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I l- ^ iis : -IN ———,-^..j.. ■, .• i-u ;i i '. j s,^. .■ —;—!■■ ■■ ■ m 1 ^ rw..:.{ t i- 11 ' ? ftart Conference Play With Razorbacks J g orro jbnUWwiBMk isa uii^g^wiyBwi; I THURSDAY,MNUA 1 '4 11 lY&jlplB* Page If Composite Shades A Infantry '‘7-0 for Corps Foptball Crown AN B Compolijte’s powferfui football team edged jcisTye 7-0 vtictbr y| over jA. lnl‘anjLrt>- fojr the Corps jship in Intr^nfural^laMPodtptilh ^ , , . , iF«f ^.jjL . | 0 A Infantry anch after u The opening kick short AO-yard run hack, th» ^ Stopped oh their I 2 yard The picture ws s immediately jichanKed when on the secoiudj play of the game Pajt Green! |of, B i Composite intercepted a pnjki °n *; thh Infantry 20 yard line ijo »et j .up the scoring play, j . ' j j ; Taking advanta;'e of thelsitufl itiett, Jack Andrew i, captsiiii^of fhfc winning team, dripped bihjfk and hit Breezy Baker (with a f<i>| ’the scoiv. On ipoi.nt Andrews ag: sr wun a pass upf thJ try fo|| e.vt'tfi ig; ;i»i took Ipe bti|l| from behind ip th« fqoutthvyi st Coid ■ ference startpr.- Bijant : out a 'hampijjn- y 4 Infantry kicked to B Compo- I |ext play jwith a plunge joyer eem tossed in 29 points (and pared tlj last half drive which had jtll tangs 18 points althid at fiji ' ‘“Sharp shooting Biyan .Ic the Frogs baejk in tile, garfu the last period a||q at t^t the Christian^ wejite| ptishinj ; ' '{H i— ' i ’ 144 r* • 1 • n ■ DIAMOND ED pocket kNivm ' Li 1 1' SPORTING GOODS Hiljjifest Hardware • 'i ■ ■' I f 2013 CoUfe^e Ro* i' jigeut v;as missed putting the bdllj tack to the Infantry J. r i. Andrews) Immi (lro|)pe(i hack and punted. With one play left in the gatnej "'erg'll:! attempted a long pass j that) ,vas ircomplete. Jacf Andrews was an in valuable performer for the winners, I' ■ ‘ ' f ■ Mustaiisjs Down I O I - • ■*' ifforned Frogs ** i ■ ■- ! : i i itangs cut the ribbon on th«} Suutlai l^rinfj,,pry took to the air jivitl|j |aj :fii;st down] on their west Conference basketba jlast night f (Wed iesdayj . ^-58 defeat of t tes Texas stian Horned Frogs. j . The Methodist^ had and hive ipe. i pot- 30 ASCE Winner Over Pre-Meds In! Club Finals ! The) ASCE team won the Intramural' Club Football Championship yesterday af ternoon by beating the Pre- Meds j7-0 in the closing min utes Of | the game. The wipning score carfiie on a three-yjird right end run; by Bob Lane after t). D. Williarhson had set the ball up with a thirty-yard run. Hoqkabile passed to j o e McMordiei oiver Center for the extra' pqbit.j' i ; lj ! i I). U. W'illiairjson was the workhorse for the winnefs, rack ing tip two 40 and two 20 yard penetrations with his speedy end run! besides catching two passes from Joe Cullinart to help set, up (He initial score. | The KtJgihgers took the kickoff and j-ackjd up three first downs ami 4 penetration before the Medic a j liny got settled. After aS droppeif ;i toised to Lincoln) llengst pofnt. A Iniantry took the kieje-off I his tijme started a j hard d ;vhkh ended on the miijl-field sti A 15 yard penalty gaye B Con iiifie th ■ bull on the Infantry injd tfeig taking the bpll on jijliuje g.. T ... , [uiarteibiidk sneiik, Andrews drove i ball pn the fourth down; took tht o'thc :!3 yard line. Trying bar 1 la l>pjll (iway (from the.CE’s, the Pre tef in abother touchdown be he half, Andrews passed to S ny Sa 'gent for a first down hg the half. L,, :iW : I I ! j 1- | + Squads Hold Two Came Series Here; Hogs Hope for Clean Sweep With Ags By DON ENGELKING Height and experience plus a high scoring offense are the chief reasons why the Arkansas Razorback cage squad Is favored to topple the Texas Aggies In a two game series here Friday and Saturday nights- Fridays battle which starts at 81 o’clock will be thq fiijst Conference clash of the season Tor both quintets. . With Southwest Conference bas ketball teams absorbing an unus ual number of beatings in pre-sea- son tilts the Arkansas squad still retains a fair record of six victor- ] ies and only four defeats. The Ag- gpes managed, to win only five times in twelve games. Lead by George Kok, six foot ten inch center, and A1 Williams 6 foot seven inch forward, the Razorbacks boast one of the high est scoring teams in the South west having so far averaged 64 points per game. Kok, the leading scorer in the Southwest Confer ence, has 206 points tb his credit Fish-B Quintet Slated to Play Wharton Here The curtain will rise on the 1948 edition