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Aggies Take Lead With Two Wins Over Rice OPEN SEASON WITH DOUBLE- HEADER VICTORY Stephenson and Peden Get Credit For Games By “Jeep” Oates The Aggies opened their con ference baseball season here Sat urday, after being rained out the day before, and took the conference lead with a brace of victories over Rice Institute, the scores being 10 to 5 and 5 to 3. The first tilt was tied up at 2-all when the Aggies came to bat in the sixth, but when thirteen of them finished batting they had scored eight runs to take a 10 to 2 lead. Rice added on in the seventh and two in the eighth to complete the scoring. Charlie Stevenson, soph omore twirler, went the route for the Cadets, allowing twelve hits and five runs while whiffing seven. Howard Hiegel was the losing hurler. Wood and Palmer of the Owls, and Ballow and Stone of the Ag gies did the heavy hitting with doubles. Rice started sophomore Ben Vogt on the hill in the second tilt and he gave up seven hits and five runs in four and two-thirds innings. The Owls led 3 to 2 when the cadets came up for their tries in the fifth. With two men down, Jack Lindsey made second base when J. P. Wood, Owl centerfielder who had been hit on the head with a batted ball, juggled and dropped the ball. Bob Stone hit one to short and Lindsey scored when Palmer let the ball get away from him. Johnnie Rice then rattled the boards with a double and Stone scored with the winning run. Alsobrook singled to score Rice with the final tally of the game. Roy Peden was credited with the win when he replaced Sam Bass on the hill and pitched to one man. The bases were drunk after Bass had walked two men after Palm er’s double. Peden struck out Shap- ley on four pitched balls and then retired from the game with the win. First game: A. & M. (10) ab r h po a e Ballow, ss ....4 1 2 0 6 0 J. Lindsey, 2b ...5 2 1 2 0 0 Stone, 3b ....5 1 2 4 0 0 Scoggins, If ....4 0 0 0 0 0 Rice, If ....1 0 1 0 0 0 Alsobrook, cf . ....4 . 1 1 3 0 0 Cooper, rf ....3 2 1 3 0 0 Jeffrey, lb ....3 1 1 9 0 0 Doran, c ....4 1 0 6 3 0 Stevenson, p ....4 1 2 0 3 1 Totals ..37 10 11 27 14 1 RICE (5) ab r h po a e Kaiser, lb ....5 0 1 9 1 1 Palmer, ss ...5 0- 2 0 0 1 Carswell, 3b ... ....5 0 1 2 4 0 Wood, cf ....5 1 2 2 0 0 Brumley, rf ....5 1 1 3 0 1 Selman, If ....3 1 1 4 0 0 Shapley, 2b ....2 1 1 2 0 1 Gerland, c ....4 1 1 2 0 0 Hiegel, p ....4 0 2 0 3 2 Totals ..38 5 12 24 8 6 A. & M 000 ! 118 OOx— -10 Rice 000 002 120— 5 Runs batted in: Palmer, Hiegel, Jeffrey, Stevenson, J. Lindsey, Stone (2). Two-base hits: Wood, Palmer, Stone, Ballow. Stolen bas es: Kaiser, Wood (2), Selman, Cooper, Alsobrook, Stone. Sacri fices; Shapley, Jeffrey. Left on bases: A. & M. 8, Rice 9. Base on balls: off Hiegel, 3; off Stevenson, 2. Struck out: by Hiegel, 2; by Stevenson, 7. Hit by pitcher: by Stevenson (Selman). Balk: Hiegel, Stevenson. Umpires: Etie and To lar. Time, 2:14. Second game: Rice 002 101 0—3 A. & M 001 130 x—5 GREATER PALACE 1 Wed. - Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. DARRYL F. ZANUCK S production amunm with HENRY FONDA and Jane Darwell • John Carradine Charley Grapewin • Doris Bowdon • Russell Simpson 0. Z. Whitehead • John Qualen • Eddie Quillan Zeffie Tilbury • Directed by JOHN FORD I 1 Preview 11 P.M. Sat. Night Jean Arthur — Fred MacMurray —in— “TOO MANY HUSBANDS” Shown Sun. - Mon. - Tues. Spun Rayon Gabardine! Men’s SPORT SETS $4.98 Here’s an outfit styled to be seen and admired! Here’s an outfit styled to be seen and admired! Bright summery colors with plenty of spirit! Free-and-easy cut with a spruced up air—no tice the smart drape lines, the pleated slacks, the open collar, the short sleeves and the pleated pockets! And in the most com fortable fabric you’ve ever seen or worn— spun rayon gabardine! It brings you all the release from oppressive weight, all the cool porousness you could want! Others $1.98 to $7.90 “Aggie Economy Center” J. C. PENNEY CO. Bryan, Texas INTRAMURAL BOXING TITLES AWARDED BOTH CLASSES' WON BY FIELD ARTILLERYMEN E Field and Third Hq Are Organization Winners Championships were won and lost in the flurry of flying gloves at DeWare Field House Saturday night before an estimated crowd of two thousand, when the Intra mural boxing finals held the spot light. All of the fights in the same weights were run consecutive- ly, giving the spectators a vivid comparison between the Class A and Class B contestants. Of the sixteen matches