PICK-UPS
Saturday’s ten-inning affair showed
that the Aggies have a real conten
der for Southwestern Conference
honors and with a little support will
come through with the rag. The prop
er spirit exists on the team, both be
tween the players themselves and
the players and the coach—now the
Corps must come to earth and get
the same spirit. And that spirit is
anything but what was shown Sat
urday when cadets began wandering
aimlessly across the diamond during
the early innings and in one instance
interferring with the game. With a
close game as we had Saturday there
is no use for anyone becoming dis
gusted and leaving; it would look
much better for you to stay in your
rooms than get up and leave during
the game. Coach Higginbotham and
his players have the stuff to win and
will with just a little encourage
ment. Let’s help them.
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Coach Higginbotham’s men are
starting the season under a handi
cap as they will have to play four
conference games in the next two
weeks and will have had only one
practice tilt while the other nines
have been engaging Texas, American
and National League teams in prac
tice games, besides other tilts with
semi-pro outfits.
* * ❖
The boxing and wrestling tourna
ments have been creating much in
terest the last few days with the"
many good matches that have been
held. More than two hundred watch
the bouts daily. There remains only
three or four more bouts before the
finals will be started, which are due
about Mai’ch 26th.
* * *
The Annual High School track meet
will be held April 26th, James Sul
livan has announced.
TRACK TEAM ROUNDING
INTO SHAPE—TEXAS
HERE ON APRIL 5TH.
With the coming dual meet with
Texas University April 5th, Coach
Frank Anderson is gradually round
ing his thinly clads into shape. There
are several men who have not yet
been allowed to hit their regula
stride, but for the most part, the
team is in fine shape. The Aggies’
prospects for a second Conference
championship in track are fairly
bright, but ineligibilities and failure
to re-enter school have played havoc
with the team, especially the field
events and relays. The team has been
hit in the dash, shot, and half-mile
departments by ineligibilities and res
ignations, and these places will be
hard to fill. Coach Andy is fairly well
pleased with the track team—which
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BOXING AND WRESTLING
FINALS MARCH 26TH
Preliminary bouts in the boxing
and wrestling tournaments will be ail
run off by the end of the week and
it is expected to start the finals by
about Wednesday. However, the date
has not been definitely decided upon.
Many good matches have been held
and the finals are sure to be as
thrilling, showing that boxing and
wrestling are regaining their popu
larity on the campus. The Intramur
al department had its largest entrir
in these two sports this year when
47 men entered boxing and 50 wres
tling. Most of the classes have been
decided and as soon as the remaining
ones are determined the finals will
be begun.
The following men have already
won their right to participate in the
finals in boxing: Cunningham, Bat
tery F and T. S. Curry, C Engineers
in the 115-pound class; L. Sabayrac,
Troop C and C. M. Block, Company
F. 125-pound; C. A. Cushman, C
Engineers and T. C. Kenney, B En
gineers, 135-pound class; O’Dowd in
the 145-pound class; A. M. Doche,
Battery B and W. A. Robbins, Bat
tery A, 160-pound; and E. Levy,
Troop D and A. C. Moser, Battery E,
175-pound class.
The following . will participate in
the finals in wrestling: L. Sabayrac,
Troop C and E. B. Jones, Company
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RIFLE TEAM WINS FINAL
MATCH; SWEATERS AWARDED
The Texas Aggie Riflemen pulled
through its final week of intercol
legiate rifle firing with seven wins
and no defeats, making the highest
score they have made this year. Re
sults of the last match: Texas A. &
M., 3,747; University of Dayton,
3,727; Davidson College, 3,723; V. M.
I., 3,642; University of Missouri,
3,601; Montana A. & M., 3,480; and
Virginia A. & M., 3,464. The Aggies
also won a special match with the
University of Maryland by a score
of 2,809 to 2,631.
These final results give the Ag
gies forty victories and only six de
feats. They have fired against teams
from every section of the country
and have won consistently.
Fifteen Letters Awarded
W. H. Myers, Company A Signal
Corps, has been elected to captain
the 1931 team and Dick Winders,
business manager. F. K. McGinnis,
Troop A Cavalry, will be publicity
manager. The following men were
awarded sweaters and letters as a
result of their work this year: Janak,
1st Battalion, Infantry; Johnson, A
Signal Corps; Myers, A Signal
Corps; Bethancourt, D Artillery; Mc
Ginnis, A Cavalry; Cook, C Engin-
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TRACK SQUAD TO TEXAS
AND S. M. U. RELAYS
Coach Frank Anderson’s South
western Conference champion thinly-
clads will journey to Austin Friday
to take part in the Sixth Annual
Texas Relay Carnival and then on to
Dallas for the Second Annual S. M.
