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THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 20, 1945 THE BATTALION Page 3 Aggies To Meet Ellington Flyers In Grid Opener Here Nine Lettermen Slated To Start Against Army Team 'I By Bob Wren Coach Homer Norton plans to open the 1945 season here Saturday with nine lettermen and two 1944 high school stars against rather uncertain opposition. The Aggie team looks good to the average observer, and, according to the Public Relations Office at Ellington Field, all that Ellington hopes to do at this game is “to give the Aggies a close, hard fight.” Ellington’s starting quarterback, S/Sgt. Ernest Bruner, has already dropped from the roster as a re sult of a broken leg suffered in last Saturday’s game against Hon do AAF. He is being replaced by Lt. Thomas R. Ford, formerly of University of the South. The Hon do game, or workout, ended in a 7-7 tie, but showed Ellington’s need for improvement on basic groundwork plays. Capt. Louis “Bullet” A Gray, who played for T. U. a while back and is now mentor for the Bombers, is con centrating on his single wing-back formation to beat the Aggie T- formation. On the other side, Coach Norton is not too optimistic, at least not so far as the season is concerned. He admits to a good defensive team, perhaps as good an offense as last season when the Aggies led the conference in yardage gain ed, maybe better punting, and a passing attack which may lack the fineness of a year ago. The starting line is composed entirely of lettermen, the foremost of whom is probably Monte Mon- crief, unanimous choice of all- Southwest conference last year and a good prospect for all-American. In the backfield are Tom Daniel, Rob Goode, Bob Butchofsky, and Peewee Smith. Daniel and Butchof sky are both lettermen, playing quarterback and right half re spectively. Daniel is expected to handle a large part of the passing, while Goode kicks and runs from the left half position and Smith, wins WHERE YOU ALWAYS GET A FAIR TRADE fullback, does a lot of that ball carrying that made him all-state last season. Assisting Norton this year are Bill James and Botchey Koch, line coaches; Marty Koraw and John ny Franke, backfield; Frank An derson, Catfish coach; and Lil Dim- mitt, trainer. Starting time for Satui’day’s sea son openere is 2:30 p. m. Intramural Touch Football Ends - Guess Who Won? By H. A. Pate Third . Company added another feather to its already crowded war- bonnet this week by copping a very close game from Fourth Company to win the intramural football championship. Fourth Company had topped the struggling heap in the League B tussle Friday by slipping by a pow erful B Company squad on the strength of penetrations and top ping Seventh Company 13-7. Loop A had finished its play two weeks previously, with Third Company on top with an undefeated record. The championship game was one of the closest of the season, with the score standing at 6-6 through out the first three quarters and with Fourth Company leading on peneti'ations. Third Company click ed with a long pass play in the next to the last play of the game which netted the winning touchdown. The try for extra point was good, and the final score stood at 13 for Third Company and 6 for Fourth Company. Texas’ largest gas field is the Panhandle. She will be glad that YOU are her date when she receives one of our beautiful corsages. We have a fresh stock of Gardenias, Roses, Carnations, and Glads—and we deliver direct to either her room or to yours. Our flowers will stay fresh for the game too. BRYAN FLORAL & NURSERY CO. Phone 2-1266 LOOK YOUR BEST at the Final Corps Ball. A good appearance can help you to have a memorable evening. Campus Cleaners “STAY WELL DRESSED” When you are in the New Area there’s no better place to go than... GEORGE’S CONFECTIONERY The drinks are excellent, The company is good, and The music is relaxing after a hard day’s grind. The 1945 Aggie Football Team Front row (left to right)—Norton Higgins, Monte Moncrief, Arthur Abraham, Leonard Dickey, Hub Ellis, Grant Darnell, Bullet Gray, Scooter Yeargain. Second row 1 — Peewee Smith, Bob Goode, Bob Butchofsky, Lillard Hart, Tom Daniel, Stubby Matt hews, Johnny Feagan, Bob Sloax. Third row—Red Beard, Bill Yeoman, Les Millican, Ken Dismuke, Bill Geer, Jim Winkler, Guy Daniel, Oscar White. Fourth row—Jim Mortensen, John Cearley, Tom McKenna, Larry Payne, Vernon Schmidt, Bobbie Beal, Sleepy League, Garrett Guly. Fifth row—Slick Johnson, Ted Butler, Joe Pate, Verne Scott, Ralph Daniel, George Joseph, Bill Hart, D. D. Williamson. Sixth row—George Whitten, Pat Brown, John Eckert, John Knight, Paul Teas, Billy Looney, Bob Pratt, Cush Denton. Seventh row—Jerry Grossenbacher/ Arthur Haws, Abe Farrior, Billy Townsend, Homer Johnson, Bob Horne, Bob Naler, Charley Jones. Eighth row—Tommy Murnane, student manager; Warren Settegast, Oliver Barker, John