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Tuesday, September U, ms
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cauipuis
for out of toiwnSfootball tames. A
(Treater part of the student booji
is expected to make the jRarnes lt|
Baton Rouges San Antonio, Dal
d Austin.
rvMiobs Should Be Made
Football Gam^
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As usual. th«| hotel loUbies will
>>ng Aggies
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be filled with sprawl.n
frying to ge"
. some sleep aff
ter, nuanighl
yell practu
Most of th
rooms >111
taken for
weekend tfy
time we gi
■ there, aid evi
the tortuna
I ones with r
ervations wi
be s h a r i n
their room
four deep wi
, friends.
!. All nighf c
doing a good
who can’t fin|
couch in a lo
last J year a
who hogged /
otherff' Cadets 3jtood up.
v And -it wilijf be jthe
this' j year unless
some student, who will be glad
to take it otf of your hanus.
San Antonip, has several good
hotels—The ounter, St. Anthony,
tdaza and The Robert E. Lee. in
Ha ton , Rouge, one of the worst
places to be without a bed in, there
places so D». wunout a oeu, mere
arc. the King and the Heideloerg.
in Dallas there are the Jefferson,
Souiniand, LaKeland ,and White
Plaza. /:
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Coach DuBose^ A
To Address QB ^
(Tomorrow
ages For Wil
Bobby Dew Will Miss Gi
Or Goff Slated to Do Kb
HuwAny
fee shops will be
siness w th Aggjjes
even a| chair |or
y. In F >rt .Worth
italisfc vjas a nifen
whole ^ofa whiilc
For some reason hotels do not
readily accept reservations from
College htatlun. li m.gm oe that
alter the Aggies leave the man
agers lind tiiat; their room tans
are often torn djown, windows arc
broken, sheets towels and t>ed-
umg are missing, and the lobby
is in a m^s, |
Two yeark^ago one A&M stu-
uent wrote to^'two' hotels in Dallas
three months betore the
game. He was politely informed
that the "hotels were “full”. He
tntn wroth tiom his home address
and received a quick reply, “Reser
vation accepted.” J,
If at/ all possible, reservations
night at 7:30 in the Assembly Hall.
Coach Stitcler .will be unable to
attend because of a previous en
gagement at the Annex.
A&M’s line appears to be one
of the (strongest in several year*
and Coach DuBose will be able
give! an accurate idea of what
ty hie expected from it this
he slow-speaking line coach has
his hands full with over 35
players vying for starting berths.
Ten good men are out for end
alone, and DuBose has been trying
to keep his eye on them all.
DuBose will answer questions
after his talk, and may be aided
by another member of thd coacu-
ing staff.
Three good football shorts will
complete the, program for the
night. h
The Battalion is sponsoring the
Quarterback in an effort to bring
the football players and coaches
closer to the students. It presents
the Aggies with a chance to get a
clear picture of what may be ex
pected the following, Saturday. An
effort will be made to. have a stout
report op the team to be played
Iq addjition, the Sports staff will
continue the Quarterback Club con
test jn which students try to pick
jthe winners of the Southwest Con-
ferenlce teams every week] An en
try blank will be run in the paper
the latter part of the week.
The ihost accurate “guisk” will
net two tickets to the following
} By DON ENGELK1
Bobby Dew, letterman halfback and number
failed to heal as. expected. ti
not be able to make the trip to Philadelphia t
Thjs startling piece of news was revealed
Coach Harry Stiteler. ! N.
yejstHrday
Pictured above: is part of the paraphernalia
1LAINE RIDEOUT to ease the aches and pains of ^armtr athletes.
used for hot baths in case of body injuries, while
and ankle healers. Containers are also
available in this modern physiotherapy lab for ke baths to reduce
swellings.'
The long tub is
the smaller tubs are foot
Wildcats Listed 20th Natidnall) x 0 Play Saturday
After Good Season Last Year
CHUCK CABANISS
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Since the end of the war it has jbecor
a me
we start doii
Xl i
should be mailed trom your home
j towns. /Business letterheads or de-
y posits insure a q’uicK ifij.iy, so iney
g should be used if; obtainable.
vogue for a Successful eleven to compete in
rm'
T"something about it now|- Both ijhc^ . . . ^f you are one oi me many'!