held, eight were Class A arid eight were Class B. Fireworks started with the 119 pound Class B combat. In this event, Frog Grigsby, Third Head quarters Field Artillery won the decision over N. P. Cain, Head quarters Signal Corps. These two men automatically went to the finals when their entries proved to be the only ones in that class and weight. * Class A of the same weight followed with gum-chewing Warren Pendleton, A Engineers, taking a hard-won fight from Jack Golden, 1st Headquarters Field Artillery. In the 129 pound Class B, the title was won by Charles Goebel, A Coast Artillery, in three fast- moving rounds with Howard High tower, C Field Artillery. Jimmy Cokinos took the Class A crown by defeating Robert Smith, B Chemical Warfare. J. T. Chapman claimed the 139 pound Class B title by winning over Link, G Coast Artillery. Paul Lowery, A Field Artillery, lost his Class A championship crown to Bryant Newton, E Field Artil lery, in three rounds that were crowned with action. The 149 pound class gave harder- punching when Jimmy Davis, First Corps Headquarters, defend ed his Class championship suc cessfully against Bill Bownds, D Cavalry. In the Class B match Jack Miller, 1st Combat Train Field Artillery, won over Joe Tay lor, K Infantry. Martin Howard, 2nd Combat Train Field Artillery, abandoned his 149 Class B crown in favor of the 159 Class A title by defeating BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940 PAGE 3 Fencing, Boxing, Water Polo, Pistol, Rifle, Twimming Teams All Will Take Part in First Minor Sports Festival INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS By HUB JOHNSON The boxing came off O.K. and a lot of congratulations are in line for Dodson and Reed, the two ref erees for the bouts, and Wesson, Castleberry, Baggett and others who judged the same. With a good number of the games postponed Friday first due to the opening of the Aggies sched ule in Southwest Conference base ball and later due to rain, there yet remain a few to be told of. In the age-old game of horse shoes H Coast beat out D Engi neers 2 to 1. D Field Artillery defeated the Infantry Band with the same score . . . and C Infan try forfeited to G Coast Artillery. Speedball, the fast and rough game, F Enginers tried again to reclaim their place and beat out M Infantry 16 to 0 ... C Coast Artillery beat the Artillery Band 3 to 2 . . . 1st Combat Train Field defeated A Coast 12 to 3 . . » and Machine Gun Cavalry forfeited to C Engineers. All eyes will watch closely as- the ancient rivals of the South west Conference, Texas A. & M- and Texas University battle it out Saturday with sabers and fists both. As a feature of the first Minor Sports Festival, the Fencing Team has invited three teams to compete, one of which is the Uni versity team, and the Boxing Club has taken as its opponents the sluggers from the University. Southern Methodist and the Moody Club of Galveston are the othter teams asked to compete in the fencing matches. Against the champion pistol team will be the state troopers. This is one of the finest teams in this section of the country and has appeared here many times. With the Southwest Conference Swimming Meet scheduled here for Friday and Saturday nights the John Lippard, D Cavalry. Class B title went to Billy Taylor, 3rd Headquarters Field Artillery after three fast rounds with Mike Coki nos, A Field Artillery. Charles Taylor, E Field Artil lery, runner-up for the 159 pound Class B last year, added a little weight and defeated Edwin Hernan to take the medal for the 169 Class A match. For the Class B title, J. W. Reese, A Cavalry, took the decision over R. R. Cowan, B C.W.S. Going into the heavier weights, the 179 pound Class A medal went to W. G. Smith, B Field Artillery, when he defeated J. R. (Bubba) Reeves, E Field Artillery. Elton Mayer, M Infantry, traded blows with C. Caldwell, C Cavalry, to annex the Class B crown for this weight. , The Class A heavyweight title went to Leonard Joeris, K Infan try, who held the championship of Class B from last year when he won the decision from John Car- son, A CWS. In the Class B division of the heavies, E. B. Sturcken, L Infantry, won over F. Moorhouse of B Cavalry. After the final blow had been landed and the scores totaled, E Field Artillery came out with Class A top honors, second place went to D Cavalry, third to K Infan try, and 1st Headquarters Field Artillery, tied for fourth with 1st Combat Train Field Artillery. In the Class