THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1944
THE BATTALION
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Annual Football Banquet Monday To Honor Ag Gridmen
By Harold Borofiky
Battalion Sport* Bdttar
Ag Cagers Drop Close Tilt
To Baylor Bears 48 To 43
Again last Tuesday night it was
a story of too much height as the
Aggies dropped their second con
ference game to the Baylor Bears.
The Ags showed marked improve
ment in all fields of play except free
tossing. The game was closely
fought most of the way, Baylor
never forging ahead by greater
than a ten point margin. The
game was played at Waco, giving
the Bears a slight advantage, but
the youthful cadets kept them on
their toes all the way.
Buddy Ekas was high point man
for the Ags, dropping in a total
of ten points. Most notable im
provement that must be made is
in making the free tosses good.
The Ags missed fourteen of twen
ty-two free throws given them.
Charlie Wright also played an out
standing game for the Ags, as did
Salibo, Stewart, and Burditt.
The annual football banquet
should be a gala affair this year.
Among other notable differences
this year has. seen in Aggie foot
ball is the fact that this past year’s
team was the youngest ever to
represent the college. The team
won seven, lost two and tied one
in a full season of play; not bad
for a bunch of high school kids.
All of which reminds us that the
Ags are not going to be caught
napping when the 1944 grid sea
son opens. Nothing is definite,
but the great little back from
Goose Creek, George Walmsley,
may be on the field for the cadets.
Other high school stars will also
be coming to Aggieland, and you
can bet that they will be out there
scrapping all the way.
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ported to T. R. Timm, economist
in farm management for the A.
and M. College Extension Service.
The wife of the local Internal
Revenue representative handled
the office details. Paid-up members
of the farm organization got the
service free, while non-members
were charged a fee of $3. County
Extension agents provided gener
al educational information to far
mers of the county.
Prior to filing final returns on
March 15, 1943, 29 counties set
up somewhat similar offices with
local farm groups, cooperating
with the Extension Service and the
office of Internal Revenue to as
sist with the big task. Timm says
that if local farm groups desire
this service for the final 1943
return due not later than March
15, they might consult with their
county Extension agents and near
est representative of the Internal
Revenue Service.
AMERICAN HEROES
BY LEFF
High on a Tunisian cliff a Free French soldier lay wounded. A
litter squad started up. Enemy bullets spatted against the cliff. The
squad went on. In a whining hail of lead they brought their ally down.
For that exploit Staff Sergeant Roy L. Bates of Fairfield, 111., and
Privates Hobert Branscum of Delta, Ky., Anthony P. Coll of Johns
town, Pa„ and William B. Griffin of Sylvester, Texas, won Silver Stars.
They deserve your War Bond backing.
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He’s Right With You!
SPORTS REVIEW
By R. L. Weatherly
For some unknown reason peo
ple think that hare-fist fighters of
the old days were much more pow
erful and dangerous than fighters
of this day and time. Perhaps
they think this because of the long
round fights that were staged, and
when today they are only limited
to 15 rounds. But little do they
know that the rounds of those days
were not as long as the three min
ute rounds that are fought today.
The round ended when a man hit
the floor; and this often happen
ed to give a man resting time.
Whereas today, a man can hit the
floor 60 times before the round is
up. Then too, the big men of yes
terday trained on beer and big
black stogies, while today fighters
go into stiff training months be
fore a fight. We think that fight
ers of modern times are just as
good, if not better, than pugilists
of yesterday.
There have been many great
fights in the history of the prize
ring. The Sullivan-Corbett bout,
the Combett-Fitzsimmons fight,
the Dempsey-Willard bout, the
Dempsey-Tunney bout, and the
Louis-Conn fight all rate as great
and colorful fights in the history
of prize fights. But we think that
the Louis-Schmeling match tops
all great fights.
In the spring of 1936, Joe Louis,
for the first time, walked into a
ring overconfident. He still car
ried his poker-face and he still
had his nonchalant style, but nev-
er-the-less he was overconfident.
Louis looked like himself in the
first two rounds, but in the third
round Max Schmeling let loose a
blow that set Louis sprawling to
the floor. He got up, but his legs
looked like rubber strings. Schmel
ing took the upper hand in the
fight from then on, for in the
seventh Max let go a while clout
that caught Louis napping and
put him in a daze that stayed with
him the duration of the fight. In
the twelfth round the crowd saw
Louis take his first knock-out of
his career. Louis hit the canvas like
a dead log.
Louis went on to win the Champ
ionship from James Braddock. He
was immediately ..challenged ..by
Schmeling. Louis agreed to fight
him because he wanted revenge.
And revenge he did get. No ..one
knows why Louis was so bitter, but
he was. Perhaps it was ..because
Schmeling was a Nazi, or because
Louis wanted to save face, ..but
whatever it was it really inspired
Louis. For when the bell ..ring
Louis was out of his corner like a
cat preying on a mouse. ..When
2:04 minutes of the first round
was gone, Schmeling was a mass of
bloody bulk and Louis remained
the World’s Champion pugilist
Pruning Is Great
Factor in Growing
Fruit Trees, Vines
Good fruit, both in quality and
yield, is obtained through good
care of trees and vines. And, ob
serves J. F. Rosborough, horti
culturist for the A. and M. College
Extension Service, pruning is one
of the most important items in
the creed of odchard management.
