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E.C.Jeep' OATES BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR Baseball Season Ends With Aggies In Second Place Behind Bib Falks’ Longhorns The Aggies ended up in second place in the conference baseball race, the exact spot which they should have ended in. Texas has the best baseball club and A. & M. has the second best. The Texas bunch are a little faster, a little better and a great deal looser. Er rors ruined the hope for an Aggie victory in each contest. Roy Peden pitched the last seven innings for the Cadets in the second game and allowed only four hits and three runs, and none of those runs were earned. We won’t say anything about the umpire who called the balls and strikes because we weren’t in a position to judge, but that guy Lynn who called the bases was pitiful. Once Jack Lindsey tagged 't'Bob Moers out between first and second, but Moers beat it back to first when the ump refused to call him out. Lindsey went over and asked Moers if he hadn’t been touched. Moers said he had (of course he didn’t tell the ump that because he isn’t crazy yet). There were several plays called by this ump that were off-colored. The in field at Austin is like a piece of iron. A ball can hit three feet in front of the plate and bounce all the way to the outfield. Then there is the cliff in the outfield that is a mess. You have to be part goat to play out there. Even with the “IFS” Texas should have won both games, -but then if so and so hadn’t errored or so and so hadn’t done this, the Ag gies should have won. Sugar Bowl Will Go To World’s Fair To Be Put On Display; Back Here In Sept. The famed Sugar Bowl, trophy^, presented the winner of the Annual Sugar Bowl football game in New Orleans each New Years Day, and now in possession of Texas A. & M., will be on display at the New York World’s Fair this Summer, according to announcement made Garages! Garages! Garages! Do you have a place to keep your car next year ? Before School is out See FLOP COLSON Humble Station East Gate CAMPUS THEATRE BARGAIN DAY 15^ - Matinee and Nite Today Only “Time Out For Murder” with The Roving Reporters Michael Whalan Gloria Stuart WED. - THURS. Don Ameche in “Gateway” Arleen Whelan by Dean E. J. Kyle, chairman of the Athletic Council. At the request of Christy Walsh, director of sports for the Fair, Dean Kyle obtained permission of the Sugar Bowl Sports Association, New Orleans, for the loan of the trophy to the fair. It will be plac ed on exhibit along with other noted sports world trophies in a special display but will not be sent to New York until after school closes at the college on June 8. It will be returned to the college and will again take its honored place in the top of the Aggie trophy case before school opens next Sep tember. A placard will tell all the fair visitors that the Aggies won the trophy last New Years Day by de feating Tulane 14 to 13 and have possession of the noted “mug” for one year. When the original bowl is returned to the Sugar Bowl peo ple in time for next year’s game an exact replica will be given the school as a permanent trophy but the original remains in circulation. Dave Alsobrook lived up to par over at Texas. He clouted one out of the park in each game and as far as this column knows he has clouted one out of their lair every- time they have played in Austin. Herb Smith is all set to go in at Randolph Field with the next class. That reminds us of something else. If you want to learn para chute jumping just take a flight with Felly Dittman. You had rath er jump than stay with him. . A. & M. is conducting a poll of the college baseball coaches and as soon as the returns are in, this column will announce what will be the official All-Conference base ball team for 1940. All sports at A. & M. are com pleted now with the exception of intramurals. In major sports the Aggies did pretty fair. They took first in football and second in base ball. In track and basketball they didn’t do so well. KYLE TO MAKE ADDRESS Dean E. J. Kyle of the School of Agriculture will speak at the annual banquet of the Foreign Trade Council, Friday morning at the Rice Hotel in Houston. SOPHOMORES! There are only 18 days left in this school year. Don’t put off until the last week to be measured for your Junior Uni forms. Come in today and see our material and workmanship. Our work is guaranteed. “Made By Mendl & Hornak” . . . Symbol of Quality and Distinction UNIFORM TAILOR SHOP “MENDL and HORNAK” STEERS DEFEAT CADETS IN 9-8 TILT Alsobrook Hits Homer