Football, America’s Greatest Game,
Is Already Sparkling in the Corners
By Hub Johnson
Many schools have already start
ed singing the praises of their
sports teams for next year.
Southern Methodist has been
slated to head the Southwest Con
ference in football—with the rea
son given that they don’t repeat.
Texas and Baylor are also “so-
called” strong contenders, while
Rice, Arkansas, and Texas Chris
tian are all listed as “dark horses.”
Southern Methodist opens with
the University of California at
Los Angeles and the Aggies go
out for their tilt two weeks later.
Joe Boyd will return to the grid
iron next August it was thought
here yesterday. A Chicago paper
has been trying to get more dope
on Joe for publicity in building
up the annual college all-star
Green Bay-Packer game.
Coach Homer Noi’ton and part
of his staff will coach the south
team at the state school for
coaches in Austin this summer and
will face the crew of Dutch Meyer
and gang.
“Jeep” Oates, Sports Editor for Past
Two Years, Signs His Last “30” For “Bat”
Thursday the last Battalion of
the year will roll off the press.
With this issue go many of the
writers and scribes who have work
ed to serve the students for their
four years.
Praises have been sung for
many of the writers and the paper
continues to roll. Next year “Jeep”
Oates will be just another college
employee and a member of the
Publicity Department.
In telling of his life, being born
on a river boat on the Trinity
River as was told last year, means
very little in the work he has done
here. His hard knocks and ex
periences combined with his var
ious fields of occupation all formu
late the background for him and
A HIT!
And that’s exactly what
you’ll make with the girl
friend if you bring her
to Hrdlicka’s cafe for
dining and dancing.
We protect your health
by sterilizing our glass
es with the Hydro-Therm
Process — the only one
in this county.
HRDLICKA’S
CAFE
On the old College Road
what he does.
Outside work has caused “Jeep”
to prolong his college career and
even now he has plans of graduat
ing this summer.
“Varsity,” the college news mag
azine, carried a personal note on
“Woody” Varner in their last issue,
that of May 27. Hall of Fame
was the division under which the
colonel was placed. He was
recognized for his leadership,
scholarship, and sports activities,
including track. This is one on
the house.
MEMORIAL DAY THE 30TH
Thursday is Memorial Day and
the United States is still enjoying
peace and contentment. Just 25
years ago American boys were
excelling themselves with rifle and
pistol marksmanship over there.
This year the sports world can
recall the words of Nile Kinnick
of University of Iowa as he ac
cepted the Heisman Memorial
Trophy, “Thank God I was born
to the middle west and not to the
battlefields of Europe.”
When the stomach of an insane
Canadian woman was opened, a
few years ago, it yielded 947 pins,
131 pieces of glass, 28 garter
fasteners, 5 dress hooks, and 1,200
other assorted tidbits.
Duke University’s baseball coach.
Jack Coombs, once pitched a 24-
inning game, longest in American
League history.
Smith-Wilbanks-Evans
We would like to take
this opportunity to ex
press our appreciation
for your patronage.
JONES
Barber Shop
THRILL HER
WITH A CORSAGE
Turn your orders in early and avoid
that last minute rush.
WYATT’S
Flower Shop
Bryan
Phone 93
HOW TO START YOUR SUMMER VAC.'m
Just phone Railway Express. We’ll
call for your trunks, bags, boxes and
bundles. We’ll deliver them qnickly and
economically direct to your home,
without extra charge in all cities and
principal towns. Off your mind... out of
your way...and you can sink into your
train seat with peace of mind. If you
are returning to school, merely repeat.
Rates are low.
Confidential: You can send your
baggage home "collect” by convenient
Railway Express...and the same
with your weekly laundry. Just as fast,
just as sure.
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Aggie Athletes
Make Plans For
Summer Activities
The current long term is final
ly rolling around to its finis. The
question now occupying the minds
of all Aggies, next to final exams,
is what to do this summer. Sum
mer school and jobs seem to be
leading the field of Aggie suc-
mer occupations; however, a few
of the boys will be in . military
camps and the rest are lucky
enough to be men of leisure.
Practically all of the boys of
the Aggies’ number one football
team of the nation have decided
what they will do this summer.
Hard work for the purpose of get
ting in shape for the coming sea
son is the main order. However,
a few of the boys will be in sum
mer school most of the summer.
The oil fields will get most of
the boys. Ernie Pannell, “Pappa”
Wesson, and the Robnett brothers
will work in the West Texas
Fields. “Big Dog” Dawson, Roy
Bucek, John Abbott, and Jimmy
Knight will be in Sinton in the
South Texas fields. Derace Moser
will work for Bert Pfaff in Tyler,
and Marland Jeffrey will work
for an oil company in Port Arthur.
