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* 41 u I*' Aggies Leave For San Antonio Tonight at 8 fie Haikin Battalion Sports Editor Cadets Must Stop Nick Suseoff, Wash State End, If They Have Any Visions of Victory When the Washington State Cou gars clash against the Texas Ag gies at San Antonio Saturday their main threat won’t be, as many peo ple are wont to believe, some back- field ace, but instead it’ll be a husby, 200-lb. end named Nick Su- soeff. Yes, fans, if the Aggies fail to stop this package of dynamite then they may as well wrap up the good ole game and give it to the Cougars. For Susoeff, who has al ready accounted for numerous All- American selections, is the heart and soul of the Washington State defense and with him rest the hopes of the Pacific Coast fans. He is a very smart wingman. True, the Aggies stopped him cold last year but that was the only time the crafty left-ender was halt ed. And you remember what the final score was, too. Sure the Ags stopped Susoeff from harassing their passer and kicker and they won the game, 7-0. But this year, Nick has gained added experience and will really play “hard to get” next Saturday. Unless the Ags stop him dead in his tracks, Coach Homer Norton will see quite a few of his top flingers, playing in the dirt and some of his punters catching their kicks on the rebound. This corner is not attempting to warn the team or anything else. I’m just giving plain facts that stare you right in front of your eyes. More than one team has found out Susoeff’s possibilities. That’s why Washington State pos sesses such a fine record and they’ll add a notch or so to their prestige if big Nick Susoeff is allowed to roam free. He has already accounted indi rectly for four touchdowns this year because of blocked kicks. And that’s not the only thing he does. Susoeff is also rated as one of the best pass receivers on the team. Many a catch of his has set up quite a number of touchdowns. It’s true that All-American Nick Susoeff will be a hard assignment for anyone, but I believe that we have at least two boys who could come quite close to stopping the State star. No sir, I don’t think anybody will be worried when Boots Simmons and Willie Zapalac put their respective shoulders into Susoeff! Sports Squibs From Here and There; Cowley Brings Consolidated First Bi-District Win . . . The Texas Aggies may not have won a football championship but there’s an Aggie-ex grid star on this campus who’s done pretty good for himself in this football world . . . Harold (Slambo) Cow ley, Aggie letterman end for the past two years, took over the coaching duties at A. & M. Consoli dated High School and in his first year won that school the bi-dis trict championship, the only one in the school’s history, and the high est possible honor one can get in Class B football . . . Orchids to ole Slambo who really has the makings “IN^OUT” ^^TARMY BOTH Xnttrr woven Sock& Correct colors for all Branches of the U. S. Service ... and for Civilian Wear. / dfe”*** yrzzjry, $f°9 CItOCHUM College and Bryan of a fine grid coach . . . Starting out slowly, the Consolidated picked up steam with each game and fin ished out in a blaze of glory . . . Even if the standings don’t say so, it looks like the sports writers and coaches in the Southwest Confer ence think rather highly of the A. & M. team . . . The AP All- Conference eleven had four Aggies on the first team and the UP dupli cated the feat by choosing the same four boys . . . Leo Daniels, Cullen Rogers, Felix Bucek and Bill Hen derson hit the jackpot in those se lections . . . Boots Simmons and Willie Zapalac landed on the sec ond and third teams respectively while Dub Sibley managed for a second place spot on the UP selec tion and a third place mention on the AP . . . Wonder how many Ag gies would have made the All-Con ference team if the Maroon and White wearers copped the flag . . . From the statistics compiled by Roy Gates and Ed Elmendorf of the Publicity Department it looks like Leo Daniels and Cullen Rogers are having their lead in the passing and catching department seriously threatened by a couple of SMU aces, Frito Gonzales and Hardy Miller . . . Miller is already 87 yards ahead of Rogers in yards gained but has caught only 30 passes to Cullen’s 36 . . . Leo leads Frito by 42 yards but is 10 passes ahead . . . Barney Welch dropped to second place in the punting de partment but captured first prize in the punt returning phase . . . Stoop Dickson leads Barney by .5 points in kicking and this may well be erased at San Antonio next Sat urday . . . Our favorite sports an nouncer, Bill Stern, who picks his All-America team in the magazine, Look, this week, just can’t get away from A. & M. ... he names (See KYLE FIELD. Page 4) The Student Co-Op Store Bucek May Not See Any Service Sat