THE BATTALION
AGGIES OPEN CONFERENCE WITH BAYLOR
SPORTS BITS
BY FRANK W. THOMAS JR.
With the injured list comprising
Floyd, Sebesta, Slocomb, and Stiteler
hack in the track line up, Coach An
derson will be able to put his entire
track team into action at Texas Satur
day.
These men are not completely in
shape, but will be conditioned enough
to take some part in the performance.
With these men back in competition
the chances for victory are brightened
considerably.
Basketball Coach Walker of the Uni
versity of Texas, stormy petrol of
Texas athletics, has announced that
he will probably be fired this year
as he was not recommended for a
new contract as basketball coach.
The showings made by the confer
ence track stars against the middle
western track stars at the Texas re
lays weren’t so favorable. The weath
er was much more suited to the boys
from the north, however, as it was
so cold that many of the athletes ran
in sweat shirts.
The Lone Star athletes gathered on
ly two first places in the entire meet,
the others going to the visitors. Com
petition was close in most of the events
but the lads from up yonder were
just too good.
Captain Lyons has several fresh
men on his fi^h baseball team that
should do credit to the varsity during
the next three years. He has three
very outstanding pitchers among- the
nine on his staff at present.
Freshmen Moon of Holland and
Barnes of Waxahachie both saw ser
vice against Cameron and turned in
very creditable games. Moon was with
the Holland team that dealt the fresh
man so much trouble last year, and
he gives promise of becoming one of
the leading pitchers. Fisher, of Cuero,
is another outstanding pitcher on the
fish squad, but has not been used in
a game yet.
I. M. Lowenstein of Ysleta is the
leading outfielder on the fish team,
and probably the most outstanding
player of the squad. He plays an ex
cellent game and is a good hitter.
R. J. Atkins of Bryan and J. W.
Huckabee, Holland, held down the
place behind the bat during the game
Saturday and will probably divide the
mit in the remainder of the games.
Freshmen Reed and Curry looked to
be the best bets at first. Fish A. B.
Fisk of Houston is another outfielder
that should provide varsity material.
WHERE THEY PLAY
April 3—Baylor vs Rice at Houston.
April 4—Baylor vs A & M at College.
April 6—Ft. Worth vs A & M at Col
lege.
April 7—T C U vs S M U at Dallas.
Conference Curtain Rises Saturday
Fifteen Members
of Rifle Team
Awarded Letters
Fifteen members of the Aggie rifle
team were named by Lieutenant L. R.
Nachman, rifle team coach, to receive
letters and sweaters when the team
completed its season of collegiate
matches last week by defeating the
Universities of Dayton, Tennessee, and
the Oklahoma A & M College.
During the season just past, the
Aggies set a record that has never
before been equalled at A & M, and
rarely by any other school. The A & M
team was defeated only once during
the season and that was in a five man
match with the U. S. Military Academy
team early in the season. Since that
time the Aggies have scored victories
over three teams who hold decisions
over the West Pointers.
Firings for the Hearst National and
the Nation Intercollegiate champion
ships have been finished and the tar
gets submitted to the National boards.
The results of these matches, since
the number competing in them is
quite large, will not be announced
until the middle of April.
The following are the men named as
lettermen for the season just finished:
W. H. Meyers, team captain, Valley
View; J. S. Porcher, El Paso; O. D.
Price, Texarkana; J. A. McDavitt, San
Antonio; W. G. Allen, Dallas; J. Hard-
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Freshman Baseballers
Win From Cameron Hi
Playing their first game of the sea
son, Captain Earl Lyon’s freshman
baseball nine came out on the long
end of a slow, draggy game coupled
with loose playing and errors against
the Cameron High School at Camer
on last Saturday. The score was 14
to 11. The freshmen commenced their
scoring in the first inning, and added
more tallies in practically every inn
ing.
The outstanding features of the
game were the pitching of Moon and
F. L. Barnes, and the hitting abilities
displayed by the Aggie freshmen. W.
Reed, first sacker on the squad, led
the hitting with four hits, including
a double and a triple. A. B. Fisk got
two hits, including a homer.
