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Aggies Clinch Tie For Title By Defeat Of Rice
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By
E. C. “Jeep” Oates
Battalion Sports Editor
Writer To Serve On All-American Board;
John, Marshall and Joe Recommended
Your writer has again been ask
ed to help select the National In
tercollegiate Sports Writers Asso
ciation All-American players for
1939. This is the fourth year that
this writer has been asked to do
so. Other Battalion sports writ
ers who have been given this hon
or are, Alton Queen and Sam
Levine.
The only Aggie who has ever
made the first team on this is Joe
Routt, who was selected in 1937.
Dick Todd was named last year,
but was on one of the less impres
sive teams.
This year I have nominated John
Kimbrough, Joe Boyd, Marshall
Robnett, and Jim Thomason for
the team. All four of these men
are outstanding even playing for
the team as a whole and not as
individuals.
Ollie Cordill was a good exam
ple of an individual last Satur
day. The boy is plenty good, but
his mates do not give him the aid
that they should. And maybe they
shouldn’t, we don’t know the rea
son back of it.
Our nomination for center goes
to Johnny Schiechl, the greatest
center the Aggies have played
against this year. He is right
along with Ki Aldrich in every de
partment. He is the center the
Cadets faced in Frisco when they
played Santa Clara.
Fish Game Ended 5 To 2 In Ninth Inning;
Zapalac, Swank And Tulis Are Fish Stars
The Fish met their first defeat
of the year when the Rice Slimes
beat them 5 to 2 Friday night in
the rain. The score resembled a
baseball score between the Cubs
and the Cards in the ninth inning
instead of a football score.
Jack Swank and Tulis were the
outstanding men in the line on ei
ther team. Time and again they
charged through and dropped the
ball carrier for a loss. They rush
ed Weems plenty fast when he
was kicking and blocked two of his
spirals. Weems is some kicker. He
averaged 42.8 yards, including two
blocked punts.
Willie Zapalac played an out
standing game in backing up the
line and kicking. He showed to ad
vantage on blocking.
A letter received from Bill Stern
says that he hopes to be able to
get back here for the Texas game
next week. He would get to an-
announce a game that certainly
promises to be a thriller.
Noticed in the paper that Gilly
Davis did not even wear shoulder
pads during the last part of the
game against the Frogs.
Aggies Clinch Tie For Championship;
Victory Is Sweet After Many Lean Years
When the Aggies trimmed Rice
last week they clinched at least a
tie for the conference champion
ship, their first since 1927. Say
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cj/OraiERs
the average student at A. & M.
now is 19 years old, let’s all look
back 12 years ago to 1927 and see
how old we were then and how
much we cared about who won a
championship. In 1927 most of us
were around seven years old and
about all we cared about was when
3:00 o’clock came around and we
could go horiie from school.
In winning these nine straight
games this year, the Aggies have
proven to the world that they have
one of the top, if not THE top,
teams in the nation.
Received a letter from a person
in Los Angeles a few days ago
wanting to know if the Texas Ag
gies were any kin to Texas A. &
M. The letter said that if A. &
M. and the Texas Aggies were the
same we certainly had a swell foot
ball team and congratulated us
on our power and brains.
The game of football is the ulti
mate result of an illegal play made
by an English Rugby player in
1823.
Conatser,
Kimbrough,
Cowley Score
Cadet Powerhouse
Crushes Weak Owls;
Cordill Is Stopped
Rice Institute, playing its best
game of the year, went down in
defeat Saturday as the Aggies
massed 19 points to win the ball
game and clinch at least a tie for
the conference championship,
something that an Aggie football
team has failed to do since 1927,
12 long, lean years ago, two years
before the “fall of ’29.”
Bruce Layer, Houston Post sports
editor, and many other sports ex
perts who have seen the Owls play
all year, said the Rice boys played
the best game of the season against
the Cadets. Their best game was
far from being good enough, and
the Aggies played almost their en
tire squad against them.
One more touchdown was made
when Bill Conatser raced 32 yards
for a score, but the officials found
a Cadet clipping on the play and
it was called back.
