HO."HUB* JOHNSON
BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR
With Hub Johnson
Today on Kyle Field the Aggies
open their Southwest Conference
schedule against the Texas Chris
tian Hornfrogs. From here on out
it is the same old “Katy bar the
gate, the Aggies ar’ a gunnin’!”
Rice travels to the swamp state
and meets Tulane.
Texas defies a “jinx” and goes to
Fayetsvile, Arkansas.
Southern Methodist meets Au
burn in Dallas, and Baylor takes
on Villanova in Memorial Stadium
in San Antonio.
From here it looks like—
A. & M. over the T. C. U. Frogs.
S. M. U. over Auburn.
Texas over the Razorbacks.
Rice to ride the Wave.
Baylor to defeat Villanova.
In other games over the land,
U. C. L. A. should down Californ
ia, but only after a long, hard
battle, Oklahoma Aggies should
continue on their way after the
Valley title by turning back Wash
ington U. of St. Louis, Indiana
over Iowa, and Centenary to go
down again to Arizona University.
Already this year the mentors
and the writers are pointing out the
future All-Americans. These myth
ical teams start
forming early in
the season and be
fore the close
many substitutes
will be made.
Jim Thomason
who was pro-
claimed the
greatest block
ing back i n t h e
conference and
me of the most
outstanding o f
the nation has
been marked as more than just a
blocking back this season.
Seldom does it happen that two
backfield men from one team are
chosen but it is satisfying to know
that the “experts” realize the val
ue of Jim to the Aggies.
In the U. C. L. A. game Jim was
the only man other than John Kim-
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■f-brough to play the full 60 min
utes. He played every minute with
the same hardness that character
izes his type of game. From the
pictures to be shown you can see
just how important the blocking
backs are to the remainder of the
quartet.
He will be listed this year on
some and will definitely reclaim
his conference post.
In the Tulsa game played in the
Memorial Stadium of the Alamo
City Ernie Pan-
nell was constant
ly in the back-
field of the Hur-
ricane. He beat
. •. the black and
v ^ ne
/ ••• .tM and blue and set
v gEggup that game as
first great for
the year.
While in Tarle-
j un i or c 0 i_
tyarmetl lege he won his
first “All” honors being proclaim
ed an All-Junior College Confer
ence man. Last year he carried a-
way a post on the Southwest team.
This year, the tuba man has
been mentioned as the tackle from
the Southwest having the best pos
sibilities of making the national
honor team.
Time and time again Marshall
Foch Robnett threw the Bruin ball
carriers and passers for losses
last week. And
time and time
again he pulled
AV°'iS$|g§ ou t from the line
\f''€ : ; y to lead some
beautiful inter
ference around
and through the
line.
The same story
holds true for the
outstanding lines
man as that told
of the other two
Aggies except that in ’39 he was
seated on the second-string All-
American.
On the return trip from the
coast a Houston sports editor prais
ed Rob as being even greater than
Joe Routt and on receipt of papers
from that section the same story
was being told out there.
Today, all these men as well as
the remainder of the Aggie squad
men will go out to live up to the
laurels being sung and to take an
other “one at a time.”
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Cadet Fencing Team
Begins Current Year
With Eight Members
Eight men, composing the Ag
gie Fencing team, are conducting
fencing classes in the boxing room
of the gymnasium under the dir
ection of Professor Lambert Moly-
neaux of the Rural Sociology De
partment.
Physical Education credit will
be given to those who attend these
classes regularly. These classes
are held on each Wednesday and
Friday afternoon from 3:00 o’clock
to 4:00 o’clock.
The Fencing team, last year, won
both the Southwest Conference and
the Southwest League champion
ships. For the past three years it
has a better record than any other
team in the Southwest Conference.
Tom Akarman, captain of last
year’s fencing team, will again at
tempt to lead his team to another
conference championship. The
squad has extended an invitation
to all those interested in fencing
to attend the special classes in the
gym.
Seniors Slow
In Picture-Making;
Baggett Urges Haste
By this time last year, 135 more
senior Longhorn pictures had been
taken than have been taken this
year. Ele Baggett, editor of this
year’s Longhorn, said that unless
the pictures are made more rapid
ly in the future, there will be a
delay in the publication of the
Longhorn.
It is requested that the field
artillery seniors who have not as
yet had their pictures made, do so
at once. Also that the seniors in
the following organizations have
their pictures made according to!
the following schedule.
