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By E. C. “JEEP” OATES
Battalion Sports Editor
We have had “drugstore quarter
backs” and everything else around
this part of the woods, but now we
come up wi^h a recognized quarter
backs’ club. The first meeting will
be tonight under the north end of
the football stadium. The purpose
of it is to show the game pictures
to the men of College Station and
Bryan. These pictures will be
shown at 7:30 every Thursday
night and Coach Norton and some
of his assistants will be there to
take the “neck-shaving,” etc.
Right now I will nominate “Satch”
Elkins for President of the group.
(No, I am not taking a course
from him.)
These same game pictures will
be shown to the students on Sun
day afternoons.
INTRAMURALS
With Hub
Things are whipping into shape
around the intramural office these
days as the student office help and
the office managers, chosen this
week, got down to some real work.
Senior managers chosen to direct
the program this year include W.
W. Downer, P. S. Lemm, and
George Tilson. This looks like a
good staff to help direct the pro
gram through a year that bids
fair to be the greatest in history.
Art Adamson has announced that
all boys working as ushers this
Saturday should report to him this
afternoon at five o’clock.
Freshman football coach.
Hub McQuillan, has issued a
call for freshman football
players. Any freshman inter
ested should get in touch with
Hub at once. He may be lo
cated at the field any after
noon.
Have been noting the response
yell-leader Bodie Pierce has been
getting from the corps. It sounds
good and believe you me those
football players appreciate every
bit of it. It makes no difference
what the ex-students, the Ath
letic Council and Board of Direc
tors do towards athletics here, the
ball club is still made up of stu
dents and belongs to students.
Give those boys a slap on the back
and let them know that you are
behind them. Go down and watch
practice when you have time.
Centenary’s Gentlemen will
be here Saturday and they will
be nothing like gentlemen.
They are smarting from two
reverses now when they should
have taken both games.
It looks like the injury jinx is
playing with all the clubs except
the Aggies this year if the schools’
publicity men are not blowing up
a few minor scratches, which they
probably are. Ed Robpett is the
only Cadet with a limp and he
forgets to limp now and then.
Monday night the football team
leaves for San Francisco on the
“Streamliner.” They will go
through Houston where they will
board the Sunset Limited to El
Paso where they will stop for a
night practice session. From El
Paso they will journey to L. A. for
another session under the lights,
before going on up to Frisco for
a final limbering-up before playing
Santa Clara at Seal’s Park under
the beacons Friday night. Your
writer will make the trip with the
club and will wire stories on the
trip back.
Organization managers have be
gun to turn in their definite inten
tions of trying to put their boys on
the top this year and are being
approved by the managing staff.
Some of these include, John Mc
Kee to lead the “C” Engineers,
Arthur Hingle with “B” Chemical
Warfare Service, John Yowell to
direct 2 Hdq. Field Artillery, and J.
P. “Pinky” Couch to lead last
year’s co-champions, “A” Field Ar
tillery.
Bob Cooke, T. C. U. Frog ace
tackle is fighting for the other
All-Conference tackle berth with
Joe Boyd.
The largest eater on the Aggie
squad is Henry “Bear Tracks”
Hauser, closely followed by Chip
Routt and Tommy Thomason.
The British House of Lords has
admitted a Hindu to membership.
But it is possible nobody will be
able to understand what he means
when he talks, either.
The “fish” are getting into the
run of things now and most of
them seem to be well in condition
to play some good games, es
pecially football. At the same time,
some sophomores and juniors have
been seen behind the new halls,
five and seven, throwing the pig
skin around and bearing down on
the passes.
Battalion Sports All
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
SEPTEMBER 28, 1939
Downer, Lemm, and Tilson To Act
As Intramural Managers This Year
In two meetings held this week
headed by W. L. Penberthy, direc
tor of intramural athletics, senior
and junior managers were selected.
These men will guide the intra
mural program for the coming
year. “Mr. Penny,” with the help
of the junior managers of last
year, selected W. W. Downer, P. S.
Lemm, and George Tilson as senior
managers.
W. W. Downer, captain of 3rd
Hq. Field Artillery, is a resident
of College Station. A student of
Mechanical Engineering, Downer
promises one of the fastest seasons
in intramural history.
P. S. Lemm, captain of “C” In
fantry and a junior manager of
the past year, comes from Bren-
ham and is a student of the school
of Agriculture.
See you Saturday while you’re
still in beds, or at the game that
evening. In the mean time, “A”
Field is boasting of championship
teams again this year. What do
you say?
Williamson Picks
Notre Dame First
In Nation’s Race
The Battlion’s expert picks Irish
to win national title on pre-season
statistics; sees return of Michigan
and St. Mary’s and new “great” in
Wake Forest.