In Eighth Eighth Inning Rally Falls One Run Short To Tie Foe By Jack Hollimon The Texas A. & M. nine dropped the final game of the season to the Texas Longhorns by a score of 9-8 in Austin Saturday. The Steers had already clinched the pennant in the game played Fri day that saw the Farmers go un der 19-6. Eight Aggie ballplayers took the field for their final game of collegiate competition. These were Dave Alsobrook, outfielder; Bob Stone, infielder; Jack Doran, catch er; Charley Kirkpatrick, catcher; Jack Cooper, outfielder; Johnny Rice, outfielder; Ralph Lindsey, pitcher; and Snipe Conley, pitcher. All of these men have been fine ballplayers and their services will be missed when the next season rolls around. Getting off to a wild start, Sam Bass lasted only two-thirds of the first inning and then Ralph Lindsey came to his rescue. Bass gave up two hits and three runs while walk ing three and hitting one. In the second inning, with the Longhorns in the lead 3-0, the Ag gies came through to score a pair of runs on f four walks by Dumke, Steer hurler, and a timely single by Bob Stone. Texas came back to count three more tallys in the last half of the second, but A. & M. pushed a run over in the third to make the score 6-3. Texas picked up two more in the fourth and one in the sixth to end the Steer scoring for the aft ernoon. A. & M. got a brace of runs in the sixth inning and the Farm ers came closer to the Longhorns when the eighth inning came up. “Little Davey” Alsobrook blasted a homerun over the centerfield fence to bring in Bob Stone ahead of him. This eighth inning rally fell short by one run and the game ended with the Longhorns lasting out the Aggie batsmen. The box score: A. & M. (8)— ah r h po a e Ballow, ss ....2 1 0 2 0 0 *Bumpers ....1 0 0 0 0 0 B. Stone, 3b.... ....5 1 3 3 3 1 Alsobrook, If ....4 1 1 1 0 0 Scoggin, If ....4 0 2 4 0 0 Kirkpatrick, c . ...A 0 0 5 0 0 J. Lindsey, 2b ...A 1 0 2 1 0 Jeffrey, lb ...A 0 1 5 0 1 Pugh, lb ...A 0 0 1 1 0 Stevenson, rf .... ...A 1 1 0 1 1 Bass, p ....0 0 0 0 0 0 R. Lindsey ....1 1 0 0 0 0 Peden, p ....2 2 1 1 1 0 Totals ..36 8 9 24 7 3 Texas (9) ab r h po a e Hass, rf ...A 1 0 1 0 0 Stone, 2b ...A 2 2 1 2 0 Pfeil, cf ...A 4 3 5 1 0 Moers, 3b ...A 1 2 1 3 1 Layden, If ...A 1 2 1 0 0 Hill, lb ...A 0 1 8 0 0 Croucher, ss ...3 0 0 1 1 1 Rawe, c ...2 0 0 9 0 0 Dumke, p ...3 0 0 0 0 1 Still, p ....1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .33 9 10 27 7 3 *Bumpers batted for Ballow in the ninth inning. Score by innings: A. & M 021 002 030—8 Texas 330 201 OOx—9 Umpires—Herrerra and Linn. Yea Army! Come down to George’s and “Bull” with the gang before it’s too late. • GEORGE’S Confectionery BATTALIONl) TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1940 PAGE 3 On Their Way to Test Their Ability to Wear “Wings” as Airplane Pilots Final instructions have been given this group of Flying Cadets at Randolph Field, Texas, and now they’re off to put into practice the ground training they’ve received at the Army Air Corps Primary Flying School at Uncle Sam’s “West Point of the Air.” Note the parachutes, worn by each cadet and instructor. This aerial life raft is an integral part of every Flying Cadet’s equipment, for Army Regulations provide that every person on every flight in every airplane must be supplied with a parachute. Ever since the parachute came into use in the Army Air Corps in 1923, records show there hasn’t been a single fatality, in the multitude of emer gency jumps, that can be blamed on the failure of the parachute to function. These Flying Cadets in training at Randolph Field receive $75 per month together with uniforms, board and lodging, hospitaliza tion when necessary, and other services. Brackenridge Wins First Place In State High School Swim Meet San Jacinto High Places Second Brackenridge high school of San Antonio swam off easily with the State boys high school swim crown here Saturday night, beating out San Jacinto, Houston, which made a gallant finish collecting only 23 points, but set a new record with their relay team in the 180-medley event. Time was 1:53.3 compared to the old record of 1:57. Highland Pai’k, Dallas, furnished the surprise by taking third place with 18 points but only on the last event, diving, did they nose out Paschal, Fort Worth, 16, Denton, 15, and Stephen F. Austin, Hous ton, 14. They took first, fourth and fifth for eight points and third place in the meet. They also placed fifth in both relay events. It was the first time Dallas has entered a team and they look like good