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Aggie Defeat by S.M.U. Not Expected By
Fans Here; Team Preps for Battle With TU
Coach Marty Karow’s Aggie
five returned to College Station
from a disastrous Northern trip,
in which they lost to T. C. U. and
S. M. U., to prepare themselves
for one last hopeful fling at bas
ketball when they play their final
game of the season against a re
surgent Texas five at the DeWare
Field House Tuesday night. Un
less the Cadets do a quick about
face as far as their basketball tac
tics are concerned, it’ll be just a
practice tilt for the Longhorns.
The defeat by T. C. U. was more
or less expected because the Frogs
do have a fair cage quintet. But
when the cellar dwelling S. M. U.
Mustangs, who haven’t won one
game out of nine, hit the Aggies
right in the midsection with a BB
SS victory, it makes a fella kind of
wonder—wonder whether or not
the boys really put out like they
should. They DID come back with
a terrific second half assault, but
that was not enough to minimize
the Ponies’ early lear. Whitey Bac-
cus’ Dallasites led the Ags, 24-9, at
the half, and it was a hard climb
for the Maroon and White clad
cagers to catch up.
Texas university, a team that the
Cadets would rather beat than
any other quintet in the confer
ence, comes here for a return
match Tuesday night, and it’s my
hunch that Coach Karow will have
his boys ready and rarin’ to give
out all they’ve got to beat T. U.
Both teams had much to do with
the outcome of the Southwest con
ference race, and should really put
on one of those thrillers basketball
fans hear so much about.
The way the Cadets have been
playing MOST of the year, it’s
quite possible to foresee a victory.
They’ve given everyone a hot fight,
and the Steers will certainly not
be immune. At least, we hope so!
Battalion Sports
FEBRUARY 28, 1942
- PAGE 3
Coach Marty Karow’s Quintet Prepares
For Season’s Finale With TU Tues Night
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Grid
Films of Kimbrough and Todd Shown Tonite
A moving picture of the 1940
Sugar Bowl game starring John
Kimbrough and the 1936 T. C. U.-
A. & M. battle featuring the Ag
gies’ immortal Dick Todd will be
the main attraction at the DeWare
Field House tonight . . . the shows
are sponsored by the T Club and
proceeds will be divided between
the T Club and the Red Cross . . .
Admission is 15 cents for students
and 25 cents for adults . . . Re
member the time—8:30 tonight at
the DeWare Field House . . .
other pictures -requested by the
audience will also be shown . „ .
Dough Rollins, Aggie track coach
is in desperate need of freshman
milers and highjumpers . . . any
one having experience is urged to
come out . . . Dough, of course,
would like to have district or state
winners in that particular respect,
but will be satisfied with just an
experienced man . . . Henry Fold-
berg, freshman football sensation,
is also a pretty fair hand at bas
ketball and track ... in high
school he was a four sports letter-
(See KYLE FIELD, Page 4)
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Thursday, 35-33
Jarrett Leads Cadet Second
Half Attack With 13 Points;
Welch High for Mustangs
The S. M. U. Mustangs, who
have lost 10 consecutive basket
ball games, finally broke their
losing streak at the expense of
Coach Marty Karow’s Texas Ag
gie five Thursday night at the
Pony gymnasium, 35-33.
A great Aggie rally was nipped
in the bud in the waning minutes
of play. After breaking loose with
a 24-9 lead at the half, the Mus
tangs gave way to the second half
Aggie aggressiveness. The result
of the tilt, nevertheless, left Coach
Whitey Baccus’ five still mired
deep in the conference cellar.
The cellar-dwellers outplayed
their College Station opponents
A. & M. (33)
FG
Ft.
TP.
Cokinos, f
2
1
5
Huffman, f
0
0
0
Underwood, f
0
0
0
Bayer, f
Henderson, c
0
1
1
4
1
6
Jarrett, g
6
1
13
Nabors, g
Watkins, g
1
0
1
0
3
0
Dawson, g
0
0
0
Peden, g
2
1
5
TOTAL
....12
9
33
S. M. U.
(35)
FG
Ft.
TP.
Sebeek, f
1
1
3
Baccus, f
1
1
3
Markctte, f
1
0
2
Tomlinson, c
4
1
9
Waters, c
0
0
0
Harris, g
3
0
6
0
0
0
Welch, g
6
2
12
TOTAL
....15
5
35
throughout the first half by tak
ing most of the backboard re
bounds, and hitting the basket
more accurately. The Ags were
ahead only once during the first
half, and that was early in the
game when Jarrett and Nabors
cashed in on two field goals to put
the Cadets in a lead, 4-2. However,
S. M. U.’s Tom Tomlinson and
Bob Harris added a field goal
Longhorns Hold
Early Season Win
Over Texas Aggies
The Texas Aggies and their
eternal rivals, the University of
Texas Longhorns, close their 1942
basketball seasons when they meet
in DeWare Field House Tuesday,
March 3, at 8:30 p. m. The game
was originally scheduled for Wed
nesday, March 4, but was moved
up one day by mutual consent of
the coaches.