U. Relays Saturday.
Due to ineligibilities Coach Ander
son is entering only one relay team
in the meets, that being the mile re
lay team composed of Emmons, Ses
sions, Tracy, and Mims. Failure of
some men to return to school and in
eligibilities have hit the track team
quite hard this year and prospects
for this year are not so good.
Men are being entered in all the
special events offered in both meets.
The men to be entered at Austin are
Harlan and Slocomb, both conference
(Champions, in the hurdles; Holson-
bake, broad jump and high jump;
Farmer, present Conference record
holder in the broadjump, discus and
broadjump; Stitler, polevault; Se-
besta, javelin; and McCluney shot-
put.
The same team with the exception
of the addition of Floyd, javelin;
Laster, high jump; and Marrs, pole
vault, will enter the S. M. U. Carni
val. Floyd has only been working out
about a week and will not be expect
ed to show much form. Last year he
threw the shaft 204 feet and a few
inches.
FISH PROSPECTS BRIGHT
With the best dash men and mid
dle distance runners on the freshman
squad that he has had in years,
Coach Anderson is highly elated over
the varsity prospects of the fresh
man squad of cinder-chasers. The
fish team is weak in the weight
events, however, the track events
overshadow that weakness. With a
large number of men reporting, and
plenty of good quality material, the
fish tracksters are due for one of
the most successful seasons in years.
The weak spots of next year’s var
sity are the places that the fish are
strongest in this season—which
should give the Aggies a well bal
anced team next year.
So far, the freshmen have been
able to sign up only one dual meet,
that being with the Houston S. P.
track team for a meet here on May
17th.
The outstanding men of the fish
squad are: dashes: Addicks, Rutledge,
marrs, McVey, Austen, Gibson; 440
run: Addicks, Rutledge, Lord, and
Payne; 880-yard runners: Nance and
Lee; mile: Marquez, McClendon,
Samuels, and Bryant; pole vault:
Amos and Locket; high jump: McVey
and Austen. There are no outstanding
men in the weights, broadjumps, or
javelin tossing event.
AGGIE NINE WINS
FIRST TILT 3-2
Wendt Shows Form on Mound—
Johns Gets Two Doubles.
Displaying a brand of baseball
that bore all the ear-marks of mid
season form, the Aggies trounced
the Ennis S. P. in a great ten-frame
game on the Kyle Field diamond Sat
urday afternoon, 3-2.
Roberson, left fielder for the vis
iting crew, led his mates with the
willow, while Conover, Johns and
Pampell wei’e the big guns for the
Aggies. Roberson gathered 2 safe
blows in his 4 trips to the plate,
while Conover hit safely in 5 trips,
Johns cracked out a brace of doubles
in 3 trips and Pampell collected a
pair of blows in 5 trips.
The Aggies had the pepper and
the confidence that enabled them to
play nine innings of bang-up ball and
then pull the game from the fire in
the tenth frame. Every man that
saw service Saturday showed worlds
of improvement over last year, and
as a team they should have more
than an even break in the race for
the conference flag.
Captain Pete Wendt started the
fray and showed his all-conference
form for 4 innings. Tommie Mills
was rather wild, but showed good
form. A couple of errors by his mates
did not help him. Gorman finished
the tilt in fine shape.
The box score:
Ennis S. P.
Ab
R
H
Po
A
E
Allen, cf . . . .
5
0
0
1
0
0
Beard, ss . . . .
5
0
1
2
3
1
Adams, 3b . . .
4
0
0
2
2
0
Schuble, 2b . .
4
0
0
2
2
1
Mizell, lb ...
5
0
1
11
0
1
Roberson, If .
4
0
2
2
0
0
Kelley, rf . . .
3
0
1
1
0
0
Belote, c
2
0
0
1
2
0
J. Allen, c . .
2
0
0
5
0
0
Peel, p
2
1
1
1
2
0
Perryman, p
0
1
0
1
2
0
Totals
. . .36
2
6
29
13
o
Texas A &.
M.—
Conover, cf . .
5
1
3
2
0
0
Johns, ss ....
3
1
2
2
3
c
Pampell, 2b .
5
0
2
2
3
0
Bell, rf
4
0
0
1
0
0
Keith, 3b . . . ,
4
0
1
0
3
2
Veltman, If . .
4
0
0
3
0
0
Martin, lb . . .
4
0
0
13
1
1
Lackey, c ...
3
1
0
5
1
0
Dansby, c . . .
0
0
0
1
0
0
Wendt, p . . . .
1
0
0
1
3
0
Mills, p
2
0
1
0
2
0
Gorman, p . . .
0
0
0
0
0
0
xWeston, ....
1
0
0
0
0
0
xxCody
1
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
. . .37
3
9
30
16
3