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T '44 TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 5, 1944 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 ' * * * Vo Inl ine me ito om lie, ge. ice rs- jU- lo- ist ;ed 'k- in- od ay ea ith lal on sly ic- lin a de he ad ge ;o- P- is tie re at v- ic e. i v 1 r * Aggies Play Silver Taps 5th Straight Year On Thanksgiving Texas Scores In First Minute of Play To Win 6-0 Over Courageous Cadets Aggies Had One Touchdown Called Back And Fail to Make Score Front 2 Yard Line By Calvin Brumley For the fifth straight year A. & M. lost a Thanksgiving Day football game to Texas university last Thursday 6 to 0. Over 40,000 fans thrilled in Memorial Stadium to the pos sibility that the Aggies would defeat the Longhorns for the first time in Memorial Stadium and as the game sensation alized its way into the closing minutes every person sitting in the stands felt that the Cadets would cross the T. u. goal line when they had a first down on the 2 yard line. Four tries by the Fighting Aggies lost them 12 yards and with those 12 yards went the heart of the team. Striking early in the first quar ter the Longhorns repeated the 1940 game. Texas took over in the first minute of play on the Aggie 35 after Bobby Goff of the Aggies kicked out from his own three. Big Harlan Wetz put the Aggies in . the hole with his kickoff and vic ious tackle of Aggie All-Conference Paul Yates on the three yard line. Just as everyone expected, Bob by Layne, the Longhorn wonder- boy from Highland Park, started on an end run then shot one of his passes, not to All-American Hu bert Bechtol, but to Jimmy Wat son which was good from the 35 to the Aggie 9. Again Layne started around his own right end but this time when he couldn’t find a re ceiver he slithered through Aggie defenders for the only score of the game. Little Rooster Andrews in bis orange and white jersey scamp ered onto the field to try his drop kick specialty for extra point. Mon te Moncrief, Aggie All-Conference tackle, blocked his try. Jimmy Cashion toook Wetz’s kickoff on the 10 and ran it back to the Aggie 37. Goff tossed one to Cotton Howell, All-Conference end, who shoveled it to Yates who drove for 4. Goff passed to Howell for two and then the stands were elec trified when Goff took a pass from Cashion and ran it over the Long horn goal line. The touchdown was called back because of an illegal formation. Incidentally, although the Aggies have been penalized several times this year for illegal formations that was the first time that air illegal penalty had been called against the end. In the third quarter it looked again as if the Cadets might score. A. & M. started a drive on their own 21 and went to the Texas 18. Oscar White dropped a ]J>ass in the end zone and then Layne stopped the drive by intercepting Cashion’s STUDENT CO-OP Bicycle and Radio Repair PHONE 4-4114 LOUPOT’S A LITTLE PLACE - - A BIG SAVING! pass on the 14 after Bechtol had broken up a pass on the preceding play from Cashion to White again in the end zone. Most heartbreaking of all was the stand made by the Longhorns on their two yard line. The touch down opportunity was made by a series of passes from Cashion to Howell and Mann Scott which car ried the Cadets to the Texas 13 yard marker. Stubby Mathews made 6 and Cashion and Scott each added two for the first down. Cash ion called on Scott to try the cen ter but a hole failed to open. Cash ion sent Mathews through the line but the Texas forwards were still there and it was third down with 2 still needed. Goff started around end but lost 2. A mix up in the Aggie backfield resulted in a fumble and the Longhorns took over on the 14 after Cashion re covered. Thereafter the Longhorns froze the ball and the game ended with the ball in possession, of the boys from the' “Forty Acres” on their own 37 yard line. Silver Taps echoed mournfully across Memorial Stadium as the Aggie Corps and football team stood at attention with tears in their eyes, in their hearts, and with the Salty taste of the tears of defeat on their lips. Across the stands and all the way around the stadium Aggies and Aggie- exes felt the shock of another Thanksgiving loss. Strangely enough there were very few cries of “Beat Hell outa Texas in ’45”. Coach Homer Norton summed it up when he said, ’’We’ll be back next year.” A play by play description of the Aggie defeat: Wetz kicked off for Texas from the south goal to Yates who took it over his goal line and ran it back to the three where he was tackled by Wetz. Evans returned Goff’s kick from the 50 to the Ag gie 35. Layne shot a pass to Watson good on the Aggie 9. Layne faded to pass then ran over for a touch down. Moncrief blocked Andrew’s try for point. Cashion ran Wetz’s kickoff from the 10 back to the 37. Goff to Howell to Yates for 4. Goff to Howell for 2. Cashion tossed to Goff on the 40 and Goff scored but the play was called back and Aggies penalized 5 for illegal formation. Cashion made 5. Texas penalized 5 for holding. Mathews lost 3. Yates made 7 and then failed. Evans fumbled Cash- ion’s kick but recovered on his own 11. Layne failed. Plyler faked a kick and ran for 39. Cashion ran (See AGGIES, Page 4) By S. L. “Slim” Inzer Battalion Suorts Editor The Jinx Still Holds Despite all of the power the Aggies could muster in Austin Thursday, that old jinx of Memor ial Stadium was just too much and the Longhorns left the field on the long end of a 6-0 score. It must have been the jinx that was hin dering the