The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 11, 1941, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 11, 1941, Image 3

Newspaper Page Text/ « t * ? ■ '! « 9 .a. HO.”HUB" JOHNSON BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR Aggies Open Southwest Schedule In Bayou City Tonight Against Once-Defeated Owls Once-Beaten Owls Are Aggie Prey Tonite Tonight in Houston Coach Hub-* McQuillen will send his cagers a- gainst a scrapping bunch of Rice Owls. Downed in their first fray, the feathered flock will be throw ing their best against the Aggies to stay in the top bracket race. The main attraction of the game will be the combination of rafter reachers. Bob Kinney, All-Ameri can material on the Rice five, stands “six foot six”; Bill Gloss reaches the same height; Stanc.il Norton towers six feet four inches; and, Frank Carswell, the fastest guard in the conference stands close to the six foot mark. Wearing the maroon and white and reaching above the 72 inches -mark are Jamie Wilson, Bill Hen derson, Harold Duncan, Bill Daw son and Ray Jarrett, along with a few more. Game time is set at 8:15 p.m. It will be played in the Sam Hous ton Coliseum, located across from the city hall. There will be a good number of 40 cent tickets for those who arrive early. For once in the history of sports for the Rice Owls, the jazz band will not b present due to the play ing of the “Philadelphia Story” in the adjoining building. Anyone leaving at 5 o’clock and having more room might fill their car by contacting your writer in room 201 number 4. Coaches Of Student Teams Hard At Work Roughing Up Boys For Charity Game Sunday Thursday night the two coaches - of the student grid teams, Charlie DeWare and Virgil Jones, met with some sixty or seventy boys each to start their one week train ing for the contest. Each squad will be narrowed down to thirty men. Members of DeWare’s Whites are from the Field Artillery, Cav alry, Coast Artillery, and Band. Jones’ men come from the Engin eers, Infantry, Corps Headquar ters, Signal Corps and Chemical Warfare. Further interest has been arous ed by the announcing of the fact that the game will be played under the revised rules. This will be the first football game played in the country under the new rules. Complete uniforms will be is sued Monday afternoon and hard practices will begin Immediately. Coaches Open Grid Practice Yesterday afternoon saw Coach es Charlie DeWare and Virgil Jones on the practice fields with their charges preparing for the coming charity football game to be played on Kyle Field. Thursday night the two teams met in different parts of the cam pus and received instructions from their coaches. The Maroons are representing the Engineers, Chemical Warfare, Signal Corps, Corps Headquar ters, and Infantry. The Whites are from the Field Artillery, Band, Coast Artillery, and Cavalry. Monday afternoon the two squads are to be issued uniforms for the next week’s practice. The Bryan Chamber of Com merce has offered its help on the game. Tickets will be jssued to each organization as well as dis tributed in Bryan. BATTALION. JANUARY 11, 1941 PAGE 3 Intramurals K Inf Fish Win Basketball Crown; Turnouts for Water Polo Increasing Brazos County Refused Golden Gloves Meet In Order To Give Temple Drawing Card For a good number of years—• since the beginning of the Gold en Gloves, Temple, Texas has been the local point for the tournament representing this section. A move was made this year to break up this section and hold a tournament here or at Bryan. The Temple tournament is held each year dur ing the final exam week and thus prevents many good boxers from A. & M. from entering. With this thought in mind the attempt to create a new district was made. Fifeen Central Texas counties send boxers to the Tem ple fights. It is a well known fact that Temple boasts a strong boxing team and many of the boxers who would have a chance In the state finals are' knocked from the list CAMPUS 150 to 5 p.m.