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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1939)
ON KYLE FIELD By E. C. “JEEP” OATES Battalion Sports Editor WWillllllllllll'illllllllllllllltlllllllW Aggie-Gent Fracas Today Today is the day that we all can see the Aggies step out for the first time. We can see just what kind of a ball club we have; and in Centenary we will have a team that will force us to put out our all. Coupon books which are good for all four home games and all home athletic events can be purchased at the Athletic Office for $6.50. There will be the annual Fish-Al len Academy tilt here on October 9. This year it will be played on Kyle Field in the afternoon. We wish to call the attention of some of the organization com manders the fact that we have the freshman football players living in the halls again this year and to urge them to provide proper study hours for them. They have a lot more work to do than the ordinary fish. They also have to strip down at the gym! The T. C. U. special train to Los Angeles wrecked a couple of days ago, killing three people. After waiting seven hours the fans and band continued on their way on a new “U. C. L. A. Special”. That calls to mind the fact the Aggies are leaving for San Fran cisco Monday evening at 7:45 p. m. on the streamlined Sunbeam. They will travel the entire distance on limited trains. The entire corps should be at the station to give the ball players a last-minute slap on the back. Minor sports are about to get going. There is a notice in the Academic Building concerning polo. The pistol team will not get start ed until the close of football sea son and you can bet your bottom dollar that they won’t win the championship again this season . . . it just isn’t done. Art Adamson is just like any other coach ... he says that his water polo team is weak again . . . last year they stepped out with a “weak” team and won the national title . . . this year they will have to swim against the powerful athletic club teams, however. Thursday evening the Aggie Quarterback Club was organized and some 100 men from College and Bryan bound themselves to the Malted Milk DOUBLE THICK, 10(‘ Also Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Coffee, Ice Cream, and Chili and Tamales THE VARSITY Hundred Yards South Main Post-Office at North Gate BE PREPARED AGGIES! When the sudden spell of rough fall weather ap pears, be prepared to make any formation re gardless of the weather. “Archer” Trench Coats full 50 inch length $3.50 and $4.25 Gantner Sweaters 195 to $7.95 Leather Coats $7.95 to $15.00 Fownes Gloves $1.65 to $2.95 “Aggie” Reg. Sox by Interwovern 35^, 3 pr. for $1.00 B.V.D. Shirts and Shorts Arrow Shirts and Shorts AGGIE SPORT SHIRTS and SWEAT SHIRTS with Emblem 65£ & 95£ Rubber Cap Covers, 50£ r Wl MBERLEY ■ STONE DANSBV JL^ CJ.QCKIERS “Where Aggies Like to Shop” Team Leaves Ba ttcl lion Sports Monday For Los Angeles Second Meeting With Santa Clara To Be Night Game Making their annual debut on the West Coast, the Texas Aggies take on a quite formidable foe in the Santa Clara University Fri day night. This will mark the sec ond meeting of the two teams with Santa Clara winning the first by the score of 7-0, put the Aggies are going to the coast with a much better chance of returning with a victory than they had last year. The party around 50 strong will leave from College Station at 7:54 p.m. Monday. They will take the Sunbeam to Houston where the party will change trains and catch the Sunset Limited. This train will reach El Paso Tuesday afternoon and the Aggies will stop over that night for a practice session under the lights. They will then board the Golden-Gate Limited for Los An geles Tuesday night, where the Ag gies will again workout under the flickers. The team will have a light work-out at Seal’s Park Thursday night before playing there Friday night. Included along with the Aggies will be Dr. Woodward, who has been appointed to be the team’s doctor while the Aggies are on the road, Andy Anderson of the Hous ton Press, Bruce Layer sports writ er for the Houston Post, Byron Winstead, head of the A. & M. Publicity Department and “Jeep” Oates who will cover the game for the “Battalion”. Several residents of the cam pus are expected to make the trip along with the team but the only name available at present is Dean Kyle who is chairman of the ath letic committee. PAGE 3 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS SEPTEMBER 30, 1939 Centenary Stars Here For Game Today ttr*? tu “Knot Hole Gang” Functions Again Texas school kids got another break from the Texas Aggie Ath letic Council when E. W. Hoower, ticket manager and secretary of the council, announced that the Aggie Knot Hole Gang will function again this year. Any school child in Texas can see the Aggie home games at Kyle Field by obtaining a Knot Hole card from his school officials and then by paying an admission of twenty-five cents at the gate. The plan met with such a large success last year that the council voted to have it in operation again and expects to continue for years to come. Schools sent their Gang members to the games in school busses from all over the state and probably will do the same this year. club and elected “Jocko” Roberts as captain. The