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GL By (Hike Haikin Battalion Snorts ditoi Agg-ie Kicking, Running and Blocking Shows Improvement Sat; Foldberg Shines at Tackle in for quite a lot of praise. Hank Foldberg, Willie Zapalac, Wayne Cure, Felix Bucek, Boots Simmons and A. J. Mercer excelled in that department and gave the Maroon and White shirted Cadets their best blocking of the year. However, the most notable thing of the whole game Saturday was the excellent performance of the tackle slot. Injected with new blood, namely Sophomore Hank Foldberg, converted end, that posi tion seemed to be the strongest post on the field. Wayne Cure, the other tackle, did a fine job. His block on Cullen Rogers’ long touch down run was one of the highlights of the game, but to the quiet Hank Foldberg, playing his first game at tackle, you’ve just gotta take off your hat. He was in on almost 50 percent of the tackles made and his blocking was short of sensa tional. He is still a bit unpolished, but the way Hank played Saturday, it won’t be long before Line-Coach Bill James can call the tackle slot a finished job and concentrate on some other weakness. All in all, it looks like the Nor' tonmen have finally hit their stride, and, although championship aspirations are a thing of the past now, you can bet your life that the rest of Aggie opponents are going to find a rough and ready team the rest of the way! Feels pretty good to win, doesn’t it? I don’t believe the team, corps or coaches have ever felt any bet ter in winning a game even from the conference cellarites. It seemed to perk up the team’s spirit and give them an onward push to fur ther victories. It was a change from the doleful to the bright side, an about-face in other words. It was just a week ago that the Aggies came back from Waco broken hearted and a spirit which seemed at that time to be com pletely destroyed. But Satur day- afternoon all that proved to be false as the Cadets went back to their winning ways in a big way. Of course, the fact that Arkan sas was very weak helped quite a bit in the Aggie victory but you still can’t get away from the fact that the latter was clicking like a well-oiled machine. That 65-yard march at the outset of the tilt was a beauty in itself—the precision, the. timing -and the skill of the team in engineering the drive. The Aggie kicking continued to be brilliant with both Lightnin’ - Leo Daniels and speedy Barney Welch angling their boots for the sidelines with remarkable accura cy. It may be noted that the Cadet kicking hasn’t been of the dis tance variety all year and the primary reason for that has been because the kickers’ knack for aim ing that pigskin for the little red flag. This has paid off dividends and with plenty to spare. But aside from the kicking, the blocking and tackling also comes Ags Plan to Stress Pass Defense for SMU t-SHcfoldbercf Sports Squibs From Here and There; Roy McKay of Texas Leading Back in Conference ... A few conference notes . . . Roy Dale McKay, Texas fullback, is truly the triple-threat of the Southwest Conference ... he is leading the league in kicking and running and is just a notch behind A&M’s Leo Daniels in the passing department . . . Cullen Rogers, the 'Aggies’ phenomenal pass-receiver, is still leading the nation as well as the conference in that depart ment . . . Incidentally, this corner would like to pay tribute to Rogers, whom I consider one of the most consistent players of the confer ence ... he always plays hard and is a very good man to have on any team ... he is not flashy in any respect, but he always does his job well whether the team is losing or winning . . . Coach Norton consid ers him to be one of the main springs of the team, there’s no doubt of that . . . you can say the same thing in so many words on Boots Simmons, Aggie end . big game of the week will be be tween Baylor and Texas . . . the Bears have a good chance to win the title if their luck hold§ out, but it seems to have run out by now against A&M and TCU . . . both teams were defeated in a similar fashion by the Bears . . . When asked by a certain sports syndi cate as to what team would beat any opponent on any given day, Coach Norton gave out with Geor- Cadets Bounce Back With 41-0 Win Over Arkansas Flushed with their 41-0 triumph over the Arkansas Razorbacks the Texas Aggies went back to work yesterday in preparation for their forthcoming battle with the Ponies of S. M. U. Plenty of fire and spirit was noted in the workout as the team went through a long drill on pass defense. Coach Norton was very dissatisfied with the way the pass defense looked against Arkansas, and since the Ponies are expected to throw the ball all over the stadium, this department will come in for plenty of attention. The Aggies came out of the Arkansas clash in good physical shape, no serious injuries having been sustained by anyone. Guard Wayne Cure was shaken up slight ly, but will be ready to go by Saturday. Unless some unforeseen injuries crop up in practice the Ag gies will go into the Mustang bat tle in top physical shape. Meanwhile news from the Pony camps is rather on the gloomy side. Although “Moanin Matty” Bell is gone, his successor Jimmy Stewart is carrying on the Bell tradition, and if reports from the Mustang camp can be believed it will be a miracle if S. M. U. can put a iieam on the field. It is a fact that co-captain Orville “Bull” Johnson is on the injured list, but star tailback Red Maley who was nursing injuries in the Texas game