Campus Cleaners Capture Softball Crown!! Summer Sports -With Mike Haikin- , Summer Sports Program Reaches Half-Way Mark; Campus Cleaners Dominate Star Team The first term summer urogram is fast dwindling into its final stages, with the handball and ten nis champs yet to be decided. However, that will be decided in the next day or so, and with it will go another successful program. Luke Harrison has done a mighty swell job, and if he can do half as well next term, everyone will be satisfied. During the final stages of any season, it is always the custom of v the paper or writer to name his ^ honor team. So it is with this writer today. An all-star team was named last week, but in the opinion of this writer, there were a few boys omitted from the team. So without any formality, here is the writer’s honor team: lb—Holder (Aggie (Cleaners) 2b—Edison (Campus Theater) 3b—Fuller (Campus Cleaners) ss—Dennis (Campus Cleaners) sf—Hancock (Aggie Cleaners) If—Key (Aggie Cleaners) cf—Buckley (Aggieland Phar macy ■ rf—Nixon (Campus Cleaners) c—Sibley (Campus Cleaners) c—Gunlock (Aggie Cleaners) ....p—Rutherford (Campus Clean ers p—Moncrief (Aggieland Phar macy ....p—Bloodworth (Campus Clean ers) Manager—Parker (Aggie Clean ers). Honorable Mention Infielders — Olbrich (Campus cleaners), Smith (Aggie Cleaners), Roberts (Rivet Busters), Cushion (Aggieland Pharmacy), Moore (Seaboard Life). Outfielders and Shortfielders—• Ogdee (Campus Cleaners), Gray (Campus Cleaners),.. Watanabie (Campus Theater), Wallace (Sea board Life), Heim (Campus Thea ter). ^ Catchers — Sisco (Aggieland Pharmacy), Gonzales (Seaboard Life). i, Pitchers—Lawler (Aggieland Pharmacy), Lloyd (Campus Thea ter), Wilson (Seaboaord Life), Hogge (North Gate P. H.). The Twilight League All-Stars! Down Theater Team in Out of 3 Game Series 2 Loss of Key Men in Vital Positions to Handicap Texas U. Greatly in Flag Chase According to L. W. Brooks, writ-, er of the column, “Babblin’ Brook,” for the Daily Texan, the Texas Longhorns will defeat the Aggies here on Kyle Field next Thanksgiving. Before giving out that statement, Brooks should keep in mind that Texas has already lost some key men to Uncle Sam, and in all probability will lose more. From this corner it doesn’t even look like the Longhorns will be in the running for the foot ball flag after the draft gets through with them. We doubt ser iously whether Texas could even defeat the Aggies with their team intact. Look what happened to us over there. They tell us “Crain- berries” certainly taste swell about Thanksgiving time. Especially when it’s over here. Sport Squibs from here and there . . . The free coaching school .will be held here August 17-23 under the auspices of the athletic department . . . everything from football to intramural activities, including prevention and treatment of injuries, will be discussed . . . According to E. W. Hooker, A. & M. College ticket manager, Texas Aggie football tickets will go on sale to the general public on Sep tember 1 . . . there will be four home games this fall—Sam Hous ton State Teachers, Baylor, S. M. U., and Texas . . . Lefty Bumpers is doing all the good with the Beaumont Exporters ... he annex ed two straight games this past week, defeating the Shreveport Sports and the Oklahoma Indians, respectively . . . nice going, Lefty, just keep it up, and we’ll be root ing for you . . . Jack Crain and Pete Layden, star athletes from Texas University, had to sign up for the July 1 draft registration WE BUY AND SELL SECOND-HAND BOOKS We can supply you with your summer needs. COME BY STUDENT CO-OP North Gate ,.«JL HDNGRY?? Come to the Aggieland Pharmacg For A Tasty Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner Be Thrifty by using our Meal Tickets $5.50 Meal Tickets For $5.00 In the above picture is the shot of the Twilight League All-Star teams which split a twin bill >vith Bryan last week. In the top picture, bottom left to right we have: Rutherford, Gunlock, Sisco, Mon crief, and Lawler. In the middle, left to right, Key Smith, Fuller, Holder, Olbrick, Dennis, Moore. At the top are Watanabe, Nixon, Gray, Wallace, Han cock, Wilson, and Buckley. Missing from this pic ture are Cushion and Roberts. Inset, top, left to right—Luke Harrison and Jimmy