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AGGIE MENTOR rtf % ► * ^ • • m * * • * TEXAS A.& M.'S HEAD COACH PRESENTLY GUIDING,THE AGGIES TO THEIR ‘oECOND UNDEFEATED SEASON „ HE WAS RATED AS ONE OP THE THREE TOP COfiCAES OF ) 1939 o "RECoTVD A5 A- HEAD COACH : cuory 9S , L-OST 42 . TIED >5 H.O/HU5" JOHNSON BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR Aggies To Turn Back Ponies To Tighten Their Grip on Southwest Conference Flag With Southern Methodist one- game into their Southwest Confer ence schedule and Texas A. & M. three deep, the league champion ship should be determined this afternoon at Ownby Stadium. The Mustangs are capable of spilling the beans but trick ery and breaks will have to go their way. A. & M. has three leading ground gainers in the top fifteen of the conference, Pugh, Conatser, and Kimbrough while the Methodist have but one, (Sonodser that being Johnston. Pugh holds the top place in pass ing with an average of .554 Mal- louf with .476 and Clement having a .426 average, assure the Ponies of a potent aerial attack. It all boils down to the fact that, today the greatest football of the Southwest Conference for the year will be seen in Dallas, with the Mustangs trying hard to stop the roll of the fighting Aggies. If the field is muddy, another treacherous contest can be expect ed. If it is dry, both teams will be put at full strength to fight it out until the final gun. We’re sticking with the Aggies and calling it close, 17 to 14. Kimbrough Paced for Honors by Stanford Fullback; Notes From Here and There Out on the Pacific Coast a Stan ford Indian, Norman Standlee, is being set up as Aggies Meet SMU Today In Dallas the one to knock the Ag gies’ Big John Kimbrough off the mythical teams of the nation. U. C. L. A. Coach, Babe, Horrell, is high in his praises of the Stan- . ford fullback, dohn/Cimbroup/t but at the same time honored the Aggie line crusher. Coach Benefield of Tulsa could say nothing of the Aggies except that they were everything they had been built up to be. Fred Thomsen sent letters of thanks to the Aggie coaches and yell leaders on behalf of the Ark ansas Razorbacks for the sports manlike manner in which they were received. He stated that the corps co operated perfectly with the yell leaders in holding back the yelling while signals were being called. James Witt of the Bears will probably be on the side line at today’s Texas-Baylor game. He left the Aggies game with an in jury to his right shoulder and fail ed to make the go in last Satur day’s contest with the Horned Frogs. Coach Hub McQuillan’s fish will' do battle with the young Owls 15£ to 5 p. m. CAMPUS 20? After LAST DAY Elsa Maxwell’s “PUBLIC DEB NO. 1” with George Murphy and Brenda Joyce ALSO Musical Short and Latest News PREVUE TONITE—SUN—MON The Boldest Bandits in a Lawless Land! ALSO Donald Duck Cartoon Latest News Jinxes Face U. of Texas In Baylor Tilt Today Recent football misfortunes of the Texas Longhorns left them with a long list of “haven’t-since- when” assignments, and Saturday’s opponents—the Baylor Bears—are not left out. Texas hadn't beaten Rice at Houston and S.M.U. at Austin since ’32, and after games of the last two week-ends those jinxes still stand. Now comes another foe, Baylor, which hasn’t been defeated at Austin since ’34, and Coach Dana Bible is hoping the Long horns will crash through this time. Neither team is going anywhere in the Southwest conference race, Texas having dropped two of its three starts and Baylor having lost three in a row. Baylor’s most impressive conference showing has been a 7-14 game with Texas A. & M., while Texas looked its best in defeating Arkansas 21-0 and losing to S.M.U. 13-21. Clyde Littlefield, Texas scout, brought back particularly favor able reports on Jack Russell, Bay lor’s giant sophomore end; Jack Anderson, huge left tackle; Don Haley, hefty guard who plays the left side on defense, and Robert Nelson, Baylor’s all-America cen ter candidate who backs the line on that side. This formidable ar ray will block the path of Cowboy Jack Crain, whose favorite plays attack the enemy’s left flank, and so it looks like another difficult Saturday for the Texas star against whom every team has con centrated its defensive forces this year. Another Bible worry was the Texas left end, until now occupied by Mike Sweeney who fractured his ankle in the S.M.U. game. Pres ton Flannigan, Charles Richard son, Wally Scott and Jack Seale were being tried there this week. Sweeney’s loss hurts Texas, for the others are relatively inexperienced players. Saturday is “Band Day”, and some 45 high school bands will be guests at the game. next Friday afternoon as a curtain raiser to