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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1933)
I •. f r. t- THE BATTALION « 1_ h r Six Aggies Are Placedj On All Southwest Conferenw Baseball v Team By Battalion Sports 1 The Aggies, Steers, and the Frogs conference baseball team as selected by Aggies, three Steers, and three Horned T< the first team. Six Steers, three frogs, Aggie were selected on the second team. For th- firit time in sevarl years s strorvaer infield dominates over • relstiT# weak outfield. There were but few outstandina outfield ers while an unusual amount of good mfieIders were produced. Kiiuy, who pitched the Frogs to • championship, was easi ly the best pitcher of the loop Jake kfoaty of the Aggies was sel ected mainly because of his vic- over Texas. Although Taylor Texas did not hurl during the last few weeks of the campaign, he showed much promise during the early stages of the schedule. Bob Sc hear drew a place on the second team by pitching the Ag gie, to three conference victories. Kroney of Baylor was selected be cause of his all-around ability while Winton of Texas placed because of consifllent work. Bob Garvey was possibly the f receiver in the confer- e although he was a weak hit- Meyct* of T. C. U* the other her of the first team, was not tied the alb Battalion. Six were placed cn ta Bears, and one tlja raw jaw that Garvey was but? 'delayed much ability with the batj Blanton of Texas and Clem of Bay lor were pressing the leaders. Althoujdh no -outstanding first sarker waa developed. Jacks of T. C.| U. led the others because of his fialding ability. Price of Texas was piMaed hard for the second team by Bolger' af Baylor. McDowell of A. A. MacKenzio Expert Watchmaker Bm4\\ Texas / Agent, 69 Puryear V Texas completely dominated the keystone sack. Taylor of T. C. U although a third baseman, wa shifted to second and given a berth because of his hitting ability, Tay lor led the conference ia hitting. Bob Connellty of A. and M- was closely pressed by Viebig of Texas far the hot corner. He was a more consistent fi> !d< r than V’ieb^r, al though not a better hitter. Mitchell of the Aggies and An- kenman of Texas were both fine shortstops but' Mitchell was given the bid over Ankenman because of his fielding and base running abi lity. Sodd of the Aggies and Key of Texas were the best of the out fielders. Lowertstein of A. and M.. Gannon of Texas, and Donovan and HardstOn of T. C. U. Were leading for the other place on the mythi cal nine. Loa-eitstein eras given the call because of his consistency at bat and-field. A summary of The Battalion All- Southwest Conference Baseball Team is as follpwt: . First Team - I Pitchers—K ipxy, T. C. U.; Mooty, A. and M.; Taylor. T^as. Catchers—GarVey, A. and M.; Meyers, T. C. II. First base -Jacks, t. C. U.; Secopd base—McDowell, Texas; Third base—Connellej and M.^ Short stop—Mitehel and M.; Left field—Lowensteiju A. and M.;. Center field—Koy, Texas, Right field—Sodd, A, and M Second Team Pitcher—Schber, A. and CAPTAIN-ELECT MOON I 1 Batting for to of I U M-in ASSHAVKLY HALL “I Cover the Waterfront” With Clfftidette Colbert Ben Lyon and Krvtest Torrence Wednesday 6:.'10 “Below the Sea” r with Kat>h Bellamy and Far Wra\ rrtdav 6:30 ‘Ladies of the Jury” ]•< With Fdna Mae Oliver SAtnrday 7:30 Kroney., Bay j Catcher- Blar Baylor; iFirst Second base Winton. T< tas; ^n, Texas; ( km. »se—Price. T« toe; faylor, T. C. U.; Third base—Vifbig, Texas; Sfort stop— A^henmaf —Donorhn, T. -vSn. liars ton. T. Gannon. Texas. Right fit Id Along The Sidelines tty Jack N. Sloan s ! , •. -i— Although no championships I ave been won} by th«i Aggie teams lur ing the past laasons. there been a niarked improvement the former taanls of the Ihst leld ieid mer PfM EARLY SUMMER Young Men’s SPRING SUITS }UK'k j i Young Men’s Spring * Suits are ON SALE at these extreme low griCM *i • - $16.50 Suits $12.75 $19.50 Suits $14.65 $24.50 Suits $18.35 $29.50 Suits $22.15 $34.50 Suits $25.85 Thin ia your opportunity to aave an your Spring nothing TN. . Tw« CMeMtiMl ■««>— BRYAN AND