By Paul B. Williamson
(Editor’s Note: Beginning today,
the Battalion will publish Paul B.
Williamson’s weekly ratings of
football teams and his predictions
of forthcoming games. These au
thoritative, scientific ratings last
year were 96 per cent consistent
with the season’s actual results^
Following is Williamson’s pre
season survey of national football
prospects. Watch how closely he
calls the turn from week to week.)
The Fighting Irish of Notre
Dame should come roaring out of
South Bend, Indiana, this fall to
win the title of national football
champion. It should be another
great year for the Irish, and Elmer
Layden’s boys should rip through a
touch schedule to national honors.
. The fickle gods of football, in
the guise of injuries, bad weather
and unlucky breaks, can wreck
even the greatest team, and “Irish
luck” is no exception. However, if
the pre-season data I have gather
ed from more than 700 teams holds
up, these fifteen teams should lead
the national pigskin parade in this
George Tilson from Mission,
Texas, is one fellow who loves
action. If you are at the hand ball
courts and see or hear hand ball
at its best, then you know Tilson
is present.
Yesterday evening seven of the
nine junior managers were select
ed by the senior managers and
“Mr. Penny.”
These included J. A. Williams,
T. W. Whall, Billie Rogers, Jim
Norton, W. A. Moore, L. A. Rafal-
sky, and “Nickie” Ponthieux.
Any students who were fresh
men managers last year and are
interested in serving as sophomore
managers for the office force are
asked to contact “Mr. Penny” as
soon as possible. Selections will be
made by the senior and junior man
agers late this week.
Gentlemen Stars
Ed Whitehurst
‘Cotton” Barnes
Centenary Gents
To Offer Battle
The Centenary ‘Gentlemen’ in--
vade Aggieland Saturday with two
black marks against their names
but with the intention of proving
to the country’s observers that
they are still the team as was said
of them at the first.
The Gents fell in their first game
against Louisiana Normal with
many of their first string players
on the side lines, and at the start
of the last one, many were still on
the bench with injuries. The weak
point of their team will be the
lack of trained reserve material,
although, they have lettermen two
deep for each position excepting
the guard holes. Here they have
two junior college transfers. After
these two teams, they must rely
on first-year players.
In last week’s game against
Hardin-Simmons, the Centenary
team kept their oppents contin-
-shape and should face the Gents
in much the same way as they met
the “Sooner” Aggies last week,
but as to the outcome, that remains
to be seen. Both have a lot to
prove and both will be gunning for
the other; so it ought to be a good
opener for the home folks.
Bears Get First
Test of Year In
Saturday’s Game
The Baylor Bears are all set for
their first test of the season Sat
urday when they go up against the
Southwestern Pirates from George
town.
Head Coach Morley Jennings was
still doubtful as to the actual
strength of this year’s eleven as
scrimmage play during the past
week has been very ragged at tim
es. Passing seems to be the thing
that is giving the Bear mentor his
biggest worry.
This fall, there will be no Billy
Patterson to take care of the chunk
ing end of the overhead play and
the Bruins will have to rely upon
Jack Wilson and Dwight Parks,
both sophomores, and James Witt,
letterman back to take over the
passing chores.
This year’s running attack should
be greatly improved over that of
last fall’s eleven with hard-running
sophomores just waiting for a
chance to prove their ability. It is
in this department that Jennings
hopes to pack enough power to
make the aerial game come easier.
Scrimmage sessions during the
week indicated that Jennings
would start a veteran lineup in the
Southwestern clash with Sherman
Barnes and W. J. Wimpee, ends;
Frank Marx and Bennett Edwards,
tackles; Bobby Taylor and Leonard
Akins, guards; Robert Nelson, cen
ter; and a backfield made up of
Fred Graham, Jack Wilson, Jimmy
Witt and Milton Merka.
Seven Southwest
Conference Teams To See
Action This Weekend
Centenary And
Aggies Meet In
First Home Game
order:
uously in their own territory. The
1.
Notre Dame
score of 7 to 6 seems to show that
2.
Texas Christian
the Gents were taken under, but
3.
Carnegie Tech
the winning touchdown was made
4.
Tennessee
on a run that neared 90 yards in
5.
St. Mary’s (Cal.)
length through broken field. This
6.
Michigan
was the only time that the Cow-
7.
Southern California
boys threatened the Gents, but
8.
Oklahoma
that one time was enough.
9.
Duke
The Gents will bring a good team
10.
Auburn
coached by Curtis Parker and led
11.
