SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1944
THE BATTALION
PageS
By
Harold Boroiaky
Battalion Sport*
Aggie Pigskin Season Was
Not So Bad, Review Shows
Now that the football season is
over and the cage season has be
gun the Aggies have basketball
on their minds, but your scribe
thought that perhaps you would
like to have a retake of the com
plete season.
In the initial game of the sea
son the Aggies met the Fliers
from Bryan Field and defeated them
48-6. Highlights of the game were
the many pass interceptions chalk
ed np by the Cadets. Dick Wright
intercepted one and went 25 yards
for a touchdown. Forty-five sec
ond later^ Butchofsky dragged
down another Flier pass and gal
loped 40 yardts for the score. Bob
by McCurry, in the last quarter,
snagged another one and went 52
yards through the entire Bryan
Field team for another marker.
Hallmark and Beesley showed up
well for the Ags on passing and
Turner did the kicking.
The Aggies then traveled to San
Antonio to play the Texas Tech
Red Raiders. The teams were
doped to be almost even, with the
Raiders given the edge. Hallmark
connected twice and the Cadets
took the game 13-0. The San An
tonio stadium was filled to capac
ity, the young Aggies proving to
be a drawing card that early in the
season.
Then came the big upset. The
Ags went to Baton Rouge for a
nocturnal clash with the highly-
touted Tigers of L. S. U., led by
the 22-year old sensation, Steve
Van Buren. The Cadets struck
first and never went behind, as
their speed on the ground and the
accurate passing of Hallmark and
Beesley enabled them to run over
the Tigers 28-13
Next on the Aggies list, and their
first conference game, were the
Horned Frogs of T. C. U. Most
of the corps took off that week
end to back the team, T. C. U. hav
ing all of their best men on tap.
The Frogs proved to be just a little
slow to catch Flanagan and the
Ags took them in tow 13-0.
Returning to College Station the
next week the Aggies faced a
powerful Navy team from N. T. A.
C. led by Pete Stout, who almost
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iced the game away for the North
Texas boys. Playing a grand game
against a team that outweighed
them twenty pounds at every posi
tion the Cadets came through with
a scoreless tie, 0-0.
The long trip out to Arkansas
was then made by the Ags, the
game being played on homecoming
day for the Razorbacks, when they
were keyed to a high pitch for the
tilt. However, it was again the
Aggies speed and passing attack
that proved to be the thing and
the Cadets won 13-0.
Again back in College Station
the Ags played hosts to the S. M.
U. Mustangs, who had been beat
en before by Texas 20-0; Texas
wa,s supposed to be the power
house of the section. The Cadets
went the Longhorns two better
and made the score 22-0, the sec
ond and third teams showing up
particularly well after the first
string had been stopped by the
Ponies. MsAlister and Callender
starred for the second team, while
Flanagan, Hallmark, and Turner
kept the Mustangs tired all through
the game.
Going to Houston to face the
Rice Owls the Aggies were defin
ite favorites. Bucky Sheffield, a
former Aggie, gave the boys some
trouble, but they weathered a last-
quarter attack and came out on
top 20-0.
Alii that remained in the regular
season was the traditional Turkey
Day clash with the Longhorns.
Though the Ags were undefeated
and the Longhorns had lost one
game Texas was easily the favor
ite. On November 25 the game
was played at Kyle Field and the
Ags, showing up well in their
toughest game lost 27-14 as Ells
worth and Calahan proved a little
too much.
As the Turkey Day classic end
ed Coach Homer Norton announc
ed that the Ags would draw a re
turn engagement with the L. S. U.
Tigers in the Orange Bowl at
Miami. On New Year’s Day the
twrt teams battled once more, Van
Buren pacing the Tigers to a 19-14
win over the “Whiz Kids.”
Football seasons will come and
go, but this one was truly worth
remembering. Aggies stars were
many: Nimble Jess Burditt, sticky
fingered Settegast, the stalwarts
of the line, Moncrief, Bryant, Tur
ley, TassO(S, Wright, Geer, Gary,
and many others who showed up
well in the pinches. There was
Bob Butchofsky’s swell perfor
mance at blocking back and Red
Turner’s punting. There were
times when the second team took
all the glory from the starters.
