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
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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.
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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.
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