Aggie Swimmers Have Good Chance
At Conference Title; Meet Next Week
Rumors Have Now Hit Athletics . . .
Some more of these rumors have found its way into
this corner but they are a wee different from the traditional
E.R.C. rumors that have been flying high around Aggieland
for the last several weeks. This one is about the football
season of next fall, if there is one.
The rumor that is referred to is the chance that the
Aggies will not play the Baylor Bears next season. Rumors
from the Baylor campus say that football up there is doubt-
fuL As yet, the Bears have not-f-
started spring training and have
little hope of doing so. Baylor has
lost two coaches in the last month
or so; Frank Kimbrough and Bill
Henderson. Kimbrough was head
coach of football and Henderson
left after coaching the basketball
season. As yet these coaches have
not been replaced and Ralph Wolf,
Baylor athletic director, is said to
have stated that they would not be
replaced for some time. So wheth
er or not the Baylor Bears will be
going again next fall, is yet to be
determined. Hope so!
Arkansas has been the scene of
getting another football coach and
in doing so they are determined to
get a better football team than
what they have been fielding the
last several years. The school is
trying to receive permission to ob
tain a grid coach at a rate of
$12,600 per year. Boy, that is some
sum to pay for a victorious foot
ball team, or I should say, one
part of it. For it takes more than
a high price coach to begin winning
football games.
Arkansas has fielded a poor
team in the last several years and
there was some talk of getting the
Texas Tech school in the Southwest
conference and leave Arkansas out.
I guess the bankers of the Hogs
began to wake up and get some
thing started in their world of foot
ball. But it takes more than a
high salary coach to produce a
winning football club.
One thing is the material that
goes to make up the team will
bear the most important factor in
the winning combination. Arkansas
has had many football players to
go to a Texas school and play foot
ball here in preference to the Ra-
zorback school, while others have
found their way into other schools
of other states. We’ll have to wait
and see if the combination of the
high paid coach and some Arkansas
material will produce a winning
club.
The Razorbacks have always
staged a strong basketball team
every year and for the last seVeral
years have taken a part of the
title at different times. The tall
boys have been many on the Pork
ers’ lineup. So far nothing is set
tled in the matter of a coach, but
something is likely to come for
ward any day.
Rice Owls Travel To New York For
Tourney In Madison Square Garden
Playing in Madison Square Gar
den the 22nd of this month, the
Rice Owls will represent the South
west Conference in New York
when they clash with the Brooklyn
team, St. John’s.
The St. John team has won 18
games this season while dropping
two. Rice closed its conference
schedule here a couple of weeks
ago to cinch a tie for the South
west Conference title. Texas is the
other co-champion and will be
traveling to Kansas City for their
tourney.
Last night the Rice Owls met
the Sam Houston Bearkats in Hous
ton to get some needed competi
tion to stay on edge for the New
York trip. Coach Davis will stick
to his regular line up which is
David Cook, John McDonald, for
wards; Bill Tom Gloss, center. Har-
Do You Know What
You Ought to Know
In America at War?
Here’s a new kind of quiz—based
on the things that are happening
in this wartime world. Try it on
your family.
What are U. S. battleships named
after? Cruisers? Destroyers? Sub
marines? Aircraft carriers?
Battleships are named after
states; cruisers after cities; de
stroyers after Naval heroes; sub
marines after fish; the new car
riers after famous battles.
Can you sell your car to the
government ?
No. But if you want to donate
it to a government agency, write
old Lambert and Bill Commins,
guards.
to the chief of bookkeeping and
warrants section, Treasury De
partment, Washington, giving a
full description of the car.
When your soldier or sailor son
comes home on furlough, what
must he do to get his share of ra
tioned foods?
He should go to his rationing
board nearest your home and get
certificates which will entitle him
to the same quantities of rationed
goods as you get.
Why is chewing gum included
in all three meals in the Army’s
“K,” or combat, ration?
Gum keeps the mouth moist,
which is particularly helpful to
troops in dry areas. It also acts as
a cleanser for teeth when tooth
brushes can’t be used, and it is a
good substitute for cigarettes in
reducing nervous tension. (Smok
ing is, of course, prohibited in
actual combat.)
How many flying hours must a
woman have to her credit to be
eligible for the Women’s Auxiliary
Ferrying Squadron?
Five hundred.
How many Americans were in
our armed forces at the end of
1942?
Seven million, of whom over
1,000,000 are in the Navy.—This
Week Magazine.
The University of Buffalo has
established a course in military
German.
