Jack Doran Will Be Regular Catcher
And Should Be An All-Conference Man
Jack Doran is starting his last-f-nan, Henderson, Jeffrey and Kirk
patrick working the initial sack.
year as an Aggie baseball player.
For the past two years Jack has
been the regular receiver and is
rated as the best in the conference
this year. In addition to being a
good catcher, he is a better ?than-
.300 hitter. History shows that
Jack does his best hitting when
“ducks are on the pond”.
In case any aid is needed behind
the plate, “Red” Kirkpatrick is
ready to step in. It is probable that
‘‘Red” will see much service in
the outfield in an effort to get
more punch at the plate.
First base is giving Karow some
sleepless nights now. Tuesday af
ternoon Marty had Pugh, Bucha-
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It looks like Bill Henderson is
going to be the answer to the
problem if he can learn to hit
curve ball pitching.
HAARY FAULKNER HAS
HUNDREDS OUT FOR FISH
BASEBALL; CUT DUE TODAY
Coach Harry Faulkner issued
his qall for freshman baseball
players Monday and the response
brought together a group almost
as large as Penberthy’s intramural
classes.
Harry will start cutting his
squad down today and by the
end of next week he should have
a squad of about 20 boys that
can play baseball.
For the first time in recent
history it looks like something will
come of the freshman team. In
former years there has been just
a group of boys out there throw
ing a ball around and trying to
hit one. If a kid didn’t already
have the stuff he certainly didn’t
get it as a freshman.
The Austin “7 Uppers” have
cancelled their games with the Ag
gies. They were scheduled to play
here Friday and Randolph Field
Flyers here Saturday. Karow has
contacted the Fliers, and they will
take the “7 Up” dates. At 3:30
Friday afternoon the Aggies will
play the Fliers from Randolph, and
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 the
teams will meet again. Later in
season the Aggies will go to San
Antonio and meet the Fliers in
a two-game series.
All boys who were at camp a-
round San Antonio last summer
will remember that the Fliers had
one of the strongest teams in the
sandlot circles.
The swimming pool will be clos
ed to the faculty Thursday night
as there is going to be a swim
ming meet and polo game.
The Aggie pistol team added
University to their list of victims
the X Bulldogs
Aggie Swimmers Will Open Home Season Tonight
A. & M., Texas Meet j
Tonight In First
Conference Clash
Two Schools Stage Dual
Water Polo And Swim
Meet Tonight at 8:00
The Texas Aggie home swim
ming season will open tonight in
the P. L. Downs Jr., Memorial
Swimming pool on the campus
when the Aggies meet the Uni
versity of Texas natators in a dual
swim meet and water polo game
with starting time for first event
set for 8 o’clock.
The Texas team has just re
turned from a tour of the West
Coast where they were consistent
winners against the Pacific Coast
Conference schools. Likewise the
Aggies recently completed a swing
that carried them to Chicago and
netted them several victories.
Losers to Texas for the past few
years, the Aggies have a very
good chance to reverse the table
this year. They lost none of
their performers on grades while
Texas lost their two Olympic stars
when they dropped out of school.
Aggie entries for the meet will
include: 300-yard medley relay—
Ponthieux, Johnson and Hensley;
220-freestyle—Hall and Robertson;
50-yard freestyle—Hensley and
Capt. Couch; Individual medley re
lay—Ponthieux and Johnson; Div
ing—Reeves and Ketelsen; 100-
freestyle—Hensley and Couch;
100-back stroke—Johnson and Con
way; 100 breast stroke—Ponthieux
and Kirk; 440-freestyle—Loomis
and Hall; 440-relay—Conway,
Japhet, Robertson and Hall.
Probable starters for the water
polo game will include—Hall, cen
ter forward; Hensley, right for
ward; Johnson, left forward;
Couch, center back; Ponthieux,
right back; Japhet, left back; and
Conway, goal.
Coach Art Adamson has an
nounced that the pool will be closed
to the faculty Thursday on ac
count of the swim meet.
"Cadette”
Crowns King
Of the Uglies
Robert C. “Eddie” Hall, Infantry
senior, received that title, a de
gree, and a crown to match, at a
special yell practice of the cadet
corps held Tuesday evening on the
Y steps.
It was attended by several thou
sand enthusiastic, yelling Aggies
who witnessed probably the most
unusual yell practice in A. & M.’s
history.
Climaxing two weeks of hectic
campaigning and electioneering,
the winner of The Battalion’s “Ug
ly Boy” Contest, the first ever
held at Aggieland, was crowned
by a girl—Miss Jeane Hendricks,
visiting at A. & M. to attend the
Engineers’ Ball Friday. She was
garbed in full, regulation Aggie
uniform. The idea of having her
present the “crown”—a tin can,
appropriately cut out—had been
conceived only a few minutes be
fore the practice began.
