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Aa they aay Ctt things, rood or
to, thia aufimar seaaton is
▼ary rapidly coming- to a close—
perhaps, too rapidly for those with
five reports due, or
of the text-hook yet to read—but
the end ia coming anyhow. And in
another week there will be not t
rtpple on the surface of the swim
ming pool, no pounding is the bowl
ing alleys or shouting from the
baseball fields, and no dusty, hot
tennis players walking back to the
halls—in fact, there won’t he a
thing left hut the dogs 4*1 a litter
of paper .op the ground. But mUmf
than look forward, let’s look back
and see what’s happened this se
mester.
Several events helped to main
tain interest in sports through the
hot months of the summer. First
there waa the Twilight Softball
L*«rte, managed by -Jeep** Oates,
with six teams playing during the
second term. A series of close
Kama, proved the superiority of
the Aggieland Pharmacy players,
who were chosen to play the win
ning team it> the Bryan League
laat Monday night. *
The first summer tennis tourna
ment was s success because it gave
the tennis players some gopd gam
es, and it showed the amount of
interest that can be found on the
campus during the summer in any
sort of contest The results were
as predicted, with left-handed V.
C. Denton coming out first in the
singles, and- winning the boys’
doubles with Jimmy Giles and the
mixed daubl** with Angel Ornelas.
Incidentally a word of thanks
*Wwld go to Jimmy and V. C. for
the mark they did on the clay
courts, to pnt them in condition,
for the final matches.
Of 4'enna the most popular pport
on the campus during ^he entire *
summer has been swimming. An ^
average of 2W parsons used the ! **
’Topi daily. Thera, tea, interest was
centered on a meet, h. 1<1 Wednes
day night in the college pool. In-
cluled was an event for under
water swimming, which has been
practiced almost more than any
other form of swimming this sum
mer. The meet was managed by
Eddie iahnson, “Chick” * Denny,
and Hub Johnson.
There were other activities to
take their bit of time from these
long days—bowling, ping-pong,
billiards, and golf attracted their
particular fans who found time
heavy on their hands. And of
course, there was the second Pas
ture Prom, which turned out to
be one of the most strenuous forms
of exercise found here this sum
mer!
- Well, the finishing touch to all
these activities was put on with
the election of the best all-round,
girl and the best sll-roand boy in^
the field of sports for the second
term. As it turned out, lot enough
votes were cast for a girl; there
fore the spot will have to remain
empty. V. C. Denton was chosen
gs the most versatile sportsman
on the campus, however.
And aow, a few notes to bring
things up te date—we see that
Bobby Moers, the Houston high
school product who gave the Aggies
their six points in the Texas game
last season, has decided to give
up football thia'year to keep from
endangering his chances of play
ing professional baseball when he
aext Jane. Ha will study
while not playing pro
. . . Vbe io^dkasat All-
Stajk playing on the West Coast
last) week, attracted &00O pre
fans ., . And since F. D. R/s
* action, wp wonder just when
Thanksgiving game will be
td? If he had to alter jaome-
r. he might have made it the
Fos th of July, which change would
notpbrupt so many schedules.
• • •
With Hub Johnson
®frck again folks for the
yeah, for the last time. .
mer has run pretty smooth
there ara a lot of fellows on
this! old campus that deaerva a lot
of #edit Maybe sotne of us have
getting around and seeing:
Mr.*Penberthy about the way he’s
out ‘the denies, the tennis
tournament, the swimming meet,
and aiding the Twilight League
non and then. . . The life guards
a round ‘ye ole college stank’.
The f always seem willing to help,
and! don't just act as decorations
aa taany life guards de. . . Spike
Wb te, always giving a helpful
hinl, . . TV- roommate team. Den
toniand Giles, making the onlook
ers .realise as well as some of the
oth^r players that a tennis court
just doesn’t take care of itself . . ]
Mfj Hill in the ‘Y’ basement, giv
my everyone Something to laugh
at or something to think -over. , .
Henry Hauser and Virgil Jones,
aid^ig the future golfers. . . Dewey
Will
League Winds Up Big Season
f5. Mentors Battalion Snorts AgPharmacy
IsOnlyTeani
Not Defeated
VNell-KnowW Visiting
< oaohe* Will Help With
Annual School Next W eek
PAGE 3
Texas A. A Mf.College Ath-1
letie Department has left nothing j
undone to make its Tenth Annual |
Free Coaching S< h.*>i, which will
be held during all of next week,
August JO-26, a success, and have.
retained the wrv.o-s of outstanding
coaches to supplenseat the regular;
staff aa instructors.
