THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 1945
THE BATTALION
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Smith and Goode Have
Scoring Picnic in First
By Ed Brandt
Piling up an even 20 points in
the first quarter, the Texas Ag
gies smashed the Arkansas Uni
versity Porkers 34 to 0 before some
13,500 homecoming fans last Sat
urday in Fayetteville to take all
conference hopes from the Razor-
backs.
With the victory, A. & M’s
chances for the conference champ
ionship went a-soaring, giving
them one defeat and two wins. The
record has it as being a three way
tie between A. &M., Texas, and
TCU, all of whom have the same
win-lose record. As a result of
their one-sided drubbing from the
Aggies, Arkansas is completely out
of the picture.
The Aggies, many of whom are
freshmen or new to the team, play
ed like seasoned veterans, and
more than once took advantage of
the breaks to push over a score.
The first came in the middle on
the initial quarter when safety
man Bud Canada fumbled an Aggie
punt on the Arkansas 7 yard line
to have it pounced on by end Nor
ton Higgins. On the first play,
Preston Smith waltzed over behind
beautiful blocking.
And then four minutes later,
Canada fumbled again on the Pork
er 32, and this time Bill Engle, a
new man in the Maroon and White
'line-up, covered for the Cadets.
After Daniels had made five
through center, Bob Goode slashed
through his own right guard for
the remaining 27 yards to cross the
double line standing.
Late in the same period, Preston
Smith took in a fourth down Arkan-
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sas punt on his own 26 yard mark
er, picked up some grand down-
field blocking, and went 74 yards
for the third counter in less than
9 minutes.
The other two Aggie tallies came
in the second and third quarters
when Goode went over from the 6,
and Matthews crashed over from
the 4. Goode was carried over on
his touch by some of the most
effective line blocking seen in some
time.
In direct contrast to other Ag
gie games this season, the Farmers
against Arkansas converted four
out of five tries for extra point.
John Ballentine was the man with
the magic toe, as all of the kicks
were his, and they all went square
ly through the middle of the up
rights (with one exception.)
A. & M. showed much power in
their running game and were just
short of unstoppable. A new man
in the line-up, Bill Engle, showed
that his joining the squad was a
tremendous boost to the Cadet
backfield. Many times did he carry
the ball for nice gains, and his
blocking, both assigned and down-
field, was a sight to see. Engle
will most likely share equal time
with Bob Butchofsky for the re
mainder of the season. Butchofsky
was unable to play in the Razor-
back tilt because of an injury to
his kidneys, suffered in practice
early last week, but the big vete
ran Aggie power house is ex
pected to see action once more in a
week or two.
Outstanding for the Farmers was
the entire team, as they played
tireless ball, and demonstrated what
a team with the will to win, and
win decisively, and the fighting
spirit that that will demands, can
do. Their blocking and tackling
was deadly and vicious, and the
linemen escorted the hard running
backs with well-perfected timing
and coordination.
Consolidated Tigers
Beat Madisonville
The A. & M. Consolidated Tigers
plowed down Madisonville to the
tune of 25-7 in their game Friday
night. Statistics report the game
as well matched, but the Tigers
had all the breaks on their side.
The first quarter ended with the
score standing at 0-0, with neither
team making any headway, but in
the second quarter, the Tigers be
gan to click. Bob Hunt blocked a
Madisonville punt, and the Tigers
worked down to the six yard stripe
in Madisonville territory. From
there, they received a fifteen yard
penalty, but passes from Eckles to
Potter put them across the stripe.
Four plays later, Eckles intercepted
a pass, and ran 50 yards for the
second Tiger tally of the game.
About half way through the
third quarter, Eckles again took
the spotlight by receiving a Madi
sonville punt and racing 53 yards
to pay dirt.
During the same quarter, a Madi
sonville pass clicked for 24 yards
and a touchdown. The extra point
attempt was good, and the quarter
ended, with the score 18-7 in
favor of the Tigers.
In the final quarter, Wilson, Ti
ger center, intercepted a pass, and
ran it back seven yards. Eckles
took the ball across the stripe
after three trys, and kicked the
extra point. The game ended with
the escore standing at 25-7 in favor
of the Tigers.
GIRLS
on the campus
With a crucial football ,j
game, a big corps dance and
a Town Hall number crowd
ed into one big weekend at
Aggieland, the campus is
sure to swarm with Aggie
sweethearts . . .
SO
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a neat and freshly pressed
appearance.
