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PRAYER
1ED IN ’38
■ At Kbit »Ugr of tbo last
year Coach Homer Norton was
prayihf for a first class punter to
to wjth his powerful Texas Aggie
grid fuurhine and now, a year later
that prayer is mere than aniu'-i vd
with seven capable kickers.
Dick Todd. “The CrtmeQ Cy
clone* carried the punting o .r i. n
last but he found that the
ro4d was rocky for a man who had
never; done any kicking before. The
Aggies had figured on Ken Mills
of Cree
ireesbeck te do the majority of
the booting this season, but be was
lost before practice began with a
broken back. When the team report*
' pd and startedl practice Norton soon
leajtocd that his prayer had been
antWered. He lost Mills, but was
given an improved Dick Todd and
Wale mo n Price, letterman half;
fmk ijPood, squadman, Henry
(Bod) Force, sophomore; Marion
i’ugn, suphonun e, Jamas Thomason,
Sophomore, and William Conataer,
sophomore. Prise, Todd and Thoma
son are slated for starting positions
on the tesm and that will gWe Nor-
ton three capable punters on his
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When You Art Hot and Tired
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When You Are Detailed
Sports Parade ,
Marshall Robnett Bids Fair
To Fill Joe Routt’s Position
In Norton’sTurrent Grid Machine
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The Aggie** “dd Ka.thfur
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BY E. C. "JEEP OATES
Battalion Sparta RdKor
Marshall Poch Robnett, “The Ply
ing Poor, Is Coach Norton’s an
swer to the guard problem of “Who
will fill the shoes of Routt and
Jones"
The big sophomore, who played
in the buckfield as a freshman, wee
shifted to guard m spring practice,
and turned up to become first
string guard along with “Bull”
Minnock this tell. In his effort to
replace Routt gnd Jonen, All
America and All-Conference res
pectively. Norton gave Robnett the
famous number ‘43’ that Routt
wore and is playing kirn in the
position that was filled by Joaea
and his numbar ‘38%
Robnett la as tough and as will
ing as they come and should make
one of the greatest guards of the
conference history before he leaves
Agfieland. Minnock, the* other
guard, is a senior and is plenty
capable of playing first class halt
Minnock had the hard luck of
playing on the same team with
sach great men as Routt and Jones.
He would have been a first tw
guard at moat other school«. He
was rated as the beat reserve guard
in the conference last year.
In the practice game Wednesday,
the A and B teams beat the C and
D teams lb-0. The A team scored
MARSHALL ROBNETT
first on a pass from Pries to Todd.
They sUo made the conversion. A
few minutes later the A hunch
killed a kick oa the C two yard
lint and whan the C team attempt
ed to kick out, Jee Boyd broke
through and blocked the kick be
hind the goal line tor a mfety.
Jeffrey scored the second touch
down with a slice through the line.
The big hoy showed into of drive in
bringing the hall down the field.
The new crop of fresh ms n donned
their fighting clothes ter the first
Isa. DnWaie and Joaaa seem weH
pleased with their now stoeges.
Kyle Field Gets
Beauty Treatment
The Aggie home tic field, Kyle
Field, emerged from the beauty
•hop just in time to mast the 1M8
gnddors when they reported for
full practice this week.
During tks summer months the
ground keepers have been busy at
work putting » mud park sf Bru
nos loam over the aew Bermuda
grass that was planted in the
Spring. Now the historic field re
sembles a giant green rug that is
waiting V ^ ln "» »P by the cleat-
ad faef of the Aggies. The field
not only will have Farmers trorop
ing on it, but also will he pierced
with javelins, swarmed with Frogs,
out by Raserbacks hoofs ai d -< rst
ched by the Owls. The field hill not
grumble though, if the Fanners
plough all of these pests into her
mat of hair.
Besides giving the field q facial,
the Athletic Department also has
changed tbs looks of the cinder
track that borders the gridiron.
They have had the cinders dug up
and replaced with ’‘red-dog * “Red-
dog” is a material that is formed
when cos 1 shag is homed on a pile
instead of m an ovaa. This material
should give the Aggies on# of the
fastest tracks in thia section of the
country af “red-dog" provides ji
faster path than do cinders.
Santa in the stadium have been
repaired and everything id ready
for the four big games that will be
played here.
i The Aggies’ home schedule is:
Texas A a S*-pt J4; T£.p. Oct.
II; Arkamms Oct. t9; and Rice
New. 18.
