Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1932)
THE BATTALION 8 ♦ * * 4 f* * v ; Olympic Outlook By Leonard Norwin Olympic Writer (Address all requests for information on the Olympic Games to the Intercolleeiate Olympic Games News, 231 S. Spalding Dr., Beverly Hills, California.) “If the organizing Committee of the Xth Olympiad of 1932 won’t give me a job as guardian of the Olympic Stadium gates, I’ll stake my last dime against all comers that I’ll crash the gates.” ‘One-Eye’ Connolly, whom Ted Cook titles the “King of Gate- Crashers”—the world-famous hero of 30 years of gate-crashing ex ploits, now looking a bit the worse for rough handling by Old Man Hard Luck—tosses the above ver bal bombshell into the Los Angeles offices of Olympic officialdom and in the presence of your correspon dent. J. F. MacKenzie, manager of ticket sales for the Xth Olympiad, when advised of Connolley’s bold challenge, accepted it with quiet confidence. “I accept the challenge of the great ‘One-Eye’ Connolly and will stake an amount equal to his on the outcome. As one segment of the Xth Olympiad Organizing Com mittee, we feel that the Ticket De partment is fool and trick-proof.” To back up his answer with hard facts, the challenged official took us on an inspection tour through the ticket sanctuary, just opened at a block’s distance from the bus iest corner west of Chicago—a sanctuary as amazing in its com pleteness and efficiency, as fasci nating in its intricacy. They Had No Worry Not faced with the rigors of the modern world, the ancient sporting bloods who watched the entrance to the sacred Altis on the banks of the River Alpheus admitted all gra tis—that is, all except women. Nei ther Zeus nor his male worshippers would permit the pettinesses of feminity amid ceremonies of such deep religious significance as the Olympic Games. One seat of honor, however, was reserved for the revered priestess of Dementer, Goddess of Earth and Good Crops—a piece of ancient “applie-polishing,” as it were. Women were the only ‘One-Eye’ Connollys of that day; and the male guardians got around the hurdle by requiring the Olympic partici pants to appear in the nude. The Modern Way The guardian of the Olympic gat es in 1932 will erect no bars of sex in the face of the entering throng. His sole interest will be 15 tons of beautifully steel-engraved tickets delivered to the patron in souvenir leather pocket cases, on which six ty printers and engravers have been working six month. The printing of each of these tickets costs as much as the printing of a IT. S. twenty-dollar bill and they sell at prices from 25 to 40% lower than any in modern Olympic history. On the ticket’s face stands the official motif—the laurelled Olym pic athlete. His predecessor in the ancient day may be seen in marble at a half-hour jaunt from the Oly mpic Stadium in the enchanting gardens of the famous Huntingdon Library and Art Galleries, nestling in the shadow of Mount Wilson and housing the “Blue Boy” and other pidceless treasures—a cultural Mec ca to many of the Olympic visitors In the pre-Olymnic rush, 200 highly-trained maidens will stand ready to supply tickets for 2,500,- 000 reserved seats to 135 different programs, and to serve patrons speaking at least 6 different lan guages. if necessary. One self-au diting. central accounting machine, a mechanical marvel constructed specially for use in the Xth Olym piad, will be recording the exchange of millions of dollars for vouch ers, and printing automatically an incredible amount of information on each. In The Steel Maw In the vaults below, 20 telepnone girls will be pouring invisible streams of information over 15 pri- S. W. Conference Sports Chart Team— W. L. Pet. Texas 10 3 .769 T C U 5 3 .625 Rice 8 5 .615 Baylor 6 7 .462 A & M 4 9 .308 S M U 1 7 .125 Games This Week Thursday—T C U vs. Baylor, at Waco. Thursday—S M U vs. A & M, at College Station. Friday—T C U vs. Texas, at Austin. Friday—S M U vs. Rice, at Houston. Results Last Week T C U 14, S M U 8, at Fort Worth. Rice 3, A & M 1, at College Sta tion. Baylor 9, T C U 2, at Fort Worth. Rice 9, A & M 6, at College Sta tion. S M U 2, Baylor 1, at Dallas. Rice 6, S M U 5, at Dallas. Texas 11, A & M 4, at College Station. Texas 9, A & M 5, at College Station. Rice 10, T C U 3, at Fort Worth. Track Results Texas GOVis, Rice 60 2/3, A & M 44 5/6, at Austin. T C U 69%, S M U 66%, at Fort Worth. Tennis Results Texas 6, A & M 0, at Austin. S M U vs. Baylor, at Waco, postponed, rain. Golf Results S M U 6, A & M 0, at College Station. Schedule Thursday, Friday, Saturday — Conference tournament at Austin. vate lines; and a teletype system will be tying 8 stadiums, housing 14 types of sport facilities, and the Olympic Village surveying from the hills the whole amphitheatre of ev ents—all in a link of seconds. Within steel wells, a score of sub ordinate ticket managers for each event will be checking out/ under one central auditor cardboard tok ens of joy for millions, while the seating results are recorded on 25 sets of charts for the Olympic Sta dium alone. Here in the center section—the seats of a thousand press men from the world over; here, the 2,000 ath letes resting and watching others do their stuffs; here, the 880 loge seats for the high Moguls of the world, with President Hoover’s par ty included. Even the Rajahs so-and-sos from Afghanistan will possibly be there, since Afghanistan formally entered the Games two weeks ago. The New Free Trade When the athletic hosts of the world stand assembled in Olympic Stadium on July 30; when the lone athlete representing the world steps forward to take the Olympic oath and 2,000 voices swell in cho rus at the Olympic torch on the Stadium’s massive peristyle bursts into light; when 105,000 spectators from 40 