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Aggies Are Conference Champions As Baylor Loses
Aggie Fish Battle Yearlings Tomorrow
SPORTS BILLBOARD
by Clyde LaMotte
Daily Texan Sports Editor
This column was written es
pecially for The Battalion by Clyde
LaMotte, sports editor of the Daily
Texan, by request of Jeep Oates.
The most oft-asked question
around the tea table over here on
the Forty Acres is “Do you have
a ticket to the game?" No one
bothers to ask (not even the beau
tiful but oh so dumb blonde) what
game the particular tea-sipper is
referring to because around these
parts there is just one battle of
the year that can be spoken of as
THE game and that, of course, is
the Thanksgiving Day classic with
the Aggies.
Any person who is able to say
casually that he has a couple on
the fifty is immediately the center
of attraction and envy—not to
mention the plots to waylay him.
Because this year, in particular,
the campus has gone football mad.
From a cold-blooded, analytical
point of view the Steers have
about as much chance of winning as
a punch-board gambler. Without a
doubt you Aggies have a stronger,
faster line. Admitted that you have
a superior, well-rounded backfield.
It’s true, of course, that in “Jarrin
Jawn” you have a truly great
player fully deserving of a rating
on anyone’s all-America. And in
cidentally, I’d like to suggest that
you spell the name kimbROUGH.
It sounds more appropriate.
So it seems that a guy in his
right mind would concede the vic
tory to the Aggies and instead of
spending his time to worrying
about the outcome of the game
try to get some decent tickets for
whatever “bowl” game the Aggies
will play on January 1.
But it’s hard to get cold and
analytical after seeing one Jack
Crain in action. Texas fans saw
him against Florida. They heard
via radio of his exploits against,
the Wisconsin Badgers.
They saw him scare the living
daylights out of the Oklahoma
Sooners. They saw him against
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Arkansas—AND HOW THEY
SAW HIM ! ! ! ! There wasn't
a sane person in Memorial Stadium
when little Jack weaved his way
through the desperate Arkansas
team aa the second hand on the
big field clock raced him to the
goal line. They saw him run the
big Rice Owls ragged.
Against T. C. U. they saw him
scoot 65 yards for a touchdown on
the third play of the game and
they saw the Frogs concentrate on
him so much they let another
little package of dynamite, Gilly
Davis, run loose. It wasn’t Jackie
who made the winning touchdown
but it was undoubtedly because of
him that Gilly got his chance. And
that's taking nothing away from
Gilmore Davis who is a player in
his own right. With these two
players how can you expect Texas
fans to be reasonable?
As for the rest of the Texas
line-up—it is not a set-up by any
chance. True, there are no great
players. At least they were not
born heroes and they have been
playing over their heads to win
this year. But they have that fire
and spirit it takes to change a team
from a welcome mat to a dangerous
opponent.
At fullback will be little Gilly—
all 147 pounds of him. Crafty
Coach Bible shifted him to that
position in the T. C. U. game in
order to get better kicking and
to have him in the game with
Crain. In previous games he had
alternated with Jack at left half.
Pete Layden, a very promising
sophomore who has been bothered
with injuries, will replace Gilly—
especially when passes are needed.
Crain will be at left half. You
need not worry too much about for
getting him for Iiel! nit you in
the eye like grapefruit juice. Oh,
about all he can do is run. He’s not
much shakes as a passer and he’s
not a great i punter. He's a one-job
man. But all Caruso could do was
sing ! ! ! !
Here’s the way the game shapes
up from this department. You Ag
gies will be handling tricky, dan
gerous dynamite Thanksgiving Day.
Handled with caution and with the
proper respect you should have no
trouble with it. But take it lightly;
relax your vigilance, let a spark
get started, and you are likely to
see a splendid record blown to
smithereens. Remember this, as
long as Jack Crain and Gilly Davis
are in there the ball game isn’t
over until the blue smoke of the
timer’s gun is wafted away. Either
can change a doleful dirge into a
victory march with the strumming
tattoo of his elusive feet.
