You can shout it from the housetops, you can spread it
all the way from the Brazos River to the “Forty Acres.”
The Aggies have really got IT. This writer has seen many
great ball clubs in his day—’35 S.M.U. team, ’38 T.C.U. squad,
and the ’39 and ’40 Aggie entries, but Saturday’s edition of
the fighting cadets had ’em all beat. We’re not saying that
the Aggie team is greater than hny of the aforementioned
eleven above throughout the season, but we’re saying that
the Aggies, on Saturday October 25, were, by far, a more
polished outfit than any of the four.
It was the greatest slaughter of an outclassed team that
this writer has ever witnessed. Baylor never got its breath,
never even could punch back. They were a more outclassed
squad than was the Sam Houston Bearkat team at the start
of the year. Even Coach Homer Norton was astounded with
his team’s performance. This writer talked to the coach the
day before the game. When told that some of the boys around
the campus were giving 14 to 20 points, Coach Norton retorted
with the reply, “They’re plumb off their beam. Don’t fool
yourself, this is going to be a tough battle.”
Aggies Show Almost Perfect Team in One
Day; Astound All Sport Writers and Coaches
Yes it was tough — tough to
watch the literal slaughter of a
football team. It really was the
Aggies’ heyday, and they took ad
vantage of it. Everything was
perfect—blocking, running, pass
ing, and tackling.
As for the stars, you just name
’em. Just call out an Aggie name
and you’ll hit the spot. They
were all great, but we just can’t
pass up the fact that Derace Moser
is, and will be the spearhead of
the bruising cadet attack. He
didn’t play much of the game—he
didn’t have to—but whenever he
was in there, he was great. If you
really want to see ole Moser blown
up, just take a look at Sunday’s
Waco News Tribune and Jinx
Tucker’s story. It’s the best and
most dramatic "piece of journalism
that this writer has read in many
a moon. Yes sir, give us Moser,
and you can have all your Crains,
Laydens, Wilsons, Johnsons, Brum-
leys, etc.
Since everyone is so persistent
to know about the stars of the
game, we’ll give a couple, who
w e thought
stood just a wee
bit above the
shoulders of the
rest. Correct
the first time.
It’s Jim Sterling
and little Bobby
Williams. Jim’s
block near the
sidelines on Leo
Daniels’ punt
^tyfilhams re turn was one
of the prettiest and hardest that
this writer has seen in football.
Bobby, a package of dynamite if
ever there was one, made that
Baylor line look like a sieve, with
his persistent drives. Whatta
drive that boy has for his size.
Whew! He’s a literal giant killer.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; John
Kimbrough Stars in New York’s 31-14 Win
John Kimbrough, former Aggie
All-American, found himself Sun
day afternoon to lead the New
York American professional foot
ball team to a 31-14 victory over
Buffalo ... in playing 56 min
utes of the game, John carried the
f^I
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ball 19 times for 84 yards and
scored one of the Americans'
touchdowns . . . Bill Henderson, the
best decoy on forward passing in
the nation, is the leading pass-re
ceiver on the team ... he has
caught 15 passes in 5 games, an
average of 3 per cent . . . Hmm!
Not bad, not bad at all . . . Some
highlights and sidelights from the
Baylor game . . . Amos.. Melton,
Fort Worth Star Telegram Sports
writer, was really sold on T. C. U.
after the game . . . “Why, shux,”
Amos said, T. C. U. has a great
team ... they held the Aggies to a
mere 14 points . . . Here’s another
small item on Mr. Melton ... as
the Aggies were piling score after
score against Baylor, every once in
a while Amos would turn around
to this writer and say, “Monot
onous, isn’t it? . . .
STAR OF THE WEEK DE
PARTMENT . . . Seems this week
we had so many stars that we
just can keep up with them, so,
instead, we give you the whole
Texas Aggie and Texas Longhorn
teams, who lessened the interest
of football in Baylor and Rice, re
spectively, with their decisive wins.
OCTOBER 28, 1941
THE BATTALION
Page 3
Aggie Blocking Devastates Baylor
Cullen Rogers is shown as he swings around Baylors’ left end for twelve yards in the second quarter
of the 48 to 0 massacre last Saturday. Weldon Maples is preparing to throw one of those vicious
blocks shown by the Aggies all afternoon. —Photo by Jack Jones
Cadets Point for Arkansas Razorbacks
After Overwhelming Baylor Bears, 48-0
Williamson Puts
Aggies in Third
Place: TU Is No 1
" HogS Show Power H
In Handing Detroit
Team First Defeat
By Mike Mann
Senior Sports Assistant
The Texas Aggies climbed into
the number three spot of the na
tion this week by virtue of their
48-0 whitewashing of Baylor. The
Aggies have a fine record of top-
heavy scores in their five games
this season against tough opposi
tion.
Big Texas, on the strength, of its
overwhelming scores in every game
on a tough schedule, must stay at
No. 1 over a great Minnesota team
at No. 2.
