Let’s be Realistic And Not Pessimistic
About Aggie Chances in Winning Grid Crown
Realism—a grim and truthful word in the vocabulary
that has ofen caused the downfall of quite a number of foot
ball teams. That is exactly what is NOT present on this
campus. Too many cadets dwell in the land of “wishful
thinking-.” They believe that the Aggies have everything,
but don’t realize that five other conference teams have been
going great guns too. It may be true that the Aggies are in
vincible—anyway, let’s hope so—but we may realize that
this is an altogether new team—a team that has lost the
cream of the crop through graduation. Sure, we’ve showed
a lot of promise so far, and may go places should we take
T. C. U. this week. But until then, and until the season is
over, let’s take each game as they come. Let’s not build any
castles in the air. It’ll all blow up on us.
As for the Aggie players themselves, they all think
they’ll win this ole crown. Derace Moser, Roy Bucek, Rosy
Sterling, Willie Zapalac, and the rest have often expressed
that opinion. Well, they should. What would be the fun of
playing football if you didn’t think you could win?* But the
players are going to take each game as it comes, and that’s
the only way they’re going to win games. Pessimistic? No,
just being realistic.
Great Passing Duel Between Moser And
Gillespie Expected When Ags and Frogs Meet
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1941-
THE BATTALION
-PAGE 3
Triple-Threat TCU Star
The Aggies are at the well-
known cross road this week when
they take on the T. C. U. Horned
Frogs at Ft. Worth. And what a
battle that should turn out. A
defensive team versus the high
est scoring team in the nation!
Both have done exceptionally well
in their pre-conference games, but
the Aggies have had a slight ad
vantage. They had three good
warmup games in which they
could get ready for the Frogs,
while T. C. U. had a battle on their
hands each week. Too, it’ll bring
out the first individual duel of the
year when Triple-threat Kyle Gil
lespie faces durable Derace Moser
in what may turn out one of
the greatest pitching duels since
Sammy Baugh slinged against Billy
Patterson. Both have been desig
nated as “it” men on the team, and
may have double duty come Sat
urday.
STAR OF THE WEEK DE
PARTMENT ... To Bob Brumley,
spinner back of the Rice Owls,
who paced them to an upset vic
tory over the Tulane Greenies by
accounting for all 10 points in the
game. Also orchird to the Rice
forward wall which withstood any
thing the Greenies could offer.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Moser,
Spivey, Pickett, and Sibley Shine in New York
Derace Moser, Marshall Spivey,
and Tom Pickett proved to be stars
in the N. Y. U. game, while Dub
Sibley and Bill Henderson were
demons on defense . . . Congrats
to the “G” Coast Artillery Fish
for that swell football sign hang
ing on top of Mitchell Hall . . .
other freshmen take notice . . . the
old adage of “he who laughs last
laughs loudest” came out pretty
well this week . . . we’re talking
about the smart boys who couldn’t
believe that Rice would beat Tu
lane . . . they still are a bit
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CLQChlERS
COLLEGE and BRYAN
skeptical about the whole deal . . .
Looks like the famous “Model T”
cracked up this week when Coach
Clark Shaughnessy’s Rose Bowl
champs took it on the chin froxn
an uprising Oregon State team . . .
DIDJA KNOW . . . that the Aggies
lead T. C. U. on their all-time rec
ord by winning 21 contests to the
Frogs’ 11 . . . the all-time score
is 567 for A. & M. and 245 for T.
C. U. . . . the Frogs have never
had a half back for football cap
tain . . . guards lead in the choice
—including Captain Bill Crawford
of the 1941 team . . . T. C. U. hasn’t
had a tie since 1937, when they
had 7-7 scores with both Arkansas
and the Aggies .... To clear up a
few of the clouded minds on the
A. & M. - N. Y. U. game of last
Saturday ... it was Tom Pickett
who threw that flat zone pass
which the Violets intercepted and
scored on, and not Marshall Spivey
as reported by Announcer Dan
Riss . . . the Souhtwest Confer
ence has lost only one game to out
siders this year, and that was
Fordham over S. M. U. by a mere
38 seconds. . . . Meyer-coached
teams at T. C. U. have found the
Texas Longhorns easiest of any
conference eleven to score on, th6
S. M. U. Mustangs the hardest . . .
INTRAMURALS
By
DUB OXFORD
Aggies Open Conference Season Against
TCU Saturday; Down NYU in Second Half
Aerial Duel Looms
Between Moser And
Gillespie at Ft Worth
Coming through with victory No.
three while in New York, Coach
Homer Norton and his Texas Ag
gies hit College Station Monday
afternoon, and prepared to work
harder than ever for their first
conference game against the
strong T.C.U. Horned Frogs next
Saturday at Fort Worth.
It will be the second conference
go for the Frogs as they set back
Arkansas a couple of weeks ago,
9-0. Last week they opened up
their offense for the first time a-
gainst the Indiana Hoosiers, with
the result being a 20-14 victory
for T.C.U. Again it was Kyle Gil
lespie who paced Dutch Meyer’s of
fense, and it is upon his shoulders
that the Frog’s base their hopes
next Saturday.
Second-Half Sprees
Meanwhile, the Aggies again
had one of their well-known
second-half sprees against N.Y.U.,
which set the Violets back to a
49-7 defeat. It was a sweet triumph
for the cadets who only two quar
ters before were fighting to stem
a violent N.Y.U. tide. The violets
had tied the score at 7 all on a
pass interception and were seem
ingly headed for another score as
they had first down on the Aggie
2 yard line. Four line plays put the
ball back on the A. & M. 10 and
the Aggies were out of danger.
