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Fish Basketball Team Is In Poor Shape;
Closs Scores Almost As Much As Fish
The Aggie freshmen got the tar-
beat out of them Thursday night
by the Rice Slimes. The final
score was 50 for Rice and 21 for
the Fish.
Closs, tall Rice center, rang
the bucket for 20 points, just one
less than the whole freshman team
for the Aggies.
We feel sorry for Coach Smith
and his players for having to play
the game at this early stage when
the Fish are not in shape.
Congratulations to the pistol
team on their most recent victory.
It looks like the boys may mean
business again this year.
For many years there has been
a gripe about the number on the
basketball scoreboard. The num-
■bers go up to 40 only and there
are few games played here where
one of the teams fail to make that
many or more points. At every
game where the score is over 40
there is always a question about
the score. Some of the officials
have been working games here for
years, but they Still ask what is
the matter with the score board.
A few numbers should not cost
much and they are vbadly needed.
Here is a suggestion to the fresh
man class. If the numbers are
not provided this year it would be
nice if the freshman class would
leave some money to purchase
numbers with.
True the freshmen usually don’t
make any money, but they made a
few “Buttons” this year and they
would be willing to leave a couple
of dollars for some numbers.
“Rural Room ,, Is Scene of Best Banquet
, Of Year Given in Honor of Ball Club
Just south of the border, down-
Rural Room way, Frank Simon and
wife had the best banquet of the
year for the football team, if some
of the football players can be quot
ed. “Just think, not a single
speech and loads and loads of good
food to eat,” voiced one member
of the club who was seconded by
the remainder of those present.
The banquet circle is still in
full swing. Dough Rollins just
returned from a long cold trip to
Bonham . . . Sam Bass is getting
in some early baseball practice.
That is he is mashing on a piece
of sponge rubber to strengthen
his grip and also the hand which
he broke last season . . The Ag
gies broke all tradition this year
including captains. Price, Boyd
and Smith were selected as co-cap-
tains . . . Someone asked Ziggy
Sears if Judge Landis had made
him a free agent yet. Sears work
ed the Rice-A & M. basketball
Expert Radio
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■game here Thursday night. During
baseball season Ziggy does some
“blind tom” guessing in the major
leagues . . When Ziggy called a
foul on Dawson the other night
“Big Dog” replied, “Boy I got my
money’s worth out of that foul.”
.... The greatest fullback of all
time is “Rock” Audish. If you
don’t believe it, ask Audish, his
roomie will tell you too . . . Con
gratulations to all the cadets who
braved the cold to swarm the gym
Thursday night. . . . Billy Sansing
over at Texas made a crack about
the Aggies the other day. You
know that boy is getting to be a
top flight sports writer. He really
had a good column . . . The Rice
Thresher staff was up for the
game the other night. Yeah we
see why the Rice coaching staff
had to have a change. . . . They
say that Neely will have to be the
one and only “big poppa” if he
goes anywhere with the Owls.
DEMONSTRATION OF
“JEEP” POSTPONED
The demonstration of the oil well
“Jeep” which was to be made by
the Halliburton Oil Company Fri
day afternoon was^ postponed be
cause of the cold weather, i
The machine, which is a device
to aid in oil well drilling by de
termining the nature of formations
drilled, was to be exhibited for
the benefit of petroleum and
physics students.
The demonstration will be held
next week if the weather permits,
officials of the Petroleum depart
ment announced .
The National Student Federation
held its 1939 congress at the
University of Minnesota during the
Christmas holidays.
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Owls Now
Leading S.W.
Conference
With Kinney and Selmon lead
ing the way with 14 points each,
the Rice varsity trimmed the Ag
gies here Thursday night 62 to 44
and took the conference lead away
froin the McQuillan charges.
Captain Woody Varner stepped
out and gave the Aggies a two
point lead at the start of the fray
and they led for the first nine
minutes, but then Selmon, Kinney
and Gomez found the range and
they grabbed the lead which they
never turned lose.
At the half Rice was leading 30
to 21.
Dawson and Varner were the
outstanding men for the cadets.