Aggies, for they could eat up ground in mid-field, but they could not gain two yards in four plays in the fourth quarter. The game was one of the most thrilling games which has been un reeled in the long series bewteen the two schools, but it just wasn’t in the books for the Aggies to win. ’ Time and time again they were in scoring position, but the Texas defense was just too much when their goal line was threaten ed. The Aggies have never scored on the Longhorns in Memorial Stad ium on a play from scrimmage. In 1938 they scored on a blocked punt and in 1942 Barney Welch returned a punt 76 yards for a score, but no Aggie team has ever been able to push a touchdown over on a play from scrimmage. Thursday, the Aggies missed one of the best opportunities they have ever had. The ball was resting on the two yard line and the Cadets 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” VX THE i\|/ JAPS! DO YOUR PART • BUY WAR BONDS had four tries to cross the double stripe, but once again the Long horn line had what it takes to hold. Every man on the Cadet team played a creditable game, and the defeat cannot be blamed on any single player, coach, or inci- dent. It was just one of those games where two evenly matched teams battle for sixty minutes, and one of those teams gets a break and wins. The Steer’s break came in the opening minutes when Paul Yates took the Texas kickoff and was downed on the three yard line. Two plays later Bobby Layne went over for the only score of the af ternoon. A. & M. got a bad break the next time they had possession of the ball. Jimmy Cashion passed to Bobby Goff and the Aggie half back carried the remaining yards for the score, but the play was called back and the Cadets pen alized five yards for illegal forma tion. Someday, an Aggie eleven is go ing to win a game from the Uni versity of Texas on Memorial Stadium, but it may be a good while before they have a chance like they had last T hursday. Rambling . . . The Aggie footballers left for Miami Monday minus their brilliant punter and halfback, Bobby Goff. Bobby has a more important date Wednesday with Uncle Sam, and this date wi|,l last for the dura tion. . . . The statistics for the game Thursday were about as even as All-Conference Selections you could get them. . . Preston Smith, Bryan’s great back, is head ed for A. & M. He plans to enter school next fall, but he may en roll sooner as he finishes his work at Bryan High in January. Smith was rated as one of the best backs in Texas last fall. About this time of year every sports writer in the country starts picking an all-conference football team. Although some individuals will doubt whether or not I am a sports writer, I have decided to pick my team. This team I have picked will probably draw more comment than my predictions did, but I believe this team would be hard to beat. At the end positions I picked Texas’ great end, Hubert Bechtol, and the towering Razorback, Mike -Mimchyk. It was a close call here, and I hated to leave Cotton Howell of Aggies off of the first team, but he is teamed with Merl Gibson of T. C. U. as a second string end. There was little doubt about the tackles with Monte Moncrief and Clyde Flowers around. Second place votes at this position go to John Cooke of T. C. U. and Harlan Wetz of Texas. At the guard position we find Damon Tassos of the Aggies and H. J. Nichols of Rice, two standout performers all season. Second positions here go to Henry Ford of Arkansas and Jim Meletio of S. M. U. Jack Sachse of Texas was the outstanding center in the confer ence in 1944, and was one of the best linebackers to play in this section in a long while. Jim Coop er of T. C. U. rates the second team berth. The, line was fairly easy to select, but the backfield was just the opposite. I finally decided on Harold Fischer, Texas university’s great blocker, C. D. Allen, the plunger from S. M. U., Bobby Goff, the Aggies’ punter and runner, and Bobby Layne, the brilliant passer from Texas. This backfield would be hard to beat, but several positions were very close, and some good boys had to be omitted. Paul Yates, the conference’s lead ing scorer, rates a second team berth, as does George Walmsley, the Rice speed merchant. Other backfield positions on the second team go to Norman Cox of T. C. U. and Mann Scott of A. & M. I know this team will not meet the approval of all who read this, but it would be a great team, a team that would be hard to beat. Cage Game With San Marcos AAF Scheduled January 1 SAN MARCOS, Texas—The scheduling of six basketball games between the Navigators of San Marcos Army Air Field and college and service teams of the Central Texas area has been announced by Col. J. M. Hutchison, commanding officer of the AAF Training Com mand field. The Navigators, coached by Lt. George Faircloth, former All- Louisiana cage star, will meet the Texas Aggies for a single game on January 1, at Craig Hall. Battalion’s All-Southwest Football Team Player and School Mike Schumchyk, Arkansas Clyde Flowers, T. C. U. H. J. Nichols, Rice Jack Sachse, Texas Damon Tassos, Texas A.&M. Monte Moncrief, Texas A&M Hubprt Bechtol, Texas Bobby Layne, Texas Harold Fischer, Texas C. D. Allen, S. M. U. Bobby Goff, Texas A.