TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 10, 1944
THE BATTALION
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Aggies Determined to Return to Win Column in LS U Game
No Additional Injuries Suffered In
Sooner Tilt; Team Leaves Thursday
Determination to regain their
winning ways alter suffering
their first defeat of the season at
the hands of the Oklahoma Soon-
ers, the Aggies are busy this week
preparing for the Louisiana State
University Tigers. The Tigers are
also licking the wounds of defeat,
having fallen before the Rice Owls
last Saturday by the score of 14-
13.
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L. S. U. is reported to have a
powerful team this fall, although
they have failed to taste sweet
victory so far. Previous to the Rice
defeat, the Tigers played a 27-27
tie with a strong Alabama eleven.
Therefore, L. S. U. will bei trying
to get into the winning column
for the first time this year, and
they will be hard to handle.
Last year, a group of game and
inexperienced Aggies, later named
the “Kiddie Korps”, upset a
highly favored Tiger eleven in a
regular season game, 28-13. The
Bengals later gained revenge in
the Oraenge Bowl when they out-
scored the same Aggies, 19-14.
Coach Norton’s boys came out
of the Oklahoma game in pretty
good shape, suffering no additional
injuries. Butch Butchofsky, stellar
back who was held out of the OU
game, is still a question mark.
He may see some service against
the Tigers if the special helmet
can be secured in time. The helmet
is being constructed to protect his
fractured jaw. If this helmet can
be constructed in time for this
tilt, it will help the Aggie chances
no end. Butch was missed sorely
in the Oklahoma game, more for
his line-backing ability than his
offensive play.
L. S. U. has built its offense
around letterman Red Knight, who
was Steven Van Buren’s understudy
last year. Knight has developed in
to a flashy tailback, and with
Knight, the Bengals have eight
lettermen, including an all-veteran
line.
The Aggies will again be play
ing under the handicap of not hav
ing their entire Corps to back
them. The game is to played in
Baton Rouge, and not all Cadets
will be able to make the long
trip.
The Whiz Kids will leave for
Baton Rouge on the Thursday night
train, according to present plans.
This schedule will put the team at
the site of the game Friday, per
mitting a day of rest before the
tussle.
Three sons of “Teddy” Roosevelt,
the twenty-sixth president of the
United States have died in the
service of their country. Quentin,
the youngest, was killed in World
War I. Kermit died in Alaska last
year, and General Theodore died
in Normandy this summer.
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By S. L. “Slim” Inzer
Battalion Sports Editor
Aggies Show Fighting Spirit in OU Tussle
“We fought our hearts out, but
they just had a better team.”
Those words of Coach Homer
Norton give the story of the Ag
gie’s defeat at the hands of the
Oklahoma Sooners. The Aggies
did fight their hearts out, they
overcame a 14 point OU lead, but
they just did not have the stuff to
defeat the powerful Sooners.
No credit should be taken away
from the Oklahoma. They had a
good, clean, well balanced team,
and they won simply because they
had the better team. In Deraid Le-
bow, OU showed a fine back, but
it was their all-around play which
brought them victory.
No excuses can be made by the
Aggies, and no excuses need to be
made. These boys lived up to the
tradition set for them by the past
Aggie teams—that tradition of
never giving up. Coach Norton’s
boys came from behind and tied
up the game in the thii’d quarter,
and it looked for a time as if
they might upset the powerful
Sooners. But Oklahoma quickly
pushed over another touchdown
which proved to be the clincher.
Looking at the statistics, we
find the Aggies outplayed their op
ponents in some depai’tments. In
first downs, the Aggies led, 15-14,
and although they were outrushed
by the Sooner’s ground game, the
Nortonmen led in yards gained
from passes, 131-51. Bobby Goff
had a 47.5 yard punting average on
the two punts he made and in the
toal yards gained, A. & M. amass
ed 417 yards to 334 for the Soon
ers.
These figures show that the
teams were playing on pretty even
terms for most of the night. The
Aggies battled them / tooth for
tooth, and were still fighting when
the final gun sounded.
When a team does than, whether
they win, lose, or draw, any school
should be proud of them.
Rambling Around on the Sports Front
Eldon Long, letterman end, had
left school, again weakening the
end positions of the Aggies. Jamse
Mitchell, another wingman, has al
so departed from the campus. . .
. Players say that Oklahoma was
one of the cleanest teams they have
ever played against. . . . This writ
er hit a new loy in forecasting last
week when he missed three out
of five. Another week like that and
I’ll let you do the guessing. . . .
No information is yet available on
just when Bob Butchofsky’s special
helmet will be ready. ... Coach
Norton was pretty smart for not
scheduling Randolph Field. Not
that we are scared of them, but
we like to be healthy. . . . The
signs on the dorms are a bit more
lively than they were earlier in
the season. . . . Just like the good
old days ... Beat L. S. U.
Randolph Ramblers Keep Rambling Along
Last Saturday was a full week
for Southwest Conference grid
teams, and after the dust had
cleared only S. M. U. still had a
perfect record. Of course, Randolph
Field was still undefeated but they
are likely to remain that way for
the remainder of the season. In
fact, they have about as much
chance of losing a game as Hitler
has of being elected president of
the United States.
