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Rifle Team Will Begin Its Regular Practice Monday; New Members Needed By mike flaikin Battalion Sports Editor Aggies to Bounce Back Today; Also Picking Texas, Rice, TCU and SMU to Come Through Pre-conference games are still on tap for SWC teams are still week should see the boys regain much of the prestige that was lost by A. & M. and the Baylor Bears in their losses to L. S. U. and Hard- in-Simmons respectively. This cor ner hit 5 out of 7 last week and prospects for a better day are dim. Already upsets have spiced the football program, and, it’s my hunch that this week will he an other rough one for the prognosti cators. At any rate, here’s our picks for the week in this football world: A. & M. 14, TEXAS TECH 6. . . Am a bit conservative on those Aggies after last week’s dismal showing but believe that they have chough punch to subdue those troublesome Raiders. Both teams gunning for the other, so it should be a jam-up affair. TEXAS 20, NORTHWESTERN 7. . .Here’s a game which should tell the world whether or not the Longhorns truly are a great team. Coach Lynn Waldorf’s Wildcats are plenty rough—maybe that’s the reason the bookies are giving Texas 7 points—as clearly dem onstrated by their showing against Bernie Bierman’s Iowa Cadets last week. However, I believe Texas is just a wee bit rougher and should come out ahead by a good margin despite the disadvantage of play ing on foreign soil. RICE 13, L. S. U. 10. . .The long shot of the day. After L. S. U.’s surprising victory over the Aggies, naturally the Tigers were staunch favorites. But I’m sticking with those Owls. If they have any sort of an aerial attack they will pass the Tigers dizzy. T. C. U. 13, Arkansas 0. . . First conference game of the year should prove to be a thriller. Both teams looked good in their games last week and should be ready for each other. The Frogs, however, with their triple-threat ace, Emory Nix, have the edge and should score a two-touchdown victory over the Razorbacks. The fact that the game is played in Fort Worth dosen’t help Arkansas’ cause any. S. M. U. 20, Pittsburg 13. . . Even though Minnesota crushed the Panthers 50-7 last week, I be lieve they’ll give the Mustangs, which incidentally looked ragged themselves in beating the weak Denton Teachers 27-7, a tough fight. I listened to the Pitt-Min- nesota game last Saturday, and, during the first half, with the score being much closer, the Pan thers gave a fairly good account of themselves. Saturday’s tilt is going to be close, mind you, much closer than anyone expects, but S. M. U. should win as they are expected to improve over last week’s showing. Sports Squibs From Here and There; Taking Crack at Some of Nation’s Top Grid Affairs Taking a fly at games over the nation I’ll take Fordham over Ten nessee in a thriller by a touch down or less, Minnesota over Iowa Cadets by a whisker (like to pick an upset here but Gophers look too tough), Notre Dame over Geor gia Tech (wouldn’t bet on it though), Army over Lafayette by two scores, Navy over Virgina, Wisconsin over Marquette but watch out, California over Oregon State, Michigan over Michigan State in a breeze, Duke over Wake Forest and Tulsa by 13 points over Oklahoma University. . .And, oh yes, the St. Louis Cardinals over You can change “drill pe riod” into a “rest period” for your feet in a pair of these comfortable, stur dy, service shoes. Soft pliant calf leather in the famous Munson toe style gives you the utmost in comfort and long wear. All Sizes and Widths $5.50 pBsy CLOCHIXRS SHOE DEPT. B. C. Allen, Owner College and Bryan the Yankees too. . .May get stung there but’ll still stick with those Cards. . .Although they didn’t show it last Saturday night against L. S. U., the Texas Aggie possess a better running game than they did last year. . .they made the larg er part of their first downs via the ground and you can expect a good mixture of both passing and running this afternoon. . .Against freshman opposition, which doesn’t look bad at all, Leo Daniels, Bobby Williams and Dickie Haas have all looked good toting the ball. . . Incidentally, Dickie will see a lot of action this afternoon. . .the kid can really go and all he needs is a chance to show his stuff. . .Ed Sturcken, ..the converted fullback who is now playing tackle for the Cadets also will see much service today. . .he looks very promising at his newly acquired position and may prove to be the answer to that tackle problem. , . The same goes for Truman Cox, Pete Slaugh ter and Floyd Hand, all ends and A. J. Mercer, hustling center. . . All have been playing hangup ball this week and should prove quite valuable to the Aggie cause. . . Coach Lil Dimmitt’s husky fresh man squad is improving day by day. . .Although Line-Coach Euel Wesson is shedding tears over line prospects, the Fish or rather Frog forward wall looks good enough to give any team a rough after noon. . .Gus White, Marion Flana gan, and Beryl Baty have been standouts in the backfield while so far, according to the moaning Pap py (Wesson to you) only Roland (See KYLE FIELD. Page 4) BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME COME IN AND ENJOY OUR FINE FOODS DELUXE CM Bryan The Texas Aggie Varsity Pistol team will begin practice for the current season Monday at 9 a.m. at' the Armory. Team members may report any time of the day to begin firing practice. Russell Cook, rifle team captain, reports that with the small re turning team of three lettermen and four squadmen the team will be depending on much support from last year’s first team. The varsity gains nine men from that team. Last year the fish team won nine out of ten matches, the other match was never fired. The returning lettermen besides Cook are Robert Cox, secretary- treasurer of the team, and Tommy Pierce. Last year in a mail match, Cox set a new high by firing a score of 292 out of a possible 300. This is only one point lower than the National Indoor Pistwl record. In the last meet of the past season, which took place in Austin, Cox took a first place and one second while Cook took a second. The pistol team is coached by Lt. Leon Lefkofsky, CAC, and Sgt. Coyne. The latter has charge of the team’s practice sessions at the armory. New Members Prospective members of the team are cordially invited to try out for the squad. These