the conference meet, two
dual meet* have been
University of Texas, at Austin on
April 28; and S M U, here on May
*.
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JOHNNY MITCHELL AND fi
C. STEFANI, both of Galveston,
have made an enviable record in
intramural handball during the last
four years. In fact during this tine
they have asade it hard for all the
other teams to do any more than
just enter the handball tou
menu. This year they wet? instru
mental in Battery B Field Artil
lery winning the intramural cham
pionship in this sport for the
fourth consecutive year that they
have been members of the team.