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Aggie Gagers Meet Baylor In Waco Tonight ON ^ K y LE FIELD With Hub Johnson CAGERS CLOSE BEAR SERIES IN WACO TONIGHT Was it five men or a team ? You answer this one. Against Texas the Aggies could n’t find that mark, why is beyond us. We’ve seen them play better games than this and yet we’ve seen them play worse. The first one against Rice still goes down in the books as the bottom. Tonight they wind out the series with Baylor in Waco and Tuesday they play the final in Austin. MOURNING ON KYLE FIELD AS BASEBALL TEAM FORMS Marty Karow has got the wor ries again. Last year Hub Moon broke his leg sliding home in practice. The year before that Walter Bass broke his hand and saw little ser vice the remainder of the year. Three years ago the two leading catchers, Charlie Kirkpatrick and Alvin Olbrich, underwent opera tions for appendicitis. Today, March 1, officially opens the practice season for the dia mond men and three men are out. Charlie Stevenson is on the list with a sprained ankle. Chip Routt has a split hand received in catch ing behind the plate, and Thursday Flowers complete a costume. . . . Give her a corsage of distinction for the Morgan dance. Bryan Floral & Nursery Phone 2-1266 Bryan Texas Cagers Run Over Aggies In 42-22 Contest Only Bright Spot In Game Tumblers’ Performance at Half Capitalizing on an early lead in the first half, the Texas Long horns won everything but the ball when they battered a hapless Ag gie five into submission, 42 to 22 before a packed crowd of some 3200 people in DeWare Field House Thursday night. It was a different team that fac ed the Steers than the one which extended a powerful Rice Owl team to a 4 point victory. Some thing seemed to be missing as the Aggie shots would seldom hit the hoop. Both offense and defense seemed shot to pieces. Texas started out fast and soon built up to a 17 to 1 score before the Aggie could even wink an eye. The Steers continued the bar rage and had a lead of 25 to 8 as the half ended. The only bright spot in the Ag gies’ favor Was the pleasing per formance put on by the Tumbling team between halves. Their clev erest clown act scored a big hit with the fans. Texas played it safe all during the second half, as they ran the cadets ragged. That zip and hustle was missing as the Aggies seemed to just give up. “Slue” Hull, with 19 points was high man for Texas, while J. 1. Lang’s 6 marks was tops for A. & M. In a preliminary match, the Tex as Yearlings made it a double victory when they thumped the Aggie Fish handily, 51 to 36. night Cecil Ballow hit the table for an appendectomy. Hats off to the Arkansas Razor- backs for their winning the South west Cage Title. An outright claiming of the title would be the first in some time for the league. Next Saturday is sports day on Kyle Field with the “T” men tak ing part in every type of event possible. A course in Latin-American his tory has been added to the cur riculum at Lafayette. Approximately 1,740 prehistoric skeletons have been recovered in Kentucky. Why students squirm in classrooms: I ♦ Because the lecture is dull. 2. Because they’re going to he called on. 3» Because they’re wearing uncomfortable underwear. We can only cure the third case! We suggest that you stock up on the world’s most com- fortahle shorts: Arroiv Shorts. They have the patented seamless crotch, they have roomy seats, they never shrink out of perfect fit. What’s more they have grippers instead of buttons—nothing to sew back on! Arrow Shorts 65c Arrow Tops 50c THE EXCHANGE STORE “Your College Store” ARROW. SHIRTS SANFORIZED BATTALION MARCH 1, 1941 PAGE 3 Aggieminton lakes Debut Thursday Nite; Equipment and Courts Are Ready By Boy Myers Speedball is getting under way once more and found H Coast Ar tillery running D Engineers up and down the field for a 9-4 decision. The Aggieminton and Badminton demonstrations in DeWare Field House after the Texas basketball game Thursday night marked the first public showing of the Aggies own game of Aggieminton and gave a striking comparison between the two games. Equipment and courts are now available for this new game and the paddles and balls may be checked out at the physical education office. FORFEIT DOGHOUSE D Field Artillery Headquarters Cavalry B Cavalry (2) 3rd Headquarters Field Artillery (2) I Infantry E Infantry C Infantry C Cavalry H Infantry In a very close volleyball game that ended 2-1, H Infantry came out victorious over D Cavalry to take one more step toward the finish line. Another tight one between 4 Corps Headquarters and E Infan try saw the Column 4 bunch take the Infantrymen 2-1. Third of the series of 2-1 games ended in favor of A Coast Artil lery when G Infantry failed to get over the hump. Championship volleyball material came out on the court when A Chemical Warfare shellacked B En gineers 2-0 in 14 minutes flat. F Engineers can expect plenty of competition from this team if that’s what they were asking for. The championship will probably see these two teams in the last four. G Field Artillerymen