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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-
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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.
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dressing in our turkey rivals
the tender meat for
deliciousness.
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Aggies Concede
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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.
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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.
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time playing pool.
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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
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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
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