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
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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.
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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.
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