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and one place that
left for the holidays, I was down talking
the conversation was mostly about the
anship.
ve heard that this school is different,
;his guy has noticed the real brand of
sportsmanship is down on Kyle Field or any other site of
Maroon and White athletic participation. Where you find
an Aggie team taking part in any sport, you can bet your
bottom dollar that there is a group of athletes that are
trained with the idea that the score will be long forgotten
when men are still remembering how the game was played.
Behind these players is a real man whose greatest reward
has been the making of better men through their athletics.
This man is Coach Homer Norton.
This writer was down in the dressing room the entire
time before the Aggies went on the field at Memorial Sta
dium last Turkey Day, and Coach Norton told the boys this
“I care not what the score may be when we meet here again
during the half; all I ask is that you play your best. If you
play your best and put out everything that’s in you ... go
hard ... we won’t lower our heads to anyone.” Wherever
Aggie athletes have gone they have carried with them this
and countless other priceless lessons.
The fruits of these teachings are shown when a player
leaves the field and finds the whole squad on its feet to
meet him at the sidelines. And no spectator fails to get
inspiration from the Aggie team as each man stands at strict
attention while the national anthem is being played.
Now we are all entering a new semester which will
bring many changes and as a result a new life; but wherever
fate carries this school, may it always be known as a home
of real sportsmanship of its corps and of its athletic partici
pation. We’ve got something that is worth keeping.
The name of Aggie
Will always stand
As a living symbol
Of a better man.
Question of Time Of
MailArrivalAnswered
To answer that question “When
is the mail put up?”, and to save
many useless trips to the United
States Post Office—commonly call
ed the P‘.‘0.”—is the information
given here.
Probably 100% of the newcomers
to Aggieland and 90% of the boys
already here do not know when
the mail from anywhere is put up.
They just go by to “dust out the
box”, hoping to find some mail.
To save these out-of-the-way trips
and the large number of useless,
tiring steps to the P. 0. only to
find nothing is there,* you may
find below a schedule of the times
when the mail is put up.
The mail that comes to this end
of the world—if any—that arrives
during the night is put up start
ing at 7 a.m. and is usually all up
by 8 o’clock.
Mail arriving throughout the
morning is due at 11:30 a.m. and
is in the mail box by 12 noon. Mail
is put up for the last time during
the day for students at 1 p.m.
That makes three times during
the day—8 a.m., 12 noon, and 1
p.m. Three chances to get that
letter from You Know Who, and
if you don’t get it then, you might
as well wait until the next morn
ing.
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Spring Training Begins February Second
Battalion Sports
Sophomores and Freshmen Only Ones
Reporting, As Others Graduate Early
For the first time in the history of the school, Aggie
land will lose two classes in one year, which will result in
only sophomores and frehsmen reporting to Coach Homer
Norton for football spring training February 2.
As far as is known, this is the-f
only incident that has been heard
of in the conference history and
in the nation itself. This along
with the new set-up, will bring
many worries to Coach Norton and
his aides, but all is not lost. He
has abundance of material that
will be moving up from the fresh
man team and five lettermen from
the 1942 squad.
Norton told the juniors of last
season’s squad that it would be
little use for them to report for
spring training since they would
be no longer in school next fall
when the grid iron will take the
spot light again. Losing the jun
iors was one big blow, but losing
some key sophomores has added
to it. Some of these men lost in
cludes Ed Dusak, a hard line buck
ing sophomore who showed great
promise last year as being one of
the first eleven; Johnny Davis, a
promising guard; Ben Stout, a vet
eran tackle; Don Luethy, a starter
of last season until he suffered a
shoulder injury; and a number of
freshmen that find it unable to
return to school.
Much of the Aggies’ hope will
depend on the returning five let
termen along with freshmen of
last season and incoming freshmen
who show great promise. The five
lettermen includes three back;
Barney Welch, Vernon Belville,
and Otto Payne; along with two
linemen Henry Foldberg and Floyd
Hand.
Barney Welch was that little
man who ran through the entire
Texas team last season to bring
the first Aggie touchdown to be
scored in Memorial Stadium. He
showed great form in his tosses
and will be expected to carry the
load of the aerial department.
Although Barney is a small man
and one of the lightest members
of the 1942 team, he is a fine
runner showing lots of speed.
Otto Payne was that sophomore
last season who was depended upon
to hit the line when the aerials
were not clicking. Otto also has
lots of speed and cari'ys some two
hundred pounds.
Vernon Bellville, a Yoakum lad,
will strengthen the backfield with
his running and passing game.
Veimon usually played the safety
man position last season, showing
some talent in that department.
Hank Foldberg was sometimes
a starter at tackle last season and
helped a great, deal in his line
play in the Texas game. Hank
is a big man and can mix it up
with the boys when they hit his
side of the line. Foldberg is a
Dallas boy.
Floyd Hand hails from Pasadena
who played some great ball at the
wing position there and came to
Aggieland to letter his first year
in varsity competition. Floyd got
some good experience last year
which will help him to make his
side of the line pretty rough to
get around.
Some of the prospects from the
’42 freshman team are Marion
Flanagan, Buryi Baty, Gus White,
Roland Phillips, Ed Wright, Hans
Neumann, and Bill Hotchkiss.