should certainly be in top shape to go against the Aggies. The Mustangs are always dou ble tough for the Aggie to beat, and this year should certainly prove no exception to that rule. The Aggies have beaten the Ponies every year since 1938 and the Mus tangs are out to break the string of Aggie victories. In addition, it will be homecoming for the Mus tangs, and this will certainly have some effect on their play. However, the Aggies will be gun ning for their second conference win of the current season, and the game promises to be one of the thrillers of the year. The victory over Arkansas went far to re store the confidence of the Aggies, and now that Coach Norton has found a clicking combination in the line the Aggies should be able to live up to some of their pre-season press notices. Battalion Sports S Tuesday Morning, Nov. 3, 1942 Page 3 Rifle Team Plans Journey to Denton Friday for Shoulder Match With TSCW First group of 1,600 enlisted members of the WAVES will be trained at the University of Wis consin, Indiana university and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mech anical college. Girls Haven’t Responded Yet But Should in Day or So The “Annie Oakleys of T. S. C. W.” wil meet the Texas Aggie Rifle Team in their fourth ann ual match in Denton dt the T. S. C. W. Indoor Range Friday after noon. Word has yet to come from •the campus of the sister school to confirm the meeting. All arrange ments have been made as far as the Aggies are concerned and all that is needed is the final accep tance of the girls team. The Aggies will take 11 men on the trip but they have not been selected as yet. Eliminations are now being conducted and the 11 men who have the best consistent scores during the week will make the trip. It is expected that a few new members of the team will earn a berth for this match. The Cadets plan to leave Aggieland at 9 a.m. Friday and will take their own equipment with them. At this time the girls are one match ahead of the Aggies who won last year while the T. S. C. W. team won in 1939 and 1940. How ever, all of the matches have been nip-and-tuck all the way. There has been but two or three points dif ference in the scores of the two team each year. This annual match has created much interest on the Denton cam pus and each year a number of the members of .the T. S. C. W. team who have graduated return to observe the meeting of the two teams. Miss Boone, coach of the T. S. C. W. Rifle Team, has turned out excellent teams in the past and it is expected that this year’s squad will be no exception. That team has also had the good fortune to re ceive the tutelage of Thurman Randle, one of the foremost marks men of the country. The Aggie squad is coached by Capt. C. A. Williams, C. of A. Each entrant will fire 20 shots from a prone position in the com petition and a team aggregate will be taken. A close match is expected and neither team is expected to win by too great of a margin. HIGHLITES* bi/^Ttlike 77/ann Class B basketball is really bring ing out a number of basketball stars among the fish and frog classes. Much talent for the fresh man basketball team can be found by observing some of these intra mural games. H. B. Wasser- man and J. P. Dawson of 3rd Corps Heaquar- ters led their teammates to a 38-15 victory over B Chemical War fare. Wesserman was high point man with ^ 24 Mike Mann points and Daw- son made lOtallies. D Field Artillery beat D Calvary in an- men with ten points. C. M. Atkins made 16 tallies for the American Legion squad while his team hum iliated the 2nd Headquarters Field Artillery basketeers by a score of 28-1. In other Class B basketball matches C Chemical Warfare nosed out Machine Gun Cavalry 12-10 while 1st Corps Headquar ters beat A Engineers 17-9. Riggs sparked C Engineers in a Class A basketball match to a 25-2 win over B Chemical Warfare as he came through with ten points. C Chemical Warfare taak B Engineers by a score of 11-18 and 7 Corps Headquarters„breezed by C Field Artillery to win 28-14. MU Tickets On Sale Now At the YMCA Will Be There Until Five O’Clock Friday; Date Tickets for $2.50 game are now on sale at the Y.M.C.A., and will remain on sale all of this week through Friday, November 6, at 5:00 p.m. All Ag gies who plan to make the corps trip to Dallas this week-end should purchase their tickets here be cause tickets for students will not be on sale in Dallas. Also on sale at the Y.M.C.A. will be date tick ets which will sell for $2.50. If a student desires to use his free coupon for this game he may exchange both coupons No 32 and 33 for the ticket. If he wishes to save the free coupon until later, he may exchange coupon No 33 to gether with $1.23. E. W. Hooker, ticket manager, stated that there absolutely would not be any student tickets on sale in Dallas, so it essential that ev ery Aggie who makes the trip purchase his ticket before he leaves. Plenty of ducats will be available at the “Y” and it is urged that the corps make it a sell-out and pack up and get out on the high way, so as to make this last trip to Dallas for the duration the big gest and best in history. FORFIET DOGHOUSE CLASS A Handball B Quartermasters F Infantry 2 Corps Headquarters G Infantry Tennis 1 Corps Headquarters B Coast Artillery 3 Corps Headquarters Basketball Artillery Band CLASS B Football A Engineers B Engineers D Engineers Volleyball B Replacement Center 5 Corps Headquarters other Class B basketball match by a score of 33-12 as R H. Summers gathered 17 points and C. J. Kal- lina scored 