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SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1943 THE BATTALION 1 ( ' r • ? Aggies Face S.M.U. Mustangs In Kyle Field Thriller By Harold Borofsky Battalion Sports Editor Mustangs Out To Trim Aggies, Says Stewart, But Cadets Plan to Put Bit in Ponies Teeth Today’s game should prove to be plenty thrilling from any angle. News has come from Dallas that coach Jimmy Stewart’s Mustangs are really going all out in their attempt to take the Aggies for their first defeat of the season. In the Aggie-Mustang series the Cadets have won 12 and lost 10, with three games ending in ties. Last year the game was played at Ownby Stadium in Dallas and was a super-scoring affair with the Ags coming out on top 27-20. Here’s an excerpt from a letter received by coach Homer Norton. It speaks for itself. “Dear Homer, An S. M. U. fan who saw the Texas-S. M. U. game last week told me that S. M. U. held three men out of the game because they knew that they couldn’t beat Tex as, but they are really going to be out to beat A. & M.!” Those Po nies sound like they mean busi ness, and today’s game is going to be no pushover for anyone. Since the middle part of the week the Aggies have been working out in rough and tumble fashion. The boys are fast learning that from now on our games are all go ing to be tough, for everyone wants to have the pleasure of knocking us from the unbeaten ranks. The Aggie coaches, Homer Norton, Bill James, and Manning Smith are taking lots of insurance against losses, however. The Cadets are clearly the fav orites in the game, though the ac tual score is hard to predict. We’ll take the Cadets 14-0, but don’t be surprised if it should be more. The main question is just how well the Ponies have managed to fill the shoes of Ed Cloud and the other men they lost. Notre Dame-Army, Penn-Navy Tilts Highlight National Card; Upsets Possible In national circles Notre Dame still holds her lead. The Irish play Army this week and though your scribe has a hunch the Ca dets may upset the Irish the sta tistics show that Notre Dame should trim Army. We’ll guess No tre Dame 19-Army 13. Another headline game is the Navy-Penn tilt. The Middies have been propping for this one and may toss Penn for a surprise loss. The game is being played in Philadel phia, however, and that is in Penn’s favor. For the upset of the week we’ll take Navy over Penn 12-7. The mighty Northwestern ma chine takes on Wisconsin today and the Big Boys should have no trouble at all. We’ll take North western 27-Wisconsin 0. Purdue, currently one of the hot test teams in the country meets Minnesota and should win easily. Look for Purdue 35-Minnesota 6. Another tough one to pick is the LSU-Georgia Tech game. This one could easily go either way but we’ll take Tech over the Tigers 20-13. More haedaches: Arkansas-Rice at Houston. Look for Arkansas over the Owls by a very slight mar gin, perhaps, Arkansas 13, Rice 7. T. C. U.-Texas Tech should be a real thriller, but the Frogs should trim the Raiders about 13-7. Tulsa takes on Oklahoma A. & M. and the Aggies will need plen ty of luck to see this one through. We’ll take Tulsa 27, Oklahoma A. & M. 7. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY THE LORD GAVE MAN EARS TO HEAR WITH AND A MOUTH TO TALK WITH, BUT HE NE VER INTENDED THAT BOTH SHOULD BE OPEN AT THE SAME TIME. Cadets Work On Ground Attack To Punch Pony Line Mustangs Work on Pass Defense—Offense, Hope to Upset Favored Aggies. Time is 2:30 This afternoon on Kyle Field the Aggies will take the field against a vastly improved Southern Methodist Univer sity Mustang football team which, though it has lost some men, will be out to knock the Aggies out of the undefeated class and to bring a little glory —— to themselves. The Mustangs, although they have been having hard luck all season through injuries and the calling out of reservists, have been showing improvement with each game they have played. Last week their stock soared way up when they held the Texas Long horns to three touchdowns. Though the Mustangs are woe fully weak on their running game they have clicked in spots with a brilliant passing attack, but they have never been able to sustain it long enough to make a showing against their opponents. Their big improvement has been in their defensive game. The very fact that they held the high scoring Texas team to three touch downs is enough to give Aggie fans the jitters because a goal line punch has been the big weakness in the Aggies game for the last few encounters. However, the team has been putting lots of work on their running game this week so they should do better when they get inside the twenty yard line from now on. The big gun in the S. M. U. of fensive game is Llojyd Parker, 155 pound speed merchant from Raymondville, who came out of the fifth string to take over the tail back slot. The Mustang forward wall was weakened considerably this week through the loss of Ed Cloud, their star center. Cullen Frazier, former Aggie who is in the V-12 program at S. M. U., has been taken over his pivot post. Last week the Aggies turned a viscious passing attack loose on the Arkansas Razorbacks and it doesn’t appear that the Mustangs have anything in that department which is even comparable to the Cadets. On the ground things will be a little closer on the basis of the ggies goal line punch and the de fense which the Mustangs mighty throw against the Aggies, but the Aggies have just too much power for the Mustangs when things are summed up. Stacking things up it looks like the Aggies will tame the Mustangs although it will be a good game all the way to the final whistle. Aggies Scolded for Yelling The