Students of the College of New
Rochelle (N.Y.) have enrolled in
a class in postwar rehabilitation
and construction.
Keep That Military Appearance
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S. M. U. and Baylor
Helps Aggie Chances
By Caro Costas
Last Tuesday afternoon’s victory
of Coach Adamson’s Texas Aggie
swimming team over a determined
and strong Longhorn team showed
great hopes for the Aggies to take
the Southwest Conference swim
ming meet. This meet will be held
in Austin next Saturday night in
Texas U. natatorium and it will
be a meet worth witnessing, as
both Aggies and Longhorns are
determined to carry away with the
meet and the title.
So far the Aggies boast of hav
ing two victories over the Long
horns in the only two meets in
which they have met this season.
In their first meet they thoroughly
outswam the tankers from the For
ty Acres by a margin of about
twenty points. Last Tuesday after
noon the swimmers from Texas
traveled all the way from Austin
for a return meet and they brought
along a strong and determined
team with the hopes of evening
the series. The Aggies faced a
strong competition, as two of Tex
as’ mainstays participated in this
second meet; Demmer and Deppe.
Demmer outswam Danny Green, the
Aggie swimming star in the 100-
yard free style. At the end of the
meet the scoreboard showed the
Aggies carrying away the meet,
thus making it two straight vic
tories of Coach Adamson’s tankers
over the Longhorns.
Coach Adamson is placing his
hopes that swimmers from Baylor
and S.M.U. will take part in the
meet and take away from Texas
some points. Demmer from Texas
and Danny Green from A&M will
give the public attending the final
meet between these two schools
plenty of thrills, as they are out
standing swimmers in both squads.
The 100 yards free style event will
be the highlight of the meet. Danny
Green and Demmer will face each
other in their last meet. In the
first meet between the schools Dan
ny Green won that event, breaking
the Southwest record, but in the
second meet Demmer nosed out
Green in the most exciting event
of the afternoon. This time Dem
mer came in under the Southwest
Grass and Weeds
Present Serious
Fire Threat Now
Dead grass and weeds are at
present a serious fire threat in
Texas, Marvin Hall, State Fire
Insurance Commissioner, said to
day.
Hall based his statement on fire
marshal reports filed with the
department. These reports show
an excessive number of grass fires
during the past few weeks.
The heaviest grass fire loss re
ported since the first of the year
was estimated at more than $45,-
000. ,Tt was started by a small boy
and spread to baled cotton in
storage.
At least two Texas deaths in
January resulted from grass fires,
while fire alarms as a result of
burning grass and weeds number
ed three times those of all other
causes. Grass hazards, according
to the reports, exist in practically
every city and town in the state.
In addition, extensive grass fires
have been reported in rural areas.
These range from valuable pasture
lands in central and western sec
tions of the state laid barren by
grass fires, to the heavily tim
bered sections of East Texas where
vital timber has been destroyed.
Timber fires have become increas
ingly serious.
“Our local fire departments are
doing a splendid job,” added Hall,
“in combatting the threat of grass
fires. However, they need our in
dividual assistance in preventing
unnecessary fires. Many depart
ments are supervising the burning
of grass on vacant property fn
order to eliminate as many haz
ards as possible.
“The spring winds will add to
the seriousness of grass hazards.
For the next few weeks we need
Conference record but it does not
count as official. Next time they
meet will be in the conference
swimming meet and Danny will
seek to beat Demmer and estab
lish himself as the 100-yards free
style swimming champion in the
Southwest. He boasts of holding
the 220-yd. record in the confer
ence.
Green is considered by the Texas
U. swimming coach as the best
tanker in the Southwest.
Other tankers upon whom Adam
son places his hopes in bringing
to A&M the swimming crown are
Griffin, Kiel, Lapham, Cowling,
Stein, Winters, Heany, Henderson,
Goodman, Cowley, and Baus.
Four ExAggies
Now Stationed At
Lubbock Air Field
Four former students of Texas
A. & M. are now stationed at South
Plains Army Flying School, where
advanced glider students are being
trained. They are Capt. Marvin
Jefferson Birdwell, First Lieut.
Jack H. Dixon, Second Lieut. Rich
ard L. Vickrey, and Second Lieut.
Charles Rick Owens.
Captain Birdwell is the son of
Mrs. Florence C. Birdwell of 1226
S. College Road, Bryan, Texas. He
was commissioned in 1924 and was
field auditor of the AAA, U.S.D.A.,
at College Station for four years
before entering the service.
