Aggie Fish Overpower Allen Academy, 25-8
By (Dike Haikin
Battalion Sports Editor
TCU Battle Will Decide Whether Aggies
SWC Power or Not; Both Evenly Matched
It’s no secret at all to Coach
Homer Norton and his assistants
Bill James and Manning Cmithm
that the Horned Frogs of Texas
Christian University will provide
the Aggies that certain turning
point one way or the other. For
Saturday afternoon on historic
Kyle Field, the Texas Aggies will
either come out of their doldrums
to become once more a power in
the Southwest Conference or they
will fall by the wayside to be
come the most disappointing team
of the league.
Those two-out-of-three losses
suffered by the Cadetes were in
reality just practice games—games
in which the Aggies could adjust
themselves and be ready for a gur-
elling battle in tins Southwest Con
ference. And on Saturday, right
out of the box, they get, what ex
perts now refer to. as the team to
beat in this conference, namely the
T. C. U. Horned Frogs.
And rightfully do the charges of
Coach Dutch Meyer deserve to be
called the power of the conference.
Of course, they haven’t done any
thing short of sensational, but, at
least they have conformed to the
gridiron form. They are the only
team in this cockeyed conference
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College and Bryan
who have accomplished just what
they were expected to accomplish
and that’s more than you can say
for the Aggies, Texas, Rice,
Baylor.
For a time, many sorcalled sports
analysts were disappointed
in the Frogs when they came out
with but a 7-6 win over hereto
fore down-trodden U. C. L. A., but
when the latter slapped an un
expected 30-7 upset upon the Or
egon State Beavers, a supposed
power of the Pacific Coast, the sc-
scribes quickly changed their tune.'
As to the Aggies, they simply
will have to change their tactics if
they are to come off with a vic
tory Saturday afternoon. And they
can win too. T. C. U. is not a sup
er-human team. They have a few
individual stars, but not any more
than the Aggies. The latter has a
backfield which is just as good as
the Frogs’ if not better. The only
trouble is that we just haven’t cl
icked yet. Leo Daniels, who, de
spite the Aggie losses, has been the
offensive sparkplug but as yet has
not hit his peak and once he does
somebody will know that he has.
Let’s hope it will be Saturday.
One thing everyone can be assur
ed of--a great football game will
be played on Kyle Field Satur
day. Whichever team triumphs it
will know that it has had a battle.
Passes will fill the air, and, after
the smoke clears, the team which
has the best pass defense will be
the victor.
SPORTS FROM HERE AND
THERE; NOTES ON SW
CONFERENCE STATISTICS
. . . . Presenting a few SWC stat
istics as complied by Roy F. Gates
and Ed Elmendorf of the A & M
Publicity Department ... A. & M.
holds the best defensive record in
the conference . . . .the team has
allowed only 406 yards net gain
passing and rushing. . . .Opponents
have pierced that dogged Aggie
line for 245 yards via the ground
and ground attacks . . . .they have
allowed only 97 yds. in three games
However, their pass de
fense hasn’t done anything sen
sational. . . .369 yards have been
gained on the Frogs via the air rout
.... Baylor, surprisingly, is the
top passing team of the conference
they have completed 49 aerials out
of 93 thrown for a 43 per cent sc
ore the Aggies have thrown
89 and completed 38 if first
downs would win games, six of
the conference teams would sport
an undeafted record. . . . Only Ark
ansas is behind, having made 21 fi
rst downs to its opponents’ 23 . .
the Ags are far ahead with 35 to
their credit against only 18 ... .
the Texas Aggie Fish have a cou
ple of more games coming this
month—October 21 and 28 . . . On
the former date, Coach Dimmitt’s
charges will play hosts to the 628th
Tank Destroyer Battalion of Camp
Hood and on the 28th they will bat
tle the Air Depot Training Station
of Stinton Field, San Antonio here
on Kyle Field . . . . Lil announced
that those games are not defin
ite as yet but that plans for a final
settlement are being worked on ri
ght now. . . . Also on the Fish slate
(See KYLE FIELD. Page 4)
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Flanagan
Scores All
Touchdowns
Baty’s Brilliant
Passing Is Also
Feature of Game
By Chick Hurst
Senior Sports Assistant
The Texas Aggie Fish footballers
opened their 1942 season yesterday
afternoon on Kyle Field by sound
ly trouncing the Allen Academy
Ramblers by a count of 25-8. Stand
out attraction for the Fish was
Marion Flanagan, 160 pound back
field ace from Sweetwater,, Also
sparking the Fish attack was the
accurate passing of Buryi Baty,
former Paris High School flash. All
four of the Fish touchdowns were
scored by Flanagan, one on a 95
yard kickoff return, two of them
on runs of five and eight yards
respectively, and the final one on
a pass from Baty.
Aggie Line Holds
The stout freshman line held the
Allen boys to a net of only 36
yards rushing, but the Ramblers
managed to pick up 79 yards vie
the aerial route. Standout for the
Allen team was Angelo Alvarez
of Port Arthur. The only Allen
touchdown of the game came on
(See AGGIE FISH, Page 4)
Pass, Punt, Power in the T* C* U* Backfield
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Three of Coach Dutch Meyer’s backfield specialists who will carry much of the load in the Horned Frogs’
games this season. Van Hall, junior from Kaufman, will do the punting; Emery Nix, junior from Corpus
Christi, the passing; and John Bondy junior from McLean, the leather-lugging.
