TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 12, 1944
THE BATTALION
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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.
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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—
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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
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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
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Alley left for Chicago last
Wednesday, December 6, and
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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
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