H. D. Drew, end coach of the)
University of Alabama; Bob Bent,
coach of the East Texas State
Teachers College Lone Star Con
ference champions of UMB; Jack
Gray, coach of the University of
Texas Southwest Conference bas
ketball champions; and W. B. Chap
man, Lubbock high School mentor,
are among those famous coaches
who will be on the Staff of teach
ers for the fivo-W’ school.
Football classes wiB be handled
by Aggie head coach Homer Nor
ton, Drew, Berry, and Chapman;
w hHe Aggie basketball coach
Hoke aad Jimmie Lang, sitting McQuillan and Gray will
those many hours at the pool door car * the basketball sea-
to check the fish in and out. . ,H
And along with them we find
iE STATION,
TEXAS
maby of the students who have pro
vided the onlookers with many a
laugh, sigh, and cheer.
*Mont»e” Moncrief gave the fans
thing to talk about with his
Pithing. . . V. C. Denton
•d up just about every place
was, . . Len Glaser caught
• good ball behind l^oncrief
aioaa.
Baseball coach Marty Karow will
handle the baseball discussions, and
track coach J. W.|(Qfagk) Milk*
discuss track.
W. L. Penberthy, head of the
physical educatioa department at
A. 4 M., will discuss all phases of
physical educatioa with emphasis
on intramural sports. Trainer Lil
Dimnutt will cover the field of
* n 4 4 R*d’ Buckley. . . Chip Koutt prevention and treatment of ia<
wi
ling the show with his home
streak about the middle of the
>n. . . Charlie Skelly, contin
ly cutting up around the pool,
and so far, far into the night
the many others. ., Who said
thire hasn’t been anything in the
wag of sports around here ?
tAt long last. . . ” this scribe
J*w “y» “te long” until Hitra,
Is start rolling around. See
when the gndaters turn up;
that part’s up to “Jeep”,
so*
By “Jeep” Oates
Ifour scribe went to Houston
Sakurday night to see the North-
South high-school football game
Tl# trip was for two purposes—to
•eVlZapalac and Pickett do their
T, and to get the jump on hte
coming football season.
Both Zapalac and Picket show
ed up well. Zapalac is a nice block
er and fine defensive line backer.
Juries.
Harry Viner, outstanding Soutk-
west football official, will be on
hand to interpret the ifS9 rules
for the coaches, j.
There is no charge for the course.
All coaches or athletes registering
for and completing the course will
receive a certificate showing timt
they have completed the work.
While the course is designed pri
marily for high school coaches,
many college mentors are also ex*
pected te attend. Student* who are
majoring in physical education are
alao invited to attend.
All points in football discussed
during the day will be enacted on
the Kyle Field turf the same everf-
|
Pifkett can heave the ball with
unganny accuracy and is a nice
brbken-field runner. They will both
be assets to the Aggie freshman
tegm this year.
Aggies were at the game in
manse*. Marland Jeffrey was there
ar)i looked to be in good shape. He
is working at a refinery in • Port
. . “Dough” Rollins was
in front of the plant with Ken
, “Stubby” Warden and Bill
. .j Stage* is coaching near
i-f T~ t
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Hi j' l- fK :
HOPE YOU ENJOY
YOUR VA
CATION
SEE YOU AGAI * THIS FALL
By the way, why not l«ave y*ur order tyr yo«r
Junior Uniform before you fo home.
We are ready with Uge line and order blank*
and time to fire you a good Job.
Save dollars this year ijy trading the PENNEY
way.
JCPENNEY CO
‘AGGIE ECONOMY CENTER’
! Bryw. **«. j. ' ,
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Probable Slatting
Aggie Lineup, 1939
jl*lk —i- Bil* Duncan
fb»T Jee Boyd
LXL Marshall Robnett
iC. Tommy Vaughn
B>€. —: ..4... Ed Robnett
E. T. -~_.L—.—. Ernie Pannell
R E Jack Kimbrough
Q.B. “Cotton” Price
H.B. —Darace Moser
HJI. Ja*no» Thomason
F. B. John Kimbrough
1
Houston and his team has not been
beaten since he has been there. . .
Joe Routt was sea* bring towed
by a cute little girl who pulled him
on down the street after she
thought that he had talked to your
writer long enoughj . . ( Joe is in
fine shape and is stBUthe same
f r i*nd!y All-Amerifaa. . . That
brings to mind thg other Routt,
Chip, who is going to play a lot of
ball this season. . . Others at the
fray were Garland Pickett, Spar-
row, Fugate, Ul Dimmitt, Frea-
man, Bokencamp and many others.
