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I BY E. C. -JEEP- OATES
BftttsBoa SporU Editor
,^ob Roar’s championship Regi
mental Hdq. Weld Artillery fresh
man intramural basketball team
will play the championship intra
mural quintet of Texas in Austin
tomorrow night at the annual Pita
Nile program there.
The Aggies hare a very good
chance of taking that battle in
that they have Billy Henderson
and Cole, both nutneraltnen from
the freshman, team, on their squad.
Others making the trip are: Eoe)
Wesson, Barker, and McGee.
Track Coach “Doagh” Bei
lina is ronfirn-d te kis bed with
the fin along with the rest of
his family. “Doegh" expects
te he np in time te take kia
track team te ft Worth fer
the Pat Stock Show field aad
track arenta Friday aad Sat
urday. “Doegh” says that yea
can't keep a geed maa down,
aad that he thiaks he is a
pretty good mda.
“Doegh*' has not accepted
the lavitatioa fer the track
team te go to the Drake Re*
lays. He aaya tkat If the team
nsakea a better shewiag Satur
day he might eater the famed
intramural Games In Full Swing
well, both
Jack Cooper
the U
afield and at the bat.
was the leading hit
ter pn the team last season as
well as the leading conference
swatamith. He has started out
age ip as the leading macer. In the
two Grand Print frays he hit at
a .71 dip, getting three for eight.
Association dance went
over in' great style Friday night.
Everyone seemed to have a grand
timei Saturday night most of them
migrated fa the Avalon Club and
other night ^pots. ,
Joe Boyd was seen trying to imi
tate a jitterbug, Saturday after
noon. Maybe it was just a case of
being bitten by the love bog.
latching is the big problem con
fronting Marty Karow's baasbaj
nine. In their games and intra-
squad frays the pitchers have been
wild aad have been hit fairly eas^.
•Sam Bass locked good during the
four innings he toiled Saturday.
The rest of the team is shaping up
Psj! Wofford, who has
fighting for a letter en both
football and baxketball tts—l dur
ing the last few years, is as proud
of that basketball letter as any
wk0
I Waody Bell, the slagging
Aggie outfielder for the past
means, is now working
the St. Loaif Browns of
the American League. His
brother Bean, another former
Aggie macer, is with the
Browns when he ha
U-ading hitter for the
Jade Smith tossed the javeline
191 feet inches at San Maroo*
to establish himself as a threat and
to set a new meet record. Jude
has tossed the spear over 200 font.
It is reported that the Texas
Steers have men three deep for
position on their football
They dug up an old elephant near
here the other day, it ain’t one of
them pink kind that hangs from
the ceiling either.
Battalion Sports
Speedball, Horseshoe Matches, And
Volley Ball Games Leads Program
COLLEGE STATION
MARCH i< 1939
PAGE 3
Aggies Drop First Baseball Games
To Grand Prize Team, 13-9 and 9*5
Marty Karow’s Aggies dropped^-
a brace of game* to the visiting
Indiana University is assisting
in the codification of all of the
Hoosier state’s bine laws.
Kent State University’s wrestling
team has won 46 straight victories
on its home mat.
l by Jmeruwen
with Self-Supporting
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Take it easy ... look smart,
be comfortable * . . eswar
INTERWOVEN "N^Top*
Short Socks ... they stay up
without binding . • • keep
you “at ease”.
35f and 50f
WT^J
CLOTHIERS
PALACE
TODAY ONLY
On The Stage
“JITTERBUG REVUE”
WED. - THURS. * FRI. * SAT.
NEW DIXIE
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WED. i THURS.
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THRILLS.
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Dennis O’Keefe
Cecilia Parker
Grand Prise Brewers from Hous
ton Friday and Saturday by scores
of It In 9 and 9 to 6 respectively.
The Cadet’s big weakness was
in their pitching staff, which has
heretofore been considered their
stronghold.
In the first fray the Aggie twirl,
en con Id not find the plate. In
the aeeond fray after Sam Baaa
left th< mound, the moundsmen
could not find the plate with their
staff on the ball, aad when they
*acrifict-d their speed and hooks
for control, the Brewers slapped
the ball all over the park and even
out of h.
Friday, Ralph Lindsey and Don
Paden were the best of the lot
and Saturday R was Bass and Pol*
snovich who wen able to bold the
foe down
FRIDAY GAME
Lefty Cohn started for the Ag
giea. He allowed three runs in the
first aad one in the second before
he was relieved by Lindsey after
one was down in the second. Lind
sey pitched shut-out ball for the
neat three and two-thirds innings.
