TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1942-
THE BATTALION
Page 9
Big’ Mural Program Planned This Semester
How About Adding the Twilight League
To the Already Potent Intramural Program?
One of the greatest traditions of
summer school seems to be on the
“gone with the wind” side, and it
is the desire of a countless num
ber of students, merchants, and a
few faculty members to preserve
this valuable tradition.
Let me put it direct to you. If
you have ever attended summer
school here—and most of you have
—one of the biggest thrills any
one of us can remember was either
playing or being a spectator at
those tri-weekly TWILIGHT
LEAGUE games. To those who
have played before, I need not de
scribe the satisfaction and pleasure
that was derived from those games
and it is this same Twilight League
which is greatly desired by these
boys today.
The sports program this sum
mer will be an extensive and an
interesting one, with the intra
mural department, directed by your
friend and mine, W. L. Penberthy,
really having plenty in store for
the cadets. Don’t worry about the
physical education angle, because
after viewing the hard work done
by Mr. Penny, Mr. Tischler, Spike,
Dewey and the rest of the fellows,
I can’t see where they can miss.
The addition of the Twilight
League will in no way conflict with
the intramural program. The lat
ter comes in the afternoon while
the former will be held in the ev
ening after supper.
Now here’s the plan. A minimum
of six and a maximum of eight
merchant sponsored teams to be
included in this league. Each team
should be limited to 15 players,
with only college students being
eligible to play. At present, I think
games scheduled twice a week—
Monday and Wednesday—will be
quite appropriate and a round-rob
in schedule applied to the various
teams entered.
The only hitch in the whole plan
may be the faculty. It is true,
that, after all, we are here to
study, and all play and no work
makes Jack a dumb boy, but I
can’t see how an hour less of study
twice a week will impair anyone’s
school work. Also the fact that it
will effect only some 100 out of
4000 students should bear quite a
weight on the continuance of the
Twilight League. Yes, and of
those 100 I’m sure that some %
will be Juniors and Seniors and
will be automatically excused from
CQ.
So, fellows, give this plan a
thought. You’ll have to stay here
for three months, but the intra
mural program plus this Twilight
League should make matters quite
interesting., For more details see
this scribe at the Batt office any
time from 1 until 5 each afternoon.
Penberthy and White To
Head Summer Sports Setup
Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Pingpong,
Volleyball and Water Polo to be Offered
By Mike Mann
Plans for one of the most ex
tensive intramural programs in the
history of A. & M. will have its
initial inauguration within the next
Heads Program
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Aggie
War Hero, Back in US, Ready for More Action
All kinds of rumors have been
flying about Lt. Henry (Pelly)
Dittman, former Aggie football
and track letterman . . . Some say
that he has been grounded, others
put it another way, but the fact
is that Pelly was sent back to the
U. S. from Australia because of
a fractious tooth ... As you re
member, Pelly was the first Aggie
in this war to be awarded a medal
for distinguished service ... He
conducted a secret flight over the
Pacific and his daring won him
the Distinguished Flying Cross . . .
His present whereabouts are un
known but he was given a special
assignment on important work so
his friends can start watching the
news again for the activities of
Lt. Henry Dittman . . . Sam Porter,
brilliant first-sacker of the 1942
champion Aggie baseballers was
signed by the Houston Buffs last
week and reported to them June 1
. . . he will probably be sent to a
lower league for seasoning, with
Springfield, Missouri being a pos
sible choice . . . Danny Green,
outstanding swimming ace for the
Dallas Athletic Club and one of the
top ranking juvenile swimmers of
the nation, will enter A. & M. this
semester . . . For the first time
in years, ineligibilities because of
(See KYLE FIELD, Page 10)
W. L. Penberthy
Swimming Pool
Hours Announced
By Art Adamson
Local swimming enthusiasts
welcomed the opening of the P.
L. Downs Natorium on Saturday,
May 30. The pool is being used
from early afternoon ’til late in
the evenings.
Aggies, sailors, and marines will
be admitted to the pool from 2
until 5:30 p. m. every day while
the members of the faculty and
their families may indulge in this
refreshing sport between the hours
of 6 and 7:30 p. m. There will be
a small fee for this latter group.
The amount will be announced at
a later date by Art Adamson,
swimming coach and instructor.
The intramural swimming events
will be held in the pool in the
evenings from 7:30 until 9:00
o’clock. This part of the swimming
pool activities promises to pro
vide many exciting moments from
a spectator’s viewpoint.
The pool officials have an
nounced that all Aggies, sailors
and marines using the pool in the
afternoons will be required to wear
a regulation strap and cap.
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week or so, according to an an
nouncement made by W. L.. Pen
berthy, physical education director
of intramurals here at Aggieland.
“Since the college is on a war
time basis, there is nothing better
than a physically fit individual
and we intend to do all we can
to aid members of the student
body to attain physical fitness,”
Penberthy stated.
The intramural program will be
opened with six sports which will
be open to both class A and B
participants. Those sports will be
swimming, water poL/, tennis, soft-
ball, volley ball and ping pong.
At the present time these are
the only sports which will be car
ried in the intramural sports pro
gram but the intramural officials
have announced that other sports
will be added if sufficient interest
is shown for additional events.
