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, OWARD
Harry Stifcller wpslfhe subject of an AP feature
tarol4 RajtljK this Week. Ratliff thinks that Coach
lews €<4>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 .'
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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 <he
high school league. ; ]
The scribe also said, “A chaiig<
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and 1
beat
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mnett aind (Stanford were
chancep at the ball in the first few-f
games! .as they concentrated on
Barne*’ partner. But as the match
drew on, they gave the visiting
star more than hty
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By ART HOWARD
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former United States Singles
ch, teamed with Aggie Rodney
Stanford, 7-5, 6-4, in a tennis exhibition in
Over two hundred Aggies and wives
v the tennis master play. j
luctant to give Barnes any
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Of coaching set-ups also has its
effect. At least the season can
started without somebody knock-
, lug every move that’s made even
before one football is wfell-kicked.
Thus a good start is possible; a
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loubt referring to the much-publicized
by ithe resignation of Homer No^ItOn
ippoin^menj (ff Coaoh| Stiteler.
n a round-about fashion that Stiteler'
r for the next few seasons even if he
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/gyod staVt can lead to' fi eat th
T1 e Dallas. wi]it< r was ini
dispute vere which jw|ts| settl
\ and the appointjn
Word has
.will not) have,the>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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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<! nr ant
the acquisition! of I srjfe gra
. talent ‘rom the Stj. ,o ris ;Brj
while the So.* arje. stumf
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LOS ANGELES, March 16
Vern Olsen, Chicago Cub discard,
is expected to start for the New
York Giants today against "his for
mer mates with rookies Hub An
drews and Bill Ayers sharing the
pitching duties.
CLEARWATER, Fla., March 16.
</P)—Curt Simmons, the Philadel
phia Phillies’ young pitcher, gaye
such , an impressive performance! ;j|
yesterday in the Phils’ 9-1 victory
over the'Detroit Tiger»~be had the
opposition 1 “ohing” and “ahing.”
“He can't miss,” said Detroit
centerfielder,- Roger Carmer,
commenting on (he Cbplay, Pa.,
hurler. “His fast fast ball takes
off and he has that extra some
thing that makes a major league
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BRADENTON, Fla., March 16
<^1—Treatment by a dental surg
eon has been prescribed for Charlie
(Red) Barrett, whose ailing shoul
der at the moment beclouds the
Boston Braves’ pitching plun«.
Kick Of Death!
SYDNEY —<£>>— “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.
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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.”,
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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-
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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
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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
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:| 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.
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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
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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.)
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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
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Houston Cadets on the club.
former h^sketballei's oh the
team are infjelddrs Guy Wallace of )
Dallas (North Dallas), Kenneth
Sutton of Goode Creek, Wallace
Moon of Bay< Ap'kapsas, and John
DeWitt from Waco. Outfielder Jim
»rk» rlrlnnnfiiiUii ' Melchef from Dallas (North Dal-
popular and much "used 3 ‘T” forma-1 {f j »' M ‘ t^irU-r Truett Mobley who
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Amos Alonzo ijtagg invented the Other members of the squad are
now famous tackling dummy iji Hilmer Schuelke of Lockhart, R. C.
1889 while he was coaching at Yale Gieskc of Matador, and David Britt
yniversity. of Wheeler, who play in the outer
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guldens.
Kingsville, and J. B. McCoy of
Temple round out the mound staff.
Infielder R. J. Gilbjreth of Hedley,
and Masknian' Floyd Cockerham
of Red Oak complete the siquad;
The Fish nine hqve a busy time
ahead this year. The Farmers have
a scheduled return engagement
with SohthwcBtei’!j later in tte
season. Two-game series with Rice
Texas, arid Baylor are already op
the dockejt. These tilts will be play
ed on a Home-and-home basii :
In addition to these contests,
Pickett stated that he hoped for
enough tjlts with independent clubs
from Houston and surrounding
alhi‘ 18-
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DALLAS, March 15 -U
ry Fold berg. Jr., ilormdj' Texal)
&M and WestPoin!.footill pjajlir.
announced to<lay tlgit hi |l ad sig|«‘
a contract! with the BNri clyn.IJi
gers of thij AH-Am ricaic infert
i Foldberg recent) y: res j ;ned i
ihe University States ?jl Hilary
jidemy where he v as
(nan. He Was due to
1949 but left the acade
to Dallas because jof fi|
(•ial matters. 1 |
Pop Warner of Icafl
(first football 1 coach
shift play Ho usjvl
wifh Yali) in 1900 jai his
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