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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
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Campus Personalities suffered a setback
lengthy illneaa, he
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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
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boot loo.
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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. ■
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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).
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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
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UAUtLY
HALL
1:30 P. M.
Law”
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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-
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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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Reeves tf
Stollenierk 2b
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made.
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Mew Ideation,
T.C.U—Aggies
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Mitchell sa
Mooty
.Sodd cf;
Lowen*Vein If
ConnelUy 3b
Hutto lt>
Garvey jc
Moon p;
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Harston If
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Graves jf
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Taylor 3b
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time to place your order for youf next uniform to
avoif the rush at the bejrinning ofinext
Reasonable Priced.
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