Varner did some superb guarding
Conference Standing
w
L
Pet
Bice
4
1
.800
Texas U
3
1
.750
Texas A. & M
3
1
.677
Arkansas
2
1
.667
S. M. U.
1
2
.333
Baylor
0
3
.000
T. C. U
0
3
.000
Saturday’s schedule—Arkansas at Bay
lor ; T. C. U. at Texas U.; S. M. U. at
Texas A. & M.
and Dawson was the high point
man for the Aggies with 11 points.
The tall center was banished on
fouls in the last period.
The victory was costly to the
Owls in the fact that they lost
Gomez with a badly sprained ankle.
A. & M. was weak on free
throws, missing nine, and in the
last half they tried to check the
men all over the floor and that
didn’t work against the smart fast
breaking Owls. Varner limited
the high scoring Catswell to eight
points.
Bice (62)
Fb Ft Tp
Craddock, f 2 15
Steakley.f 2 0 4
Gomez,f 4 3 11
Kinney.c 6 2 14
Pepper,c 0 0 0
Selman.B 6 2 14
Palmer 3 0 6
Carswell.B 3 2 8
Texas A. & M.
Fb Ft Tp
Tinker,£ 2 15
LanB,f 0 2 2
Henderson.f 4 0 8
Stevenson,f 3 17
Duncan.c 0 0 0
Dawson.c 5 1 11
B.J.Adams,c Oil
Smith,B 3 2 8
Varner,b 10 2
Totals 26 10 62 Totals 18 8 44
Officials: Curtis (Texas) ; Sears (Ken
tucky Teachers).
Personal fouls: Tinker, Dawson 4;
Smith 3 ; Varner 3 ; Bans Adams 2 ; Crad
dock, Steakley 2; Kinney 2; Selman 3;
Palmer, Gomez 4.
Free throws missed: Tinker 2 ; Hender
son 3 ; Dawson 2; Smith, Craddock, Kin
ney, 2 ; Selman.
Half-time score: Rice 30; A. & M. 21
Aggies Schedule
Eight Football
Tilts For Their
1940 Grid Season
An eight game schedule
will be the bit of the Aggie
grid team for 1940, accord
ing to the release from the
athletic department.
The Aggies could have
played most anyone they
wanted to in 1940, but many
big schools including Ohio
State, California, Boston and
others were turned down be
cause the cadets were J already
under contract to go to Cal
ifornia and it was thought
best to make only one long
trip. It was thought that
these other games would keep
the players away from school
too long on one stretch.
A. & M. would have play
ed some of these teams if
they had been willing to
come to Texas to play, but
the Aggies do not have the
time to take a flying trip all
over the United States to
pack in a big gate for the
home school.
You get your contract fig
ure and that is about all
when you go to play these
games. You usually get the
same amount if these are 5,-
000 or 50,000 fans.
It has gotten to the point
where Southwest Conference
teams can make the big
teams come here if they
want to play. This confer
ence is in the lead now and
if any team wants to prove
their might they can come
here to do so, A. & M. is not
going there to do it.
The schedule: Sept. 28,
Texas A. & I.; Oct. 12, U. C.
L. A. at Los Angeles; Oct.
19, T. C. U.; Oct. 26, Baylor
at Waco; Nov. 2, Arkansas;
Nov. 9, S. M. U. at Dallas;
Nov. 16, Rice; Nov. 28, Texas
at Austin (May be moved up
to Nov. 21 or 23).
R ATT AI IONA
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1940 PAGE 3
All Expense Trip To Fort Worth
Finals Is Award In Boxing Meet
A five day, all expense trip4-
to the State Finals in Fort Worth,
is the award to the eight winners
in the eight weights, which will
be given in the District Golden
Gloves Tournament to be held at
Gatesville, February 5, 6, and 7.
In addition, suitable trophies will
be awarded to the winners.
Jack Devaney, licensed A. A. U.
referee will handle the bouts, and
seconds will be provided for the
entrants.
As a protection against profes
sionalism, all entrants- as in Ft.
Worth, must be eligible for A. A.
U. membership, which is a fee of
25c, and requires that the boxer
has not received more than $35
for a match, as well as other re
quirements.
A. A. U. rules will be strictly
adhered to, and the same qualifi
cations will be met with here as
in Fort Worth.
Entries must be received at once,
as preparations for the tournament
must be finished in the near fu
ture.
Weighing-in, drawing for places,
and other necessary arrangements
will be made the afternoon of Feb-
raury 5.
INTRAMURAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By HUB JOHNSON
For the third time in as many
years A Field Artillery carried
off the Class A Intramural Tennis
Championship this past week. E
Engineers were the last victims of
the buggy boys climb from the bot
tom to the claiming of the title.
Of the men composing the win
ning team, three have been on all
three championship teams. Conly,
Harrison, and Pratt are the vet
erans. Others forming the squad
are Allen, Heidenheimer, Giles,
Hensel, Shelton, and Leathers.
In the matches with E Engi
neers, Giles, and Shelton defeated
Curry and Nolen, 6-0, 8-6; Harri
son and Hensel downed Oswalt
and Guy, 6-3, 8-6; while Allen and
Heidenheimer fell 1-6, 0-6, to
Bouter and Gwin. All players ex
cepting Allen for the Field team
are veterans of last year’s squad.
More than one-half of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin alumni live
in the Badger state.
Indiana University has an eter
nal blaze in a Union building fire
place to symbolize the institution’s
“fire of hospitality.”
Drake University radio students
broadcast 370 shows a year over
Iowa broadcasting stations.
E Field Artillery retained their
undefeated and unscored on record
against C Cavalry in a play-off
game of water polo using various
team combinations with 13 men.
It was all the troop could do to
stay in the water with the E team
running up eight points and clos
ing out their opponents.
It’s all up to C Coast Artillery
now as to whether or not they’ll
25 Aggies Start
Track Workout
tie for the league championship in
League C. handball. 2nd Hq.
Field Artillery has played their
last scheduled game against D
Engineers and emerged from the
final strain with two games to the
castle boys’ none. Both the Coast
and the Field team have lost a
game, the Coast losing theirs to
the Headquarters.
In another of the final series
games in water polo this week,
3rd Combat Train Field Artillery
and I Infantry each used 10 men
to try their best against each other.
The game ended with the Train
holding a 6 to 2 lead on the paddle
feet.
The Headquarters Signal Corps
could be considered the “hard luck”
boys when it comes to handball.
They played out their schedule
and ended with only one loss but A
Field Artillery also did the same
thing. The Field’s loss however
was a forfeit to the Hq. Signal
team. In the play-off for the
league title, the flag wavers tried
all they had to hold the buggy
boys back but lost out in the last
of the three games.
Shelton and Edwards of the
Field defeated Conglin and Hunt
While Streater and Keelan of the
Signal Corps handed Mitchell and
Smith a beating. After that, it
was all up to the match between
Denton and Couch for A Battery
and Hemington and Guppies of the
Corps. The games were drawn out
and it looked pretty desperate and
the managers went home. The final
outcome—A Field Artillery still in
the running.
Two more teams were entered in
the tennis schedule than last year.
44 was the number of entries re
ceived as compared to last year’s
42. Only two forfeits were call
ed.
Prospects Bright
As 10 Lettermen
Return For Work
Now that the maple-pounding
basketeers have well initiated their
season, the fast-moving sports
world is turning its eager eyes to
the cinder path at Kyle Field
where Monday twenty-five track
team aspirants reported to Coacb
Dough Rollins to start workouts.
Ten returning lettermen and a
host of hopefuls from the last
year’s freshmen ranks will form
the nucleus from which Coach Rol
lins hopes to shape out a winning
aggregation. The lettermen on
hand are: co-captains John Mc
Lain and Ed Driess, Mick Hogan,
Red Cecil, Paul Dillon, Bob
Schiller, Jim Thomason, Jude
Smith, Bill Conatser, and Marshall
Robnett.
One of the brightest prospects
among the newcomers is Ralf
Henderson. Henderson was a
junior college transfer last year
from Paris Junior College where
he was a record half-miler in the
prep school ranks. His record
time for the 2640 foot jaunt is
1:57. R. C. Johnson, who got his
numeral in 1939, also shows great
promise in the quarter-mile trek.
The Aggie track team will open
their schedule with a trip to La
redo to compete in the Border
Olympics on March 1. The next
week-end the thinly-clads play
hosts to the strong San Marcos
Teachers College here. The next
week the team does a bit of road
work to Fort Worth to compete in
the Southwest largest annual meet
ing of track and field stars at the
Fat Stock Show and Exposition,
before opening their annual sched
ule with regular conference foes.
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