Baylor Downs Ags in Closing Seconds, 48 - 46
Maroons and Whites Evenly Matched For
Today’s Game; Taking Reds by Slight Margin
The Maroons and White clash on Kyle Field this after
afternoon with the starting gun going off at 2:30. Both
teams have been working hard all week and you can be sure
of a gruelling contest between Coach Bill Buchanan’s charges
and Coach Bill Conatser’s fiery eleven. The weatherman has
promised a beautiful afternoon, and if he keeps his word,
a sizeable crowd will witness a thrilling ball game.
As for the outcome of the game
itself, it’s very hard to tell, I’ve
been watching both teams under
fire and each looks about as good
as the other. Both are well-coached,
and each has its share of stars.
It is almost certain that breaks
will win this game, and the team
that capitalizes on them will be
on the long end of the count.
The Maroons go onto the field
with a slight weight advantage
over the Whites, and although that
certainly didn’t prove anything in
last year’s battle (the Whites were
heavily outweighed then, too, but
came through with a 13-7 win), it
may tell the tale today, in contrast
to last year’s team, the Maroons
have plenty of speed 'to go with
their power, plus a lot of passing.
Coach Bill Conatser’s Whites,
who relied on speed to outplay
their heavier rivals last year, are
again set to give a demonstration
of fiery speed and deception. They
certainly have plenty of it this
year—in fact, a bit more than last
year. You can also look for the
Whites to flash a respectable aer
ial attack with Tom Lamberth of
A Field Artillery on the throwing
end of most of the passes.
So, any pick you take here may
be the right one because it’s go
ing to be a mighty close battle. On
form, however, we’H give the Mh-
roon team of Bill Buchanan a slight
edge—a very slight one at that.
If the battle doesn’t end in a dead
lock, it’ll be Maroons 6, Whites 0!
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Packed
Crowd Due for Rice Fracas Wednesday Night
The Aggie basketball team re
mews its battle with the Rice
Owls Wednesday night, and you
■can be sure of a packed house ....
that 36-34 Aggie win last week
may prompt the Cadets on to great
er glory and spoil the Owl’s champ
ionship aspirations .... A. C.
Becker, Daily Texan co-sports ed
itor writes in his column, “We
wonder what happened to Aggie
captain, Jitterbug Henderson . . . .
He only scored 2 points against
Texas .... Could be that the
Longhorns are on to him” .... it
may just interest some of the boys
on the Daily Texan that Billy was
out of shape in that game and was
playing under strained conditions.
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Parks
Accounts For
20 Markers
Henderson Is High
Point Man for Ags
Scoring 13 Points
By Mike Haikin
Battalion Sports Editor
A rejuvenated Baylor team,
sparked by little Dwight Parks,
rallied in the final minutes of play
to down a valiant and never-say-
die Aggie five, 48-46, before a
capacity crowd in the DeWare
Field House last night.
Behind 7 points at the conclu
sion of the first half, the Bears,
sparked by Parks, who was high
point man for the night with 20
markers, started hitting basket af
ter basket in the following stanza
and wound up with a win.
Bill Henderson, with 13 points,
was high man for the Aggies,
closely followed by Fred Nabors
with 10 and Ray Jarrett with 9.
Parks may have been the high
point man of the evening, but it
was Bill Haley’s “money” shot in
the final seconds of play that
helped the Bears ice the game.
With the score 46-45 in favor of
the Cadets, Coach Marty Karow’s
five attempted to freeze the ball
throughout the remainder of the
game. They refused three free
throws in order to hold onto the
ball, but the Bears’ consistent ag
gressiveness finally told on the
Cadets. With the clock ticking a-
away precious seconds, Haley in
tercepted an Aggie throw, and jm-
mediately made a basket from
mid-court.
The Bears grabbed an early 9-2
lead, but the gap was soon closed
as Hendersonr, Nabors, and Jarrett
each sank field goals and Jarrett
sank a gratis shot. The Aggies
then grabbed a lead of 15-12 on
shots by Henderson, Peden, and
Cokinos. It was 20-14 in the next
few minutes, with the half finally
winding up, 24-17 in favor of the
Cadets.
