Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1942)
Arkansas Hogs Defeat Aggie Five, 47-41 R. Bucek, Labus, and << Record-Breaker ,, Johnny Zeigler Are Mainstay of Track Team Putting football and basketball aside for another day or so, let’s roam into the field of track. Coach Dough Rollins has already ex pressed his opinion that it is the best track team he has coached since he has been here, and there are quite a •few reasons to substan tiate the fact. First and number one reason is, of course, Roy Bu cek, captain, and ace hurdler of the team and the Southwest Con ference. He has been on the in jured list lately, but figures to be in top shape with the advent of track season. Next in line comes Emerick La- ibus, a cinder-clad, who can really run that 100-yard dash and the relays. I watched him on one of his practice jaunts Thursday aft ernoon and there seems to be no reason why Coach Dough Rollins’ ace sophomore shouldn’t come through in fine style at future meets. Last but not least in our books is a trackster named Johnny Zeig ler. That name is not too familiar to the average sports fan, but it is. a name which may well find itself on the pinnacle of Aggie fame after the season is over. You may remember him slightly as the same lad who broke the conference cross country record by going the two and one-half mile course in 12.10 last November, knocking bet ter than 6 seconds off the mark which had stood since 1925. It was back in those years that Sandy Esquival, performing for Texas university, trotted the 2-mile run in 9:32.4, and that record has with stood the challenge of several crack distance runners. This year, it’s the Aggies’ Johnny Zeigler who gets the chance of shattering the record, and according to Coach Rol lins, Assistant Coach Ray Putnam, and Cross Country Coach Col. Frank Anderson, he has more than an even chance to set a new time for the distance. In practice, he is consistently running under the 10- minute time, and with someone to press him, Zeigler can do much better. The 2-mile record of Texas’ San dy Esquival still stands undaunted through tWe years, but a little 135- 1b. black-haired son of Texas A. & M. may well break it. Only time and Johnny Zeigler can tell. Sports Squibs From Here and There; Tankers Setting Records in 300-Yard Medley Relay . . . Coach Art Adamsons swim- mng team not only is going about its winning ways in its South ern tour, but it also is setting .a few records in the 300-yard med ley relay ... in their first meet with the Dallas Athletic club, the tankers broke the Dallas pool rec ord with a time of 3:17.8 . . . the following day at Atlanta, Georgia, FOR EXPERT WATCH REPAIRS C. W. VARNER Jeweler Also the Finest Diamond Rings Wedding Rings Jewelry North Gate and Bryan Coach Adamson’s swimmers dupli cated their effort by setting a rec ord in the 300-yard medley relay in their meet with Emory Univer sity . . . Captain Ernie Conway, Bob Cowling and Fred Renaud are the mainstays of that relay . . . their other meets are as yet unre ported . . . Coach Lil Dimmitt of the baseball team is scheduling games with non-conference oppon ents ... he already has a game with the Sheppard Field Flyers scheduled for March ... at this time Coach Dimmitt’s main prob lem is his pitching staff . . . Hoyl Basil and Bob Buntin have taken Jimmy Parker’s position as equip ment managers . . . Both are work ing on football, but will divide time on baseball and track . . . Hoyle will take care of track while Bob will give his time to baseball . . . It looks as if Bobby Williams, dy namic sophomore back, will be in for heavy duty come next fall . . . he’s been running from all four po sitions in the backfield and looking good at each ... he hit his peak Monday afternoon when he tore the Reserve line to shreds with his great running . . . Keep an eye on Bobby . . . Don’t forget this date— February 21 . . . It’s Sports Day! Student loan funds totaling $19,960 are available at the Uni versity of Louisville. Wishing Won’t Stop That Falling Hair TRY OUR SPECIAL SCALP TREATMENT YMCA Barber Shop and Varsity Barber Shop A-CWS--Class A Cross Country Winners Above are shown A CWS, who copped the Class A cross country crown earlier this season. Listed in the shot are McAllister, Haralson, Griffin, Keeney, and Swop. —Photo by Howard Berry Fish Smash Allen Basketeers With 56-30 Score « “Buddy” Moore Leads As High Scorer And Aggie Team Sparkplugs Coach Manning Smith's Fish bas ketball team proved to be consid erably more than a match for the Allen Academy Ramblers in their game yesterday afternoon, and ov erwhelmed the Allen basketeers by a top heavy score of 56-30. Combining fast action on the court with an unusual ability to hit the basket, the Fish jumped into the lead when the game was but a few seconds old and were never seriously threatened. Most of the