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Rice Host To Conference Track Meet Today
Bill McMahon Leads First Day in Conference
Tournament; Netmen Fail To Scratch
By Hub Johnson
The three Southwest Conference
meets started off with a bang
Wednesday and Thursday in Hous
ton with the Aggies failing to
scratch in tennis and then turn
ing around to set up the individ
ual star of the first day on the
golf links.
Bill McMahon, playing his final
round for the cadets, led the field
Wednesday by a one-point margin
over the Texas stars.
At the end of the first day the
Texas team led the cadets by
36 points.
On the tennis courts it was al
together a different story. Frank
Guernsey turned back Jimmy
Giles, 6-0, 6-2. Fincher of Texas
downed Mitchell 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. Poll
of T. C. U. defeated Krezdorn 6-1,
6-2. Adams fell victim to Hicknet
of Arkansas 6-4, 6-4.
In the doubles Mitchell and
Given were topped by the heavy
score of 6-0, 6-1, by Guernsey and
Curtis of Rice, and Adams and
Krezdorn were defeated 6-2, 6-3,
by Southern Methodists’ Baird
and Robbins.
Final Home Game Of The Year On Slate
For Aggies Today As They Face Bears
This evening on Kyle Field the
’40 Aggies play their last home
game and are out to win rain or
shine.
The Aggies carried off the first
tilt this year between the two
schools but were sent to the stands
because of rain in the second in
ning of the second game.
This last week the team refused
to come in out of the mist at
night in an attempt to be prepar
ed for the Bears no matter what
they might have to offer or the
kind of weather in store.
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The Aggie fish wind up their
seasonal schedule in Austin with
the University freshmen. In so
doing they are also out for re
venge in order to settle the score
of the walkaway the Texas team
collected here last month.
The Oklahoma Aggies turned
back the Texas University team
5 to 4 to Wednesday and thus
added another black spot to the
Dischmen’s trip to .the Sooner
state. The University of Okla
homa handed them two defeats and
then the Aggies came to bat in
the home half of the ninth and
put over four singles and walked
one around to top the Texas one
run.
Rice Owls’ second net star met
defeat and went down as the num
ber one fatality of the opening
day as Texas University’s Reuben
Riskind turned in two 6-0 games.
This throws new light on the
tennis tournament and takes away
a little of the Owls’ power.
The Baylor Bears got off to a
fast start and turned back the
Owls 10 to 8.
Fred Pepper, the Owl star
pitcher since his win over Texas,
started on the mound but gave
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SATURDAY IN
LAST HOME GAME
By Bob Myers
A. & M.’s baseball team is^eady
for their last home game Satur
day with Baylor University. When
it started raining during practice
Wednesday the players kept pass
ing and battin’ the ball around. In
two previous games with the Bears
the Aggies took one and were
leading the second game when it
was rained out. Barring rain, “Por
ky Pig” Handley, team manager,
predicts not only a win over Bay
lor but also a Southwest Confer
ence Championship.
A win over the Waco bunch will
place the Cadets in a favorable
position for a shot at the flag
while a loss would knock the props
out.
The probable starting battery
for Baylor will be Golden pitching
and Bryce catching. This is the
same combination that had charge
of the old alley in the game that
ended short in a deluge of rain.
For the Aggies, Bumpers or
Stevenson will take the mound
and Doran will be stopping them
behind the plate. With the pill
coming from both sides of the
box there’s a chance that the
Bears will zig when they should
have zagged.
The starting line up for A. &
M. will be Henderson or Pugh, lb;
J. Lindsey, 2b; Stone, 3b; Cooper,
If; Alsobrook, cf; Kirkpatrick, rf;
and Ballow, ss.
A capacity crowd should be on
hand to see this game as it will
provide a prelude to the Mothers’
Day Progam Sunday.
BATTALION
SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1940
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Model Airplane Contest
To Be Sunday Afternoon
The annual model airplane con--ftaining this year. Everyone who
test at A. & M., which will be
held Sunday afternoon at one
o’clock at the College View farms
two miles south of the college on
the old college road, is being spon
sored by the Southwestern Gas
Model Association for the first
time this year. The contest is be
ing held under the auspices of
the A. & M. Aeronautical Engi
neering Society, of which Vernon
Krummel is president and W. I.
Truetner is the faculty advisor.
Over 150 contestants from all
parts of the state are expected to
participate in the event and com
petition is expected to reach a
new high. Last year a local con
test was held on the cavalry drill
field, but the field was considered
too small for this year’s contest.
So for as is known this is the
first S.W.G.A. meet to be held
at a Texas college or university.
Thrills and spills were plenti
ful last year and the event is
expected to be equally as enter-
By Bob Myers
Horseshoe finals in both classes
were played Wednesday and ended
with C Coast Artillery taking the
Class A championship from A Field
Artillery by a score of 2 to 1.
A combination of Schneider-Marsh
and Spangler - Melencon won
matches for the Coast while the
single victory of the Artillery boys
was taken by Larson and Sulli
van.
F Engineer Fish took the medals
in their class by outpitching F
Field Artillery to the tune of 2
to 1. From the looks of the cham
pionship games in both classes the
“buggy boys” were just a little
off on their deflection.
A matter of one point, the
difference between a passed score
and a kicked one, spelled defeat
for D Cavalry at the hand of A
Signal Corps in the quarter-final
play of speedball. The final score
being 7 to 6.
Indoor baseball came up with
some exceptional and unusual
games this time. One of those
things happened in the game be
tween 1st Combat Train Field Ar
tillery and K Infantry when the
up eight hits and as many runs
before he was taken from the
game.
