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-With Hub Johnson.
Exporters Make
It Two in a Row
Over Aggie Nine
Homer in Ninth Frame
Off Stevenson Sews Up
Game for Shippers, 6-3
F«r many years we have heard
the cry “wait until next year” from
the coaches, from the sports writ
ers, from the players and from
nowhere. Now it comes again,
“Wait ’til next year,” and then the
Aggie track team will he one of
the strongest of the country.
This past week end in Fort Worth
the varsity came down from the
list where they landed in Laredo
and San Antonio and stole first
place while the fish led by a boy
who wears three sweat suits, Em-
rick Labus, carried away top hon
ors.
The tankers moved in over the
Mustangs Saturday night in final
preparation for the Southwest Con
ference Swimming meet which will
be held in Austin come Friday and
Saturday nights.
For nine years the University
has held the title. Nine years saw
the Aggies climb nearly to the
strength of topping the Forty Acre
team and then graduation or “quit-
uation” blew the team to the winds.
This year Baylor, S. M. U., T.
C. U., Texas and A. & M. will
make up the meet, with the Aggies
and the Longhorns scheduled to
fight it out.
A trip to Austin Saturday night
for the finals would be well worth
the time and effort.
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J. P. Wood’s lusty homer over
the right center field wall off
Charlie Stevenson in the ninth inn
ing proved to be the payoff blow
as the Beaumont Exporters swept
the series with another win over
the Texas Aggies, 6 to 3, here Sat
urday afternoon.
Roy Peden started off on the
mound for the cadets and pitched
masterful ball until the seventh
inning, in which he gave way to
rotund Charlie Stevenson.
The Aggies wasted no time in
getting to Masters, starting Ship
per pitcher. With two down, Fran
cis singled to center, stole second
and scored as Pugh singled to left.
Wood’s single, an error by Pugh,
and Erautt’s hit tied up the score
in the fourth. The Shippers added
another run in the fifth stanza as
Pitcher Gillespie opened the inn
ing with a line-drive homer over the
left field wall.
The cadets tied it up in their
half of the fifth. With one down,
Buchanan singled to center. Car
den and Peden followed with walks.
Buchanan scored as McHale drop
ped Glass’ high infield fly. Glass
was out on the automatic infield
rule, but Gillespie ,in picking up
the ball, threw wild to the catcher.
Both teams added a run in the
sixth inning. Wood opened the inn
ing with an infield hit to short.
McHale forced Wood at second, but
Bengoechea followed with a bingle
to center. Erautt forced Bengochea
at second and Unser, batting for
Gillespie, poked a single to center,
scoring McHale.
Pugh poled a homer off Ganns
to deadlock the score in the sixth.
The score remained tied until
the final inning. Mullin opened
it with a sharp single to center.
Carter sacrificed him to second
and Hapac followed with a walk.
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BATTALIONA-—
MARCH 18, 1941 PAGE 3
Class B Ping Pong Champs
A Chemical Warfare Freshman Ping Pong team. Left to right,
front row: Jackson, Peterson, and Wemberlick; back row: McAllister,
Morrison, Swope, and Lafield.
Intramurals
Golf Added to Intramural
Sports; Entries Due Tomorrow
Aggies Win
60-33 Over
Mustangs
Hensley Lowers
Own Pool Record
In 50 Yard Event
Harold Hensley led the Aggie
swimmers in a 60-33 win over
Coach Buddy Foster’s Mustangs
here Saturday by breaking his
own pool record of one week’s
standing in the 50 yd. free style
event. The old time was 23.9 and
Hensley clipped it down to 23.6.
Of the ten events in the meet,
A. & M. took seven first places
and six second places. Bob Taylor
the Aggie ace swimmer, partici
pated in only one of his usual
three events and gave his team
mates an opportunity to try their
skill against the Dallasites.
The meet was to have been a tri
angular contest with Baylor as
the third contender, but they with
drew.
Next stop for the Cadets will be
the Southwest Conference meet in
Austin next Saturday. The cham
pionship will be a nip and tuck af
fair between the Aggies and the
Longhorns with Texas trying to
make it a ten year record for hold
ing the championship.
300 YARD MEDLEY RELAY—
Texas A. & M. (Conway, Stephens,
Ponthieux); S.M.U. Time 3:18.1.
220 YARD FREE STYLE—Tay
lor, A. & M.; Kiel, A. & M.; Hawk,
S.M.U. Time, 2:19.6.
50 YARD FREE STYLE—Hen
sley, A. & M.; Buddington, S.M.U.;
Elder, S.M.U.; Time, 23.6. New
pool record.
