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RICE TAKES
CONFERENCE
TRACK MEET
SPORTS BITS
BY FRANK W. THOMAS JR.
When the conference meet was over
Saturday eve, fourteen members of
Coach Frank Anderson’s track team
had run their last race bearing the
colors of Aggieland. It has been main
ly through these fourteen men that
A & M held thd conference track title
for the past two years.
These men were the most brilliant
collection of track stars assembled
here in a number of years, if not the
most brilliant in the history of the
school. With their passings, vacan
cies are created which will be hard to
fill.
In the dashes and relays, Coach
Andy loses Captain Rufus Emmons,
Rube Tracy, Maurice Sessions, and
M. H. Badger. The loss of Emmons
will hurt, as Rufus is probably the
most consistant 100 and 220 yard dash
man in the conference today, in addi
tion to being high point man for the
year on the A & M squad.
The conference will also lose the
two leading hurdlers in both the 120
highs and 220 lows with the passing
of Harlan and Slocomb. Winders and
Perkins will be lost in the distance
runs.
Bull Floyd, conference javelin rec
ord holder, who was unable to com
pete this year because of injuries will
be lost through graduation. J. C. Bar
ron will also be lost for that reason.
The conference meet last week was
the first intercollegiate meet Barron
had taken part in between Southwest
conference schools.
Teet Easter and Holsenbake have
jumped their last high jump for the
Maroon and White. Sam McCluney
will be lost in the discus and shot.
Harry Stiteler, conference pole vault
record holder, has also completed his
last vault for the Aggies.
Herman Harlan, dashing Aggie tall
timber topper from Cameron, placed
his name in the mythical hall of fame
Saturday afternoon when he sprinted
to a thrilling victory in the high hur
dle race in 14.6 seconds which is just
two tenths of one second short of the
world’s record in that event.
Because of his very excellent time
in winning the race Saturday and be
cause it was made possible by his
own determination and stamina, Har
lan is already being mentioned as a
prospective member of jthe United
States Olympic team in 1932.
At the start of his sophomore year
Harlan was advised by Coach Ander
son that his time could be put to a
much better use than trying to be a
hurdler, and Coach Andy thought so
little of his future that Harlan was
refused a uniform and was not allowed
to eat on the training table. But this
statement only served to increase Har
lan’s desire to reach his goal, and
thus the story begins.
Harlan had his first taste of vic
tory in a dual meet with Texas Uni
versity late in his sophomore year
when Slocomb, his teammate was elim
inated from the high hurdle race by
tripping over the first and running
through the second hurdle. Harlan
seeing this, dashed with almost super
human effort and won handily from
the steer entries. Previous to the above
mentioned race Harlan had never gain
ed a victory over Slocomb even in
practice, but since that time Harlan
has never been beaten in the high
hurdles by Slocomb.
Record of conference meets in which
Harlan has been a participant for the
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Heavy Hitting Wins
Slug Fest from Owls
Leading the sluggers for the after
noon, Captain Beau Bell had a per
fect day at bat with four hits and
one walk and let his title bound Ag
gie baseball nine to a 14 to 11 vic
tory over the Rice Owls in a loosely
played affair at Kyle Field Thursday
afternoon. The win kept the Aggies
in undisputed possession of the first
place in the conference baseball flag-
chase.
From the start of the game the
Aggies showed little respect for the
slants of Ray Hart, ace of the Owl
twirling staff, slamming the pill in
all direction to chalk up five counters
in the opening round. The P.ioemen
then came back in the next two
rounds and hopped on Shaw for eight
safeties which accounted for three
tallies. Shaw then retired in favor
of A. Hawes at the start of the fourth
inning.
Hawes hurled well for two innings
with only one scratch being regis
tered off his delivery. The Owls
began scoring again in the sixth, how
ever, and were not successfully check
ed for the remainder of the way. In
the eighth, with one out and one man
on base, Hart hit a home run over
Veltman's head in left center field
and started a rally which netted 3
runs before the side was retired.
