TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1941-
Intramural Athletics
Have Grown Greatly
By Dub Oxford
Waxing romantic for a few mo
ments—since time began there has
always been a spirit of combat ex
isting among the male specie.
From the age of the cave man
through the knight with his gallant
sword and to the Aggie with the
ping pong bat in his hand this
spirit exists. Physical skill has
long been a factor when two men
met, and so down through the ages
this skill has developed into a
code of ethics and a definite pro
gram.
Having its inception in 1924, in
tramural athletics at Texas A. & M.
began in such a way. It was or
ganized by the demand of the stu
dent body for some sort of athletic
program ... not for men of varsity
calibre, but for students who were
not proficient enough for varsity
play or were either not interested
in varsity competition.
True Organization of
Intramurals
The intramural program since
its beginning 16 years ago, has re
ceived full cooperation from the
student body and has grown with
a corps. It is a well run machine
and is now one of the most exten
sive programs of intramural ath
letics in the country.
As you might guess, the pro
gram was originally designed to
provide competition between the
football teams of the different
battalions. Of course there was
made a provision for both class
A. and class B. Class A being the
upperclassmen and class B the
freshmen.
After the season was complet
ed, the results were tabulated and
championship teams selected. The
teams selected won recognition for
their splendid showings and the
managers were also rewarded. In
tramural athletics proved their
worth that year for several varsity
players were discovered. In fact,
a goodly portion of varsity ma
terial has been discovered on the
intramural playing field.
Organizations Complete
As growing boys find that they
are getting too large for their
clothes and have to have larger
ones, so did the system at that
time out-grow its “breeches.” It
was realized that the battalion sys
tem of class A and class B was
inadaquate for the large number of
students attending A. & M. and
plans were made to remedy the sit
uation.
Coming to Aggieland in 1926, W.
L. Penberthy took charge of the
intramural department in addition
to his physical educaiton duties.
Mr. Penberthy then had some
streamlined ideas about the run
ning of an intramural program and
his ideas were so good that they
are still in use today. In other
words, a mild Blitzkreig took place
in the intramural department .
As Texas A. & M. is a military
school it was fitting that an or
ganization along military lines be
developed. It was then worked
out that each military organization
was to be a unit and have individu
al teams. The department handled
all scheduling of games and made
provision for referees. As the
school functioned the year round,
there was a cause for a program
for year round sports activities.
This program increased and we now
have sixteen sports that the stu
dents may participate in.
The regular set up now is that
the freshmen and the upperclass
men are divided into a group.
They are designated as class B
and class A respectively .
The many sports offered are ten
nis, basketball, rifle shooting,
handball, cross country, touch foot
ball, speedball, water polo, volley
ball, horse shoe pitching, boxing,
wrestling, swimming, ping pong,
golf and track. At present, golf
is in its trial stages.
Point System of Scoring
The point system is used in scor
ing the different teams. The num
ber of points is determined by
placing the number of sports en
tered and the number of final
play-offs the organization entered
in.
Many awards are given by the
intramural department and they
are very much sought after. To
each member of a winning team
goes an intramural medal with the
THE BATTALION
This quartet pictured above is expected to spark the Aggies in
the third defense of their title. Of the four only Moser, triple
threat back, and Sterling, hustling end, are remnants of the great
’39 and ’40 championship teams.
sports won and the organization
which was the winner. The organ
ization winning the school cham
pionship has the honor of carry
ing the intramural flag. This is a
much coveted honor. The flag is
carried at all reviews and is pre
sented to the winning organization
at final review each year.
Competition is very keen for
these flags and last year a very
unusual situation existed. E Bat
tery Field Artillery won the school
championship both in class A and
class B. That is an enviable rec
ord.
The department is run by “Mr.
Penny,” “Spike” White, and there
will be some new assistants an
nounced when school starts. Unit
organizations are handled by the
members of the organizations
themselves and are under the su
pervision of the department.
Oldest agricultural college in the
United States is Michigan State
established in 1853.