All in all, it wa^. a must successful
season for a team that was sup-
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Insignia of ASTU
Depicts Valor and
Knowledge of Unit
Here is the shoulder sleeve insig
nia of the Army Specialized Train
ing Program, recently donned by
the soldier-students at A. & M.
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College. The insignia depicts the
sword of valor against a lamp of
knowlede, both in blue on a yellow
octaon patch with a border of
blue.
The design was the choice of sold
iers at Georgetown University, who
voted it the best of a number sub
mitted by the Quartermaster Corps
and the Special Services Division
of the Army Service Forces.
Shoulder sleeve insignia are be
lieved to have originated during
World War I, Worn on the left
sleeve below the shoulder they
designate divisions, corps, armies,
Service Commands, Defense Com
mands, Base Commands and other
organizations of the Army.
An aid to recognition and dis
cipline, insignia also help build
pride of the individual in his or
ganization.
posed to lose all but two or three
of its games. Here’s a hope for
’44; long live the Aggie Kiddie
Korps!
SPORTS REVIEW
By R. L. Weatherly
On New Years Day, a certain
announcer of the Sugar Bowl game
made a glaring mistake in his
broadcast. A Georgia Tech lad
kicked the ball which went bound
ing down the field headed for the
Tulsa goal line, when the an
nouncer said: The ball is bounc
ing around on the 5 yard line and
it slowly rolls across the goal line.
I bet Coach Bill Alexander crush
ed a hat on that play, for three
Georgia Tech lads were down there
with the ball, and they just watch
ed it roll over the goal line, never
attempting to kill the ball.” Little
did this announcer know that
Georgia lads could not touch the
ball for fear of having it brought
back out to the 20 yard line. There
is a rule stating that if a ball is
kicked too within the ten yard line,
a member of the kicking team can
not kill the ball. If he does, the
ball is brought out to the 20 yard
line and given to the receiving
team.
Jinx Tucker, sports editor of the
Waco News-Tribune, in a recent
article, stated that Kern Tips, an
nouncer for the Humble Broadcast
ing Company, was the best foot
ball announcer in the nation. We
agree wholeheartily with Mr. Tuck
er, for Kern Tips gives a vivid
and picturesque description of each
and every play. So it’s hats off to
Kern Tips who in our book rates
as the best football announcer in
the country.
In 1934 a comparitively puissant
Columbia team was offered a bid
in the Rose Bowl by powerful
Stanford. After debating the mat
ter the Columbia team accepted
this bid.
Now everything was against this
little Columbia team. For the
thing, the team, which was coach
ed by Lou Little, had to practice
in mud and snow. Little did Lit
tle know that the muddy practices
would prove an asset rather than
a liability. Meanwhile, Stanford
pi-acticed on a dry field bathed
in sunshine.
Two days before game time the
heaviest rain to hit Pasadena in
years poured down. Water pumps
were needed to pump the puddles
of water that had settled on the
field. So on New Years Day, the
highly rated-to-win Stanford team
and a determinated Columbia team
fought a muddy battle.
Columbia took advantage of a
blocked kick to score early and
take the lead which they kept
throughout the game. The game
ended with Columbia 7 and Stan
ford 0. Apparently what was to
be Columbia’s funeral, turned out
to be Columbia’s party.
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Duty of ASTU in
War Is Important
To Winning Victory
(Ed. Note: This article was taken from
the January 1944 issue of the Infantry
Journal.!
In some ways, the infantry sold
ier who has been selected for
ASTP may feel he is out of things.
He work hard for four months to
learn how to fight. And then, be
cause he has some brains he is
ordered back to school.
The shift from training camp to
schoolroom is an abrupt one. It
hardly seems to make sense unless
the probably continuing need for
men of education as leaders and
specialists in tomorrow’s Army is
held in mind. The emphasis on
studies with an indirect military
application, the turn from inten
sive physical work to intensive
mental work, the knowledge that
over hundreds of thousands of men
are joining their regiments or go
ing directly overseas as replace
ments—these things all help to
make you feel that the war is
passing you by, that you will nev
er get the chance to fight.
You had learned a lot about
fighting, and you were all for
using what you had learned where
it would do the most good—when
the schoolbell rang for you again.
