ON
KYLE FIELD
By E. C. “JEEP” OATES
Battalion Sports Editor
Coach Norton’s charges are in
Athens waiting for the game this
afternoon. They will face their
toughest foe of the year today
•vyhen they meet Coach “Clipper”
Smith’s Villanova Wildcats. The
outcome of the game cannot be
predicted. If the Cadets win they
may be yelling “open the gate
Katy.”
The boys are not in the best
of physical shape, but they cer
tainly have no illusions on meet
ing a weak team.
The basketball team is working
put daily and when the season
rolls around they should be in the
best shape that an ex-Aggie team
has ever been in. Maybe they will
win mpre than two games this
year.
From Ben Winkelman and Pop
Warner who saw the A. & M.—
Santa Clara game:
“We heard nothing but praise
for the A. & M. team and Kim
brough was as fine a fullback as
we have seen out here where they
have had several All-American
fullbacks.”
Jerry Bozeman, sports commen
tator for KWKH and KTBS,
Shreveport, after the Centenary
game, broadcast the following over
KWKH, Monday, October 2:
“But to get back to the Centen-
ary-Texas A. & M. game for a few
minutes. We’ve made a lot of foot
ball trips to broadcast games, but
never have we been treated more
royally than we were at College
Station. Not only did the Publi-
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Villanova and Aggies Will Tangle Today
SWIMMING TEAM
HOLDS FIRST
MEET THURSDAY
The first meeting of the year
was called Thursday night of the
swimming team to decide on the
organization and possibilities of
matches for the coming year.
Coach Arthur Adamson told his
group of twenty-one eligibles that
the program was to be long and
included matches with some of the
best teams in the country.
The probable schedule will make
the Aggies to Chicago late in De
cember to play water-polo against
some of the athletic clubs of that
vicinity. The present Senior Na
tional A. A. U. title-holder, is the
Illinois Athletic Club, and the Ag
gies, Junior National A. A. U.
title-holders, will meet in a game
on this trip.
The Cadets are faced with the
job of replacing three of their
regulars of last year. Paul
Spaugh, center back, who was of
great defensive value to the team,
was lost by graduation. C. E.
Armstrong, right forward, was a
stellar offensive man and his loss
is causing much worry to Coach
Adamson. Chick Denny, goal
guard, is lost to the team by in
eligibility.
For the replacements, there are
such men as Eddie Johnson,
George Japhet, E. A. Conway, and
other promising men up from the
freshmen ranks.
The swimming team will be aid
ed this year by the interest taken
by some of the older regulars, ac
cording to the coach. Ty Hall,
Nickie Ponthieux, Eddie Johnson,
Pinkie Couch, and E. A. Conway
have all stayed in the pink of
condition throughout the summer
and are already swimming in bet
ter time than they were last year.
city Department and other depart
ments offer every possible form
of cooperation, but there was a
feeling of friendliness expressed
by those students that we con
tacted that was more than ‘swell’.
Texas A. & M. is a great school
but the spirit there makes it even
more than that. It’s one in a mil
lion. And we hope we have the
opportunity to return soon.”
“We’ve been to a lot of colleges
and can sincerely say to you that,
in our opinion, the spirit among
the student body and others at
Texas A. & M. is the most whole
some and enthusiastic we have ev
er witnessed.”
From Leon Booth, Centenary
publicity director:
“I sincerely appreciate your kind
cooperation, I have never been to
any college where I was treated
more royally. In fact the Shreve
port crowd was greatly Impressed
by the hospitality shown. Jerry
Bozeman, sports commentator for
KWKH, who broadcast thg game
from Kyle Field, devoted a nice
portion of his sports broadcast the
following Monday telling his lis
teners about the fine folks, down
your' way,
“I saw the A, & M. game with
Centenary, the Rice-Vanderbilt
game and the Centenary-Rice
game and I sincerely believe you
have the best combination at A,
& M. of any of the teams. I wish
you and the College, and especial
ly my good friend Homer Norton
every success this season,”
From John C. McCormack, gene
ral manager, radio KWKH, Shreve
port;
“Our men who handled the Cen-
tenary-Texas A. & M, game are
very enthusiastic in their praise
of your school and the fine treat
ment they received there. I want
you to know we appreciate this
very much, and if we can ever be
of assistance to your institution,
please let me know,”
From Curtis Parker, head
coach, Centenary College.
“I believe that John Kimbrough
is the . greatest fullback I have
ever seen.”
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GEO. STEPHAN, Pres.
Battalion Sports
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
OCTOBER 14, 1939
Wildcat Punter
John Gogolinski, Villanova’s
star kicker, is shown above.
Marshall Robnett
Has Taken Over
Joe Routt’s 43
By Jimmie Cokinos
Marshall Robnett is the young
man that took over Joe Routt’s
number 43, to wear on the grid
iron and in which Routt gained
All-American fame. Robnett is
doing right by the number as he
himself is turning in a neat piece
of' guard play for the Aggies.
