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*> f * 4 f . V 4 HD."HUB" JOHNSON BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR Completed Record Of Texas Aggies Is Greatest Ever Set By Southwest Team One week ago the greatest record ever established in the South west Conference came to an end. Up until that day the best any team could boast was eighteen wins and a tie included amongst them. The Aggies have repeated as champions of the conference even though a win by either S. M. U. or Rice would take half the honor of the title away. But only the honor of the title—not the rest. Last year John Kimbrough and Joe Boyd decorated many of the All-American teams of the nation and this year two Aggies will again have their names flashed across the nation as top gridders of the football world. For all this we can be thankful. The Aggies are still great in the eyes of many of the faithful followers of the maroon and white. No Matter What Is Said, It Still Ends In The Same Old Story; Ode To A Scribe During the past week many have asked the question, “What hap pened to the Aggies last Thursday?” The best way to end it all is the way Jitter Bug Henderson passed it off. “With all explanations, it’s still 7 to 0, I guess.” Nevertheless, we have a bit of what some might call poetry, but the English department might call trash. It all refers to the same. It is dedicated to the sponsor of “All-American Lane” and Cowboy Jackie Crain There’s an unpopular guy we all know Down on the muddy banks of the Buffalo After many years of prognostication, He climbed aboard for a vacation. Then he turned a bleed at the Twelfth Man, The greatest corps in all the land. Too much noise and conglomeration, He cried for Texas in his citations. Still he said the Nortonmen were greater than the Frogs of ’38 There were no positions to inflate. Yet deep in his cold heart there reigned A dangerous gang led by Cowboy Crain. ; ;i Beneath cloudy skies the two teams met And then this scribe began to sweat. Both sides agreed to cut the noise But the “Yellow Bellies” rang their barnyard toys. Last week that inspired gang as host Turned the Aggies away from the Coast “They’re not as great as they used to be,” He yelled his story from sea to sea. The wagon’s not as crowded as once it appeared, For many of his class fell off the rear. And once more we find the bayou bum Proclaiming his tales o’er a glass of rum. Kate Smith To Announce Awards On Radio Program Friday Night Maloney Wires Coach Coach Homer Norton received a telegram yesterday from Bill Ma loney which read as follows: LISTEN IN TO KATE SMITH’S HOUR FRIDAY, DECEM BER 6, FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALL COLLEGIATE AWARDS. INFORM STUDENT BODY TO DO SO ALSO. Last year John Kimbrough and Joe Boyd were chosen on her All-American team. Delicious and ^ Refreshing There is something delight ful about the clean, exhilarating taste of ice-cold Coca-Cola. The minute it passes your lips you know it for what it is,— pure, wholesome, delicious. And you welcome the refreshed feeling that follows; ^*4 USE THAT REFRESHES Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Co. by Bryan Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. Aggies Pick All Opponent Grid Team After returning from the Thanksgiving holidays, the Aggie gridders met to choose their all opponents team for 1940. Rice, Baylor, and Southern Meth odist each placed two boys on the cnampions’ honor squad. Stewart Clarkson from Texas A & I., the unanimous selection ol all southwest scribes for Little All- American honors at center nosed ^at Rice Institute’s Tuffy Whitlow oy one voce. Moose Hartman and Milton Sim- mington were the only players to receive all votes of the Aggies for their respective positions. Texas Christian was the only team failing to place at least one on the squad, Phil Roach missing by a close margin. The following is the team select ed by the Aggies: End Russell Baylor Guard Green Tulsa Tackle Simmington Arkansas Center Clarkson A. & I. Guard Bianchi S.M.U. Tackle Hartman Rice End Smith U.C.L.A. Back Layden Texas Back Witt Baylor Back Brumley Rice Back Mallouf S.M.U. Next Opponent For Poloists Is Okla. Academy Oklahoma Military Academy be come the next opponents of A.& M.’s malletmen when the two clubs tangle on Jackson Field Friday and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 p.m. in a two game series. Oklahoma boasts a rough riding quartet that is top flight competition for the Aggies who have turned back Mexico City and the Oklahoma Sooners in prev ious tilts. Polo was introduced at the Clare- more school by the late Will Rogers and has been recognized as a ma jor sport. Since the forming of the team, their victories over out standing teams well outnumber the defeats. The team is coached by an old Army player, Sgt. Gibson, and is always a contender for in tercollegiate honors. The Aggies have been hard at work preparing for the clash with O.M.A. and a return engagement in Mexico City during the holidays with the Mexico City team. Leading Major Burnett’s charges on the field will be Captain Sid McDonald of Bandera. Other start ers are Carl Maloney of Goliad, Bill Braid of San Antonio, and Nor ris McGowan of Shreveport. Dwight Barry of Vernon and T. A. Wil liams of San Antonio are slated to see action. Intramurals 4 TEAMS ON TOP IN BASKETBALL A INFANTRY WINS OVER HQ. CAVALRY By Bob Myers Class A basketball competition has been narrowed down to the four top teams and