Dwight Parks sank a field goal
to open the second half and the
parade was on. Haley, Parks, and
Arnett contributed 5 points in the
space of 1 minute before Jarrett,
Nabors, and Henderson added field
goals to extend the Aggie lead to
32-24. Parks then started getting
hot, and with three minutes left
to play tied the score at 38 all.
Peden and Henderson added gratis
BATTALION
JANUARY 17, 1942
Page 3
INTRAMURALS
By
DUB OXFORD
Next Sports
Class A:
Volleyball
With the semester closing, and
keeper of the records Dewey Hoke,
will have the final standings in
both class A and class B intra
murals as soon as the basketball
and speed ball
playoffs are com
pleted. These will
be run in The
Battalion soon.
Drawings have
been held for the
playoffs in class
A basketball and
all the leagues
have been played.
The only sports
now going on are
the above mentioned basketball
and speedball.
The new sports offered next
semester will be ping pong and
volleyball for the upperclassmen.
Horseshoes and handball will take
the limelight for class B. These
new sports will begin about a week
after the second semester has be
gun.
Oxford
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Class :
F Coast Artillery, Speed-
ball
H Replacement Center,
Speedball
Infantry Band, Speedball.
B Replacement Center,
Speedball
B Field Artillery, Speed-
ball
Class B:
Horseshoes
Handball
lately. G. Coast Artillery played
a tight game with B Cavalry. The
game was so close that the Coast
men won by a one point margin,
the final score being 4-3 in favor
of the Coast Artillery. B Infan
try and 1 Headquarters Field Ar
tillery played a game that was
almost a tie, but the Infantrymen
broke loose in the last half to
score three points. The Artillery
men scored no points in the match.
M Infantry beat A Signal Corps
10-3 in an overwhelming victory.
C Infantry mixed a powerful team
with excellent playing and beat D
Field Artillery 9-4. A score of
7-4 put 2 Headquarters Field Ar
tillery in the win column. The
upperclassmen from the Field Ar
tillery whipped the members of C
Troop Cavalry royally. Although
the 7-4 score is not large, the
match betwen the two teams was
almost a grudge battle.
Four Stitch Man
Sparking A Battery Field to a
decisive win over D Cavalry in the
football quarter finals, Rusty
Heitkamp played the whole game
with an injured forehead. Display
ing the essence of fortitude in con
tinuing to play, Rusty found out
after the game was over that it
was necessary to take four stitches
in head. Heitkamp is now‘known
in his battery as “He-man” Heit
kamp.
Close Speedball Matches
There have been quite a few close
speedball matches taking place
Three Intramural Champs Crowned In
One Day; E-FA, F-FA, D-Eng Winners
Three intramural championships
in one afternoon was the order of
the day when E Field Artillery won
the handball championship, F. Field
Artillery won the ping pong
championship, and D Engineers
the tennis crown.
The class A handball match was
highlighted by the superb playing
of the members of the Artillery
team. Simmons and Maroney of E
Field were paired against Burks
and Terrell of the C.W.S. The sec
ond teams was composed of Don
nell and Taylor of E Field against
Overbeck and Swain of A C.W.S.
Keeny and Pyatt supplied the re
maining team for the Chem hoys
while Crowder and Lehman were
the members of E battery’s third
team.
The Chem boys tried to mix a
powerful test tube full and down
the Buggy Boys, but the Field
Artillery just kept the caissons
rolling. The final score was E
Field, 3; A C.W.S. 2.
D Engineers Tennis Champs
In the final class A tennis match
between D Engineers and the In
fantry band, which by the way
was a hard fight all the way, D
Engineers came out winner with
a 2-1 score. Both teams fought
each other to a finish. D Engineers
took the first set 6-2, 6-0. Then the
Infantry Band came back and tied
up the game by winning the second
set 6-0, 6-4. The final set, which
won the game, D Engineers took
6-0, 6-3.
Members of the Infantry band
team were: Bobby Stephens, T. N.
Inglish, R. L. Shulte, J. L. Bell,
K. T. Chapman, J. K. Stalcup, Bob
Gossett, and K. G. Varvel.
