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TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1943
THE BATTALION
PAGE 3
Aggies Down Porkers-Prep For Decisive SMU Tilt
By Harold Borofsky
Battalion Sports Editor
Aggies Display Good Form in Beating Hogs;
Seek to Hold Unbeaten Record in SMU Tilt
It seems that some of the sports writers are beginning
to wonder if that talked-about fuzz on the checks of the
youthful Texas Aggies has not developed into some first-
class whiskers. At any rate, there was an abundance of pork
chops in the Cadet camp after the-f-
game last Saturday.
The game was not so one
sided as it may seem, however,
the Hogs put up a stiff defense
though they were in their own
territory most of the time. The
Porkers were quite a bit inspired
by their annual homecoming and
managed to hold the favored Ags
two only two tallies.
Your scribe has encountered sev
eral rumors to the effect that the
score was held down in the game
Saturday by the Cadet coaches.
Such was not the case. The Ags
should have scored at least once
more than they did, but several
times when the Cadets were about
to take the ball into Porker terri
tory they were set back by penal
ties.
In other conference tussles last
week Texas drubbed the improv
ing Southern Methodist Mustangs
20-0. This game proved to be es-
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College and Bryan
pecially interesting to A. & M.
fans, for the Ags clash with the
Mustangs this week on Kyle Field,
and almost a direct comparison
may be drawn between the Long
horns and the Cadets. The Mus
tangs, however, will lose their ace
lineman, Ed Cloud, this week to
S. L. I. and will face a tough
problem trying to replace him.
Aggie coach Manning “Smithy”
Smith scouted the Longhorn-Mus
tang tussle anl his report promis
es to be of some interest to all. Of
course, Smitty was scouting S. M.
U. but he couldn’t help seeing
Texas too.
Meanwhile, Coach Homer and
his staff will be working hard to
take the Mustangs for a long ride.
Aggie stock would really rise if
we could take the Mustangs by a
better score than did the Long
horns. Texas lays off this week in
preparation for their game with
T. C. U. two weeks hence. The
Longhorns have not licked the
Frogs in two years and this time
may be another upset.
Noticeable in the Texas-S.M.U.
fray was the punting averages of
the two teams. S. M. U. had an
average of 31 yards while the
Longhorns averaged only 29 yards.
With Stan Turner kicking for the
Aggies this disparity will show
up plenty. Watch that punting duel
that may take place next Saturday
and you can bet the Ags will come
out on top. Then too, Texas may
find a low punt average very in-
the chips will be down.
Watch for the report on the Mus
tangs as seen by Manning Smith,
in the next issue. Until then we’ll
close with the . . .
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Today may we present a bit of
advice that is known by some, but
should be used by all: THE LORD
MADE MAN WITH TDO ENDS;
ONE TO SIT ON AND ONE TO
THINK WITH. YOUR SUCCESS
IN LIFE DEPENDS UPON
WHICH END YOU USE THE
MOST; HEADS YOU WIN —
TAILS YOU LOSE!
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Manager at Ft. Sill
Mustangs Lose Cloud But
Promise Tough Battle
Kyle Field to be Scene of Clash Saturday;
Cadet Will be Favored, Upset Possible
With the down on their pink cheeks bristling, the Texas
Aggie “Kiddie Korps” of Coach Homer Norton’s invaded the
pen of the Arkansas Razorbacks last Saturday and brought
home the bacon. It was the Aggies all the way through the
game, completing 75% of their at-4 —
tempted passes, punching the Raz
orbacks line almost at will, and
coming out on the long end of a
13-0 score.
The Aggies literally went “hog-
wild” in their passing attack
against the Razorbacks, in spite
of the fact that the game was
partly played in the rain. Hall
mark and Beasley combined to hit
their receivers almost at will. Hall
mark’s passes, one to Burditt and
another to Flanagan, resulted in
the only touchdowns mad all af
ternoon. Turner, who supplied the
game’s longest kick—a 76 yarder,
kicked the extra point after the
first touchdown but had his sec
ond atempted blocked.
A. & M.’s fifth win of the sea
son set the stage for the feature
game in this week’s conference
schedule when the Aggies meat
the ever-powerful Mustangs from
S. M. U. The Mustangs are gaining
experience with every game, and
are proving tougher to handle each
time. This, coupled with the fact
that the Ponies are due to bounce
back from the shellacking handed
them by TU, leads up. to a mighty
good game come this next Satur
day on Kyle Field.
