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1 ■ TH1 BATTALION I 4 I- . r. Track. Team Aggies Are Strong In Field Events; Injuries Hamper Team With the injury jinx weighing down their heels, the Texas Aggies will come to their first and highest hurdle of the Conference track schedule Saturday at Austin as they meet Clyde Littlefield’s Texas University Longhorns Twenty-two members of Frank Anderson’s team will make the trip. They will leave by bus Friday evemntf. The Aggies have been hurt all season by injuries in the running events. Early in the season Koehler, mainstay of the dash evrnts, pulled a muscle and# ~ ' * will not be able to enter competi tion until late in the season. To fill in these events. Coach Ander son has transferred Herring from the high hurdles to the dash events and has taken Jack Stringfellow and Percy Reid from spring foot ball training to help in these rac es. In intra-squad competition Sat urday, Herring pulled a surprise by trying a rsce in the 220 yard dash and earner in way in the lead of the field. * • To add to the hard luck of the teatg for this event, Tom Kennerly, long distance broad-jumper who was' counted oa to take a place in the meet, turned up Monday after noon with a strained leg muscle that will not likely be well in time for the meet. In addition, Terrell, other- Aggie broad-jumper, then turned m ankle in practice Mon day and will be handicapped, al though be may be able to entei the meet Boyce (Mighty Honk)-Irwin, U C. Cowsert, and W. M. Skripka an counted on to sweep clean the en tire field events and will be in the pink of condition to enter the meet. Texas at notably weak in the field events and the Aggie: have whgt has shown so far to be the strongest field team of any conference school and one of the strongest in the history of A and M. Irwin is due to take first in both the shot and discus with Skripka and Cowsert counted on for second and third places. Louis "Pop-Eye” Kaczmarek has been showing Well in the shot and if he continues pushing the shot in prac tice this week will likely place in that event. Wilbert Randow, star hurdler, holds the Aggies’ hopes in both hur dles. Herring will enter the low hurdles but will not go into the high hurdles because of his parti cipation in the dash events but, O. L. Billimek, who has shown well in practice will take Herring’s place in the high hurdles. Sam Logan. W. G. Breazeale, and Joe Merka will afford the competition in high jumping and if they hold to practice records, should gain the Aggies points in this event. Jack Hester and W. P. Alexander will be the standby in pole vaulting. Heater, who took first in the sconference meet last year, will again meet Vance and Sewell who have beaten him twice in pre-conference meets this year. In I the dashes, the Aggies will bly have to be content with or third places with such men as Wallender and Rockhold of the Steers breaking the tape below 10 seconds in the 100 yard dash, and doing proportionably as well in the 220. Cnptain Red Akins of the Aggies, from his showing in practice, will give Cox a run for first place in the 440 although Cox has taken the first place in both previous events at Laredo and Fort.Worth frhile in the mile run. Cook afid Taylor will again come againsi their old rivals, Wil son and Archer, tp battle for first and second positions. Heritor Fuen- tes will be the only Aggie to enter the two mile run. Longhorns In j Dual Meet at Farmer Nine Wins Over (Conroe Team 6-3 Here Saturday Connetley’a Timely Hitting And Moon'ii Airtight Pitch ing Pavc« Way For Aggie Win. Madisonville High Wins In Track Meet Madisonville high school scored 26 points Saturday to win a track and field meet here against teams of district 17, of the Texas Inter scholastic league. There were 21 other thaiML , Sommvilla and Rockdale tied for second Iwlth J4 points each. New Salem was fourth with IS. Fergu son, New Salem’i only point win ner, was high scorer of the meet, winning the shot and discus and placing second in the javelin. After the district meet, the Ag gie freshmen defeated Belleville, high school 61% to 60%, in a dual track and field meet. WATER PALACE THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY ' - J ' A p«rf«ct Roftff roU WILL ROGERS DAVID HARUM Louise Dresser KvelynVenofcle Kent Tnyior See pin Fetch it PREVIEW 11 P.M. SATURDAY Bargain Matinee 1-6 P.M. l— 25< tr 2-. Will