E.CJccp' OATES
OATTALION SPORTS EDITOR
Country Boy Goes To Town and Comes
Back a Broke But Much Wiser Farmer
“I was robbed,” says Coach
Homer Norton. No, he was not
talking about the Rice-A. & M.
game in 1937. He was in Dallas
a few days ago. When he went
down to pay his hotel bill the next
morning he reached for his wallet.
Yeah, the wallet was there, but
the wallet was bare. Someone
had gotten in his room and bor
rowed all the money, but they did
put his wallet back in his pocket.
These city slickers sure take
advantage of a poor old farmer
boy from the sticks just EAST
of the BRAZOS where the fun
flows.
Following is a sign that appear
ed in the Commons over at the
University of Texas the other day.
It was the advertisement of the
day’s “special.” “AGGIE SPEC
IAL.”—For 5 cents you can pur
chase A CUP OF TEA.
Final Exams Could Wreck Aggie Hopes
For Basketball and Football Teams
The Aggies traveled far and
wide last fall in winning the na
tional title in football. They were
away from their classes for many
days and now it looks as if the
boys will have to pay the damages.
The boys have to pass some 11 to
13 hours of work and there are
several who are going to have to
look in the grass, under bridges
and everywhere else for that many
hours. Some of those football play
ers are the mainstays of the bas-
getball team and if they go out
the basketball team will be wreck
ed at mid-term.
Tonight and this afternoon will
he a highlight in the lives of all
Aggies now in school. This after
noon the famous SUGAR BOWL
and the gold Sugar Bowl footballs
will be presented to the school and
to the football players. Tonight at
the football banquet the other
awards will be presented to the
football players who have brought
the school into the limelight of
the entire nation. Footballs,
watches, tie clasps, jackets, medals,
bars, blankets, luggage and other
things will make up the awards.
Up until this year A. & M. was
just another college sitting here
in no place. All of the people in
this part of the country knew
about it as did a few in other
parts. Now A. & M. is known
wherever there is a radio.
A prof can go anywhere in the
United States and say he teaches
at A. & M. and the people will
look up at him. Until this time
when they were away and men
tioned A. & M. the people thought
he was at a hick school. There
were 52 boys who brought about
this change and they are due a lot
of credit. They did more for the
school in one year than any other
group has done since the founding.
Some of the other groups built
the school up, but it was this foot
ball team that has brought it the
recognition it truly deserves.
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can of T. N.T. in his
hand...a prayer in
his heart... and a
woman’s kiss still
warm on his lips!
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NAVY TO TRAIN
COLLEGE MEN
AS AVIATORS
The United States Navy, in an
effort to build up its aviation
forces, has announced a training
program which includes the en
rollment of 1,200 young men from
civilian life, during the next twelve
months. This number may be in
creased in the near future.
These young men will receive
the prescribed training course at
the Naval Air Station, Pensacola,
Florida. Upon completion of this
training, they will be designated
naval aviators, and commissioned
as officers in the Naval Reserve,
and sent to active duty with the
Naval Aviation Squadrons. This
duty may extend to eight years,
during which time they receive the
full pay of their rank.
A Selection Board of Naval Of
ficers will meet in Houston, Texas,
commencing March 11, for the
purpose of selecting candidates
for this training. Candidates must
be unmarried American citizens,
between twenty and twenty-seven
years of age, and have a minimum
of two full years of college edu
cation. Interested parties may re
ceive full information and appli
cation blanks by writing the Cadet
Selection Board, Naval Air Sta
tion, Pensacola, Florida.
27 Freshmen To Be Awarded Numerals
GRADES OF FISH
MUST BE UP TO
REQUIREMENTS
The Athletic Council has ap
proved the awarding of numerals
for 27 freshmen gridders for the
past season. The Freshmen won
one and lost two games.
These awards are based on their
athletic ability alone and the boys
must now get their scholastic
standing up to par before they
will be able to receive the awards.
