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H O. "HUB' JOHNSON
BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR
Tonight Art Adamson’s greatest" 1 "
swimming team in ten years match
es its all against the Texas Long
horns with S. M. U., T. C. U. and
Baylor thrown in to help in any
way.
For ten years the boys from the
University have held the top hand
in the water. Still for ten years
the final decision hung between the
two state schools.
If there’s a ride going to Austin
today or tonight, take it and see
the Aggies in action. Texas stu
dents will pack the stands for the
“Forty Acre” team, but there’s no
law against you being there too.
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PLAY BALL! Such will be the
mighty ump’s cry Monday as Lefty
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the mound facing
the Boston Bees.
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This will be the third game for
the cadets this year, the first two
being “wrong-way” ones to the
Beaumont exporters.
It seems that Billy Sansing of
the Daily Texan, daily advertising
bulletin of the university, catches
more mistakes in the Batt than
the writers, proof readers, and
editors. Two issues back we ran
an article on the track results in
Fort Worth saying the Aggies
were six and a half points behind
the University boys. They were
16%.
To Billy—The writer was more
of a journalist than a mathema
tician. The Sports Editor has bust
ed math three times.
Coach Homer Norton started a
new custom here this week with
the originating of the Homer Nor
ton Token.
A copy of Kyle Field with en
trance ramps, seats, press box and
all, hung on a blue ribbon with the
player’s name engraved on the
back goes to make up the award.
Across the top is the name
Homer Norton Token. Number One
Team of the Nation and across the
cottom is Co-Champions, 1940.
This token will be given every
player on the squad and will be
repeated each year the team wins
the Southwest Conference Bunting.
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Cadets Prep
For Big Battle
With Boston Bees
Hitting Is
Stressed as Karow
Works the Boys Over
Closing out with two close shaves
at the hands of the Beaumont Ex
porters last week, the Texas Ag
gies compete with bigger and bet
ter company when they take on
the National League’s Boston Bees
here Monday. Lemuel “Lefty”
Bumpers, ace twirler of the cadet
firing staff, will be Coach Marty
Karow’s choice to face the Bees,
while one of the many rookies
cluttering up the Boston squad
will probably start for Manager
Casey Stengel’s crew.
Cold and wet grounds have kept
the Aggie squad indoors ever since
the Beaumont series, but sunshine
prevailed yesterday over the cam-
Mayor Frank G. Anderson yes
terday called a quarter holiday
for Monday to show appreciation
for the scheduling of the Boston
Bee Baseball Game.
All business houses have been
ordered closed from 3 p.m. to the
close of the game.
pus to give the eager cadets their
first outdoor practice this week.
Hitting was stressed mainly in
the workout. Inability of the Ag
gies to wield a heavy bat probably
had plenty to do with their loss to
the Exporters. Only 10 hits were
garnered in the two game series,
and not one man, "with the except
ion of Captain Marion “Dookie”
Pugh, collected more than a single
safety.
The cadet infield brought a gleam
in Karow’s eyes. “I am extremely
satisfied with the boys' display
against Beaumont. Their defense
was exceptional, considering the
amount of practice they have had,
and if our pitchers home through
according to form, we will have a
fine ball club,” Karow said with
pride.
Bumpers, Peden, and Stevenson,
the “big three” of the A. & M.
staff showed plenty of stuff in the
Beaumont series, and should be in
the peak of condition against Bos
ton. Bumpers proved that all the
nice things said about him weren’t
just ballyhoo when he held the
Exporters to seven scattered hits
and three runs. Only through the
lack of support by his teammates
caused the big southpaw to drop
the game. His lack of free passes
to first base brought a satisfying
smile to Coach Karow. Peden, the
rosy cheeked right hander, show
ed a nice breaking curve in his six
inning chore, while Stevenson had
his fast one in there until the
ninth when Beaumont won on a
homer.
Outfield prospects, as yet, have
been untried, but showed a lack
of hitting consistency. However,
they are expected in the future
to supply the heavy hitting for
the club, with Scoggin, Francis,
and Jeffrey in the leading roles.