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C. H. Staples, dairy department
head at Louisiana State College;
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LET’S MOVE THEM OUT OF OUR WAY, TOO
We Will be open until noon Thanksgiving for
Pressing only
CAMPUS CLEANERS
Conference Flag Again
Waves Over Kyle Field
After Twelve Lean Years
Mustangs Defeat Bears 20-0, To
Hand Aggies First Championship
Since 1927, In Days Of D. X. Bible
Coach Homer Norton’s Aggies captured the conference cham
pionship Saturday when the S. M,
Bears 20 to 0 at Dallas.
Until that time the Bears still-
had a chance to tie for the title if
they won over S. M. U. and the
Cadets lost to Texas next Thurs
day.
Norton and his great Aggies
were on the practice field when
they were notified that they were
the CHAMPS. The team stopped
practice for a few minutes and the
rain storm started. There were
few dry eyes on the field as the
lads went around hugging each
other. They were crying from
happiness.
Coach Norton wiped an eye and
said, “this is my greatest thrill.
Those players and that CADET
CORPS deserve all the credit.”
Norton and his aides are giving
credit to everyone, but they deserve
as much credit as anyone and a
darn sight more than some of the
people who are stepping in and
telling you how they helped win
the conference.
After the congratulations were
passed around, someone yelled,
“Hell, we play Texas Thursday,”
and back to work they went with
all the vim that they could muster.
The last time the Cadets won the
title was back in 1927 and the
years since then have been lean,
but after 12 years that flag will
again wave over Kyle Field, the
home of the Texas Aggies.
C Field Artillery
Wins Both Classes
Of Cross-Country
One hundred and seventy-sev
en boys trod the road Saturday
evening to try to mark up a
few points for their respective
organizations and to try for
some individual honors for them
selves. C Field Artillery claim
ed both class champions and
marked the second year in suc
cession for the winning of the
Class A title.
T. C. Bibbs was the individual
winner of the upperclassmen
race, marking a time of nine min
utes and thirty seconds. Bibbs was
running for F Engineers, although
no other runners for this organi
zation were high enough to put the
team in the win column. Class B
first place winner was E. B. Mayer
of M Infantry.
Last year 14 teams entered the
Class A run with a total of 49
individuals. This year 69 men en
tered to compose 18 teams. There
were 22 freshmen teams with 106
runners.
The 1938 winning team was com
posed of Bissett, Krezborn, Rogers,
Defee, Becker, and Anderson, and
and was managed by Trapolino.
This year the team was managed
by Duncan and was made up of
Kleuser, Elmore, Knapp, Cole, and
Ayers with Krezborn returning to
be the only member to run both
years.
The teams in the top bracket of
each class include: Class A, C Field
Artillery, 1st Headquarters Field
Artillery, and B. Engineers; Class
B, C Field Artillery, F Engineers,
and 1st Headquarters Field Ar
tillery.
Joe College, Baylor
Bear, Gets Playmate
Waco, Texas.—Joe College, Bay
lor University’s aging black bear
mascot, has pulled a lot of straw
into his den and gone to bed for the
winter—unaware that a big sur
prise will await him when he wak
ens next March.
For then he will have company,
another black bear much younger
and more playful than himself.
The new bear, gift of Elmer
Benson of McAllen to the Baylor
Chamber of Commerce, actually
will be a successor to old Joe, for
Joe’s 11 years are making him a
U. Mustangs whipped the Baylor
INTRAMURAL
. HIGHLIGHTS.
By HUB JOHNSON
The finals in basketball and an
other sport is scratched off the list.
This was some game with the K
Infantry boys reaching nearly to
the rafters and the I Company
team the fastest and scrappiest on
the floor.
K Infantry turned down 3rd
Headquarters Field Artillery to
reach the final match. This, too,
was a hard fought game and end
ed 23 to 19. Francis was the main
charge for the field team, mark
ing up 12 of their points. The
scoring for the Infantry team was
all-round with six different men
accounting for the 23 points.
Cross country has come and
gone and it did so very quick.
Saturday was the final run and C
Field Artillery carried off the
sport again. Not only did they
possess the lower score in the
Class A group but their fish also
ran off with the Class B title.
