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THE FIRST—W. A. Tolson sits by the equipment he and his associates used to broad
cast the 1919 A&M-UT football game. This was the first broadcast of an A&M-UT game,
and is believed to be one of the first game broadcasts in history.
Two UT Men
Caught I Here
Monday Might
Two University of Texas stu
dents were caught on the A&M
campus Monday night, but were
released unharmed, according to
Fred Mitchell, colonel of the corps.
The two Texas students were
stopped about 11:30 p.m. at the
West Cate.
They said they had come to visit
two friends here, juniors.
Campus Security patrolmen took
them to Goodwin Hall. Their car
was searched and nothing was
found that would indicate that they
intended to damage college prop
erty.
Mitchell and V. M. (Monty)
Montgomery, head yell leader, were
called to Goodwin Hall to take the
Texas students to see their friends.
They were conducted on a tour
of the campus by Mitchell, Pat
Wood, senior class president, and
Carrol Phillips, student senator.
They were escorted from the
campus at 2:30 h.m.
Their car was not damaged in
any way. One student’s hair was
cut slightly, Mitchell said.
The tires on the UT students’
car, deflated by West Gate guards,
were pumped up by several Aggie
seniors.
A&M-UT Football Game
First Broadcast of Its
?ers Could Lose
SWC Crown Here
Bizzell Ags
Show Spirit
Nine Ways
The foreign students in Biz
zell hall showed their feelings
about the A&M-Texas foot
ball game by saying “Beat the
hell outa TU” nine different
ways.
Signs on the front of the
dormitory, overlooking the
bonfire, are written in nine
languages, including German,
Turkish, Chinese, Japanese,
Arabic and English.
Jose Del Rio originated the
idea. Other students took it up,
and now the Whole front of the
dormitory is coveied with the
signs.
One of the first play-by-play ra
dio broadcasts in history was made
at A&M in 1919 at the annual
A&M-Texas football game.
When people learned of the prac
tically unpi-eccdented event, a
trowd nearly rioted a set erected
Sn Waco in order to hear the broad
cast.
Football radio fans would hardly
understand the broadcast if they
were to hear it today. It consisted
mostly of a series of abbreviations.
A bbrevi
at Ions
Used
•
“TB
A 45Y;
" T FI
> 8Y L,’
’ the
announ
cpr said.
This
meant “
‘Tex-
as’ 1ml i
1 on the
Aggie
45-yard
1 imq
Texas
attempts a. 1
forward
p:iss
but is
thrown
for an eight-
-yard
loss.”
A bbreviated
signal
Is for b
road-
casting a game, and people practi
cally rioting to be able tp hear a
play-by-play radio broadcast is un
heard of today.
Only 34 Years Ago
But it was only 34 years ago
that both of these situations oc
curred—when a handful of A&M
students and faculty members pro
vided the first A&M-Texas foot
ball game broadcast.
A group of men headed by. Dr.
F. C. Bolton, pr esident emeritusPof
A&M,. worked with “ham” radio
transmission and reception in order
to present the' historical broadcast.
Members of the group had been
operating a ham relay‘station hail
ed “f>YA,” now WTAW.
“We received so many requests
from stations throughout the
Southwest to give them informa
tion on results of the game,” said
W. A. Tolson, group member, “that
we thought it would be better to
give them a play-by-play account.”
. Borrow From Army
A homemade “rock-crusher ham
transmitter” and a high-speed con
tractor, borrowed from the U. S.
army signal corps, were obtained
by the group.
They'then planned to run a pair
of twisted lines from the Electrical
Engineering building to Kyle Field-.
The group faced two main difficult
ties.
They'would have to handle a pi#
mary circuit on the pair of twisted
lines, and { speed-up the usually
slow receiving and sending of
Morse code, the main method used
at that time.
The high speed contractor solved
the first problem, and abbrevia
tions for different situations took
care of the second. Although out
dated now, the methods were con
sidered revolutionary at the time.
Received in Waco
W. P. Clarke, operator of station
5Z&P in Waco, installed a receiver
in one of } tbe local newspaper of
fices in AVaco. Amazingly clear
reception was received, he said.
The crew’s broadcast was far
ahead of the Associated Press’ ac
count of the game, Clarke said.
The near-riot occurred at the Waco
set.
