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Javelina Stout Defense Responsible For Close Score at Half; Hog Pass Defense Weak The big question hanging aloft in everyone’s mind con cerning last Saturday’s game in San Antonio is, “What hap pened to the Aggies during the first half? There is only one answer. Nothing happened to them. They played as good ball as was expected of them, but ran up against a stout and determined Javelina defense that just wouldn’t give way. This was evidenced by their brilliant goal line stand that withstood four vicious line plunges by Derace Moser. However, A. & I. had one very big weakness—pass de fense. The Aggies were completing their aerials right and left in the first half, but just couldn’t cash in on all of them. When the rest period for the intermission came, Norton pointed out to the boys the mistakes they were making, and told them to continue their passing attack relentlessly. This they did, and you know the result. The passing of Moser was magnificent. His passes were true to the mark each time, and if he continues to be as accurate as he was last Saturday night, Coach Norton’s worry for a flinger will be over. •* Boots Simmons’ Great Exhibition Last Week Shows Aggies Have Best Ends in Conference As for the stars in the game, there were so many for the Aggies that it was hard to distinguish them. However, we will say this, Boots Simmons undoubtedly, play ed one of the greatest games of his life. He was in on nearly every tackle, was responsible for a couple of scores with his great pass snag ging, and blocked with the vicious, ness of a professional. The Jav- elinas were halted in their tracks every time they tried to go around his end. It was a great day for Boots, which only goes to show what kind of end play the Aggies will have all year. Henderson, Sterling and Simmons—they can’t be beat. irnmon? Texas Shows Class in 34-0 Trouncing Of LSU; Considered One of Nation’s Strongest Ags Leave for New York Today If you aren’t yet convinced that Texas University has one of the strongest teams in the nation, then you’d better crawl in a hole. It is. only wishful thinking to say that the Longhorns are weak and will not be in the running for the Southwest Conference flag. This Williamson Warns All Opponents of Aggie Possibilities Texas U Still Placed In Second Slot by System; SMU, TCU, Ranked High By Paul B. Williamson Keep your eyes on those Texas Aggies. Any team that can run over the Javelinas of Texas A. & I. 41 to 0 evidently wasn’t hurt so much by the draft and graduation. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! The Williamson System made a straight win-lose record of 83.2 per cent over the nation last week. However, the System along with practically everyone else, slipped up on a number of games. • The games we went wrong on were: Mississippi State 14, Ala bama 0; Ohio State 33, Southern California 0; Manhattan 23, George Washington 0; V.P.I. 3, George town 0; Washington State 13; Cal ifornia 6; Yale 21, Virginia 19; and Massachusetts State 8, Connecticut G. On the brighter side of the pic ture, the system picked Creight-' on over St. Louis U., Baylor over Denver, Tulane over Auburn, Tex as over L.S.U., Hattiesburg over Louisiana Tech, Texas Tech over Oklahoma A. & M., T. C. U. over Arkansas, Columbia over Brown, and Louisiana Normal vs. Centen ary as “mighty close”—they tied 6 and 6. We expected Northwestern to beat Kansas State, but not by such a whale of a score—51 to 3. We also picked Rice to s\vamp Sam Houston, 42 to 0. Perfect Team 100.0 1. Duke 99.8 2. Texas , : : 99.7 3. Ohio State 98.4 4. Navy 99.0 B. Northwestern 98.0 6. Tulane 97.7 7. Minnesota 97.3 8. Oklahoma 96.0 9. Stanford 95.9 10. Pennsylvania 95.7 11. Fordham 94.1 12. Santa Clara 93.9 13. Michigan 93.5 14. Mississippi State 93.4 15. Nebraska 93.4 16. Tennessee 93.1 17. Wisconsin 93.0 18. South Carolina 92.8 19. Baylor 92.7 20. S.M.U 92.6 21. Rice 91.9 22. Notre Dame 91.8 23. Vanderbilt 91.7 24. Dartmouth 91.5 25. Georgia 91.3 26. Kentucky 91.2 (See WILLIAMSON, Page 4) BRING YOUR DIRTY CLOTHES TO US AND HAVE THEM IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION FOR THE WEEK-END LAUTERSTEIN’S BATTALION!)