The start of the ninth frame found
the Aggies with a six run lead but
the cadets were unable to get anyone
out and the Owls scored three times
before Hammett popped out to Velt-
man to end the game.
While the Aggies were taking the
measure of the Owls, Texas Univer
sity was whipping the Baylor Bears
to the tune of 5 to 1, which leaves
the Steers in possession of second
place and only two games to go.
Texas plays Rice Friday, May 15 and
comes to College Station the following
day for the final game, of the sea
son, which will decide tlie conference
champion.
Texas Netters Hand
Defeat To Ag-gie Team
In the final matches before the
Southwest Conference Meet, the Tex
as netters defeated A & M here Sat
urday 5 to 1. Emery and Cunningham
won the Aggies’ lone tally by win
ning their doubles match.
The Aggies were given a bad break
when Captain O’Bannon turned an
ankle and was taken from the game-
French substituting for O’Bannon, and
Saenger went into extra sets before
losing their doubles match.
LaCosste and Barnes did not make
the trip but will be in condition for
the meet next Saturday. Captain
Frank O’Bannon will likely be unable
to compete because of his injured foot.
A one-day census of the French
populace was taken recently. Although
it is believed the population has in
creased by a few hundred thousand
since the last census in 1921, the re
sults have not yet been made public.
Golf Team Leaving
For Conference Meet
While the A & M diamond crew is
battling the Longhorns here at Col
lege for the baseball title, Captain B.
A. Schriever and his golf mates ./will
be battling the rest of the conference
schools for the Conference Golt title
at Dallas this Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. The matches will be played
at the Dallas Country Club.
The Southern Methodist University
is rated at the strongest team in the
conference, with the Aggies as a close
second. The qualifying rounds will
be played Thursday morning and the
team championship decided by these
matches.
The final matches for the individual
championships will be played Satur
day afternoon with 36 hole matches.
The team, composed of Captain B.
A. Schriever, C. C. Malone, Perry
Keith, and G. L. Christian, will leave
Wednesday afternoon.
A & M Riflemen Win
National Honors
Completing the most successful sea
son in the history of the college, the
A & M rifle team, coached by Lieu
tenant Nachman, has for the second
consecutive time, placed first in the
National intercollegiate small bore in
door rifle matches and in the eighth
corps area competition, and second
in the Hearst trophy competition.
The team far outpointed all oppo
nents with a total score of 7740 points
out of a possible 8000 in the National
intercollegiate firing. The score of
the nearest rival has not yet been re
ceived. Proof of the very excellent
•firing by the team was noted by the
fact that in ten scores turned in to
the national judging board the total
difference was only four points. The
high score was a 776 out of a possi-
bl 800 while the low man had a total
of 772 points out of a possible 800.
Scores include firing in four positions,
prone, kneeling, sitting and standing.
.. First place in the Hearst trophy
firing w r ent to Washington State Uni
versity with a bare three points mar
gin over the Aggie riflemen. However,
Lieutenant Nachman’s sharpshooters
hold several victories over the red
woods boys in meets held earlier in
the season.
The eighth corps area match was
just another walk-away for A & M,
with very Httle competition fpom any
of the schools entered.
Those men composing the winning
team in the National Intercollegiate
match are J. S. Pprcher, captain elect
for 1932 from El Paso; W. G, Allen,
Dallas; J. A. McDavitt, San Antonio;
F. K. McGinnis, Dallas;! E. R. Rhine,
San Antonio; C. W. Crass, Palestine;
E. O. McKay, Tyler; Lawrence Cook,
Dallas; O. D. Price, Texarkana; and
J. Harding, Dallas.
Members of the team placing sec
ond in the Hearst trophy are W. H.
Myers, team captain from Valley
View; J, S. Poreher; <3, W- Crass; E.
L. Anderson, San Antonio; and E. R.
Rhine.
