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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1944)
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 5, 1944 THE BATTALION PAGE 5 / G Co. Wins Intramural Swimming Meet F Company Second, A Company Third, As Fish Dominate Swimming Events Getting off to a slow start in the intramural swimming meet held last Saturday, G Company came from behind in the fourth event to win the meet with a total of 27 points. Each team was scored according to the places they won in each contest. Individual contests netted the winning team six points for first, four for second, three for third, two for fourth, and one for fifth. In the relay events, the points were scored ten, eight, six, four, and two for the first five to finish the race. First • competition of the after noon was in the four hundred foot free style relay. Winners in order were B Battery, D Troop, F Com pany, A Company, and A Battery. The B Battery team was composed of Overly, Clayton, Amas, and Chapa. Meyer, Hoffman, Vernon, and Singletary made up the D Troop squa<J. On the F Company squad were Turley, Tunstall, Brown, and Chestnut. Johnson, Stripling, Blackshear, and Batley contested for A Company. G Company scored their first victory of the meet when they placed first in the one hundred foot backstroke. Coats was the speed demon for G Company. John son of E Troop came in second, Holbrook of the Band placed third, Hunnicutt of A Battery finished in fourth place, and Giblin of F Battery came in for fifth position. Brown of F Company came in first in the one hundred £ 0 °t side- stroke with Palms of C Battery coming in close behind for second position. Ellis of G Battery won the third spot, Telford of F Bat tery the fourth, and. Vernon of D Troop fifth. In this race, each con testant was required to carry a towel in one hand. The towel had to be dry when the natator com pleted the race or he was disquali fied. Following a ten minute rest pe riod, the 200-foot free style events were run off. Capturing first spot was Erwin of G Company which gave his team the lead in the meet. Richmond of C Battery came in second, Blackshear of A Company placed third, Copeland also of A Company won fourth place, and Coat§ another G Company con testant finished in fifth position. Last but most difficult of the swimming events was the 400-foot military relay in which each con testant was required to carry a ten-pound weight in one hand. He was not allowed to use this hand for swimming purposes. G Com pany won the event with Daniels, Crocha, Henry, and Erwin toting the weight. Mitchell, Penny, Byrd, and Ellis captured second place for G Battery. A' Company took third highest honors with Morris, Cham- tpion, Portele, and Harrison doing STUDENT CO-OP Bicycle and Radio Repair PHONE 4-4114 the contesting. Davis, Baker, Bar nett, and McGurk of F Company won fourth place, and Adkins, Howes, Adams, and Cargill came in for fifth position. Last event of the meet was the diving contest. Each dive was scored on the correctness of it and the degree of difficulty with which the contestant performed the dive. Palms of C Battery won the top berth with a total of 41.7 scoring points. Clark of G Battery scored 40.2 points for second, Epps of G Battery scored 37.7 for third, Drury scored 32.8 for fourth, and Howard of F Company scored 31.8 for fifth place. According to Art Adamson, swimming coach, the meet was very successful and competition was keen. In general the meet was better than last semester’s meet which was won by L Company. Aggie Footballers Stage Intrasquad Tussle Saturday The Aggie Gridders went through a two hour scrimmage Saturday afternoon, everyone on the squacL playing at one time or another. For the first hour, the first team was pitted against the third team and the second stringers bat tled with the fourth team. During this phase of the workouts, neith er the first nor second teams was faced with much opposition. Each of these first two elevens was able to score with considerable ease, while their opposition was unable to make any substantial gains. After a rest period, the Aggie mentor divided the first and sec ond teams up into two equally matched machines. During this period, the Maroon team was the victor by a 7-0 count. The red shirted boys scored the first time they got the ball when Frank Torno heaved a long pass to El don Long. The White eleven never threatened the Maroon goal, but the Maroons came very near scor ing again in the latter part of the scrimmage. The only gridders who were ab sent from the Saturday drill were D Co. Takes League A Basketball Crown Last night after mess, Spider Westbrook’s D Company Spiders defeated a strong C Battery team in basketball by a score of 25 to 18 to take the