— o^(p(^£x3 OCTOBER 7, 1941 Page 3 It Wasn’t War but Khaki Clad Marched on S A for Victory By Mike Mann Senior Sports Assistant The Aggies marched on the Ala mo last week end—not a war march but a march to support the Aggies on the gridiron Saturday night in their fray against the Texas A. & I. Javelinas. Some 3,000 Aggies entered San Antonio between Fri day morning and Saturday night at game time. The Alamo City was ready for the arrival of the Aggies and “Wel come, Texas Aggies” signs were displayed prominently at hotels, night clubs and drive-ins through out the city. These signs were tak en at their face value and Aggies could be found taking part in fes tivities both before and after the game. Display of Spirit The San Antonio corps trip,, though unofficial, gave a better display of Aggie spirit on a corps trip than has been seen in a long time. The Aggies in San Antonio were going full blast by game time Saturday night. In the stadium the corps took up over three sections of seats, the main body of Aggies being located between the 20 and 50 yard lines while a great number of ca dets were strung out all the way into the end zone. Had it not been for the increased vigor of the corps the scattered condition would have seriously hampered the yelling. As it was, the yell leaders were hard- taxed to cover the entire body. The Aggies just turned on the heat and took care of all obstacles —space included—and an excellent display of the Aggie yelling sec tion was seen by the spectators across the field. The Aggies in the stands were supported by a large number of dates who had that old Aggie spirit and were giving the yells right along with the corps. Both Bands Show The half-time color was supplied by the Javelina and Aggie bands The Javelina bad took the field first, went through formations, in tribute to the two schools, and then left the field playing the “Aggie War Hymn”. The Aggie band came on the field immediately behind the A. & I. (See CORPS TRIP, Page 4) INTRAMORALS By DUB OXFORD corner picked the Longhorns to win the crown at the start of the year, and we’re not back tracking a bit. There is not one doubt in this writer’s mind that the Long horns will suffer a terrific jolt on Kyle Field come Thanksgiving, but then that’s as much the strong est Aggie optimist can hope for. Don’t fool yourself about those Steers. They have class, as evi denced by their recent 34-0 trounc ing of L. S. U. True, the Tigers weren’t any polished team, but the most the experts were giving was 13 points, and that five touchdown win the Longhorns put over was no fluke, by any means. This Saturday they take on Okla homa Sooners in Dallas. The game should prove to be an interesting one, and if you still don’t believe in the power of the Longhorns, why, then just truck over to “Big D” and give them the once-over. With rain taking over the intra-1 mural playing fields, there is con siderable inactivity on the lots by Kyle Field. As a general thumb rule about whether or not to report to your scheduled game if the wea ther is bad, call the intramural of fice. Of course there are many times that your own personal jud gment will tell you that it would be impossible to play a game. But many times the Oxford field will have had time to drain off before the time of the games and the matches will be played. AGGIES ALWAYS WELCOME COME OVER AND SEE US TODAY Try Our Sodas — Ice Cream Candy and Smokes Blacks Pharmacy Phone 4-1182 East Gate We Deliver STAR OF THE WEEK DE PARTMENT . , . This week the honor goes to two great football players. The first, Boots Simmons, Aggie relief end, who showed Coach Bud McCallum’s A. & I. Javelinas the art of end-play with his great exhibition of pass catch ing. The second star, Pete Layden, backfield ace of the Texas Long horns, who ran the L. S. U. Tigers to death with his passing, run ning, and kicking. Bill Braid Lost to Polo Team Until December The hard riding Texas Aggie polo team suffered a severe blow this weekend as it was learned that one of the team’s starting members would be lost to the squad. Bill Braid, the top man for the number two position, goes out of action for an indefinite period. Braid is to undergo an intestinal operation in the near future which will keep him on the sidelines prob ably until mid December. Lieut. W. H. North, coach of the team, continues to mold the team into a first class outfit. Prospects were definitely bright at the first of the season, but as a result of Braid’s misfortune the