Southern Methodist
on the field by Alvin Birkelbach
12.
Clemson
and “Weenie” Bynum. Parker is
13.
Boston College
the captain of the Gentlemen team
14.
Tulane
and fills the position of fullback.
15.
Fordham
He stands six feet tall and weighs
SOUTHWEST
190 pounds.
1.
Texas Christian
With the past record of Aggie-
2.
Oklahoma
Gent games, the invaders will be
3.
Southern Methodise
rough and ready and with the black
4.
Baylor
marks registered against them,
6.
Arkansas
they will be all the more sincere
6.
Rice
in their determination. Out of sev-
7.
Texas A. & M.
en starts, the Aggies have brough
8.
Texas Tech
home two victories, the last along
9.
Tulsa
in 1931.
10.
Texas Mines.
The Aggie team will be in good
The hardest hitting fullback in
collegiate football today is the way
many sports experts describe Ed
Whitehurst, the red headed full
back. He made the tough Cente
nary team during his sophomore
year. This is Ed’s final year with
the Gents and great things are
expected of him. Ranked among
the leaders in ground gaining in
the Southwest last year. Another
candidate for All-American honors
on the Centenary squad.
While drinking water from a
beer can, Joan Viehl, 7, of Los
Angeles got her tongue stuck in
the opening, and the metal had to
be cut away.
While performing an appendec
tomy, Dr. Gerald Maresh of In
dianapolis felt a sharp pain in his
right side. In three hours his own
appendix was removed.
Santa Clara Game
To Be Broadcast
By Local Station
It has been announced by the
college-owned and operated radio
station, WTAW, that the Santa
Clara-Aggie game will be broad
cast Friday, October 6, starting at
10 p. m. This will probably be the
only Aggie game this year to be
given over WTAW because of the
local station’s having to share its
1120-kilocycle frequency with
KTBC of Austin. Special broad
casts this year will require agree
ments with the Austin station’s
time, as well as permits from the
government, thus making it un
favorable for broadcasting some of
the events.
The local station plans on having
a new single tower transmitting
antenna up in a few months in
order to replace the present struc
ture. The tower may have to be
put up some place off the campus
in order to be out of the 3-mile
range of the new airport, a re
quirement for the construction of
tall structures in the vicinity of
air fields. Programs will be heard
from 11:25 to 12 noon every day
except Sundays, 4:30 to 5:30 every
Friday evening, and a Sunday
broadcast from 8:30 to 9:30 a. m.
Cotton Barnes, big blonde
“Gentleman” who is the best long
distance passer on the squad this
season. Barnes will be used at full
and tailback position. He is 19
years old, 6T", weighs 180. Is a
junior and comes from Vivian, La.
Arkansas and Aggies Only
Teams in Southwest Loop
To Have Played This Fall
BY JEEP
All seven of the Southwest Con
ference teams swing into action
this week with the Texas Aggies
playing Centenary at College Sta
tion, Baylor meeting Southwestern
University at Waco, Arkansas
playing Mississippi State College
at Mississippi, Rice taking on Van
derbilt at Houston, T. C. U. going
to California to play U. C. L. A.,
Texas University entertaining the
University of Florida at Austin,
and S. M. U. going to Oklahoma
to meet the Oklahoma Sooners.
Last week only Arkansas and
A. & M. played and both of them
hung up impressive victories. This
will be the first time out for the
other five ball clubs and accord
ing to the “dope” it should be a
gr6at week for the conference.
Rice is favored to take Coach
Ray Morrison’s Vanderbilt crew,
although the Owls are down with
a few injuries on Lain, Cordill and
company.
Southern Methodist is rated as
the underdog when they meet the
losers of the Orange Bowl. There
may be an upset up Oklahoma way.
T. C. U., Sugar Bowl champs, are
doped to take U. C. L. A. without
much trouble.
Mississippi State will give Ar
kansas a run for the money and
may down the Porkers.
Baylor should have no trouble in
taking Southwestern and the fans
will get to see the great Bruin
soph.
Coach Bible should ring up his
second victory in two years when
his Steers trim Florida. Texas sup
porters will be watching that game
with much interest as they are
expecting things this season.
On Kyle Field the Aggies will
meet a team that they have had
too much trouble beating. Cente
nary has been clipped twice this
season, but their record means
nothing when they play the Ca
dets. The Aggies appear to be
much the stronger club and they
should emerge the victor.
Two bandits robbed nine persons
in a store at Bowling Green, Ky.,
but refused to take the money of a
farmer who had only 75 cents.
Francis Bendelair, arrested in
New York for begging, was found
to have bank books showing de
posits of $2,583.
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