FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 15, 1944
THE BATTALION
PAGE 7
B Battery Wins Corps Crown in Basketball
Coscia and Howell Lead Scoring As
D Company Spiders Lose by 2 to 3
Last Wednesday night in a fast
game a B Battery quint defeated
the D Company Spiders by a score
of 17 to 15 to win the Corps Cham
pionship in basketball.
On the opening jump of the
game, Howell of B Battery fouled
Goad who missed his free shot. A
few seconds later Goad fouled
Howell who missed the first free
shot and made the second to give
B Battery their first score of the
game. Coscia soon made the first
score for the Spiders which gave
them the lead of 2 to 1. The quar
ter ended following a shot by How
ell which made the score 3 to 2
in favor of B Battery.
In the opening seconds of the
second quarter Coscia fouled
Haines who made his free shot.
A few moments later Goad made
a free shot when fouled by Mc
Kenzie which brought the score to
4 to 3 in favor of B Battery. Pos
sibly the most beautiful shot of
the game was made when Howell
worked the ball down the court at
a fast pace and passed it to Haines
who dropped it into the basket.
After calling time, B Battery
scored 2 more points and the half
ended with a score of 8 to 3 in
favor of B Battery.
McKenzie opened the scoring of
the second half with a shot which
increased B Battery’s lead to 10
to 3. D Co. came back after the
half with a new fire in their at
tack and Jimmie Henderson and
Coscia both scored to give the
Spiders four more points. In the
closing seconds of the third quar
ter, a double foul was called on
Howell and Seyle. Seyle missed
his free shot but Howell made his
which brought the score to 11 to 7
in favor of B Battery at the close
of the quarter.
Goad opened the scoring in the
final quarter when he sank a free
shot on, a foul by Walker. Things
really began to happen when Bill
Henderson sank a shot to bring
the score to 11 to 10 in favor of
B Battery. Howell made a free
shot on Bill Henderson’s foul and
Coscia made a free shot on How
ell’s foul to again separate the
scores by only one point. Haines
gave B Battery a three point lead
but Bill Henderson decreased it
to a one point lead after Goad
brought the ball in on the double
dribble by Tommy Walker. Com
ing back after time being called
by B Battery, Goad gave the Spid
ers a one point lead when he drop
ped a long one into the basket.
Haines regained B Battery’s one
point lead when he worked a fast
one down the court past the D Co.
guards. During the last 85 seconds
of the game, the B Battery quint
played for time but nevertheless
the Spiders managed to gain pos
session of the ball. In a th^ee way
tie-up, Haines managed to break
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away with the ball and was fouled
by Goad in an attempted shot.
Haines came back after time out
for B Battery and made his free
shot. In the remaining fifteen sec
onds of the game, the Spiders
managed to obtain possession of
the ball and the battle ended with
a score of 15 to 17 in favor of B
Battery.
Most interesting fact about the
game was that neither team made
a substitution during the whole
game. D Co. squad was Composed
of Jimmie Henderson, Bill Hender
son, Dick Goad, Bob Seyle, and
James Coscia. Tommy Walker and
Howell, McKenzie, Haines, and
Nicholas made up B Battery’s
team. Coscia was high point man
for the Spiders and Haines for B
Battery.
—A&M—
(Continued Horn page 1)
office of distribution, Austin; and
Garland R. Farmer, vice chairman,
regional board, Eighth Regional
War Labor Board, Henderson. Al
ternates, including Dr. T. 0. Wal
ton, were chosen for each board
member.
After organization, the board
discussed holding of hearings on
wage ceilings for cotton harvesting
in thrde west Texas areas. The
law under which the board was
chosen was created requires that 51
per cent of the farmers concerned
must request the board’s services
before it may recommend wage
ceilings to the director.
After discussion though, the
board decided to begin a series of
hearings not later than September
20 on cotton harvesting wages in
the area. The places where the
hearings will be held was not dis
closed in the morning session.
By S. L. “Slim” Inzer
Battalion Sports Editor
Tntrasquad Games Saturday on Kyle Field
Coach Homer Norton will send
his charges through another intra
squad game Saturday afternoon,
this time the Cadets will hold their
game on the Kyle Field gridiron.