Batrer and AiiryphuS; Hotels in Dbb Aggies who w f ill be caught without
las arc booked solid forr the wellk-r a pi a cg to sleep on the corps trips,
San. An-
end of the S|IU ganv
tojflu hftels live also
rapidly.,; 1 |
It is cvideujt Uvjit tin
who intend make a
j.-trips should fnake thc
tidns as sodhjjas possibj
to get k rcbii|i. The hi
some hotels |an be spilt to keep
the co4t per'man dov^n. And if
you decide ^ot to usfe it wtym
the time bonies. there] is aiwaks
I iff I {
$e Aggks
football
reserva-
in order
rh eost of
place to sleep on the corps trips,
you cant sgy you haven’t been
warned. — i
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Shaughnessy Tilts
i To Start Tonight
e practically a
»me-post-season
S football game •• for winner. Free contest. TheTl.947 Villanova Wildcats augmented., a satisfac-
ducats Will be obtained even for tory regular season (won 6, lost 2, tied 1) by appearing iA
UniSs!tv SglV ? g game Wlth Texas the Great Lukes Bowl classic in Cleveland, but/ were outscored
‘ ^ $ 14 to 24 by thi'Ujniveraky of FCen- 1 * “T I ]j r"~ ■
tucky eleven. The HlusUated 1 14 . 19 over the /
Football Annual” awarded Villa- an( i“ 2 l-l9 over the San Francisco
rtova No. 20 ijiatjonal ranking tor “ L! 1 r -
) Football Pr4gra«h
Saleshieii Sleet
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All _foothill progri
y men $ie requested tj> meet
Rpom 209 ( oodwip Hall, Watir.
mCsday at 5j p. m., according to
[Wolaril Bin):, manager of at
- dent publications.
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The Texas League’s SKaughniessy
; layoff gets underway tonight
with Shreveport at Fort Worth j
and Houston pi Tulsa.
Fort Worth, which won the reg
ular seasqn tide but dropped eight
of itH last nine games, will have
Willard Ramsdell on the nioum
tonight. .
Shreveport manager Salty Park*,
er plans to start floward Auman.
The sthmgfTulsa Oilers, who
finished second jfn the regular
race, will open behind the fire-1
I ball pitching of Bud Lively.
| Houston manager Johnny Keane \
_•] is expected to counter with his |
j speedball ace, Cloyd Bdyer.
Shreveport linished fast to
nose out San Antonio for fourth
place oi) the final day of the
season. ‘ „
Irv Noren, hardhitting “player
of the year” in the Texas- League?
may start for Fort Worth. Noren
had earlier been figured out of the
seri$ because of a chipped finger
tfione f) e received on Sept. 2.
, i • x*** i , i i. i ” 0 I l/Dn*S _A HC W CUIlflUCUfOl pfIlf
i thcir/accomplishments. .^season with their migagement in
The athletic representatives of[ thc G . reat 6 0 wl against
14-12 over the Georgetown Hoyas
and 21-19 over jthe San Francisco
Dons. The Wildcats concluded; the
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ANDY GORDON is the man
under the “T" for the Villanova
Wildcats. Andy completed half
of his passes last year, and is a
Smooth ball handler. Only two
of his 29 passes were intercepted
last season.
Jwo Members Left
On List of First
Villanova College are referred to
by the twin names of Wildcats and
iviamnners.' 1 I ‘ [ •
The wild life style of nick
name is the type generally be
stowed on spons teams; the Vil
lanova teams are called “Main-■
lineis” bacause the college is lo
cated in the heart of Philadel
phia s famous sprburbah residen
tial area, the. Main Line, which
lies along the Pennsylvania Kail-
road. I ■ : |
head coach ofj the Mainliners is
an alumnus, Jordan Olivar. Olivar
was one of those peacetime rarities
a three year regplar on the strong
'36-’38 Wildcat elevens. After his
last year, during which he served
as co-captain of an undeieated
feam, the present Villanova mentor
became a successful high school
coach.
Recalled in ^943 to his alma
mater, Olivar! , has produced
.loams with an aggregate record
|of 25 wins, 18 losses, and l tie.
