TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1944
THE BATTALION
PAGE 5
G Battery Takes Intramural Track Title
By S. L. “Slim” Inzer
Battalion Sports Editor
Injury Jinx Hits Aggies Early
The old injury jinx has hit Ag-
gieland early this year; in fact,
Coach Norton has not had a prac
tice session this fall where all of
the boys were in shape to scrim
mage. In Saturday afternoon’s in
trasquad game, no less than five
boys who would have ordinarily
been on either the first or second
teams, were on the sidelines be
cause of injuries.
All five of these boys are ex
pected to be able to go full steam
this week, but nevertheless, they
have missed some valuable time
and will have to catch up with the
rest of the squad. This is putting
a hardship on the Aggie coaching
staff, for the opening game of the
season is just two weeks away
and a clicking eleven must be put
together before that time.
On the injured list Saturday
were Milton Cherno, end; Arthur
Abrahams, guard, Bob Goff, back,
Grant Darnell, end; and Jimmie
Parmer, back. Abrahams has been
nursing a side injury which has
kept him, out of action for nearly
a week. Darnell was in the hospi
tal Saturday but is expected to
rejoin the squad the early part
of this week. Goff and Parmer,
both first string backs until they
were shelved, could have taken
part in Saturday’s game but were
held out of the rough stuff. Both
boys have injured knees, but are
expected to be able to scrimmage
this week.
Several other members of the
squad have been on the sick list
at one time or another during the
first four weeks of fall practice.
Maybe the Aggies have their sea
son’s share of injuries here in the
first few ^eeks and lady luck
will smile favorable for the* re
mainder of the year.
Sideline Shots of Saturday’s Scrimmage
After 'getting off to a rather
slow start, the Aggie gridders put
on a "pretty good show in their
weekly intrasquad game Saturday
afternoon. Coach Norton put his
charges through two hours of
rough and tumble football, and
seemed pretty well pleased with
the boys’ showing.
The squad seems to be rounding
into good physical condition, and
as a whole showed improvement
over the previous week’s game.
Plays were being run off more
smoothly and the overall play look
ed better than it has at any time
this year.
Saturday’s scrimmage was di
vided into four periods. The first
period between the second and
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New Intramural Records Set for Mile
Race and 300-yard Dash in Track Meet
With a lead of only one-half
point, Epp Brown’s G Battery
freshmen won the track meet last
Sunday afternoon with a total of
twenty-five points. Running them
a close second with 24^ points
was Gene Alley’s A Company In
dians. Running them an even clos
er third with 24% points was Ray
Martin’s C Battery freshmen. D
Company with 20 5-6 points and
G Company with 19 points won
fourth and fifth positions.
Opening event of the meet was
the 300-yard dash which was won
by Holbrook of the Band with a
new intramural time of 32.4 sec
onds. Wilson of C Battery, fastest
man in the preliminaries, came in
with a close second. Trickey of G
Company, winner of last semester’s
same event, came in third, daggers
of D Company and Vanham of D
Troop placed fourth and fifth, re
spectively.
Another new record was estab
lished by Hampton of G Battery
with a time of 4:46.5 on the mile
run. Hampton, with a long, beau
tiful stride, had the race all the
way. Hays of G Company came in
second followed in order by Green
of D Company, Wilshusen of A
Company, and Norfleet of D Troop.
Closest event of the afternoon
third; the third quarter between
the first and third, teams; and the
final period was between the first
and second teams again.
Tassos Moved
Damon “Greek” Tassos was
moved from the center position to
the right guard slot by Coach Nor
ton, Greek played center in his
high school days and while a
freshman at A. & M., but won his
letter last year at the guard posi
tion. However, since Bob Gary has
been showing up so well at center
this fall, the Aggie mentor moved
Tassos to guard in order to
strengthen his line.
Starting Lineups
The first team Saturday was
composed of the following boys:
Bob Gary, center; Greek Tassos,
right guard. Bill Gray, left guard,
Monte Moncrief, right tackle;
Charlie Shira, left tackle; Walter
Higgins, right end; Clarence How
ell, left end; Jimmy Cashion, quar
terback; Mann Scott, left half;
Bob Butchofsky, right half; and
George McAllister, fullback.
The second team was made up
of Herbert Ellis, center; Bill Wal
ker, right guard; Thomas League,
left guard; Morton Shefts, right
tackle; M. D. Denton, left tackle;
Eldon Long, right end; James Mit
chell, left end; Tom Daniel, quar
terback; Don Kingery, right half;
Gene Spires, left half, and Paul
Yates, fullback.
