ON
KYLE FIELD
By
E. C. “Jeep” Oates
Battalion Sports Editor
Two Great Blockers Here This Week;
Thomason Best Since “Horse” Stafford
The two greatest blocking backs
bhe conference has seen since
“Horseface” Stafford led Bohn
Hilliard around for Texas several
years ago will
oppose each oth
er here Satur
day. They are
Jim Thomason
of the Aggies
and Will Mul-
lenweg of S. M.
U., both big
boys that go
close to 200
pounds. They
are both rugged
lads that are
capable of going full stride for the
full sixty minutes.
The all-Conference blocking back
will be picked Saturday and I will
give you the answer right now. He
is as. fine a boy as can be found
on the Aggie campus. A boy that
will rival anyone for the number
of friends he has.
He and John Kimbrough, along
with the Robnetts and other lines
men who pull out, offer the best
protective wall of the ball carrier
that has been seen in these parts
‘PAomason lacls tnat are for many a year.
Tickets For Pony Tilt Going Fast;
Largest Non-Thanksgiving Crowd Expected
writers and commentators.
Ex-students will be plentiful,
and here’s hoping they don’t try
to tell the ball club and the coaches
how to play the game.
It is rumored that the Aggies
will be the favorite in this tilt,
but that is an error. Many of the
“pickers” are putting the Ponies on
the spot, and some of those pickers
are the gamblers who bet only on
sure things.
Mustangs Threaten Aggies First Defeat
Clash Here May Settle
Conference Champions
Sporting Eyes of the Nation Will Be
Turned on S. M. U.-A. & M. Grid Battle
By “Jeep” Oates
In a big field in a little town east of the Brazos River called
College Station by some 6,000 Aggies, the classic of the week in foot
ball will be held Saturday when the Texas Aggies meet the Southern
Methodist Mustangs in a game that promises to bring forth the con
ference champion and maybe the national champion.
All sporting eyes of the nation will be cast here as the fray will
be sent over the air on a national hook-up. The Ace sports writers and
experts from the entire nation have already announced that they
will be here. Some of the better.
Ticket manager E. W. Hooker
has announced that tickets for the
tilt with S. M. U. have been go
ing fast and that some 25,000 fans
or more will be here for the game.
Two special trains will be run
from Dallas and many more fans
will motor down from that city.
Bryan is almost ready to call a
holiday for the tilt. Many of the
Houston people will be here, be
sides many national famous sports
Sanders, Pony Tackle Is Great Boy;
Aggies Are Not Too Chesty Now
Three of the finest tackles in
the South will be on the field Sat
urday in Sanders of S. M. U. and
Boyd and Pannell of A. & M. San
ders will give both of the Cadets
a run for their money on playing
that tackle position.
Ernie Pannell had a poor day in
Arkansas, but he has told us that
he is going to more than make
up for it this week, and when he
tells me that I am ready to watch
the opposing team take a beating
down in that line. When Ernie
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The two bands of the two fam
ous schools will be at their best.
It is said that there is not a single
injury on either band and that
they will be ready to go full speed.
That is the bright side of the
contest, but while the bands prac
tice, the headlines blast, the com
mentators shout and the sports
writers predict, the two football
teams and their coaching staffs
work hard and pray for a one-point
margin of victory.
Euel Wesson received a shoulder
of newspapers with stories about
their key men being injured, but
when 2:30 Saturday afternoon rolls
around S. M. U. will have its
starting eleven on the field. The
Aggies will not be so fortunate.
The Aggies suffered some pain
ful bruises in the Arkansas tilt
and they will probably not be com
pletely healed, but some of those
boys will be in there fighting. They
know they have the hardest game
on their schedule this week. They
know, too, that Matty Bell and
his Ponies defeated them last year
with a weaker ball club and they
know that he is liable to do it
again this year if they don’t “rock
’em and sock ’em.”
week. His loss will be felt as it
injury in the Ozarks and he is
definitely out of the game this
week. H is loss will be felt as it
weakens the reserve strength con
siderably.
Records show that S. M. U. has
just as good a running game as
the Aggies. Both teams have
averaged 3.67 yards every time
they have carried the ball. It is
to be remembered that the Ponies
have played two of the highest-
ranking teams in the nation in
Oklahoma and Notre Dame and
their average is still that high.
Bellville of S. M. U. has an
average of seven yards for every
time he has carried the ball, and
that is far ahead of the leading
Aggie who has only 4.93 yards for
an average.
The Mustangs are again the
best in passing. Clement has
completed .529 per cent of his
aerials and Hagerman has com
pleted .500 per cent of his.
Preston Johnson, who is rated
as the best back in the conference
for all-round ability, is one of the
leading blockers, ball carriers and
punters in the South. Johnson
has averaged 24.3 yards on kick
off returns. He is one of the lead
ing scorers in the conference with
21 points and the Ponies have play-
two games fewer than most of the
other teams.
