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Coach Homer Norton^ 1942 Gridiron Team Is Improving Greatly Day by Day The main event on Kyle Field this afternoon will be the intra squad game exhibited before the home folks by Coach Homer Nor ton’s streamlined Texas Aggie gridiron machine. “Streamlined” is the exact word for the edition of the ’42 eleven for today this team according to Coaches and “rail- birds” is looking far better than did the ’41 team at the same time. There is, fundamentally, not too much difference between the two editions—the ’41 and ’42 teams. As everyone already knows, the ’41 team absolutely lacked a po tent running game, but in its stead possessed one of the best aerial attacks in the country. Well, this year’s team compares more than favourably as far as the passing game is concerned, and, at this time, seems to have developed a strong running attack to go with their aerial display. Ed Sturcken, Jake Webster and Otto Payne have added much power to a seem ingly average weight team. These three have been alternating much at the fullback post, and each packs a wallop. Leo Daniels, soph ace last year, is fast developing into a great threat, and should be the sparkplug of the team next year. Yes, the ’42 squad is showing vast improvement and may be come a dire threat by next Sept ember. As Dean Kyle puts it, “There’s no law in winning four consecutive championships.” That’s getting a bit ahead of ourselves but you just take time out this afternoon to watch this team work. The scrim mage is slated to start at 3 o’clock so don’t miss out on anything. Sports Squibs From Here and There; T Club To Have Benefit Show at Campus, Feb 26 Pete Henry, president of the T Club, has announced that the Cam pus Theater will offer the club a benefit show February 26, the day before the T dance . . .The picture scheduled to be shown that day is “Beau Gesete,” starring Gary Coop er ... . Ben Stout, star tackle prospect from the freshman team, is also an all-time shot-put record holder in his home state of Okla homa . . . .Frank Bibbs, cross coun try letterman, offers this explan ation as to how he could break in to the news, “If I break into the news, it’ll be the obituary column.” . . . .No cracks, now . . .the boy deserves plenty of praise for his contribution to the cross-country team ... he has worked hard all year, running five miles per day. . . . . the draft certainly hit Coach Jack Gray’s Texas university bas ketball team right in the mid-sec tion. . .Gray has an eight-man W. J. Douglas, Jr. INSURANCE AGENCY 1 Rooms 18-20, Commerce Bldg. Bryan, Texas Ph. 2-6605 squad at the present time . . .Dub Oxford, assistant sports editor of The Batt, has decided to go the way of all poor fools. . . he is en gaged to Nan Pinchback of Beau mont and plans to get married up on graduation. . . . there is a rep ort that Red Goatley, star pole vaulter of the Aggie track team, is ready to quit in order to give more time to his studies . . . After making 56 grade points the first time he has to find time to study? . . . . All we can say is that Red will be a mighty foolish young fel la if he decides to forsake the track team ... .a boy who can make that many grade points has enough spare time to take care of both enterprises .... Dr. 0. H. Pepper of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania for sever al years has devoted a clinic to geriatrics.—the specialty of the diseases of the aged. k LODPOT TRADE Is Money Made SHE WOULD LIKE NOTHING BETTER.. Because the personal gift of your Photo graph says a great deal of sentimental things you may not be able to say yourself. AGGIELAND STUDIO Joe Sosolik, Prop. The Woman Remembers The Man Who Remembers VALENTINE’S DAY. FEB. 14 Aggieland Pharmacy Keey to the Right at the North Gate START the SPRING SOCIAL SEASON OFF WITH A BANG By looking your very best at the Corps Dance tonight. Don’t Be Caught Unprepared SEND YOUR CLOTHES TO CAMPUS CLEANERS Over Exchange Stores New Y Baseball Team Opens Conference Schedule May 8-9 Razorbacks Expected To Be in Top Shape for Bear Contest at Waco Tonight The Texas Aggie baseball team will open its Southwest Confer ence season this year with the Baylor Bears in Waco with a pair of games on March 20-21, and close it with another two games with the Texas Longhorns at Austin on May 8-9. The schedule for the non-confer ence games has not been complet ed but Coach Lil Dimmitt has an nounced that the Aggies will swing into action against the Shep pard Field Flyers, now coached by Lieut. Marland Jeffrey, for mer star Aggie outfielder, at Col lege Station on March 4-5. Following is the conference sch edule for the Aggies: March 20-21 Texas at College March 31-Apr l..