TUESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1939
THE BATTALION
PAGE 5
Aggies Swamp Cowboys
In Oklahoma City 32-0
Moser, Conatser and Kimbrough Lead
Aggies to Easy Victory Over Oklahoma
BY JEEP
With John Kimbrough, Derace Moser, Marion Pugh, Bill Conatser,
and Tommy Thomason packing the ball across the Oklahoma A. & M.
goal line five times and Dawson and Audish making good two con
versions, the Aggies hurdled to their first victory by a score of 32 to 0
in Oklahoma City Saturday before a small crowd who braved a
broiling sun.
Coach Norton used nearly every man he had, and one group looked
about as good as any other. There'
are still some flaws to be ironed
out, but they are minor and the
team should be in top shape with
in a week.
In the first quarter the Aggies
picked up 70 yards on nine run
ning plays while the Cowboys
gleaned 41 out of nine tries. The
Cadets tried no passes in this
frame and the Cowboys tossed a
couple that were incomplete. Price,
who was not figured on to play,
started the game and picked up
16 yards in three carries. Kim
brough carried five times for 15
yards and a touchdown. Moser
carried once for 39 yards and also
picked up six points. Moser re
turned three punts for 75 yards.
One of them was a 63 yard return.
During the second period the Ca
dets made 77 yards running to
four for the Cowboys. Pugh com
pleted two out of four passes for
21 yards to Herb Smith. The
home club passed twice, having
one intercepted by Audish. Conat
ser returned one punt for ten
yards and Spivey one for five.
Pugh raced over six yards an da
touch.
During the third period the Cow
boys played on about equal terms.
Tn this frame the Cadets tried
five passes, completing only one.
To start the second half the
Cowboys were penalized 15 yards
for not getting their team on the
field soon enough and Rivers kick
ed off from his 25 yard line. Price
ambled back 35 yards with it.
The Cowboys were hardly on the
field during the fourth period from
the figures. They tried no running
plays, they passed twice, one being
intercepted and the other incom
plete, they kicked three times.
Conatser did some beautiful foot
work in the last period. He ran
over 30 yards for a touch once and
had it called back and his team
penalized. A few plays later he
took a punt on the 50 and wiggled
through the entire team following
some nice blocking for the touch.
He also punted once for 40 yards
that went out on the six yard line
and another for 39 yards went out
or the nine yard stripe.
Jim Thomason crashed over
from the four yard stripe in three
att 'mpts. He did some wonderful
blocxing during the game. This
writer thinks that he either slugs
or bites the man he blocks because
they back off from him and don’t
seem to be interested in getting
by. Ed Robnett was the only Cadet
hurt bad enough to have to be taken
off the field and he was OK a lit
tle later. He injured his ankle. End
play can still stand lots of improve
ment.
Organization
Changes To Be
Announced Soon
Colonel George F. Moore, Com
mandant and professor of military
science and tactics, has announced
that an early issue of The Battal
ion will carry a complete story on
corps reorganization, its necessity,
and probable further changes.
The Commandant’s Office at
present is under an unusually heavy
press of work due to registration
and other problems facing that
office at the beginning of a year
marked with changes.
According to an announcement
made earlier, organizations are
composed this year of both dormi
tory and day-students, with each
organization having a total
strength of 100 men. Of this num
ber, approximately 74 men are in
the dorms. The 74 include approx
imately 34 freshmen, 20 sopho
mores, 12 juniors, and eight seniors
to an organization. The remainder
are day-students.
The eight seniors per organiza
tion include in most cases the cap
tain who is organization command
er, one first lieutenant who is sec
ond-in-command, four other first
lieutenants, and two second lieu
tenants. In the event that a full
quota of military seniors is not
available for an organization, non
military seniors are allowed to live
with the group.
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ON
KYLE FIELD
By E. C. “JEEP” OATES
Battalion Sports Editor
The Aggies didn’t fool around in
taking Okla. A. & M. at O. C-
Saturday. Kimbrough turned on the
power and crashed over for the
first and then Moser came back
a few minutes later to race 39
yards for one. In the second quar
ter it was Pugh who banged across
for a counter. In the fourth Conat
ser wormed through the team for
a touch, but the play was called
back. A few plays later Bill took a
punt on the 50 and raced for the
touch again and this time they let
it go. During the latter part of the
fray the lads worked the ball
down to the shade of the goal and
Thomason crashed over.
Norton’s boys could have
probably scored many more
points, but they stayed under
wraps all the way. Most of the
squad that made the trip play
ed and they all looked well,
although there are still some
rough spots to be ironed out.