game was played in the Allen Academy end of the court, and proof of the stout fish defense lies in the fact that 14 of the visitors’ points were garnered via the free throw route. Sparkplug of the Fish attack and high scorer of the afternoon, was Gordon “Buddy” Moore, a Wichita Falls lad, who managed to hit the strings for a total of no less than 20i points, all of which were made during the first half. No doubt Buddy would have in creased this but he fouled out of the contest when the second half was but a few seconds old. Also outstanding for the Fish were Bob Barton of Pasadena, whose speed in breaking for the basket worried the Rambler de ton and Joe Sample of Dallas fense no end, Harry Hope of Hous- These boys together with Moore accounted for most of the fresh men’s points. High scorer for the visitors was was J. Kunze, who racked up a total of 12 points for the afternoon. Although the Fish held him pretty well in check for the first part of the game, Kunze got hot in the dy ing minutes of the contest and dropped several beautiful long shots through the strings. W. J. Douglas, Jr. INSURANCE AGENCY Rooms 18-20, Commerce Bldg. Bryan, Texas Ph. 2-6605 rx We are pleased to announce that in conforming with popular demand for a service leather, we are able to offer GENUINE WATER BUFFALO The sturdiest boot in the business at the regular price. Holick’s Boot Shop North Gate % BATTALION FEBRUARY 14, 1942 PAGE 3 Aggie Football Team to Have Intra Squad Battle This Afternoon at 3:15 Those who did not get a chance - at viewing the edition of Coach Homer Norton’s ’42 gridiron team will get their due time this after noon, when the Aggie coach pre sents a regulation game between the Regulars and Reserves. Game time is 3:15. The Regulars, who were sparked by Leo Daniels and Jake Webster last Saturday, won the tilt, 41-0, and will again pit some of the most formidable material against the' so-called “blue-boys” or hold overs and the less-acclaimed play ers on the squad. Unhampered by bad weather so far, Coach Norton and his aides have been able to work on 1942 plans instead of dwelling countless hours on fundamentals. “The boys have come along fine,” Coach Norton said, “and some of the weaknesses on the team have been greatly strength ened.” Much of the recent workouts have been slowed down by the four hour military drills every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs day, but not too much as to actual ly hamper the spring training plans. In their most recent scrimmage sessions Thursday and Friday aft ernoon, a large part of the time was spent on pass blocking and passing. Coach Norton indicated that one of the' main weaknesses of the Aggie team in their full- fledged game last Saturday was blocking on pass plays, and it was the intention of the coaching staff to iron out that kink immediately. Much improvement was noted in the pass blocking recently. The passing game, supervised by the magic arm of Leo Daniels and assisted by George Wilde, Ed Sturcken, and Jake Webster, has been going great guns. Sturcken and Webster did not do any pass ing last Saturday, but Coach Hom er Norton has stated that the Ag gies will not rely on just one man to do the slinging, but will attempt to have at least three men in the backfield alternating at tossing the pigskin. Another great feature of the spring session has been the work of Guard Weldon Maples who is groomed to be one of the best linemen in the Southwest Confer ence next season. Maples broke into the starting lineup during the close of the season last year, and since then has been one of the bet ter linemen on the field of play. Truman Cox, end, too has shown much spark and fire in recent scrimmages, and is destined to car ry a heavy load next season. The Aggies will climax their practice session February 21 in a Sports’ Day attraction before the cadet corps and the general public. Following that, they will take it Intramurals :By Dub Oxford: Here is good news for all fel lows who like to work off excess energy. Perhaps they can enter this sport and quit mauling their room mates. Class A and class B wrestling will begin soon as an intramural sport as soon as varsi ty basketball is over. This date should be about March 5 if the present playing schedule holds out. For the ben efit of all men who plan to enter wrestling, please come down to the Oafar4 intramural club- room from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. or from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. according to the following schedule: Tuesday, Feb. 17, Field Art illery, Coast Artillery. Wednesday, Feb. 18, Infan try and Engineers. Thursday, Feb. 19, All other • organizations. As many as five freshmen and upperclassmen may enter the sport and these entrants wil Ibe distri buted into weight classes. If you have an intramural handbook handy, see