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BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR
Cadet Attendance At Basketball Games
Is Poor; Team Deserves More Support
DEFEAT BAYLOR
HERE SATURDAY
NIGHT, 4946
Aggie cagers surprised many
followers of Southwest Conference
basketball Saturday night by turn
ing back the experienced Baylor
five with a breath-taking score
Last Saturday night the Aggies-f-i
played Baylor here and the great
sum of about 1500 cadets were
there to watch the thrilling fray.
Vacant seats were very prominent,
but there was lots of noise as the
fighting cagers trimmed the heavi
ly favored Bears to take the con
ference lead.
That was the second fast game
played here by the Cadets in the
conference race and it was the
seesnd time the corps failed to
tarn out for the game.
There are enough coupon books
out to more than fill the stands
and reserved seats are not being
sold. Come on down to that gym
and pack it full. I don't feature
either Rice or S. M. U. beating
the Aggies this week if both sides
are packed full of yelling cadets.
One of the SMARTEST things
this writer has heard about is of
the fellows, CADETS, who ask the
basketball players the next day
after a game how bad they got
beat. That sounds more like a ques
tion I would expect one of the
“New York Indians” to ask. I
can’t feature a true Aggie doing
that. If these students don’t care
to go see a game and see who wins
they could at least read a news
paper the next day and find out.
The team has enough to its
hands in beating the opposing
team without having to overcome
remarks like that.
A. & M. Has Nation’s Best Coach For
At Least Five More Football Wars
Was talking to Coach Homer-
Norton Saturday night and he was
all smiles, even on top of his face.
He had just signed a new contract
that i£ reported to be for five
years at an unannounced salary.
We are sure he received a nice in
crease in pay as he deserved. You
can make your own guess as to
the amount. «• .
There is little doubt in any mind
that Norton was the leading coach
of the past season and it is nice
to know that he will be directing
-our team for at least five more
years.
It is understood that some of the
assistant coaches also received an
increase in pay for their outstand
ing work.
It seems that five-year contracts
are the fad this year. Stanford,
West Virginia University and Tex
as A. & M. awarded these half
decade contracts. This will tend to
make athletics at these schools
more stable. Rice also gave a five-
year contract to Neely.
Odds and Ends; Tinker Shines
Tom Tinker drove the
players crazy Saturday night with
his thefts. . . Landis hit Beaumont
Baylor-fknow. . . Ask Varner what he kept
telling the “Clip” on the Baylor
team.
a lick when he called 21 Texas
league players free agents. . .
Cecil Isbell, the old Houston high
school product, completed a pass
that was good for 98 yards and a
touchdown against a bunch of pro
All-Stars. The pass went 67 yards
in the air before Hutson grabbed
it. . . Mr. LaMotte who holds out
as sports editor of the Daiiy Tex
an must not have noticed the free
rides for five yards that Kim
brough was giving the Tulane
players. . . Ralph Flanagan, the
swimming streak that Texas got
by some means, has pulled stakes
and left the University. . . Did any
one ever head of trading an “A”
for two “D’s” ? . . If it can be
done this column would like to
“Choc” Kelley Has
New L. A. High Team
Victor M. “Choc” Kelley, ’08, Ag
gie athletic immortal, is now head
coach at the Woodrow Wilson
High School, 2911 Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, California. He mov
ed to that place last fall after
coaching for several years at the
Hollywood High School. The
Woodrow Wilson High is a new
school and “Choc” enjoyed a great
season last fall.
During the past fall he proved
very helpful to A. & M. in arrang
ing next fall’s game in Los Angeles
with U. C. L. A. and also pub
licized the Aggies on several radio
programs.
Be in step when you
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CiOCKlERS
of 49 to 46.
It was a different game than the
Aggies had ever played earlier
this year. Cooperation between
the team members showed a great
deal of improvement and can be
named as the reason for the suc
cessful outcome.
From the first until the last, it
was a nip and tuck contest with
first the Aggies leading and then
the Bears taking a narrow lead.
Varner made the first volley for
the cadets and Bryski scored five
seconds later to put the Bears
back into the running.
/Late in the first half Grady
Vaughn, Baylor guard, pulled a
hip muscle and was removed to the
hospital.
The Aggies were shooting from
the floor in any spot and making
many count. At the half the Bears
led with a score of 23 to 21.
Upon returning to the game the
cadet team played tight ball up
until the last six minutes when
Varner sank a long shot to give the
Aggies a breathing spell and in
the last thirty seconds Tinker sank
a field shot and a free throw to
mark up the final score. On this
free throw, Baylor also was credit
ed with a point.
BAYLOR (46)
fg
ft
Pf
tp
Terry, f-g
5
2
2
12
Creasy, f
1
1
2
3
Barens, f
0
0
0
0
Bryski c-f
9
1
2
19
Frivaldsky, c
1
0
2
2
Boswell, c
0
0
0
0
Vaughn, g
3
0
1
6
Shahan, g
1
2
1
4
Gilbert, g
0
0
4
0
Totals
20
6
14
46
AGGIES (49)
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ft
pf tp
Smith, f
1
1
1
3
Tinker, f
2
6
3
10
Stevenson, f-g
3
0
0
6
B. Adams, f
0
0
2
,o
Dawson, c
2
2
1
6
Duncan, c
0
0
0
0
Henderson, g
8
0
0
16
Varner, g
4
0
2
8
Totals
20
9
9
49
Half-time score: Aggies 21,
Baylor 23.
