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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 24, 1944 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 »» >»■»< >»>«»* ■►»<»< >><4< ■ •»<< >-»«»< >>■=«< >*> Aggies Work Behind Closed Gates Preparing For Texas Both Teams Expected To Be In Top Shape For Annual Thanksgiving Tilt FOR ACTIVE SPORTS OR QUIET HOURS— fa PLay'a Leisure Surcoat! Sportswear styled so smartly you’ll wear it for every leisure or sporting occasion that you can find. COATS and JACKETS loaded with eye-filling colors Come in and select yours today NEW SPORT SHIRTS NEW FALL SLACKS 7 t v i~\ Wl MBERIE Y • STONE • DANS8Y CLOTRIERS College and Bryan HELP BRING VICTORY .... BUI WAR BONDS Patronize Battalion Advertisers. h Southwest’s Oldest Gridiron Rivalry Is Annual Thanksgiving Day Battle With both teams having only an horns is the oldest between Texas outside chance to tie somebody for schools, dating back to 1894 when the Conference championship this the Aggies went over to Austin year, the Texas Aggies and Texas for their first away-from-home Longhorns face the game of games game and got trimmed 38-0. The each fully confident of coming out Longhorns have won the past four on top- —their traditional Thanks- games and have a wide margin in giving Day battle which will be all contests through these 50 years, staged in Memorial Stadium in having won 31 games while losing Austin beginning at 2:30 p.m., 15 and getting a tie in the remain- November 30. ing 4. Gridiron rivalry between the The only winning stretch the Maroon and White shirted Aggies Aggies have enjoyed was 2 games and the Orange and White Long- in 1909 and 1 in 1910. Twice the Longhorns have won 7 games and Outcome of the 50 Aggie-Long- tied 1 before taking defeat, 1894 horn games played to date is: to the first game in 1902, and Year A&M Texas 1903-08. 1894 o 38 The records show two stretches 1898 o 48 of three years each in which no 1899 o 6 games were played, 1895-96-97 and *1900 o 5 1912-13-14, but this was more than *1900 . 0 11 made up through two games being *1901 . 0 17 matched in each of these years, *1901 . 0 32 1900-01-02-07-08-09. *1902 . 0 0 It has been “too long,’’ the Ag- *1902 . 12 0 gies say since they have won a 1903 . 6 29 football game in Austin, 22 years 1904 . 6 34 to be exact. In 1922 the Aggies 1905 . : 0 27 had a 2-to-l touchdown advantage 1906 . 0 24 and won 14-7. Other years in *1907 . 0 0 which the Aggies have triumphed *1907 . 6 11 in the Capitol City were 1902 by *1908 . 8 24 12-0, and 1909 by 5-0. Each team *1908 . 12 28 has proved stronger on its own *1909 . 23 0 field, the Longhorns winning 23 of *1909 . 5 0 26 games played in Austin, and 1910 . 14 8 the Aggies taking 10 of 15 games 1911 . 0 6 at College Station, with two ties. 1915 . 13 0 Thus, each visiting team has de- 1916 . 7 21 feated the home aggregation only 1917 . 7 0 three times, or a total of six in 1918 . 0 7 41 attempts. 1919 . 7 0 In these years there have been 1920 . 3 7 some startling upsets when an 1921 . 0 0 otherwise mediocre eleven wrap- 1922 . 14 7 ped the mantle of greatness about 1923 . 0 6 it and beat off a more formidable 1924 . 0 7 team. In 1940 the Aggies were 1925 . 28 0 *» Rose Bowl bound and sports scribes 1926 . 5 14 gave the Longhorns little chance 1927 . 28 7 of making a score, much less win- • 1928 . 0 19 ning the game, hut that is what 1929 . 13 0 the Orange and White did by the 1930 . 0 26 tune of 7-0. Oldtimers still recall 1931 . 7 6 'the bitter defeat of another great 1932 . 0 21 Aggie aggregation in 1911 at 1933 . 10 10 Houston by 6-0. On the other side 1934 . 0 13 of the ledger are the Aggie tri- 1935 . 20 6 umphs of 1915 by 13-0, the moral 1936 . 0 7 victory in the 0-0 tie in 1921 and 1937 . 7 0 others between 1925-35. 1938 . 6 7 For the 1944 season, both the 1939 . 20 0 Aggies and the Longhorns have 1940 . 0 7 won and lost two Conference 1941 . 0 23 games. Texas trimmed Arkansas 1942 . 6 12 19-0 and S.M.U. 34-7, while losing 1943 . 13 27 to Rice 7-0 and to T.C.U. 7-6. The — — Aggies, on the other hand, lost Totals 306 608 their first two starts, to T.C.U. Games won 15 31 13-7 and to Arkansas 7-6, then Ties ... 