Daniels and Welch Also Injured; Williams Stars in Drill Session It’ll be San Antonio bound to night at 8 o’clock when Coach Homer Norton and some 34 Aggie gridsters take the Southbound express for the Alamo City and the Washington State Cougars. The squad plans to take a short brisk workout at the Alamo Stad ium tomorrow afternoon before retiring for their clash with the Pacific Coast eleven team Saturday. Bad news, however, was forth coming for Coach Homer Norton. Felix Bueck, Ins star guard and one of the top linemen in the nat ion, probably will not see any act ion against th# Cougars. At the time of this writing Bueck was in SENDOFF TONIGHT! Ole Army, let’s all be down at the train depot by 7:30 tonight to give those fightin’ Aggies of ours a real sendoff for San Antonio. The train leaves at 8 o’clock sharp so let’s all be there in time to give the team and its coaches a true A&M send- off. Let’s all show the team that we’ve got the real Aggie spirit by showing up to night. They have a tough game ahead of them and your presence will give the team that needed extra pep! the college hospital with the flu besides having three broken ribs. In that case, Weldon Maples, stellar reserve, will in all probability take Bucek’s place in the starting lineup. The rest of the squad isn’t in too good a shape itself. Leo Dan iels and Barney Welch, the two star tailbacks of the team are suf fering from knee injuries. Dan iel’s ankle is still sore from the TU game, while Welch’s calf was swoll en. Cullen Rogers and Willie Zap alac still favored sore shoulders, but both are slated to start Satur- (See AGGIES, Page 4) BATTALIONA— Thursday Morning-, December 3, 1942 Page 3 Top SJVC Rookie of Year : f * - v -* k '■ '' < / j ■illll llliiiiiii Ipiillfli* < 'i • " A 1 iiiiiiliii WilliamsonPickWashState Over Ags; Tilt Rated Tops illiiliiilli • ' n' ' S } ; illlllpl -• 1 • j ill si? Here’s Barney Welch, the fancy Texas Aggie soph backfield ace, who’s regarded by the majority of sports scribes as being the top sophomore of the Southwest Conference. He’s only a notch be hind in the punting department and leads the league in punt re turning. He also was the chief Texas U. nemesis in the Thanks giving clash when he returned a punt for 71 yards and a touch down to become the only Aggie in history ever to cross the Me morial Stadium goal line! By Paul B. Williamson With the possible exception of a few games that may be cooked up practically on the spur of the mo ment the regular 1942 football sea son will go down in history with the playing of only 13 games this December among the name teams. Ten of these games are scheduled for this Saturday. Probably the most interesting game Saturday will be the visit of Washington State to San Antonio for an encounter with Texas A. & M. Of the two the Texas Aggies have been more in-and-out and, al though the home team, should lose this one. Notre Dame will do well to win from Great Lakes, but the System rides with the relative ratings of 94.3 and 93.8, and picks the Irish. Rice should win from Southern Methodist and increase its stand ing in the Southwest conference. An extra-good William and Mary team should be too much for Okla homa in spite of having to travel away out to Norman, home of the Oklahoma Sooners. On Sunday, December 6, Detroit should get back in stride from be ing upset during the past two weeks, and take St. Mary’s of Cali fornia. On Saturday, December 12, St. Mary’s Preflight should overcome Oregon State and on the face of the figures the University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles—U.C.L.A. or Uclans to you—should vanquish their cross-town rivals the Uni versity of Southern California. This game may decide whether the Uclans or Washington State shall represent the Pacific coast in the Rose Bowl. Home Team Wr Florida 83.2 Great Lakes 93.8 Idaho 83.1 IOWA PRE 93.2 Montana 74.4 Oklahoma 88.0 RICE 93.5 ST MARY’S 91.6 San Francisco ....84.7 Texas A.&M 89.2 ingr Team Wr GA. PRE 96.9 NOTRE DAME 94.3 U.C.L.A 91.3 Missouri 89.3 SO CAL 89.0 WM. & MARY ..92.0 So. Methodist ....88.5 California 88.7 MISS. STATE ..94.8 WASH STATE ..92.5 In pre-war years, more than one- third of each freshman class at the University of Texas “stuck it out” until they/ graduated. The world’s youngest owner of a “Seeing-Eye” dog is blind. He is Tood Lowry, 15-year old University of Texas freshman. He is taking a pre-law course. What to Give for Christmas? How About Yourself? Don’t Wait Too Late . . . Have It Made Now Aggieland Studio North Gate Homer Norton to Coach “South” Team; Bucek, Henderson Accept Invitations HI6HLITES* bq^TTtike Tffann I i % \ H Coast Artillery, defending Class A Champions, furthered their cause in the basketball race as they defeated F Engineers by a score of 13-6 in a nip-and-tuck bat tle. Ramsey, Coast