Just before the game ended the
Cadets had the ball on the Owl
one yard line, but the reserves the
Cadets had in the fray at that time
were not able to push it over.
Again in this game Coach Norton
kept the score from running up
too big, by playing everyone but
the water boy and the yell leader.
The Cadets scored late in the
first quarter. Moser, Pugh, Thom
ason and Kimbrough each had a
hand in carrying the ball to the
Rice one yard line, from where
Kimbrough smashed over.
In the second period the Cadets
started marching on their own 35
yard line. Moser lost three and
then Price passed to Moser who
raced to the Owl 32. Kimbrough
picked up three through the line,
but the Aggies were penalized on
the play. Price passed to Buch
anan who lateraled to Kimbrough
who went to the Owl 19. Price
passed incomplete to “Mama”
Smith. Price then passed to Cow
ley who went across the goal
standing up. Price converted.
The Aggies started their third
march on their own 21. Conatser
picked up eight and Price added
one. Kimbrough then made a first
down with a four yard plunge.
Price picked up six to the 39 and
one the next carry went to the
43. Kimbrough smashed through
for a first down on the 45. Kim
brough then carried 21 yards to
Owl 34. Conatser swept for two
more. Price stepped back and toss
ed a short one to Conatser who
stepped on across the goal line
after a beautiful run with some
swell downfield blocking. That
Fish Lose To Slimes On Muddy Field 5-2
PUNTING, LUCK
ARE WITH SLIMES
IN CLOSE GAME
Zapalac, Pickett And
Bando Star For Fish;
Weems’ Punting Is Great
Fine punting and lucky breaks
gave the Rice Slimes a win over
the Aggie Fish Friday night at
Houston in a game that finished
more like a baseball contest than
a football tilt. The final score of
the game, played on a slippery and
mud-packed field, was 5 to 2.
The entire first quarter was
nothing but a contest between Wil
lie Zapalac and Tommy Weems
in kicking the old water-soaked
pigskin around. Tommy, the Rice
steal from the Aggie roster, mark
ed up a punting average for the
night of 42.2 yards in 11 tries. One
of his punts was blocked by Bucek
which resulted in the safety for
the Aggie fish.
The field goal kicked by Clyde
Rogers came early in the second
period with the ball resting on the
Fish nine-yard line, fourth down,
and 15 yards in from the side of
the field. Rogers came from the
bench to boot the ball squarely
through the uprights and give the
Slimes a three-po-int lead.
A wet ball made fumbles fre
quent and there was little the
freshman teams could try in the
way of offensive football. The
squads could approach their oppon
ent’s goal line but then lost the
final power to drive over.
Keel kicked out on the Fish
four-yard line and a bad pass from
center marked up another two
points for the Slimes.
Bando, wearing the famed 25 of
Dick Todd, Tom Pickett, and Zapa
lac played good ball for the fish
in the backfield, while Bucek, Tulis
and Swank boosted the line.
Weems, Dickson, and Keel played
the lead in the Slime backfield and
220-pound Posey, Isbell, brother of
the All-American, Cecil, and Ray
Zimmerman turned in fine play
for the line.
This was the final game for the
Rice Slimes while the Fish are to
meet the University Shorthorns
here Wednesday, November 29.
BATTALIONS
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1939
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made the scoi’e read 19 to 0 for
the Cadets.
A few minutes later Conatser
raced end for 34 yards and a touch
down, but one of the Aggies was
set too much on taking a tackier
out of the way and the officials
decided it was clipping and the
touchdown was called back.
That makes four or five touch
downs that Conatser has scored
that have been called back.
For Aggie stars see the Aggie
roster. Cordill, Joe Price and Hart
man were outstanding for Rice.
Aggies Rate Top Place For
Third Consecutive Week
By Paul B. Williamson
The going’s getting rougher,
but the Texas Aggies held their
lead Saturday for the third week
by defeating the Rice Owls 19 to
0. The Missouri Tigers nosed out
great Oklahoma with a point after
a touchdown but the close score of
7 to 6 helped to keep the Sooners
within the first ten.
