The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 13, 1942, Image 3

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    Aggies Met Their Match in Corpus Christi
Saturday; Marty Karow Won Tilt for Flyers
It seems to me that everytime
the Texas Aggies get their ears
pinned back, someone always comes
up with that ever-popular phrase,
“What was wrong with the Ag
gies?”
On some occasions. I’ll admit,
the Cadets should have won a game
they actually lost, but not Satur
day. Basically there was nothing
wrong with the Aggies—that is
nothing wrong from their usual
standard of pla^. They blocked and
tackled hard, especially the latter
as clearly evidenced by their
staunch goal line stands. But they
met their match. The Corpus Fly
ers were ready for them in every
respect and those former All-Amer
ican and All-Conference stars on
that team weren’t just hunks of
beef out there.
No sirree, they weren’t born yes
terday—they knew exactly what
they were doing. The Flyers ap
plied all the football knowledge
they learned while in college and
it just was too much for a group
of college gridsters.
And at that the Aggies gave
them a whale of a battle. I don’t
believe that any conference team
would have beaten Corpus the way
that team played Saturday after
noon. This corner warned time and
again last week that once this
bunch would start clicking some
body would feel the effects, and,
it just happened that the Aggies
were the first victims.
However, Coach Norton can have
one consolation. At least it was a
former assistant of his that accom
plished the deed. If I were to give
credit for that victory to anyone
I certainly would give it to Lt.
Marty Karow, the Comet coach.
Marty, even while he was at A. &
M., was regarded as one of the
best defensive coaches in the busi
ness whether it was football, base
ball or basketball. He proved that
theory more than ever when he set
up one of the most brilliant pass
defenses that Coach Norton has
ever run up against.
True, Leo Daniels and Vernon
Belville connected for 15 passes
but most of those were of the
short variety. But for a brief spurt
in the second half when the Aggies
scored their lone touchdown, Karow
had the situation well in hand.
It’ll Be a Do-Or-Die Battle for Ags Sat;
TCU Frogs Are Surprise of Conference Race
It’ll be a do or die battle for
the Aggies Saturday afternoon on
Kyle Field. They meet one of the
very few undefeated teams of the
nation—the T.C.U. Horned Frogs.
For the Aggies it’ll be a final
chance to hit that right track once
more and should they miss, you
may as well kiss our conference
title chances goodbye.
TCU has its most powerful team
since 1938 when Davey O’Brien
guided the destinies of the Fort
Worth team. Although not as po
tential as the ’38 edition, this year’s
team has shown plenty of possibili
ties in its first three starts They
haven’t any reserves to speak of,
but that starting lineup undoubted
ly is the best in the league. tVith
Darrell Palmer, the brilliant tackle
and Bruce Alford, sensational wing-
man, sparking the line and Emory
Nix, Dean Bagley and Van Hall
leading the way in the backfield,
there’s trouble aplenty for confer
ence foes.
The Aggies will have a tough
job ahead of them and, unless they
snap out of their doldrums, silver
taps will be a foregone conclusiop
Saturday night. Don’t sell the Ag
gies short, by any means, but they
will have to turn over a new leaf
if they expect to beat T.C.U. and
that ain’t kidding either.
STAR OF THE WEEK DE
PARTMENT ... The honor this
week goes to Bill Coleman, bruis
ing back from Baylor University,
who scored two touchdowns to
spark the Bears to a 20-7 victory
over Arkansas.
A Few Notes On Southwest Conference
Sports Squibs From Here and There;
... A Few Conference Notes . . .
Only T.C.U. and Baylor University
showered themselves with glory
while the other four league-mem
bers were falling off badly this
past weekend . . . Texas looked
anything but a ball of fire against
OU . . . the Aggies and Rice suf
fered 18-7 defeats which involved
two touchdowns, a field goal, and
a safety . . . Cullen Rogers and
Willie Zapalac were the only backs
that looked anything like backs
for the Ags against Corpus . . .