following is a recopy, of Lloyd Gregory’s column inthe Fri-i day edition of the Houston Post. It is reprinted by the Battalion for the information of the Corps only: In 1939, when the Texas Aggies had their national championship eleven, I criticized the Aggie ca dets for organized yelling when the opposing team was trying to put the ball in play. This criticism was made after one College Station game in which the deferee stopped play and ap pealed at least half a dozen times to the Aggie yell leaders to silence the cheering section. The referee acted on the com- i%jnt of the visiting players, who said they couldn’t hear their field gepjSfgl’s snap signal. Anypne should know such a practice, revived this fall by the Aggies, violates the spirit of sports manship that is the heart of football. The most severe criticism I have heard has come from Aggie ex-stu- ,dents themselves. I feel quite surethe Aggie coach es and the Aggie players them selves don’t approve. After all, the yelling doesn’t help the Aggies, but is a nuisance, slowing the game. My suggestion is the Aggie yell leaders, when the rival club has the ball, restrain their yelling section until the ball is snapped and then have the cadets yell like hell. The foregoing remarks are pro prompted by a leter from Jerry Dwight, Box 2942, College station: “Tonight it was announced that you and your paper were going to try to make the Aggies stop yelling at football games. You should have been here to hear some of the sentiments expressed when this was announced. “The Aggies have been yelling in support of their team since the beginning of intercollegiate foot ball in 1893. The Aggies have al ways been proud to call themselves the Twelfth Man. “The Aggie spirit is one thing, in war or peace, that no one has ever broken or, I don’t believe, ever will break. The tougher time we are having in a fotball game the more* we yell in support of our team. Here is an excerpt from one of our songs. ‘The Twelfth Man’: ‘When we’re down, the goin’s rough and tough. We just grin and yell we’ve got the stuff.’ “After all, every school has the opportunity to yell in support of its own team; if we do it better than some other school, we should be praised rather than scorned. “I would reallyq like to hear what some of the ex-Aggies now on the battlefronts of the world would say about this question. Do you think they ask the Japs and Germans to stop firing so they can hear their commands? “The corps -will see you in Hous ton Nov. 13, and you can be sure we will yell like hell! “Just an Aggie. “JERRY DWIGHT.” This writer never would be silly enough to say or think he could make 2000 young men do any- MARINES Let Us Do Your Altering LAUTERSTEIN’S LOUPOT’S A Little Place . . . ... A Big Saving When in Doubt About Your Eyes or Your Glasses Consult DR. J. W. PAYNE Optometrist 109 8. Main Bryan Next to Palace Theatre STUDENT CO-OP Bicycle and Radio Repair Phone 4-4114 thing they didn’t want to do. If my name was used, as you say, it was used without authority. This fall I have seen the Aggies in only one game—the T. C. U. game. The referee only once—at the request of the Frogs—asked the cadet yelling section to be quiet while T. C. U. was putting the ball in play. I made no mention of the incident in my story of the game or in a later column. However, when the North Texas Aggies pfayed at College Station, the referee repeatedly stopped the game because the yelling prevented the North Texas Aggies from hear ing the snap signal. To tell you the truth, Jerry, it seems quite unimportant to me how much yelling the Texas Aggies or students of any other school do at football games this fall — when millions of our young men are PLAYING FOR KEEPS a much bloodier game. City of College To Resume Old Time In conforming to the change of hours that the college is making effective next Wednesday, the Ci ty of College Station will again make its changes, according to an nouncement by the City office late yesterday. The last issue of the Batalion carried the notice that the city was changing to the new schedule to make it easier for col lege employees to do their business with the city. This issue of the Battalion states that the college will resume its old schedule of from 8to 5 instead of from 9 to 6 so beginning next week at the same time the college changes, the city will change also, the an nouncement read. College employees are urged to remember the change of time and arrange their business affairs as- cordingly. This time of from 8 to 5 will be in force until the college desires another change, it was stated. When your sins find you out, it’s just about as bad as when the col lectors find you in. Football Figurin’.. By R. L. Weatherly To predict the games of this week is no child's play. Every game that is to be played in the South west Conference is to be played for keeps. SMU will invale Aggie- land this week to try to mar the Aggies unbeaten record; Rice will take on Arkansas in Houston and will be playing for a win to keep from being the cellar team; Tex as Tech moves to Fort Worth to play TCU who will be out to avenge the defeat the LSU Tigers handed them last week. A. & M. will most likely open up with a aerial offense against SMU. Every game the Aggies have played has been won on their mighty passing and this week will be no exception. On the other hand the Mustangs will be watching the Aggie’s pass offense in hopes of capturing their second victory from a conference opponent. The SMU showed no power in playing the Texas team last week. They failed to make a first down the whole afternoon. But they did do nicely in holding the strong Texas team to only 20 points. So it will be no picnic for the Aggies. If