PRINT SHOP
WILL RECEIVE
SPEED PRESS
A. A M.’s print *bop. which is
one of thel most modem in the
aeuth, ia to be made mon* efficient
by the addition of a new printing
press. The pram, a No. 1 Kelley, is
being shipped from the National
Type Ce. k) New York and ia <
pected to arrive here Sept. 19th
According to 8. C. Hoyle,
print shop manager, the new press
can turn out 3,600 sheets an hour
ss compared to 1,800 on hogr from
the present presses. The new press
is automatically fed and will allow
one man to operate several presses
St the same time. ,
(The print shop handles all of the
eeftege printing of emergency ofth
an as well as the pristing for the
Extension | Ibrvice and Forestry
Service. The new Kelly Automatic
Press is expected to enable the shop
to do a grantor variety of p- : p
such as four color sheets, and triple
bust!
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DOES THE PUBLIC THINK COLLEM A
WASTE OF TIMET u.. .•.<«*. t»i«d
Robert Maynard Hutchins, President ot tbs University of
to writ# a series of artklse on education. Hs received tot
letters from reader» Now, la HuttMns Answers HuHktsu, bo
gives you s peek at his mall, and shows you what people told him
about vducjtlor.
ML GLENCANNON THE YOGI OF WEST NINTH STHCET. Nr
to barroom* throughout thr world, Mr. fllsncsnunn had studied the
breeth-central problem. Retd what happidb whig he tads s boob celled ‘The
Secrets el Hindu Yoga Breeth Control," end, aided by a quart or two, trim It out.
A swell new story by Guy Clfeatric, wherein Mr. CT sacs an on steels a letter boa.
A WOMAN SPY IN BERUN CAN’T TNUST AHYBOPYI nmmi
her eerplcn rr» Per hajx not even herself. The Cost a [Mi order rd Ann.. K,l.-rrm^n
to trap a “harmless, rather stupid" \<>una i niiiuhmau. The records ia FUe
No. JM75 tell you what happened. A dramatic story by WilUauaC White.
: Soda Poppers Cow Take ft. by Jerome Barry., snd Lore U a Heppen-
by Dorothy Thoms*.. My Day to Cowl. I* which Arthur Train,
of “Mr. Tutt," tells you of Abb Hummtg snd other colsbrslod
I pjrai’iHl bt-foca the criminal h tr-How they catch
f s FUh. as told tend pictured In cotoc by Bernard
' poetry, fun and
W HO’LL WIN the big gRmM this Fall?
What men from ham will ba In tbn h«a4-
limn? A football expart maken tome prophadta,
and given you a team-by-team appraisal of your
competition. Tail* how the new rulea affect the
game, whether 1938 football will be coneerva-
tive or razzle-dazzle, and what the colleges
think about the new legal athletic echolanhlp
Introduced in the Southeastern OtmfgrpfMmr 1
Here’i tome lively dope about teams, trends and 1 ;
players; read It In the Poet this week*
Pigskin Preview of 1938
by FRANCIS WALLACI
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“HER JUNGLE LOVK
Doroth* 1 amour sal
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Friday, after “CuOage Night”
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Humphrey Bogart »ad
“Deed End Kida.”
Saturday and 8:|6
INTRAMDRAL K -
WRITER BMJURS
A. A M. PROGRAM \
BY. W. F. (Clmo DENNY
Hello men, I’m sure glad to see
all those familiar faces, and wel
come all the new students. 1 sin
cerely hope that al of you wiH
enjoy this now life at A. 8 M«
College, And talking of new life,
why not try to give some new life
to the Intramural Department. That
ia one department on the campus
that ia an aid to the students,
both old and new*,in body and in
mind. And the real thing behind
the department is that it can easily
be classed as an outside activity.
All of you must admit that you
have ad least one sport which you
to|Rd4By'like and teat sport can
be found in the lineup on intra-
Mfcal| sports All thess sports,
basketball, softball, football, swim-
miag, watervolo, handball. *;>eed
ball, volleyball, tennis, track, and
nuarerous others are outlined and
planned to help -you develop in
body, mind, and ^character.
The thought that you must keep
ahead of all the others is the fact
that your purpose for* earning To
A. 4 M. is to pursue your course
of study, above all. make your
studios your number one interest!