The winning team members were:
T. W. Brown, J. K. Shurley, W. C.
Kinzback, W. Oggar, D. R. Bur-
rus, H. Legrand, D. McCance, and
V. D. Wood.
shots, while Jarrett, Nabors, and
Peden added field goals to bring
the score to 46-38. However, the
Bears added 10 points in the last
two minutes of play to win 48-46.
West Point of Air
Changes Fire Trucks
From* Scarlet to OD
Randolph Field, Texas.—“Fire-
engine red” will no longer be an
apt simile, at least at the “West
Point of the Air.”
Orders have been issued that
the three fire trucks here must be
painted olive-drab, even down to
the chromium plate, to conform
with other army vehicles.
Crude and Unique Experiences Crowd Life
Of Jim Parker, Little Manager of Big Athletes
By Mike Mann
His official name is James Hen
ry Parker, but it’s just “Jimmy”
to his hundreds of friends in Ag-
gieland. Jimmy nas been the man
ager of the football team for the
past three years—issuing, clean
ing, repairing and storing the mul
titude of gridiron equipment.
Jimmy was born in Royce City,
Texas, on March 10, 1920, and at
tended school in Garland, Texas.
While in high school there he was
athletic manager, obtaining val
uable experience which was later
to bear fruit.
Came to A. & M. in ’37
Parker came to A. & M. in Sep
tember, 1937, and immediately be
gan working in the athletic stock
room. He has been working with
the track team since his freshman
year but did not begin with football
until the spring session of 1939.
In the fall of 1939 Jimmy was of
ficially appointed manager of the
football team—a post he has held
ever since. He has worked with
other sports but prefers track and
football.
Baseball is the sport Jimmy best
likes when he takes an active part
in athletics. He has no particular
hobbies, for, since he has been in
Aggieland, he has not had much
spare time, especially during foot
ball season.
Parker has traveled, lived, slept,
and ate with the Aggie gridsters
for the past three years. He has
been with them on the field; look
ing after their equipment and
seeing that it was in the best of
condition at all times. Jim has
been one of the gang and all of
the footballers have adopted him as
a “brother.”
Unique Experience
Speaking of traveling, Jimmy
had a unique experience early in
the football season of 1939. The
Aggie traveling squad was due to
leave for California to play the
Santa Clara Broncos. The Cadet
Corps was seeing the team off and
the duffle bags containing the
uniforms were being tossed on
train. Just before the train pulled
out two of the bags fell out of the
car and a freshman succeeded in
throwing one back on the train.
The other bag was left and Jimmy
was told to jump off and get it.
The train was supposed to be held
up for him but it pulled out before
he could get back.
Jimmy’s heart sank—his chance
to make his first long trip with
the squad rapidly fading away.
Coach Marty Karow, who was not
making the trip, was at the sta
tion with Gus Bates, a squadman.
Karow told Jimmy to jump in
Bate’s car, a ’39 red Ford convert-
able, and they would catch the
train. The trio beat the train to
Navasota and Hempstead but
could not stop it.
In the meantime, H. B. McElroy,
of the A. & M. Publicity Office,
had wired to Houston to have
Coach Norton hold the train as
long as possible. However, Parker
reached Houston before the train
pulled out. It took a fast 100-mile
dash to enable ifim to make his
first trip with the squad. He has
said the most disappointed he has
ever been was that night at the
station when he saw the California-
bound train vanishing into the
darkness.
Parker received his B. S. degree,
majoring in Rural Sociology and
had almost enough Physical Edu
cation for a double major, in
August, 1941. The 1941 Agge
football squad presented Jimmy
with a life-time Scheaffer pen and
pencil set last Christmas as a
token of their appreciation of his
services. He has said that he en
joyed working with the boys and
athletic coaches more than going
school.
Going to Air Corps
Jimmy will be leaving A. & M.
very shortly as he has enlisted as
a Flying Cadet in the U. S. Army
Air Corps. He has passed his
physical examination and is wait
ing to be called up for training.
Asked what he planned to do after
he got his wings, Jimmy replied,
“Well, I guess I’ll get a few Japs.”
Best of Luck, and Keep ’em Fly
ing, Jimmy Parker!
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