After the Boston game, the Ag
gies will await the opening of their
conference schedule March 28 with
the Baylor Bears.
Baylor Starts Tennis
Against ETSTC
WACO, March 21—The Baylor
Bears start their tennis campaign
moving here next Monday when
they battle the East Texas State
Teachers College net team in their
opening match of the season.
The Commerce team swept past
the T. C. U. team 7 to 0 last week
and should give the Bears a stiff
test in their initial start of the
year.
Leading the way for Baylor this
year will be Ed “Lefty” Brown,
sophomore netter who is ranked
among the four best players in the
state. The Waco youth finished his
freshman season last year with
out losing a match and will hold
the number one singles spot on
the Baylor squad.
In the number two and three
places will be Tasker Haynes and
Joe Harris, both two year letter-
men. The last man will be picked
from Charles Barrow and Roy Levy
both lettermen and C. 0. Lynch
and Morris Porter, squadmen.
Extension specialists and AAA
workers estimated there were
5,000 new gardens grown on Texas
farm and ranches in 1940.
The Farm Credit Administration
has announced that the 12 district
banks for cooperatives (including
the Texas Bank for Cooperatives at
Houston) and the Central Bank for
Cooperatives has reduced the in
terest rates on new facility loans
from 4 percent to 3% percent.
BATTALION
MARCH 22, 1941
PAGE 3
Intramurals
Volleyball Takes the Lead as
Rainy Weather Cuts Down on Sports
By Bob Myers
M Infantry closed in on A in
fantry for a 2-0 victory in Volley
ball by taking two straight match
es. The first match ended 15-5 and
the second finished 15-7.
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Two evenly matched teams
fought it out on the Volleyball
court in a game that ended in a
2-0 score. 1st. Headquarters Field
Artillery won both matches from
C Coast Artillery—15-9 and 15-13.
A Cavalry found the going plenty
rough in their Volleyball game
with D Infantry and came away
on the win side only after three
fast matches. The Cavalry bunch
won the first match 15-13 but came
up on the short end of a 15-11 tally
in the second heat. They played ins
pired ball in the final match and
clinched the game by winning it
15-7.
4th Corps Headquarters came rid
ing in on the two end of a 2-1 horse
shoe pitching contest when White,
Dunham, Gillespie and Ganz laid
Polo Team Returns
After Disastrous
Trip; 5 Games Lost
The Aggie Polo team returned to
their own camping grounds the
week after a disastrous road trip.
They stopped at Big Spring, La-
mesa, and New Mexico for games,
but each time the hosts proved too
much for the cadets.
Big Spring was their first stop
and they went down in defeat, 7 to
5. Their next match was with La-
mesa, in which they were turned
back to the tune of 7 to 1. In New
Mexico, they were outlasted by
N.M.M.I. in a two game series,
6 to 3, and 7 to 2, respectively.
The long trip seemed too much
for the eager cadets. The exper
ience of their opponents, the type
of horses used, the high goal
competition, and the cold climate
had much to do with A. & M.’s
inability to cop a match.
Five games were scheduled dur
ing the trip, but the return match
with Lamesa was postponed due to
snow and wet weather.
It was a hard road trip for the
polo team, and in the next few
weeks, they will attempt to regain
their former prestige by hard rid
ing and practice.
New Trophies
To Be Added to
Trophy Case
The trophy case in the rotunda
of the Academic Building will make
room for the new trophies which
will arrive here Monday. Roy Bu-
cek’s first place in the Border Oly
mpics gained him a trophy, while
the Freshmen and Football relays
won similar awards in the recent
Fort Worth Exposition meet.
Bucek’s trophy will go back to
the Olympics next year, and the
first man to win it three straight
times gets to keep it for life. The
Aggie ace hurdler has only one
more year of eligibility left which
gives him no chance whatsoever to
win the award.
Symphony Concert—
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been played.
Six encores, more than any mu
sical unit had ever before been ac
corded at the college, were played
before the reluctant audience final
ly left the hall.
