The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 06, 1920, Image 1
promt basememt 7— •« -} ~ •it:- i COMMENCEMENT BETTER THOSE OFFICERS COMING YEAR jii lij ^ f i VOL. \XXiII Publi.h.d W«mU)t Wy Ik* Asaoc.at.oa •( Ik* A C ricultar«l and Mackanica! CoiUg* *( Taxaa ( ou.k<;r stvtion. texas. may h. 1*20. KLMBEK 26 THE AGGIES GOT COMMITTEES ARE 7 TWO MORE GAMES FROM RICE OWLS Tk* Farm«ra Krm At Horn* Now Pro- Mrn paring lor »k* Loot Tkroo Oam*a C N«mt Wook FOR THE FINAL BALL FRESHMAN STOCK JUDGING CONTEST SET FOR MAY 15 All Named Amur* toaful Final Kouiv . [o4t PpM of A. Suc- f Date ' The Afcjnes returned to College yesterday, morning from • Houston where they j took two rongeeutlve gnmes from the Bice Owl* Tuesday direction and and Wednesday. The game on Tue*- Junior Clam give I F day was scored f to .l.^and Wednes day’s game was won by a 9 to 4mm*/ The following egeerpts accounting Preparations are under way fi>i toe final daw^dj of the .wegr. The eorps and rttidenA body under the t of the this dance to Ov * ! \ nU I! ' ton Post: Tuesday’s game “was fast from the start, bpth twirlers^ handling the horsehide efficiently, each retiring a goodly number of stickmen.’’ “Henderson in the bo* fbr the 'vis itor* was the feature of the game. He retired ten men, allowed but tXhree hits and permitted only thirty men to come to {fee slab in the en tire nine innings. ite had Jdie ball well in hand from the etart and tie Owls were unable to connect with the sphere.” The score by inmngs: j ! tR. H. Tl Rice - -.000 900 TOO 1—S—3 A. and M ,.002 002 000 4-—«—0 Second Gama The second game on Wednesday was wild. “The Aggies annexed the final victory by a 9-6 count leaving the Owls badly behind in the slug ging. The game was featured Y by the numerous long clouts garnered off all twirletn. the Rice idaff being departing graduating cfasa. At called meeting recently by Jack &4a' han, president of the Jtmior Clasn the following chairmen of commit* the games are taken from the HouA-i tees were elected: Arrangement—W. W. Cox. Decoration—“Hike” McConnell.- Program Art Knickerbocker. Floor—Bill McMillan. Finance—Bill King. Mort of these men have had ex perience in perfecting plans for. 4 a dance and it is a safe bet that every man will find it well worth his time to get that date ahd plan on being here that night. No definite date has been set ) as yet though it, 1 i» usually given as a* climax to tfic entire commencement and school year. Last year, everyone had departed success everyone must lend Assistance and presence. It is contemplated to ret the date, eithe.' Monday night. May 24, or Friday night. May 21.'higher of which wopH be entirely satisfactory and conven ient. Regardless of Hte time,- good music is -in sight. YouXpn’t beat the hunch of girls who w Everyope wiH be happy — . . . |ju«t shows a joyous and wonderfi Lewia on Hura aack for the vis- tirn ,. Bring her back for one more Freahaiao Livestock Judging Team of Six Mea to be Selected. Gold Medals to be Awarded. The committee appointed from the Saddle and Sirloin Club to arrange for the Freshman Livestock Judging Coatert met Monday night -wRh the instructors in the Animal Husbandry Department to prepare rules govern ing the contest and set a final date for holding it. Saturdatr, , May 16 was the date finally decided upon. The Freshman Contest has become an annual event at A. and M lege and great interest is s manifested in it, not only by Animal Husbandry students and stu- J dents in the School of Agriculture, but by the entire student body ah well. The Frmhmaa Contest serves EXCITING SPORT OF BOXING iAND WRESTLING HERE First Intercollegiate Meet Afforded Throng Something New la Sports at ‘A. and >1 , Monday night. May 3rd. for the first time in the history of Texas Athletics, an Intercollegiate Boxing and Writing Meet was held at Col lege Station in the Stock Judging Pa vilion. State University sent her best boxers and grapplera to Collage Sta tion Monday afternoon. Ten min utes after their arrival on the 3:26 train