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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1924)
THE BATTALION 9 the distance to the goal and first down. A number of minor changes were made among them being the recom mendation that a gun be fired at the end of each quarter and that the whistle be used only by the referee. Long cleats and ( unprotected shoulder pads are barred. Chapman, 3b . . . .6 Puckett, cf . . . . .6 Johnson, lb . . . .6 Kyle, rf .6 Forgason, c . . . . .6 Bradford, ss . .. .3 Montgomery, ss .2 Graves, p .0 Crawford, p . . . . 6 4 2 1 5 6 2 3 4 12 113 2 2 4 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 AGGIES WIN THE FIRST CONFERENCE SERIES (Continued from Page 8) ing Adams and Fisher. Walker at tempted to sacrifice but Forgason threw Adams out at third. (Nice baseball). Locke singled, Hale doubled, Bloxom singled and four runs had trickled over the platter. The Aggies tallied again in the third when Puckett drove out a homer with Wil liams on the bags ahead of him. In the fourth the big boys cut loose and the Aggies carried off the bacon. Six hits, including Johnson’s second home run, brought in seven runs. The Far mers continued the savage attack and in the sixth Swartz took over the throwing for the Owls. He managed to get by but the Aggies tallied 23 hits and 25 runs before the slaughter was over. Rice AB R H PO A E Locke, cf-2b 5 0 0 3 4 0 Swartz, 3b 2 0 0 0 4 0 Hill, ss 3 0 0 0 2 1 Ray, c 11110 0 Hale, c 4 0 1 6 2 0 Bloxom 2b-ss 3 1115 1 Nino, If-p 4 0 0 3 3 0 Adams, lb 3 0 1 10 2 2 Fisher, rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 Wilford, p 2 0 1 0 6 0 Lewis, If 2 0 0 0 1 0 Total 32 2 6 24 29 4 Aggies— Player AB R H PO A E Williams, If 5 0 2 2 1 1 Craig, 2b 4 1 2 2 3 0 Chapman, 3b...5 2 2 2 1 0 Puckett, cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 Johnson, lb ... .3 1 1 5 0 0 Kyle, rf 5 2 1 2 0 0 Forgason, c . . ..4 1 1 10 1 0 Bradford, ss . . . . 4 2 3 2 0 1 Rogers, p 4 1 1 0 9 0 Total 38 11 15 27 15 1 Scor6 by innings: Rice 00000 100 1— 2 Aggies ....01603100 x—11 Summary: Stolen bases: Chapman 2, Puckett 1; Sacrifice hits: Craig, Rogers; Two base hits: Adams, John son, Bloxom; Three base hit: Wil ford; Double play: Lock, Bloxom and Adams; Innings pitched: By Wilford 6; Struct out: By Rogers 9, by Wil ford 2, by Nino 3; Base on balls: Off Rogers 4, off Wilford 2, off Nino 1; Hit by pitcher: Bradford (by Wil ford) ; Runs off Rogers 2 in 9 in nings; off Wilford 10 in 5 innings; Time of game: 2 hours and 23 min utes; Umpire: O’Herne. * * * Rice— Player AB R H PO A E Locke, cf 4 1 1 2 0 0 Swartz, ss-p .... 3 1 1 2 7 2 Hale, 3b 3 3 2 2 0 1 Bloxom, p-ss .... 5 0 2 2 5 0 Wilford, 2b 4 0 1 2 4 0 Nino, If ,..5 0 0 0 1 1 Adams, lb 2 0 0 11 1 1 Fisher, rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 Walker, c 4 3 2 3 0 0 Total 33 9 10 24 18 6 Aggies— Player AB R H PO A t, Williams, If .... 5 3 4 1 0 1 Craig, 2b 3 4 1 3 4 0 Total 49 25 23 27 18 2 Score by innings: Rice 24020100 0— 9 10 6 Aggies ...30274711 x—25 23 2 Summary: Stolen bases: Swartz 1, Hale 2, Craig 1, Forgason 2; Sacri fices: Locke, Craig, Montgomery; Two base hits: Hale, Bloxom, John son, Williams, Craig, Puckett, Chap man; Three base hits: Kyle, Forga son; Home runs: Johnson 2, Puckett; 21 hits and 23 runs off Bloxom in 6 innings; 3 hits and 5 runs off Graves in 11-3 innings; Struck out: by Bloxom , Swartz 1, Crawford 4; Base on balls: off Bloxom 3, Swartz 4, Graves 4, Crawford 2; Double play: Montgomery, Craig and Johnson; Umpire: O’Herne. * «* * THE DOPE BUCKET. * ♦f* * Boy howdy, as Pop Boone says. Those are the kind of all games that I like to watch ut hate to score. That second was a peach to my way of thinking. The only thing I hated was seeing Rice get those nine runs. The more we eat ’em the easier they’ll be next time. Up and at ’em gang. :Jc W That second home run of Pud Johnson’s was one of the longest ever hit on Kyle field. One time, so tradi tion says, Bib Falk bounced one over the right field wall and Dame Rumor whispers that Tink Reviere and Four nier, playing exhibition games hit real sure enough fly balls over it. Last year Country Williamson socked one a far piece, but that one of Pud’s is the futherest I’ve ever seen. ❖ Hs ❖ Spring training starts Monday so Mr. Bible says. About fifty men will be called out and these will be select ed from the men who will return from the Varsity squad, the fresh men stars, and the inter-Battalion hopefuls. ifc *{c See we have lots of grandstand umpires with us this year. Let’s start right this year gang. We have an umpire out there in the middle of the diamond that has been looking ’em over for a number of years, he is ab solutely impartial, and he is in a much better position to see the play than we are. Don’t you suppose that if the plays could be seen better in the grandstand than on the playing field, that umpires would sit up there where it is cool instead of running around out there in the heat and dirt? Sure they would. Griping at an umps decision will hurt us more than it will do good, so let’s let the poor fellow earn his money in peace. You did pretty nicely in the Rice series and let’s keep it up. . ❖ * * One of my fellow helpers said he had something that I could ride the Texas guys about this week but he forgot to tell me, so I’ll have to let them off this time. Maybe I can got on the line next week. Caldwell’s Jewelry Store We would be pleased to have you inspect our line of Rruen Veri-thin Precision watches for men. 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