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FRIDAY, July 27, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 Aggies Dropped 1-0 In Navasota Meet The Aggie Softballers went down in defeat last night at the Navasota softball tournament, fall ing before the three-hit, 1-0, pitch ing of L. E. Winder of Nedbaleks Service Station. Nedbaleks collected six hits off the smooth delivery of Bryan Beard who only last week had let them down with but a single bingle. The issue was not decided until the last half of the seventh frame as an error by Ag shortstop, Jewell McDowell permitted a iNedbalek runner to reach first and he was sent on around on two consecutive singles, the second one to right field to win the game. Only in the second, fifth and seventh innings did the Aggies get men on base with hits. In all in stances they were left stranded because of weak hitting by the ensueing batsmen. Beard led the Aggies at the plate with two of the three hits, both singles. The only other safe ty was garnered by Bill Campbell in the fifth. \Winder had the Aggies eating '^CU to Reexamine Basketball Slate Fort Worth, July 27—hT 5 )—TCU, scheduled to play two games next season in New York, will reexamine its schedule, L. It. (Dutch) Meyer said yesterday. Meyer, athletic director of the University; said the schedule may be changed because of the new bas ketball scandals. TCU is supposed to play Man hattan College in Madison Square Garden and Canisius College at Buffalo. A game tentatively sche duled with Syracuse has been can celled, but not because of the scan dals. Manhattan College is one of four New York colleges involved in the gambling fixes recently exposed. Canisius has never been involved in a fix. TCU was named as one of the 1949 opponents against which Bradley University played a fixed game. Players for the Peoria, 111., team were paid a bonus by gamb lers to play their best against TCU. Meyer expected to talk to TCU President M. E. Sadler about the game schedules. out of his hand part , of the time as he sent six men down via the strikeout route. Beard got credit for five strikeouts. The Aggies were guilty of two errors afield while Nedbaleks had a like number. This loss knocked the Ags out of the consolation type tournament but Nedbaleks will play Racoon Bend, winners over Navasota in the first game of last nights twin bill, 5-4, in the finals Saturday night at 9:30. Cage Coach Casts Debate Challenge San Antonio, July 27—OP)—For est Anderson, Bradley basketball coach, said he would like to meet Flem Hall, sports editor of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, in a public debate oyer the recent bas- keetball scandal that included five Bradley University players. Hall said in his column Wednes day that Anderson should withdraw from the Texas Coaching School where he is scheduled to be an in structor and coach of a high school all-star' team. Hall said if Ander son didn’t withdraw voluntarily the Texas High School Coaches Asso ciation should cancel his part of the program and pay him off. Sport Magazine Features Two Ag Baseballers Two A & M All-America baseball stars are among the group of baseball players featured in a recent magazine article published “for the ben efit of coaches, trainers and others connected in the sports world.” Pat Hubert and Guy Wallace, named to the American Association of College Baseball Coaches All- America first and third teams, re spectively, are pictured with other members of the All-America teams in The Mentor, published by a Fort Worth firm. The picture and accompanying ||| story relate the success of the ® NCAA baseball playoffs at Omaha, Neb. last month and describes the great calibre of play shown by the players at the tournament. “Terrific” is the word connected with Hubert. The article gives him credit for accumulating a great 1.99 earned run average while winning 12 and losing one over the season. Selection of the All-Americans was called a difficult process with “numerous standouts.” Another article in the magazine by former Aggie baseball and 11 basketball coach, Marty Karow, | I gives the basic fundamentals of i | batting. Karow is now head coach at Ohio State University. Trophy Smiles 47 Golfers Best Par in St. Paul, Ed Oliver First St. Paul, Minn., July 27 — UP)—Genial Ed “Porky” Oliv er of Wilmington, Del., sank a three-foot putt to give him a 66, six strokes under par and the lead in the first day of play in the St. Paul Open Golf . , Tournament yesterday. , e on their champion- The 220-pound professional who sh 'P f f u ces yesterday afternoon .s been olavimr in the St. Paul / A 'l ien they suffered their fn'st ! has been playing in the St. Paul 1 Open for 11 years, grabbed the lead from seven players who had been tied at 67. Another eight players were tied at 68. In all, 47 players were under par of 72. A stroke behind Oliver were such notables as Jimmy