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College and Bryan
Cul played a hangup game at his
wingback post while Willie was a
standout at blocking back . . . In
cidentally, this may just be a hint,
but there’s more than one person
who’ll agree on the following . . .
the hardest hitting back on the
team and the best line plunger un
doubtedly is Willie Zapalac, who
in one play at Corpus dragged
three or four men before he was
downed . . . Throughout game
scrimmages here, Willie has shown
all the symptoms of a line-plung
ing back .. . When he hits ’em they
stay hit—ask Center Jim Presley
of the freshman team who had the
pleasure or displeasure of running
into Zapalac while the latter was
going full speed . . . Oh, yes, Jim
my lived to tell about it but not
until the following day . . . Truman
Cox, the hefty Donna end, played
one of the best games of his career
last week . . . Ditto for Wayne
Cure, Felix Bucek, Ed Sturcken,
Ben Stout, Bill Henderson and A.
J. Mercer . . . Mercer, especially
looked good at that pivot post while
subbing for Starter Bill Sibley . . .
Fumbles and intercepted passes,
plus bad breaks played a major
role in the Aggie defeat ... A
few are still puzzled why Jake Web
ster was ejected from the game
Saturday . . . Here’s how it all
started . . . Felix Bucek put a
vicious block on one of the Corpus
players who immediately started
punching the former while he (Bu
cek) still lay on the ground . . .
Webster, meanwhile, dived on the
Corpus player and knocked him off
from Bucek . . . None of the offi
cials apparently saw everything for
they immediately ejected Jake from
the game and penalized the Aggies
15 yards for unnecessary roughness
. . . Pre-conference games are a
thing of the past for the Aggies
through the Thanksgiving battle
. . . Saturday’s game counts and
that’s when the Ags will really
have to shoot the works . . . Let’s
forget all about Corpus and con
centrate on the game coming up
. . . Speaking of Saturday’s game,
also try and preserve some of
those coke bottles at the game . . .
During the home opener a couple
of weeks ago, the athletic depart
ment lost $42.20 because of broken
bottles ... If that continues, there.
Fish Open Season Against Allen Wed
Game Will Start
Promptly at 3:00;
Coupon Books Good
The Texas Aggie Fish, who sup
ply live ammunition for the varsity
five times a week, will get in a bit
of shooting of their own Wednes
day afternoon when they open their
season against ^he Allen Academy
on Kyle Field at 3:00 o’clock.
For four weeks now, Coach Lil
Dimmitt’s 54-man squad has been
“knocking heads” against each oth
er and are finally ready to display
their talents before the corps. Dim-
mitt will depend heavily upon Mar
ion (Pete) Flanagan and Beryl
Baty, topflight high school backs
from Sweetwater and Paris respec
tively, to spark the Fish attack
against an Allen team, which out
played the Texas Yearlings during
the first half before succumbing
27-13. Both are triple-threat stars
and upon their shoulders are pinned
the hopes of the Fish to triumph
Wednesday.
Big Roland Phillips, 212 pound
tackle from Pampa is the bulwark
of an Aggie line, which averages
well over 200 pounds. Phillips has
been a sensation during the four-
week training session and is ex
pected to be the mainspring of the
Fish defense.
There are quite a few top-notch
Aggie freshman stars, however,
who will be on the sidelines for
that game. Among those are in
cluded such stellar performers as
Gus White, Lamesa’s sensational
back; David Daily, hard-hitting
back from Richmond; Desmond
Zock, Port Arthur back; Milton
Routt, guard and a member of that
famous Routt family; and Walter
Ruff, a tackle from Houston.
The Ramblers, who were defeat
ed by the Yearlings in their first
time out, will field a team that is
due to give the Fish plenty of trou
ble. Kuntz and Alvarez spark the
backfield while Stiles, a center, and
Green, a guard are the mainspring
of the Allen forward wall.
As aforementioned, the game will
get under way promptly at 3:00
o’clock. Coupon books will be good
for the fray.
The probable starting lineups
for the game are:
Aggie Fish Allen Academy
Hotchkiss LE Whits
Phillips LT Martin
Neuman LG Redding
Walker C Stiles
Strohmeyer RG Green
Wright RT Grayson
Genthner RE Smith
Flanagan B Kuntz
Baty B Enright
Ewald B Riddle
Swenson B Alvarez
All Swimmers Urged
To Meet At Pool On
Wednesday at 6 PM
Art Adamson, Aggie swimming
coach and instructor, has requested
that all members of the Varsity
and Fish swimming teams report
to the P. L. Downs Natatorium at
6:00 o’clock Wednesday afternoon.
