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ON KYLE FIELD • With Hub Johnson By Jack Hollimon Over at Memorial Stadium in Austin last Saturday a Houston high schooler named Steve Lobue did everything but water the old bedraggled Longhorn Steer graz ing peacefully on that turf when he garnered 10% points to lead Jeff Davis to a state championship. This may not be too wonderful ex cept that barrel-chested Steve can play bang-up football and basket ball. He would make Aggie coaches think of another Houston boy nam ed Bill “Jitterbug” Henderson if they had him wearing our hon orable maroon and white. While we’re on the subject of Henderson, it is interesting to note that a chance remark, almost jok ing, sent “Jitter” on his now- famous pursuit of four varsity let ters. Assistant Publicity Director H. B. McElroy, just “Mac” to the athletes mentioned it to him after the end of his fish year, and de spite protests of injury-fearing basketball coaches, Bill started out Dial 4-1182 for QUICK DELIVERY BLACK’S PHARMACY East Gate Frogs Sink Aggie Golfers in Feature Match Here Friday Win Over Cadets * Makes TCU Staunch Conference Favorite The Texas Aggie golf team suf fered its first setback since the Fort Worth Exposition meet when the T. C. U. Frogs out-manned them in a feature match here Fri day afternoon. In view of their victory over the cadets, the Frogs rank as staunch favorites to cop the Southwest Conference meet which will be held in Austin May 9 and 10. Henry Hauser and Henry Rich ards, Aggie ace linksmen, started the doubles match with Bob Sikes and Ed Rivercromb with a bang by beating the T. C. U. golfers 4 and 3. Hauser went on to win his singles match with Sikes, 8 up. Kyle Gillespie, Frog gridiron ace of the past season, also had a win ning afternoon. In the doubles match he combined with Benton Beasley to shade John Roberts and Bob Warne of the Aggies, 2 and 1. Gillespie also annexed his singles match with Roberts, 6 and 4, with Rivercomb and Beasley taking the other two matches over Richards and Warne, respectively. The scor es were 3 and 2 in both matches. BATTALION MAY 6 PAGE 3 Intramurals E and F Field Artillery Dominate Sunday’s Class A and B Track Meet to win the coveted glory that is now front page news. Out of the blue comes a couple of guys named Matty Bell and Dutch Meyer to “yell” about Tex as university and A. & M. and their abundance of embryonic talent. It seems Dutch and Matty, having forgotten the gala days of Ki Aid- rich, Davey O’Brien, and Bobby Your Feet Are Important When You Start to Dress, Remember ... YOUR SOCKS . . . must be the proper color and material, not slouchy, and, for your comfort, not full of holes. Our assortment of sport and dress socks, either full or half-length, will provide you with the best in sock merchandise. AND YOUR SHOES ... must be shined, neat looking, with good strings and not-r un-down heels. New shoes from our varied spring selection will solve your shoe problem. The Exchange Store “An Aggie Institution” By Mike Haikin F and E Battery Field Artil lery dominated both the Class A and B track meet Sunday after noon, in events that had even Coach Douch Rollins envious. F Field Artillery compiled a total of 20% points to take first place honors in Class A, while the Artil lerymen from E Field made 29 markers to win the freshman divi sion. Upperclassmen from E Field took the runnerup position with 19 points with A Engineers, C Infantry and B Infantry, com ing in that order for the first five teams. F Field Artillery was second in the Class B division, with A Field Artillery, B Signal Corps and Machine Gun Cavalry coming in that order. Only the first five places are listed here. The other positions are posted on the Intramural Office bulletin board. Wilson, are worried about high school athletes’ obvious preference for state schools. People are won dering about Presto Johnston’s fi nancial status in case everybody throws rocks from the question able cover of a glass house. Mr. Bible of Texas took up the hue and cry, but he is riding in the same leaky boat. The individual winners of the various events are as follows: Broad Jump A—Adams (A Engi neers)—21 ft. 1 1-2 in; Class B— Welch (E Field Art)—20.5. High Jump: Class A—Terrell (E. F.A.) — 6.4 3-4; Class B— Cox (D Cavalry)—5-11. Javalin Throw: Class A—Hill (C Inf.)—174.3; Class B—Ott (G. F.A.)—150.6. 100 yard dash: Class A—John son, S. N. (F. F.A.)—10.3; Class B—Welch (E. F.A.)—10-5. 120 yard low hurdles: Class A— Mitchell (5th Corps Hdq.)—14 sec.; Class B—Simmons (E. F.A.) —15.3. 440 yard Shuttle relay: Class A —E-F.A.—43.3; Class B—F-F.A.— 45.8. Shotput: Class A—Johnson, E. O. (F-F.A.)