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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1958)
rW Rnttnlin* ^ Collmf* StmHmm (Rrnan* Cn-ntr). Wednesday. October 1. 1958 PACE 7 A&M Sports In Brief 9 A Glimpse Into the Past that aoui present-4 a ;«-(> vt- /' Ity TOMMY KEITH that Battalion Sports H rltw in IHlttf, The Battalion earned "JW |new* of a Thanlisyrinng Day game j series did not begin until later. ggies Battle With i Tigers Saturday sounds s little strange to The March 27, 1907, issue re- ] lay Aggies A4M scored ports that before the largest crowd tory over Baylor in Waco ever gathered at the athletic f e’d, Texas A A M Turkey Day the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Aggie baseball team by a score of 9-0. All the National Leaguers' runs came in the thud inning when die Aggie nine reportedly “went to pieces ’’ Oklahoma On Top Again Oklahoma, which never gets far I ginia eleven last Saturday, from the top, wa* No. 1 again | The SooneA displaced Ohio Monday in the weekly Associated State in that spot, the Buckeyes Press college football poll on the dropping to third place behind the strength of its smashing 47-H vie- defending national champion Au- tory over a well rated West Vir- burn teem. Pans will get a wide variety of Ifootball h« re Saturday night when thia week over Senior Don. I’llbhp, sophomore Mocking On May 14. 1907, Texas Univnr- I sity took two baseball games from ] A & M on Clark Field The Texas star was their pitcher, (jraham, Jhib , who pitched the fnat game allow- t»«ck mg five hits and after only a few 1 . a a ■ e T<2NSri! r . A*M and M^soun m*-et foi the frojn Corpus ( hnsti, has moved to minute* rent, pitched anothei nine [second time. (tbe^lo. 2 spot behind Richard Gay The Aggus will furnish the and Bill Godwin, junior tackie Ismgie wing and the Tigers will from Orangcfield is the new No furiush about e^ery offen*. in the 2 strong guard behind t artAr books when Coach Dan Devine KrafikJhi. throws his multiple offense at the Gay, Aggie tri-captain, was the |Cadet.s. outstanding Farmer on the field The Aggies t<H)k Missouri last against Houston. The Shreveport [year in Columbia, 2# <•, when Frank senior should be in fine form to |Bro) les was the Tiger mentor have another ginid season after Miaaoun, victors over Idaho last getting off to a slow start He was I week. 14 111, after an H-12 loss to suleRned a week with the fla. Vanderbilt, features the running of Tu;o other harks have shown un Hwlfbacks Hank Kuhlmann and piovement after having been Nurris Stevenson ahd the fine line slMhed by injuries They are Wing play of tiuaids Charles Rash andib^Ka Jon Few of Midlothian and Don Chadw u k and Fnd Danny !.a {Rat^g Sima of Houston, both Rose The Tigers use the w mged ; sophompres. Milstead also has T. split T. straight T, single wing ro(he aldng well after suffering a and double wing. It's the same of- shoulder bruise against Texas Tech fense Devine used so successfully I .utd his play at tailback has been at Aruona Stale t Tempell befbre | o«e of the bright spots in an olher- |takmg the Missouri job ' wise dismal Aggie start. Rowell For the second straight week tl\e Bprry, Snydi r sophomore, is giv- lAgg les will fare a team of speedy iifg Ed Dudley, Pam pa senior, w lharkx M ^soun has the t,i*tth<tguttle for No 'J tailback and may s*kfield of any Tiger teams in (wsSwiove in behind Milsiead by game- sst Hi years / ! time. The Cadets enter the M^souiij All hands a»e in good physical fame w ith loaaea this yuar to TV»a*^>undition for the game and bai ring Tech and to Houston. The Ags f l*te practice injunaa none w ill miaa |ha'« ’he n.tt n's , oin ^ punte- 'be actum innings making the afternoon. a total of 18 for J wm $#1 The November 5, 1920, issue of the Halt carries an interesting item. It seems that an Aggie Yall Leader challenged Rue to a "yell match’’ at a Lsitball game due to be played shortly. Rice rejected the offer, so the Yell Leader of lered to send only A & M Fiesh- men to compete with the entire Rice cheering sertlot. The offer was still refused Incidentally, the Aggies won the game, 7-d. • • • • uafeMun *H ( oat h Homer Norton Norton guided the Aggie grid fortunes from 1934 to 1917, winning two SWC championships and the national champ ionship in 1939. Houston kittens Ready For \ggie Fish Game A 1929 