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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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
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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.
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