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Aggie Cagers Leave Conference Cellar By Defeating tCU 24 to 18 Coacb "Hub” McQaillen'a Texas* Ante eager* Wft the Southwest C-onferenee cellar, Friday In Ft. Worth, when they staged a rousing second period rally to defeat the T. C U. Frogs 24 to 18. It was the first victory for the Cadets in four tries and the third straight set-back for the Frogs. Ores In Dallas. Saturday night, the wild S. M- U. Mustangs con tinued their rampaging quest for the Conference crown, by turning back the Aggies. 40 to 88. The Cadet five never threatened except during the latter part of the connnd period, when they pulled up to within three potato of the Mus tangs. ■ Out-hustled and out scored for the first period, it took a fast breaking Aggie team to o' an 11-10 half-time score. The game was rather slow, with both teams S A X E T “GOOD” ICE CREAM Bryan Dairy Store 188 & 24th Brrss PALACE LAST DAY - WKD. On The Stage “Moulin Roujere - Revue” BEAUTIFUL GIKLS On Semen “There’s That Woman A^ain” ' Wallace Beery Kobert Taylor in “Stand Up and Fight” NEW DIXIE THURS. - FBI. - SAT. KAY nAMCa • IAN HOimn jrrwt. . poNsrn emm fbiding |t hard to ring the basket. Asqoent fouls slowed the fray. Leading the Cadet scorers was 11 “Big Dog" Dawson, center. of eight points, Jude 1 was close ix-hin.l markers. It was Smith's first period that put position to overcome e Frogs la the eeeo BiDingsley. center, nrwsrd, topped the and Abnoy, fttwsrd. topped the Frog scorers s th seven and six points respec- ttbeiy. The unique ease of victory, gain- in Ft- Worth, didn't help the Aggies when they met the Mus- t*igs from 8. M. U, for the Ponies Bed their successful flag by adding the fifth victim tp their belt, Saturday night la Dal- 4p- The Cadets were subjected to close guard iag during the and had to resort to long, r shots, Tommie Tinker, fast forward, was the feature tha Aggie attack and led the *| total of seven , half-tias* boot* was 19 to 10, with the Methodists having th* Idge and it wnant until the dosing Itagos of the game that tha Ag- iee Sven worried the Ponies. A i of long shots put the within three points at the [ us twigs, but a closing spurt pat le gqme on ice. The game was rough with Capt *ya|. Bin Dawson and Jude ^mith of the Aggies, and Dewell of th.' Mnatanga 1 saw big the game on bersonsl fouls. “Zlggy" Seen, Um- t ,ir e. sailed s technical on the for over enthusiasm. Dewell and "Sniper" Norton, S. ■ U. forwards, lad the scoring ith eight points apiece. Tinker ’f the Aggies was next with seven BATTALION SPORTS C OLLEGE STATION JANUARY *4, 1839 Letter-Writing One of Biggest A. & M. Sports, T. C. U. Postmaster Opines BY K. C. "JKKP" OA Battalion Sparta Editor One of the greatest sports at Texas A. A M. is letter writing. The postmaster at T.C.U. says that mors Utters com* from Col lege Station than from any other place. “Th* Aggies write often end at length to our coeds—and outgoing mail show* they usually get an answer in the return deliv ery." says the lady postmaster. I susp sat that If this lady could see the bundle of mail from Col lege Station to Denton she would faint. Joe Louis me. Lewis tosaonow ing Louis. J ohn Henry !: Pm tek- “NErrHBR TUB BXPKRIKNCK lor the judgment ef men in author ity ever found that college educa- ion by Itself made a man intel- lectaally superior or a greater lead- New York Supreme Ceurt ostice C. B. McLaughlin pokes a idtcial pin into a popular thought- >ubble. ' LA SALLE BARBER SHOP 8t* w srt-O'Conner - J ones Rt’s LET US TAILOR YOUR R. V. UNIFORM 1 M. , ./k i' i, WHITE DANCf] UNIFORMS UNIFORM TAILOR SHOP I ja unDMAir - . MENDL A HORNAK North Gate m Can you think of a hotter pitch ing staff anywhere in the confer ence that will beat the one com posed of Lindsey, Tony Polanovich, Harry Cohn, Hall Welch, and Sam Bass? That is the staff for the Cadet* To go with this will be catcher* Kirkpatrick and Doran, firat-ha semen Bob Williams, abort- stop Nolen, third boae man Bob Stone, and maybe Odell Herman at second base. Th* outfield will pro bably have Karcher, Cooper, and Alsobrook. Jack Cooper was the leading hitter in the league last season. He played second base and was a sloppy fielder, but when ha hit the apple it was good for a hit anywhere it went. Jack was not in school the first term, but is e*p.