Also, he asked that all interested
in being ushers at the T.C.U. game
next Saturday report to 'him as
soon as possible.
Laredo Club Will Meet
Tonight in Academic
Meeting of the Laredo A. &
M. Club is to be held tonight after
yell practice in the Academic
Building. All members are urged
to be present as a quorum is need
ed, according to Aldin Muller, club
secretary.
Muller stated that plans for a
Christmas dance will be discussed
together with other important bus
iness.
Gerald Depew Dies
Following Operation
Silver Taps was observed Satur
day night for Gerald Eugene De
pew of I Field Artillery, who suc
cumbed at the college hospital Sat
urday following an appendectomy
Thursday.
Depew lived at 2015 Prairie
Street, Dallas, and attended North
Dallas high school. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Depew, were
at his bedside when he died. Depew
was 18 years old.
Material in four zoot suits will
make five victory suits.
just won’t be any cokes served . . .
Think about that when you start
breaking a bottle, which not only
costs the athletic department, but
also may cause a serious accident,
and we certainly don’t want that
to happen . . .
1942 Football Roster
Allen, Janies F., end
Ferguson, Donald F., End
son, 1
84 Geer, William, end
88 Genthner, Ernest, end
82 Hotchkiss, William, end
85 Hynds, Robert, end
83 Kisler, Robert, end
2 Wiley, James, end
Rollinsj, Jack, end
Davis, J. V., tackle
Duke, Leon, tackl
Duke, Leon, tackle
Eberle, Adolph, tackle
Oglesby, William, tackle
Phillips, Joseph, tackle
Ruff. Walter, tackle
Schneider, John, tackle
Shiflet, Clarence, tackle
Speed, Jesse, tackle
W right, Charles, tackle
64 Brentzel, William, guard
67 Block, Maurice, guard
43 Gentry, Alden, guard
62 Jones, Melvin, guard
63 League, Thomas, guard
29 McAlpin, C. W., guard
61 Block, Maurice, guard
66 Moore, Homer, guard
65 Neuman, Hans, guard
69 Ott. Bernard, guard
60 Routt, Milton, guard
68 Strohmeyer, George, guard
52 Cowan, James, center
51 Gilkerson, George, center
59 McCann, James, center
53 Presley, James, center
59 Thomas, Jimmie, center
50 Walker, Grover, center
22 Bosvvorth, Lawrence, back
32 Burns, Kenneth, back
40 Baty, Beryl, back
12 Colletti, Paul, back
20 Daily, David, back
31 Deutsch, Al, back
16 Dodson, Floyd, back
0 Farish, Stephen, back
45 Flanagan, Marion, back
44 Halton, Bart, back
14 Kinsey, Kenneth, back
24 McDade, Andrew, back
26 Pannill, Charles, back
33 Smith, Douglas, back
10 Swenson, Clyde, back
30 Swisher, Bill, back
42 White, Gus, back
8 Williams, Frank, back
41 Zoch, Desmond, back
Aggies Will Try to Stop Undefeated Frog
Machine Sat; Luethy Returns to Squad
The Texas Aggies went back to
work with a vengeance yesterday
in preparation for their forthcom
ing clash with the high hopping
Horned Frogs of T. C. U. Clearly
disgruntled after the 18-7 lacing
they absorbed at the hands of the
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Comets the Aggies pitched into
their workout with a vigor that
spells plenty of trouble for the
Frogs Saturday.
Heartening news to the Aggies
was the fact that big Don Leuthy,
who has been on the nnjured list
since before the season opened,
will be ready to go against T. C.
U. and Jim Montgomery, out since
the L. S. U. game will also be
on deck. The Aggies will be in
the best physical shape that they
have been in all season when they
face the Frogs in their conference
opener Saturday.
Meanwhile, the T. C. U. team
looked very impressive with a 41-6
win over the University of Kansas.
