iSugar To Dropp ■ >•«.! A llttfc thing 1 t° n kppt the Aigjgfiel team from a certa Sugaiij Bowl Track V’X A •i.' Howard when!; he dropped i thje b< ton jea yards from the sccjond Ag ?ie rjn- ner, ^rvin Bildorbajck. "ujiorta as to ™owi mu h yajd- age was lost vary fhorn tw nty-fjve v ,to thirty yards, tiut ithei e* is -no doubtj! hut that, s A«M JO AROUND Bal*,’' a dvo, _ ei mu j; re t victor i in the ileet la t wetk. Usually a dr »p- filed bate ii meins t last i lace or 5 beam- hut Treat Cad i qiiad finis Anly is x yajc l^mnw he w Aerj, Ok aho BilT Naf hs runn f ha Ahead o ! Fuqlia, the ,0 dahojjua A&.M fi rst mju», il OWABjD Re lay Team Due Riinners Collide -— Uncle’Bill James Reft^ teamjould have won easiy wi^h-|i!Hhruien had looked forward to out tjiis handicap. Coujch fay Ijw lining this match and missed a nam said “the othqr two i ie *halfwhiy around the qurvJ time Bildeihaek Aot thet batoiji. Bildefbttck, Holbrook, and darnlei jht! ganred about eight iyanls a uece.l Napier and Fuifuawer routrjd- ing a curve and their s ringiig irms collided, knocking the baton t of Napier's hand. Although ■j h waS'nn accident, it was a bad ^ areak tor the Aggie team: iiAll three teams, Oklahoma A&IVT |'jl < |xas A&M, and LSU, broke thp 1: Sugrr Bowl meet record of 1.2 but the Oakie’s 8:18.4 was uljkeb rp as the new mark. This iesi not. compare favorably with Jtlfc saftii Aggie team’s mark of 4 |Mi8 in the Drake Relays last ytur. Even the low estimate of 25 yurds lost would mean a diffetf- jeiice of about 5 seconds at liri ile pa :e. Of -course the Aggil* lit am. ha 1 the advantage of trying)' :ti ■catch up with l * 1e pkcesettei's l ‘with ah all-out effort, but they u rdoubtcdly would have, beaten rQtlahotra A&M and hung up an llev ;icc jb . IfT itelm ead Football Coach iters’ Mighty Mite’Takes Over iin^ for 1948 Spring Training 1 y ; :! • _ ■ a ^—i— Appointed IS otball Coach J) e Farmbr^ Mighty Mite, 38-year-old Harry Stiteier, aissjistaht football coach since June, 1947, has been named head football coach at A,&M., following payment of Homer J | j if ' i | . Norton’s unexpired contract by for- Battalion 0 It T MONDAY^ JANUARY 5, 1948 Aggie Cag O 11m/ * : se Pag* s Finish Non - SwC Line Coach pi 1 h ihe i] night at a meeting cf tha A hljl j On behalf of;tie (tflH'ii#! Bill (’armicnael that Jante+ leave ‘ His fine ch jupArfr coactt mg abillit;r aracttr alndv halve rid') athh tic ■ rpotdfi en bel ter Sugar Bowl mile re rd. The team of Bill Napier, Ervin Ideflie:k, Ray Holbrook, and Art 'ilo: of their Christmas Holidays ipi epanilg for it. ' ' ‘ ^ , j || j Coach Frank Anderson s«id that .he was pleased with the team'll jwArk ard that he thought that it iwAuld have made a 3:lli mile hai| |thj>. acei lent not happened. Karow Loses Verbal Rattle With Ump As Opposing Player lushes Ba 1 Out ot Hoop 11 .• I it j j | : Seyeial Jasketliildoai cs h|\i and _ voieej|l iritieism ! ij)f the this year becaui .*1 of whistjl^4ot)ting, , h|it. ;whe .M;|'tj| i-^ht tljen and he didn’t want to 'Rarowj^-an out oil thp .e Was ittri) much; f( i| tbp 1 they gave the Aitgies. a, f< ? u1, j|j -Ihe incident hippenei Fort! Worth Invita iion . whrle the . Aggii'isi w^fO LSU, The. A&M bquAd sporelesk for Sle tfir: miiuites -hV.fore j uaking but they soon gA^hot an making' points. VViih thru •’to go, Billy Turn low sat which left the Art ies hut behind- 42-41. J hit from far out twortbirds of th< hoop, a LSU and jnished the fhejbasket. This should score and a teclfr hut the like Lai hut will |vay thi