Grape vines, of which Texas has
abundance, must be pruned every
winter, and January is the most
suitable time of the year to do it.
If they are cut too early in the
fall, or left until February, they
are likel yto lose say from prun
ing, Rosborough says. A normal
plant can carry 30 or 40 bunches
cf grapes of maturity. But if too
much growth is left, the bunches
will be small and many small
branches are likely to die on the
plant in the latter part of the
growing season. Accordingly, he
recommends selecting 30 or 40
of the best side branches and re
moving all other growth. Cut back
the remaining branches, leaving
two bunds on each shoot.
Normally, blackberry and dew
berry vines should be pruned in
June, but if the job was overlook
ed it should not be delayed fur
ther. Before applying the shears,
all weeds and grass around each
plant should be removed with a
hoe. Then select three of the best
and largest canes and cut out all
ethers. If the remaining canes are
more than three feet high, top
them with the shears or a sharp
knife- Young and boyser berry
vines should be cut back to three
runners on each plant, each run
ner not exceeding six feet in
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Fig trees in the Gulf coast area,
especially the Magnolia variety,
are pruned rather heavily. As a
result the fruit ripens over an ex
tended period which is a con
venience to those using it for
canning. The Brown Turkey and
Celestial—the little blue variety—
require little pruning. One objec
tive of pruning is to train the
plants into single bodies with tops
resembling those of well grown
peach trees. Often a large number
of sprouts are allowed to grow
where a fig tree has been killed
back. The resulting large growth
seldom produces a good crop of
fruit. To correct this select the
best single sprout and cut off all
the others.
i JANUARY 22, 1944
Lettermen Named, Awards
Given, Coaches Honored
Monday night at 7:30 p.m. in the banquet room of Sbisa
Hall the annual football banquet will be held. This year sixty-
six Aggie gridmen will be honored at the banquet.
The long-awaited list of lettermen will be released and
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year of 1941, he made a coast-to-
coast tour of the United States
and Canada, sponsored by the
Metropolitan Opera Company. He
made twenty-four broadcasts for
the Firestone series, and two guest
performances.
This Town Hall program will
begin at 8 o’clock Thursday. Re
served seat tickets cost 2.00 for
the performance, and general ad
mission is 1.00. Tickets may now
be purchased at the Student Activi
ties office in the basement of the
Administration Building.
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the ex-students’ publication, THE
TEXAS AGGIE. You may desig
nate any objective for which you
wish your gift to be used.
This year’s fund doesn’t close
until May 31, ’44, and already over
6,000 men have made contribu
tions amounting to over $40,000,
according to E. E. McQuillen, edi
tor of THE TEXAS AGGIE.
6,277 members of the Fraternity
of A. & M. men joined hands last
year in a splendid start toward
making a Golden Dream come true.
Will you be one of ten thousand
this year to bring this dream still
closed? Your gift will go into
War bonds ... to smash our ene
mies now ... to make a great
dream come true when the war
is over.
"♦■special awards will be given to
those men elected team captain,
most valuable player, and best
blocker. Also honored will be head
Coach Homer Norton, line Coach
Bill James, Backfield Coach Man
ning Smith and Freshman Coach
Lilburn Dimmitt. These men, who
built the Aggie grid team from an
insignificant beginning to a great
ball club have done a wonderful
job and fully deserve the praise
of the corps.
The following is a' list of the
men to be honored at the banquet.
Tickets for others may be pur
chased at the mess hall or the
athletic office for $1.00.
Barnett, J. C., Beesley, E. G.,
Brennecke, H. M., Grollier, B. A.,
Brown, W. A., Brunow, C. L.,
Bryant, G., Bunting, B. F., Bur-
chers, S., Burditt, J. N., Butchof-
sky, R. L., Callender, R. E., Cherry,
R. L., Darnell, G. S., Deere, D. R.,
Eberle, A. A., Flanagan, M. D.,
Gary, R. J., Geer, W. E., Gibson,
C. B., Gilbert, W., Granzin, O. C.,
Gold, G. P., Goltz, E. M., Gunn, W.
W., Hallmark, J. L., Hohn, C. M.,
Hughes, D. R., Jones, R. F., Jordan,
W. D., Keeney, W. S., Kunkel, R.
L., Langford, C., League, T. T.,
Levy, M. M., McAllister, G. T., Mc-
Curry, B. G., Mizell, T. L., Mon-
Phonetics, inductive method
learning, and native Japanese
speakers are involved in Brown
University’s four-month course in
Japanese.
crief, M. P., Muehlhause, E. H.,
MiU’nane, S. G., Neville, H. A., New
ton, J. M., Overly, C. R., Pogue,
K. F v Rutherford, T. B., Sacra,
J. R., Schmitz, J. N., Schodde, R.
L. , Setegast, M. E., Sheldon, J. S.,
Shira, C. N., Sims, O. H., Soyars,
W. M., Spencer, R. B., Spider, G.
P., Taylor, H. L., Turner, S. S.,
Turley, H. E., Uthoff, C. H., Wiley,
J. E., Wiliams, J. S., Wimpee, J.
D., Wright, R. C., Wright, C. E.,
Yeargain, C. W.
Texas’ lumber industry employs
about 18,000 workers annually in
DO YOUR PART * BUY BONDS woods and mills.
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.
LOUPOT’S TRADING POST
“Trade With Lou—He’s Right With You”