Just one more week remains be
fore the Aggies open their 1944
season against the Bryan Air
Field Ducks, so you can rest as
sured Norton will be putting his
boys through plenty of hard work
in Saturday’s game. The scrim
mage will start at 2:30, and will
be between the first, second, and
third teams.
Only two members of the squad
are now on the injured list. Damon
“Greek” Tassos, center - guard,
sprained his ankle in Tuesday’s
workout and will be lost to the
squad for about a week. However,
he is expected to be in shape for
the opening game. Grant Darnell,
end, has been in the hospital for
over a week with a cold, and
doubtless will be in poor condition
when he is released.
Norton lost a fine back last
week when Frank Torno, an all
stater from Cameron, was called
to duty by the Air Corps. Torno
was expected to play a lot of foot
ball for the Aggies this fall, and
his loss will no doubt be felt.
Aggie Knot Hole Gang
Many youngsters from over the
state of Texas will get a chance
to see the Aggies play football this
fall through the Aggie Knot Hole
Gang. This is an organization set
up here on the campus by the
Athletic Department for the benefit
of the boys.
The Knot Hole Gang works in
this way. Each kid, in order
obtain a card and become a mem
ber, must be passing all of his
work in school. He can obtain this
card only from his school offi
cials. Thd&e youngsters who be
come members, will be admitted to
the Aggie home games for 25c if
they are under 1 2years of age, and
50c if they are over 12. They sit
in the stands at the north end of
Kyle Field during the games.
Rambling Around on the Sports Front
All sports minded fans who
can’t wait for the Aggies to have
their first football game should
take in tonight’s game in Bryan
between The Bryan High Broncos
and Navasota High School. The
game will get underway at 8 p.
m., admission being 35c for
all Aggies. . . . Latest reports from
the'forty acres indicate that Coach
Bible is going to have a fine line,
but he seems to be having trouble
with his backfield. Donald Deere,
who lettered here at A. & M., last
year but stationed at Texas u. in
the Navy now, is running sacond
string wingback at present. . . .
The A. & M.-Miami University
game to be played in Miami De
cember 8, will be broadcast by the
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Game Concessions
Students interested in selling.,
peanuts, popcorn, and soft
drinks at football games this
fall must sign up for this work
with the Student Activities Of
fice. Men working at this job
will be admitted to the games at
Kyle Field free.
Atlantic Refining Company. . . .
Not much information is available
on the power of Bryan Air Field
or Texas Tech’s Red Raiders, but
latest reports seem to indicate the
Aggies will have their hands full
when they meet Louisiana State
and Oklahoma. L. S. U. is re
ported to have an improved team
over their Orange Bowl eleven
of last year, which will be a pret
ty good ball club. Up North, Okla
homa’s Sooners are power laden
with three all-Big Six players
returning and plenty of manpower
furnished by the Navy . . . .
Bryten Field’s Ducks will hold
an intrasquad game Saturday af
ternoon. The Flyers have been
working out two weeks in prepa
ration for the Aggie tilt Septem
ber 23.
—ROTARY—
(Continued from page 1)
by “Safeguarding the Community
Health”, the commentator being Lt.
L. J. Hart, Public Health Service.
S. R. Wright, acting head of the
Texas A. & M. Department of
Municipal and Sanitary Engineer
ing, oil Oct. 4 will lead off next
month’s programs when he will
analyze the local, national and in
ternational phases of “Mosquito
Control.” Rev. R. B. Sweet, pastor
of the Church of Christ at College
Station, will tell the “Functions of
the Church,” Oct. 11.
Speaker for the sixth program,
Oct. 18, will be Dr. Walter P. Tay
lor, head of A&M’s Wildlife Re-*
search Unit, and he will describe
the wonders and utility purposes
of the “Big Bend National Park.”
Winding up the October broad
casts, the librarians at Bryan and
College Station, Oct. 25, are to
point out the “Library Facilities”
of the two communities.
Subject matter and identity of
the speakers on the remaining pro
grams will be announced later,
Spriggs said.
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