The Horned Frogs, overlooked in
most of the pre-season dope, are
now touted as the team to beat in
the conference race, and well they
might be. For the Frogs are the
only team in the league which
boasts an undefeated and untied
record to date. The Purple and
White clad warriors from Fort
Worth bdast wins over U. C. L. A.,
' HIGHLITES^
bi/^Ttlike 77/ann
With the current intramural sea
son in the early stages, it is well
that all concerned be cautioned of
the danger of forfeits. Often a
single forfeit has taken the possi
bility of taking
part in the play
offs away from
an otherwise suc
cessful team. In
a league in which
the competition is
strong, one seem
ingly"' unimport
ant forfeit will
keep a team from
Mik. Mann winning the
championship.
All in all, a forfeit is an easy
thing to avoid. In most cases, the
Fish Schedule Game
With San tone Service
Team For October 28
The Aggie Fish have added an
other game to their schedule and
will clash with the Air Depot
Training Station from Stinson
Field, San Antonio, on Kyle Field
on October 28th. The Fish grid
sters have already scheduled their
annual battles with Allen Academy,
Rice Slimes, and Texas Yearlings.
Besides these games Coach Lil
Dimmitt is trying to line up two
or three more games with service
teams so as to give his fifty odd
candidates plenty of work and
chances to display their ability.
India turns out 8 million pieces
of army clothing a month, and
other military equipment.
cause for a forfeit may be traced
to oversight or negligence on the
part of some person. With a mini
mum of care and close scrutiny of
the schedule sheets, an organiza
tion will find it extremely easy to
stay out of the Forfeit Doghouse.
The Intramural officials have
attempted to schedule matches at
the time most convenient to each
outfit and little blame can be laid
to the department for setting the
game at the wrong time. Before
the scheduling began each Recrea
tional Officer was given the op
portunity of showing the times his
organization was not available for
a match. This information was
used in drawing up the schedules
and the desires of the Recreational
Officers were fulfilled in as many
cases as possible.
Now that the schedules have
been sent to the Recreational Of
ficers the Intramural officials can
once again breathe easy—until
more schedules are needed or un
til a playoff comes due. All that
confronts the department now is
the running off of the various
sports—not a small job in itself.
Score cards have to be written up
daily and sent out to the playing
areas by the intramural depart
mental managers. After the games
are played and the score cards
have been returned to the office,
the winners have to be posted and
all the men who are taking Intra
murals for P.E. credit have to be
marked up. So, actually, the Intra
mural department works from
dawn ’til dusk and their work is
never done!
An Intramural Sport Champ
Arkansas and Kansas, and have
shown themselves to be quite a
ball club.
Standout of the T. C. U. team
seems to be Emory Nix, the boy
whose accurate passing has been
a major factor in the Horned
Frogs’ success to date. But press
ing him closely for standout hon
ors are such stellar performers as
Bruce Alford, one of the finest ends
in the loop, Darrell Palmer, 200-
pound all-conference tackle and
Dean Bagley, the little man with
the shifty hips who is dynamite in
a broken field.
As stated before, the Aggies
pitched into their workout with
plenty of vigor yesterday, and if
present indications have anything
to do with it, tlie Horned Frogs
will have quite a battle on their
hands. For this is the Aggies’ last
chance to show that they have
anything at all in the way of a
ball club, and they intend to make
the most of it.
Semester’s
’MuralSports
Under Way
Remainder of League
Schedules Will Be
Out By End of Week
Yesterday marked the first day
of activity of the Intramural pro
gram of the fall semester as play
began in each of two Class A and
B sports. Those sports which
opened yesterday were Class A bas
ketball and tennis and Class B bas
ketball and touch football. Two
other sports, Class A handball and
Class B volleyball, are still in the
scheduling stage and will begin
next Monday afternoon.
The schedules for the sports
which started yesterday were orig
inally slated to be sent out to the
Recreational Officers Saturday
morning, but were not placed in
the boxes in the Commandant’s Of
fice until Monday morning because
the Intramural department was not
able to complete the work until that
time. The schedules which have not
yet been sent to the recreational
officers will be completed before
the end of the week.
The participation figures in the
Intramural program have been on
the increase for a number of years
and the officials expect an even
greater figure this semester. Foot-
(See ’MURAL SPORTS, Page 4)
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