Battalion Sports
Thursday Morning, October 15, 1942
Page 3
Norton Gives Gridsters Hard
Drills; Work on TCU Run Plays
Coach Homer Norton’s Texas
Aggie griisters will take it easy
this afternoon and Friday after
being subjected to their most gruel
ling practice session both Tues
day and Wednesday as the Ags
completed final preparations for
the doughty Horned Frogs of T.
C. U.
Wednesday’s special drills em
phasized defense against the pow
erful Frog ground attacks. So far
this year, most of T. C. U.’s gains
have been made via the ground and
the Aggies saw plenty of TCU run
ning plays as carried out efficiently
by the members of the C squad.
Only dummy scrimmage was used
in running the Cadet plays.
However, much emphasis was pl
aced on the Cadet running plays
Tuesday afternoon against Lil Dim
mitt’s highly touted freshman ele
ven. The “B” team, sparked by the
brilliant running of Barney Welch
and Vernon Belville and aided by
the splendid generalship of pranc
ing Bobby Williams found the ran-
"ge and scored almost at will against
the hearty Fish. The “A” team
encountered some trouble at first,
but paced by the terrific blocking
of Willie Zapalac and the running
and passing of Leo Daniels finally
hit their stride and in the late st
ages of the scrimmage were hitting
touchdowns with impressive regul
arity.
Following this gruelling scrim
mage session, Coaches Homer Nor
ton and Bill James subjected their
charges to a half hour “wind spr
int” drill. The whole team lined up
' HIGHLITES*
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Fair weather greeted the opening
of the Intramural season this week
and a bevy of
games was play
ed in all sports
scheduled. Incle
ment weather is
the chief nemesis
of the sports pro
gram and this
has led to many
p o s t p onements
and overlong de-
Mike Mann lays in the past.
With the Intramural program on
a speeded-up basis, each day that
is held up because of rain, wet
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
CLASS A
A Cavalry, tennis
7 Corps Headquarters,
tennis
3 Corps Headquarters,
tennis
B Quartermasters, bas
ketball
CLASS B
5 Corps Headquarters,
football
grounds, etc., means that play must
be doubled up on future days.
In the first two days of the sea
son only five teams made the For
feit Doughouse—four of these were
Class A teams. Five in the Dog
house is not an extremely bad
number, as long as this list does
not increase. At the present time
the fish intramurallists are up on
the Class A players who have three
more forfeits than the fish. There
is no excuse for either group being
charged with a large number of
forfeits. Let’s keep the Doghouse
as empty as is humanly possible.
The freshmen footballers of 1
Corps Headquarters and C Field
Artillery fought to a scoreless tie
in their first game. The game was
awarded the Corps Headquarters
boys who chalked up four 20-yard
line penetrations to their oppon
ents’ three.
E Field Artillery nosed out F
Coast Artillery 17-15 in a hard-
fought Class A basketball match.
Ace Hudson was the ace goal-toss-
er for the Field team.
INTRAMURAL SCORES
CLASS A
Basketball
A R.C. 15, A CWS 4
B R.C. 10 C Eng. 3
C R.C. 6, B Eng. 3
E Inf. 17, Hdq. F.A. 10 ’
H F.A. 17, H Inf. 9.
Tennis
B S.C. 2, B Cav. 0
A S.C. 2, C Cav. 1
Handball
A F.A. 3, B CWS 0
(See INTRAMURALS, Page 4)
on one side of the field and run at
twenty to thirty yard intervals un
til they reached the other side. This
seemed to aid the gridsters more
than ever in conditioning them up
for the hard work to come against
TCU Saturday.
Only one notable change has been
made in the squad since the 18-7
drubbing by Corpus Christi last
week. That was the switch of Tac
kle Bill Andrews back to his old
fullback post. Andrews was swit
ched to tackle last year during mid
season because of the number of
fullbacks on the team, but this
year, with Jake Webster, still hob
bling around on an injured knee
and only Sophomore Otto Payne to
take care of the important post,
Coach Norton thought it best to
move Andrews to his favorite post
at which he was a sensation dur
ing his freshman year.
Jan Garber Corp Dance Saturday
night—$1.10.
60 Players
Report to
Polo Coach
Capt Owens Follows
Lt. North as Coach;
Aggies Beat Army
Reorganization of the Aggie polo
team began this week as 60 can
didates reported to Capt. Harry
O. Owens, new team coach who re
places Lt. W. G. North, Jr., who
has been ordered to Ft. Riley.
Among the new candidates are
men from other outfits besides the
Cavalry. Already there are men in
the Field Artillery and Infantry
who carry 1 to 3 goals. It is Capt.
Owens’ desire that polo become
nn all-school sport, and that men
in any outfit who have played or
would like to play try out for the
team.
Capt. Owens has had twelve
years of experience in polo, and
should prove valuable to the Aggie
team in correcting and building a
strong quartet.
This past week-end the Aggie
team beat the Army by a 10-7
count. A feature of the Cavalry
ball and horse show, the game was
a farewell for Lt. North and an
introduction for Capt. Owens and
Lt. Izaacson, the new Cavalry in
structors.
AGGIES . . .
Be Prepared for the Big
Week End Ahead
FIELD BALL
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Life-Savers to Meet
At Pool Mon; Ushers
To Meet at Gym Today
All swimmers interested in life
saving should report to Art Ad
amson, Aggie swimming coach and
instructor, Monday morning at the
Downs Natatorium.
The swimmers who are interest
ed in this kind of work should be
able to swim at least a quarter of
a mile to become eligible for the
course.
Adamson also urged that all
ushers for the TCU-A&M game
meet him down the gym today at
5 o’clock.
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