—20c after LAST DAY Mb LINDA DARNELL BASIL RATHBONE —Also— Latest News and Cartoon Pre. Tonite - Sun. - Mon. —Also Cartoon — Latest World News ■in their first bouts. A boxer from Texas A. & M. is a drawing card and an extra fea ture for the Temple tournament. With this in mind, Walter R. Hum phrey, editor of the Temple Daily Telegram and manager of the Tem ple tournament, refused to release the one county of Brazos. A well formed tourney was in its nucleus here in this locality. Many more boys would be able to participate in the contests. Even permission from the state offic ials had been given, resting on the permission of the manager of the Temple tournament. This seems to be putting the orig inal idea on which the National Golden Gloves competition was started. The betterment of sports manship was the main idea with the offering of every boy a chance to try his hand at the old game. Now private interests have come between the boys who were to be aided and the final buntings. In addition to the Aggie-Owl game in Houston tonight Texas and Arkansas will fight it out for the early lead in the conference race. The Razorbacks have been named by many as the favorites in the race but the Longhorns ov erturned the dope bucket by de feating the Owls early this week. Southern Methodist University and Texas Christian University will tangle in Dallas for the Mustang opener. Two of the 13 recognized sports Two of the 13 recognized sports found themselves without coaches this week with the loss of Major E. W. Burnett, Cavalry, and Lam bert Molyneaux. Major Burnett had coached the polo team two years and had fur- HOPE As long as life is ours, hope for the future is bright. Your own hopes for your future can m a te r i a 1 i z e through a systematic saving plan. SEABOARD LIFE INS. CO. k J J i ? Houston, Texas W. F. MUNNERLYN, *26, District Mgr. Associates: H. E. Burgess, ’29 Sidney L. Loveless, ’38 Paul L. Martin, ’39 0. B. Donaho R. C. Franks Gene Hart Athletic Council Votes To Give 31 Football Letters At a meeting of the Texas A. & M. Athletic Council Thursday morning, varsity letter awards were approved for 31 members of the 1940 football team, and four members of the cross country team. Numerals were approved for 28 members of the freshman foot ball team. The annual football banquet has been set for Friday, January 24, at which time the a- wards will be made. Football players receiving their varsity letters included: Roy Bu- cek, William Buchanan, William Conatser, Harold Cowley, William Dawson, Henry Hauser, William Henderson, Charles Henke, Odell Herman, Marland Jeffrey, Jack Kimbrough, John Kimbrough, Der ace Moser, Ray Mulhollan, Ernest Pannell, Marion Pugh, Leon Rahn, John Reeves, Marshall Robnett, Joe Rothe, Chip Routt, Martin Ruby, Howard Shelton, Elvis Sim mons, Earl Smith, Marshall Spi vey, James Sterling, James Thom ason, Tommie Vaughn, Jackson Webster, and Euel Wesson. Cross country minor sports let ters were awarded to: E. W. El more, V. W. Laney, E. B. Mayer, and Eugene Wilmeth. Freshman numerals were a- warded to 28 first year men as follows: William Andrews, Dennis Andrix, Dudley Bell, T. A. Carlile, Warren Clifton, Truman Cox, Leo Daniels, Jamie Dawson, Richard DeArment, Leonard Dickey, Rich ard Hill, William Hodge, Ellis Hol lis, Victor Kaspar, James Kishi, thered the game here at A. & M. with rapid strides. His teams hav beeen recognized among the best intercollegiate fours in the coun try. Major J. F. Stevens has taken over the duties of coach until a successor is appointed. Those who will be in line for the job are Lt. Col. A. G. Wing, Cap tain E. A. Elwood and Sergeant George Moss. No successor has been named for Duke Molyneaux who has coached the fencing team for the past two years. ■M By Bob Myers It happened Monday, but news as good as this warrants recogni tion even if it is just a little late. In the class B basketball finals, “Fish” Robinson led the quintet from K Infantry to a decisive 23-13 victory over I Infantry with his uncanny shooting ability and stellar floor work. This game leaves the title in K Com pany’s hands for the coming twelve months and winds up intramural bas ketball competition a 2-0 win. Wright, White, Ischoepe, and Crawford were the racket swingers who won the win. Myers for the current school year. A Field Artillery came through on a six point margin to take a touch football game from C Engi neers with the game ending 6-0 while E Infantry plowed and pas sed their way through the A Cav alry team for a 13-0 win. FORFEIT DOGHOUSE I Field Artillery A Cavalry 3rd Corps Headquarters (2) 3rd Headquarters Field Artil lery (3) A Coast Artillery H