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
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Rt’s
LET US TAILOR YOUR R. V. UNIFORM
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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