. . . Bokeacamp is k proud father
now. i . I called up a couple of old
high-school girl friends only to
find that they are rq«Med. . . Oh
welt, there are a million other
beauties there ii s This writer's
vote goes to V. C. Denton aa the
beat athlete in summer school. .1.
He can do a lot of everything. .1.
Jack Fugate is taking his All-
Star softballers to Houston this
week for a game. ... When that
train leavee for California for the
lAggiM’ third game, there will he
Pfcro Cadet supporters on H than
ever before for a tnp that long. I.
Wo think the Aggies can beat
Santo Clara this tr p... Coach Art
Adamson waa around s few days
ago. .. He got hliBucrce last Juae
and is a foll-timpr now. . . ij.
would like to pitk up a couple of
good 1
PORTS EDITOR
ONFERENCE PROSPECTS FO
Aggie Stars No
AtttufiT ia, is39
!v A. 4 M. athletic authorities have
declared great jc^fthtfacuon mMh
the material itoed up for this frilw
Getting
In Shape by ‘Roughing It’
Wlat do the football players doa-Terry is raaintoining
dUr .T, UMI mc * a " “»• « AOmm.
just before they start their train
ing grind for the coming season?
The formidable Texas Aggies are
s gepd example of what the foot-
balltgt do during this time. ,
Tlfoy spend the three months of
sumhier working at various jobs
the
in
have last season.
If any of you saw the Rice-S. M.
U. game, you know that Rice haa
a powerful team when its members thu» of Joe “Boo-Hoo” Boyd, Dal
in good shape. 1 >*» Roy Bucek, Schulenburg; Wil-
lar^ Clark. StoweU; Harold Cow
ley Freer; William “Big Dog”
Crockett; Henry
ARKANSAS STRONG 1
l^p In the hills of Arkansas we
find a host of tall lanky boys who
are always tough. Last year they
telephone
Joe -Jo Ja” White, Amarillo, and
Bill Duncisn, Hanrietta. went to
R. O. T C. camp at Camp Bullis
Whma.tBey climbed hills and ehas
ed deer for their conditioning.
Pete Henry is <h>ing stevedore
Rice, Arkansas,
And T.C.U. Look
Toughest to Oates
Stay a on Snf* Side—
Picka Ainries Only For
Fourth Place—May bn!
By “Jeep” Oates
Battalion Sports Kdfcer
The football elands are gather,
ing and on September & they will
drop their deluge of football play-, , , „
♦rs at the training camps of the that * ‘wlude roughing it —
seven conference schools and the <>l1 building and maintain-
new season will be officially under in * ; ollr ™ t w *b of highways,
way,' although the first game is , * n * in * *nd ranching, and work-
not scheduled until the twenty- ,n *L4° n conj * niction Jobs,
third of that month T »eae various jobs get the boys
| in the best of physical shape and
j 1ICB POWERFUL the *re ready to start right in
Rice Institute, the team that had wit 1 their football drill periods
the champioaahip won laat sum- tw<j « day, when the time rolls !«»*• 9lt ** «t Stephenville
■ur, but floundered daring the sea- arohnd. r 4 I The other 28 athletes are doing
son, will he rough this year if **
can keep its full strength.
Lain, Ollie Cordill and a host
other seniors, with a sprinkling of maim, Kenrvill#; Odell Herman
Juniors, should give the Owls the! Ab lene; Joe Rothe, Hondo; Mar-
team that they were expected to sh^l Spivey, Lufkin; James
TTh mason, Brown wood; and Tom-
mid Vaughn. Brown wood
1 he oil fields ure taking up the
gJB at UhkCharies, Louismaa,
wlfila Heary Hauser of Kerrvflle,' This is an annual affair between
Eight Team a, 100 Players,
Took Part ia Suceeaafal
League; Only One Forfeit
The summer Twilight League
has closed out its schedule and in
doing so completed its best session
sinee its start. The games were
hard fought all the way through
and odly one game was forfeited
during the entire time.
The teams were more evenly
matched than ever before. Aggie-
laod Pharmacy had the best team
during the second half and wad £
only team to go through unde
feated in either rousd.
Aggieland Pharmacy, comfenril
one team of the All-Stars, and the
All-Star team met the Bryan AB-
Stars an* showed ap very well.
is running a driving range at Col
lege Station. Morion Pugh is play
ing lav-hall around Fort Worth.
Lwnard Joeri* is with the West
T«xaa Utilities,Co. in XhiMqe.
