Cadets Want Ponies’ Hide Before Tackling Longhorns
On Kyle Field—
(Continued from page 9)
What will the changes be next
year?
Here at A. & M. the juniors and
seniors are somewhat protected
with military contracts but this
will not cover all the teams. Per
haps this is a break in the books
for the Arkansas Razorbacks and
the Texas Aggies.
Today’s track meet might offer
three shot put champions ... in
’39 Jim Thomason of the Aggies
carried off the title but last year
Jack Wilson of Baylor bested Jim’s
put ... so far this year Jim Deal
of Rice has the top throw and
should prove the best today . . .
Fred Wolcott ran one race which
he didn’t win ... he is now cupid’s
victim and engaged to Miss Mar
garet Daxby who at one time at
tended Texas and whose cousin
plays on the Longhorn football
team . . . last year’s sports
scribe, Jeep Oates, is watching the
jnail bag for that call to the Army.
. . . the tennis team will find the
going rougher than ever this week
end with every team that has top
ped them this year thrown up once
•f-more for another chance . . . Texas
should prove the top on the courts
with the Rice Owls close behind
fighting out the S. M. U. Mustangs.
STEVE LOBUE OF JEFF DAVIS
STAR OF ’40-’31 SCHOOLBOYS
From the shadows of “North
Side” in Houston there has risen
a boy who for his school played a
great role in traveling to the state
high football and basketball play
offs and to the state champion
ship chair in track.
Steve LoBue will be one of the
marked high school boys of the
year with every college and uni
versity in the South seeking his
enrollment.
Last week he scored 10% of
Jeff Davis’ 13 points in the state
schoolboy meet while the second
place team had only 10 points total.
INTRAMURAL TRACK MEET
SINGLES OUT GREAT STARS
The Intramural track meet held
this week showed some fair times
and some good heights in the high
jump for students who train a week
and participate but a day.
J. W. Adams broad jumped a dis
tance of a little over 21 feet while
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It’s This Way Mose . . .
John Kimbrough (left) and’Derace Moser (right) talking over
what lies in store for the Texas Aggies on the gridiron next season.
Kimbrough battered the Aggie and opposing lines for the last
two years to lead A. & M. to national recognition. Moser will take
over the reins next year after his great showing in spring practice
this year.
Norton Predicts Texas to Win SW
Title—But Not Thanksgiving Game
(Continued from page 10)
though not in the first few gam
es.”
When questioned as to the Ag
gies chances of being a threat
next fall, Norton stated, “Abso
lutely No! The replacements made
necessary by graduation cannot be
made over night. You just don’t
have all-conference and All-Amer-
the varsity jumpers of the con
ference are just doing 24.
Raymond Terrell of E Field Ar
tillery cleared the high bar at 6
feet 4% inches which is average
height for any man’s meet in these
parts.
Running the 120-yd. low hurdles
in 14 flat isn’t too fast but a bit
of work could readily cut off a few
seconds. Mitchell might have the
makings of a low hurdler.
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ican calibre sitting on the bench.”
He added, “The Aggies will not
be picked to win again as in the
past, and Texas is the top team
since it lost so little material and
was the only team to defeat us in
two years, Rice Institute rates a
second place, and Southern Metho
dist should be out to equal the Ag
gies’ record of being on top two
years in a row. Coach Matty Bell
lost some good boys, but he still
had a lot of experienced ones left
so don’t overlook his Mustangs for
1941.” When asked about where
his club should be, Norton said,
“Baylor was hurt considerably but
they still have a lot of material.
Coach Frank Kimbrough is a new
comer to the conference and he may
bring in something that will cause
trouble as Jess Neely did last year.
Beyond Baylor, I would place T.
C. U., Arkansas and the Aggies to
fight it out for what is left.” Coach
Norton added, “I do not expect the
Aggies to finish last.”
