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THE BATTALION
Aggie Championship Hopes Go Up in SmoJ^e
NINETY-FOUR TEAMS
IN TOURNAMENT
Horseshoe Pitching Meets with Wide
Acclaim.
,;The ancient art of “horseshoe”
pitching has been revived at A. and
Mj. College under the supervision of
Mr. Walter Pemberthy, who is direc
tor of Intramural athletics.
This term “Intramural” was derived
ffom the latin phrase “intramura,”
within the walls, so within A. and M.
there are fifteen branches of sports
ranging from football to horseshoe
pitching. Every man is invited to en
ter any of the contests that he is in
terested in.
' ; At the present time ninety-^our
teams of doubles have been entered in
the horseshoe pitching tournament
a|)d considerable interest is being
stiown. Some of the participants have
made excellent showings, Johnnie
Sloan, San Saba, and R. A. Klutz,
Princeton, make up the team now
leading, with E. H. “Nig” Stevens,
Slagle, La., and E. T. “Satch” Fuller,
Beaumont, running- a close second.
|ggies horses balk
* AS DALLAS WINS POLO
MATCH IN HOUSTON
5 ’Ao: ■■■■{ .
Dallas won over Texas A.&M. Col
lege 12 to 4 in the second of the ser
ies df pblo games Saturday.
Cecil Adkins and Dudley Mayer,
pilaying in top form, were responsible
for all the Dallas scores. Mayer led
with four. Stick work, which was re
garded as particularly good, of Coyt,
Beck and DeBogory, indicated that the
Dallas team will make a determined
bid for the tournament championship.
V The Aggie squad rode hard, but
were handicapped for lack of mounts.
dVtany times they had the ball out
hh front but failed to land it when the
ponies became unruly. Captain Amend
probably was the outstanding Aggie
player. His hard riding and mallet
work figured in all the Aggie’s scores.
Little Girl: “Mother, there’s a man
in the kitchen kissing the cook.”
Mother: What! In my house! Send
her upstairs immediately.”
Little Girl: April Fool! It’s only
father.”
Father (sternly): Son, what does
this 60 mean on your report card ?
Son (in innocent tones): Don’t know
Dad, unless that was the temperature
of the room.
LONGHORNS
OVERWHELM
THE AGGIES
Field Men Show Good Marks.
The Texas Longhorns repeated their
triumph over the Farmer track team,
winning the final dual meet of the
season, 71 to 46. The meet was run
off in slow time, Cockrell showing
only 10.3 in the 100-yard dash. Har
gis flashed 45 feet five and three-
fourths in the shot, while McKenzie
did 45 even. Smith uncorked a good
javelin heave with 170 feet four in
ches, and Shepherd lifted himself over
the bar at 6 feet 2.
The summaries:
100-yard dash—Cockrell (Texas),
first; Landa (Texas), second; time
10 3-4 seconds.
1- mile run—Hale (A&M), first;
Crump (A&M), second; time, 4:37 1-0.
Shot put—Hargis, (Texas), first;
McKenzie, (A&M), second; distance,
54 5-4 inches.
220-yard dash—Cockrell (Texas),
first; Landa (Texas), second; time,
22 2-10 seconds.
120-yard high hurdles—Stallter,
(Texas), first; Davis (A&M) second;
time 15 6-10.
High Jump—Shepherd (Texas),
first; Appleman (A&M) second; six
feet.
Javelin throw—Smith (Texas),
first; Yeary (A&M), second; dis
tance, 172 feet 4 inches.
440-yd. dash—Parker (A&M), first;
Daniel (Texas), second; 50-8-10 sec
onds.
2- mile run—Conner (Texas), first;
Childress, (A&M), second; time, 10
minutes, 21 3-10 seconds.
220-yard low hurdles-—Kennedy
(A&M), first; Stallter (Texas), sec
ond; time, 25 1-10.
Pole vault—Hammond (Texas),
first; Brown (Texas), second; 12 feet,
6 inches.