Free throws, missed—Smith,
Tinker, Dawson, 3, Henderson 3,
Varner 2, Creasy, Bryski, Shahan
2.
Officials: Boggess, Smith.
STAG SMOKER IS
POSTPONED BY
COACH NORTON
“The stag smoker that was to
have been held tonight in the Mess
Hall at 7:30 o’clock has been post
poned until a later date,” accord
ing to Coach Homer Norton.
Since the notices were sent out,
John Kimbrough has received an
invitation from the Touchdown
Club in Washington, D. C., to be
present there tonight to receive a
special award naming him as the
outstanding All-American player
of 1939. This presentation will
be made by Jesse Jones.
Coach Norton said, “It will be
necessary for me to attend this
meeting with Kimbrough, and we
have decided to postpone the smok
er until a later date when Kim
brough and myself will be able to
attend.”
Kimbrough and Norton flew
from Dallas Sunday night and
will return either Wednesday or
Thursday.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1940 PAGE 3
BASKETBALL HAWKS
Left to right: William “Big Dog” Dawson, big Aggie cage center,
and Tommy Tinker, the lad who gave Baylor a fit.
Both boys are playing their second year as Aggie starters and
both are big reasons why the Aggies are on top of the conference
ladder. Dawson is six feet and five inches high and is a valuable
man under the basket. Tinker is fast and can hit the basket from
left field.
FOOTBALL FANS INVITED HERE
FOR BANQUET HONORING CHAMPS
Football fans, and especially A.
& M. men, are invited to attend
the annual football banquet sched
uled this year on January 27 to
honor the Texas Aggie team. The
banquet will be held at Sbisa Hall
at 7 p. m.
Reservations for the banquet
must be made by January 25. Tic
kets are $1 each and may be re
served or purchased at the Former
Students Association office. Many
football fans are expected to join
the college family in honoring this
year’s team and its coaches.
F. Marion Law, ’95, president of
the College Board of Directors,
has been invited to make the even
ing’s address and Colonel Ike Ash-
burn will serve as toastmaster.
Letters and all special awards
will be presented. Among the spe
cial awards are the Bert Pfaff
trophy to the best blocker, the
awards to the most valuable man,
and to the captain, and the All-
American plaques.
Officials of the Sugar Bowl have
accepted an invitation to be pres-
It’s time for finals' again, not
only in the classes but also in in
tramurals.
Class A water polo finals com
menced yesterday evening with
A Chemical Warfare and D Caval
ry matched against each other and
I Infantry and 3rd Combat Train
Field Artillery making up the other
game. F Field Artillery was
standing by for the winner of the
A. Chem-D Cavalry contest and
B Engineers was resting for the
winner of the second. Other teams
that drew into the quarter finals
were E Field Artillery, C. Cavalry
and C and B Coast Artillery.
C Field Artillery and G Coast
Artillery are the two teams hold
ing up the Class A touch football
final play-offs. Every time the
game is scheduled it either rains
or something else comes up.
A Field Artillery marked up an
impressive win over C Engineers
late last week by turning back
their opponents with a top heavy
score of 10 to 1. This is the first
game in this sport to end with
such a top heavy score.
A forfeit blurred the record of
2nd Combat Train Field Artillery
last Friday evening as they failed
to turn up for a scheduled match
of handball with I Infantry. This
gives the Infantry team another
mark towards the finals to which
they seem to be pretty well headed.
In League C of the upperclass
men handball, the three-way fight
for the top still seems to be pres
ent for the occasion. At five p. m.
on the day of the banquet, Jan
uary 27, the Sugar Bowl officials
will formally present the Sugar
Bowl to the student body and foot
ball team at a student convocation.
They will also present gold foot
balls to the members of the team.
Visitors are invited to arrive in
time to witness this colorful oc
casion.
A. & M. will hold the original
Sugar Bowl for a year and then
receive a replica of the original
bowl, which will be a permanent
trophy.
To Start Examining Voices
Of Prospective Teachers
School boards will begin exam
ining the voices, as well as other
characteristics, of applicants for
teaching positions in the near fu
ture, Dr. Iva Cox Gardner, head
of the Baylor University psycho
logy department, has prophesied.
Students learn much more readi
ly under a teacher with a calm
sure voice, she said, whereas a
teacher with a nervous voice can
make “nervous wrecks” out of her
pupils within two months time.
ent. 2 Hq. Field Artillery and A
Chemical Warfare both have four
wins and one loss records while
C Coast Artillery has three wins
and one loss. These three teams
have been threatening each other
throughout the entire schedule.
2nd Headquarter’s last win was
from D Engineers with the winners
taking two games, thus playing no
other.
C Coast Artillery won over A
Chemical Warfare Jto hand the
Kiest Hall teapi their first loss.