Demaret, Ojai, Calif.; Cary Middlecoff, Mem phis; Dick Mayer, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Lloyd Mangrum of Chicago; Gene Sarazn, Germantown, N. Y.; Jacke Burke of Houston and Bill Nary of Prairie View, III. Grouped at 68 were Skee Rigel of Tulsa, Fred Haas, Jr., of New Orleans, Doug Ford-, of Harrison, N. Y., Fred Hawkins of El Paso, Otto Greiner of Baltimore, Pete Fleming of Hot Springs, Ark., Loddie Kempa of Kansas City and “Dutch” Harrison of St. Andrews, 111. Threat On Involved Player, Wife Bared Peoria, 111., July 27 —<£’> —A threat against an involved player and his wife and a payoff double- cross by the plot ringleader were reported yesterday as five bribe- implicated Bradley basketball stars were asked to testify about their fix scandal before the New York grand jury. The Peoria Journal said a Brad ley player and his wife were* threatened with bodily harm if he attempted to back out of the fix arrangement which spanned the last two Bradley basketball sea sons. The Journal did not identify the player, but three of thee five im- Pirates Take Tigers, Indians Swamp Giants The league-leading Pirates cop ped their third straight win of the second half season of play Wednes day in the College Station Sum mer Softball League, nipping the Tigers 4-2. Homer Adams, Pirate hurler lim ited the Bengals to single runs in the third and went ahead to stay in the sixth with a three run out- ■ burst. Pugh Blast Triple Marion Pugh furnished the big blow of the inning as he blasted a triple to clear the bases and jlrive in the tieing and winning runs. Curtis Holland pitched creditable ball in the' errorless contest but the big bats of the Pirates were u little too much for his team mates to cope with. Adams went all the Way for the win. In another game played Wednes day the Indians swamped the Giants 12-2 as Barney Welch and Sarg. White tangled as opposing hurlers. The game was marred by errors by the Giants as they allow ed most of the runs to be scored by the Indians. The four teams meet again Monday afternoon, with game times set at 5:45. The Indians and Tigers meet at the College Park diamond on the Southside while the Pirates a.nd Giants clash at College Hills diamond on the East side. Welch vs. Williamson Welch is slated to go again for the Indians while it will be either Newt Williamson or Holland for the Tigers. Manager K. A. Man ning has named Adams to hurl for the Pirates while Sarg. White will toe the rubber for the Giants. The Pirates, winners of the first half of league play, again lead the league for the second half with a 3-0 won, lost record while the other three teams sport a 1-2 record so far. "You're too horsey, m'boy. 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Shore, Peoria Coun ty state’s attorney, said he didn’t know a thing about the threat and that it was never mentioned in statements taken from all five players, also including All-America Gene Melchoirre and Bud Grover. “Squeaky” Held Out An investigator today said bribed contact man Melchoirre held out on payoff payments to his conspiring teammates. Lt. James Okey, chief investigator for the Cook County state’s attorney, said he was convinced Melchoirre held out as much at $3,000 in various deals with New York gamblers. A total of $6,300 reportedly was paid to Melchoirre for distribution to his mates. “Melchoirre kept cer tain bonuses which were expected to be split with some of the other players,” Okey said. Sugar Bowl Involved In New Y r ork, District Attorney Frank S. Hogan said the Bradley players fixed the points in a 1949 Sugar Bowl game at New Orleans. But gamblers welched on the payoff and rigged a scheme that cost the players any bribes at all, Hogan said. New Orleans’ Sugar Bowl is an annual Christmas holiday pag eant, featuring some of the na tion’s top teams,in various sports. Nancy Hale, left front and Kay Parnell smile happily as do Gayle Klipple and Dick Weick as they hold the two trophies the College Station Swimming Team won at the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation swimming meet held in Tyler last week-end. Coach Art Adamson, sitting left front, smiles his approval. Sec ond row, left to right, Martha Ergle, Beth Penberthy, Rosemary Lennert, Gail Edge. Third row, 1. to r. Van Adamson, Martha Terrell, Eleanor Price, Marilyn Floeck. Fourth row, in the same order, Nancy Stevens, Linda Potts, Ann Copeland, Louise Street. Fifth row, 1. to r. Wally Penberthy, Dave Bonnen, James Baker and Bobby Karow. Walcott to Box Free New York, July 27—GP)—Jer sey Joe Walcott, a busy man these days, went to the aid yesterday of the sandlot baseball kids. The newly crowned heavyweight champion, a firm believer in help ing out youngsters, will box an exhibition for free as part, of the activities at the Hearst All-Star Sandlot Classic at the polo grounds, Aug. 8. Loop Leaders Dropped by 16 To Create Tie By TOM