Wednesday Afternoon, March 13, 1946
The Battalion
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On Kyle Field
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By Marion “Dookie” Pugh
Battalion Spirts Editor
Yesterday the Aggie footballers
finished their 30-day grind of
spring drills for this year. This
was probably the most successful
preseason workout the Maroon and
White has enjoyed since the spring
of ’42, according to Coach Homer
Norton.
Coach Norton is very happy
about the entire situation, and he
fias a right to be after struggling
through the lean war years when
he was lucky to field eleven men.
The head man had praise for the
fine attitude of the squad, and was
especially pleased with the re
turning servicemen. “Everyone of
them pitched in and did a won
derful job,” he stated.
“However,” the coach said,
“quite a few of the Ex-men had
trouble with their legs, but this
is understandable after two or
three years out of football. It will
take just a little time, and we
practically whipped it this spring.
Also a few of them had a little
trouble here and there in becom
ing acquainted with the T-forma-
tion, but it is surprising how fast
these boys caught on.”
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The draft question is causing a
few gray hairs in the genial coach-
er’s already thin thatch. “We have
18 boys on the A squad that are
eligible for the draft, and if it con
tinues we certainly could be dealt
a severe blow/ ’he said.
In the intra-squad game last
Saturday the underdog Red squad
trimmed the White squad 14 to
13 in the annual spring game. The
game as a whole was a little slow,
but there were several spots that
gave the fans that turned out, a
thrill. Runs by Bobby Dew of Cor
sicana, and Gene Johnson were
outstanding. Dew’s run was good
for about 70 yards, while John
son’s covered about 50.
The closeness of the score could
have indicated to some of the fans
that the Aggies have men stacked
four deep in every position, but
we believe that it was due to the
fact that each team was calling
signals on one another; that is,
the two teams have run against
each other so much this spring
that every linesman and lineback
er knows almost exactly what the
opposing quarterback is going to
call and this caused the offenses
to bog down continually.
Outstanding because of their ab
sence were such as Bob Goode and
Leonard Dickey, away with the
track team, and Willie Zapalac,
Dickie Haas, and “Snookie” Press-
ly, out because of bad legs or
ankles. It is felt if these boys had
been present for the scrimmage
the White squad would have come
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Aggie Swimmers Seek Revenge Over
T. u. Thursday in Austin Natatorium
Competition Hot in
Football, Handball
E Company literally held full
possession of the field in thei^
game with Dormitory No. 12, win
ning by an easy score of 22-0.
Some powerful running by Wil
liams sparked the ofefnse for E
Company took a 12-0 victory from
Dormitory No. 1, and B Company
was defeated by Dormitory No. 16,
18-0. Milner and B Battery play
ed the closest game of the week
end, with Milner winning on pene
trations after the game ended in
a scoreless tie. The Band defeat
ed A Battery 21-20, in a game full
surprise. Dixon kicked the field
goal which gave the game to the
Band. Mijalis played an excellent
game for A Battery.
Handball
A Troop beat H Company 3-0
in a snappy handball tournament
Monday. Rosser, of A Troop, real
ly stole the show with a bit of
fancy playing. D Infantry and C
Infantry won their games on for
feits.
Horseshoe Pitching
B Company held on to the lead
by defeating A Battery 2-0, and
B Battery defeated D Company
*2-1. A Company won over C Bat
tery 2-0, and F Company downed
A Battery by the same score. C
Company was defeated by D.
Troop, 21-20, and H Company took
a 2-0 victory from A Battery.
out on top in the scoring depart
ment.
The Aggies will field a pretty
fair country ball club this coming
fall, and we predict that they will
win their share of games.
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The Texas Aggie tankmen will
invade Austin Thursday to seek
revenge for their defeat at the
hands of the T. u. splashers last
February 23 in the A. & M. pool.
Coach Art Adamson plans to
take a 15-man squad.
This coming Saturday night,
March 16, an embryo swimming
team from SMU will meet the
Eight Cagers Get
Varsity Letters
The Texas Aggie Athletic Coun
cil put the final touches to the past
basketball season over the week
end by awarding varsity letters to
eight of the players and the man
ager, Lee Duggan, of Houston.
Those winning their letters in
cluded: Capt. Jamie Dawson,
Crockett, and Hilton Hall, Hughes
Springs, both seniors; Homer Ad
ams, Dallas, and Bill Underwood,
Houston, juniors; Oscar White,
Rising Star, sophomore; and Jim
Kirkland, Dallas, Bill Yeoman,
Glendale, Ariz., and Claud (Peck)
Vass, Houston, all freshmen.
Underwood was hurt in the first
part of the season and did not see
any action during the second half
of the season.
Coach Marty Karow announced
that Spring cage practice will open
April 30 and continue for the al
lowable 30 days.
AGGIE GOLFERS DROP
PRACTICE MATCH 9-6
Last Sunday the Aggies golfers
dropped a 9-6 decision in match
play to members of the Bryan
Country Club. However, Coach
Karow was not to disappointed in
the showing of his top men for
all of them came through in good
shape in individual play.
Bill Washington, number one
man for the Aggies, beat Travis
Bryan Jr., 4-2. Don Rutan, seeded
hUhlbfer two, trimmed Travis Bryan
Sr., 2 up. Qualls, number three man
for the Aggies dropped a 1 up de
cision to Joe Sosolik. A. R. Frank,
number four man, dumped White
for Bryan 5-4, and Grann, number
five man for the Ags, beat Car-
son 7-5.
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Aggies in a dual meet. This will
be the last competitive event be
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March 22-23.
The Texas Aquatic Club, com
posed of Texas University swim
ming team members and various
ineligibles, captured the. South
western AAU Indoor swim crown
last Saturday night at the Dallas
Athletic Club. A team of six, com
posed of Allen Self, Jimmy Boyle,
Jack Riley, Manuel Escobar, Jim
my Allen, and Warren Settegast,
swam representing A. & M.
In the 100-yard freestyle event,
Allen Self placed second to Hushla
of the TAG. Jack Riley led until
the last lap of the 440-yard free
where he was overtaken and touch
ed out at the finish by Conway
Moore, ace freestylist for the
DAC, in the 100-yard breaststroke
event.
A freestyle relay quartet, com
posed of Jack Riley, Warren Sette
gast, Manuel Escobar, and Allen
Self trailed in third position to
the TAG and DAC.
Van Adamson, son of the coach,
placed third in the 440-yard free
style.
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