League A crown. It was the second game the two teams had played against each other in intramural competition. They were tied for first place al though C Battery won the first tilt with the Spiders. Both teams started the game at a fast pace but soon settled down after missing several excellent shots. In the opening minute of the game the Spiders took the lead and held it throughout the game when Coscia dropped a fast one in the basket. In the first quarter C Battery made two goals which were both made by Sides. In the same frame, D Company made four goals, one by Coscia and three by Jimmy Hen derson. The quarter ended with a score of 8 to 4. In the second quar ter Lerue scored three points for C battery while Bill and Jimmy Henderson scored three points for the Spiders which made the score 11 to 7 at the half. Coming back after the half the Spiders began to function more smoothly and made twelve points in the third quarter. The C Bat tery team came back to find them selves well covered and only made six points in the third quarter which brought the score up to 21 to 13. D Company sent in a fresh team at the opening of the final frame and withdrew it to let the starting team end the game. Jimmy Henderson, Bill Henderson, Coscia, Goad, and Seyle composed D Com pany’s starting squad. C Battery’s starting men consisted of Bliss, Sides, Lerue, Carpenter and King. This was the first substitution for them whereas C Battery began substituting before the half. D Company’s original team finished the game with a score of 25 to 18. According to Dick Goad, basket ball manager of the Spiders, D Company was not playing their best possible game. Jimmy Hen derson was the only one that was playing up to par. “We hope to be Mann Scott, a big back is on the injured list, and Jimmie Parmer, smashing fullback who was unable to walk Saturday because of a bad knee. A Company Leads Intramural Flag Race Organization Softball Swimming Total Points A Company 80 05 145 B Company 60 0 60 C Company 50 50 100 D Company 55 50 105 F Company 51H ^6 121^4 G Company 51^4 80 131^4 Band 51^4 50 101^4 A Battery 60 50 HO B Battery 70 50 120 C Battery 50 57^4 107% D Troop 51% 50 101% E Troop 50 50 100 F Battery - ....30 50 80 G Battery -...50 57% 107% I ntra murals Basketball—League A Organization Won Lost B Company 3 3 A Battery 1 4 D' Company 5 1 F Company 4 2 D Troop 0 5 C Battery 5 1 C Company _2 4 Basketball—League B Organization Won Lost A Company 4 2 Band o 6 B Battery 6 0 G Battery '....3 3 E Troop 2 4 G Company 2 4 F Battery 5 2 Volleyball—League A Organization . Won Lost E Troop 3 2 D Company 6 0 C Battery 0 4 Band 1 3 A Battery 2 3 F Battery , 4 2 G Company 1 3 Volleyball—League B Organization Won Lost C Company 3 1 F Company 5 1 A Company r.2 1 D Troop 1 4 B Battery 2 3 B Company 1 4 G Battery 3 3 Faulty Nutritions Cause Bad Health “Breakfast should supply every one, young and old alike, with from one-fourth to one-third of the day’s food needs,” says Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State Health Officer. “In order for a growing-^child to get this much of his day’s require ments, he needs a hot substantial breakfast, consisting of cereals or whole grain bread, fruit or fruit juices, egg or meat, and a milk drink.” Dr. Cox discussing the dietary needs of school children says fur ther, “In many homes the line of least resistance is followed. The children when offered food at breakfast time may reply that they are not hungry, they do not have time, or in some instances will even say that breakfast makes them sick. Older children, especial ly girls of high school age, some- tives deliberately go without break fast in order to keep from increas ing their weight. This is both fool ish and dangerous. They deprive themselves of body building mate rial when they fail to eat nourish ing food. Faulty nutrition with its health hazards often results. In the young child this means that re- sistence to disease is lowered and the processes for development and maintaining health definitely are handicapped. “Whether young, middle aged, or older, a good health practice is to break your fast with a good break fast. The day’s first meal is an important one. Parents cannot es cape the obligation to see that their children are fed properly at the day’s beginning.” More than a million miles in Australia is regarded as uninhab itable. at our best when we play B Bat tery for the Corps championship,” Goad stated in commenting on the game. — SEPTEMBER and THE RAIN Be smart and prepare NOW for the Fall Rains you know will come. Se lect your coat from our well selected stock of fine Rain Coats. Regula tion Coats for service men and smart coats for the civilians in styles for both ladies and men. TOKg-pANSBV CLGCKIERS College and Bryan