—39.2y 2 ; Class B. Whiting (B Signal Corps)—43.6. At this time, Mr. Penberthy and the intramural department wish to extend their appreciation to the boys who helped out at the meet. Without them, it would have been a difficult job. A sizzling fire ball and a lanky frame gave Walter “Sam” Bass importance in baseball on Kyle Field, but the lure of professional baseball pulled him in and he sign ed with Knoxville in the Cotton States League. “Sam” has plenty of stuff, according to the author ities, and whenever he learns to control a big foot, he can send that red-hot horseside home. A hundred yards in 9.2 seconds is Carlton Terry’s momentous ef fort last Friday on the oval. His tremendous acknowledgment throughout the sports minded world for this and other great races have caused coaches of the Pacific Coast, long the home of track speed, to wire coach Littlefield for Texas’ presence, including Jack Hughes, in their big-time track and field meet. All this from Billy Sansing, likable Daily Texan Sports Editor. Bill was here for the “Little Con ference” meet, and he mentioned a certain team from Austin that will be carrying big guns next fall. If Benito and Adolph keep on, those Texas boys will be carrying big guns next fall—right in the ranks. A SMART CADET SAYS: “Buy Mendl & Hornak uniforms. They are made of yarn-dye material which absolutely will not fade.” Complete Outfit $86.50 Here’s What You Get:— • BLOUSE • SLACKS (2 Prs.) • SHIRT • CAP • SAM BROWNE BELT • PATCHES Compare quality and prices anywhere and you will buy from . . . UNIFORM TAILOR SHOP Telephone 4-8444 North Gate Interesting events and happen ings at the track meet — Coach Dough Rollins still predicting and picking the winners . . . Jimmy Parker, the big little manager of Aggie athletics, screaming and whooping to keep the boys away from the track . . . Terrell of E Field Artillery jumping 6.4% in the high jump . . . even made the great Pete Watkins envious . . . Bill Buchanan sitting atop the judge’s stand, with his chest stick ing far out . . . King Moss trying his hand at announcing . . . sound ed a bit mossy . . . Ralph Hender son and Gus Laney giving an exhi bition in the quarter mile with a good (?) time of 58.1 . . . Bill Sibley strolling into Kyle Field after a good hour’s walk on the bull ring . . . Fish Crist and Fish Bii'dwell of A Engineers begging the writer to have their name in the paper . . . Nicky Pointhieux getting crossed up on picking the winners . . . and Mr. Penny be ing relieved after meet was over . . . took from 1:30 to 6:45 to com plete the meet . . . Water Carnival Stars Champions, Beauties, Clowns McKey, Davis, Taylor And Hensley Set New Time in Free Style Relay Texas A. & M.’s annual Water Carnival will be held May 9 and 10 in P. L. Downs Jr. natatorium, and a galaxy of swimming beau ties, diving champions and tank stars are readying a program that is expected to lead in aquatic ex hibition of the season. Baylor university is to be rep resented by a specialty act while other events will include diving shows, water polo games, and the hilarious antics of clown divers Chick Denny and Scotty Potter. In strange comparison to the scanty water togs of those lovelies who are scheduled to parade, the attire of both clowns in and out of aqua should find it worth one’s time to push them from the high diving board. Bland and Young of the Waco school perform a trapeze act in termingled with teeter board friv olity and diving exhibitions. Both of these Baylor swimmers are rec ognized experts and Young is the present holder of the Texas A. A. F. diving championship. Rain in Brazos county will be nothing after the crowds have wit nessed the splashing of water polo teams selected from the new and old area. Top-flight players are to be picked and this portion of the carnival promises to be a high light. Opening time is 7:15 for both nights and the program is schedul ed to terminate before dance time. All proceeds realized from the crowds expected to attend will be used to defray expenses of Coach Art Adamson’s water polo club in future trips. First Round Of Singles Handball Tourney Is Today The first round of the A. & M. singles handball tournament un der the leadership of Mike Coki- nos and “Handsome” Ransome Kenny begins today with 32 com petitors ready to match back- board shots for the school hand ball championship. All matches will be two out of three games except the finals which will be stretched to three out of five tilts. All first round matches must be played off by Friday in order to keep the tour nament on schedule. First round pairings are A1 Drolesky and Beychok, Anderson and Stovell, Windrow and Britain, John Link and Fajardo, Leon Rahn and Haikin, Mike Cokinos and Gib son, Goodrich and Gus Link, Cath ey and Spoede, Darden and Ozier, Smith and Pyeatt, Lehman and Lemly, Michaels and Nayovitz, Richards and Florence, Beard and Kenny, Ed Drolesky and Brown, Baseball Team Shades Mustangs Saturday 2 to 1 Aggie Horsemen Make Creditable Showing in Austin Eight Aggie horsemen turned in a creditable showing for them selves and their mounts Satur day, May 3, at the annual horse show in Austin sponsored by the Bit and Spur Club of the Univer sity of Texas. This is the first year that A. & M. has ever com peted in any event other