Captain Lyons has cut his squad
down to 27 men, including nine pitch
ers. The squad will probably stay
about this size the remainder of the
season. The next games have not been
announced as yet, but games are be
ing sought with a Waxahachie team
during the R. V. holidays.
Ag-g-ie Netters To Face
Rice Here Saturday
The Aggie tennis team, coached by
W. H. Thomas, will officially open
its 1931 season against the Rice In
stitute net team Saturday afternoon,
April 4 on the A & M courts at Col
lege Station.
With only one letterman, Frank
O’Bannon, Dallas, back from last sea
son’s squad, Coach Thomas will have
almost a new team composed most
ly of sophomores to face the Ricemen.
Aggies, Texas
and A C C in
Triangular Meet
Making their second trip to Austin
in a little more than a week, the Texas
A & M conference championship track
team will stage their first triangular
meet of the 1931 season in competition
with the University of Texas and Abi
lene Christian College of Abilene cin
der chasers in the U. of T. Memorial
stadium Saturday afternoon.
The Texas team is stronger than
last year when they beat the Aggies
in a dual meet at college. As their
stars, Texas has Wilkey and Wester-
feldt in the quarter mile and sprints;
Schiller in the half mile run and one
mile relay; and Hodges, winner of the
javelin throw in the Texas relays held
last week. Craig, Perkins, and Under
wood are outstanding in the high and
broad jumps.
The Abilene Christians have one of
the strongest track teams in their con
ference, and according to advance ru
mors should furnish stiff competition
in the. meet. Adams is their outstand
ing man, his consistant tosses of the
shot and discus practically guaran
teeing him first place ni these events
before the meet.
Twenty-five performers will make
the trip from Aggieland, allowing two
men for each event. Coach Anderson
has announced that the following men
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First Game With
Bears Since 1926
AGGIES SHOULD BE IN GOOD
CONDITION FOR BAYLOR
Following their opening of the 1931
Southwest conference baseball sche
dule against the Rice Owls at Hous
ton on April 3, the Baylor Bears will
engage Coach Roswell Higganbotham’s
Texas Aggie diamond crew here at
College for their opening game of the
season on the afternoon of Saturday,
April 4.
The Bears are reputed to have one
of the strongest teams in the confer
ence this year, being ranked second
to Texas. Baylor lost but few men of
their last year’s team through gradua
tion and has received strong rein
forcements from the last year’s fresh
man team.
The A & M team should be in good
shape for the fray having played
games almost every day this week.
Hawes pitching and Garvey catching-
will probably be the A & M battery.
Hoke, first base; Davis, second; Pam-
pell, third; Carpenter, short stop; An
drews, left field; Veltman, center field;
and Bell, right field; is the probable
A & M line up.
Following the game Saturday, Coach
Higganbotham’s aggregation will en
tertain the strong Fort Worth Texas
League team at College on Monday,
April 6. The next game will be against
Texas Christian University at College
on the 10th.
Simang’ College Heavy-
Weight Mat Champion
Final matches in the intramural
wrestling tournament were held Sat
urday afternoon, and the school cham
pions of the seven different classes
were determined.
The results:
115 pound class—
G. C. Brundrett, Bat. F, won over
Z. Greenberg, Co. B Eng.
125 pound class—
H. D. Pool, Troop A, won over J. E.
Booth, Troop A.
135 pound class—
H. C. Smith, Bat. F, won over L.
E. Baker, Troop D.
145 pound class —
J. J. Adams, Co. B Eng., won over
J. F. Snelling, A Signal Corps.
155 pound class—
F. W. Brendle, Co. B Eng., won over
T. R. Qualls, A Signal Corps.
165 pound class—
J. E. Rudder, Co. H, won over R.
L. Dunten, A Signal Corps.
Heavyweights—
C. M. Simang, Bat. E, won over H.
L. Langford, Co. F.
The close of the wrestling tourna
ment made way for the start of in
tramural boxing, which began Mon
day afternoon, four bouts being stag
ed. Plans at the present time call for
the completion of all except the final
bouts in the boxing tournament in
time to have the finals Saturday
night, April 11, for the benefit of
the ex-students, meeting here on that
date.