The largest number ever to com
pete in the run was'\ the final rec
ord. A lot of credit goes to Col.
Frank Anderson in helping the
freshman as well as some upper
classmen prepare for the event.
Handball will now be the sport
of greatest interest until the touch
football final pay-offs begin. Water
polo is still on the list and the
tennis schedule is drawing nearer
and nearer to the last lines each
week.
The First Combat \ Train downed
the C Troop Cavalry handball team
with a 2 to 1 margin. The train
team boast some experienced play
ers and should go a long way.
Martin and Brakebill defeated
Pinson and Bivian, Ulmer and Mc-
Larty lost to Akarman and Hughes,
and Propts and Skinner won over
Bryan and Conally. Skinner is a
transfer from Second Headquart
ers, runner-ups from last year.
Signal Corps won their second
game in the handball league by
handing C Engineers a 3 to 0 de
feat. H Infantry won over Ma
chine Gun Troop Cavalry and the
Third Combat Train took a forfeit
from E Infantry.
The surprise of the week was A
Field ArtillerySs forfeit to Hq.
Signal Corps. This doesn’t sound
like the A Battery of last year.
Forfeit also played a sad story
on water polo games with four
games scheduled and all four won
on forfeits.
B Engineers took a win from F
Infantry, L Infantry from C Chem
Warfare, and D Cavalry drops out
of the league with their second
forfeit which was to C Infantry.
F Engineers, of all teams, for
feited to the Artillery Band. This
was the first bad move of the
year for this team.
The present standing so far finds
F Engineers on top with 195 points
out of three sports and C Field
Artillery trailing close with 180
points.
bit cross and weary . . . too much
so for the stunts asked of a col
lege mascot.
Benson’s donation is only one and
a half years old, already trained
for several tricks and anxious to
learn more from the Baylor stu
dent body. A new cage is being
built on the campus for him.
The flag of Clark University will
be planted at the south pole by a
member of the new Byrd expedi
tion.
BATTALIONA-
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1939
PAGE 2
Boston Post Scribe Flays
Football Rating Systems
By BILL CUNNINGHAM
That weekly “outstanding team”
poll arrived at by a “consensus
vote of the experts,” spun off
the stalk this week and became
three separate pinwheels, as one
crowd continued to name Tenne-
see, another selected Texas A. & M.
and a third came up with Cor
nell. This consensus poll business
is triply concentrated piffle. Most
of “the experts” who hasten to
vote are vilage literati who never
see anything closer to national
power than the local high school
eleven.
Those who do move around and
might be in some faint position
to hazard a sensible guess mostly
don’t, because (1) they realize
that any such guessing is strictly
silly and (2) because they don’t see
any particular reason why they
should labor directly for the As
sociated Press, the United Press,
or whatever, without due compen
sation. But a lot of the big gents
in little towns and little gents in
big towns read the scores at
great distances and duly pontifi
cate their opinions by wire and
that such and such is the out-
forth goes the solemn statement
standing team in the nation this
week because “the experts” have
so decreed.
The thing is rediculous because
the voting is restricted to untied
Aggie Poloists
Lose Close Game
To O.M.A., 4 to 3
Sunday at Jackson Field Okla
homa Military Academy broke a
tie score in the last chukker to
defeat A. & M.
The game was fast, with the
domination of the play shifting
from team to team. A. & M. start
ed with a rush and carried the ball
in the first period but missed the
goal by inches. O. M. A. took
charge in the second and scores by
Ross and Hall gave them a two-
point lead. The third found O. M.
A. still on the go and Hall added
another.
The Aggies came back strong
after the rest period, Sid McDon
ald scoring in the fourth. Continu
ing strong, Asas Jones tied up the
score in the fifth with two goals.
In the final period the Aggies
were attacking but could not quite
find the goal. As the final bugle
blew Oklahoma took the ball the
length of the field and won by the
goal by Noe, who had played a
good game at back all the way.
Asa Jones played his usual fine
game at No. 2 and the mallet work
of T. A. Williams, soph back did
a great deal to keep the Aggies
in the running.
