FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 25, 1944
THE BATTALION
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A Co. Takes Corps Softball Championship
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Eight Victories for Undefeated A
Company as B Battery Bows Wednesday
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FOUR CAPABLE COACHES who are the brains behind the brawn.
It is upon the shoulders of these men that rests the task of weld
ing together a group of green athletes into a winning football com
bination. Head Coach Homer Norton has a capable group of as
sistants which includes Bill James, line coach; Manning Smith, back-
field coach; Lil Dimmitt, trainer; and Pete Jones, former Bryan
High School head coach who joined the staff only this past sum
mer. A picture of Jones could not be secured.
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Aggies End First
Week of Workouts
Coach Homer Norton’s Aggie
footballers wind up their first
week of lall training Saturday; a
week devoted mostly to the funda
mentals oj^jfootball.
The Aggies have been getting
some rough stuff, but the majority
of the time has been spent work
ing on the basic elements. ' The
backs have been devoting most of
the week to punting and passing
drills, while the line has been work
ing on blocking.
Coach Norton divided his group
into A and B squads, about 40 men
comprising the A group and the
remainder on the B squad. In this
way each boy will be able to re
ceive more individual attention.
A great deal of time is being
spent each afternoon in dummy
scrimmage. In this way the boys
can learn their assignments and
also see how the Aggie offense
works.
(Editor’s note—In order to better ac
quaint the Corps with the boys who will
represent them on the gridiron this fall.
The Battalion will run several sketches
of these players in each edition for the
next few weeks.)
BUTCHOFSKY, BOB — Better
known to the Corps at “Butch”,
Butchofsky lettered at the block
ing back position at A. & M. last
year. He is one of the three re
turning regulars, being 20 years
old, Weighing 165 pounds and
standing five feet and ten inches.
.“Butch” hails from Ysleta, is a
senior majoring in Veterinary
Medicine, and is Cadet Major of
the third battalion.
TASSOS, DAMON — “Greek”
lettered at the guard position last
fall, but will probably be moved
to center this year. He came to A.
& M. from Thomas Jefferson High
School in San Antonio where he
lettered three years. “Greek” is
six feet and one inch tall and
weighs 208 pounds. This 20-year-
old returning regular is a Senior
and majoring in Physical Educa
tion.
DARNELL, GRANT — Darnell
hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and
lettered at the end position last
fall. He is 20 years old, six feet
tall and weighs 190 pounds. Dar
nell is a Senior majoring in Chem
ical Engineering.
GARY, ROBERT — Bob is an
18-year-old Sophomore who came
1;o Aggieland from Forest Avenue
High School in Dallas. He won
his letter at the pivot position last
season, and carries 170 pounds on
his five feet, 11 inch frame. Bob
is majoring in Aeronautical En
gineering.
McAllister, george t. —
“Mac” is a 190 pound fullback, win
ning his varsity letter at that posi
tion last season. He is six feet and
two inches tall, is 18 years old,
and comes from Eden, Texas.
“Mac” is a Junior majoring in
Animal Husbandry.
SIRA, CHARLES — “Flat Tire”
is a giant tackle standing six feet
and three inches and weighing 240
pounds. He is 18 years old and
comes from Hamlin, Texas. Shira
who won his letter last year, is a
Sophomore majoring in Animal
Husbandry.
Georrre Bernard Shaw observed
his 88th birthday on July 26 by
sawing wood at his country home
in Hertfordshire, England.
HELP BRING VICTORY
BUY WAR BONDS
August Cub Pack
Meeting Called Off
Due to the very small amount of
Cub Scout work being done during
the hot, late summer weather it
has been decided by the Den Moth
ers to call off the August Cub
Pack meeting for College Station,
according to an announcement just
released by Ide P. Trotter, chair
man, Cub Pack committee.
Only a very few awards are
ready to be made and these will
be secured in time for the Pack
meeting on Sept. 28. Cub Scouts
and Den Mothers are urged to
complete all work for awards now
underway and report to the chair
man of the Cub Scout committee
any additional award to be grant
ed at the September meeting.
Any new members of the Cub
Scout organization who wish to
secure their registration prior to
the September meeting should con
tact their Den Mothers and pay
their registration fee so their reg
istration records can be sent into
tlie Houston office as soon as pos
sible.
With the beginning of the school
year a full schedule of activities in
the Cub Scout organization will be
renewed. Any new boys in this
community of the Cub Scout age
should be contacted by the Cub
Scouts and Den Chiefs to enlist
their interest and registration with
the particular Cub Den nearest
where they live:
Wednesday night in a rough,
hard fought game, the A Company
Indians defeated a strong B Bat
tery team to win the Corps cham
pionship in intramural softball. It
was the eighth straight victory for
the Indians.
In the first inning, the Indians
took the lead and held it through
out the game. Their first time at
bat Jay Williams and Arthur
Gressman walked and advanced on
base. Striplin placed a long one
into right field for a two bagger
which brought Gressman and Wil
liams home to make the score 2-0.
In the second inning, Gressman
and Jay Williams again worked the
B Battery pitcher for walks. Strip-,
lin flyed out this time and Vernon
Dietz hit a beautiful home run
deep into right field which brought
Gressman and Williams in ahead
of him to bring the score up to 5-0.
B Battery scored four v runs on
three errors and two hits in the
fourth inning to make it an inter
esting ball game and caused the
Indians to begin to worry. This
brought the score to 5-4 in favor
of A Company.
In the last half of the same in
ning, the Indians got another run
when Red Morris knocked a long
home run into deep center field to
give them a two point lead. They
scored again in the sixth inning
when West doubled and came in
on hits by Wyble and Young.
Gressman and Williams again
walked, but Dietz flyed out to end
the scoring for A Company.
Many errors by both teams
marred the game considerably.
Boggs, B Battery pitcher, walked
Gressman and Williams three
times. He was nicked for a total
of fifteen hits. Willie West, A Com
pany pitcher, was steady and kept
eight hits well scattered. “Flop”
Striplin, Vernon Dietz, Jay Wil
liams, and Willie West of A Com
pany and Toln Alley, “Pop” Kidd,
and Bill Griffin of B Battery were
the outstanding players of the
game.
True to previous predictions, the
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—ARCHITECT—
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his gradaution from Texas A. &
M. in 1926 with a degree of Bache
lor of Science in Architecture.
Following his gradaution Norton
worked in Fort Worth, returned
to College Station to work on the
football stadium, remained to work
on Law and Puryear dormitories,
then following a brief time in
Beaumont he was employed in the
office of Dr. F. E. Giesecke, col
lege architect. A year ago he was
made college architect, having con
tinued in the office when Dr.
Giesecke retired to become pro
fessor emeritus of heating and
ventilating.
Norton announced that he had
been given assurance that there
will be plenty of work for an arch
itect in the Bryan and College
Station area, and that he has been
considering entering the field of
private practice for more than a
year.
victory Wednesday night gave
Capt. Gene Alley’s Indians the
crown of the Corps in softball com
petition, a well deserved honor.
A Company
Player Position
Arthur Grossman 3b
Jay Williams lb
Vernon Dietz C
J. Striplin sf
L. Williams ss
Willie West p
J. Young If
S. Wyble - 2b
B. Webb cf
J. Kibbe rf
B Battery
Player Position
Fish Boggs c
Fish Landman p
Fish Nichols lb
Fish Broyles 2b
Fish McKenzie ’3b
Fish Harkins sf
“Pop” Kidd ss
Fish Broussard If
Tom Alley cf
Bill Griffin ,..rf
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