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INTRAMURALS
By H. A. Pate
Box Score
BASKETBALL
League A
A Batt
G Co
B Troop
D Batt
Artillery Band
H Co
League B
A Co -
E Co
C Batt
*A Troop
C Co
Inf. Band
League C
F Co
C Troop
D Co
D Troop
W L
1 0
1 0
1 0
0 1
0 1
0 1
1 0
1 0
No Games Played
..No Games Played
0 1
0 1
1 0
1 0
0 1
:....o 1
FOOTBALL
League A
W L
Inf. Band 1 0
A Co 1 0
H Co 0 V 1
E Co. 0 3
D Troop No Games Played
League B
B Co : 2 0
D Co 1 0
B Batt 0 1
D Batt 0 2
Artillery Band 0 1
League C
C Co 1 0
C Troop 1 0
C Batt 0 1
G Co 0 1
A Troop No Games Played
F Co No Games Played
BASKETBALL
League A
B Troop edged out the Artillery
Band by a narrow margin of one
point, with the score standing at
17-16. Caraway led the scoring for
the Infantry group, while La Roche
did a sizeable bit of work for the
band team.
Miller' and Hawes sparked B
Battery to a 25-1 victory over D
Battery, with Wasset doing the
basket work for D Battery.
League B
C Battery ran over A Troop, 23-
0. Stephens and daggers set a
fast pace during the first part of
the game, and kept plugging bas
kets all through the entire game.
The Infantry Band bowed to E
Company, to the tune of 17-5. The
high scorers of the game were
Williams and Smith, both of E
Company.
League C
Williamson and Hambright, with
nine points apiece to their credit,
led a snappy F Company team to
a 20 to 9 victory over D Troop.
Standley accounted for a large
part of the D Troop scores. Mc
Clellan really showed champion
ship form with a perfect shot from
the center of the court.
C Troop beat C Company 19-11
in a close cage tustle Friday eve
ning. Murrey and Spralls did some
fancy shooting to help put the
Jock team over the top.
FOOTBALL
League A
E Company forfeited its first
game of the year to the Infantry
band, on Thursday.
A Company, with a hat full of
trick plays, won a 32-0 victory
over H Company. Wyble accounted
for two of the A Company touch
downs. On the same day, E Com-
■M
pany was defeated by A Battery.
League B
With a forfeit by D Battery
added to its list, B Company be
came the first outfit on the cam
pus to have two wins to its credit.
League C
C Troop and G Company played
to a 6-6 tie with twenty yard pene
trations equal. The tie was broken
only by 40 yard penetrations, with
3 for C Troop, and 2 for G Com
pany.
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By Ed Brandt
Battalion Sports Editor
With another week of football
gone by, the conference race is
now tied up tighter than a drum.
Three teams are tangling for the
lead, and the final home-stretch
drive looms as one of the most
interesting and hardest fought in
years. Texas A&M, Texas u., and
TCU all have two wins and one
defeat to give each a good chance
for the flag. By virtue of points
scored in league competition, A&M
is out in front with 65 points for
and 26 points against. Texas u.
next with 52 and 21, and TCU still
in the fight with 47 and 45. TCU
is a cinch to stay up there for
at least one more week, as they
play Texas Tech this Saturday in
a non-conference game. In other
play, Texas meets Baylor in Aus
tin, and the Aggies take on the
much revived SMU Mustangs at
College Station.
RIDE THE PONIES
Scoring two touchdowns in the
Arkansas tilt last Saturday, Bob
Goode became the conference’s
leading scorer, passing up his
teammate, Preston Smith by 5
points. Goode now has 10 touch
downs for 60 points, and Smith has
9 and one point-after-touchdown
for 55 points. These two men are
now one and two in the confer
ence, followed by Hubert Bechtol
with 36.
In the ground gained department,
Smith dropped back into third
place with 550 yards in 113 car
ries. This gives him a 4.87 yards
average per try.
RIDE THE PONIES
In Aggieland this week, there
is much talk of the Cadets taking
the conference championship with
little or no effort. This talk is com
ing from the cadet corps mostly,
and they should realize that there
are yet three games on the sched
ule. Any one of the remaining
teams could come through with a
win that would take the wind out
of somebody’s sails. These last
games have to be played one by
one, and no pointing toward one
game alone will help a thing. If
the corps feels that A&M will take
the flag, let them keep it to them
selves until November 30.
And this is pointed to a certain
,few on the campus on whom all
are depending. Counting chicks be
fore the eggs hatch is about the
most dangerous thing that can be
done in the Southwest Conference.
SMU, Rice, and Texas are all prim
ed for the Aggies, and would like
nothing better than to knock them
from the running and add credit
to themselves for doing so. The
Ponies are coming down here this
Saturday, so what say we de-prime
them and forget about Rice, Texas,
and the flag until the proper time
comes ?