Head yell-leader “Bodie” Pierce,
with his staff, Bert Burns, Buster
Keeton, and “Foots” Bland, direct
ed the yell practice, which saw
first of all the introduction of
several contest candidates and
campaign managers, with speeches
from some of them, followed by
the presentation of the “King”
and his head campaign manager
Otis Hatka. Hatka prefaced the
main event of the evening with
a brave speech telling “just how he
did it”. Then Miss Hendricks
crowned the King; and lastly he
was presented with the degree of
“B.U.” (Bachelor of Ugliness)—
the first ever awarded by the
“Athletic and Military College of
Texas”—proclaiming that “through
the work of Mother Nature and
Dame Misfortune, the owner of
the name Robert C. “Eddie” Hall
has arrived at such a state of ugli
ness that it becomes altogether
fitting and appropriate that he
should receive the degree, and that
he is thereby rewarded further
with the official title of ‘King of
the Uglies’ at Aggieland during
the history-making session of 19-
39-40.”
Following these more humorous
aspects, a more usual type of yell
practice—one relative to baseball
—was held, being conducted by the
four yell-leaders.
Fire Chief Fred Kirkpatrick of
Poplar Bluff, Mo., attended a
school for firemen In Memphis.
During his absence his house burn
ed down.
BATTALION!)
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940.
PAGE 5
Bobby Moers, University of Texas Cage
Star Selected on All-American Team
By Eugene Oates
For the second time in history
a Southwest Conference basket
ball player has been selected on
the mythical All-American team
and to add to this it was the first
All American who coached the sec
ond All-American. Bobby Moers
of the University of Texas is the
player and Jack Gray is the coach.
Moers has been an outstanding
athlete at Texas for three years,
having lettered in baseball, basket
ball and football.
This writer remembers “Doc”
when he was a youngster wearing
short pants and playing in the
streets in Woodland Heights of
Houston.
“Doc’s” first basketball exper
ience was throwing the ball
through a hoop nailed to a big
pecan tree. He was pretty good
then and had his showmanship
ability then too.
At that there was a boy by
the name of Asbell who was the
athletic star in that part of town
and Moers would tell people who
didn’t know him that his name was
Junior Asbell, but we bet that
Bobby wouldn’t change names with
anyone now.
Moers was yell-leader, a great
basketball and tennis player, and
a fair football player in high
school and played baseball with
various teams in the summer.
At Texas he has reached the top
in basketball and baseball. He
Rifle Team Ends
Season In Hearst
Trophy Contest
Seven members of the A. & M.
Rifle team wound up the season
by firing for the Hearst Trophy
in Houston last weekend. In the
past few years the cadets have
been unable to get farther than
the second place notch, but if sta
tistics of the previous matches
are an indication of the winners
this time the little army should be
over the hump. The official plac-
ings will not be out until the first
of April but A. & M.’s score this
year was much higher than has
been the winning score in the
past, being 946 out of a possible
1,000.
Those making the trip included
W. E. Lewis, C. A. Lewis, R. Cook,
E. O. Anglin, C. L. Devilbiss, H.
C. Holmes, and Bill Guy. Winners
of medals in the intra-team com
petition were W. E. Lewis, 1st;
R. Cook, 2nd; and E. O. Anglin,
3rd.
The closing of the A. & M. Rifle
team schedule sees the S. A. M. E.
(Society of American Military
Engineers) team warming up for a
meet which is to be held late in
March. Eligibility for this team
includes being an Engineer R. 0.
T. C. student.
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Thursday, March 14'
11:25 a. m.—Battalion Newscast;
Weather.
11:30 a. m.—The Texas Farm
and Home Program (via TQN);
Round-Table Discussion: “Poul
try in Texas.”
11:45 a. m.—Marvin School Glee
Club program.
12:00 noon—Sign off.
Friday, March 15
11:25 a. m.—Battalion Newscast;
Weather.
11:30 a. m.—The Teaxs Farm
and Home Program (via TQN)—
Tolbert Patterson, deputy state
superintendent, L. A Machemehl,
district supervisor, F.S.A.; Report
from Experiment Station.
11:45 a. m.—“Save America!”—
Program of National Wildlife Fed
eration.
4:30-5:30 p. m.—THE AGGIE
CLAMBAKE, featuring Jack Lit
tlejohn’s Agigeland Orchestra,
“The Dope Ring” (faculty vs.
student quiz program). The Bat
talion News and interviews, and
other Aggie performers.
also had a brother who was a
basketball player there a few years
ago and who is now a doctor.
The other men on the All-Amer
ican basketball team are: Jess
Renick of Oklahoma A. & M., Bill
Hapac of Illinois, Ralph Vaughn
of Southern California, and George
Glamack of North Carolina.
Frank Carswell of Rice made
the second team and Virgil Wilker-
son of S. M. U. was listed on the
third team.
INTRAMURAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By HUB JOHNSON
Cold north winds whipped around
the corners of Deware Field House
Tuesday night and tried to smooth
down the various projections while
on the inside some 52 fighters took
part in and witnessed the first
night of the 1940 boxing tourna
ment. The first two matches came
off right near 7:30 and the smell
of new leather was present at the
ringside, but after these, the air
was filled with sweat, blood, and
ammonia.