Also Show Sunday and Monday V - k BY ALTON 8. QUEEN (Battalion Sports Writer) Led by Bob ConnellsQr, hard hit ting third sacker, the Aggie dia mond performers trounced the Con roe Strake Oilers 6 to 3 on Kyle Field diamond Saturday afternoon to win the first home game of the Season. Coach Higginbotham’s men Sombmed timely hits with four piler misplays to pile up a good lead. Captain "Bugga” Moon, stellar southpaw hurler, pitched airtight ball Saturday afternoon, limiting the visitors to one hit in the five nings he worked. “Bugga” had mething of a strikeout record >der way as seven Oilers fell vie- im to his puszling curves. Bob Connelley was the offensive nd defensive star. He registered double and a home run in three imes at bat, and scored two of e Aggies' six runs. He made ree putouts and three sparkling ists as well as figuring in the irst double play of the game hen he doabled the Oiler short top off first after Anderson had pped to third. Gilliland, Oiler center gardener, Uras the battjng star of he day as he collected • single, a double, and p home run in three trips to the )>late. Gillilaad's homer came ia the seventh with Kennedy on base. The visitors hit Mooty rather freely the four innings he was oa the mound, scoring three runs off five hits, two walks, and a hit patsman. Cal Hubbard, popular Aggie line football coach, proved to be a Worthy baseball arbitrator as well gs coach. The colorful Hubbard lied ’em from behind the plate e last five innings without the st sign of a bobble. Tfc* “I- er lunged’’ Aggies openly ap- roved the “brawling” manner in hich Hubbard announced his de cisions. How They Hit AGGIES— Pos AB R H PO A E ’feelkel 2b 2 110 4 0 ’Veaver 2b 0 0 .« 1 1 0 Couser as 4 2 1 2 3 1 . ones cf 6 1 2 3 0 0 Hutto lb 3 0 0 9 1 0 MUingham lb 3 0 0 9 1 0 i Cochran .rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 < Llliais rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 Connelley 3b 3 2 2 3 3 0 ! .owfenstein _lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 ! Itowfe -C 4 0 1 7 0 0 ; IooU ( p 2 0 0 0 2 0 (Continued on Page 6) r- Captain Elect % 9 BREAZEALE WILL LEAD ’36 GAGERS Griffin (Acorn) Breazeale, Oockett, was elected t# captain the 1934-35 Aggie basketball team by members of the cage sqdad. Breazeale, who has . twu WMBT letters and one freshman letter tn basketball, saw service principally at forward this year and took over the center position when Joe Merka was out of the game. Nekt year he will probably be switched perma nently to the pivot position. Basketball is Breazeale's great est interest and he has been play ing the game since he was able to pick up a basketball. Although he was raised in Porter Springs, he went to high school in Crockett. There he earned three letters ta basketball and was elected captain of the team his senior year. LETTERS AWARDED SENIOR MEMBERS OF SWIMMING TEAM Five members of Coach L. • R 'Nachman's Texas Aggie Swimming team has been awarded varsity letters for this year, as announced by E. J. Kyle. Chairman of Aggie athletic committee. This is the first time in the history .of A and M that letters have been awarded to members of a swimming team. Although swimming will not be recognised as a minor sport until next year, the athletic committee took the suggestion of Coach Nach man to latter the nenior members of the team this year. This left out W. S. Sinclair, captain elected for next year and star of the Aggie team, George Cox, fancy diver, and Kurt Seidel, free style swimmers, who amassed enough points to let ter, because these members were LIFE SAVING TEST OPENSHERETODAV Members Who Paj»ed Tent iAMt Y«or Will Aanist Swimming Coach With In- atraetfajL, - Beginning thig afternoon, the American Senior Red Cross Life Saving course will be given to stu dents in the Aggie swimming pool under the Erection of Captain Leonard Nachmarv coach of the Aggie swimiamg (earn. The course will be given oq Monday, Wednes day, and Friday*, afternoons be tween 4 and 5:30 o’clock. Assisting Captain Nachman will be the men who passed the course last year and who then took the three day course in instruction given by Ntd Campbell of the national headquarters at the end of life saving jnitruction. These men are Paul Callahsn, Dallas; Ed Moeller, Norfolk, Va.; R. R. Simp son, Cl Paaa; B. fE. White, Hen derson; W. Ik 4U4 n > Hull; and H. G. Seel igson, Baiba. After the course^this