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<i ^ i TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 28, 1944 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 Maroon And White Determined To Win For ‘Rev’ Thursday Aggies Seek to Break 22 Year Jinx; Bible Counting On Layne’s Passes less this year. Mixing running with passing, the Nortonmen have been consistant gainers on every team they have played. Early in the season, fumbles cost the Aggies two conference games, but they seem to have overcome this dif ficulty and have been holding on to the ball in their last two appearances. Coach Norton will have at his command a group of ball luggers which are ranked among the best in the conference. Paul “Bubba” Yates is the leading scorer of the conference with 54 points. Bobby Goff, whose punting has been STUDENT CO-OP Bicycle and Radio Repair PHONE 4-4114 Continued from Page 1 The Aggies will enter the game boasting the best offen sive record of any team in the conference. Possessing the leading scorer in Paul Yates, and having gained over 2,000 yards in nine games, the Cadets have not been held scor- ’ ” ' superb all season, is another dan gerous runner, Mann Scott, Bob Butchofsky, Stubby Matthews, Gene Spires, Jimmy Cashion, and Tom Daniel round out the leather lugging department. Cashion and Daniel have both developed into dangerous passers in the latter stages of the season, giving the Cadets a well balanced attack. Several members of the Aggie line have been standouts all year; Monte Moncrief is possibly the best tackle in the conference, while Greek Tassos has been doing a fine job at his guard position. Cotton Howell has been recognized as one of the finest pass receivers in the conference, and several other members of the line have played great football all during the season. The Longhorns hold four straight victories over the Aggies, and not since the National Championship team of 1939 won from the Steers 20-0 have the Cadets tasted sweet victory over their bitterest rivals. In 1940, the Orange and White upset the heavily favored Aggies 7-0 in this same stadium; in 1941 the mighty Biblemen won 23-0, the 1942 Steers won 12-6 and with the victory won the conference, and last year’s powerful Navy-laden team defeated the “Whizz Kids” 27-13. The Aggies will be facing an uphill battle Thursday, for the Longhorns are double tough on their own home gouilds SKIN THE STEERS Methodist Ladies to Hold Bazaar In Methodist Church It has been announced by Mrs. L. R. Hickman that the Methodist Ladies would hold their bazaar in the Methodist Church on Tues day, December 5, at 6:00 P. M. Supper will be served from six until seven thirty o’clock at a price of thirty-five cents per plate. Immediately afterward, the sale will begin under the direction of Mrs. Hickman. Mrs. Howard Bar- low will be in charge of the sup per, and the public is cordially invited. SKIN THE STEERS Aggie-Texas Game Will Be Broadcast Around The World Former students of the Texas A. & M. College and the University of Texas in battle stations all over the world will hear a play-by- play account of the 51st gridiron contest between the big Texas schools to be played in Memorial Stadium in Austin beginning at 2:30 p. m., Thursday. The Humble Oil and Refining Co., which broadcasts Southwest Conference football games has made arrangements with the Armed Forces Radio Services whereby men and women in the Armed Services interested in the oldest football rivalry in the South west will get the fast and colorful action story by shortwave from powerful radio stations on our east and west coasts. Kern Tips, ace football announ cer, will handle the play-by-play report. Texas Quality Ntework stations, KPRC at Houston, WOAI in San Antonio, WBAP-WFAA in It’s Sure to Rain... Take your Alligator with you and you won’t get wet. Play safe . . . keep dry and comfortable in a good raincoat. Come in and get yours from a good selection of many coats. 