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By (Hike (Min Battalion Snorts Editor Rumor on Switch of Thanksgiving Battle To November 21 Is Definitely Unfounded Persistent rumors to the effeo that the Thanksgiving battle be* tween Texas and A. & M. will be moved back to Saturday, November 21 in order to avoid the gas ration ing day are as unfounded as could be according to Ticket Manager E. W. Hooker. This rumor has been going on ever since gas rationing was de creed for November 22 but as yet not even an inkling remark has been expressed by either school as to any date of the game other than the annual Thanksgiving Day. Under the present circumstances, I can see why the fans are so con cerned. Those that already have tickets for the game have already begun to think of a way to get to Austin with the national gas ra tioning in effect. The trains, buses and what not will be loaded to ca pacity and unless reservations are made in a hurry, somebody is go ing to be out of luck. But look at it the other way. Say,, for intsance, the game is moved to Saturday, November 21. This will disrupt as many if not more plans than the original date. Many folks work on Saturday and will not be able to get away. Then there’s also two superb Southwest Conference football attractions on that day—Rice clashing against TCU, a game that might be much more important than the Aggie- Longhorn battle and Baylor collid ing with SMU. People, naturally, will want to see either tilt and that will cause a tremendous de crease in attendance in the A&M- Texas fracas. The best thing to do is disregard all rumors until they are proven to be true. Go ahead with your plans to attend the game Thanks giving unless notified otherwise. Buryi Baty, Freshman Passing Sensation, Amazes Coaches With His Accurate Tossing A facsimile of Davey O’Brien— that’s the name given to Buryi Baty, sensational passing ace of the Aggie freshman team who has coaches quite amazed at his in genious hurling accuracy. Baty, former Paris High school star, has looked like a million dol lars both passing and running in the two games played by the Fish. He’s looked so good in this passing game that Coach Lil Dimmitt prompted to say that the tall, lanky freshman is the best prospective aerial star to hit Aggieland in many a year. And don’t forget, Lil was taking into account such toss- ers as Walemon Price, Marion Pugh, Derace Moser and Leo Dan iels! One thing I like about Buryi. He’s cool, methodical and knows exactly where he’s throwing the ball. He’s the kind of a boy who will never whimper or fret because his teammates failed to block for him properly. Only the-other day, while carrying the offense against the varsity team, Baty was spilled continually to the ground on his pass attempts and not once did he complain or utter a word. Yessir, there’s a boy that’ll set this conference on fire someday and give Coach Homer Norton a truly great passing ace. He has everything desired of a football player—poise, coolness and effi ciency. If you really want to see some passing skill, then trot ouf to Kyle Field Thursday, November 12 when the Aggie Fish play the Rice Slimes and watch Buryi Baty toss that pigskin! He’ll really amaze you. 5 -v. ARCUNA The ARCUNA by ALBERT RICHARDS It’s DRAPE-Y . . . NOT DROOPY! because it’s tailored like fine clothing! Arcuna is a smartly tai lored coat that can be “reversed”. Wool on one side and “Zelan” (weath er processed) gabardine on the other side—Two coats for wet or dry weather. $11.50 Other Sport Jackets $2.95 to $16.50 Sports Squitys From Here And There ^ A Few Notes On SW Conference Statistics . . . Notes on Statistics in the Southwest Conference as compiled by Roy P. Gates and Ed Elmendorf of the Publicity Department . . . Texas University leads the con ference in total offense, having amassed 2302 yards rushing and passing . . . Baylor, surprisingly, is next in line in that department, compiling a total of 1455 yards . . . the Aggies have managed for 1005 yards rushing and passing . . . the Ags have the best average in the aerial department having complet ed 60 tosses out of 127 attempted for an average of .472 . . . Leo Dan iels and Cullen Rogers lead their respective departments in passing and receiving . . . Leo has complet ed 47 aerials out of 102 attempted while Rogers has 24 receptions for 271 yards to lead the nation as well as the conference .. Here’s an amazing revelation .... Last year when the Ags defeated the Baylor Bears, they compiled 218 yards in doing so, while this year, the game went to Baylor, 6-0 and the Ags made 330 yards ... So you still contend .football ain’t screwy, eh ? ... The Aggie gridiron team isn’t at all in the dumps as some people are wont to think . . . the fact of the matter is that all the boys are determined to atone their previous mistakes and take the rest of the five remaining games in stride .... It’s “Seabiscuit” Willie Zapalac now after the latter’s fast running exhibition against Baylor last week . . . Seabiscuit Zapalac really turned on the heat when he caught Tom Johnson, Baylor end, from behind after^ a foot-race of some 20 yards . . . Known as one of the “slower” boys on the team heretofore, Willie is now well re spected for his excessive speed . . . In fact, the first thing the Fish yelped when Zapalac stood in the fullback slot scrimmaging against them Tuesday was, “Watch that speed demon around right end, fel lows, he’s plenty fast” . . . OLE ARMY, WE ARE WITH YOU LET’S BEAT THOSE RAZORBACKS Campus Variety Store North Gate Williamson Picks Aggies In Game Sat TCU Is Picked Over Baylor; TU Over SMU And Rice Over Tech Rarely do the fans see such a week in football—with three crit ical battles, and many others matched more or less as close as they rate them. The well-known problem surely comes ■ up in this week’s football: What happens when an irresist ible force meets an immovable ob ject? There’s Alabama vs. Georgia in Birmingham, Wisconsin vs. Ohio State in Madison, and Pennsylvania vs. Army in Philadelphia. These six football teams are the nation’s greatest to date this season. They have bowled over many of the other current greats of the football world. They have no losses; and only two ties to blot their combined escutcheon. Not such big blots at that: Wis consin tied Notre Dame (’nuff said), 7 to 7; and Penn was tied by an up and coming Princeton outfit, 6 to 6. The Williamson system chooses in order Alabama, Wisconsin, and Army for important bearings on championship aspirations respect ively in the Southeastern Confer ence, the Western Conference and the East. In the Southwest, the William son System takes the Texas Ag gies over the Razorbacks of Ar kansas. Also picking Texas to beat S.M.U. and Texas Christian over Baylor. Rice should take Texas Tech as should Hardin Simmons over Arizona. Running down the line, on re sounding clashes of the week, the system picks Auburn over Miss issippi State (that’s right), Boston College over Georgetown, Cornell wer Columbia (deciding nothing much), Colorado over Wyoming, Wake Forrest over Clemson, Ore gon over California, William and Mary over Dartmouth, Georgia Tech over Duke (the Engineers to remain unblemished and near the top), Fordham over St. Mary’s (perhaps), Colgate over Holy Cross, Princeton over Harvard, Iowa over Purdue, and Iowa Cadets over Indiana. (See Williamson Picks, page 4) Patent Attorney Speaks to AIChE Lester B. Clark, patent attorney and formerly of the patent office, will address the A. I. Ch. E. to night at 8:15 o’clock in th'e physics lecture room. The subject of his address will concern itself with patents and their application to the work of engineers as well as the proper procedure for securing a patent. Ags Develope Scoring Punch; Foldberg Switched to Tackle Post BATTALION^— Saturday Morning, October 29, 1942 Page 3 They Carry Hog Offense 'ftjeEB.T/V/ZTE '-i9fZkL, FRANK ftfiL •Co-CFFT^/Sl - TAtt-SACK, > ' -FOUL-BAck'- L.... . .... ... ~ MEB&QrTtJ <JoNES-AftF.. MAF GAA.A./MQS - AR.K. , cO/KaeftcK Akansas Seeks First Conjerence Win In 12 The cellar-dwelling Arkansas Razorbacks will be seeking their first Southwest Conference win since they turned back the Baylor Bears at Fayetteville one sunny day in October of 1940. Since that memorable day, the Hogs have tasted defeat on 12 oc casions and more than half of HIGHLITES^ bq^Ttlike Jfjann In the most exciting Class A ' in many a day, L Infantry nosed out E Field Artil lery by a score of 16-15. Sturcken, Jackson, and Bonds