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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 12, 1944 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 v * * t * Aggies Close Season With Rousing 70-14 Win Over Miami Mann Scott Leads Cadet Attack With Four Markers; Jim Parmer Gets Three Scoring on the third play off the game, and almost at will from there on, the Aggies closed their 1944 football season Friday night with a thundering 70-14 victory over the hapless Miami Univer sity Hurricanes. This marked the worst defeat ever handed a Miami eleven, and 10,000 Florida- fans saw football as it is played in the Southwest. Mann Scott broke loose on the third play of the game and raced 50 yards for the first marker, the first of four touchdowns he scored during the evening. Other Cadets in the scoring parade were Jimmie Parmer with three touchdowns. Bob Butchofsky with two, and Gene Spires two. Norton Higgins converted four times. From the opening minutes it was clear that the Texans had too much on the ball for the win less Miami team, and the main question was just how how many points they would score. Coach Norton made numerous substi tutes, but he could put in only his first or second teams for he car ried only 26 men on the trip. Miami scored their first touch down in the second period, and their final marker came in the closing seconds of the game. The first score was made on a pass play, while the second one result ed from an 80 yard punt return. Every Cadet gridder who made the long jaunt saw action in the one sided affair, and despite the large score, only five men figured in the Cadet scoring. Greek Tassos, playing his last game as an Ag gie, tried hard to score an extra point, but he did not have enough chances for the law of averages to catch up with him. DO YOUR PART—BUY BONDS Fire in the woods kills timber, injures labor, stops industry, robs the community, and increases the taxes. STUDENT CO-OP Bicycle and Radio Repair PHONE 4-4114 Aggies Play Second Cage Game Wed. With Bergstrom Game Confirmed Late Monday Afternoon Play Starts at 7:30 A. & M. will play its second bas ketball game of the season Wed nesday night at 7:30 in Deware Field House against a team from Bergstrom Field. Late Monday afternoon Coach Manning Smith received confirma tion of this game from Bergstrom Field near Austin. He said that the Aggies would include Berg strom on their schedule for a re turn game when they make their loop across the country prior to the opening of the conference schedule in early January. It is barely possible that some of the football men that returned Tuesday from Miami will be play ing Wednesday night. Several players are expected to report for basketball practice from the foot ball team. —COACH— Continued from Page 1 first team of the Southern Con ference. In the spring of 1934 he gradu ated from Centenary with a B.S. in Physics, “cumlaude. During his college career he was elected president of freshman, sophomore, and junior classes and then president of the student body in his senior year. In 1934 when Norton left Cen tenary to come to A. & M. to coach football, Smith came with him as an assistant coach. Until three years ago he was coach of the freshman basketball team and since then he has coached the var sity team. The team is handicapped this year because of the lack of ex perience and also because other schools are using service men who are training at the different ATTENTION! Now, in time for Christmas, we have a limited number of beautiful, hand tooled billfolds. Lavishly designed, masterfully hand worked, these gifts represent a quality rarely seen. Priced From $6.00 to $13.20 (Tax Included) HOUCK’S BOOT SHOP North Gate FOUNTAIN DRINKS CANDY CIGARETTES COFFEE ICE CREAM SANDWICHES GEORGE’S New Area “Y” \\i/ JAFSf DO YOUR PART * BUY WAR BONDS ' v - '■ ' • And The Teasippers Bragged Of Their “Six Foot” Bonfire B/VTTALIONA- By S. L. “Slim” Inzer Battalion Sports Editor Basketball Outlook Gloomy From all appearances the 1945 Aggie basketball team is going to fare no better than the 1944 quintet which failed to win a game in conference play. By their show ing Saturday night, the Cadets seem to be doomed for the cellar spot again in the Southwest race. Many persons have inquired as to why the Aggies usually have a good football team but seldom have a winning basketball team. The answer is easy. The Athletic Department has never tried to get any outstanding cage performers to enroll here at A. & M., and has depended only on the boys who were on football scholarships or boys who came out for the team just because they wanted to play basketball. The result has been that the basketball players of the state have enrolled at other schools while A. & M. had to be content with what happened to come its way. Monte On All-American Squad The Aggie’s basketball team can be compared to the football team at the University of Chicago. Chicago, in the latter years of its intercollegiate activity, started using only boys who were enrolled at the University as gridders, and made no effort to get any football material at the school. The result was that their football team be came the laughing stock of the nation and eventually the sport was dropped from the school. Now I don’t think that basket ball will ever be dropped at A. & M., but the Aggie cagers have become the laughing stock of the Southwest. Last year, two teams set new scoring marks against the Maroon and White. Someday, after the war has ended, maybe we will get tired of loosing basketball games at A. & M. and get some material here which will give a coach a chance. Monte Moncrief, great Aggie tackle, has been selected by the Associated Press as third-string on their All-American team for 1944. Monte played superb ball for the Cadets all season, and deserved the honor which was bestowed up on him. He was selected on every All-Southwest team which was compiled, and in some quarters was judged as the outstanding linemen of the conference. Moncrief still has, two more years of eligibility at A. & M., schools, said Smith. He added, how ever, that “this team will improve and fight as hard as the best.” A. & M. will probably have a better team this year than last be cause of the early start. Ray Put nam has been working the boys out while Smith was busy with the football team, and this brought about much improvement. Every one was invited t6 come out for the team and all prospects will continue to work out, said Smith. In this way, A. & M. can produce the best club. and was an all-state tackle at Sun set High School in Dallas before coming to Aggieland. 