After an eaky 60-0 win over
Kmgs Point in tne ’47 opener,, the
Mainliners hit the strong Army
eleven, and were dropped 13-0. A
7-7 stalemate resulted in the next
tilt wiith Miami of Fla., but the
Villanova team then annexed the
two succeeding 1 games. ,
The Holy Crpss Crusgders fell
13 to 6 and the Titans 6f Detroit
fared little better as they succum
bed 14 to 12. Boston College tem
porarily upset the victory string
of the Mainlinejrs by winning 6-0.
Villanova trdllnced Marquette 25
to 7 and wkndhje next two contests
j by the margin of successful points
after:touchdowns. The scores were
Kentucky.
’Mural Managers
Meet Thursday
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All u^it commanders and
house masters are reminded to
appoint (heir Intramural ath
letic officers immediately as
there will be a meeting of the
newly appointed officers Thurs
day September 16.
The all important Intramural;]
meeting will be held in Room
201 Goodwin Hail at 5:30 p .m.
♦ Dew injured his kr|4e
softball in his home
not considered seriouaj
came worse. It is. belief
caruiage below his knee
According to .Coach
there are; three possible
menu for Dew in the puniffH
partment. The punters ai e
forno, Bart JiaKom anjd
Goff. Both TornOi add*
lettermen. Haltom won^a
numeral last spnng a^ u
dt the Aggie golf team w
the SWC golf crown. ]
Robert Goode also loolejl
Four SWC Elevens
DALLAS, Sept. 14 hFi — Long,
rough sciijnmages appear the rule
for Southwest Conference teams as
four—Texas', Texas Christian, Tex
as A&M and Arkansas—ready for
Opening giimes this week.
Yesterday, Texas found itself
jn sound condition for its opener
with Louisiana State University
at Austin.
Blair Cheny had the Longhorns
sharpening their passing attack in
a long drill.
Matty Bell ran his Southern
Methodist University reserves
through a tough scrimmage.
Tackle Buddy King, fullback Bill
Richards and blocking back Jathes
Marion nursed minor injuries.
the Aggie squad will
tnee injury which has
n Iby Head Football
the summer while plf
ia, TexAs. The injury
b\jjt Monday afternoon i|
he jis s iftenng from a twisted
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ideleir, w< ? 4d hold ijio more' tough scrim*
ifdP ac !*! M oro . Saturday’s game. HU
ret son
ha enUign hurts
iLmiy 1 if ‘ roul ft be worth it to expos* f
th4|m tp more chances for injutw,
gc was held Mon-
Monoay alternoon in pdn in [
drills and he may become Hiu*
ler’s choke as the nuimbr onje
punter for the Villanova c aph.
Stitcler also announced tbit he
Louis’ Success t
To Lack PowJ
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WASHINGTON, Sejpt.
Theie s a growing • suspic
the boxer who succeeds J
as the heavyweight chin
the world isn't goilng to he
Louis. 4 j
True, the Cincinnati lojr
unanimous, though closi, (
over Jimmy Biviris of Cln
Blit this fact Wan inesci
Both the# Uhiq Negri ei >
blows that, had they ba
by Joe Louis in his pnjm^
have ended the fight.
And what happened
tMessrs. Bivins and Chad
Texas Christian has three backs j ’ Neither was knocked
that tnay; be below par physically , and ncilher WBR hurt,
in the opener with the University |
Lawrence, Kan., Sat-
GUARD -l|OUIS< FERRY is
playing his fourth year for the
Wildcats, having won a starting
berth in 19(5 as a freshman.
Ferry will give the Aggie guards
a real test when h«[i starts throw
ing his 235 lbs. around on Frank
lin Field. Si
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, Texas Tech Team Wedtened By
Enrollees in 76 i Loss of Seven 1947 Starters
of Kansas at
urday. i
Jack Archer, wingback, tailback
Dexter Bassinger and fullbtick
Gene Reed are oh the doubtful list.
The Homed Frogs polished their
play yesterday.
