Naming of Homer Norton As Coach of All
Stars Is Proof of Aggie Mentor’s Greatness
Great coaches may have come
and gone in this world. . . but when
they produce another of the Hom
er Norton calber, then it’ll really
be the time to howl.
Proof that, at least Norton is
one of the greatest football mas
terminds in this country, was
clearly established when the bald-
pated Aggie mentor was invited to
serve as one of the coaches in the
Chicago Bear-College All-Stars
game August 28 for the second
consecutive year. Not only was
it the second time in history of
this All-Star affair that a coach
has been invited twice in a row,
but it also was a great honor
paid to a well-deserving coach.
I’ll never forget when Homer
Norton was under fire from the
ex-students in 1938. True, he did
not produce any star-studded line
up which dazzled the conference,
but until that particular year,
Coach Norton had some of the
poorest material to work with.
Then when ’38 rolled around the
Aggie mentor suffered a break
down in his health and was forced
from the scene of many a practice.
So when an Aggie team which
had been expected to be one of
the powers of the race won but
three conference games, the exes
There’s more than
meets the eye...in
. . . there’s the kind of foot
comfort that makes a parade
ground seem no bigger than
a hop-scotch court. Boy, can
you go in those Mansfields!
$5.85 to $6.50
Right:
Ranger,
Barracks
Brown
quarter
brogue
oxford with
CLOCMCRS
SHOE DEPT.
B. C. Allen, Owner
College and Bryan
began to howl—and loud—and but
for the far-sightedness of Dean E.
J. Kyle and some of the other folks
who knew Norton had the “Stuff”,
we might have had another coach.
But the “wolves” decided to re
lax their vigliance and give the
Alabaman another try. And an
other try he did' get—a try in
which he swept everything before
him to became one of the nation’s
finest coaches overnight.
Since then, it’s been almost the
same axiom for the past two years
—the Aggie gridsters compiling
the greatest record ever put in
the books by any other Southwest
Conference team. Of course, the
Aggies of 1917-19 under Dana X.
Bible still hold the record for con
secutive wins, but those were Ag
gies anyway.
It’s a shame that Norton didn’t
get “the coach-of-the-year award”
this past year for if ever a coach
produced a Southwest Canferehce
champ without the publicized ma
terial, etc, it was the Aggies’ one
and only Homer Norton in 1941-42.
He goes off for Chicago today,
and, in his heart he may rest as
sured that Aggies, here, abroad
and the country over wish him the
best of luck a fighting Aggie can
give in his new endeavor with the
College All-Stars. The Cadets are
proud—proud to know that their
football coach represents the South
in the big forthcoming classic!
SPORTS SQUIBS FROM
HERE AND THERE
The “Shaughnessey” playoff
plan in the Twilight Softball Lea
gue will start August 25, a day fol
lowing the regular session of the
league, Monday, August 24. . . the
first place club will play the fourth
place team while the second and
third place entries fight it out. . .
These will each play a two out of
three game series while the champ
ionship games between the winners
of the first round playoff will be
decided in a three out of five game
affair. . . Chip Routt, Roy Bucek
andJim) Sterling have been invited
to plajt for the East and West
Army All-Star team. . . Sterling
and Routt are to play for the West
while Bucek will play for the East
. . . Lt. Marion Pugh, who was
transferred from Camp Roberts,
California to Camp Hood, Texas
has been transferred back to Camp
Roberts. . . Why? Ask the U. S.
Army. . . The Helms Athletic
Foundation, an authority on sports
research, has picked an all-time
All-American selection, and if
there ever was a good reason for
an old-fashined argument this is
it. . . Of course, the players nam
ed on their team certainly were
far from slouches, but fans all over
the country will still contend that
their favorite back or lineman
should certainly be on there. . .
Noticeable in the selection is the
absence of A. & M.’s Jarrin’ John
Kimborough, the Aggies’ 1939-40
All-American fullback. . . However,
in his stead is a player who holds
a good enough record to have play-
(See KYLE FIELD, Page 4)
Don’t Forget to Enter the Contest
Loupofs Trading Post
North Gate
More Champs
Are Crowned
In Tourneys
Meyer and Dreiss
Win In Horseshoes;
Others to be Played
As the Intramural Department’s
open tournaments enter the final
rounds, champions have already
been crowned in some divisions.