Conference Standing
CONFERENCE STANDING
Team— G. W. L. Pet.
A & M 9 8 1 .889
Texas 8 7 1 .875
Baylor 10 7 3 .700
Rice 9 3 6 .333
S M U 10 2 8 .200
T C U 10 1 9 .100
CONFERENCE SCORES
May 7—A & M 14, Rice 11.
May 7—Texas 5, Baylor 1.
WHERE THEY PLAY
May 15—Texas vs Rice at Houston.
May 16—A & M vs Texas at College.
TENNIS RESULTS
May 9—Texas 5, A & M 1.
WHERE THEY PLAY
May 14—15—16—Southwest Conference
Meet at College.
GOLF RESULTS
S M U 6, T C U 0.
A & M 1, S M U 5.
WHERE THEY PLAY
May 14-15—16—Southwest Conference
Meet at Dallas.
Rice Owls Win Conference In
Southwestern Championship Contest
Seven Swimmers Named
To Receive Sweaters
Seven members of the Aggie
swimming team have been named by
captain and coach Dan Humason to
receive sweaters for the 1931 season,
which came to a close when the team
was nosed out by the Houston Y. M.
C. A. in an open meet in Houston
Saturday night 36 to 30. The Gal
veston Sharks, representing the city
of Galveston, and several individual
entries were other contenders in the
meet.
C. M. Everts of Houston, a former
member of the A & M swimming team
and the only individual entry to place,
won third place honors with five
points, which he earned by taking
first place in the fancy diving. The
Galveston Sharks were in the cellar
as a result of their inability to amass
but four points for the entire meet.
Dan Humason of the Aggies and
Adamson of the Houston team tied
for high point honors of the meet
each with a total of 9 to his credit.
Humason was first in the 100 yard
back stroke, second in the 200 yard
free style and a member of the med
ley relay team which took a second
place.
In the regular four man relay team
race A & M was second to the Hous
ton crew by a few seconds, but the
Aggies followed this by winning both
first and third places in the 50 yard
free style affair. Hooder and Osborn
were victors in the latter. The 100
yard free style was a complete loss
to A & M, with Houston taking
both first and second places. Bob
Suggs, the San Antonio lad, swam
a nice race to lead his opponent in
the 100 yard breast stroke race while
Seth Garrison from "Cowtown” was
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A powerful Rice Owl track team
ran rough-shod over all opponents in
the Southwest conference track and
field meet Saturday afternoon to win
the conference championship wdth a
margin of ten points over their near
est rival, A & M. The seven confer
ence institutions finished in the order
named: Rice 4814 points; A & M 37
points; Texas 3534 points; S M U 24
points; T C U 17 points; Baylor 12
points and Arkansas University 2
points.
Herman Harlan and Don Slocomb,
both of Cameron, and running their
last races for A & M, shown brilliant
ly in the hurdle races. Harlan won
a thriller in the 120 yard high hurdles
when he dashed down the lane to
cro::s the finish line in 14.6 seconds
and thereby erased the conference
mark of 15 seconds flat. Slocomb came
through to win the 220 yard low hur
dles with Ike Morris, sterling Aggie
sophomore hurdler, running a close
second.
Harry Stiteler established a new
record in the pole vault when he top
ped the bar at 13 feet % inches to
better his record of last year by one
iourch of one inch. Stiteler’s vault
ing far outshown anything he has done
..his season and as result his record
breaking was the biggest upset of the
meet. Baldry of Rice failed to show
ids usual form in this event and was
forced to accept fourth place.
Wi.h a three yard lead at the start
of the last lap of the mile relay it
was apparent rhat A & M might win,
but the speedy Westerfelt of Texas
soon took the lead, leaving Holloway
of Rice and Badger of Aggies for sec
ond and third,
R. C. Barron of Wellborn, winner of
the javelin throw in the intramural
meet this spring and participating m
conference competition for the first
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