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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1939)
ON KYLE FIELD By E. C. “Jeep” Oates Battalion Sports Editor Tennessee Has Great Football Team; They Want To Play Aggies With Scouts, Etc. Tennessee thinks they have more than one powerful football team. They want to play their first string in the Rose Bowl, their second string in the Sugar Bowl, their reserves in the Orange bowl, and play the Texas Aggies in the Cot ton Bowl with their scouts, band majors and majorettes. We expect that their scouts, band majors and majorettes could play better than their first string. At least that bunch plays againsf stronger opposition each week. The scouts at least get to see the teams they are scouting playing against some pretty fair ball clubs. Aggies In Poor Condition For Major Game; All Starters Will Be Able To Play In Battle Although the Aggies have some men who are ailing from injuries received last week, they will all be in condition to at least start the game today. Marshall Robnett suffered a broken nose and a limbe burn last week, but will be in the starting eleven with that number “43” shining. Charles Henke has a lip that is cut through and through, but Lil “Dr. Brinkley” Dimmitt will have him fixed up some way to go and his number “38” will be at the other guard. Those same two numbers took the field against the Owls in the same positions two years ago. At that time they were gracing the backs of Virgil Jones and Joe Routt. Ernie Pannell, also with a broken nose, will have to play with a “bird cage” on his helmet, but he will play. That is a tough break for the fluttering Owls. They were hoping those three men would be out. “Cotton” Price may start this afternoon at quarterback for the Cadets. It has been *some time since the senior quarterback 'was albe to start a fray. . Aggie Fish Play Yearlings Wednesday; Tilt Was Scheduled For Thursday Morning It is official that the Aggie Fish will play the Texas Year lings on Wednesday afternoon be fore Thanksgiving instead of on Thursday morning as has been scheduled. This game should be a. battle between two of the best freshmen teams in the conference. The Fish have been putting in long hours, many of them scrimmaging against the varsity, and they should be in good playing shape for the game. Some of the bast looking Fish to date are Jack Swamk and “Bull” Tullus at tackle, Wilson at end and Tom Pickett, Willie Zapalac, Webster and Bando in the back- field. “Two Can’t Smoke As Cheaply As One” Proved Boy, you really need those extra smokes per pack, if you’re an Emory University student. A sur vey there revealed that if you buy one pack, you’re almost sure to have one-quarter of the 20 bum med before the last one is gone. Definitely, two can’t smoke as cheaply as one! Here’s something new the Dem ocrats are being bldmed for these days. The editor of the Wheaton College Record received a letter which said: “Dear Editor (You Democrat): We never froze at homecoming when Coolidge and Hoover were presidents.” * Aim ASXHAVULY HALL teAnfflb AIE only her arms can hold my lore., my hate..my torment* WUTHERING) HEIGHTS MERLE OBERON LAURENCE OLIVIER • DAVID NIVtN ' Dtmm b WILLIAM WYLER XrfxW Uai»« Anlm ALSO “March of Time” SATURDAY, NOV. 18 Intramurals With Hub Johnson Still little dope on the intram ural side. The rain has caused all games other . than basketball to be postponed and the final play offs which were to be run this week were called off because of the Don Cossacks’ show Thursday night. Few are worried at a time like this about intramural games for it’s corps trip day and the streets of Houston are already flooded with Aggies. Not to ruin things in any man ner but to put up a few thoughtful remembrances, the class A hand ball games will commence Monday, the day on which many of the stars of the fast game return to the old school. “Col. Andy” wasn’t present at the fish practice runs in cross country the last two days but still a few braved the weather and trodded the two miles. The varsity team made its second ap pearance of the year at Dallas yesterday against S. M. U. And by the way, freshmen, you wont have but four days to prac tice the run next week so you’d better get down to work. Soon the football season will be a closed book, although it will probably be reopened many a