THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 11, 1945
THE BATTALION
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Aggies To Meet L S U Tigers Saturday
Tiger Tussle to Be Tough -
Entire Corps Yells Team Oil
By Ed Brandt
With the entire cadet corps seeing them off, the Texas
Aggie football team left here Thursday night for Baton
Rouge where they will meet the Louisiana State University
Tigers on Saturday night.
As the team left, the outlooks of Aggie fans became
gloomy for the first time this season. Four regulars are list
ed on the injured list, and their service in Saturday’s tilt
will most likely be limited, if any. Preston Smith, Tom Dan
iels, Monte Moncrief, and Leonard Dickey are all sidelined
at this time. Smith is suffering from bruised ribs and sore
elbows, Tom Daniels is down with the flu, Moncrief has a
pinched nerve on his hip, and Dickey is out with a severe
charley-horse in his thigh. The starters for their places have
not yet been announced, as rapid improvement may permit
starting assignments for any of them.
On the LSU side, all seems to | elusiveness and change of pace.
Knight, the fullback, is a splendid
kicker, and runs with much power
and drive. Against Alabama last
week, he had a 4 yard per try aver
age and was most difficult to
tackle. Title is the passer, and is
capable of hitting his man with
clockwork precision. To round it
off, Sandifer, the right half, is the
utility back.
LSU, as a whole, has a great
ball club. They have a ground eat
ing running game, and can mix
it up with passes. Some regard
them as the greatest potential foot
ball team in the South.
The Aggies appear to be in fine
mental shape, and realize that
Catlisli Stop
Tlie Ramblers
be in their favor. The four start
ing Tiger backs are reported to
be in good shape, and no end of
trouble is expected from them.
The Tigers can boast one of their
strongest and most versatile back-
fields in years in Cason, Knight,
Title, and Sandifer. Cason is the
speed merchant, and posses much
Bill Eckles Furnishes Punch As A&M
Consolidated Tigers Beat Buffalo 38-0
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With a burst of power in the
last half of the game, the A&M
Catfish piled up a score of 13-0
on the Allen Academy Ramblers
at Allen Field on Saturday after
noon.
During the first half, the teams
seemed unusually well matched,
and since neither side seemed to
get anywhere carying the ball,
the game developed into a pro
longed kicking dual.
As the game progressed, the
large number of Aggie reserves
turned the tide as the Ramblers
began to slow down. Coach Frank
Anderson used a total of 36 play
ers during the game and this re
serve power was more than the
Ramblers could handle.
During the third quarter, John
son made the first Aggie touch
down on a neat line play which
started on the Allen 20 yard line.
The try for the extra point was
unsuccessful and the score stood
6-0.
In the last quarter, Bobbie Beal,
190 pounds, back from Crockett
intercepted an Allen pass and gal
loped 60 yards for another Aggie
tally. Johnson converted for the
extra point, and the game ended
with the score standing 13-0 in
favor of the Catfish.
Plans for another Rambler-Cat
fish game are now under way.
Let’s have more spectators next
time.
Fullback and Guard
Join Aggie Squad
Two new football players re
ported to Head Coach Homer Nor
ton this week. They are Bill Engle
and Eldon Dawson, both of Green
ville. Engle is a 185 pound full
back, has won three high school
letters, and played for the North
in this year’s high school All Star
game. Dawson i3 a guard, weighs
180 pounds, also has three high
school letters, and he, too, played
for the North in this year’s high
school All Stay game. Both seem
to be in good physical shape, and
will start practice with the team
at once.
A&M Tumbling Club
Holds First Meeting
The Aggie Tumbling Club will
have its first meeting since 1941
on Monday afternoon at'five o’clock
in the ‘gymnasium. The tumblers
will be under the direction of Vic
tor Countz, of the P.E. depart
ment, who will work with the old
standbys and new tricks of bal
ance. The club was mostly active
in furnishing entertainment be
tween halves at the basketball
games. Its members have also trav
eled to various Texas towns to
exhibit their wares. All Aggies
who are interested in tumbling,
plain and fancy, are urged to be
present at the initial meeting of
the club.
they have a real test to meet this
Saturday night. Practice during
the week has indicated that the
entire club is putting forth every
effort to make this game a win.
