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Aggie-Arkansas Series May Well Prove To Be Championship-Deciding Factor—For Rice The Aggies have but three more days in which to prepare them selves for the Arkansas Razor- backs, and much of their ensuing practice is expected to be spent shooting from the foul line. Recent statistics kept by H. B. McElroy and compiled by Roy P. Gates of the Publicity Department shows that the Cadets have made 99 free throws out of a possible 221, which, in pur books, is not what you may call a satisfactory record. The Arkansas series is not a cru cial one in the sense that it may give the Aggies the basketball crown because Coach Marty Ka- row’s five is too far out of the race to even raise a bellow. How ever, this series may well prove to be the championship-deciding factor after all, for the Razor- backs will have to sweep the A. & M. series if they hope to continue as pace-setters of the Southwest Conference race. Rice is menacingly close to Coach Glen Rose’s red-shirted five, and may well grab the crown should the dangerous Aggies upset the applecart and dump the Razor- backs in at least one game. As to the possibility of such a feat, it is not entirely out of the question. The way those Cadets have been losing the close ones there is bound to be a turning point somewhere, and this may be it. The Maroon and White quintet has shown much hustle and ability even in its losing games, and should the boys “get on the beam” and hit that bucket from the foul line, the Hogs may not find it so rosy at College Station next Fri day and Saturday. It’s true that Arkansas has been on the long end of most of their games, but some of them have been too close for comfort. Next time they may not be so lucky! Sports Squibs From Here and There; Fish Show Plenty of Polish in Sat’s Scrimmage It was really “Fish Day” Sat urday afternoon on Kyle Field for the freshmen of Coach Homer Nor ton’s ’42 eleven certainly did have a field day . . . Among prospective sophomore backs, George Wilde, Otto Payne, Dickie Haas, and Ver non Belville looked highly promis ing ... In the line, Henry Fold- berg and Floyd Hand at ends, and Ben Stout at the tackle post are certain to give some of the first string boys plenty of competition . . . This corner always has an alibi ready just in case . . . Big Ed Sturcken, who was really expected to dent the Cadet line, didn’t do as well as expected primarily because of bruised shoulder and sore ankle . . . We still have lots of faith in ithe big boy . . . Just to see how Close the conference race really is, take a gander at some of these fig ures in the number of points scored for and against some of the confer ence teams .... Arkansas has scored 267 points while their op ponents have accounted for 253 . . . T.C.U. has scored 212 points with the opponents accounting for 201 . . . And just take a peek at these . . . the last three teams in the conference race look like this —Texas has scored 251 points while their opponents have accounted for only 263; the Aggies, who have Hats to Order All colors and shapes Standard Hat Works With Loupot No buttons to tear off! Arosnapi Shorts ^ ^ instead of buttons Grippers are more convenient and they’re laun- dryproof—they won’t break or rip off. 75c ARROW UNDERSHIRT 55c cl o micas College and Bryan won but one game out of four have hit the bucket for 191 points against 210, while the cellar dwelling S.M.U. Mustangs, who have lost all six of their tilts, have 219 points to their total as against 237 .. . that just goes to show that nothing is certain in this rowdy and wild Southwest Conference race ... Be prepared to come early next Friday night for the first Arkansas game if you hope to get a good seat . . . the Aggies are the kind of a team that is liable to win or lose any kind and that is one of the reasons the DeWare Field House has been packed to capacity everytime a basketball game is played ... So far, they’ve been going on the latter basis, but there’s no law in changing to a winning streak ... at any rate, the Aggies always put on a good show whether they win or lose, and it’s a pleasure to watch them . . . Don’t forget this date—February 21 . . . it’s Sports Day . . . Aggie and DAC Tankers Duel To A 40-40 Deadlock Conway, Cowling, And Renaud Break Dallas Pool Record in 300-Medley Relay In a dual acquatic meet held at Dallas, Coach Art Adamson’s swim mers splashed to a 40-40 tie with the Dallas Athletic Club tankers. The DAC pool record for the 300-yard medley relay fell, with the Aggie time of 3:17.8 swam by Captain Ernie Conway, Bow Cowl ing and Fred Renaud. Bobby Taylor continued his ag gressiveness of last year by an nexing the 50- and 100-yard free style events. Cowling, too, proved to be a big asset to the Aggie cause by grabbing top honors in the 100-yard breast stroke. The 400-yard free style relay proved to be a big boom to Aggie hopes as Taylor, McKee, Kiel and Renaud swam the long distance in the time of 3:54.5. Today, Coach Adamson will take his swimmers to Atlanta, Georgia, where they will be set to meet Em ory University in a dual meet. The following night the tankers meet Georgia Tech from the same city. And from there they journey on to Knoxville, Tennessee, where they compete against the University of Tennessee on February 12. Seventy-six cash scholarships for 1941-42 were granted to under graduate students by the Univer sity of Wisconsin from special trust funds. Hobby of John G. Tatum, French instructor at Los Angelas City col lege, is ceramics, the art of model ing vessels and figures in clay, student workshop. BETTER - - - Hamburgers, Candy and Cold Drinks POP SHAW’S Behind Legget Hall A LOUPOT TRADE Is Money Made Ags Prep for Arkansas Series Hogs Meet Cadets Here Fri and Sat Aggies Are in Top Shape for Coming Two-Game Battle With the Southwest Conference cage race past the halfway mark, the league-leading Arkansas Raz- orbacks move into College Station to meet the Texas Aggie quintet in a two-game series next Friday and Saturday nights. Right