led the In fantry attack while Ace Hudson of E Field was the high -point Mik. Mann ma n with 10 points. C. B. Atkins led I Field Artil lery to a 27-10 victory over Amer- FORFEIT DOGHOUSE CLASS A F Field Artillery, tennis Infantry Band, tennis E Replacement Center, tennis B Signal Corps, basket ball CLASS B 2 Headquarters Field Artillery, football Headquarters Cavalry, football ican Legion in another Class A basketball match. Atkins chalked up 11 points while his teammate, A. M. Sims, garnered nine tallies. A Class B basketball match saw L. H. Devine of E Infantry turn in a stellar game as his team de feated the I Field Artillery squad by a score of 23-12. Devine came through with 14 points. R. C. Holbye starred for E Coast Artil lery as that team took D Cavalry in another Class B basketball game with a score of 15-9. (See INTRAMURALS, Page 4) those deficits were of the close variety. For instance in 1940 they lost more games in the last minute of play than at any other time in their history. However, the Hogs boast of the best intersectional record of the conference. They have defeated al most every non-conference team that played them last year and have two wins over intersectional opponents this year, including a 7-6 upset victory over Mississippi last week. They also were the team that blotted out Detroit’s unde feated record. As of years before, Arkansas again boasts a team of big boys. The starting backfield of Meredith Jones, Max Sailings, Bob Forte and Frank Delmonego averages 195 pounds while the line is a bit over the 200 pound mark. With only a minor injury, the Razorbacks will be in their best physical condition of the year when they face the Aggies Saturday. Senior Back Felice Cialone, one of the heroes of the victory over Ole Miss, is nursing a recurrence of a knee injury but is expected to play here Saturday. We Are Still Maintaining Complete Stocks in CANDIES TOBACCOS PIPES =11=3=0 Casey Confectionery EATS DRINKS SMOKES Dark Skies Grim Reminder of Last Year’s Battle; Zapalac, Payne Shine Striving desperately to hit that comeback trail, the Texas Aggies football team is working grimly in preparation for their clash with the Arkansas Razorbacks on Kyle Field Saturday. Another shakeup in the squad was announced by Coach Norton, when Henry Fold berg, big sophomore end from Dal las was shifted to the tackle post. Main weakness of the Aggie line up until now has been their in ability to open holes for the ball carriers, and the shift of Fold berg to tackle is expected to help greatly in remedying this situa tion. Manwhile under leaden skies which threaten to make Satur day’s clash a mud battle, the Ag gie varsity went through another rock and sock scrimmage yester day afternoon. Tuesday also found them engaged in heavy contact work, mainly concentrated on de veloping that scoring punch which was so noticably missing in the Baylor game. Willie Zapalac and Otto Payne showed plenty of drive at their ‘respective backfield posts. Time after time •Coach Norton gave his charges the ball on the 10 yard line, and with a rugged crew of freshmen opposing them,^ the Aggies had a tough time put ting the ball across. But the bald Aggie mentor kept them at it un til long after the shades of dusk were falling across the field, and at the end of the session a wisp of a smile could be seen flickering around Norton’s mouth, for the ball was being pushed across with increasingly regularity. Commenting on the way the weather looked Coach Norton seem ed very glum. For the memory of last year’s nerve wrecking con test with Arkansas is still fresh in the coach’s mind. For three quarters the Razorbacks kept the Aggies rocked back on their heels, and the Cadets just couldn’t get going on the soggy turf. Only a break on Felix Bucek’s 58 yard urnback .of a pass interception kept the Agg’ies in the unbeaten, untied ranks then, and a repeti tion of that contest is far from what the Cadets desire. Light workouts and tapering off are scheduled for the remainder of this week as the Cadets pre pare for the Hogs. With the ex ception of tackle Don Leuthy who is still nursing his injured shoul der, the entire squad will go into the game in top physical shape. 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