COLLKB years. Kfom the materia 1 avail able for h*xt year it, looks as though the Aggies will <; >me through \iith a number of win ling teams. si •> . With a returning team of Veter ans. 19.'W pros peels for a champion ship football team are brighter than any ;of the past several (sea sons. Coabh Matty Bell will have twelve Ictternu-n hewded by Cap tain Charlie Ctanmings to pick from a* Mr^ll as a host of reaerve materia] End frtfshmtwi candkates frt»m last year. Although four lettermen 1 rom this year's basketball team are gra duating, Coach John Reid will iave a number of promising sophoi nor- es. who made reinarkable rec >rds this year as freshmen, and tiree veterans to carry on. If these »>ph- omore candidates come throug i, it looks as llihugh the Aggies will be right at the top fighting it out for the basketball championship. It would not at all be auiwria- . ing to sea Coach Frank Anfler- | son's hill and dajers running with the pennant next fall ,uch veterans as : Foy and Cook, Hector KRentes, “Cha^ip Smith, and "Fnar'' DuBois hand. In pK'kmg ad all-eonfen^nci team ae weie fonfronted with fact that t. C- I’- had won cham|Uon,hip but failed te bring to the! front anp‘emtatanding » ars except; * , Slhn•* Kinxy, ace of the Frogs pitching st^ff. and Wallace Meyery, catcher. Jacks, first sick er. wag not an exceptionally good player but had ihtk competition for hip betftii. Before ak close we would to bring this one thing before students. Tier* has been a grow ing tenden<V among the studepte, especially (he upperclassmen. to activity fail to pay the fee. The fee his been cat from fifteen to eleven (follaro to enable iiorv of the students to enjoy mot » of the activities. This will admi the holder to a tend all of the atl letk contests held on Kyle Field the Longhorn, arid the Battalion \ rhich includes a Weekly newspaper and a monthly comic magaxine. If each were purchased separately, it foe Id coat about twice as much. H W. T. “Bugga" Moon of Holland was elected captain of the 1934 baseball team at a meeting of this year’s lettermen last Thursday. Moon has earned his letter the past two years as a pitcher on the A and M baseball nine. The records of all cc tatca show that Coach Big” Higginbotham’s team completed the season batting average ef .302 and a ing average of .Mt. Bill Sedd, outfielder from Worth, copped the slugging ho by hitting. 4<M He also led the gica in namber of runs. His revealed 12 runs batted In, 11 with 22 hits, l.tjwo base hits, total bases on hits, 34. “Tickle" Mitchell led the stealers with 10 stolen bases credit Captain Garvey and chMl were the Only members team to play all of the, 108 Moos, i turned in a perfect fielding age, without staking an err ten chances. T. L. Hutto and Weber, both playing first were next in line with a fit average of .981. Bob Scheer headed the pitch' with an earned run average 3.2634. He piUhed in four coi ence games and lost but one was credited with 32 strikeouts A dictator’s brfvery~U exceeded | only by that af his people.—G^- i ard Forrest. L_ •! -ELECT AKINS innir T W. “Red” Akins of Marshall will oaptaia next year’s track team, being elected at a meeting of the track lettermen for the sea son laat week. Akin* hay won his coveted “T" the past two years as a quarter '* j miler and as a member of the mile relay team. Aggieland Pharmacy Award Is Given To Mooty And H j ' 1 Jake Mooty of Fort Wi eher on the A and M baseball during the past season, and . Herring of Cuero. a hurdler on year’s track team, were awarded the Aggieland Pharmacy fountaia pen and pencil set for being the most valuable member on tbeir res pective teams for the season just Completed. Both Mooty and Herring are igible for two more years of competition. dligible varsity I i The j Friendly Shop Campus Barber Shop (la th. T) . Bert Smith. Prof. Our colleges are one of the greatest obstacles to change.— Raymond S. Jewett, educator. WHEN IN DOUBT A hast Ymw E»«* mr Yaac CL r rT J. W. FAYNE ■area. THANKS AGGIES FOR YOl’R VISITS AND TRADE . 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