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THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 14, 1945 THE BATTALION Page 3 105 Football Candidates Begin Summer Practice Eight Lettermen Report to Dimmitt; Coaches Are Appraising New Material Bulging biceps with a hint of speed and weighty shoulders came under close scrutiny of four Tex as Aggie football coaches Mon day afternoon as 105 candidates reported for summer practice. Dur ing the illness of Head Coach Homer Norton, Lil Dimmitt will direct the practice sessions, as sisted by Pete Jones and Botchey Koch, while Bill Carmichael will work with the boys and their in structors on maintaining eligibility. Reporting were eight lettermen and one squad member of the 1944 team that fumbled away the Con ference crown. Five additional lettermen are expected to be out for. practice shortly. The crop of new men included 15 ends, 18 tackes, 18 guards, 6 centers, 32 backs, and 7 who did not list the LUIKIES BRmm GANTNER W I K I E S You’ll like the smart trim appearance o f these fine trunks. You’ll like the free- and-easy fit. You’ll like the long-wearing quality too. Get fitted in a GANTNER WIKIE today! MONTE MONCRIEF 7t T f"\ wtuetftuY - sfofctc vs/“\Lj CIOCHICRS College and Bryan WOTS WHERE YOU ALWAYS GET A FAIR TRADE positions they played in high school “We have some mighty good boys,” Dimmitt said, “and some that we will have to build from the ground up.” One of the bright spots of the first session was Monte Moncrief walking around on the leg he broke in a motorcycle accident last Jan uary. With two years experience back of him, and having come to the attention of sports writers in the North and East through be ing on the squad of the all-star ag gregation in Chi cago last summer, being invited to play again this year, and his stel lar line play in the East-West game at San Francisco last New Year’s Day, Moncrief should rank high with the All-American pickers this fall. Other old boys at the practice session were Bob Butchofsky and Stubby Matthews, backs; Grant Darnell, end, who may be shifted to center this year; Bill Geer, Scooter Yeargain and Norton Hig gins, ends; Sleepy League, guard, and Cush Denton, tackle. Also expected back before long are Hub Ellis, center, Tom Daniel, quarter back, with a possibility that Morton Shefts, tackle, and Os car White, end, will reenter in the September semes ter. Bullet Gray, guard, is in school and is expected to come out later. Some of the better known newcomers are: Jim Winkler of miET gray Temple, who en tered last Febru ary and made his baseball letter. Winkler was given honorable men tion for the Associated Press All- State team, and made his all- dis trict team at tackle. Warfen Sette- gast of Houston, son of an Aggie star tackle of 1915-16, Newt Sette- gast, and brother of Marion Sette- gast, end on the 1943 team, anoth er AP honorable mention All- Stater, also has been here since February. Settegast played end in high school. There is a trio from Garland that Coach Dimmitt things will “go”. These are Preston Shugart, back, Homer Johnson, center, and John Motley, back. Marvin Butler of Kenedy is a big, rangy tackle, also the son of an old Aggie war rior; Bob Goode of Bastrop is noted as a passer and kicker, a back carrying 200 pounds on a 6:3 frame. There are a couple of guards from Kermit, Duane At wood and Glenn Beard, and a tack le from Eagle Pass, Jerome Gros- senbacker, with lots of mention in high school play. Peewee Smith, Bryan’s All- Stater, and Joe Daisa, end on the Bronco team last yeah, will report in August when heavy equipment is issued and hard practice starts. Another local boy, Horace Schaf fer, end for A. & M. Consolidated last year, was among the Monday reporters. Coach Dimmitt said there were a number of other good boys, but that he would have to watch them for a while before he could say what they may be able to furnish in rounding out the Texas Aggie team this fall. Summer practice schedule calls for two weeks of practice, then one COOL OFF — RELAX! To ease that summer thirst, come in for a long-, cold drink at GEORGE'S CONFECTIONERY In the New “Y” Full Summer Intramural Program Planned A. E. (PETE) JONES tfrainer jDjmmM » Pictured above are Lil Dimmitt, left and Pete Jones, right, two of the men who are carrying on the summer football workouts in the absence of Head Coach Homer Norton. Not included is the third member of the staff, Botchey Koch, who joined the staff on June 1. week of rest, the program to con tinue in this order until about Aug. 20 when heavy practice will get under way. The Aggies have an ambitious schedule this fall calling for eleven games, with four to