Kelly, Er win, Neuhardt, Bannister, Ban croft, and Golden blanked 1 Corps Headquarters in their horseshoe pitching contest by a score of 3-0. Headquarters Cavalry and 2nd Headquarters Field Artillery found the game of pitching horseshoes to their liking and finally decided the match in favor of Cavalry 2-1. Plyler, Cadena, Hill, and Miller "won for the Yellow patches while Kizer and Dickenson took care of the Field’s single. Decker, D Field over Young, A Coast Laney, 4 CHQ over James, G Coast Lanford, F Coast over Edwards, I Field McCarthy, G Coast over Mercer, B Chem ical Warware. Stinson, A Cavalry over Holekamp, A Eng. Wells, D Cav. over Wolf, A Eng. Goodman, 3HQ Field over Ellis, A Coast Pinkerton, F Field over Leach, B Cav. Andrews, E Eng. over Barnes, D Inf. Henard, C Field over Flynn, G Coast Kiser, M Inf. over Hengst, D Field Ogdee, G Field over Buchel, Hq. Cav. Chaney, F Eng. over Gafford, G Inf. Cook, B Inf. over DeArment, F Field Jones, A Coast over Newton, CWS Vick, B Cav. over Buchanan, D Field Phillips, B Inf. over Schwarz, A Cav. Walker, M Inf. over Werst, D Cav. Connor, I Field over Trapolina, D Cav. Mayer, 2 Hq Field over Washburn, E Coast Goodall, K Inf. over Farley, D Eng. Cargile, D Inf. over Beuchok, G Field Vogt, F Eng. over Bird, A Field Larrence, B Cav. over Jones, C Inf. Couch, A Inf. over Huber, B Eng. Harper, G Coast over Crownover, C CWS Halton, H Coast over Ivey, A Field Johnson, E Coast over Collier, I Inf. Mercer, B CWS over Corso, G Inf. Scott, G Field over Burke, A Eng. Mayo, D Eng. over Kokernot, A Cav. McMillan, H Inf. over Harrington, F Field Glaze, 2 Hq. Field over Watson, A Sig. Murphy, Hq. Cav. over Morrison, B CWS Bergin, H Inf. over Ott, G Field Whitton, A Eng. over May, L Inf. Carnes, G Field over Hodges, D Inf. Norton Announces Football Schedule For the 1941 Season The Texas Aggies will pay a return visit to San Antonio next football season and will meet the Texas A. & I. Javelinas in the Alamo Stadium the night of Sat urday, Oct. 4, according to an nouncement made here Friday by by Head Coach Homer Norton. Last season they played Tulsa in San Antonio but have not book ed that team this year. Texas A. & I. opened the Aggie home sea son but this year the game has been moved to the Alamo City. At the same time Norton also announced the ten-game 1941 grid schedule at follows: Sept. 27—Sam Houston State Teachers at College Station; Oct. 4 (night game)— Texas A. & I. at San Antonio; Oct. 11—New York University at New York, N. Y.; Oct. 18—T. C. U. at Fort Worth; Oct. 25—Baylor at College Station; Nov. 1—Arkan sas at Little Rock, Ark.; Nov. 8— S. M. U. at College Station; Nov. 15—Rice at Houston; Nov. 27 (Old Thanksgiving)—Texas at College Station; and Dec. 6—^Washington State at Tacoma, Wash. The Washington home and home game contract also was closed Thursday, and the Cougars will play in Texas in 1942. Poppa Bear Frank Bryski, who scored 10 of the Bear’s 31 points in the first Bear-Aggie contest. Polo Team Will Play Shreveport Sunday Afternoon Game Is Beginning Of Spring Activities For Texas Aggie Poloists Flying hoofs and smashing mal lets will again cover Jackson Field at 2:30 Sunday afternoon when the Texas Aggie Polo team clashes with the Shreveport’s fast moving foursome of the Shreveport Polo Club. This tilt marks the begin ning of spring activities for polo at A. & M. and this game is the first of several top-flight contests lined up for the season. Shreveport boasts real talent and their horsemanship is a combination of skill and reckless abandon. Six men will make the trip, and head ing the list in number one position is Hershal Shinally. He is followed by Kenneth Hickman in number two, Mac Humphries in number three, and Dr. A. V. Young in the number four spot. Alternates will be Sam Brown and Leon O’Quin who are capable of taking over a regular position with veteran abil ity. This marks the initial game that the Aggies will play under their new Coach and Sponsor, Major J. F. Stevens, Cavalry. He replaces Major E. M. Burnett who was transferred late last semester. A. & M. will bring their usual starting team onto the field led by Captain Sid MacDonald of Ban dera. Bill Braid, Hart, Williams, Rice, Berry, Maloney, and Raley will all see action. Students at the University of Rochester are experimenting with a combined junior yearbook for their co-ordinate college. One Athletic Team Is Consistent Nad Champions-That Is the Water Polo Team By Jack Hollimon National championships are few and far between for most athletic teams, but A. & M. has a group of national champions with a more outstanding record than any of the gridiron greats. Conference champions all seven years their coach has been here, .his team has built a ladder of wins that is hard to climb. They don’t carry a football or run, but nevertheless they put in a rough and wearying 20 minutes of game time. Their specialty is splashing around the pools over the country engaging top clubs in a fast and wet tilt of water polo. Coach Art Adamson has trained Aggieland’s tank stars into a