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2 THE BATTALION FARMERS SET FOR CONFERNCE TRACK MEET A^ies Expected To A ^ ies Take Thir( i Take Third In Meet j n Triangle Meet For Season’s Title At Steer Stadium Sport Sidelights By W. J. Faulk Preliminaries In Main Events Will Be Run Friday After noon, Finals Saturday. By W. J. FAULK Sports Editor Texas University, Rice Institute, and A & M will be favored in the order named as the Southwest Con ference track and field meet opens at Rice stadium Friday afternoon. Preliminaries in sprints, - hurdles and middle distances will be run Friday and finals in all events are scheduled for Saturday afternoon. Without a single defeat to mar their record this season the Long horns easily rank as the outstand ing contenders for the title this season. Their real strength was proven when they won first place in a triangular meet with A & M and Rice last week. They took the Texas Christian and Southern Methodist trackmen into camp with apparently no resistance and beat Rice decisively in a dual meet one week previous to last. Oliver Out Texas Christian’s Horned Frogs, at first considered to be contenders, dropped from the likely winners last week when Red Oliver pulled a muscle in his right leg at the Drake relays two weeks ago, and thus lost, probably costing his team at least 20 points and certainly 16 y 4 . Oliver has consistently won first Texas University Track Team Still Undefeated Following Saturday’s Meet. Coach Clyde Littlefield’s Texas University undefeated Longhorn cinder-chasers ran up another vic tory when they bowled over their most formidable foes, the Rice Owls and the Texas Aggies, in a triangular track meet Friday af ternoon in Austin. The Steers led with 66V2 points to 60 2/3 for Rice and 44 4/5 for the Aggies. Four First Places Although taking only four first places the ability to gain seconds and thirds enabled the Longhorns to win. Rice took 7 first places and tied for another. The Aggies failed even more so in the second places although they took four first places and tied for one more. “Honk” Irwin, Aggie weight man, broke the conference record in the shot-put when he heaved the 16-pound sphere 50 feet and 1 inch. Percy Burke, who took second in the shot-put, holds the existing record of 48 feet 1/8 inch. Mike Hale, Rice, also bettered the conference broad-jump by 9 inches with a leap of 24 feet 7 inches. Fuentes Defeats Archer Two outstanding feats of the meet were the upset of Archer, As the year is very speedily be ing brough to an end for athletics at Aggieland we wish to reminisce for just a trifle, and recall those things which have been outstand ing in the realm of sports since the opening game on the gridiron in September, 1928. While doing so it seems very much in order to in clude the gripes for the year, which were few during the football sea son, with the possible exception of once or twice. Basketball saw the start of a decline of interest, and it is that one thing on which we wish to spend a few precious moments. in the century and furlong dashes m , : Texas, m the mile by Fuentes of this year and m the low hurdles. ’ His running the anchor position on the relay team gave him Iti more points and his team five more. With Oliver in condition the Horn ed Toads were virtually certain to win at least 36 points. Owls Drop To Second A and M, and the defeat of Cap tain Bill Hodges of Texas, in the javelin by Baldry of Rice, who also took first in the pole vault with a jump of 12 feet 9 inches. Holloway of Rice was high point man with 11% points, taking first in the 100 and 220 yard dashes and The lack of attendance at base ball games this season could hard ly be said to be anything short of terrible, from the very start. True, the Aggies did not produce a cham pionship aggregation for the sec ond time this year. It is seldom that any school, in fact never has any one save Texas University won more than a single baseball title in a row. But, for some reason ap proximately fifty per cent of the Corps suddenly decided that since there was no title in view there was likewise no good reason to at tend the games. When such is the case then the question naturally follows— “Is that the Aggie Spirit?” It is in as far as many of the present “Sunny weather” Aggies are concerned. Anyone can support a wininng team. It’s easy to cheer when your side gets all the breaks, but it takes a real man to stand up for his side when the odds are reversed, which reminds us of a verse read ing thus: “It’s easy to smile and be cheer ful When life flows, by like a song, But the man worth while, is the man who will smile When EVERYTHING goes dead wrong.” Reputed to be the best in the wag a member 0 f the winning 440 conference for the second straight y ar d relay team. “Honk” Irwin of year, at the start, the Rice Owls now rate second and possible third with T C U entries, which are like ly to cost the Birds no few points. The team from Rice represents probably the most evenly balanced of any, being equally strong in both track and field events. Baldry leads the present crop of pole vaulters, is an excellent broad- jumper, and throws the javelin suf- A and M, and Baldry of Rice tied for second place honors with 10 points each. Irwin was first in the shot-put and discus while Baldry took the pole-vault and javelin throw. Summary of the meet: 440 yard dash—Earle, Texas, first; Cox, Texas, second; Aiken, A and M, third; Jamerson, Rice, ficient distance to place. The Rice f ourt h. Time—50.3 seconds, sprint relay team has yet to be 100 yard dash—Holloway, Rice, beaten. 