the college champion should be decided this week. Headquarters Signal Corps vs. F Coast Artillery and M Infan try vs. 3rd Headquarters Field Ar tillery are carded for semi-final games. M Infantry ran up a 13-7 vic tory over I Infantry on the basket ball court, to take their place in semi-final play. Jack Lindsay was the man who made the shots count and came out with six points to lead scoring for the game. A Infantry handballed their way through Headquarters Cavalry to the tune of 2-1 when Kay, Mitchell, Hearn, and Higgenbothan came through for the “paddle-feet”. Drolesky and Richter cashed in for Headquarters troop. Three eighth finals basketball games were played before the hol idays to bring that sport, in the class B division, closer to the fin ish line. Wind-ups in both classes should be decided soon. BATTALIONS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 PAGE 3 Tennessee Given Rating As No. 1 Team In Nation; A & M In 9th Place By Paul B. Williamson The battle for the national foot ball championship goes into the semi-finals with the Tennessee Volunteers as the No. 1 team of the country. On a purely personal basis, this rater would have liked to have placed that colorful and fighting Michigan team of Tom Harmon and company at the top in the semi-final accounting. Michigan played a much harder schedule than Tennessee, and lost only to Minnesota by a point after touch down—7-6. There are two reasons why Michigan could not be the No. 1 team: First—they DID lose that game to Minnesota, and champions don’t lose; Second—Michigan will NOT defend its title in post-season games. So, no matter how much the de sire to place Michigan first it sim ply could not be done. Football Champions should defend their titles to be champions, just like the champions of track, boxing, baseball, horse racing, basketball, tennis or skiing. Those are the reasons why Mich igan rates among the headers at No. 5, instead of the top, just un der the only team to which it lost —Minnesota. Undefeated and untied Stanford beat California 13-7 last week to rate No. 2 and go to the Rose Bowl. Boston College kept its unde feated and untied record by blank ing out Holy Cross 7-0 in a Boston snow storm and earned the No. 3 post. Boston College was better than the score indicated in that game. One touchdown was called back because a linesman was off sides. Minnesota, idle last week, rides undefeated and untied at No. 4. That’s the best the Golden Gophers of Minnesota deserve in the Wil liamson ratings because they beat a dry-field-playing Michigan in the mud by only one point, and barely skinned by Northwestern 13-12. Kimbrough and Company’s Tex as Aggies stumbled after nineteen straight victorie'S to bow before Texas 7-0 at Austin in an “old” Thanksgiving Day game. They stumbled right on down from No. 1 to No. 9. The Aggies were, and probably still are, a power in col legiate football. But, again, champ ions just don’t lose. The William son System in pre-season apprai sal, forecast that the Aggies would not finish the 1940 season unde feated. Even last week, this sys tem warned that the jinx of the Aggies never winning in the Pal mer Memorial Stadium at Austin was something the boys from Col lege Station would sure have to fight. Perfect Team 100.0 1. Tennessee 99.1 2. Sanford 98.6 3. Boston College 98.1 4. Minnesota 97.0 6. Michigan 96.7 6. Miss. State 96.4 7. Santa Clara 96.2 8. Nebraska 96.0 9. Texas A. & M 95.8 10. S.M.TJ 94.7 11. Pennsylvania 94.5 12. Washington 94.4 13. Georgetown 94.2 14. Northwestern 94.1 15. Pordham 93.8 16. Mississippi 93.0 20. Cornell 92.0 21 Duke 91.9 22. Notre Dame 91.4 23. Rice .... 91.3 27. Texas 91.0 31. Hardin-Simmons 90.2 32. L.S.U 90.0 37. Tulane 88.8 38. Arkansas 88.7 39. Texas Tech 88.7 40. Clemson 88.6 41. Oklahoma 88.5 43. Tulsa 88.3 49. No. Carolina 87.8 60. T.C.U 87.7 52. Baylor 87.6 55. Florida 87.3 64. Okla. A. & M 86.7 The Mustangs of S.M.U. get the System’s nod to beat Rice at Hous ton in the most important match of a few straggling games this week-end. If they come through the Mus tangs, our pre-season favorites for the Southwest Championship, will share the title with Texas Aggies. S.M.U. goes into the game with a rating of 94.7 against 90.7 for Rice. We’ll take Texas to beat Florida in a closely-rated match, and Notre Dame to topple Southern Califor nia; also Texas Tech over San Francisco U., despite Tech’s sur prising loss to New Mexico last week. LEADING GAMES SCHEDULED THIS WEEK— Saturday, December 7 Florida L 87.5 TEXAS - 91.0 Rice 91.3 S.M.U , 94.7 San Francisco 84.6 TEXAS TECH 88.7 So. California 86.0 NOTRE DAME 89.9 Wednesday, December 25 ST. MARY, TEX 76.1 Texas All-Stars Saturday, December 28 GEORGIA TECH 87.4 California 86.9 WE WILL BE HERE TOMORROW TO BACK WHAT WE PROMISE TODAY LAUTERSTEIN’S Assembly Hall Last Day “WYOMING” Selected Shorts FOOTBALL THRILLS OF 1939 AWAY IN WILDERNESS Coming Saturday “CROSS COUNTRY ROMANCE” 12:45 ONLY “RANGERS OF FORTUNE” 6:30 - 8:30 Through the week ending Octob er 26, the port of Houston had ex ported 130,000 bales of cotton, or nearly half of the United States total of 300,000 since August 1. This gave Houston a substantial lead over other ports. LA SALLE HOTEL BRYAN, TEXAS 100 Rooms - 100 Baths Fire Proof R. W. HOWELL, Mgr. Class ’97 CAMPUS Today Only 15^ to 5 p. m.—20^ after ...that waited THREE thousand “dick FORAN . PEGGY MORAN A UNIVERSAL PICTURE Lew Lehr Cartoon Tomorrow - Sat. 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