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Quantity and Quality of Grid Team Makes
Coach Norton’s Ags Big Threats for 1942
Coach Homer Norton and his
Aggie gridsters are finally com
ing down the long trail home as
far as football is concerned. They
are due to have their last big
scrimmage tomorrow before they
exhibit themselves for the home
folks for the final time Saturday
afternoon in a Sports Day feature.
They will limber up another five
or six days before turning in their
togs for the duration of the school
year.
At this time, prospects for an
other great season are more than
bright, and unless a key man such
as Leo Daniels or Bill Sibley drops
out of the picture, the other con
ference coaches had better start
sweating because next season they
might find the word “Aggie” syn
onymous with victory.
This may be a bit too optimis
tic, but that’s how things line up
for the ’42 season- If you talk to
Coach Norton about the whole set
up, he would probably place the
Cadets far down the list of possi
ble threats, but that’s only a char
acteristic of all coaches.
Seriously, however, I really can’t
see how the Ags can miss because
they have some great material.
T. C. U. was counted on to be the
“team to beat” next year, but
it seems that Uncle Sam needs
the Frog players worse than Coach
Dutch Meyer. Yes, it’s a fairly
well wrecked squad now, and it is
hard at the present time to see
where they can fit into the champ
ionship picture.
Rice is in better shape, but one
can never tell about the draft.
Texas, Baylor, Arkansas, and
S. M. U. may produce a surprise,
but at this time no team in the
conference can match with the
quality or quantity of Aggie ma
terial.
True, Coach Norton’s gridsters
have a suicide schedule on their
hands, and any one of their 10
games may trip them up. They
open with L. S. U. and close
with Washington State, sandwich
ing Duke, Texas Tech, and the six
conference teams in between. None
of the teams is considered breath
ers and the Cadets will truly have
to possess a great team to jump
that big hurdle. But things are
looking bright these days ,and even
Coach Norton is beaming at times.
“We may not have another
championship team, but we’re not
going to be push-overs by any
means,” he added. That’s by far
the most optimistic thing Coach
Norton has said this year.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Sports
Day to Have Relay Between Fish and Varsity
Put on your old gray bonent or
big heavy red woolen underwear
and strut out on Kyle Field to
attend the annual Sports Day Sat
urday afternoon . . . the program
will comprise a mile and sprint re
lay between the Varsity and Fresh
man track teams . . . incidentally,
the Fish Relay team is regarded
to have one of the best relay teams
in years . . . also on the program
will be a regulation football game
between the A and B squads . . .
FOR A REAL
RIGHT OF FUN,
FROLIC AND
FOOD
Navies
On Waco Highway
North of Bryan
Coach Dough Rollins’ thinly clads
will take part in 10 meets this
year . . . they open with the
Border Olympics at Laredo on
March 6 and close with the South
west Conference track meet in Dal
las on May 8-9 . . . the third Na
tional registration day, February
16, found 18 Texas Aggie football
team candidates filling out the lit
tle blue cards which made them
eligible for call under the Selec
tive Service Act . . . however, most
of them either hold contracts or
will be eligible for one next June
. . . Coach Art Adamson’s swim
ming team is back home after a
most successful Southern tour in
which the team won four, lost one,
and tied one ... Bill Henderson,
the Aggies’ scoring cage ace is
averaging 14 points per game . . .
he is third in the league in scoring
behind Dwight Parks and Bob Kin
ney, but may really break loose
and take the lead when the Aggies
face T. C. U., S. M. U., and Texas
in the coming games . . . this
comer still believes, after viewing
both Rice and Arkansas in action,
that the former one is still the
best . . . But, like someone men
tioned, “Texas was the best team
in the football league this past
year, but the Aggies still won the
crown . . . That applies to Rice in
basketball . . .
Physiology of Ants
Is Under Observation
DALLAS, Texas — New light
on the physiology of ants through
a decade’s observation of the
famous colony of ant mounds at
Palos Park, 111., was reported here
by Dr. William A. Dreyer, assist
ant professor of zoology, Univer
sity of Cincinnati.
Dreyer outlined his studies in
a paper on “Further Observations
on the Occurrence and size of Ant
Mounds With Reference to Their
Age” before the Ecological Society
of America at its recent annual
meetings at Dallas.
Ags Clash W ith Ponies for Cellar Friday
Henderson And
Sebeck Duel To
Highlight Game
Coach Marty Karows Texas Ag
gie cagers will be seeking their
first home victory of the year when
they clash with the cellar-dwelling
SMU Mustangs tomorrow night at
the DeWare Field house.
It will be a battle for the cellar
of the league as the Cadets have
won but one game against none for
the Ponies. Both teams will have
much the same characteristics in
the fact of close and losing games
and a one-man team. The Must
ang’s ace Johnny Sebeck and the
Aggie star Bill Henderson are the
sparkplugs of their respective
teams and are due to duel it out
on the hardwood floor tomorrow
night. They are tied for fifth place
in the conference scoring race with
98-points apiece, and are expected
to treat the fans with a brilliant
duel.
