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Longhorn Boxing Club Will Sponsor Tournament for College Pugs in Austin A letter received from George Hurt of the University Band says: The Longhorn Boxing Club of the University of Texas with the support of its Faculty Committee and the Longhorn Band, is plan ning to sponsor a Boxing Tourna ment for College Boxers under in tercollegiate and state regulations at Austin, Texas, probably March 19 and 20. Hurt says they want to invite all the capable, eligible boxers in Texas colleges and universities, and they want the president of the boxing club in each institution to contact Hurt at P.O. Box 1907, University Station, Austin, Texas. The tournament will be conduct ed under incollegiate rules and will be open only to amateurs whose physical condition is certified. Maybe this is a step in the right direction to start intercollegiate boxing in the Southwest Confer ence. NOTE TO MANNING SMITH: For crying out loud why don’t you let someone know when you are going to have a basketball game or something. Ten minutes before it is going to happen is no help to anyone. Texas put Baylor in the shade Saturday night in Waco, and that game between Rice and the Steers tonight in Austin should be a thriller. The winner of that game will be the conference champion and the Steers play their best when the chips are down, so we are picking them to win the con ference, and the game against the Aggies here Saturday night will just be another game on the schedule that has to be played. Green Bay Defeats Washington 21-0; New York Giants Trim Chicago 14-0 In the two games Saturday af ternoon Dookie Pugh starred and Jackson Webster stood out as he played for all four teams at dif ferent times. Pugh looked good in running and passing. One of his passes to Conatser was good for 20 yards and Conatser ran 25 more for the touchdown. Pugh scored one of the touchdowns himself and John Kim brough added the third for the Are you a Sock “Puller'Upper” 2 t&eu to •n«'Top- PATENT SELF-SUPPORTING No “Pulling-Up” with these Socks ...they DO “Stay Up”... No Gad gets, No Garters 3 prs. $1.00 and up 7 t T WIMBERLEY • STONE DANSBY CiOChXERS Green Bay Packers (A team). Jeffrey and Spivey did the scor ing for the New York Giants (B team). Jeffrey worked the ball down close on passes to Simmons and Cowley and then went off tackle for the coupter. Spivey scored on an intercepted pass, Pugh’s drive, Zapalac’s drive and then Spivey carried around end for the tally. Yesterday the football team of 1939 received their long-waited- for luggage. All players, the coa ches and G. B. Winstead received the beautiful tan leather bags. 300 Students Watch Performance of Jeep The Halliburton electric log known as the “Jeep” was run last week in two wells at the petroleum engineering practice field for the benefit of petroleum and electrical engineers and geol ogy students through the courtesy of the Halliburton Oil Well Ce menting Co. Despite the chill wind, an estimated 300 students were on the field. The first demonstration consist ed of measuring the temperature gradient by means of a special electrode which is automatically recorded at the surface. This electrical log may be made at sev eral different frequencies and the restivity properties of the rocks may be investigated at variable distances from the well by varying the space of the electrodes. Sand Tests Met By Bryan Water Wells Report from the Southwestern Laboratories of Dallas, which had a representative present for the 24-hour test of the new Bryan city wells, states that the specifications regarding sand were met. The contract provided that a maximum of one ounce of sand per 100 gallons of water was the limit, and the report was that all wells showed considerably less than this amount, in fact only a trace. The other specifications, regard ing quantity and quality, also have been met, according to the labora tory report. GREATER PALACE Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat. DIETRICH GOES WMJLflVER JIMMIE STEWART Preview, 11 P. M. Saturday Night Wallace Beery IN “MAN FROM DAKOTA” SHOWN SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY T.C.U. Frogs Break Losing Streak In Aggie Game LOWLY T. C. U. TEAM UPSETS A. & M., 64-55 Bill Henderson Is High Scorer of Game With 24 After twenty-two straight con ference basketball defeats, the T. C. U. Frogs finally won a game Saturday night when they defeat ed the Aggies 64 to 55, in Fort Worth, despite the suberb shoot ing of Bill Henderson, who tallied 24 points, and Bill Dawson, who sank 12 points. For the first time in two sea sons the Horned Frogs completely had control of the game all the way, going out in front in the first minute of the game and never once losing the lead. The game was a rough and tumble affair, marked with 40 personal fouls being called and two Frogs and one Aggie be ing banished from the game on fouls. It was a nip-and-tuck affair the first half, with the count at the end of the first period being 30 to 24. With the start of the sec ond half the Frogs pulled ahead steadily until at one time they led 15 points, but Henderson dropped in four straight field goals to close the