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1 * ■> A > l b t r f & 4 % * r — > 1 i H.O."HDB" JOHNSON BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR Aggies Take Needed Rest With Scrimmage Scheduled; “1940, Year of Broken Jinxes” After eight straight weeks, the' Aggies take a week-end rest, that is, if you can call a hard scrimmage a week-end rest. This is the year all jinxes fall. “1940, Year of Broken Jinxes”. Roosevelt broke a 164 year jinx in Washington. The Aggies are due to break the 18 year jinx in Austin Today, two more should fall from the list. T. C. U. and Rice tangle in Hous- Guaranteed TO PLAY WHERE OTHER PORTABLES FAIL . . . OR YOUR MONEY BACK! The Secret is in the PATENTED DETACHABLE J0VEMAGMEr . . . which makes it work efficiently in planes, trains, ships, autos and in windowed steel office buildings . where others fail. LIPSCOMB PHARMACY North Gate ONLY ZENITH HAS THIS U. S. PATENT NO. 2164251 ton where the Frogs have proven victorious for many years. Rice Institute gets the call this year even though they lost a hard fought game to the Aggies last week. Baylor University is host to the Southern Methodist Mustangs and will lead an improved team against the Ponies. With Jack Wilson a- gain in the backfield boasting his 4.5 yard average on runs against Tulsa last week and 44.67 punting average, the Bears will be hard to stop. The Ponies have always had bad luck in the upper Brazos city but today did get the call. Elsewhere in the country, Penn State should defeat Pittsburg, In diana should win over Purdue, Dartmouth should win from Brown, Mississippi State should turn back Mississippi in the topper of the day, Tulsa should take the lead of the Valley conference from the Sooner Aggies, Northwestern gets the call over Notre Dame and Bos ton College should win from Au burn. Reveille has been listed as a member of the National American Red Cross. At request of Thomas A. Bond of Rankin, Texas, she was made a regular member of the canine chapter of Tom Green Chapter. The membership card was issued by Miss Susan Miles, secretary of the chapter at San Angelo. Head Yell Leader, Buster Keeton and his Senior Assistant, Foots Bland are to place the membership pin on Rev’s collar. “The A. & M. team is one of the finest all-around teams that we ever came against, and we certainly enjoyed playing them. I have never seen finer sportsmanship exem plified by any team and student body than was displayed by A. & M. team and cadet corps.” These were the words written by Coach Matty Bell of the S.M.U. Mustangs to Dean Kyle after the visit in Dallas. J. W. St. Clair, executive sec retary of the Southwest Athlet ic Conference, wrote, “I have heard nothing but compliments on the fine behavior and sportsmanship of both student bodies in last Saturday’s game. Everybody has been espec ially complimentary of the fine sportsmanship of the competing teams, and I would like to say L. A ROYAL TREAT.... Turkey ... with all the trimmings! The dressing in our turkey rivals the tender meat for deliciousness. COLLEGE COURTS COFFEE SHOP East Gate - Highway 6 Do You Need The Following For The Holidays? SHIRTS — TIES — HANDKERCHIEFS SWEATERS — SOCKS TRENCH COATS — MUFFLERS LEATHER JACKETS WE FEATURE OUR COLLEGE JEWELRY EXCHANGE STORE Aggies Concede Nothing To TU On Thanksgiving Promising one of the greatest gridiron battles the inhabitants of the Southwest have ever seen, the mighty A. & M. team will move to “40 acres” next Thursday to give the customers their moneys worth. Every time this date comes a- round, the “boys” in Austin auto matically chalk up a victory. At least, that’s the way it has been since 1924. The Aggies have scored only once while playing in Mem orial Stadium and that was due to a streak of luck. The touchdown was scored on a fumble recov ered behind the goal line. This year it will be a different story. The Aggies have won nine teen consecutive games and they are not going to let this one game mar their record. While the Aggies are fighting a tradition, they have also the sup port of the thought of repeating as winners of the Southwest con ference. Beating Texas is incentive enough for the boys. The Texas Aggies and the Texas Longhorns are all but tearing the seams out of their bags of tricks on the practice fields, and coaches Homer Norton and Dana Bible are scratching their heads for “sure” touchdown plays. The following statement was made available to the press: “Bible and his aides have intro duced some new passing plays. One of these, based on Jack Crain’s ability to scat with the ball, is said to be a sure-fire touchdown play.” Whether or not the Aggie fire extinguishers can kill the fire re mains to be seen. Texas University Cross Country Team Wins Conference Go Coming through for predictors, the Texas University cross-country team won the Southwest Confer ence meet held in Austin last Wed nesday. Texas A. & M. and S.M.U. were the only other conference teams represented and came out second and