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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1947)
'I I I 'll ext Jfbu Last Gam JTouq Lar • A full ho^isi take on thie match of the gamtf Farmer fivi heat 1 1 This sqUad this soi.sqfiian played games ■so that interestl imong t ,t dent body wi 1 ihcrea out a large eiowdi Th last home game foi team this ye|a|r afe the ’ nesday morning bn i which will ’ir)(C'lude| C eVeli Columbus, CjHo, jar d 1 >rbn; As a preljniiii.iry t game, the Shm IHoqst B's will play at G p. -ni new confereifice ruli ig and B~teams ma^ be )laye same time. But [Co ic Frankie~will i play h ? as a unit, dilt|eifniati ig »ihes on the court. 1 hi:i the fans a flsjstei gai|ie rivalry of the tjv tg outscore ;es(c» fhcir opponents,, j -•van - the b st* > xj V '■ I tudcnts! wl ith Ia; throi All s begin with sive will !*■ a* the basketballig une gates will open at to permit! ipotions B Team gamie. At be first ^nte firs admittance uati thi is filled. Oijinie itim and the bahd wjill iit b ea is th Mhu iMnii 4th: tie vfill 'give " L to; the to; t4 h ist u nh itTed se tor firstly ijigllt 7:4 The Aggie flan last Saturday’s an accident! |a ' hit its stiii H'fault, baskbjt the first tvf'i' tet 1 i gave Jl'im, tine Bearkat /n, aijid the gam S3 f 'jjgainst the mg only 14 our share o f hoop with b pletions. t Coach Ma 'ty Kan|lw because of : r pep which the last w(!(‘kj. the title thib two losses, continue th Saturday.” A 'big th > rn inHthe A [•? M *1 in- the last kins, 5’ 10' for the vf.ji center, Mu 6’ 7” boy good advarjt Although the favOrit? trying hard They have A fc see |lh4 5 |t\ fill ber’ e for IdlTi 8 Ve nresien^ I- gb.nu| was hot; that fheir t<ar hitjtjin gaijnesjjfoi ee 2 r /< i, w , nafred ex|iu| j ore Northe ected To Attorn OWAkD ighl when the Aggie ts| at 8 pdi m. iii a when the! underdog T ' n ght 1 agem return ; ■ • f I Swee| iVifle team 65-55: scori ig recbrd for (the A^gie Big City te Nolil -r AHOLD V. l IS •1 ;• \ i i Infantry f Flag Fooi Intramural C j A Jnfantry downed y I* the Iriiramurbl flag fo y downed C jlijfa|njtj l|2-0 yesterday afterr obn} tjo ta osihsf minuted of the fir?-' after Quarterback Guip Fergus had fas^el to ^nemy territjtrv, ahd tien, after trying two unsuc:essful aerials, attempted a third Unable to find a; receiver, Feitgus raced to tpe C Infantry one-yard sjtiiipe. i Fullback Charles .V uttei forged acrosii from there. Fergus' try f[?r t ie extra point was wide !eav»|i|? tpe s:ore GtO. hlopifn^ l^>Ff tpf M Tlhp ilar wfiith Joi ti e nji let ; pan fthr mi • >> ’bp f tlhe'bj); ctiih is! OOt| pj m | has ma iVe . ! lil FOr Yqi.r Visha| Problem - poneii* Dr* (yarltf ' 0| TOMl 203 > b ■1 ! 1 i ranie' ii-is Wiibhsotij to'fs. Iln [ado Italy Mit heliU ii Uj hhp u|ps hipjlh^gpit tp#|» thp ijBc irjka to ewn up Held Ttr -fnt - Main hone 2 I 1 r R. ill RIST first tally was li the i:. second stanza, 4 In fjmtry kicked to the A t^o aid Forges returned to th? ten. On tue f|rst jday, a hide-out pass Irdm Fer* gus to Bell was good fo" |a fiifst down, Matfei-carried eirmind yi |ndl fir 30 yards and a fiitst;. irst ght 1 After 4 fakp pass play failed, it ^Q^yard . Lee!' Brjjan 662 Infantry again qnd- ArtlGbr- an a Ijiand-off ffonji Fergtis, ,whii I ! otball erm made in the t half J Ci! In- .LAB.Dpc. 16.4^! look Jnow Fort Worth, Iloitslon and San Anto things are being said-and |idg ti be said that wfH, mal Ipfntjtl I' sore.! t 1 j places like Ama A1 ilene, San Angel Temple, (Waco, Corpus Ai stin are already 1 saying I ydu fOi'lneid this city conference in in- terscholastic; leaigue Sports^ because you would like to win a champiop- ship once 4n a while.; Trouble is, you (jttnjt refutp the argument very hiuph. 