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Maroons, Whites in Top Shape for Game
Score 66-58;
Many Fouls
Mar Game
Maroon and White Grid Squads This Year
Have Much Stronger Material Than Before
Only two more days left before - *
the Maroon and White charity
contest which promises to be the
best game of the series. One rea
son for that is the fact that those
former varsity squadmen who were
ineligible to participate heretofore
are eligible now. This new rule
adds more zest and power to both
teams and insures the grid fans
present a h honest-t o-goodness
scrap.
From first hand information I
have gathered watching these twq
squads work out. I’ll almost guar
antee thrilling and exciting bout.
There is very little to choose be
tween either team as far as pick
ing the winner is concerned and
anyone watching the two squads
intermittently would have all the
trouble in the world trying to pick
out a winner.
For a time, I had the notion
that the Whites, who have received
some capable coaching from Euel
Wesson, Leo Daniels, Willie Zap-
alac and Pete Slaughter, would be
the winners but that whim was
quickly changed when I took a
good look at the Maroon team.
Boy, the way Cullen Rogers, Wel
don Maples, Barney Welch and
Boots Simmons were handling their
crew, one would think twice or
three times before choosing the
White team.
The Maroons have plenty of
speed and power, featured around
the elusiveness of Bill Compton
and Vance Carrington and head
lined by the smashing ability of
Bill Thomas. Watching the boys
workout on a slippery and muddy
turf, it was really a thrill to see
those linemen, who still do not
measure up to the standard of the
White forward wall though, open
speedy backs filtered through.
Yessir, fans, it’s going to be
one fine battle and I daresay that
Coach Homer Norton, who is cry
ing for football players for the
1943 season, will pick off two or
three good prospects.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; A Few
Highlights of the Football Banquet Tuesday
P. L. (Pinky) Downs really
turned in a fine job as toastmaster
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College and Bryan
of the annual Aggie football ban
quet held Tuesday night. . . Pinky
turned in the best crack of the
evening when he gave this remark
about D.X. Bible and his champ
ionship Texas University football
teain. . . Ole D. X. receives $15,-
000 per year at the University,”
Mr. Downs commented, “and it
took him fully six years to win
a crown . . . “that means that the
championship this year cost TU
exactly $90,000, which ain’t chick
en-feed after all” . . . Highlight
of the evening was Dub Sibley’s
fine speech on the subject of “What
football has meant to us at A.&M.”
. . . Dub recalled all those good
times, he had at Sun Valley, New
York, Washington, D. C. and other
places throughout the country....
He received a -grand ovation fol
lowing the speech . . . Because
of the war and other circumstan
ces, a large banquet, reminiscent
of the championship days, was
impossible . . . the affair was con
cluded with the singing of “The
Spirit of Aggieland” led by Head
Yell-Leader Chuck Chalmers . . .
Oh, these banquet leagues—they’re
making a wreck out of me but
there’s a rumor around here that
the Marines have other ideas about
yours truly . . . Luke Patronella of
Luke’s Grocery out at the East
Gate, and who presented the most
valuable freshman trophy Tuesday
at the banquet must have felt
rather proud when he read the
following in the Dallas News . . .
Lou Patronella, most valuable
freshman star . . . the “T” Club
plans to sponsor a basketball game
between Manning Smith’s Aggie
cagers and Loupot’s basketball
team next Thursday night in the
DeWare Field House . . . Loupot
boasts of such stars as Bill Hen
derson, Charlie Stevenson, Cullen
Rogers, Pete Slaughter and Wel
don Maples . . . It’ll be another
tough battle for the Aggie cagers
when they face the powerful Texas
Longhorns in the DeWare Field
House Saturday night .... the
Steers are primarily a one-man
team, their attack being centered
around big John Hargis, who, at
this time is far in front in the
scoring race . . . He had averaged
20 points per game . . . Stop Har
gis and you have Texas stopped....
(See KYLE FIELD, Page 4)
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After three days of almost in
cessant rain, it looks as if Jupitor
Pluvious will give the Maroon and
White gridsters and the ticket
sales, of course, a deserved break.
The inclement weather has forced
both squads to spend much of their
time in-doors but it looks as if
the boys have finally hit their
stride.
Scrimmage sessions were ob
served by both teams Tuesday and
Wednesday with the Maroon team
going full speed ahead. The
Whites spend a great part of their
time Tuesday going over new and
old plays in the athletic lecture
room while the Maroons were
knocking heads all over the prac
tice field at the some time.
Tickets for the game have been
going rapidly and indications point
to the largest crowd ever to attend
this gala Army-Navy Relief af
fair. Ducats have been sent to
the first sergeants and Cadets de
siring to get their tickets before
game time may do so by consult
ing their top-kick.
