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THE BATTALION
TRACK MEN DOWN TEXAS-S.M.U.
BASEBALL
HERE AND THERE
Track
Aggi s 104 vs S. M. U. 29
Aggies 80 vs Texas 51
San Jacinto 59, Central 31, Luf
kin 201/2.
FISH BEAT BLINN
Coach Roswell Higginbotham’s
Aggie diamond hopefuls nosed out
Coach Siki Sikes Blinn College Nine
last week in two hotly contested
games, only to weaken and- allow
enough runs to sift in to sew the
game up for the Fish.
Thus far Coach Sikis proteges
have been unable to put across a
victory over the Fish, losing one
football game, two basketball games,
and now these two baseball games.
Both games were featured by rag
ged playing on the part of the Fish
and excellent pitching by Handley,
Wallace and Hunter. Handley could
get no Support in the first game, all
of Bl'nn’s runs coming in on two
scattered hits. His luck was very
good, after striking out four men,
one run comes across the plate. He
was relieved by Wallace, ace of the
club, who did not allow a safe bingle
for the five innings. He struck out
10 men.
The second was a carbon copy of
the first. Ragged playing, poor sup
port, and Lagow goes to the showers
with Hunter, only port side flipper
on the Fish squad, replacing him and
doing the same as Wallas in the pre-
vious game. He got 15 strike outs
in seven innings, but allowed 4 hits
and 4 runs.
The Fish did rot show theior real
strength in these two games. They
seem to have out three good pitchers,
a couple of fair infielders and one
or two out fielders. They should ma
terially strengthen Bob Country
man’s 1930 diamond edition.
The fish have a couple of return
games with the Blinn Bulldogs and
a couple games with the Allen Aca
demy and their season will be closed.
Southwestern Conference cham
pionship golf tournament will be
played on May 16, 17 and 18 in Fort
Worth, announcement has been
made. Aggieland will be represented
by a team of five, to be announced
later as a final selection has not as
yet been made.
TEAM RETURNS FOR TECH GAMES
NETMEN BEAT RICE AEGIES-S. M. U.
SPLIT PAIR
The Aggie tennis team, mixing a
little real fight with their inherent
ability, - furnished the Aggieland
athletic surprise of the week last
Coach Bob Countryman’s fighting
Aggie Nine took advantage of the
MEN IN FINE
CONDITION
Captain Dan O’Neil led his mates
to two well-earned victories last
week when they downed the feather
ed proteges of Rice Institute by win
ning four out of the six matches
played. C or.ch Thomas surprised the
owls a Lt when he shifted Ruther
ford from No. 2 position to No. 1 and
changed Hyland to Rutherford’s
vacated place. This was just enough
to put over the winning touch.
Summary: O’Bannon (A. & |M.)
defeated Logan (Rice), o-2, 6-4; Ap-
pell (Rice) defeated Rutherford (A.
& M.), 6-3, 6-1; Hyland (A. & M.),
bested Hess (Rice), 4-6, 8-6, 6-3;
Storey (A. & M.), defeated Schwarz
(Rice), 8-6, 2-6, 6-4; Appell and
Hess (Rice) defeated Hyland and
Storey (A. & M.), 6-1, 6-3; Kelly and
O’Bannon (A. & M.) defeated Lo
gan and Schwarz (Rice), 3-6, 6-2,
6-1.
The Farmers will travel Austin
way on May 16, 17, 18 to see who is
“Daddy” in the conference chase.
Texas University seems to be the
best bet to cop the floating felt,
but when the Agg'.es enter some
thing the result isn’t generally
known until the last whistle, or
rather, in this case, until the last
serve.
RESULTS OF PAST WEEKS CON
TESTS
Aggies 15-3 vs S M. U. 3-4
Baylor 7-4 vs S. M. U. 5-3
Texas 3-4 vs Baylor 1-1
Aggies 5-6 vs T. C. U. 4-0
Aggies 1-10 vs Rice 2-1
Texas 4-17 vs T. C. U. 8-10
Baylor 4-1 vs Rice 2-6
Aggies 9 vs Texas Tech 5
Texas 25 vs S. M. U. 3
STANDING OF THE CONFERENCE
P.