Coach Stidham of Oklahoma was
in the press box fur awhile and
asked where we got Conatser and
Moser. He said that he had never
heard of them in high school. By
ron Winstead, Texas Aggie pub
licity director, told him that they
were track men converted into foot
ball players. He said that out-of-
state teams got all our stars and
we had to take track men and make
ball players out of them.
Stidham said that he would
like to buy a few of the boys.
He said he would like to buy
Kimbrough, Boyd, Moser and
Conatser and if there was any
money left in Oklahoma after
that he would spend all that
was left for Marshall Robnett.
Conatser and Moser did some of
the best kicking that A. & M. has
seen in years. Moser quick-kicked
one for 66 yards and another punt
was good for 47. Conatser kicked
one for 39 and one for 40, putting
the ball out on the six and nine
yard lines.
Conatser cames here Satur
day and they will be much
stronger than Okla. A. & M.
They lost one to La. Normal in
their first tilt, but they had all
of their key linemen and a
couple of backs on the side with
injuries. Saturday they trim
med Hardin-Simmons, a good
rough ball club, 7 to 6. They
will be pointing for the Aggies
to keep up their record against
them and will be tough.
“Bubba” Reeves ran John Kim
brough out of the game at O. C.
Saturday. Through a mix-up Herb
Smith’s number 29 was not carried
on the trip and two of John’s 39"s
were. Reeves let Smith have his
24 and he took one of John’s 39’s
During the fourth quarter Reeves
went into the game and John had
to leave because of two men with
number 39 on. Reeves also has more
luck downing John in practice than
any other player.
Battalion Sports
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
SEPTEMBER 26, 1939
Big Year Expected for Intramurals
The starter’s gun is ready to
sound as the time for the new in
tramural program to make its first
move is drawing near. This year
should be the greatest year in
the history of the intramural pro
gram at A. & M. with the halls
accommodating the larger majority
of the 5,930 students.
During the ’37-’33 year there
were 2,810 participants in the in
tramural program and last year
this number was boosted about 400.
This year, however, the number
should come nearly to the limits
of the registration.
Great changes have come over
the organizations in the last few
days and everyone is about to get
his feet on the ground. Organiza
tion commanders have been asked
to choose their intramural man
agers so that a meeting may be
called of the same in the near
future. A meeting of the office
staff has already been held and a
banquet is in order for the entire
crew.
The program is some-what un
known to some of the upperclass
men as well as to the ‘fish’ with
the migrating of the large num
bers from Bryan and Navasota to
the halls, but many have already
been seen getting ready for the
basketball and football programs.
The life we live at A. & M. is
the rock foundation of that we will
live after leaving. The friends we
make here will be the friends we
have after we’re gone. The best
place to make friends is on the
playing fields or floors. Here you
see how one acts when under strain,
enjoyment, and often times defeat.
The upperclassmen will start the
program with touch football and
basketball near the first of Octo
ber and the freshmen will start
about a week later with the same
sports. At the present time the
‘fish’ are attending the traditional
lectures given for them before
they enter the field.
Let’s make this one big season
with real competition all the way
through. Mr. Penberthy, ‘Mr. Pen
ny’ to those of us who have been
here before and probably to the
freshmen after a few weeks, is
ready to go and believes too that
this should be ‘the year’.
So—till Thursday, when I’ll try
to bring you some definite dope
on the schedule, starting dates, and
some of the teams, talk it up and
start practicing a bit.
AGGIE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
1939
A. & M. 0
Sept. 23—Oklahoma A. & M. at Okla. City 32
Sept. 30—Centenary Col. at College Station
Oct. 6—Santa Clara at San Francisco, Cal.
Oct. 14—Villanova at Tyler (Rose Festival)..
Oct. 21—Texas Christian U. at Fort Worth.
Oct. 28—Baylor Univ. at College Station.
Nov. 4—U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ark._
Nov. 11—Southern Methodist at College Sta._
Nov. 18—3ice Institute at Houston
Nov. 30—-University of Texas at College Sta._
Interest in the Dead Languages
apparently is on the increase.
Baylor University Professors
Henry Trantham and Walter Juni
per announced today record enroll
ment in beginners’ courses in Greek
and Latin. Registration of 45 in
Introductory Greek necessitated the
closing of the class and the refusal
to register late comers.
TOWN HALL—
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members’ classifications as music
lovers.