be played on Kyle Field and seven on the road. With the return of Baylor to foot ball play, the Maroon and White gridsters will meet the other six Southwest Conference teams, and will also play the North Texas Aggies, Texas Tech., Oklahoma, Louisiana State and the University of Miami in a postseason game. —MEXICO— (Continued From Page 2) tion, and can.be compared in im portance to Pittsburgh in the United States. This is in northern Mexico. At the opposite eend of Mexico is the state of Yucatan, a penin sula. It is a strange land of jun gles and white limestone, of Mayan ruins and underground rivers. Be cause of its mountain formations there are few navigable rivers in Mexico. Most of the rivers are nar row and swift. The widest river is the Rio Grande; the most impor tant is the Panuco, which carries oil to Tampico and the Atlantic. Three of the highest volcanoes in the world rise out of the great plateau. Orizaba at 18,209 feet is the highest and is almost perfect in outline. Popocatepetl, best known, is a smoking volcano but is not dangerous. The slight earth quakes which shake Mexico City when this volcano rumbles do lit tle damage because the city is built over a filled-in lake and therefore has an elastic quality of give and take. Ixtaccihuatl, third in height, is extinct. Because of her coastline, Mexico is vulnerable to attack from Eu rope and from the east—especially from Japan. She has 1,600 miles of seacoast on the Atlantic, with the ports of Vera Cruz and Tam pico first in importance. Her west coast along the Pacific, including the Gulf of California, is 4,200 miles long, with the port of Aca pulco the most important and most popular for bathing and deep sea fishing. Mexico’s Economy Mexico’s weqlth comes from her mines. The country is one of the most highly mineralized sections of the world and has one of the greatest variety of vegetation in the world for her size. Mexico pro duces well over half the world’s silver. Mexico is the second lar gest producer of rubber in the western hemisphere, Brazil being the first. She is now expanding the production of guayule rubber. Mexico is also increasing her out put of silver, antimopy, lead, mer cury, zinc, and graphite, of which she is already one of the world’s foremost producers. We not only sell polish and brushes but we GIVE infor mation to you on how best to shine your own shoes. Holick's Boot Shop ALTERATIONS LAUTERSTEIN’S PHONE 4-4444 Culture and Art After Mexico’s thirty years long social revolution, which was the forerunner of the social revolu tions in Europe, Mexico is at peace with herself, although she is at war with Japan. Out of this social revolution, has come a great ren aissance of art. From her paint ings, which critics say makes of art a living reality, has come pre dictions from critics and art col lectors that Mexico may be the birthplace of a culture in the New World, as Italy was in the old. Mexican art has come out of Mex ican character and the Mexican way of life. The country itself with its unusual beauty has given Mexi cans a love of beauty and of con trast and of color. Since the days of the Mayans ,they have been fine craftsmen and their love of life and of music gives their work an unusual vigor and vitality. Mexico’s Politics There are 27 states in Mexico and a Federal District which can be compared to the District of Co lumbia of the United States. Mex ico City, located in the Federal District, is not only the capital, but also the most important and the largest city. Mexico’s constitution is based on the principles of representation in two houses, the Deputies and the Senate; a Supreme Court as the ultimate authority of justice; and a chief executive—the Presi dent of the Republic. Mexico’s cur rent president, Avila Camacho, took the oath of office on Decem ber 1, 1940. His campaign slogan was “Govern for all.” This is a difficult principle to carry out on account of the differences in cli- 15 NORTON DOING FINE * * - * * Latest news of Head * * Coach Homer Norton is * * that he is doing - much * * better than was expected, * * and that his recovery is * * progressing in the best of * * order. * Seven Sports And One Open Tournament to be Featured mate, soil, peoples, customs, and dialects. Besides the direct descend^ ants of the Spaniards, the popula tion includes mestizos and pure In dians. Education in Mexico is rising, and literacy in the country has risen in the past few years to about 55 per cent, representing an encouraging advance. In the field of public health, the government is making vast strides, featuring a plan of rural medicinal service which has been a huge success. Under this plan, doctors are sent