B placings, 3rd Head quarters Field Artillery won first, C Field Artillery second, A Cavalry third, and a four-way tie between L Infanry, M. Infantry, 1st Com bat Train Field Artillery, and A Coast Artillery for fourth. weekend promises to be one of the greatest in the furthering of minor sports at A. & M. The water polo team, rather than to risk its good record, plans to have an enter-squad game. The seniors who are competing for the last time this year for the school will play a team composed of ex water polo players yet at school. Holding a different type of in terest will be the matches between the Texas State College for Women and the Aggies’ rifle teams. This will be the first time the Aggies have ever competed against women and will also be the first time the rifle team has ever fired shoulder to shoulder with one of its oppon ents. Nine Varsity, 11 Freshmen Awarded Basketball Letters Nine varsity letters and 11 fresh men numerals were awarded to members of the varsity and fresh man basketball teams at a meet ing of the Texas A. & M. Athletic Council this week. Varsity awards went to Captain Durward Varner, Bill Henderson, J. T. Lang, Jude Smith, Captain- elect Bill Dawson, Billy Joe Adams, Tommie Tinker, Charlie Steven son, and Harold Duncan. Freshmen receiving numerals are: R. B. Bayer, James McAshan, Leslie Peden, Jamie Wilson, Don ald Puntch, George Gibson, Pete Watkins, Raymond Klutz, Paul Pennington, Alfred Hawley, and Raymond Terrell. These awards are all subject to scholastic requirements. Longhorn Trackmen Take Aggies in Meet, 89 to 33 The Longhorn tracksters swamp ed A. & M. 89 to 33 in a dual meet in Austin Saturday after noon. A. & M. won but three first places, being the shot put, javelin throw and 880 yard run. Thoma son won the shot with a heave of 46 feet, six inches. Jude Smith tossed the javelin 196 feet, ten inches for a first. Ralph Hender son won the 880 for the Aggies with a 1:58.3. Gatewood of Texas and Ed Dreiss of A. & M. had another one of their close races in the hurdles. Dreiss led until the last hurdle and then Gatewood passed him to win by a nose. Wolcott, Gatewood and Dreiss are all three great hurdlers and that is the order they always finish in and there is never a stride between the first and last of the trio. Jack Hughes came within three feet of the conference record in the discus throw. Pete Henry of A . & M. was second. The summaries: 440-yard dash—Won by Sparks, Texas ; Emith, Texas, second. Time: 50.1 100-yard dash—Won by Ramsdell, Texas; Price, Texas, second. Time, 4:30.5 Mile run—Won by Hafernick, Texas; Price, Texas, second. Time, 4:30.5 220-yard dash—Won by Ramsdell, Texas ; Robeats, Texas, second. Time, :21.7. 120-yard hiprh hurdles—Won by Gate- wood, Texas ; Dreiss, A.&M., second. Time, :14.5. 880-yard run—Won by Henderson, A. & M. ; McSpadden, Texas, second. Time, 1:58.3. Sprint relay—Won by Texas (Seay, Gatewood, Ramsdell, Hill) ; A. & M. (Bu- cek, Smith, Cecil, Dreiss) second. Time, :42.1 Two-mile run—Won by Lostak, Texas ; Wilmeth, A. & M., second. Time, 10:31.4. 220-yard low hurdles-—Won by Gatewood, Texas; Dreiss, A. & M., second. Time, :24.1. Mile relay—Won by Texas (Stewart, Smith, McSpadden, Sparks) ; A. & M., (McLain, Moser, Henderson, Bucek), sec ond. Time, 3:23.1. Pole vault—Won by Bryan, Texas; Nye, A. & M.; Ardis, A. & M. ; Edmonds, Texas; Wakefield, Texas, tied for second ond. Height, 13 feet, 6 inches. High jump—Won by Barnes; Finley, A. & M. ; Connatser, A. & M. ; Baggett Texas; Davison, Texas, tied for second. Height, 6 feet, % inch. Shot put—Won by Thomason, A. & M. ; Hughes, Texas, second. Distance, 46 feet, 6 inches. Broad jump—Won by Puett, Texas; Cecil, A. & M., second. Distance, 23 feet, 2 inches. Discus throw—Won by Hughes, Texas; Henry,, A.&M., second. Distance, 154 feet, 8 inches. Javelin throw—Won by Smith, A.&M. ; Sixty per cent of Columbia Uni versity’s graduates continue their studies in the university’s advanced schools. Behind The Scenes TROUBLE Calls for Expert Attention Call for STUDENT CO-OP North Gate W C*. V UlliVYV TJ KJJ , Adair, Texas, second. Distance, 196 feet, 10 inches. 440-yard run for freshmen of the Uni versity—Won by Caldwell; Kramer, sec ond. Time, ,:51.6. 880-yard run for freshmen of the Uni versity—Won by Umstadt; Grief, second. Time, 1:55. Fit As A Fiddle... We’ve only one tune—it’s to tune up your car for Spring driving satisfac- t i o n. 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