the varsity fray the fol lowing day. The only game the fish have played was against the Allen Academy. This went to the freshmen after a hard tussle in ankle deep mud and water. Dandy Dick Todd is still on the run for the Washington Redskins. Last week against the Pittsburg Steel- ers he returned a punt for 44 yards, ran 41 yards to put the ball in scoring position, and then drove over for the talley. Other teams of the league will io battle to protect what records they have left now that the Aggies iave taken three, the Mustangs one and the Owls their one over Texas. To Waco go the Longhorns to take on the Baylor Bears, three times losers in conference play. The Bears have played two hard ;ames, those against the Aggies md the Horned Frogs but have 'ailed to show that power needed n crucial moments. Texas should take this one with their first win on the home grounds against the Bears in six years. It goes down as Texas, 13 to 7. Arkansas, the book-keeper who has written in red on the records of two undefeated teams, Old Miss and Baylor, is host to the Rice Owls up in the Ozark Mountains. Rice boasted a great team after their pre-conference records and then slipped up on Texas, but against “little” A. & I. they failed to show their gleaming feathers. It’s Arkansas 21 to 13 over the Owls. Kyle Gillespie and the T. C. U. Horned Frogs tackle Detroit, who were unbeaten until last week when the fell 7 to 0 to Tulsa. The Frogs have taken all of their home games W. J. Douglas, Jr. INSURANCE AGENCY General Insurance Commerce Bldg Phone Bryan 160 BATTALIONS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 PAGE 3 Lineup of Aggies Features Rough and Tough Gridders By Jack Hollimon Texas A. & M. will send a crew of rough and tough football grid ders against the S.M.U. Mustangs in Ownby Stadium at Dallas this afternoon and everyone of them is pointing for either conference or national recognition. All-Amer ican John Kimbrough will lead Jiirt Thomason, Ernie Pannell, and Mar shall Robnett toward fame and glory today when they make their bid for the numerous All-Amer ican teams nominated each season throughout the country. . Thomason, the rugged blocker ykomason A. & M. Polo Team Holds High Rank In Nation’s Teams Texas A. & M. is noted for ex cellent horsemen. The Texas Ag gie Polo team, made up of A. & M. students, is not just another club, but one of the ranking polo aggregations of the country. Such opponents as N.M.M.I., Lampases, Oklahoma University, Oklahoma Military Academy, and the San Antonio Polo Tourney are just a few of the top-flight teams A. &- M.’s mallet swingers tackle every year. Recognized as a minor sport at A. & M., the Aggies have captur ed one tilt against Lampases and dropped a joust with N.M.M.I. under the captaincy of Sid McDon ald of Bandera. Major E. M. Burnett, Cavalry, U. S. Army, devotes his spare time and veteran polo ability in the in struction and coaching of the club. Horses are furnished by the cav alry and mounted field artillery units and equipment is take care of by members and coaching staff. High goal man for the young season is San Antonian Bill Broad, holding a two-goal lead over sev eral of the other players. Braid, along with Captain McDonald, is the spark that makes A. & M.’s own polo team an outstanding con testant in any tourney. “Cowboy” Carl Maloney, a Go liad product, is another Aggie po- loist who turns in stellar play with his accurate mallet and ex perienced horsemanship. and talented line backer for A. & M., will show Southwest Confer ence fans a thing or two when he takes that hide under his arm for a few gallops goalward. He has a world of power and stellar ability at snagging those bullet passes of “Dookie” Pugh, team tosser. In him, today, the nation will witness one of the greatest Southwest Conference players of all time, and he should turn in a masterful job in the Mustang tilt. Ernie Pannell, mentioned many times before in pre-season sports- casting as the tackle to watch, has lived up to predictions and his hard tackles and outsanding line work have brought him up among the leaders for an All-America post in 1940. A defensive player that is hard to equal on any club is Aggie guard Marshall Robnett, the Klondike Cyclone. He can handle more block ers and make more tackles that jar and shake the runner than any other man on the A. & M. club. It has been Robnett that has kept Aggie pay dirt in such com plete shape throughout the season with his many bursts into the op ponent’s backfield to down a ball carrier behind the line of scrim mage. Showing high class football in any league, Marion Pugh, Aggie quarterback and passer, will give Ownby Stadium a going over when he