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THE BATTALION
A & M WINS FIRST BASEBALL TITLE
Stiff Battle Stars Bell and Hawes
To Wrest First Pennant From Texas
Battalion Conference
Baseball Team Chosen
Picking an all-conference team is
never an easy job, and the local team
is always given the preference as to
the number of players on the mythical
nine. However, it seems this year that
the only logical choice is to place sev
en A & M men on the team.
We present our selection:
First Team
Catchers: Koch, Baylor.
Pitchers: Shaw, A & M;
Fuente, Texas; Hawes, A & M;
pies, Texas.
First Base: Carpenter, A & M.
Second: Davis, A & M.
Third: Pampell, A & M.
Short Stop: Ater, Texas.
Left Field. Bell. A & M.
Center Field: Veltman, A & M
Right Field: Koy, Texas.
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Troop C Cavalry Takes
Intramural Swim Meet
Nig-htmare Of First Inning
Proves Beginning Of A
Happy Dream
Captain Beau Bell, the slugger from
Bellville, and Axel Hawes, the curve
Higginbotham, Baseball Coach
SPORTS BITS
BY FRANK W. THOMAS JR.
Many compliments have been re
ceived upon the yelling that the corps
put out at the game Saturday. It was
undoubtedly the best yelling that the
corps has put out at a baseball game
during our four years here.
The band deserves special thanks
for the way in which they played dur
ing the entire game. The music makers
really put out during the game. De
La Fuente, Texas pitcher, stated af
ter the game that he could pitch to
nine Aggies, but he couldn’t pitch to
the whole corps—and that Wild Cat
certainly did get him down.
With the exception of the first inn
ing the Aggies played the best game
of ball of any game played here in
recent years. Any team that can start
the game under a four run handicap
against Texas and then win out is
deserving of all the credit that can be
bestowed upon them.
It seems that Ab Hawe’s soul am
bition this year has been to beat Tex
as—and he did. He could not have
made a better dedication of his final
game with the Aggies than to win
a championship from Texas. He and
Beau Bell both placed themselves in
the Aggieland hall of fame in their
final game for the Maroon and White.
Now that all conference athletics
have closed shop for the season it is
to be noted that the various champion
ships have been distributed around
more evenly than ever before. Each
school with the exception of Baylor
and Arkansas managed to get at least
one conference title.
The University of Texas and A &
M were the only schools fortunate
enough to get more than one cham
pionship, both annexing two titles.
Texas started off by getting the foot
ball title, winning every game except
from Rice. The Aggies took the cross
country title after winning every meet
and the conference meet held at Col
lege.
The Texas Christians next stepped
into the limelight by copping the con
ference basketball race in the final
game with the Mustangs. Rice came
to the fore in winning the conference
track meet at Fort Worth several
weeks ago.
This past week end settled three
more titles with A & M getting the
baseball title, S M U the golf title,
and Texas again taking the tennis
title. Had there been a conference
swimming meet, it would probably
have given the Aggies their third con
ference title.
Texas Wins Conference
Tennis Championship
Texas University netters added an
other conference tennis title to their
long string of championships by de
cisively downing all conference teams
here last Saturday in the Southwest
Conference Tennis Meet. Texas play
ers won both the singles and doubles
championship matches.
Barnes, Texas ace, became confer
ence champ by defeating his teammate,
La Coste in the finals for singles
title, and the team of Barnes and La
Coste annexed the doubles matches.
Captain Frank O’Bannon and A1
Saenger of the Aggies won their dou
bles match in the opening round of
play but were defeated in the semi
finals.
In a vote held at Louisiana State
University recently, students picked
football as the sport they preferred
to watch and swimming as the sport
they preferred to participate in.
Ponies Defeat Aggies
To Win Golf Title
The Texas Aggie golfers were de
feated in the final rounds of play by
S M U who won the conference golf
meet held in Dallas last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. Watts, Falconer,
Becker, and Lindsay were the mem
bers of the S M U club. Watts won
the individual golfing title by con
quering his teammate, Falconer, in
the finals held Saturday morning.
The Aggie team composed of Cap
tain Schreiver, Perry Keith, Charley
Malone, and G. L. Christian finished
only 10 points behind the title snatch
ing Mustangs. Keith, a sophomore
from Dallas, won his opening rounds
of individual play but was defeated
before the finals. Captain Schreiver
was runner up for medalist honors,
turning in a round of 78 as compared
with the winning round of 77.
Engineer Riflemen
Win National Match
The Engineer’s rifle team, captain
ed by A. L. McKnight, El Paso, has
just been notified of their winning
the rifle trophy of the American Mil
itary Engineers,’ according to infor
mation from Cap. L. A. Pick, tactical
officer for the A & M Engineer unit
Competition this year was between
twenty of the foremost technical col
leges of the United States in which
there was an R O T C engineer unit,
and the team’s record this year
brought its standing from a position
of second which it held last year. This
is A & M’s third year as competitors
for the Engineers’ trophy, the team
placing fifteenth in its first attempt
two years ago.
The award last year was made to
Carnegie Tech, but it is necessary for
one team to win three consecutive
years to obtain permanent possession
of the prize.
Other members of the team besides
Captain McKnight were L. M. Cook,
Dallas, who fired high score of 382;
E. O. McKay, Tyler; B. K. Whaley,
Dallas, W. B. Hemphill, Gainesville;
L. L. Hairston, Tyler; G. F. Fermier,
College Station; E. J. Robichaux, Sara
toga; N. O. Gorman, Dallas; and J.
E. Barbee, Bunkie, La. The team score
was 3706, a mark which has been ex
ceeded but twice in the competition’s
history.
Center College students are plan
ning to institute a point system to
limit the activities of the undergrad
uates.