The team that loses will be just
another team that fell by the way-
side, while the aggregation that
is victorious will remain in the
people’s eyes. There are always
many starters but few finishers as
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•has a good day there is no better
tackle in the world, and he has
that determined look this week.
Joe Boyd says he is ready to beat
*8§* out of S. M. U. As he hails
from Dallas, nothing would suit
him better than to do just that.
Joe says he enjoyed making the
touchdown, but he is going to have
him a good time in the line this
week. JOE, how did you get down
that field so quickly on that pass
Saturday? You didn’t charge too
quick did you ?
Chip Routt was injured Tuesday
afternoon and will be put of the
game.
There has been lots of talk about
the Aggies being overconfident,
but that is all wrong. In the first
place they don’t have anything to
be chesty about till they at least
beat their most formidable oppon
ent and they are waiting till Sat
urday for it.
All the boys to a man say that
they are not going to let some
thing like that beat them out now.
You can bet that John Kimbrough
will be hitting them just a little
harder this week than he ever has.,
He has everything to lose by not I
doing it and you know Big John, j
any Aggie can well tell the world.
It has been twelve long years
since the Cadets had anything to
boast about, and now with victory
in sight they are going to be
tough to get along with until they
are declared the winners.
Both coaches are having secret
practice this week as they dig-
down into their bag of tricks, but
if they will give their boys three
plays, a pass, a punt and a run,
the team that wants to win the
most and the team that “rocks
’em and socks ’em” the hardest
will be the winner.
Injuries Plague
Cadets on Eve Of
Serious Contest
Injuries of the worst type
have hit the Aggies during
the last few days and the
jinx leaves them in the worst
shape of the year for their
hardest game.
“Chip” Routt was lost for
a week or two Tuesday eve
ning when he twisted his
knee badly. The same after
noon’s work put a broken
nose on Bill Miller, a closed
eye on “Pinky” Williams,
and threw. Joe Boyd’s shoul
der out of place twice.
Others on the HONEST
injury list include: Euel Wes
son, out with a separated
collarbone which will keep
him out for some time; Wale-
mon Price, out with a knee
injury; Marshall Spivey, with
a bruised elbow; Marshall
Robnett, with a sprained
ankle; and Ed Robnett, with
a chipped ankle bone.
Intramurals
With Hub Johnson
E)ATTALION
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1939
PAGE 2
Season’s Records For Conference Teams
ARKANSAS
TEXAS
32
Cen. Okla Teachers
6
12
Florida U.
0
0
Mississippi State
19
17
Wisconsin
7
14
T. C. U.
13
12
Oklahoma
24
.7
Baylor
19
14
Arkansas
13
13
Texas
14
26
Rice
12
0
Villanova
7
0
S. M. U.
10
0
Texas A. & M.
27
81
Total
66
66
Total
105
BAYLOR
TEXAS A. & M.
34
13
Southwestern
Okla. A. & M.
0
0
32
Oklahoma A. & M.
0
19
0
Arkansas
Nebraska
Texas A. & M.
2i
14
Centenary
0
0
20
7
Santa Clara
3
27
93
T. C. U.
Total
0
47
33
Villanova
7
RICE
20
T. C. U.
6
12
Vanderbilt
13
13
Centenary
L. S. U.
Sam Houston Teachers
0
20
Baylor
0
0
8
7
9
27
Arkansas
0
12
Texas
26
153
Total
16
7
Fordham
13
52
Total
68
T. C. U.
S. M. U.
2
U. C. L. A.
6
7
Oklahoma
7
13
Arkansas
14
16
Denton Teachers
0
11
Temple
13
19
Notre Dame
20
6
Texas A. & M.
20
16
Marquette
0
21
Centenary
0
10
Texas
0
0
Baylor
Total
27
68Total
27
53
80
Marland Jeffrey Is Contender For
First-String Quarterback Position
Jeffrey
The way it stands now, it is
definitely in the hands of Com
pany F, Engineers. They have
marked up 70 points by winning
the rifle-shooting and now have
claimed their league championship
in basketball. On top of this they
stand the best chance of going on
to claim the rest of the honors in
the play-offs.
Their record to date shows only
one tight game. This was with D
Cavalry, ending 17 to 14. Other
wins for the Engineer team. in
clude L Infantry, 24 to 13; 1st
Combat Train Field Artillery, 18
to 2, and G Coast Artillery, 25
to 2.
L. L. Appelt is the foundation
of the team or is the man who has
so far appeared as the best all
round player of the company. He
shot a score of 94 in the rifle , ,, , ,
, , , , , . . ,, varsity letter whe nhe. made the
contest and has played in all tht J ... , .
basketball games.
In the football league, the Engi
neers’ team has not dropped a
game to date and has two to go
to hold top place. This seems to
be some outfit, and to think that
last year most of its members
were “day dodgers”!
