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
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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)
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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. State 78.0
(See WILLIAMSON, Page 4)
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