. Those recommended for the
awards are Cecil Voss, Jamie Wil
son, Woodrow Bando, Leonard
Beard, Lloyd Ferrell, Harold Boyd,
Kyle Drake, Sam Rankin, Tom
Pickett, Paul Wofford, William
Sibley, Jackson Webster, George
Smith, Freeman Thompson, Ed
ward Ogdee.
Jack Swank, James McAshen
Robert Tulis, A. F. Johnson, Jack
Kraras, Marvin Mitchell, Charles
Miller, Felix Bucek, James Brewer.
Willie Zapalac, Ray Mulhollan and
Rex Sharp.
Scholastic requirements will
knock a few of the players out of
their awards.
INTRAMURAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By HUB JOHNSON
Heat is still the major problem
all over the campus. In intramural
games, steam heat in the “Y” par
lor and burned energy from pre
spiring bodies allowed the playing
of the two lone sports, Class A
handball and Class B ping-pong.
C Coast Artillery continued to
take things the hard way and turn
ed back A Chemical Warfare 3
to 0 in handball to take the league
championship that was tied up
three ways. This puts Sharp,
Kellog, Davis, Marsh, Burges, and
McMahon in the finals which are
now in play.
President’s Ball For
Brazos Co. To Be At
Bryan Legion Tonight
Lang A. Spell, director for the
Brazos County President’s Ball to
raise funds for the fight against
infantile paralysis, announces that
a dance has been arranged for the
American Legion home Saturday
night.
Mr. Spell states that an effort
is being made to make this event
a county-wide undertaking. He al
so stresses that those not planning
to attend a ball but who want to
help in the drive against the dread
ed disease should give their dona
tions to him.
BRYAN GIRL AT T.S.C.W.
“DINES IN SPANISH”
DENTON.—“Por favor paseme
usted las papas” may mean “please
pass the potatoes,” but Helen Mill
er of Bryan sticks to the first
Spanish version while eating in the
Spanish special dining room at
Texas State College for Women.
Miss Miller eats daily in the
dining room along with forty oth
er Spanish students who want to
master conversation in a foreign
tongue. Nothing but Spanish is
permitted during the meals.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Miller, Miss Miller is a senior stu
dent majoring in French and Eng
lish.
All freshmen are reminded to
sign up for Physical Education
at mid-term registration. Even
though you play intramural games
for P. E. credit, you are required
to sign in a class for lectures and
other called meetings.
Battalion Sports
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1940
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Here’s Baylor’s Basketball Squad
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The Baylor Bears, in their sec
ond hectic week of Southwest Con
ference basketball, play the second
of a two-game series with the Rice
Owls tonight in Houston.
Coach Ralph Wolf’s charges
made a strong comeback in the
title scramble last week when they
handed Arkansas a double defeat
on some neat defensive play.
Shown above, letft to right, front
row; Grady Vaughn, Weldon Bi-
gony, Ernest Marshall, Ralph
Wolf, Jr., Happy Shahan, Dwight
Parks, Charles Boswell.
Second row, left to right: Sher
man Barnes, Loy Gilbert, Joe Ter
ry, L. V. Arnett, Fred Crow, Pete
Creasy.
Back row, left to right: Delma
Suhr, Coach Ralph Wolf, Joe Fri-
valdsky, Marshall Henry, Frank
Bryski, Frank Allen and Warner
Brock, student manager.
A water polo game played Iasi
Wednesday to decide the othei
final entry ended with E Field Ar
tillery on the heavy side of a 3 to
1 win over A Chemical Warfare.
The final game which was to
have been played the next night.
Thursday, was postponed until
Tuesday of next week.
Notice to managers: Entry cards
for Class A volleyball and horse
shoes and Class B handball and
horseshoes are due this morning.
If you haven’t turned yours in, do
so before noon.
With the freshman ping-pong
tournament coming to a quiet
close, the final play-off schedule
was drawn up the same night as
many league winners were pro
claimed and games commenced on
the spot.
B Engineers won their way to
the quarter-finals by defeating G
Infantry 2 to 1. Hausman, Mc
Clelland, and Burman were the
players for the Castle fish with
the first two defeating Hill and
Carter and Burnman losing to
Groves.