Both games this wekend, the
Rice-Arkansas contest in Houston
and the SMU-Aggie tilt here, point
to close, hard-fought frays. The
former game will probably decide
the “cellar-dweller,” while the lat
ter will prove just how A. & M.
enough, the Ponies are losing their
stacks up with Texas. True
best lineman, Ed Cloud, to SLI,
but, should they regain the form
shown in the Tulane game, the
Farmers will have a tough row
to hoe.
Texas A. & M. can pull even with
Texas by taking the game Satur
day, as TU doesn’t have a game
scheduled for this week end. The
Mustangs, however, have a little
to say in regard to this. They have
high hopes of winning this Satur
day’s game too, believing them
selves to be pastthe roughest part
of their schedule. By winning the
three remaining games, SMU could
very easily wind up in the runner-
up slot in the conference, and,
in case something miraculous
should occur, could even come out
on top of the heap for the con
ference title.
TCU and A. & M. are the two
remaining games on the Long
horn’s schedule, and it is up to
these two teams to dethrone the
Longhorns from their lofty perch.
The Biblemen showed up as a
powerful team against SMU, and
both the Frogs and the Aggies
have something to look forward
to in their struggle with Texas.
It all leads up to an even battle
this week end down on Kyle Field.
Both teams respect each other, and
the Pony-Farmer series has yet to
fail to produce a stirring encoun
ter.
Conrad Cone, who entered A. &
M. last May, has been inducted in
the Army and sent to Fort Sill in
Oklahoma. While on the campus,
Cone was an assistant business ma
nager for the Battalion.
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Aggies Meet Team, Stage Demonstration
The Twelfth Man turned out in large numbers to greet the
victorious Aggie team. Thy band was on hand and the men
of the corps greeted the team with the Aggie War Hymn. Be
fore the players were carried to their rooms on the shoulders
of the twelfth man the corps paused to sing The Spirit of Aggie-
land.
This show of spirit and appreciation of the team’s victory
was viewed by a number of Air Corps officers and passengers
who seemed to enjoy watching the well known Aggie spirit
being put forth. The band marched back playing the Aggie
War Hymn and a number of men in the corps, mostly upper
classmen, fell in behind the band as in years before whenever
the band marched any place on the campus. The corps, although
not very well represented at the train station, was in high
spirits and should be able to help the team give S. M. U. plenty
of trouble next Saturday. If the corps keeps up this type of
feeling we may able to plug up that hole that the so-called
experts call lack of experience on the part of the team. Let’s en
courage the team all we can and this old S. W. C. will be in the
bag.
Intramural Sports
Enters Third Week
Of Competition
Eight Undefeated Teams
In Touch Football;
Four in Basketball
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As the intramural sports pro
gram enters into the third week of
competition, there stil remains
eight undefeated teams in the four
touch football leagues and seven
undefeated teams in the basketball
leagues. A few of these teams have,
however, gained entrance in the
undefeated class by receiving for
feits from their would-be oppo
nents.
The various league standings
are as follows:
BASKETBALL
League A
Won
2
4th HQC
4th Co.
5th Co.
Band
2nd Co.
3rd HQC
League
M Co.
E Co.
2nd HQC
C Co.
L Co.
O Co.
League
1st. Co.
H Co.
K Co.
I Co.
3rd Co.
1st HQC
1
1
1
0
0
B
2
1
1
1
0
0
c
1
1
1
0
Lost
0
0
1
1
1
2
Won
Lost
D Co.
0
1
A Co.
0
1
G Co.
0
FOOTBALL
League A
2
Won
Lost
2nd Co.
2
0
1st HQC
2
0
3rd Co.
2
1
4th HQC
1
1
3rd HQC
1
1
2nd HQC
Out of league because
of excessive
League B
forfeits.
M Co.
2
0
4th Co.
2
0
C Co.
1
1
A Co.
1
1
G Co.
0
2
I Co.
0
League C
2
D Co.
2
0
K Co.
1
0
N Co.
1
1
B Co.
1
1
F Co.
0
1
5th Co.
0
League D
2
1st Co.
2
0
O Co.
2
0
L Co.
1
1
H Co.
1
1
E Co.
0
2
Band
0
2
N Co.