Lieut. Dixon is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Dixon of Little
Elm, Texas, majoring in engineer
ing at Texas A. & M., graduating
in 1941.
Lieut. Vickrey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Vickrey of 1511 Bosque
Blvd., Waco, majored in civil engi
neering. He was commissioned in
September of 1942 at Lake Charles,
La.
Lieut. Owens is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Owens of 1835
South 10th, Abilene. Also an engi
neering major, he received his com
mission as a reserve officer at
Foster Field in Sept, of 1942.
BATTALION
Saturday Morning, March 13, 1943
Page 3
INTRAMURALS
By
John Stout
With the softball season get
ting underway the speedball mar
vels are completing and deciding
their league winners. Thus far no
definite league is cinched by any
one team. In all eleven leagues
their are at least two, and in most
cases three, teams that can win the
championship of their lengue if
only the right results turn up.
In these 11 leagues there are
still about eight teams that are
undefeated and untied last game
that they will play next week will
decide the championship unless
there is a tie, in which case the
run-off for that league will be
determined the following week.
The leagues, with the exception of
the postponed games, should be
completed next week. The champ
ionship race will be underway
shortly thereafter.
I Field, the undefeated-untied
league champion unless B Coast
Artillery decides differently. There
were three teams in this league
Feet Match? If Not
Join Mismated Club
Dallas.—If your feet require dif
ferent-sized shoes, you can join
the Mismated Shoe Club, formed
here.
The informal organization is de
signed to relieve the pinch under
rationing regulations.
It started when a Dallas woman
told the Dallas County War and
Rationing Board that she ought
to have six pairs of shoes a year
instead of three because she wears
a No. 5 shoe on one foot and a
No. 7 on the other. For her, the
annual ration of three pairs of
shoes would mean only a pair and
a half, she explained.
One Hundred Pairs of Shoes Have
Been Worn Out On P. E. Cross-Country
By John M. Stout
“Say, Joe, what time did you
make it in today?”
“Oh, I don’t know. Around 10:20
I believe.”
“Well, all I can say is that you’ve
beaten me. I cleared the mark in
13:10. Say, look at those guys;
some of them are still coming in.
There’s Jim. He used to be a track
star in high school. I wonder
what’s wrong.”
“Too many cigarettes, I guess.
Say, how far is that course any
way? First they told us that it
was 2% miles, then somebody said
it was two miles. Finally they said
it was a mile and a half, until
somebody measured it in a car.
They claimed it was a mile and
six-tenths. Just how far is that
anyway?”
Well, ole army, that’s the situa
tion every evening. You guys that
make it in less than ten minutes
really would like to know how far
it is so you could judge yourseH.
To settle such arguments about the
length, the course was measured
and checked.
Starting at the baseball pitch
er’s mound on the practice field
where most of the P.E. classes
have been timed, and crossing the
concrete ditch and around the sig
nal tower to the right, down by
the creamery and on around on the
regular course it is 8,935 feet, 6
inches—just 40 feet short of 1.7
Pomona college in Claremont,
Calif., will train 200 aviation ca
dets in a basic premeteorological
course.
to be extremely careful in prevent
ing grass fires, and in keeping
fires that are started from get
ting beyond control.”
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Help your Government to put the tools of war into the
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miles. Back up 20 feet the next
time you run it and call it 1.7 miles.
This means that 39,700 linear
miles have already been covered
by the cadets that are taking P.E.
and are running. Stretching this
distance out it would be over 1.6
times around the world or to Den
ton and back 80 times and be in
Ft. Worth on your way back on
another trip. The equivalent to 111
pair of shoes have already been
worn out. This means that it cost
the corps $55.10 per week for ten
nis shoes. There are lost 250 gal
lons of sweat every week.
For you engineering queers here
are a few edges for you. An aver
age boy of 150 pounds would be
doing 1,340,000 ft. of Work per
run, or the equivalent to 1,724
BTU’s of energy lost, assuming
no heat transfer. This means that
if a 150 pound boy runs it in 9
minutes he would be rated at 4.5
horsepower; 10 min.—4.0; 12 min.
—3.3; 15 min.—2.6; 20 min.—2.0;
and 24 min.—1.6. The average rated
horsepower for tke class is 2.4.
If you are running the course in
15 min. you are averaging 8 min.,
50 sec. per mile;, 10 min.—5:33;
9:30—5:35; 9:00—5:18. All of these
foolish figures came from the fact
that there are 2,923 boys running
the course twice a week and have
been running for four weeks. Oh,
yes, a pair of tennis shoes will last
360 miles of running if you are
lucky. That’s a round trip to Ft.