'He is one of the three Aggies who will participate in the annual East- West All-Star game to be played at San Francisco on New Year’s Day. Biology Club Will Show Film Wednesday Wednesday night at 7:00 o’clock the Biology Lecture Room in Sci ence Hall will be the scene of the meeting of the Biology Club. A film entitled “Psychiatry in Ac tion” will be shown. This phase of medicine is one of the most im portant at the present time due to the war. Many veterans of this war have been mentally deranged temporarily due to the effect of “battle nerves.” This film pictures the treatment given to men who have been wounded mentally by the hardships of war. Lieut. E. E. Miller, a Medical Officer attached to the Medical Staff of the United States Naval Training Station at Texas A. & M. Aggie Cagers Drop First Game, 43-26 Coach Manning Smith’s Aggie cagers dropped their opening game of the season Saturday night, being overwhelmed by a quintet from the 4051st Base Unit of Camp Normoyle from San Anton io, 43-26. Despite the one-sided score, the youthful Aggies showed promise of developing into a speedy and dangerous ball club. The main fault of the Cadets in this opening game was their inability to hit the basket. They sank a small percentage of their shots, and an improvement in their marksmanship might show some dangerous shooters. Witry, Camp Normoyle ace, was the high point man for the game with 15 points. Bill McCormick was high point man for the Ag gies with 14, followed by Milton Cherno with seven. Halftime score was 23-9 in favor of the Service team. North La.-Monroe Aggies to Meet Wed. Wednesday night, December 13, the newly organized Shreveport, Monroe and North Louisiana Club will hold a meeting in Room 209 of the Academic Bldg. A discussion will be held, and arrangements will be made for the forthcoming Christmas party. Abilene Club Meets Wednesday In Academic The Abilene A. & M. Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night in Room 108, Academic building. It is urgent that all members be present, as plans for a Christmas party to be held during the holi days will be made, says Donald Hanlon, reporter of the club. will speak to the meeting after the showing of the film. Lieut. Miller, a Texan who hails from Beeville, is a veteran of several Pacific campaigns, including the well known Guadalcanal campaign. All persons interested in this topic are invited to attend and members of the Biology Club are urged to be present as this is due to be one of the most outstanding meetings of the season. Visitors are always welcome at meetings of the Biology Club. INTRAMURALS By Henry Holguin Eleven of the twelve basketball games scheduled for the week-end were played off, and for the first time this year some organization forfeited. Hart Hall won their game to have been played against H Company, when that outfit failed to show up. Forfeit Doghouse B Battery takes over the lead in league A basketball this week, winning two games while previous ly undefeated E Company won one and lost one. E Company, led by Williams with nine points and Johnny Young with five, turned back G Battery 17-8. Farrell was high for the artillerymen with four points. Red Grogan’s company then dropped a 14-10 decision to G company. Hargis sank five points and Grogan three for the losers, while Rose paced the victors with six. B Battery eked out a 14-12 win over C Company for one of their victories. Keller led the scoring for both teams with 5 points. In their other game, they dropped G Battery farther down in the cellar, with a 15-10 triumph. Brannon and Goad led the scoring with seven and four points respectively. Far rell again paced his team, this time with six points. D Troop was unable to climb out of the cellar in two tries, losing first to G Company, 15-6, then to C Company, 30-5. Frog Forster leading C Company with 10 points was the outstanding fact of the two games. A surprise turn of events took place in League B. F Battery with four victories under its belt was dethroned by B Company, 23-6. F Gene Alley Wins Swift Essay Contest And Trip to Chicago Gene Alley, Animal Husbandry senior, was named winner of the Swift Essay Contest which is sponsored each year by the Swift Packing Company. Each agricultural college in the United States sends their winning student to Chicago where he is the guest of Swift Packing Com pany. Alley will receive an inten sive short course in livestock and meat marketing, processing, and distribution. All expenses of the trip are paid by Swift. Alley left for Chicago last Wednesday, December 6, and is expected to return the 13th. Quin County Aggies To Meet In E.E. Bldg. A meeting of the Quin County A. & M. Club will be held in Room 104 of the Electrical En gineering Bldg., Wednesday night immediately after mess. All Ag gies from Wharton, Matagorda, Austin, Colorado, and Fort Bend counties have been asked to be present, as final plans for the Christmas Dance will be made. Battery had previously smothered H Company, 26-9, leaving B Com pany in sole possession of first place. B Company wfent on to win their game with D Company, 20-10, leaving them but one more game to play to win their league crown. Cherno as usual led his team with, nine points. Henderson and Koe- ing led the losers with 4 points apiece. A Company and E Troop, bat tling for first place in League C, found A Company coming out oh top in a close game, 11-9. Wyble led the winners with five points. Voss paced the losers, making six points. Not discouraged, however, E Troop came back to win 20-18 over F Company. Voss led the vic tors with eight points. Blackstone paced the losers with 16 points for a new high in scoring. Basketball Standings League A Team Won Lost Tied B Battery 3 0 0 E Company 3 1 q G Company 2 1 1 C Company 2 2 1 G Battery 0 3 0 D Troop 0 4 0 League B B Company 4 0 0 F Battery 4 4 q D Company 1 4 q Hart Hall 4 4 q C Battery q 2 0 • H Company ^..0 4 0 League C A Company :..3 0 Q E Troop 3 4 Q A Battery 2 2 0 F Company ... 4 2 q Band 0 4 0 WASH and GREASE BOTH $1.50 ONLY ^ 75 ^ This is a real bargain in a do feature because both are as goc money can buy. 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