ifhjyeV, ju two ofiljcials jlhe play. Natur urt nps lechnj|-i r ye igivt teal ifou f jy, Mart y silk at sh» mank-ii Plaifuu ad gi nt fiftpei ire et tC: f a me ph tia- tji the |>al High |tjh< nped 11 bac t out I ■ h 7 ilif;sh hi Fwi) [oints were, mighty valuable gp: cheated jo.ut of them. But uin- Tjil put us ond point behind, and j '‘Every year," lie pointed' Ofit to- witli ’tlie game time already put, | (iky, "we hear the firfiititentj that -«4i) Till Bi^tey sank’ two free throws tpu professional toafns are making ti rl Bears (who had bc|en hihiiig the Other way at the tine) 'used j to give in and even gave Agpies a ' technical foul. Even! the timekeeper raised voice ajnd shouted “Two poinilfc, hut Seajrs refused to budge. Laickily it all had a happy ending Wfioii Tm'nbow sank a field goal started raising cain, )od getting hot. his Season With Five Vic The Texas Aggie Cage Squad, twelve Jirong) etiji^ed 'ji Mghly un successful hdlidayr Ciiijiiit, Three straight; losses in, as ni)iiiy tries were chalked up on the eastern .11 i givi But A&M the game, t would have been interest- Bell to Fight For Abolition of PAT 5 i t . VI i latty mer students. Stiteier took over January 1 so that he could supervise spring .training. Officially he will hot as- kume duties as head football coach until September 1, 1048 when Nor ton will leave under (he arrange ment by which former students purchased the two years remain- j ing op his contract. j In making the announcement, President Gibb Gilchrist said that 1 the athletic council votjed i unani-1 mously to the appointment of Stiteier. When he quit his job as assistant to Head Couch Jess Neely at Rice Institute in Jdne and returned to A&M, his alma mater, it was with the understanding that he would be given serious consider ation as the Aggies’ next head coach. Stiteier first lettered at A.&M. as a 137-pound quarterabek/ in 1,930. At that time he acquired . the nickname, the Farmers’ Migh- J ] ty Mite. From Smithville. he ma- j | iorod in petroleum engineering at j A.&M. excelling in ! track. Upon graduation from A.&M., ■ Stiteier entered graduation, spend ing three yeafs at Bellville, four at Smithville, four at Corpus. Chris-j The} Baldwin i- ■ Vkalilafe Yellow ti. and four at Waco. His 1938 ; Jackejs • turned j on the 'power to ones Fjarmers wilt dedl much tt of A&M.’’ |jj “Utiicle BiU’*! has aitemi n-sigt) several times p tha past yearr “ano Uoaih Jame t has work swing I With defeats by, Baldwin Wallace, (.Ihib State, ajnd Sc ton Hall. : i. I ! . IJI IDAIiLAS, I Jan. SS JSS w ,, ut tfijam ^on a chaiiip|o)iship hr- the championship and his 1945 Waco iqa.gidof a point atju* tOuchlown, shaml lh , litie vvilh High is gonljg to renew k fight l«kr its ] aIK j p ar g. ii'p^litiiin this week when thi! Na- tjjnmll football ('oaches Association eijnive.nes in New Yijrk City. Joe i^t to heati whut-Karow would have ) trial,, we [have to do soini thiiig to id tt Sears if that bad cffictsion j keed pace. d co|sl us thd game. ' j “1 eonieiui that we can take a —-— 1 llJligl stl Ide ahead of ‘tile pijos in i, - | the mutter of thrill prbduetiim hv Cooper, defenseman ol the ! lhi , t . af ,V the A f mL,r " Uhdowti., It was designed, of aJl^bowll^establikUeritiin | hc “ • f ames; Fe\|v, coaches think i|tl fair i lor a tyam to lose a hall gable by j} missed, extra poipt try after it I |ias plityed its oppionent on even llerni.s or better in 'all-round foot- kail thiroughdut the contest. loir game more ititec-efding and lonk-out for two former players etxcit’l'ig than the college bvanjd and 1 during tilt 18 season, Blair Cherry at Texas having played under him at Texas Christian University. not bdfqtc Foi e|ni>l Ri|lv T urn bow jarreifl tjhe liuik|et«i with ^7 points One of Kt.teler s principal mats clovt l M(1 Arenit. The piivions re- Trxr 8 ^ r ^ ^ l"’"^ set last spring. A.