Early Aggie Track Team
Cadet Cagers Finish
1920 Season, Unbeaten
College Station, March, 1920—
The basketball season opened with
the very brightest kind of an out
look. McQuillen, Forbes, Dwyer,
Gouger, Williams, and Hartung
were on hand as a nucleus, and
there were any number of promis
ing looking freshmen and second-
string men. With a little coach
ing, the above men along with
Pierce and Ehlert of last year’s
scrubs, developed into the fastest
and best backfield team the State
has ever seen.
The season was a continuously
victorious one and although the
Aggies played an unusually severe
schedule, their spotless record re
mained unblemished. Coach Driver
showed himself to be the best
coach in the conference and to his
clever instruction is due much of
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Cadet Tankers Win 1st
Title In ’45; Tied in ’44
College Station, April 17, 1945—
The Aggie swimmers returned here
today with their first Southwest
Conference Championship in 13
years, and they took it from none
other than Texas University. Grab
bing the lead early in the meet
the' Aggie “Tankmen” held it all
the way to emerge victors by a
score of 84 to 80.
High scorer of the meet was
Tom Syfan who chalked up 14V2
points for the Aggies by taking
two firsts, one in the 50-yard free
style and one in the 100-yard free
style. Syfan also swam a lap of
the 440-yard free style relay. Close
on Syfan’s wake was Bob Bollinger
who placed second with 14 points.
The Aggie swimmers went wild
with the taste of victory and Coach
Adamson went swimming with the
aid of a good ducking from the
team which he so ably engineered
to the championship.
Results of the Meet
300-yard medley relay: Texas
(McLellan, Hill, Alexander); sec-
First Football Tilt
Aired Was at A&M
Washington, Oct. 17—The first
play-by-play description of a foot
ball game ever broadcast was sent
through the air in code nearly 30
years ago—deep in the heart of
Texas.
At least, this was the first at
tempt at what has now become a
national week-end pastime, so far
as could be learned by researchers
seeking material for use in com
memorating National Radio and
Television Week (Oct. 29 through
Nov. 4).
Scene of this original play-by-
play sports-casting was College
Station, where Texas A&M was
host to University of Texas at their
annual grid classic, according to
those going through the files of the
Radio- Television Manufacturers
Association and elsewhere.
Far-from-complete records fail
to reveal such details as the text
of the remarks of the first sports
caster, the number of his listeners,
or whether he or they were foot
ball experts or merely scientific
experimenters.
However, a survey of this his
toric effort to broadcast every ma
neuver in a pigskin contest to the
fans at home is being continued.
Bare facts available at the outset
did not even give the score.
Efforts are being made to locate
surviving participants in the Tex-
as-A&M broadcast, on both the
sending and receiving ends, so that
a full account of sports-casting,
1920-style, can be seen and or
heard during National Radio and
Television Week by 1950’s variety
of football fans.
MESS HALL BLAZE
Jan. 15, 1908—Saturday morning
the Mess Hall caught fire, it is
thought, from one of the flues.
The incident created some excite
ment, as a fierce wind was then
raging, but the flame was put out
in a short time by the cadets. You
will never catch a bunch of boys
letting a house burn up that con
tains something to eat.
ond, A&M (Bauch, Whitley, Sette-
gast). Time, 3:37.8.
220-yard free style: Escobar of
A&M, Self of A&M, Bean of Tex
as, Pierce of Texas. Time, 2:35.5.
50-yard free style: Syfan of
A&M, Thomas of A&M, Carpenter
of Texas, Upham of Texas. Time,
25.6 seconds.
100-yard free style: Syfan of
A&M, Thomas of A&M, Carpenter
of Texas, Riley of A&M, Upham
of Texas. Time, 58.7 seconds.
100-yard individual medley: Bol
linger of Texas, Hill of Texas,
Scholler of Texas, Heeman of A&M,
Armstrong of A&M. Time, 1:08.