'first; Meyer, Texas, second; Dris- Aggies Improved coll, Rice, third; Coffee, Rice, A & M’s “miracle team,” so-call- fourth. Time—9.8 seconds, ed because they were not consider- : Mile run—Fuentes, A & M, first; ed good enough competition for a Archer, Texas, second; J. Storm, stiff workout for any contender Texas, third; Pearson, Rice, fourth, at the start of the season, is due Time—4 minutes 33.2 seconds, to win no few points in the field 220 yard dash—Holloway, Rice, events, several in the hurdles and first; Meyer, Texas, second; Dris- sprints and possibly some in the coll, Rice, third; Kohler, A & M, mile relay. j fourth. Time—21.2 seconds. In the middle distances Fuentes 220 yard low hurdles—Morris, A is the Aggies best bet, and is due & M, first; Ley, Rice, second; Staf- to place. Ike Morris has placed in j ford, Texas, third; Bowen, Rice, the hurdles throughout the year fourth. Time—24.3 seconds, as has Billimek. Nothing short of 120 yard high hurdles—Ley, Rice, a miracle will keep “Honk” Irwin | first; Bellinck, A & M, second; from taking ten points and Joe , Holmes, Texas, third; McVeigh, A Merka’s high jumping should place. | & M, fourth. Time—15.5 seconds. The Aggies will have entries in 880 yard run—Schiller, Texas, every event, more than one in most first; Adams, Texas, second; Mims, of them. Competition in the pole A & M, third; Schultz, Rice, fourth, vault may eliminate Jack Hester, Time—1 minute 58.5 seconds. Aggie vaulter, but there remains a possibility, should the bar not exceed 12 feet 6 inches. The Law at Vassar There have been four lean years at Aggieland, few championships have been taken, but now only one game remains on the home schedule for the Aggie baseball team. It is scheduled for Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock. So why not make it a grand “finale” for sports at Aggie land this year. Why not show those who doubt that there still exists an “Aggie Spirit’ by turning out one hundred per cent for the clos ing varsity competition in the school year of 1931-32. The “Road of Reminiscense,” we’ll dub this week’s column, winds through four seasons of sports at Aggieland. A recollection of grid iron battles brings memories of the A & M-S M U game of 1928 as the one which nearest resembles that of a story book, which opened with S M U favored to win by three touchdowns and resulted in a 19-19 tie, S M U being fortunate not to lose 20-19, due to a placed kick being missed in the final minute of play. Two A & M teams rated as underdogs have sent a like num ber of great Longhorn elevens home defeated to keep the records clean for Thanksgiving games on Kyle field. The last was one of the greatest two-man offensive games ever staged in the South west conference, Domingue lead ing the Aggies and Koy bearing the brunt of the Longhorn attack. Tulane’s Green Wave was probably responsible for the Aggies gaining national recognition last season, who although outplayed managed to “Luck Home in front” by a 7-0 score. been won by A & M teams in the three seasons just past and a slight possibility remains for another this year. Claude Bracey and Cy Leland hold the spotlight as the best sprinters to compete in fast time. Herman Harlan, the Aggie sprint er who could not make the fresh man track team, wins honors in the high hurdles as he topped the tall timbers in 14.6 seconds which is only two tenths of one second short of the world’s record in that event. A & M men also take first in the pole vault and javelin, set ting those marks in the past four years. Harry Stiteler, the diminu tive pole vaulter from Smithville, holds the conference title with a leap of 13 feet three-quarters inches. Graceton “Bull” Floyd, of Rosewood, sent the javelin for a ride of 204 feet in the conference meet two years ago, and thus the record stands. And as we close this review of track “Honk” Irwin continues to “push ’em up” just a little farther each time, putting the shot 50 feet 1 inch last week in the triangular meet in Austin. A baseball championship, the first since the organization of the Southwest conference, was brought to Aggieland by a hustling team last season behind the stellar pitch ing of Marshall Shaw and Ab Hawes, who subdued the Longhorns and sent the last man to the bench by way of the strikeout route with his teasing slow curve. Among