&M., Matty B^il of Southern Methodist University, winner of Stoiiijg uas jslbwe^j iji the tilt the Couthwest crown this past again}! - the Ohio Static Buckeyes; year. In fact, Bell will be on the, ->l-l | i.i Bill B&uty was l}igh point opener nex ' ' ‘ ‘ 4—* — man for the lies. Sntqn Hill] proved to heart-breaker t»s the A&!il wood artists cjropped a 4B-4j4 eisionj after! a;'last-minute Batey was agikin high-keorer 15 points. IiiinjuiliaUjly after Christmas, (he Aggies |tr»lyeled toj Foft 1 Vorth to take part in the jFort Worth Invitational toutnameijit. Ojening against thej LSU Timers, darty K a row’s clfiajijges ediped the foe 4r> : 44 after making up a 17-poinfc deficit at half-time. ■ A discrepancy that missed the eye of officials Carl | Sear; and Rube I.isseigor almost cost the Cadet:* the frame. The trouble apose after a Bor ga! eager had ratted out thy hall after it had settled in the bucket. Victory qimo after -Bate,- ‘had dropped in (i charity ill the closing 8 only (|uring UjfprW hard- j lime he has de- a ft I and vai 12 taD be thif footbal prat ti()ie, the devoted to ioifs ranch ‘T ie chilli I Counc}|. • itateiiJriipnt thlctic .w ts accepted her* year.’’' hi at 'A&M 1 seas oq ajiidj vst ci< . 'amj ^tflw - • j mg i tteiCBt fblxas. Camp Sfewi ir ithe finest at State am br athlete^, t ba? tilt bast few Jafiibs has ajful aid lie. ! \ "t ' yearti •time I si-conds of the contest. Tb? six- foot forward from Moulton |again j piveerl the Fartner scoring w|ith 14 points. J • j Southern jMdthoilist proved) to be totigher a- tangs hangt Billy Turnl tie high shooting) Mus- j <1 out a 17-3(1 v ctbry. | >o\V dumped in .nine points to set the scoring pare for the maroon and white. North Tdxsit Statt- managed a 59-55 V. in at id Batey- had nit the loot) for 2i tallies. This ,h k av -s (he A&M cage quin tet will ,?'iv • wins and seven [losses in noju-iconfeiNmcv play U-foi'e h Arkansas in thej S\YC littlrJnofji fact about Hill htes is : hat he played, tiickle ill, ]39, a it $hull It ibmitjt, Th- I | m he' ikdAifiehl of i •; H'fiigt of ml. iji le. Billlwi!! Am rican 2] (, '38- (id , _ i {tiahl. Combined linj} Aj&M gave 70 yard? jper n 1 ways be urjd i*y ,jiA&f!i{ far his paf • ill} jin} ! ■ - \ .IIT .*<2 n j Delptynie •o t rr ! in V I 1 ■iji ■ V txaili Shi r -4 !)hbwing Gum!” ^ ■ T ‘?W|11, rob nk t’tn dreaming of delicious “* " Wiinfr fiiirn, don’t wake me up! 1’ih clean taste —and do I lihp all iet fof tl ht keen, clean taste —and do I likf the vay D(eF Ine helps keep my teeth white, too!" Denljyp » Gum — Made Only By Adams ‘•EvOn if mofc ties , result from Abolishing the point try, I contend a-much more thrilling game for the fans, will result,’’ Bell' declared in ljii;i:jecting his principal argument l!o|r! u change. “(Teams seklom pla» forj tier: nowadays.! They want to, wilt. Take, for example, our game With Texas this year. We won, 14 jp 13. I skit) then aiid I repeat now ijhat Texas’failure to convert after its second touchdown in that game (jjeiirivbe the speeU(tors of one of the wilc ust finishe} fixitbajl ever produced -in the soutjhA'est. We Were lir .