Score
A. & M. Okla. M. A.
No. 1—Maloney Hall
No. 2—Jones (Capt.) Ross
No. 3—McDonald ....Downs (Capt.)
No. 4—Williams Noe
Periods 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
A. & M 0 0 0 1 2 0—3
0. M. A 0 2 1 0 0 1—4
Goals: Jones 2, McDonald 1, Hall
1, Ross 1, Noe 1.
“Hostilities” will be resumed
Tuesday at 3:00 p. m.
■fand undefeated teams, which
means that a team such as Ten
nessee, which certainly sounds
grim, grand and super-glamorous,
but which has been galloping over
a schedule containing the likes of
Sewaunee, Chattanooga, Mercer
and Citadel, is in there riding the
crest for a month, while the likes
of Southern California, Iowa, Notre
Dame, Holy Cross, Tulane and Ohio
State, to name but a few, aren’t
even considered because they’ve
tied or maybe lost one.
How’d you place your money,
for instance, on Southern Califor
nia vs. Texas A. & M^?
THESE ARE PRETTY HARD TO
PICK
How long would you hesitate
before stripping the roll to bet be
tween Notre Dame and Tennessee,
or Ohio State and Tennessee, and
which way would you bet? Where’d
you place the long green between
Iowa and Cornell, or Cornell and
Tulane ? I’m just asking. Cornell
defeated Columbia, 13 to 7. Tulane
banged the same team around Sat
urday, 25 to 0.
It’s a system of rating that
won’t stand under fire, and still
it does serve to spotlight certain
new units each autumn to the edu
cational advantage of national
fandom, which doesn’t care especi
ally as long as it has something to
read.
The new name in there this
year, at least to many in this
section, is undoubtedly Texas A.
& M., that power north of the
border, down Mexico way. Many
letters have arrived at this ad
dress politely asking what, where
and why it is, how it came about
and if it really is good.
Although an old north Texas
boy myself from that Dallas where
the blonde shot her boy friend
yesterday—those gals don’t fool;
at least, they don’t fool much—
and thus a long way from the Col
lege Station country that houses
the so-called Texas Aggies, I can
report sufficiently to clear up any
major mysteries, both from early
general knowledge and recent
scout reports building up to the
annual All America effort.
Texas Agricultural and Mechani
cal College, to give it the official
name, is the original State institu
tion down there. Founded 63 years
ago, in 1876, it’s no Johnny-come-
lately. The State university, per
haps the better known University
of Texas, didn’t come along until
1881. For a great many years
they were the only two. All the
T.C.U.’s, S.M.U.’s, Baylors, Rices,
et cetera, came along later, some
of them much, much later than
that in matters of headline football.
Dr. Allen Goldsmith, ’37
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Office Greenwood Court
Corner Washington & 26th St.
Bryan, Texas
With Dr. W. H. Lawrence
Phone Bryan 348
Yearlings
Favored To
Subdue Fish
Tomorrow afternoon at 2:45 the
Aggie freshmen will meet the Uni
versity of Texas freshmen in the
game of the year for both teams.
The Fish have played two games
this year, winning from Allen
Academy and losing to the Rice
Slimes. The Yearlings defeated
the Slimes earlier in the year and
from that it appears they will take
the Fish.
Last year in Austin the Year
ling “99ers” trimmed the young
Cadets 7 to 6 and it appears that
they will again turn the trick this
year, but by a larger score.
The Fish have a few good pros
pects, but they do not have an en
tire squad of material as do the
Yearlings. The Bible Plan didn’t
stop with one year and they have
an outstanding crop of players.
Coach Hub McQuillan has been
working the freshman long and
hard during the past week and they
may put up a good scrap, but
it appears that the Texas invad
ers will outclass them in all but
about four positions.
It is doubtful that Willie Zapalac
will be able to go. He has been
sitting on the sidelines since the
Rice game. “Red” Webster, who
missed the Rice tilt, will be back
in shape and Jerry Templeton, an
other bright prospect, will be ready.
Other Fish who have shown
promise are Mulhollan, Jamie Wil
son, Harold Boyd, Charles Miller,
Lloyd Ferrell and Robert Benbow.
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