time' before the year is through. Then it will be the time for this old department to start furnishing the time fillers. Swimming is up soon, then volleyball and speedball. Water polo is still teaching many a man that he isn’t as good a swim mer as he thought he was but let’s learn some more football to day. THE AGRONOMY SOCIETY will hold an important meeting Monday night at 7:30 in the agronomy library. The election of the business manager and social secretary will be held. These two men have a great deal to do with the success of the Cotton Ball in the spring. Aggie-Texas Feud Started Back in 1894 A. & M., Longhorns Meet for 46th Time Thanksgiving Day Eighteen hundred and ninety- four—that was the year all this Texas Aggie-Texas University football rivalry started with a 38- 0 victory for the Longhorns. Since that time the Aggies have been continually trying to catch up and when they .meet on historic Kyle Field, Texas, Thanksgiving, Nov. 30, they will be meeting for the 46th time and the Longhorns have the margin 27 to 15 in the mat ter of victories and the other 4 have ended in those “moral vic tory” ties. Tradition says the home team wins but don’t let that slogan fool you. In 1922 the Aggies won at Austin, 14-7, but to prove the tra ditional saying is all wrong, Tex as came right back in 1923 to make the Cadets “take it on the chin, 0-6.” Texas’ coach, Dana X. Bible, was then at A. & M. and had the glory and gloom of both those jinx years but now he is on the other side of the fence and nothing would bring more happiness to him than that he could reverse the hoodoo and take the game of football back to rest forever in the trophy case at Austin. Coach Homer Norton also has ideas that he would like to give the winning ball to the captain for the game. It is a custom he has fol lowed all year and, although he has not said, he probably will fol low that system on Turkey Day— unless the boys decide that the ball belongs to Norton for bringing the Aggies “out of the Wilderness” that settled on the A. & M. campus after the 1927 team won the last title for the Aggies. Just for the benefit of the record here is the all-time Texas Aggie- DATTALION University of Year Place Texas record: A.&M. Texas 1894 Austin 0 38 1898 Austin 0 48 1899 San Antonio 0 6 1900 San Antonio 0 5 1900 Austin 0 11 1901 San Antonio 0 17 1901 Austin 0 82 1902 San Antonio 0 0 1902 Austin 12 0 1903 Austin 6 29 1904 Austin 6 34 1905 Austin 0 27 1906 Austin 0 24 1907 Dallas 0 0 1907 Austin 6 11 1908 Houston 8 24 1908 Austin 12 28 1909 Houston 23 0 1909 Austin 5 0 1910 Houston 14 8 1911 Houston 0 6 1915 College Station..13 0 1916 Austin 7 21 3917 College Station.... 7 0 1918 Austin 0 7 1919 College Station.. 7 0 1920 Austin 3 . 7 1921 College Station.. 0 0 1922 Austin 14 7 1923 College Station.. 0 6 1924 Austin 0 7 1925 College Station.,28 0 1926 Austin 5 14 1927 College Station..28 7 1928 Austin 0 19 1929 College Station..l3 0 1930 Austin 0 26 1931 College Station.. 7 6 1932 Austin 0 27 J 1933 College Station..l0 10 1934 Austin 0 13 1935 College Station..20 6 1936 Austin 0 7 1937 College Station.. 7 0 1938 Austin 6 7 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1939 PAGE 3 Leading Scorers ; Player-School T’downs Conver. F. Goals Total John Kimbrough, A. & M 8 0 0 48 Crain, Texas 6 5 0 41 Conatser, A. & M 5 0 0 30, Witt, Baylor 5 0 0 30 Moser, A. & M 4 0 0 24 Adams, Arkansas 4 0 24 Johnston, S. M. U 3 0 1 21 Clark, T. C. U 3 —:o: 1 0 19 Team Standings FULL SEASON Team Won Lost Tied Pet. Points Opp. Pts. Texas A. & M 8 0 0 1.000 159 18 Baylor 5 2 0 .714 113 47 S. M. U 3 2 1 .583 70 33 Texas U 4 3 0 .571 81 86 Arkansas 2 5 1 .313 78 117 T. C. U 2 5 0 .286 69 80 Rice 1 5 1 .214 64 80 CONFERENCE SEASON Texas A. & M 4 0 0 1.000 73 8 Baylor 3 1 0 .750 66 27 Texas U 2 2 0 .500 40 55 S. M. U 1 1 0 .500 12 6 Arkansas 1 3 1 .300 46 85 Rice 0 1 1 .250 24 38 T. C. U 0 3 0 — :o: 000 19 61 LEADING PUNTERS Player-School Punts Total Yds Aver. Yds. Johnston, S. M. U 26 1035 39.8 Eaken, Arkansas 52 2028 39.0 * Cordill, Rice 28 1094 39.0 Conatser, A. & M 35 1283 36.7 Grumbles, Baylor 27 980 36.3 Moser, A. & M 29 1036 35.7 C. Sparks, T. C. U 22 779 35.4 Witt, Baylor 707 30.7 *—Rice-Fordham game figures still missing. “We Was Robbed” Thought Aggies In ’37; Today They Will Strive To Even Score Wild Game Notes Fishermen living in