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V < % r; HO."HUB" JOHNSON BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR Spirits High As Squad Leaves For “Second Game of Alamo”: Game Broadcast For the first time this year the Spirit of Aggieland and the Aggie War Cry echoed across the lower side of the campus down towards the river bottom as the largest crowd ever to witness the leaving of the team for a pre-conference game gathered at the rail road yards to wish the squad luck and a safe return and to tighten the left. On board the train the team gathered at the windows towards the East and listened quietly as Buster, Foots, Skeen, and Bill led the twelfth man, who is to follow over to the Alamo today, through their paces. Tommie Vaughn and Jim Thom- l^ll Desk - Chairs Study Lamps, etc. McCULLOCH- DANSBY CO. “Complete Home Furnishers” Phone Bryan 164 ason said they were ready for any thing the Sooners could bring down. They said the only thing wrong with the whole gang was Marion Pugh’s face—a bit on the ugly side. So that’s the feeling of the squad. If you can’t make it to San An tonio today some way or other, at least tune in on the Texas Quality Net Works for the broadcast. To repeat the early results as from here: A. & M. over Tulsa T. C. U. over Arkansas S. M. U. over Denton Teachers Texas over Indiana Bice over Centenary Thought to be just another game bruise turned out to be a pretty serious injury to Buchanan this past week and the old leg is caked up for ten or twelve days. “Boots” Simmons will probably get the call for the game today. The quarterback club opened its ’40 season Wednesday with the showing of the Aggie-Javelina movies. The organization was formed two years ago and has served the faculty and many local fans with means of enjoyment by bringing to those who missed the games and to those who wish to see them a second and third time the movie record as filmed by Manning Smith. The public is invited to all meet ings which are held each Wednes day night in Guion Hall. 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The Aggies will be short the ser vices of Bill Buchanan, starting right end, who will be out of action for at least 10 days with a pulled ligament. At first thought to be only a usual game bruise, the leg was given customary treatment but when it failed to respond Bill was taken to Dallas to have a specialist in such matters look over the injured member. He ordered it into a cast which must be worn for 10 days and which will see Buch anan miss both the Tulsa and U. C. L. A. games. Meanwhile Elvis (Boots) Sim mons, the Somerville soph, will take over the starting duties and will be understudied by Jack Kim brough, letterman, and Bill Hen derson, squadman who was held out last year. Bill is the big Aggie eager and can snag passes one- handed about as easily as he can with two. Score permitting, he is due to see considerable service in gaining game experience from here out. All of the players put in a hard week working on imperfections which showed up against Texas A. & I, and also had long sessions (Continued on page 4) BATTALION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 PAGE 3 Hurricane To Down Ags Predicted By Tulsa Scribe By Harry Heath, Co-Editor The Tulsa Collegian TULSA, Okla., Oct. 4.