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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1949)
because their leader was wronged, the dance held in the And ymay someone be damned " Name withheld by request Beat TU REQUEST FROM HOUSTON ditor’s Note-i-The Following letter is i jfrom the a reply tp a request Senior Court for in rinatton eoneerning an incident which occurred, in Houston dur ing "the recent corps trip. It is- y reprinted at. the request of thW president of the Senior Court.) Deaf Sir: / ... Ypiir-letter of November 17 has bcerf received and I am glad to hav0 your cooperation in this mat- Our club (The Scandinavian Club of which Governor Allan- Shivery is honorary' chairman) 1 hejd^jthe if Bh Hi m I IlHI I' Room. They w^re not sober, and first tried to push over the Nor wegian sailing boat which was mounted in front of the hotel. They did not manage to upsiet the boat and then they ran out, pulled the large flag masts out of the ground, stripped the flags off, and threw thtf flag of Norway on the ground as it had become torn. In all, they took ten flags back into'the hotel where I tried to fol low the young mdn. Some went up to their rooms, others went into the dance, and twice I was asked to mind my own business. .Plqase believe me, I was not ^hout to risk a beating facing some 20 cadets. T realized these boy’s had been drinking very much so- perhaps you will understand mf starid at the- time. All this) took place around 1 a. m. I ami not able to give you ranks or branch tral grounds directly in front'*of -insignia. The boys'were in a pretty sf; Scandinavian Exposition 1 at thQ .Shamrock' Hotel, and on the peu- 4 the hotel we had placedTieavy flag ii e s on which the flags of thq on own _ Scandinavian couattries were on; - display together with our American flags. .] 1 The flags of ['the Scandinavian countries were situated so that they could not be brought in each night, but We did not expect any trojubly .as the masts were too heavy ’ for an individual to carry off. We did i\ot reckon with the large gathering of A&M cadets- during the time of their stay at the Shamrock. jA large group of cadets came running, out dufhrg the hours of f wearing th^ proud I uniform of the Aggies. Try to make them under stand that their action while in uniform cah hurt the school very much. r Thje flag; r lost were rented from the fodd Eecorating Co. of Housr top, and they now charge us with the lost flags in the amount of $6.^0i each. 1 will appreciate hear ing from yi)u and if at all possible would like to have the flags re turned to the above firm at 814 Elgin Stree, Houston, Texas. Sincerely yours, Henry Southerland President; The Scandinavian M Club i P. S.—The! related action was witnessed by myself, the assist ant m|anagor Of the exposition, Mr. Elnar Beckman, and some of the parking lol attendants. (Editor’s Note—The President of the Senior Court requests that any perso(n having knowledge of the whereabouts G f these flags contact hib as soon as. possible.) Beat TU DISAG R ugly mood. I did try to reach your officer of the day but gave up when I retjljzed the boys gafe me .a p|ain run around. Please understand, I do not hold ! Editor, Th4 Battalion: the action of some drunken boys against your fine school.!I like the fine spirit at College Station and, as president of my club, I have thought much about awarding a $choiarship to your School. ( The ac- iiorj which took place after the football game here has not changed my liking for your school. How- ), I feel sad when I 'see young E EM ENT NO. FOURi evet meh drink and forget that thdy are g 9 iptai Be Badly BY FRANK I lANlTZAS 1 1 I"': Bobby Goff, 190 pound co-cap tain of the Aggie football team, is one of the football regulars play ing his last grime for A&M come Turkey Day—a regular who will be sorely missed next fall. Goff, who hails from i Kennedy^ entered A&M in ’44. At that time he' weighed only 175 pounds and proved to be quite a scatback. In his first game for the Aggies Goff Scored from the line of scrimmage on an ‘ 80-yard gallop against the Bryan Air Field Ducks. During that season Goff proved to be a consistent punter averag ing about 40 yards per punt. But it seems as if Lady Luck was a- gainst Goff from the start. He was injured in the early part of the fall and saw limited service the rest Of the season. ; > TD Called Back In the last game of «the season against the University of Texas in you had to L-. bit it’s into wo did , h ' S am % Thc ■*>* 7 s . nu,l ', t !