Sixteen Freshmen
Receive Numerals
As Baseball Ends
The Aggie freshmen capped their
baseball season with two decisive vic
tories over Blinn Memorial College in
Brenham last Friday and Saturday.
They annexed Friday’s game with a
18 to 5 score and took Saturday’s
fracus by slipping in 11 runs while
Blinn was getting 5.
Moon’s hurling in Friday’s game
brought him into prominence as a
prospective varsity man. He held Blinn
to 6 hits and 5 runs while his team
mates garnered 18 hits and 18 runs.
Domingue and Vallee each collected 4
hits from six trips to the plate while
Cobb gathered three and Huckabee
two.
White, the lanky lad, dished up hits
very sparingly Saturday and helped
himself to another victory with a 11
to 7 score. Lowenstein brought in four
tallies when he rapped out a home
run with three runners on. Weaver
collected 2 hits, a double and a single,
in 3 times up and Domingue rapped
out two clean hits.
Captain Earl Lyons, freshman
coach, announces that the following
men will receive numerals: C. M.
White, Camp Normeyle; Wilson Moon,
Holland; T. E. Perrenot, San Antonio;
J. C. Roberts, Corsicana; A. C. Fish
er, Cuero; J. W. Huckabee, Holland;
R. J. Atkins, Bryan; J. E. Weaver,
Refugio; E. T. Weber, Nixon; E. H.
Vallee, Beaumont; G. C. Domingue,
Port Arthur; M. S. Curry, Waxa-
hachie; C. L. Cobb, Bryan; A. B. Fisk,
Houston; W. J. Reed, Houston; and
I. M. Lowenstein, Ysleta.
Beau Bell, Captain of the Aggie
base ball team, is considering a con
tract offered him by a major league
team.
FINAL BASEBALL
STANDINGS
The conference baseball race fi
nally ended up looking like this:
Team G W L Pet
A & M 10 9 1 .900
Texas 10 8 2 .800
Baylor 10 7 3 .700
Rice 10 3 7 .300
S M U 10 2 8 .200
T C U 10 1 9 .100
Troop C Cavalry nosed out Battery
B Artillery 28 to 18 to win the an
nual intramural swimming meet
Thursday afternoon. Company B Sig
nal Corps and Companies B and C
Engineers followed in order for third,
fourth, and fifth places in the meet.
The Cavalrymen took first place
in the 40 yard breast stroke and in
the fancy diving, while the “Wagon
Soldiers” were first in the 40 yard
back stroke and the 100 yard free
style race. Company C Engineers won
the initial place in the plunge for dis
tance and Company B Signal Corps
led their opponents in the 40 yard
free style affair.
Individual honors for high point
man of the meet fall to freshman
C. E. Reichert of Battery B Artillery.
In winning two firsts, one second
and one third place, Reichert amass
ed a total of 17 of the 18 points scor
ed by his unit. He was first in the 40
yard back stroke and 100 yard free
style races, second in the 40 yard
breast stroke, and third in the 40 yard
free style race.
Other winners in the various events
were Bob Harling, Troop C Cavalry,
in the fancy diving contest; Tom Uhr,
Company B Signal Corps, in the 40
yard free style affair; R. R. Osburn,
Troop C Cavalry, in the 40 yard
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ball artist from Dallas, ended their
baseball careers at Aggieland in a
blaze of glory when the figured
prominently in defeating Uncle Billy
Disch’s heretofore invincible Long
horns 8 to 16, to win the conference
baseball crown Saturday afternoon on
Kyle field.
Bell had his second perfect day at
bat in as many games with a home
run, a single, and two free passes.
His play on the defense was flawless
throughout and in the fourth round,
with the score tied, two men on and
two out, he slammed the ball to cen
ter for four bases. In all. Bell scored
three runs himself and batted in two
more.
With two down in the first, after
four unearned runs had been scored,
Ab Hawes took charge of the hurling
duties and had the Steers “eating”
out of his hand until the ninth frame,
when he weakened slightly and allow
ed three hits, which accounted for two
tallies.
After Carpenter had gone out, pitch
er to first in the second, and Davis
had gone out swinging, Garvey reach
ed first when Baumgarten dropped his
easy fly to left. Hawes, next up, with
a terrific wallop trippled to left cen
ter to bring in the first Aggie marker.
Pampell then singled sharply to left
scoring Hawes. Mitchell rolled out,
short to first to retire the side.
The next inning found the Steer
hurler again in the hole when Veltman
was issued free passage to first. Bell
followed with a neat single over sec
ond sending Veltman to third. Hen
derson then smacked the ball squarely
into center field for a clean double
scoring Veltman and Bell. The next
men went out in order, Henderson be
ing held at third.
Hawes fouled to the catcher to start
the fourth inning and Pampell got his
second safety with a nice double to
left. Mitchell drew a walk and was
out on an easy fly to short. Beau
Bell then hit a terrific clout to the
center garden, which Koy fielded poor
ly and it went under the stadium for
a home run. Henderson rolled out
pitcher to first and there the Aggie
scoring ended until the seventh frame.
In the seventh Bell, after being-
walked, went to second when Hender
son was hit by a pitched ball, gained
third on a passed ball and scored on
Davis’ long fly to center.
The sensational defensive play of
Sweetie Davis, Hendy Henderson and
Mitch Mitchell compared favorably to
the perfect performance of captain
Beau Bell at the plate and the master
ful twirling of Axel Hawes. Davis’
catch of White’s drive to right field
was a little short of miraculous, while
Mitchell’s perfect throw to second in
the seventh would have done credit
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AND TO THIN K Ht'S
KEPT ME CAPTIVt
FOR NLARLY 30 j ,
CONSECUTIVE YEARS