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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1942-
THE BATTALION
Pagre S
By Ike Haikin
Battalion Sports Editor
It’s Either Ark or Rice for Cage Crown;
Aggies Are Key to Owl Championship Hopes
As the basketball teams are tak
ing time off for exams this week,
let’s take a look at the status of
the Southwest Conference race.
In the first place, it’s almost
apparent that the crown will be
in the hands of either Rice or Ark
ansas. At this stage 1 the Razor-
backs have the upper hand, with
the Owls on a notch behind. True
enough, T.C.U. has still to be reck
oned with, but it’s hardly probable
that the Frogs could be a match
for either Rice or Arkansas. Bay
lor, Texas, A. & M. and S.M.U.
are all but out of the race, so it’s
all left to Rice and Arkansas.
Since the Razorbacks and the
Owls have already played their
series, all Arkansas has to do to
win the crown is to win the rest
of their games, which is not too
hard an assignment. Rice still
has a chance—a chance in which
one of the remaining teams might
sneak up on Arkansas and deal it
a telling blow. Now, the question
remaining is, “Which team has the
best chance of pulling such a sneak
play?” That answer is simple. The
Texas Aggies, of course.
“The Aggies?” a basketball fan
might ask, “what have they got to
say in this race. How far they
will go, no one can tell, but one
thing is sure—they’ll fool you
quicker than any other conference
team. Take that Rice game for ex
ample—take both of them if you
care to. Who would have ever
thought that Coach Marty Karow’s
crew, which lost the majority of
their games this year could even
come close to the polished Owl
five. But they did—and almost
swept the series in a convincing
manner. They gave Baylor all sorts
of fits before losing by that custo
mary two-points.
Coach Karow is a cagy and smart
mentor—he and his cagers have
learned plenty from their Christ
mas tour, and are ready to put
their lessons into use.
Yes sir, if Rice hopes to get any
kind of chance of winning this con
ference it better start praying that
such boys as Henderson, Jarrett,
Huffman, Cokinos, Nabors, or Pe-
den, really hit the bucket when
they’re playing Arkansas. If they
can’t, nobody else will. Believe it
or not, those Aggies are the key
to the Owl championship hopes.
Aggie Cage Team Preps for Return
Engagement With Sam Houston Friday
The Texas Aggie cagers play their first game of the spring semes
ter Friday night when they journey to Huntsville to meet the Sam
Houston State Teacher’s College Bearkats.
In their last game of the first semester the Cadets were nosed
■ ■font by the Rice Owls in an exciting
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Kyle
Field Belongs to A&M as Big Debt Is Paid Off
.... At long last Kyle Field be
longs to A. & M.! ... . Coach
Homer Norton announced the fact
at the annual football banquet last
Thursday night .... Here’s the
whole story of the Kyle Field debt
.... Started in 1926-27, West
stands were built at cost of $76,000
and East stands and end zone seats
were added in 1928-29 at cost of
$265,000 or total of $341,700 . . . .
when Norton came here in ’34 the
debt had been cut down to $210,000
.... in the ensuing three years
only 4,000 were paid off, but fol
lowing the ’37 season these sums
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500; and 1941 (including second
Cotton Bowl), $43,000 retiring bond
16 years before bonds matured . . . .
“That has been an awful load and
I, for one, certainly am glad that
the Stadium now is all paid for,”
Norton concluded .... Incident
ally, the Cotton Bowl trophy of the
1941 (last year’s game against
Fordham) was awarded to A. & M.
by Dan Rogers at the annual ban
quet Thursday.
Spring Training
Opens Today With
70 Boys Reporting
Loss of Leonard Dickey Is
Hard Blow; Fish, Squadmen
Expected to Bolster Team
With 15 lettermen returning
from last season’s Southwest Con
ference championship squad, Coach
Homer Norton will inaugurate the
first day of spring training for
this year today. Uniforms were
issued to 70 men. In addition to
the 15 lettermen reporting, 19
squadmen and four boys who were
ineligible last season were on deck.
These together with some 32 fresh
men make up a squad of 70 men.
Prospects loom for a fullback to
equal the immortal “Big John” in
Ed Sturcken, 224 lb. lad from San
Antonio. Ineligible last season, Ed
gained valuable experience work
ing with the “Blueboys,” and in
the opinion of the experts seems
headed for big things next fall.
