E.C.Jeep' OATES
BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR
Southwest Still Tops in Hurdles;
Wolcott, Gatewood, Dreiss Standouts
The Drake Relays saw the South
west really go to town. Wolcott,
Gatewood and Dreiss was the fin
ish of the 120 high hurdles, and
that is just the way they have al
ways finished and always will. Bu-
cek finished sixth in the same heat.
In the qualifying heats Dreiss,
Bucek, Gatewood and Wolcott were
separated and each won his heat.
Jude Smith had trouble in the
prelims, but got in the finals and
bettered 190 feet.
Wolcott ran a 9.7 100-yard dash
in the prelims, but was third in
the finals in a 9.9 heat.
John Kimbrough Avows He Is Not Going
In Movies; His Number Is In “Star Dust”
John Kimbrough says he is not
going in the movies, but he is in
the show “Star Dust”. The other
night at Waco the flickers were
showing this show. A big fullback
was standing on the side lines read
ing a letter from a movie concern,
offering him a contract. The coach
looked over and told him to go in
the game. He stuffed the letter in
his pants and there on his jersey
was number “39”. At this point
several Aggies in the movie house
yelled, “There goes Kimbrough”.
There were only seconds to play
when the team started a series of
lateral passes. Some of the Aggies
yelled, “Give it to Kimbrough”,
and about that time here came
Number “39” to take the ball and
score the winning points. Also in
the show some Arizona team was
playing Texas Baptist, which can
be called Baylor as it is the Baptist
school in Texas, and it looked very
fitting to see “Big John” tear
through the “good ole Baylor line”
like he did last fall.
This writer has read many
“dime” sports magazines and
has thought that anything
could happen in a story, but
the authors don’t have a thing.
They should come down and
watch the Aggie Fish play a
game. They pull everything in
the book and then add to it.
Saturday Bill Kamperman
was on the mound for the Fish,
that is, he was on the mound
most of the time. Coach Faulk
ner had to call Les Peden in
to get the side out one inning,
but he sent Kamperman to
center field, rather than take
him out, so that he could re
turn to the hill. Faulkner said
he was going to make the big
right-hander work nine innings
if he did have to switch posi
tions everytime he got in trou
ble.
He ended up the day by
walking 12, hitting two or
three batters, throwing some
five wild pitches, striking out
seven, bouncing a double over
the fence and clouting a homer
over the left center field en
closure.
The Aggies were away to a 3 to
0 lead in the first inning of the
second Baylor fray when the rains
came. That is the third conference
game that the elements have stop
ped against the Aggies this sea
son.
In winding up the season in pis
tol shooting last week the pistol
team scored a 1425, the highest
score that has ever been fired by
an A. & M. team. This match was
against the University of Wiscon
sin and Xavier. Those teams have
not sent their scores in yet, but
we will bet they “ain’t” no where
close to it. It looks like we have
the National Champs again.
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The new staff will put out
the Battahon’s next issue and
the lads doing the sport chores
will be Hub Johnson, “Red”
Meyers and Jack Hollimon.
Hub has put in two years on
the Bat sports page and is
ready to take over the head
job. Meyers has put in one
year and has done some swell
work. Hollimon is comparative
ly new, but shows promise of
being the real McCoy.
And look where the Brooklyn
Dodgers are today . . . won eight
straight (maybe nine by this morn
ing) and topping the national
league . . . yeah, and look where
the Yankees are without the “Day
go”.
AGGIE GOLFERS
OUTSTROKE S.M.U.
Drawing near to the end of the
road for the year, the Aggie golf
team defeated the Southern Metho
dist linksmen here on the Bryan
Country Club course Friday, 4 to
2.
Hauser and McMahan won the
number one double from Cook and
Hanley in the feature match of
the evening.
McMahan won the number one
single from Cook, 8 to 7.
The other Aggie wins were Den
ton over Berry, 3 to 2, and Richards
over Elder, 3 to 2.
Richards and Denton lost to Eld
er and Berry in the other double
of the tournament and Hanley de
feated Hauser 3 to 1 for the sec
ond win.
Texas Christian University will
be the final opponent for the Ag
gies before the conference meet in
Houston May 10 and 11. The cadet
team will play in Fort Worth May
2.
Fish Swimmer Beats
Conference Record
In the Southwest A. A. U. meet
at Dallas, Bob Taylor, Aggie fresh
man swimmer, sped the 440 free
style in 5.14 for first place, the
time being 16 seconds faster than
the Southwest Conference time.