year, which will consist of aide hours instruc tion, men will be recommended who have sbovAl up well to take the three day coume in instruction which will again be given by Camp bell on the days of April 26-27-28. This course wili qualify the ones passing it to go'over the state and instruct in Ufa gating. Ruqulitm<ya fbr enrolling in the life saving course will be the ability to swim cme-quarter mile, free style; ability] to demonstrate back and side atnikes; to perform front dive or racitig start in fairly good form; ABd to retrieve and ob ject in 6 or I fact of water. Some of the tjiitigs that will be taught in the course are: disrob ing from shoes, pants, and coat then swim 100 yar^s; carrying sub ject fully druasod for one minute; breaking frdik wji back strangle holds; rescuing two persons lock ed in front straB^le hold, demon strating prone pressure method of resuscitation; diffb-ent approaches to drowning maa; and many other useful things. Everyone interested in taking the course should report at once to Captain Nachman; either in his office on the’finit jfloor of the old main build ing of. ax the swimming pool on the afternoons of prac tfes. (f 1 JL *■—— Watching the Aggies BY CARROLL ROBERTS 1 Battalion Sports Editor AS SPRING TRAINING CLOS ES, those interested in Aggie ath- Irtics begin to look forward to next year and begin to express hopes fof. the Aggies to come through for the first time in the last seven years. It should be remembered, though, that it is hard for a coach to come into a new conference and H set the woods on fire" the first still the battle next year will bring into competition a total Of (our new coaches. Texas, T C tl. Bice, and A and M will all bring dew mentors into the Southwest Conference, and each will be ex pecting their new coaches to win q conference championship. The Aggies have a tough program t'hich includes the old arch rival ---Texas—to be played in Austin. 1 iot too much should be expected o fthe coaches. •COACH HOMER NORTON told 11is story on himself. He was mak ing » speech at a meeting of some ek-students and when coming to t» expected part <rf tolling what tl ic team would do next year said M [ am not promising a champion- s tip next year. I am not promising a championship team the next year. And I am no Here a brazen voice piped up from the rear with the words, “That’s all-right, you needn’t say it because you won't be there the next year”. BOB CONNELLEY CALMLY walked up to bat for the second time up Saturday and on the first ball delivered smacked .the first homer on Kyle Field this season. It was a clean smack that easily cleared the left field f«Ke. Last year, Connelley, in the first game of the season, .jphtyid against the IGA team of Houston, smackad out the first home run for last sea son in that game. In addition to Bob, the Aggies will have three other proven hitters, and with these mighty batters should have one of the hardest hitting clubs in the conference. The others are Bill Sodd, “Ike” Lowenstein, and Jake Mooty. Fielding has '‘been the cadets’ weakest point s* far and if Coach Higginbotham can Iron out his worries in this part, the Aggies will be due to spring a surprise on the rest of the con ference. Prestason dopesters” have pointed to T C U, hut yuan champions who have '••t letter- men taturning. to repeat and have conceded second place to 'Billy' Disch’s Longhorns. Spice there are only four teams tfdaj fBar, this leaves the Aggies sad Baylor to (Continued oa Page •) If If Aggie Coaching School Planned ug. 20-27 Instruction in^.physical Edu cation and f it t r a m u r a 1 Sports to ^ttract Many from Texas and Neighbor ing Staten. . jn* - TfT” The 'fifth annpdl Texas Aggie coaching school, ; which annually attracts scores of high school and college coaches gnd players from Texas and neighboring states, will be held here thi« year from Aug. 20 to 25, Aggie athletic officials have announced. (Complete details of the school program are being worked out;4ad .Will be available within a few week,. The Aggie coaching school, ac cording to its officials, is one of the few in the country for which there is no tuition charge. It also is the only one (a j this section of the state at whicl instruction is offered in physical education and intramural sports in addition to virtually every recognized colle giate sport in me Southwest. Homer H. Norton, the Aggies’ new football coach, wilt lead the foot ball instruction end also will be in charge at, other details of the school’s pros only juniors, swimming a type The got letters are tain, and C. tonio; R. R. Houston; J. E. Va.; and Newt moot. will receive with letters of varsity *Ts“. the team who L. Uhr, Cap- San An- Fort Sam Norfolk. 