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
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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.
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