Coach Marty Karow’s Aggies
go into the fray with only one vic
tory under their belt, and that one
was an astounding upset over the
Rice-Owls. Their main trouble has
been making the free throws but in
their recent two-game series with
the Arkansas Razorbacks, the Ags
showed a marked improvement in
that particular field. However, their
improvement in free throwing was
counterbalanced by their poor ball
handling Saturday night. Coach
Karow has been working his play
ers overtime on that weakness and
expects them to make a better
showing this week-end.
Meanwhile, Coach Whitey Bac-
cus’ Ponies, who with the Aggies
have gained the monicker of “hard
luck” team, is doing every thing to
ready his Mustangs for the coming
battle with the Aggies. New plays,
added practice, and some helpful
changes have been the highlight
for this past week, and it is cer
tain that the Cadets will face an
improved team tomorrow night.
The probable starting lineups
(See AGS CLASH, Page 4)
BATTALION
FEBRUARY 19, 1942
PAGE 3
INTRAMDRALS
By
DUB OXFORD
Here’s big news for all you fel
lows who have aspirations to be a
key man in a circus. At the half
time period of the Aggie-TCU game
next Friday a “Sports Circus” will
be staged. It is
the desire of
Spike White to
present demonstr
ations of Aggie-
minton, Badmin
ton and ping pong
to the fans atten
ding the cage
match. Any men
who are capable
Oafort of playing in an
exhibition match of any of the
previously mentioned sports are
strongly urged to contact White
at the intramural clubroom immed
iately.
Don’t forget to weigh in at the
intramural office for wrestling be
fore the week is over. Entrants
may weigh in between 5:00 and 7:00
p.m. or between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.
all this week .
Men who enter wrestling at a
certain weight must be at that
weight or under before each bout.
Recreational officers are remind
ed to check with their first serg
eants for their class A swimming
schedules. They have been sent
out by the intramural department
and if you have not as yet received
yours, come by the office for it.
Of the eight teams in the DOG
HOUSE today, five of them are
Replacement Centers. I don’t know
the reason why these teams are
in the “House” but it seems to me
that tehe Recreational officers are
not checking with their schedules
close enough. Perhaps they mere
ly have enough men to make up e,
team. But in all cases they should
try to have a better percentage of
games played. Forfeits look bad
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Class A:
B CWS, Speedball
C Replacement Center,
Horseshoes
C Replacement Center,
Volleyball
G Infantry, Volleyball
Class B:
B Replacement Center,
Horseshoes
D Replacement Center,
Horseshoes
B Replacement Center,
Handball
G Infantry, Horseshoes
A Cavalry, Horseshoes
for any team and make the year
ly intramural averages rather low.
Let’s look into these fellows. The
Intramural department will bend
over backwards to help you in any
way.
Class A Horseshoes
F Field Art., 2: A Engineers; 1.
F Engineers, 2, H Repl. Center, 1
E Infantry, 3, 3 CHQ, 0
F Repl. Center, 2; B Field Art., 0
GF (Governor) Ashford’s Been Taking Care Of
Kyle Field and Athletic Equipment Since 1917
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HAS WELL’S
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HsSSaQQBE
By MIKE MANN
Ever wonder who has the gar
gantuan task of keeping all the
parts of the Aggie athletic plant
in tip-top shape? Well, the man
in charge of this ceaseless process
is George Frank Ashford, better
known as “Governor,” the title af
fectionately bestowed upon him
by Aggie gridsters. His official
title is superintendent of building
and grounds for the Athletic De
partment.
Ashford is a native Texan, being
born at Wallace Prairie, near Nav-
asota. However, he remained there
only until his tenth birthday.
Before coming to A. & M. he en
gaged in general building and for
a time was a house-building con
tractor. He has lived all over Tex
as and part of the United States,
and has had residences in Dallas,
£[ Paso, Corpus Christi, ‘Houston
and the State of Arizona.
“Governor” came to Aggieland
in 1917 and was placed in charge
of construction of the Department
of Building & Grounds. Some of
the college buildings whose con
struction was supervised by Ash
ford are the Exchange Store, As
sembly Hall, Aggieland Inn and
a large number of campus dwell
ing houses.
In 1927 Ashford was placed in
charge of the maintenance of the
athletic facilities of A. & M., a
position he has held ever since.
He was in charge of a number of
major improvements during his
first year with the athletic de
partment.