solid machine of seven players who work the 15 ounce ball around opposing teams for plenty of goals. The game is played in a pool 30 feet long and 20 feet wide with a depth of not less than three feet. Meas urements can be reduced slightly in case there is not an adequate amount of space. Quarters last five minutes with a one minute rest period between them and a five minute rest period between halves. After five minutes of being ducked, kicked, scratched, and half-drown ed, the players welcome hanging one the side awhile. “Don’t touch that ball with both hands” is a cry that rings out across the water to most novices, because rules say the ball can only 4 be held in one hand at a time - during the fray. Besides this often violated rule, a player cannot push off or hold to the side of the pool while the game is going on. Un necessary roughness causes penal ties and although the game is play ed under conditions where fouling could be done without much inter ference from the officials, the sport is one of the cleanest and fairest types of contests held. A. & M.’s water polo team has as its home tank in the largest indoor swimming pool in the south, P. L. Downs Jr. Natatorium. Many stars have been developed in Downs Nat atorium by Adamson. Among these are Bob Taylor, Eddie Johnson, Paul Spaugh, and Harold Hensley. Taylor and Hensley recently shat tered six pool and three conference records in the last two meets. Tay lor smashed the old record in the 220 free style by 5.2 seconds, and the 440 free style by 1.5 seconds. All of those swimmers mentioned are record holders. After adding three more wins this year by dropping Texas uni versity 19 to 2, Kansas City Ath letic Club 11 to 0, and the Dallas Athletic Club 9 to 2, Coach Adam son is extremely optimistic over team chances in the senior divis ion of the national meet to be held in Chicago. Next time your roommate holds you under water or your room turns into a junior edition of the Atlantic ocean, think about those •members of Aggieland’s great swimming team who drink gallons of the stuff for another Aggie victory—then try to catch that guy with the bucket in his hand!!! Uncle Ed’s Tonight This saying is as old as the hills ... But we know why. Uncle Ed’s is the place where every one can enjoy dancing and eating. Our cold drinks will pep you up. HRDLICKA’S Old College Road Bears Unpredictable; Lose to A&M, Beat Texas Aggies Performance ^ Thursday With Texas Favors Baylor The Texas Aggies go on the road for their next basketball engage ment when they meet the unpre dictable Baylor Bears in Waco to night in one of the two feature cage tilts on schedule. It is a known fact that the Bears are the most in and out team that has hit this conference in many years. Their performance against the Aggie team earlier in the sea son lost them plenty of prestige, but their turnabout in thumping the Texas Longhorns twice caused the sports experts to lift their eyes up. In view of the Aggies’ dismal performance last Thursday night, the Baylor Bears will be staunch favorites to annex the tilt. They will also be seeking revenge for their 33 to 31 defeat in their pre vious meeting with the Aggies. The bright spot in the Bear of fense as well as defense is one Frank Boyski who was a nemesis to the cadets in their former meet ing. He also proved to be a big asset to his team when Baylor was hitting the basket in top form. Coach Hub McQuillen’s Aggies Baseball Prospects Hit When Stevenson, Routt & Ballow Hurt .will have to learn to hit those, gratis shots if they hope to bring home the “bear skin.” Their in ability to hit the basket from the foul line cost them more than one game this season. McQuillen will probably counter with Dwyer and Duncan at for wards, Dawson at center, and Hen derson and Nabors at the guard positions. The Aggies will depend on the offensive ingenuity of Hen derson, and the defensive floor game of the ever-hustling Sammy Dwyer and dynamic Mike Cokinos to give them a second victory in a row over the Bear quintet. PLAY THE © J.B.S.CO. The prospects of the Texas Ag gie baseball team have been struck a blow in the last few days due to injuries among the prospective first nine. Latest of those to enter the injured list is Chip Routt, catcher from Chapel Hill, who sus tained a severe hand injury during practice Thursday. He will be un able to play again for approxi mately three weeks. Others who have been hurt are Cecil Ballow and Charlie Steven- "son. Ballow, firey little sandy- headed short stop from Stephen- ville, who was a main stay of the infield last year, underwent an ap pendicitis operation Thursday af ternoon in the college hospital. The team will be without his services for at least six weeks. Stevenson, ace of the last year’s pitching staff, sustained a severe ankle injury and is confined to a wheel chair. He will be out of practice at least three weeks. ...for a sure winner. Put your money on the Stetson Playboy...you’ll come home way ahead in comfort, coolness, downright good looks. 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