Title Hopes of Aggie Basketball Team
Rather Slim; Henderson is Big Sparkplug
Getting off football for a spell,
let’s see what Cage Coach Marty
Karow has molded in the way
of a basketball team. In their
first game with the Sam Houston
State Teachers, the Ags were
slightly out of tune, but that can
be remedied in the fact that the
sparkplug and captain of the team,
Bill Henderson was not present.
Treetop Billy does make a lot of
difference as he seldom misses
carrying off tops scoring honors
in any basketball game. Even last
year and before when the Aggies
were hopelessly losing games, Hen
derson would nearly always be
high point man.
As for winning the crown or
even getting close to it, the chances
are very slim. Coach Marty Karcw
is in his first year as basketball
mentor, having replaced T. C. U.
Coach Hub McQuillan, and it will
be a miracle if he can win the
crown. Not since 1923 have the
Aggies seen such a title, and it
may be another decade. It is a
known fact that the A. & M.
athletic department does not exert
itself looking for basketball stars
like Arkansas, Rice, or Teaxs do,
and with these schools grabbing
the cream of the high school crop,
te Ags don’t stand much of a
chance.
However, you can get your bot
tom dollars that Coach Karow’s
five will be battling all the way
in the same manner exemplified
by other A. & M. athletic teams
and, with that hustle may topple
a favored team or two. Remem
ber what they said about the 1941
Aggie football team? The grid-
sters fooled a lot of people. Can
the cage team do the same? We’ll
just wait and see.
SPORTS SQUIBS FROM
HERE AND THERE
With the naming of the Bat
talion All-Conference team, the
regular season is over, so let’s
take a glance at some individual
all’s . . . First the best passer in
the conference is Derace Moser . . .
’Kama Scout
Is Impressed By
Aggie Pass Attack
Tide Players in Good
Shape For Cotton Bowl
Battle With Texas Aggies
University, Ala., Dec. 12.—Ala
bama’s football squad began prep
arations for the sixth appearance
of a Crimson Tide eleven in a post
season bowl game this week.
After five trips to the Rose Bowl,
Alabama will meet the mighty
Texas A. & M. team in Dallas’
Cotton Bowl classic, Jan. 1.
Coach Frank Thomas announc
ed that workouts this week would
be of a light nature and that it
would be Monday or Tuesday of
next week before the Tide buckled
down to any rough work. With the
exception of Paul Spencer, 195
pound senior fullback, the entire
Alabama squad is in god condi
tion.
Spencer has been on the side
lines since the Kentucky game,
November 1, with a leg injury and
only time wall tell whether or
not the Tide’s varsity fullback
will be able to see action against
the Aggies. He resumed practice
with the rest of the squad Tues
day.
Coach Harold “Red” Drew, Ala
bama end coach who scouted Tex
as A. & M. in its 7-0 victory over
Washington State in Tacoma Sat
urday, said the Aggies have the
“greatest passing team I have ever
seen.”
Drew was also impressed by the
Aggies’ star back, Derace Moser,
and said that it seemed to him
that there was little to choose be
tween Moser and his left half al
ternate, Leo Daniels.
best kicker is Presto Johnston of
S. M. U. k . . Best broken field
runner— Jack Crain of Texas . . .
Best blocker . . . Vernon Martin
of Texas . . . Best placekicker—
Jake Webster . . . Best pass re
ceiver—Bill Henderson. . . Hard
est line plunger—Bob Brumley of
Rice . . . Best all-around lineman
—Martin Ruby of A. & M. . . . Now
for some individual things . . .
Most thrilling and best run of
the season—Dean Bagley’s 55 yard
gallop through the whole Texas
team (no foolin’, it was a beauty)
. . . “Money” run of the year—
Felix Bucek’s 58 yard interception
score which gave the Aggies a
7-0 victory over Arkansas . . .
Biggets upset of the year . . .
Baylor’s 7-7 tie with Texas . . .
it even outranks T. C. U.’s defeat
of the Steers . . . Screwiest play of
the year . . . Beecher Huff’s back
ward kick of 4- yards in the Bay-
lor-Rice game . . . Biggest back
fire of the year . . . Stoop Dick
son’s 65 yard quickkick against
Texas which Jack Crain ran back
for a touchdown . . . Most outclass
ed team . . . Baylor in the 48-0
rout by the Aggies.
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BATTALIONS
DECEMBER 13, 1941. Page 4
Rugged Soph ’Bama Linemen
DON WHITMIRE
Alabama Tackle
College Professors Organize
Bi- Weekly Volleyball Club
By Mike Mann
Senior Sports Assistant
Profs, extension service work
ers, experiment station men, and
other college employees, here is
a remedy for that dull, down-and-
out feeling that inevitably comes
to most people at some time or an
other. Here, too, is a swell way
to keep down the waistline.