Infantry K Infantry D Coast Artillery 4th Corps Headquarters A quarter final handball game between E Field Artillery and A Infantry finished 2-0 in favor of the Artillery at the end of two games. Worthington and Hudson, and Donnell, and Crowder won their matches in record time to make it unnecessary to complete the third game. Going back to the pool we find a one man wave of scoring in Huber of G Coast Artillery who recked ’em to the extent of four points to make it a 5-0 win over Headquarters Signal Corps when added to the singleton of Stan- berry. B Field Artillery took another step toward the handball finals by taking an eighth finals game from C Coast after three fast, hard fought games of “batting the ball around”. Stokes, Houston, Shea, and Marks took care of two of the matches while Marsh and Meleon- con won the third to end the game 2-1 in favor of the “buggy-boys.” More of the teams are showing up for water-polo games, but there are still an unusual number of forfeits. Teams that have with drawn from competition, automa tically forfeit the remainder of their scheduled games. Irwin, Richey, and Hughs led the scoring for C Cavalry when they found the water-surrounded goal once each to down B Chemi cal Warfare 3-1. Farmer account ed for the losers one counter. Widely Played Speedball Shows Traits of Football By Spike White The game of Speedball is not a game that the Intramural Depart ment just dreamed up to fill in between football and baseball. It may be an unfamiliar game to most Texans, but it is a widely played game in colleges and high schools in the East, the Mid-West and on the Pacific Coast. Here at A. & M. it has been one of the most popular intramural sports. Speedball is a combination of soc cer, football, and basketball. Such a game sounds a little impossible, but actually the rules are few and simple. It is a game that can be enjoyed the first time it is played and yet which offers gen erous possibilities for individual improvement and fine team play. Basically speaking, speedball is the game of soccer with a rule thrown in that allows the ball to be caught in the hands any time that the ball is caused to go into the air by striking or being struck by a player. In other words, any time that the last thing the ball touched was a player’s body, it can legally be caught in the hands and then passed, punted, or drop- kicked. The game of speedball is kin to basketball in that it is a non- contact game in which the ball may be passed from player to play er. As in basketball, no blocking, tackling, or running with the ball is permitted. Every effort has been made to keep the rules as simple as pos sible and speedball’s success as (Continued on Page 4) Buster Brannon’s Cagers Throw First Stone In Path of “Dark Horse” Aggies Jitterbug Henderson Returns To Cage Court After Cotton Bowl Fray By Jack Hollimon Houston’s Coliseum will be the scene of A. & M.’s opening con ference basketball game when they tangle with Rice Institute’s de fending champions tonight before approximately 5000 fans. Captain Bill Dawson and Bill Henderson will lead the Aggies in to the fray and they promise to make Coach Hub McQuillen’s crew hard to down. Rice will be attempting to smash back into the win column after having fallen before Texas last time out in a surprising upset. The Owls will feature Bob Kinney, backboard artist, and Frank Cars well, scorching goalmaker. Pre season dope had Rice picked to repeat their conference victory of last year, and A. & M. is rated as the “dark horse” of the circuit. Last year A. & M. and Rice set a record for points scored in the Southwest Conference when the Owls toppled the Cadets 67 to 54 for a total of 122 points. A. & M. will start the tilt with Bill Henderson and Ray Jarrett forwards; Captain Bill Dawson, center; and Charley Stevenson and Harold Duncan, guards. Hen derson, fondly known as “the Jit terbug”, was all-Southwest choice of last season, and Jarret is a jun ior college transfer. “Dog” Daw son, Crockett product, is playing his last year for A. & M. and he was one of the conference leading scorers last year. Dawson has been elected captain of the Aggie team. CUjarley Stevenson and Harold Duncan hold down their guard positions with ease. The Owls will spring 6’ 6” Bob Kinney of San Antonio, Frank Red Cross Life Saving