prospects for 1941. Austin high of Austin, 1939 champions finished a poor ninth with nine points after winning the crown last season with a total of 51 counters. Preston Geren, Arlington Heights, Fort Worth, set a new mark of 1:13.6 in the 100-yard breast stroke, breaking Ken Tar- leton’s 1938 mark of 1:16.4. Cotton School To Be Held Here From June 10 to July 20 The annual Summer Cotton School will be held at Texas A. & M. College June 10 to July 20, according to an announcement made this past week, and during the same period, three two-week courses for ginners will be offered. The cotton school is conducted with a view of preparing young men to enter the cotton business; to train cotton growers to market their product intelligently and prof itably, to assist cotton buyers to become more familiar with low grade and off color cotton, and to judge staple. No admission require- | ments are made for beginning stu- | dents. The ginners course is being of fered because buyers and ginners j have realized the necessity of buy- j ing cotton on its value to bring, about a real improvement on its quality and the college is joining others of the state by offering this short course in cotton grading and I stapling. | The first course will cover the! period of June 10 to 22; the second from June 24 to July 6; and the third from July 8 to 20. k INTRAMURAL ! HIGHLIGHTS By Bob Myers Class B Tennis finals came off Friday, with C Field Artillery and F Coast Artillery “Fish” across the net from each other. The Field Artillery bunch took the match 2 to 1 and walked off with the championship as well. Buttrill and Jones downed Craigin and Levy to win the first set, but the Coast retaliated when Eads and Robe son took Hudson and Sumner. To decide the winner, Baeuchle and Fannin won the last game from Rone and Wilson. The only Class A softball game ended with F Engineers on top with a 17 to 1 score over C Chemi cal Warfare. The game was 17 to 0 at the beginning of the sev enth when the “SB’s” got one a- cross the plate to avoid a white washing. Softball playoffs start this week with all of the League winners decided. The lead-off games are F Engineers vs Artillery Band, B Infantry vs A Field Artillery, M Infantry vs G Coast Artillery, and in class B, A Infantry vs E Coast Artillery. Shakespeare (whose name can be and has been spelled in more than 4,000 different ways), had a vocabulary of 21,000 words, seven times that of the average person today. ,\\\\'|// NEW SHIPMENT of DAVIS STRAWS To Sell At $1.00 - $1.95 Other Straws At $2.25 - $2.75 NORWOOD’S Bryan Polo Team Closes Successful Season Because the game with San An tonio encountered rain, the A. & M. polo association closed its official season with the New Mexico trip. A total of 28 match games were played by the Varsity, ROTC, and Fish teams, the ROTC playing three and the Fish one. Twelve games were in the win column and fourteen listed the other way. Games were played with New Mexico Military, Oklahoma Uni versity, Oklahoma Military, San Antonio, Austin, Shreveport, Lam pasas, Lamesa, Lubbock and Plain- view. Inasmuch as most colleges and universities find it impossible to maintain polo, it is necessary to step up into faster competition than collegiate polo at times. How ever, this undoubtedly improves the play of the teams. The following played sufficient chukkers to letter: Asa Jones, team captain; Sid McDonald, Dick Culbertson, Dwight Barry, T. A. Williams, and Carl Maloney. Homeyer and Rice saw some ser vice with the varsity. Of these players Asa Jones will be lost by graduation, and this loss will be heavy, as Jones has sparked the play all year. Freshmen who have shown pro mise are Braid, Buie, McGowan, Muirhead and Irving. In fact the Fish team can give the varsity a real run for the money. Some practice is now being car ried on for the purpose of train ing ponies and improving mallet work. This will continue through the summer, although only for the new ponies. You have enough iron in your body to make a piece of metal slightly larger than a nickel. Barber Shop LA SALLE HOTEL O’Conner - Jones Bryan, Texas Athletic Council Awards Watches To Bodie, Bert The Athletic Council has voted to award watches to F. A. “Bodie” Pierce and B. H. “Bert” Burns, senior yell-leaders, in recognition of their services and outstanding accomplishments during the Ag gies’ national championship year of 1939-40. Dean E. J. Kyle, chairman of the Athletic Council, made this known after the meeting Monday afternoon. 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