of the Texas Ag gie Fish-B basketball team at 6 p. m. Friday evening when Coach Johnny Frankie’s charges meet the Wharton • Junior College for an average of 20 points per Wildcats at DeWare Field House, game, Second to Kok with 147 ^though the tussle with the points is Williams wh^se average Wildcats, which preceeds the A&M- per game is 14 markers. Arkansas tilt, is the first on the | L ^ dinK the Aggie‘attack will hish-B nme-gume card, it will not ^ Batey, six foot combination mark the first time ^ the vadet jr Uan \ and forward who has scored fore J Medsj threatened to make a penc-lSSi Kkle^njet" har^- &IscoreJs. a ,:ii:! up rife ttsfea'is sfi Sr or s “i h;s» iSe 1 : ■ ^ ± >* ** ** More t meets Barrios milk* another F, 'D. on the ititb to ,dpen the second half and Ppf tfl t! Engineers line tight- j’ion[ here the Composite: team; 'jmed jjnd ohb Pre-Meds td<>k to the iitarted a: sustained drive with- An- ‘dr, paly «o have a pass; intereep- jliivws bitting the tackle'spot and *cd by tiiarry on the .next play, jgding down to the Infantry 2(. This tlnk* the ( E s.coijldn t nyike The jal! wetij, over on downs ami 1 . a andf lost the ball three ini i’ergus tossing to Charles Miitteijj f nvi j JO-yai'd line, or 4 /aids. The next three tvenUj The Medics then got: into the ncom] lete and again B Comp|>sitej' ball game with a first down and j ,vas deep in A Infantry terrijoryl a |>e|nt'tration on] the twenty, liut liunning from the T, Sarf;entj| took a handoff from Andrews! and (moved down to the 20 yard |linoJi lidn thi next play a lateral to paf'-j » . - I > \ tit 4 it,♦ 11 . Iftivll' the half ended jtwo plays later after t»o passes; in the end zone fell begging for receivers. ;V- ■ i ■ 1 ★ j The Ptv-Meds (took the kickoff in i the S|jcoml hilf aiu| tied tihe gaine stijjtisticii- dn the first play with" a 'Jj8 j yard ! run by Barrios gqjKl for jji'4(i-yard penetration. But Northeastern OkiaTionut Teaijhers, and >vith Allen Academy. ; Three Southwest Conference foes will have an opportunity to test the mettle of the junior Aggies this season. They are Baylor, Rice, and Texas, each of whibh will face the Farmers twice on a home and home basis. The Texas Shorthorns will furnish the opposition fqr the Cadet finale here on March 2. According to C. D- Own by, Business Manager*of Athle tics, all students whose last names begin with H thru O will be, admitted to Friday nights basketball i game upon presentation Of their coupon book at the gate, fi . . . on the team, will be watched tlose- Because the distance! isi prohibi-1 (y |,y Arkansas, guards, live, no clashes with, the Southern | Another offqiisive threat for the Methodist and Texas Christian Aggies is Billy; Turnbmv, six foot I' ish-Bee squads have been slated, j 0 | l(j i nc | 1 forward who is a capable 1 ‘ “1 1 performer. Turnbow h&s scored 127 ^ 1VT ■ IA points to rank sixth iif the Confer- lexas, I\otrc Uame - , ; , ■, 7 | : ' Arkansas fopr defeats, suffered ]• I l¥'/ I) . J at the. hands of fjbrln^ablc oppoii- l/nd War Kumored ■ « were all in games played j away from home. N'd'v York U. HOUSTOljl, Tex., Jan. 8 ; and LaSalle College took the mea- One look and yoij’d say that a great deal of work lies ahead before this new telephone central office is completed. That’s true. But already, much of the job is done! For months telephone men hav6 been hard at work—ii offices and in the field. One group has carefully studied business and population trends and has forecast the tele phone needs of t ie community for years to come. Another has determined the amount and, types of equipmentithat will best meet these needs. Still (jithers have found ways to make this new equipment a part of our world-wide communications network. X J '» j) At our Westei n Electric plants the tele phone equipment -j-the switchboards, frames’ leichanisms, the cable, wire been scheduled and is al and switching m and relays—has ;0 u I t] u s t I e (j\ and hromthiiut faiijtr.