Aggies Nine Ready for Southwest Conference a
Race; TU, Baylor Are the Other Top Teams ^
After realizing two weeks of
intensive training, Coach Lil Dim-
mitt’s Aggie nine finally hits the
real thing when they open their
conference season against the
Baylor Bears this week-end at
Waco in a two game series.
Baylor is regarded as one of
the three top teams in the con
ference and this initial series of
the year will mean much to the
championship aspirations of the
Cadets.
Of course, at this early stage,
one just can’t tell what will hap
pen in the conference baseball
race, but from dope gathering all
over the league, it looks like a
battle between Baylor, Texas and
the Aggies.
Before the official season
opened, two of the biggest prob
lems on Coach Dimmitt’s hands
was the hitting and pitching. If
either came through adequately,
Lil could boast of a fair ball club,
but if neither sparkled, he would
have to count on Lady Luck for
her charms.
In their first series of the year
against Sheppard Field, the Cadet
pitching was excellent, with Coach
Dimmitt producing four pitchers
who should win in this league.
However, the hitting was a bit
off form in that series which
prompted the Aggie coach to con
centrate on hitting practice.
This past week, in their series
with Oklahoma U., the slugging
was notably improved, but the
flinging soured a bit. Charlie
(Bones) Stevenson, who is ex
pected to be the Aggie’s top hurl-
er, has shown much improvement
over his pitching last year. J. B.
(Smokey) Carden, who had his
blazing fast ball working against
Sheppard Field slowed down to a
pace against Oklahoma, but still
showed plenty of possibilities. He
is a bit wild, but should work
that out before long.
John Acrey and Lefty Shuford,
sophomore pitchers, too, are count
ed on as mainstays of the Aggie
hurling staff. The latter is an ex
cellent southpaw flinger and
should annex quite a number of
games.
Well, there it is. Undoubtedly,
this is one of the best ball clubs
to appear here in many years. It
has plenty of possibilities and
much hope to look for that coveted
baseball championship. It’s too
early in the year to predict a
champion, but we can say this:
the Aggies will be in the thick of
the scrap.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Griffin
Fish Swimmer, Pulls Upset Over Bob Cowling
Here’s a surprise coming from
Art Adamson’s swimmers . . .
Phil Griffin, frosh Aggie tanker
pulled an upset at the Indoor AAU
meet last Saturday when he de
feated the Cadet’s ace breast
stroke swimmer, Bob Cowling . . .
It looks like Art’s worries in the
breast stroke are over for the next
two or three years since Cowling
himself is but a sophomore . . .
Billy Henderson, the Aggies’ only
four sports letterman last year,
seems to be headed in the same
direction this season ... he has al
ready lettered in football and
basketball, and his exhibition in
track last Saturday afternoon in
the triangular meet should as
sure him of at least another . . .
To those who are interested in sta
tistics, here’s something about the
average of the leading batters of
the Aggie baseball nine . . . Head
ing the list is Charlie Stevenson
with two hits out of four times at
bat for an average of .500 ... Of
the regulars, Sam Porter is the
(See KYLE FIELD, Page 4)
Aggie Sports Program Goes Full
Swing Next Friday and Saturday
Baseball Nine
pens Season Fri
Against Baylor U
Texas Aggie spring sports take
a definite surge upward this week
end with four teams representing
as many sports to enter active
competition.
Heading the list of course is
Coach Lil Dimmitt’s Aggie base
ball nine, who open their con
ference season Friday against the
Baylor Bears, currently the ques
tion mark team of the conference.
The game is the first of a two-
game series to be played in Waco
Friday and Saturday.
The Aggie baseball team goes
into its conference competition
with a season’s record in their
warmup games of three wins
against only one defeat. Two of
these wins were against the Shep
ard Field Flyers, and one win and
the lone defeat were garnered in
their two game series last week
with the University of Oklahoma
Sooners.
The Aggie tracksters journey
to Ft. Worth for the annual South
western Exposition and Fat Stock
Show meet to be held there this
week-end. This meet should prove
to be the preliminary event for the
conference meet in May, since
most of the other schools in the
Southwest Conference will have
their track teams entered also.