-pared to shout thi-; works in an ottort to bijeak a fie and win. Sii ce we had ; the game won by a single point- our pHnetpal Fmceiin was to keep them jfhoin icoring. On offense we played con servative football. ,1 s—* /j : l Besides carrying off ^bur of the five thoroughbred aw-ards of 1947, Calumet' Farm gained three seo- imd phice.s in the Turf and Sport , i‘ nan , Art Harnden, and the spikes Mile Relay Team Takes Second Place At New Orleans It was a hard luck-ridden mill.- pijlay tpam from Texas A&M that appeared in the annual Sugar Bowl track meet on; Sunday, December 28 and came from way behind Co take second place in a three 1 y race with Oklahoma A&M and Louisiana State. Bill Napier was the lead man for the Aggies and was gding full Speed around the quarter mile Hinder track at New Orleans High Sfchool stadium whep he dropped the baton a scant ten yards from a waiting Enin Bilderbadk. Napier dazed and blinded from the sprint turned, stumbled back, grasped for the stick, found it and haiul.ed it tq Bilderback who at this time Was il5 yards away from the other run- .ptirs. Then the Aggie speedsters show- e>F "owiim-ih1, grea Odessa'••baek w ho wins b unp- ninicjus choice. lAu extremely wad 1-balanced I team has ortly one player from sta&- champion Biaclicnridge (San Antqpio).’ And finalist Highland I’nrk (Dallas) did not place a single man on live first tea n. ’ 0< es.-ia is the igily keh*ol repre-' Sent -d by more than; otik- player, fts ( the)' all-state'peitornier being Gon on Headlee, a; iledr ubaiiinious ohmt'o hi guard. posn dm, center .-hot The bac hillj Dt.n Menascp Wim ursj.; j lege of Min (field has only omf man F^juie to hi tion, Tow Ut-ed. (Ju.ii puntir; 11 wlio played past district, coijnpeti- ,.v4 i r on November ti. . In 1949 tlie f r " " ' tetuns clast Ih El Paso on Noven 1 .'pil. The mid- an, H -j . . ... r ._ ... bade-'- t ball and basketball Iretwien t|ii •nine-school dpnferenci and thflj j Sojufbwest Uphterence. )A two-yeir football conti Act b(i tween Texas; Tech am Texas Coi 1 .-Awas sigi ed, tpe first played at I.iibbmik next ' thei'h arc n, Austin, a sensational ^ ) - my Stolleiiwcrck, 'Wax- ) ahai'hSe. I) iilci| as the best bioketi- ! field lii'unijci' in tin- high school IA s 11 l 1 lij race,, and Bill Bm khalter, TeXar- l/illllUl 8 lj^ Inina's gr-at individual Stjari 1 J k 1 ■* • > Fails, which Went in , Ikt‘S6l lOI* C rijuajV until quarterfinal ! play. I Id c Wichita defeated failud' to tie first team, though twol'( ijyotes B Iderfeabk gained on the meI4*al. (.o.pu, t hnyt., was an overcome the "big lead.'The 1 tick «>' <•. wmel.nii.g choice for dm- tackle passed hands to the Aggie anchor „ 7.' U ,?. U ,' f' 1 ® A'fhi-r Wa> hUod by Digest annual poll, FOR THOSE WHO , ;l ! / ■ • 5 ij ■ j DUM/VND THE BEST ' : f / ' !• ; j (/tdleie Sim* Repair Tw|etl b AG(,li:s LOOK!! • " ' ' V i . • arcltn f Flai mulls :4F‘ 8uits Urapu (Military Slacks 17.00 to moo i 10 JAVjS tenlv’ICE ON THESE TAILojtKD SLA Compare tfeese prices with other . K j : I . ■ • T ' 1 ; 1 Tailor-Made Clothes ■ ■ CORKV HMR» CLOTHES J i I ’ - J-i • I b ocks North of P.O. — College!Station j b r lh^ Store of Personal Attrition” of the blond team captain fairly flew around the track as he passed up LSU’s contestent and was 'ap- pi oaching the Oklahoma A&M mah Richard . SjtQple, when the finish line fairly flew in his face and. the race uias over. The 2.500 fans in th“ staldium, who had gasped when thej, baton slipped out of Napier’s hands, were now on their •feet in the last laps cheering on the hard pressed marobi( and white speedster?. In th(ir opinion, the Aggies deserved a wind The mile relay was ode of many | sporting events put opt by the ' Midwinter Sports Association in New Orleans. Oklahoma .