Page 7
Mad Scramble Between Texas, SMU, And
Rice Due With Aggies As Definite Threat
By Mike Haikin
“Texas, S. M. U. and Rice.”
So resounds the opinion of some
thousand experts all over the
country as the start of another
thrilling Southwest Conference race
is only a stone’s throw away.
A Mad Scramble
The defending champions—the
Texas Aggies and the S. M. U.
Mustangs—are faced with an al
most impossible task of keeping
Coach Dana X. Bible’s eleven from
grabbing off at least part of the
title. The Aggies are given the
best chance of stopping the Long
horns, primarily because of a cer
tain jinx that has hovered over
the Steers for many a year in the
fact that Texas has not beaten
A. & M. on Kyle Field since 1922.
However, the Mustangs are ex
pected to be right on the Long
horns’ heels, and the Texas-A. & M.
battle may even prove a boom
to the Ponies’ title aspirations.
At any rate, a mad scramble be
tween Texas, S. M. U., and Rice
is a distinct probability, with the
Aggies being the “dark horse”
team. Coach Dana X. Bible’s plan
at Texas University is finally be
ginning to bloom, and the Long
horn patrons fully expect the Bible
eleven to be the top team come
December, jinx or no jinx.
Layden and Crain
The reason for Texas’ cham
pionship aspirations are Pete Lay
den, senior triple threat fullback,
and Jack Crain, swivel-hipped half
back, a couple of gridsters who
have been a nemesis to the South
west Conference coaches for the
pa^t three years. The Texas Ag
gies especially remember Layden
for his one-man rout of them last
Thanksgiving. Besides these two
potential stars, the Steers have
speed to burn in the backfield and
line. The Steers have eighteen let-
termen coming back for another
fling, including nine of the “im
mortal 13” who played against the
Aggies last Thanksgiving. Besides
Crain and Layden, there’ll be Noble
Doss and Vernon Martin in the
backfield. Both were starters last
year, and are expected to do yeomen
service for the Steers in the coming
campaign. Graduation, ineligibil
ity, and draft have caused the
Longhorns to lose such capable men
as Co-capatin Ted Dawson, Glenn
Jackson, Don Williams, Nelson
Puett, and Jimmy Grubbs. Among
the standouts in the line are Guard
Chal Daniel, Ends Malcolm Kutner
and Mike Sweeney, and Tackle
Standley Mauldin.
Depend On Johnson
Going on to S. M. U., we find
that the Mustangs, in spite of los
ing seven linemen and five backs,
are labeled as one of the top teams
of the Southwest Conference. Loss
of Ray Mallouf and Johnny Clem
ent certainly will hurt the Mustang
team, but in Preston Johnson,
Matty Bell has one of the finest
backs in the conference. The Mus
tang offense will be probably cen
tered around Johnson, who is a
triple threat back, and Howard
“Red” Maley, sensational passer-
runner from the freshman squad
of last year. The line is bolsteaeed
from end to stern by Ted Ram
sey, big and durable guard, Ends
Roland Goss, E. L. Keeton, and
OUT ON
THE LIMB
Battalion’s Predictions:
1.
Texas
2.
S. M. U.
3.
A. & M.
3.
Rice
5.
T. C. U.
6.
Baylor
7.
Arkansas
Gus Tunnell, Center Hoyle Simms,
and Tackles Lynn Bostick and Joe
Pasqua. Ramsey is already groom
ed by many Mustang fans as a
potential All-American.
Rice a Threat
Under the guidance of drawling
Jess Neely, the Rice Owls will
always be a threat in any game
they play, but they just don’t seem
to be of championship calibre. Their
backfield, headed by Bob Brumley,
Dick Dwelle, and Gene Keel, is
rated as good as any in the South
west, but it is the weakness of
the forward wall that has Neely
worried. He lost a goldmine when
Ken Whitlow, Fred Hartman, and
Livy Bassett graduated, and it will
be a hard job to replace them.
However, in Art Goforth, chunky
guard, Verlan Pritchard, big 200-
pound tackle shifted from end, and
Bill Heard, 215-pound husky tackle,
Coach Neely has the makings of
a line that may be able to match
itself with any in the conference.