W.
L Pet.
Texas
15
10
4 .733
Aggies
12
8
4 .666
Baylor
12
8
4 .666
T, C. U. ...
16
6
10 .375
Rice
14
5
9 .341
S. M. U. . . .
.......13
3
10 .231
Mustang’s ragged playing in the
first tilt of their two game series
and got off to a flying start when
they slugged their way to a 15-3
victory. But the Mustangs came back
fighting the second game and nosed'
the Farmers out in an eleven inning
duel between Kasprowicz and Liles.
This surprise set-back considerably
darkened the championship hopes of
the Aggies and the Rice defeat made
thing much more gloomy in the Ag
gie camp.
In the first slug-fest Bo Brammel
was the hitting ace for the Aggies,
socking out two home runs and a
single in five trips to the plate and
scoring three runs. Cody got a tri
ple and a single in four times up
and crossed the plate twice. Bill
Johmc counted three times, but his
binglcs just wouldn’t go for hits.
The second affair developed into
a regular old time pitching duel and
went two extra innings. Kasprowicz
weakened in the eleventh frame and
gave up two hits which netted the
one run to sack the game. Johns,
Conover, and Martin divided the hit
ting honors in these games, each got
two bingles apiece. Gill Johns was
particularly outstanding when he ac
cepted nine chance without an error.
Frogs Drop Two to Aggies
Saturday’s loss at the hands of the
Mustangs did not set well with the
Aggie Nine and the Froggies paid
off, dropping both games to the
Farmers, 5-4 and 6-0. Pete Wendt
got his second shut out victory the
second game when he held the Frogs
scoreless. He did the same for Texas
once before at Austin this year.
In the first game Bell again led
the attack and secured two bingles
in four trips to the plate. Captain
Lackey and Bray did likewise with
their clubs. Walker, ace of the Frogs,
failed to keep the Aggies from hit
ting while Mills held them with sev
en very scattered bingles.
The Aggies’ only port side flip
per showed his skill in the second
game and let the Jumping Frogs
out with three very scattered hits
and exactly no runs, running his
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week, taking S. M. U. into camp on
Monday, and the Texas Longhorns
on Saturday. The showing made in
both the meets were very encourag
ing to Aggie partisans, as the chan
ces of winning the conference cham
pionship were materially brightened
by the performances turned in.
The Texas meet marked the pass
ing of Hershel Burgess, who ran his
last race Saturday, though he had
not worked out for three weeks, be
cause of his school work. “Battlin’
Burge” has given all he had for A.
& M. for three years, and his passing
will be regretted by all who have
watched him in action. It may be
safely predicted that many moons
will pass before we will have an
other man like this “tough bebby”
from Hale Center.
Aggies 104; S. M. U. 27
The Farmers swamped the Mus
tangs on a heavy track on Monday,
and so one-sided was the affair that
the chief interest was in the per
formances turned in. “Bull” Floyd
threw the javelin ten feet better
than the conference record to win
this event. His mark was 203 feet,
while the record is 193. “Hard-luck”
Badger won the quarter in his first
appearance this season. He has been
injurd since the first of the year,
and his showing was ?encouraging
to Coach Andy. Bob Graham, an
other cripple, took second in the 100,
and third in the 220; and if he does
not have any more hard luck, he will
probably score in the conference
meet. The Aggies took all three
places in the 100-yard dash, the 220-
yard dash, and the quarter-mile.
Summary:
100-yard dash: O’neil, Graham,
Emmons, (all A. & M.). Time: 10 1-5.
Mile-run: Crowell, S. M. U.; Mi-
cheal, A. & M.; Kennelworth, S. M.
U. Time: 4:41 1-5.
Shot-put: Bartlett, A. & M.; Ham
mond, S. M. U.; Markle, A. & M.
Distance: 42 ft. 3 inches.
Pole vault: Stiteler,, A. & M., and
Sullivan, S. M. U., tied for first;
Ashley, A. & M., Height: 12 feet.
220-yard dash: O’Neil, Emmons,
Graham, (all A & M.) Time: 22 1-5.
R E C R E AT I O N
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