TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 5, 1944
THE BATTALION
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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
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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. —
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