RIDE THE PONIES
Against the Arkansas Porkers,
no individual player can be named
as the outstanding man on the
field. This week, the glory goes to
the entire team, and especially to
the line, which was all over the
field all day. Many times did the
hard charging forward wall smear
the Razorbacks for a loss or no
gain, and many times did they
carry the Aggie backs for long
gains. The backfield needs no build
up to gain them the attention of
the fans, as they fought with all
they had, and throughout the game
put forth that extra effort that
showed determination and spirit.
Our hats are off this week to the
fightinest team in the country!!!
Samuel Slater established the
first textile in 1790, in Rhode
Island.
"TAKE IT EASY"
Walker, Maley Head Pony
Attack In Crucial Game
Loser to Be Out of Running: for
Conference Title; Ags in Good Shape
By Harold Borofsky
This Saturday on Kyle Field the Texas Aggies will face
the Southern Methodist Mustangs in a crucial tilt that will
eliminate one of the teams from the Southwestern Confer
ence race. The Aggies so far have beaten Baylor and Ar
kansas and have lost to T.C.U., while the Mustangs have
beaten Rice and bowed to Texas. Last week the Ponies were
strengthened by the return of Doak Walker, all-stater from
Highland Park in Dallas last year, and in last week’s game
Walker showed up well against the Longhorns. Running
along with Walker will be Red Maley, powerful punter and
runner who lettered at S.M.U. in 1942 before being called
by the Army.
Starting at end for the Ponies
will be Gene Wilson, who so far
has turned in some of the best
end play in the conference and
whose alert defensive work has
stifled many a drive. Pete Kot-
larich, giant tackle and unerring
point kicker, will also be handy
to deal out misery to the Cadets,
as will Tom Dean, veteran letter-
man tackle. At the guards will be
James Meletio, two-year letter-
man who received considerable all
conference mention last season, and
Earl Cook, also a regular from
last year.
Rounding out the backfield for
the Mustangs will be Bill Squires,
who led the 1944 team in passing,
Toadie McClintock and Cecil Miles,
two good blocking backs, and John
MacFarland, fullback.
The Aggies, who looked good in
drubbing the Arkansas Porkers
last week 34-0, will again be minus
the services of Bob Butchofsky, ace
blocking back. Preston Smith,
though still suffering from a pulled
ligament in his side, will see con
siderable service, and big Len Dick
ey, who has been taking it fairly
easy this week, should be in top
shape. Bill Engle, who played his
second game for the Cadets last
week, showed up well and will see
action in the blocking back post.
Tom Daniel, Rob Goode, and Stubby
Matthews all are ready to go.
Monte Moncrief, veteran Aggie
tackle, will be in good condition,
and Grant Darnell, Jim Winkler,
Norton Higgins and Scooter Year-
gain will round out the line.
So far there is no basis for com
parison between the Ags and the
Ponies, since they have not faced
common opponents, however the
Mustangs’ stock has risen con
siderably since last week when the
Longhorns were hard-pressed to
eke out a victory over them. As
game time approaches, the scribes
will probably favor the Cadets, but
only slightly. Should the Aggies
defeat S. M. U. decisively they will
find themselves in the unwelcome
spot of favorites for the Confer
ence Championship. The weather
preview is fair and all other indi
cations point to a real display of
some razzle-dazzle football. Game
time is 2:30—see you there!
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By W. L. Penberthy
A short time ago I had a very
nice chat with a retired minister.
During the conversation he told me
a story of a father and son who
home from the
Sunday preach
ing service when
the son remarked,
“Dad, I thought
our pastor preach-
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sermon .this morn
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not get much out
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son replied, “Well
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didn’t bring any
thing to put it in.”
A day never passes that we don’t
hear someone make a rtemark like
the one above or “I don’t see any
need for this”, or “This is all
foolishness because I will never use
it”, or “There is nothing to it.”
In a lot of instances these state
ments may be exactly right and
true, but I am afraid that in most
instances such remark are excuses
for our own failure to become suf
ficiently interested and informed
to appreciate and enjoy something
very worthwhile.
Educational institutions may
vary a great deal in what they
have to offer the student, but the
fact that so many of our leading
men graduated from little known
institutions makes me strong in
my conviction that the results are
determined to a very large extent
by the zeal and earnestness with
which the student seeks to gain
the most of what the school has to
offer.
Our college has a great deal to
offer its students—the performance
of our graduates guarantees this—
but after all we must “bring some
thing to put it in” in the way of
a thirst for knowledge and a genu
ine desire to develop ourselves to
the fullest extent physically, cul
turally, and spiritually.
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