Wednesday Afternoon, February 13, 1946
The Battalion
Page 3
On Kyle Field ::
By Marion “Dookie” Pugh
Battalion Sports Editor
It looked like the good old pre-war days Monday as approxi
mately 100 football hopefuls answered Coach Homer Norton’s call for
spring training. Fact is, it looked somewhat like Old Home Week
as such gridders as Willie Zapalac, “Bloody” Tullis, Calvin Dupree,
Dennis Andricks, Ed Dusek, Babe Hallmark, Dickie Haas, Leonard
Dickey, and a hbst of others donned the head-knocking pads.
Coaches Homer Norton, Bill James, Marty Karow, Botchey Koch,
Manning Smith, and Johnnie Franke had something like smiles on
their faces as they watched the potential Routts, Kimbroughs, and
Boyds file out onto the field.
Yes, it looked pretty good—but let’s not forget that the same
thing is happening to every other school in the country, and that
the Southwest Conference is going to be rougher than ever next
fall—and brother, that means rough.
The big problem was finding enough equipment to suit out all
the boys. During the war new equipment was next to impossible to
get, and as yet the situation hasn’t eased up. In fact, we can’t even
get old equipment repaired! So, if you drop down to take a gander
at all that beef, don’t get excited when you see several “eager beav
ers” running around in their birthday suits.
If you would care to get a glimpse at all these fine-looking men
start second-guessing the coaches this early in the year, you will
find practices getting under way between 4:00 and 4:30 every after
noon.
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Aggies Meet Baylor Bears Here Thursday
Switch in Schedule is Arranged to
Avoid Conflict With Religious Week
Aggie Swimmers
Meet T. u. Friday
The draft-depleted Texas Aggie
swimming team will meet the
highly touted Texas university
nators at the P. L. Downs Nata-
torium Friday afternoon at 3:00.
The Aggies took a terrific beat
ing from Uncle Sam during the
past year, losing three of their
star performers to the armed
forces. In spite of this, Coach Art
damson thinks that A. & M. can
give the T. u. boys a good run
for their money.
Leading the University team are
such boys as Demmer, who was
50-yard and 100-yard freestyle
expert in 1943, and Bollinger,
another Navy transfer, who is
medley and freestyle conference
champion.
Leading the Aggies will be Al
len Self, conference 440-yard
Attention of local basketball fans
is called to the fact that the game
to be played with Baylor in Waco,
Feb. 14, has been transferred to
College Station and the one sched
uled to be played here on Feb. 19
has been transferred to Waco by
mutual agreement.
Owing to the fact that Church
Week will be held at the college
champ last year, and Manuel Es
cobar, 220-yard freestyle champ
ion. Little Bubba Reeves, a two-
year letterman in diving, who is
just back after at hitch with Un
cle Sam, will display his wares in
the diving department. Matthews
will also be in there on the board.
Other splashers to watch are J. A.
Boyle, breast stroke, and Jack
Stephens, sprinter.
Returning lettermen are John
Heeman, individual medley; Jack
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next week the change was made
to avoid any conflict with that
program.
Currently Baylor is leading the
conference and a loss to the Ag
gies in either game would throw
them into a tie again with Arkan
sas who also has to play the
Aggies a pair of games here to
close out their year. Should Arkan
sas win both from A. & M.
then Baylor will have to win all
their remaining games to cinch the
title. They have lost but once and
that was to Arkansas. Arkansas
has lost to Baylor and TCU in a
surprise upset.
Fans are warned to come to the
games well in advance of the 7:30
time since capacity crowds are ex
pected for all games. Pete Jones,
Aggie ticket manager, had to close
the doors in the face of almost 300
fans when Texas played here last
week.
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You lust THINK you’re
touching aluminum/ mister!
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Pick it up ... in your bare hands . . . any
thing made of aluminum. Your cigarette
box. A saucepan. The foil on a choco
late bar.
You’re not touching aluminum. You
never have, never will.
The reason is very simple. Aluminum is
constantly covered with the thinnest of
thin “skins”. It is Aluminum Oxide. You
can scrape it off, but it re-forms immedi
ately. In a split second.
This—the scientists at Alcoa’s Alumi
num Research Laboratories learned many
years ago . . . but they didn’t stop there.
They wanted to know what could be done
to this “skin” . . . how it could be made
thicker, thinner, harder, porous ... so that
Aluminum products could be more useful
and serviceable.
Out of this Alcoa research on the “skin”
of aluminum have come many new things.
Aluminum pistons of porous “skin”, to
hold oil. Aluminum trays of lush lustre
that won’t tarnish—ever. Colored alumi
num—the color dyed right into the “skin”.
Yes, Alcoa has found many ways of not
only controlling this “skin” but also of
making aluminum better and more versa
tile in many, many ways . . . but the search
still goes on and always will.
This search calls to young men of science
and engineering . . . and spells new oppor
tunity to salesminded men of tomorrow.
The next time you pick up ... in your
bare hands... anything made of aluminum,
say to yourself, “What new could I make
this light, strong, durable metal do for
man . . . some day?”
Aluminum Company of America, Gulf
Building, Pittsburgh 19, Pennsylvania.
first in ALUMINUM
RIGHT MSS!
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problem of getting what you need in
uniforms goods.
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Reg. Khaki Slacks
Reg. Shirts
New Khaki Field Jackets
Reg. Stetson Hats
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Reg. Trench Coats
Aggie Coveralls
Reg. Dress Caps
Reg. Ties, Reg. Socks
Sam Browne Belts
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All types of Insignia
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