ON KYLE FIELD
With Mike Haikin
Result of Two Week’s Workout Will Show Up
In Sam Houston Tilt; Guards and Backs Shine
The Aggies have now been prac
ticing and scrimmaging over two
weeks, and the average cadet fan
probably asks this question, “What
is the result of the many hours
spent by Coach Homer Norton and
his staff on the gridsters?” one
result is obvious. The players have
gained some experience that they
didn’t have before. What that ex
perience will do will be answered
this Saturday in the Sam Houston
game. If the Ags run over the
Bearkats, they will ve very hard
to handle. However, should they
just edge out a victory or be up
set, the cadets will be just another
team.
In the three big scrimmages that
the Aggies have
had, one thing
that has
brought smiles
to Coach Homer
Norton is the
work of the
guards, L e s
Kichardson and
Roy Bucek, ably
SU PP° rted by
JS’. Richardson Ra J MuUiollan
' and Felix Bu
cek. ..Les has been especially
brilliant, blocking at least one punt
in every scrim
mage. H i s
blocked punt
last Saturday
resulted in a
touchdown for
the Varsity.
Both the Bucek
brothers have
been going
great guns, as
has Mulhollan
JlUfeiLeeJi even though he
is some 10 pounds under weight.
If these boys continue their con
sistent work, Norton’s worries
about the guard posts will be over.
Orchids to Leo Daniels and Cul
len Rogers for their splendid ex
hibition last Saturday afternoon.
They really put on a swell show
for home folks. This writer has
2? ‘Daniels
(P
been sold on Leo since last year,
but Saturday’s
e x hibition
clinched it. His
passing stood
out like a sore
thumb, and that
65 yard quick-
kick wasn’t any
fluke either. As
for Cullen (Lit-
tie Slick to
you), the more
he carried the
ball, the more this writer thought
of his bud,
Slick Rogers,
who carried the
mail here in ’36,
’37, and ’38. His
53 yard pass to
Simmons was a
beauty, and his
running and
signal . calling
was well above
par.
—o—
Before we say anything else,
let’s give Coaches Charlie DeWare
and Manning Smith’s freshmen
team a pat on the back. Even
though the Varsity outclassed them
vastly they kept fighting all the
time for every inch of ground.
They showed a lot of promise, and
indicated they will be more than
ready for the season’s opener. And
don’t think they haven’t any stars,
because they do. This boy Otto
Payne, fullback from Waco, is
mighty good as are J. N. Trotter,
big aggressive end and George
Wilde, tailback from Graham.
Wilde’s kicks averaged around 45
yards. Not bad for a freshman.
—o— \
SPORTS SQUIBS
FROM HERE AND THERE
Joe Routt and Less Cum
mings, former Aggie football
greats, were around for the
game Saturday . . . from what
Joe says, it looks like the
stork is due to visit him and
the missus soon . . . Joe natur
ally hopes that it’s a boy, and
says he’s going to start scrim
maging him early . . . Well,
here’s hoping Joe . . .
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Page 3
Swimming Meet Rules Given
By Adamson; Read ’Em Now
By Art Adamson
Aggie Swimming Coach
With the start of freshman in
tramural swimming comes many
questions as to the various rules
in conducting a swimming meet.
This article is written with the
idea of helping the swimmers to
understand what will be required
of them.
The program and order of events
is as follows:
1. The medley relay, in which
three men make up a team. The
first man swims breaststroke; the
second man, backstroke; and the
third man, freestyle. Each mem
ber of the team swims forty yards
across the pool and returns.
2. The forty-yard freestyle.
3. The forty-yard backstroke.
4. The forty-yard breaststroke.
5. The four-man freestyle relay
(four men on each team), in which
each man swims forty yards.
This information is given in or
der to cut down disqualifications.
In relay events each man on a
team is responsible for seeing that
he does not leave the edge of the
pool before his teammate has
touched the side of the pool at the
finish of his lap. In other words,
the swimmer who is about to
leave, in order to swim his lap,
must be in contact with the side
of the pool when his teammate
touches.