But, you must have relaxation and
outside activities to make your
work completes \
The friends that you make at
College are the ones that will help
you when you fet out i n that misty
old world. And there isnt a better
place on the campus to make
friends than by participation in
iatnUNUtal- sports. For instance,
the Director of Intramural Ath
letics. Mr W L. Penberthy, (Mr
Penny,' to you) is one of the finest
fi lends to be made here at school
and all of ydu freshmen should
acquaint yourarlves with him. And
Mr. Penny's stuff of workers, boti
in the office sad in your individual
companies, are some of the finest
fellows that you will find. They
want to,go out of their way to
make friends with yeu, so why not
help themf^H
Of course, you win run up against
some pretty stiff competition here
at A. 8 M , but what ia a sport
without ompvtitio*? Just any of
you ask the fallows in B t '< ■ A
Field Artillery, winners of last
year's intramural flags, in both the
upperclassmen and freshman divis
ions, if they had any competition.
It waq a hot race, all the way
througp'in both divisions! And be
fore I go further, let be remind
you to take notice of those intra
mural flags that will fly in frqnt
of Battery A at all reviewmjt|is
year. These flags are your company
honors for compiling that ru>«
points in the entire program of
sports. But they do not constitute
all the honors. For each sport won
as a school championship, the vic
torious team receives medals,
bronte for thefresh—s n and silver
for the upperclassmen, snd they
are somethin* to work for, toot
We have some af the finest
equipment Kyke Field has one of
the country^ipiat football grid
irons, a classy baseball diamond,
and a mighty fine basketball court
For iatnunural purposes we have
four touch football fields, four
'pt-edball fields, eight tennis courts,
the best indoor swimming pool in
the South, five handbell courts,
two of which are new thia year,
one ef the country’s dassiest tracks
and over fifteen softball diamonds.
Fme Backs,
Tough Line
on Squad List
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Well, to start with they have
Dick (Snakehipa) Tedd and three
bloskJrvg backs in the starting line
ap. Those four men will be driving
b- hind a litoto strong as the great
1937 line. A bt will depend ua
sophomore, but those sophomores
are not yoangaters in playing ex
perience. • ! ; s 1
la the buckfield Todd, Rogers.
Price and Thomason will get the
•terttef oflU. Todd and Rogers are
seniors and each have won two bt
ters. Price ia a junior letterman and
a triple-thranter. Thomason is a
sophomore who would play first
string on any team in the country.
These three men are all triple-1
threats. Captain Rogers b a heady
quarterback, a good blocker, pass-
catcher and leader. He is an ex
ceptionally good defensive man
The reserve strength in the rear
is good. Marion Pugh. Henry DHt-
man, Henry Force, Boh Hall, John
Kimbrough, Odell Harman and BUI l
Conataer are the beat of the reserve
becks. All aas sophomores except
Dittman who is a senior letterman,
but they all have bta of football
experience. Norton smiles when be
looks at that crew.
In the line Zed Cos ton, senior
letterman, fills the center job and
is flanked on one side by Bill Min
nock, senior letterman guard, and
on the other side by Marshall Rob-
nett, sophomore guard whh- wears
Joe Routt** number and plays in .
irgil eld position. Both
guards tip' the scales at 800 pounds.
The tackles consist of Joe Boyd and
Ceorire Branson*. Boyd ia slated
for All-Conference after his great
sophomore<yuuf»:Brab*om is a sen
tor letterman. Thf ends art ’Weil
filled by Bmno SchrtH*<W, two-year
lettvrman, and Rankin Britt, also
two-year letterman. There is not
a man in that line that goes less
than aoo pound*.'
; 'Eh Rushing, letterman; Tommb
Vaughn. N..pnomorv; and Hsiury
Hauser, sophomore art the reserve
tomb ihat wiB keep the big (ba
ton hustling- BUI Audbh, letter-
MM; Karl Stiffens, squadman; Al
vin Oibrich; Leon Raha, sophomore;
and John Reaves, sophomore, are
the reserve guaids BUI Routt,
Charles Ifetlte, Dan Jsrdell, Bill
Dau son and Hauser are the reserve
tackles. Hauser is working at both
center and tackle. Joe White and
Herbert Smith are the second
string ends and bath are Isttermen.
Reserve ends behind those men are
Bill Duncan. B.H MUbr r Jack Kim-
brough. Bruce Moreland, and Finis
WMfttoil
Now that is the reason t he Batta-
horvia picking the Cadeb to win
that flag. If feat js net enough to
win with Norton has a new
the double shuffle, that
coaches will burn midnight ail
ing to find a way to stop. It 1s
Norton’s solution to ruining n fli
man line defense.
Thia includes the greater portion of
our plant but bp no means all of
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NEW THEATER
The Bryan A muse meat Company,
owned by Mrs. M. Schutman, is
planning a 8100.000 theatre, the
“AGGIE", whkh will be built at
tha east gate within the next tw«
years. The grsuad for the theatre
was purchased in July.
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