Monkhouse, Jack Rice, Malcolm Bostwick, Reuben Koenig, ^el 3 ° n Borchardt. Tow row—Homer Norton, head coach; Bill Jam e s> line coach; Botchey Koch, line coach; Johnny Frankie, backfield coach; Frank Anderson, “Catfish** coach; Lil Dimmitt, trainer; Bill Swain and Bob Rushing, assistant student managers. Former Students Send Delegates to Athletic Meeting Athletic committee members of all A. & M. Clubs throughout the State will meet here Septepxber 22 and 23 to discuss plans for better coordination with the postwar ex pansion program of Texas A & M- College’s athletic setup. R. Holloway Hughes, assistant to Coach Homer Norton, will be in chai'ge of the meeting of the alumni group, and will keep in contact with them throughout the year, in order that promising athletics in Texas high schools will not be over looked, and possibly go to some out- of-state school for their college education. Coach Norton has announced that more emphasis will be placed in the future on basketball, base ball, track and minor spoi'ts at Tex as A & M where heretofore, the special concern of the department has been football. The former un balanced sports program had to carried through until the huge stadium indebtedness was cleared, Coach Nox-ton said. With wartime restrictions lifted, Coach Norton beleves a competitive sports program which will enable every boy in school to participate in his chosen field will prove of great benefit to both the individual student, and to the morale of the entire student body. It was with this in mind that Coach Norton em ployed Mr. Hughes, Frank Ander son of College Station, Botchey Koch of Temple, and Johnny Fran kie of Houston, as members of the athletic department staff. Visiting alumni athletic commit teemen will be on hand for the Aggies’ opening game Saturday against Ellington Field. Program Adopted For Dairy Course An eight-point dairy operational program, recommended by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Dairy Industry Committee, will be featured at the dairy fieldman’s short course to be held at Texas A. & M. College October 8 and 9. A. V. Moore, professor of dairy manufactures and director of the short course, said this progx’am is being put into operation all over the country through state schools similar to Texas A. & M. College. Dairymen are determined to carry out the slogan their leaders have Aggieland Angelos Watch Out, Bombers Signs Prove Defeat By M. C. Kury Despite the fact that A. & M. is made up primarily of engineer ing, agricultural, and veterinary students, a bit of the finer arts has shown itself of late. Not to slander the old and honorable pro fession, but it seems as though the spirit of the true ai’tist has at adopted for 1946, which is “Effi ciency and Quality Pay,” Moore said. Speakers on the business pro gram of the short course have been 1 selected on account of their fitness to discuss various phases of the eight-point program, which is as follows: 1. Feed every cow for economical production. 2. Save milk dollars by improving^ grasslands. 3. Retain feeding values by im proved hay making and silos. 4. Keep production records for better herd management. 5. Breed for improved herd re placements. 6. Protect quality of milk and cream by cleanliness and cooling. 7. Reduce labor costs by improved layouts, equipment and methods. 8. Maintain herd health for qua lity and efficiency. The short course will include a banquet to be held the evening of October 8, Moore said. last been expi-essed on the campus. Beyond a doubt, the football signs of the Ellington Field game have expressed, with grace and beauty, exactly what is going to happen to the Flyers on the twenty- second day of Sept. Although the grace and beauty may be slightly doubtful, the outcome of the game is not. The signs that decorate the dor mitories of the various companies have been an age-old tradition that is carried out faithfully every year at A. & M. For every game, the junior artists or reasonable fac- smile of each company on the campus, get together and show on cloth just exactly what A. & M. is going to do to its opponent. There is never an out of town game played with out two or three Aggie signs accompanying the team to show the opponents what the stu dent body knows is going to hap pen to them. This year, with Third Company starting it off, the signs were out two weeks before the day of the game, with the usual Aggie humor and ox-iginality plastered on them. The typical signs deal with the rough and tough Aggie definitely whipping an Ellington Flyer, while a beautiful girl showers her praise on her Aggie he-man. The typical quotation goes something like B Company’s “We’ll be on their ash- Texas A. & M, Starting Line-up Pos. Name Age Wt. No. LE Yeai’gain, “Scootei’” 19 180 85 LT Dickey, Leonard 27 210 79 LG Winkler, James C. 18 205 72 C Ellis, “Hub” 19 190 55 RG Gray, “Bullet” 21 205 64 RT Moncrief, Monte 20 205 78 RE Higgins, Nox’ton 18 . 