TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1946
THE BATTALION
Page 3
U. V. JOHNSTON
Civil War On BATT Sports Staff
This column as any reader can
see is not in accord with the opin
ion expressed in this same posi
tion last Friday afternoon. How
ever, since this is a very highly
contested issue, I have decided to
express my personal opinion on
the subject just as a few of the
other writers have done. This
subject is so controverial that the
members of the BATTALION
sports staff do not agree, so how
can you expect the whole student
body to agree? This column does
not, therefore, express the opinion
of the complete BATT staff, but
only that of yours truly.
These Five Cagers Help Brighten Aggie Future on Hardwoods
HOMER ADAMS JIM KIRKLAND RAY KLUTZ PECK YASS BILL McCORMICK
Norton and Meyer Tops In SWC
Firing the coaches seems to be
in the air after this past hectic
football season and there are many
here at Aggieland who seem to
have caught the fever. BUT WHY ?
Admittedly Coach Norton had a
very poor season but his past re
cord shows that he is a very capa
ble coach and one of the most suc
cessful in this part of the country.
Coach Norton’s record shows
that he is second only to Dutch
Meyer in the win-loss percentages
in both conference games and non
conference games. Since taking
the helm at A&M Norton has won
39 conference games, lost 31, and
tied 6 which gives him an overall
percentage of .552, ' and Coach
Meyer’s record is only slightly bet
ter with .599.
Meyer Only Other With Top Team
Norton has won as many
championships as any other coach
during the period that he has been
at Aggieland, and has had one
team named National Champs and
the only other SWC coach to ac
complish this feat is the amazing
Dutchman from Ft. Worth.
Looking at these statistics one
should see that A.&M. has one of
the most capable men in the bus
iness at the helm of it’s athletic
program, and I for one can see no
reason for changing. If we were
to change it is a cinch that we
could not hope to get one half so
good. More than likely we would
only be able to get a guy named
Joe, as none of the top flight
coaches in the country would ac
cept the job if we were to break
our present coach’s contract. It
would be felt that contracts mean
nothing here at A&M.
If our coach is as bad as every
one makes out why does he have
a five year contract that lacks
three years expiring? Surely, if
he isn’t a fairly good coach he
would have been dropped before
he had served thirteen years.
This throws the monkey back to
the men who are responsible. The
same men who are now screaming
for his scalp were the ones who
were willing to give him a TEN
year contract after he had brought
the National title to Aggieland in
1939. This does not look as if
there is anything wrong with the
coach, BUT instead something is
wrong somewhere else. Could it
be with the men who are now try
ing to fire him?
All of this talk leads nowhere
as the coach still has three years
on his contract. If the men who
want to fire him have the thirty-
odd thousand dollars it will take
to pay off this contract why don’t
they come out in the open and say
so to the right people instead of
talking to the people outside ? c
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Aggie Basketballers Win 2, Lose 4 In East
End Of Long Trail Foilf Schoolboy
Crowns on Line Wednesday R™
ill ^13X0 Kace
Cliff Ackerman
There will be big doings in In
tramurals Wednesday night, De
cember 18th in the big gym when
Puryear meets the Corps Cham
pionship Basketball team at 7:15
to decide the College Cage Cham
pionship team. Following this at
8 o’clock “C” Field will meet Dorm
No. 15 in the final match for the
College Championship Volleyball
team.
Bad weather slowed flag foot
ball down this past week, but the
other sports moved right along.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball matches moved to dry
land under the stadium last week
as the freshman teams continue
their battle for top positions.
“D” Field came from behind led
by Freed, Tate, and Jones to over
come a hard fighting “B” Cav.
team 2 to 1 in their match.
Heads up ball playing carried
“C” Field to a fast victory 2 to 0
over “C” Cav. Thomas, Wilson,
and Torrence played good ball for
“C” Field, while Cary and Taylor
were outstanding for the losers.
* PING PONG
Matches this past week have
been played in the little gym and
some excellent players have been
spotted during this seasons match
es. #
“C” Field won over “A”' Eng.
3 to 2 in their match. Driving
forehand shots and tricky back
hand returns gave “C” Field the
edge. For the winners Lehman,
Horne, and Stevens were out
standing and for the losers it was
Firebaugh and Walkow.