But back to the squads. Each
has had small amount of working
time for the first two days but
have been going hammer and
tongs since 'the sun came out Wed
nesday. The Maroon team looked
exceptionally good Tuesday after
noon opening holes in the middle
of the line. Scat backs, including
Vance Carrington, Bill Thomas,
Bill Compton and Jimmy Ramage
hit the gaps with precision-like
skill and were seen running in the
clear most of the day.
Compton, a little scat back, used
his tremendous speed to advantage
and time again broke loose when
seemingly trapped.
The Whites, meantime, concen
trated much of their effort on
passing as that weapon is due to
be the mainspring of their attack
next Saturday. Johnny “Rock”
Roberts handles the slinging chores
and is expected to worry the Reds
plenty with his trusty rifle arm.
It may be remembered that it was
this same Roberts who provided
the margin of victory for the
White team two years ago, 13-7.
His passing was sensational then
and is expected to be better this
year.
Battalion Sports
Thursday Morning, January 14, 1943
Only 14 Out of 23? Tch, Tch!
Johnny Roberts Sensational As
I Field Wins Class A Grid Crown
By Dick Anderson
Battalion Sports Staff
The name is Johnny Roberts,
folks, and don’t forget it because
next Saturday afternoon he is go
ing to be out there tossing the
pigskin in the Maroon and White
game. Incidentally he did a pretty
fair job of tossing yesterday aft
ernoon as he pitched his I Field
Artillery team to an 8-6 victory
over B Field Artillery, which gave
them the Class A Intramural
Championship. Some say he throws
with the accuracy of a sling-shot,
but out there yesterday it looked
a little more like a rifle. If you
don’t believe he is good just ask
the boys from B Field. Against
them he threw only 23, completing
a mere 14 for a .609 percentage.
An interference penalty on fourth
down with less than three minutes
to play gave I Field new blood
and helped spell defeat for B Field
who at that time held a 6-2 lead.
On the first play from the 12 where
the ball rested Roberts shot one
of his bullet passes to Freddie
Wolters on the three and followed
up with the pay-off toss to Joe
Class A Basketball,
Handball Champs
Crowned Tues Night
A Coast Wins Class B
Volleyball Title; Playoffs
Are Going at Full Speed
The upperclassmen of E Field
Artillery took the Class A hand
ball crown as they smashed the
A Chemical Warfare team with a
3-0 score. Crowder and Hudson
won over Haralson and Miertschin
by scores of 12-9 and 21-6; Mar-
oney and Simmongs won two out
of three by scores of 21-0 and
21-8 as they beat Keeney and
Baker; and Lehman and Brin
overcame Burks and Griffin with
diffciulty by scores of 21-14, 20-22
and 21-19.
A Field Artillery won the Class
A basketball championship when
they defeated F Infantry by a
score of 21-12. Andrews led the
winning scorers with eight points
and was followed by Reed with
six points and Ray with four.
(See PLAYOFFS Page 4)
Spike White Sent
To Naval Pre-Flight
School as Instructor
Ensign C. G. (Spike) White,
USNR, on leave from the A. & M.
Department of Physical Education
for service in the Naval Physical
Fitness program, is now stationed
at the U. S. Naval Pre-Flight
School at Iowa City, Iowa. He has
been sent here to act as V-5 In
structor after having received his
preliminary training at the Chapel
Hill Naval Training School in
North Carolina.
Ensign White has been joined
by his wife, Darnell, who went to
Iowa City from Dallas. He is
well-remembered at A. & M.
through his work in the Physical
Education and Intramural depart
ments.
Zapalac and Bucek
Receive TopAwards
AtBanquetTuesday
Presentation of letters to 27
football players, numerals to 30
freshmen, and letters to three
cross-country men highlighted the
annual Texas Aggie banquet held
here Tuesday night.
Besides the lettermen awards,
the top blocker and most valuable
awards were presented to Willie
Zapalac and Felix Bucek respect
ively. Bucek received the annual
Lipscomb-Munnerlyn award in the
form of a desk set, while Zapalac
was given the Bert Pfaff award.
Other awards included $25 bonds
to Bill Henderson and Felix Bu
cek from the American General
Insurance Company of Houston for
making Kern Tips’ all-Conference
selection for the 1942 year. The
Lou Patronella trophy given to
the most valuable freshman foot
ball player was awarded to Ma
rion Flanagan, high ranking fish
back, from Sweetwater.
P. L. Downs, Jr., former mem
ber of the board of directors, serv
ed as master of ceremonies in this
small get-together gathering, while
Coach Homer Norton was the main
speaker of the evening.
Introductions were given by
ton, Coach Lil Dimmitt, and Ray
Putnam, cross-country mentor;
while speeches were turned in by
Dr. T. O. Walton, president of
the college; and W. R. (Dub) Sib
ley, center of the football team,
who spoke on the subject, “What
Football Has Meant to Us at
A.&M.”