He was replaced by Polanowb
who pitched to four men. He walk
ed two, hit one, and got the other
out Hal Welsh replaced him and
struck out one, walked four 4*
threw three wild pitches as well
as allowing two hits. Peden finish
ed the game and held the visitors
at bay during his two and two-
tbirds innings. j
The Aggies scored three in the
fouth, three in the seventh, two in
the eighth and one in the ninth.
The Brewers scored three in the
first one in the second, six in the
fifth, and three in the seventh
Heinie Schuble, former Detroit
shortstop, homered over the 26
foot wall in center field for three
runs in the first inning. Dave Alao-
brook homered late in the gasse
with one man on base.
SATURDAY GAME
The game opened with Walter
Baaa on the mound for the Cadets
—broken left hand and all. The
first man up singled, bat
showed his Scotch blood and bora
down. He pitched four innings and
allowed only three scratch hha.
Karow replaced him with Polano-
vkh to start the fifth, because be
didn't want to overwork Baaa be
fore he gets his arm in better
condition. Polano vkh managed to
get by without allowing ahy runs
and but two hits through the eighth.
In the ninth with one down and
five runs behind, the Brewers
jumped on Cohn, Lindsey end Con*
ly for nine rune. Cunningham hit
Cohn for a homer with two on and
Bloxaom followed with one off
Coaly with the seeks empty. Every
thing that the Gadeta twirlem
threw was knocked beck at tlx
Timmerman drove one over the
fence in the fourth with one on.
Everyone but the Aggie pitchers
looked good. ’
AGGIE TRACK
MEN WIN OYER
SAN MARGOS TEAM
Ed Dreias and Red Cecil recked
up 31M points between them at
San Marcos Friday as the Aggie*
beat the San Marcos Teachers, 89
to 38, in a dual track meet.
Dreias took both the high and
low hurdles in 16:6 and 26:1, was
second in the pole vault and tied
for first with Haese of the Teach
ers at 6 feet 114 indies in the high
jump.
Cedi grabbed the 100 id 9 J, the
broad jump at 21 feet, was second
to Ralph Moser in the 220 in 21.9
and ran a lap on the winning sprint
relay team with Todd, Moser and
Kissinger.
Moser made 1214 points and won
the 440 in 50J. Mickey Hogan woa
the mile in 4:40.4, while Storms
took the 880 in 2:04.7. The Aggie
mile relay team was tops in 8:27.4.
The freshmen and varsity track
teams will go to Ft Worth where
they will compete in the
Fat Stock Show track and fisld
events Saturday. fYnahmen mak
ing points in this meet win num
erals aad Varsity place winners
earn their letters.
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Here This Week
With almofct a week’s practice
after their defeats at the hands of
Grand Prise, Karow's nine will
play the Beaumont Exporters of
the Texas League here Thursday
aad Friday. The frays will start
at 3:80 aad the admission will bn
firty cents or n coupon.
Jade Linsey will lead off for the
Aggies. Lindsey is a sophomore
sad a, newcomer to the Cadets
Stone will hat in the number two
slot and will hold down third
Stone betted .281 last year. Also-
hrook will hold down left field aad
bat third. He hit .828 last season
Capt Bob Williams will bat in
cleaaus and hold down first He
was All-Conference last season and
hit m.
Chubby Nolen will bat fifth and
play short He hit .327. Jack Copp
er led the league in hitting last
year with .436. He has shifted
from second base to right field.
Kirhpatrick will do the reseivhtg.
He clouted the ball at a .333 pace
last season. Timmerman will be in
center and will be trying to boost
his .285 mark of last season
Besumont has a bunch of young
sters in the baseball world of this
part of the country. Their strength
IS unknown, but Detroit, their par*
IN CLASS A
Intramural speed ball la about
over. The finals are expected to he
run off tomorrow afternoon be
tween unite of the Field Artillery
Horseshoe matches art narrow
ing down considerably. Those at
the top of the various leagues are
Irt Hdq. F. A., E Coast Art., Art.
Band. A Eng., B Can E Eng., and
A Field. Each of thsoe boa two or
more wins aad no defeats.
Those in the volley ball leagues
with four or more wins and no de
feats are A Inf., B Inf., C Field,
and 2nd Hdq. F. A.
IN CLASS B
The leaders of the Horseshoe
Leagues are 1st Hdq. Field, B
a W. S., 2nd Hdq Field, E F. A,
E Eng., D Eng., and B Coast .
