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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1939)
ojBHBHB KYLE FIELD ‘ BY E. c “JEEP- OATES Ibttalioa Sports Editor Afgis inUrest was turasd tow ard Houston when Jos Routt made his debut as a professional W*. r Tue * d *T nifht Jos won the match in just under two minutes of the first round. There have been all Kinds of remarks made about the match by different Ones who saw it There were many cheers and a few boos when the match was pear, , - ' • j. • To our refret soate of the hot- in* fans say that Joe will not fo far in boxinf if he does not im prove a lot The Affie golf team is getting in shape for the conference match es at Houston next *eek. The con ference teams will h*re a two-day session Thursday sod Friday at the Braehurn eouraa TUce and Tex as will give most of the competi tiun. There was aa error shout the piste! team bsmjuet ea this page last week. This banquet Is to be fives by Dr. George • Summey in honor of the pistol team. By the way. Dr. Bam me y is one of the best pi-toi shots Rice Wins ' xH *> -1 I ,v k 1 . iv j I Conference Ed Dreiss Frightens Wolcott in 220 Hurdles Fhh ;\ in With three fifst places to his credit. Prod Wolcott led lis Rke Owls to 69 Vfc points while Texas scoring 69 1/9 and the Texas Aggies were garnering SI 1/S. This Rice victory in the “little confer ence" meet establishes them as the fsvoritee to conquer the confer ee for the title here next weak. Besting tbe star Texas runner, Boyce Gatewood, in the 100 dash, and both hurdles, Wolcott scored 16 >4 points for high honors. , Gilliam Graham, who had boon counted oa by Texas to win the javeUa toss, eras unable to com pete because of an arm injury. In the freshman division, the Texas Yearlings finished first with 85 points, the Aggie Fish second with 45, and the Owletts tapM with 19. Wolcott's roommate, Joe Blagg, ran an almost dead heat with the -flying Dutchman” in the century dash. Oscil was foarth in a 9.9 dash. Ed Dreiss of the Aggies ran sec ond to Wolcott in the 220 hurdles sic Vjf WV Rice won nine out of the 10 track events. Claude Strother of the Ag gies took the two-mile canter in 10:19.2. One of the highlights for the Ag gies was the javelin toesing of their -big throe” Marshall Rob- nett, Henry Potthast and Jude Smith. All of these lads tossed the pole better than 190 feet Ed Dreiss gave Fred Wolcott e of the biggest scares of his life in the 220 hurdles. Dreiss was lees than a step behind at the fin ish. TUANGl LAB MBIT St'MMABIKS VARSITY EVENTS 44*-r«Ml SmS ■■■>«. Rta*; Turn*,, BIm; Moot. A. A M.; BsrfWU. Tens. Hum, 4SJ mms*. loo-rmH m* Wokoti. BIm; BIms. a*e»; AlfhfaM. Tasas; Cecil. A a H. «HMk §M : I H ntw run a*ll. Rice: Qsrrctt. Tom; w A. a M-; lesuk. Tessa. Tkue Battalion Sports COLLEGE STATION MAY S, 1939 PAGE 3 Gass ‘A’ Intramurals in Last Stretch; Flag Race Mayibe “Dead Heat” Inn Hooa. «:«.». ia this Reck ef the weeks. The banquet will be held May 10, st which time the Wttenaes of the Less* wil he aaaoaRced. -Banm” Smith has been doing *om»- great catching for the Aggie Fish baseball team this season. He ban caught Stevenson’s strike-out slants and has also bees rapping the ball at the plate. In Wednesday's tilt with tbe Bay lor Cuba, u Bama n almost fainted when a ball came across the plate for a called strike. Tbe ball was cutting up so much that “Bama" took a look st the ball when he One sure thing In these days Of uncertainty Is the way yomW Men like Mansfields. Another: You will too. n* sTo. ¥ wimbeSlFF w; CLOChlERS US-yUH Ust bmSm Wotoott. Si Gatewood, Tasaa; Diafa. ASM.; Pork. Tmss. TtBM. |At. MS Said raa—BoU, Ska; Kart. Tosai; Maaw. ASM: Ftawlar, Rio*. Tha*. 1 SM-raH dash - Blast. Bko; Joaoa, tk»; Msrtli. Trial; Caell, A SM. Ttmo. SLI. Serial Nlajr—Rkr (Blast. Moorr. Saa- drra. Wolcott); Trias. TWr, 41.1. Two adlr ran StroUrr. ASM.: Oduai. Tasaa ; Edaiaw**,. Tasaa; IWawsaa. Tra ss Tte*. 