' Texas A&M worked on offfrinse
and defense as the Villanova game
loomed. *
The Aggies lost Clevis Olsak,.
transfer fullback from San An
gelo Junier College, when he was
ruled iiicligiblc. r
Baylor went through a rough
scrimmage under game conditions
and Conch Bob iWoodruff said
blocking was ragged.
power was missing.
Yet the.heavyWeight i il
such that Charier nianlaj
Mintz,
fight,
"Charles li the next wo
pion. Brtng7on wfhoevei
.v vJiaiii;? man
mja hollering!
that the squad already
i hurts and orurtes and
TL;.^o ( icrimmagf was held
i r ci no t I oa af ernoon oht tl(e squaa
c h" wi in th FbK 11 strenuous exercises
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j oo | stvi'sscjj.
Tim Aggie backfield looked gx*
cjfptiunaiiy good, yesterday gfter-
v Mn while, running plays'trom
t c-T Joimation. A large num-
hi‘i of 4 Aggie tans were present
a . thii practice session ana most
« ' them seem quite pleased at
(lie sinoothness of the ball hand*
ling displayed.
Fimink Ghshiim appears to have ^
thi* mart-unner'a joo mastered jn
C inch Stiteler’ T tormatioq. Ca«l-
io i seinns to have improved con-
si eraldy asj a ball handler., ' .
Pan •iBunba’’ Yates show'ed that *
ho is completely recovered frohi
hk b 'ail injury by doing some
tlinnirig' from the fullback
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Af let thle practice Coach Stite-
tier v us asked who would be in
jk Starting backficfd in Sat*
i rdak’s game. ’ He named six
'liacly und said he would prob-
; bly pick his four ntarteri from
nioOg them but he 'emphasized
hat therp are other backs on
he .iKjuad .who may earn them-’*
lv«s a starting lierth before
aturdjay,
Th< six backs that Stiteler ngm-
ejjl w;re: Jimmy Cashion ,ns the
r an under; Bobby Goff as the
f illbuck; either -Preston “PbcWde"!
f mitl dr BWph Daniel at left half;'
i id inijher Robert Goode or Jim-
1 oswdl at dhe other halfback slot.
Since the Washington
of the National Pro
League were organized
they have drawn pig;
from 101 different colle
N. B..McNUTT
DENTIST
JCfieo In Parket'Bulldlng
Oyer Canady’s Pharmacy
Phone 2*1487 Bryan, Texas
The rapidly thinning roster of I
men who attended A&M in ity |
j first jyear, 1876, has been reduced
j to tw'o. William Malone, 88, diojl
{ September 2 and W. J. Bryan, 88,
•died Thursday, August^ 26. I
The remaining twoOnembers o(f
j thht original class still living are
j Lewis Cerf oft eNw Yprk City and
[Judge John W. Goodwin of Lub
bock. These men were invited w>
ithc| campus last spring as coni-
| niencement honor guests. Judge
Goodwin was the only one Vblc to
attend. v -
; Malone died in Houston, a cily
in which he was one of the first
pioneers. He wtijs bom in »Sjn
Marcos knd latei* attended A&M
as one of the first ‘students.
Being loyal to his school and its
traditions], Malone had never mis*
sed an A&M football game in
Houston, ,since he moved there in
1906. He was also a member of
th,e Board of Directors in 1895.
Bryan, an early day cattle baron
and former state representative
ahd senator, died in Abilene. He
once helped cowhands drive herds
up the Chisholm Trail to Dodge
Citjj and also owfled the 20,06()-
acre T-Diamond ranch.
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timberLake airport
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Newman (ii’oup
Meet romorrow
I The Executive Committee of
A&M Newman Club >will
Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.
YMCA. : (j■■■. ■
J. Past and present officers of the
dub, as well as other interested
persons, arc invited to attend the
meeting. Plans will be formulated
'irl the coming year.
Following the Villanova game
this week-end the Texas Aggies
will take on the Texas Tech Red
Raiders at Alamo Stadium in San
Antonio on Saturday night of next
week. .■. |\
The Lubbock team, which has
been* considerable weakened by the
loss of seven' ’47 starters, is not
expected to threaten Southwest
Conference teams iis it has in past
yearis. However Ahc Red Raiders
will once again be out to retain
j the Border Conference Champion-
iship which they won last fall af
ter disposing of Hardin-Simmons
j 14-6. i j i ■.•" I
i Gone from Coach Dell Mbr- j
can’s 1947 team are such men as
; Tuffy Nabors, whirlwind center,
j Freddy Brown, passer of laat
season’s Tech team, Joe Smith
an end who (raa On the receiving
end of many Of Brown's passes.