than the horsemanship class and they han dled their regular military mounts in excellent manner. Rain-filled clouds released a downpour that made jumping al most impossible, but the cadets, nevertheless, exhibited training and ability. The jumps had to be taken outside of the ring as a re sult of the soggy ground. In the horsemanship class, A. & M. made a clean sweep of all four places when S. O. Callahan won the blue ribbon, Ralph E. Hill Jr. rode admirably for second place, Bill Ehman took third, and M. H. “Matt” Martin placed fourth. All of these riders brought Aggieland much honor on the dis tant field. The Aggie hunt team composed of cadets Jack Irving riding Spot, Ralph E. Hill Jr. on Buddy, and Chase Kincannon on Ford gallop ed handily into fourth place. Foot ing was extremely precarious and this eliminated another A. & M. team that was well in front of all other competition. This team consisting of Bob Tonkin, Nig Cal- liham, and Bill Ehman had com pleted all but the last hurdle when Ehman’s mount fell, disqualifying the team. Numerous competitors and the sponsors of the show compliment ed A. & M. on their fine appear ance and horsemanship. The Ag gies were constant contenders in all, events entered and their show ing was a definite asset to the school, according to Major Ste vens and Lieut. W. G. North, coaches. Clean Sweep Made Of Two Game Series Bill (Slugger) Buchanan’s homer coupled with Roy Peden’s brilliant mound exhibition proved too good a combination for S. M. U. as the Texas Aggies shaded the S. M. U. Mustangs 2 to 1 here Saturday afternoon to make a clean sweep of the two-game series. Buchanan’s four-ply blow came in the eighth frame with Cecil Ballow on base to break up a heat ed pitching duel between Peden and Atwell Tessman, Pony hurler. For seven innings “goose-eggs” dotted the scoreboard for both teams. Previous to the eighth can to, Tessman had allowed only one scratch single, while Peden, was charged with three bingles. The big Aggie righthander was never better than he was that day. His wide sweeping curve was a great enigma to the Mustangs. Peden whiffed eleven men, eight of them coming in the first four frames. Tessman matched Peden’s performance until the eighth, and for a time it seemed that the game would never end. The Mustangs threatened mildly in the third. With one down, Pace and Clement poked singles, but Ramsey struck out and Tessman skied to right. No one cadet reached second off Tessman until the eighth frame. Peden’s swinging bunt was the only base blow for the cadets then. Al though striking out only two men, the Mustang pitcher had the sit uation well in hand. Then came the eighth frame. Carden and Peden both grounded out, but Ballow poked a one-bag ger into center. With the count two and nothing in his favor, Buch anan picked one of Tessman’s fast ones arid sent the ball reeling into Norton’s “cow pasture” far over the fence. However, the Mustangs weren’t going down without one last ef fort. With one down in the ninth Davis took life as Ballow threw his grounder away. He went all the way to second on the error. Cliff Hagerman, southpaw gard ener, fooled himself and everyone else, as he bounced a double down the left field foul line to score Davis. Peden then tightened up, forcing Gonzales to fly out to Jef frey and Keith to pop out to Bal low. Hits and runs were far and few between in this game with the sup port being excellent for both pitch ers. Jeffrey’s circus catch of Gon zales’ short fly into right in the ninth was the fielding gem of the day, while Davis’ play at the key stone sack was a great asset to the Mustang cause. BOX SCORE: A. & M. Ballow, ss. Buchanan, 3b. Francis, cf. Scoggins, If. Jeffrey, rf. Lindsey, 2b. Pugh, lb. Carden, c. Peden, p. Totals S. M. U. Davis, 2b. Kilmer, ss. Hagerman, rf. Gonzales, If. Keith, lb. Pace, cf. Clement, 3b. Ramsey, c. Tessman, p. -Totals Score by innings: S. M. U. A. & M. 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Cokinos. Those making the trip as mem- Bob Taylor Slashes Time From Two A.A.U. Records in Dallas Meet Records and Bob Taylor of Coach Art Adamson’s Aggie tank club met in Dallas Saturday at the Southwest A.A.U. indoor meet, and I Taylor swam off with the 220-yard freestyle in record breaking time of 2:17.1 to better his own record by 4.9 seconds. He then turned his hand to the 440-yard freestyle and I won easily, setting another record that he already held. His time in this event was 5:7.5 and it was un der the old record 6.4 seconds. Harold Hensley won the 100-yard freestyle with a great swim effort but missed the record by a narrow margin. A. & M.’s 200-yard freestyle re lay team raced to victory in the record breaking time of 1:40.4, one tenth of a second under the old. This foursome was composed of Hensley, McKey, Davis, and Taylor. After the meet Taylor was voted the outstanding swimmer of 1941 and was awarded the Adolph Kiefer award. 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