10 1 LX. m-vatd Ww kordlta—Walcott, Bier: DrrlM. A. S Aadanaa. Bin; Pack. Traa. TUaa. SSA Cisaili, Star; Thwarra. ASM.! HifUuis. mm; Biaaaa. Tasaa. Dlttaar*. 44 fart S Inrkca. DUaua—Buttes. Tasaa; Brte—Irr. A B M.; PadMoa. ABM.; Eruaai. Trxaa. Dtrtaaaa, 1SS fort T tertM Braed »— AUBMlu. 'Tosai; BrtU, taa. Birr: Brat. Trsar; OtaU. ASM. PMlaseu t| fart S krthm. H.th June Datidsaa. TrsSa: Caaal* Mr. ASM., aad Bow*. T*um. tM f«t DrrtM. A. B M.. fourtk H*Wh| BY HI B JOHNSON 4 CIsm A intrsmurslt entered the "last go-round" this week as the softball play-off began. Tbe first game of the final series ended with G Infantry holding the top side of an 8-6 score over the ArtiDary Band. Bill Nash wad die winning pitcher and also accounted for two runs for his team. Last week’s three-way tie in League A was decided in a play-off that declared A Engineers the rep resentatives. The Engineers won the decision by a T-4 win over C Field Artillery. The Artillery boys had eliminated the third team, C Cavalry, in a previous game. Two games are scheduled fer todsy and the remainder will be played the first pert of next week. « f*m i I 1 M i If) *uuh -Bryua, Timas; Pwtvumsl Rice*, und OtiMilior, TVrjsb, tied (or wwoitd ••S MM; bBuusik. Tisss. fourtk. Hcicht, It fort. J>»rtte Rikintt. A BM.; 1 A B li; IMMA ABM.; ABsk. Toad IXUssis. IK fort I luctes. MU* r*Uor—BIm (Parte*. BrsnBo<\ Tuiwsy, SosAm); Tssss. Tkw*. S:1B1. T Pteat Souls -Biss. ; T*sas U.. It A. B M.. 41 1A NOW- PAY LATER Small Deposit SAM KAPLAN Bryan At this Iste sUge of the season, a tie for the Class A championship is visible. 1 Hq Field Artillery now stands on the records with 06 points and A Field Artillery has 690 points. If A Battery, wins its first game in the softball play-off. 15 points will be added to the books and throw,the two batteries into a tie. In the event that Battery A wins the softball title, it' will be declared the Class A champions by a narrow margin ef five points. had it in his hands. He muttered, -no wonder”, when he saw it and umpire McNeely grabbed the When the ball was tossed out of game, it was noticed that there a big cut in the dover. A few utes before, the ball had hit edge of a drain and been cut Stevenson said that no one wotd< ever hit the ball if they would |e him throw that kind of a pill. M ' . _ , The conference track meet wfM be held here Friday aai • Saturday next week. There will be aa admiseioa charge of S>0f and 26c. AU student* will be admitted for 25f. It is a corn fereace rale that these meets are to be charged fer; so cou pon books will net be honored. Seam of the beet track ami field athletes ia the country are expected to he at this meet. “Muttering" Karow and his base- ballera will have T. C. U. here next Wednesday. T. C. U. will be their last opponent until they start their four game siege with Texas May 15. The Cadets will play Texas two conference games on the 16th and 16th and then will play them two games in Brenham on the 17th and 18th. I Tl j - V Two Beautiful Homes ARE NOW COMPLETED AND ARE OPEN FOR INSPECTION jin The Section of This Community In Which You Would Like To Live E Field Artillery is scheduled to meet G Infantry to decide another entry into the play-off matches in the Class B tennis tournament. Tbe winner of this match will meet'B Infantry in one of the quarter-final matches. Other teams and their op ponents in the final ran of the matches are B Field Artillery against D Cavalry, 0 Cbast Artil lery opposing C Field Artillery, and 2 Hq Field Artillery facing C Cavalry. PISTOL CHAUPS LEAVE FOR NATCH The pistol t< an which is alroady *ure of at least a tie for the inter collegiate championship, will journ ey to Hous’c tomorrow where it will