slings and runs his way to All- Southwest honors. Pugh, the man that has converted successfully nine consecutive times since the season started, has everything in his advantage to take over a po sition in the backfield of the con ference mythical team. He leads the Aggies in running and has an ability to pass that leaves little to be desired. Pugh is due to clinch conference recognition today on Armstrong Field. Following Pugh into the All- Conference show is end Jim Ster ling, center Tommie Vaughn, and guard Charley Henke. Sterling is tops as a defensive end, having blocked many punts this year. Ex perience gained while a member of last year’s National Champions is the difference between Sterling and the other conference ends, and he should flank the All-Conference team. Vaughn, spirited and hust ling, is set to snatch the pivot job away from the other aspirants with smashing performance against S. M.U. Charley Henke, Robnett’s running mate, will leave the Mus tang stadium with an outstanding record for his play that he is ready to give in this clash of power and depection. Henke is the rock of Aggie defense and moving him is like taking Gibralter. but have failed to hit on the road. Two weeks ago the Hurricane swept over the “cow town” eleven with the similar score they set over Detroit. This will be a hard fought game with the Detroiters on the rebound and the Homed Frogs after their first foreign win. Elsewhere in the nation with the big games Notre Dame after their battle with the Army last week sinks the Navy, Stanford goes over Washington, Tom Harmon leads Michigan over Minnesota, Auburn gets the call over Clemson, Ala bama over Tulane, and U. C. L. A. should take their first from Ore gon. Pistol Team Sets Its Sights For ’40-’41 Season Prospects are looking very fine for the A. & M. pistol team. The majority of the team is back, but the loss of three of their best men, Bert Bums, Bob Shiels, and Bill Lewis, is a blow to the team, but it will be strengthened by last year’s freshman squad. The team has two national titles to its credit, and has not lost a collegiate match in two years. Coach of the team is Captain Lively of the Field Artillery, who replaces Captain Philip Enslow. C. A. Lewis captains the team, and is backed up by L. C. Kennemer, Gene Shiels, Bill Becker, and Lloyd Mayfield. To date the team has challenged 20 college teams. While the rifle team has not begun practice due to the lack of firing grounds, the boys have not lost their zeal to get the matshec started. Last year the rifle team won the Hearst trophy, and all the old let- termen are back, and much can be expected of the team. No definite plans for matches have been formulated so far, but a return match with T.S.C.W. is in the offing. Game May Decide Winner Southwest Conference Flag Wet Field Means Continuation of ’39 Game; History Gives SMU 10-9 Edge Over Nortenmen By Hub Johnson Battalion Sports Editor This afternoon at Ownby Stadium two teams will take to Arm strong Field to do battle, two teams—undoubtedly the top two teams of the Southwest Conference. The Texas Aggies have traveled a long, hard row meeting high ly spirited teams for seventeen straight games. Matty Bell’s Southern Methodist Mustangs have left behind them a record of nine undefeated games, one of which went down as a tie. Opening against the Sooner Aggies last year, the cadets set out on their long trip that carried them to the top where fame and honors awaited, but where also was to come the hard games against teams fired up to spill the load—teams that would consider a win over the cadets a record accountable for the whole season. After threatening the Aggies with a close 6 to 2 score on a rain soaked field last year, and dropping a 14 to 0 game to the Arkansas Razorbacks, the Mustangs changed their play and once more became the stubborn gridmen from “Hill Top.” This season they have fought with many of the great teams of the nation to test their defense and show their equally balanced run ning and passing attacks. S.M.U.’s Undefeated Slate On the Pacific Coast they won over the U. C. L. A. Bruins by a field goal. They tied Pitt in the last quarter on Ray Mallouf’s long pass to Bill Thomas, though the books showed a decisive victory for the Panthers. Against Auburn Presto Johnson ran 92 yards on a punt return for the winning touch down and then kicked the goal for the extra point. With these behind, Presto Johnston the Ponies took a week rest. Last Saturday, the Ponies ran and passed the Texas Longhorns into oblivion. Suffering from a sur prise loss the week before at the hands of the Rice Owls, the Texas eleven couldn’t find the right com bination to throw against the