Weighing 205 pounds and stand
ing 6’ 1”, Robnett broke into the
lineup as a sophomore when he
took over the guard position vacat
ed by all-conference Virgil Jones.
He held down the position in grand
style and won his first grid let
ter at A. & M.
“Foxey,” as he is called by his
teammates is one of the leading
guards in the conference and is a"
good candidate for all-conference
honors. His ruggedness and ag
gressiveness gives him the title
of being the roughest and toughest
man on the squad. He is equally
fast and he can pull out of the
line and lead some fancy inter
ference that reminds Aggie rail
birds of the piano legged Brahma
Jones who was a master at this
art,
Robnett holds the heavyweight
boxing and wrestling titles of the
college and will defend his crowns
when he enters ring competition
this spring. But I would not ad
vise any one to step into the same
ring with him as he has a deadly
right hand and is a glutton for
punishment. He won his second
“T” when he decided to throw
the javelin for the track team.
Last year was the first time that
he had ever seen a javelin and
proceeded to come out first in sev
eral track meets. If he continues
his improvement in this phase he
will win points for the Aggies in
the conference meet this year.
He entered A. & M, after attend
ing the Cooper high school in
Klondike, Texas, He won a fresh
man grid numeral in his first year
in Aggieland. In high school he
received three letters in football,
one in basketball and another for
track. He was captain for the
football teams for two years and
captained the basketball and track
teams in his senior year. He
made all-district football honors
twice and was selected most valu
able player the same year.
A monumental Concordance for
the work of Ovid, the Latin poet,
has just been completed at Catho
lic University. It weights 13 1-2
pounds.
Talladega College has adopted a
program whereby all members of
the student body, staff and fac
ulty participate in making and ex
ecuting the controlling policies of
the institution.
INTRAMURALS
With Hub Johnson
The season is well underway
now, with the first rounds of
basketball nearing completion.
Football has been started with
twenty games on the record; and
two matches have been run in ten
nis.
Ross Novelli sent his 2nd Combat
Train against D Coast Artillery
this week after a short practice
period and finished the game with
a baseball score, the train holding
the top side. B. J. Kulhanek
scored two field shots for the field
team while B. C. Richardson re
peated such a scoring for the
coast. The half finished with the
score standing 5 to 2, the odd and
winning point registered by Vic
Thompson. In the last half the
coast team held the Combat train
scoreless and registered two points
for themselves. The field team
has a good defense but is weak on
the offense, lacking some good
shooters.
In other games played lately—
C. Holley led the G Coast Artil
lery boys to a 18 to 7 victory over
1 Combat Train Field Artillery
by marking up 12 points for him
self.
Field Artillery won by forfeit
from B Cavalry.
W. M. Pennington scored six
points with W. A. Mossey and R.
E. Burns each scoring four to lead
the C Chem Warfare five to a
18 to 8 win over F Infantry.
When B Signal Corps met the
Machine Gun Troop of the Cavalry,
the scoring was wild in the first
half with the Signal boys holding
the top hand 15 to 10. In the last
half both teams were out to stop
the others but the wireless team
eaked in two points to round out
the game 17 to 10.
Wildcat Passer
In the tennis matches for the
week, 1st Combat Train Field
Artillery followed Bob Propst to
win over L Infantry, 6-4, and 6-4.
• C Engineers marked up an easy
point by drawing a forfeit from K
Infantry.
In the football games this week
many oddities accounted for the
awarding of the games to a good
number of the teams.
A Field Artillery tied up with
M. Infantry 6 to 6, and each had
two 40 yard penetrations but the
field team won out by holding two
20 yard penetrations to the infan
try crews one.
3 Hq. Field Artillery won a
7 to 6 game from B Chemical War
fare Service with R. L. Ravey
scoring the touchdown and kicking
the extra point, Francis was the
scorer for the Kiest Hall boys.
Class B intramurals start Mon
day with basketball games sched
uled as follows:
H Coast Artillery vs. 1st Combat
Train,
B Chem Warfare vs. A Coast
Artillery,
Football games to be played in
Class B Monday:
Artillery Band vs. C. Cavalry.
C Coast Artillery vs A Cavalry.
3rd Combat Train vs. G Infan
try,
A Field Artillery vs. K Infan
try.
E. R. ALEXANDER, HEAD OF
the department of Agricultural
Education, and J. L. Lowell spent
yesterday at Garwood in Colorado
County where Professor Alexander
spoke on “The Influence of the
War on the Cotton Situation.”
Their return was planned for last
night.