Examinations Tonite Tonight at 9 o’clock some 22 students will take their final ex amination in Senior Red Cross Life Saving in the college pool. The exams were scheduled to come off before Christmas but the early dismissal caused the post ponement. Instructions started seven weeks ago with 40 members composing the class. Now at the final day, only 22 remain. During spring R. E. Plastid will come to the college to hold in structors examinations. Students successfully passing their tests tonight will be eligible for the degree. Reviewers who will examine the students tonight are Nickey Pon- thieux, Red Hutchins, and Spike White. Carswell, Bert Selman, and Harold Lambert of Houston, and Bill Tom Gloss of Hearne against the Aggie defense. Kinney made all-South west last year as a sophomore. Carswell has gained that honor for the two years of his competition at guard. Selman was the hero of Rice’s title drive in 1940. Lambert has replaced the injured Placido Gomez in the lineup. Gloss hails from Hearne where he was an out standing athlete and he has been putting them in the basket reg ularly this season. Henderson is expected to step out and fill the loop frequently for more honors against Rice teams. He smothered the Owl football team with sensational pass snat ching this fall when he and his mates trampled the feathered crea tures 25 to 0. Much improvement has been shown by the Aggies after foot ball playing regulars finished with their Cotton Bowl business and took to the maple court. This game is slated to lend much light to Southwest Conference contenders. ASCAP or BMI REMEMBER You Can Always Enjoy The Music You Want When You Want It. Columbia Victor and Bluebird RECORDS 1. There I Go —Kenny Baker 2. Frenesi —Artie Shaw 3. I Give You My Word —Mitchell Ayers 4. So You’re The One —Hal Kemp 5. I Hear A Rhapsody —Dinah Shore 6. We Three —Tommy Dorsey HASWELL’S Bryan Twelve letter men will return next year to form the Aggie foot ball squad along with many squad men who saw service this year and a number of hold outs. Those lettermen returning give the squad four ends, two tackles, two guards, and four backs. Lettermen returning are Sterl ing, Simmons, Henderson, Cowley, Bucek, Mulhollan, Wesson, Ruby, Moser, Spivey, Webster, and Smith. Notes here and there . . . Fred Wolcot won the Sugar Bowl title at New Orleans in the high hur dles by beating out Boyce Gate- wood, Baylor ex. . . .he then placed third in the Sullivan award. . . he plans to participate in the in door meets in the East this winter , . Charlie DeWare is picking his assistants for the Maroon team from the list of centers. . . .it was told that Virgil Jones is going to attempt to run the “Rocker T” for mation in his baclfield. . . .who can coach fencing. . . Washing ton State wants the Aggies to come up for a game next year. . . . it’s a long way to Tacoma, Wash ington. . . let’s go to Houston with the cagers. . . .30 The Artillery Band took their game of water-polo by a narrow margin of one point over E Engi neers. Final score was 2-1 with bandsmen Armstrong and King and castleman Pace accounting for the goals. L Infantry made their game with D Engineers a one point af fair when Brown slipped one by the goalie that stood alone the entire game. F Engineers had a slight edge over F Coast Artillery on the ten nis courts and came through with D. R. Luethy, A. J. Mercer, James B. Montgomery, J. S. Pytell, Bert P. Richey, Lincoln Roman, W. W. Slaughter, Robert Utley, Shelton Wagner, Earl Whitworth, Robert Williams, F. A. Wolters, and Wil- liard Woolverton. Fullsize All-America silver foot balls mounted on ebony pedestals were voted to John Kimbrough, All-America fullback; and Mar shall Robnett, All-America guard for their being selected on one or more leading All-America teams. This award was Kimbrough’s se cond. Joe Routt won the first ball in 1937; Joe Boyd and John Kim brough won them in 1939 and this year it was Kimbrough and Rob nett. Only 12 of the football letter- men will return to the gridiron wars next year for the 1941 team and those 12 include eight juniors and four sophomores. \ it f Jr 'jffi ■ wxl TO BE PREPARED FOR EX AMIN A TIONS College Outline Series Theme Pads Pencils — Composition Books Typing Paper — Ink The Exchange Store

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