January 9—This date will usher
in the appearance of the Graff
Ballet at Guion Hall. The group
(an addition to the program listed
in the Town Hall folder) is compos
ed of 18 men and women dancers,
all of whom are ypung . . . the
men are indeed masculine, and the
women are beautiful, alluring, and
graceful.
February 15—Gladys Swarthout:
Naturally, her singing is her great
est accomplishment, but then her
face is considered one of the ten
prettiest in the United States . . .
and also, pulchritude is one of her
nicer characteristics that shouldn’t
be overlooked. This star of radio,
stage, and screen should provide
an evening’s entertainment that
can be matched by no one else.
March 28—Max Gene Nohl will
probably prove to be the most in
teresting speaker on adventure ever
to speak to the cadet corps at
A. & M. It was his self-contained
helium diving apparatus that was
said to have made possible the in
vention of the diving bell recently
used in the rescue of the subma
rine “Squalus.” On the above date
Mr. Nohl will acquaint the members
of Town Hall with marine life and
deep sea diving as only he can
by means of a motion picture in
technicolor accompanied by a
parallel lecture.
April ( ?)—Sometime during this
tract for that particular type of
performance; however, Town Hall
assures its members that the or
chestra will be a good one.
May ( ? )—During this month
Town Hall will revive one of
A. & M.’s old customs, that of
having an amateur contest. The
contest will be open to any and all
the students desiring to enter, and
it should be two hours of fun and
frolic for all who attend.
Sullivan is quoted as saying:
“There will be eight times during
this school year when the cry of
‘Town Hall tonight’ will make a
number of students regret not hav
ing tried to purchase their season
tickets sooner, for the seating
capacity is definitely limited.”
Reserved seats will be placed on
sale Monday, October 2.
Centenary ‘Gents’
Gunning For Aggies
Louisianans Have Dropped Two Games,
To Louisiana Normal, Hardin-Simmons
BY “CHICK” DENNY
The fighting Gentlemen from over Shreveport way took another
licking Saturday from the Hardin-Simmons Cowboys. This can be
summed up in a very short phrase—“They’re gunning after us Ag
gies.”
Losing two straight games is hurting the Gents in a schedule,
that if it could be successful it would place them at the top of the
nation’s football teams. But they have lost two games they thought
would be “breathers.” Now they-y —
are out to show the world that
after a slow start they can let the
leather fly thick and fast.
Curtis Parker, mentor of the
Ge:-.ts, has an array of material
that any coach in the Southwest
would be proud to guide. In Weenie
Bynum, the Gents have last year’s
leading ground gainer of the
Southwest, including Tarbox of
Texas Tech. Bynum not only runs
with the ball but he passes in the
40 percent class. He kicked 90 per
cent of the punts for the Gents
last year and the season’s average
was 41.15 yards per try.
Then there is John Clark, who
is said to be the coolest man in
collegiate football when under fire.
Clark plays in the quarterback
spot, and may or may not see ser
vice in the Aggie game due to an
injury receievd in one of the pre
vious games.
Ed Whitehurst, who is a Texas
product from Marshall, is another
member of the Gents with national
fame—he is said to be the hardest
hitting fullback in collegiate foot
ball. In high school, Whitehurst
was known as “the one man foot
ball team.”
Be these men what they may,
this writer has had the opportuni
ty to observe the Gentlemen in
several of their heavier workouts
and to me these fellows look like
they are ready to take on any
team in the nation. And I dare say
that if they are playing anywhere
near their regular game, then its
going to be a forcing afternoon
for the Aggies.
The Texas Aggie, A. & M. ex
students’ newspaper published here
bi-monthly by the Former Students
Association, reached a record cir
culation of 12,000 with its first
issue of the new regular session
September 23. Its regular circu
lation this year will be more than
5,000.
H. H. Williamson,
Extension Director, To
Address Conference
H. H. Williamson director of the
Texas A. & M. Extension Service,
has accepted an invitation to ad
dress the annual extension confer
ence at Madison, Wis., on October
13, it wias announced today.
His subject will be “Lessons from
25 years of Extension Work”. Wis
consin extension workers believe
Williamson’s long acquaintance and
understanding of Southern agricul
ture will offer valuable pointers
suitable for use in the North.
Director Williamson is current
ly in Washington, D. C. where he
is attending the National Agricul-
month the members of Town Hall j tural Advisory Council which is
will attend a swing concert, which ’ considering the possible effects of
will be offered by one of the | the war on American agriculture,
nation’s best and most famous I
dance bands. Neither the exact
date nor the name of the orchestra
can be announced at present be-.
cause of the fact that it is too;
early in the year to secure a con-
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