Fordham had to come from be
hind to whip strong T. C. U., and
for so doing earns the No. 4 spot
this week. Duke’s Blue Devils fell
off a little, but held close enough
at consistence to rate No. 5.
Those and a few others are the
leading consistent teams of the
country—something that is becom
ing very scarce as the 1941 sea^
son wears down toward the stretch.
Probably for the first time in
history, no Pacific Coast team is
in the first 25. Even Santa Clara,
considered one of the best Coast
teams in years, fell before Okla
homa in one of the week’s big
gest upsets. At the present rate,
there is going to be difficulty in
selecting a Western representative
for the Rose Bowl which hasn’t
lost two or three games.
The reason the System has been
stressing consistence of the seven
leaders is apparent from the week’s
results. A great number of games
just weren’t consistent, causing one
of the worst predicting percentages
(See WILLIAMSON, Page 4)
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HASWELL’S
The Texas Aggies, after handing
the Baylor Bears the second worst
defeat in the history of the two
schools by trouncing them 48-0,
are readying themselves for the
Arkansas Razorbacks whom they
meet in Little Rock, Arkansas,
next Saturday. The Aggies suf
fered few injuries in the Baylor
lunaway. Jim Sterling and Tom
Pickett sustained slight injuries
but are recovering rapidly. Martin
Ruby is still carrying his fractur
ed hand in a cast which, as Baylor
found out Saturday, does not hin
der his game at the tackle posi
tion in the least.
Hogs Upset Detroit
The Razorbacks of Arkansas
university journeyed to Detroit and
upset the Detroit Titans 9-6. This
is the first game in which the
Razorbacks have been given a rea
sonable display of their true abil
ity. Records do not show them
to be a strong team but the Arkans
as squad is much more powerful
than the dope books indicate. Tex
as U., Baylor, and Texas Chris
tian have beaten Arkansas in con
ference games this year. In the
game with Texas the Razorbacks
made 14 first downs to 12 for the
Longhorns.
The Titans dominated the first
half of the game Friday night and
led the Razorbacks with a 6-0
score at the half. Immediately
after the opening of the second
half Arkansas took the ball and
marched 76 yards for a tally, tying
the score at 6-6. Late in the fourth
quarter the Razorbacks recovered
a Detroit fumble on the Titan 20-
yard line. On the second down
following the fumble, Scarborough,
an Arkansas sophomore back,
booted a field goal bringing the
Razorbacks out in front by three
points. The game ended two sec
onds after the goal was kicked.
Detroit was an undefeated and
untied team; Indiana and Okla
homa A. & M. being among the
teams going down before the
Titans.
Top Backs Play
For the first time this year,
the three top Arkansas backs, Bob
Forte, and David and Meredith
Jones, were all able to play at the
same time. The combination has
been broken up in previous games
because of injuries. The Razor-
back ends, Wynne, Pitts, and
Adams, are varsity basketball
players, all being over six feet,
three inches tall. Arkansas has
two of the finest tackles in the
conference in Bynum and Coats,
a Texas boy.
Rollins Scouts
Dough Rollins, Aggie end coach,
was in Detroit scouting the Razor-
backs for A. & M. He states that
Arkansas has a much stronger
team than they are given credit
for and are capable of giving the
Aggies a stiff struggle.
The 1939 Aggie team was the
first Cadet team ever to defeat
the Arkansas Razorbacks in Ar
kansas and at the present time,
Arkansas is leading the Aggies
in the all-time series. „
Aggie Polo Team
Inaugurates New
Field With Victory
By Lieut. W. G. North
Despite the loss of Captain Carl
Maloney at the No. 2 spot from an
injury in practice last Friday, the
Aggie polo team came through
with flying colors at the dedica
tion of their new field by defeating
a powerful Shreveport quartet by a
score of 9 to 5. Playing a little off
their stride, the Aggies kept the
score tied at 3 all at the half, and
three all at the end of the fourth
period. Hitting their full stride
as the substitutions for the injur
ed Braid and Maloney got into
the swing of the play, the Aggies
pushed through two goals in the
fifth chukker and four in the sixth
while playing a tight defense that
allowed the Shreveport aggrega
tion only one goal in each of those
periods.
Prior to the opening of the game,
the new polo field was dedicated
to the Ag:gie team and presented
to the college by Major J. F. Ste
vens, Cavalry, coach of the team.
President T. O. Walton accepted the
field on behalf of the college and
(See POLO TEAM, Page 4)
INTRAMDRALS
By
DUB OXFORD
Many teams have met all the
organizations in their league and
league winners for that particular
sport have been tabulated. In
class A, league winners so far in
tennis are: E Infantry, F. Field
and G Infantry.
In water polo an
nounced league
5 winners are: E
Field, 2 CHQ, D
Engineers, and C
Chemical War
fare Service.
Class B has only
one league winner
so far, 1 Head-
Oxford quarters Field.
Many teams have not finished
playing all the organizations in
their league yet and some of the
league winners have not been tab
ulated. The list will be complet
ed as teams finish all their games.
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very good considering the enor-
(See INTRAMURALS, Page 4)
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