gap. In the final two minutes of the game there was a total of 20 points scored by both teams. Box Score T. C. U. (64) fg ft pf tp Abney, f 5 2 2 12 Barron, f 5 2 3 12 Monroe, g 2 0 4 4 Tankersley 4 5 2 13 Holt, g 4 3 2 1 Groseclose, f 1 3 4 5 Duckworth, g 1 1 3 3 Best, g 2 0 0 4 Totals 24 16 20 64 A. & M. (55) fg ft pf tp Adams, f 1 0 0 2 Lang, f 2 2 2 6 Duncan, c 1 1 2 3 Dawson, c 4 4 4 12 Henderson, f 10 4 4 24 Varner, g 1 2 3 4 Tinker, f 1 1 3 3 Smith, g 0 1 2 1 Totals 20 15 20 55 Sugar Bowl Pictures Loaned to Y.M.C.A. Interstate Theaters have lent the College Y.M.C.A. their pictures of the Sugar Bowl game, M. L. Cash- ion, secretary of the Y, has an nounced. The film will be shown Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 and Tuesday eve ning at 6:45. All the football players and members of the Ath letic Department have been invit ed to attend free. This film is one made specially for Interstate Theaters and has never before been shown outside their circuit. It was lent the Y. M. C. A. to run only on the con dition that all the college’s foot ball players and Athletic Depart ment , members be allowed to see it free, and this condition has been fulfilled with the mailing out of 140 invitations to them to attend. Picture Contest Winners Selected Winners of the recent snow scene contest sponsored by The Aggie- land Studio and conducted for it by The Battalion have been an nounced by judges Bill Murray, Phil Golman, and Don Andrews. They are as follows: First price (a Junior Brownie camera) goes to R. D. Kenny of D Coast Artillery for his picture, a nature study. Mike Beckman, a graduate student, takes second place (the prize being a Baby Brownie) with his human inter est picture. L. H. Packard of B Chemical Warfare Service wins third price (a book on photo graphy) for a picture showing good work. And to C. B. Dominy of A Engineers goes honorable mention for originality of his picture. Stated the judges: “There were so many pictures turned in, and so many good ones, that we had a hard time determining the winners. We wish everyone could have had a prize.” Others who turned in some of the leading pictures in the contest are as follows: Philip Atmar, James S. Boyd, Max Melcher, and N. B. Yearling. The four pictures judged best will be published in the February issue of The Battalion Magazine. Contest entrants may get back the photographs turned in from Phil Golman, Battalion staff photo grapher, at 37 Legett. BATTALION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1940. PAGE 3 Aggie Tankers Get Back After Break-Even Trip Coach Art Adamson and his Ag-- gie tankers returned home Sun day after a break-even trip to various schools and clubs of the central and north-central section of the country. The first opponents for the cadets were the Sooner tankers who fell under a score of 50 to 25. The Aggies took over from the start and continued to hold the spot throughout. Ty Hall won the 440, and the 220 while Johnson won the 150 backstroke and Hensley carried off the 50 and the 100-yard freestyle dashes. The relay teams won both the 300 and the 440-yard relays. Fall to Merimac Traveling on to St. Louis the Aggies met their defeat at the hands of the Merimac Patrol of the downtown ‘Y\ This was the first water polo game of the trip. Johnson and Hensley set the pace for the Aggies but were held back by Capt. Eddie Schroeder of the patrol. The score, 9 to 2. Illinois U. Victorious Registering a double win, the Il linois University swimmers and water poloists handed the Aggies a 4 to 3 defeat in the water game and a 45 to 39 defeat in the events. Hall again carried off the 440 and Hensley won the 50-yard free style while the relay team claimed the 440 event. In the water polo game, fate was against the Aggies as well as the seven Illinois men and Hensley was pulled from the water in the first half. The Aggies were then forced to play with only six men until the start of the second half and yet the cadets held the host scoreless throughout the time of the handicap. Senior National Champs Win The Senior National Champions of water polo ran up a score of 13 to 5 on the Aggies and remained undefeated by a collegiate team. The goalie was said to be the only difference in the two teams and it is said that he might en roll here next year. Here also many coaches of other schools in that section of the coun try were on hand and issued invi tation for the Texans to play there next year. Split With Iowa Iowa State claimed the winner of the swimming meet while the Longhorn Cagers Invade Aggieland Late This Week To the home of the fighting Texas Aggies comes one of the top quintets ofthe Southwest Con ference. The orange and white basketeers from forty acres over Austin way will invade Aggieland late this week for their slated fray with the Cadets. This game along with two others to be played the same night will wind up the bas ketball season for the year in this conference. The other two games are Arkansas vs T.C.U. at Fayette ville and S.M.U. vs Baylor at Dallas. If Texas can shoot the Owls in their game tonight at Austin, they can claim a tie for the champion ship by defeating the Aggies; how ever, a loss by the Steers