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FIRST MINOR SPORTS FESTIVAL TO BEGIN TODAY ****** * ***** ****** ****** ****** A. & M. RETAINS LEAD WITH WINS OVER Till. t.CJeep' OATES BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR Farley Given Autographed Football By White in Behalf of Team and Students At the conclusion of the speech by Postmaster-General James Far ley, Joe White, three-year letter- man in football and president of the “T” Club, presented the dis tinguished visitor a white football autographed by all the members of the Aggie football team. This came as a very pleasant surprise to Farley. “I watched your team with great interest during the past year, and listened to every play in the Sugar Bowl game”, he said. Farley was very surprised and by the gleam in his eye, it is thought that he will long treasure the ball. Here is something of interest. The distinguished student list shows that there were 5.25 per cent of the student body on it. Tak ing the athletic teams we find that 6.5 percent of the athletes were distinguished. All teams except swimming, water polo and fencing were represented. We notice that Bobby Moers, ver satile athlete at the University, has been chosen as its most popular athlete. Also Clyde LaMotte, Daily Texas sports editor, was defeated in a tight race for the editor’s job. Behind The Scenes TROUBLE Calls for Expert Attention Call for STUDENT CO-OP North Gate The Houston Buffs will be here this afternoon for a game with the Aggie “apple knockers”. This will be the case if it doesn’t rain. Faculty Tennis Club To Have Tournament The annual spring tournament sponsored by the Faculty Tennis Club will start April 13, with the first matches scheduled for 2 o’clock on Saturday. Any member of the college staff is eligible for the tournament by paying $2.00 which will also make him a member of the club for the remainder of this school year. Bryan business men have been invited to participate in the tour nament. An entrance fee of $0.50 will cover their entry in both singl es and doubles. Entries may be turned in to John Quisenberry of the Genetics De partment, or to T. H. Terrell of the Engineering Drawing Department, before Wednesday, April 10. The track team goes to Austin for the Texas Relays today. They certainly won’t win the meet, but they have a good chance of placing some men and teams and picking up some points. The tennis team could not get their meet changed and will meet Sam Houston State Teachers Col lege at Huntsville today. Cooper Union has a collection of 4,000 buttons, some of which are four centuries old. Goucher College has a “Chubby Club” and its members have as their chief purpose the loss of 10 pounds in weight each week. W. J. Douglas, Jr. INSURANCE AGENCY General Insurance Commerce Bldg. Phone B-160 ^ w. good NEWS Here is some good news to you boys that all of you will want to hear. When your girls comes down for the week-ends, don’t you find that it’s hard to find something to do in order to pass away the time ? You can pass away the time having lots of fun and without spending much money by playing pool on our modern Brunswick tables. We cater to women. We have the only standard 9-ft. tables in this part of the country. AGGIE AMUSEMENT CLUB CLEAN, SCIENTIFIC FUN AT THE COLLEGE INN CAFE Feminine Side Of Minor Sports To Be Held by TSCW-ites Texas A. & M.’s first Minor Sports Festival—one of the first to be held in this section of the country—will start off with a bang today at 1:30 p. m., with a match between the A. & M. Pistol Team and the State Department of Pub lic Safety, and following it at 2:00 a match between the Aggie Rifle Team and the “gun molls” of T. S. C. W. In rapid succession after that, the time till Sunday evening will be occupied by every type of minor sport. The Minor Sports Festival has been recognized by sports mentors as a great step toward the proper recognition of all minor sports games. In chronological order the sports events of these two exciting days for all lovers of athletics will be as follows: Pistol Team vs. State Cops The Texas Department of Public Safety which has fired here sev eral times before will furnish the competition for Captain Phil En- slow’s championship Pistol Team, starting at 1:30, Saturday after noon. The troopers are said to be the best-liked competitors of the Aggie team, and one of their number is an ex-Aggie. The vis iting team plans to witness both baseball games and the conference swimming meet this weekend. T.S.C.W. Enters Rifle Team Saturday morning the first fem inine team ever to compete against the Aggies in a sports event will arrive here from Denton. A strong girls’ rifle team from A. & M.’s sister school will offer its best against the Hearst Trophy winners of 1940 in a match begin ning at 2:00. Boxers Fight Texas U. A combination of intramural champs and A. & M. Boxing Club members will face the scrappers from the University of Texas Sat urday evening at 6:30 in the first match of the year for the Aggie boxers. The Texas team has en tered many tournaments, and de feated the Temple District Golden Glove champs last week. This event should fill the bill for a good show and a lot of heavy fighting. Fencers Take On Baylor According to latest reports avail able Friday night, the A. & M. Fencing Team has secured a match with the Baylor Bears. Should the Bears not be able to appear, a match with the Southern Metho dist Mustangs or some other team will be arranged in time. At any rate, a good exhibition of the skill ful art of fencing is assured, in the match scheduled for 6:30. Conference Swimming Meet Tonight at 8:00 will take place a Southwest Conference Swimming Meet which promises a lot of fancy diving, expert swimming, thrills and laughs. With the withdrawal of Rice, T. C. U., and Arkansas, there will be ample time for the