“E” Inf. took an easy victory
from “F” Inf. 4 to 1. Driving
forehand shots led “E” Inf. to
their win. Outstanding for the
winners was Swartz and Baca and
for the losers it was Stanford.
League standing in ping pong
up to December 13th.
LEAGUE A VETERAN
Team Won Lost Pet.
Dorm No. 16 ...3 0 1.000
Dorm. No. 15 3 0 1.000
Dorm. No. 14 2 0 1.000
Dorm. No. 3 2 2 .500
Dorm. No. 1 2 1 .666
Mitchell 1 5 .166
Bizzell 0 6 .000
CORPS
Team Won Lost Pet.
A Inf 5 0 1.000
A QMC 4 1 .800
C Cav 2 3 .400
A Ord 2 5 .285
E Field 1 4 .200
B Inf 1 4 .200
LEAGUE B
Team Won Lost Pet.
F Field 1 5 0 1.000
A Sig 5 1 .833
A Cav 4 2 .666
A Coast 3 3 .500
G Inf 2 3 .400
A Field 0 5 .000
C Eng 0 5 .000
LEAGUE C
Team Won Lost Pet.
B Eng 4 0 1.000
C Inf 3 0 1.000
D Cav 3 2 .600
D Inf 2 2 .500
A CWS 2 3 .400
Inf. Band 1 3 .250
B Field 0 4 .000
LEAGUE D
Team Won Lost Pet.
C Field 2 0 1.000
FA Band 1 01 1.000
F Inf 3 ll .750
E Inf 3 21 .600
A Eng 1 2 ■ .333
D Field 1 3 f .250
B Cav 0 3 f .000
Kennel Club Names
Three New Officers
The Brazos Valley Kennel Club
held its December meeting Mon
day night in the library of the An
imal Industries building.
During the meeting L. E. McCall
resigned as president and was suc
ceeded by H. C. Stuart. G. B. Win
stead resigned as treasurer and
was succeeded by Dr. C. T. Edds.
D. E. VanBuskirk resigned from
the board of directors of the club
and was replaced by Mrs. F. B.
Clark.
Reports were made on the fin
ancial outcome of the dog show
held in November and plans were
made for the spring show.
The quarter-finals in the state
schoolboy football race were reeled
off last Saturday afternoon with
Highland Park of Dallas, Odessa,
Jefferson of San Antonio and Luf
kin emerging victorious, and there
by winning the honor of entering
the state semi-finals next Saturday.
Highland Park took North Side
of Ft. Worth 19-7 after scoring
two touchdowns in the last half.
The game was tied up at the half
seven all, but the Scotties finally
wore down the North Siders and
emerged the winners.
Odessa had the easiest day of
all Saturday, as they romped over
Wichita Falls 21-0. This will put
the Odessa eleven agfainst the
Scotties next week, but the meet
ing place has not been decided as
yet. It will be decided early in
the week by the flip of a coin, as
the Odessa team has stated that
it is not interested in a guaran
tee.
Jefferson in beating Lamar won
the chance to take on Lufkin in the
semi-finals next week, and this,
game will probably be played in
Houston, but it is not official as
yet. Lufkin handed the Waco
eleven a 36-6 drubbing, and Jef
ferson came back to overtake La
mar and take the game by a 13-6
score. Lamar scored first in this
game, but they weren’t up to hold
ing it.
Odessa is the only team that was
picked early in the season to en
ter the play-offs, and they are still
the favorites to go on to the state
championship.
FAIRES, WINGREN ARE A&M
NATIONAL ASME DELEGATES
Virgil M. Faires, head of the
management engineering depart
ment, and Professor R. M. Win-
gren were A&M College’s only rep
resentatives at the annual meeting
of the American Society of Me
chanical Engineers at New York
City, December 2-5. Other ASME
members on the faculty were un
able to make the trip due to press
of work.
*
JET DESIGNER
The Story of
ALAN HOWARD
PURDUE '27
TN CHARGE of a group of G-E gas-tur-
-I- bine engineers and technicians, Alan
Howard has directed the design and develop
ment of two General Electric engines that are
today powering some of our fastest planes.
One, the Propjet, is the first propeller-
drive gas turbine in the world. Alan’s
second design, the T-G 180, is a pure jet
engine, a departure from earlier jets in that
it is designed on “axial-flow” principles
which make possible a super-streamlined
shape.