Third Stringers Shine
Several members of the third
string showed up well and may
crowd into the first one of the two
teams. “Stubby” Matthews may
prove to be one of the most danger
ous runnel's on the entire squad.
“Sparky” Eberle, Joseph Scara,
and Alan Sparkman, all third string
linemen, also showed up well.
was the 100-yard dash which was
won by Wilson of C Battery with
a time of 10.8 seconds. Walker of
B Battery placed second, Wallace
of F Company third, Royer of D
Troop fourth, and Fort of G Bat
tery fifth.
Holbrook of the Band took an
other first in winning the 880-yard
run with a time of 2:11.2 which
was possibly another new intra
mural record. Newsom of A Bat
tery came in second closely fol
lowed by Young of A Company
who placed third. McKenzie of B
Battery placed fourth with Goad
of D Company coming in for a
close fifth.
In the 120-yard low hurdles A
Company gained 11 points. L. Wil
liams took first, Stripling took
second, and J. Williams came in
fifth for the Indians. Kearby of
G Company placed fourth and Hol
loway of the Band was fourth.
G Battery won the 440-yard re
lay in 48.4 seconds. Brice, Hamil
ton, Fort, and Pickford composed
the team. Spires, L. Williams, Clay,
and Webb of A Company won the
second place. Matthews, Broussard,
Gripon, and Gore of C Company
came in third. In fourth position
was D Company’s team composed
of Hoskins, Jimmy Henderson,
Curtis Henderson, and Jaggers.
Wallace, Bird, Bradshaw, and Cav-
itt of F Company finished in fifth
position.
Final running event, the mile re
lay, was won by G Battery. Ellis,
Hampton, Buescher, and Gordon
brought the baton heme in 3:44.8.
Foidick, Strebber, Goodnight, and
Palms of C Battery finished in
second place. Goad, Haines, J. Hen
derson, and Garrett of D Company
came in third. Mitcham, Nygard,
Lane, and Lanquist of A Battery
came in for fourth place. Wilson,
Zachry, Voss, and Yeargin of E
Troop finished in fifth position.
Young of E Troop won first
place in the shotput with a distance
of 46 feet. Yates of B Battery was
second, Golf of C Battery third,
McAlister of D Company fourth,
and Jones of G Battery fifth.
Richey of F Battery broad jump
ed 18 ft. 10% inches to win first
place. Hoskins of D Company was
second, Spires of A Company third,
Kearby of G Company fourth, and
Mottensen of G Battery fifth.
Haws high jumped 5 ft. 6 inches
to win the event for F Battery.
Ross of C Battery placed second.
Eichholtz of A Company, Wilson
of D Company, and Mitchell and
Mortensen both of G Battery tied
for third. Each of these contest
ants received one and one-half
points.
Dick Hoffman of D Troop chin
ned 18 times to win that event.
Moseley of D Company, Burrus of
C Battery, and Chapa of B Battery
tied for third. Smith of D Com
pany, Rodriquez of C Battery, and
Gaskell of B Battery tied for fifth.
Each of the three organizations
received three and one-third points.
According to W. L. Penberthy,
head of the P. E. Department, the
meet was the closest in the history
Bryan High School
Has First Grid
Game Friday Night
Bryan High School’s Bronchos
blast the lid off of the 1944 foot
ball season Friday night when they
meet the Navasota High School
gridders at Broncho Field in Bry
an.
Coach “Cheesy” Cook of the
Bronchos would make no predic
tion of the outcome of the game
since nothing is known of the
strength of Navasota. The game
will get underway at 8 o’clock and
all Aggies will be admitted for
25$.
of intramurals. He also stated that
the competition and enthusiasm
was the keenest he had seen in
some time.
A Company Leads Intramural
Flag Race
Org. S.B. SW. TR. Total
A Co 80 65 70 215
B Co 60 0 0 60
C Co 50 50 50 150
D Co 55 50 60 165
F Co 51% 70 50*^171%
G Co ....51% 80 55 186%
Band 51% 50 ' 50 151%
A Bat 60 50 50 160
B Bat 70 50 50 170
C Bat 50 57% 65 172%
D Troop ....51% 50 50 151%
E Troop ....50 50 50 150
F Bat 30 50 50 130
G Bat 50 57% 80 187%
S.B.—Softball; Sw. — Swimming;
Tr.—Track.
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