In golf Jackson, F Coast Artillery,
took the singles title by defeating
Washington, F Engineers. Forrest
and Lietz of G Coast Artillery be
came titleholders in golf doubles
by winning over Hancock, B F.A.
and Harrison, C F. A.
In the horseshoes division Meyer,
C Coast and Dreiss, B Coast were
winners in the finals over Boyd
and Barton of B Coast. In the
singles horseshoes finals Curtis,
A Coast, will meet Meyer, C Coast.
In the Aggieminton Singles Meyer,
C Coast, became champ by tri
umphing over Caro, 4 C H.Q. and
in the doubles Boyd and Barton of
B. Coast teamed up to win the tit
le over Lanier and James also of
B Coast.
Tennis singles entered the quart
er-finals with the following mat
ches slated to be played: Plang-
man, C Eng. vs. Outterside, 3 Q
M. C.; Elliston, D Field Art; Jones,
vs. Witacre, D. Field Art; Jones
I Inf. vs. Penn, 6 C H. Q; and Gil
bert, A. Inf. vs. Pettit, A. Inf.
Tennis doubles are in the smi-
finals with Pochyla and Franka of
C Cavalry facing Whitacre and
Elliston of D Field Art. in one
match, and in the other Shultz and
Coston of Inf. Band meet Allen
and Stanley of A Sig. Corps.
The table tennis singles are in
the quarter-finals with the fol
lowing matches to be played: Pet
tit, A Inf. vs. Meyer, C Coast;
Forrest, G. Coast ys. Seay, D. Inf;
DuBose, C. Coast vs. Pulls, D
Coast; and Swope, A C. W. S. vs.
Hart, B C. W. S. The table tennis
doubles entaered the finals with
DuBose and Myer of C Coast fac
ing Armstrong and Howard of B
Inf.
In the Handball singles Kenn,
1 C. H. Q. meets the winner of
the match between Cokinos, H
Field Art. and Nixon, 3 C. H. Q.
and in the doubles so far Kenny
and Frost of 2 C. H. Q. and A
Ord. have advanced to the finals.
Class B Swim Semi-Finals Tonight
Battalion Sports
Thursday, August 6, 1942
Page 3
Coach Homer No rton LeavesforChicago Today;
Invitation Is Second in Row for Ag Mentor
By Chick Hurst
Senior Sport Assistant
A genial gentleman with a ready
smile, warm handclasp, and quick
wit, beneath whose balding cran
ium lies one of the keenest foot
ball brains of the country, leaves
Aggieland today for Chicago where
he will act as one of the coaches
in the mamouth All-Star classic
to be held there August 28. This
genial gentleman is none other
Homer Hill Norton, head mentor
of a team known as the “Fightin’
Texas Aggies”.
Only once before, second in the
History of the All-Star classic has
any man been invited to coach
two years in succession, and this
time marks Norton’s second ap
pearance in as many years at this
attraction. And small wonder! For
the coaches o fthis game are se
lected on the basis of their past
record, and the record of Coach
Norton is certainly a shining one.
When the 1942 version of the Tex
as Aggies steps on the field, it
will be gunning for a fourth con
secutive conference championship.
The All-Star game is an annual
affair for charity held in Chicago
each year on Soldiers’ Field. All
proceeds from the attraction this
year will go to Army-Navy relief,
and the game is expected to fur
nish the largest single contribu
tion to this cause yet donated. Sol
diers’ Field seats, upward of 100,-
000 persons, and tickets will scale
from $4.00 up. One hundred choice
seats will be put on sale at $1000
each.
Opponents of the All-Stars this
year will be the world’s champion
Chicago Bears professional team.
Practice for the All-Stars will be
gin August 8, and with three weeks
to work before the game the
“Stars” should be able to deal the
“pros” plenty of misery according
to Norton. “Make no mistake about
one thing” said Norton, “the All-
Stars will not be out there to just
put on a show, we are going out
there to win a football game if
it is at all possible”.