team’s chances will be hindered, though by the time Bill gets back into action the squad will have some ex perience and will be ready to go full steam. Touch Football Takes Spotlight Before the showers set in, many teams gave “their all” for their companies, and quite a few thrill ing touch football games resulted. F Replacement Center fought G Field to a close score, the Field boys winning 1-0; and speaking of close scores, I Replacement Center also beat M Infantry by 1-0. By scoring 19 points" in the first four minutes of the first half, B Infan try took a win over I Replacement Center. C Cavalry Wins on Long Pass On the last play of the game, C Cavalry threw a pass from their own 15 yard line which was good and the Cavalrymen capitalized on the pass for a touchdown. L In fantry was on the losing end of the G-0 score. Machine Gun cavalry also did well in their game as they beat B CWS by a 12-0 score. E Replacement, 2; C Field Ar tillery, 0; was the final score when the gun sounded in E Replacement Center’s game. Conger took a 35 yard pass from Davis and raced 15 yards for a touchdown for H Infantry’s win over F Coast and B Coast Artillery beat K Infantry by a score of 6-0. Team Will Work Out In Indiana and Washington Rogers, Pickett, Williams Lead Aggie Second-Half Attack in 41-0 Win Over Hogs Happy over their belated 410 victory over Texas A. & I. last Saturday night at San Antonio, Coach Homer Norton and 30 Tex as Aggie gridsters will depart this afternoon at 12:30 for New York City where they will prepare to meet the challenge of the N.Y.U. Violets at the Yankee Stadium next Saturday. The team, Coach Norton, and Line Coach Bill James will take the bus to Hearne, where they will catch the Missouri Pacific. While on their way to the “Big City”, the team will stop at Vincennes, Indiana, and Washington, D. C., and take a couple of workouts. Another workout will follow these at New York before the game. They plan to return to College Monday afternoon. Meanwhile the gridsters had a heavy workout yesterday after noon, including a rough scrim mage and a passing drill. Moser, Daniels, Pickett, Williams, and Rogers were hitting the receivers with remarkable regularity. Again it was the reserves who clinched the game for the cadets last Saturday night. The “three musketeers” — Rogers, Pickett, and Williams carried most of the load in the second half to give the Aggies a 11 0 victory over A & I. Held off (Hftot/pers to almost a stand still by a stout heai'ted Hog de fense during the first half, the ca dets broke loose with an aerial circus in the second session fea turing Moser, Rogers, Danilels, and Pickett that all but tore the A. & I. Secondary apart. An idea of the damage done by the passing attack was the fact the Aggies completed 21 out of 41 aerial at tempts for a net total of 305 yards. Coach Homer Norton was ail smiles yesterday afternoon when discussing the team. “The boys looked mighty good, particularly Simmons, Roy Bucek, and Cullen R|ogers,V he said smilingly. A (See AGGIES LEAVE, Page 4) Patronize Our Agent In Your Outfit. CASH & CARRY North Gate D. M. DANSBY, ’37 FORFEIT DOGHOUSE Class B B Cavalry, Sw. Swimming Moving Along Still running up large scores, B Coast Artillery beat K Infantry by a score of 29-19. Following B Coast in points run up, F Coast made 24 points to B Field’s 23. 3 CHQ won their game with B Cav alry by a forfeit, and I Replace ment Center took I Infantry to the cleaners by a score of 27-21. There will be a meeting of all Athletic and Recreation officers at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, October 9 in the CE lecture room. Mr. Penny requests that all officers be there, and if they cannot attend the meet ing, send their assistant. *■ GUION HALL Tuesday — Wednesday Gail PATRICK • Jack CARSON Florence BATES • Sidney BLACKMER Screen Play by William Ludwig, Charles Lederer and David Hertx Directed by JACK CONWAY . Produced by PANDRO S. BERMAN Let Us Fix Your Radio EXPERT RADIO REPAIR WORK STUDENT CO-OP One Block East, N. Gate Phone 4-4114 GOT A DATE? Then Bring Her Out For An Enjoyable Evening Where The Food Is Delicious And The Music Is Sweet FRANUIITS One Mile West on Airport* Road DON’T GAMBLE ON THE WEATHER As all Aggies know—sooner or later we will be having rain—and plenty of it. 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