Owls Eke Out 44-42 Triumph Over Aggies
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Football Goes On and On; Coach Norton
Announces Spring Practice for January 26
It looks like football soon may
be considered an all-season sport.
Not that it will be played all the
year, but the fact that the play
ers seem to practice throughout the
whole year. No sooner was prac
tice finished for A. & M. January
1, than Coach Homer Norton an
nounced spring practice for Jan
uary 26. That gave the players
but 25 days to rest between sea
sons. The Aggies open their fall
training around September 5, have
a 25 day respite, and then go on
to spring training up around to
April. That means that the aver
age Aggie gridster plays football
seven months of the year. No
wonder the Aggies lay claim to
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more championships than any oth
er team in the conference.
Some 50 to 60 gridsters will re
port to Coach Norton and start
working out for the 1942 season.
Of these 39 are returning letter-
men while the rest are squadmen,
ineligibles, and members of the
’41 freshman team. The prospects
for a great season next year are
more than bright, with Leo Dan
iels and Ed Sturcken, an ineligible
this past year, in the key roles.
Leo understudied Derace Moser,
and showed that he was the top
sophomore back of the conference
last year. Sturcken, big and bur-
ley ineligible, showed plenty of
promise in developing into a sec
ond John Kimbrough, with his
power in practice scrimmages.
Spring training should tell a lot
about the big boy froi*, San An
tonio. But mark our ~Nord, if
Sturcken shows only half ot 'what
he had this past fall, he’ll be a
thorn in the side of Ag opponents.
The line will center most of its de
fense around Center Bill Sibley,
who has a lot of “All-American”
possibilities. He was, by far, the
best center in the conference this
past year, and the ’42 season may
see Billy gain greater glory. Un
less the draft gets him real soon,
Weldon Maples, should prove to
be one of the top guards next fall.
Bill Henderson and Boots Simmons
should fare more than favorably
with the other ends of the con
ference. The tackle positions are
the biggest problem, with Martin
Ruby, Euel Wesson, and Leonard
Dickey all gone. Bob Tulis is sure
to hold one spot while Ben Stout
of the Fish, Jack Swank, and Don
Leuthey should have a merry go
of it for the other post.
All in all, it looks mighty good
for the Cadets for next year, es
pecially down Austin way. The
other teams, especially T.C.U. and
Rice, will have some good mater
ial, and you can be sure that the
Aggies will be in the thick of the
race.
Sports Squibs From Here
And There; No New Man To
Take Place of Chas. DeWare
There will be no new man taking
the place of Army bound Charlie
DeWare . . . Coach Homer Norton
indicated that the A. & M. coach
ing staff will adjust itself to the
situation ... in all probability
Manning Smith will be put in
charge of all freshman sports . . .
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Football Banquet Honors Team Tonight
Post Trophy
To be Awarded
Moser and Ruby
Tonight is “payoff night” for
the Texas Aggies football team as
the annual gridiron banquet will
be held in Sbisa Hall at 7:00 o’clock
and the announcement of letters
and awards will be made.
Numerous awards will be made
to the gridsters in addition to the
usual lettermen presentations.
The Lipscomb-Munnerlyn Captain’s
Trophy will go to Marshall Spivey
and Martin Ruby, who were elect
ed honorary captains by the letter-
men at the close of the season.
The Lipscomb-Munnerlyn Most
Valuable Player Trophy will be
awarded to the player selected as
the player most valuable to the
team.
The annual Bert Pfaff trophy
will go to the player selected as the
best blocker on the team. The
American General Insurance Com
pany and C. C. (Polly) Krueger
will both give awards to the Ag
gies selected on the All-South
west Conference team.
Coach Homer Norton, as in pre
vious years, will give the squad-
men the gold watch charm token
he awards only to championship
teams. The usual gold footballs
will be given to all oLithe letter-
men. The Chase Holland k Texas
Aggie spur-clip tie clasps will be
given to all members of the squad.
The customary gold T medals
will be given to those who have
lettered for the first time, while
the others will receive an addition
al bar indicating another letter
earned. Ruby and Spivey will re
ceive captain’s bars.
Derace Moser and Martin Ruby
will receive the Houston Post
trophy for the most valuable back
and linesman in the conference for
1941.
The four winners of the varsity
cross country letters will also be
announced tonight. Freshman num
erals will be awarded to the mem
bers of the 1941 Aggie Fish foot
ball squad.
End Coach Dough Rollins will
be the master of ceremonies and
President T. O. Walton will make
the main address. Among the
special guests there will be Dan
Rogers, chairman of the Cotton
Bowl committee; James Stewart,
business manager of the Cotton
Bowl Committee and S. M. U.;
Felix McKnight, staff writer on
the Dallas Morning News; Col.
Ike Ashburn, former assistant to
President Walton; and a colorful
collection of others.
Pat Flaherty, Houston sports
announcer, will be on hand to
broadcast the activities over a
state-wide network .
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JANUARY 22, 1942
vPage 3
INTRAMURALS
By
DUB OXFORD
Left out of the story in last
Saturday’s Battalion was the news
concerning F Field Artillery’s win
over H Coast Artillery to cop the
class B intramur
al school ping-
pohg champion
ship. The fresh
men from F bat
tery won the tilt
4-1. Freshmen
from F battery
winning matches
were: J. H. Tenn-
isons, R. O. Wel
don, C. G. Mohle,
C. L. Harrison, and F. D. Pigg.
The only man winning a match for
H Coast was Grantham.
