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H.O.”HU5" JOHNSON
BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR
Predicting A&M Over Baylor, TU Over Rice,
TCU Over Tulsa, and Mississippi Over Ark
Up the river today and here’s
hoping it’s not as bad as the term
is usually applied. Baylor is a bit
stronger than most fans believe
and will give the Aggies a lot of
trouble before the final gun.
Reports tell that the Bear squad
has tightened up more on the de
fense. If this is true, then it must
be pretty strong, for against Villa-
nova last week they held the East
ern powerhouse away from the
pay dirt.
It might be hard but the Aggies
still get the word.
Texas University, the only other
undefeated, untied team of the
league, invades the Bayou City to
take on the Rice Owls this eve
ning.
This will be the largest game
played in Houston this season.
It could happen that the Owls
might with some unseen helping
hand send the Longhorns back to
Austin with their first defeat of
the year. It could happen, but it
looks doubtful.
Jess Neeley’s boys have master
ed the single-wing play and have
played three games which turn-
en out better than most followers
predicted.
This is the first time since 1929
that Texas has won their first
four games of the season, and
here’s giving them the fifth.
Up in the Sooner State where
they create good terms from noth
ing, the T. C. U. Hornfrogs take
on the Tulsa Hurricane. Both have
gone down to the Aggies and the
Sooner squad went down hard, ev
en before the third team. The game
will be played on Skelly Field,
the home of the Hurricanes, and
will be played before a crowd of
Alumni on Home Coming Day.
T. C. U. comes back into the
win column on this one.
The Arkansas Razorbacks take
their passing attack into Tennes
see to face the University of Mis-
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sissippi at Memphis. At the start
of the season, the Razorbacks
were said to be depending a lot
on their sophomore starters. They
fell to T. C. U. and then shocked
the Southwest by defeating Baylor.
This last Saturday Texas did as
they pleased, but the Hogs still
have a good club. Mississippi
turned back Duquesne.
We’ll take Miss to keep Arkan
sas in the loss column.
Southern Methodist takes a rest
this week end. To read the pap
ers they might need the lay off.
They’ll be strong against Texas
next week in Austin as they
start their league running.
Elsewhere over the nation, U.
C.L.A. would have to play the
greatest ball game of all times
to win over Oregon State, but
here’s going against the books and
pullin’ for the Bruins for their first
win; Tennessee should roll over
Florida; the Missouri Valley lead
ers, Oklahome A. & M. takes an
other from Arizona; Notre Dame
over Illinois; Tulane after their
first win to carry on and turn
back North Carolina; and Texas
Tech to defeat Marquette.
The starting squad used against
the Rice Owl freshmen last night
by the Texas Shorthorns appear
to be the squad which composed
the North team in the annual
North-South high school tilt. In
the backfield was the passing star
from Tyler, Walton Roberts. Six
men saw service in the pre-season
contest.
In the stands today at the Bay
lor game will be the Texas bro
thers who have given the big
league baseball followers many
a thrill as well as many a mourn,
“Dizzy” and Paul Dean.
Tedd Lyons, Baylor’s great to
the Chicago White Sox, will also
be on hand for the tilt.
17 Candidates
Report to Pool
For Swim Team
By J. R. Reeves
Seventeen candidates for the 19-
40-41 Texas Aggie swimming team
answered Coach Art Adamson’s
call for recruits to report at the
P. L. Downs, Jr. Natatorium Thurs
day night. Adamson outlined plans
for the forthcoming swim season.
Seven lettermen, several squad-
men and a good representation
of soph prospects answered the
roll call and heard Adamson outline
the season. He announced that
the water polo team would begin
practice every Thursday night
starting that Thursday. The boys
went through about an hour and a
half scrimmage.
'Up from the freshman squad of
last year and figured to be or great
help to the varsity are Bob Tay
lor, distance record holder and
John McKey, sprint man.
Lettermen who were on hand
include Captain Nickie Ponthieux,
Earnest Conway, Harold Hensley,
George Japhet, Ray Loomis, Bar
ton Robertson, and Bubba Reeves.
Eddie Johnson, conference back-
stroke champion, who was counted
on heavily, decided to take up fly
ing instead of swimming, and is
now well on his way to his wings at
Randolph Field.
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Aggies to Meet Baylor in Waco
Today Will Be
Home-Coming Day
For Baylor Bears
A&M Enters Game
As Heavy Favorites
Over Injured Bruins
This afternoon at Municipal
Stadium the Texas Aggies will
tackle Baylor University in one of
the headline games of the day.
Baylor has dropped one confer
ence tilt while A. & M. has gallop
ed over T. C. U. in their only
conference start.
Boasting such players os “Jar-
rin’ Jawn” Kimbrough, “Waltz
ing Willie” Connatser, and “Dook-
ie” Pugh in the backfield, and a
forward wall made of Robnett,
Pannell, Henke, and Sterling plus
many other stellar performers, the
Aggies are all set to carry out the
predictions and thoroughly trounce
an ailing Bruin squad. A. & M.
is in great shape and the Frog
encounter left them uninjured ex
cept for a few bruises and sore
places.
