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OATTALtON SPORTS EDITOR
Navasota Sees Parade of Aggies Now;
Drive Twenty-Three Miles To See Movie
Went down to Navasota the oth
er night to see a show. None of
the athletic teams were doing any
thing, so we decided to go see a
show. We were not the only ones
from College down there either.
There were about 30 Aggies and
several citizens of this town there.
Boys that have girls down this
weekend and need somewhere to
go to kill time and for amusement,
can either go to the HORSE SHOW,
FISH BASEBALL GAME or
FISH TRACK MEET this after-
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noon, and tonight you can either
go to the DANCE or the SWIM
MING EXHIBITION.
The fish baseball team plays the
Texas freshmen this afternoon, the
fish track team has a meet with
John Tarleton, the horse show will
have entries from all over the state,
and the swimming show will be put
on by a bunch of charming young
ladies who really put art into swim
ming, etc.
This column spoke too soon about
ole Diz Dean the other day. Before
the paper could come off the press,
Gabby Hartnett had slapped a fine
on Diz and the Dizzy one had
jumped the team. Maybe he will be
back before this can come off the
press.
John Kimbrough and a few oth
ers will go to Dallas Thursday
where they will meet Ann Sheridan
and present her with an autograph
ed football.
Looks like Coach Homer Norton
is getting in shape for next football
season. The other afternoon he was
down at the baseball field with his
shirt off, and hitting to the out
field. Coach used to be a great pro
baseball star before he took up
coaching.
Jerry Mann, the former S. M. U.
grid star, is doing right well. He is
33 years old and has just been
offered an appointment as CHIEF
JUSTICE OF THE TEXAS SUP
REME COURT. But he turned it
down.
"OUTSTANDING
ACT PERFORMED
BY GIRLS’ CLUB
Reeves and Ketelsen To
Furnish Fancy Diving
The largest program of the an
nual Water Carnival will be held
tonight, starting at 7:30, at the P.
L. Downs Natatorium. Highlight
ing the events will be the figure
swimming by beautiful girls of the
Tulsa Aquatic Club of Tulsa, Okla
homa. The first program was held
last night at the natatorium.
Darkness will enfold the pool
when the girls take the water as
they wear lights on their bathing
suits. People who have seen the
show say that the effect of the
lighted figures, as they go through
their intricate maneuvers, is a
beautiful and unusual sight.
In addition to the girls’ events,
Paul Ketelsen will do his famous
fire dive from the rafters of the
pool. In this dive he is covered
with an inflammable liquid which
is ignited just as he “takes off”
from the rafters. The varsity and
freshmen will attempt to break the
conference record in the 400 yard
relay.
Bubba Reeves and Paul Ketel
sen, varsity divers, will put on an
exhibition of fancy dives. Ned
Ewing and Eddie Johnston, varsity
swimmers, will furnish the comic
diving, and Nick Ponteaux and
George Japhet will do the comic
swimming.
Members of the varsity, runners-
up in the conference swimming
meet, and freshman teams will be
introduced.
Tonight’s program will end with
a water polo game between the Ag
gies and the Houston Water Polo
team. Men who will play with
Houston are: Bus Sinclair, Paul
Spaugh, Eddie Bryant, Norman
Zelman, Gilbert Nagle, Rowland
Baker, and McCulley, all well
known men around here.
We notice that softball has taken
over the interest in intramural
sports. Some of you fellows who
are going to be here in summer
school might begin thinking about
playing with or managing one of
the summer teams that will be
sponsored by some local merchant.
Aggieland Pharmacy has had the
outstanding team for several years,
but the “Yanks” of College Station
may be in for a fall this season.
This column has received no more
information from The Houston
Yacht Club concerning the sail
boat races in June, but is expecting
word any day.
It looks like it is left up to the
Aggies if anyone is going to con
test Texas for the baseball cham
pionship. The Steers made monkeys
out of Baylor and Rice this week.
N 0 W
Is The Time For You Sophomores to
Get Your Uniform.
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BRYAN, TEXAS
Dr. Fraps Attending
Chem Society Meeting
Dr. G. S. Fraps of the Texas Ag
ricultural Experiment Station has
been in Cincinnati, Ohio, attending
the general meeting of the Amer
ican Chemical Society from April
8 to April 12.
He presented three papers on
the program as follows:
“Fertilizing value of spent phos
phate catalyst,” by G. S. Fraps.
“An absorption method for the
determination of pure carotene,”
by G. S. Fraps, A. K. Kemmerer,
and S. M. Greenberg.
“Determination of pure carotene
in green vegetables and green
feeds,” by G. S. Fraps, W. W.
Meinke, and A. R. Kemmerer.
University of Georgia authorities
have limited to $2,500 the price
that can be paid for an orchestra
for a student dance.
Student waiters of the University
of New Hampshire commons an
nually hold a special dance and
banquet.
BATTALION
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1940
PAGE 3
Ross Volunteers In
Bluebonnet Festival
Thousands of visitors poured in
to Navasota Friday to witness the
annual Texas Bluebonnet Festival
featuring tours of the Bluebonnet
trails in Grimes County while the
Texas State flower is in full
bloom. A. & M.’s part in the pro
gram was played in the coronation
of the Queen Friday night when
the Ross Volunteers, honoring mili
tary organization on the campus,
acted as guard of honor for the
court as well as escorts for 53
duchesses to the court.