\. & M. Rnd Louisiana State were respec tive winners.of the Missouri Valley uind Southeastern Uonfein-nce track meets last spring while-the Aggies are the SWC victors. -■.t. —L Ponies Takfe Crown Tourney place a slugId ndin ou^ Attorney (llinerui of Texits! T’lik made tin- the thiid Tid? p picked by the a.-soniiion in Which ->i f"\y p! i\c(h from jdayoff |(janis were line ' 1 Daniel, Who) tVas supposed to speaII this iafte:} ccond team and another u , the Pre-j-jalw Societ; I ! noon, l)as j peon ifesc ledu* iual.ily is tjjie (inly | (cam Firidav, I'rckjdent of the IVyton McRjnSght has anmMi Time andjplbce (>f Da liel' will he ammubccd- late (JNT.Y T\NO BUNTS ! AUSTIN j Tex.

. ! Back, !l8. (i ! L Back tied, rolling i|p .510 points games .an kvcragd oil mojtj(| tha j 1(6 per ganje. The op xvsii iqn gn ; a total of }3, Only t vice tin- seasdn; (lid the team itavO ('(n ous j P UI1 *" u ! . Jess Haw((ttorne, forpver Rill Wtlsun. Sam Ulous- , * ity oC Tex H P laycr - 4 th <(^>11), 17. 6’ 1". 19U, senior, , Jerujld Oliver, Brabken- 1 . r ‘S ocietJ need j ipeei It vri ft. .1 oiii 'W4<4^ id Te:;if l find 1 .k|d, tin idv nii /fi- ilur mn iiu A.). 18, 5’ 8". 186, senior. Gordon Hcadleje, Oijessa, . senior. ;, Dow Menusco, Longjvievv, ’, 2n0, st.-nior. Henry Stolk-nwprck, ^'ax- 17, 6' l175, si nior. j Reed <4uii.ii, Austin] 17, •eniof, ; l • Byr-m townscnld, Odjcssa. }8(k .sci'ior. . Jill 45nrklmitMq Texnrka- AFTER THE Set buffering ken jaw., iscs. at- In Gage »k>! jgrid . star. Wigs fi'Oln a jcollapsi d Jniiigl bfo aivc s('|erc cuts atim bru tell da tills at Hdlurest Hojipital in Waco rk-portbil Hi? jivift suffered a f raettired pelvis and severe cuts on: the jfacc ard U-gS. , I aigej's’ ear collided head-on with oijit driven by. d Wak'o man. Joi n w. Ferguson. Isevein, miles eadt of Waco. rteSr 'l^c Ti|iuae.uis Cn ek Bridge on the AVaij-Ma: Im Hi; hv. uy. Latent reports fi'dm Ibljlcrest lto ? pitk! state thftt Mr. a]ml Mrs, Rogers are “gfcatly •:impi|,,\ed'. Hid'd Bill ( i ; An inspired quintet of SMU Mustang?) jshot their way to a •53-12 victory ovor Texak Westjleyan and the cage crown of the Fort Worth Invitational Tournament Ihst Wedtuisday night. , _ Coach Marty K a row’s Alggie? 'll* I leai’ ( ]arotl]<‘rS failed in an attempt for third-place] I|W lltai I ft honors by Hosing to North Texas j ; 39-55 earlier. Texas Tech flooded the bucket, to breegej by Hardin-Simmons and set a new shoring record. . Rangy Bob PreWitt paced the 1 • . , , 1 Ponies in the. maltV to victory cotmtiy teants by the BraziU i despite a lasjt minute effort by the! Gv A&-V ( ] l| h_ajio tniijA&M At hapless Raitis in whic i Forward 1 0l * ,!l ] 1 ’ v' i'.n' n !F 1 ’ 1 anU:U * I Easy Parham scored c b< ven points !< ’< at * !, isa hall., -I in five minirtes. -i This marked the enf 'B^uiiont. dircyr- Ma this season ttie Rams had been out- . Scored. | ; ()f ill let iu HaoHjitel 1 rank S. Caifbtilmr| of Houston h ' Tocas tnisinessfiian ajjid civic lea*l- i|r, w ill! l.e the |t)i'fnalt! and cross- “oun- Athle- ll larolhers is -vitk-picsi thi N(>rvell-\Yildi}r Supply .• . 1:i....M .Kft V-i>» dent of Co., of 17. • , p’ 174, Hetiior. SECOND TE\M * , Deab, Conroe, curl vorgrss, Arlington Height (Fort Worthy, taikli B(T : ’lark, Wichita Falls, guard. Jarjlk Bal t oh, DetUoti. 1 c ente ‘. Sajh Attehljiv, Amarillo, giiar ■I,- eo»T«ilr k 4^ TU C«co.t«|q Compowy , ' . ¥{■