The Longhorns suffered numer
ous losses of personnel at midterm
because of graduation, military
service, etc. However, in spite of
these severe blows, the Steers hit
their stride after the second se
mester was under way. The peak
of the Longhorn season came last
week when they upset the league
leading University of Arkansas
Razorbacks 58-37.
Malcolm Kutner, a standout of
the 1941 Texas grid squad, has led
the Longhorns in recent victories.
John Hargis and Les Sanders, a
pair of sophomores, have been
doing stellar service on the hard
woods .
The Cadets were defeated BB
SS by the Southern Methodist Mus
tangs in Dallas Thursday night.
In the past games the Aggies have
been stale and their usual fiery
game was not in evidence. One of
the most serious handicaps of the
Aggies is their inability to make
a sufficient number of their free
throws count.
In their previous meeting early
this year in Austin the Longhorns
defeated the Cadets and throttled
the Cadet ace, Bill Henderson, to
one field goal.
apiece to pull the Mustangs away.
From then on it was the Ponies
all the way, with the half ending
24-9.
A wild scoring spree by Jarrett
and Les Peden soon dwindled the
Mustang lead to 30-24. Jarrett hit
two fast ones and the Mu stages led
only 32-29. The Ags came within
(See BASKETBALL, Page 4)
Rollins Names 13
Contestants For
Rorder Olympics
Aggie Track Team Banks
Hopes on Bucek, Watkins
And Ricks in March 6 Meet
Coach J. W. (Dough) Rollins,
head track man at Texas A. & M.,
has nominated a team of 13 con
testants for the Border Olympics
to be held at Laredo March 6 and
is counting heavily on three men
to garner enough points to get
the Aggies a high place in the
finish.
Top man is Champion Roy Bu
cek, hurdler and team captain, who
ran off with both hurdle events
there last year and later annexed
the Southwest Conference champ
ionship in both events. In addition,
Bucek runs a leg on the sprint
relay and can do the broad jump
when needed and he will be need
ed this year.
Next in line comes Albert
Ricks, who did six feet, six and
three-quarter inches in the con
ference meet last year to tie with
Pete Watkins, of the Aggies, in
the high jump. Ricks also pole
vaults close to 13 feet and is
counted upon for some points
there.
Number three is Watkins who
has cleared six feet, seven inches
against Dub Walters, conference
champion and record holder. Wat
kins doubles up by participating in
the hurdle events and has been
able to stay right on the heels of
Captain Bucek who ranked No. 3
in the nation last year.
If any more points can be col
lected the job probably will fall
to Felix Bucek, Roy’s brother, who
got some needed points in the dis
cus, shot and javelin last year.
Pete Henry, another field events
man, may add some also.
Tumbling at Aggieland Began '‘Way Back In
1923; Has Advanced Rapidly Since Those Days
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By CHICK HURST
Halftime rolls around in the
basketball game taking place at
DeWare Field House. The crowd
settles back into its seat in anti
cipation of a few moments relax
ation. Suddenly at one end of the
court appears a leaping, twisting,
gyrating group of white-clad der
vishes. You’ve guessed it, it’s the
Texas Aggie Tumbling Team.
For the next few minutes, tae
average crowd is kept breathless
watching the intricate and sen
sational maneuvers of the tumb
lers. Typical comment of specta
tors after viewing one of these
exhibitions for the first time us
ually runs something like this:
“Weren’t those tumblers wonder
ful.”
Few persons realize the long
and arduous hours of practice
which go into the formation of the
tumbling routines. From 6:00 un
til 7:30 every afternoon the boys
work out on the mats in the gym,
thinking up new stunts, polishing
up on old ones, and striving to
develop a new act.
Tumbling at A. & M. began back
in 1923 when a small group of ca
dets met for the purpose of form
ing a club. They obtained the per
mission of the Executive Board
and Athletic Department to form
a club, and became known as the
A. & M. Tumbling Club. Each year
the membership has increased and
the boys have grown more profic
ient in the art of tumbling.
From each succeeding group of
cadets the presnt club has grown
to be one of the most popular ath
letic teams on the campus. Since
tumbling is not a recognized inter
collegiate sport, the members of
the club do not receive letters and
sweaters from the college. The
only reward which they gain for
putting in so much time in train
ing is the pure enjoyment of par
ticipating in the sport.
W. L. “Penny” Penberthy, A. &
M. Physical Education Director,
is the official sponsor of the
tumblers, but the team has no
coach. Each man helps the other
one in working out the stunts.
The entire routine is developed
by the boys themselves, and all the
stunts in their extensive repertoire
were made up by the boys on the
team.
At present there are 15 men on
the team. Of these, only six are
veterans with previous experience.
