Ags Open Cage Schedule Against TU Tonight
Regimental Benefit Grid Game is Worthy
Cause to Support—Reason?—The Red Cross
The gridiron togs which were
seemingly salted away for the next
three months will make their ap
pearance once more Monday after
noon when Coaches Bill Buchanan’s
and Bill Conatser’s Maroon and
White team respectively will begin
preparations for the annual regi
mental football game Saturday,
January 17.
This tilt will be played in bene
fit of the Red Gross Relief fund,
and it is the hope of the sponsors
•—Cadet Colonel Tom Gillis, Sen
ior Class President Dick Hervey
and this scribe—that the students,
the faculty, and the residents of
College Station and Bryan will
respond readily to this worthy
cause. Tickets for the game will
go on sale immediately, and each
cadet can receive his ducat from
his first sergeant.
This football game, which was
originated last year, has more than
one purpose in its scope. Of how
much help we can be to the Red
Cross, which is in dire need of
funds, one can never tell, but one
thing sure—we’re going to do all
we can to help them. When you
pay to see this game, you’re not
only helping your country, but you
are contributing a helpful hand
which will forever stomp the
threat to our liberties. It’ll take
more than guns and planes to win
this war—it’ll take food and cloth
ing and that is where the Red
Cross comes in.
So let’s all get behind this drive
and set an example for other
schools to follow! The tickets are
only twenty-five cents, so let’s all
contribute. Besides the Red Cross
contribution you’ll be able to see
one swell gridiron battle between
two teams which are coached by
two former Aggie football greats
—Bill Buchanan and Bill Conatser.
Both served as assistants on the
freshman team this year, and are
all set to put on a great show.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Les
Richardson Leaves School to Join Air Corps
Les Richardson, bruising Teaxs need of a diver . . . anyone who
Aggie guard on the ’41 team, is
the first football player of this
year team to leave school ... he
joined the air corps . . . Pelly
Dittman, former Aggie football
star, and one of the fliers who
received the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross, is well remembered for
his run against S. M. U. in 1938.
. . . with only a minute to play
and S. M. U. out in front 10-7,
Pelly took the kickoff following the
Mustangs’ field goal and ambled
some 60 yards before being nailed
on the 25 yard line . . . another
great Aggie athlete, Eddie Hogan,
former track star, met his death
while on duty . . . Here’s a special
announcement from Art Adamson,
Aggie swimming coach . . . “The
Varsity swimming team is in dire
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can dive should contact Coach Ad
amson at the pool after 4 p. m.
. . . Coach Adamson says that he
is so in need of divers that he will
consider anyone who can fall off
a diving board in ten different
ways. . . While the Varsity and
fish basketball teams will be try
ing out its luck against the Texas
Longhorns tonight, the Doc Lip
scomb cage team will play the
Lon Morris Junior College five in
the DeWare Field House at 7:30
tonight . . . there will be no admis
sion charge and if you want to
see some thrilling basketball, why,
just come down to the gym and
take a gander at the fast and im
proving Lipscomb entry . . . Con
cerning pro football, only one foot
ball player of the Aggie team has
been contacted and that is Martin
Ruby . .. .however, it is problemati
cal that Ruby will play as he is
going into the Navy upon gradua
tion.
Nevada and Utah are the only
states in which there are no living
alumni of Emory university.
GOOD LUCK
AGGIES
during the year
of
1942
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JANUARY 10, 1942 Page 3
Steers Favored to Win Even
After Loss to Rice Institute
The 1942 Aggie Basketball Squad
Aggies to be Paced by Henderson And
Jarrett; Sanders Big Gun for Longhorns
Coach Marty Karow’s 1941 cage squad, which opens its season against the Texas Longhorns in
Austin Saturday is pictured above. Left to right starting in the front row we have Les Pedep,
Charlie (Bones) Stevenson, Ray Jarrett, Bill Henderson, Ray Klutz, Leland Huffman, Mike Cokinos,
and Bill Nutto. In the back row—James Crouch, R. B. Bayer, Fred Nabors, Jamie Dawson, Coach
Marty Karow, Pete Watkins, Bill Underwood, and Paul Pennington. Photo by Howard Berry
Opening their 1942 Southwest
Conference season, the Texas Aggie
cagers meet the University of
Texas Longhorns tonight in Aus
tin. The Steers have a pre-sea
son record of seven victories and
five losses while the Aggies have
won three and lost eight.
The Longhorns have already
played one conference game, suf
fering a 62-38 defeat at the hands
of the Rice institute Owls in Hous
ton Wednesday night. The Owls
were held in check by the Steeers
for the first half of the match and
the mid-time score was 26-22 in
favor of Rice. The Feathered Flock
led by All American Bob Kin
ney, one of the top basketball
stars of the conference, came back
in the last half to overwhelm the
Longhorns in furious attack.
