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Aggies to be in Worst Physical Condition Of Season Saturday; Norton Gives Warning When the Texas Aggies take on the Rice Owls Saturday after noon in Houston, it will be the first in some three years that the Cadets have gone into a game so badly battered. They are undoubtedly in worse physical shape that they have been all season. To those cadets who have not even given a thought to the Rice game but have already been talk ing of the Thanksgiving battle, take heed to Coach Homer Norton's words. “We were keyed up for the S. M. U. game,” the Aggie coach said Monday. “The boys all want ed that one and had themselves in the frame of mind to win it but, you know, they don’t get that way every week and what I’m afraid of is that they will become over-confident and may lose next Saturday. Also add to that our in juries, and we are in a bad shape,” the coach concluded. Derace Moser and Jim Sterling, two of the most important cogs of the Aggie machine were the new injuries added to the already growing hospital roster. Moser hurt his ankle in the S. M. U. game,, while Sterling pulled his shoulder in one of his blocks against the Mustangs. So when you start distributing that good ole propaganda of how we’ll beat Texas, just don’t for get there is a strong Rice team, very hungry for a victory, staring us right straight in the face. Just you remember that! Officiating in Fish-Slime Game One of Bad Features of Tilt; Trotter, Stout, Davis Star Dropped by Houston Tuesday af ternoon and saw the Aggie Fish snatch victory out of the fire aganist the Rice Slimes, 13-12. The game in itself was pretty fair, but the officiating was sorry. The of ficials missed so many offenses that even the writers in the press box referred to the Slimes as the “Immortal 13”—11 players plus two officials. Even Byron Win stead of the Publicity Department kept shouting “Rate Watson” un til his lungs almost gave out. The writer chimed in with a few but finally was left far behind by By ron’s vocal cords. Both teams’ pass defenses were slightly off, with passes being com pleted all over the field. Most beautiful was George Wilde’s 66 yard pass to Jennings Anderson for the Fish winning score. The ball actually traveled 54 yards in the air before Anderson gathered it in on the 12 yard line and scamp ered over for the score. Add J. N. Trotter, Ben Stout, and Johnny Davis to that combination and you pretty well have the stars of the game. This Trotter boy was the best lineman on the field averag ing approximately 65 per cent of all the Fish tackles Just keep your eyes on this boy—he’s going places. Sports Squibs From Here and There; Lefty Bumpers to Get Trial With Detroit Tigers L. P. “Lefty” Bumpers, the Ag gies’ great southpaw pitcher of the past two years, will get a trial with the Detroit Tigers this year ... if he makes good he may stick with the American Leaguers or be shipped to Buffalo, a Class AA entry . . . Bumpers played with Beaumont last summer winning five games and losing seven with a last place club . . . Texas Uni versity and the “12th” man . . . 1,000 members of its select stu- dnet body flourished out to the station to greet the bewildered Longhorn players who still couldn't understand how Baylor ever man aged for a tie! . . . The Daily Tex- The Owls Are Next, Aggies <7he *7 METEOR Albert Richards LEATHER COATS Unrivalled in style and fit—these new Albert Richard leather coats and jackets look and fit so different from the usual lines of leather goods. Expertly tailored with luxurious trimming and lining that makes them favorites with college men everywhere. Come in and try on a real fine leather coat and see the difference. $7.95 to $17.50 7 t T TN WIMBERLEY ■ STONE DANSBY W.OTX7 CJ.OTKIERS College and Bryan an, student newspaper, called it the greatest rally in the Universi ty’s history. We don’t dispute that angle ... IT PROBABLY WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT 1,000 MEMBERS OUT OF AN 11,000 TEXAS UNIVERSITY STUDENT BODY EVER GREETED THE TEAM. . . It was a great accom plishment for the student body and the cheer leaders ... NO DOUBT . . . the Aggies are still second on ly to the Texas Longhorns in total offense . . .the average reads: T. U. 2449; Ags 2057 . . . however, the defenesive angle changes hands . . . Texas has allowed opponents 1057 while the Aggies have let theirfoes only. 763 yards . . . Ac cording to a report from the Bos ton Record, Bill Henderson, Aggie end, is leading the end candidates for All-American with 10 votes . . . he is trailed by Loren McKinney of Harvard and Holt Rast of Ala bama, who have 9 votes apiece . . . Chal Daniel of Texas is the lead ing guard with 11 votes. Dr. George D. Stoddard, dean of the graduate school of the Uni versity of Iowa, will succeed Dr. Ernest E. Cole as New York state education commissioner on June 30, 1942. AGGIES LETS TAKE THOSE OWLS For Quality Barber Work ^00 COLLEGE VIEW BARBER SHOP East Gate THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1941- THE BATTALION Page 3 Owl First Year Stars Weldon Humble—End Aggies Working Overtime In Preparation for Owls With a tough fight in sight from the Rice Institute Owls in Houston Saturday, the Texas Aggies are working overtime in practice sessions. The Owls are in fourth place in the conference race with one victory and one defeat, while the cadets are leading the pack with four wins and no losses. Derace Moser, the Aggie pass ing ace, who completed 11 passes in 26 attempts against S. M. U., has been limping around at prac tice with a swolen ankle. “Mose” will be in shape by Saturday and is a good bet to be in the starting lineup. Willie Zapalac, who has been nursing an injured knee, is recovering rapidly and should be ready to go Saturday. Jim