club has no rules and no fees and is open to any man from Bryan or College Station. Game pictures are shown and explained. The meet ings are wide open for discussions that any quarterback has on his chest. Sessions start at 7:30 and last about one hour, depending up on the number of arguments to be settled. Watch The Battalion sports page next week for news on the Aggies as they travel to Frisco. /££f91I FLOP COLSON SERVICE STATION 24-Hour Service Phone College 511 Any Part of Your Busi ness Appreciated A. & M. Men Will Attempt To Break Seven Year Jinx Centenary’s Candidate for All-American Berth Expected To Show for the Gents - By JIMMY JAMES When the whistle blows for the opening kick-off of the Aggie- Centenary grid fracas today the Aggie warriors will be trying to shake off a jinx which the Gents have held for the past six years. The all-time record shows that the Aggies have won two games and the Gentlemen have six to their credit. The past all-time record is as follows: In 1928 the Aggies 0 and the Gents 6, 1929 the two teams didn’t play, 1930 the Aggies eked out a 7 to 6 victory, 1931 it was 7 to 0 in favor of the Aggies, 1932 the Gents started their winning streak with a victory of 7 to 0, 1933 the Gents swamped the Aggies 20 to 0, 1934 it was the Gents all the way to the tune of 13 to 0, 1935 it was Centenary 7 to 6, and in 1936 the Gentlemen won by a field goal. Coach Curtis Parker brings with.*. Texas A. & M. football fans will see these Centenary Gentlemen in action today when Coach Curtis Parker of the Gents and Coach Homer Norton renew acquaintances. Seated in the photo above are John Clark, quarter; Alvin Birkelback, quarter and halfback; Banjo Holloway, center; and standing are Jimmie Patterson, end; Ed Whitehurse, full; Bob Barrie, half, and the renowned Weenie Bynum, half. INTRAMURALS With Hub Johnson There hasn’t been much happen ing since last time, that is, any thing that you could notice, but believe it or not many a student and one intramural director has already begun to lose sleep over the deal. The senior managers, Lemm, Til- son, and Downer were chosen by Mr. Penny and then in turn helped to select seven of the nine unior managers. A meeting of the en tire office staff is scheduled for the first part of next week. We wonder why it is that all the student managers seem to be those that stand out in various sports. P. J. Lemm, senior mana- If You’re “OUT” After The Game Refresh Yourself At • George’s Confectionery In New “Y” ger, is one of the best in softball, ‘Nickie” Ponthieux, junior mana ger, stands out in all the south and southwest A.A.U. swimming meets, and Douglas Barker, applicant for a sophomore position, played on the championship basketball team in Class B last year and played some pro-am football in his days before entering A. & M., and the well known hound of the handball courts, George Tilson, also heads the list. The first open move of the in tramural season will be made Mon day night as the office and organi zation managers meet for one of the traditional gatherings of the year to set the ball to rolling. The general aim of the supper will be to acquaint the managers with any changes, with each other, and to set the mark of the season as the greatest ever witnessed. Father Seymour, an Australian priest, pilots his own airplane in covering widely separated mis sions under his charge. him his candidate for a backfield berth on an All-American team. The fair-haired boy is none other than Weenie Bynum, who is 23, weighs 165, a two year letterman, and a triple-threater from ’way back. In Centenary’s ten-game schedule last year they passed 97.5 yards per game, and 90 per cent of the aerial duties were handled by By num doing the slinging. If wind and “jupiter pluvius” do not have a field day tomorrow, you may as well look forward to seeing the “Slinging Weenie” toe the pig-skin. Last season Centenary punted 88 times for a total of 3,621 yards, and not a single punt was blocked. The quotient from these two fig ures gave the Shreveport team a punting average of 41.15 yards per trial. Bynum is said to have also done 90 per cent of their booting. The Southwest’s leading ground gainer for the 1938 season was also Weenie Bynum of Centenary. His total yardage on running plays ac cumulated to 717 yards. He was pushed only by Tarbox of Texas Tech, Bynum’s closest rival, who gained a gross of 675 yards. Centenary’s past two games have been scouted by Coach “Hub” Mc Quillan, who looks for the Gents to snap back, says that Saturday’s game will be far from a pushover. and the Aggies will have to play heads-up ball all the way if the Aggie Band expects to play “There Shall Be No Regrets”. Enough for the Gentlemen, ancl now for the men. The Aggies. The Farmers take to the field in tip-top shape today; although Ed Robnett has been out with a twisted ankle, he too will be raring to go. Meet Your Friends After The Game AND DANCE AT THE DeLUXE CAFE Bryan, Texas ’5 KAYWOODH This is one you’ve just got to have— unless you’re a bookish fellow given to staying indoors. The "watch-case” top on this pipe keeps the wind from tearing into the pipe-bowl and "emptying” it. Protects die briar (and that new tweed outfit of yours) from burning. 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