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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1947)
hat some of this mopey be ui' , for . reconditioning the ; handball tburts. The lighting is boor, tl floors are rough, and the walls a flirty. As the Exchange Store p fits were not to be used for that purpose, the request hpd to be denied. “Anyway, Mr. — 1 —^— *1 sehted oy4r WTjA' l^, w|il heai^dur|ngl thelt olidaiyp Pierre, stjakiib: nhai ager ed Thuracmy, ; The Sajturday, Decc i broadcast,|| will !be. tlje year,., Pin^fne ppir ted program ijwill tia /e 11*48 airinig on M uiduy, bfo pthiaf ichangi s arf plated*in Ijhe.wira W sehedule, jPiem t bclare i ■ - ; I 1 M ,1 f METHO<)tlST )( \VN llAC ^Eli ’f DENTO Southei'n Mustangs 1 North Teut SMU wlad)llead)h itb only Dec;; 19 Method .<t St /fight cTtff/ont State Eaglbs (!( 1 I Pl -j-i T K! ijlniwsi :y ■f' J it' 'Minis, by; rro 49-47, with only! worrinuids to play, but s’prtef i s^erhyj'|pr Je , Only one said a month ago that he woiu haVe the handt 1 Y ’ for me/’ The A4hletiJ Depannient h&s had four or five ping pong tables for' about a year, but no. place to iput them. It would be desirably tp have these tables set up near the center of the campus so that std- Idehts coukl play betweert classes. The basement of the Acjademic Building, the locked idle room at 'the foot of the stairs, has been isuggested as a possible 'iite.f This ■space is used only occasionally as | a Storage room and wodld make a fine temporary location for jthe piing pong tables. ( ' •But odds are ^that | certain school officials, one in the Eng. Department arid one in the Ar- ; chitecture Department, Wil^ block any of Spike's attempts fo utilize this room. ’ It was not so long ago that ping pong was one of the maid recrea tional activities at A&M, arid it could become so again ‘if taMes could be located conveniently on the Campus so that the; students could play. The lone remaining table is in the basement of thejY”, and it is always busy and has a waiting line.' .But at least We can be happjy .in the thought that our children ulill be able to play ping pong: at AAiM —space has been allotted;j lof tables in the Student Union Build- ' ■ X > ' h ' L T 4 itn^Teams will be lie annual banquet ivin by the Brazoe County :M Club and the Athletic nincil, at 7 o’clock Friday liglt, January 16, R. L “Saljch” llkins, general chairman announc- tpday. The affair wil be held at T ckets, which will Sell for $2 kdj, will go on sale immediately after the holidays, Joe Motheral, fiphhce and ticket chairjman, said. A ;hlet|c awards will be present ed ajt th|; banquet and a prominent everjing. : Ir addifion to Elkips, who is Chairman, the general arrangement J- Individual Winners in the In- -f trariiural cross country raeje that tfwk place here last Friday are pictured above. They are, left to ripht. Robert Williams of Senior Company, first place, Jack Turcotte uf A Infantry, second ip^ice. Ralf Burch of Dorm 14, fourth, and Alton Bailey of Sejnior Company, fifth. Cene Smith of Dorm 5, third phjee wiriner. is nbt pictured. PJay-Ofis in Fk^ Football Slated After Christinas season it that. It finally ended with AidjtM winning but nine games of the ^5 played. This left tpe Aggies npt quite in the SWC,cellar i | | . hut clojsle lenough to he on intimajte ;Due to an unavoidable dejay, the terms (with its occupants, finrils in the Corps Intramural Most satisfying part of the hapd" P'lig Football will not ;he played wood season was the final tilt in until lifter the Christmas holidays, which Mairty Karow’s charges gdg- One semi-final game between A'- ed a High-flying Southern Methb- Ittfantry and C Infantiy has been dist quintet 59-58. This happened Rescheduled and jivill be played as. after the Aggies with a final esf- A&M Sports Picture .None Too Bright In Looking Back Over Year of J947 The Christmas holidays, in effect, bring to a dlose the year of 1947. When returning January 5.11947 will only be a memory], pleasant in some aspects,land not to3 pleasant in others, j 1 I; | > K ; ■ i I Returning at approximately that time g year ago, the basketball season was well Undbr-4—j—— ^—4—(- way. 11 none-toO-successtjul HHrschei Burgess is Chairman of the program committee, Bill Daw- Son meads the host coipmittee for school athletes upd coaches, oiyay Hughes is head of the banc uet and decoration^ comi]nittee, |Joe Motheral is chairman of fin- jancei and tickets, ]Hpnderson Shuf- as possible after the holidays. fort, tied thJ- score almost gt the same time tjie final gun sounded, i ] ' • 1 j »<»' .... • V ;j: i i, . j: :,B| Composjtt) has reached the_ member of tHo 39-man ! finals ami will meet the wiinniw 0 f fttrcmg an overtime period. Texas that; netted 11 fpc ints |vhi^ej tie Texas varsity football jsquakjl is ] thq A Infantry-C Infantry game. 00 ^ t ‘* t ‘ honors and the crown. from out of the striteV. ! frip the Corps ChampionshlPy Hompiittee includes $>11 Carmichael, t Hielseher, Tot rind Bill Armisteadl ewt Hielscher, Tom