Engineer and Cavalry seniors
from October 21 through October
26.
Coast artillery, signal corps and j
chemical warfare seniors from Oc
tober 14 through October 19.
TCU Game
Today Opens
Aggie Season
Two years ago the Biblical say
ing of, “The frogs came up and
covered the ground,” came true
and last year the T. C. U. eleven
put the fear of a new jinx in the
Aggies by scoring first and early
after the start of the game. So
the Aggies take to the field today
at 2:30 p.m. to start their remarch
to the end.
After a seventeen gun salute in
honor of the Governor of Texas
and the dedication of the new flag
staff on the field which will sup
port the Southwest Conference
Banner the two teams will tangle
for the spotlight league game of
the day.
Early in the season the Frogs
were dubbed with the slang, “Good
stop but no go!” They opened with
the Centenary Gents and surpris
ed the South with their first win.
Since then they have turned back
the scrapping porkers from Ar
kansas University and have fallen
in the upset game of last week to
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dean Bagley one of the four
leading passers of the conference
will be the threat to the Aggies
with Phil Roach who this year has
recorded 91 yards on pass receiving
will be on the far end.
Nolan Sparks starts at left half
for the frogs and will also bols
ter the passing attack. His brother,
Connie, will be on the side line
awaiting the call for long dis
tance punting.
Following in the shoes of the
great Ki Aldrich, the frog team
will be led in play by Clarence
Alexander.
Tuesday evening, the same day
of the return from the Pacific
Coast game, Norton led the squad
in defensive drills as used by the
Texas Christian eleven. Changing
the type of defense as used on the
coast, the Aggies prepared for the
passing offense as used by the
frogs.
Simmons and Sterling showed
great work in spilling the running
plays that were guarded against.
For the Aggies today there will
be the same starting team that
faced the Tulsa Hurricane and the
University of California Bruins.
Simmons and Sterling at the end
positions, Henke and Robnett at
guards, Routt and Pannell at tac
kle posts, and Moser, Pugh, Thom
ason and John Kimbrough in the
backfield.
Pairings Made
For Singles In
Faculty Tennis
Pairings have been made for the
singles faculty tennis tournament
and play will get under way as
soon as possible.
Each contestant should provide
an unopened can of three balls,
the winner of the match to take
the unused balls to his next
match, the loser to keep the used
balls. WeUther permitting, the
first round should be played Oct.
20 if possible, or in any event, not
later than noon of Saturday, Oct.
26 to avoid forfeit. Second round
matches will then be played by Sat
urday night, Oct. 26. Watch the
net box at the courts for further
announcements.
First round pairings are:
Terrell vs. Wilson
Bebout vs. Laverty
Bacon vs. Bouknight
Hedgpeth vs. Samuelson
Flory vs. Garretson
Potter vs. Jones.
Quisenberry vs. Kidd
Smith vs. Levine
Inspection Tour Made
By Horticulture Students
Professor H. E. Wright and 11
horticulture students have returned
this week from an inspection tour
of a number of processing plants
located near Houston.
The group while on the trip ob
served the different procedures us
ed in the processing of meats and
a number of vegetables such as
beans, greens and cucumbers. They
also watched the preserving of figs
and the canning of olives.
Some of the plants which they
visited were the Prison System’s
Industry Farm at Sugarland, the
Marshall Cannery at Sugarland,
Leverton’s Cannery at Alvin, and
Cecil Brown’s Cannery at Friends
wood, Texas. On the return trip the
boys stopped in Houston to see the
Farmers’ Market there.
The world is full of brothers, if
you are brotherly.
Today’s Line Crashers
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Jo An JtimbrouflA
Two fullbacks to meet on Kyle
Field today are Frank “King
Kong” Kring, six foot, 195 pound
junior from Fort Worth as the
starter for the Frogs and the
Aggies All - American John
Kimbrough.
Frhnk. X/zirtG -Fullback
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19
PAGE 3
Intramurals
Class B Football Stars Step
Into Limelight in Week’s Play
By Bob Myers
Headquarters Cavalry was re
ported to have been defeated by
A Chem Warfare in the last issue.
This was due to an error on the
score card and the result should
have been reversed. Headquarters
Cavalry is now recorded with a
win.