Baylor, minus this year’s Jack
Wilson and a fellow named “Bul
let Bill” Patterson of a couple of
years ago, bounded over Villanova
in San Antonio last Saturday 6 to
0. They are ready for this chance
at the National Champions of 1939
and every indication points to a
game filled with all the thrills
and chills of the gridiron.
It will be defensive play against
powerful offensive outbursts when
the Baylor Bears meet the Texas
A. & M. Aggies in the feature
grid game of the Southwest Con
ference at Waco.
Today’s tilt will be the annual
home-coming game at the Baptist
school and some 21,000 persons are
expected to jam Muny stadium
to its capacity to witness the
long awaited battle between the
Bruins and the Aggies.
Baylor came back strong with
some of the greatest defensive
play in the history of the school
to turn back a stubborn Villanova
eleven 7-0. This win meant more
to the Bears than just another vic
tory because it showed them that
they could carry on without the
aid of Jack Wilson, their star
tailback who is out with a kidney
injury.
The Aggies swept past T.C.U. 21
to 7 last Saturday and will enter the
^ame heavy favorite over the
Bears, but the Bruin coaches are
plugging the offensive play of the
Baylor gridders and if they can
hold on to the ball long enough,
the A. & M. team might be in for
a surprise.
The Baylor offensive play looked
somewhat better against Villanova
last Saturday night in
San An-
tonio and the Bears have put in
a hard week working with their ov
erhead game. Jimmy Witt, Dwight
Parks, and Bill Coleman
have all
been working overtime
on their
passing chores and the Bears are
expected to really open up with a
passing barrage against the Cad-
ets.
Defensively the Bears have just
as good
a ball club as
the grid
critics said they would before the
start of
the season and Baylor
coaches are hoping that the Bruins
turn in
another great
defensive
game this weekend.
Year
Aggies
Baylor
1899
33
0
1901*
0
46
1901*
6
0
1901*
6
17
1902**
11
6
1902**
22
0
1903*
16
0
1903*
0
0
1903*
5
‘ 0
1904**
5
0
1904**
10
0
1905**
42
0
1905**
18
5
1908
5
6
1909
9
6
1911
22
11
1912
53
0
1913
14
14
1916
3
0
1917
7
0
1918
19
0
1919
10
0
1920
24
0
1921
14
3
1922
7
13
1922
0
0
1924
7
15
1925
13
0
1926
9
20
1931
33
7
1932
0
0
1933
14
7
1934
10
7
1935
6
14
1936
0
0
1937
0
13
1938
6
6
1939
20
0
*—Three
games played.
-Two games played.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 PAGE 3
James Witt, back, a two year letterman who is playing the best
ball of his career in his last year with the Bears. He has stepped in
and carried most of the offensive play since Wilson went out. He is 21
years old, five feet eleven and weighs 175 pounds. He is a real triple
threater and comes from Longview. He was said to be one of the best
defensive backs in the loop last fall.
Intramurals
D Field Artillery Shades C Chem
Warfare 25-14; Doghouse Full Again
By Bob Myers
In a game of basketball that
started out very slow and ended
in a burst of speedy playing, D
Field Artillery made 25 points to
overshadow C Chemical Warfare’s
14 in one of Thursday’s night
games.
C Company took the jump and
tried a shot; the “buggy boys” were
on their toes and took the ball
down the court
for two points.
After the first
goal, the game
was even up dur
ing first half play
It was during the
second period that
B Battery got
organized and
started on their
scoring spree.
The Chem boys checked them a
little in the last quarter, but “too
tall” Crane Lawson of the Field
kept batting their shots back out
of the danger area. Reagan of D
Battery was high point man with
10 points.
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C Infantry
2nd Corps Headquarters
3rd Corps Headquarters
C Cavalry
2nd Headquarters Field Artillery
A troop Cavalry’s position in last
issue’s house of dogs was due to
a mix-up in postponement cards
and has been straightened out so
as to clear their record of the
forfeit.
“Fish” Tomme brought glory to
F Engineers in a touch football
game with A Infantry when he
got through for a 103 yard touch
down run. The final score was 12-
0.
C Chemical Warfare redeemed
themselves somewhat for their loss
on the basketball court by defeat
ing Headquarters Cavalry 3-0 in
a tennis game.
Another 3-0 game came when E
Field Artillery won over C Cav
alry. Landon, Hudson, Biggs, and
Parker won their matches while
White and Crowder got theirs the
easy way.
Machine Gun Cavalry found the
range on A Field Artillery and
downed them 14-12 in a basketball
game that had three stars* Ruth
erford hung up nine points for
the losers, but couldn’t outpoint
the Hasse-Holder combination that
clicked for the Cavalry.
Handballers Rohrer-Woodbum,
Spurger-Cathey proved too much
for 1st Corps Headquarters when
G Infantry took them 2-1. Aono and
McColluck played a good game
for the losers and accounted for
their one match.