nations thrill to the open ing seremony—Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Games, will once more be saying in spirit— “Let us export our oarsmen, our runners, our fencers, into other lands. That is the true Free Trade of the future.” Fish Take Allen For Fourth Loss Monday Afternoon Hard hitting and excellent mound work enabled Coach E. L. Lyon’s freshman baseball nine to take in Coach “Puny” Wilson’s Allen Acad emy nine on Kyle field diamond 9-3 Monday. It was the freshmen’s fourth straight victory over their ancient athletic rivals in as many starts, and their seventh win of the sea son out of nine starts; losing one and tying one to the strong Blinn College team of Brenham on Kyle field several weeks ago. Jake Mooty, nonchalant fast ball artist from Fort Worth, held the visitors to 3 runs which they gar nered during their first time at the bat. Excellent support in both the nfield and the outfield held the cadets scoreless for the remainder of the game. The freshmen scored four runs in the second frame and another four in the fourth after Voelkel, second baseman, doubled to left field. Another tally was brought in the ninth. The freshmen made a race track out of the Allen diamond in Bryan last Friday in defeating the Ram blers 16-4. Mooty limited the los ers to only four blows. «bv- ■ "Tf Prepare For Your Trip Home L U G GAGE SUMMER PANTS SPORT CLOTHES —:Save At Wards :— MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. Aggies Favored In Final Home Game With Methodists Team In Better Shape Since Games With Texas And Rice Last Week. Odds will favor slightly the down-trodden and little respected Aggies when they play the Mus tangs of Southern Methodist a con solation tilt Thursday afternoon on Kyle field and thus end the final home stand of the season. Two more games remain on the sched ule after the S M U fracas, with the apparently title-bound Steers, on Clark field in Austin, May 20 and 21. Pitchers Ready The Aggies will enter the game with S M U with the pitching staff completely rested and ready for action. Both Scheer and Moon will have had sufficient rest to be ready for a turn on the mound, the for mer probably drawing the assign ment. With the exception of “Mitch” Mitchell at the shortfield post, the team will be intact. Mitchell was ruled out for the remainder of the season, by none other than the hand of fate, when he received a broken hand sliding into second base in the final game with Rice Institute. Final Game Just another ball game to some, but to several members of the team it will be their final game on Kyle field, and will also write finis on varsity sports for the year. Those who will close their careers on Kyle field are Captain Lester “Squawk” Veltman, Walter E. “Sweetie” Davis, A. A. “Moon” Golasinski, George Carpenter, “Pete” Crozier, and “Bob” Scheer. At least four and possibly all of those named will be found in the starting line-up of the game Thurs day afternoon. The Ponies have not shown par ticular strength in any department this season, although two hurlers have given considerable trouble to opposing batters at times. They are “Bud” McLeod and Sam Buford. Either is likely to start and both will no doubt work against the Aggies. Following the game Thursday more than a full week’s rest will await the weary Aggies before they tackle the Longhorns in the sea son’s final. Moon and Scheer should be in excellent shape for those games which will enhance the Ag gies’ chances to salvage at least one game from the leading Steers, ere the race ends. SHOW TALK By Philip John Thursday, Friday, Saturday — Palace—“Letty Lynton.” Saturday — Assembly Hall — “The Broken Lullaby.” Saturday preview, Tuesday, Wednesday—Palace—“It’s Tough To Be Famous.” Sunday, Monday—Palace—“Sym phony of Six Million.” Wednesday — Assembly Hall — “Business and Pleasure.” The Greater Palace BIG DOUBLE PROGRAM Thursday—Friday—Saturday “Letty Lynton,” with Joan Craw ford and Robert Montgomery in the principal roles, is based on Belloc Lownde’s novel, and is an intriguing drama of modern mor als, in which the heroine faces the choice of losing her reputation or going to prison. “Broken Lullaby” is an excellent drama of the post war period, con cerning the life of a sensitive young man who could not forget the man he killed, and going to the home of his victim to give himself up in a confession, he falls in love with his victim’s fiancee, and becomes a member of the family. The pic ture is most excellently done by Phillips Holmes, Nancy Carroll, and Lionel Barrymore. Douglas Fairbanks Jr., takes the lead in the picture, “It’s Tough To Be Famous,” the story of the life of a man who was too famous to be a good husband. The story is full of action all through and a de lightful story in this day of many heroes. Ricardo Cortez and Irene Dunn star in the picturization of Fannie Hurst’s stirring drama, “Sym phony of Six Million,” a story of New York’s East Side. It is a great, imperishable drama of all people, and their strife for happiness. It is truly a great drama, well por trayed. Will Rogers stars again, and this time as a razor magnate, in his picture “Business and Pleasure,” in which he goes to Damascus in search of a steel formula, is in trigued by a siren, captured by the Arabs, and stuffed with kous-kous. In his *>wn natural way, he pulls through and with the laughs. wmm. — ROBERT MONTGOMERY a/?d JOAN CRAWFORD in "LETTY LYNTON " Eaurel And Hardy’s Latest “THE CHIMP” Sunday And Monday OF SIX MILUON IRENE DUNNE GREGORY RATOFF RICARDO CORTEZ ANNA APPEL Preview 11 P. M. Saturday IT’S TOUGH S FAMOUS THE TALKIE OF THE TOWN ! P with DOUGLAS Fairbanks Gel tliai What those sisters can’t do to a tune! \-vmy \Ao?u/ay a/tr/ Aim c/ay eve/uny al 10-30 e.d.t. COLUMBIA • 19)1, Uaom * Mm* Tmacco Co.