„ S M U at Dallas Apr 2 T C U at Fort Worth Apr 11 Baylor at College Apr 18 S M U at College Apr 21 Rice at Houston Apr 24-25 Rice at College May 1-2 T C U at College May 8-9 Texas at Austin 85 Take First Aid Instruction Course The First Aid Classes which were organized early this week and have a total enrollment of 85 men, are getting off to a rapid start, according to W. L. Pen- berthy of the physical education department. Grid Team to Have Intra-Squad Battle Today at 3; Public Invited BATTALIONIL. 0^0^03 FEBRUARY 7, 1942 Page 3 INTRAMDRALS By DUB OXFORD Things in the intramural cor ner are now moving at a fast clip. Horseshoes have seen a lot of fast action, and so has volleyball. Class A basketball fin- ff als will be play- m ed Monday night with E battery Field Artillery and A battery Field Artillery vieing for top honors. The class A speedball fin als will probably Oxford be run off Fri day and that will probably wind up all class A sports for the first semester. Field Artillery Peppers CWS Going into the speedball quarter finals, 2nd Headquarters Field Ar tillery and A CWS played one of the closest games this season. At the half time, A CWS was leading the match. Coming back with re newed vigor at the beginning of the second half, the 2nd Headquar ters Field team began to rally and a march toward a score was begun. The rally for the Artillery was sparked by Donald Puntch and Bill Beckman. Artillerymen Power and Saunders also helped overtake the test tubes. The final score of the thrilling match was 7-5 with 2nd Headquar ters Field on the heavy end of the tally. The A CWS team was led by their company commander, Ken Terrel. Volleyball Scores B Cav, 2; 5 CHQ, 0 3 Hdq. FA, 2; A Eng, 0. A Cav, 2; FA Band, 1 A CAC, 2; H Inf, 1 D FA, 2; B CAC, 1 Class B Intramural Football Winners Pictured above is 3 Hdq. Field Artillery, who copped the Class B Intramural football crown. Front, left to right, Davison, Johnson, Utesch, Barrier, Shaw, Press. Second row, left to right, Peter, Nash, Warren, Swenson, and Radley. —Photo by Jack Jones Prospects of Track Team Are Bright; Best In Seven Years According to Coach Rollins By Chick Hurst Nothing much has been said about them, but when the month of March rolls around some peo ple are going to get quite a sur prise when they take a look at the Texas Aggie track team of 1942. According to Coach J. W. “Dough” Rollins, A. & M. will turn out one- of the best track teams in the his tory of the school this year. “In fact,” says oCach Rollins, “barring injuries this will be the best team that A. & M. will have had in the entire seven years I have coached track here.” The squad has been working out since January 10 and since the wea ther conditions have been very fa vorable, it is fast rounding into shape for the coming campaign. If the favorable weather continues and no serious injuries are sustain ed in practice sessions, the squad should be in tip top condition for the opening meet of the season. Captain of the team this year is Roy Bucek of Schulenberg. 1c will be remembered that Bucek was high point man in the conference track meet last year, and in addi tion was presented with a watch by Coach Clyde Littlefield of Texas for being the outstanding man to compete in the conference meet. Bucek pulled a muscle in practice last week, and some concern js felt over whether or not he will be in first class condition for the start of the season. However, if the injury is not rehurt, Roy should be in shape to face plenty of tough competition by the time the sea son gets into full swing. In addition to Bucek other boys who will bear watching are Pete Watkins and Albert Ricks in the high jump, and Johnny Zeigler and Joe Vadjus in the distance runs. These boys have made quite an impression on Coach Rollins in their workouts so far, and should improve still more by the time the season opens. As things stack up at this time, the boys from the Institute in Houston appear to be the team to beat for the conference champion ship. Expert opinion gives Rice the championship slot in the pre-sea- son dope, with A. & M. and Texas slated to fight it out for second place. But a quick look into the records will reveal that pre-season dope is very wrong sometimes, and quite a few people may be sur prised when the race is over next May. The Aggies will open the cur rent season by traveling to Laredo for the Border Olympics on March 6. On March 14 they will have their first home meet of the season when they tangle with San Marcos Teachers here. One week following, on March 21, they journey to Ft. Worth for the Southwest Fat Stock Show