running of the meet. The Aggies have defeated Baylor, and Baylor defeated Southern Methodist, but the Aggies came out on the short end against the University Long horns; so it appears that the meet will be between the Longhorns and the home team. Water Polo Contest For tonight following the swim ming meet an intra-squad water polo match has been arranged, with the best of the swimmers taking part and lots of action in the offing. Aggies To Face Bryan Golfers Henry Hauser and Bill McMahon will lead the Aggie golfers against a strong team composed of pros and amateurs of Bryan and Col lege Station, Sunday morning at 8:00. This should be a good match in preparation for the match here April 12 with the Rice Owls. Polo Team Defends Record Major E. M. Burnett’s polo four will be defending their record against the hard-riding Lampasas team which they defeated earlier this year, in a game Sunday after noon at 3:30. The Aggie Polo Team has established quite a name for itself over this section and has made a great showing against many of the best teams of the South. All of their home games are played on Jackson Field on tfie Battalion Sports SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1940 PAGE 3 FIRST A.& M. MINOR SPORTS FESTIVAL APRIL 6—7 Saturday 1:30—-PISTOL—State Dept, of Public Safety vs. A. & M.—Kyle Field 2:00—RIFLE—T.S.C.W. vs. A. & M.—Kyle Field 6:30—BOXING—Texas vs. A. & M.—DeWare Field House 6:30—FENCING—Baylor vs. A. & M.—DeWare Field House 8:00—SWIMMING—Southwest Conference Meet—Downs Natatorium 9:00—WATER POLO—Intra-squad game—Downs Natatorium Sunday 8:00 a. m.—GOLF— ;lc Bryan vs. A. & M.—Bryan Country Club 3:30 p. m.—POLO—*Lampasas Polo Club vs. A. & M.—Jackson Field *Games depending on climatic conditions 4 <ay ^2. Aggies and Frogs Play 2-Game Series Baseball held the spotlight this week when the Texas Aggies took two games from the T. C. U. Horned Frogs. The first game, which was played Thursday after noon, ended in the first half of the ninth after the Frogs had been retired. The final score was 8-4. In the game Friday after noon the final score was 4-2 with the closing period the same, Marty Karow played only nine men until the eighth inning when Peden went in to relieve Bumpers. Friday’s game showed A. & M. taking the lead in the first inning when the first two men up cross ed the home plate for tallies. The lead-off man, Ballow, got to first on an error and came in when Lindsey hit a double to left field. Lindsey went to third on an error and then to home on Cooper’s single. This left the score 2-0 until the fourth inning when Bellow made another run along with Kirkpatrick’s to bring the Aggies scoring to an end. The Frogs brought in two of three men on base in the eighth to make the score 4-2. During the last few minutes of play the sun came out to brighten up an other wise rainy and cloudy day of base ball. Thursday’s game was just the opposite in weather as the rays of old Sol made even a shirt un comfortable. As in Friday’s game, the action came in the eighth in ning. Pugh led off with a double (Continued on page 4) INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS By HUB JOHNSON catching than he did with the one- inch steel balls. A Chemical Warfare came for ward in the fifth inning to win over C Engineers 5 to 3 and E Infantry won over H Coast Ar tillery 4 to 0. Baseball games galore and a bit of rain makes the intramural sched ule look a bit behind, and yet you can’t schedule a game when T. C.' U. plays ball here, Jim Farley speaks, and the rain comes. B Field Artillery closed out D Coast Artillery 11 to 0 and al lowed more than three men’to go to bat only once. In the second inning four men got to home the short way but the road was too rough. Hill marked up two for the winners. First Headquarters Field defeat ed F Coast Artillery 9 to 3 by coming from behind in the third inning to score 5 runs. Rogers was the leading scorer with two to his credit. Joyce in the sixth tallied the winning run for G Coast Artillery as they turned back B Engineers 6 to 5. Focke scored two runs for the Field Artillery Band in their 6 to 5 win over B Signal Corps. He also did a bit better job of Sulphur Springs Road northwest of the ‘Y’ Cabin. Tennis Team Plays at Huntsville Manning Smith’s Tennis Team is traveling to Huntsville this weekend to compete with the Sam Houston Bearkats. This match was scheduled some time ago and could not be changed so that the Aggie stars might play locally this week end. The polo and golf matches Sun day are the only contests of the weekend which are dependent on outdoor weather conditions, and might have to be called off in case of rain. Exfcar KKOUftf Expert Radio Repair STUDENT CO-OP Phone No. 139 North Gate In a few of the other games played . . . Crawford, Johnson, Ghazney, Lovelady, Appelt, and Lewis defended F Engineers’ un blemished record in horseshoe throwing and closed out 2nd Hq. Field Artillery 3 to 0 ... C Field Artillery won 5 to 2 in speedball over the Infantry Band . . . Camp bell, Seay, Crayton, and Hess turned in a 2 to 1 win over 3rd Hq. Field Artillery . . . and A Field Artillery closed out th 2nd Combat Train Field Artillery in a big way in speedball, 14 to 0. IT’S THE BERRIES GANGI TRY OUR FRESH STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM CASEY’S CONFECTIONERY LUNCHES In The “Y” DRINKS — SMOKES Men’s Cool Knitted POLO SHIRTS 49c Tops for all sports and athle tic wear—they’re lightweight, porous and absorbent! New colors, new trims, new stitches — all of them high steppers in the style world! In your favorite neck styles— crew, eyelet and button! Men’s Fine Cotton SPORT SHIRTS ; Economy Priced j 98c Men! Get your money’s worth in comfort and style! Hopsacks, gabardines, light weight meshes—all in cool, long-wearing cotton! 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