S. M. U. has the non-coveted hon
or of playing the Ramblers this
week-end, which means their per
fect record will be ruined. (Their
team may be slightly ruined also.)
Little George Walmsley led the
Rise Owls to a victory over, the
L. S. U. Tigers, 14-13. This was
considered an upset in some quar
ters, but it shows those Owls are
plenty tough this year.
Texas went, down in defeat be
fore the afore mentioned ’’Reck
ing Ramblers” by the score of
42-6. They were without the serv
ices* of their star passer, Bobby
Layne, but his presence would not
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S. M. U. eked out a 16-15, yes,
that’s right victory over South
western. The Ponies were hard
pressed to win this one, being
forced, to make several goal-line
stands.
Arkansas pushed T. C. U. all
over the field, but had to be content
with a 6-6 draw as these teams
opened the Southwest race.
All in all, it was a thrilling Sat
urday which saw Texas and the
Aggies fall from the undefeated
list. But last week is now history,
and each succeeding week-end
promises just a many thrills.
Aggie Trackmen
Win Cross-Country
Meet at OU Game
Texas Aggie cross-country track
team took a dual meet with the
Oklahoma Sooners run between
halves of the Aggie-Sooners -foot
ball game in Oklahoma City Sat
urday night by a score of 30 to 25.
The five Aggie runners placed sec
ond, third, fifth, sixth and ninth.
This was the first meet of the
season for the Aggie harriers who
are coached by Ray Putnam of the
Physical Education Department.
For the Aggies, J. D. Hampton,
Brady, came in second; Buddy
Bradford, San Antonio, third; Ray
Holbrook, Goose Creek, fifth; Glen
Bell, Pineland, sixth, and Jiift Jar-
rett, Edcouch, ninth.
In the scoring, first place counted
ten, second place received nine
points, and so on to tenth place
counting one point.
Winner of the meet was Clarence
Vicklund, Navy V-12 student of the
University of Oklahoma, former
track star at the University of
Wisconsin, and Big 6 Conference
distance champion last year.
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Intramural Activities To Begin Soon
Athletic Officers To Meet This Week
A Company to Carry
Pennant in Parades
As soon as a meeting of the
Intramural Officers can be held and
a program agreed on for the semes
ter, Intramural activities for this
semester will get under way, said
W. W. Penberthy, head of the Col
lege Physical Education Depart
ment.
It is planned to hold a meeting
of all athletic officers this week
said Penberthy so as to start the
Intramural Program as soon as
possible. At present, Five sports
are tentatively planned for this
semester's play; These are Basket
ball, Volleyball, Touch Football,
Speedball, and a cross-country
meet. At the meeting the possibili
ty of adding other sports to the
program will be discussed, said
Penberthy.
Last semester’s program was one
of the most successful ever staged,
according to Mr. Penberthy, and
the competition was some of the
keenest ever seen in Intramural
history. J. R. Wade’s A Co. In
dians won the Intramural flag last
semester and they will carry this
flag in all parades. A Company was
followed by Eep Brown’s G Bat
tery freshmen in second place, F
Company, captained by Bob Eng
lish finished third; Spider West
brook’s D Company men were
fourth, and they were followed by
B Battery in fifth place, captained
by Bill Griffin.
Some of the boys who sparked
these outfits last semester will be
on hand to furnish plenty of com
petition during Intramural play
this term. Back to play for A
Company this semester will be
“Flop” Stripling, Eddie Pate, Jay
Williams, Johnny Young, Vernon
Dietz, and Willie Williams. Repeat
ing for Brown’s G Battery team
will be Hampton, Wall, Lyth, and
several other outstanding fresh
men. Bob English will have virtu
ally his whole roster of last semes
ter back for this term’s play, in
cluding Abrams, Blackstone, Ar-
buckle, Wallace, and Bill Davis. D
Company has been somewhat split
up with only Bill and Jim Hender
son and Bob Seyle returning from
last semester’s spuad that was
corps runnerup in Basketball and
Volleyball. Jim Coscia, Bill Jaggers,
his major field of interest.
The Institute of International
Education will send appliaction
forms upon request. (Applicants in
Puerto Rico may obtain forms
from the Office of the Chancellor
of the University of Puerto Rico.)
Before asking for forms, students
should read this announcement
carefully and be sure that they
meet all requirements for eligibil
ity.
Applications and all required
credentials must be on file at the
Institute of International Educa
tion, 2 West 45th Street, New
York 19, N. Y. not later than NO
VEMBER 15, 1944. Awards will
be made as soon as possible after
that date.
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173,527 wounded from the battle
areas. In the process there were
only eleven deaths.
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"'Prince, and Dick Goad have moved
over to Bill Griffin’s B Battery
outfit and Alex Mijalis and Stra-
volemus have moved to F Battery.
Slated to see action for Griffin’s
B Battery squad again this semes
ter are Pop Kidd, Howell, White,
Kingerey, Parmer, and Yates.
Strong competition is expected
from other quarters also with Ray
Martin’s C Battery men and Red
Grogan’s G Company team slated
to have strong teams this semes
ter.
The date of the meeting of the
Athletic Officers will be announced
sometime this week.
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