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t i V ^ j* * iT /V W t ^ * 1 )• ^ »■ » o A&M Will Close Cage Season Tonight With Longhorns in Austin Steer Victory Will Give Texas Third Place in SW Tonight in Austin the down trodden Texas Aggies carry their ever determined fight to Forty Acres to close the season with the Texas University Longhorns. A victory for the Steers will give them an undisturbed hold on the third place runner, Arkansas and Rice having completed their schedule and taken the first two places. A loss will throw them in a tie for the show place with S. M. U. and Baylor. Four of the Aggie cagers will play their final minutes. Team captain Bill Dawson who has led the cadets through the season with his downfloor breaks and his one hand shots from every point on the hardwood; Harold Duncan, six foot four rafter reach- er from Kingsville; scrapping J. T. Lang who ran at center and pushed the team in a number of games; and Sammy Dwyer, the hard luck boy of the all-cagers— Spring Weather Specials! Reg. Cotton Khaki Slacks High Back and Zipper $2.50 to $3.50 Slack Suits by Carl Pool Long Sleeves or Short Sleeves all play their last. Here last week the Longhorns ran over the Aggies with a top heavy score. The same five will start against the cadets tonight for the Steers, the five who complete their eli gibility for the University. These include Granville, Hull, Houpt, Cooley, and Moore. The varsity game will be pro ceeded by a freshman game and both will be witnessed by member of the eight finalists teams in the Texas schoolboy championship race. Hutchins in Charge as Red Cross Training Begins Preliminary instructions started last night in the Downs Natatorium for the Red Cross Examiners Ex amination. H. S. Hutchins is in charge of the instructions which are being required for the first time this year. Classes will be held each Wednesday and Friday night at 7:30 p. m. Roger Plaisted, field instructor Tor the Red Cross, will come here the last of the month to give the final exam. Don’t Pay 1941 License Trade For A Better Used Car On Last Go ’Round Aggie Riflemen In Return Match With Team of TSCW It’s the Texas Aggies vs. T.S. C.W. rifle team in a return match at Denton, Saturday March 8. Last year, the feminine sharp shooters attracted attention over the land when they downed the ca dets in a shoulder to shoulder match here. However, this time no handi cap will be accepted from the Ag gies as was the case in their pre vious engagement. This will be the initial contest for the Aggie Rifle team, while T.S.C.W. has already seen com petition including its recent vic tory at the expense of the Dallas Rifle Club. Some of the opponents that the cadets will face include Luella Mc- Let us make your shoes as good as NEW today. Invisible Half Soles All Work Guaranteed College Station Shoe Shop D. Cangelosi, Prop. 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Formal Arrow Dress ties $1. Collars 35c. Handkerchiefs 25c. . Put your best front forward . . . Arrow Shoreham ' ^3 Go Arrow! ARROW SHIRTS BATTALIONS MARCH 6, 1941 PAGE 3 Intramurals Deadline for Weighing-In of Boxers Is Set for Saturday at Six By Bob Myers Saturday, March 8 is the last day for boxers to weigh in for classification. All entries must be in by 6:00 p. m. on that day for both class A and B. In order to avoid a conflict with the Town Hall program on March 12, the date for finals in westling has been moved up one day and will be held on Tuesday instead of Wednesday night as original ly announced in this column. S p e e d b a 1 1, Horseshoes, Vol leyball, and Wrestling are all in full swing and will soon be laid aside until an other year in favor of Track, Soft- ball, Boxing, and Swimming. There are still some softballs and bats down at the Intramural Office for those organizations that have not been down to claim them. Much activity has been seen on the sunny days in this sport and ev eryone is apparently getting ready for the season. Brians, Curtan, and Miller sparked a fast moving C Cavalry speedball team to a 9-0 victory over a B Chemical Warfare eleven with their quick breaking, decep- Saturday Is Designated as Fifth Sports Day Opening Saturday afternoon will be Texas A. & M.’s fifth annual Sports Day, sponsored by the “T” association. With the main features taking