As usual, East Texas will see many
of the boys. Some of those who
have already said they would
be there this summer are Bill Co-
natser, Bud Force, Chip Routt,
Howard Shelton, Martin Ruby,
Zapalac, Jake Webster, and Tom
Pickett.
Tommie Vaughn, Jim Thomason,
Henry Hauser, Bill Conatser, How
ard Shelton, and Marshall Robnett
will attend summer military camps
the first six weeks of the sum
mer. Vaughn and Thomason plan
to enter summer school after camp
while Hauser is going to tour the
state entering into all of the golf
tournaments he can.
Marshall Spivey is going to
work for the Texas Highway De
partment in Lufkin. Marion Pugh
will probably be in Fort Worth all
summer playing on one of the base
ball teams there. Sterling and
Cowley plan to stay home this sum
mer; Sterling plans to work for
the county agent in Panhandle,
his home town.
Bama “Hideout” Smith is going
to the hospital to undergo a shoul
der operation as soon as school
is out. Bama hurt his shoulder
early in the past season and it is
believed that the trouble can be
removed by an operation. He plans
to work the latter part of the sum
mer in order to have strength
built up in his shoulder by the
time the season rolls around.
Deserted villages, smoldering
homes, anxiety, fear and want stalk
across Europe’s devastated areas
today. Humanity again calls the
American Red Cross to action.
Your contribution to your local
chapter today makes you part of
the work of this far-flung army of
mercy. Give now through your lo
cal chapter.
Movie Review—
(Continued from^ page 2)
Randy with the mission to bring
$5,000,000.00 in gold from Nevada
to the Confederate treasure chest
and Errol out to stop him. Miriam
enters as a loyal Southern belle
who falls in love with Errol and
then betrays him and his love by
turning him over to the Confed
erates. Humphrey Bogart is a Mex
ican bandit who tries to see that
neither side gets the valuable car
go. He gets shot in the back for
his trouble. Finally they have to
bury the gold altogether to keep
Bogart from getting it.
The story behind this is a true
one, and the gold has never been
found to this day. See the show
and maybe you can find where to
spend the summer digging for it.
Randolph Scott is a little more of
a man’s man for his type of role
than Errol Flynn, but Flynn is
more of a lady’s man, and sure
enough he gets the gal. There's
some good pioneer drama in this
production, and it’s worth some
time off to see it.
The Campus is going to have one
of the prize pictures of 1939 show
ing on Wednesday and Thursday.
It is director Frank Capra’s “MR.
SMITH GOES TO WASHING
TON.” This show caused quite a
howl from the United Senate as
being unfair and giving the pub
lic a bad picture of the workings
in our national capitol, but there
seems to be more truth than hog-
wash in Capra’s version of the in
ner wheels of legislation. If you
haven’t see it, this is a good show
and might help you pass that
History 306 quiz. Jean Arthur is
as pretty and delightful as ever
with that squeaky voice, and Harry
Carey, as the vice-president and
presiding officer of the Senate al
most steals the show.
BATTALION
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1940
PAGE 3
Aggie Baseball Co-Captains Finish
Brilliant College Records June 1
By Jack Hollimon
Three years ago the Aggie base
ball team started the season with
a pair of promising sophomores
that were destined to make sport
ing history at Aggieland. These
two athletes, David Alsobrook and
Bob Stone, took the field and have
knocked the ball all over the
Southwest Conference in their bril
liant college careers.
Both men have given their time
and ability to the Aggie cause and
the 1940 season saw them become
the co-captains of the A. & M.
baseball team. They have led the
Farmers to many victories on Kyle
Field and in the home lots of the
other schools of the Southwest,
and in them the Aggies boast a
pair of exceptional leaders.
Alsobrook finished a brilliant
high school stand at Brenham,
Texas, where he was a letterman
in basketball. Like Stone, he was
also selected most valuable play
er. His “big stick” gave him a
starting berth on the 1938 nine. He
developed into an outfielder of
merit and he has been in the line
up for the three years of his var
sity play.
Stone is a native of Holland, Tex
as, where he was an outstanding
athlete in football, baseball, and
track. After winning his numeral
on the freshman aggregation of
Rifle Teams Hold
Banquet To Close
Successful Year
A heavy laden table bore food
last night for the members of the
Engineers’ rifle team and the var
sity rifle team in the banquet room
of Sbisa Hall. The purpose of the
affair was to celebrate the suc
cessful season which both teams
have experienced this past year.