ROUNTREE Battalion Sports Staff loss of the season at the hands of Dorm 16, 6-3, who went into a Jde for the lead with the Bears. Neither team scored in the first two innings of play. First blood for the Bears came in the top of the third when Neal Baxter came in. Louie Belinsky got credit for the RBI when he slammed out a double. Dorm 16 picked up two of their runs in the third when Will Hovell hit a double and drove in Dick Harris and Dick Lenzen. Harris Gets Two RBI’s Harris drove in two runs in the fourth for Dorm 16, when he hit a single and Nance and Pegues came in to score. McReynolds also got credit for two RBI’s when he hit a double and pushed Harris and Lenzen across the plate. Bizzell pitcher Gerretson walked Lenzen with the bases loaded and forced Nance in from third and allowed McReynolds: to get a dou ble and knock in P'egues and Har ris. Gerretson gave another RWI when he loaded the bases again and then walked Chapman to score Lenzen. Bizzell picked up one run in both the fifth and the seventh. A1 Rol lins scored in the fifth and Mack Howell made the run in the sev enth. Dorm 16 got their runs out of 8 Vollmer Leads Bosox to Wins By Associated Press With Clyde Vollmer, blazing Bos ton Red Sox clutch hitter, it seems to be home run or nothing. Vollmer, a powerful six-footer, hit three homers yesterday against Chicago in a 13-10 win that boost ed his club within two percentage points of first place. Since big Clyde started to find Br. Young Attends Sonora Range Course Dr. Vernon A. Young, head of the range and forestry department, is at Sonora for the Range and Forestry 407 practice course. The course is a summer field trip allowing the students to see actual ranges and to discuss applicable improvement practices. EVERY MONDAY KORA 8:00 P.M. AMERICAN LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS Eddie Houser The smile on Houser’s face is because he won the fancy div ing championship of the Fort Hood Reserve Officers Training Corps Summer camp. He later teamed with two other cadets to take the camp swimming title in the 150-yard medley relay. Hous er is one of 142 Aggies at Ft. Hood who will conclude train ing this week-end. the range about three weeks ago, he has hit 11 home xmns in 18 games. Over that same period he has had a total of 22 hits. So, ex actly half of his hits in that period have been over the wall. Sensational Spurt Vollmer managed to sprinkle nine singles and two doubles among his homers in this sensational spurt of timely hitting. Only a journey man outfielder who was obtained from Washington last year in a deal for Tom O’Brien and Merrill Combs, Vollmer may be the dif ference between also ran and pen nant for the Red Sox. Because Cleveland finally won a game at Yankee Stadium, clipping the league-leading New York Yanks, 9-4, Vollmer’s latest out burst was an important factor in the pennant race. His third of the day came with two on in the sixth and the score tied 10-10. Earlier he hit one with one on in the first and with no body on in the fifth for a total of six big runs batted in. He now has 17 homers for the season— tops for him in the majors. While the American League tightened, the National opened up even more with Brooklyn moving 9% games in front of idle second place New York on a 9-1 win over Chicago. Phillies Making Move The Phillies, making a belated bid to regain their 1950 glory, moved within a half game of the third place Cardinals by shutting out St. Louis for the second straight night, 7-0. Ken Johnson, j an ex-Card, did the job with seven hits. Golf, Tennis Entry Dates Extended Deadline for entering the open tennis and open golf tourna ments is Wednesday according to C. G. “Spike” White, assist ant dean of men for student ac tivities. Those interested in singles or doubles tennis should register for the tourney in Student Activ ities Office Goodwin Hall, White said. Contestants will play the matches according to a schedule convenient to them and intra mural medals will be given to winners of both the singles and doubles, White added. Men interested in the golf tourney should register at the golf course and play their qual ifying round. Medals 1 given to the winners flight, Spike said. Vollmer’s hitting was the big news of the Thursday scores, how ever, in the wild slugfest at Fen way Park that produced a total of 31 hits. Ellis Kinder, long a Chicago jinx, gained his 17th straight over the White Sox with a scoreless relief job over tthe last 3 1/3 in nings. He was the last of four Boston pitchers. Harry Dorish, fourth Chicago thrower, took the loss. Vollmer had home run company. Ted Williams hit his 20th and Dom DiMaggio his ninth for the Red Sox. Eddie Robinson smashed one with two on in the second inning for Chicago. Feller Gets No. 15 Bobby Feller became the first major leaguer to win 15 in Cleve land’s success at Yankee Stadium but he wasn’t around at the