They won their league the same
night from the Infantry Band 3
to 0.
The Second Combat Train fish
won another game that night from
3rd Hq. Field Artillery, 2 to 1.
Weems and Ambrose won over
Ashley, and Brittain and Gates
lost to Robertson.
A Field Artillery fish won a
quarter-final game from A Coast
Artillery 2 to 1, and the 1st Hq.
Field Artillery fish were defeated
by A Cavalry, also in the quarter
finals. •
FATHER OF TOM AND KEN
MILLS DIES IN HOUSTON
R. L. Mills Sr., retired Groes-
beck merchant, died Monday in a
Houston hospital. The body was
sent to Groesbeck Monday night
and funeral services were held
Tuesday.
Mr. Mills was the father of Tom
my Mills, former Aggie football
captain, and Ken Mills, former
Allen and A. & M. backfield man
whose football career was ended
by a back injury while working
summer before last.
New Basic Courses
In Fish and Game
To Be Instituted
A. & M. students interested in
fish and game will have an oppor
tunity to take a number of basic
courses during the second semester.
Particular attention is called to a
new course which has been author
ized by the committee and the fac
ulty and which should fit in as an
elective for majors in other depart
ments. The course will be known
as F. G. 406 and will constitute a
survey of fish and game develop
ment. Emphasis will be placed on
students taking work in engineer
ing, arts and sciences, veterinary
medicine, and the various depart
ments of the School of Agriculture.
There are no prerequisites except
that one must have junior standing
before he can be admitted to the
course. There is no laboratory
work; the course carries three
hours of credit.
Other courses which will be of
fered during the coming semester
ate ecology of plants and animals,
in which plant-animal relationships
are considered; ornithology, or
bird study; and a course in pond
and stream improvement.
During the coming summer the
wildlife survey of Culberson County
will be continued by the Depart
ment of Fish and Game, credit be
ing given for field work done. Al
so practical fish culture will be
given, the field work being done in
the Guadalupe River drainage,
probably in Kerr County.
Through the various courses the
Department of Fish and Game is
endeavoring to make its work
practical, and fit its majors and
others to take positions of leader
ship in the general field of wild
life conservation, whether on pri
vate farms and ranches, or in fed
eral and state agencies such as the
Extension Service, vocational agri
culture, the Texas Game, Fish
and Oyster Commission, Agricul
tural Adjustment Administration.
Soil Conservation Service, Farm
Security Administration, National
Park Service, U. S. Biological Sur
vey, and U. S. Bureau of Fisheries.
T. C. U. Cagers Busy On Final Exams,
No Games Scheduled Until February 3
FORT WORTH, Jan. 27.—“Horn
ed Frogs Go Two Weeks With
out Losing a Basketball Game”
might be the headline of the week
in Southwest Conference Basket
ball circles.
Coach Mike Brumbelow’s boys
do not play a game from January
20 to February 3. They’re busy
trying to ring up goals in final
examinations.
The conference race is not yet
half over, yet the Rice Owls, after
Saturday night, will have played
nine of the 12 matches on their
schedule. They meet Baylor in
Houston Friday and Saturday
night, then go into retirement for
three weeks before finishing up
with two with Arkansas, in Hous
ton, and one with Texas, in Aus
tin.
Dr. W. W. Comfort, head of
Haverford College for 22 years,
will retire in June.
“We’re Not Like
Tennessee,” Say
A. & I. Grid Fans
KINGSVILLE, Jan. 24.—When
A. & M. put the A. & I. Javelinas
on its grid program last week it
completed the heaviest schedule A.
& I. has ever undertaken and prob
ably the hardest that could possi
bly be booked according to Head
Coach A. Y. McCallum, who has
piloted the Hogs since 1928.
The nation’s No. 1 football team
and the nation’s No. 1 scoring ag
gregation are both on the Hog’s
list, which includes two intersec
tional opponents, two Southwest
Conference members, three Lone
Star Conference teams, and the
Hogs’ own special opponents, the
Alamo Conference gang.