Loss of Leonard Dickey to the
Air Corps was a heavy blow to Line
Coach Bill James’ forward wall,
but with Tom Barth and Whit
Whitworth coming, up from the
“Blueboys,” the tackle posts should
be sufficiently bolstered.
At the football banquet last
Thursday night Coach Norton an
nounced the lettermen for the 1941
season. Those men receiving var
sity letters were:
Oscar Burkhard, chairman of Jhe
German department of the Univer
sity of Minnesota, sees no indica
tion o fa return of the “anti-every-
thing-German” feeling of World
war days.
Dennis Andricks, Houston; Felix Bucek
and Roy Bucek, Schulenburg; Harold Cow
ley, Freer; Leo Daniels, Bryan; Leonard
Dickey, Alto; Bill Henderson, Houston;
Leonard Holder, San Antonio; Weldon
Maples, Fort Worth; Arthur Mercer, Tem
ple ; Zolus Motley, Abilene; Derace Moser,
Stephenville; Ray Mulhollan, Belton ; Tom
Pickett, Temple; Lester Richardson, Hous
ton ; Cullen Rogers, Mart; Martin Ruby,
Waco; Bill Sibley, Abilene; Elvis Simmons,
Somerville; Marshall Spivey, Lufkin;
James Sterling, Panhandle; Robert Tulis,
Fort Worth; Jackson Webster, Sweetwater;
Fuel Wesson, Temple; Robert Williams,
Eldorado; Maurice Williams, Marlin, and
Willie Zapalac, Bellville.
As announced by Coach Manning Smith,
the following boys were awarded fresh
man numerals:
P. J. Anderson, V. R. Bellville, N. A.
Brown, T. A. Goers, J. S. Cody, W. I.
Compton, J. P. Davis, E. D. Dusek, J. W.
Eidson, Carl Eazel, H. C. Foldberg, Melch-
or Gonzales, R. E. Haas . N. Hand, A.
E. Johnson, J. A. Knight, Morty Mertz,
Charlie Manichia, Fred Page, W. O. Payne,
Arthur Pollard, W. W. Redus, A. R. Sa
ger, T. A. Scott, W. R. Steymann, B. R.
Stout, Damon Tassos, W. B. Thomas, J.
N. Trotter, F. B. Welch, J. A. Whitacre,
G. H. Wilde, J. W. Wilson.
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tilt which ended with a 44-42 score.
The Bearkats defeated the Ag
gies in the opening game of the
season with a score of 50-33 and
the Cadets will be aiming for re
venge. The Aggie squad has im
proved greatly since its first en
counter with the Bearkats and all
evidence points to victory for the
Cadets.
The Aggies take on the Baylor
Bears at Waco on Tuesday night,
February 3, to re-open their con
ference schedule. The Bears, like
the Rice Owls, also defeated the
Aggies by a narrow, margin. The
Bears were on the long end of a
48-46 score.
Ray Jarrett, who was a big gun
in the Aggie-Rice game, can be
expected to come through with
more of his stellar play. Captain
Henderson, Bayer, Nabors, Co
kinos, Huffman, and Underwood
have been showing up nicely in the
practice sessions.
F Field Artillery in Top Place in Class
B Intramurals at End of First Semester
H Coast Artillery
Freshmen Get 2nd
Place In Standings
Keeper of the records Dewey
Hoke has tabulated the standings
of all Class B intramural sports
completed the first semester. The
tabulation of these results, re
sembling a draft lottery, was com
pleted today, and class A results
will be in the next issue of the
Battalion.
Since many sports overlap into
the second semester, it is impossible
to figure the correct standings for
the 52 class B teams that are enter-
ored without having errors be-
causei of the changes in standings
from day to day that would enter
into the tabulation.
The standings as submitted be
low are not corrected for the num
ber of sports entered and com
pleted, but represent the total
number of points accumulated by
the top 30 organizations since the
beginning of school.
INTRAMBRALS
By
DUB OXFORD
Oxford
While intramural activities are
now at a standstill, things will be
picking up in this department
soon. Present plans call for the
playing of intra
mural games next
week. Some or
ganizations have
already received
their entry cards
and all concerned
will have them
soon.
W. L. Penber-
thy, in comment
ing upon the suc
cess of the intramural participation
last semester said, “All of the
boys have done a great job so far
this year. They have made this
season the best in the intramural
history of Texas A. & M.”
