SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1943
THE BATTALION
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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-
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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.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
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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.