finish. Feller gave way for a pinch hitter in the sixth while leading 5-4. Homers by Cliff Mapes, Johnny Mize and Yogi Berra chipped away most of his early lead. Lou Brissie held the fort the rest of the way, allowing one hit and no runs in four innings. Allie Reynolds, a four-time win ner over the Tribe which he turned back with no hits July 12, was tagged with his sixth loss. Stubby Overmire mopped up for a lost Ruby Robert Fitzsimmons held the world’s heavyweight title from 1897 to 1899 even though he weigh ed only 158 pounds. cause. Once again Joe DiMaggio went hitless, slumping to .251. George Kell, Dick Kryhoski'■and Pat Mullin lit into Washington pitchers for three hits each in De troit’s 6-3 win. The Tigers hopped on Reliefer Mickey Harris for three in the eighth with Connie Berry’s two-run double the big blow. Batts Bats One Mat Batts’ two-run homer in the fifth helped the St. Louis Browns to a 6-4 edge over the Philadelphia A’s in a night game. Duane Pillette with ninth-inning help from old Satch Paige, sub dued the A’s who have lost seven in a row. Big Don Newcombe won his 14th and ninth in a row over Chicago as the Dodgers bolstered their lead. Held to one run by Omar Lown in the first six innings, the Dodgers routed the right-hander with three in the seventh. Roy Campameila hit his 17th homer with a man on in the eighth. New York and Pittsburgh were idle but Boston wrapped Cincin nati, 6-2, to take over fifth place. Vern Bickford was in control until the ninth when he was replaced by Bob Chipman after two runs were in and two out. Dick Bunting and Frank Hild- rith of a Jackson, Mich., bowling team recently bowled identical scores of 152—199—146 for a 497 BRYAN BUSINESS MACHINE CO. SALES — SERVICE — RENTALS SUPPLIES Royal Typewriters Victor Adding Machines 209 N. Main Bryan DIAL 2-1S2S Gayle Klipple Working his way toward the finish line, Klipple won the 100-yard breast-stroke event Wednesday night as Boy Scout Troop 411 walked away with the Annual Boy Scout Swimming Meet. The 411 boys tallied a total of 69 points in overwhelming all other opponents. Medals will be of each The Exchange Store “Serving Texas Aggies” from SANDWICHES STEAKS FINE FOOD FIXED JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE IT 12th MAN INN North Gate ‘We Serve the Best' hits and Bizzell got their runs off 5 hits. B Sqdn. remains undefeated in the second semester freshman soft- ball league by virtue of beating A Sqdn. yesterday afternoon, 3-0. . First scratch was made by B Sqdn. when they pushed Labowitz across the home marker early in the first inning. The other two runs accrued by the B Birds came in the third with Renkin and Net- terville getting the glory. A Causes Trouble A Sqdn. gave the victors several anxious moments in the second and third innings when they loaded the bases. B Sqdn. held the line and prevented the A Airs from marching to the glory spot. C. Co nosed D Co. out in a scor ing marathon yesterday 13-10. The C Troops were leading the game 4-3 going into the third inning. C Co. went wild in the third scor ing nine runs to lead the game by a comfortable margin. D Co. then came in and proceeded to rack up seven runs before the rally col lapsed. Pitcher giving up the least num ber of hits was Clicherski, pitcher giving up the most hits was Kea ton. Milner failed to show up for a game again and the softball game went to Walton by forfeit. Texas Rockcrushers defeated Dorm 15, 2-1 in a civilian volley ball game yesterday afternoon. The scores went 15-9, 7-15 and 15-11. Max Greiner Begins 2- Year Tour of Duty One of the Texas Aggies who helped defeat the University of Georgia Bulldogs in the 1950 bat tle for the President’s Cup recent ly began a two-year tour-of-duty at Headquarters Fourteenth Air Force, at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. He’s Second Lt. Max Greiner now, who played right guard for the A&M football squad. Lt. Grein er has been assigned to the Of fice of Military Personnel Pro curement at Headquarters Four teenth Air Force. The only four-year letterman in the Southwest Conference last year, Lt. Greiner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Greiner of 3202 Hurley of Houston. His wife, the former Miss Bobby Sue Cain of Beaumont, will join him at Robins soon. Tagged the “Watch Charm Guard” by coaches and the press, Greiner was the lightest guard in the conference last year, tipping the scales at a mere 180 pounds. He helped stack up the Aggie’s 40 to 20 victory against Georgia in the President’s game and played also in Miami’s All-Star game last Christmas. The Florida State University football team will face six new op ponents on their 1951 schedule. TODAY & SATURDAY FIRST RUN Starts—1:33-3:08-4:43 6:18-7:53-9:28 THE iUNCIE'S OWN NEWS — CARTOON PREVUE TONIGHT 11 P.M. FIRST RUN SUN. Thru WED. KAYE Gene TIERNEY Corinne CAIVET News — Cartoon PREVUE SATURDAY , 11 P.M. FIRST RUN