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Walter “Red” Cecil, famed as a
high school sprinter and a citizen
of Freeport, is slowly rounding into
shape after a long lay-off. He won
both the 100 and 200 yard dashes
in the dual meet against Texas
last week and before the close of
the season may be again the king
of Southwestern sprinters. His 100
yard dash mark still stands as the
Texas High School record.
“RED” CECIL
Another double winner for the
Aggies in the Texas meet was Ed
Dreiss, San Antonio, who took both
hurdle events and who is the son
of Eddie Dreiss, Jr., ’13, former
Aggie basketball star and track
man. In addition to the hurdles
he also placed in the pole vault. His
hurdle winning, however, will be
seriously jeopardized when he gets
into competition with Walcott of
Rice and Gatewood of Texas, two
of the nation’s top timber skippers.
Marty Karow’s Aggie baseballers
got off to a flying start in their
effort to wrest a diamond title
from the favored Longhorns, but
will run into trouble this week-end
against S. M. U. and T. C. U. The
Mustangs loom as one of the best
nines in the league, with a pair of
capable pitchers in the versatile
Billy Dewell and Daugherty. The
Longhorns started out with a pair
of wins against Rice, the Aggies
with a pair against Baylor and the
Mustangs with one against T. C. U.
With two losses already, Baylor
is out of the running, but they will
be troublesome down the line.
Texas, the Aggies, S. M. U. and
Baylor all have good college teams
this year.
It’s soft-ball season on the cam-
pus, and old-timers who have never
seen this activity would be amazed
at the number of games that are
played every week-end and most
afternoons. Last Sunday, by actual
count, there were eleven games be-
ing played within sight of the
Y. M. C. A, and with 20 players
to a game that’s lots of boys par-
ticipating.
And fight fans would have en-
joyed a Roman Holiday at Walter
Penberthy’s intramural boxing
finals last Saturday night at the
gym. Black eyes have been num-
erous on the campus the past two
months as this tournament pro-
gressed. Senior Class President Bob
Adams accumulated a beautiful
shiner while trimming ‘Bubba”
Reeves, varsity football guard for
honors in the 169 pound class. Mar-
shall Robnett, another varsity
football guard, won the heavy-
weight title again.
The Aggie swimming team,
coached by Arthur Adamson, was
an easy winner in its last meet, a
three-way affair in the new Baylor |
U. gym against the Bears and
S. M. U. Cadet swimmers took
eight of the nine first places, as
well as five seconds. Texas Uni-
versity has the best tank team in
the Southwest, but fared very bad-
ly in the recent national meet. The
Longhorns have failed to cash in
on a pair of highpowered swimming
stars, attracted to Austin from the
mid-west because they liked the
Texas climate, or something.
It’s bad and very thoughtless
for Blair Cherry, one of Dana
Bible’s assistant coaches at the
University, to put the “cross” on
Dallas News columnist Lynn Lan-
drum who only recently paid such
high tribute to the “Bible Plan.”
Way out in Lubbock Cherry told
the EVENING JOURNAL, “The
University had the old-fashioned
idea that it was big enough in its
own right to attract all kinds of
scholars, including football play-
ers, without benefit of recruiting
and subsidizing. It has turned out
that it was the wrong idea, or at
least a mistaken idea. So from now
on, we're in the thick of the fight
for athletes. We're gonna go after
‘em, just like the other schools are
going after them.” :
As stated before this column says
“More power to you,” as far as the
University athletic program is con-
cerned, and we’re for Dana Bible
every day of the year except
Thanksgiving. But please, is it too
much to ask that they quit playing
the “Holier Than Thou” anthem
with one hand, while socking us in
A. & M. Tied with
Texas with Two
Wins for Conference Baseball Lead
Tied with Texas for the Confer-+4
ence baseball lead with two vie-
tories, Marty Karow and his Ag-
gies will journey to North Texas
where they will meet S. M. UC.
Thursday and T. C. U. in Ft
Worth on Friday and Saturday.
S. M. U., coached by “Little Hig”
Higginbotham, former Aggie men-
tor, is rated to have a vastly im-
proved team over the one that de-
feated the Cadets last year in one
fray.