meet some of the best teams in the state at the Bayou Rifles’ invitation meet Two kinds of matches will be fir ed at the range, which is located near the Southern Pacific railroad station in the Bayou City. In the slow fire matches the men will fire in teams of two men each. C. A. Lewis and L. C. Ketmemer will be the Aggiee’ hopes in this part of the fray. Both men fired 199 out of a possible 200 on their home nge in practice. In the match under police rules, in which the teams fire ten rounds each at slow, timed and rapid fire, the Cadets will enter their regular team that has carried them to the top college circles. Captain Phil Enalow, coach of the team, has announced that he will carry the following to the ches: Bob and Gene Shields, L. C. Kenn^ner, C. A- Lewis, W. A. Becker, J. T. Ashford and J. M. Singleton. Tbe water polo Class B cham pion* might crime from just about any organization on the calendar as (fm teams are reviving from the heavy strain of the fast moving and tiring games. Batteries B of the Coast Artillery and E Field Artillery art definitely ia line for top place or tie for Urn top in League A and B respocthfely. Both have four wins and have yet one game to play. All other teams in their leagues have lost at least one game. The top teams in other L gues include C Infantry with three wins and no losses, A Field Artil lery with the same record as C Infantry, B Chemical Warfare tied with E Infantry with two wins and oae lots, and D Cavalry tied with B Infantry each with one loss. The play-off in the freshmen softball league will begin the first of next week with Regimental Headquarters Field Artillery aad A Chemical Warfare Service play ing the first of the series. The win ner of this game will play 0 In fantry for chance at the title. A Coast Artillery will meet B Field Artillery In a quarter final game. Winner of this contest will face F Engineers to decide the op- poser for the winner of the upper hrailMlJ.' l ’j 7 Rooms — 2 Tilt Baths I, ’ < ► 5 Rooms — Fireplace 1 Large Let ri| i Garage Attacked j, 502 Walton 237 Milner V. H. A. Financed F. H. A. Financed College Ms Estates COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS PHONE COLLEGE 411 L tt Rifle Team Gets Ranking: With Top Teams of Country With a rating in the top half °f crack rifle teams of the country, the A. A M. rifle squad celebrated the dose of the season with Ha annual banquet last night. The .team has fired in some 80 intercollegiate matches this season and has carried off 20 first places. These matches were held between A. A M. and some of the most outstanding teams of the United States, fifteen of these rating as top teams in both varsity and mili tary competition. In the Hearst Trophy Match which ia open to all military schools in the Eighth Corps Area, made up of Texas, New Mexioo, Arixona, Oklahoma, and Colorado, the Ag gie team captured second place, with New Mexico Military Insti tute taking first. The score was one thst would appear ia no other place than a story. The "prairie” team one point higher than the Ag- The New Mexico team scored 921 ioiats, out of a possible 1,000, to the Aggies’ 920. engineer section of the has entered the rifle con test held by the Society of Ameri- cha . Military Engineers, but the outcome has not yet been de- Their score was recorded oufti of B possible 4,000, which is a higher mark than was set by the winner of last year’s —< Winning third place in the pre- limhuur match for the National Intercollegiate Most, the Aggie team placed second in competition FISH WIH 9 TO 1; OVERBRIM CUBS Although the Aggie Fish were out hit seven to su they took full advantage of ever* break aad con verted breaks, stjategy aad hit* into nine runs to trim the Baylor Cube 9 to 1 here Wednesday after noon. Charlie Stevenson eras on the hill for