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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 28, 1944
THE BATTALION
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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
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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
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Lets Turn On the White Lights
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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
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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
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BUY WAR BONDS
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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.
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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.
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