The Ponies meet the Aggies
Thursday and the Rice Owls on
Friday and Saturday. They will
either pitch Billy Dewell or Dough-
erty against the Karowmen. Tony
Polanovich will probably draw the
starting assignment against the
Ponies. The Ponies will shoot their
works against the Cadets and trust
to luck that they have enough left
to take the Owls.
Moving over to Ft. Worth the
Aggies will have another vastly
improved nine to face. The Frogs
had little luck with anyone except
the Owls last year, their freshmen
even beat them. There have been
strides of improvement made “out
on the hill” though and some very
promising men from last year’s
freshman team have added
strength.
T. C. U. won only four tilts last
season, all of them over the Rice
Owls and this year they are not
expecting to win the conference,
but nothing would please them bet-
ter than to knock over the Aggies
and hurt their bright chances.
They will probably start Wooad-
row Duckworth on the mound
against either Ralph Lindsey or
Sam Bass.
S. M. U. finished fourth in the
conference last year two games
below the Aggies. They trimmed
Rice twice, T. C. U. thrice, Baylor
once and A. & M. once.
AGGIES AND
STEERS PLAY
AT BRENHAM
The Texas Aggies and the Uni-
vesity of Texas Longhorns will en-
gage in two “off the record” base-
ball games when they play in
Brenham as a feature of the annual
Maifest, May 18-19, according to
announcement made here this week.
Both teams had filled the sched-
ule allowed under Southwest con-
ference rules but were granted
permission to play the two post-
season games. They will be “off the
record” in that they will not count
in the Southwest conference stand-
ings.
Regular season games will be
played April 29 at Austin and May
15-16 at College Station which will
close the conference schedule.
At present the two teams are
tied for the lead in the Southwest
conference with two victories and
no losses.
Walton at Waco
President T. O. Walton will be
the principal speaker and honor
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guest of the Waco A. & M. Club’s
San Jacinto Day celebration, which
will be held in Waco on the night
of April 19. Additional details of
the party will be announced in the
next issue of the AGGIE. Officers
of the Waco Club extend an invi-
tation to all Central Texas A. &
M. men to join Waco in honoring
President Walton.
T. M. Smith, Jr., ’32, is living at
Victoria, Texas, where he is with
the Patterson-Ballagh Corporation
of Los Angeles, California, dealers
in oil field equipment.
James A. Patterson, ’30, writes
asking that his address be changed
to CCC Company 1819, Camp F-64-
C, Woodland Park, Colorado. Pat-
terson was formerly located at
Littleton, Colorado.
Melvin L. Cowan, 36, is a sur-
veyor for R. E. A. and gets his
mail at Route 4, Comanche, Texas.
Robert E. Creveling, ’26, is liv-
ing at 501 Quincy Street, Bakers-
field, Calif. At the present time,
Creveling is assistant seismolo-
gist for the Shell Oil Company.
0. W. Orson, ’32, is veterinary
inspector for the U. S. Bureau of
Animal Industry and gets his mail
at 615 West Third Street, Fort
Worth, Texas.
Clifford G. Haynes, ’34, gets his
mail at Box 103, Kingfisher, Okla-
homa.
James T. Conally, '32, lieutenant
in the U. S. Air Corps, at the pres-
ent time is located at March Field,
Calif.
Garland B. Foscue, 08, is vice
president of the Automatic Elec-
tric Company, Chicago, Illinois, and
asks that his mail be sent to 1033
West Van Buren Street, Chicago.
FA. & M. Quilt
The most unique and interesting
quilt ever seen on the A. & M.
campus was exhibited recently by
John H. Shows, ’36, Administrative
Assistant, AAA at Brownwood. The
quilt was made by Miss Frances
Punchard, San Saba County Home
Demonstration Agent and was a
Christmas gift from Miss Punch-
ard to Shows. In the picture above,
left to right, are Association Sec-
retary E. E. McQuillen, the quilt,
and John H. Shows.
The quilt, 72” x 90”, is made of
maroon and white cotton print; the
lining and stripes of the quilt being
the solid color maroon. The 12
inch white squares, bearing the
hand blocked, drawn and painted
buildings and emblems required
many hours of intricate work to
complete. There are 12 of these
squares. The center of the quilt
bears the Coat of Arms and Texas
Seal from the sides of the senior
ring; in each of the upper corners
of this large white square an eagle
is shown with the year of Shows
graduation.