star, was high- point man with nine points. The Coast team lacked the services of Earl Wunsche, one of their flashy players. Wunsche was in the game but retired early be cause of a recent ear injury. Spike White, former director of Intramural ath letics at Aggie land, is now En sign C. G. White fy taking a V-5 In structor’s Course at the Naval Training Station at Chapel Hill, South Carolina. Mlk . Mann He left for his station last Satur day morning and will be an inst ructor in the Navy’s Physical Fit ness Program for the duration. BWII Your Appearance Counts In Uniform or Civies LLT. ~ rr • Keep Them All in Tip-Top Shape Please Bring Your Own Hangers CAMPUS CLEANERS Two Convenient Locations New “Y” and Over Exchange Store Recreational Officers are again reminded to attend the meeting called by W. L. Penberthy. The place and time is the Civil En gineering Lecture at 6 p.m. to day. All officers are urged to be present as several matters of im portance will be discussed. A Replacement Center smashed D Engineers in a Class A basket ball match to the tune of 26-15 as Pundt and Zabcik sparked the Re placement Center attack with ten and eight points, respectively. H Field Artillery beat C Coast Art illery in a fast match by a 11-5 score. In Class B sports C Engineers smashed the Infantry Band in a basketball match by a score of 35-4 and D Artillery took a 6-0 decision over F Coast Artillery in a football game. Class A basketball is rapidly ap proaching the playoff stage and a number of league champions have already been decided. The league winners posted at noon yesterday were, (the number after each team indicate the games won): G Coast Artillery, 4 B Field Artillery, 4 3rd Headquarters Field Artillery, 4 D Replacement Center, 4 F Infantry, 4 B Coast Artillery, 4 H Field Artillery, 5 K Infantry, 5 None of these teams have suf fered any defeats in their round of play. A number of other teams have gone through the league with no defeats but the winners in these leagues have not been officially posted as yet. Some of these and the number of games won are. B Infantry^; C Infantry, 3; L In- (Se« INTRAMURALS, Page 4) The football season will end for the Texas Aggies next Saturday afternoon but for Coach Homer Norton, Guard Felix Bucek and End Bill Henderson, there’ll still be another game around before the trio can call it quits for the 1942 season. The Blue-Gray committee which sponsors the annual North-South clash held this year at Montgom ery, Alabama, has invited Coach Norton to act as co-mentor of the South team and has requested the grid services of the two Aggie stars, Bucek and Henderson. All have accepted the bids. This marks the third time that Coach Norton has been invited to act as one of the coaches of an all- star unit. Previously, the likeable Aggie mentor helped coach the Col lege All-Stars in their annual tussle with the powerful Chicago Bears, tops of the professional league. He was one of the two coaches in history who mentored the All-Stars twice in a row. Both Bucek and Henderson gain ed the honored invitation to par ticipate in the classic with their superb performances this year. Both were All-Conference for the (See NORTON, Page 4) A&M Consolidated Wins Top Grid Honors By Topping Fairfield A. & M. Consolidated High School’s Tigers annexed the bi district gridiron championship Monday night as they defeated the Fairfield High School Eagles by a score of 6-0 on Bronco Field in Bryan. The Tigers made their success ful bid late in the first half as they scored on a 24-yard pass from Jimmy Cashion to Bobbie Carroll to climax a 60-yard drive. Fair field’s most serious threat came in the closing moments of the game when an 80-yard drive came to a stop on the Consolidated 14-yard line. Both teams were evenly matched and played nip-and-tuck ball. Fast, dangerous offense and strong, stingy defense were featured by both teams. AD !#>6^ s* mi fin WHICH would you vote “most likely to succeed?” "The Aircraft Warning System gives a single plane on ground alert the equivalent striking power of 16 planes on air patrol.” This startling statement comes from England. Our country’s Aircraft Warning Service — quite similar to England’s — keeps a constant check on the flight of all aircraft. Should the need arise, it is prepared to send fighter planes aloft, to mobilize and direct ground defense forces, to warn endangered areas. Every step in its operation requires the fast, accurate communication of the telephone. This is just one of the many wartime jobs that are keeping telephone lines busier than ever before. To help us keep lines clear for vital military and industrial calls, please avoid using Long Distance to war activity centers unless the call is urgent. And please keep all your telephone calls as brief as you can. Thank you. CMS CO/Ht f/RSTi