190 86 QB Daniel, Tom 17 190 46 LH Goode, Bob 18 200 44 RH Butchofsky, Bob 21 164 31 FB Smith, “Peewee” 18 175 35 Ellington Field Starting Line-up Pos. SEEP ” Name Rank Wt. No. LE Huber, Hugh Pfc. 190 66 LT Gerron, Jodie Pvt. 195 55 LG Blackmon, Walter Cpl. 175- 45 C Pramik, John 1st Lt. 180 58 RG Gross, Fred A. Capt. 188 48 RT Neighmond, Jose F/O 215 67 RE Bottger, Merle F/O 205 64 QB Cock, Thomas 1st Lt. 185 34 LH King, Fred 2nd Lt. 195 65 RH Drake, Harold 2nd Lt. 165 36 FB Winters, Sterling 1st Lt. 185 33 Third Company Will Retain Intramural Pennant During 1945-46 Fall Semester Third Company amassed a total of 460 points to win possession of the Intramural Pennant during the 1945 summer competition in seven spoi’ts, according to figures re leased yesterday by W. L. Pen- bei'thy, director of intramural sports. Third Company won five first places and one fourth in winning the flag. Runner-up was Seventh Company with 390 points, garnered by means of firsts in the track and swimming meets, two league run ner up places, and two third places in league play. First Company was third with 372^2 points, Fourth es,” Fourth Company’s “They try in vain and go down in flame,” and last but by no means least, “M” Company’s “Old army will make it visibility zero for the flying fluffs.” Not only is the spirit confined to the Aggies, but it has spread to the A. S. T. R. P., who have shown plenty of interest in A. & M.’s football season, as shown by the sign drawn by the R. P.’s Third Company with the inscription “We’re with you Aggies.” With these combinations, and with the predictions on the signs coming true, A. & M.’s future for Satui’day, September 22 is perfect! Company fourth with 365, and B Company fifth with 347%. Under the scoring plan for the pennant, the College Champ in each sport received 80 points, while the runner-up gets 70 points. Run ner-ups in the separate league play are awarded 60 points, while the third place team in league play x’eceives 55 points. In track and swimming, the meet sports, the first five places carry awards of 80, 70, 65, 60, and 55 points each. Ten points are deducted for each league contest forfeited. As the winner of the summer competition, Third Company will have possession of the pennant for one semester unless the speed-up program is dropped this year; in the latter event, they will keep the flag for the entire school year. They take the trophy over from B Company, who held it during the summer semester by virtue of their win during the 1945 spring semes ter. We have Brown Rubber Heels Any Size Holick’s Boot Shop PENNY’S SERENADE By W. L. Penberthy This Saturday, we will play the first game of the 1945 season. As a rule a school usually schedules one or two “warm-up” games at the stax-t of season. This allows coach es to try some new formations and plays against not too tough com petition, and to observe the mem bers of the squad under real game conditions. It also gives opportu nity to correct mistakes and to brush up on weak nesses that show up in these games. Slow motion pic tures are taken and these are al so reviewed to ward the end of perfecting the Ifiililplay of the team. All during the Penberthy season the squad will spend hour after hour in drills that are designated to eliminate errors and to perfect timing so that the plays will gain ground. In doing this assignments will be changed as will the timing until the play can be run with precision each and every time it is called. I often wonder to what heights we could rise if we applied the same technique to the training of ourselves for the job we are trying to do in life. We are just completing a semes ter’s work and no doubt have made some mistakes, and know where these were made. If we are honest with ourselves we know where and why we were weak and what these weaknesses cost us. And we know what it will take to correct the situation—we have had our “warm up” games. We should not worry too much over the mistakes we have made or live in fear of making future ones —but instead should be very sure that we profit by our mistakes, and do not make the same ones twice in a row. By this kind of self analysis we can show the same improvement and reach the same degree of efficiency as the team we cheer out on the field. CORSAGES FOR THE DANCE! • Beautiful orchids, gardenias, and carnations from Califoi’nia. • Also—roses, glads, and other corsage flowers. • Your girl will be thrilled with our artistic ari’angements, and it will pay you to get our prices. J. COULTER SMITH WE DELIVER PHONE 2-6725 ANNOUNCING- $75.00 CASH PRIZES Loupot’s Annual Football Sign Contest EACH YEAR LOU OFFERS: $5.00 $25.00 JUDGES for the best sign for each game of the season, both at home and on the road. for the best sign of the entire season. will be leaders of the Corps for the Fall Semester. LOUPOT’S TRADING POST Trade With Lou — He’s Right With You