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\1 '/ r 'ty. f) » ) ... f. Ijj A k * yV, AgsDown Oklahoma, 17-11, In Wild Battle Aggie Nine Shows Vast Improvement Even In Defeat Thurs; Stevenson Has Great Cure The Aggies lost to the Okla homa Sooners Thusday afternoon, but, even in defeat, they showed a greatly improved club from the one that won a double-header a week ago. That statement may bring up a few queries. One may say, “Well, they won last week at any rate. How do you figure the club was better Thursday?” Well, there are many answers to that question. Charlie (Bones) Stevenson, the Aggie hurler who was bounced so hard in that fatal sixth inning, looked exceptionally impressive in the first five in nings of play. His control was great, while his curve was break ing over the plate. However, after the fifth inning, “Bones” was a tired young man. The Sooner bat ters were waiting him out, with the result being that most of his pitches wound up in a 3-2 count. At this early stage of the season it’s pretty hard for any hurler to go the distance i and that theory proved only too true for Steven son. You’ll hear lots of Charlie before the season is over especial ly in the WIN column. Another great and noticeable improvement was the hitting. In their opening game against Shep pard, the Aggie hits were either scratches or simple singles. Thurs day, the boys started slugging the ball and the result found a homer, double, and triple in the box score. Ira Glass, Les Peden and John Scoggin pounded the horsehide off the ball and should be leading hit ters before the season is out. Sam Porter, who hit that triple, too, showed plenty of possibilities. Bill Black, a smooth fielding gardener if ever there was one, improved his hitting by changing his stance. In the Sheppard game, Bills legs were a bit too far apart, but Coach Lil Dimmitt had him work that kink out quickly, with the change bringing good results. But for Captain Scoggin’s over throws, the Ags played flawless ball. There are still some rough spots to iron out, but, as a whole, it looks like the Aggie nine is ready for a rough and exciting season in the Southwest Confer- S Houston, San Marcos, Ags in Track MeetToday Cadets Are Favored to Cop Meet; Starts at 3 Cinders on Kyle Field will get their first real workout this after noon at 3:00 when teams from San Marcos and Sam Houston Teachers come down here to chal lenge Coach Dough Rollins’ strong Aggie track team. The Aggies opened their track Sports Squibs From Here and There; A&M Sailing Club Lays Plans for Two Major Trips The A. & M. Sailing Club, which is a member of the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association for the first time this year, has already laid plans for two major trips and some lesser trips for the year . . . As a non-member club, the Ags were invited to send two crews to the Boston Club Challenge Cup Regatta and to the Schell Trophy Regatta, both of which are held on the Charles River Basin in Boston. . . . Commodore of the Aggie sail- W. J. Douglas, Jr. INSURANCE AGENCY Rooms 18-20, Commerce Bldg. Bryan, Texas Ph. 2-6605 ors is Henry Hanson . . . Jack Jacobs, Indian football ace of the Oklahoma Sooners, is the regular third baseman for the Sooner nine. His debut at College Station, how ever, was not too brilliant as he struck out four of five times at the plate Thursday afternoon . . . his other time up, Jack hit a double . . . Little Danny Green, who plastered the first defeat on Bobby Taylor in the 100-220 free style at Downs Natorium last week is very much interested in A. & M. and may enroll next fall . . . John (Lefty) Shuford, ace Aggie south paw, is continuing to show brilli ance in his hurling . . . Lefty is only a sophomore and is destined to take up where Lem (Lefty) Bumpers, one of the greatest Ag- (See KYLE FIELD, Page 4) JUNIORS • We are ready for the rest of those orders. • DON^ BE TOO LATE! HOUCK’S BOOT SHOP BATTALION MARCH 14, 1942 Page 3 TEXAS AGGIE BASEBALL 1942 season last week with an impres- Coach—Lil Dimmitt (Southwestern) Captain— -J. D. Scoggin, catcher sive performance in the Border No. Player Home Town Pos. Ht. Wt. Yrs. Eeft Olympics at Laredo. They were 1 Scoggin, John D. Collinsville c 6.1 192 1** barely nosed out by Texas univer- 2. Porter, Sam Grandview lb 5.10 189 1 sity. 4 Stevenson, C. Johnson City P 5.11 188 1** Captain Roy Bucek, who lost out 5 Ballow, Cecil Stephenville ss 