Accompanying the track team
to Ft. Worth, where they too will
engage in conference competition,
will be Colonel Frank Anderson’s
Texas Aggie golf team.
Only one of the four teams to
stay at home will be Coach Art
Adamson’s Aggie swimmers, who
will play host to the rest of the
conference schools in P. L. Downs
Natorium both Friday and Satur
day nights. Favored to cop the
meet are the University of Texas
Longhorns, but the Aggies are ex
pected to give them quite a battle,
with the possibility of an upset
looming strongly. '
Tracksters Down
Sam Houston, San
Marcos Saturday
Henderson and Ruthstrom
Tie for High Point Honors
With 12 Makers Apiece
The Aggies walked away with
the triangular track meet on Kyle
Field Saturday, pulling up an ov
erwhelming total of 112% points
to 28 for Sam Houston and 18%
for San Marcos. Out of fifteen
events, the Aggies won thirteen,
losing only the javelin and discus.
Bill Henderson was high-point
man for the Aggies with 12 points,
but was tied with Ralph Ruth
strom, Sam Houston weights man,
for high-point man of the meet.
Henderson grabbed off first in
the shotput with a heave of 44
feet 2 inches, nosed out Ricks of
the Aggies fox first in the broad
jump at 21 feet 7% inches, and
took a fourth place in both the
high jump and discus. Ruthstrom
gathered his 12 points by hurling
the javelin 184 feet 11% inches for
first place in that event, and by
taking first in the discus with a
throw of 130 feet 4 inches. He
also won third in the shotput.
Practically every member of
Coach Dough Rollins’ team got
in on the scoring. Lanky Ken
Stallings outran the field in the
100 and 220 yard dashes in the
good times of 9.9 and 21.7 sec
onds, respectively. He also an
chored the winning 440 relay team
to bring his total points to 11%.
A taped-up thigh seemed not to
hinder Aggie Roy Bucek, team
captain and conference champion,
as he thundered over the high
hurdles in 14.4 seconds and re
turned later to win the low hurdles
easily in 23.7 seconds. Pete Wat
kins won second in the high hur
dles, and Mitchell, a newcomer
on the varsity squad, was a good
second in the lows, even though
he almost fell on the last hurdle.
(See TRACKSTERS, Page 4)
BATTALIONS-
MARCH 17, 1942
Page 3
Ooh, Gee! But He’s Heavy!!!
The above picture shows Bill Black, 260 lb. wrestler from 2 CHQ,
pinning B. L. Wade of B Engineering, in a feature heavyweight
wrestling match. The official, patting Black on the back, is W. L.
Penberthy of the Intramural Department.
—Staff Photo by Ralph Stenzel
INTRAMURALS
By
DUB OXFORD
It’s not two
days until Christ
mas, neither is it
two days ’til
“Kush.” But it is
two days until
class A and class
B boxers weigh-
in. Thursday,
March 19, is the
last day to
weigh-in and en-
sport so get a
“hustle on” and come on down to
the Physical Education depart
ment office anytime between 9
a.m. and 7 p.m. and get on the
Oxford
ter this manly
ever, and the diamonds were pack
ed with players taking advantage
of the fine baseball weather.
Editor Issues Call
Longhorn editor Rusty Heit-
kamp would like to have any act
ion photos taken by the cadet
corps of any of the intramural
games. These photos are badly
needed to supplement winner pic
tures of the intramural games.
Editor Heitkamp would also go
into all sorts of ecstasies if some
one would drop by the Longhorn
office and present him with the
(See INTRAMURALS, Page 4)
Ag Tankers Come
In Second at AAU
Meet at Dallas Sat
DAC Annexes Title For
Third Year; Green Wins
Kiefer Trophy Over Taylor
The Texas Aggie swimmers,
coached by Art Adamson, ran a
close second in the Southwestern
Amateur Athletic Union swim
ming and diving contests in Dal
las Saturday night. The Dallas
Athletic Club took the mythical
title for the third consecutive
year.
Bobby Taylor, Aggie star, was
nosed out in the 220-yard free
style match by Danny Green of
the DAC. Green was awarded the
Adolph Kiefer Trophy as the
southwest’s outstanding swimmer,
an award taken by Taylor last
year.