Races will be started with each
swimmer standing back from the
edge of the pool about a foot. At
mers, take your mark!,” the swim
mers will step forward to the edge
of the pool. When the starter sees
that all of the swimmers are
standing on the edge and that
everyone is on balance, he will
give the signal to start the race
by blowing a whistle.
In all races which call for the
use of the backstroke, the swim
mer will start in the water with
his back in the direction in which
he intends to swim. Throughout
a backstroke race the swimmer
must be on his back; this means
that when he touches the side of
the pool on making a turn or at
the finish of a race he must be on
his back, and also when he makes
his push-off at his turn he must
be on his back.
Few disqualifications occur in
intramural swimming except in
the backstroke event in which dis
qualifications come thick and fast.
The breaststroke is one of the old
est and simplest of strokes; but
the rules as to how it should be
done are very strict. This is be
cause the poorer swimmers can
often get more speed by doing the
breaststroke wrong than he can by
doing it right.
An outline of the rules for the
breaststroke follows:
1. The shoulders of the swim
mer must be at right angles to his
line of progress.
2. His shoulders must be level in
the water.
3. Both arms must make identi
cal movements at the same time.
When making a turn or finishing
a race both hands must touch the
side of the pool together.
4. On the kick the legs must be
drawn up and kept at the same
level in the water; the legs are
thrust back-and-out together in a
circular movement; the water en
gaged with the sole of the foot.
Both legs must make the same
identical movement and there
must be no suggestion of an up-
and-down motion in the kick.
In freestyle races the swimmer
may use any type of stroke he
wishes, except in the freestyle leg
of the medley race where the rules
call for a stroke other than back-
stroke or breaststroke.
Another way that disqualifica
tions occur is the contestant swim
ming in a crooked line and inter
fering with a competing swim
mer.
A new rule has been added to
the swimming rules this year. It
bars a man on a particular team
from swimming in more than two
events.
INTRAMDRALS
By
DUB OXFORD
Next Sports
Class A
Basketball Sept. 29
Water Polo Oct. 6
rennis Sept. 30 Basketba’
Class B
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Oct. 6
On Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. Coach
Art Adamson will demonstrate
all strokes used in intramural swim
meets. Also at this meeting in
the pool, Coach Adamson will talk
on the rules of an intramural swim
meet. A game
credit will be giv
en to all fresh
men taking intra
mural who attend
the meeting. And
on Thursday aft
ernoon at 5:00
p. m. in the gym
there will be a
similar meeting
concerning foot
ball rules. Cred
it for one game’s participation
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will also be given for this meet
ing. All organizations will bene
fit by having their fish attend
these meetings.
This afternoon at 5:00 p. m. in
the intramural office, there will
be a meeting of all sophomores
who are interested in being an in
tramural departmental manager.
Letters have been sent out by Mr.
Penberthy and sophomores who are
interested and did not receive a
letter are also asked to' come by
the intramural office at the desig
nated time.
The success of the program as
it now exists depends a great
deal on the sophomore managers,
and eventually the three senior
managers are picked from the
sophomores.
Close contact with the intramural
program offers an unequalled op
portunity of widening acquaint
ances and friendships; covering the
entire corps, and excellent lead
ership training through handling
hundreds of cadets in their recrea
tion.
The intramural department in
vites all sophomores who may be
interested in the program to attend
the meeting and hear a more com
plete discussion of the managerial
setup.
Fellows here is your chance to
ge in on some learning . . . learn
ing something and having fun
while you are doing it. Every
person needs some extra-curricular
activity, and I know of no better
way to spend your spare time. So
drop around and see Mr. Penny.
The annual intramural banquet
has ben set for Thursday, Sep
tember 25, so please keep that date
open. The banquet is to be held
for the Athletic and Recreation
officer of each organization, and
his assistant. The intramural ban-
quests have always been an event
that fellows talk about for months
later and Mr. Penny has promised
that this one will be better than
all the rest. So let’s get ready
for that feed!