Any starting lineup that could
be gathered from what happened
during spring training, Norton said,
would find Sterling at left end;
Euel Wesson, left tackle; Ray Mil-
hollan, left guard; Bill Sibley,
center; Lester Richardson, right
guard; Martin Ruby, right tackle;
and either Bill Henderson or Elvis
Simmons at right end. According
to Norton, Leonard “Slats” Elder
looked promising at center also.
When asked about the schedule
for next fall, Norton said, “We
will play one more game this year
than last, and we have no soft
spots in our ten games. Our open
er with Sam Houston Teachers will
be tough as Coach Puny Wilson
would like nothing better than to
win from a Southwest conference
team, particularly Texas A. & M.;
Texas A. & I. will be trying to
avenge the defeat of last season;
New York University will give us
a severe test, and might change
the whole picture for us. Six con
ference games in a row with T. C.
U., Baylor, Arkansas, S. M. U.,
Rice and Texas in that order is
enough to make any college a tough
schedule, and then we close out by
going out to Tacoma, Washington,
to play Washington State. Does
that sound like an easy schedule?”
A final question found Norton
firmly stating, “. . . If we lose
our first eight games but win from
Texas, the boys might be willing
to call it a successful season.”
Aggies Must Win All Remaining Tilts
To Take Southwest Conference Pennant
Recently Reshuffled Karowmen Have More Hitting Power Than
Formerly; Should Be Able to Win Now if Pitching Comes Thru
By Mike Haikin
“On to Austin for Steer hide!”
This is the Aggie battle cry as the final stage of the Southwest Conference baseball race nears. How
ever, before the cadets can even think of Texas, they have to dispose of the pesky and sometimes dan
gerous S. M. U. Mustangs.
Coach Marty Karow’s diamondeers take on th e Mustangs this afternoon at Dallas in a one game
stand, which should serve as an anti-climax for the Texas fray next Monday. Lefty Bumpers will probab
ly toe the slab for the Karowmen, with either Brooks Atchison or Atwell Tessman being the choice
of Coach Higginbotham. In their previous engagements which were played here, Bumpers and his
mates slapped six extra base blows to bury the Mustangs, 8 to 3 in the first. Roy Peden won a pitch
er’s duel from Tessman, 2 to 1, to sweep the series.
At the outset of the campaign,
the Mustangs were the No. 1 sur
prise team of the race. They took
the series with the T. C. U. Hom
ed Frogs, but went down twice to
the unpredictable Baylor Bears.
This, however, did not daunt them
as they slapped a setback on the
heretofore undefeated Texas Long
horns, 3 to 2. This was their last
win, as they went down to the
revenging Longhorns in a two
game series, and were swept off
their feet by the reorganized Ag
gie squad.
Brooks Atchison Sparkplug
Undoubtedly, ace sparkplug and
hurler of team has been Brooks
Atchison, whose early season feats
placed the Mustangs well up to
the top. He has been the only
twirler in the conference, so far,
to dent the Longhorn record. Bruce
Kilmer and Johnny Clement are
the other stars of the team. Kil
mer’s hitting has been one of the
bright spots in the Pony team,
which Clement’s general work at
the hot corner has proven to be a
big asset to Coach Higgenbotham’s
diamondeers. However, one of the
greatest individual accomplish
ments this year was done by J. T.
Bedsole, Mustang gardener. His
high leaning catch of Johnny Scog-
gin’s long drive in the first game
of the Aggie series marks the best
fielding play made this year, and
one of the best and most difficult
catches that has ever been seen on
Kyle Field.
Until recently, the cadet team
placed all their hope on the ability
of the mound staff. As long as
Bumpers was right, the team kept
winning. But just as soon as the
southpaw faltered the whole team
went down. That was true in the
Baylor game and the Rice tilt. In
the Bear game, the hurlers could
n’t withstand Baylor’s assault,
while Bumper’s weakness in the
Owl fray was the main cause of
the defeat.
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