Headquarters Field Artillery
marked up another win in the ten
nis tournament to move into the
quarter-finals of the upper bracket.
They succeeded in beating out B
Infantry 2 to 1.
Grisham and Cain topped Wadeil
and Hardeman, Beatis and Schmidt
won over Levine and Stroman,
while Elliot and Phillips dropped
their game to Womack and Mc
Bride.
First game wins in Class A
water polo are as follows:
I Infantry over E Coast Artil
lery.
Hq. Signal Corps over A Infan
try.
Machine Gun Cavalry over C
Coast Artillery.
H Infantry won over D Engi
neers.
C Cavalry topped G Infantry.
G Coast Artillery dropped to 3
By Jimmie Cokinos
Marland Jeffrey, the young man
in the inset, is the substitute back
who in the Arkansas game was on
the throwing end of two touch
downs. One of his heaves went for
60 yards with
Herb Smith on
the receiving
end. He played
an outstanding
game Saturday,
substituting for
Price, the start
ing quarterback,
who was held
from the game
due to injuries.
Jeffrey hails
from Port Ar
thur and at
present is alternating time with
Price and Marion Pugh as the
starting quarterback. But with
“Cotton” Price on the injured list
Jeffrey will probably see lots of
action in the game against the S.
M. U. Mustangs Saturday.
According to Norton’s plans he
is using “Jeff” in the quarterback
position in order to give the
Cadets a flexible backfield, as he
is able to play anywhere in the
backfield. Jeffrey prefers the
quarterback job, and is best fitted
for that jost. He has a keen head
for calling plays and works in a
calm manner which are two im
portant characteristics of a good
field general.
Weighing 185 and standing 5.11,
“Jeff” has the ideal build for a
back. He is capable of handling
the Cadets punting duties as his
kicking average last year was al
most 40 yards. He passes the ball
with accuracy and hits his receiv
ers consistently. He is also a nice
ball carrier, utilitizing his speed to
skirt the opponent’s ends to gain
yardage.
Jeff made freshman numerals
in football and baseball during fish
year. He won his first “T” in foot
ball last fall and added a second
Aggie baseball team as their
third baseman. He stands a good
chance of receiving a third “T
for his football play this fall.
While attending Port Arthur
high school Jeffrey lettered three
times in football and once in base
ball. In his senior year he was
selected as a back on the 1936 all-
state grid team.
Hq. Field Artillery.
E Infantry won from C Engi
neers .
And the best of them all was
the 1st Corps Hq. win over D Field
Artillery. The Corps Headquar
ters is a team composed of the
boys residing in hall 12. Some team
that is!
Dr. Allen Goldsmith, ’37 j
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BAYLOR PICKED
TO BEAT TEXAS
By Paul B. Williamson
The Williamson system has been
warning its readers for several
years that good football is no long
er confined strictly to the “Ivy
League.” This season, especially,
have so-called obscure teams hand
ed plenty of grief to old time out
fits. Many small colleges today
have stadiums, cheering set-ups,
bands, drum majorettes that eclipse
those of many larger institutions.
All of that sort of thing paves
the way for many weekly upsets
against tradition, though not al
ways against true rating form.
This week the system sticks its
head out in predicting Baylor over
Texas by a hair. Clemson over
Wake Forest, Fordham over Indi
ana despite identical ratings.
Harvard over Army, Illinois over
Wisconsin, Northwestern over
Purdue, Pittsburgh over Carnegie
Tech, Arkansas over Rice, Tulsa
over Texas Christian, Tulane over
Alabama, Texas Mines over Ari
zona, and Oklahoma A. & M. over
Washington U. of St. Louis.
Those are the hardest ones. The
rest of the leading games should
be easy according to the ratings.
The system doesn’t even cross fin
gers in predicting that Chicago
will not beat Ohio State or The
Citadel will not topple Tennessee.
- (Editor’s Note: A. & M. and S. M.
U. looks closer than the records.)
Future All-American?
• ■■ > -w V,
Grey Marion Baugh is the grand
son of “Pinky” Downs, fiery ex
student of Temple, Texas.
His mother. Grey, says he will
be an All-American gridder at
Aggieland in a few years.
TEXAS A. & M.
Rice
Texas Christian
BAYLOR
HAR. SIMMONS
S. CAL
Iowa
MICHIGAN
N. CAROLINA
Georgia Tech
Auburn
Centenary
SANTA CLARA
97.3
82.7
84.0
88.4
82.0
96.7
89.6
90.1
97.1
90.9
87.1
77.4
91.0
S. Methodist 92.4
ARKANSAS 85.7T
TULSA 84.4T
Texas 88.4T
W. Tech Teach 66.0
Stanford 85.6
NOTRE DAME 94.7
Minnesota 87.2
Davidson 75.9
KENTUCKY 93.0
VILLANOVA 88.8T
TEXAS TECH 84.1
Mich. State 84.0
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