Aggies Defeat S.M.U. 51-49, Play Owls Tonight
t.C.JGGp’ OATES
BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR
Aggies of 1940 Are Tennessee Vols Of
1939, Say Many Sports Writers Now
Many of the sports writers of-
this part of the country are call
ing the cadets the “Texas Volun
teers.” They say that the Aggies
will play only one big game next
fall and that will be against U.
C. L. A.
It is true that at this time the
Aggies have only eight games on
their schedule and have an open
date right at the start. That open
date will be filled if a good team
can be scheduled and the Aggies
will not have to travel to Germany,
Russia or Boston.
Some are griping about the Ag
gies passing up Ohio State. It
so happens that the Aggies wanted
that game, but the only date they
could get was the week before they
play U. C. L. A. The UCLAN
game had already been scheduled
and nothing could be done about
that. To play the Buckeyes on
that date would mean the Aggies
would have to leave here the Wed
nesday before, play in Columbus
on Saturday and leave out for Los
Angeles Sunday, stopping on the
way for a couple of practice ses
sions. In other words they would
be away from school for 14 days
and be traveling all the time.
After that they would face six
conference teams and not a weak
one of the list. Texas, S. M. U
and Baylor to be played away from
Kyle Field and yeah, that one to
be played at Memorial Stadium.
Does that look like a Tennessee
schedule ?
“Texan” sports writer LaMotte,
don’t you think your Longhorns
had all they wanted from confer
ence teams last year? Rice is the
only team that failed to give
every team all they wanted.
Ohio People Did Not Want Any of Aggies;
We Want None of Their 13 Below Zero, Either
Here is a steal from Eddie But-f
ler’s column from the Akron, Ohio
Beacon Journal.
“Not that I’m one to run from
■an argument or battle, but it is my
idea that Ohio State will be biting
off a little more than it can han
dle if plans for a football game
with Texas Aggies’ powerful grid-
■ders materialize.
“It isn’t the mere scheduling of
the Aggies that leads to this deduc
tion, but substituting the hard-bit
ten Texans for the faded Maroons
of Chicago on a schedule already
overrun with major assignments
is like dropping your guard in a
battle royal—you’re likely to get
clipped badly from any direction.
“The Aggies proved their prow
ess in 11 games last season and
they stand to be tougher next sea
son, having all but two of their
regulars back again—and number
ed among the returning boys is
Jarring John Kimbrough, the likes
of whom football has had no tough
er .. . The Aggies would draw a
capacity throng, no doubt. But
one wouldn’t like to feel that the
reason for such a program—espec
ially not if things wouldn’t work
out okay.”
Clyde Morgan sent me this clip
ping and a letter with it. The let
ter starts out with: Weather re
port—13 below 0.
They can keep that sort of weath
er in Ohio, this blanket of snow is
too much for me now. Morgan
cut the name off the bottom of the
letter before he sent it over.
Thanks anyway.
Note to LaMotte: Thar aint
nothin’ worrying Homer Norton.
He is eating and sleeping well,
thank you. Come over and see us
sometime. . Congratulations on a
great basketball team, but watch
out for Rice in your next meet
ing—they are pretty fair . . .
Arkansas pulled the big surprise
this year. After splitting two
games with Texas they came to
Waco and the Bears gave them two
good dry cleanings . . . That has
even put ideas in the Aggies’
heads about the Porkers . . Kim
brough and Nagurski were the
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CJLOCKIERS
Tearn Remains
In Conference
Flag Pursuit
Game Is Marked By
Numerous Called Fouls
Coach Hub McQuillan’s surpris
ing Aggies turned over the apple
cart again Saturday night when
they outlasted the S. M. U. Mus
tangs in a close battle that ended
with the cadets on the long end ol
a 51 to 49 count.
It was a thriller all the way.
The lead changed hands nine times
and the score was tied seven
times. Wtih the exception of Vir
gil “Country” Wilkerson who col
lected 20 points, the Mustangs had
a purely defensive team only, and
it was not so hot on defense that
night. Our memory may have slip
ped, but we do not recall an A. &
M. team ever scoring 51 points
against a conference team. That
is, in recent years.
BATTALIONA—
TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1940
PAGE 3
Conference Standings
W L
Rice Institute 5 1
University of Texas 4 1
Texas Aggies 3 1
Baylor 2 2
Arkansas 1 3
Southern Methodist 1 4
Texas Christian 0 4
Aggie Sophomore Stars
The fray was rough and each
team drew 19 fouls. Dawson and
Tinker of the Aggies and
Coppedge and Sprague of the
Ponies were banished for too many
fouls. Even so the officials were
too lax in calling fouls. Sears
and Bushman called a poor game,
according to most of the specta
tors.