Poor support and a bit of wild
pitching on behalf of the Owls
helped them to strengthen their
hold on the cellar.
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Game To Be Played
On Last Thursday
Sticking to tradition, the Texas
Aggies and the University of Texas
Longhorns will play their annual
football game on the last Thurs
day afternoon in November. This
year the day falls on Nov. 28 and
the place will be Memorial Field
in Austin, where the Aggies never
have won a game and have scored
but one touchdown since the field
was built.
At the same time they also a-
greed to have the annual fresh
man game between the two schools
played one week earlier and also
on Memorial Field with game time
set for 2:30. The date for that
game will be Nov. 21.
Time for the varsity game will
be the usual 1:30 o’clock.
Field team came from behind in
the sixth with a ten run spree
to win the game 12 to 11.
A Cavalry and G Coast took a
chance on tail-spinning their
grades and won a game apiece
from the Milner Hall “Professors.”
Both games found the Profs get
ting started in the fifth but they
couldn’t make enough runs to
bridge the gap.
“Windy” Crawford’s homer in
the seventh broke the five to five
tie between 3rd Combat Train
Field Artillery and E Coast Artil
lery and brought Nichols in to
cinch the game 7 to 5.
Infantry Band won an extra
period game from the Machine
Gun Cavalry when Koenig made
a hit to get on and was brought
in by a teammate. The final score
was 5 to 4.
1st Headquarters Field Artillery
won the closest game of the day
from E Engineers 3 to 1. The
Engineers made their scores in the
second and the Field brought three
men in in the third to close the
scoring early in the game.
D Engineers made a two run
spree in the sixth but couldn’t
get over the hump and went down
to F Infantry in a 6 to 5 ball
game.
is interested in aeronautics and
model airplanes is urged to take
part in the contest.
The prizes, ranging from $5 up,
will be furnished from money tak
en in by concessions at the field.
The prizes will be given on the
basis of time of flight.
Registration for the contest will
probably be held Saturday and
preliminary runs will be held all
day Saturday in order to get the
events lined up for the final runs.
The contest will start at 1 p. m.
Fish Tackle Texas
U. Shorthorns In
Austin Saturday
Seeking a win to settle a long
remembered beating at the hands
of the Texas freshmen, the “fish”
travel to Austin Saturday to tangle
with the “forty acre” frosh.
This will be the final game for
the freshmen and now stand with
a win over the Baylor Bears and
the 21 to 9 defeat to the Texas
team.
Southpaw Rizer will take to the
mound for the fish if he recovers
from his cold with Kamperman,
the right hand hurler who allowed
the Cubs only two hits, lying in
reserve.
Behind the bat will be the first
real ball player of the squad,
Aldrich, Zapalac or Wilson will
be on first, Sims on second, Glass
on third, Atkins at short, Simmons
in left field, Peden in center, and
Mtichell in right. If Black is re
leased from the hospital in time,
he will make the trip and probably
play in right field.
Harry Faulkner takes with him
a team that is based this time on a
lot of “ifs” and many dependen
cies but at the same time, a team
that is anxious for a win to settle
the “gift day” game here last
month. In this game the Texas
freshmen ran wild over the fish
and were opposed by many pitch
ers, the last of whom was Bando.
This was Bando’s first game on
the mound but he struck out one
to count for a third of the final
inning.
Eighteen colleges and universi
ties sent delegates to a New York
state scientific conference at Vas-
sar College.
There are more than 200 kinds
of cereals on the market—not
counting just plain oatmeal.
C Cavalry won an unusual game
from 1st Corps Headquarters 8
to 1. For the first three innings
both teams were retired three up
and three down. It was in the
fourth that the Cavalry cut loose
with five runs to win the game and
added three more for good measure
in the sixth and seventh.
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SMITH AND CECIL
PLACE FOR A.&M.
HOUSTON, May 11—Fred Wol
cott qualified in two preliminaries
yesterday evening to add to his
two hurdle entries, a leg on the
mile relay and the broad jump
and set himself up as a possible
record breaker of high point in
dividual scorer.
No preliminaries were held in
the hurdle events as not enough
entries were present. In the final
run today Wolcott, Gatewood, and
Dreiss will fight it out for the
last time in their college careers.
In the 100 yard dash Ramsdell
of Texas won the first heat with
a time of 10.1 with Smith of A.
& M. following a close second.
Blag of Rice placed third and
Bellew of Texas fourth.
In the second heat of the cen
tury race Wolcott broke the tape
in 10 seconds flat and led Cary
and Roberts of Texas, and Cecil
of A. & M., respectively.
Wolcott set a good time in the
220 yard dash as he won the sec
ond heat in 21.9. Bacus of Texas
won the first and led Cecil, Ras-
dell, and Mast.- Wolcott was fol
lowed by Blag, Smith, and Roberts.
The Aggies failed to place a
man in the 440 yard run as Moser
and McLean each ran fourth in
their respective heats. Hall of Rice
and Cealey of S. M. U. were the
winners of the quarter preliminar-
A. R. Boot Picked As
Leading Methodist
Student On Campus
At the annual student banquet
of the A. & M. Methodist Church
A. R. Boot of St. Louis, 111., who is
in Hq. Cavalry, was awarded
the medal for being the outstand
ing Methodist student on the cam
pus. This is the first year that
such an award has been given, but
it is planned that this will be the
annual custom hereafter.
The new officers of the organi
zation were also installed at the
banquet.
ies. Others to qualify were Bran
non, Sparks, Barnfield, and More-
locker.
The finals are scheduled for
2:30 p. m. today on Rice Field.
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