100 YARD INDIVIDUAL MED
LEY—Sinclair, S.M.U.; Ponthieux,
A. & M.; Stephens, A. & M. Time,
1.05.
DIVING — Gonzales, S.M.U.;
Reeves, A. & M.; Cokinos, A. & M.
100 YARD FREE STYLE—Hen
sley, A. & M.; Sinclair, S.M.U.;
Buddington, S.M.U.; Time, 0:54.6.
100 YARD BACKSTROKE—
Conway, A. & M.; Japhet, A. & M.;
Montgomery, S.M.U. Time, 1.10.9.
440 YARD FREE STYLE—
Boston Bees
To Tangle With
Aggies March 24
The Boston Bees will appear at
College Station on March 24 in an
exhibition game with the Texas
Aggies to give the Cadets their
first major league competition in
many seasons.
The Boston Club will be facing
Lefty Bumpers, the Aggie south
paw who held the Beaumont team
for eight innings last Friday, only
to lose 3-2 because of lack of
support.
McLarin fouled to Pugh and then
Wood delivered hi smighty blow.
Wood, with three hits, was the
offensive star for Beaumont, while
Pugh, coming off with a single and
a homer, was tops for the cadets.
By Mike Haikin
G Field Artillery copped top
honors in Class A Intramurals,
followed closely by E Field Artil
lery and F Engineers; I Field Ar
tillery won the freshman division,
while runner up and third stand
ing of the rest of the teams will be
announced as soon as two or three
postponed matches are completed.
A new sport has been added to
the intramural department in the
form of golf. Although no points
will be given to the organizations
entered, medals will be awarded
to the top performers. A green fee
of twenty-five cents for each
game will be the assessment for in
dividuals that desire to enter. A
rule made by the department states
that students can enter either
doubles or singles, but not both.
A bracket will be posted at the in
tramural office and at the Coun
try Club. Individuals are urged to
Goodman, A. & M.; Renaud, A. &
M.; Mayes, S.M.U. Time, 6:04.2.
100 YARD BREAST STROKE—
Phil Montgomery, S.M.U.; Pon
thieux, A. & M.; Stephens, A. & M.
Time, 1:10.2.
440 YARD FREE STYLT RE-
LEY—A. & M. (Johnson, Japhet,
Conway, Kiel); S.M.U. Time,
4:14.0.
and it is their responsibility to
get the match played within the
period prescribed for that round.
Entries for this sport will be due
tomorrow by 6 p.m.
Some close games were record
ed in speedball as the mopping up
process is well geting under way.
F Field Artillery eeked out a hard-
earned victory over 3rd Corps Hdq.
8 to 7, in a feature game. In other
games, M Infantry edged out Hdq.
Signal Corps, 7 to 6, while C Field
Artillery proved superior in their
victory over 1st Hdq. Field Artill
ery, 7 to 4.
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
H Infantry
A Field Artillery (2)
1st Corps Hdqs.
E Coast Artillery
F Infantry
A Engineers
After being held to a close score
in the first game of the series with
D Field Artillery, E Engineers
turned on their full power in the
second game to completely anni
hilate the “buggy boys”, and take
the series 2 to 0 in a feature game
on the volleyball court. B Engineers
came from behind to down C Cav
alry in a close match, while B Sig
nal Corps took the series with L
Infantry, 2 to 0.
Next Year s Football Jerseys to Be
Numbered According to Player’s Position
Texas Aggie football players"
will be numbered hereafter ac
cording to the recommendations of
the Advisory Committee of Coach
es, Rules Committee, National Col
legiate Athletic Association, which
recommendations are embodied in
Rule 5, Section 3, Page 20, of the
new rules, Head Coach Homer Nor
ton announced here this week.
The change will also do away
with the terms halfback and quar
terback which long since have be
come misnomers under the wing-
back, box, T and other backfield
formations.
Henceforth all Texas Aggie
home football programs will list
the backs as wingback, blocking
back, fullback and tailback. By way
of clarification, those positions in
1940 were held down in order by:
Derace Moser, Jim Thomason, John
Kimbrough and Marion Pugh who
we listed on the programs as left
halfback, right halfback, fullback
and quarterback.
The new numbering system will
tell John Fan just what position
any player holds down on the of
fense lineup simply by remem
bering that any boy wearing a
number from 10 to 19 is a wing-
back; if from 20 to 29 he is a
blocking back; from 30 to 39 he is
a fullback; and from 40 to 49 he
•is a tailback.