Diving: Facio of A&M, Sargent
of Texas, Clark of A&M, St. Clair
of Texas, Webster of A&M.
100-yard backstroke: McLellan
of Texas, Schoeller of Texas, Alex
ander of Texas, Sawyer of A&M,
Strauss of Texas. Time, 1:11.7.
100-yard breaststroke: Bollinger
of Texas, Hill of Texas, Lea of
A&M, Geer of A&M, Whitley of
A&M. Time, 1:15.4.
440-yard free style: Self of A&M,
Bean of Texas, Pierce of Texas,
Heeman of A&M, Escobar of A&M.
Time, 5.44.6.
440-yard free style relay: Won
by A&M (Thomas, Riley, Syfan,
Self). Time, 4.05.4.
College Station, April 11, 1944—
Last Saturday night in the P. L.
Downs Jr. Natatorium the Texas
University “Tankmen’ were tied
by the Fighting Texas Aggies for
the Southwest Conference Swim
ming Championship. The Long
horns came here as overwhelming
favorites to retain the champion
ship, and were shocked into a tie
with the Aggies, 82 to 82.
Coach Adamson really had his
boys ready as the meet got under
way with the 300-yard medley re
lay. For the Aggies, Montgomery,
Jones, and Westervelt took an ear
ly lead but were finally subdued
by Crossen, Dennen, and Upham of
Texas in a time of 3:34.1, making
the score total 10 for the “sips”
and 8 for the Aggies.
The following are the individual
scorers in their respective posi
tions :
300-yard medley relay: Texas
(Crossen, Dennan, and Upham).
Time, 3:34.1.
220-yard free style: Pierce of
Texas, Escobar of A&M, McClel
land of A&M. Time, 2:30.8.
50-yard free style: Siedel of
Texas, Syfan of A&M, Escobar of
A&M. Time, 25 seconds.
100-yard individual medley: Bol
linger of Texas, P. B. Fisher of
A&M, Malone of Texas. Time,
1:08.2.
Diving: Facio of A&M, Prater of
A&M, Sargent of Texas. Points,
410.4.
100-yard free style: Seidel of
Texas, E. J. Fisher of A&M, Syfan
of A&M. Time, 57.8.
100-yard backstroke: McClelland
of A&M, Montgomery of A&M,
Crossen of Texas. Time, 1:10.7.
100-yard breast stroke: Bollinger
of Texas, Dennen of Texas, Ma
lone of Texas. Time, 1:14.3.
440-yard free style: Pierce of
Texas, Escobar of A&M, Eastman
of A&M. Time, 5:38.
440-yard free style relay: Texas
(Bollinger, Upham, Malone, Sei
del). Time 4:06.
the season’s success.
The Aggies were in the pink of
condition as they met and defeated
the Texas quint 27-9 to end a per
fect season. The Aggies were un
defeated conference champions.
For the second time in a year
the Texas Aggies had produced an
undefeated team. The record of
the ’20 five is the greatest ever
made by an A&M team and perhaps
by any State team. Nineteen
games were played, sixteen with
conference teams, and the rwulis
were always the same.
Crown No. 1
As the 1923 basketball season
drew to a (‘lose, the Aggies cap
tured their fourth consecutive bas
ketball championship, 'flic team
finished the season with 17 wins
and 3 losses. The Aggies placed
three of the team on the all-con
ference five. Captain “Tiny” Keen,
Captain-elect “King” Gill, and Gene
Darby all graced the mythical five
with their presence.
Coach Dana X. Bible’s team open
ed the season against the weak
Sam Houston Normal Training,
School, winning two games from
them by lopsided scores. The Ag
gies then played the third game
of the season against the Oklaho
ma Aggies, who were also beaten
by the Aggie juggernaught.
The Aggies won 8 straight games
after that, closing out the season
by splitting two games with the
Longhorns. Through the entire
season the Aggies scored 557 points
as compared to 410 for their op
ponents.
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