It was Derace Moser who start
ed the cadets on their touchdown
spree when he intercepted a pass
and scampered for an 89 yard
score. From then on it was a
slaughter, and even the adding
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Sibley Stars
Dub Sibley proved to be the de
fensive star of the game as he
time and again
proved to be the
fifth man in the
backfield. He al
so intercepted a
pass that led to
the Aggies’ first
score. Bill Hen-
lerson and Fuel
Wesson also
showed up well
both on offense
ia n d defense,
while Moser, Spi
vey, Pickett, Ro
gers, and Andricks found the range
in the backfield. Andricks had one
of his best days as he bulldogged
that Violet line into submission.
T. C. U., too, showed up great
in their game with Indiana, as
they withstood a Hoosier touch
down surprise to overcome them.
Sibley
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LAUTERSTEIN’S
Aggies Jump To
Fourth Place In
Williamson’s Poll
By Paul B .Williamson
The Texas Aggies swamped the
New York University Violets by a
score of 49-7; raised themselves 8.2
percentage points; and went into
fourth place with a rating of 99.0
per cent. Last week the William
son System gave out a warning
about those Aggies. They are doing
just as we expected.
Despite murmurs in the sports
world of “a big upsetting week”,
the System had the smoothest
week of the season with a correct
record of 83.3 per cent. The Wil
liamson’s Ratings marked up 164
wins,, 31 losses, and five upsetting
ties.
We went wrong on two games
that were definitely upsets. Stan
ford lost to Oregon State 10-0 and
Tulane lost to Rice 10 9. Stanford
and Tulane should have won. It was
Stanford’s first defeat since the
1939 season. Teams, no matter how
good, just don’t go on winning for
ever.
Tulane indicated strength in its
first two games with victories
over Boston College and Auburn;
but we didn’t forget that Boston
lost four great players from last
year’s team. Auburn just couldn’t
get going against the Tulane
Green Wave. Besides, Tulane al
ways was a sucker for quick-kicks
and “Stoop” Dickson of the Rice
Owls quick-kicked Tulane to death.
For the first time in quite a
spell, the System went against
the ratings last week to pick Col
gate over Dartmouth, and Colorado
College over Montana State. The
ratings were right for Dartmouth
over Colgate 18-7; the reversal
was right for Colorado College
over Montana 28-7.
Another so called cockeyed re
sult was Holy Cross’ 6 to 0 loss to
Syracuse, in the first game in 21
years between those two teams.
Some of the System’s great pre
dictions last week were: Clemson
(See WILLIAMSON, Page 4)
Second-Half Spree
Gives Aggies 49-7
Victory Over NYU
Gillespie completed 5 of 11 aerials
for 85 yards, putting himself up as
one of the leading flingers in the
conference.
Aerial Duel
An aerial duel is in prospect for
the coming A. & M.-T. C. U. fray.
The Fi’ogs are naturally noted for
their passing game, while the Ag
gies, who before this year were
noted for their sheer power, have
suddenly turned into an aerial cir
cus, completing 67 passes out of
95 attempts. Derace Moser has
been doing most of the slinging
for the cadets, being today the
leading passer in the nation.
Kyle Gillespie has been noted for
his passes ever since he has been
enrolled at T. C. U. So watch for
one of the greatest pitching duels
in football.
Jinx Factor
’ Another determining factor is
expected to enter the game before
Saturday. That is the jinx the
Frogs hold over the cadets. Only
(See NYU GAME, Page 4)
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Class A
Basketball
Touch Football
Get out your track shoes fellows,
both Class A and Class B cross
country will be held on Sunday,
November 9. The P.E. department
has gotten rules for the meet and
here they are:
All freshmen who enter the race
will be required
to complete a
training period of
at least five
workouts under
the direction of
Colonel Anderson.
This period will
start on Monday,
October 27' and
continue through
Oxford Thursday, Nov
ember 6. A max
imum of eight freshmen from each
unit may take part in the train
ing period, five of whom will he
selected to compete in the race
snd the three men finishing first
for each unit will constitute a team.
Students completing the training
period who are not selected for the
team will be given four game cred
its and students competing in the
race will receive six game cred
its.
Upperclassmen will not be requir
ed to train, it is assumed that they
will do so of their own accord. Cross
Country has always been a pop
ular intramural sport and a big
participation is expected.
The Physical Education Depart
ment is asking that all freshmen,
regardless of whether they are tak
ing class, intramurals, or any Fish
sport ,to meet in the Assembly Hall
with their regular section for
the second period of this week. Roll
will be checked and the absences
will be recorded.
Class B
Ping- Pong
Volleyball
nis racket as well as a polo mal-
lett. They beat K Infantry by a
2 0 score, after a hard fought bat
tle.
C Coast and B Cavalry fought
it out, with the Coast boys coming
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Class A
5 CHQ, tennis
Artillery Band, tennis
Class B
Infantry Band, swimming
out on the winning end of a 2-1
score. F Coast played an interest
ing game; they, too, won their
match, beating D Cavalry 2-0. The
Field Artillery met the Field Ar-
(See INTRAMURALS, Page 4)
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First Meeting of Fish
Swimmers to be Held
Wed Night in YMCA
The first meeting of the Fish
swimming team will he held to
morrow night at 7:30 in the “Y”
chapel, Coach Art Adamson an
nounced today. Any freshman who
is interested in swimming and
would like to try out for the team
is invited to attend.
Based on present prospects,
this years’s team is expected to
be one of the best in the history of
the school. Among those expected
to report tomorrow night are Da
vis of El Paso, state sprint cham
pion, and Griffin of Ft. Worth,
third place winner in the state
breaststroke competition. Several
other outstanding high school
swimmers are expected to attend.
Coach Adamson added that the
team might possibly participate
in meets with New Mexico Milita
ry Institute, the Texas Fish, the
San Antonio Y. M. C. A., and the
Houston Y. M. C. A.
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