- I Wi 1 i % r TUESDAY 'f: r , I ’ j i t ; : y for the sportswriters this Uotedj the ach’sllilacArthur-like statement that forojalion . . . and not from it.” Rat liff also was happy over thfe fact .j j. that Stiteler is frank .in his state- .1! f merits and will say that he is go ing to win if he thinks he will. . A sd optomistic; coaches are : about | fas scarce as herr* teeth in the foot- b *11 world. The only worry for the ;-l A ggie mentor is whether or not he ’ cm be optomistic when this fall rolls around. r ji .' 1 j (.oach Stiteler was at least ""I pects are ^not too bright, mitj I always! have considered that a hustling ball! club with the desire to win can offset to a great de gree the lack of skill.” j j" Ratliff remembers that the Ag gie mentor was good copy, aridj a good coach, when he was in eget 11 his cannot jproduce a SMt winn' . The newjy-aciqu ir id ba rommeni and iitraise f n m Ra fall,’their presefnee »iii what a ipirit of the whole isc n ol. | There is iohe :th n ; for I publicity next Reason. ^: —-tfi t are of the volley^ J! f Ad was expected, Barnes was t the best player on{ the floor. He served a slow slide for the first few ! games, hut :as the match drew pn he changed to a cannon- hgll i service which gave Bennett and Stanford quite a lot of irMNC> ' ■ j ' f | ...' ■ , <- Barnes conductjed a “Tennis Clinie’ on the concrete courts earl ier iii the day, drawing around 400 students who wanted to improve their game. He went over the fun damentals of the game, demonstra ting igjfips, strokes, positions, and offensive and defensive strategy. Later he answered questions for the students and jheir wjves. Behnett and Stanford opened last nights 1 game with |a bu^st oft serves I and placements to nin up a quick 5-j lead, y, ! : Then Barnes and Sellars turn irough their opponents services, racking up six straight games to take the first set at 7-5. ] j The second set was e v e n, wjth each side holding its service until the final game. In that game Bennett served afid ran up a 30- loye score on an ace and a place ment down the sidelines. Th placement by Barnes and one by Sellers tied the score at thirty-all. Two net balls by Stanford theft gave the deciding set and match td Barnes and Sellers. Barnes, brought here through the courtesy of the Pennsylvania Rubber Company, gave advice to the Aggies through-out the match. i He did not, however, completely rershadow the rest of his team- iates. All of the Aggies played a match. Sellers displayed a ist service and some fine rbtriev- Tall Bennett had the smoothest serve of the night, a Western Roll which was hard to return off of the board floor; 11 Cage Tdurneys Reach Climax This Weekend f •. r i NEW YORK, March 10 i tSh of A&M freshmen also came in p. Although the ( sy represent wif cannot be used this materially boost the f-T, , i mt H 1 —A&Jf will not suffer from lack of along. The Yankee pitching especially hot. • Yesterday the Yanks met thej favored Red Sox for the first! time and took them into camp, 5-12, in ten innings with Joe DiMaggio’s •350-foot three run homer breaking up the game. ? i » T ST; PETERSBURG, ?la.,! 16 ~ The NcwL Yok Yair have the baseball e :p ;rt.s '8» guessm ; tlremaelvTO ;o lay)! x Befoie the sljart; of s )i ing ing the experts figjur id the E Red So c as shoo^hti; 6 captfn) Americ vn League p>— “Grasshop pers”- in the Burra district of South Australia (actually locusts) are kicking fowls to death. Fowls have been swallowing the ’hoppers alive and their kicking hind legs, with their saw-edges, have alt the fowls’ juglar veins, and Caused them to bleed to death. Tt 1 ' j P i 1 .