Those letdmg in Handball by
four or more wins and no loeaes
are D Field, F Eng, 1st Hdq. Field,
B Coast and C Coast
Bob Rogers’ freshman intra
mural basketball champs will play
Texas U’t. intramnral champions
tomorrow night at a Fit Nite in
Austin. Rogers captains his Reg.
Hdq. Field Art team composed of
“Jitterbug” Henderami, M. H. Cole,
T. E. Wesson, P. J. Voelkel, J: D
Barker, I. B. McGee, aad J. B.
Rapp. They will leave College at
noon and return after the game
AGGIE WATER
POLOISTS VIE 1
FRO* TEXAS 0. (j
Saturday night the Aggie water
poloiate trimmed the Taxes U. ag
gregation 6 to t While the Texas
swimming team won tf*e swimming
meat 47 to 27.
Adolph Kiefer, Texas national
ranking swimmer, took two match
es for the only double. Ha woa the
220 in the record breaking time of
2:18J compared to the conference
mark of 2:30.3, He Was clocked at
1:044 in the 440.
was the only Ag
gie to win a first in the swimming
meet He trimiged Bill Morris, Tak
as, to the 60 yard sprint All other
Agfto points were gleaned from
seconds and thirds.
In the polo
game, the Aggies
played against coaches, freshmen
and varsity sNimmera, and divert.
The Steers w^-e trimmed largely
due to their
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the Exporters with some good host-1 Con* Area will ba made May 2
ling material.
THERE MUST BE ABOUT
SjjOO radios on the campus of A.
A M, accordiag to a recent survey
made by the advertising staff of
the Battalion. The value of these
radios is more than 867,000, ac-
ronling to the survey.
Many of the radios are of the
larger and more expensive makes.
But the great majority are small,
comparatively inexpensive portable
models. The average value of the
radio* at A. A M. is probably,
therefore, about 820.
and 8, according to Col. Geo. F.
Moore, P. M. S. A T. and Comman
dant.
T^e committee for inspection will
include Colonel. E. A. Keys and
seven other officers, one from each
organization. Colonel Keys is an
officer in the Cavalry and is the
Civilian Components Officer of the
Eight Corps Area. The other offi
cers have not been selected.
• Inspection will include admini
strative and class room work dur
ing the morning*, tactical opera
tions and drill Tuesday afternoon,
and followed by a review of the
corps on Wednesday afternoon.
By S. R McQUILLEN
Secretary of the Former
Student-
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126 ADMINISTRATION
C arrol E. Alien, g’H9, is farming
at Bertram. . . Tom a Murral, ’38.
Band Major of ’37-’88, is with the
Houston Bank for Cooper-stives,
division of the Federal Land Bank,
and makes his headquarters at
Houston. An older brother, Frank
Hurrah, ’18, captain of the band
in his cadet days, died recently.
William Arledge, Jr, x’39, is at
tending Texas UnhrenRj.. , R. L
Thurman, '37, is a graduate assist,
ant and expects to receive his m
ten degree in August frorg'Umms
Tech at Lubbock.. Ek. Andy A.
Moore, ’38, ia with the Bureau of
Animal Industry, P. Q. Boa 810,
Arcadia, Florida. . . B. Rax Hur
ley, ’89, ia teaching vocational ag
riculture at Henrietta. » . Leonard
F. Ray, '87, ia teaching science at
the Judaon Grove School, Long-
w. . . John H. Zich, com
plains the weather is "nippy” in
Wisconsin. He is with the Allis-
Chalmers Manufacturing Company
and tivea at 1611 South 77th Street,
West Allis, Wiseoastn. . . Jack W.
Tucker, ’38, gets his mail at 1700
Greenville Avenue, Dallas. ,. H. J.
Craae, ’37, is with the Halliburton
Oil Well Cementing Company at
Hebbronvflle. . . J. Sherwood Spi
vey, *17, older brother of the fresh
man football star and son of Mad-
din Spivey, ’08, Lufkin, has been
made assistant manager of the Luf
kin Chamber of Commerce and
secretary of the Lufkin Junior
Chamber of Commerce. . . A. J.
Hogan, '38, ia living at 2816 Went
worth, Houston. . . Cyril M. Sta
turn, ’88, ia with the Farm Security
Administration, 3221 Commerce,
Dallas, and Uvea at 6316 Junius in
that city. . . Jim Q. Wood, ’18,
taking graduate work in chemistry
and doing part time teaching at
Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa ..
George L. von Boeder, ’88, is with
the Farm Security Administration
at Eastland... T. Paxton Johnson,
’38, is fanning near Clint, Texas
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