Breaks Tradition
But lets get back to Coach Nor
ton himself. For a number of years
tradition said that no team could
win the Southwest Conference
twice. But beginning in 1939 the
teams coached by this genial gen
tleman who hails from Alabama
have shattered this acient tradi
tion beyond repair.
In 1939 Norton produced what
was probably the greatest football
aggregation in the history of the
Southwest Conference. In 1940 the
cry was still “the champions never
repeat”. But with almost the same
team that was Number 1 in the
nation in ’39 Norton set out to dis
prove this teory. They ran the Ag
gies’ string of victories to 19
straight, a record never equalled.
But they did stumble on the top
step, as every Aggie remembers
with anguish, and had to be con
tent with only a tie for the champ
ionship.
Performed Wonder in ’41
And then came 1941. Faced with
C Cleaners Hold Lead; Lipscomb’s Gain
Loupot Edges Out ^
Campus Theatre By
7-6 In Last Inning
The Campus Cleaners kept their
two game lead over Loupots by
winning over Holicks’ Cleaners by
the score of 6-2. Loupot’s in a
very close contest featured by a
six run rally in the last inning
edged the Campus Theatre 7-6.
Lipscomb’ Pharmacy took over un
disputed possession of third place
by winning over Madeley’s Phar
macy 4-3, and in the other of the
evening the Faculty and Aggie
Cleaners played a 3-3 tie game.
The Campus Cleaners collected
a total of eleven hits off Day and
Hogge who divided the mound
duties for Holick’s. In the third
inning they bunched six of their
eleven hits to score five runs to
put the game on ice. Previously
they had scored a tally in the sec
ond inning and were leading 1-0
when the outburst took place.
While the Cleaners were sluggling
the Jpall their pitcher “Grandma”
Daniels was holding Holick’s hit
ters to four hits. In the fourth
inning Holick’s managed to score
a tally with bingles. In the fifth
Maley walked and came home as
Slaughter trippled down the left
field line.
The Loupot-Campus Theatre
tilt was another of those close
games which these two clubs have
been having throughout the sea
son. So far Loupots has walked
away with the three contests that
these clubs have had by a one
run margin in each case. Last
evening the Campus Theatre seem
ed headed for victory till the last
inning when Loupot’s boys scored
six runs to win the game and
maintain the jinx. Loupot’s scored
two runs in the second inning to
take an early lead, but the Theatre
boys managed for single tallies
in the third, fourth, and fifth in
nings and then scored three more
runs in the sixth to take a 6-2 lead
which seemed enough for victory
till the last inning when with one
down, Loupot’s boys found their
batting eye, and pushed five runs
across the platter to win 7-6.
Liscomb’s Pharmacy scored two
(See TWILIGHT, Page 4)
INTRAMURALS
By Mike Mann
By Mike Mann
Local swimming enthusiasts will
have a chance to express them
selves Saturday, August 14, when
Intramural department sponsors
an open swimming tournament for
all Aggies. Anyone who is eli
gible for Intramural athletics may
enter this contest.
The Forfeit Doghouse hit a new
high today. Most of this deficiency
on the part of the teams may be at-
ributed to freakish weather, yell
practice, and misunderstandings by
the managers.
The Intramural department wish
es to remind recreational officers
NOT to take things for granted as
far as schedules are concerned.
They should not asume that a
game has been called off unless
they have official notification
from the department. When a
manager is in doubt he should
call the office.
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
CLASS A
Swimming
E Replacement Center
B Field Artillery
C Engineers
C Engineers
D Coast Artillery
F Coast Artillery
A Ordnance
A Infantry
B Ordnance
2 Hdq. Field Artillery
H Field Artillery
E Engineers
D Cavalry
Volley Ball
I Infantry
D Coast Artillery
F Infantry
A Field Artillery
B Ordnance
E Replacement Center
D Replacement Center
Softball
D Replacement Center
CLASS B
Tennis
B Field Artillery
5 Corps Headquarters
A Replacement Center
C Cavalry
B Signal Corps
Water Polo
D Replacement Center
Softball
Artillery Band
Dewey Hoke of the Intramural
office wishes to remind junir of
ficers that now is the time to
check the records of the freshmen
in his outfit who are playing in
tramurals for P. E. credit It is
necessary each man to have 16
games to his credit and he must
have a 20-game credit to get a
grade point.,
Trade with LOU
HE’S RIGHT WITH
YOU!