Thursday, the President’s new
Thanksgiving, a few major games
will be played, with the leader be
ing the Missouri-Kansas contest.
The nod goes to Missouri.
After last week’s rough and tum
ble going the Williamson leaders
are:
Texas A. & M. for thumping
Rice 19 to 0—97.9.
Tulane, for smothering Columbia
25 to 0—97.7.
Cornell, for running over Dart
mouth 35 to 6—97.1.
Southern California, idle after
beating Stanford 33 to 0—97.0.
■f- Tennessee, for blanking Vander
bilt 13 to 0—96.1.
Ohio State, for defeating Illi
nois 21 to 6—95.7.
Clemson, for taking Southwest
ern 21 to 6—95.2.
Missouri, for nosing out Okla
homa 7 to 6—95.0.
Oklahoma—94.6.
For the upsets last week, list
Duke and North Carolina among
the outstanding. Of almost equal
stunningness was Arkansas’ 14 to
0 victory over Southern Methodist;
Franklin over Evansville (10-14);
Iowa State over Kansas State
(10-0).
Only four major teams remain
among the undefeated and untied:
Texas A. & M., Tennessee, Cornell,
and Duquesne. So-called minors
with the unblemished records in
clude San Jose, Fresno State, Col
orado Mines, Slippery Rock (Pa.),
Louisiana Nolmal, San Diego Ma
rines and the Maryville (Mo.)
Teachers.
Intramurals
With Hub Johnson
Records On Conference Champions
Gives Aggies Lead With Five Titles
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About this time each year foot
ball fans begin to talk about what
team won the Southwest Confer
ence championship in what year, so
to forestall the questions due to
arise here is the record:
Year Champion
1915* —No champion
1916**—No champion
1917 —Texas A. & M.
1918* —No champion
1919 —Texas A. & M.
1920 —University of Texas
1921 —Texas A. & M.
1922 —Baylor
1923 —Southern Methodist
1924 —Baylor
1925 —Texas A. & M.
1926 —Southern Methodist
1927 —Texas A. & M.
1928 —University of Texas
1929 —Texas Christian
1930 —University of Texas
1931 —Southern Methodist
1932 —Texas Christian
1933**—No Champion
1934 —Rice
1935 —Arkansas
1937 —Rice
1938—Texas Christian
*—In 1915 Baylor finished first
but was disqualified for using an
ineligible player and no champion
ship was awarded.
**—In 1916 Texas had the best
record but her claim was disputed
and no championship was award
ed.
*—In 1918 no championship was
awarded owing to the World War
stripping the teams of all their
regular players .
**—In 1933 Arkansas finished
first but was disqualified for us
ing an ineligible player and no
championship was awarded.
WILD GAME NOTES
One Chambers County landown
er, following the recommendations
of game department game manag
ers, is flooding 20,000 acres of
marshland by means of wells he
has drilled, and plans to make more
money from his leasing of the land
to duck hunters than he will
through all other means on his
other land holdings. He planted
$200 worth of seed to produce
plants for duck food last spring
and the game department is
watching the experiment with con
siderable interest. Last year, with
out the aid of additional plantings,
the owner cleared $2,000 the first
two days of the duck-hunting sea
son. Dry weather forced him to
flood his marshes, but the cost was
negligible considering the profits
he expects to take.
Concho Lake recently gave up a
of more adequate facilities to help
and weighing more than one and
a half pounds. It was caught by
J. W. Revel of San Angelo while
he was fishing with pole and line.
Goldfish are members of the carp
family.
This evening will definitely see
run-off games in the basketball
schedule. Entertainment, dinners,
and corps trips have delayed the
bill but it’s here at last.
The Field Artillery will hold its
claim to a spot in the semi-finals
as C Battery and 3rd Headquarters
play it out to see who will be the
representing team.
This is that rough game I prom
ised last week. Ed Dreiss and Rob
Adams will lead the C boys and
Barker and Francis will spur the
headquarters team.