Two freshmen made names for
themselves in touch football games
on the gridiron and may be poten
tial John Kimbroughs.
D Cavalry “fish” downed A
Chemical Warfare 6-0 when Fish
Strange intercepted a pass and lug
ged the pigskin 45 yards for the
lone counter.
“Fish” Sonley intercepted a pass
for C Field Artillery and ran 90
yards for six points in a game a-
gainst L Infantry. The Field fresh
men won 15-2.
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Infantry Band
Artillery Band
G Infantry
D Field Artillery
D Engineers downed C Infan
try 2-1 in a game of fast men and
faster ball on the handball court.
Pace, Proudst, Gilland, and Gis-
sler managed for two matches on
the winners side and Fitzhugh and
Taylor took their match for one
point.
G Coast Artillery and B Field
Artillery played a very evenly
matched game in which the “buz
zard Busters” came out on top. The
final score was 17-14.
Another good game between F
Infantry and D Coast Artillery
found the “Paddle Feet” with
enough points racked up in the
first half to outlast D Battery’s
drive for a win in the second per
iod. The Infantry won 18-15.
Class A Tennis found the Ar
tillery Band winning 2-1 over B
Engineers with only four men. Ro-
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If it is impossible for a team to
have enough men on the playing
field to start, find out before the
day of the game, it is not neces
sary to forfeit. A postponement
can be made within a reasonable
length of time before the game.
TCU May Have
Powerhouse Cage
Squad This Year
Coach Mike Brumbelow of Tex
as Christian University took time
out from his football chores today
to make an epochal statement.
“The Horned Frogs will climb
out of the Southwest Conference
cellar in basketball this winter,”
Brumbelow declared.
Beginning Actober 22, the Frogs
will work out two nights each
week under the direction of Coach
Brumbelow, and three afternoons
each week on their own.
Reporting to Brumbelow will be
seven lettermen, two squadmen and
one junior college transfer. The
lettermen include Buddy Barron,
Borger; Robert Groseclose, Alice;
L. A. Monroe, Dickinson; Dennis
Tankersly, Terrell; Guy Holt, Hut
chinson, Kansas; Leonard Canaday,
Mt. Vernon; and Jack Billingsley,
Fort Worth.
Ralph Tankersley, Terrell, and
W. G. Blackmon, Fort Worth, are
the returning squadmen. A1 Wag-
ler, transfer from Hutchinson,
Kan., Junior College, will complete
the present squad. Two sophomores
Bill Blackstone, Hearne, and Mar
cell Harrison, Cisco, will report af
ter the football season ends.
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Rodeo Matinee Has AH Thrills
With Grand Entry and Rope Tricks
By Jack Hollimon
There was a smell of sweat and
leather in the air at the Animal
Husbandry Pavilian as the time
for the annual A. & M. Rodeo drew
near yesterday afternoon. The Ag
gies came from ranches in the
north, south, east, west, and even
a city or two with the desire to
try their hand at a wild steer or a
plunging bronco. Cowboy boots
were a dime a dozen as these cow
boys came down to the chutes for
a ride or a spill, according to the
idea under the skull of that crit
ter between their legs.
No rodeo can begin without a
grand entry, and the Aggie rodeo
got off to a great start with a
parade of handsome cowboys and
lovely cowgirls with their prancing
cowponies and ten gallon hats.
Leading the procession was the
American flag and the flag of the
State of Texas, followed by rodeo
directors “Shorty” Fuller and Gra
ham Purcell.
Giving spirit and color to the
rodeo was the Texas A. & M. band
and the atmosphere was tense
with the excitement of the thrills
and spills to follow.
The first event on the program
was the mild mule race, and the
team of Jake Hess and Bill Ward
took first honors over the second
place winners Hicks Cannon and
Frank Anderwald
An exhibition of trick roping was
put on by clowns Duke Harrison
and Jupe Allen between events
and it produced plenty of skill with
the lariat.
The bellowing and snorting that
came from the chutes gave notice
that the bareback bronc riding con
test was on the way, and these
horses that hate to be forked were
caught up for the boys to ride or
roll. Johnny Bonner, Corsicana pro-
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duct, came out on “Cyclone” and
gave him a great ride, but it was
only good for third place as Tom
Rodgers on “Scarneck” and Jimmie
Winne on “Snugsy Wugsy” took
first and second place respectively.
This event produced plenty of
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