behind the Porkers are the Texas Christian Horned Frogs. The Porkers and the Frogs have each lost only one game but Ark ansas has won five games to four for the Christians. The Horned Frogs, the surprise team of the conference, have yet to play the Rice Institute Owls and the Razorbacks, both of whom are top-notch teams, and the Texas Aggies. The Razorbacks have only to meet the Texas Longhorns and the Texas Aggies before taking on the Frogs. The Rice Owls are still in pos sible range of the conference flag but they do not seem to be a logi cal choice since their game has not been improving. The Aggies, in sixth place with one win and four losses, are out of the race but they are still in position to “upset the applecart.” Should they defeat the Razorbacks this week-end they could throw the conference race into a big mud dle with Arkansas, Texas Christian and Rice all clamoring for top hon ors. Led by Captain Bill Henderson, the Cadets have lost a number of crucial conference matches by nar row margins of from one to three points. These heart-breaking de feats have found the Aggies lead- Intramurals • — -By Dub Oxford— . Attention Recreation ^officers! In order to make your intramural schedules coincide with the new college time plan, it will be neces sary for you to add one hour to the game times on all of your sports schedules. In the future, all sport schedules and schedule slips will show the cor- Oxford rect playing time. If there is any doubt as to your playing time, consult the intra mural office. Challenge Game Latest news is that the student intramural officials have chal lenged class A football winner I Battery Field Artillery to a con test. The officials have seen all the other teams play and are anxious to pit their football knowledge against the school champions. As yet, no news has been disclosed by I Battery as to when the match will be played. BATTALION Leo Daniels Stars As Regulars Down Reserves, 41-0, Saturday FEBRUARY 10, 1942 PAGE 8 Arkansas’ Sparkplugs! Above are shown Captain R. C. Pitts and Sub-Captain O’Neal Adams, two of the Razorbacks leading sparkplugs who have been instrumental in leading the Hogs to the top of the Southwest Conference ladder. They were a big factor in leading Arkansas to a championship last year, and are attempting to duplicate their efforts in this campaign. Friday night they will be Arkansas’ main hope in subduing the sixth-place but dangerous Texas Ag gies. < ing their opponents up until the last minute or two of the game. Jarrett, Nabors and Peden have done stellar service at the forward positions for the Cadets. Not only looping in the goal shots but also showing up favorably on the de fense. Mike Cokinos, Leland Huff man and Bill Underwood have been the leading guards for the Aggies and have accounted for a number of the tallies. TRADE WITH LOU HE’S RIGHT WITH YOU SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE BASKETBALL CHART Leading Scorers: . Player— G. F. T.P. Dwight Parks, Baylor, g 62 23 127 Bob Kinney, Rice, c 34 19 87 R. C. Pitts, Arkansas, g 34 11 79 Chester Palmer, Rice, g 37 2 76 Johnny Sebeck, SMU, g 30 12 72 Gordon Carpenter, Ark., c 27 10 64 Bill Henderson, A. & M., c 26 8 60 Les Sanders, Texas, c 26 8 60 Conference Standing Team— W. L. Pts. Op. Arkansas 5 1 267 253 Texas Christian 4 1 212 201 Rice 4 2 311 245 Baylor 4 4 337 388 Texas 3 3 251 263 Texas A. & M 1 4 191 210 Southern Methodist 0 6 219 237 Look Neat WITH A CLEAN HAT Standard Hat Works With Loupot By Chick Hurst The 1942 edition of the Texas Aggie grid machine staged a dress rehearsal Saturday with a regula tion full-time game. Scoring prac tically at will, the Regulars over whelmed the reserves by a top- heavy count of 41-0, to bring pleased smiles to the faces of Coach Homer Norton and his staff. The accurate passing and hard- driving runs of “Lightnin” Leo Daniels marked him as the man to watch when the Aggies take the field next fall. One of the Regu lars’ touchdowns was accounted for by Leo on an off-tackle smash, and another when he rifled a pass to end Truman Cox, who incidentally played a bang-up game, for an other. High point honors for the after noon went to Jake Webster whose terrific line plunges were remin iscent of the departed “Big John”. Besides scoring two touchdowns Jackson demonstrated that his ed ucated toe has lost none of its cun ning by booting three extra points. Other returning lettermen whose consistently fine work stood out were Centers Bill Sibley and “Slats” Holder, Guard Weldon Maples, and Backs Cullen Rogers and Willie Zapalac. But the thing that really gladdened the hearts of the Aggie coaches was the bril liant playing of several members of the Fish team. Standout among these freshmen, and a boy who looks as though he will see plenty of service next fall, was George Wilde who ran, passed, See FOOTBALL, on Page 4 BANK HOLIDAY Bryan banks will be closed Thursday, February 12, 1942 in observance of Lincoln’s birthday, a legal holi day. First State Bank & Trust Co. City National Bank First National Bank 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. FORFEIT DOGHOUSE Class A: D Coast Artillery, Volleyball 6 CHQ, Volleyball 4 CHG, Volleyball C Field Artillery, Volleyball Speedball games are now in the one-eighth finals and the breezy match between H Coast Artillery and A Coast Artillery was some thing to see. H Coast won the match 13-3 but the score is no in dication of the fight that A Bat tery put up. A Batterymen Byrd, Herring, and Boyle were the main stays of their team. But they were not quite good enough to over throw the mighty H machine led by DuBose, Dunn and Schneider. Bat It Across Class A volleyball dominated the score cards this past weekend. All class B sports were postponed in order that the freshmen might put in all the time possible with their dates. Here are the volleyball scores for the week-end: E Engineers, 2; B Signal Corps, 0. B Field Artillery, 2; D Cav alry, 0. E Field Artillery, 2; G Field Artillery, 0. 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