4 with reversal of form humbled S. *Two games played. M. U. 39-6 and Rice 19-6. To the BATTALIONS— By S. L. “Slim” Inzer Battalion Sports Editor Frogs About In As Southwest Champs The 1944 race for the Southwest Conference Championship is rapid ly drawing to a close, but the win ner or winners may not be de termined until the final game is played. T. C. U. can clinch the title Sat urday by defeating the Rice Owls, and even if they lose to Rice, they can still win by beating S. M. U. the following week. In the event the Fi’ogs lose both of their re maining conference games, the race will end in a two way tie between Rice and the winner of the Aggie-Texas game. At the present time it looks like T. C. U. is almost a sure bet to win the crown, provided they play the type of football they have been playing. Too much credit can not be handed to Coach Dutch Pickings I am almost scared to attempt to pick any games this week, for only two games will be played Saturday and I am afraid I will “figurer” is left the outcome on Nov. 30 as Texas licked Arkansas which licked the Aggies, but the Aggies licked Rice which licked Texas. In this season’s standing the Aggies have won 6 games and lost 3, the other defeat being to Okla homa, which lost to Texas. In so doing the Aggies have rolled up 219 points to 76 by nine oppon ents. In Conference play the Ag gies show 71 points as against 32. Texas has won 4 games and has lost the same number, making 113 points to 76 by eight opponents. In four Conference games the Longhorns have gathered 69 points to 21 in the other column. Meyer and his charges for their showing this season. Regarded as anything but a little threat in the early stages of the race, they have refused to give in and have lost only to the strong Oklahoma Sooners. After playing the Aggies, Coach Meyer had his team wrecked by Navy transfers. Even this failed to stop the Frogs, and they have created a powerful running attack to replace their passing game which left when their two best passers departed. It seems very unlikely now that any Southwest team except the winner will play in a bowl game New Year’s Day. There is, of course, the possibility that another team will receive an invitation, but that possibility is slight. finally reach that all time low and miss both of them. Last week I Coach Homer Norton has his Aggie gridders working behind locked gates this week, and chances are the Cadet mentor is cooking up some surprises to throw at the Texas Longhorns when the two teams meet Thanksgiving Day in Austin. After getting off to a siow start, the Aggies have been going in high gear for the past two weeks, and the cadet coaches are taking no chances of letting* their charges slip. Texas, on the other "hand, started out like a house on fire, but the boys from the Forty Acres have been slipping lately. The Longhorns have been hampered with injuries during the past few weeks, but chances are both teams will be in top shape for the annual grudge battle. « A. & M. came out of the Rice battle with only one injury, Tom Daniel suffering a cut on the back of his head. However, Daniel is expected to be in good shape by Thanksgiving, as well as Jimmie Parmer and George McAllister, backs who have been hampered with injuries all season. Reports from Austin indicate that Texas will enter the game improved a little and guessed two out of four, but I may not have that good luck again. Anyhow, I had enough fun in Houston to forget about my aver age in guessing, so here goes on the two games to be played in the Southwest Conference this Satur day. RICE over T.C.U.—I don’t know why I am picking the Owls unless it is because I think T.C.U. has the better team. TEXAS TECH over S.M.U.—The Mustangs are due for a letdown after upsetting Arkansas last week, and should lose this one. boasting its strongest lineup of the season. Bobby Layne, ace pass er, Hubert Bechtol, their fine end, and Chub Merritt, guard, are expected to be in good shape by the time November 30 rolls around. With Layne in the lineup Coach Bible will be able to exhibit the best passing team in the South west Corference. The Longhorns have been weak on their running game this year, but they have more than made up for this weakness by their magnificent passing at tack. The Aggies will take the con ference’s leading offensive record into Memorial Stadium Thursday, a team that has compiled over 2,000 yards in nine games. Led by Paul Yates, the conference’s leading scorer, and boasting such backs as Bob Goff, Bob Butchof- sky, Mann Scott, Stubby Matthews, Jimmy Cashion, Tom Daniel, Jim mie Parmer, and others, the Ag gies will pit their great running game against the passing Long horns, and the result should be one of the most thrilling games in the history of the series. CREAMLAND “We Specialize in home cooking” You new men on the cam pus come get acquainted. Malts, Shakes, Pie, Ice Cream At the North Gate LOUPOT’S A Little Place - - - - - - A Big Saving! FOR QUALITY CLEANING, PRESSING, ALTERATIONS SEE LAUTERSTEIN’S <4«* P ' f ->Xc{ - • »$»«$ < ■ AGGIES If you are going to travel by bus to the Texas A.&M.- T U. football gome, buy your tickets EARLY—not later than 12:00 noon Tuesday November 28 We are asking you to do this in order to make bus service available for you to travel to Austin. Because of congestion in transportation facilities on holidays we need your cooperation in this request. 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