Batt carried a The University of Houston Kit- story* tens would like to fallow in their which ctmid almost have been re peated in 19f>8. The Aggie cagers defeated S M. U. on u last minute goal in a game which the sports writer described as “no doubt the best game in four years." Aggie Kish Tangle ^ithl II Thursday )■ Tailback Charley Milstead. t he Xpier junior ha* punted five times for an average, of 5d.8 yards per kick. Milatead bas had quick kicks |go *>8 and 72 yards. Coach Jim Wvets has planned I few changes for the game The sec saw battle of the Smith brothers lat weaks>de end continui-a with S phomore Ralph getting the nod Athletic l)e|>l. Improves Stadium The Athletic Department has ap- propriuted fTH.iKin for improve ments at Kyle Field The east side of the stadium is now being hard topped ami the rest room facilities are also >cheduled for improvements. The east side will have its gravel base for this week s game, und the asphait top Will be paved aa % aoon as possible Robert lainge, contractor from Brenham, Texas, has the contract. Barlow (Bones) Irvin, Assistant Athlet ic Director, slated that it is the department » objective, in the future, to idd 5,000 more seats by extruding the stadium from both sides of the new press box Section. Myers is still trying to get more punch out of his line, which has been a disappointment to date. A&M journeys to Maryland next week to wind up the non-confet- enoe part of the schedule. TCU, conference favorite, comes to Kyle Field Oct. 18 to open Southwest Conference play. ’ sTAttme LtS'El f* MISSOURI LF -84 Russell Sloan (182) IT—72 Owen Worstall (211) l^i—fi.1 Chat les Rash (194) 1 C—61 Tom Sveuney (200) K<. dh Don Chadwick (212) KT—70 Mike Magai (20t>) RF -R7 Danny laiRose (219) ^B-M 1'hil Snowden (185) LH—23 Hank Kuhlmann (192) RH -4n Norris Stevenson (I8(i| FB 32 Jim Miles ( 188) TEXAS A A M -82 Ralph Smith iltb) WT 74 Carl Luna (19«i WG—Allen GoeKring (135) C—55 Gale Oliver (193) SG—4* Carter Franklin (190) ST—72 Ken Beck (230) SE—iO John Tracey (215) TB—11 Charles Milstead (187) BB—30 Richard Gay (190) WB—.35 Jon Few (189) FB—37 Gordon LeBoeuf (185) The gndders who will have a lot to do with A & M s football success in the future will make their college debut oil Kvle Field Thursday at 7:30 p. in. as the Aggie Fish meet the University of Houston Kittens. It will be the Xir»t game of the •eanon for C<woh Bill Jones’ Fish The Kittens opened w ,th a 42 ti win over Mexico I’oly U*t week Among the Aggie fismhiS )VCi-potiiMl«r from St varsity brothers footsteps Thurs day night when they face the Ag gie fish in Kyle Field Houston mauled the Cadet var sity Saturday night 39-7, and it looks like their younger brothers have the material to follow right in their footsteps. The Houston freshmen, playing the firat Kitten hame game in VH history, rolled up a 500-yard of fense while smashing an under manned Mexico Poly Tech team 42- j b last Thursday Although the Kitten* came out | of their opener without a serious player injury, the Red and White will not (*• in top physical rondi tion for the Aggie, encounter Sev eral players are recovering from colds and sore throat*. Starting ends are Bill < rowder. ^ A< res and Grove tailback who played in the Texas high school All-Star game, will be the man-under for the Kit tens. He’ll have two former Hous ton All-City playei* at his half backs They are Ken Bolin from Sam Houston High and Eddie Mitcharnore from Reagan High Fete Burk*, an all district choice while at l^rngview High, will he at fullback. LOV Joined The New Grade Point Army WILL YOU? • Study Now—Don't Put It Off • Work WITH Your Prof He Wants To Work With You • Consult Your Scholastic Officers Dorm Counselors l l>per ( lassmen Faculty Adviser* I • l se The School Approved Authorized Tutors — Free ( ompliments Of J. E. Loupot ’32 w ill be talented tailback Jes*e Me- , Red Wright, tiuire of Plainview, all everything | from Mexia b 4. 205-pounder last fall including being voted top schoolboy playei in Texas fullback Jim Murphy of El Reno. Okla., top Sooner prepster of 19f>7; guard Mickey Walker, all-stater from Fort Arthur, and end James Street, all-stater froai Nederland Rounding out the probable start ing lineup are Gary F’lnch at wing back, iHiryle Keeling, blocking back. 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