-i t #d to return for the spring. Due to his bad throwing arm Jack will patrol one of the outer gardens this year. Southwest Conference Basketball Standings W L Pet. S. M. U. —6 0 l.000 Rice 4 1 .800 Baylor 8 1 .667 Texas U. S K .600 Arkansas i_ 8 .260 Texas A. A M. , .200 T. C. U. 8 4 .000 . GAMES THIS WEEK Tuesday - Baylor at T. C. Q- Saturday - Baylor at Rica. LAST WBEK’S RESULTS Rice 87; Texas A. * M. 89. Texas 36; Baylor 81. S. M. U. 83; Rice Si. i Texas A. * M. 14; T. C. U. 18. S M. U. 40; Texas A. A M. 2» Bice 44; T. a U. 41. LEADING SCORERS Carswell, Rice 57 Norton. S. M. U. Wilkerson. S. M. U. ..,.47 Adams, Arkansas ... 47 THE SLEIGH RIDE . I Y-yv* Prince Albert > at fmqs Reformed? According to his own statement. Max Baer has quit screwball stuff •nd gone eerioua. Above, th* eedate former heavyweight champ arrive. “ N,w Torh asekiag e bout. Note th* difference. TCU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR 1939 ANNOUNCED Games on both skies at the con tinent and a total at some 8,000 miles of travel are the high points of the 1939 football schedule of Texas Christian UuivurMtg. A night gam* with U. C. L. A. at lam Angeles. Sept. 89, will open the season. Contract for this con test was signed by th* two school, after th* Bowl games were set up. Lo* Angeles was determined to see th* Horned Frogs in action, one way or another. The eastern date is with Temple in Philadelphia and is also a night booking. Tha date is Oct. U. The Frogs met tha OwD under the lights hi Philadelphia last October, winning 28 to 6. Th* aomplet* f»o-.bai: sehedulc for 1989 for T. C. )U.: Sept. 29—U. C L. A. at Lo. Angeles (Night). Oct. 7—Arkansas at FayetteviOs. Oct. 13—Temple at Philadelphia (Night). Oct. 81—Turns A- A M. at Fort Worth. , Oct. 28—Centenary at Shreve port- : Nov. 4—Baylor at Waco. Nov. 11—Tulsa at Fort Worth. Nov. 18—Texas at Austin. Nov. 26—Hire at Fort Worth. Doc. 8—S. M. U. at Fort Worth (He ora mg). BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLRCR in North Carolina, spout n grand total of 812.80 on athletics during 1938. aVSSKaVVIILY HaVLL HARD TO GET CHARLES WINNINUBR • ALLEN JENKINS BONITA GRANVILLE MELVILLE COOPER A WARNER BROS. PiWar. Tues. and Wed. Jan. 24th and 25th PAGE 3 AGGIE TEAM WINS OVER prrrui Mighty Pitt again only this and not oa ' raving fans Aggie rifle been defeated it waa by mail with 60.000 stadium. The won over them their match last week by _ eeoro of 8671 to 8661 In the other match rhM the team haa fired they trimmed A! lea Academy by a aeore of 1888 to 1062 oat of a possible 1500. Tom « a split mateh, also held last uk. Wiomr was the high point man tha Allan match with a 141 mat 180. Other member, of the winning team were Murphy, Bui Imrd. Duncan. ChAda. WRehoB, Hod***, W. E. Lewis, Guy. Bums . Miller, Aid- rich, and C. A. Iwwis The highest a man's score# are used as unters. The Cadet rifle team la n sucog- mred minor sport team that is un supported They are giving a bene fit dance at the Country Club Keb t to raise money to buy their award. The Aggieland Orche.tr. win furnish the music. Thia team will bo firing mntehea ary weak until school is out. They fire against Boston U, Rose Poly. Inst., School of Mine*. U. of Mary, land. Poly. last, of Brooklyn, Cor nell, Washington State, Now Mex ico A. A M. Mem tana State, Min nesota. PordhaSQ, Drexel, Iowa State. LsHigh, Washington U., U. of California, Kemper, U, C. L. A., Mich. Mtblag Tech, Utah State, U. of Maine. Colorado, U. of Idaho, Oklahoma A. A M., and New Me tro MR. Inst. Maryland wa* the National In teroollegiate charapioaa last year. STEWART SAYS AUTHORITIES OF NAVY WORRIED . By CHARLES R. STEWART American naval authorities sr* mors than a little worried by robot gains in Spain recently. Yankee public opinion probably la split something like 60-60 as be tween the Spanish so-called