Oxford
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Class A:
H Replacement Center, Speedball
B Replacement Center, Speedball
Colonel Boles Speaks
To A & M Rifle Club
Meeting last Monday night, the
Texas A. & M. Rifle club had as
their guest speaker Lt. Colonel
J. K. Boles. Lt. Lolonel Boles,
himself a coach of the Internation
al Rifle team, exhibited to club
members target guns that had been
used in the International matches.
The Lt. Colonel then gave a res
ume of his experiences as a rifle
coach. Colonel Boles has fired
in matches taking place in Italy,
Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, and
Poland. He also shot on the
Olympic team of 1924, his team
winning the meet.
The field artillery instructor
then said that his best shoofing was
in Poland where he won two world
championships. Target shooting
is my favorite sport, the Lt. Col
onel then added.
Passing along helpful advice to
the tyroes, Colonel Boles believes
that the “trigger pull” is one of
the most important phases of fine
target shooting. This “trigger
pull” is especially t obe stressed
where off-hand shooting is con
cerned.
bers of the Maroon and White
teams will be made within the
next week or so . . . there is a
possibility of a banquet being held
in honor of the boys—but it’s on
ly a possibility . . . this writer
tried his hand at broadcasting
Tuesday at 11:55 . . . Figure I’d
better stick to sports writing . . .
Baylor’s defeat by Texas left the
conference race an open affair . . .
anyone may yet prove to be the
crown wearer, but from this cor
ner we still say it’ll be Rice . . on
ly time will tell.
F FA Wins Grudge Battle
Playing an almost “grudge” bat
tle, F FA won the class B volley
ball championship of Texas A. & M.
by downing I Field 2-1. The fresh
men from F Battery will almost
need an anchor chain to carry all
the intramural medals that have
been bestowed upon them. Not
only do they have medals but they
also have a marvelous record that
few teams have equalled—the win
ning of two intramural champion
ships within two days. Beat that,
if you can!
In the playing of the title match,
F Field took the first game 15-1
I Field Artillery then got their
dander up, came back and won the
next game 15-11. The last game, the
deciding factor of the game, F
Battery won 15-11.
I FA Football Champs
Playing a very hot game, but
sparked by the chill of a brisk
winter afternoon, I Battery Field
Artillery took the class A touch
football flag Monday afternoon
by beating F Battery Field Artil
lery 8-7.
The game began with a score and
ended with a score. On the first
play of the game, F Battery threw
a pass behind their own goal line.
The pass was incomplete, thus giv
ing I Battery their first tally of
the game.
On the next possession of the
ball, I Field took the pigskin and
scored a touchdown by a 60-yard
pass, Roberts to Sims. This was the
last score that I battery made.
About a minute before the game
ended, Lambert of F Battery at
tempted a pass over the goal, it
was batted down by Sims and Ro-
tholz of F Battery caught the
bouncing ball. A touchdown re
sulted from his brilliant catch. The
point was kicked by Erp. The game
ended with the final score I Bat
tery, 8; F Battery, 7.
Charlie DeWare Joins
Army at San Antonio
Charlie DeWare, Freshman foot
ball and baseball coach, answered
the call of the colors recently. De-
Ware left yesterday for Fort Sam
Houston where he will serve with
the Infantry. When asked why he
did not join the Air Corps, he re
plied, “I’ll get mine the hard way.”
Every institution of higher learn
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states, have enrolled students
whose first year or two of college
work was taken at U. of W. ex
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Kinney Leads Owl Scoring;
Aggies Give Fierce Battle
“Bat-’em” Bob Kinney, the tow
ering center of the Rice Owls, re
turned to pre-season form last
night, as he hit the meshes for 21
points to lead the Houston team to
a thrilling 44-42 victory over a de
termined Texas Aggie five at the
DeWare Field House.
The Owls had to fight hard all
the way as they got the battle of
their lives from a bunch of Aggies
who didn’t know of the word “quit.”
The ball handling of the Aggies
was excellent, with Art Jarrett and
Bill Henderson shining in that re
spect. Jarrett, incidentally, made
the last 10 points for the Cadets
to keep them in the game. He
wound up with 14, while Henderson
hit the basket for 16 points.
Kinney proved to be the big gun
of the Owls during the first half,
too, as he scored 13 of the 19 Owl
markers. Henderson accounted for
12 as the Aggies lead at the half,
21-19.
The Owls took a small lead of
10-5 at the start of the game, but
Henderson closed the gap with two
field goals. Kinney popped one in
to extend the Owl lead to 12-9, and
then proceeded to sink three more
goals to put Rice ahead 18-13 with
two minutes to go. However, Hen
derson and Lee Huffman hit the
meshes consistently to wind up
with a 21-19 lead for the Cadets
at the half.
Jamie Dawson opened the second
half with a gratis shot followed
by a field goal by Henderson. Gloss
and Gomez sank free throws while
Palmer added a field goal to tie
the score at 24 all. With four min-
ptes to play, Art Jarrett sank a
goal to put the Aggies into the
lead, 36-34. Field goals by Wal
ters, Gomez, and Gloss gave the
Owls a lead of 40-36. Jarrett hit
the meshes again, hut it was coun
terbalanced as Kinney and Gomez
hit the basket. The score was 44-40
as the seconds ticked by. Jarrett
broke loose to get under the basket
and sink another field goal to cut
the Owl lead, 44-42. With but fif
teen seconds to play, the Aggies
retrived the ball from the Owls.
Standing in mid-court, Henderson
took a long shot that missed the
hoop by inches. The game ended
with that play.
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