The Aggies led 25 to 22 at the
half. During the second half the
Ponies took the lead, but with three
minutes to go Henderson made a
gift toss and the cadets were never
headed, although it took a couple
of quick shots by Tinker and Smith
to keep them on top.
AGGIES (51)
fg ft pf tp
Smith, f
....2 4
2 8
Tinker, f
....4 3
4 11
Stevenson, f
....2 0
1 4
Adams, f
....0 0
0 0
Dawson, c
...0 0
1 0
Lang, f
....2 0
1 4
Varner, g
....3 1
3 7
Henderson, g-c
....4 5
..19 13
1 13
Total
19 51
S. M. U. (49)
fg ft
pf tp
Keith, f
....2 2
3 6
Keeton, f
....2 5
3 9
Sprague, f
....0 2
4 2
Clement, f-g
....0 1
2 1
Wilkerson, c
....8 4
3 20
Sebeck, g
....2 1
0 5
Coppedge, g
....8 0
4 6
Higginbotham, g
....0 0
0 0
Totals
..17 15
19 49
Score at half: Aggies 25, S.M.U.
22. Free throws missed: Smith 3,
Tinker, Dawson 2, Henderson 4,
Varner 2, Keith, Keeton 2, Spra
gue 2, Wilkerson 2, Clement. Of
ficials: Ziggie Sears (Ky. Teach
ers); Bill Bushman (Wesleyan,
Mo.).
“big boys” at the press banquet
in Houston Sunday. They are the
two greatest fullbacks of all time.
. . . Bill Henderson is one of the
leading point-makers in the con
ference. He is averaging 12 points
a game . . . Norton and Kimbrough
attended the Touchdown Club ban
quet in Washington, D. C., several
days ago. John gave credit for his
showing to the rest of the team
and the coaches. He was presented
with a trophy naming him as the
outstanding All-American player
of 1939. He stated that he would
not play pro football. It is toe
early to start feeling him out on
this subject and after next yeai
if they flash $15,000 in front of
him he may change his mind . . .
John says this stuff about him go
ing into the movies in the “shoot-
’em-up” is a lot of bunk. He
says he can’t ride, he can’t shoot,
he can’t rope, he doesn’t have a
big hat, he hasn’t any boots and
ends up with, “what the hell,
can’t I have a minute to live my
own life?” John is a great kid
and we don’t blame him for get
ting tired of that stuff. He is al
most like a guinea pig, with oth
er people making his dates for
him!
Students from five continents
and 24 foreign countries are en
rolled at Los Angeles City Col
lege.
The Women’s College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina has a
football team.
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Left to right: Charlie Stevenson and Bill “Jitterbug” Henderson,
two sophomores who have added lots of spark to the Cadet cagers.
Stevenson came to the Aggies as a baseball pitcher and gets in shape
by playing some i pretty fair basketball.
Henderson is a tall slender former All-State basketeer who is
third in the average point making this season at this time. He has
averaged 12 points in all conference frays.
INTRAMURAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By HUB JOHNSON
Snow-bound in the Aggie way
was the justified cause of post
poning many of the scheduled
games yesterday and yet many
boys were seen snapping pictures
from one end of the white campus
to the other. >
Handball was the leading sport
for the latter part of the week
for the Class A bracket and ping-
pong for the fish.
C Coast Artillery defeated K
Infantry 3 to 0 to tie up their
league “three ways.” 2nd Head
quarters Field Artillery, led by
John Yowell, John Muse, Doc
Robrecht, Dick Phillips, and John
nie Ragland now play the Coast
team in the first game of the
play-off series.
The winner will play A Chemical
Warfare to decide the league’s
representative in the final play
offs.
The call for Class A entries has
been given for volley ball and
horse shoes as well as for Class
B handball and horse shoes. These
are due Friday, January 26, and
games will begin after mid-term.
Horse shoes for campus prac
tice can be had at the office by
the team managers.
Wrestling will make its appear
ance next month so now is the
time to lay off all that ‘stuff’ that
might be a handicap.
In other handball games the lat
ter part of last week, Battery D
and 2nd Combat Train Field Artil
lery added another notch to the
record as. their feud became the
spark of the handball game in
which D defeated the train 3 to
J; 3rd Headquarters Field Artil
lery fell to C Engineers 2 to 1;
and A Infantry turned back Head
quarters Cavalry. 2 to 1.
The Class B swimming meet,
held back in November, gave many
a boy the idea of trying for the
‘fish’ squad. They are working
out daily at the pool between 4
and 5 o’clock. Any others who are
interested are asked to come on
down.
Big business has at last invaded
the realm of collegiate party-throw
ing. A University of Detroit stu
dent has organized “Parties, Inc.”
—and the new firm will guarantee
the success of any social function
from a hayride to a wedding.