Discus—Gooch (Texas), first; Bart
lett (A&M), second; 148 feet, 4 in
ches.
Little Boy (just finishing prayers):
And, Lord, please make Napoleon a
Russian.
Mother (when he had finished):
Why did you say that, Son ?
L. B.: Cause that’s what I put on
my examination paper.
—Selected.
CONFERENCE
MEET AT RICE
MAY 12-13-14
Winner Doubtful.
The annual track and field meet of
the Southwestern Conference will be
held at Houston, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, May 12, 13, and 14. The
Rice Owls will act as sponsors for the
occasion.
In times gone by Texas has usually
lead the field by a big margin with
the Aggies second. But this year the
Owls have a strong squad, and inso
much as the meet is being held in
their territory promise to bid strong
for Conference honors.
Texas promises to be strongest in
the dashes and in the field events,
but with so many competitors are not
liable to come out as well as they ex
pect. The Owls are strong in the dis
tances, while the Aggies will be fav
ored to win the hurdles, the four-
forty yard dash, and the mile-relay.
S. M. U. has Hooper, who will bid
strong for honors in the mile and half-
mile.
Every school in the Conference with
the possible exception of Arkansas
has teams entered and under favor
able weather conditions several old
records will probably fall. Such men
(is Shepherd, Cockrejll, Gooch, an,d
Jackson of Texas, Brunson of Rice,
Hooper of S. M. U., Taylor of Baylor,
Parker, Kennedy, and Crump of the
Aggies, and others equally as famous
in Conference track circles will be on
hand to vie with each other for indi
vidual honors.
Preliminaries will be held on the
12th and 13th and the finals will be
run off on Saturday the 14th.
WHERE THEY CARRY ON THIS
WEEK.
Baseball
May 13 14:
Baylor—Open.
Aggies—Open.
T. C. U. vs. Texas at Austin.
May 16-17:
Baylor vs. S. M. U. at Dallas.
Rice vs. T. C. U. at Ft. Worth.
Track
Southwestern Conference Meet at
Rice May 12, 13, 14.
STEERS WIN
AS AGGIES
LOSE TO RICE
Aggies Stage Comeback in Second
Game.
The Aggies lost the first of a two-
game series in Houston to the Rice
Owls 4 to 2. The game was won on
hits off Wyman who had trouble get
ting them out for the first time this
season. He was touched for 9 hits, 3
in a row in the 7th and 2 in a row in
the 8th. Both teams played consistent
baseball throvighout the game, the
Aggies making 3 errors and the Owls
making 2.
The second game was featured by
the star playing of Capt. Tucker and
the pitching of Sikes, who started the
game but got into trouble in the 2nd
inning by walking 3 men and allow
ing one hit. Hillin relieved him and
pitched until the fourth when Roth-
geb sent him to right field and placed
Sikes back on the mound. On second
attempt he pitched peerless ball and
allowed only one hit. This, coupled
with eleven Aggie hits, and Rice eight
errors made it easy pickings for the
Aggies who won 7 to 3.
Score by innings:
R H E
A. and M. ..400 101 001—7 12 3
Rice 020 000 010—3 3 8
Sikes, Hillin and Schuenemann; Phil
Abies, Dacamera and Allnoch.
RESULTS OF THE PAST WEEK.
Baseball
Aggies 2-7—Rice 4-3.
Texas 2-10—Baylor 1-4.
T. C. U. 8—S. M. U. 7.
Track
Texas 71—Aggies 46.
S. M. U. 82 1-2—T. C. U. 34 1-2.
Baylor 78 1-2—Denton 38 1-2.
CONFERENCE STANDING.
W
L
Pet.
Texas
. . .14
3
.823
Texas A. & M
. . . 9
5
.643
S. M. U
... 6
9
.400
T. C. U
. . . 6
9
.400
Baylor
5
9
.357
Rice
. . . 5
9
.357
Father to erring
son:
John,
I’m
afraid I’ll never see
you in
heaven.
John: Why, what
have
you
been
doing now, Dad ?
Conference Meet at Houston—May 12-13-14