Well, those who laid the plans
for ASTP could only be thinking
about the greater needs of the
Army. You can be certain that
you would never be picked out of
several million men and sent to
school for the better part of a year
unless there was a coming need of
trained and educated men of your
caliber already apparent. It may
be a gripe to read what soldiers
already fighting in the war theat
ers are accomplishing toward vic
tory, while you are sitting in class.
But you belong to this war every
bit as much as they do, and the
thing you can help most by doing
is to tackle your assignments with
the same will with which the oth
ers are tackling the German or
the Jap.
You’ll be getting the benefit
where you are of military instruc
tion. When the nine months are
over, further training will follow
for some, and every soldier in
ASTP will be ready for greater
war responsibilities.
The war is not likely to end be
fore you finish school, or for a long
time after that. It could conceiv
ably—if you can imagine ten mil
lion German officers and soldiers,
and the millions of Hitler’s Sec
ond Army who hold the German
people in line, suddenly quitting
and letting the Allied Forces
through to Berlin. Or it could if
you can imagine several million
fanatical Japs, who actually be
lieve that they are every one bet
ter fighting men than any Ameri
can soldier, with an unquestioning
nation behind them almost as big
in population as our—if you can
imagine such people folding up in
the middle of their war. Yes, the
war could end right soon—if these
things happened.
But bet on a date if you want to,
and then forget it. The war isn’t
over, and your military job isn’t
over until it is. And maybe not
even then, if this world is in a
state of continual watchfulness for
some time after.
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OFFICIAL NOTICES
Classified
Practically new shirt and uniform for
Jr. or Sr. officer in Air Corps, Army or
A. & M. Cadet, color, forest green, size
44, also cap, size 7 3/8. Price $50.00, will
sell leather belt with strap over shoulder
for extra $5.00. Write Mrs. D. M. Mar
tin, 120 E. Fifth St„ Dallas, Texas.
Will the person who found my billfold
Wednesday, December 22, please return it
to D-10 Walton, or drop into Postoffice
(563). T. R. SESSUMS. Reward 25 per
cent of contents.
Executive Offices
The President’s Office has a bottle of
Amberol Cement from the Fellowcrafters
Co., Poston, Mass., which is sent as a
replacement. Will the Department to which
this order belongs please call for it.
The President’s Office is holding the fol
lowing unclaimed packages:
Selected Tables for Business and Finan
cial Calculations by Theo. Long, from The
Roland Press Co.
Business Mathematics by Riehtmeyer
and Foust, from McGraw-Hill Book Co.
Gem Clips from the Wilson Stationery
Co.
Church Notices
Announcements
College
iive Ji
Static
the City of
begin enforcement of
inance, for the area
the intersection of Main
and Sulphur Springs Road, corn-
known as the North Gate
on
new parking ordinance,
the intersectii
ily known as the North Late area.
This ordinance was passed by the City
Depart-
djacent to
Street and
mo:
passe
Council of the City of College
the request of the State Highwi
ment in order to remove a traffic hazard.
ORDINANCE NO. 74
A.N ORDINANCE TO REGULATE PARK
ING IN THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE
INTERSECTION OF THE SULPHUR
SPRINGS ROAD AND MAIN STREET.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the
City of College Station, Texas:
l. That all parking on the north side of
the Sulphur Springs Road for a dis
tance of 250 feet west and for a dis
tance of 250 feet east of the intersec
tion of Main Street and Sulphur
Springs Road shall be parallel to the
curb.
J. That the maximum time limit for park
ing on the north side of Sulphur Springs
Road for a distance of 250 feet west
and for a distance of 520 feet east
of the intersection of Main Street and
Sulphur Springs Road shall be thirty
(30) minutes.
That the maximum time limit to:
” ” ^ side
limits or the
shall be twelve (12) hours.
That all ordinances or parts of ordi
nances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
That a violation of any section of this
ordinance shall be punishable by a fine
not to exceed twenty-five dollars
($25.00).
That the existing parking ordinances
;h gate area are in:
) <
dinanc
hereby sus-
shall be in
for the north ga
and creates a traffic hazard, an
gency is hereby declared to exist, and
the rule requiring that ordin:
leetings is
ea are inadequate
hazard,
Ian
tha
read at two meetings
nded, and this ordina
pended, and this ordinance shall
full force and effect immediate!;
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as required by 1:
its passag
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ely upo
blicatio
Passed and approved the 21st day of
December, 1943.