Harrington, Her and cept heads the publicity committee, Lucian Morgan hepds the re- on qommittee. UOI Erich 'committee chairman will name hist own committeemen. .. . ; arid gulf were unJerway. Little hope was given Ihp Cadets in any of Ihese sports. Gjolf got off to a surprisingly good start, un der the guidance o' Coach Marty Karow. Terinis, after being kick ed around, was finally given to Bill Dowell, who took it on as a full time job and began to pay dividends, i 1 A&.M finished seond in ijrolf and' third in tenfriS in the round robin. Technically, thorie positions do not exist, a team either wins or loses, but it may jbe calculated thus. Eaglies sebreid only 4t^ Before the cage season ended, baseball, swimming, tennis, track Swimming seemei briglb ?pot in the to be the one) oieture. Danny I. i; if] I ' 'l. .i Green, an aquatic speedster from Dallks, sparked the team effort. Wit! Captain Allen Self, Jimmy Flowers, Gene Summers, Jerry Fis her, and a hpst of top splashers, the chances appeal ed more > than [good. As the season wore on, the Farriers racked up one victory af ter f nother, their only He being in an AAU with the Austin. Aquatic club, a group that included several men not eligible for collggiate com petition!. Diving wais the bnly ' weak spot on tljie team. Howeyer, 'jTexjis Uni versity came out on top in the conference meet. Track provided the top upset of the year. Col. Frank,. Anderson and his thinly clads capic in sec ond at the Border Olympics meet, ?gies vdho esp Texas tonight at their as S M- Wallace opener t|) Akron Uni' but cafne back striong leRg 64-42 and ikcon 0Q-46. >. University and OtterHein both biov pd to th; Yellow J in that order. • Forward Eddicj Hritinak foot three inch amior from Ua wood, Ohio, sparked thj^ Jacke A&M, schopiy,! along w ith s ^ven ot i includ ng p !te. )lace <E ecem it the Will R are dree^ to see the Fort Wo rft b Invitatjon Toumamei t in wtijch mak« vfct< shi wps thl srittinji the fl Stilgri, wHrd In U« W 25 points Ur tori' ejna Bill di- C eve- uesne mark, •“l : t tallim 48 points in ee games, and Dick bther first string for- , -iL is only a soj klimore; ■*, »» V • • ‘ D I • Belgo, a five) totaled ,, n friot glriiven inch la4 j from Port 1 diritor meh on thViirpbable start- itup for the Y>«llow Jackets ptuin Joe KcstbHryz, six imih center from Brecks- lly GAIL ! YORK, Dec.4 18 -Kip don’t lii, and gh tht NEjW Figurgiv around jbng enou auditor i Athleti<j iBdreau will najil the lie oii the Nation etid Pdi put it ir its propjer pehspectirij That- < why, today,]. So Method rit’k Doak Waljlcer ra the nat On’s 1947 leadgR in k return gainst Si inta jClara Mustanit’s openei Walker made it, ajji righl ,] the f<ja: was gnttred m thy | column land until the burei ; checked,) the SMU sop Comoro ed lltl iin. that department Bijitr-fwilil \r credited >n theif proper a Walker vaulted intu [first with .387 yards r^tur ing bagk 10 kickoff# pptriih Gone ($onpjl4 six foot guard from jd. and Guaid Brian Mc- foot, two .inic i senior front |i lestiiie j Foljji'cing the gam?, the Aggies Entrain for Columbun where Uiey rriieet thf Ohio State i luckeyos Sat irday. Thg entire B tekoye squad J6 men hre Sophonores. This is ead Coach Marty Ra row’s alma ||| riateifj fFrom which lettering in lOotbalt, pase* sketball. . lo made Al/i- ullback there ih 1926. will stay jin New Ybrk bile awaiting the®eton Hall tilt which takes place Monday e last ip the three- ries and thoy are slated ;ajrrivjW back in College Station at ! 4l:3(} [I'hursflay mornir^gj, 'December iiil m lfT ' r ■ ' ■ l; r i ■n r Innoc|^nt vidtirii of was G|a;rnei Barnett State at Tempe, vho m M' HU? dial of A Sa W 15 rijil for 373 yards pre riousljy was Walkor’s lath honrij elei -fl- h U i fprenjde whiich used U .produce the nation's trip passing stars, this dear boMed (the cou iitry’s cham lliions; jitij kick runbaclri, ' LirijlyjBrirry of Tet us Christian ||?d the punt returning with 42 re rneijl fpr 493 yards, vhUo Walker ominat^d the kickof retrievers. Bdth Sophomores, j they won heir titles in their Ust game of he s< rf'soh—against each other. A'a||(«ir brought thnee kickoffs yards, the liit of which 7-yarder that «et up thf last minute tieing touchdown (And Berry returned two punts 40 yards In the foriojif; 19-W tie ] to jcjdge past Jpkc Oregon! )8ck] 1 I was a ■ 1 •i H-- 9 \ * r t yy •M 1! i| -| O; J MERRY XMAS ('■ < i ; , 1 4 : « . / ;•' r 1 /f : . 1 !’ n j* ! • : i ' • - 1 ; 1 . " : ! ^ & I HAPPY NEW YE TS^scr- TO EVERYONE Tt / •iikm- mt h t i /(, ( j SUM <■ •* 4 1 ,1. T | f r • > (; j ,. i. >. j ( 1. j j | h u , Li f [; m )•. 1: •11 H 1 ■ j ? ;, j . 1 1 : MiNTlL 9:0(1 IBS WEEK' 1 J [ ' WEISS - Theatre r j- l! V I lii' 1 ★ ★ * Be sure to vj friend’s) .:v ★ * t our 1 i j ’ “iepartment for your A rget. Mother and Au itie. i ★ ★ b6s^. girl ■l IT has been a distinct privilege ahd a gem have had the opportunity of serving Aggieland 31 years for which we are most .grateful. 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