7iXC-' T-K WIMBERlEY • STONE- DANSBY W.OTX7 CLO TRIERS College and Bryan LOUPOT’S A Little Place - - - - - - A Big Saving! By S. L. “Slim” Inzer Battalion Sports Editor Lets Turn On the White Lights ___G ANG--- WE MUST TAKE THE STEERS IN CAMP NOVEMBER 30th CASEY’S EATS In the “Y” DRINKS SMOKES AGGIES - - - There is no such thing as a “jinx’ and a “tradition” BEAT T. U. COLLEGE BOOK STORE B. W. BOBBETT, ’40 On Thanksgiving Day in 1940 a band of Texas Aggie gridders went into Memorial Stadium in Austin. This team was undefeated in two seasons of play, and needed a victory to win their second straight clear cut conference cham pionship and an invitation to the Rose Bowl. Few sports writers gave the Longhorns any chance of winning that game, but when the final gun had sounded the Aggies had been beaten and their hopes shattered. That game went into the records as one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Southwest Confer- That was in 1940, four years ago. Three games have been played between these two teams since that fateful day, but each time Texas U. has left the field the victor. The members of that 1940 squad are now scattered to the four cor ners of the world, playing in a bigger game, but they are still waiting for the sweet revenge of seeing the Aggies beat Texas. It would make them even happier to know the victory was won in Me morial Stadium. Let’s turn on those white lights in Austin Thursday night. They will be seen and felt around the world. No Pickings This Week When several members of the considering my record, that if I Corps found out I was going to pick the Aggies to win from Texas Thursday, they demanded that I either pick the Longhorns or no one at all. They decided, after were to pick just one game, I was sure to miss it. Therefore, since I will not go against my favorites, I just won’t pick anybody. PROBABLE LINEUPS Texas A&M Cotton Howell, 185 Charles Shira, 230 George Gray, 205 Bob Gary, 170 Damon Tassos, 200 Monte Moncrief, 205 Walter Higgins, 187 Jimmy Cashion, 165 Bobby Goff, 175 Bob Butchofsky, 165 Paul Yates, 185 L. L. L. C R. R. R. Q- L. R. F. E. T. G. G. T. E. B. H. H. B. Texas Hubert Bechtol, 190 Harlan Wetz, 285 Harold Fischer, 190 Jack Sachse, 202 Henry Hook, 187 Jimmy Plyler, 235 Jimmy Watson, 180 Jack Haelfpenny, 178 Bobby Layne, 180 Roger Evans, 180 Leroy Anderson, 175 INTRAMURALS By Henry Holguin The Band became the first or ganization to complete all their scheduled games. They finished up their basketball season with four losses racked up against them, and they failed to break into the win column, to end up in the League C basketball cellar. The horn-tooters had been un defeated and were tied for first place in the League C football standings, alongside F Battery, up to this week. Then along came lightning in the forms of F Bat tery and G Company, and each struck the Band a blow which top pled the bandmen from the ranks of the elite. F Battery held the honor of be ing the first organization to be crowned champions in any intra mural fall sport. They won the Ft. Worth and Dallas, and including WTAW at College Station, will carry the game to Texas fans. Stations which will carry the game via shortwave are: WBOS, Boston, Mass.; WCBN, New York, beamed to Europe, England, Italy and the Mediterranean; KGEI, San Francisco, beamed to Central and South America; KROJ, Los Ange les, beamed to Alaska and the Aleutians; KWIX, San Francisco, beamed to the Central and South west Pacific. The half-time rest period will be devoted to a battle of music be tween the Aggie band under di- raction of Col. Richard C. Dunn, and the Longhorn music makers under direction of Col. George Hurt. League C football championship by playing a steady, stellar per formance in turning back the Band- men 9-7. The Band had been pre viously undefeated, and if they had turned back the batterymen they would have kept their cham pionship hopes alive. The game was close, clean, and hard-fought, with both teams displaying cham pionship form. G Company then came along and humiliated the Band by winning from them in an even handier way than the boys from F Battery. G Company was able to push across two touchdowns while keeping the Bandmen scoreless, to win by a 12-0 score. This was G Company’s first win, and places them in a third place tie with the Band. B Company remained idle, but never theless moved into second place. In the lone basketball game of the week, A Company outbasketed