jackrabbit- infested sections of Texas will find the levers of big rabbits make ex cellent fish bait. Bryan Coca-Cola Bottling Co. GEO. STEPHAN, Pres. A black fox, an extremely rare animal, is being sought in Comal County. Several persons, including the state game warden there, have seen the animal, one of the few, if not the only one in Texas. Whitewing doves, as predicted by the Game Department before the hunting period opened, were more plentiful this season than in many years. The Department’s wardens in the Rio Grande Valley esti mated that 250,000 were killed the first three weeks of the season. Mourning doves were also plenti ful throughout most of the state and were remaining in the northern portion of Texas later than usual, reports to the Game Department indicate. Aggies To Seek Revenge For 1937 “Rats” Watson Deal By Hub Johnson It was two years ago this past Monday when two teams met in Houston with equal statistic rat ing and equal records, three wins, two losses, and one tie, to settle an important question. The ques tion was whether or not the Ag gies could remain in the race for the crown. Rice Institute was the team to beat. On paper it was even most of the way with the A. & M. eleven holding a slight edge. The sport writers said it was the Aggies, turned and said it was the Owls, and then on the eve of the game said it was a toss-up. Came the day, and the fans filled the stands only to see the referee walk up and down the field. Penalty after penalty was the gist of this game, and against the Cadets. It was a dry field, and Dick Todd behind some brilliant playing on the part of Brahma Jones and Joe Routt, the best of guards, Jim Shockey, Roy Young, and Dick Vitek marched the length of the field for the first tally. A penalty was called for off sides and one for use of an illegal shift. Todd snaked 38 yards and then passed to Britt for the six points. This seemed like a good lead, but the Aggies came back in the last half to try to run up another. This is when hell broke loose. Again and again the man in the white shirt called time and moved the ball back up the field. For 75 of the total 85 yards marked against the Aggies and leaving but 121 yards of the actual 206 gained, it was moved for the illegal (?) shift. For the first time in seven starts the shift was questioned. Still with this handicap the Ag gies continued to hold the Rice team until late in the final quarter. With but three minutes left to play ‘All American’ Lane cracked the line for six points. The kick was blocked and it was well and good. Many were satisfied with the outcome but some 3,500 Ag gies returned to College Station with the idea that they were robbed. Four of the Aggie players who saw action in that game, if it be called a game, are to play their last game against the Bayou City school today. Joe Boyd, Herb T. C. U. Strives For Victory Over Texas Longhorns Fort Worth, Nov. 16.—Texas Christian University will move in a body to Austin Saturday, fill ed with a determined belief that One of the chief inspirations for Gillespie, nursing a trick knee, “Gillespie has earned himself a ‘The boy has made us look like a When not riddled with injuries, ‘Maybe the cure for that ‘almost’ Against their two common op- from Arkansas and T. C. U. lost, but both scores were 14-13, the difference of a point after touch- >wn. “And S. M. U. and Baylor have demonstrated that Crain CAN be stopped,” Frogs fans are pointing out. The game will be the occasion Frog Band of 50 pieces and about 1,000 students will make the trip Smith, Cotton Price, and Joe White will be on the field to furnish the spark and to collect their debt It is their debt and ours as well, but these four were on the ground when it was taken from them. Few of the Rice players who saw action in that tilt remain. The twelfth man for Rice has long since been gone, at least from Aggie games. “Rats” Watson will never again officiate another. Er nie Lane is still on the square, but Ollie Cordill has taken much of his fame and glory. Rice has had a slow start but they had a slower one in ’37, and will be put to mark up a win. The Aggies, too, will be out to mark up another, but most of all to collect from the Southern team for the dirt which was done. “We was robbed”, was the cry then. Saturday the same numbers will dot the field. Joe Routt’s memor able 43 will