Lefty Moon Breaks Leg in Practice Tilt;
Is Big Blow to Team and The Slugger
Lefty Moon, hard-hitting first
baseman and outfielder, broke his
leg in a practice game just as he
had about won a first string berth.
Moon’s team was trailing as he
took off from second base and he
rounded third and tore for home
with the winning tally. He hit the
dirt and a cleat grabbed the clay
and held. Jack Doran was catching
and said he heard the bones when
they snapped. Moon fell across the
plate with the winning run, but it
was a costly one.
Lefty was just coming into his
own when the accident happened.
As it is, the team will be hurt a
lot and the lad will lay in the hos
pital for over a month.
The boy is all right. When the
doctor set the double fracture he
just gritted his teeth and endured
the pain without a whimper. He
will be back next spring and he
will be in the starting nine.
Charlie DeWare to Have Charge of Part
Of Baseball Team When New Diamond Built
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Charlie DeWare, freshman base
ball coach last spring, will be giv
en the reins of the B team in a
few days when the intramural de
partment finishes speedball and a
new diamond can be built. DeWare
is one of the most ambitious young
coaches we have seen in recent
years. He has been a real student
of the games and should be a real
aid to the boys who are below
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the traveling squad.
Under this setup the boys will
get much more playing experience
and much valuable coaching.
The Pistol Team whipped out
and beat Purdue 1383 to 1369 and
at the same time beat Colorado
State College which scored 1364.
Purdue beat the Cadets last year,
being the only college to do so.
Purdue was kept from being na
tional champs by losing to two
colleges which the Aggies had bea
ten.
Captain Bob Shiels, the leading
point-maker last year, is now a
substitute. He has constantly been
a low shooter this year and has
been demoted. When he learned
that he had been dropped down
the ladder, he went out on the
range and shot a 286, about as high
a score as has been made this
year.
C. A. and W. E. Lewis, broth
ers, are putting on the duel for
high-point man each week. One
week it is one and the next it
is the other.
Purdue’s freshmen trimmed the
Cadet Fish 1278 to 1207 and the
Colorado Slimes beat them 1296 to
1207.
Lefty Bumpers, Charlie Steven
son, Roy Peden, Sam Bass and
Ralph Lindsey look to be much
improved pitchers this season. The
Cadets play Beaumont at Beau
mont Friday and Saturday and
play Randolph Field in San An
tonio Monday and Tuesday.
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TRACK MEET IS TOMORROW
Aggies Third
In S. 11. Track
Meet Saturday
BATTALION
Aggie Polo Squad
Is One Team Sure
Of Southwest Flag
Pistol Team Is
Apparently Headed
For Second Title
Cinders on the Kyle Field track
will get a workout Wednesday
afternoon during the Quadrangle
Track Meet, when teams from Abi
lene Christian College, Sam Hous
ton State Teachers College, South
west State Teachers College, and
A. & M. compete. Southwest
State Teachers were the winners
of the Border Olympics at Laredo
and are strong contenders for top
honors.
To the Southwestern Exposition
Track and Field Meet in Fort
Worth Saturday afternoon came
an entry from Oklahoma A. & M.
to set a new high jump record for
the meet. Don Boyston eased over
the six foot, four inch mark to
capture first place in the event and
then called for two more inches.
He topped the bar with the same
agility as was shown at the pre
vious height. After clearing the
six foot eight and three-quarter
inch record-breaking jump he tried
three at six feet ten inches. The
first two attempts were missed and
the last one was brushed off with
an elbow.
Gatewood, running for the Long
horns, set a new record in the
220 yd. low hurdles with a time
of 23.8 seconds. Ed Dreiss of
the Aggies took second in this
event with R. Bucek, his team
mate, running third.
The meet title went to the Uni
versity of Texas with 57% points.
Oklahoma A. & M. took second
with 30 and Texas A. & M. third
with 28 3/4.
Aggies winning places in the
meet included Dreiss and R. Bucek,
third and fourth in the 120 high
hurdles; McLean, fourth in the
440 yd. run; Henderson, second
in the 880 yd. run; Conatser and
Finley tied with Creasey of Baylor
for fourth in the high jump;
Conatser and Cecil, fourth and
fifth in the broad jump; Thomason,
fourth in the shot put; Henry,
third in the discus throw; Smith,
second in the javelin throw, and
the relay team won fourth.
INTRAMURAL
HIGHLIGHTS
HUB JOHNSON
Baseball, “America’s greatest
game,” caused the various intra
mural games to give way and call
time for the Aggie-Randolph' tilt.