Blocking has been hard, and tack
ling has been nothing short of vic
ious. The fact that four key men
are uncertain to start has only
made the team work that much
harder, and has not affected their
mental attitude in the least. They
know they have a ball game to
play, and the Aggies are ready to
play it.
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
By Fish Cawthon
Unleashing all power, featuring
the running and passing of Big
Bill Eckles, the A&M Consolidated
Tigers, romped over the Buffalo
Bison eleven 38-0 at Bronco Field
in Bryan last Friday night.
The big quarterback, who scored
three tallies and passed for two
more, could hardly be stopped by
the forward wall of the Bisons
and his passes seem to get by the
Buffalo secondary with effortless
ease.
Doris Stone played a magnifi
cent game for the losers, picking
up well over half of the total
yards gained by his team. His
kicking-, which was truly a sight
to see, pulled the Bisons out of
trouble many times and set the
Tigers back on their heels time
after time.
The most thrilling play of the
game came after Stone kicked
beautifully to the Tiger two-yard
line, when Eckles proved to ev
eryone that he is not only a power
runner, but a broken field expert
as well, when he eel-hipped his
way 98 yards for a touchdown.
Kenneth Clary, Billy Davis, and
Tom Harcrow also stood out for
the losers, playing a hustling brand
of ball until the final gun suonded.
For the victors, Bob Potter, Hol
land Winder, Rusty Anderson and
Edsel Jones shone, the latter
scoring two touchdowns and kick
ing the same number of extra
points. He also played a great
game at his defensive halfback
position.
The second touchdown of the
game, after being set-up by Eck
les’ driving, was scored by Wally
Anderson, another man who play
ed excellent ball for the igers.
A&M Con.
Potter-
Street
Anderson
Wilson
Rodgers
Prewitt
Jones
Eckles
Anderson
Winder
Englebrecht
Pos.
Tigers
LE
• Harcrow
LT
Roberts
LG
Graham
C
Henson
RG
Jones
RT
Lee
RE
Perkins
B
Talbott
B
Davis
B
Stone
B
Clary
Aggies Have One of Best Airports in
Southwest; Expert Instruction Offered
Few Aggies are aware that in
the A. & M. College airport they
have available a flying field con
sidered as one of the best this
side of the Army Airport at Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
'The field boasts three concrete
runways with a length of 5,150
each, resulting in landing condi
tions that, are considered as ideal
by visiting pilots. These facilities,
along with expert instruction,
strict adherence to Federal regula
tions and safety rules, and careful
maintenance of airplanes and en
gines, have resulted in the enviable
record of 400,000 hours of student
flying without an accident causing
hospitalization.
Commonly known as Easterwood
Field, the airport is under the sup
ervision of H. G. Smith, who soloed
in 1923 and has been flying ever
since. Smith has logged 6,350
hours in all types of aircraft, and
has worked as a commercial pilot,
flight instructor, and flight exam
iner. He came to Easterwood Field
in lv40 from Aviation Enterprises
of Houston, where he was chief
pilot in the commercial operation
of all types of aircraft including
seaplanes. He is a graduate of
United Airlines’ school for cross
country instructors, and has over
2,000 hours of experience in cross
country instruction and radio fly
ing.
Owned and operated by Texas
A. & M. College, the school had its
inception in CAA-supervised train
ing of civilian pilots, and in 1942
changed over . to training aviation
cadets for the U. S. Army and
Navy. At the present time it is
again offering civilian certificates.