—A de termined Golden Hurricane football brigade, 40 strong, blew into San Antonio Friday morning ready to battle the great Texas Aggies Sat urday in a game which may sub sequently make or break the Tulsa university squad’s chances in its own Missouri Valley conference. Every member of the squad, and Head Coach Chet Benefiel as well, feels that the Hurricane will pro vide stiff opposition for the Farm ers—and may even go so far as to predict a possible Tulsa victory, foolhardy as such a forecast may seem. Coach Benefiel tagged the 1940 Hurricane “the greatest squad in Tulsa U. history” before the sea son opened, and when the team roar ed over Washburn College, 37-6, without even lifting the wraps last Saturday, local followers began feeling a little better about the- prosppets for the Tulsans this week. In their last meeting with Texas A. & M., a small, reserveless Tulsa squad fell before the Ags, 20-0, after holding the score 7-0 for three periods. Dick Todd & Co. simply had too much reserve power for Tulsa. This year, “Jarrin’ Jawn” Kimbrough and his mates will find three strong Tulsa lines, two of them equal in ability, and -the finest offensive machinery in the state of Oklahoma across the line from them. So it may be a ball game. After the drubbing received two years ago, Tulsa never quite found itself the rest of the season. In juries received in that game crip pled the squad nearly all year, and the team’s spirit never quite re turned to normal. If Tulsa’s pow erful eleven can play the Farmers a close ball game Saturday, and come through in good physical con dition, the critics agree that the Golden Hurricane will regain the Missouri Valley conference title which it 'failed to win for the first time since 1935 last season. Three sophomores will be in the starting backfield. They are Full back Ray Muchowich, Kilgore, Tex as; Tailback N. A. Keithley and Wingback Glenn Dobbs. Lee Gentry, game captain and veteran blocking back, will round out the quartet. Dobbs and Keithley both are triple threat men, and during the course of a ball game both pass, run and kick in alternating circumstances. Dobbs seldom kicks for less than 45 or 50 yards, with most of his boots traveling around 70 yards. He set a record for Tulsa U. fresh men last year when he punted 80 yards on the fly against the Okla homa Aggie frosh. All of the start ing backs are big men, with the SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL STATISTICS (THROUGH GAMES OF SEPT. 28) (Compiled by E. C. Oates, Texas A. & M. from statistical summaries submitted by team representatives) . ! • \ . > : A&M-Opp Ark-Opp Bay-Opp TCU-Opp Tex-Opp First Downs 11 2 14 5 14 11 5 8 22 3 Games 1 1 1 1 1 Net Gains Rushing 119 -13 .274 16 203 7 246 17 353 146 Net Gains Fwd. Pass. 116 21 94 16 159 253 70 122 232 0 Net Gains R & P 285 8 368 32 362 260 316 139 685 146 Fwd. Pass Att. 23 10 18 20 15 38 15 33 35 10 Fwd. Pass Comp. 12 2 4 3 8 16 6 11 18 0 •% Completed .522 .200 .222 .150 .533 .421 .400 .333 .514 .000 Own Fwd. Pass Intcp. 2 3 2 4 0 2 0 6 4 4 Avg. Punt 35 33 35 35 33 35 26 35 28 32 Yds. Lost Pen. 65 20 113 50 70 45 80 30 25 20 LEADING BALL CARRIERS mrmirrr^. £ (Carried at least 7 times) Player School Times Carried Gained Yards Lost Average Gain Harkins Texas 7 59 0 8.42 Sanders Texas 7 52 0 7.42 Schmidt Aansas 15 107 2 7.00 Layden Texas * 11 65 1 5.81 Wilson Baylor 17 103 10 5.47 Neal Arkansas 9 62 15 5.20 John Kimbrough A. & M. 10 50 0 5.00 Witt Baylor 13 63 5 4.46 Pugh A. & M. 12 55 13 3.50 Coleman Baylor 12 60 19 3.42 Kring T. C. U. 8 27 0 3.37 Bagley T. C. U. 10 31 1 3.00 LEADING PUNTERS (Punted at least 2 times and averaged above 30 Yards) Player School Punts Yards Average Yards Conatser A. & M. 3 130 43.33 McKay Texas 3 156 39.00 C. Sparks T. C. U. 4 151 37.75 Hamberg Arkansas 5 188 37.60 Wilson Baylor 5 176 35.20 LEADING PUNT RETURNERS (Returned at least 2 punts and average at least 10 yards) Player School Returns Yards Average Return