the Aggie* and struck out eight of the Baylor freshmen. He retired the sfcf in the first in ning on Duncans pitchdf for the Cubs and was effective, until the fourth inning when the (ish scored three rum without y. tting a hit In the seventh the Fudfi got to hitting and ran up W tallies. In the eighth they add' d two more runs to completo the Rearing for the day Baylor got theif only run in the third fraami . ' j < The Aggies w lorried the Cub catcher all af tern Mm, stealing eight bases off him. TNs C ub* were able to pilfer only one^saek off "Bams Smith, the star j Hsh catcher, who was also the lei King Fish hitter wit!h-a double ar^ a single to his credit. Allen was the CMf. noise in the Cub attack. He doubled his first two times up ajid later added a single. / ■ The Cubs wei r hurt by eight errors, while th j Fish held their miscues to three.:; Stevenson had Jots of stuff on the ball and some^sf the Cubs look ed foolish when t|p> ump called the third strike on n*ny of thorn. Dun can hit three Rsh with pitched tmlls. Eight Cub twirier. Tennis Team To End Season In Houston Meet ' The Aggie Tennis team will of ficially wind up its season oa May 1142-18 at th* Southwktt Con ference Tennis Tournament ia Houston. This team of Mitchell, I)«nton. Given, Adams and Camp bell, with Coach Manning Smith, will make the trip. All schools ia the Sbuthwert Conference will enter ment. Guernsey, of top-seeded net man favorite to take th* This year's tennis team emerg- i from the past season with three wins, three ties, and four losses. All the men who played this year will return next year, this will give A. A M. a seasoned squad of veterans and prospect* for one of the best teams in many yflBis. .b. I- Kur. U, -L Frogs’And Aggies Meet on Golf Course In Dual Mitch Today Hie Aggie ani T. C. U. Horn- frog golf tearngi hit the course early tins morning in the final inter-team matcl( before the con ference meet. j • The contc-t • -day will give both teams a bit of liMbering-up for the Southweat Conference Meet to be held in HoustoM next Thursday and Friday. The Jneet will be held on the Braebuns; Course^ * at 8:30 ThursdaR morning. Hie A. .V M. tifrm on the-course today, aa4 ent^kag .next week's meet, is compos.Nj of Bill Livings ton, Jack Gourlty, Tommy ards, Henry Hauslr, and "Pi Paggi, 1 In Mi m 1LJI -vi* 1 ( i .1 Attention Students May We Take Your Measure Now For JUNIOR UNIFORMS Make a small deposit now or send to us during the summer. Guaranteed work manship and materials and a 20% sav ing assured. J.C PENNEY CO -AGGIE ECONOMY CENTRE" • few Mb'' Rich- ■"? f | L ’ It ' NUDE NOGGlt: LiLst money making freak Stunt to supplement the gold fish snd phonograph rec ord esting contests of coll.-gums comes from Ohio-State. Last week Ernest R. HennsrbHum. a sopho more, had his hsiA clipped off neat, ly and smoothly |or a |8 bill do nated by his tBu Epsilon Phi, brethren if he’d go through with the dare. Hair t«Mk manufactur will prosper as never before if this idea goes the w*f of th* gold fish gulping contests.' |TwmA| five pec cent of the Holy Croee College student body srt studying Greek ia the originsl Th* first degree-grBatiag, pool graduate school in the U. 8. de- voted entirely to insursnee train ing has been founded ja Hartford, Conn. in the Eighth Corps ktm, once again falling behind th* New Mex ico Inattm* *>1 » narrow margin. Of the 14 members of Urn team, seven have qualified for letters by firing in 76 per cent of the matches ia which th. > are eligible and hold ing a year's average of 164 of a poaaibl* 400. Tha#* lettermen in clude team captain R. L Miller; A. S. Mitchell, It B. Hodgee, C.J. Weimer, Bert Burns, C. A. Lewis, and W. f. Guy, 1 , , \ SAI-Mi aVSXKaVVKLY HaVLL M-64TS BIG MELODY AND FRIDAY; MAY 5 4:45 P. 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