Student pilot certificates are is
sued to students 16 years of age,
while an age of 17 years is required
for a private pilot’s license and 18
years for a commercial license,
as prescribed by the CAA. All stu
dents under 21 years of age must
have their parents’ consent to fly,
and those who fly at other times
than Saturday afternoons and
Sundays must have the permission
of the Dean of Engineering. Trans
portation is furnished to and from
the College, and rates are set by
the College at a scale below the
average,
Poetry Contest to
Be Offered Cadets
The National Poetry Associa
tion, founded in 1937, has invited
the students of A&M College to
participate in submitting manu
scripts for the Annual Anthology
of College Poetry.
The Anthology has been pub
lished each year since the associa
tion was founded, and consists of
the best poems of students of
many colleges and universities of
the United States.
The closing date for this years
manuscripts will be November 5.
There will no charges or fees for
inclusion of work in the Anthol
ogy. The recognition afforded by
publication will reflect definite
credit on the school, as well as af
fording satisfaction to those who
see their work in print.
Each entry must be written or
typed on one side of a single sheet,
and must bear the author’s name,
home address, and college. Manu
scripts should be sent to the Na
tional Poetry Association, 3210
Selby Ave., Los Angeles 34, Calif.
As space is limited, more favorable
consideration is given by the
judges to shorter poems.
A&M was well represented in
last year’s Anthology, and the as
sociation expressed the hope that
Aggieland will participate as
well as this year’s publication.
Last New Year’s Day I offici- our lives. We read of great men
who attribute their success to the
influence exerted on their lives by
a teacher, preacher or scout mas
ter.
Here at A. & M. we have a fine
opportunity to learn from each
other. All we need do is to ob
serve our fellow man and we will
find that there is much we can
learn from him that will make our
lives richer and of more service.
ated in the Cotton Bowl Game with
a very fine official who had the
distinction of having worked in all
four of the major games in the
past five years. He made the state
ment that when he reached the
point where he couldn’t take and
welcome construc
tive c riticism
l|from a fellow of-
pficial he was
ready to quit.
Last Saturday
I officiated in the
T.C.U. - Arkansas
game with an-
other very fine
official who stat-
Jll ed that every-
IlillS thing h e knew
about officiating
Penberthy had been learned
from other officials.
It is always very refreshing to
me to hear outstanding men in
their respective fields admit that
they still have much to learn, and
are eager to listen to others.
I am of the opinion that one of
our greatest sources, if not the
greatest source, of knowledge is
usually much more complete when
we have someone help us by inter
preting the printed page for us.
We get a lot of good from reading
the Bible, but it takes attendance
at preaching services for us to
fully understand the scriptures.
Once in a while we read an ar
ticle or book that is an inspiration
from the words, deeds and exam
ple of our fellow man. All of us
can look back to individuals who
had a great deal of influence on
Aggies Win Over
0. U. Distance Men
The Texas Aggies made it a
clean sweep in sports over Okla
homa last weekend when Coach
Ray Putnam’s Cadet harriers out
ran the Sooners in a 1.9 mile
cross country race between the
halves of the football game, 33-22.
Webster Stone of Houston, Tex
as, Aggie ace, won the race in 10
minutes 6 seconds, defeating John
Canaris of Oklahoma by 10 yards.
The time and order of individual
finishes were:
First—Stone A&M 10:06.
Second—Canaris OU 10:08.
Third—Lieghton A&M 10:12.
Fourth—Ellis A&M 10:15.
Fifth—Growden OU 10:20.
Sixth—Jones A&M 10:21.
Seventh—Gough OU 10:25.
Eighth—Hargis A&M 10:26.
Ninth—Hondry OU 10:31.
Tenth—Leach OU 10:42.
Over 213 states the size of Rhode
Island, could be placed in Texas.
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New shipments arriving
are helping to replenish
our stocks of all the,need
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goods every Aggie needs.
Now in stock:
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O. D. Serge Slacks
Reg. Caps
Reg. Belts, Ties, Socks
Field Jackets
Leather Jackets
Reg. Rain Coats
Reg. Insignia
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