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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
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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
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Captain Elect
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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
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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
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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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
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Steves, c
, Barnett, p
Moon, p
Clem, c
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