« l So wt, Will .lo 60. hero and now., formation In your editorial of iNov. 22 vou « • v ’ a,,u u e w V n > took it upon yonrooi to .“?»» down” two soiphomores who tried to j ket off th; 1‘teasips” bonfire. We j ... • , . . would like to give those boys al^ te r ed the mfanti 7 and remained penalty, and the Longhorns won, lich came earlier I • After the Turkey Day game Goff . in the service for 23 months. He (Letters Continued on Page Eight) ! returned to Aggieland in the fall •‘V, w Page 6 1 of ’47 but did not play because of fall sports teams. a kidney injury. During his sence, live in he marriedj; the College View. g his ab- Goffs now In ’48 bad luck struck again,! as Goff injured his knee in the Bpy- lor game and this slowed him up in the games that followed. Even with the handicap of this knee injury Goff managed to lead the Cadets in the rushing depart ment with 531 yards. This total was good enough to gain the Ken edy plunger eighth place in the conference—ahehd of a lad by the name of Walkep, Doak, I believe his first name is. Not bad, eh? His 54-yard jaunt from scrimmage (for a scorb) against TCU was another “best” for the ’48 Cadets. During the season Goff won the plaudits of The Battalion sports staff for his play against TCU, and SMU. The first two games won him “back of the week” honors and an honorable meption went to him after the near-upset of the mighty Mustangs. Second Team All-Conference When the '48 all-conference se lections were announced, Goff was named! to the feecond team back- field oif the United Press squad and received honorable mention on the Associated Press team. The Lipscomb-Colson Trophy as the most valuable player on the team in 1948 was awarded to Bob by at the annual banquet for the This season Goff was one of few seniors to answer the oper whistle of most of the Cadet games. However, once again .. husky back has been bothered 1 bad knees, this time double-troub with both underpinnings giving hi trouble. Nevertheless, he has turned in some fine ball at the first string offensive right halfback spot. Against Tech he carried the ball 17 times for an average of 4.6 yards per try. In the OU tilt, he made the all important first down that set up the second Aggie touch down. TCU’s Horned Frogs again felt the power of Goff’s bull-like rushes as he paced the Farmer attack against the Meyer Men. As usual, Bobby did extra well when facing the Southern Methodist Ponies. It was he and aggressive Billy Tid well who drove through the Mus tang forward wall in the fourth period to tie the score at 27-all. With the “big game” coming up tomorrow, the Kenedy sledge ham mer will be bucking at the Steer fifont line if his knees are up to the punishment. Regardless of whe ther the “old bones” are ready for the tilt or not, every Aggie knows that if Bobby were in the Long horn game, he would be fighting courageously for the Maroon cause just as he has so often in the past, TH V>v m 1 II 1 • w 4 11 ’ *• r . t I ft 'll. . .14 - Souvenir Headquarters i . Our jewelry department containH 1 In* largest available selection of A & M jewelry. Drop in thm morning. Look around, and choose a souvenir of this T. IT. game that will last. See the variety of Aggie Cigarette lighters in many styles with initials and A&M insignia for men and women. For girls there’s a large selection of Compacts such as thel one at left — all with A&M insignia. ii 1 ■u. i E' : c i Exchange X For the Aggie 5 of the future, there’s the small size Ag one at left. Just r ght ! for autographing. ■ I Cameras $ I’holograph ie Supplies ■\ ; " Two Stores , j j Main Campus j • | A&M Annex \ : • - i; j ■ ■ • I . j . . Open Until Noon Thursday for Your Convenience \ i- - /ii’ ; i- ■ i The EXCHANGE STORE has the / best selection of cameras and fil ii*)rl the campus. Drop in this morning and let tlL ) ii: ..i _• •• • I li J us fill your needs. **’ Also , Aggie Hlaukels IVnnants Stickers ' ■! i • <' ■ I : Aggie Insignia Aggie *T” Shirts for Children and j Adults 1 :4: \ 1 ;ie Stuffed Animals The Exchange Store has a large se lection of all types of stuffed animals with A&M