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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1933)
* 4f Conference High Marks Bettered In " A&M-ACC Meet hot Put and Quarter-Mile Records Surpassed. High In Dual Meet. Two Southwest Conference re cord* were broken and anmRer equaled last Monday afternoon on Kyle Field when Coach Frank An derson's track and field team de feated the Abilsne Christian Col- * lege thinly clads 70-*2. Green of the Christians romped around the*track in the 440-yard dash in 48.7 seconds to better the conference record in that event, while his team mate, Worth Wat kins. equaled the high jump re cord with a 6 foot 3\ inch leap. Honk Irwin bettered the shot put record with a heave of 48 feet 11 inches. Darrell Wilson of A.C.C. was hiffh point man with 15 points, taking first in the 100 and 220- yard dashes, and first in the broad- jurap. . Summary: 100* Yard Dash—Wilson, Abi lene, first; Kohler, Aggies, second; time. 10 flat. ^ Mile Run—Dubois, Aggies, finT; F. Cook, Aggies, second; time 4: 38.3. 220-Yard Dash—Wilson, Abilene, first; ^oUerj Aggies, second; time, 22.3. 120-Yard High Hurdles—Her ring, Aggies, first; Randow, Ag gies, secs ad; time 15.1. 880-Yard Run—Simmons, Abi- S*ne, first; R. Cqok, Aggies, sec ond; time, 1:59. 440-Ya^d Relay—Aggies (Ad- - indow, Stringfellow and time, 47.1. Two-Mile Run—Fuentes, Ag gies, find; Keagy, Abilene, sec ond; time* 10:29.3. 220-Yakd Low Hurdles—Nowell, Abilote. first; Herring, Aggies, isecaial; tame. 24.2. Mile Relay—Abilene (Walker, Want, Simmons, Greene); time, 3:22.9. H.gh ■ lump—Watkins, Abilene, first; Merka and Garga. tied for aecoad; I eight, 6 feet. 3\ inches /equaled conference record.) “Ptols IVault—Hesl AGGIRS from Page 1) high to fret to score the Win- Ti THE j BATTALION fumbled and allow!tig Don ning dally. Both pitchers proved effective but raceived poor support in the field. "Bugga" Moon of the Aggies allowed 8 hits while Kinsy held the Farmers to 7 : The Aggies muffed 4 in tl|e field, the Frogs C. Jake Mooty and Bill Sodd, Aggie sluggers, led the hitting, each Col lecting a double and a triple. The Farmers scored first in the fourth^ on Mooty's triple to l^ft field. The Frogs came bark in same inning to score 3 runs on hits abd two errors. The Aggies then retaliated and took the lead!in the fi^th by scoring 3 r MootyV double and Sodd’s triple. The frogs tied the count in ^ie sixth frame and brought in l|ie winning run is the ninth inning. First Game • . f- 1 Wf. I - .11; i [ J la Campus Personalities suffered a setback lengthy illneaa, he *5 L berauae of a again lettered in basketball and has recently been elected to captain the squad next season. He t* now back at his old high jumping post on the track team, stretching over the bar in his usual form in preparation for the coming Conference meet. Joe lives id Bryan at the resi dence of a married sister and at tends school iui a day «tudent. He is a member of Company “C" In fantry. JOSEPH MERK A. *13 f ESE boot loo. Aggied— AB R H 1*0 A E Mitchdl as 5 1 1 1 t 0 Alanisi rt 4 1 0 0 0 I Mooty;2b, p 3 0 1 4 1 0 Sodd (ff 4 0 0 4 l 0 Lowcaktein If 4 2 1 2 0 0 Connsfley 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 Garve| e 4 0 0 7 1 1 Weber- lb i 2 0 •o 1 0 0 Moon p 1 0 • 1 1 0 J Shaw p 1 0 0 0 1 0 Vodkq 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hutto 9b 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 \ ' ' 35 5 6 24 6 : Baylor— AB R H PO A E Lee Sb 2 2 0 0 1 0 Reeves^ cf 5 2 2 3 0^ 1 Stollenierk 2b 3 0 1 2 3 0 Clem t 2 1 0 5 0 0 Bolgerjlb 5 1 1 8 1 0 Kroney f> i 2 3 0 1 2 Barnetj rf 5 1 2 3 7 0 Garnel) as 5 1 2 3 7 0 Freela !g S 1 1 4 0 0 I Aggies- 34 11 12 27 13 3 100 on 020—5 Baylor j* —... . 010 071 200-11 Joe Merka, elongated captain-el ect of the 1934 Texas Aggie bas ketball aggregation, was born March 20. 