By BOB BORISKIE
Battalion Sports Editor
Before the largest crowd in Kyle field history, the
Texas Aggies Thursday Avill try to knock the University of
Texas Longhorns out of Southwest conference title conten
tion.
All seats for the 41,778 capacity stadium have been sold
for the contest which pits the one win and four loss Aggie
conference record against the Longhorn mark of four wins
and one loss in league play.
An Aggie victory over the Steers, always a standard by
which a successful football season is judged, would not only
remove the Longhorns from the SWC title race, but would
also scratch them from the remaining bowl lists.
♦ With a win over A&M, Tex
as would be conference co-
•champions with the winner of
Saturday’s Rice-Baylor game.
Only in case of a tie between
Owls and the Bears could the
Steel's emerge as sole occupants of
first place in the conference race
and host in the Cotton Bowl on
New Year’s Day.
A Baylor victory would leave the
Bears and the Steers tied for first
and Texas would probably repre
sent the conference in the Cotton
Bowl because of its win over the
Bears.
Victory for the Owls over the
Bears would make Texas and Rice
co-champions with Rice mgking
the Cotton Bowl trip on the
strength of a league win over Tex
as. The Longhorns, however, would
still have the inside track for a
Sugar Bowl invitation with a 7-3
sepson record.
Depends on Win
All this speculation depends on
a Longhorn win Thanksgiving Day.
If the Aggies upset the Long
horns, the Texas football squad can
pack its football uniforms away in
mothballs until next season.
With 10 days of rest behind
them, the Cadets will be physically
and mentally ready for the contest
with all the players who have been
nursing bruises ready for action.
Leading the Aggies into the
Turkey Day clash will be Durwood
Scott, senior tackle and captain of
the team.
Of a total of nine seniors on the
Aggie squad, two besides Scott,
figure to be listed among the
starters.
Wind Up Careers
Connie Magouirk, halfback, and
Don Ellis, quarterback, wdnd up
their college football careers in
Thursday’s game.
(See FOOTBALL, Page 2)
News Briefs
Fish Slave
Open House
Thursday
THE FRESHMAN area dorm
itories will have an open ho us*
from. 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Thursday.
Dormitories included are 14, 15, 16,
17, Walton, Puryear, Law and Mil
ner.
Aggie Band Will Do
‘Confusion’ Stunt
The 200 - piece A&M band will
feature their “mass confusion”
drill at the Thanksgiving game.
The band will use five different
types of marching formations for
this drill, beginning with a semi
countermarch entrance, and then
going into two double minstrel
turns, a double delayed
march, two more double
turns, and a continous
march.
After the continious counter
march, the letters “Longhorns”
and “Tex Aggies” will be formed.
From the letter formation the band
will go into the Aggie “T’.
counter
minstrel
counter-
THE PAINTS now on display in
the main lounge of the MSC are
by Frederick Sisson, Providence, R.
L, art reviewer. The water colors
will remain on display until Dec.
4.
* * *
RAY V. JAKV1 left A&M Mon
day for his new position with the
Calumet Mining company of Michi
gan. He was a professor of engin
eering mechanics and metallurgy
here. J.
THE RESULTS of the air force
officer qualifying tests taken by
AFROTC seniors have been post
ed on the second floor of the mili
tary science building. The standard
passing grade has not been an
nounced yet.
* *
THE AIR FORCE Specialty
Classification Numbers (AFSC)
have not been awarded yet. The
air science department is working
on the assignments now and will
release them at a later date, says
a spokesman for the air science de
partment.
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THE HOUSTON hometown club
will have a dance at 8 p. m. Thurs
day at the Bill Marz Dance Hall at
835 W. 34th street in Houston.
FORTY-SIX childi-en from the
Wee Aggieland- kindergarden class
made their annual inspection trip
to the bonfire yesterday. This is
the 10th year the class has made
the trip. Mrs. R. R. Lyle is the
teacher of the class.
THE MSC COUNCIL meeting
has been changed to 4:30 p. m. Dec.
7 to prevent conflict with other
meetings. The regular meeting was
scheduled for Dec. 14.
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j MONTY MONAGHAN, the Cam-
| pus Merchandising Bureau’s re-
j presentitive for Chesterfield ciga-
j rettes will be here Wednesday to
' talk to Steve Nall and Joe Lloyd.
LAST FOOTBALL GAME FOR A&M
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