Worth or DaHas.
I Field, B Coast and B Signal that
were pulling for the championship
of the league until B Sig and I
Field met Thursday afternoon.
In the first 15 seconds of the
game Quenton Harvey scored a
touchdown with a pass from Otto,
who received the ball from Beck-
ley. Later in the first period the
Signal Corps scored on a fumble
made by the Field, tying up the
game 2-2. When the Signal Corps
kicked off, after the touchdown,
they scored three more points
with one of those seldom-heard-
of field goals on a kickoff. The
Signal Corps led at half time
5-2.
They kept this three point mar
gin until the Field rallied with two
touchdowns. The first one came
from a pass to Clark from Back-
ley. The second, just a few sec
onds later, with a pass from Otto
to Harvey. There was a double
foul made at the beginning of the
fourth period, and both teams took
advantage of it by scoring one
point each, bringing the score to
7-6. This score did not change
until just a few second before the
game was over when Sims, of
Field, scored the final points of
the game by a touchdown. Im
mediately after the touchdown the
Field team was kicking off to
Signal Corps teams the Signal
Corps, in all of the excitement,
fouled Fredy Wolters. Wolters {jot
a free kick but missed as the
game ended, 9-6 in favor of I Field.
Flowers was also one of the de
ciding factors as he proved his
ability by driving the Signal Corps
team back on many of their of
fensive plunges. Oh yes, for you
boys of I Field, you’re got the
scrap of your life next week when
you meet B Coast, for confident
ially, are good.
The newly constructed basket
ball courts should be ready during
the early part of next week. All
of them are not expected to be
completed then, but if weather-
permits they will be completed as
soon as possible. '
Sometimes next week in this
column league standings for the
Horse Shoe leagues will be pub
lished.
It has been whistled around
that the commando course is be
ing dusted and polished off. I
wonder why? Something tells me
there is some connection between
that and the P. E. class. Oh, yes,
if you can’t run the P. E. Cross
Country in less than 15 minutes
don’t worry about the commando
course for you’ve still got a lot
of running ahead of you.
Ag Diamond Hopes
Become VeryBright
Team Works Out
Daily For Opener
The Southwest Conference base
ball race will open March 26 when
the Rice Owls will clash with the
Aggies in a two game series to
be played at College Station. This
year the conference race will be
around three teams as the remain
ing three teams of the conference
have withdrawn from the confer
ence for the duration. Texas A. &
M., Texas U., and Rice will be the
nucleus of this year conference
championship race.
The Aggies, last year conference
champions started training the
first of this month under the new
tutorship of Coach Homer Norton.
They were blessed with the re
turning of seven elttermen of last
year’s championship team. Their
hopes rest upon such stars as
Peden, Rogers, Daniels, Newberry,
Carden, Glass and squadmen, and
new members of this year Aggie
nine. When the conference rolls
again they will be favorites to
repeat as Southwest champions pro
vided they show the same form
that was characteristic of them
during the conference race. Hit
ting powerj fine fielding and good
pitching staff were the main fac
tors of last year Coach Lil Dimmit
Aggie nine successful conference
schedule. They defeated the Long
horns two in a row, the last two
games played in Austin and whose
outcome gave the Aggies the base
ball crown.
Texas U. lost most of last year
runner up team members such as
Houpt, Tankersley, O’Reagan, Hat
ton, and many others. They will
be seeking to return the baseball
crown to the Forty Acres where
it has reigned for long years. As
in past years they will be the team
to beat as Rice, the other con
testants, is not a serious threat
to either team. Texas U. lost the
two most important games of the
conference last year in their own
backyard and with that the champ
ionship.
Rice is the remaining team that
will make up the nucleus in this
year’s conference and Coach Cecil
Gregg will put a team that will
represent Rice Institute in the
conference and will seek some
victories over both A. & M. and
the Longhorns. They have only
three remaining lettermen, up
on whom the team will be built.
Coach Norton of the Texas Ag
gies and Coach Cecil Grigg of
Rice booked some non-conference
games with teams that will com
pete in the Houston Post Semi-Pro
baseball championship. They also
are planning to engage as many
army camp teams as their sched
ule permits. Texas U. has not yet
been heard from in regard to sched
uling non-conference games.
The conference schedule as it
was approved by the three schools
stands as follows:
March 26-27—Rice at College
Station.
April 2-3—Texas at Houston.
April 9-10—A&M at Austin.
(See AGGIE NINE, page 4)
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