Derrick and Drumwright led B
Engineers to a 14-10 victory over
K Infantry in a well played game
of basketball. Everyone was in
the spirit of the contest and had
a fine time in spite of the fact
that one team had to lose.
Wilson May Not
Be Lost To Bears
For Whole Season
Jack Wilson, Baylor’s great trip-
le-threater from Paris who went
out of action with a bruised kid
ney in the Denver game, was up
again this week and was meet
ing classes at the Baptist school.
He is still dividing his time be
tween the school hospital and the
classrooms, but indications are now
that Wilson may be able to come
back and play some football this
year. It will all depend on how rap
idly he recovers from the injury
that has held him back since the
second Baylor game.
Wilson said yesterday that he
was feeling better all the time and
was beginning to get the urge for
the pigskin sport again.
“It is tough to have to be out
when you love the game as much as
I do, but it just couldn’t be helped.
It is one of those things that
happen, but this was the year that
I wanted to play most of all. The
sport fans have been swell send
ing in letters and gifts and I want
to thank everyone of them for the
My era
D. W. Williams Is Godfather
Of Intramural Athletics at A & M
One of the unheralded and un--f
sung heros of the intramural world
of sports is D. W. Williams, head
of the Animal Husbandry Depart
ment. In addition to his many
activities in this capacity, he still
finds time to promote the part of
A. & M. extra-curicular activities
that he has watched grow since
1922.
It was in 1922, during the re
gime of Dana X. Bible, that Mr.
Williams first became associated
with the intramural department
and he has served as faculty ad
visor since that time.
Williams received his B.S. degree
from Ohio State in 1915 and his
M.S. from the University of Illin
ois in 1919 before coming to A. &
M. as an instructor in animal hus
bandry. He served Aggieland in
this capacity until 1922, at which
time he was promoted to head of
the Ajnimal Husbandry depart
ment and took on the additional
duties of faculty advisor of in
tramural athletics.
Since then, when the advisors
meet three times weekly, many
changes have been made in the
department. W. L. Penberthy has
been made director, the competi
tion has been divided into class
A and B, and an extensive pro
gram has been set up to take
care of the expansion of the school.
Many years have passed since
Mr. Williams took his job and
have seen the constant improve
ment and increasing efficiency
in intramurals that today make
his job easier. For today the big
job of the faculty advisors is to
see that the students are satisfied
and that the department of intra
mural athletics are provided with
adequate finances and equipment.
courtesies they extended me.”
The only change noticeable in
Wilson is the loss of weight. He’s
down to 178 pounds now but is
gradually picking the poundage up
and should be back to his normal
playing weight in about ten days.
Jack doesn’t know what to do
about the Bruins’ game with Tex
as A. & M. this coming Saturday.
He would like to see the game
but thinks it would be too much of
a strain. Right now, he plans to
listen to the game over the radio,
because if he were sitting on the
players’ bench it would be
just too much of a temptation.
Besides backbone, another thing
equally lacking, altogether too gen
erally, is self-respect.
TCU Tackles
Tulsa Hurricane
Sat. in Oklahoma
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 26
—A victory-hungry Texas Chris
tian football team will move into
Tulsa, Okla., this week-end with
the firm conviction that it has
seen the worst.
“Whatever that Golden Hurri
cane of the University of Tulsa
throws against us, it can’t be any
more potent than was that attack
of North Carolina and Texas A.
& M.,” Coach Dutch Meyer opines.
“And you can bet that we’re
going to get set in that second
quarter next Saturday. We’ve had
42 points scored against us in the
last two games, and all of these
were made in the second quarter!”
When the Horned Frogs played
Tulsa last year in Fort Worth they
were a much kicked-around ball
club. They had won only one out
of six starts. This year Coach
Meyer’s boys have won two out
of four and have given a pretty
good account of themselves, ev
en in defeat.
The statistics show that, off
ensively, the 1940 Frogs are much
stronger than last season. De
fensively, they have been a bit
weaker. There will be plenty of
work this week on tackling fun
damentals. Too many Aggies and
Tar Heels broke away for good
gains after Frog tacklers should
have had them down.
T.C.U.’s air game is as deadly
as ever. The passers have com
pleted their forwards to a .528 clip
in the four games to date, picking
up a total of 404 yards by the
air route. Six touchdown passes
have been thrown.
The ground game, on the other
hand, has been slowing down each
successive Saturday. Against Cen
tenary the Frogs made 246 yards
net rushing; against Arkansas,
168; against North Carolina, 82;
and against Texas A. & M. only 17.
That is why there is a lot of
rocking and socking on the Frog
practice field this week, as Coach
Meyer tries to work the kinks out
of his power game.
Connie Sparks is leading the
Southwest in punting, with an av
erage of around 42 yards, while
Frank Kring is not far behind,
with an average of around 38. So
Coach Meyer is not worrying about
the kicking.
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