third respectively. Scoring for the meet showed the orange and white harriers with 20, Texas Aggies next with 41 and the Mustangs third for 62. The lowest score wins in cross country meets. Mac Umstattd, a transfer stu dent, made the run in near record time by completing the 2.7 mile course in 12:37.2 for Texas. Fol lowing him were three of his team mates to take the next three notch es for the Steers. Harry Haffer- nick, Tommy Lostak and Emmett Grief were the runners in finishing order. A. & M. placed fifth when Laney crossed the barrier behind Grief and was followed in turn by Floyd Garrison of S.M.U. Wilmeth claim ed seventh place and Myers and Elmore ran a dead heat for eighth on the Aggie team. Four A. & M. team members won their letters. Four cross country letters will be awarded to the Cadets placing in the first ten in the meet. The recipients are Laney, Wilmeth, Myers, and Elmore. here I hear nothing, on the cam pus of S. M. U., but praises of A. & M.’s most excellent team. Reaching into a stack of Rural Sociology papers, here is one of interest. “Dick Todd, former Aggie back- field star who gained much respect for his broken field running a- bility during his college career, is making a name for himself in pro circles this year. Todd is tied with a teammate for the scoring hon ors of the National Football League. He is playing with the Washington Redskins.” This is part of a story written by Jim Sterling. The paper hadn’t been graded. Teddy Lyons, one of the greatest pitchers the Southwest Conference has ever produced will be the man of the hour on the Baylor campus in a special “Teddy Lyon’s Day” program between the halves of the S.M.U.-Baylor football game Sat urday. He has the best pitching record of any former Bruin ath lete. In his four years with the Bears, Lyons won 21 games and 9 in Southwest Conference competition and set the opposing teams down with 121 hits in the 30 games he pitched. Saturday, Baylor University will present Teddy with a gold plaque symbolizing h i s outstanding achievements and will honor him with a banquet following the South west Conference grid clash. BATTALION SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 PAGE 3 ALL-AMERICAN GUARD ONE OF THE MIGHTIEST LINEMEN IN THE * COUNTRY M4WM.V ROWETT DOING a bang-up job as GUARD FOR THE TEXAS AGGIES AS A JUNIOR LAST YEAR. MARSHALL WAS VOTED THE OUT STANDING LINES MAN IN THE CON FERENCE. HIS WORK this year marks him as one THE LEADING- CANDIDATES VoR ALL-AMEBIC AN RonoRS. Intramurals Cross Country Meet Held Today; Six Teams Left In Class A Basketball Today is the big day for cross country runners and would be run ners. Training period for the fresh men is ended and ambitions will run high as they try to make the two mile course in record time. The “fish” run starts at 2:30 and the upperclass men take off an hour later. All contestants are requested to be on hand at least one half hour early in order that numbers may be assigned for the Class A basketball is fast com ing to a finish with only six teams left in the running and elimin ations being made daily. In a quarter finals game, 3rd Headquar ters Field Artillery barely scrat ched out a win from Headquarters Cavalry to stay in the running. Nisbett and Francis led the scor ing for the winners up until the last quarter. With the game score 12-10 at the close of the third period, neither team could make point one and the game ended with the score unchanged. FORFEIT DOGHOUSE A Infantry G Infantry E Coast Artillery E Infantry F Infantry F Field Artillery freshmen are determined to retain possession of the coveted “fish” intramural flag that their present sophomore class won last year and are making a nice showing with thirteen con secutive victories under their belt. Wilson and Little led the F Coast Artillery basketball team to victory in a quarter-final game with the 1st Corps Headquarters to bring their team just a little closer to the final play-off. Final score— 20-8. The score card read 10-9 at the end of the basketball game between I Infantry and 4th Corps Headquar ters to settle the one-sixteenth final bracket in favor of the “pad dle-feet”. Scoggins was the top man in scoring with six points. A Chemical Warfare out hand- balled A Signal Corps to the tune of 2-1 when Overbeck, Swain, Poe- att, and Warnke took care of their respective matches. Winning for the Sig’s. were Jackson and Warne. Stomach Comfort Why suffer with Indi gestion, Gas, Gall Blad der Pains or High Blood Pressure? Restore your Potassium balance with Alkalosine-A and these troubles will disappear. Sold by Lipscomb’s Pharmacy I Infantry boasts one of the best touch football teams on the campus and are making a good showing toward repeating the col lege championship in this sport. Their latest win over H Field Ar tillery showed their advantage and they are waiting for someone to knock off B Signal Corps to even up the defeat that they suf fered at B Company’s hands. A safety, touchdown, and con version