A small group of college em
ployees, realizing the need of ad
ditional exercise, have organized a
volley ball club. This club has
regular sessions twice a week,
from 5:45 until 7:00 p. m. every
Tuesday and Thursday, on the court
in the little gym behind DeWare
Field House at Kyle Field.
The title of “Fat and Forties”
has been bestowed upon the group
by one of its members, W. R.
Horsley, chairman of the Student
Labor Committee. However, this
name is not truly descriptive of
the members for all are not over
Fencing Team Goes
To Waco for Meeting
The fencing team will go to
Waco to meet the Baylor Bears for
a fencing meet. It is to be a three
weapon tournament with foils,
epees, and sabers being used. Coach
Lambert Molyneaux gave the fol
lowing probable line up: C. L.
Adcock, J. E. Fryje, R. W. Shaw,
D. L. Stillinger, and R. C. Dyer.
The team is made up mostly of
sophomores and there are no let-
termen on the team. But Coach
Molyneaux said that the team was
in good shape and would turn in a
good account of themselves in the
meet against Baylor. He said that
the team needs experienced men
and invited any experienced fencer
to report to the gym at seven
o’clock on Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, or Friday nights.
Tulane university student center
.was built with funds donated by
the alumni.
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forty and not many of them can
be classed in the category of “fat”.
The Intramural Department, in
the persons of W. L. Penberthy,
Spike White, and Luke Harrison,
has been giving invaluable aid to
the newly-organized club. Some
member of the intramural staff
is present at all times to offi
ciate at the games and to settle
frequent good-natured disputes. It
is through the courtesy of the
Intramural Department, who fur
nishes the gym and equipment, that
this club has come into being.
At the present time the partic
ipants of this group number be
tween 20 and 25 persons but more
are joining at each session. Mem
bers of the college academic staff,
AAA employees, members of the
local college services, and other
college employees are invited to
engage in this enjoyable and
healthful sports.
The “charter members” of this
organization extend a cordial wel
come to all college employees to
come down to the little gym any
Tuesday or Thursday evening from
5:45 ’til 7:00 and join in the fun.
No fees, no extras; just a good
time for all!
Aggies Wholly
Dominate NYU’s
All-Opponent Team
The New York university All-
Opponent team selected by the
Violet varsity players is dominated
by the Texas Aggie team with
three Cadets, on the first honor
ary team and four named on the
second eleven.
Jim Sterling, Martin Ruby, and
Derace Moser of the Aggies were
picked almost unanimously. The
remainder of the first team posi
tions were closely contested. There
were ties among the second team
right guards and right ends.
The N. Y. U. All-Opponents first
team includes: Jim Sterling, Ag
gies, left end; Martin Ruby, Aggies,
left tackle; Joe Zeno, Holy Cross,
left guard; Darold Jenkins, Mis
souri, center; John MeKenna, Laf
ayette, right guard; Ernie Blandin,
Tulane, right tackle; Jim Lansing,
Fordham, right end; Walt McDon
ald, Tulane, quarterback; Derace
Moser, Aggies, left half; Bill
Smaltz, Penn State, right half; and
Steve Filipowicz, Fordham, full
back.
The second team consists of:
Paul Berthold, Syracuse, left end.
Fuel Wesson, Aggies, left tackle;
Roy Bucek, Aggies, left guard; Bill
Sibley, Aggies, center; Tom Ben-
net, Fordham, and Roman Bentz,
Tulane, right guard; Ken Schoon
over, Penn State, right tackle; Red
McPhail, Syracuse, and Bill Hen
derson, Aggies, right end; John
Petrella, Penn State, quarterback;
Jim Blumenstock, Fordham, left
half; Bob Steuber, Missouri, right
half,; and John Grigas, Holy Cross,
fullback.
Cadets Go
Back to Grid
Battles Mon
Coach Norton’s
Team Is in Top
Shape for ’Bama
With only three weeks left be
fore the 1942 Cotton Bowl Classic,
the Texas Aggies go back to the
gridiron wars Monday afternoon
in prepartion for the impending
battle with the Alabama Crimson
Tide.
Coach Homer Norton’s South
west Conference champs arrived
from their 7-0 victory over Wash
ington State without any serious
injuries and are expected to be in
tiptop shape for Alabama. Only
Derace Moser and Felix Bucek
came out of the Cougar battle
with any kind of injury. Moser
had a bruised hip while Bucek suf
fered a chipped ankle. Les Rich
ardson, the other Cadet casualty
is fast rounding into shape and
is due to be the starting guard
New Year’s Day.
The Aggies plan to polish their
great passing attack, and add a
bit more finnesse to their improv
ing ground game. The latter
worked nicely against Washington
State, and it is almost certain that
Coach Homer Norton will throw a
combination of running and pass
ing instead of wholly depending
on the air attack.
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