IF THE FOLKS BACK HOME
DO NOT HAVE YOUR PICTURE
It’s Time They Were Getting One!
For “Photographs of Distinction”, Try
AGGIELAND STUDIO
North Gate
the loss of practically his entire
starting eleven, with nine empty
pairs of shoes to fill on his team,
Norton performed what many have
described as a great coaching mir
acle. To quote Coach Norton him
self “we put all of our eggs into
one basket and it paid off”. In a
section which has always been not
ed for wide open passing game,
Norton developed one of the most
sensational aerial attacks ever
seen. So sensational in fact that it
carried the Aggies to undisputed
possession of the Southwest Con
ference title. A third time in a
row.
‘Tough Proposition”
Interviewed about prospects for
the coming season, Norton looked
rather glum. “We are facing a
mighty tough proposition” said
the Coach. “While the! rest of the
schools of the conference will be
having practice sessions a day
from Sept. 5”, earliest date which
practice can be held under confer
ence rules, “until the time that
their school opens, we can only
have one session a day, since most
of my boys are in school now un
der the speedup plan. Add to this
the fact that we got behind in
spring training on account of the
time change and you see what we
are up against”.
Texas is the team to beat ac
cording to Norton, with both Rice
and Arkansas having strong pos
sibilities.
Faced with one of the toughest
schedules in the country, including
one team which is practically an
C Field And B
Coast Artillery
Fight for Honors
C Field Artillery and B Coast
Artillery freshmen will meet to
night in the P. L. Downs Natator-
ium in a Class B swimming semi
final match. The winner of thi;s
meet will meet the fish of 3rd
Headquarters Field Artillery in
the championship match. This
final even will take place early
next week.
The game was originally sched
uled for last night but the chlori
nation equipment in the swimming
pool broke down and the pool had
to be closed until repairs could be
made. Everything will be in read
iness for tonight’s events, how
ever.
The Field boys have defeated M
Infantry in earlier playoffs while
the Coast team has beaten D
and I Field Artillery in its earlier
matches. Arthur Sullivan is the
junior manager of B Coast and
A. P. Womack handles the C Field
freshmen.
The men who have taken part
in the swimming events for B
Coast are: Johnson, Osterhought,
Rupert, Gary, Sharp, Johns, Fer
guson, Sanders, Aubrey, and And-
gison, Sanders, Aubrey, and And-
Sylvester, Rogers, Welder, Brown,
Wright, Teich, McCarty, Ray and
Dickerson.
Graph of the average man’s in
terests is a matter of curves—
femenine and baseball.
All-American outfit,—the Corpus
Christi Naval Air Station,—and
playing only three games at home,
the Aggies have a hard row to
hoe. But A. & M. teams didn’t just
stumble into the name “Fightin’
Texas Aggies”—they earned it.
And remember, four straight
wouldn’t be bad!! Not bad at all.
DON’T FRET!
WE CAN FIX IT
1
i
!
Complete Bicycle and Radio Repair I
!
STUDENT CO-OP
Ex-Student Owned and Operated
North Gate
I
FOR THE BEST IN
COLD DRINKS
— TRY —
OUR FOUNTAIN
It Will Give Relief From the Heat
GEORGE’S
Across from New “Y”
Sophomores
Don’t Wait
Order Your Junior Uniform
Requirements Now
— We Still Use —
100% Wool Yarn Dyed Material
Zippers
High Grade Linings
SOLID BRASS AND GOLD PLATED BUTTONS
AND BELT HOOKS
— and —
THAT FAMOUS SHADE OF MATERIAL
ALL AGGIES WANT
Plus
High Class Workmanship
ZUBIK & SONS
UNIFORM SPECIALISTS