The Texas attack was paced en
tirely by Les Sanders who’ equals
Kinney in height. Sanders was
high-point man for the Steers,
tallying 15 points. Leslie Croucher
was right behind in the line of
Steer scorers.
The Aggie basketballers, led by
Captain Bill “Jitterbug” Hender
son, are out to make a good show
ing in the conference this year.
The rangy Henderson is noted for
his ability to sink goals from the
most difficult positions.
Ray Jarrett, Bill Underwood,
Ralston Bayer, Ray Klutz, and Les
Peden have been doing favorable
work at the forward positions.
Playing the guard positions, Leland
Huffman, Charlie Stevenson, Mike
Cokinos, and Jim Crouch have been
seeing much service. Pete Watkins,
Fred Nabors, and Jamie Dawson,
along with Henderson, have been
holding down the center spot.
The probably 'starting lineup
for the Cadets will be Bayer and
Jarrett, forwards; Henderson,
center; and Huffman and Cokinos,
guards. The probable starters for
the Longhorns will be John Hargis
and Frank Brahaney, forwards;
Sander, center; and Croucher and
Lavoice Scudday, guards.
INTRAM URALS
By
DUB OXFORD
Coach Bill Buchanan’sMaroonsand Coach
Bill Conatser’s Whites Open Drills Friday
Yesterday afternoon marked the
opening of the practice sessions of
the Maroons and the Whites, the
two teams made up among the
Cadet Corps to play the annual
benefit game. The proceeds of the
game, which is to be played at
2:30 p. m-, Saturday, January 17,
on Kyle Field, will go to the
American Red Cross War Fund.
Tickets for the game will go on
sale Monday and may be purchas
ed from first sergeants of the
corps and at local business houses
in College Station and Bryan.
The practices started with light
drills and exercises designed to
limber up the players. The squads
will be narrowed down to 30 men
per team by Monday afternoon, at
which time uniforms will be issued.
A large number of men turned out
at the meetings of the two teams
Thursday night and both teams
are predicted to turn out some
flashy material.
Bill Conatser, coach of the
White team consisting of men of
the Field Artillery, Coast Artillery,
Engineers, and all Corps Head
quarters, is being assisted by Der
ace Moser, Jim Sterling, Weldon
Maples, and Bob Tulis, all of the
Campus Club Shows
Vast Improvement In
Tilts Played This Year
The Campus Club, a water polo
team made up of future Aggies,
ex-Aggies and Aggies not eligible
for varsity competition, turned in
a fine job this year even though
they lost three games. This team,
built around two experienced play
ers, Nickie Ponthieux, last year’s
captain of the varsity team, and
Captain W. S. McCulley of the
military department, showed con
tinuous improvement as the inex
perienced members of the team be
came more experienced.
Outstanding for the Campus
Club team besides the veterans
McCulley and Ponthieux, was a
local high school boy, Bobby Sco
field, and a freshman from Fort
Worth, Phil Griffin. The improve
ment of the Campus Club was so
rapid that the varsity team en
countered their toughest compe
tition in their last two games, which
were played against this team.
While the season for the Cam
pus Club is complete, they expect
to keep in shape and continue the
club next year. The club was
coached by swimming coach Art
Adamson.
More Emory university students
come from Florida than any other
state outside Georgia.
SAVE CASH
With
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Varsity squad.
Assisting Bill Buchanan, coach
of the Maroon team consisting of
men of the Infantry, Cavalry, Com
posite Regiment, and Band, are
Martin Ruby, Sam Porter, and Cul
len Rogers.
After the issuance of uniforms
Monday the two teams will settle
down to more serious practice,
working on scrimmages and learn
ing the plays given to them by the
coaches.
The Whites will be the defend
ing champions of the second an
nual benefit game as they defeated
the Maroons by a 13-7 score last
year.
Undefeated Water Polo Team
Has Made a Splendid Record
By Dub Oxford
Assistant Sports Editor
Having an all-out season—^win
ning the Texas State Water Polo
league, and being untied and un
defeated all season is quite a rec
ord. And such a record has the
Texas A. & M. Water Polo team.
The team is captained by Ernie
Conway, who hails from Galves
ton. The Water polo team, whose
home is in the south’s largest in
door pool, P. L. Downs, Jr. nata-
torium is coached by Art Adamson.
And when sven boys get together
with a ball weighing some 15
ounces and play for 20 minutes
in a game that rivals football
in endurance, it is a sight that will
bring to mind one of Blitzkreigs
loosed by our common enemy.
Those boys fairly chum up the
water when they play.