| Was unable hv ['Fixifitjid |B Composite Aaim. Ttiij officials for the gitunc ’.hil'ljh('|ton, referee, Pete Fiiinjlcit, mipiije,' furtis Jones, head linkman Minina Magruder, field judge. x 1 if. ,-i j Bajmos jind (larrelson 'failed to 'mijke the; necessary ground on runs | The4ioustoH Chronicle today said 1 suYk of the Razorback?' in the East j -run- anif the ball exchanged hands two j announcement of signing of a while Bi igham Young and Stan-i home-and - home football - agree- lord whipped .the Fjogs in the ment between the University 1 oC West. 1 r f ■ Texas Tind Notre Dame can be The Aggies have been defeated within the next few , twice this season in ifeWare Field weeks." ; House; once hy'Southeastvrn Okla- “It looks now as if the series i honia -and once by East Texas will open in Austin in 1919," sports j State. editor Dick Freeman said, "By j Probable starting lipc-up for the that time Austin's Memdrifd Sta- Aggies has Turnliow and Sam Jen- nd‘passing behind a stailmch, / yajils sby Of another |H'netration leterndned. line headed by Nelson I anil first <lo\yn. birchartlt and Bill I^ivis. ]• I'lrotn Ihen on i J and Bill I^ivis. )• From fheri on it was the ASCE’s For tlie\losers Bubba Scrigeaiir! ^ainq. Wjilliamson ran afpiind right' expected uid -lake Leisncr led the lin.e! play ' ei|d. on t(he first play for another Gyvinn 'Fergus sparked tbe ; first; dovfn. Sutherla'nd’s line plunge bickfieldx, j | failed .t<j make'| the* three, yards r%t|)< iiiteji needed for a first dovhi on. the a fin iorby battle, A In-j forty, lldt" a Meitic-offside on the the play furbished the necessary yard- (fgo. , ! i ' 'l were | j, -Wjith ( the game sti(l|- on even . | Or ms, the CE team tkjjbk to the kii'. Shojdily passed to Swinson for < I tBeg AS^E WINS on (Page 1} manjufactured All this ard nfqre before the .ground was broken! The telephone business is a constantly <*x- in which thousands of finding interesting and re- panding busine^ college men are wardingcareers.Tliere’safuturein telephony. diuni will be ^enlarged to Sortie 66,- 0.0(1 seats, and needless to say, it will be packed and jammed for j, such a game;” The Houston sports editor said Texas “will have to juggle some dates to get Notre Dame On its slate" but that Longhorn officials are willing to do r so “cheerfully." He said sources cjose to both schools have said the serigs “is in the bag.” Stationery thingl make jit ^iy the same "niat silver, chi Among ioyr j Montkg's you’re certaini to findf exa^diy the style, the weight] the cploi! ti|t (fits your ■ personaliity: Thjeiej th^e||and many other “patteijns” a\ia:!abfc ijn gift pack ages and ii "opefi itock!f-|4| which means ' myopes; jatid * Football Banquet Tickets on Sale Tickets for thb banquet January 16 at Sbisa hall at 7 jp.nj. to honor tho Texas A&M football and cross country teams, went On .sale today. ! Joe Motheral, diairman of the ticket committee, announces that the tickets may be purchased at j»2 eat-h, at the folllowing places: College Station business houses: Black's Pharmacy, Lipscombs pharmacy, Aggieland Inn, Casey s (Jeorgie’s and • Madeleyrs Pharma cy. Special representatives: P. L. Downs, W. G. Breazeale, R. L. Elkins, Dr. H. G. Johnson, Parker Hanna. Dick Herve.V ghj Dr. Bill j Armistead. j ; ( f’rvan: Business/ houses, Can ady's, ; \Y.SjJD„ First State Bank and Waldrop's: Speijal represen tatives: E. B. Safe. Browning Dew ey.* \Vv C. Mitchell, bscrtr Crain, Bill Carl! and Mike Barron. A V ° BadBbeafa WITH (joedStored that matching are available ise »oon, see jthimj afl enyqiopesiaou letter paper para elV, lb meeded. Cpme in i The itixchange Store ijj i | if g Texas Aggies” chooie! the perfc ,/i lUJ— i- ! 4 i a ‘ prints, jitripes and solids ■;|r ARRIVED Spring Crepes ■sUe^ ^ihipson Custom Fabrics : ]ji Jl: BRING YOU! TO US FI 6CTIO BRAKE INSPECTION YOUR FRIENDLY FORD DEALER Bryan Motor Co. 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New Aggie Coaeh [the new line coach has- been announced ■ ag yet, “Bones” Irwjn, (ouch at ferson High; Siui-Antoni reported to have gaid to of his players, “Cody, wouldn't you like to go to A&M with me.” “Yes, Sir” was the answer. Coach; Director At NCAA Meeting ; Aggie Football Coach Harry Stitclcr and Di licet of of Athletics Bill Carmichael left Monday for New York whtrt* they are attend ing the annual meeting of the Na tional Collegiate! Athletic Associa- tion. Rumors have j it that attempts Wilf be made to schedule the Idi^g talked of Army jerie.i. A two gajme seijes betwedp the nation’s two largest military schools was sche duled for 1943-44’ but had to be cancelled because (of the war., A football series between the two schools would be onj? of the best draw ing cards in thg country. . Of prime interest .to coaches of S\VC schools is the. Nt'AA’s re vised “purity” code for atheltes which will lie discussed at the meet ing. 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