Hensley of A. & M. bettered the
conference time in the 50-yard
free style by four-fifths of a sec
ond when he splashed the dis
tance in 24.1 to beat Bob Sinclair
of the Dallas Athletic Club and
I. B. McKey of A. & M.
Sinclair nosed out Hensley in
the 100 free in 54.8.
Wally Hoffricter and Mike Sojka
of DAC and University of Texas
respectively, beat out Nick
Ponsieux in the 100 breast.
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Aggies Play Grand Prize Here Today
Teams Split Pair
Of Games Earlier
In Playing Season
Bass Scheduled To Start
Game For Karow Charges
Coach Marty Karow’s Aggie
baseball team, just back from a
trip to Waco where they beat Bay
lor in one game, before the rain
washed out the second, will play
the Grand Prize Brewers at Kyle
Field this afternoon at 3:30
o’clock.
Earlier in the season these two
teams met at College Station and
split even in a two-game series.
The Brewers beat Ralph Lindsey
and “Lefty” Bumpers 9 to 3 in the
fii’st contest and Sam Bass, Charlie
Stevenson, and Roy Peden came
back to beat the visitors 11 to
5 in the second.
Chubby Nolen, Aggie shortstop
who is ineligible this season, will
play for the Brewers. The Grand
Prize team has some former out
standing organized baseball stars
on it. Heine Schuble, shortstop,
held down that position several
years for Detroit. Pete Dowling,
right field, is a former Aggie and
a former member of teams in the
American Association. Tom Ang-
ley, catcher, is a former receiver
of the Houston Buffs. John Mc-
Grew is still capable of pitching
Class AA ball.
Coach Karow will probably start
Walter Bass, junior letterman from
Houston on the mound. Marion
Pugh will probably be ready to
play first base after missing the
Baylor game on account of an in
jured finger.
The Aggies seem to have found
their batting eyes after being in a
slump during most of the early
season.
In the first game the Aggies
collected five hits off the Brewer
hurlers and in the second fray
they massed 13.
The Aggies have had three of
their conference games washed out
in addition to two with Randolph
Field and Coach Karow has
brought Grand Prize back to give
the cadets a struggle before they
meet S. M. U. here Saturday.
By Bob Myers
Swimming and diving intramural
style filled the pool Saturday and
Sunday afternoon when E Field
Artillery took the meet by a mar
gin of ten points. Second place
went to the 1st Corps Headquar
ters boys with a total of 23 points.
Placing third was C Field Artil
lery with 12 points. The Coast
Artillery took fourth when B Bat
tery racked up 11 points. Making
the Field Artillery victory com
plete, D Battery made 9 points
and scored fifth honors.
J. H. Stevens, 1st Corps Head
quarters, was high point man of
the meet and took first place in
three events.
Winners of each event and the
winning time are, diving, Cockrell,
R. B., D Field Artillery; 400 foot
relay, E Field Artillery, time
1:11.7; (team members were Pat
terson, Dillon, Burney, and Oliver);
100-foot breast stroke, Stevens, 1st
Corps Headquarters, time 20.2;
100-foot back stroke, McCarthy,
L. J., B Coast Artillery, time 21.0;
100-yard free style, Stevens, 1st
Corps Headquarters, time, 1:02.3;
100-foot free style, Stevens, 1st
Corps Headquarters, time 16.6;
Medley relay, E Field Artillery,
time 62.; (team members were
Biggs, Carpenter, and Patterson).
BATTALION
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1940
PAGE 3
Boxers Make Bid for Official
Recognition; Desire Training
Two outstanding games of play
ground ball took place this issue
and included the games between
A. Infantry and B Coast Artillery
and the one between K Infantry
and Coast Artillery. The “paddle-
feet” won both games but the
“buzzard busters” gave them real
competition. In the first game,
the score was tied 4-up in the fifth
when the Infantry put on a scor
ing spree to take the game 8
to 5. K Company had a closer
time of it in their 5 to 4 game and
were the underdogs until the sev
enth when Fuller and Watson
brought home the bacon.
By Martin Howard â– *
Boxing is at last making a se
rious bid for official recognition at
A. & M. with many Aggies that
want the opportunity to learn to
box pushing out of the closet and
into the limelight.