The activities began Friday
morning with the opening of the
Future Farmers of America Fat
Stock Show, a parade of floats
through the downtown section of
Navasota, and the Queen’s official
tour of the bluebonnet trails. Fri
day afternoon ten bands from
towns surrounding Navasota took
part in a band concert followed by
a rodeo. Friday night the Queen
of the Texas Bluebonnet Festival
was crowned amid a historical set
ting. The coronation was followed
by the Queen’s Ball.
Saturday the program begins at
9:00 a. m. with judging of the
Fat Stock Show. A musical pro
gram will be held at 10:00 a. m.
while a rodeo and the auctioneering
of fat calves will be the center of
activities that afternoon. The
Cowboy’s Ball, with the public in
vited, will be held Saturday night
in the Navasota High School gym
nasium.
The Bluebonnet Golf Tourna
ment, to be held on the August
Horst Country Club course; special
church services; and a rodeo will
end the festivities Sunday.
Duchesses for the event, the city
they represent, and their Ross Vol
unteer escorts were as follows:
Genevieve Morrow, Houston, Bob
Shiels; Martha Quinn, Navasota,
and Jack Hammonds; Molly O’Dan
iel, Austin, and Vernon Smith;
Daphne Salois, Dallas, and Dan
Sharp; Lillian Arrington, Ander
son, and Bob Nalley; Ida Mae
Cunningham, Austin, and Phil
Waters; Mary Sue Murchison, Bas
trop, and Stanley Friedline; Mary
Margaret McDonald, Bay City, and
Frank B. Adams; Billie Butaud,
Bellville, and Walter Higgins;
Nancy Green, Brenham, and Mayo
Thompson; Margaret Hollingshead,
College Station, and Johnny Dod
son; Ruby Laura Hooper, Conroe,
and Jimmie Shoultz; Agnes Lee
Miller, Cuero, and James Skinner;
Albina Migliavacca, Galveston, and
Pete Decker; Ruth Kilian, Gid-
dings, and Leslie Kelley; Dorothy
Coe, Gilmer, and Jack Nelson; Jo
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AGGIE ‘FISH’ IN
DUAL MEET WITH
JOHN TARLETON
Aggie freshman tracksters will
make their debut here Saturday
in the annual John Tarleton-Ag
gie Fish Meet starting at 2:00 p.
m.
Last year the fish claimed all
first places except the 100-yard
dash, the pole vault, and the broad
jump. Henderson was high point
man for the freshman recording
13 2/3, and Bucek trailed a close
second with 11 1/4. Terry was the
lead man for the Cowboys scor
ing 10 points by taking two of the
three first places.
In the 100-yard dash this year
Knight and Bridges will be wear
ing the maroon for a few seconds
and then will return to run the
220. In the distance run Petty
and Brush will enter the mile for
the “fish”, Mayer will run in the
880, and Cook will pace out the
mile.
The 440 relay team will be com
posed of Brush, Mann, Bridges,
and Knight and the mile relay will
be composed of Mayer, Brush,
Knight, and Petty.
Mann and Watkins will run the
low hurdles and Mann and Alford
will go over the high ones.
In the field events Ricks will
be the pole vaulter, Watkins and
Ricks the high jumpers, Japhet
'and Bucek will put the shot,
Skalnick will throw the javelin,
Terrell will broad jump, and
Japhet, Bucek, and Brewer will
throw the discus.
INTRAMURAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Bob Myers
Speedball, volleyball, horseshoe
pitching and ping-pong provided
the intramural action for Wednes
day and Thursday. Many forfeits
marred the records of several
teams, the most prominent num
ber being in ping-pong. Those
teams receiving the black marks
should think twice because one for
feit may easily knock out an or
ganization’s chance of winning
a coveted flag.
In speedball, B Engineers for
feited to D Infantry, D Cavalry
ran rough-shod over C Infantry 8-
0, F Engineers took 2nd Hq. Field
Artillery 6-0, and I Infantry
squeezed one by B Signal Corps
4-2.
F Field Artillery won a close
game of volleyball from 1st Com
bat Train Field Artillery by a
margin of one point, the score
being 2-1.
Horseshoe pitching under the
stadium showed a total of six
games played with no forfeits. H
Coast Artillery won over B Infan
try 2-1, A Chemical Warfare took
3rd Combat Train by the same
score, B Chemical Warfare over
Headquax-ters Cavalry 3-0, F Engi
neers winning from G Coast Ar
tillery 3-0, and a 2-1 game for C
Field Artillery fi’om G Infantry.
Out of nine scheduled ping-pong
games, six were foxfeited. If my
statistics are correct that’s a
grand percentage of 33%. We
can beat that. Army; let’s watch
those schedules a little closer. The
games played were G Infantry over
C Field Artillery 2-1, A Engineers
over C Engineers 2-1, and a 2-1
win for A Field Artillery from C
Infantry.
Don’t forget the intramural track
meet this Sunday at 2:00. Many
entries have been made in each
event and this year's meet prom
ises an eventful afternoon. Again,
the events are 100-yard dash, 120-
yard low hurdles, shot put, javelin
throw, broad jump, high jump, and
400-yard shuttle relay. The out
fits having men who are outstand
ing in any of these events should
have them on deck Sunday and
collect a few points toward an in
tramural championship.
Dr. A. Benbow
DENTIST
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Austin Building — Bryan
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