A Battery, 19-12. J. Wyble was outstanding for the winners, pacing his team with 8 points. U. Dietz and A. Presnel accounted for the rest of the points scoring seven and four points respectively. Pry- zant led the victims with six points. M. Lindner and Layne did the rest- of the scoring between them. This places A Company in a first place tie with E Troop in the League C standings. Both teams have two wins apiece, and the championship will probably be de cided when the two teams meet sometime later in the season. The Intramural cross-country These turkeys must be standing in the white lights of the tower on the Texas university campus after the Aggie-Longhorn football game Thanksgiving because they sure have a bleached look. THESE AGGIE COACHES will be going after their first win over the Texas university Longhorns have some surprises for the Thursday. They have been working with the gridders behind closed since 1939 when they lead their I gates for the past week and should charges into Memorial Stadium, Steers. From left to right we see Line Coach Bill James, Head Coach Homer Norton and Backfield Coach Manning Smith. meet has been moved up. Original ly scheduled for November 25, the date has been set up to December 16, the Saturday before the Christ mas holidays. All athletic officers have been or will be notified of this change in the intramural pro gram. W. L. Penberthy, head of the physical education department has announced that all postponed games will be played off as soon as time permits. Football Standings League A Team Won Lost Tied C Battery 3 0 0 A Company 3 1 0 E Company 2 1 0 H Company 1 2 1 A Battery 0 2 1 D Troop 0 3 0 League B G Battery 2 0 0 F Company 1 1 0 B Battery 1 1 0 D Company 1 3 0 C Company 0 1 0 League C F Battery 4 0 0 Band 1 1 0 B Company 2 1 1 G Company 0 2 0 E Troop 0 3 0 Basketball League A E Company 2 0 0 B Battery 1 0 0 C Company 1 1 1 G Company 1 1 1 D Troop 0 2 0 G Battery 0 1 0 League B F Battery 3 0 0 B Company 2 0 0 D Company 1 0 0 Hart Hall 0 1 0 H Company 0 2 0 C Battery 0 2 0 League C E Troop 2 0 0 A Company 2 0 0 A Battery 2 2 0 F Company 1 1 0 Band -0 4 0 SKIN THE STEERS HELP BRING TICTORY BUY WAR BONDS —LECTURER— (Continued From Page 1) rado, New Mexico and Texas. At the outbreak of the war he was appointed a Lt. Colonel in the U. S. Army and served as an advisor on matters pertaining to South America. Having been recently put on an inactive status, he is now technical advisor for the Creole Petroleum Company, a branch of the Standard Oil Co., with offices in New York. At present the Creole Company is the largest oil pro ducer in Venezuela. Commenting on Holmes’ appear ance before the club, Carl Gruben- man, President of the club, an nounced the club was very grate ful to have such an outstanding speaker and that an attempt would be made to maintain such a high standard of programs the remain der of the year. SKIN THE STEERS We need fire piotection to pro vide green woods for camping and recreational purposes. Aggie Footballers Get Venison Feed Aggie coaches and members of the football squad were treated to a venison dinner in Sbisa Hall Monday night, the buck being fur nished by Seth Martin, his son Homer, and Dean E. J. Kyle. This deer was killed last week by the donators on the Martin game refuge which is located in Mason county. This is one of the finest refuges in the state, being abundant with deer and wild tur key. Both Martins are graduates of A. & M., and these men also fur nished a deer for the Aggie foot ballers to feast on last year. LOUPOT’S A Little Place - - - - - - A Big Saving! If it’s a good cup of coffee or an after mess coke you are looking for GEORGE’S is the place to get it. Drinks - - - Sandwiches - - - Smokes New Area “Y” “Buy an Extra Bond today” With Victory cornin’ our way let’s make it swift and sure. Instead of letting up, now, above all, is the time to give out with extra dollars, extra effort. Let’s back up our fighting men by keeping in there pitching till the thing is cinched. Victory takes something extra to win. Make it an Extra War Bond . . . Today . . . Now! BRYAN COCA-COLA BOTTUNG COMPANY, INC GEORGE STEPHAN. 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