Hoover for the touchdown and the
margin of victory.
One thing can be said for B
Field Artillery. They never quit
fighting. Even after it was appar
ent that the contest was lost they
kept trying and never gave up.
While trailing 2-0 at the opening
of the second half, they struck
quickly to gain the lead. Sims re
ceived the kickoff to open the half
and fumbled but regained control
to return to the six. One the first
play Roberts attempted a quick-
kick which was blocked by Earl
Seay and the ball went over to B
Field on the 2. On the first play
Tommy Carlile completed his only
pass of the afternoon in the end
zone to Siensticker for six points.
Carlile did complete three other
passes, but they fell into the hands
of I Field men for interceptions.
From that minute on it was all
I Field and Slingin’ Johnny. Al
though trailing 6-2 they came back
like a hurricane and breezed 42
(See ROBERTS, Page 4)
INTRAMGRALS
By
Mike Mann
With approximately 200 students
and faculty members attending, the
Intramural department’s annual
banquet honoring the recreational
officers of the school took place
last night in the banquet room of
Sbisa Hall. Officiating in the role
of master of ceremonies was W. L.
(Penny) Penberthy, head of the
Physical Education department,
who handled the chore in an able
manner.
Penberthy first presented mem
bers of the college staff, including
Dr. T. O. Walton,
f’jC president of the
-^.college; Deans T.
f .- D. Brooks, F. C.
Bolton, and R. P.
Marstellar; E. L.
Angell, assistant
to the president;
W. R. Horsley,
head of the Stu-
dent Labor Com-
Mik. Mann mittee; E. E. Mc-
Quillen, secretary of the Former
Students Association; L. D. Boone,
head of the Student Activities Com
mittee; E. N. Holmgreen, business
manager of the college; D. W.
Williams, head of the Animal Hus
bandry department; Dr. Pat Burns,
member of the Veterinary Medi
cine department and the Intramural
department committee; M. L. Cash-
ion, secretary of the YMCA; Col.
M. D. Welty, commandant; and
others.
After this Penny introduced the
six other members of his depart
ment, Dewey Hoke, N. A. Pon-
thieux, Carl Tischler, W. M. Mc
Dowell, Art Adamson, and J. W.
Standifer. Following this Penber
thy presented, by groups, the sen
ior, junior, and sophomore depart
mental managers; the student of
ficials; the honored guests, the
recreational officers, and their jun
ior assistants. Also present at the
dinner were Col. Walter Cardwell,
corps commander; Johnny Longley,
Longhorn Editor; and members of
the Battalion staff.
The sole speech of the evening
was delivered by Dr. Walton, who
has just recently returned from
conferences at Washington, D. C.
He stressed the importance of a
RECORD ALBUMS
Irving Berlin’s “THIS IS THE ARMY”—Original
All-Soldier Cast
“ONE, TWO, THREE, KICK”—Xavier Cugat
Schubert’s “SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN B MINOR”—
(Unfinished)—Boston Symphony Orchestra
Strauss Waltzes
Orchestra
Bruno Walter and Symphony
HASWELL’S
good physical training program
during this time of national emer
gency when manpower is direly
needed by both the military and
industry. Dr. Walton told of the
ever-increasing importance with
which the Army and Navy officials
are regarding the physical train
ing of American youths.
Penberthy met with the recrea
tional officers at the close of the
banquet in a short meeting in
which the subject of awards for
the services of the officers was
discussed.
Edwards With 24
Is High Point Man;
Watkins Scores 15
By Hank Avery
WACO, January 13—A sudden
spurt by the Baylor Bears in an
overtime period after the score was
tied 56-56 brought the twice-de
feated Bruins a 66-58 victory over
the Texas Aggies in a game marred
by rough and exciting playing.
Sophomore Frankie Edwards
proved to be the deep thorn in the
Cadets’ side as he hit the loop for
24 points to top all scorers. Jim
Reeder was next with 14 points.
For the Aggies, Pete Watkins
hit the bucket for 15 markers, fol
lowed closely by Leland Huffman
with 14 points. Incidentally, it was
Huffman’s last minute goal, with
Baylor ahead 56-54, that sent the
exciting game into an overtime pe
riod.
The Aggies opened the scoring
first as Dawson sank one from un
der the net but Baylor soon tied it
up and eventually forged ahead.
The lead changed intermittently
from then on and at the half, it
was 33-30 in favor of the Aggies.
The Ags made it 37-30 as the
second half opened but the Bruins
soon caught up. An indication of
the roughness of the game was the
fact that all the Aggies but Bill
Nutto had at least three fouls mar
red against them. Les Peden was
the only one to foul out. The Ag
gies had 20 fouls against them and
therein lay the margin of victory.
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