Ernest Langford, Mayor.
Attest:
Claude W. Rodgers, Asst. City Secretary.
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Commandant’s Office and the Faculty Exe
cutive Committee for Jewish men on the
Campus to hold regular Friday evening
religious services from 7:00 to 7:30
The services will be held at the
room of the YM.C.A. beginning
day, January seventh All men attending
ervices will have to register with Mr:
J. J. Taubenhaus immediately following
services
Harold Borofsky,
Club President
i pr
; upstairs
this Fri-
Mrs.
the
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
R. B. Sweet, Minister
Sunday: 9:45 a.m. The Bible Class;
10:45 a.m. The Morning Worship: 6:16
p.m. The After-Supper discuss.or group;
7:00 p.m. The Evening Worship.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Prayer meeting.
All are invited to attend all these
services. You will be most welcome.
Announcements for Sunday, Jan. 1944:
A. & M. METHODIST CHURCH
and WESLEY FOUNDATION
Rev. Walton B. Gardner, lastor-D (rec
tor ; Rev. S. Burton Smith, Associate Pas
tor.
Church School—9 :45 a.m.
Public Worship—10 :50 a.m.
Wesley Foundation—7 :00 p m.
Wesley Foundation Fellowship night—
Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
College
R. L. Brown, Pastor
C. Roger Bell, Ed. and Music.
9 :35 a.m.—Morning Devotion
9 :45 a.m.—Sunday School
10 :50 a.m.—Morning Worship
1:30 p.m.—B.S.U, Council
4:00 p.m.—Choir Rehearsal
5 :15 p.m.-—Fellowship
6 :05 p.m.—Training Union
7 :15 p.m.-—Evening Worship
Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. we
will have our monthly Sunday School
Workers conference. All Sunday School
teachers and officers and workers are
urged to be present at this important
meeting.
ST. THOMAS’ EPISCOPAL CHAPFL
The Rev. J. Hugh R. Farrel, Priest-in-
Charge.
First Sunday after Epiphany.
Holy Communion 9:00 a.m.
Coffee Club 9:30 a.m.
Church School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Prayer 11:00 a.m.
The Coffee Club is open to all Service
men and Aggies. It is a forum and a
fellowship meeting.
AMERICAN LUTHERAN
CONGREGATION
Y. M. C. A. Chapel, Campus
Kurt Hartmann, Pastor
Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.
Divine Service with the celebration of
Holy Communion at 10:45 a.m. this Sun
day only. Announce for Holy Commun
ion before 9:45 Sunday morning.
No student meeting this Sunday night.
A. & M. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
College Station, Texas
Norman Anderson, Pastor
9:45 a.m.—-Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship
6:30 p.m. Young People’s League
7:30 p.m. -Evening Worship and Fel
lowship
Morning services will be held in the
Campus Theater and evening services in
the YMCA Chapel.
Residents of College Station who wish
to give paper to the war drive may call
4-6194 and Troop 411 will collect it be
tween 4 and 6 on Thursday, January 6.
Please have paper bundled and in front
of house.
SENIOR RINGS: The January order cf
senior rings has arrived and those stu
dents who expect a ring in this ship
ment may get it at the Registrar’s Of
fice.
H. L. Heaton, Registrar.
No Fair. In Kansas City, TWA
Executive Otis Frank Bryan re
ported that over the Atlantic a
TWA plane got a radio call from
a German submarine commander
who complained, correctly, that the
plane was using the wrong code
for that day.
HEY, AGGIES!
Before you leave school at the end of this semes
ter, be sure and let us buy your used equipment. We
will give you top prices. Rationing and priorities
make it necessary for many Aggies to buy second
hand materials—so leave the things you won’t be
needing with us to sell to the next classes.
STUDENT CO-OP
One Block East of North Gate
WE’RE BUYING AGAIN--
It’s getting close to the end of the term—so we
want you to make plans now to sell the equipment
and material you won’t be needing next semester
to Lou.
We’ll pay you top prices for your used
equipment.
Many items are short due to the rationing of
material, so if there are books and equipment you
won’t need—sell them to Lou so he can pass them
on to the one who will need them next semester.
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LOUPOrS TRADING POST
“Trade With Lou—He’s Right With You”