12 for the winners while J. C. Crouch led the Cavalry- Semester ’Mural Flags Given to A, B Champs Before Game Saturday At a brief ceremony taking place just before the beginning of the Texas Aggie—Arkansas football game Saturday afternoon, the In tramural Championship Flags were presented to Battery H Coast Art illery and Company E Infantry, last semester’s Class A and Class B college Intramural champs. W. L. Penberthy, head of the Physical Education department, as sisted by Spike White and Nicky Ponthieux, Intramural dirfectorS, made the presentations to repre sentatives of the two outfits. Receiving the flag on behalf of A $10,570 grant from the United States public health service has been made to the University of Texas John Sealy college of nur sing. William Werstler, Jr., travled by horseback more than 1,000 miles from his father’s ranch at Walden, Colo., to the University of Illinois. H Coast Artillery were: J. M. Dan iels, Houston, Recreational Officer; Ed Monteith, Dallas, Captain; and J. W. Honea, Houston, Junior Re creational Assistant. The repre sentatives for E Infantry were: Dirk Beaumont, Port Aruthur, Re creational Officer; Clifford Barth, Kenedy, Captain; and R. J. Bassett, Dry den, Junior Recreational Assis tant. A&M’s Bill Sibley and SMU’s Orville Johnson Bet Gridiron Shirts on Coming Battle Saturday COME IN . . . And Enjoy Our Fine Foods and Service Plan to Meet Your Friends Here NEW YORK CAFE Open All Night Bryan Three played and three to go in the Texas Aggie Southwest Con ference season the Cadets take on the Southern Methodist Mustangs at Ownby Stadium, Dallas, Satur- ay, Nov. 7, in what promises to be a great game. So intense is the rivalry that Aggie Center Bill Sib ley and Mustang Guard Orville Johnson actually have bet their shirts on the outcome, with winner to strip the loser’s shirt off his back at the final gun and right on the field at the 50-yard line. It all came about this summer when Sibley was in school and Johnson, who hails from nearby Bryan, had a double-date. Joking led to bets with the result that they ran through the cokes and such with all kinds of if’s and and’s until they finally settled on their shirts as the price of the wager. gia . . . Lil Dimmitt frowned on that pick and instead took Ala bama . . . How much did you lose on the side, Lil? . . . A. J. Mercer, Aggie center, looked very good Saturday, and you can be sure that he’ll see much action from now on . . . Dick Hill, Aggie re serve guard, has lost his pocket- book which contains his draft reg istration card ... if found, return to 201 No. 16 . . . Leo Daniels looked like all-conference material Saturday . . . his running, kicking, and passing were brilliant . . . Ditto for Barney Welch. . . . It is not who plays the best game, or the most time, or who is the ugliest at the end as nothing but the score on the board will de cide who takes the shirt right off the back of loser. In case of a tie it is a raw bet and they take down some measure of victory by swap ping their playing jersies. Johnson was hurt recently but Sidley is hoping he is back in tip top shape for the bet. Williamson Rates Baylor Bears As Best Team of Southwest Conference STAR OF THE WEEK DE PARTMENT . . . Bert Edminson, reserve Baylor end, gets the honor this week, for his game-winning field goal boot, which gave the Baylor Bears an astounding 10-7 upset over the hitherto unbeaten TCU Horned Frogs. By Paul B. Williamson system this week, the Baylor Bears are out in front in the Southwest Conference title chase. Mainly re sponsible for the high rating of the Bears was their remarkable feat of knocking off the conference champion Aggies and the previous ly undefeated and untied Texas Christian Horned Frogs in two successive week ends. Frankie Sinkwich and Company have been demanding recogni tion all season for Georgia as the No. 1 football team of the nat ion. This week the Bulldogs rule the roost in that coveted position after their all-america last quarter performance to turn in a 21 to 10 victory over Alabama, the William son system top team for the last three weeks. With that great per formance Georgia remains unbeat en and untied for the 1942 sea son. What’s more Georgia Tech is No. 2 of the nation. That’s what the cold figures say. Never before in the history of football ratings have two teams from the same state held the top positions for any one week. Georgia Tech knocked off Duke 26 to 7 retaining its un beaten and untied record. What a game it’ll be November 28 when the Georgia Bulldogs and the Ram bling Wrecks of Georgia Tech clash for their season finale at Atlanta. Position No. 3 goes to Boston College by virtue of one of the most remarkable displays of power in years when the Eagles smother ed their rival Georgetown squad 47 to 0. Incidentaly Boston Coll ege is the only team that has de feated the top-notch North Car olina Pre-Fighters. At Spot No. 4 is Winsconsin. The . cry already has gone out the Wisconsin’s 17 to 7 victory over Ohio State was the biggest upset of the past week. It was no upset for the Williamson system who de finitely picked the Wisconsin Bad gers over the Buckeyes of Ohio State. The other six of the 10 national leaders this week are, in the or der named: Alabama: undefeated and unscored on, Tulsa for it’s 40- 0 blanking of Drake, Notre Dame for a 9 to 0 victory over Navy; Tennessee for beating L. S. U. 26 to 0; Louisiana State; and Michi gan for trouncing Illinois 28 to 14. 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