as.soon as they graduate from the universities to rural sections to work for several years. They com bat the prevailing diseases in the rural communities and at the same time are launching a program of preventive medicine. Mexico at War Mexico has thrown herself whole heartedly into the war effort of the Americas. She has been work ing closely with the United States through the joint Mexican-United States Defense Commission, formed just after Pearl Harbor. Her army, navy, and air force have been in creased and strengthened, and her ships and plans are carrying on a constant patrol over the Pacific and Caribbean Sea. They have an airforce squadron which was train ed in the United States fighting the Japs in the South Pacific, and reports show that they are doing a fine job of it. To insure complete utilization of all resources for the war, the gov ernment controls the agricultural and industrial production. Mexico is stepping up production of steel, chemicals, fibers, alcohol from su gar, oil, rubber, and foodstuffs in important quantities. The United States has helped Mexico to im prove her railroads and to speed up production of war materials by exporting large quantities o in dustrial and mining machinery to Mexico. —JOHNSON— (Continued From Page 1) During his long career as head of boys’ club work, Mr. Johnson conducted many groups of Club boys to the National 4-H Club Congress at Chicago, and to the National 4-H Encampment at Washington. But his activities Were On last Monday, June 11, Ath letic Officers of the various com panies met with W. L. Penberthy to map out the intramural program for this summer. The Athletic Officers of the Corps, in whose hands lies the responsibility as to the success of the entire program are as fol lows; T. R. Walker, “A” Co.; A. S. Mijalis, “B” Co.; C. E. Haass, “C” Co.; N. V. Cole, “D” Co.; R. C. Wilson, “L” Co.; C. T. Caraway, First Co.; C. F. Ray, Second Co.; H. J. Tuffly, Third Co.; R. E. Prince, Fourth Co.; R. E. Burch, climaxed when he headed a group of 24 Texas club boys on a tour of Mexico from May 28 until June 7 last. Several years ago he con ceived a plan of taking a number of representative Texas 4-H Club boys to the southern republic as a gesture of friendship and to create a closer understanding between the youths of the two nations. Two boys from each of the 12 Texas Extension Service districts were selected on the basis of leadership, production and character to make up the party. Although in failing health, Mr. Johnson worked un tiringly in laying plans for the journey and courageously made the long trip to Mexico City. There he saw his hopes realized when, with the cooperation of Minister of Agriculture Marte Gomez, and Director Hector Lazos of the Na tional School of Agriculture at Chapingo, a corresponding num ber of students at the school join ed with Texas club boys and fra ternized with them during the four days’ stay at the national capital. In June, 1923, Mr. Johnson mar ried the former Eula Jackson of Pasadena who survives, together with a half brother who resides at Goose Creek and a sister in Cal ifornia. Fifth Co.; J. F. Evans, Sixth Co.; H. B. Smith, Seventh Co.; and M. V. Dietz of Dormitory Six. The program will consist of sev en events: Volley-ball, Basketball, Softball, Tennis, Touch Football, Track Meet, and a Swimming Meet. Teams from all of the organiza tions are expected to participate in at least six of these events, and in case all seven are entered, the number of points made in the six highest events are used in de termining the winner of the in tramural flag. In addition to these events a Handball Tournament, with doubles, singles and open en trance will be held, but due to the fact that men from two organiza tions may play together in dou bles, it will not be counted to wards the intramural flag. Mr. Penberthy states that the lack of additional outside activi ties during the summer will foster greater interest in Intramurals and thab> he has high hopes for this new season. Entry cards were given to the Athletic. Officers and should be turned in by Thursday night at six. The first contests to be reeled off will probably come on either Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. It is hoped that the regular schedule and the playoffs can be finished two or three weeks be fore the end of the semester. Organizations will be divided in to two seven-team leagues; these leagues will be announced as soon as all entry cards are in. As has been the custom in the past, Intra mural Medals will be given to the champion team in each sport, in cluding the open handball tourna ment. 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