Nevertheless, boxing Friday night
continued in the same old manner
and yesterday softball made its
first official apeparance on the
campus in nine games.
In some of the various bouts . . .
Scrappy Soto of B Cavalry took
a forfeit from Meeker on 3rd Hq.
Field . . . Lowry, last year’s 129
spark of A Field, defeated Wolfe
of C Chem Warfare in a 139
classic . . . Long-armed and lanky
as they come, Sleeper of 2nd Com
bat Train Field handed Streigler
of M Infanry a loss . . . Ramage
of K Infanry rammed his way over
Fitch of C Field . . . ‘Fish’ Young
of the 2nd Combat Train Field
turned back Kemplin of C Chem
Warfare . . . Spoede of H Coast
defeated DeFee of C Field . . .
and in Class B Taylor of 3rd Hq.
Field defeated Sims of 3rd Com
bat Field . . . ’Fish* Ferrell of
the Artillery Band claimed a win
over Barnes of G Infantry . . .
Thursday night Jensen of 1st Hq.
Field defeated Rickard of G In
fantry . . . Jacobs of E Coast and
champ of the 159 class started on
his road to the top again by win
ning over Bell of the Artillery
Band . . . Cantini, manager of 3rd
Combat Field, won over Lapham
of Hq. Cavalry.
Swimming will soon be rolling
around for the Class A bracket
so now is the time to prepare. And
while on swimming, the freshman
stars of the Class B swim meet
last fall who are now on the fish
team showed up pretty well as
they carried off second place in
the school class at Fort Worth this
past week.
A Harvard University Scientist
has announced the development of
a new electron furnace capable of
heating metals to 4,500 degrees
Fahrenheit.
In the first 50 years of its ex
istence, the State College of Wash
ington granted a total of 10,099
degrees.
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1940.
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Aggie Batsmen Hand Randolph Flyers
Second Defeat Here Saturday, 13 to 3
With the Aggie players clouting
eight doubles, a homer and four
singles, the Randolph Flyers lost
their second game to the cadets
here Saturday afternoon by a score
of 13 to 3.
Lefty Bumpers started on the
hill for the cadets and pitched five
innings, in which he gave up seven
hits and three runs. In addition to
his good pitching he hammered out
two doubles and a single in three
trips to the plate.
Charlie Stevenson hurled the
last four frames and gave up on
ly two hits while he also singled
and drove in two runs.
The game was nip and tuck dur
ing the first four and a half
■f-frames with the score being tied
at three all. In the last of the
fifth the Aggies sent 10 men to
bat as they blasted Crostwaite from
the mound with an attack that
produced five runs.
Jack Lindsey rattled the planks
on the fence for three doubles in
five trips to the plate. John Scog
gins hit three for four.
Joe Rothe replaced Red Ballow
in the eighth and in his one time
at bat, found the range and drove
the ball over the left field fence
to score Henderson, who had
singled, ahead of him.
The Aggies will go to San An
tonio where they will play Ran
dolph two more games Monday
and Tuesday of next week.
Aggie Varsity Wins First Annual
Southwest Fat Stock Show Swim Meet
Aggie swimmers added another
win to their record this past week
end as they totaled up 43 points
to win the Southwest Fat Stock
Show Meet at Fort Worth.
This was the first time a swim
ming meet had ever been held in
connection with the show but it is
planned to make it an annual af
fair along with the track meet.
The freshmen in the prep school
class claimed second place, giving
way to the strong Yearling team
from Texas University.
University Division
Team Points—won by Texas A.
& M., 43; second, University of
Texas, 10; third, T. C. U., 8;
fourth, Baylor, 5.
100-yard backstroke — Tarleton
Texas; Johnson, A. & M.; Con
way, A. & M.; Robertson, Baylor.
100-yd. free style—Hensley, A.
& M.; Couch, A. & Mi; Shotts,
Baylor.
100-yd. breast—Tarleton, Texas;
Hoffitcher, Dallas Athletic Club;
Ponthieux, A. & M.;
220-yd. free style—Johnson (A.
& M.; Ponthieux A. & M.; Budding-
ton, S. M. U.
60-yard free style—Hensley A.
& M.; Couch, A. & M.; Conway, A.
& M.
160-yd. free style relay—Texas
A. & M. only entry.
Diving—Fry, T. C. U.; Byrnes,
T. C. U.; Bennett, S. M. U.
Prep School Division
Team points—won by University
of Texas, 29; Texas A. & M., 18;
New Mexico Military Institute, 17.