The score of this was 2 to 1.
The Class B bracket has nar
rowed down to the finals in many
sports with the last games to be
scheduled by drawing today.
Touch football and basketball
will be the sports of interest in
the two final runs.
Teams in the finals for the Class
B basketball include the following:
A Engineers, A Cavalry, A Coast
Artillery, after winning out in a
three-way play-off, L Infantry, B
Combat Train Field Artillery, M
Infantry, D Cavalry, and A Infan
try.
H Infantry beat out C Infantry
last week to prevent the five-way
tie in the five team league of ‘fish’
touch football. Their record now
stands three wins and one loss with
the other member two wins and
two losses.
The teams to draw for placing
in the finals are E Field Artillery,
G Infantry, H Infantry, E Engi
neers, B Infantry, B Coast Artil
lery, E Infantry, B Cavalry, F In-
fanry, and either F Field Artil
lery or I Infantry.
Cadets Have Hard Fray
Against Rice Thursday
“Dark Horse” Aggies Will Meet Tough
Opposition, But Should Come Out on Top
By “Jeep” Oates
The Aggie cagers will face some
tough opposition this week when
they meet Rice here Thursday
night and S. M. U. here Saturday
night.
Before the season started Rice
was in the favored slot along with
Texas and they are still right up
there in that position although
they have each lost one game, Rice
to Texas and Texas to Arkansas.
At the present time only the
Aggies are undefeated and they are
standing right at the top of the
conference ladder, a place right
along with their more famous
football brothers.
One writer has referred to the
cadets as a dark horse and says
if they beat Rice and S. M. U.
they will be the darkest horse in
history. 1
If they beat these two teams,
and it is altogether possible, they
will be called the old black mare
and not a dark horse.
The Aggie club is functioning
smoothly and the desire of the
team can be noticed up into the
stands. Captain Varner has im
proved his playing 100 per cent
over last year and he is doing his
bit to keep the rest of the team
fighting. Bill Dawson, while not
quite up to his playing standard
Articles by Denhardt
Are in Many Journals
-that he will reach in the next few
days, is a money ball player. He
is good on offense and defense.
Billy Joe Adams, and Jude
Smith are going good and Charlie
Stevenson is bringing a grin to
Coach McQuillan’s face every time
he steps on the court. Nothing
needs be said about Bill Henderson
who has greatly improved his de
fense and who has always been
a whiz on offense.
Rice barely got by S. M. U.
this week in a 36 to 34 victory and
this makes it appear that the two
teams are about equal. The cadets
will be playing at home, however,
and this will be some advantage
to them.
Arkansas invades Baylor for two
games this week and the Porkers
should take both frays. Texas
meets T. C. U. at Austin Satur
day night and the Frogs will be
pushed farther into the cellar.
Standings:
Team W. L. Pet. Pts. Op.
Texas A. & M 2 0 1.000 93 77
Rice Institute 3 1 .750 187 149
Texas U. , 3 1 .750 177 157
Arkansas U 1 1 .500 87 96
Sou. Methodist 1 2 .333 105 111
Texas Christian 0 2 .000 96 149
Baylor 0 2 .000 90 96
This Week’s Schedule:
Thursday: Rice vs. Texas Aggies at Col
lege Station.
Friday: Baylor vs. Arkansas at Waco
Saturday: Texas Christian vs. Texas at
Austin; Southern Methodist vs. Texas
Aggies at College Station ; Baylor vs. Ark
ansas at Waco.
Last Week’s Results:
Texas 31, S. M. U. 24 ; Texas 62, Ark
ansas 33 ; Rice 48, T. C. U. 24 ; Arkan
sas 54, Texas 44 ; Texas Aggies 49 Bayior
46; Rice 36, S. M. U. 34.
A number of articles by Robert
M. Denhardt, instructor in the
Agricultural Economics Depart
ment, have been published in rec
ognized magazines recently. One
of these was a series of four arti
cles on stock horses, featured in
“The Cattleman’s” magazine,
which is published in Fort Worth.
The first of the series started in
the September, 1939 issue with au
article on “The Palomino” of yes
terday and today. In regard to
this series, Mr. Denhardt received
an excellent write-up in the edi
torial comments column of “The
Cattleman,” written by Tad Moses,
editor. He referred to Mr. Den
hardt as being a leading authority
on the history of the Western
horse, and for that reason and
many others his articles were se
lected to be published in “The
Cattleman.”
“The Palomino” was also pub
lished in the December, 1939
monthly feature issue of the “West
ern Livestock Journal.” The sec
ond of this series was the article
“Peter McCue,” a story about a
famous quarter horse; the third
was about “Peculiar Spotted
Ponies”; the fourth was about
“Stock Horse Shows.”
“The American Hereford Jour
nal” of November 15, 1939, pub
lished another of his articles on
the “Quarter Horse.” This was a
story showing why the quarter
horse was faster than the thorough
bred at shorter distances. “The
Western Horseman,” a magazine
published in California, carried an
other of his stories entitled “New
Light on Old Steeldust.”
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