A. & I. will lead off with San
Jose State in San Jose, California
September 16. For three consecu
tive years the San Jose Spartans
have led the nation in scoring, their
total for the past year being 324
points. Their score against the
Javelinas last fall was the lowest
they made all year in an unde
feated, untied season.
First opponent of the season for
the mighty Aggies, the Hogs will
go to College Station September
28, thus the Hogs will be opening
the season for both of America’s
No. 1 teams, the Spartans, nation’s
leading scorers; the Aggies, No.
1 on AP and other sports polls.
Third major highlight of the
year for the Javelinas will be their
tussle with the Rice Owls in Hous
ton Nov. 2. The Hogs took Sam
Houston Teachers last fall 7-0
the week before the Teachers
threw the nation’s sports writers
into a dither with a 9-8 victory
over the Owls.
Not content with one state A.
& M. opponent, the Hogs will en
gage the Arkansas A. & M. Col
lege in Kingsville for their second
intersectional game of the season.
Alamo Conference competition
is reserved to ring down the cur
tain, as the Hogs finish with their
other games before their first
defense of their 1939 conference
crown, held jointly with West Tex
as Teachers of Canyon.
There are plenty of fans who be
lieve that this Owl-Longhorn game,
scheduled for February 27, may
decide the conference title.
To date, the strength of the Ag
gies and the weakness of Arkan
sas have been the season’s sur
prises.
The Aggies, doped to be a sec
ond division outfit, have won three
of five starts. The Razorbacks, rat
ed as top-flight and a possible flag
contender, have dropped three out
of their first four.
Architects Inspect
New Denton Buildings
Professor C. J. Finney and 22
students of the fourth and fifth-
year classes of the Department
of Architecture left this weekend
for Denton to inspect the work of
O’Neil Ford and A. B. Swank, ’36.
Dallas architects. They will vis
it the new “Chapel in The Woods”
at T.S.C.W. and four of the new
low-cost houses which have been
hailed as outstanding examples of
Southwestern homes.
This trip is one of a series con
ducted by the Department of Arch
itecture as part of its program
using this region as a laboratory
in developing a regional expres
sion for Texas architecture.
THEIR LEGS GET COLD, SO
SO SCOTS QUIT THEIR KILTS
LONDON, Jan. 24.—Scottish
soldiers, to protect their legs
against poison gas, are going to
lose their famous kilts.
War Secretary Oliver Stanley
announced in the House of Com
mons that Scottish regiments will
wear uniforms covering their legs.
Only drummers and pipers will be
given ne kilts.
A special course for the college’s
maids and porters has been an
nounced by Bryn Mawr College.
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AGGIES TACKLE
BRUINS TUESDAY
NIGHT IN WACO
Last Game For Team Until
Examinations Are Over
Tuesday night the Texas Aggie
cagers play a return engagement
with the Baylor Bears in Waco.
This will be the last game before
the long lay-off for mid-term ex
aminations and will also be the
last game between the two schools
this season.
Baylor finishes a two game
series with the Rice Owls, league
leaders, in Houston tonight while
the Aggies are still at rest from
their battle with the Owls last
Tuesday.
In the first game between the
two teams, the Aggies took an
early lead only to surrender it
to the Bears a short five seconds
later. It was the same way
throughout the entire game with
Frank Bryski and Joe Terry pac
ing the Bears and “Jitterbug” Hen
derson and Tommy Tinker spark
ing the Aggies.
Grady Vaughn, Baylor star
guard, was injured in the first
sixteen minutes and was removed
to the hospital.
The half ended 23 to 21 with the
Bears on the heavy side but they
lost their lead by a narrow margin
of three points and the game, 49
to 46.
Tuesday both teams will be
primed to the fullest extent. The
Aggies will be trying to retain
their third place position they now
hold while the Bears, if unsuccess
ful with the Owls, will be playing
to take the spot from the cadets.
Armour Institute of Technology
and Lewis Institute are to be com
bined into the Illinois Institute of
Technology.
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Saturday, Jan. 27
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