Parker. Bottom, left to right—Rutherford and Moncrief, starting hurlers. The bottom picture shows Rudy Rutherford, Campus Cleaners’ ace hurler, sliding into home plate in the seventh inning of the first game, and being tagged out by Manuel Gomez. Twilight Leaguers Split Doubleheader With Bryan Stars Teams Divide 9-5 Games; Moncrief Winning Hurler After Rutherford Hit Hard Scoring five runs in the clos ing innings of the second game, the Twilight League All-Stars de- deated the Bryan All-Stars, to get a split in a twin bill attraction at Sue Haswell Memorial Park last Wednesday night. The score in both games was 9 to 5. Wild in First Game Rudy Rutherford, holder of two no-hit games here, started for the Twilight Leaguers in the first game, and for a time it seemed that he had victory in his grasp. Holding a 5 to 4 lead going into the sixth frame, Rutherford put over two consecutive strikes to Earl McWilliams, Bryan outfield er. On the next pitch, however, McWilliams smashed a single through short, and when Jesse Key, Aggie leftfielder let the ball get through him, McWilliams rounded all the way home. That bit of ragged playing continued on through the inning, and before it was all over, the Bryanites pushed over five tallies to ice the game. Moncrief Right The second til£ was a different story altogether^ Monty Moncrief, Aggieland Pharmacy, hurler, and Roger Bond, Goca Cola pitcher, locked up in % pitching duel for two innings. The visitors then grabbed a 4 to 0 lead, mostly through errors and mental mis- plays. Moncrief was pitching great ball until the fourth when the Twilight Leaguers went wild afield, making three errors. The ralley gave Bryan the lead, but it was not for long. Norman Stuart, Bryan Cafe twirler, re placed Bond on the mound, but was wild as a March hare. The Twilight Leaguers pounded him hard and often throughout the rest of the game, and soon build up an insurmountable lead of 9 to 5. Game Played Well Both games were well played but for a few instances. Slats Holder’s first base playing was an asset to the visitors in the first game. Travis Nelson, Coke short stop, performed remarkably well around the keystone sack even though he was charged with an error. Second-Sacker Smith’s perform ance for the Twilight League in the second inning of the afterpiece was short of sensational when he retired three batters with three consecutive line-drive catches. Gene Buckley also came in for some praise with his circus catch (Continued on page 4) BATTALION JULY 16 PAGE 3 Everyone Has Grand Time At 2nd Annual Swimming Meet Bobby Kerns supplied the performance in the second annual summer swimming meet held last Friday night when he copped first place in the free style and back stroke in the junior boys’ class. Bobby swam the free style in 14.3 seconds, and the back stroke in 16.6 seconds. Luke Harrison, summer athletic program director, stated that he was well pleased with the meet, and was sure it was a success. Among the many spectators wit nessing the interesting splash meet was P. L. Downs, Jr., founder of the pool, who found the whole af fair to his liking. The meet was divided into in termediate boys, junior boys, sen ior men and senior girls. The official times and scores were kept by Art Adamson, Aggie swimming coach, and according to him, the meet was immensely suc cessful. The following are the results as posted by Coach Adamson: Junior Boys—free style—Bobby best+Kerns AAA Building Construction Contracts Let Contracts for the construction of the new AAA building which is to be built directly east of the main Post Office building were let at the meeting of the board of directors last Saturday. The Bellows Company of Hous ton was awarded the contract for the construction of the building, L. J. Lesikar of Palestine received the electrical facilities contract and Martin Brothers of Dallas was awarded plumbing contract. The chief occupant of the new office building will be the state headquarters of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of Texas. Now housed in a wooden building, it was necessary to provide a new building or lose the headquarters. Rental of the building by the AAA will retire the money borrowed for its construction. It is possible that other federal^ agencies may