The same holds true for the
Infantry. G Infantry and K In
fantry meet to decide entrance to
the semi-finals.
Tomorrow night two more games
of the play-off will be staged, with
the intramural leaders, F Engi
neers, due to meet I Infantry, and
M Infantry scheduled against A
Signal Corps.
Five games of handball last
night and yesterday evening made
the list of sports played or being
played number six. Reports of
these games will be given Thurs
day.
Perfect Team
1 Texas A. & M.
2 Tulane
3 Cornell U.
4 So. California
5 Tennessee
6 Ohio State
7 Clemson
8 Missouri
9 Oklahoma TJ.
10 Iowa U.
11 Mississippi
12 Notre Dame
13 Georgia Tech
14 Oregon State
15 Duquesne
16 Alabama
17 Fordham
18
19
20 Duke
21 Boston Col.
22 Santa Clara
23 N. Caroline U.
24 Purdue
25 Northwestern
26 U. C. L. A.
27 Kentucky
28 Princeton
Nebraska
Pittsburgh
29 Aub
30 Bay
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95.7
95.2
95.0
94.6
94.1
94.0
93.7
93.6
93.5
93.4
93.1
92.8
92.7
92.6
92.5
92.2
92.1
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91.9
91.8
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91.3
91.2
AGGIE CROSS
COUNTRY TEAM
DEFEATS S.M.U.
Gus Laney, One-Armed
Runner, Finishes Long
Race In Good Time To Win
While the majority of the corps
was headed south to Houston to
witness the Aggie-Owl fray, five
men and a coach met in Dallas
to try their pace against the S.
M. U. Mustangs cross country
team. Col. Anderson’s five man
team composed of Laney, Hogan,
Graham, Walker, and Wilmeth set
the pace for the varsity contenders
and all finishecT ahead of the Dal
las team.
Gus Laney, the Aggies’ one-
armed pacer, finished the course,
which lacked 100 yards of being
a full 2.5 miles, in 12 minutes and
37 seconds. This is a much bet
ter time than was shown here
the week before against the Texas
University team.
The order of finish for the re
mainder of the A. & M. crew was
Hogan, Wilmeth, and Graham.
S. M. U. had seven men entered
in the race and also a freshman
team. Gibson, a frosh runner who
ran close to Rideout of North Tex
as Teachers the previous week with
a time of 12:12; was the first
place winner of the Dallas contest
although only varsity placers were
counted. Gibson is a transfer from
Michigan State.
The next contest for the team
will be the Southwest Conference
meet to be run here Friday. S. M.
U., Texas, and A. & M. will prob
ably be the only teams entered.
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Dr. Allen Goldsmith, ’37 j
Dentist
Office Greenwood Court
Corner Washington & 26th St. j
Bryan, Texas
With Dr. W. H. Lawrence (
Phone Bryan 348
That long grind will come off Sat
urday. How I’d hate to run this
one. For two miles they’ll huff
and puff to get around the course.
At any rate those who haven’t run
it a couple of times previous to
this date will do so. The fish
cross country will come off at 3
o’clock and the Class A at 4 p. m.
And while we’re on the subject
of cross country, we find that Col.
Andy might be a little difficult to
get along with this week and may
be he won’t.
He’s been holding some practice
sessions along with his regular-
varsity and fish squads and this
week he’ll be preparing for the
Southwest Meet to be held here
Friday. On the pleasing side he’ll
be remembering the win over S.
M. U. last week, but on the other
side, he missed that deer he went
after Saturday and Sunday.
PENNINGTON WILL
ADDRESS ACCOUNTING
SOCIETY TONIGHT
Dr. J. V. Pennington, works
manager and vice-president of the
Reed Roller Bit Company of Hous
ton and president of the Houston
chapter of the American Statisti
cal Association, will speak tonight
for the Accounting Society on the
subject “The Use of Statistics in
Business.” He will be accompanied
by J. L. Block, a certified public
accountant of Houston.
The meeting will be at 7:30 p.
m. in the Chemistry lecture room,
and is open to all students inter
ested in hearing Dr. Pennington.
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