men must turn in their schedule of classes for Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day afternoons at the pistol team (See RIFLE TEAM, Page 4) Radio Listeners Given Chance To Pick A1I-SWC Team Announcement has been made by the American General Fire Insur ance Co. of Houston that once again this season it will conduct an all-season poll of radio listeners to determine a representative list ener All-Southwest Conference football team. The poll has been conducted for the past four years, and the re sponse in the past has been very satisfactory. Many thousands of votes have always been received, which means that the players se lected on this team are an accurate cross-section of the preference of the football fans. Instead of giving the winning players the customary trophies which have been awarded in the past, this year the prizes will be more in keeping with the times, and will consist of $25 War Bonds. Each Wednesday night at 6:30 American General will broadcast a quarter-hour sports review on sta tion KPRC of Houston. Listeners each week will nominate the play ers whom they would like to see on an All-Conference eleven. At the end of the season the ballots will be tabulated and the winners selected on the basis of these week ly votes. The program will be con ducted by Kern Tips, well known southwestern sports anouncer. BATTALIONiL. Saturday Morning, Oct. 3, 1942 Page 3 He’ll Call Signals Today ' HIGHLITES^ bi/^TTlike TTfann Recreational officers of each or- ( ficials by Tuesday afternoon. Spike ganization now have entry cards for the sports to be included in the present intramural schedule. These sports include Class A Basket ball, Tennis, and Handball while Basketball, Touch Football, and Vol leyball make up the Class B pro gram. These en try cards must be turned in to the Mika Mann Intramural of- Ag Intramurals Have Greatly Grown Since Start In 1927 The first Intramural program under the new speed-up plan has just been completed and the re sults are extremely gratifying. In previous years an intramural sea son ran the length of two semes ters—from September to June— and the teams acquiring the high est number of points during this time were declared champions. However, when the entire col lege went under the war emer gency all-year plan the Intramural department revised their set-up to coincide with that of the rest of the college. Since last June the sports program has been run un der a one semester plan. A new college champion is declared at the end of each semester instead of at the conclusion of a regular two-semester session. This new method provides a much faster competition than in previous years. Only one semester is all the time a team has to take the championship. Each victory and each point a team can gather in counts much more than before. A team which gets off to a bad start in the intramural sport pro gram will find that the new plan is a boon. Under the old plan this team would have to wait until the next semester before they could make another attempt at the crown. However, if a team gets off on the wrong foot now they only have to wait until the next semester before staging their comeback. An average of six sports is play ed in each semester in each class. This provides a full program for the contestants and gives them much recreatibn. Last semester the sports played in both Class A and B competition were: softball, vol leyball, tennis, handball, swimming, and water polo. The program of sports for the coming semester has not been announced as yet but it is known that the two sports to lead off will be football and basketball. It is expected that these two will be the most popular with the corps. However, a bevy of other sports which will be offered will be equally interesting to the var ious outfits. The method of intramural com petition between organizations has been in effect at A. & M. since the fall of 1927, the year Penberthy be came head of the program. Before that time the sports competition was limited to games between the seven battalions then in existence. The program has grown in size since that time as may be seen by the available statistics. In the school year 1927-28, with a total of 2,375 students enrolled, there were 1,174 different individuals who par ticipated in intramurals with a total participation of 2,201. In 1940-41, with a total of 6,842 re gistered in school, there were 4,278 different individuals par ticipating with a total participa tion 19,577. The intramural pro gram has grown more rapidly than even the college enrollment. * ( See HISTORY, Page 4) White announces that the officers may bring their cards to the Re creational Officers’ meeting which takes place at 6 p. m. Tuesday, October 6, and hand them in at that time. White urges that the officers give particular attention to the availability of their players on certain days as a number of games will be scheduled for 5:15 p. m. This time will be adhered to and postponements will not be grant- (See INTRAMURALS, Page 4) Aggies Given Nod Over Texas Tech by Williamson By Paul B. Williamson The third week of the 1942 foot? ball season sees another swell pro gram of games. Several of the Williamson Sy stem’s predictions of the week will probably be shockers to most of the fans. But so were some of the System’s prognostications that were successful “against the line” last week. The Texas Aggies may be hard pushed to conquer Texas Tech, but the System says stay with those “Fightin’ Aggies”. Texas Christian by a shade over Arkan sas. Southern Methodist over Pit tsburgh, both dissapointing so far. Tulane over Auburn, perhaps in a wild scoring affair. In one of the most widely fol lowed real classics of the week, the System picks Tennessee over Fordham at Knoxville. The Vols will be fighting mad after that scorless tie with South Carolina last week. Here’s a tip. Sophomore Eddie Prokop of Georgia Tech may be as good Angelo Bertellia on passing. If the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame don’t wear the Engineers down, calk up a victory for the latter today, even at South Bend. The Red Elephants of Alabama have improved their pre-season rating enough to expect a victory over Mississippi State, the Sys tem’s pre-season favorite for the Southeast crown. Take Alabama. Alabama 98.8 Miss. 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