meet. On March 28 the Ag gies go to Austin where they will compete in the Texas Relays. Fol lowing this, on April 2, comes their second home exhibition, a dual meet with the Texas Long horns. The third and last home engage ment occurs here on April 18, a quadrangular meet with S.M.U., Baylor, and T.C.U. On April 25 the Aggies trek to Des Moines, Iowa, to compete in the famed Drake Relays. One week later they will take part in a triangular meet in Houston with Rice and Texas. The season will wind up May 8-9 with the conference meet which will be held at Dallas. LOOK YOUR BEST Hair Cut in the Right Way Is Important Our Purpose Is To Please You Y.M.C.A. Barber Shop and Varsity Barber Shop Squads to Have Regulation Game If Weather Permits; Team Working Hard Coach Homer Norton’s football squad, which has been knocking heads in recent scrimmages, will strut out for the home folks in an intra-squad battle Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, weather per mitting. Four Teams Coach Norton has already divid ed his 65-man squad into four teams and each scrimmages the other on specific days. The grid- sters are developing into the peak of condition at a fast clip, and at the end of practice, February 25, they should be in midseason shape. The hard-working footballers started working out January 26, and since the conference rules dic tate that a team can practice but 30 days, the Aggie coaches have had to work fast in order to get the boys ready for a heavy grind come September. Fundamentals were the order of the day for the first two workouts, but head- knocking and scrimmages have as sumed their respective places. Ed Sturcken, the Aggies’ new discovery, and Leo Daniels have kept up with their advance notices, and are the bright spots of recent practice sessions. Sturcken’ s smashing thrusts and aerial dis plays have been superb, while Dan iels has more than made up for the loss of Triple-threat Derace Moser, ’41 Aggie star. Jake Webster, place-kicking spe cialist and regular fullback, George Wilde, star of the past Fish team, and Willie Zapalac, blocking back, too are serving advance notices that they will be hard to keep out of the lineup. These three have shown Coach Homer Norton that as far as the quality of backs was concerned, he had nothing to worry about. Defensive End Nute Trotter, who is regarded by End Coach Dough Rollins as one of the best defensive wingmen in the United States, too, has had more than one coach give him a wide-open eye. Trotter is the first string end, and is living up to ex pectations. His offensive ability has been slightly below his defen sive zeal, but coaches have much hope that he will bring the former up to par. Others in the line that have been doing satisfactory work are Boots Simmons and Floyd Hand at ends; Weldon Maples, Ray Mulhollan, Felix Bucek, and Wayne Cure at guards, Bill Sibley at center and Bob Tulis at tackle. FORFEIT DOGHOUSE Class A: G Replacement Cen., Volley ball Class B: D Cav, Horseshoes I Replacement Cen., Horse shoes. C Inf, Aggieminton F Replacement Cen., Aggie minton LOUPOT’S AN AGGIE TRADITION Ark Concludes Series Against Baylor Tonight Non-Conference Games Not Completed; Open Against Sheppard Ftyers March 4-5 WACO, Feb. 7.—Texas basket ball followers will get their third glimpse of the defending champion Arkansas Razorbacks in Southwest conference play tonight when Coach Glen Rose’s hoopsters en gage Coach Bill Henderson’s clev er Baylor Bears. The series brings together rem nants of the great machine which Rose skippered to Arkansas’ ninth league title last winter and the team rated as the team to beat for the 1942 honors. Arkansas goes into the series sharing the loop lead with T.C.U., while Baylor ranks fourth as all entries emerged from semester examinations. The Razorbacks have won three of four league games, breaking even with Rice at Houston after sweeping a home set with S.M.U. The Bears have lost decisions to Texas and the high-flying Owls, after downing T.C.U., S.M.U., and the Texas Aggies. In all probability the Razorbacks will be full strength for action against Dwight Parks and com pany at Waco. Captain R. C. Pitts, the team’s leading scorer and fifth in the conference individual race will pilot the cardinal and white quintet from a guard post. Gordon Carpenter, the 6 foot- 614 inch junior sensation, will be at center and Clayton (Foots) Wynne will pair with Pitts in the (See ARKANSAS, page 4) HAVE YOU TRIED OUR Plate Lunch 30c Daily except Sundays COLLEGE COURT COFFEE SHOP East Gate VALENTINE CANDIES ON SPECIAL THIS WEEK All Kinds King’s -- Pangburn’s -- Whitman’s We pay the postage CANADY’S PHARMACY Bryan, Texas