Many students are wondering
why the largest men’s school in
the world offers no chance for its
students to learn the art of self-
defense when the majority of large
high-schools and many of the col
leges give instruction in the sport.
It is true that intercollegiate box
ing has serious flaws that may
render it undesirable but there is
nothing undesirable in teaching us
how to box and how to keep our
bodies in top-notch shape. In this
respect boxing has no equal, for it
provides an incentive for physical
development and conditioning that
makes it easy for a college student
to remain in perfect health with a
minimum amount of effort.
The Athletic Council has seen
this need and is listening to the
students’ plea for a capable boxing
instructor in the Physical Educa
tion department. It has recently
made a survey of the opinion of a
representative cross-section of the
colleges of the nation regarding
the sport and has found that al
though the majority of them do
not favor intercollegiate compe
tition, fully fifty percent employ
instructors in the sport and believe
it desirable to do so. It is signifi
cant that both West Point and An
napolis ax - e especially favorable
towards boxing instruction.
Aggie Fish Outscore Baylor Cubs
Behind Kamperman’s Two-Hit Pitching
New Jersey College for W r omen
has a new course called “Back
ground for War.”
By Jack Hollimon
Under overcast skies Satux-day
afternoon, the Aggie freshmen
beat the Baylor Cub nine 11 to
5 on Kyle Field.
Bill Kamperman, Fish hurler,
started the game and turned in
a creditable performance in al
lowing the Cubs only two scratch
hits while he was collecting a dou
ble and a home run. The first man
up for Baylor struck out and the
other two men went down on an
infield out and a fly to left field.
The Aggie freshmen took a three
run lead in the A. & M. half of
the first inning on a brace of
walks, a pair of timely singles,
and a wild pitch by the Cub pitch
er, Ben Lucas. Atkins walked,
Sims singled, and Zapalac walk
ed, filling the bases. The Bruin
twirler lost control of the next
throw and it went for a wild pitch,
scoring Atkins and advancing the
other two runners. Les Peden
struck out, but Wilson stepped up
to the platter and blasted a single
through third to score Sims. Then
“Boots” Simmons rolled out, short
to first, while Willie Zapalac scor
ed. Mitchell struck out to end
the inning.
Kamperman ran into trouble
in the second when Baylor scored
two runs. Harlen Burnett, loop
ing a fly to right field, was safe
on second when Mitchell misjudged
the ball. Kampex-man then walk
ed Bob Miller and Jim Callam was
hit by a pitched ball to fill the
sacks. Another walk to Gate-
wood forced in Burnett, and Peden
was brought in from center field
to take the mound. Kamperman
took Peden’s place in center.
Wilkins lined the first pitch down
the third base line where Miller,
coming home, kicked the ball and
was automatically out. Lucas roll
ed out to first unassisted and
Callam scored on the play. Pitman
was out, short to first.
The Cubs came to bat in the
third and added another tally on
two walks, a hit batter, and a wild
pitch by Kamperman who had re
turned to the mound. The outs
came as a result of a forced out
at the plat and two strikeouts.
In the Aggie half of the third,
a rally was cut short by a forced
out at third and a fly to center
field, taken in by Pitman, leav
ing three men stranded on the
sacks.
The Aggies came back in the
sixth to clinch the game when
Kampex-man led off with a double
that bounced out of the field.
Atkins went out on a pop fly to
third, but Sims singled to score
Kamperman. Zapalac was safe
at first on Casey’s error, and Sims
took third. Peden bounced one
out of the park that was good for
two bases and scored both run
ners. Wilson whiffed and Sim
mons popped to short for the final
two outs.
In the seventh, the Fish came
back to score five more runs be
fore putting away their heavy bats
for the day. Mitchell, first up,
drove one over the scoreboard for
a homer. Aldrich was safe on
Carter’s error and Kamperman
followed it up with a four-ply
wallop over the left centerfield
fence, sending Lucas to the show
ers. Welch came in to pitch and
walked Atkins. Sims singled to
left and Zapalac added another
single to score Atkins. Peden
fox’ced Sims at third and Wilson
struck out, but the final pitch
was wild and Zapalac scored.
Baylor came back in the eighth
to score two runs. An error, a
wild pitch, a pair of walks and a
scratch hit by Wilkins scored one
of the runs, while another wild
pitch followed a double play and
a walk let in the final run for
the Cubs.
The Aggie infield aided Kamper
man by pulling three double plays.
