The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 14, 1942, Image 3

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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
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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
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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)
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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.
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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.
Score by innings:
R H E
Okla. 402 110 210-11 9 8
A&M 314 205 llx-17 10 5
Batteries: Pringle, Lacer, Car
ey and Chyz, Enos; Carden, Lind
sey and Scoggin.
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