&M. Position End Tackle Guard Center Guard Tackle End Back Back Back Back Peanut Harvesting Studied By Waller County Growers Peanut growers from several sections of the state recently have made a trip to Waller County to study mobile peanut harvesting equipment which enables six men to do more efficiently what or dinarily is done by a crew of 14 or more. A. L. Carter, who grows 250 acres of peanuts in Waller County, has made adaptations on equip ment regularly used for peanut harvesting which enable him to do the job assembly-line fashion. The mobile rig begins with a tractor followed by a picker. A small buc ket-type elevator has been installed on the picker, moving the nuts to the top, where a sacker has been mounted. The hay sifts into a hay bailer and behind that is a trailer on which the hay is loaded. Only operation which isn’t mech anized is the pitching of nuts into the thresher. Next year Mr. Carter hopes to use a side delivery rake and windrow pick-up for picking up the nuts. This additional attach ment would replace two men who now walk along and hoist the hay and nuts into the thresher, while the tractor moves at its lowest speed. Carter’s labor requirements this fall included the tractor driver, the two loaders; one man to operate the sacker and handle the sacked nuts; one man to tend the baler hopper and tie the baling wire on one side; and a sixth who puts the wires through for the baling pro cess and keeps the hay stacked back on the trailer. This mobile outfit can cover 12 to 15 acres per day, thrashing about 15,000 pounds of nuts. Car ter believes his rig saves 200 pounds of nuts per acre more than stationary equipment. He figures this mechanization saves him $80 per day on labor, and his savings this season will pay for all equip ment. His attachments and refine ments over and above the equip ment cost only about $100, and he did practically all the work him self. Wallar County Agricultural Agent Joe H. Hall says there are about 100 peanut growers in Wal ler County alone who could follow the lead of Carter’s demonstration. KYLE Continued from Page 1 athletic field which now bears his name. In 1937 Kyle was drafted as Chairman of the Athletic Coun cil and served until October of this year. In this time he managed to Twenty-six Ag Footballers Depart Monday For Miami Gilchrist Speaks In San Angelo, Galveston President Gibb Gilchrist was the featured speaker at a banquet held Monday night, December 4th, at the St. Angelus Hotel in San An gelo, Texas. The Banquet was sponsored by the San Angelo Jun ior Chamber of Commerce, and the public was invited to attend. Monday afternoon, President Gilchrist spoke at a meeting of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association in San Angelo. Wednesday he will journey to Galveston where he will speak at a meeting of the County Judges and Commissioners Association. His talk will be on Postwar Plan ning. put the athletic department on its feet. He was appointed by Cordell Hull and the Department of Agri culture as an official delegate to the Second Inter-American Confer ence on Agriculture which was held in Mexico, July 6-16, 1942. Nelson Rockefeller selected him co-ordina tor of inter-American afairs and sent him to Venezuela to study its agricultural economy. His report was published in the Congressional Record and distributed throughout Latin-America. In 1941 the University of Arkan sas awarded him the honorary de gree of doctor of philosophy. He is listed in “Who’s Who,” ‘Who’s Who in American Education,” “Whb’s Who Among American Authors”, and in “American Men of Science”. Effective December 1, C. N. Shepardson will be dean of the School of Agriculture. Prior to his appointment he was head of the department of poultry husbandry. + Twenty-six Aggie gridders left college Monday noon for Miami, Fla., where they will meet the University of Miami Friday night, December 8. Coaches Homer Nor ton and Bill James, head yell leader Hayes Stripling, and managers Tommy Murnane and Pete Suder- man accompanied the team on the long journey. Trainer Lil Dimmitt is already, in Miami and Manning Smith did not make the trip but stayed here to get ready for the basketball season. The team was due to work out Monday afternoon in Rice Stadium at Houston on the first lap of their Eastward journey. They will leave Miami Saturday night on their return trip, arriving at Col lege Station Monday night. Several players who have made all previous trips are not going to Miami as they are reporting immediately for basketball prac tice. Several members of the squad going to Miami are also fine basketball prospects and will re port to Coach Smith immediately upon their return. This game will be broadcast by the Humble Oil and Refining Co., and will be carried by the Texas Quality Network. Members of the squad making the trip were Abe Abraham, Bob Butchofsky, Jimmy Cashion, Dusty Daniel, Grant Darnell, Sparky Eberle, Hub Ellis, Bob Gary, Bul- lett Gray, Bill Geer, Norton Hig gins, Cotton Howell, Sleepy Lea gue, Stubby Matthews, George Mc Allister, Monte Moncrief, Jim Parmer, Joe Sacra, Morton Shefts, Mann Scott, Charlie Shira, Gens Spires, Damon Tassos, Bill Walker, Paul Yates, and Sooter Yeargain. HELP BRIING VICTORY BUY WAR BONDS LOUPOT’S A LITTLE PLACE - - A BIG SAVING! It May Not Be the Biggest But It’s the Best EATS CASEY’S — for — DRINKS — SMOKES In the “Y’ Have a “Coke” = On with the dance ... or keeping the younger set happy at home Hot records and cold “Coke”... and the gang is happy. Your icebox at home is just the place for frosty bottles of “Coke”. Your family and all their friends will welcome it. At home and away from home, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes,—has become a symbol of gracious American hospitality. 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