The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1932 Page: 4 of 4
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TEXAS-TENNESSEE SMOKER
Boxing and wrestling for the Texas
came to an end last Friday night when
the Tennessee lads won the last smoker.
For us it was the end of a season of hard
work against heavy odds, where in the
boys showed the stuff they had. Every
smoker showed improvement over the last
until the one with the California which
the Texas won.
Everything considered it has been a
successful season. Many men have
learned what now to do next time and
have gained experience that will be in-
valuable to them next season. When
that time comes we expect to see still
greater improvement and some victories.
The wrestlers started the evening's e-
vents with McCain winning for the Texas
by default. Next Giglio was thrown by
Carter of the Tennessee after a tough
scrap. Ferguson was thrown by Carley,
Tennessee. Cook followed and lost to
Deitz the same way. McLaughlin, the
Texas middle weight, fought well for
eight minutes, and then got into a bad
spot from which he failed to recover.
Posey went in with hurricane force and
spent exactly four minutes thirty-four
seconds pinning Key to the mat. It was
his bout all the time. Crane, Texas,
fought his first bout against Adamson in
the heavyweight class. He put up a good
fight to lose.
In the boxing, Bracomonte (112 lbs.)
took a technical count from Camilo of the
Tennessee. They won the 118 lb. bout by
default. Jose, Texas featherweight, fight
ing with a broken nose, took a count from
Anderson. Scherer, Texas, fought out to
a close decision which went to Crabtree.
Moore met Ecktine, a good fighter, and
lost by a knockout. Norris won his fight
by a decision from Romanouski. Mason
ought well against Hector, who stands
well up in the heavyweight ranks.
Chambers lost a decision to Donstad.
"What's the best after dinner speech
you ever heard ?"
"Your money's no good--I'm treating."FLEET FOOTBALL YE<1 N
BEGINS SOON
Football! Coonskin coats! Pigskin balls
and another nose shoved into the mud.
The Texas apple smugglers have been
working in and out for several weeks now
and are having to get a ruddy glow on
their cheeks. Their first two practice
games left them elated with the pride of
victory and work well done. In the first
game they took the New York and in the
second played "Marching through Balti-
more" to the lads from the Maryland.
A good start for a football season
worth remembering. There are dozens
of big, tough scrappers over there ready
to take the Nevada into camp on the
19th in the first real clash of the current
seam. Some men are after the Iron Man.
You can't stop a combination of that sort.
The coaches have been breaking out a
bevy of new plays about once a week and
everybody is as interested in the pre-
cedings as a country store crowd is in a
day's fight. That's right. We think there
is one fine team in the making. We be-
lieve we have a championship squad on
the dot and we expect to see every game.
Isn't that the way you feel about it?
Remember November 19th on the lot
in Long Beach, the Texas warriors clash
with the Nevadans. Our motto is every
man there except the boatswain's mate
on watch.
To ex-Senator Jim Reed of Missouri fell
the duty of opening the Democratic State
Convention. Down at the press table he
discovered William Allen White, a Repu-
blican editor. Reed concluded he'd have
a little sport.
"In looking over the delegates." he said,
"I fail to recognize any clergyman, and
so I shall call on my good friend William
Allen White to open the convention with
prayer."
White arose and glaring at the chair-
man, said:
"Really, Mr. Reed, you will have to
excuse me. You see. I'm a little out of
my element, and the fact is, I prefer the
Lord not know that I am here."OS ({AS ()F T 1 Y 1U
Young, F. S. of the third division is
to be congratulated for his determination
to stick to a job until it is finished.
That he, and we, took a terrible beat-
ing in the "Seattle Times Cup Race" you
well know, yet every morning and every
evening you can still find him out ther<
woring with his crew.
He is inelligible to participate in any
more races for the remainder of this
year, as a man may participate in only
one per year. Yet each day, twice a day,
you can see him out there helping the
others along.
With a few more like Young the Texas
would soon be on top in the athletic
scramble.
AN ATHLETIC INVENTORY
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basketball, will probably be included in
the sports.
The fifth division continued to fall off,
finally being passed by one of the engineer
divisions, the "A" division. The A
and "E" divisions deserve a great deal
of credit for their showing among the
engineer divisions.
The seventh division seems to be taking
a. new interest in athletics and, with the
men now out for athletics, should make
a much better showing next month.
The "M" division also seems worthy of
mention, but perhaps we could interest
them in the dancing team, or do you
prefer croquet.
Officer, riding back in number three:
"What time are you supposed to shove
off ?"
Coxswain: "Eleven o'clock, sir."
Officer: "What are you doing up there
on the dock ?"
Coxswain: "After a telegram."
Officer: "Does it take all the crew to
get one telegram ?"
Coxswain "Yes, sir, it does."
Officer: "Well, when we get back to
the ship in this race boat you had better
have the Fourth Division man the crane
to get the telegram on board."U. S. S. TEXAS-11-5-32-1,500
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