In the line the centers will be
numbered from 50 to 59; guards
from 60 to 69; tackles from 70 to
79;, and ends from 80 to 89 with
all the even numbers on the right
side of the center and the odd digits
on the left side of the line.
Coach Norton is a member of
the Advisory Committee of Coach
es, headed by Dick Harlow, Har
vard head coach, and is in favor of
simplifying the numbering so that
the game may be more understand
able for the fans. He also pointed
out that the changes recommended
will go a long way in eliminating
the trick numbering followed by
some coaches in an effort to con
fuse the opposition.
“I always have been opposed to
those trick jersies and hard-to-
decipher numbers and am glad to
be among the first to take the lead
in rectifying that questionable
practice,” Norton said.
He pointed out that the Texas
Aggie numbers always have been
plain and on contrasting color so
there would be no confusion in
identifying his players. He also
called attention to the fact that
insofar as possible he tried to
avoid having two men in the lineup
at the same time whose numbers
might cause the fans and sports
writers any trouble. The last time
►there was any amount of mixup
was when Joe Boyd and Ernie Pan-
nell wore 64 and 54, respectively,
and often one got credit for the
other’s good work when only, the
last number could be seen. “We
will number our starters to avoid
that trouble next year,” he added.
Another letter received by Coach
Norton from Lou Little, Columbia
coach, and chairman, Coaches Rul
es Committee, asked that all mem
bers of the Football Coaches Asso
ciation cooperate in adopting the
recommended system.
So far as Coach Norton knows,
the matter has not been settled
by any cf the other Southwest Con
ference schools but he has hopes
that the other head coaches will
follow his lead.
It “hits the spot” in the
afternoon.
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Aggies Take Second
In Ft. Worth Track Meet
Bucek High Point
Man With First In
120 and 220 Hurdles
From out of the night came the
Texas Aggies last Saturday as the
Schulenburg stick jumper, Roy Bu
cek, led them to a second place
berth in the annual Fort Worth
Southwest Exposition Meet and
within six and a half points of the
Texas Longhorns.
Following the two state schools
were Oklahoma University, Bay
lor, S. M. U., T. C. U., Tulsa Uni
versity and Texas Tech.
Bucek was high point man of the
meet, winning first places in the
120-yard high hurdles. In the spec
ial football relay event he ran a
lap, one which closed the gap be
tween the Aggies and A. & I.
Javelinas.
Jack Wilson of Baylor beat out
Jim Thomason in the shot put, and
Walters, also of Baylor, topped
Albert Ricks in the high jump.
In the discus throw big Jack
Hughes, Texas, flipped the discus
for a new record at 158 feet and 7
inches.
Morris Bamfield also of Texas
set a second all-meet record in the
440-yard dash; covering the quar
ter mile in 48.8 seconds.
Freshmen Win
The 'fish’ ran over the Univers
ity freshmen with fifty-six and
one third points to thirty-two and
a half points.
Rollins’ first year men were
sparked by E. V. Labus who won
the 440 and 220 yard events.
Other events won by the Aggie
freshmen included the discus throw
half mile run, shot put and mile
relay.
Aggies Take Football Race
Highlight of the meet In the ex
tra events was the change of hands
of the football relay title as Moser,
Bertha Nell Koenig
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•^Knight, Bucek, and Smith eeked
out a win over the defending cham
pions, Texas A. & I.
University Summary
Javelin Throw.—Won by Adair, Texas,
188 feet 4 inches; second, Barnet, Southern
Methodist University, 180 feet 10 inches;
third, Kring, Texas Christian University,
171 feet, 2 inches; fourth, ShaJnik, Texas
A. & M., 153 feet 6 inches.
440-Yard Dash.—Won by Barfield, Tex
as ; second, Lyda, Oklahoma University;
third. Sparks, Texas; fourth, Johnston,
Texas A. & M. Time 48.8 seconds (new
all-meet record; old record 49.5 seconds,
by Cable, Oklahoma Baptist University,
1938).
120-Yard High Hurdles.—Won by Bu
cek, Texas A. & M.; second, Watkins,
Texas A. & M. ; third. Covert, Texas;
fourth, Davis, Texas. Time—16 seconds.
100-Yard Dash.—Won by Terry, Texas:
second, Ramsdell, Texas; third. Smith,
Texas A. & M. ; fourth, Moser, Texas A.
& M. Time—9.9 seconds.
Mile Run.—Won by Smothers, Oklahoma
University; second, Hafernick, Texas;
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