One of his first jobs was the
construction of the cinder track
around the football field. He also
moved the football field to a more
Coach Adamson’s Tankers
Annex Four Meets on Tour
Swimmers Lose One and Tie One; Taylor
And Cowling Star for Cadets in Meets
The Texas Aggie swimming
team, coached by Art Adamson, has
just returned from an extended
trip on which they met seven op
posing teams. They returned with
the commendable record of four
victories, one tie, and one defeat.
They first met the Dallas Ath
letic Club in Dallas and the score
of this meet was a 40-40 tie. After
this the swimmers journeyed to
Auburn, Alabama, where they met
and defeated Alabama Polytechni-
cal with a score of 49-26.
The aqua stars met the swim
mers of Emory university and Geo
rgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga. Emory
went down before the Aggies by a
49-26 score but the Rambling Wreck
took the Cadets by a score of 42-
33. The Tennessee university Vols
of Knoxville, Tennessee, was third
victim of the Aggies, who defeat
ed them 45-29.
The closing swimming meet found
the Cadets engaged in a three-way
match with Vanderbilt university
and Castle Heights Military Acad
emy at Lebanon, Tenn. The Aggies
came out on top in this meet with
59 points, while Castle Heights was
seccmd with 48 and Vandy was
a poor third with 18 points.
Bob Taylor and Bob Cowling were
outstanding for the Cadet team,
neither being defeated in the en
tire trip. Taylor specialized in the
220 and 440-yard sprints and free
style relays while Cowling took part
in the medley relays and 200-yard
breast stroke races. Taylor was
entered in the diving contests in
the three-way meet.
“Happy” McKee featured in the
100-yard race and was defeated on
ly twice, in the Georgia Tech and
Tennessee matches. McKee also
swam the 50-yard dash with much
skill. .
Ben Looney was particularly
impressive in the 50-yard dash,
staying right behind McKee all the
way.
The Aggie swimmers who made
the jaunt with Adamson were: Cap
tain Ernie Conway, Bob Taylor,
Fred Renaud, Jack Baird, Ben Loon
ey, “Happy” Goodman, “Shrimp”
Lapham, Bob Cowling, Dick Win
ters, Jimmy Kiel, “Happy” Mc
Kee and Guy Johnson.
Swimmers Open ’42
Conference Season
Against Texas Sat
The aquamen of Texas A. & M.
open their 1942 Southwest Confer
ence season Saturday night in Aus
tin when they meet the swimmers
of the University of Texas. The
contest is to be held in the Greg
ory Gym pool.
A Southwest Conference swim
ming meet is scheduled to take
place in the P. L. Downs Natato-
rium at College Station on the
nights of March 20-21.
Mounted specimens of 252 native
Georgia birds are contained in the
Emory university museum.
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central position within the stad
ium. Ashford supervised the raz
ing of the old baseball grandstand
and the erection of stands at their
present location. Along with the
erection of the new stands was the
construction of the new baseball
diamond.
The number of men on Ashford’s
staff varies in different parts of
the year. He has as many as 12
or 14 men under him in the fall,
while his usual number of assist
ants is three.
His perennial duty is the main
tenance and care of the athletic
fields. The grass has to be kept
growing, and occasionally replant
ed; weeds must be eliminated; the
cinder track must be kept in con
dition; and the fields have to be
kept smooth and even. “This is
a big job in itself,” states Ash
ford.
“Governor” also has an import
ant job in the athletic stockroom.
He is in charge of all the Aggie
athletic equipment. It is his task
always to keep it in repair; al
ways in its proper place; and al
ways ready for use. He is assisted
here by a number of student man
agers.
Ashford has also made the ma
jority of the minor improvements
on Kyle Field. He has erected the
football and baseball scoreboards
and supervised a number of other
improvements too numerous to
mention. A local authority once
said, “He has put in everything
around Kyle Field except the new
floor in the gym.”
One of Ashford’s off-time jobs
for the past ten years has been
the making of cedar chests. He
builds these chests on individual
orders and requests. These cedar r
chests are beautifully constructed
and are comparable to factory-
made furniture.
“Governor’s” favorite duty
comes during football season. It is
that of caring for the football
equipment on all trips made by
the Aggie squad. For the past 14
years Ashford has been traveling
with the Cadet team on all of their
road trips.
Ashford is married and resides
in a small cottage adjacent to the
AAA building in College Park. He
has seen two generations of Ash
fords graduate from A. & M. His
son, J. C. Ashford, graduated in
1925, and is now working for the
Federal government as an archi
tect at the Osage Indian Agency in
Oklahoma. His grandson, who
graduated in 1936, is a first lieu
tenant in the U. S. Army Air
Corps and is now stationed at Dun
can Field, San Antonio, Texas.
In his 25 years at A. & M.
“Governor” Ashford has made
hundreds of friends among the col
lege staff, employees, Aggie ath
letes and students. He is endeared
in the hearts of all who have
known him. Here’s to you, “Gov
ernor,” and may you enjoy many
happy years at A. & M.!
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