every man on the A. and M. and Texas teams waa ready to “weigh-in” at the gymnasium. A half hour later every man having “made weight” (some with no mar gin to rparel was in the Mess Hal doing his best to Sbiag’s beef steak, eggs and potatoes ia an effort ti offset the effect of the two-day per iod of starving off weight. To the uninitiated this making weight proposition does not mean as serious a budinea* as it does to the .everyone have it a I theiF Assii particularly vulnerable. itors took a couple of two-baggem J round before closing the most sm- v | and a tnpple off the offerigg* of tl* cessful year the College has experi- 1 Rice twirlers, taking a double off |fBnc( . d in ' thf , ^ d^.de Melton, a triple from Ratcfiford and — — - another double from Henry. it i ; marked by the * - 1 - L ] ' < | I “The game was substitution of men on both side*, j Arbuckle led out with Mel box and after giving sev FISH BASEBALL I Hit Company A Fish baseball team Iton in the now claims the campus champian- *n binglcs ship among the Freshmen. After in five innings he was taken out for five victories out o? six games play- Ratchford, who had a bad session in ed we feel that this championshin the sixth, allowing the Farmers to falls to us. By defeating Compjwiy bat nround. giving four hits and fonr | C. Signal Corps last Sunday in a fast game with the score of 7 to 3 runs in one inning. Sprague was taken out ia the mid dle of the ninth, and Henderson (Continued on Page'3) we have eliminated all regular Fish teams; bat we are prepgtud to meet | any dispute as to our standing. ONT BAS! as a training school for the material that will constitute future Interna tional Teams from this school and the success of our teams in the past more than justifies this contest. This y«nv. instead of selecting, v only one high man in the conteat a.« bo * er or "reotler who forward with anxiety to the time -when he has to con^e down to the weight limit of his class. f * . . At 8 p. ni. the College Band en tered the wdpt end of the Pavilion with several hundred -students and put pep intcl everyone praaafft.'i ' . The bouts started as 8:30 with “Woodrow” WilsoA as caretaker, Mcl.owry and Maxwell as timekeep ers. Knickerbocker and Martin and Smith as seconds and Messrs. “Duke” ornton and Lamar Bethea hs ges. Mr. Irving of the Bryan Country Club acted m0st efficiently as referee and deserves a great deal of credit foj successfully handling the hary - job of refereeing a square- ring meet bffwosn rival collages. The openiag bout wg* in the 115 pound class wrestling. J. Hum phrey, A. and M.. took‘the offensive against A. G. Nash of ^tpte and su*- __ _ ,1, BM Nash worked out of Humphrey’s half Nelson and wrist pry only to be thrown to H*e mat retry time he tried to get on his fept Humphrey held the offensive fol six minutes at the end of which time he lock. I his legs around Nash’s Waist and 11 ' i , - * , 1 has been the practice in the past, the ed. In order t.i , ... _ . T7 ^ ‘ 71. . six high men of the contest will |Bu selected ito constitute what is to Un known as the Freshman Livestock Judging Team. While this tetim wfil never have- the opportunity of con testing with other teams it will be no small honor to win a place among the six beat livestock judges in the Fl Ml»mnnvjfjlaas. Each member of this tram ia to be awarded a team medal which is to be of gold and of same deaign as the medal tha^ awarded to the high man in past Kreshman contests. These medals are being awarded by A. M. Waldrop Co.", rand on A Lawrence, J. M. Caldwell. C|ias. Nitch. J. F. Caaey and J. F. Laviqder. Classes in horses, beef cattle, fhqxy cattle, sheep and hogs will be judged. It is the plan of the committee to'son- duct this context as nearly like the ^ ^ International Contest at Chicago as ir^ n r to the mat possible. The contest will be gov erned by the following rules: I. Eligibility. enrolled stu- 101 and A. (Continued an Page §> 1* Aifff rugularly • e< dent who has had A. H. t T f° Jwdl -• }\\:m Iff * . 1 1- 4 i'