All Time Record
The all time Aggie water polo
team record since 1934 is very
nice to look at. They have played
39 games, won 34, tied one and
lost 4. Only two of the losses
were to college teams. One game
was dropped to Northwestern uni
versity in 1938 when their players
beat A. & M. in the final game for
the Junior National Indoor cham
pionship. The other loss to a col
lege team was to Illinois univer
sity while the Aggies were on tour.
The two club teams to beat the
Aggies were the Illinois Athletic
Club, .Senior National champions
in 1940, and the famous Merimac
River Patrol Club at St. Louis,
also in 1940. The Aggies have
been state champions every year
since 1934 and were Junior Na
tional Champions in 1939.
The team this year was a pleas
ant surprise to Coach Adamson.
The surprise to the coach was
mostly through the improvement of
R. H. Taylor who was shifted from
a back position to center forward,
and the play of Boh Cowling at
center back. Much credit must
also go to the two seniors on the
team, Fred Renaud who worked
as right forward and Ernie Con
way, goal keeper, whose outstand
ing goal defense had much to do
with the Aggie triumph in the
State league. Other outstanding
players were I. D. “Happy” Mc
Kee, Herbie Meyer, and Shrimp
Lapham.
High Scorers of Texas League
The high eight scorers of the
Texas State Water Polo League,
tallied as the number of goals are
as follows: Fred Renaud (A. &
M.), 16; Bob Taylor (A. & M.), 11;
I. D. McKey (A. & M.), 16; Deni-
mer (Texas), 9; Phil Griffin
(Campus Club), 9; Bob Scofeild
(Campus Club), 8; L. Haglund
(Galveston), 7; and Nickie Pon
thieux (Campus Club), 7. The
Texas State Water Polo League
is composed of teams from Texas
A. & M., Texas university, the
Galveston Y. M. C. A., and the
Campus Club, a swimming organ
ization on the campus.
Final standings of The Texas
State Water Polo League:
Team GP W L Stand.
A. & M. College....6 6 0 1.000
Texas U 5 3 2 .600
Campus Club 5 2 3 .400
Galveston Y 6 0 6 .000
Aggie Rifle Team
To Shoot Postal
Matches This Week
The Texas A. & M. rifle team
began competition this week by ac
cepting challenges from the Uni
versity of Cincinnati, the Univer
sity of Minnesota, Kansas State
college, the University of Miss
ouri, and the University of Pitts
burgh for postal matches. Their
shooting season will cover weekly
matches with college teams from
all over the United States and the
matches will last until the later
part of April.
Shoulder - to - Shoulder matches
are also scheduled for the season.
And the highlight of the shoulder-
to-shoulder matches will be the
m^tii with T.S.C.W. Last year
the A. & M. rifle team suffered a
defeat at Denton and the Aggies
are anxious to redeem themselves.
The rifle team is composed of
three different squads, the Var
sity, R.O.T.C., and the Freshman.
The Freshman squad has some
very promising material this year.
The rifle team will meet Mon
day night, January 12 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Civil Engineering lecture
room. The speaker will be Lt. Col.
John K. Boles, Field Artillery
Senior Instructor. Colonel Boles
is a seasoned rifle shooter and
will talk on his experiences as
coach of the International and
Olympic Rifle teams.
Almost everyone has played a
match in the open handball tourn
ament now in progress. Those par
ticipants who
have not as yet
taken part in a
match, drew a by;
but they will be
scheduled for a
match soon. The
handball matches
now taking place
are what is com
monly called a
Oxford double elimina
tion tournament; which means, a
’team is allowed to continue play
in the tournament until they have
lost two matches.
The FORFEIT DOGHOUSE is
almost empty for the first time
since the beginning of school.
There is only one inhabitant today.
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Class B:
Machine Gun Cavalry, Ping Pong
Football Match
Playing like a whirlwind at the
beginning of the game, E Uoast
Artillery lost some of their mo
mentum and bowed to I Infantry
by a score of 18-6 in a quarter
final football game played yes
terday. At the end of the game,
both teams were tied up 6-6, so an
extra half was played. At the end
of the extra half, the Infantrymen
proved their superiority on the
football field and the final score
of the thrilling match gave the
win to I Infantry. I Infantry won
because of the excellent passing
efforts of their quarterback.
League Winners
Here are the league winners that
have been tabulated so far in Class
A basketball.
A Field Artillery
Headquarters Signal Corps
I Field Artillery
Headquarters Cavalry
F Infantry
I Replacement Center
B Field Artillery
The schools of Agriculture and
Veterinary Medicine at A. & M.
are the largest in the United
States.
Amherst, Williams and Wheaton
colleges have forbidden students
to bring their cars to school this
year.