1 Cadets Meet Baylor’s Golden Bears • In First Two Games of Season Here Dallas YMCA Team Coach Roswell Higginbotham’s Texan Aggies Krill open the Southwest Conference baseball race Friday aftMliooiv April 6, at 3 o’clock on the Kyle Field diamond with Coach Morley Jennings’ Baylor Bears. This game will be the firat of a two game series to be played Friday and Saturday after noon. . Captain “Bugga” Moon, who has shown the .nest form of any Aggie pitcher in exhibition games, is slated to hurl the initial game. Moon has worked 23# . - - — innings in exhibition games and A nr grip F<‘m*prs has limited the opposition to 15 reilCerS XVieCL hits and 3 earned runs. The Aggies place their hopes of winning on the pitching of Mooty and Moon, and in the big bats of Sodd, Connelley, Lowenstein, and Jones. Much can be expected of Jake Mooty for infield duties as well as service* on the mound. Last season Mooty played second base when he was not on the mound and hit Southwest Conference pitching at a .356 clip which in cludes two tripples. and five dou bles. The filling of infield positions, whic)^ constituted the major part of Coach Higginbotham’s worries at the outset of the season is yet somewhat of an unsettled question. Bob Connelley, who hit .388 last season, is a fixture at third. Bill Couser, shortstop and “Dutch’* Voelkel. second baseman, both hus tling infielderx, are being given plenty of competition for their posts. Johnnie Weaver, last year letterman. will press Voelkel for the keystone bag while Phil Crig- leg shortstop and “Frenchy” Dom- ingue. who can fill in at any in field post, will make Couser hustle for his position. Tommy Hutto, letter man. and Mike Dillingham will alternate at first base. Ed Steves, last year squadtnan. has about “sewed up" the catch ing job. At the beginning of the season catching wks a big prob lem but the San Antonio boy has -shown up nicely behind the bat and has bean hitting well. Bill Sodd, fence-busting out fielder, may not get into the start ing line-up of the first two games because of a pulled leg muscle. The popular outfielder .went into the Conrot game as a pinch hitter aad if he is unable to do fielding duties he will likely see similar services in the Baylor contest. Sodd’s hit ting last season proved to be a thorn in Baylor's side. Jimmie Parks and A!>e Barnett, The Texas Aggie fencing team will meet the Dallas YMCA fencing team Saturday night in the Aggie gymnasium in the first of a series df two fencing meets. The second meet will be held in Dallas later pn in the year. This will be the first Appearance of the Aggie team against outside competition, the two matches sche duled with the Ualversity of Tex as having been fdffrited by the Texas team becaase of having played an ineligible man in a meet with T C U earlier in the Mr. , Leading the “Y’’ team, which is made up of business men of Dallas, will be Captotej Q. Grunow, who has a high reputation as a fencing master. Members of the Aggie team who will see seirvice are: Charles Van DePutte. San Antonio; M. G. Calvert, Eagle Uke; T. H. Pier. Fort Worth; F. A. Hubbard. Waco; D. R. Parker, F. J. Owens, and E. Longoria, all of Laredo; w and E. S. Hunter. Witchita Falls. Baylor lettentien of last year, trill probably start the two games With Lumly and Alford, sophomore prospects, ready for relief work. Red Clem, all-Conference football guard, will be behind the bat for the Bruins. 1 » 1 1 i 1 »• ■ J Probable Lineups - Aggie*— Baylor— Voelkel. 2b R. Lee, ss Couser, ss Grover, If Lowenstein, If Sterling, cf Jones or Sodd cf Masterson, 2b Connelley. 3b ' Smith, rf Hutto, lb Bolger, lb Cochran Lee, 3b or ! Parks ! ’ Adams, rf l ° r 1 Steves, c , Barnett, p Moon, p Clem, c ) | "WHEN A FEELER NEEDS A FRIEND' When you can’t draw a pair , . . you can draw pleasure from a pipeful of BRIGGS. Aged in wood for years . . . BRIGGS la mellow, fragrant, bite-free. You can pay twice as much for tobacco . . . not half so good. Won't you let BRIGGS win you in its own mild way? . aarr PAcroav frrsh to Immmr Umtmg «f - N. NX • t.Uriito4Ca,laa : r