Cadet Gridsters Work on Bearkat Plays;
Daniels andLesRichardsonStar Saturday
Ladies Riding
Classes Open To
All Girls Over 17
Children Classes to Start
Thursday; Will be Held At
Stables Two Times Weekly
Beginning Monday, September
22,, there will be Ladies Riding
classes and these classes are op
en to any lady over seventeen
years and who lives in the vicini
ty of Bryan or College Station.
These classes will meet three times
a week: Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday, and the tentatively set
time is 8 a.m. during warm weath
er, and may be changed to any
time convenient to the whole class.
There will be classes for both
beginners and advanced students.
The present program calls for rid
ing instructions for beginners. The
instructions will be under the sup
ervision of Lieut. W. G. North
and Sergeant Ernest Seeger of
the Cavalry and will be held at
the Cavalry stables.
All ladies interested should call
Mrs. T. A. Adcock at College or
Sergeant Seeger at 4-7124 for ar
rangements. The cost of instruc
tion is $10 per semester to cover
care and saddling of the horses. All
proceeds from the classes will go
to the Polo team as its principal
source of financial support.
Children’s riding classes will be
gin Thursday, Sept. 25, at 4:00 p.m.
and will be held twice a week.
The meeting time for the child
ren’s classes will be Thursday at
four and Saturday at 8 a.m. The
children’s classes are open to any
boy or girl up to the age of sev
enteen years. These classes will
also be held at the cavalry sta
bles. There will be an officer in
charge of the children’s classes at
all times to look after their welfare
are the cost is $5 per semester. In.
terested parties should contact
Sergeant Seeger at the military
department.
Williamson Picks
Tennessee Vols As
Nation’s No 1 Team
By Paul B. Williamson
The Tennessee Vols demonstrat
ed their power in the Southeast
ern Conference by defeating the
Furman Purple Hurricanes by a
score of 32 to 6. This victory was
predicted by the Williamson Sys
tem.
By picking V. P. I. over
Catawba the System let itself open
for plenty of “riding” from indig
nant fans and regional sports re
porters. The System was vindi
cated, however, when V. P. I. beat
Catawba 22-2.
Wake Forest lived up to our pre
season estimate by taking over
Camp Davis 65-0.
The System received some hefty
protests for being so conservative
in forecasting a close game be
tween Davidson and Rollins with
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The Texas Aggie football team
went back to work earnestly in
preparation yesterday afternoon
for the Sam Houston State Teach
ers’ College, who proved against
Lamar Junior College last week
that they will be a tough lot to
handle.
Coach Homer Norton was all
smiles concerning last Saturday’s
scrimmage which the Varsity won,
56-0. Especially was he pleased
with the work of Leo Daniels,
whose excellent pasing work gave
a rise to the Aggies’ stock. The
work of Lee Richardson was not
overlooked either, and Norton has
a lot of hope in that boy.
Flash Power
All in all, Coach Norton’s Ag
gies flashed plenty of power and
deception and indicated they would
be tough to handle throughout the
season. Their passing game work
ed perfect during the first half,
with 14 out of 17 aerials being com
pleted. However, the Fish proved
to be more cautious the next half,
and held the Vasity to only one
completion. The work of all backs
was more than satisfactory. De
race Moser, Tom Pickett, ’Bama
Smith, Willie Zapalac, Andy An-
dricks, Marshall Spivey. Cullen Ro
gers and Jake Webster provided
more than an ample amount of
thrills for the 7000 fans present.
Webster, Zapalac, and Rogers prov.
ed they were able extra-point kick
ers when they all combined to ac
count for 8 consecutive pointh af
ter touchdown.
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Meanwhile the Texas Aggies
practiced on Sam Houston plays,
with the Fish and B team run
ning them off, and the A team at
tempting to stop them. Passing
also was a main issue in the work
out with Moser, Daniels, Rogers
and Smith firing strikes to Bill
Henderson, Jim Sterling, Boots
Simmons and Harold Cowley.
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