Many have said it and it does
hold true that Tuesday night’s
fights were the best ever to be
held on first nights. Many of
the boys appeared to be in good
shape and very few acted as if
they had never gone a couple of
rounds previous to that night.
Dominy of D Infantry carried off
the first match, defeating Callan
of C Cavalry. This was a 149-
pound fight. The second was be
tween Esposite, G Coast, and Mudd
of H Infantry. Mudd carried off
this 139-pound classic and the
tournament went back to the 149
bracket.
Maher, B Field, defeated Ded-
man, E Engineers; Bitterest, A
Coast, downed Pratt, C Engi
neers; Gordon, G Infantry, defeat
ed Chafin of 3rd CT Field; Hurst,
C Coast, turned back Storm of A
Signal Corps; McAlister, H Infan
try, stopped Sutherland of E Engi
neers; Gates of 2nd CT Field won
by decision from Cheek, Machine
Gun Cavalry; Peckenpaugh of D
Cavalry did just as his name states
and defeated Tamnihall of F In
fantry; Monteith of H Coast de
feated Greer of Hq. Signal Corps;
Griffen of A CWS won over Harte-
man of Hq. Signal Corps; McCany,
M Infanry, won his first from
Olsen of C Engineers; Winne, D
Cavalry, defeated Anderson, F FA,
Walton of C Coast won from Lewis
of F Engineers; Hill of G Infantry
defeated Huse, B Field; Mabe of
Hq Cavalry won over High, A
Coast; Ray of 3rd CT FA defeated
McGhee of D Engineers; Wunsche,
H Coast, downed Simmang of B
Signal Corps; Sherill of F Infan
try won from Lee of B Coast; and,
Bauml, B Engineers, defeated Mil-
laigan of F Engineers.
In the 159-pound class Leach of
B Cavalry defeated Leon of B
Cavalry; Shippman, C Engineers,
won over Hamm of B CWS; Sims,
3rd CT FA, defeated Harrell of
M Infantry; Ellerbee of 3 Hq. F.A.
defeated Wink, H Coast; and,
Dixon, E Engineers, defeated Cliff
of A CWS.
One heavyweight bout wound up
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AGGIE NINE TO MEET RANDOLPH
FLYERS HERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
The Randolph Field Flyers of
San Antonio will play the Texas
Aggie baseball team here Friday
and Saturday afternoons. Coach
Marty Karow announced this
change in the Aggie schedule owing
to the fact that the 7-Up Bottlers
of Austin will not be able to fill
the dates set for them when the
schedule was made.
Rumor states that the Randolph
Field Flyers will swarm down on
A. & M. Friday afternoon in a
squadron of army planes carrying
the Flyers’ team. After the game
they will fly back to San Antonio
only to return again for Saturday’s
game. The only means by which
the army flying field team has of
traveling is by plane, it is said.
the night. Mayer of M Infantry
set back Bender of F Field.
In speedball games for the first
of the week the Artillery Band with
Bledsoe and Ledbetter on the field
turned back E Engineers 4 to 2;
H Coast Artillery closed out M
Infantry 6 to 0; E Coast Artillery
forfeited to D Cavalry; and Wadell,
Rogers, Womack, and Elwell help
ed lead B Infantry to a 19 to 2 win
over the 1st Combat Train Field
Artillery.
L Infantry won hands down
over C Chem Warfare in horse
shoes while G Coast Artillery de
feated 2nd Hq. Field 2 to 0, and
L Infantry and D Field Artillery
won on forfeits from F Coast and
1st CHQ.
I Infantry and B Coast Artillery
registered 2 to 1 wins over C Coast
and the Infantry Band for the
tight games of volleyball.
Others finishing 2 to 0 were A
Chem Warfare over B Cavalry, C
Field Artillery over D Engineers,
F Engineers over 2nd Combat Train
Field, and A Field over C Infantry.
The Aggies will journey to San
Antonio March 25 to play a return
engagement with the Flyers on
their own home field, the Randolph
Field Diamond. They will play a
two-game engagement, one March
25 and one March 26. Both of
these dates were also released by
the 7-Up team.
Aggie Football Team
Will Dedicate New
San Antonio Stadium
The fighting Texas Aggie foot
ball team will “dedicate” a new
stadium in San Antonio next fall.
The new San Antonio football
stadium will be introduced to big-
time football when the Aggies
meet Tulsa University on October
5.
The stadium, now under con
struction, will have a seating ca
pacity of 23,700 and is located in
a natural amphitheater near Brack-
enridge Park.
C. C. Krueger, ex-Aggie of the
class of ’12, and chairman of the
San Antonio Chamber of Com
merce’s athletic committee, is cre
dited with arranging for the Ca
dets to play in the new stadium.
A record crowd for a football
game in San Antonio is expected
to see last fall’s National Champs
play. Thousand of Aggie fans from
Southwest Texas will be present.
Krueger is said to have that city
really “fired up” for big-time foot
ball. Needing guarantees of some
$35,000 for two games this fall,
he has already almost doubled
that amount underwritten by San
Antonio business interests.
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