Derace Moser, 1938 freshman
fl**h, is working in the rodnty ag-
the teams of the two Braces
County cities and much interest
develops.
The Aggie Oedners, ruhaet ji>
in the final standing, fell victim ir.
their first game under lights in
Bryan Wednesday night as the
Coca-Cola team ran up 4 a score it
8 to 3. The Cleaners scored in the
Jh'ftlT* WOrWnr ^ rf l * roUnd . their home j firtt but were aurpareed m the
mt of, Bnjwder, Groesheck; Chester Hei- ... r,. . . - ^ Irons. Curti. H.,lla«H u- ,k.. ,
Kyle Field Is Put
In Perfect Shape
For ’39-’40 Teams
Ua raon, CrockeU; Henry “Bud
F®fce. Orange; Bob Hall, Port
lost vam»« IteirU. a h is - i Arthur; Marland Jeffrey. Port
p,ay Wrico; Walemon “Cotton”
Rice in the last minute of
after leading until that time. Thf. I ‘7T ^ ^
ji« «n„ Th. ch.k T s ;r 0 r r ^ 7r7:
Will not treat those boy* ao badly rtfepl ^ Marshall fobnett,
T,' b ‘"'*“• 4* Th
A few of their 1938 stars are Msgisficld. San Angelo-XHi rUrt
gone but most of them are back Sn*th, San Angelo; George “Pin-
and have another year of exper- ky^ Williams. Eldorado; and Frank
lence. They may he on th* top when
December rolls around.
FROGS MAY REPKaS^
They say that s champion never
repeate in the Southwest Confer
ence, but this year may be an ex
ception. The T. jC. U. foam warn
never pushed last year, *nd after
the starters had built 19 a lead,
the reserves played most of the
game. These reserves sheared to
be ns Strong then as any team in
the league. The Frog coach as
claiming another great passer in
Jack Odle, but we doubt that he
can be another Baugh or O'Brien.
T. C. U lost some great men in ;
O’Brien. Hall, Hale. Kline, Aldri«h.
and White, hut they have seam l
strong reserves to step into their
shoes this year. Those great stars'
cannot be replaced, but It will not g
take the number I team of the 1
nation to win the conference this
trip.
AGGIES FOURTH
The Aggies lost some good men
in Todd, Rogers, Bransom. Stef
fens, Schroeder, Britt, and Corton.
but they have some good men to
take their places. John Kimbrough
will be back.at foil, Moser will
step into Todd’s shoes. Bill Duncan
will be one end with probably Jack
Kimbrough at the other, and Mar
shall Robnett and Ed Robnett will
probably be the guards, Boyd will
be a mainstay at one tackle and
Pannell at the other, while Vaughn
•nd Herman along with Haaser
will take care of the pivot.
A. 4 M. has a tough row to
hoe, but if they can take the Frags
at Ft. Worth ia the opening con
ference game they may be headed
for the top. On pap.-t they appear
to be in fourth place though
“F|m ’ Wood, San Angelo, are
rsiKhing.
The Kimbrough brothers, “Big
Jol|n” and Jack, are faming and
raiiching at Haskell while BriNti
8. M. U.BTRom.
Coach Bells Mustangs wen-
■trong last season with a bunch
of sophomores who cams through
to win secoad place, but they won
The Aggies should never have lost
to them, aad Rice made them look
Hkf a bunch of swabs last season.
>• is rumored that they are hav-
ind a little trouble within their
rsijks, and if this is so they will
be lust another team that ran. The
Posies never prove to be a set-up
and may get into the first division
If Some of their sophomore stars
coipe up to expectations.
TEXAS IMPROVMD J
jw**tk Bible will probably move
riilftf the cellar this y«*r, but it
is not time for his team to be
tod on to win the flag. It will
another year or two for the
to come to the front, hut
♦ill probably turn the apple-
over on some favorite this
n. Don’t be surprised if they
Rice into camp. There has
lots of hate brewing between
teams for years. Rice has
the best of it lately. If some
U. T. sophomores
of the
th
some
h the team may prove tough.
BAYLOB ???
paper it looks like Baylor
for the cellar, but it is
to sell the Boars oa that low
They can taka nothing and
the season with an average
.5*0, and they have next to
this year. They lost lets of
shmen last season on the
* count, and you just can’t
men like Patterson and
over-night, l
YOU GUESS
It looks like Rice, Arkansas, and
Tj C. U. to fight it oat for the top
brocket; A. 4 M. and S. M. U. for
tlm No. four and fine holes; and
Texas and Baylor to fight for the
t piece.