'ifou see, a citjr School hasn’t vv’on a state footbalf championship We are | not irtsinuating that this wak the main reason- for the change but with all this talk going around it certainly- is a matter of public interest and worth discussing. Frankly, chums, just what has this organization accomplished ? Has it equalized athletics in the schools like the idea of a triple A conference that has been biooted arejudd for years? The real solu tion' is formation of a confelrence| .taking in all schools with 760 eh- rol|ment up. I r j < ' ' - wider the present set-up the city Conference will have a cham pion out it will be disputed lustily -T'| ; 'i, , ■ ? i n " i' |:'l M; • - - 1 ' 1 I! ■ I ; - I on Series Tonight — 1—* r ^ r mgh a^ sporu. Odessa, In State PlaJX Dallas vs Jes vs Long\ ien Wayo" piayp Highland Park at Dallas and- Longview battles' tdP)—Odessa Brackenridge at 8kn Aptonio Sat urday in semi-finals of the Texas schoolboy football race as one of the most amazing comebacks in grid-iron history stirs football fans throughout the? state. Highland Bark literally got up off the floor to fight its way into the next-to-lasf rpiind. In the sec ond Half, the inspired Scots storm ed to three touchdowns and won 18-14. Saturday Highland Park plays an Odessa team that beat Wichita Falls 27-0 Saturday to enter the state semi-finals the sec ond season in a row. Longview, the defensive wonder of the year and of any other year, won its game ofver Breckenridge in typical fashion. The Lobos need only otte chai.ee dnd they’ll take penalty .set the A boys baick aML flollpw ing, Riight End FivindjjQhain- - himv oI C .captured a F< rgus to Jajke 1 leishrer pads on his own o^e-ypjrd marker. Quarterback Jack Is i Carried around right! end tlli ,, , ., ... , , id’ first jut was 1 hurt-on ithc jtlay. i J the ehamp.qii.sh.p between the city : . conference and the cfess A A di- i A t artiallF blocked kicc ili^s 1 Vjsjiojh. Tfl incomplete pass gave th? pigskin ! ' by the schools in class AA—the f schools that are in the smaller cltjies. That is, it will be disputed if (somepne terms it a ‘Estate cham- h’l—and they probably will. Pibnellli Pinh’ 1 —pr fo jJ u '| lThe.r<| is no plan for playing off int, ! ; the eham to the enemy one, fi i om ...where labteji went^over on t|?e hej:t play. af ed and ea 1. try, foi- extra : point ahtry took a 12|0 a. i Bcrjald Stjeart took |the tick .on pl||ovm In : the HI and ijetui-ncd toi thj t 0. Five | ot.%-|iii - .viiirds picked up by Floyd Grona yjear|;b\|t wg;wjill ; t;.kF pjlus.a penalty gave C ja lint dpwn he Agg es Iniirheil 1 biut Hibrell ; list yardkgo m they; ijm ikiss s ttempts An aerial fiom * ij] Inkil 1 o Barbie carried 141 to lie iny lil 10 andjjanotherjby teams' |P Aggie’ ejiougl clasisec to . rhbke therji I'S Jivi$i^ id-believed that the priority sys- jUi ti- ligski tlGOi fhe only way |he city) cbn feijeUcejcan escape from slurs! that it was formed so the big boys might wip sometimes is for the two di visions to play for the title when eafch champion has been dejteirmin- edi -I- Pictured above! is Bill Ttirnbow, crack AKKie forward who led Aggie scorers with 1W points in last Saturday’s victory over Sam Houston State Teachers College. : J--~ A Williamson Puts Winkler on His All-America Team it. They got a penetration and then withstood every Breckenridge surge to emerge from a scoreless tie still unbeaten for the season, Brackenridge maide two penetra tions arid Goose Creek one as the San Antonio eleven skidded into the semi-finals. Goose ('reek fin ished the season without a defeat but counting the