As for the backfield, Brumley and
Dwelle will bear the brunt of the
offense. Brumley is especially
capable of executing Neely’s tricky
spinners, while Dwelle is Rice’s ace
passer.
The “Darkhorse” Aggies
And now the Aggies! Certain
ly no one can discount them from
the race because Homer Norton
has a “darkhorse” team—a team
that may develop into a real threat
or one that may just fall by the
wayside. Norton has the material
but as yet it has been untried. The
reason the team has been labelled
as a “darkhorse” in the confer
ence race is in the fact that Nor
ton, instead of scrimmaging as has
been the usual custom, worked on
fundamentals with the gridsters
during spring training. The grid
iron machine that crushed 20 out
of 21 foes in the past two years
is no more. Nine of the starters
of the championship team are gone,
with only Halfback Derace Moser
and End Jim Sterling remaining.
It is from the on-coming sopho
mores and the squadmen of last
year that Norton hopes to build
anothet championship eleven. The
nucleus of the team is centered
around four experienced men—
Moser, Sterling, Bill “Jitterbug"
Henderson, pass-snatching end, and
Martin Ruby, big and reliable
tackle. Ruby’s excellent perform
ance in the Cotton Bowl last year
serves as a notice to other line
men that he will be hard to stop
both on offense and defense as well.
The main weakness of the cadet
eleven appears to be in the middle
of the line, vacated by Marshall
Robnett, Charlie Henke and Tommy
Vaughn. Norton will have an al
most impossible job to replace these
men. In their places he has Les
Richardson and Ray Mulhollan at
the guard posts and Dub Sibley at
the pivot position. These gridsters
saw only a little service last year,
and as yet are really inexperienced.
Ready to give a hand are Roy
(See S. W. C. RACE, page 8)
Open Letter to New Students
Dear Prospective Aggie:
We take this opportunity to congratulate you on your coming to the
great A. & M. College of Texas and to welcome you to the best com
munity in the South
fFelcome, Prospective Aggies!
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Due to Unsettled Conditions Prices Subject to Change Without Notice
Fish Slacks, 18-oz. Serge $8.95
Campaign Hats, Permanent Brim,
fur felt 5.00
Fish Dress Caps 3.50
Fish Sam Browne 2.50
Aggie Lab Suits (Aggie Seal on back) „ 3.50
Trench Coats (split tail) 4.50
I.E.S. Study Lamps 2.95
Fish Bombay Slacks 2.29
High Back Bombay Slacks 3.25
Glengarrie Poplin Regulation Shirts 2.25
(Patches furnished and sewed on free.)
Broadcloth Regulation Shirts 1.75
(Aggies have bought 25,000 of them.)
Gym Shirts, A. & M. Regulation 49 ^
Gym Shorts, A. & M. Regulation 79^
Web Belts 50^
Hat Cords 25^
Chin Straps 25^
Collar Ornaments, Each 30^ and 35^
AMC Cap Ornaments 50^
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Sta-Ties 50^ and 79d
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Rubber Boots $1.98-$2.98
Athletic Socks 25^
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Aggie Maroon and White Blanket $5.00
Aggie Seal in center; Aggie football
action scenes on border—a beautiful
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The J. C. Penney Company in Bryan, adjacent to A. & M. College,
has served the Aggies with military needs for years at decided
savings. We are your home town store selling for cash and that
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The instructions from College authorities state you should buy no
articles of military clothing or equipment until you arrive. The J.
C. Penney Company is your approved store where you can buy from
upper classmen with confidence, knowing you will get regulation
clothing in dependable quality as savings.
Please be advised you are NOT required to restrict your purchases
tothe stores on or near the campus. You are free to shop around,
making your purchases where you feel you can get dependable
merchandise at the right price.
We wish to cite one instance where we save you money. We em
broider organization patches and place fish stripes on every shirt
bought here free of charge. We have sold over 25,000 regulation
shirts to Aggies and many of them tell us they wear our shirts two
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It is our earnest desire to serve you. We’ll be seing you. We must
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