pages 12, 22 and 23 for complete information. FORFEIT DOGHOUSE Class A: E FA Volleyball C FA, Horseshoes F Pepl. Center, Volleyball I CHQ, Volleyball A Cav, Horseshoes Class B: 2 CHQ, Horseshoes A SC, AggiemintjOn -V. Wrestling instructions will be given to those who have entered in the sport at 8 p.m. Tuesday, February 24 and Thursday, Feb ruary 26. Credit wil Ibe given to freshment attending these instruc tional periods. In order that the intermural department may do a thorough job of teaching, these instructional periods will be lim ited to those men who are entered in wrestling. easy until February 27 when they will hang up their grid togs until Fall training early in September. Teams to Conclude Series With Game Tonight at 8:30 Henderson Is High Point Man for Cadets.... With 21 Markers; Adams Stars for Hogs By Mike Haikin Battalion Sports Editor Finding the range ip the final minutes of play, Coach Glen Rose’s Arkansas Razorbacks subdued a rough and tough Texas Aggie quin tet, 47-41, last night before a capacity crowd at the DeWare Field House. The teams conclude their series-f tonight at the Field House. Game time will be 8:30. One of the fea tures of the between-half program will be the introduction of Mrs. Lil Munnerlyn’s new song. Thrilling Affair It was a thrilling affair all the way with the lead changing inter mittently throughout the game. The Aggies, led by Bill Henderson, who was high point man for the night with 21 points, gave Arkan sas a rough battle all the way, but finally succumbed to the clever ball-handling of the tree-top Ozark basketeers. Henderson, besides be ing high point man, by far gave his outstanding performance of the year. His shots came from all corners of the floor, and many hit the hoop without touching the rim. R. B. Bayer and Mike Cokinos co llaborated with Henderson in giv ing a great performance. For the Razorbacks, it was “Jum pin’ ” O’Neal Adams and Cap tain R. C. Pitts, who provided most of the fireworks. Adams made 13 Vermont Not So Old Prof There Discovers BURLINGTON, Vt. (AGP)—The Vermont area is 100,000,000 years younger than scientists have sup posed, according to Professor Charles G. Doll of the geology de partment, University of Vermont. During a mapping expedition, Professor Doll discovered several mineralized fossils of sea-lilies and snails in a stratum of rock where they had no geological right to be, on the basis of finding of past scientists, because those varieties were not in existence at the time the rocks were supposed to have been laid down. Perfection of the fossil calyx and stem of the sea lillies, and the type of coiling of the snails, left no doubt that they were the variety in existance during the Devonian age, 340,000,000 years ago. This fossil proof takes the rock structure through eastern Vermont from Massachusetts to Canada, out of the Ordovician, and outs it in the Devonian age, 100,000,000 years later. points while Pitts contributed 9 markers to the Arkansas cause. Bob Honea also showed to advan tage with his 9 points, while at the same time playing an excellent floor game. Ark Takes Early Lead Arkansas broke loose with a 6-3 lead before the game was very old. Bayer hit the meshes for a field goal, but that was counter-bal anced with a goal by Adams; Ad ams hit the hoop again, but Hen derson sank two goals to bring the score at 10-9, Arkansas. From there on until the half, it was close throughout, with one team sinking field goals followed by the other. The half ended with a 23-21 lead for Arkansas. Bayer, Pete Watkins, and Hen derson added field goals, while Jar- rett accounted for a gratis shot as the half opened. This gave the Cadets a five point lead, and for a time it seemed that another up set victory was brewing. However, the Razorbacks quickly closed the gap, and the score was 34 all, with 6 minutes to play. Both the Aggies and Hogs exchanged field goals and free throws and the score was tied at 41 all with but four minutes to play. However, field goals by Honea and Adams, and free throws by Gordon Carpenter and Pitts, proved to be the winning margin. Freeze Ball From there on until the final gun sounded the Razorbacks froze the ball all the way. The cadets tried hard to secure the ball, but their vain efforts only resulted in personal fouls. In a special added attraction given between halves, the tumb ling team again provided the tense fans with plenty of thrills. Their performance received a hearty ap plause. A LOUPOT TRADE Is Money Made AGGIES! Complete Radio MJH Repair Service At Your Disposal Let Us Fix Your Radio STUDENT CO-OP One Block East, N. Gate Phone 4-4114 JUNIORS WHO WEAR A UNIFORM MADE BY MENDL & HORNAK WILL BE SATISFIED CUSTOMERS We Are Now Taking Orders For SENIOR BOOT BREECHES AND SHIRTS The Symbol of Distinction MENDL & HORNAK LAUTERSTEIN WELCOMES YOU FOR GOOD CLEANING