1910, on a farm near the Smetana Community, five mil es west of Bryan, Texas. He was the fourth of a. family of seven children. He spent his early boy hood as a typical barefoot country lad, and attended grammar school and two years of high school at this little community. He entered the public high school at Bryan in the Fall of 1927. Joe started his athletic efforts that year, being a aquadman on the football team. The following two years he lettered in both foot ball and basketball and was captain of the basketball team his last year in high school. In football, Joe was a wingman, playing beside Charlie Cummings, next year’s Ag gie ff>otball captain. Joe was voted , , , ... . .. | »| a ... players along with the veterans the most valuable player at the , * A and M Glee Club Will Go On Concert Tour This Week-End Leaving Cojlege Thursday after noon in a b«s chartered for the o-casion. eighteen members of the Glee Club, together with Professor K. H. Beack. director, will spend the week-end giving concerts in Houston and Vicinity, according to so annouiteonient made yesterday by D. H. Handley, of Teague, busi ness manager for the clsb. Their itinerary includes con certs at several high Schools in Houston Friday and Satuiday, a radio program over station KPRC Saturday afteknoon, a concert at the high school auditorium in Hum ble Saturday night, and a presen tation at the k'irst Baptist Church in Houston Sunday morning. The club will sing both serai- classical and semi-popular songs. They will be entertained by the Houston A and M Mother's Club while in that City, Handley said. brilliant array of in Terfaa Aggie baseball in year*. To date the bat- of Sodd and Mooty has made >us their first year of i petition. Against the Frogs cracked out a double and a Mooty making only two to bat. j le lineup for the Aggie game wfll be Garvey and behind the mask and on th£ mound; Weber, Mooty. and CogneUey in .the infield; Mitchell at phart*topjj and Sodd, Lowen- stelh, and Alanis in the outer gar Coach • Higginbotham will Moon on the mound for the second game. iShe Longhorns starting lineup will probably: include Taylor, pit ched; Blanton, catcher; Price, Mc- and Viebig in the infield; n at short; and Gannon, r t and Captain Koy in the out- W inton | probably will pitah nd gmpaa. ■ ww 1-: pi V Saturday AGGIES TO MEET— (Continued from Pag** 1) er. j Maxwell. Abilene, second; 1 i feet. Shot I lit—Irwin, Aggies, first; Linn, Ab lene, second; distance. 48 feet, 11 inches (bettered confer ence recqrd). Discus--Irwin, Aggies, first; Skripka. Aggies, second; distance, 144 feet, S'-V inches. Broad Jump—Wilson, Abilene, first; K«nnerly, Aggies, second; distance. 22 feet, 2\ inches. Javelin—Skripka, Aggies, first; .jCooper, Abilene, second; distance. 168 feet, 3\ inches. 440-Ya *d Dash—Green, Abilene, first; Ak ns, Aggies, second; time, 1:7 (bettered conference record). L I Aggie**-, Reynold** rf MitcheO ss Mooty ?2b Sodd cf IxiwenStein If Connelwy 8b Aggies, Hutto |b Sam Houston State Teacher’s Col lege invitation basketball tourna ment. his senior year in high, school, an honor which entitled him to a scholarship at that school. However, Joe determined to come to A and M College and the next fall found him registered as a freshmen in liberal arts at this school. He won a freshman num eral in football but was ineligible for basketball that year. During his sophomore year he lettered in both basketball and track, and was voted the basketball team’s most valuable player and was awarded the Aggieland Pharmacy trophy. The past season, although Joe Scheer. Moon, Lowenstein. and Captain Garvey. Jake Martyr, Bob Connelley, and Bill Sod<i all of Fort Worth, make up probably the -P- Mm UAUtLY HALL 1:30 P. M. Law” ^ || VmMk LEO CARILLO “Whistling In The Dark” pi UNA with MERKEL Saturday. 6:90 and 8:30 “Secrets” with MARY PICKFORD Wednesday. May 3 Co*» T< ** 40 Fe A POX * Prodacod at Foa MS* I on 500 Movietone Ory bargain matinee 1 - 2 P. M. 25* 44- a Preview 11 P. M. Saturday SHOWN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY RICHARD ARLEN — MARY BRIAN In “Song of the Eagle Sunday and Monday We Are Now Ready To Handle Your Linen Suits CAMPUS CLEANERS lA)ok Your Best on Mother’s Day : QUALITY WORK AS ALWAYS wWmm ScheerIp Titun-Swept Epic of a Mon ster More Sav age Than the r Charles B. Lipman, jnrho recefitjy discovered that me- eoritea dontain living bacteria of xissible extraterrestrial origin, does not believe this discovery the theory that life may lave been brought to earth by ransportition of living 'matter r rom sonr e other planet. 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