stampeding Mustangs. The first half went scoreless, but the last period saw the Methodists forge ahead 21 to 13. Aggies Have None Unturned Opening with the Texas A. & I. Javelinas, a team called “little” at the open of the grid year, but later termed dangerous by all coaches who sent units against them, the Aggies were once more on the treacherous grind. After steady pounding and hard line playing, the Tulsa Hurricane gave way to the Nortonmen in San Antonio, and Jack Robinson failed to show for the Bruins in the Aggies’ test of the season in California. Texas Christian threw a screwy defense on Kyle Field to try in vain to stop the blitzkrieg. At times an eight-man line faced the cadets and then the defense drift ed into a 5-2-2-2, with the back- field in “Z” formation. Baylor, inspired by a great home coming celebration and playing the greatest game of their ’40 sea son to date, threw up a brick wall time and again but the heavy side went to the College Station boys, 14 to 7. Last week the Arkansas Razor- backs fought long and hard to be the ones to cause the sounding of Taps on Kyle Field, and once more a Southwest team went down under the roll. Victor Takes Flag Today has been set aside in the league as the day on which the 1940 champion will probably be determined. Sport scribes and mentors the country over have focused their eyes on Dallas, on Armstrong Field, on the determined Mus tangs, on the fighting Aggies. The two teams first met in 1916 and since then have played 22 con tests. The Mustangs have claimed 10, the Aggies 9, three ending in ties. The first tilt fell to the cadets 63 to 0, but since then, they have won only two games in the even years. In 1920 they won, 3 to 0, and in 1936 they came home vic- ^torious 22 to 6. Two years ago the farmers ran wide and hit hard, only to hold a 7 to 7 tie with the Ponies late in the final quarter. Then from the bench came that kid named Joe— Joe Pasqua, to boot a perfect field goal for the winning three points; S.M.U. 10, A. & M. 7. Jarrin’ John vs Presto Jarrin’ John Kimbrough will car ry his’ threats to the field to bet ter his record as in last year’s Mustang mud waller. In the last six games, he has taken on more duties of blocking and leading in terference, leaving Marion Pugh and Jim Thomason to carry the skin. Hard blocking and tackling along with his pass interceptions and punt returns have increased his qualifications for All-American honors once more. For the Mustangs, Presto John ston will lead the way, determined to change about the results of the ’39 memorable fight. His constant line plunging, long distance punt ing, and accurate placements have set him off as a “marked man” of the conference. Supporting the Newcastle full back, will be Ray Mallouf and Johnnie Clement doing the heavy passing, Will Mullenweg taking the blocking assignment, Dick Miller in the quarterback slot and threat ening the open field, with E. L. Keeton receiving at one end, and Joe Pasqua fighting hard in the line and awaiting the call to beat out the Aggies again with an other field goal. Wearing the maroon and white and fighting for the eighteenth win will be the same Marion Pugh calling them on the offense, sling ing them far and wide, and hitting the line now and then for needed yards; Bill Conatser, dancing on the punt returns and covering close the pass attack; Jim Thomason, the path maker of the heavy force; Derace Moser, and Marland Jef frey taking time behind the line to give the Ponies a bit of trouble. On the line, guards, tackles, cen ters and ends will make their bids for the mythical teams. Marshall Robnett will play hard along with his running mate, Charlie Henke. Ernie Pannell and Chip Routt will face the strong Pony wall to make way for the power behind the line. Boots Simmons, Jim Ster ling, Dog Dawson and Bill Hen derson all will make their play at ends, each with his own type of outstanding ball. Tommie Vaughn and O’Dell Herman take the cen ter post and with it the duty of calling the defensive walls. The three outstanding games of the nation today are the Aggie- Pony tilt, the Minnesota-Michigan game for the lead of the Western Conference, and the Stanford- Washington fray on the Pacific Coast; yet the some 25,000 fans who will fill the stands at Ownby Stadium will forget the other two and witness the hardest fought game since the similar contest of last year. Probable starting lineup: A. & M. Pos. S. M. U. Sterling L.E. Keeton Pannell L.T. Harris Robnett L.G. Simes Vaughn C Pope Henke R.G. Fawett Routt R.T. Pasqua Dawson R.E. Tunnell Pugh Q.B. Miller Conatser H.B. Clement Thomason H.B. Mullenweg Kimbrough F. B. 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