’bore are seven teams and aev-
eoachas trying to finish first.
g*m< h that they shouldn’t have, add there ia not room for them all
« the top* WWre will they be in
furl*. Curtis Holland wa* ihu pitch-
ek for the Ag^ie Cleaner*.
Dean Winkler and W. L. Pen
berthy get a vote of thank* tici^
the teams and players for thrir
jpart insinaking the league pos
sible. The managers and the team
sponsors at* due much credit for f
j their part ity keeping the game
jaliye here. \ '
Lipscomb Pharmacy. Aggislaml
Pha? macy, Cillcfct Inn. Adti»j
( leaner*, CaaQras 'Cleaner*, Sea-.
ing for the footballer* to *et her*
msSri m4aaw*4 aa, ,:_i , **^*1 I** un dry t and the Ag. Educator*
Playing and Practice
Fields Track, and Gym
■Roof, pfeve Been Kcuorked
Kjrt* Field, the home of'the Tex
»s Aggie athletic teams, is wsit-
ai»d start practicing and also wait
ing until September 30 when the
Cadets will entertain the Cente
nary Gen tie me rf fo C the first home
game. The other three home game*
include Baylor, & M. U. and Texas.
Early laat spring the football
turf was ploughed up, fertilised
and replanted with grass Since
that time the groundkeeper has
bees busy getting the field to re-
M-mbly • »oft sure-footed grass
n«r.
Not only ha* the playing field,
which will be used four times this
fall, been reworked, but also the
two practice field*. This will mark
the first year that the practice
f " have offered a tuff and foot
ing like the playing field inside
the giant concrete bowl.
Tho “Red Dog” track where the
conffrenas meet was held last
spring has been worked and rolled
sad will be in shape for the cinder
mei^ next spring while scrying as
were the sponsors or VJie teams
this sumMy, and the fcKtn* sod
manage raj of these places of bus
iness do everything they cdp for
the boys tg this institution. \
There were some 100 individuals
took part ia softball this summer
and that in itself is a pretty good"
physical education course. It is
the most worthy form of physical
education that is here during the
summer sessions. It should grow
and create much interest duriag
the coming years and if at some
tune there are jights provided
along With some seats, it will be
the leading entertainment j here
during the summer session.
One thing that was noticed this
yvsr was the fact that the teams
had much better players thaa in
years before. *■
The total cost of running the
league for the twelve week period
was dose to $60, and We know of
s rid border for the greeg field n,,lhir W *«>*♦ worthwhile that fee
during football season. The Kyle h * v * *>•«»> kpent for.
Field! color scheme is the white ’ —"Jeep’
“taiiium encircling tie red track v “ “‘' ' ! ■ ’ ■
rtrt bonW. the gr^n ptaring MfllgMli OtggwW,. UM
fffl. . L a | University of Texas and operated
jn^root ovnr Ike gymnasium joinUy with the University of Chi-
has been reworked during the sum- cago. has been described by teat-
mer and the large crowds coming ing engineers as the most perfect
to se« the inside sports will be welt astronomical laboratory in the
protected from the elements
world.
Denton Gains the Limelight
As Star of Tennis Tourney
The first Summer Tennis Tser-- •
nament wound up Sunday evening,
with the last match finished at 0
P. to. As expected, V. C. Denton
won the boys' singles, and teamed
expense of Nisbet and Warnke.
Bledsoe a d Loving were defeated
^ | Sunday. In the boys’ single* and
up with Jimmy Giles to wm th4 doubk *’ Uire * 001 * Are *eU
boys’ doubles, and Angel Ornelas'
far the mixed double*.
A great deal of interest was
shown in the tournament. The pre
liminary matches were played off
during the week, with the semi
finals being played lU turds*.
There Denton ousted J. V. Bledsoe
and Giles defeated West, to go
into the final round These match
es ware exceplRmally interesting,
as the player* were all skilled to
the game.
In the boys' doubles, Denton and
Giles entered the finals after de
feating Gilliland and Monroe, and
B edsoe and Loving entered at the
i I. r. ' • '
plays^ hi |
out of three were played ia the
v,d doubles.
B<dh teems in the mixed doubles
entered the finale by defaak—
An *ri Ornrias and Denton won
their firat match from Bud and
Paula Eudaly, and Margaret Hull
ingshead and Bill McKaMi won
theirs from Nancy WUlis and A. H.
BeviMs.
All throe of the final —
ware pUyad Sunday afternoon, and
Denton played and won every one,
which waa a remarkable achieve
ment in the face of the heat most
of the afternoon.