100-yd. back—Wade, Texas;
Saxton, Okla. Military Academy;
Truman, Texas.
160-yd. free style relay—Texas,
New Mexico Military Institute,
Texas A. & M., Oklahoma Military
Academy.
100-yd. free style—Sinclair, Dal
las Athletic Club; Taylor, A. & M.;
Rogers, A. & M.
220-yd. free style—Taylor, A. &
M.; Sinclair, Dallas Athletic Club.
100-yd. breast stroke—Tarleton,
Texas; Hynds, Texas; Reiner, A.
& M.
40-yd. free style—Sinclair, Dal
las Athletic Club; Boroiviak, Tex
as; Harlocker, New Mexico Military
Institute.
Diving—Young, Baylor; Worrell,
Austin; Davis, New Mexico Mil
tary Institute.
A. & M. teams were composed of
the following:
College & University Class
N. A. Pontheiux, P. A. Kirk, H.
S. Hensley, J. P. Couch, E. C.
Johnson, E. W. Conway.
Prep School Class (Freshmen)
R. H. Taylor, I. D. McKey, J.
W. Rogers, T. A. Reiner, E. C.
Hedges, W. F. Goodman.
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The Texas Aggies have one sports
team which is sure of a Southwest
Conference championship every
year and that is their polo team,
for Texas A. & M. is the only
school in the conference which has
recognized the sport as official
and permits its team to appear as
representatives of the college.
The University of Texas has sev
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during the year different teams
made up of students from the
University play the Aggies as
All-Stars, the name of a riding
stable, or just Austin or Texas Col
legians, but never as a Longhorn
entry.
This year Aggie polo prospects,
and results, to date have been the
best in the history of the sport
since it became official at the
school. Major E. M. Burnett, Ca
valry, U.S.A., took over the coach
ing reins this season and has de
veloped the team wonderfully in
the short time he has had charge.
It has won the majority of its
games and split even with Univer
sity of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Mili
tary Academy and New Mexico
Military Academy, three of the top
intercollegiate fours in the nation.
The schedule for the remainder
of the school year will see the Ag
gies play as follows: March 21—
Oklahoma University at Oklahoma
City; March 22-23—Oklahoma Mil
itary Academy at Claremore, Okla.;
April 14—Austin Collegians at
College Station; May 3—New Mex
ico Military Academy at College
Station; and May 4—Lamesa Polo
Club at College Station.
Aggie’s Travel Club
Promotes Highwaying
From the Houston Chronicle
Keyes Carson, 23-year-old junior
student at Texas A. & M. and foun
der of the National College-Uni
versity Travel (by the thumb)
Club, was in Houston Saturday.
Club members use flasher type
signs on their suitcases, designed
by Carson, denoting their college.
Another flasher sign held in the
other hand shows the collegian’s
destination. The hitchhiker hands
the driver a ‘thank you” which
also releases the driver from any
liability.
The front of a booklet carried by
the collegian shows his picture.
His college maintenance slip is at
tached, stamped with the college
seal.
The club now has chapters at ten
Texas colleges, Louisiana State
University, the University of Flor
ida and has members at other
colleges.
French opera was first sung in
Baltimore in the year 1791.
Apparently headed for their sec
ond consecutive national champion
ship the Aggie pistol team came
through matches with Cornell Uni
versity, Ithaca, N. Y., and Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology
(M.I.T.), Cambridge, Mass., lately
and still undefeated in collegiate
circles.
The team fired a total of 1381
to Cornell’s 1301 and a 1403 to
M.I.T’s 1349, both Aggie scores
being classed as very good for
college pistol shooting.
Against Cornell C. A. Lewis and
Louis Kennemer tied for high gun
with a total of 279, just nosing
out W. E. Lewis Jr., who had a
278. Eugene Shiels shot a 275 and
Capt. Bob Shiels hit the target
for 270. The high gun for Cor
nell was a 266 by Jim W. Stocker.
The Aggies were far better
against M.I.T. and W. E. Lewis
Jr., with a 285, took top honors.
His brother, C. A., was two points
lower at 283; Bob Shiels and Bill
Becker tied at 279 and Kennemer
got 277 for the very good score
of 1403.
Not to be outdone, the Aggie
freshman team defeated the M.I.
T. freshmen 808 to 757 in a ten-
round shoot of slow fire.
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