* Also gone js Bennie Winkler, a
tackle who sbent a great deal of
time last season. in opponents'
backfields. r~
This year Coach Morgan has a
welter of oldtimers and eager new
comers from, which to pick his
startipg clevpn. To replace Nabors
at center he has Bobby Williams
who has been showing up well in
practice.':' ’1 > :j
At the guard position five re-
turning lettfenuen will be fight
ing for a starting berth. Back
at left guard arc Dan Pursol of
Gladewator and Chalres Walsh
and Don Orir of Graham. On the
right side (we find lettermgn
Doug McCarty of Lubbolrk and
Milburn Ha) don of Weatherford.
Also giving competition are Ro
bert Hix of Sherman and Ted Cum
of Starters. , ■ j.
The end position is also some
what weak with Walt Edrington
the only seasoned performer at
. that position. . j
j In the backfield the Red Raid
ers have Bill Lytnan, Shaff De-
Gaish, Bud Conley, - and J. W.
Thompson who make a good hnck-
field foursome. DeGaish, a new-
cbmer to the team, is highly re
commended.! Lyman is expected to
do most of the passing but will be
aided by E|nest Hawkins. Helping
Conley anq Thotppson with the
ound ganje will be Cal Stevesdn,
CHARLIE ROYALTY. 155-
pound Aggie scat hick. prepares
for another practice session on
Kyle Field. Royalty, who hails
from Freeport, is expected to
give Aggie fans many thrills this
fall with his shifty running.
orth Gate on Old College Road
There, has never been a score! ess
first lialf in an Orange Bowl foot
ball game. |
mihgs of Arhherst on the left side,
anil Haydon jHaby of Uvalde, Bob
by, Gamer of Denison and T. K.
Hardy of Ranger.
The sore spot ofAhis year’s team
will be the tackle position where
Morgan will have to mold a couple
Government Needs
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* arm supervisors
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Farm Management Supervisor
Vacancies have been announced by
the tf. S. Civil Service Commission
at Dallas, j H
ground ganje will be Cal StevesOn, Entrance salaries range from $2-
Walter Malpney, and Charles Key- 974.80 to $3727.20 a year, and em
ployment will be in the states of
Texajs, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kan
sas, iind Missouri, R. K. Blinks,
the regional examining boards ex
ecutive secietarV, announced.
Application forms may be ob
tained from first or, second class
postjoffiecs or from the Executive
Secretary, Board of U .S. Civil
Service Examiners, U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, 114 Commerce
Street, Dallas 2, Texas, Blink*
said;
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Lefties and Rightie
CINCINNATI—</P>—Mcmbci-s of
the Cincirfhati | Reds compiled a ,
1947 batting average of .269
against left handed pitchers and
a .271 mark against right handers.
Cincinnati southpaw sluggers hit
lefties for a ,238 average and
righthanders for a .254 mark
while Red right handed hitters
hit ithe southpaws at a .289 clip
and the righties at .245. j. •
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A&M Accountant
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Accepts Army Duty
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Captain ' John F. Dennington,
former assistant accountant and
supervisor]for Iritcmational Busi
ness Machines installation in the
Fiscal Department, has reported
for a three year tour of duty with
the QuartCrmakUr Corps, Colonel
Oscar B. Abbott,; senior instructor
of the Organize. dRescrves in Tex
as, has announced.
He wftsjsW'tb the Student De
tachment of the Quartermaster
School at] Canlp Lee, .Virginia
where be "will pui sue a refresher
itUl
quartermaster {course.
Captain; Dennington was first
commissioned in the Army in May
1943 and Served {three years in the
European Theater.
ger dealt t'
hard for
League. 1
Sanchez,
icinnati, is hitting p^bali League, is bn expert Hn
Tulsa in the Texas qu i at) fully qualified:as a college
professor of languages.