we were gamblers we would lay our money on the Aggies. But since we do not gamble we will merely express our opinion; Aggies 14- SMU 0. Rice bounced into the win column by defeating the Texas Tech Rai ders 13-0. It was Charley Malm- berg’s last game for the Owls as he goes into the Armed Forces soon. It is our guess that the Rice team did not want Malmberg to leave with out having won at least one game, and inspired by this thought they played heads up ball to defeat the Raiders. Rice now faces the problem of capturing a win over the much improved Hogs from Arkansas. It is our guess that the Razorbacks will take Rice by one touchdown. Ex pect the score to be 7-0. TCU meets Texas Tech this week in Fort Worth for the only non conference game of the week. By comparative scores the teams should be on even keel. A. & M. defeated both of these teams by a score of 13-0. But in the South west Conference comparative scores go out the window; they mean no thing in this wild conference. TCU seems to be stronger from where we sit and we will take TCU. Since the game is to be played in Fort Worth, expect 14-0 as the score with Texas Tech coming out on the short end of things. Eeay The National Football picture has changed some since last week. The Fighting Irish stomped the comparatively strong Navy team 33-6. Army and Penn tied at 13-13. The picture as we see it for this week is as follows: 1. Notre Dame. 2. Purdue. 3. SLI 4. USC. 5. Army. 6. Penn. 7. Michigan. 8. Duke. 9. Navy. 10. COP 11. Texas. 12. Northwestern. 13. Texas A. & M. 14. Missouri. 15. Washington. DONALD R. DEERE came to Aggieland from Breckenridge were he played two years of high school football. He is six feet tall, weighs 166 pounds and is a very fleet back. At 17 he totes No. 46 on his back. BONDS Volleyball for Men At Gym Wednesday Another chance to play volley ball will be given the men of the college staff this Wednesday night at 6:45, according to W. R. Hors ley. A number of men attended the first night of volleyball playing last Wednesday, but Horsley sta ted that he wanted to see more present this week. The scene of action for the oldsters is the gym nasium every Wednesday night. Men of the College staff which includes the staff of the extension service, the experiment station, the clerical staff of the college, and anyone else who is interested in enjoying an afternoon of hard exercise which will not be too rough for the “fat and forty”, as Horsley stated, are urged attend ance. It was emphasized that the men who want to have this extra exercise are to report to the gym ready to play at 6:45. It was also added that the military per sonnel are invited to join in the fun. AT GUION—Shown above are the feature players of “Cabin in the Sky”, currently showing at Guion Hall. “Cabin in the Sky” stars an All-Negro Cast, one of the first shows of its kind. Intramural Football Progresses Rapidly The football situation has im proved a good deal in the first few days of this week in that there were no forfeits on the part of the participants. However, the basket ball games are still being forfeited right and left. The football spotlight this week is held by two teams—1st Co. and 4th Co. Both of these companies won their games decisively; 1st Co. downing O Co. 14 to 0, and 4th Co. tromping I Co. 31 to 0. 1st Co. scored their first touchdown on a ten-yard pass in the left flat and their second touchdown on a hide out play immediately after the se cond half began. J. R. Wade made both conversions good. 4th Co. gained almost at will against I Co., scoring five touchdowns in every depictable manner. They on ly made one conversion good, how ever. The other two games were “lu lus” in themselves. K Co. poured it to D Co. to a tune of 13 to 0, and L Co. defeated E Co. on twen ty-yard penetrations. At the end of the latter game both teams were tied at 6 to 6. Instead of calling the game a tie and giving both teams a half a game won and a half a game lost, the Intramural Department gives the game to the team which has the most twenty- yard penetrations. In this case, L Co. had three 20 yard penetrations to E Company’s none. Out of the six basketball games that were scheduled for the first part of this week, fifty percent of them were won via the forfeit route. 2nd Co. received a forfeit from 3rd HQC; K Co. forfeited to 3rd Co., and B Co. won on a forfeit from D Co. In the three games that were actually played, 2nd HQC took E Co. into camp 24 to 13, C Co swamped M Co. 26 to 4, and 4th HQC defeated the Band 10 to 9 in a game that wasn’t decided until the last thirty seconds of play. Each intramural team has play- j ed, or was scheduled to play, at least two games up to this wri ting. Thg kinks are gradually being ironed out, and most of the teams are funtioning very smoothly. In dividualism is being surpassed by the desire for perfect teamwork. This is what is making the games take on a new interest, and there are quite a few companies which look as if they could be able to hold their own against any and all opposition. LOUPOT’S An Aggie Institution ARMY MEN Let Us Do Your Altering LAUTERSTEIN’S Only 300 Left SAM BROWNE BELTS at HALF PRICE There won’t be any more either, since manu facture has been discontinued. Get your Sam Browne Belt now while they are still available. LOUPOT’S TRADING POST “Trade With Lou — He’s Right With You” FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH il.jf Y l ‘.T- THIS IS WHERE THE RETREAT WILL BE HELD Saturday Evening — 7:30 P. M. — Opening Session Sunday Morning — 7:00 A. M. — Morning Watch Sunday School — 9:45 A. M. Morning Worship — 10:50 A. M. Afternoon Session — 2:30 P. M. Training Union — 7:05 P. M. Closing Session — 8:15 P. M.