Wildcats Will Be Scrapping
To Keep No-Defeat Record
BY JEEP OATES
When the clock strikes 2:30 this afternoon it will mark the start
of a battle to the end between two of the strongest elevens in the
country, the Villanova Wildcats of Villanova, Penn., and the Texas
Aggies of the good old Brazos bottom city of College Station.
For over two years the Wildcats have not tasted defeat and they
hate to come all the way to Tyler, Texas, for a defeat. Their record
will make them double tough in that they will be trying to get by a
third season without having to take a licking.
On the other hand, the Aggies have been defeated plenty during
the past couple of years, but this season they have gone through three
games, two hard ones, without-f~
Mike Sabrinsky, ace passer for
the Wildcats, is shown above.
Second Round Of
Profs’ Tennis
Matches Saturday
The first round of the faculty
tennis matches were run off last
Saturday and Sunday evenings
with four quarter final matches
scheduled for Saturday evening,
October 14.
In matches last week Samuelson
downed McCorckle, Terrell defeat
ed Abbot, Florey ran over Garrett-
son, Ritter scored a victory over
Quisenberry, Levine over Laverty,
Monroe topped Bucknight, Blosgett
turned back Randsdell, and Hughes
drew a ‘bye’.
This weekend the matches are
due to be a bit better with the
field narrowed down to those who
possess the greatest skill or play
ing ability.
Scheduled for Saturday—
2 p. m.—Samuelson vs. Hughes;
Terrell vs. Flory.
4 p. m.—Ritter vs. Levine; Mon
roe vs. Blodgett.
A consolation match between
last week’s loosers will be staged
at 3 p. m. with Randsdell facing
Bauknight and McCorckle up
against Laverty. Quisenberry
will meet the winner of the top
two in the other matches.
Local Girls Pledge
National Sororities
At Newcomb College
Margaret Ann Williams of Col
lege Station has been pledged by
the Beta Kappa chapter of Zeta
Tau Alpha, national social soror
ity Newcomb College, women’s di
vision of Tulane University at New
Orleans, it has been announced by
officers of the chapter. She was
a member of the Summer Battal
ion staff at A. & M. during the
1939 summer session.
Peggy Williams of College Sta
tion has been pledged by the!
Delta chapter of Phi Mu na
tional sorority at Newcomb.
Jacqueline Nutter, also of
College Station, has been pledg
ed by the Beta Omicron chap
ter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at
that institution.
being defeated and they have their
sails’’set for an undefeated season.
They are not going to let just
an impressive record of an op
ponent stop them now. The tough
est part of the Villanova team is
the pronouncing of their names,
although they are said to have a
fast and hard charging line in
front of some of the best running
backs in the East.
Most of the Wildcats are tough
as they come from the coal fields
of West Virginia and Ohio as well
as from the steel mills of Penn
sylvania.
This means little to the Aggies
though as Joe Boyd, Marshall
Robnett, Charliq Henke, Ernie
Pannell and some of the other
Cadets who are expected to play
60 minutes of the ball game are
just tough enough to mix it with
anyone. They put their power into
blocking and tackling.
A week ago the Aggies were
the underdogs, but during the last
few days the experts (so called)
have jumped on the Aggie side
and now the Cadets are about sev
en to five favorites.
Villanova will be at a disadvant
age on the weather and the hu
midity. The Cadets have had
fairly cool days when they have
played their games, except in
Oklahoma City, but they have had
days upon days of practice un
der the broiling sun.
Another thing is that the Cadets
have never lost a game in Tyler.
They will be trying to keep this
record spotless and they are not
hankering for a “Yankee” team to
come down here and mess it up
for them.
The Cadets will probably start
“Sterling City” Sterling and Herb
Smith at ends, Joe “Boo Hoo”
Boyd and Ernie Pannell at tackles,
Marshall ‘Foch’ Robnett and Charlie
Henke at guards, Tommie Vaughn
at Center, Bill “Waltzing Willie”
Conatser and Derace “De Race”
Moser at halves, Tommie Thoma
son at quarter and John “Human
Tank” Kimbrough at full.
Coach Homer Norton took about
45 men with him and if pos
sible he will play most of them.
He will attempt to wear down the
opponent by keeping fresh players
in the game.
“Clipper” Smith is noted for his
showmanship and he will probably
use every formation and trick play,
both in the books and off the rec
ord, in the game.
We are stringing along with the
Aggies all the way through and
we are picking them to win that
ball game today.
FT. WORTH CLUB ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
The first meeting of the Fort
Worth Club was held Thursday
night. The primary purpose of
the meeting was to elect officers,
and results were as follows: pres
ident, Walter Sullivan; vice-presi
dent, Pat Casey, and secretary-
treasurer, Mayo Thompson.
Business concerning both the
corps trip and the Christmas dance
was discussed. Approximately 50
members attended.
The Harvard University chapter
of Phi Beta Kappa has voted to
have “spirituous liquors” at its
annual banquets.
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