B Co.
F Co.
League
D
1
1
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Football Figurin'.
By R. L. Weatherly
“Lay that football down Babe.
Lay that football down. Football
packing Hallmark. Lay that foot
ball down.”
This is what the Arkansas fans
might have been singing Satur
day while the Arkansas team was
busy getting beat by the Aggies,
The Aggies completely outclass
ed the Razorbacks in a 13-0 affray.
Passes, runs, and heads up defen
sive work stood out as the Aggies
breezed through the afternoon to
chalk up their second Conference
victim.
Babe Hallamrk has always been
a lad to watch and this week was
no exception. He passed the two
Aggie touchdowns and set up one
of them with a 24 yard jaunt.
In the second quarter Hallmark
passed to Jessie Burditt on the 4
and Burditt dashed across for the
counter. Bing Turner went to boot
it through the uprights. The second
tally came in the last quarter af
ter Hallamrk went 24 around his
right end to the Arkansas 10. Two
plays later he passed to Flanagan
who went over for the touchdown.
Turenr missed the try for extra
point.
The Aggies passed 20 times to
complete 15 of them. This is pass
ing in any man’s language. Hall
mark and Earl Beesley collabora
ted to do the passing for the Ag
gies.
The Aggies have improved their
ground game by making 133 yards
from the scrimmage to Arkansas’
38. The Aggies also proved that
A&M Consolidated
Tigers Too Much
For Franklinites
Pile Up Forty-Seven
Points In Aerial
And Ground Attack
After getting off to a rather
slow start in Friday night’s game
with Franklin, the A. and M. Con
solidated Tigers let go with a dev
astating aerial and ground assault,
overcoming a 6 to 0 lead, which
netted them a total of 47 points
and gave them their third victory
of the season.
It was Cashion’s brilliant pass
ing and running, coupled with Car
roll’s pass snatching and colorful
offensive play, that made victory
sure for the Tigers. Cashion toss
ed to Carroll three times for
scores. The first in the first quar
ter from the Lion 32-yard line;
the second midway in the second
period good for 30 yards, and the
third in the final stanza from
the Lion 31. Besides completing
10 out of 19 passes, Cashion had
a field day in running, scoring two
touchdowns himself. One was a 78-
yard sprint down the sidelines on
a wide end sweep, and the other
was a 6-yard jaunt through the
Franklin line. He also place-kick
ed three extra points, and punted
two times for a 52-yard average.
The other two Tiger scores were
made by Jerry Bonnen and Bob
Wright, each on plunges from the
1-yard line. Carroll place kicked
two of the Tiger’s five conver
sions.
The Tiger eleven, on the whole,
played brilliant offensive ball, but
showed a bit ragged on the de
fense. Practically every player on
the squad saw action, with the re
serve showing surprising strength.
Carroll and Cashion were clear
ly the offensive stars for the vic
tors, while Smitherman and Bak
er stood out for the Lions. Bon
nen stood out admirably on the
defense for the Tigers, as did
Hollingshead, Shaffer, and Jones.
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they outplayed the Razorbacks by
making 15 first downs to the Ra-
zorback’s 4.
The punting of Bing Turner was
a standout of the game. His 78
yard boot lifted the people from
their seats. Turner is forever get
ting the A. & M. team out of
holes and pushing the opponent
deep into their own territory.
Some other stars for the Ag
gies: Earl Beesley’s passing arm
proved to be its worth. Hurb Tur
ley seemed to be the fifth man in
the Razorback’s backfield. His de
fensive work was that of All-Con
ference material. Dick Wright
played heads up ball in intercept
ing an Arkansas pass. Marion Set-
tegast looked like a veteran with
his pass snatches.
Dave Rankin stood out in the
Arkansas forward wall while Jones
and Cox were the only threats that
the Razorbacks could offer for
their backfield.
Note: Since the last issue of this
paper has been distributed we
have found out that many people
have misinterpreted our last col
umn. We are not saying that the
Texas team will win the Turkey
Day Classic. We had no intentions
what so ever of putting that idea
in to some of our reader’s minds.
We were merely trying to point
out that the Texas team will be
no push over for the Aggies. The
Aggies will have to put out every
thing they know to win. And we
feel sure they will.
We offer our apologies to anyone
misunderstanding the preceding
column. We feel sure now that the
writer’s intentions are understood.
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