still be seen as Rob nett goes crashing through, and Brahma Jones’ 38 will be worn by the opposite guard, Henke. The present seniors were sopho mores then and the juniors were the ‘fish’, but with the remember- able story handed down to all classes, the corps is counting on this game to even up the deed. Story of Ex-Aggie’s 245-Yard Touchdown Run Described on Air The story of how Victor “Choc” Kelley ran 245 yards to score a touchdown for Texas A. & M. College in a game with Louisiana State back in 1907 was drama tized on the*“Strange As It Seems” radio program at 7:30 p. m. Thurs day, according to advice received by Dean E. J. Kyle from John Hix in Hollywood, the creator of the series. Kelley is now coaching on the Pacific Coast and the broadcast included his personal appear ance before the microphone. The program was over the Colum bia Broadcasting System and was heard over the following Texas stations: KRLD, Dallas; KTRH, Houston; KTSA, San Antonio. Col- gate-Palmolive-Peet Company is sponsor of the program. Mary Weaver, 11, of Blooming ton, Ind., counted to 100 in a hide- and-seek game and then cried “Hitler!”, explaining to a by stander: “That means ‘Here I come, ready or not.” ‘Study in Bed, Make “Study in bed and get good grades.” That’s the conclusion of Colum bia University’s instructor in Irish 'culture, Collins Healy, after a long and detailed study of Irish methods of study, which revealed that the students of the Emerald Isle did their studying while in a lying, reclining or horizontal posture. “The vision of schools equipped with reclining and sleeping accom modations may seem fantastic and far removed from what we cur rently consider good educational practice, but psychological investi gations accredit the horizontal pos ture during study as sound,” Mr. Healy says. According to Edmund Campion who wrote his history of Ireland in 1571, Mr. Healy continues, it was a common sight to see students “groveling upon couches of straw, their books at their noses, them selves lying flatte prostrate, and so to chaunta out their lessons by peace-meale, being the most part Dana X. Says Foot Still In Football Bible Intends To Use Both Crain And Davis In TCU Game You may talk of the Southwest’s dazzling passing game, and the trend back to ground power like Texas A. & M., S. M. U. and Bay lor have unleashed this autumn, but take it from Dana X. Bible— the foot is still in football. So important does Texas U.’s bald mentor deem good punting that he has decided on a rather drastic lineup change to get it— the shift of little Gilly Davis from left halfback to fullback. Texas has been consistently out- punted this season, but Davis has been fairly long and accurate on his relatively few efforts. Bible hasn’t been able to use him regu larly, however, because he played the same position as Jack Crain, the Longhorns’ most dangerous ball carrier. For the Texas Christian game in Austin today Bible plans to use both Crain and Davis in his start ing backfield. Davis, weighing a scant 150, probably becomes the lightest fullback in major college football today. He will replace Pete Layden, a 170-pounder with drive and some passing skill but also a sore knee that has kept him hovering around a hospital all fall. Layden is Texas’ best punter—but kicking hurts his knee worse than any thing else. Poor punting cost the Long horns many yards in the three games they have lost—Oklahoma, S. M. U. and Baylor. Saturday’s game will be the last home stand of the ’39 Longhorns. By winning they could establish the first clear home record for a Texas team since 1930. They have already defeated Florida, Arkansas and Rice at Memorial stadium. lustie fellowes of twenty-five years and upwards.” Mr. Healy cited another psychol ogist, who said: “Investigations seem to indicate rather definitely a large number of-writers, men of science, ministers, statesmen, and those who have become distinguish ed in various lines, chose practical ly the horizontal position for then most careful intellectual work.” LaSalle Barber Shop Stewart—O’Conner—Jones Dr. A. Benbow DENTIST Phone 375 Austin Building — Bryan BEAT RICE! LOOK YOUR NEATEST FOR THE CORPS TRIP Y. M. C. A. BARBER SHOP In The “Y” DINING ROOM SETS Thanksgiving Special An Entertaining Thought For The Thanksgiving Dinner Party—A New Dining Room Suite $89.50 MCCULLOCH-DANSBY CO