Montgomery T. C. U. 2 48 24.00 Sailings Arkansas 2 33 16.50 Bagley T. C. U. 4 60 15.00 Witt Baylor 2 24 12.00 Moser A. & M. 3 31 10.33 LEADING PASSERS (Attempted at least 7 passes and completion of at least .300) Player School Passes Com pi. Yards Had Intcptd. % Completed Layden Texas 7 5 75 2 .714 Pugh A. & M. 13 9 113 1 .692 Bagley T. C. U. 7 4 52 0 .571 Harkins Texas 11 7 80 0 .636 Coleman Baylor 10 5 63 0 .500 McKay Texas 12 5 66 1 .416 LEADING PASS RECEIVERS (Caugt at least three passes) Player School Passes Caught Yards Gained Witt Baylor 3 70 Hawthorne Texas 3 76 Doss Texas 3 44 N. Sparks T. C. U. 3 40 Southwest Conference players intercepted 8 passes in the five reported games last week, but no player intercepted more than one aerial. Texas Yearlings To Test Strength With Allen Academy AUSTIN, Texas—The Univer sity of Texas Yearlings will test their unknown strength come Mon day night when they meet the Al len Academy of Bryan at Austin. Approximately 50 squad mem bers, sprinkled with high school and junior collegiate aces of 1939, are cramming their work for the opening game in together with running Indiana plays and defen sive formations against the var sity. All-state high school stars in clude Breckenridge’s Spot Collins, 185 pound blocking back, and All state Sleepy Jack Harris off the same team. Strongest fortified position, yet the one offering the fewest candi- exception of Keithley, a 170 pounder. In the line, which averages ap proximately 210 pounds, Kenny Gibson, Electra, Texas, and Bill Grimmett, will be at ends; Browne Amburn and Roy Stuart, speedy juniors, at guard; Big Don Gray and C. H. Greene, two giant pos sible all-America men at tackle; Richard Morgan, pass-defense ace, at center. Such smooth-working backs as Nolan Cargile, Jimmy Vickers, Malcolm Strow, Calvin Purdin, an other triple-threat man, and L. D. Moore are ready for call. Among the outstanding men on the No. 2. line are Glenn Henicle and Wayne Holt, a pair of fast moving 230- pound guards. dates, is the pivot post, with only two applicants. Junior college star at Kilgore last season and brother of a Long horn varsity man is Charlie Jung- michel, 198 pounder. The other is one of 1939’s outstanding centers, raw-boned Jack Sasche of Electra. M-TWj ASXEAVHLY HALL ROBERT E/JHERWOOD’S /§ PULITZEMRIZE PLAY Aim ASKKAMILY HALL Twentieth Century- Fox presents with pride one of the truly great pictures of our era! m I @ in. MW OnE SCREEN « WITH RAYMOND MASSEY Gene Lockhart • Ruth Gordon • Mary Howard • Dorothy Tree • Harvey Stephens*MinorWatson-Alan Baxter Produced bv MAX GORDON. Directed b. JOHN CROMWELL. Screen Ploy bv Robert E. Shpbwrod. RKO RADIO PICTURE with Don Eugenie AMECHE • LEONTOVICH Mary Beth Alan HUGHES • CDRTIS George Ernest • Robert Lowery Lionel Royce • Sig Rumann Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck A*»ociat« Producer Harry Joe Brown Directed by Archie Mayo A 20th Century»Fox Picture SAT., OCT. 5 - 6:45 & 8:30 Also Mickey Mouse SAT., OCT. 5 - 12:45 ONLY ADM. 15? MERLE OBERON Her arms held captive a man the law could not bold I GEORGE BREN PAT O'BRIEN GERALDINE FITZGERALD BINNIE BARNES • FRANK McHUGH Directed by EDMUND GOULDING Scrtee Ploy by Warron Duff • From an Original Story by Robert lord A WARNER BROS.-Fint National Picture MON. & TUBS., OCT. 7 - 8 3:30 & 6:45 Each Day 15? to 5 p. m. CAMPUS 20? to 11 p. m. LAST DAY “LEGION OF LOST FLYERS” with Richard Arlen - Andy Devine Also Disney Cartoon — Sport Reel Late News PREVUE TONITE - SUN. - MON. Cary Grant - Irene Dunne Gail Patrick “MY FAVORITE WIFE” Also War News — Cartoon COMING SOON AGGIETONE NEWS Twice Every Month