place on Kyle Field there will also be a horde of other events which include a water polo game, intra-squad baseball contest, and a full time football game. With spring practice ending March 12, the football game will be the last fray of the year. This occasion offers the cadets a chance to see two of A. & M.’s major sports, baseball and football in action. The baseball team has been working out since March 1 and this will be the first time the team has met any organized squad, the game being an intra-squad affair. The water polo team will take on the intramural champions. Other events in the offing are 50-yard dashes for the football players by position, kicking and passing drills, fundamentals and explanation of formations, and one or two plays. The events of the day begin at 1:15 and most likely will be over by 5:30. All athletes and Homer Norton are expecting a large at tendance and the “T” club prom ises that the spectators will have a thoroughly enjoyable time. Manus, who shot top score in her previous engagement; Eugenia Stewart, who came off with sec ond place honors in the meet; Francis Wall, Josephine Bulling- ham, Shige Nagai, Edna Schmidt, Gertrude Lyon, Jerry Lamar, and Irene Chamberlain. Camera Fans One 8 x 10 Black and White ENLARGEMENT for 35*? with this coupon (Good until March 20) 35 mm. 36 exp. Dev. and Koda Printed for $1.00 tive playing and accompanying team work. FORFEIT DOGHOUSE C Infantry E Coast Artillery G Inf ah try Artillery Band C Coast Artillery K Infantry M Infantry A Field Artillery E Field Artillery Headquarters Signal Corps got high behind and rolled the Infan try Band under in an eleven min ute game of volleyball to take the game by the top-heavy score of 2-0. Gillespie, Dunnam, White, and Peterson were the only men from 4 Corps Headquarters for their horseshoe match with B Infantry but they came away with the necessary two out of three match es to win. McCorkle and Martin cashed in for the Infantry. Swim Meet With Texas U Appears Battle of Champs A&M’s Hensley and Taylor Vie with Beeler And McClamrock of Texas Champions, past champions, and ambitious swimmers will crowd the waters of Down’s Natatorium this Saturday night when the swim mers from Texas University meet the Texas Aggie Aquamen. Leading event of the meet will be the 100 and 50 yard free style swim in which Hensley, A. & M. (1940 Southwest Conference Cham pion in both distances) and Me Clamrock, Texas (1939 Southwest Conference Champion in both dis tances) swim against each other to determine who will wear the crown for the 1941 season. In the 440 and 220 free style swim, Beeler, Texas (1940 South west Conference Champion in both distances) will be in competition with Taylor, A. & M. (holder of every other championship in Tex as in both events). Taylor is a Sophomore this year and will give Beeler good competition. The Aggies will be going into this meet fresh from a 54-21 vic tory over the Oklahoma A. & M. team. In this meet, Texas A. & M. set new pool records in the 300 yd. medley relay, 220 free style, and 400 yd. four-man free style events. Oklahoma broke the existing pool record in the 200 yd. breaststroke. After the swim meet, a special water-polo game was played be tween teams composed of A. & M. Seniors and Exes (blues) and A. & M. Juniors and Sophomores (whites). The score changed hands’ several times before the game fin ally ended 5-3 in favor of the Blue team. Hey! Bring That Car To Grant’s Service Station For Complete Service. Myen Track Team To Laredo for Border Olympics South to the border go Coach Dough Rollins and the Texas Ag gie track team today for the an nual running of the Border Olym pics in Laredo. Ten men will make the trip, taking part in the Laredo meet and in an invitation meet in the Alamo Stadium in San Antonio Saturday. Captain Jim Thomason will put the shot In San Antonio. Roy Bucek will spark the runners in the 120-high hurdles and the 440 and 880 relays. Albert Ricks will represent the Aggies in the high jump, broad jump and pole vault. Pete Watkins will work in the high jump and 120 high hurdles; Felix Bucek or Pete Henry will . -. CAMPUS 150 to 5 p.m. 200 After TODAY ONLY Greer Garson Laurence Olivier —in— “Pride and Prejudice” This film sponsored by P.T.A., A. & M. 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