retires them to second place and gives the title to Rice. And in this con ference anything can happen. In the last A. & M. - Texas game, which was played in Austin Wednesday, “flashy” bounding Bobby Moers was kept well bottled up by J. T. Lang. Four more bot tles will do the trick Saturday. Aggies retaliated with a 9 to 3 win in water polo later that eve ning. Hall again lived up to his record and carried off the 440 as well as the 220 and Johnson was the 150 back. The relay team claimed the 300-yard event. The Cyclones blew over when it came time for the water polo game and left most of the game in the hands of Roger Adams who made all three points for the Iowa team. Sooner Aggies Lose As in football so it was also in swimming for the Oklahoma Aggies dropped the meet to the Aggies 34 to 40. The traveling squad was made up of Coach Art Adamson, John son, Hall, Ponthieux, Hensley, Conway, Couch, Robinson, Ketel- sen, and Japhet. Ten Veterans Report For Baseball at T.C.U. FORT WORTH, Feb. 24.—Ten lettermen and some nine sopho mores will report to Coach Ho ward Grubbs this week-end as preliminary work starts on T.C.U.’s 1940 baseball entry. Only two lettermen from last year’s fourth place squad are miss ing, and strong soph replacements are expected to put the Frogs in the thick of the conference race. Shortstop is the post that is worrying Coach Grubbs right now. Rusty Cowart, who lettered at short last year, will be out the early part of the season because of a knee operation. The Frogs will play a number of practice games in March, tak ing on the Fort Worth Cats for a two-game series. Their confer ence schedule opens at home Fri day, March 29. Former Director Now on Farm Board Byrd E. White, Dallas attorney and former member of the board of directors of the A. & M. College, has been notified of his appoint ment as director of the third.dis trict of the Farm Credit Board, with headquarters at Houston, in a telegram from A. G. Black, act ing governor, in Washington. Nominations for the post were submitted in December by the 300 national farm loan associations in Texas. Mr. Black selected Mr. White from a field of the three highest nominees. His appointment is for a three-year term, suc ceeding S. F. Britt of Shamrock, Wheeler County. The Farm Credit Board has im portant powers in directing the operations of the Federal Land Bank, the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, the Bank for Co-op eratives, and the Production Cred it Corporation, with business ag gregating more than three billion dollars. Pistol Team Loses To Austin Police, Beats Harvard The A. & M. Pistol Team went to Austin last Friday with the ex pectation of running into strong competition from the Department of Public Safety team, but it was the Austin City Police shooters that beat them. The Austin Po lice team won with a score of 1122 while A. & M., the Depart ment of Public Safety and the A. & M. second team trailed with scores of 119, 1115 and 1175 re spectively. In the slow fire, C. A. Lewis placed second with 197, Gene Shiels took third with 196 out of a pos sible 200 and Bob Shiels was fourth with 195. In individual score in team match L. C. Kennemer was tops for all teams with 289 out of a possible 300 and C. A. Lewis was fourth with 284. C. A. Lewis and L. C. Kennemer were third and fourth respectively in the individual grand aggregate with Lewis getting 481 out of a possible 500 and Kennemer get ting 477. AGS BEAT HARVARD In their match of February 24 the cadet marksmen beat Harvard University of Cambridge, Mass. 1391 to 1176 while the Aggie fresh men beat the first-year men of Harvard 1274 to 981. The varsity match was a walk over as the lowest Aggie outpoint ed the highest Harvard scholar by 15 points. INTRAMURAL HIGHUGHTS By HUB JOHNSON By Myers Batting for Hub The playoff for the class B touch-football championship be tween E Engineers and G Infantry was won by the Engineers to the tune of 7-0. In the semi-finals E Engineers won over G Coast Artil lery and G Infantry defeated B Infantry. Both of these games were won on penetrations, showing that the top teams were real cham pions. Members of the winning team were: Pearl, Kasorak, Hard wick, Hudson, Sutherland, Casa- nove, Dixon, Andrews, Carradine, Henrikson, Flowers, Dedman, Yancey, and Whilden. In class A touch-football, we have a semi-final game between EXPERT REPAIR* the Infantry Band and B Engineers to determine who will represent their bracket against I Infantry in the final playoff. The first game will be played today and the cham pionship tilt is scheduled for Wed nesday. Expert Radio Repair Phone No. 139 North Gate Mint ASSEAVULY HALL Original Story and Screen Play by Corey Ford and Norman Z. McLeod • Directed by Norman Z. McLeod • Produced by Milton Bren • A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture Tuesday, Feb. 27 Matinee 3:30 Night 6:30 GARY COOPER i„ THE NEW "BEAU GCSTT with RAY MILLAND ROBERT PRESTON ,,, Brian Dontevy • Susan Hayward f '/j y tjr \. Carrol Naish • Donald O'Connor A /j j\ lames Stephenson Wednesday, Feb. 28 Matinee 3:30 Night 6:30 G. M. WRIGHT Underwood Elliott-Fisher Co. 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