scoreless tie with Brackenridge had its record. • Footballs Due To ill Air as TCI 'jets Ole Miss By ZERO HAMMOND 4 IT west football, Dutch Meyer of TCU is probably burning tfie midnight oil these nights figuring otyt new defense strategy, for when his Horned Frogs meet 01e Miss in the Delta Bowl New Year’s Day they will encounter the nation’s number one passing combination: of Charlie Conprly and Barney! Poole. In Chickiu’ Charlie Conefly and —j. ON Bktiklion •T- I- TUESDAY, DECBMBEE :ll ,W 4k Longhorns Prep the natu .mbinatior larneyj PU Bartley Poole the Rebels boi&jst; fhe best passet 1 -receiver twosome to edme out of the gridiron ware in tecent year:;. Conerly holds the all- time collegiate passing! completion record with 133 completions and Poole, the ex-Army star is the record holder in his department with-62 receptions. They set this record despite the fact that three ojf Oje Miss’s games were playqd on Wet fields. Hcjwevpr, as evidenced by their 19 tk 19 tie with SMU, their tie with Orange Bowl bound Kap* UUd their impressive victories oVer A&M and Baylor, the Frogs have the ability to raise to great heights on occasions, and Mississippi Coach Johnny Vaught says that he isn’t I taking the Christians lightly de- two draws on!MPitc their average season. This game could easily devjeJop into the top offensiyie battle of Southwest* Lott Eye on Amateb By PAUl We don’t knov moted the V*r»i this region to creating honest St TTTTMrTT ■mv 1 ; f '(r ■ ! : l < :: ij K v • I r— . R ‘ I *j.r. i'i Hir on ai(4 flja' ^as! ra sed 1 pros4!l!l ting too-l boral .sidizj i( on^ ». eentlk ho**' the! ncis to lake " I ? Al , ty ;meeting! .., the! ipodthp Marjlm rotary James H SteW’t rt wa^ pointed watchdc g of imtsidel exdess smbsidizntion. ^ def and; determined limit wfa SljeWart Was au^horiztfc it ' .1 I II1L ! the year if weather conditions are | light. Ole Miss has H at I a high 1 Scoring offense all year and the For Alabama Clash; points against the powerful SMU MusiangS. Almost; simulthmoukC*, Star conference; piabk Tuesday’s dost Good Chance ELD Wip jencesKeep r ith New Rule vc dity on probation for a apmer at dubious means at, acquirmj; letes. In so doing, tjie L01 Iso »erved notice;; in thit certain types jar* unhealthy " for m j In jthat Trinity failpd tb swam poiftug teams last grid! aeaso e gripes were hardly aUdible. •inity: hid come out. WfitH a tea (Hat oiiiU assed the otper schooli e penal y might hayei b*en a bli ! nup]* . prose- member IF on? seir?re' * 'IT J'l The Skiuthwest Conference ruli lirjg, bariag all outside Subsidizi tibn of athletes and Hpi|timg acho' aid to; .board 1 room, tuition, an irjcidcfiitalk loj)ks l^s if it may eijiforced witri authority sing! ujuier Stbwart which means h wkrt’t have to wait umtill the boa hklds jits meeting U-fore takin fakipn.; Tpis may put a crimp i I the ityile 6f Some schools more thui others.) Apy way you take it, A&R slibjuldti’t suffer ncrirly as much as oth|rs wc could name,. : Home Game in M7; r«tami Big Send-Olff the tlU‘ s tmb j liitramural Terinis Crown Captured By A liifantry ! i infantry’s. Tennisitpam Walk;- cknrkbikatiok Carried lljo the t?lvo.! e< l off with the Intramuhil Tknnis .1 , : m .here it was when the team< ended, i Championship for the .Second icon* ——f-4 — ! secuiive year. rated ij?ver A&M ; rid (he The kings ot ? mat'gin of victirr itas hot AUSTIN, TEX., Dfc. 16—•A’)— In ( preparation, for itheir Sugar BbWl game with Alpbaiha, the Uni versity of Texhs Longhorns buck- j led down to heavy physical work 1 Monday. ! 