Beax'd pitched the last inning for
the Farmers and the Bruins were
unable to hit him.
Summary:
R H E
Cubs ...021 000 020— 5 2 4
Fish 300 003 50x—11 13 2
Umpires—McNeely and Wesson.
Aggies Hand Bears Defeat
In Waco Game Friday, 9-7
Peden, Bass Pitch for Cadets; Alsobrook
Is Hitting King With Homer, Two Singles
The Baylor Bears struck first in
the lead-off game of the scheduled
two-game series in Waco last
week only to be sux'passed later
and downed, 9 to 7.
Eax-ly in the second inning the
Bears marked up their first run
and took the lead for a few short
minutes. In the third the Aggies
marked up four, and in the fourth
they picked up three more.
When the sixth inning rolled
around the Bears went on a scor
ing spree, marked up six runs and
evened the score, seven up.
Roy Peden started on the mound
for the Aggies but was replaced
after the first out in the sixth by
Sam Bass whe went the rest of
the way allowing only one trip.
Dave Alsobrook was the hit
ting king of the evening, reeling
off one home run and two singles,
in four tx*ips to bat.
Sherman Barnes hurled the en
tire game for Coach Lloyd Rus
sell’s Bears and was nicked for
14 hits.
A. & M.
ab r h po a e
Ballow, ss 5 0 1 2 2 1
Stone, 3b 5 3 3 2 1 1
Alsobrook, cf 4 2 3 4 0 0
Scoggin, If 5 12 10 0
Doran, c 3 10 8 10
Kirkpatrick, rf....5 12 110
Lindsey, 2b 5 0 2 3 2 0
Henderson, lb ....5 0 1 6 0 1
Peden, p 3 10 0 10
Bass, p 2 0 10 10
Totals 42 9 15 27 9 3
Baylor
ab r h po a e
Hands, If 5 0 2 1 0 0
Allen, 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2
Witt, ss 4 114 5 2
Haley, lb 1 0 14 0 0
Kent, lb 3 0 1 9 0 0
Radney, rf 5 2 110 1
Richardson, 2b....4 10 3 11
Lummus, cf 4 12 10 0
Bryce, c 3 1 0 3 3 0
Barnes, p 3 1113 0
Tracksters Go To
Austin For Little
Conference Meet
The Aggie track team will ven
ture back to Austin this weekend
to the same scene on which disas
ter max-red the Texas Relays earli
er this year. This trip will be for
the annual holding of the Little
Confex-ence Meet between Rice,
Texas, and A. & M.
Throughout the season the three
teams have been dealing each
other bits of misery in every meet
in which they participated, the
last being the Aggies win over
Rice in the triangular meet with
Howard Payne as the third team.
This meet is the foreteller or
the broadcaster to the rest of the
conference as to whom the flag
will go in the last round-up. Texas
boasts of strong relay teams and
a few good sprinteers, Rice leads
the field in the hurdle events and
many of the field events, and the
Aggies hold threats in scattered
events.
Totals 36 7 9 27 13 6
A. & M 004 300 020—9
Baylor 010 006 000—7
Home runs, Alsobrook, Witt.
Stolen bases, Alsobrook, Stone.
Bases on balls, off Barnes, 1; off
Bass, 3. Sti-uck out by Barnes,
3;. by Peden, 3; by Bass 5. Hit
by pitcher, by Barnes (Doran), by
Bass (Barnes). Double play, Witt
unassisted. Pitchers’ record, 7
xuins 8 hits off Peden in 5 1-3 in
nings; no runs, 1 hit off Bass in
3 2-3 innings. Winning pitcher,
Bass. Umpires, Glenn and Walsh.
The warmest events of the day
will probably be the hurdle races
with Wolcott of Rice holding the
edge and Gatewood and Dreiss
fighting to change the customary
trend.
The Conference Meet will be held
on Rice Field, May 10 and 11.
Adamson Reports
“Family Night” In
Aggie Natatorium
In order to give the college staff
and their immediate families an
opportunity to take advantage of
the cooling and refreshing facili
ties of the swimming pool, a fam
ily night has been announced by
swimming coach Art Adamson. Be
tween the hours of eight and nine
every Thursday evening, the pool
will be open to the staff free of
chax-ge. The xule requiring the
wearing of rubber caps will hold
in addition to a ruling requiring
that all children be accompanied
by their parents.
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