Penberthy has also announced
that horseshoe courts adjacent to
the dormitories will be boxed-in
and otherwise improved for the
convenience of the students. Bas
ketball goals will be erected in
dormitory areas for those students
interested in tossing at the basket.
There is also a possibility that a
number of volley ball courts will
be built at various points around
the campus.
Schedules are now being pre
pared by the intramural depart
ment and will be announced as
soon as they are completed. Pen
berthy will head the program as
usual and will be assisted by
“Spike” White and other members
of the staff.
Battalion Sports
August Meeting of Southwest Conference Officials
Due to Make Freshmen Eligible for Varsity Competition
The Southwest Conference, which
will have a special meeting at an
unannounced day in August, will
have as its main topic the question
whether or not freshmen will be
eligible for varsity football.
In its previous meeting in May,
the officials of the SWC decided
and voted upon that the confer
ence champion will be the Cotton
Bowl representative regardless of
any other bowl invitations. It
ruled that no Southwest Confer
ence champion will be. permitted
to play in any bowl other than the
big Dallas enterprise. This decision
was opposed only by Texas uni
versity.
As to the status of the first-year
man, the question was finally put
off until August. Coach Homer
Norton of the Aggies is emphatic
ally opposed to the idea of having
freshmen play with the varsity.
“Not only will the freshman miss
a valuable year of training for
the varsity, but he will also gamer
a few splinters sitting on the
bench for most of the year,” Nor
ton stated. I can hardly see how
any player, just entering college,
can surpass the work of a vet
eran—one who has had a year of
experience in back of him.”
Whereas, however, Norton op
poses the question, coaches of such
schools as Baylor and T.C.U. are
greatly in favor of making fresh
men eligible for varsity play.
Says Dutch Meyer of T.C.U.:
“Uncle Sam and the draft have
INTRAMORALS
By
By Mike Mann
The opening of the new year
finds E Field Artillery defend
ing the Class A Intramural crown
for the second time in succession,
having been champions in that
branch for the past three years.
The defending champs in Class
B will be 3rd Hdq Field Artillery
who led that class by quite a nice
majority. “Buck” Weirus, junior
recreational officer of 3rd Hdq.,
received a special award for man
aging the freshman winners.
F Infantry freshmen tied for
second place with B Infantry, had
the least number of forfeits listed
against their credit and hence
earned a special award for their
junior recreational officer, C. D.
Stuteville.
The intramural flags, denoting
intramural superiority, were
awarded to E Field upperclassmen
and 3rd Hdq. Field Artillery by
“Spike” White at the Final Review.
Former Students
To Receive Wings
Texas A. & M. has five of its
former students among the mem
bers of a class of Aviation Cadets
to be graduated soon at Air Force
Advanced Flying School, Stockton
Field, California.
Ralph C. Bills, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Bills of R.F.D. No. 2,
Dawson, Texas.
Winston J. Bradford, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Bradford Sr., of
800 East Broadway, Sweetwater,
Texas.
Raymond S. Carter, son of Mrs.
Ethel T. Carter of 720 Broadway,
Galveston, Texas.
Walter J. Hart Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter J. Hart of Fort
Worth, Texas.
Thomas F. Hetherington Jr., son
of Mrs. L. J. Hetherington of 832
Denver Boulevard, San Antonio,
Texas.
The graduates will be commis
sioned as second lieutenants in the
Air Corps Reserve and will be
given the coveted silver wings,
symbolic of the aeronautical rating
_,i pilot. They will be placed oi
active duty in their new rank witk
the Army Air Forces.
Before entering the final and ad
vanced course at Stockton Field,
these Cadets completed 20 weeks
of primary and basic training at
Ryan School of Aeronautics, Hem
et, and Gardner Field, Taft, Cali
fornia. *
Plans have not been completed
for the coming intramural pro
gram by the officials of the intra
mural department. The ball will
be started rolling by a recreation
al officers meeting which will take
place at an early date. The time
and place of the confab will be
announced in this column soon.
Forty-eight United States col
leges and universities now have
courses in Portugese.
riddled my squad and without
freshmen, we will just not be able
to produce any kind of a team.
Frank Kimbrough of Baylor makes
almost the same statement ex
plaining: “Draft, graduation, and
other unforseen circumstances has
dwindled my squad down to a very
small proportion. Unless freshmeii
are made eligible, I can’t see how
we can survive a football season.”
Controversies arise here and
there on the big question, but the
final decision will be handed down
by the SWC officials in their meet
ing in August. It is almost certain
that they will vote in the affirma
tive on the question, and when
September rolls around, these boys
whose names have gone down with
glory during their high school
days may quickly find fame in
college during their first year.
Primary reason for that kind of
a decision is T.C.U. and Baylor,
which has, or still will be hard
hit by the draft. Such colleges as
A. & M. and Arkansas will suffer
little if any from the draft since
each has an R.O.T.C. Texas and
Rice also will not suffer too much
since most of their charges have
been placed in the Naval Reserve.
T.C.U., Baylor and S.M.U. are the
colleges which certainly would not
object if the freshmen were made
eligible for varsity play.
Wellesley is said to be the first
women’s college to have its own
radio station.
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