Sterling, who has been thrill ing spectators with his smashing blocking game, pulled his shoul der in just such a block. Leo Daniels was kept from passing in the S. M. U. game due to an injured shoulder. Bobby Williams, with a bruised hip, has been shifted to blocking back from tailback to fill in for Zapalac. Tom Pickett is still out with his rib and knee injuries. This situation leaves the cadets out of tailbacks for the Rice game. The Owls, under Coach Jess Neely, are working hard in an ef fort to devise means of toppling the Aggies from the ranks of the undefeated and untied teams and the conference lead. The Owls have been stressing pass defense and are trying in every way to figure a method of stopping the famed Aggie “aerial circus.” The Aggies have a wide edge in the tall-time series with the Owls, having won 17 games to Rice’s 6. Two of the games were ties. The Owls have not defeated the cadets since 1935. ■* Clark Wells—Back Harold Stockbridge—Back Bill Blackburn—Center Fish Triumph Over Slimes on Wilde’s 66 Yard Pass Play Scoring on a 69 yard runback of an intercepted lateral, and a 66 yard forward pass, the Aggie Fish scored their second win of the season with a 13-12 decision over the Rice Slimes Tuesday. An Armistice Day crowd of 7,000 per sons watched the tilt, which was a battle from the opening kickoff. Fish End Tom Goers broke the ice in the third quarter when he in tercepted Sultis’ lateral on his own 31 yard line and raced the dis tance to score. Previous to thF, the game had been a seasaw af fair with neither team able t) reach paydirt. Shortly after the start of the fourth quarter, the Slimes march ed 38 yards to a touchdown, and a few minutes later went into the lead, scoring on two pass plays which carried them from the 45 yard line to the goal. However, the Fish refused to ad mit defeat, and with but four min utes remaining in the ball game. George Wilde dropped back and shot a long pass to Jennings An derson who raced the remaining distance for the winning score. The Slimes took the kickoff and drove down to the Fish 10 yard line, attempting a field goal from this point. The pass from cen ter was fumbled, and the Fish re covered as the game ended. Mongomery Starts Harvard Scholarship W. J. Montgomery, who was a- warded a national scholarship at the Harvard Buisness school, has enrolled for the first year of his two-year master’s in business ad ministration. Montgomery graduated from A. & M. in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science degree. LET’S STOMP THOSE OWLS But Before You Go On The Corps Trip Come in and get a trim haircut. Nothing looks better than well- groomed hair AGGIELAND BARBER AND BEAUTY SHOP North Gate Across from P. O. Patronize Our Agent In Your Outfit. "Air .y2-1585% DYERS-FURSTORAGE HATTERS moncan. CASH & CARRY — D. M. DANSBY, ’37 North Gate INTRAMDRALS By DUB OXFORD Oxford Judging from the number of protests filed with this writer since the last Battalion appeared, per haps I had better rectify the mis take made. It was reported that J. R. Rucker of I Infantry was class B individual winner. The corrected statement now reads, J. R. RUNK- LES OF B INFANTRY WINNER OF CLASS B CROSS COUNTRY MEET. Water Polo in Quarter Finals Class A water polo is now in the quarter - finals and only one team so far has progressed to the semi-finals, name E battery Field Artillery. With Welder of 5 CH Q making three goals and Bassin- ger heaving the ball in for 2 more, 6 CHQ came out winner of the match with A CWS. The Chem boys tallied only 1 point in the game. F Field won their match with 2 CHQ by a score of 3-1. Although the match was one of the hardest fought battles that water polo ob servers have seen, the Field boys were just the better team that night. In the match between I Field and B Infantry, Ralph Inglefield scored 2 goals and F. M. Edwards backed him up for another point to make the score 3-1 in favor of I battery. The game of the evening was the splashy match between E Field and C CWS. The game ended with the score 2-1 in favor E battery, but that’s not the whole story. Pat Biggs of E Field scored the only two goals made, but it was quite a fight to do so. In fact, half of the CWS team spent the most of their time under water and vice was only 30 seconds left to play in the quarter final game between E Infantry and F Replacement Center. E Infantry was trailing F Replacement Center 2-0. On a blocked punt, F Replace ment Center made, E Infantry took possession of the ball on the 30 yard line. After two incomplete passes and with 14 seconds remain ing to play, a pass was completed by E Infantry and the Infantrymen carried the ball over for a touch down. The try for the extra point failed and E Infantry won, 6-2. Willis Jacobs, 27, is the youngest Ph.D. on the campus of the Uni versity of New Mexico. S-O SHORT ON SLACKS WE NEED AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF JUNIOR SLACKS and SERGE SHIRTS Also We Need Slide Rules and A Few Soph Slacks BRING THEM TO Loupot’s Trading Post North Gate J. E. Loupot, ’32 ■i FORFEIT DOGHOUSE Class A: G Field Artillery, Tennis Class B: 2 Hdq. iFeld Artillery, Swim- .ming F Engineers, Swimming The volleyball courts have seen lots of action lately, and Recrea tional officers are reminded that they are allowed to send down only twelve men to participate in a vol ley ball game. Intramural Heroics and Hysterics Referee Orville Lee Moore cor nered me and related a most in teresting tale. It seems that there Standings W L T Pts Op A. & M. 0 0 90 10 Texas — —3 0 1 129 21 T. C. U.... 2 1 0 32 26 Rice 1 1 0 21 52 Baylor ... 1 2 1 39 78 S. M. U 0 2 0 10 55 Arkansas 0 5 0 33 105 " LA SALLE HOTEL BRYAN, TEXAS 100 Rooms - 100 Baths Fire Proof R. W. HOWELL, Mgr. 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