those who played a prominent part in taming the Steers was Captain Beau Bell, whose timely home run spelled the downfall of the Disch- men. The present Captain Veltman also did his part to cause the ulti mate ruin of Mr. De La Fuentes’ balle club. Bell was chosen on the first team of the first all-American Collegiate baseball team ever se lected, Veltman being given honor able mention. THURSDAY — ] The closing game on Kyle field will be free to women and children, D. W. Carlton announced Wednesday morn ing. With the Aggies and the Mustangs at the bottom of the conference, the game should be interesting, and well matched. The game will start very promptly at 4:00 p. m. h €RNST LUBITSCH PRODUCTION ' *‘M llROKillCJ, HJUABY fCr' (2 Qaramowit (picture A Saturday, May 14, 6:30 and 8:30 Admission 25^ WILL ROGERS in BUSINESS and PLEASURE also Three reels of actual photo graphs on WAR IN CHINA Wednesday, May 18, 6:30 440 yard relay—Rice, (Jamerson, Coffee, Driscoll, and Holloway), first; Texas, second. Time—42.9 seconds. Two mile run—Blakeney, Texas, first; Marquez, A & M, second; Smith, A & M, third; D. Storm, Texas, fourth. Time—10 minutes 18.1 seconds. Mile relay—Texas (Cox, Schil- Two of the leading defensive ler, Blitch, and Earle) first; Rice, teams in the loop have represented second. Time—3 minutes 21.2 sec- j the Aggies on the Hardwoods this onds. past season and the one just pre-1 Shot-put—Irwin, A & M, first; ceding. “Shiro” Hoke receives the Burke, Rice, second; Cook, Texas, vote as the best all-round cage third; Alexander, Texas, fourth, player, and probably in the confer- Distance—50 feet 1 inch. ence in the past four years. And Pole vault—Baldry, Rice, first; ' the team this season should easily , Hyneman and Sewell, Texas, tie win the all-time “hard-luck” j for second; Hester, A & M, fourth, j trophy, since they lost so few ! Height—12 feet 9 inches. games by one and two points. The High jump — Aucoin and Hitt, best exhibition of defensive play i Rice and Merka, A & M, tie for was given in the Memorial Gymna- ! first; Elkins and Thompson, Tex- sium against Rice, when the feath- ; as, tie for fourth. Height—6 feet, ered tribe sunk exactly one field Broad jump—Hale, Rice, first; goal and counted for a total of only I Elkins, Texas, second; Stafford, six points during the entire game. Texas, third; Kennedy, A & M, “Ad” Dietzel, the T C U scoring Miss Marion Thorp Little, a jun- fourth. Distance—24 feet 7 inches, machine wins honors for point get- ior in Vassar college, is the su- Discus—Irwin, A & M, first; ting of all-time in the conference, preme judicial authority among the Alexander, Texas, second; Me- but we remember that in a game students, with power to impose Uluney, A & M, third; Seals, Texas, with the Frogs here Joe Merka, penalties ranging from fines to ' fourth. Distance—138 feet 2 inches. Aggie pivot-man, outjumped the expulsion- She is the newly elected! Javelin—Baldry, Rice, first; !“Too Tall” man 70% of the time chief justice of the College Su-j Hodges, Texas, second; Lord, A & until he left the game on fouls, preme court. Miss Little is from M, third; Lauterbach, Rice, fourth. Newburyport, Mass. I Distance—194 feet. Travel By Mail It would cost but little to make all your relatives happy. Visit each one of them in a photograph. Aggieland Studio JOE SOSOLIK. Prop. Kodak Finishing- — Picture Frames Steers Take Two Victories Here As Aggies Error thrilling seventh inning rally when they scored five nnis. Dr. LAMAR JONES Dentist X-Ray Second Floor City National Bank Building Bryan, Texas Home Runs And Errors Give Steers Two Easy Victories Last Week. Numerous circuit clouts and poor fielding were the deciding factors when Uncle Billy Disch’s league leading Longhorns defeated “Little Hig” Higginbotham’s downtrodden varsity baseball nine on Kyle field Friday afternoon 11-4, and again Saturday by a 9-5 score. Although the Aggies outhit the Steers Friday afternoon their ef forts went for naught. Too many errors on the part of the losers and the well known coaching of Uncle Billy gave the Dischmen a decided advantage. Davis Scores “Sweetie” Davis, Fort Worth, Aggie bid for all-conference sec ond base honors, made the first run of the game on his first trip to the bat by knocking the ball over the left center field fence. Errors on the part of Moon, Ag gie sophomore pitcher, filled the bases for the Longhorns in the third frame, but they were well cleaned when Koy, Texas center fielder, lifted the ball over the left field fence. Texas scored one run each in the sixth and seventh, and five more in the ninth when the Aggies were not able to success fully cope with the play in which the three men on bases started walking all at the same time. Four Home Runs Four home runs, three of them with men on bases, and counting for all but one of the team’s runs, gave the Longhorns their second victory of the series Saturday af ternoon. 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