Co-captains of the team are Gor
don Siegel and W. W. Merritt.
Other members of the squad with
J. R. Mosely, and “Soupy” Reich.
The team began practicing be
fore the Christmas holidays and
has been working out continuously
since that time. They have appear
ed in two exhibitions this year, at
the Rice game January 21 and at
the Arkansas game on February
13. The tumblers will present their
final performance of the season
next Tuesday night when the Ag
gie cagers tangle with the Texas
Longhorns.
When the tumbling team cavorts
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INTRAMURALS
By
DUB OXFORD
Not only is the war dipping into
the ranks of the students, but the
faculty is being depleted, too. Luke
A. Harrison, ’40, assistant intra
mural director,
has been grant
ed a leave of ab
sence for the dur
ation of the war.
Luke left yester
day for his home
and will spend a
week or two
with his family
before induction.
Oxford Harrison will be
sorely missed in the department,
and here’s hoping he will be back
soon.
previous experience are Bobby
Stephens, Dick Suman, G. M. Gor
ham ,and Ben Baskin. In addition
to these men, other members are
J. H. Eaton, C. E. Anderson, Wil
liam Strickler, T. C. Howard, Jim
Newman, E. T. Nagle, R. B. Baker,
out on the floor in their final per
formance at the Texas game, give
’em a big hand, for if ever there
was a group of boys whose hard
wor kand sacrifice of valuable time
has gone unrewarded it is the Tex
as Aggie Tumbling team.
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Class A:
A CWS, Volleyball
B CAC, Swimming
G Inf, Horseshoes
I FA, Horseshoes
B CAC, Horseshoes
A Eng, Volleyball
Class B:
C Cav, Horseshoes
Point Question Solved
At the Recreational Officers
meeting held Thursday, the award
question was the most pertinent
problem under fire. At present,
no conclusion has been reached
concerning what the award given
to Recreational officers will be. A
question that was straightened
out at the meeting was the “point”
system of wrestling. Intramural
wrestling will' be decided like a
track meet. Which means the win
ner of each weight class will re
ceive 5 points, the runner-up, 3
points; semi-finals, 2 points, the
Baseball Team
Opens Official
Practice Sunday
The Texas Aggie baseball team
opens practice officially tomorrow,
their game with Marland Jeffrey’s
Sheppard Field Flyers next Wed
nesday afternoon here. The boys
on the team have been working
out for the past few days on their
own initiative, but this will be the
opening day of organized prac
tice.
This season will mark the debut
of Lil Dimmitt as head baseball
coach and will give fans a pre
view of the 1942 Aggie baseball-
ers. At the present time there are
no other non-conference games
scheduled, but Coach Dimmitt is
working hard in trying to arrange
some. The conference season will
open on March 20 at Waco when
the Aggies tangle with the Baylor
Bears.
quarter finals, 1 point. These points
are solely for determining the win
ner of wrestling.
On the above basis, the team a-
massing the most points will be de
clared winner of wrestling and the
intramural points alloted are: first
place, 30; second place, 20; third
place, 15; fourth place, 10; and
fifth place, 5. These points are
known as the event points and their
total decides the winner of the
intramural flag this year.
Odds ’n Ends
Class A swimming is not prog
ressing rapidly . . .too many for
feits. . . maybe the fellows are af
raid of the cold water . . .But the
water isn’t cold, fellows . . . be
sides, this is good swimming wea
ther . . . Speedball finals were held
yesterday . . . After tumbling class,
instructors Spike White and Nickie
Ponthieux held the attention of the
(See INTRAMURALS, Page 4)
“E” Field Defeats
2 HQ for Class A
Speedball Honors
By Mike Mann
E Battery Field Artillery, the
defending college champions of in
tramural sports, took a step for
ward yesterday afternoon as they
took the Class A speedball champ
ionship by defeating 2nd Headquar
ters, Field Artillery, by a score
of 8-6.
The Headquarters boys took the
lead in the first quarter by virtue
of a free kick made by R. C. Dou
gherty, but E Battery came back
early in the second quarter to score
two points on a pass from Billy
Rodgers to Ray Terrell. Bob Glase
tied up the score by kicking a free
boot for the Headquarters while
Newton missed a gratis boot for E
Battery.
Glase, Headquarter’s sparkplug,
started off the second half by
kicking a goal for three poin'js;
then E battery chalked up four
points on passes from Phil Alford
to “Ace” Hudson and Don Sim
mons to Ray Terrell.
The fourth quarter saw Rodgers
pass to J. C. Maroney for another
two-point score for the E Field
team. 2nd Headquarters fought
hard to come back but their ef
forts were wasted. A. C. SoRelle
made a free kick for the Head
quarters squad to make the score
8-6 with E Battery on top.
P. O. Puntch, J. P. McGarr, and
Glase all missed free kicks for
2nd Headquarters late in the final
stanza. Had any two of these
boots been good the game might
have wound up with a different
winner.
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