Not to be outdone by the Ag
gie football team, the varsity rifle
marksmen gained their share of
national glory during the 1940 sea
son by capturing the Eighth Corps
Area National R.O.T.C. Rifle tro
phy which is given by William
Randolph Hearst. Members of the
winning Aggie team who were
mainly responsible for this na
tional achievement are: C. A. Lew
is, W. E. Lewis, S. F. Krogstad,
Bert Burns, and Bill Guy. Al
though there was not very much
skill involved, these Aggies again
covered themselves with nation
wide attention when they partici
pated in a match with a girls team
from T.S.C.W. several weeks later.
Realizing the difference in the skill
of the two teams, the Aggies as
sumed a 40-pt. handicap in one of
the two games. This courteous
gesture on the part of the A. and
M. team was heard about from
New York to California.
S. F. Krogstad, Bill Guy, and
Bert Burns of the varsity team al
so served as members of the Engi
neers’ team during the past sea
son.
Representatives from the Mili
tary Department who attended
last night’s banquet were: Major
Dyer, Captain Adcock, Captain
Shute, Sergeant Richards, and Ser
geant Hahmel. Each of these men
were presented gifts by the two
rifle teams as tokens of their ap
preciation for the service render
ed by the Military Department
during the school year of 1939-40.
1937, he went on to become the
most valuable player on the var
sity in 1939. He has been the regu
lar third baseman for three years.
Stone, along with Alsobrook, has
sparked the Aggie nines to promi
nence in many games.
Ambitions of the two athletes
parallel as closely as do their col
lege careers. Professional baseball
is the goal of both men and their
school record should help them on
the road to success.
They have both lettered three
years in baseball at A. & M. and
they became co-captains at the be
ginning of the 1940 season.
Following the true Aggie spirit,
both of the men are admirers of
the fair sex, with no preference
in shade of hair for Dave, and
brunettes taking the race for Bob.
Hunting and fishing take the
spotlight for Stone in the off sea
son, while Alsobrook enjoys danc
ing, golf and tennis.
When these two men leave A. &
M. to continue their lives away
from Kyle Field, the Aggies will
remember them as a great pair
of captains of a fighting Team.
Dinner for Intramural
Managers Slated To
Be Wednesday Night
Tomorrow night is the date that
has been set for the 1940 version
of the annual banquet given by the
intramural department in honor of
the various intramural managers
over the campus. The most im
portant event of the evening will
undoubtedly be the presentation of
awards to the managers. W. L.
Penberthy, head of the intramural
department, will make the presen
tations which will include a num
ber of watches to be given to grad
uating seniors.
All intramural managers, fresh
men and upperclassmen, are urged
to attend the affair which will be
gin promptly at 6:15 p. m. in the
banquet room of Sbisa Hall.
Did you ever need a friend des
perately? With your life depend
ing upon it? Perhaps not, but in
Europe today are hundreds of
thousands who look mutely to the
American Red Cross as their hope
of survival. . . . their one hope out
of disillusion and despair. All men
are brothers under the Red Cross.
Send your contribution now to your
local chapter. They, in Europe’s
desolation, call upon a friend. Give!
CAMPUS
THEATRE
BARGAIN DAY
15£
Today Only
“News Is Made
At Night”
with
Preston Foster
Lynn Bari
WED. - THURS.
“Mr. Smith Goes
To Washington”
with
James Stewart
Jean Arthur
Intramural activities were cen
tered around softball this past
week. In the Class A semi-finals,
G Coast downed A Engineers, 10-0,
behind the brilliant one-hit pitch
ing of Mayo Thompson. Thompson
allowed but one man to reach
third.
In the only other Class A semi
final game, another fine pitching
performance was reeled off. Hearne
of A Infantry held A Field Artil
lery to four scattered hits to lead
his team to a 5-0 victory. The
“paddle-feet” scored four runs in
a wild first inning, and then sail
ed along behind Hearne’s pitch
ing.
Seniors! Juniors!
Sophomores! Fish!
Bring her to George’s for
the Junior Prom and Fi
nal Ball.
Refreshments
Snappy Service
GEORGE’S
Confectionery
The final of Class A softball was
reeled off Sunday afternoon as
G Coast Artillery downed A In
fantry, 9-4.
In the only Class B semi-final
in softball, A Infantry outslugged
their rivals over in G Infantry, 14-
10, in a great slugging bee. The
other semi-final and Class B soft-
ball champion will be decided by
Wednesday.
The Class A and Class B cham
pions in Intramural Sports will be
announced in Thursday’s Battal
ion.
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Tanned, tough, two-fisted!
MIRIAM
HOPKINS
Daring, dancing darling!
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