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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1939)
ON KYLE FIELD BY E. C. •JEEP" OATES BatUlioa 8p«rts Editor Aggies Beat Baylor Nine, 5 tb 4 Uncle Billy Diach, conch of many-times-champion University Texas baseball team, will have -watch the Cadets play bis five times this season. Three the fames art regular conference frays, hot two others wfD be plsf ed at the May Pete in Brenham on May 18*19. Both the Steers ai}d the Aggies already had their i lotmeat of fames for the year, bf the conference officials agreed V let them add. these two co lorfal ' BHMi | ' t Results of the pistol match be tween the Aggies and the Ham andTeterthalo Chib of Surbiton, Surrey near Ham and “ ham Perry, England are back. Aggies trimmed their “Hingl cousins from acrott the deep the lopsided score of 1M1 to 110& The letter that Bob Shiels re- • ashed from them is, R. T. Shiels, Esq., College Station, IhMM. Dear Mr. Shiels: We shot our card on Sunday ladt, and I am attaching a copy of the results. If you haven’t beaten ifs I shall no longer believe that America is the Spiritual Home the Revolver. ■ — The actual cards are being sent to you under separate cover, and I hope'to send you the photograph asked for at an early date. When you send your cards, please let me know if you would like another match at a later date. Yours sincerely, R. W. Creasy , , Hon. Sec. -XTlh.vtoC Meet at Wac® Tonight COLLEGE STATION home and the p. of Florida this week. Bruno Schrooder was seen at the hospital yesterday. He said be had born troubled that morning with chills. If Bruno la not in good shape tomorrow, the Aggies chamc as in the shot and discus will drop Coach Nertea let down Me hair, that la his scalp where his hair need to ha, the other dajf; and told ae that he waa rounding up a few pretty goed beys for the freshman grid team of next fall He said that he had the ward ef the twa Im-mi high school guards hi the state that they are (oaring to Aggielaad. Eads and tackles sip what the Cadets are going to need after next season, and the coach la already getting some on the line. Battalion Sports MARCH 24, 1939 PAGE 3 A. & M. Competes In Three-Way Swim Baylor will stage its first swim ming meet in the history of the school tonight when the Bruins meet the Aggies and the Ponies in a triangular meet in the new Bay lor gym pool. Last year waa the first time that the Bears have participated in the water sport and although they failed to make any headway in the conference meet in the fast com pany of the Aggies, Longhorns, and Mustangs, they did create a high interest in the newly organised sports at the Baptist school. Second Annual Water Carnival Held Tomorrow ‘Second Tilt in Bear Series Isj Being Played Here ■iH Zed Coston has signed to play peo football with the Philadelphia Eaglet, as did Rankin Britt Davey O'Brien has finally signed to play with the same club after saying that he would not play any more ball. With all of its thrills, spills,+ duckings and splashes, the second annual water carnival will be held in the P. L. Downs Natatorinm here tomorrow, Saturday night, start ing at 7:90 p. m. Coach Art Adamson has an nounced that this year the talent will be divided bKwr<n the girl members of the L. 8. U. swimming team and the Aggies. The girts are also bringing with them the outstanding clown of the South. His act, as was seen by team mem bers last week, was full of laughs The carnival is presented an nually in order to raise funds to send the polo team to St. I>ouis for the National Water Polo Meet Last season the team placed sec ond in the nationals. Eight hundred tickets are avail able for the show and 800 fans are expected for the event. Ducats may be purchased at the Y. M. G. A. for twenty-five cents. On the program will be two water polo contests, one demon strafing the way it waa played before 1900, and the other the way it la played now. Hub McQuillan will demonstrate the way to catch a “human fish". Armstrong will be the fish. / lady Borrow A winsome young lady from Barrow Hated ties that were stringy and narrow, But she’d fall for the gents *, ; ^ ho showed thrift and good sense And always wore neckwear by Arrow. ARROW TIES ARE SMART scr ms week’s post Z — r i ! » ^ t .1, WHO SAYS IKE CIRCUS IS DEAD? Killed by union warfare? De- prearioti? Mot yet! Cats and Kinkort brings you tty atory and two pages of dran photo graphs in natural color. A WW MYSTERY NOVEL Colonel PTimroae investigatr-g a b H *e of automatic murder in False to Any Man, by Leslie Foul Sec- : ] ond of SMALL TOWN BANKER Jdm M. Oak baa never failed to pay a check with real money, never once foreclosed a mortgagel Jesse Raindord -Sprague tells you about him. AL9t: Short stories Stribling, Donald Margaret Weymouth _ A. Caret Garrett report* what happened when labor locked horns with West Coast farmer* i (toe Whoa* Law and C rdarf) .aerials, editorials, fun and 1 |-y a^&fiKa&r l T “v*** rou I roj ^ t * to ** **r round •k.wortd-wlih .l!" *•*«- ’ her * • “m wn OT|or- ,lu ‘ ^•Smperu r of Russia Walter d. edmonds t 4 i use to«S * „ told curie. -so* yoo-* •krf,.