The beauty of the quilt is
brought out by the tedious planning
and cutting of the blocks. The
quilting, above the average with
9-10 stitches to the inch, carries
all over design of the Texas Star,
Longhorns, and cacti, in the solid
maroon strips. The center is quilt-
ed in one inch diamonds to bring
out the colorful Coat of Arms and
Texas Seal; each of the 16 blocks
are quilted individually, bringing
out the clouds, trees, and buildings.
Miss Punchard, who made the
quilt, is a graduate of Baylor Col-
lege, Belton, Texas. She is a mem-
ber of the Royal Academia Literary
Society, the Alpha Pi Omega
Scholarship Society, and majored
in home economics and her minor
college subject and her present
hobby is art work.
Shows is very proud of this
quilt. He has been with the AAA
since graduation in 1936 working
in Stephens County and in San
Saba County before moving to
Brown County last May.
Waxahachie To
Banquet April 19
The Waxahachie A. & M. Club
will celebrate San Jacinto Day with
a banquet on the evening of April
19 with A. & M. Athletic Director
Homer Norton and Association
Secretary E. E. McQuillen as honor
guests. Dr. J. R. Gill, ’35, opto-
metrist of Waxahachie, is serving
as general chairman of arrange-
ments. All Central Texas Aggies
are invited.
R. B. Whitton, ’17, is a new mem-
ber of the Association. He is in
the Natural Gasoline Department
of the Arkansas Fuel Oil Company.
Whitton gets his mail at Box 74,
Simsboro, Louisiana.
Joe K. Reed, ’32, is teaching
mathematics in the Wichita Falls
High School, Wichita Falls, Texas.
J. C. Barton, ’41, and C. S. Wol-
ston, 18, formerly of San Augus-
tin, have recently been transferred
to Jasper, where they get their
mail at P. O. Box 308.
James G. Cage, ’36, is residing
at 4108 Caroline, Houston, Texas.
Cage is with Cravens, Dargan &
Co., Insurance General Agents,
Houston, learning to be a marine
Insurance Underwriter. During his
spare time, Cage sells life, acci-
dent, and health insurance.
W. S. Beesley, 92, is engineer
in charge of the Map & Plot De-
partment of Dallas County, with
offices in the County Records
Building. Beesley makes his home
at Lancaster, Texas.
J. R. McMahan, Jr., ’32, is with
the Humble Company on a seis-
mograph crew. At the present time
McMahan is located at Jasper,
Texas, but requests that his mail
be sent to Box 122, Columbus,
Texas, as he is on the move most
of the time.
A. & M. FENCING
CLUB WINS SOUTH-
WEST LEAGUE
The A. & M. Fencing Club re-
turned from Ft. Worth yesterday
as Club Champions of the South-
west Fencing League for the sec-
ond consecutive time. The local
club defeated the Moody Club of
Galveston in two out of three
weapons.
The club was crowned champions
in sabre and foil and won second
place in epee. This is the second
year the team has won the coveted
foil trophy.
In the individual contests enter-
ed by some 100 fencers of the
Southwest, Tom Akarman won first
place trophy in foil. Clem D. Alber-
go of the Moody Club defeated
Alvin Goodstein 5-4 in the finals
for first place in sabre. D Albergo
also won first place in epee.
Of the 36 medals and six tro-
phies offered, the A. & M. Club
won 17 and three respectively. The
| trophies will be on display during
the week in the Exchange Store
window.
MELVIN J. MILLER, ’11, WELL
known Fort Worth insurance man
of the firm of DuBose, Rutledge,
and Miller, was general chairman
of the “Appreciation Dinner” hon-
oring Amon G. Carter, given by
the Fort Worth Club in that city
on March 9. Miller also presided
at the program and introduced
Paul Whiteman, famed orchestra
leader, as the evening’s toastmas-
ter. The occasion paid high tribute
to Mr. Carter for his devotion and
fine works for Fort Worth and
Texas and featured the presenta-
tion of a painting of Mr. Carter,
which is a prized possession of the
Fort Worth Club.
Arch C. Baker, ’21, president of
the North and East Dallas Lions
Club, recently presided at that or-
ganization’s ground breaking cere-
monies for the $7,000 baseball park
which the club is sponsoring for
the Dallas Church Athletic Asso-
ciation. Baker is chief architect for
the Dallas District FHA.
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