1 'j The past week was spent in light i conditioning. ■'Cold Weather cut short two of the workouts, with several of the players ion the side lines with colds. The squad will bp given Dec. 24 ceived more than 1.000 nominations ^m,l 25 Off for Christmas. Resuming land among them was Big Jim practice the next day, they will j Winkler, who wis placed on the! continue to \york until Dec. 30 New Orleans < opestbr’s second when the online group will entrain team. The AggHs, along with V.! for New Origan*.!'Arrival there MI. and Nebrasta were the onlv I >- s -scheduled cfn December .31. Now that mostj of all All-Ameri can teams havej; been selected throughout the country and .most of the protests dyer the selections have died down. tjbe man who keeps the pulse of collegiate football* Paul Williamson, has announced his “balanced poll” All-American team: WilliamSop in; hi,s selection re- 1 | The spirit shewn 'b;r| , Houston j State Teach -ts student l)° ( ly w|hen t|6|e( Jam Browns Repeat As New League Cliamps » ! tej •*! NEW YORK, Dec. 16 — (/fr— The infant All-America football conference is hailing its Cleveland I!ravens hs champions for the sec ond straight year. The Browns de feated the New York Yankees, 14 fo 3! for the conference title, Sun day !aftqrnoon. , Meanwhile, the Chicago j Cardi nals gaihed their first western di- fqeil j' or irttramiiral tijiimis ipff-season teamsj to place grid.nen through a seven> game J 0l VA u » . ,, | <*69,000 ddle wjithput a single defeat! and ; ®f fhp^33 names* on the selected , „ piteled op the top of the heap in a ; tean \ 8 .' .jfivb received out- tneir national aer- ! ! For The past fe* gaUek Jhe gym composed of 23 teams, With j V jihnny Luj^^^harlle vice Liff Insurance contracts dur- j-h*, 4 t,.L „v M - haK-f , ^an-i ” ! ^^ !»» ^ m J*#'* »♦« ^ -* it«i. k< itktrA/i inof liar, n ^kr.U,r aii». > ■ 1.1 He ^5. T? 06 - U P.. OT Elliott, and Ramev Poole. After mg Septembrt 30, the Veterans vision crown by turning back the national league’s defending cham- Vetis Change NSLIl , 3 °-2l, while the Phila delphia Eagles tietl the Pittsburgh About 369,000 veterans request ed changes in,fheir National Ser- evletyorte ftt 7:30 tonigjht, with oillyi the A-G coupon; bobk-FoklerS getting i. lie’ll in before that npipj cheer.;: i ri ‘ mm m > m&X S“ a" j m •:< ojtfer-capacify crowd ' wns expected pf’ ; L«lveston, John D?eb of tp attend the games, an 1 tie prior- Apt Gorman of ity system! was set Ur assure all student!; a seat at onf game School joffijcials are how ivorklng. [ oh a plan ! to open thje i i oor$; to “il IkJ J 15? ‘ hi i M\ ; J: i M i ¥ rZ % I -X wise chukc for « I for ll|Bt p< rf* ' • lor anyti ■ i r i. !,. C nr :,>! ( . j T W i Rr^ul.n Er K-Up lengths I 1 : T 65c and up 4ll|drfssed men find Phoenix the . . you'll find them the wise for him . . . at Christmastime choiee Cf-OCK and i *— i ' 'll * -L „ 1 ixon ! Fort | Faso, j arid Charlie Mattel of San Antpnio. : ’ .f—hr-- I ! lippman Misses Todd’s Record by 21 Points EL CAMPO, Tex.. Dec. (16 (IPi— Kndpked qut the third |t|me he! car ried; tjle ball, Walt iii jpmahfi of El iCainpO last night chance to set a new* school scoring record. The f El Campo bac waH injured aner gainii Elliott, and Barney Poole. After , , . . ^ ■ , these had been hominated, region- Administratiorj reported this week. al favorites canuj in for their Voted, j : - v , Dick Harris of Texas made the, Texa ' s A AM; was the first team starting lineup, \Vinkier and M|a-'' to br oadcast a game: in 1921, bv gee of Rice took spots on the sec, (lots ami dash(!g ; [ end team with Bobby Layne of : 1 . . t . ■ : ' Texas. Joe Watson of Rice made centek dot i of tlip fbifd team. For shake a stick; at;! The Fightin’, ,j, n i . , i __ i !