5.11 145 1** to Pete Owens of Hardin-Simmons 6 Rogers, Cullen Mart of 6.0 185 2* in the hurdle races, is back in 7 Albert, Dalton Bellville lb 5.11 185 3 tiptop condition, and is expected 8 Black, Bill Pomona, Cal. of 6.0 170 2 to garner many points for the 9 Lindsey, Henry Kurten p 5.11 165 2 Cadets. Bucek has been the ace 10 Smith, Irvine Garrison 2b 5.8 160 3 hurler for the Aggies for the past 11 Daniels, Leo Bryan of 5.11 172 3 two years and is expected to give 13 Henderson, Bill Houston P 6.4 204 1* A. & M. a slight edge in today’s 14 Carden, J. B. Killeen P 6.5 215 3 meet. 15 Peden, Les Azle 3b 6.1 185 2* Both the Teacher colleges have 16 Glass, Ira Hughes Springs 2b 5.10 155 2* been especially good in the relay 17 Sterling, Mac Dallas P 6.3 175 2 events and are expected to give 18 Seay, Earl Waxahachie c 6.2 185 3 the Cadets quite a battle. San 18 Shuford, John Rio Grande City P 5.7 175 3 Marcos has won the mile relay 20 Acrey, Wendell Dallas P 5.11 162 3 for two years in the Border Olym- 21 Aldrich, Keith St. Petersburg, Fla. c 5.9 158 2 pics until the Aggies entered the 22 Newberry, James Gonzales of 5.7 155 3 picture this year. 23 May, Louis Rule lb 6.0 215 3 Emerick Labus, Johnny Ziegler, 24 Beard, Milton Broadus 3b 5.11 175 3 Jimmy Knight, Albert Ricks, Ken Crew, Henry Orange 2b 6.0 165 2 Stallings, Pete Watkins, and Joe Jarratt, Ray Stephenville of 6.2 165 1 Vadjus are other Aggies expected Sims, Milton Amarillo 2b 6.0 160 2 to be in the thick of things in the ^Denotes Letterman triangular meet this afternoon. relay and short distance runsi, .while Zeigler and Vadjos make the long jaunts. Ricks, Watkins and Stallings perform in the field events. Adamson Takes Fankers To Dallas For Annual Meet Coach Art Adamson left College last night with both his varsity and freshman swimming teams to attend the annual Southwestern AAU Junior meet which is to be held at Dallas tonight. This is one of the most important dates on the swimming teams’ schedule, since entries from all over the southwest will be competing in the meet. Men making the trip with coach Adamson were Captain Ernie Con way, Bob Taylor, Bob Cowling, Dick Winters, Jim Kiel, Happy McKee, Ben Looney, and Andy Goodman for the varsity, and Griffin, Stein, and Geren for the Fish team. The following are the events which the Aggies will be entered in: 100 yard free style—Taylor, Mc Kee, Kiel, Winters. 220 yard free style — Taylor, Kiel, Winters. (See ADAMSON, on Page 4) RADIO REPAIRS THE STUDENT CO-OP JOE AGGIE IS HEADED FOR HIS FAVORITE FOUNTAIN FOR A BIT OF REFRESHMENT We Are Prepared At All Times To Serve You And Your Friends With The Best of Refreshments. -REMEMBER- For Refreshments That Really Refresh Aggieland Pharmacy Keep To The Right At The North Gate INTRAMDRALS By DUB OXFORD A Forfeit means a wasted after noon for a “bunch of kids who wanted to play.” Class A and B softball sched ules have been sent out by the intramural de partment and Recreational of ficers are re minded to check with their first sergeant for the schedules. If no OxfoH schedule has been received, be sure to come by the Intramural office and get one. Thursday, March 19, is the last day to weigh in for class A and class B intramural boxing. En trants may weigh-in any time be tween 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the Physical Education department of fice. There will be no chance of entering boxing after March 19. It is planned to have the boxing matches start on March 26, and a goodly portion of the corps, so far, has signified their intention of entering. FORFEIT DOGHOUSE 3 Hq. Field, Horseshoes I Field Artillery, Horse shoes 5 CHQ, Horseshoes I Infantry, Volleyball L Infantry, Volleyball 3 CHQ, Volleyball G Infantry, Volleyball Bob Yerkes The fellow you think you’d like to choke, the fellow you’d like to buy a coke for, and the fellow both teams wish were dead. It probably doesn’t make sense, but intra mural official Bob Yerkes is the “Fellow” that fits the above de scription. Being an Intramural of ficial is not all sweetness and light, but Bob is a man who can take it in his stride. Teams who have had Bob for a referee have always indicated that they were more than satisfied with his de cisions. Bob is a junior in 3 Headquar ters Field Artillery, and is a pre law major. He is called “Yerky” by his intimates, and definitely is a rabid sports fan. “Yerky” likes to play football and if he had his