Some of these Lil Dimmitt’s
can really toss that ball around
as a passer, Flanagan and Baty
show some real talent. These boys
will be facing some experienced
men and probably some bigger
ones also, but they can be ex
pected to hold their place.
Little Dickey Haas and Norman
Brown will be of great assistance
to the varsity, for these men were
squadmen of last season but failed
to letter.
Some new material will enter
school February 1st when the new
semester will bring All-State boys
and stars from the 1942 high
school race. These include Jack
Ray, the All-Starter from Breck-
enridge and the Marion Settegast,
Lamar’s guard from Houston.
Swimming Pool
Hours Announced
By Art Adamson
Free Swimming Time Set
For 4-5:30 p.m.; Pool
Open Sundays 3 to 5:30
Coach Art Adamson has an
nounced the plans for the swim
ming classes for the new semes
ter. There will be no increase in
the number of classes, but they
will be made up exclusively of
those members of the corps who
can not swim. Every student will
be required to pass a test equival
ent to the Annapolis test given
to the men to the U. S. Naval
Academy. Those unable to pass
will be put in one of the semi
weekly classes and will remain
there until they have mastered
swimming. Consequently before
the end of the semester every
student at A. & M. will be able
to swim.
New hours have been announced
for regular free swimming. On
week days—Monday through Sat
urday the hours will be from 4 to
5:30. On Sundays the pool will
be open from 3 until 5:30.
No changes have been made in
the manner in which the regular
swimming hours will be conducted.
The same free methods of conduct
will be observed. There will be
no intramural swimming next sem
ester as nights will be used al
together for study. •
Transportation and
Army Call Affects
All Major Sports
Univresities Are Hard Hit
As Army Beckons Athletes
Into Branches of Service
Aonther war bomb has hit it’s
mark when Uncle Sam saw fit to
call the enlisted army reserves to
active duty at the end of the first"
college term after December 31,
1942, but the victims will do their
best and carry on with the re
maining material.
Already the transportation prob
lem has affected college athletic
teams, but the new blow added a
great deal of problems that have
been solved by the various mem
bers of the coaching profession.
They still plan on doing the best
that is possible under the condi
tions. The transportation of the
order from Washington still leaves
questions in some of the coaches
minds about when the boys will
be called, but the statement said
that they would be available at
the completion of the semester.
The Aggies have already felt
a big blow from the manpower tax
on college, the tax being that there
will be only five lettermen back
to the football squad next fall due
(See MAJOR SPORTS, Page 6)
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1943
rFAge 5
Baseball Camp Opens March 1st
Under Leadership of Norton
Starting February 2nd, Coach
Homer Norton will have his hands
full the remainder of the semes
ter for he will be taking over the
/
Homer Hill Norton
jobs of coaching football spring
training for thirty days, then step
ping into baseball, will also be
found tutoring the golf team.
The baseballers will be rolling
Aggies Take Waco
Flyers Wednesday
The Texas Aggies rolled over
an easy win here last Wednesday
night to down Waco Army Flying
School 47-25.
The Aggies step into an early
lead and later used the game to
give the squadmen experience. For
the first half, the game was pretty
slow, but the last 20 minutes, found
it a little more interesting. At
half time the score stood 27-6.
A new comer to the court was
the high point man of the tilt; Joe
Pettit, who tallied 12 of the Ag
gies’ buckets. Dawson trailed with
11, while Herbert Nordquistt, of
the flyers, scored 10.
The game was a little rough in
spots, at times seeing a few hit
the hardwood. Only one man foul
ed out of the game.
A.&M. G P Pf Tp
Peden, f 4 12 9
Smith, f 10 12
Watkins, f 3 0 16
Penington, f 0 0 10
Dawson, c 4 3 2* 11
Sample, c 10 2 2
Foldberg, c 0 0 10
Adams, c 0 0 0 0
Cokinos, g 2 0 2 4
Pettit, g 6 0 0 12
Huffman, g 0 10 1
Nutto, g 0 0 0 0
Totals
Waco F.S.
Bradley, f
Kiser,
Wolfe,
Boettke,
Stout, f
Popovich, f
Hudson, c ..
Handjack, c
Feirt, g
Mordjuistt, g
Birchfield, g
Totals ....
Pf Tp
0 2
Officials: McMinn, Pouthieux.
J Half-time score: A.&M. 27, W.A.S. 6.
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out their bats and getting their
gloves dusted off to begin the
1943 baseball campaign March
1st. Coach Norton will still be
finishing up the football training,
but the boys will go right ahead
working out.
Marty Karow lead the Aggies
to the baseball conference cham
pionship for the first time since
1937 last year and some of the
same boys will be throwing the
ball and hitting it again this sea
son. Norton will be right in this
line when he takes up the chores of
coaching the nine for his career
is full of the sport. He left the
professional American Association
League where he played for Co
lumbus to coach football at Cen
tenary. Since then he has tutored
baseball for several years.
Les Peden will be leading the
nine as captain and players as
Rogers, Daniels, Newberry, “Smo
ky Carden”, Glass, Sea, Carden,
Nutto, Foldberg, and Turner will
be answering the call when the
practice begins.
Some additions that will prove
valuable material will come up
from the freshman team and others
who will just enter school this
semester.
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