also be brought to the campus with these facilities available. , first; Rusty Anderson, sec ond and Curtis Burns, third. Time —14.3. Back stroke — Bobby Kerns, first; Rusty Anderson, sec ond. Time—16.6. Diving—Bob Stevens, first, and Roland Nunn, second. Junior Girls—free style—Martha Jane Bonnen, first. Time—16.1. Senior Men—free style—Bobby Scoffield, first; F. H. Michael, sec ond, and Frank Hollingshead, third. Time—17.6. Back stroke— W. L. Garnett, first; Jim Noland, second, and Bill Davis, third. Time —24 seconds. Senior Girls—free style—Carol McFadden, first; Cynthia Lancas ter, second, and Jeanne Elwood, third. Time—20 seconds. Intermediate Boys—free style— Van Adamson, first; Terry Bon nen, second. Time—22.0. Superb pitching by Rudy Ruth-- erford and Maxie Bloodworth, coupled with some lusty hitting by their teammates, brought the Campus Cleaners their second con secutive first term flag as they downed Campus Theater in a two- out-of-three game series, 11 to 1 and 10 to 1, respectively last Tues day and Thursday. The Theater boys didn’t have a Chinaman’s chance in either game as their outfield, infield, and pitch ing staff went to pieces. Pitch ers Hal Bibson and B. J. Lloyd combined to walk six men and al low nine blows. Their offensive punch was lacking too as Ruther ford and Bloodworth combined to hold them to seven blows in the first game and three hits in the second. The Cleaners wasted no time in getting to Gibson in the opening inning of the first game. Three walks, a series of errors, sand wiched in between three blows, brought across six tallies to the unbeaten Cleaners. They continued their assault against Lloyd and soon piled up a comfortable lead for Rutherford. Bloodworth came in for Rudy in the closing innings and held the Theater to one lone tally. The second game proved no dif ferent from the first, as the Clean, ers again opened their initial in- ning attack with five hits and six runs. Some nifty base running and some wildness by Pitcher Lloyd proved to be an asset to the Cleaners. Continuing their attack with the swiftness of a tiger, the Cleaners soon piled up an insurmountable lead. They counted one tally in the fourth, two runs in the sixth, and climaxed their scoring spree with a single marker in the final frame. Meanwhile, the Theater boys were helpless with Bloodworth’s offerings. They collected only three blows—a single by Farrow in the first, a one-base blow by Pol lan in the third, an da single by Watanabie in the fifth. The series did not produce any sensational plays, but it did con tain some that were just short of sensational. Chick Fuller’s handling of the ball at the hot corner in the first game was a pleasure to observe. SPORTING GOODS . . . for those who play out doors ... You’ll find the right kind of equipment to play your favorite game right here at our college store. Tennis Rackets Tennis Balls Golf Balls Hand Balls Hand-Ball Gloves Baseballs Baseball Gloves Baseball Bats Athletic Socks Tennis Shoes Tennis Shorts Athletic Shirts Swim Trunks 7 t r f-* T-V WIMBERLEY STONE DANSBV W-v-JT.L/' CLOCfUERS College and Bryan Annual Coaching School To Be Held Here August 17-23 Texas A. & M. College will again play host to the high school foot ball coaches when the annual free coaching school is held under the auspices of the athletic depart ment Aug. 17-23, according to an announcement made here this week by Head Coach Homer Norton. This school will be the held at the college and the course this year, as in the past, will cover all phases of a high school athletic program. Everything from foot ball to intramural activities, in cluding prevention and treatment of injuries, will come up for dis cussion by noted college and high school coaches. In addition to the regular Texas A. & M. staff of Coach Norton, J. W. (Dough) Rol lins, Marty Karow, Lil Dimmitt and W. L. Penberthy, leading high school and college coaches will as sist in the instruction. At one of the sessions an of ficial from the Southwest Football Officials Association will take up the matter of the 1941 rules which have been changed considerably this year and that will call for quite a bit of interpretation. GOOD FOOD LOW COST VARIETY You’ll find all of this at the COLLEGE COURTS CAFE East Gate