way, would toss the pigskin around incessantly. Bob joined the United States Marine Corps Re serve yesterdav and will be here in school until May, 1943. Odds ’n Ends The “little yellow slip gang,” (FORFEIT DOGHOUSE) has grown today . . . Strangely en ough, it is composed entirely of class A teams . . . Class B for feits are usually low in count, be cause freshmen desire credit for P.E. . . . Upperclassmen should also attempt to at least keep up with the freshmen . . . Johnny Mouser of I Field, while weighing- in for wrestling commented, “I’m really going to lay ’em low to night” ... He then turned to go out and tripped on his shoe string. Oklahoma II Rallies to Down Aggies Thurs, 9-4 Sixth Inning Uprising Wins for Sooners; Peden Hits Homerun In Seventh Pounding out 13 hits, including homers by Johnny Chyz and Dale Mitchell, the Oklahoma Sooners grabbed a 9-4 victory over the Texas Aggies on Kyle Field Thurs day afternoon. Charlie (Bones) Stevenson started on the mound for the Cadets, but after holding the Sooners at bay for five frames, blew up. He was followed by Wen dell Acrey and John (Lefty) Shu ford. Hal Cumberland started on the hill for Oklahoma and pitched creditable ball for five innings before finally giving way to Dan Burrell, who received credit for the win. The Sooners broke the ice in the fourth when Chyz smashed one of Stevenson’s fast ones over the fence with none on. However, the Cadets came back in their half to tie the score. Ira Glass opened with a double, took third on Rog ers’ fly, and stole home. The Ags forged ahead in the fifth when Sam Porter laced a triple to right and stole home on the following play. Stevenson had allowed only three hits in the first five innings, but finally blew skyhigh in the sixth. Smith opened with a walk. Collins’ double sent Smith to third and both scored when Mitchell sent a ringing home run over the right field wall. Layton, Chyz, and Jacobs continued the onslaught with consecutive doubles. Jacobs scored on Mauk’s grounder to ac- (See OKLAHOMA U, Page 4) Thirteen Errors Accounted For in Free-Scoring Fracas Sam Porter Leads Cadet Attack With Three Blows; Mitchell Hits Homer For OU By Mike Haikin In as wild a game as seen here in many a day, Coach Lil Dimmitt's Aggie nine evened the two game series with Oklahoma Universitv on Kyle Field yesterday afternoon, 17-11. J. B. (Smokey) Carden started on the mound for the cadets but his efforts were only wasted as his mates booted the ball all over the lot to account for five errors. The Sooners, however, more than duplicated that as their infield all but fell apart with eight bobbles. OU Scores Four Oklahoma opened the game with four runs off but one hit. Carden walked Stephenson, struck Smith out, and walked Collins and Mit chell. Layton sent two runs across with a stinging double to left, and both he and Mitchell scored as Peden threw Chyz’s grounder past catcher Scoggin. The Aggies, however, came back in their half to account for three runs with two hits. Little Jimmy Newberry lashed a two bagger to right. Ballow was safe on second- baseman Smith’s error. Glass forc ed Newberry at third and Scog gin was safe on Smith’s error which scored Ballow. Peden sing led to score Glass and Scoggin. No Respite From there on both opposing pitchers had no respite from the hitters as each team either re ceived a hit or got on base on an error. The Aggies’ big rally came in the sixth when the Dimmittmen accounted for five runs on one blow. A hit batsman, wild pitch, passed ball, error, three walks, and a double by Porter sent five University of Michigan Depart ment heads and President Ruth- ven feel that the university’s physical equipment is far inade quate, according to a survey by the Michigan Daily. WHEN IN DOUBT ABOUT YOUR EYES OR YOUR GLASSES Consult DR. J. W. PAYNE OPTOMETRIST 109 S. Main Bryan FOOD x a ■- u e s O BURKHALTER GROCERY STAPLE AND FANCY GROCER Highway 6 East of Campus tallies across the plate for the cadets. Mitchell and Porter Dale Mitchell again proved to be a super sluger when he caught one of Carden’s fast ones in the third and sent it reeling over the right center field wall for his sec ond homer in as many days. His other hit was a single to right in the eighth frame. Sam Porter, with three blows including a double, was tops for the cadets. Carden was replaced by Henry Lindsey in the eighth inning. 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