Gas-turbine engineering is, of course, a
highly specialized field. Alan, however, is
thankful today not so much for any special
knowledge he learned in college, but for the
solid understanding of engineering funda
mentals which he gained as he worked for
his B.S. degree at Purdue.
When, in 1941, Alan Howard undertook
the design of the Propjet and the axial-flow
engines, this sound training in engineering
principles, followed by his years of practical
experience with G.E., fitted him well for
success.
Next to schools and the U. S. Government, General Elec
tric employs more college engineering graduates than
any other organization.
After graduating in electrical engineering at
Purdue, Alan came on "Test" with G.E.
Today he designs engines like the Propjet,
which provides both propeller-drive, jet thrust.
It may power tomorrow’s giant airliners.
GENERAL^
ELECTRIC
Cagers Weakened By Injuries, Colds;
Also Handicapped By Lack Of Height
The Texas Aggie basketball team won the first two games of their
Eastern tour by 52-47 over Sienna and 59-44 over Morehead Teachers
College but they dropped the last four straight. Coach Karow said that
lack of height and the travel weariness had taken a heavy toll on the
team. Three of the members of the traveling squad were listed on
the sick list before the Kentucky game and their absence may have
been one of the reasons for the easy win that the Mountaineers took
from the Aggie squad. The three players that were placed on the in
active list were Batey with a bad cold, Collingsworth with a sprained
ankle and Klutz with a bad cold.
Cross Country Meet
Won by J.W.StegalI
James W. Stegall of C Infantry
carried top honors in the annual
Intramural Cross Country meet
that was held Saturday, December
14 in which some 350 men com
peted. Stegall made the mile and
seven tenths circuit in 8:16.
C. H. Hardie of D Infantry
placed second and Bailey of B
Inf. brought up third. Others that
placed in order of finish were Wil
liams of D Inf., Abney of A Cav.,
Hink of A Q.M.C., E. F. Newman
of Dorm 16, Avermann of A Sig.,
Luker of A Inf., T. Knox of F. A.
Band, R. Baker of A Sig., Krause-
koph of C Inf., Sauls and Allen
of A Inf. and C. C. Luther of C
Eng. C Infantry took first honors
in the class A event with 125
points.
In the class B event A Field
was top outfit with 154 points
followed closely by B Field with
156 points. G. Inf. carried third
and D Tnf. was fourth with 203
and 212 points respectively.
S. G. Pate, of G Infantry ran
first in this event with the time
of 8:22 around the circuit. J.
Turcotte of G Inf. placed second
and Maxfield of the Field Artil
lery Band ran third.
CLASS B STANDINGS
Place—Name Orig.
1 Pate, S. G G. Inf.
2 Turcotte, J G. Inf.
3 Maxfield *...F. A. Band
4 Kinsey, R. A D. Field
The last four games the Aggies
have played they have gone down
to very bad defeats. Murray han
ded them a 49-46 licking, Bradley
walked off with a 91-57 win and
Kentucky had a very easy time of
it in winning by a heavily lopsided
score 83-18.
The St. Louis game is a good
example of the importance of
height in basketball in its present
form. In this game the height
of McCauley, 6 foot 8 inch giant
center of St. Louis scored 17
points which was two pointy more
than the difference in the score.
After that game Coach Karow
stated, “Our opponents height and
our lack of it has hurt our chances
more than any other single item
all year.”
The stars for the Aggies on the
road trip so far have been Batey
and Collingsworth. In the More-
head Teachers game Batey scored
22 points and Collingsworth ac
counted for 14 of the Aggie total
of 59. Dan Voiding, center on the
Aggie squad throughout the entire
game, also made his presence
known as he accounted for eight
points. The Aggies finally came
out with a win in this game after
an over time period. The final
score was Aggies 59, Moorehead
55.
Results of Eastern Tour
Aggies 52 Sienna 47
Aggies 59 Moorehead .... 55
Aggies 46 Murray 49
Aggies 63 Bradley 91
Aggies 42 St. Louis .... 57
Aggies 18 Kentucky .... 83
~5 Hay D. Field
6 Atchisen B Inf.
7 Daly, T. F D. Inf.
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