But the company—wise—will
have nothing to do with your es
cort for the evening. You’ll have
to take care of that little matter
without the firm’s expert advice!
The average large U. S. univer
sity has two and a half non-aca
demic employees for every mem
ber of its teaching staff.
Aggies Beat Cops;
To Shoot in Bayou
Match Saturday
Bill Lewis Sets New
College Slow-Fire Mark
Against State Police
The Texas Aggie pistol team
opened its session last Thursday
night by outshooting the State
Department of Public Safety in
Austin, 1,095 to 1,075, on the col
lege range.
Aggie Bill Lewis not only took
high honors and the gold medal
with an aggregate of 284, but set
a new college record for slow fire
with a target showing a 97 on
the 20-yard range.
Don Lawrence, state police offi
cer of Austin, and one of Texas’
best pistol marksmen, took second
medal with a score of 277, while
C. A. Lewis, brother of Bill, took
third medal with a 273 aggregate.
The Aggies’ next competition will
be in the Bayou Rifles invitation
match in Houston, Saturday, Jan
uary 27. Bill Becker and Eugene
Shields of A. & M., both record
holders, were absent from the state
police match but are expected to
be ready for the Houston shoot.
Aggies Take On Injured Owl
Club In Bayou City Tonight
Will Attempt to Avenge Defeat at Hands of Rice
Quintet Thursday; Carswell, Steakly May Not Play
Twelve basketball players and-f
two sports writers left here this
morning for Houston where the Ag
gie cagers will meet the high-fly
ing Owls tonight at 8 p. m.
They left in three cars and will
get a glimpse of lots of snow and
dangerous roads before ge'tting to
the Bayou City.
Rice may not be in top play
ing shape tonight as Carswell is
still suffering from a bad ankle
and Ike Steakley is fighting an
attack of flu. The loss of these
two boys will handicap the Owls,
but it is not certain that they are
out of the fray.
The Owls have already proved
to the cadets that they cannot
be checked over the whole floor.
Last week the Aggies tried that
and saw the Birds fly by them to
drop the ball in for “buckets.”
A. & M. has been improving in
offense and if they can get to hit
ting some more of their free tosses
they will have a hard club to beat.
Woody Varner is improving his
shooting and can be depended on
for a few points each game now.
At the start of the season, the cap
tain was a defensive man pure and
simple. He hit for seven points
against the Ponies.
Jude Smith, Tom Tinker, “Big
Dog” Dawson and Charlie Steven-
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tax, $892,862; state franchise,
gross receipts, social security,
permits, car and truck licenses
ancl gasoline taxes paid by the in
dustry on gasoline used by its
own vehicles, $3,432,625; state ad
valorem taxes, $4,886,380.
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way in 98 other counties. That
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“The Little Men Who
Weren’t There” Will
Be There Next Time
(ACP) It seems “The Little
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and here to stay—at least if
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about it. While busily engaged
in research for a term paper in
history at Yeshiva College, Bard
noticed in the text which he was
using that Napoleon had nothing
on him—as far as height is con
cerned. Going back to the original
sources, Shikey found in a text
that not only he and Napoleon but
neither John Paul Jones, Chopin,
Bethoven, Keats, Milton nor
Michelangelo were around when
the extra inches were handed out.
Having thus justified the exist
ence of his microscopic brethren,
Bard has assumed the task of or
ganizing these concentrated dyna
mos into one organization. The
main purpose of this society is to
insure the little fellows protec
tion from being trampled under
foot.
This “fraternity of the Little
Fellow,” as it has been named,
has for its raison d’etre the fact
that the world which has had
quantity for its standard must in
the near future seek a new norm
of quality. And who is a better
representative of this new concept
than the “Little Fellow,” says
Bard. The “Little Man Who
Wasn’t There” has sent a call to
colors to all collegians who have
stature not exceeding 5 feet 4,
Bard hopes that since all “Little
Fellows” are close to the ground
they will be able to create a saner
society, for unlike their long-
legged brothers they will create
conceptions which are “down to
earth.”
The motto adopted by the mite-y
atoms is “By your feats shall ye
be judged, not by your feet.”
son are aiding Bill Henderson in
the point making and are pulling
some of the defense away from the
lanky “Jitterbug.”
Texas and Rice still lead the
conference, but A. & M. and Baylor
continue to keep it from being a
two club race.
The starting five for the McQuil
lan team will probably be Smith
and Tinker at forwards, Dawson
at center, Henderson and Varner
at guards.
Rice will probably start Gomez,
Kinney, Steakley, Selman and
Carswell or, more likely, it will
be Craddock in place of Gomez.
In case Carswell and Steakley are
not able to go, Gomez and Palmer
will take their places.
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