made up the nine points that spelled win for F Field Ar tillery in their 9-0 football game with A Engineers. They’ll really have to hustle to keep up with their fast moving freshmen—or are they providing the impetuous for the “fish” Appelt was the foundation of F Engineer’s tennis team when they rode rough-shod over I In fantry to the tune of 3-0. Others in on the wins were Crawford, White, Houseright, McCutchan, and John son. M Infantry claimed an eighth- final victory over D Field Artil lery to eliminate them from the running in a decisive 21-11 game. Ballow took over for M Company at the half when the score was 11-10 and ended the game with an individual score of eight points. B Field Artillery and H Coast Artillery proved to be equal on scoring ability and came out of their football game with the count 6-6. A 20 yard penetration gave the game to the iron man “buggy boys” team. Focke’s conversion made the dif ference when the Artillery Band took a football game from C Coast Artillery by a score of 7-6. Led better was credited with the touch down for the band boys. Let’s Play Pool Come on up this week end and spend your spare time playing pool. Tuesday night after the bonfire dance follow the crowd where dancing and eating is the best. COLLEGE INN CAFE North Gate Yearlings Outclass Freshmen 18-7 In First Phase of Turkey Day Battle Texas University won the first phase of their traditional battle with the Texas Aggies last Thurs day at. Memorial Stadium at the Texas Yearlings combined hard blocking and tackling*to down the Aggie Fish team to the tune of 18 to 7. The Texas first year men completely outclassed their rivals from College Station as they held the Fish to a 5 yard rushing aver age. Headlining the Texas offense was Walton Roberts, speedy back from Tyler, who put on a grand exhibition of broken field running. Sharing the spotlight with Roberts were such stellar backs as Max Minor, Men Matthews, and Spot Collins. In the Yearling forward wall Jack Sachse, center, and Char ley Jungmichel, guard, stopped many of the plays executed by the Fish. For the Fish, it was “Bullet Wolf” Woolverton of El Paso who carried the brunt of the offensive. His bullet-like passes gained a to tal of 166 yards and accounted for the Aggies’ only tally. Lincoln Ro man of Houston and Truman Cox of Donna looked good on pass snatching, while A. J. Mercer of Temple and “Andy” Andricks of Brenham were demons on defense for the Fish. The Fish got a break early in the first quarter but couldn’t cash it on it. Ken Matthews fumbled when hit hard on the Yearling 10, and Dudley Bell of Beaumont re covered for the Aggies. A fumble lost 10 yards. Daniels’ passed to ^Dickey for 5 and then threw two incomplete passes over the goal line to give the ball to Texas on their own 20 yard line. The Yearlings began clicking late in the first quarter to account for their first tally. Roberts re turned an Aggie punt to his own 45, and on the first play, aided by some terrific down-field blocking, skirted left end for 55 yards to go over standing up. Field missed goal. Early in the third quarter, the Yearlings got a break when the Fish received a 15 yard penalty for roughing the kicker. This gave the Texans a first down on the Aggie 36. Matthews skirted left end for 33 yards to the Fish 3 yard Used Car Headquarters BRYAN MOTOR COMPANY line. On third down Minor took the ball on a handoff from Field to go over for the second touchdown. The Fish finally came to life to score their only touchdown early in the fourth quarter. Hill recover ed Crawley’s fumble on the Texas 34. On the first play, Woolverton faded back and shot a beautiful 27 yard aerial to Roman. Texas was penalized 5 yards for too many times out. Andrews then plunged over and Woolverton converted to make the score 12-7, Texas. The Yearlings came back with renewed fury following the kick off to put the game on ice. With Roberts, Field and Minor, tearing through the Aggie line for, big chunks of yardage, the Yearlings were unstoppable. The climax of the drive came as Matthews went over for a touchdown on a handoff from Field. Collins’ kick was blocked and the scoring ended 18-7, Texas. The score by quarters: Aggie Fish 0 0 0 7—7 Texas Yearlings ..6 0 6 6—18 Come On Out To Uncle Ed’s You can have a good time here for the music is the latest, the floor is good, and the food is the best. Have you tried our de licious barbecued beef? HRDLICKA’S Do You Need A Haircut? This is the place to get your haircut, for we take personal interest in your appearance. AGGIELAND BEAUTY and BARBER SHOP IVEY — North Gate — Dial 4-4844 SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES OFFER FAST, CONVENIENT TRAVEL FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS Round Trip Fares: Houston S 3.40 Beaumont 6.40 Ft. Worth .. . . 6.00 Texarkana 10.40 Dallas fi.OO Amarillo 18.25 San Antonio 7.00 El Paso 26.95 For Further Information CaU 4-1175 Southern Pacific T. H. BLACK, Ticket Agent - H. A. SHAVER, T.P.A.