insur- eneral Franco and th* so-ealUd loyalist- the official government's outfit Onr pro-Franco sympathiser, take thia view: Th* revolution which overthrew King Alfonso per hap. had eonsid erable justification, bat very short ly after that communists, famptred and financed from Moscow, gain ed Spanish control and have perpe trated ail aorta of atrocities. The »’ mission is to roastsb- ahorU-lived poot-revoiu- Oor r Iberian I pro -loyal iat faction argue. i \ I I ! i i. r * > . { i i All Finals Except Speedball Have Been Run Off In Intramurals Schedule of National Golf Tournaments TBY TOM DARROW Aaristaat Sports Editor During th* post week all final* v j bate been ran off and Individual SCHEDULE OP TOURNAMENTS intramural champ, srirotod. ex. Alfonso’s regime was a very ■d one. It ^na upset by goo<l liberals. The current r. volt agaui.t and still is back.M fay Mussolini dad Hitler. Bad as Communism is, it is not any worse than Fascism jor Nasr-lsm. And, nism haan’t mnch of a foothold jte Spain, whereas Fascism sad Nashsm are dog in like sixty. I am not reasoning one way or o other; oiSr two schoola of thought are what I am trying to speak for, one against th* other and contrari-wiae Opposing By Now, them |are Just opposing do not Spain, after all, is a distent try. The average American’s to- ■ is not acute, so far as he The state however, IS Bing far, Cal it 36 holesp . ' Feb. 19-11 Texas Open (San AnVxho) Peb. 81 . Tin Whistle Toon ment Pinehurst* N. Cm. Feb. 16-19—New Orleans Open 10.000 off of the speedball Feb. 26-86 Thomaqville, Ga Open (64 h*le0 8.000 up March 1-2 .St. Petersburg. Fl» (64 hole^ S.0OO March 6-8 Miami^iltmofe 6.000 (4-Ball Match'Play) March 16-19 _ St. Augustine. Fla. Opeifc March 88-22 North and South (Pineburst) 4,000 March 24-26 Gr_ Orcensboro (N. Car.) .Open „ 5,000 March 30-April 1-2 Master'a. Augusta 5,000 June 8-10....Nation8l Open, Philadelphia XPa.) OC. July 24-29 Nationpl Public /, Links. Baltimore, Md. Aug. 81-*A_.Woate«i’. National. Wo* Bant dub, Noroton, .Conn. Sept. 11-16 National Amateur. , U North Shore CC, Glenview, jn. P-G-A. and Ryder Cup date* end site* to bo announced later. Illuminatioii Project Headed by A. & M. Ex Adolph P. DidLnao, graduate of A. A M s cteas of 1910 and manager of Urn General Electric Company's illuminating laboratory and lighting sale*, is at prasent in charge of the San Francisco Gold en Gate Exposition’s million dol lar illuminating project. L Ever since his'graduation from A. A M. la 1919, Dickerson haa boon with the Ceneltl Electric Co, and daring th* bast fifteen years haa become one.of th* foremost illumination experts in the world. So much a* that h* has been called "America’s Modern Aladdin.’* Dickerson ha^ had charge at the lighting at many of th* na tion’s outstanding spectacles, and the Exposition illumination in ex ported to far surpass his former -Mevementa. , 4 THE A. A M. CONMCIOATED Tigers, using l4 men, ran up an easy 24-18 victory Friday night over the Franklin Lions on the Aggie court to,cinch third place hi the western <Bvision of the Con tra! Texas Bn.iketball League. With Louis Crenshaw and “Dus ty" Gofer k-ading the way, the regulars amma*ed a clear lead, and Coach Elms sent in many subs, several of them getting fas a game for the first t$ne of the whole season. Crenshaw made eight Points and Gofer climbed on some one’s back enough times to sink seven counters, i is likely to take Brasil is not T ke the same S(Ornish; K direction, is Portu- But Portugal inclines totali- Urian also. A .’ totalitarian Latin America assuredly would bo a fret to Uncle Samuel—not alone to bis state department but to kia com merce department likesrtee. But as to thenary department?: Well, the U. 9. navy ia supposed to defend our edtirv western hemis pherical coast, pnd to do it easily, bocaua* it is «o much nearer to th* UB.A. than posaibte Europe ia. Claaer Than Keaiisad [ : But IS K? 7Not by a damt-d sight. We are eccuktemed to thinking of South America as dwe south of i. *. Umk at a gtebo! It quickly wi» appear that the South American eaat coast is nearer to Europe, b* t’« So is the navy d As to tha state certainly AteariaR i We And Latin Ameri ca to mainly Spanish. If Spa n totalitarian, Latin America RADI Parts AIRING Tubes CO-OP low the Kquater, than wo are. Tha agreed to enter th* meet early continents ash so skew-hawed December. Aeeoptaaeas i-pj’ " globularly as to give aa advantage before February 15. swains o. F— 1- . No new uveats will hs _ Schools wiO bo allowed thro* ia each of thq twelve ev«n(|t. Entry btaaks wore seat to the following: College* Texas A. A M, Te against us Euoopcanly International chat at Hints at a German naval _ the Aiore* island*. Those Asorea are closer thapi Key West to tha nearest far-eastern South Amen V — —AVMMi /V. m e * n P» rt of Hsraambuco, and still rOl Junior Collage, Southwest ”—— to *—**-— “—* *— r - — - east port hai bo sura an Germany, through tha Caaarisailt « roast) by 88 percent. Tha Asorea Dr. Fernando do loo Elea loyal- Fuaraall. Harlaadal* (f „ 1st Spanish aoibaaaador ia Wash- tonio), Flatoaia, and Aaherton Ha haa < aaa police do I oar navy. Oer fated that cept for Class A ape*-,i hall which being hold over until next term Mr. “Penny". Cteas A tennis. Cl*** B basketball and vollcy-ba'.l hava been played off. The rainy tthor encountered during tha last week has prevented the play. A Battery F-A. began to pick it's feet the otljer day sad » serious paases at dufendiag their Intramural Flag. They jump- on € Troop Cav. and slammod out a decisive win over the occw ' panto of Law Hall. Aftw so long a time Class B basketball was played off tbs other night and the final game was a* one-sided that H wouldn’t be fair, to call it a game. BOy Henderson 1 and M. H. Cola, both Fish bpsket- b«n players, lad their Reg. Hdq. F.A. Betas to a 26 to 6 victory over Bm ted* from tot Hdq. FA. Henderson scored 14 points sad Cote stored 11 which accounted for aB bat one of the 86 made.' Th* odd marker waa tallied by Eusf Wesson. On th* books It was Reg. Hdq. FA., bat on th* hard wood courts it was the regular’ Fish basketball team. HI A1 ' Beckman wasn’t satisfied with the Class A tennis champion ship, but he had to go out sad the class B volleyball too HU "sheep" took F Eng. into camp tor tha final, sad dseMteg teagik J - ] . WHh the completion of thee* sports, the Intramural Department caa call time off awhile, siace they have no more games until after the new term starts in a couple of amoks. Both Cteas A and B speed ball will be resumed right after | the second term starts. Mr. “Penny" haa announced th* , nr sports to be smarted th* find | of next month and the date that entry cards are due. Thors win j he’ two entirely new events sad Class A volleyball and Class B handball. The new sports are Cteas A sad B wrestling and Class A and | B horseshoe*. Beginning dates and entry card | ites are as follows: Fob. 13—-Class A and B wrestL | ing. Entry cards duo Fab. 9. Fri>. 16—Class A and B hors ioos. Entry cards duo Jan. 27. Frt>. 80—-Class A volleyball and Clasa B handball. Entry cards duo I Jate^ary 87. Seventh Annual Border Olympic^ To Be Held Mar. 3 Another step in preparations Tesp*’ first important track m of the year, the Seventh, Annual| Bolder Olympics, was cleared terday aa entry blanks wage ed by Secretary Shirley Dari to the five roBagaa and high schools who have accepted citations up to this date. The me. will be staged here on Marsh 8. Included ia th* list of cel to whom entry blanks were ed were two members of Us* j ereat Conference. Defending pion Texas Unieeraity arid Ts A. A M. Once again tha To University Longhorns, power whererver cinder* or* tved, looks like tha team to her Olympics partici paata air knees, hot this time they hove all at their fallow mcml of the Southwest Conference Even though they not yet accepted. Arkansas, I amt Methodist, Texas Chi. Baylor, sad Rico will have laminarias competing, h a v i n | as State Teachers College, ^University, and West Texas Tbaahers College. High Schoote - _ Kings villa, Thooma A. Ed tern. (I * ). Austin, DiHey, Creek, Carriae YORK COURT Hi i bo given extra or havg played i