The biggest upset of the meet
took place in the National Junior
AAU 220-yard breaststroke event.
Phil Griffin, Aggie Fish, came
through as a dark horse and de
feated Phil Montgomery of the
DAC and Bob Cowling of the
Aggie Varsity.
A second upset found Joe Dem-
mer, University of Texas fresh
man, defeating Bob Taylor in the
100-yard free style.
The final scores of the meet
were: Dallas Athletic Club, 35
points; Aggie Varsity, 33 points;
and Southern Methodist university
10 points.
Complete meet results follow:
National Junior AAU 220-yard Breast
Stroke—Winner, Phil Griffin, Aggie fish;
Bob Cowling, Aggie varsity, second; Phil
Montgomery, DAC, third. Time 2:52.4.
SWAAU 220-yard Free style—Winner,
Danny Green, DAC ; Bobby Taylor, Ag
gie varsity, second; Joe Demmer, Texas
frosh, third ; Conway Moore, DAC, fourth.
Time—2 :15.7.
SWAAU 440-yard Free Style. Winner,
Green, DAC; Conway Moore, DAC,
second; Dick Winters, Aggie varsity,
third; J. P. Kiel, Aggie varsity, fourtn.
Time—4 :58.2.
SWAAU 100-yard, Back troke.—Win
ner, Sonny Smoot, University Park;
Ernie Conway, Aggie varsity captain,
second; B. L. Looney, Aggie varsity,
third; Bob Willard, DAC, fourth. Time—
1 :41.
SWAAU 100-yard Free Style.--Winner,
Joe Demmer, Texas frosh; Bobby Tay
lor, Aggie varsity, second; Bob Sinclair,
DAC, third; I. D. McKey, Aggie varsity,
(See TANKERS, Page 4)
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’42 A&M Pistol Team Compiles Favorable
Record in Past Five Months; Jones Is Captain
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The Texas Aggie varsity and
freshman pistol teams are now a
month into their 1942 season. They
opened the season by firing
against the United States Military
Academy and Ohio State Univer
sity. These two matches were
fired by mail. The method of fir
ing by mail enables teams to com
pete even though they are located
at distant parts of the country.
The matches are fired on the
teams home range and observed
by some member of the military
department. After this the two
competing teams exchange scores.
Lieutenant Leon J. Lefkovsky,
C. A. C., is the new coach of the
pistol teams having replaced
Lieut. Tom B. Strother who has
been transferred to a new post.
Lieut. Strother coached the teams
from September, 1940 until his
departure last week. Sgt. Thomas
Coyne is in charge of the range
and supervised the firing.
In addition to the regular mail
contests, the pistol teams com
pete with numerous teams at
various times during the year.
Some of the teams include the
Texas Highway Patrol Pistol
Team, the Houston Bayou Pistol
Team, and the Galveston Civilian
Team. All of these matches are
fired shoulder-to-shoulder.
The members of the varsity
team are: W. D. C. Jones, Cap
tain, T. K. Pierce, Secretary-
Treasurer, Bill Filgo, Russell
Cook, R. G. Cox, N. Mansfield, C.
Mays, and Phillip Beckley.
The freshman pistol team is
composed of: M. G. Turner, M.
Gonzale, L. F. Ferguson, R. E.
Grady, R. M. Hyde, C. R. Thomas,
O. Coke, C. W. Gilbert, and A. H.
Eddleman.
Of nine matches fired by the
varsity team thus far, the Aggies
have defeated Ohio State, Harv
ard, Iowa State, Cornell, Yale and
V. M. I. while the U. S. Military
Academy, Purdue and Michigan
State defeated A. & M.
Here are the individual scores of
the teams for the week ending
March 14:
Varsity
1. Cox, R. G 286
2. Jones, W. D. C 279
3. Filgo, Bill 276
4. Mansfield, N 269
5. Cook, R. T 267
6. Pierce, T. K 265
7. Mays, C * 264
8. Beckley, P. W 256
Freshmen
1. Turner, G. M J276
2. Gonzales, M 268
, 3. Ferguson, L. F 265
4. Grady, R. E 259
5. Hyde, R. M 259
6. Thomas, C. R 257
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