insignia on them. Drop by this morning and get one for her. ! *i •ri. • H B: V a I ; ’OtTS « ilit. 1 mi BILL There coimes a time in up trying to predict the ou lets the results fall where f That’s what we’d like iu u coming up tomorrow at 2 p. m. Texas A&M versus Texas ■ Hi ’ and CHECK tcome^ 1 e they «to'd „„ . ;rson’s life when he gives ning event and some qoming event v because of the [yle Field. ersity! What a gam< 11,6 “ ore on the tts of the 8ew>n ’ 8 ^ of However, others in years before have tried to ’ We’ll try too. i';!l 4 j! Dope has never battle of the Southw ords of A&M and Te: mighty Texas was lassie. It s , no matter what th rasincHcateH JusMook at last which hadn't won e To date these two old rivals those contests, Texas has com* Aggies have victories in 15 It’s been a long, long t over a team from Texas. N< pionship team of 193$ defea Baylor affair in 194' hltye played 55 times and i v[|!| e since an A&M team <j the A&M National Longhorns 20-0 of quick seven points in the opening ly, to score an outstanding upsf /~»ai : ---- !ui._ a.u: held oh Other instances like this gr* recorded in the history books of this contest back through the years. This is one game you can alw lys count on to be !•!, '!■ is For the record books, this qd batting average in the predicting d( the last time. . j ’ i Various games made it drop even lo' average to which it had dropped three w With three Southwest Conf^ence gar rent grid this column’s average Sept. 24 Oct. 11.L Oct. 8 .. Oct, 10 Oct 2: » ^ t ♦ • 1*^ ^ I* • * • |W * le I Ving its season publi 4 for than ti|c .727 to go, 1 hcre’a •ns J Average Oct. 21 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 .... Nov. 4....... I A&M 7-TexM 20 On the btt»l« of the weikiiori rec- ordw of the two teum«, t^ln la. the only conduHion that can be drawn. Even though the two SWC tetmia with the most sophomores; in. theh starting lineups are meeting he tomorrow, Texas has; tile ed' Its outstanding line will be tbe difference, in tomorrow’s contest- that is, unless the Aggie line rises | above the heights it reached against SMU here November 5. However, as we have (mid be fore, anything CAN happen in this game and probably will. With no furhbles, the Aggie team, which the student body lias seen improve with each game this year might cafve another upset for itself. It’s going to be a .rousing battle anyway. SMU I4-TCU 13 1 This game ranks next to the A&M-Texas clash as the battle of the season. j Both of these teams expected ib 11 ' badly too. ecuuse of th« son, coupled wi th* Rice line isj the lw»it lh the conference, we’re picking the Bay ou- Boys to vein. * jhat big Owl lino won't give Adrian Burk tim? to get off those fin* passes of his Saturday, He wil be rushed off his feet. Also, thd Bears; don’t have the running game to get by tfia£ Owl line. The best defense is still a !in<. Mark the 1949 Southwest ferpnee crown, ‘property of Institute.” Arkansas ^-Tulsa 13 A orbacks from th is will be out to to |the|ir season with a It looks as if they sch right team for their clr had 4 very mediocre 1949. (They ev)n lost to TedhlJ Raiders, I' j •I'll *, .1 the chips were down., Both 'will be trying to make a successful fin ish. 4 After its surprising ipsi to the Baylor Bears last week, SMU is the team which is expected to be “up” the most for this one. Th Mustangs also know how much Dutch Meyer and his Frogs would like to defeat them Saturday they should be ready. Doak,,Walker, in his last game ad a college gridder, should shine. Mark this one up for the Ponies, even if it’s by the slimmest of mar gins, 11 j | | ' ' ji Rice 14-Baylor 7 Baylor would like to vpin this one. The Bears haven’t woh a con ference title* since 1924, There’s another point also. The Rice Owls have never won a title* or part of W. without a defeat oq their repord. They' want thU ing feat thi victory. only’ Tphe Hurricand’ Hi slirfiped by Villanova for year'; came lanova fc .,virv,.|j r .i ( j Tulsa’s scalp should BainhiU’s Razorbacks teSi sir first place finner In |[ foo “ sbrgeant. d place wen r and third place to the I Air Force i ittalion will add award which w the B Held ‘ tstand- hen they fpff go to John this week- 1 J>i. ill V- c !iV this 1 ’ l FI u. If ! -if X ■I - •til :lo \l\< J'li'U J-' ■ . up f - -. I ■ ^ r m I '.i. Ml M M r(