• clj,: ■ Walter Camp, due to-(his unc ceasing efforts to better the game N in the years between 1889 and 1895 is now considered to be the “Fath er of American Football.”, ' r FRED C. ELECTRK Contracting - Appliances Fixture* j ' P.O. Box 292, . Dial 2-6424 Bryan, Texas Basketball tournament activity will reach its peak dpring the-next six days. By Saturday' night the U. S. Olympic tryput field will'be come pleted. About 5<) games wtill be played on such scattered fronts; as New York, Kansas City, Brooklyn, Den ver, and Berkeley, Calif. The University of Louisville won |he gruelling 32-team NAIB tour nament in Kansas City Saturday a | night to become the first quintet to qualify for the Olympic try outs in New York, March 27, 29 'and 31. The winner of. the National Invi tation Tournament in New York Wednesday night will become the Second team. And then bn Satur day night the final six clubs will, be determined. Three \vill come from the National AAD Playoffs in Kansas City, the Eastern N. C. A A playoffs in New' York, and the National YMCA Tournament (in Brooklyn. hi NYU & St Louis Win NEW YORK, March 1*-The St. Louis Billikens, a; team of tremen dous, almost professional, poise, and New York University, rjch in fire and spirit, will meet Wednesday night for fhe championship in the National Invitation Basketball Tournament. Fourth-seeded St. I.oluis cross ed up the tourney officials by dx- pelling No, 1 ranked Western Ken tucky last night, 60-53. NYU, playing without the serv ices of star guard Doh Forman, outserapped and scrapped DePaul of Chicago, 72-59. Wildcats Upset Aggies KANSAS CITY, March 16 W— The amazing Kansas State College Wildcats, collegiate basketball’s ‘'Cinderella Kidd,”: will represent District Five in the Western Re gional NCAA plajcoffa here Fri-; day and Saturday. • An all-time record basketball , crowd fof Municipal Auditorium, |estimated at 9,7(H), watched the hepped-up Tats, champions of ! the Big Seven, w hip Missouri Val)ey titlist Oklahoma | A. and M. Aggies, 43-34, last night. Kansas State, only team to beat Oklahoma A. and M. twice this sea son, used a dazzling fa#t break for n 27-17 halftime lead then hogtied ithe Aggies at their own game!— “WHO HAS THE BALL?” is Even the photographer doesn’t know, been concentrating on these quick-op selves next Saturday when the Eugene Greene, a little-used re-* serve last season, shot through left guard for^ight yards and the lone touchdown here Saturday as the Texas A&M first team defeated the third, 7-0, in an intra-sqUad foot ball game lasting two quarters. Greene, a fast, shifty halfback from Edna, also returned a punt 53 yard? to overshadow the line blast ing of Fullback Bobby Goff oif Kenedy, the passing of Quarter Jimmy Cashion of College Station and the line pla,y of End Wray Whittaker of Houston and Tackle Jim Winkler of Temple. Guard Odell Stautzenberger of San Antonio kicked the point. Charles Royalty of Freeport picked up several nice gains for the third team, which was quar terbacked by Don Nicholas of’ San Angelo. Royalty is a fresh- mah. Buryi Baty’s second team, fea tured by the running of Prestqn Smith, and the fourth team battled two quarters to a scdreless ■ tie, al though- the No. 2 dub drove 63 yards to the five before time ran out. Baty is from Paris, Smith'-13) from Bryan. Cashion quarterbacked the fourth team, which also wa* strengthen ed by . Hub Ellis, first-terin) center from Kilgore. A freshman combination of Robert Smith al left half, Clar ence Lawson at full and Jim Dob- byn at right half had Bruce Walt lace as its quarterback and scor ed two victories. Against the varsity fifth 'team, the freshmen team stored once pn Wallace’s 50-yard pass to Smith. Lawson added the polint. With a different liine, the fresh men then smashed the varsity sixth team, 27-0. Dobbyn Scored: twic^-v- around end for nine Lawson from Wichita Faff,.Dob- . . -wlif hr at) m.idj(: from Coleman. byh from Abilenie and Wall ale ‘became 3 ’ ■■ to Smith, End Charle„ Fullback Gene Witherspoojijkiekej< j the extra points.’ Wilbur McBryde, 285 i- f rash man tackle | from 1 left the scrimmage early b a foot injury. Next Saturday aftern ular intra-squad game plete spring training o Sports Day. Sports Calendar Thursday— A & M fj(e*hmeii baseballers play the Smllt iwestt-’ ern University Pirates jh *re a: 3 p. m. • Friday— Southwest i t onfer en'ce Swimming Meet mrilimin ariea. Aggie Baseball squiisl Brooke Medics berg. I ! Tennis Match bet wee | tggiei^ and Vanderbilt Commode res. If Saturday— Spoijts Ua^ Intrasquad Football |> ime :i 2 p. m. on Kyle Field.) Baseball game betWe (r Aggli Baseball game tfetwei n Ag |gies and Brooke. Conference Swijmmihd Mef here. '! •{ Intramural fencing ne^ins 2 p. m. Of {! Inf Ira pu Frijilayi! Mjurclji |J9; '‘htei AII three Weapons (foil, epee, a did s liber) Will lie fenced and medatji will He given to the top men iii each Weapon. Teahji wilapqns Will he available, for: usjj l|y! fhist* men who do not ! Tbelmiit copj/nittee for tho moel Willi bo composed of the Fmieing Team officers), with l. J. Barrios (isilchmrnfian, and Fulton Dye and Dudley 3 til linger assisting. These hu|n will dirett the bouts and the fcoi)itestarjts will aid in the judging'. |TvI , strips will be laid down and fhej foil, will be handled in :* 1 two piMtls (groups) Rpee arid Saner will and a final. . Im 1 conducted pool each. Alljcohtestints are requested to ii pr|seijit at !l :30 Saturday so that. b|iut* can start promptly at 2 P- m. hall control—to win much as they a pass from Wallace pleased. End Averill Davis )of yard* and.bn for 35 yards. Nederland ! J :| Bob Conger is shown pitching Thomas Eubanks of A Eng. over „ r his shoulder under the w atchful eyes: of referee Cliff Ackerman in, j blit. The practice! session Saturday an intramural wrestling bout. Conger won the match right after upu |.4Kis picture was token when he got two points by flooring Eubanks. - The final jscore was 2-1, in favor of Conger. J H r———— Fish-Southwestern Clash Here I T 'l l -i L j ; r y'' | i! . .. Thursday In Baseball Opener < | By JAMES 1)E AN DA Coach Tom Pickjett’s Aggie Fish nine inaugurates the 1948 baseball season at College Station when they meet Southwestern University’s Pirates here Thursday. ..The Junior Aggies took advantage of Saturday’s sun shine to get a Iqng-delayed work-4— —-f 4~-, Huvlers (Pat Hubeyt of SEALE K; CO. lesigns Position At Michigan U. 11 j . I ' " ' - I , ANN AIRBOR, Mjeft., March Kpb -q-_HJ 0- (F>ito) Crisler, w guided MUhjgari to the apex football gjlOry, today ended 1 Coaching career. Evmn as he anhoiinciid his retire ment fropi the football bench, tjie I pandKomg. greying,. 49-year-<|ld mentor named as his immediate Successor; Benny G* Costerbaan, nis ihackfield j assistant. : Crisler! will remain the Univer- j bity’s athletic director. He startled the Sports wor witj) his announcement short If. . was climaxed pyja few innings of J intra-squad play.) ■ ; / 1 J ' I ' j Yesterday, Peek Vass, injured varsity regular, sent [the first-year baseballers through their paces with the infieldel's getting a good ! work-oUt. before midnight," attributing his decision thm“exacting demands” of his position as head of the ; department of physical education, athletic director and head foot- [ ball coach. The shrew d rind canny ) chief stepped down in the year of 1 his greatest triumph. ' jj j The Michigan coach discounted Infielders Sbnpy Bollman (Aus- the suddenness of th* announce- tin High School). Joe Savarino ment by saying he had been con- (Austin), catcher Bob Graham .sidering the move “for some time ( Austin), pitches Lawrence Lud- His withdrawal as. head coach km (Jeff Davis, Harold Higgins Houston and last season’s freshman basketball team are well represented on the 19-man squad. ami the appointment of Coster baaft was discussed and approved, b() said, by the Michigan Athletic Board in control just prior to bis announcement. (Jeff Dayis), outfielder,s Henry Candelari | (Jeff Davis), and Bill | areas to! give the: Cadets game card. His 1947 squad rolled over nine opponents like no Michigan club had been able to di) sinefe the poinfc- a-minute 1900’s. combing of the early Protect the Appearance qnd Value of your Home with ki,-- Here’s a fairoui B j:Short for ac ivr small appliances: klbios, ELECTRIC IR<)NS SrUDENT LAMPS. FLOOR L AIM PS. PRESTO ('OC)KERS ! i COFFEE MAKERS KEjliVlNATOR .... I i j ... 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