_■ . obvious reasons, there were no Irish' likely could have gotten along > Tg. ■ ei ! 4^’ 0°' '-t •* • ‘ ” ^ honorable mentibns. without Mr. Lujack-magnificent W Highland Park sa.d .t was de- That isuperb (field general and though he t0 p,a y the big, Steelers for the lead ijn the eastern ha|f chase by clipping the (Jreen Bay Packers 28-14. Cotton Bowl Scene Of . Scdttie-Odessa Clash : DALLAS, Dec. lo i-up)— The teenji-final interscholasjtic football game between Odessa and High land I’ai'k will be held in th« Cot- top j Bowl here next Saturday. played Aj&M Saturday almost equal to I hat of t Tpe gym was packet, was present, ai d eVq' 100 peicent behind the The Aggies hlivc , /l they are; never lackij g ahd win,; Ipse, or drajb’, behind the team! Neycj'’' gym lias;continued tp; packed for any gamj? t season, j 8 The reason Tor this, basketball isn’t popula rite a crowd. However, the stands were; alwab overflowing. A neither tj ia be that interest! won’t l uhtil conference play.„T i| which only one-t|iird of! t body may attend eaci|| be responsible. True,, book holders may get! the gym isn’t fail if wait until 15 minutes line jaiRl cdiE BearRjS light] ? Mi le Aug eh the T ■jbodyL^al, ^am- j own 3 (ha in the; ilreat pen laves or t 9:6$ U ! W# a there for tpelesi, the farffiphli tjme. Few, howqver, ijtp ithey c4 m fore r Whatever ma; We’d like to sc Tuesday night Iwheni Houston Bearkats com a return; match.! This this, tfee rj: a phlekcd nissedl hiSi quarterback, Lujaek, of one of state high Notre Dame’s i greatest pigskin ! brigades, received the most votes, ifield ; star | But thp surpyiS'og Mr. Connerly g 21 yards , of the Cinderellas of Ole Miss, was what the Therefore, the Wj}liamfeon! sys tem awarded its trophy for ; most valuable playlet of the year to Charles Connerly of the Univfersity of Mississippi!— Q^e Miss to yop. One of 33 All-American certificates were awarded, each bf the players (including Cdritveriy) making the 1947 “Big” All*American group of against Lpckhart v the longest gain; closely hext. It ip obvious of h scoreless game called at! the' Rebejls would naye done—or, rather end'of the first half by agreerjierit. would hbveinot . one—without their Lippmanti had scored 291 pj'ints j Charlie ■ and Bjalney bf 1947. Con-,..,.. prior to last night, 21 shy of the nerly ajid Pohlji 'brake more na-; the current Williamson All-College tecped set by Dick Todd pf flVow- tional grid hejccjrds than you can j poll ley in 1934, former AAM star) and • ] • 1 ! I ! ]; . * * ' halfback for the Washington lifed- 1 ^ ships. j ? |;\ EXAM^: ANNOUNCED WITH COMMISSION K ; Examinations for Registration Officers with the Veterans ; Ad ministration in T cxa8 . 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ME s fa# l h|i ] s peD ib enopflIfb ast s‘a soil Dili <1 t >1 'If-n if' ite'j arn fed rtilt !by ,e st j.) jhmc!. s til c| 1-bff for the tea n, which the eastern pi grimuge e following morning. so likte to sec he [band this one game, lit will b* cu| and 0e a fine gesture to sej; team gets full ; backing, to see the cqupfin priP l] ! ,1( |i the laot played here thih would tlat the We’d like arity ruli porarily £ to two ? filled. dropped |for orjee, tetri t least, or parts so ■ m«yb? divided the gym could Later cjn, it may be necessary t. l l ave, ithc Coupon holders divide. Into throi groups hut to djate theni 1 ave beer) too many enjpty seats itj the gtem luring the garnets. g 1 Southern California has playei jir the Rohe Bowl nine timeri, losint dnly iji 1M46 to Alabama, ,84-14. iLLi 1 ' £ .r 4'2 For Your Sporting Goods N< .-ds JONES SPORTINU* GOODS 863 S. 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