*. ow ' n . Talk. True Tali "m m 4?LS" "v* m s? -bout Am hoT*” Iw* ^ Mm _ AWKeb Moi» Eu tr rors Twin Convention Hein^ Staged at Baylor University The first annual Texas Twin Convention opened today at Baylor University at Waco. Aggie twins wens invited. Pres ident Walton approved authorized absence* for them to attend. There are at least eight pair of twins on the campus. Every college in Texas is thought to be represented. There are be tween 76 and 100 pair at the con vention among which are the Key quadruplets of Oklahoma and the IV-ric-tn quadruplets of Bfeau- mont. Bl JKKI* < Speak ing a twelty hit attack lad by Jack Deran, g home run by Jack Cooper, and ftyr and one-third inning* of one hit pitching by Ralph Lindsey, thii Aggies moved into g.tie with Texas for the league lead here yesterday afternoon when the trimmed the tyeani of Baylor by a score of 5 to Tony Polanovkl started on the hill far the Karowmen. He walked Kempe. Bolger flew to right. Witt Singled to left, tn* Haley hit into a doable-play. • | Tommy Pine, lifer twirier, got bite a hole in the first, but pitched out Without any d image. With one out Lindsey walk 4, ond on Stone’s si igl«> stole third snd di.-d there after Timmerman struck out. Cooper w alked, and Nolen forced Cooper at second. The Bears threatened in the sec ond when Lummtrs’ double sent Tennyson to third, tyt Brice popped to third. In the Aggie half Williams broke his slump with a'hefty double to center. Doran tripled to score Wil liams and then gent out trying to go home on a Hose play. Pola- no vich hit into a double play and Also brook whiffed^ Baylor grabbed the lead in the third with two rtyi* oft of two hits. Kempe walked and tallied on Bolger’s hit Bolgsr going to sec ond on the thrfw-in. Witt flew out Haley singled Bolg* t* to third and I when Pine got a life Nolen’s i The Cadets grabbed the lead again in their half of the frame. After one wa i out Stone singled and stole I eeond. Timmerman struck out, bit Cooper lifted one over the left 1 kid wall. Notes fol lowed with a wo-bagger, but Wil liams whiffed Baylor tied it up with one run in the fourth md took the lead in the fifth with knot her before Lied* sey replaced F alanovich on the hill The Aggies completed the day's' scoring in tteir half of the fifth when Timmernan doubled, Cooper flew to left, h olen singled through abort, and tten Doran came up with his fiuid straight hit snd drove both of t hem across the plate. ■ Doran got a triple and three singles out of -four times up. Stone * and Nolen get two out of four. *• Cooper wmltyd twice, ho me red, and flew out Fine struck out seven Aggies, Timmerman thrice. These two tparas meet again to day with Karoyr sending either Sam Bass or Hal Welsh to the mound. Marty Katyw is going to add much color tokhe Aggies this sea son. He battl^ all the way and doesn't hesitate to Sail a player or an ump down. Big Melvin .Dtytach. fast balH pitcher for Texas, turned in a no hit no-run game against the Rice Owls Tuesday. j BOKING FINALISR CHOSEN AFTER 2160D1S HELD THURSDAY BIGHT Bill Davis, captain of “B” Engi neers, refereed 21 semi-final match es in Classes A and B Boxing last night to pick contestants for final bouts to be fought Saturday at 8:80 p. m. Eight men will be de clared champions in each class. Results of semi-final bouts and schedules for final bouts follow. IN CLASS A: Marshall Robnett, last year's heavyweight champion of L Inf, meets John Carson of A C.W.S. for heavyweight honors. Arthur Gary, Nor Military Stu dent, meets Pierce of C Eng. for 179 pound title. John Reeves of A Eng. fights “Bubba’’ Adams, of B C.W.S. who defeated Dodson of C C.A. by de cision, for championship of 189 pound class. Jacobs of C CA. will fight for the 169 pound title against Atkin son of L ItyL. i John Muse of 2nd Hq. PA. who fought three hard rounds to defeat Bounds of D Cav. will meet Davis of B Cav. who defeated Boyce of D Cav. for 149 pound honors. Moatyn of D Cav. will defend his 139 pound title against Potts of B Cav. Lowry of A FA. who defeated Heroandet of A Sig. Corps meets Nicchols of C Cap. winner over Soto of C Cav. for 129 pound championshkN * Fighting for the 119 pound title will be Kerr of D Cav. and Cass- well of B C.W.S. i. IN CLAMS B: Ram age snd Jotris, both of -K Inf., will battle for heivyweight hoaoH.* 1 | • Thompson of C (mv. winner over Von Cleave of B Sig Corps meets. Burke jaf F Inf.,. who defeated Lindeman of D Civ., for the 179 pound title. . In the 169 P"u: d > < : i of D Cav. winner ev«r Petterson of E FA.-meets Byrd of A CA who defeated Perkity of F Eng. Howard of B F^A. defeated So Relle of 2nd Hq. F.|A. and will -face Taylor of E FA. who defeated Cline of C Cav. teifte 156 class. Vivan of B Cav,: who defeated Gunn of C Inf. medto Devine of E Inf., who defeated :H*ydon of F Inf. after losing tb. first round but with ha*d fighting in the sec ond and third ruunfs Regained the lead in the 149 pnul Bowder of G 1 Spode of B CAJ 1S9 pqpnd title H Inf., winner o Cav. . Class. Winner over for the Schutte of Morgan of D 1H , Newton of E F.A. after defeating Campbell of B Cav meets Richard son of A Cav, winner over Ando of B C.W.S. Nelms and Slifaatra, both fate boxen of 2nd Hq. 1 r A, will battle for the 119 pound tn!>< Nelms de feated Watson of t FA. in the second round and Sfebara eras win ner over Giles of Q Inf. t 1 I Spring Is , >?•> ft W. 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