Now established as tops in the
field of classical entertainment
where the A. & M. cadet corps is
concerned, the concert was present
ed as one of several programs on
the college’s Town Hall series.
Together with the orchestra,
Nancy Yeager Swinford, soprano,
won the enthusiastic approval of
the audience.
A slendid orchestra, blessed with
an excellent string section, its con
cert Thursday night was far and
wide the finest on 1941’s Town
Hall series.
em in closer than did their op
ponents from A Field Artillery.
Edwards and Scott cashed in for the
Artillerymen.
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
B Cavalry
H Infantry
Bergquist, Williams, Breaux, and
Schram combined to rack up a
game of horseshoes for Headquar
ters Signal Corps at the expense of
B Infantry. Final results of the
game saw the scoreboard read 2-1.
Track Team Off
To SWTSTC Meet
Coach Dough Rollins and his
Aggie track squad head out for San
Marcos at 8 o’clock this morning
where they will participate in a
dual meet with the Southwest Tex
as State Teachers College.
The cadets will pin their hopes
of copping the meet on the shoul
ders of big Roy Bucek, ace hur
dler in the 120 and 220 events.
Bucek has been the sparkplug in
every event the Aggies have en
tered this year. Captain Jim Thom
ason will be the Aggies’ choice
for the shotput, while Derace Mo
ser and “Bama” Smith will attempt
to salvage the 100 yard dash. Other
eventers who will carry the torch
for the Aggie cause include Felix
Bucek and Pete Henry in the dis
cus throw, Ralph Henderson in
the half mile, Albert Ricks in the
pole vault, and Pete Watkins in
the high jump.
Senate Passes—
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finally be passed.
An amendment was proposed
that no boy be denied registration
in the college because of inability
to pay maintenance fees; however,
the Reconstruction Finance Corpo
ration, which is financing the build
ing program, was opposed to the
amendment and it was dropped.
At the present time registration
here is in about the proper ratio
to the high school enrollment. It
is believed that registration in the
college has reached a peak for the
time being, and is not likely to in
crease materially until there is a
considerable population gain and
an increase materially until there
is a considerable population gain
and an increase in high school reg
istration. Another factor is the pos
sibility of this country becoming
involved in war. Registration did
not gain during 1916, 1917, 1918,
and it is considered likely that this
would occur again.
Columbia University recently
awarded 40 scholarships with a
total value of $11,125.
Three Hawaiians traveled 4,500
miles to attend the University of
North Dakota.
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Aggies Will Try to Take
Swimming Crown Tonight
5 Schools in Meet
But Real Battle Is
A & M vs Texas U
With preliminaries out of the
way, five of the Southwest Con
ference schools’ swimming teams
will be battling it out for the
championship in the Gregory Gym
pool tonight at Austin.
For the past nine years, the fi
nal outcome of the annual meet
has been the same in one respect
—Texas University, FIRST PLACE
—This year there is a chance that
the Longhorn swimmers will drop
a notch. The chance is a very thin
one, but if they do the Aggies are
the ones to do it.
With most of the first and sec
ond places practically decided be
forehand from times clocked in
dual meets, the third, fourth, and
fifth places will be as much in
demand as the individual Confec-
ence chamionships.
Both the Aggie and Longhorn
Coaches have been racking their
brains in an effort to figure out
some way to gather in a few of
the loose points.
Baylor University will be on hand
with a team that boasts a cham
pion diver. This is only the third
year that the Bears have had a
swimming team and they show
great prospects for the future.
Texas Christian University is in
the swim for the first time in Con
ference history and will specialize
on diving and free styling.
The fifth and final entrant in
the contest is Southern Metho
dist University. Two of the Mus
tangs’ team members hold reg
ular berths on the strong Dallas
•Athletic Club swimming team and
will make the Methodists a definite
threat in the meet.
Aggie followers will be on hand
in Austin tonight in large numbers
to do their part in helping their
swimming team break the Long
horn blockade.
Britain reports three former team
captains at Eton College have been
killed in the armed services.
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