Let’s keep up the good work
fellows, and not let Mr. Penny
down. Because of the present situa
tion there may be some inclination
to let up on intramural athletics.
This is not the thing to do. Now,
more than ever, intramural athle
tics will have an important place
in the curricula of every Aggie.
Recreational Officers Meeting
The January meeting of the
Recreational Officers will be held
Thursday afternoon at 5 p. m. in
the Civil Engineer lecture room.
The discussion at the meeting will
mostly concern the program that
is to be in effect for the remain
der of the year. All Recreational
Officers are asked to be present,
and if it is impossible for them to
be there, please have their junior
assistant attend the meeting.
Facilities Available
Many students have put their
“bleeds” to this department con
cerning the small amount of equip
ment that is available to students.
To those students who have asked
the questions, perhaps this in
formation will clarify your view
point of the intramural facilities
available.
A&M T Club to Hold
Benefit Show Friday
The T Club Association of A. &
M. will put on their annual benefit
picture show Friday afternoon, ac
cording to Pete Henry, president
of the T Club.
Pictures of the N.Y.U. and Cot
ton Bowl games will be shown. All
proceeds will go in paying for the
T Club dance, which is held at the
close of the year.
Whenever classes are not being
held the facilities of the intramural
department are available to all stu
dents and equipment may be check
ed at the office, which is located
at the southwest corner of DeWare
field house. These facilities include
basketball, . volleyball, handball,
boxing, wrestling, striking bags,
heavy apparratus, football, wand
• and swimming.
All students of the college are
cordially invited to make use of
the equipment and the department,
and freshmen are especially urged
to avail themselves of this oppor
tunity.
Red Cross Course
All students interested in taking
the Red Cross first aid course,
please contact Leroy Brown in
D-12 Hart, W. L. Penberthy, or
M. L. Cashion in the Y. The course
is open ter all Aggies, juniors pre
ferably, and will be held at night.
The course will consist of 20 hours
of instruction.
Jim Parker, Mgr. Of
Athletic Stock Room,
Leaves for Air Corps
Jimmy Parker, veteran football
and track manager, will leave for
Ellington Field this afternoon to
enlist as a flying cadet. He will
start training Friday as the grad
uating class of Ellington Field
leaves for active duty.
Parker, who received his B. S.
degree in August, 1941, has been
connected with the athletic stock
room since entering school here
in 1937.
Maximilian’s Statue
Preserved at Loyola
New Orleans, La., (AGP)—In
the Bobet library museum on the
campus of Loyola of the south,
is a small, wax image of Maxi
milian, ill-fated emperor of Mexi
co.
The image was modeled from the
wax of the altar candles in the
church in Mexico where the body
of Maximilian was thrown after
he was killed.
It was done at the risk of the
sculptor’s life, but he escaped
from Mexico and brought the
image of his emperor to New Or
leans, where it was given to Loyola.
With the image in a glass case,
is a clot of the blood of the emper-
ior.
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F Field Artillery takes top
place with 380 points, H Coast
Artillery is next in line with 360.
Third place rates a three-way tie
with F Infantry, B Infantry, and
I Field Artillery all having 345
points. Last year at this time, G
Coast Artillery was first, F Coast
Artillery was second, and F En
gineers took the third hole.
The following is a list of class
B sports completed the first
semester.
Organi-
Place zation
1. F. Field
2. H. Coast
3. F. Inf.
Total
Number
Points
380
360
345
3.
3.
6.
7.
7.
9.
9.
9.
12.
12.
14.
14.
16.
17.
18.
18.
18.
21.
21.
23.
24.
24.
26.
26.
26.
26.
30.
B. Inf.
I. Field
B. Sig.
E. Field
B. Field
C. Coast
G. Coast
Hq. Cav.
1st. Hq. Field
B. Coast
A. Field
B. Eng.
A. Inf.
Field
Coast
CWS
Eng
Cav.
Inf.
G. Field
C. Field
A. CWS
H. Field
3rd Hq. ield
B. CWS
M. Inf.
D. Eng.
D.
F.
C.
F.
C.
c.
345
312
340
322.5
322.5
320
320
320
319.1
316.6
315
315
314.5
314.1
312.5
312.5
312.5
312.5
311.6
306.6
305
305
300
300
300
300
297.5
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