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Aggies Drive 18 Hits to Down SMU 19-5 Bu (Hike Maikin Battalion Sports Editor John Acrey, Sophomore Hurler, to Get Starting Assignment Against Ponies Today DALLAS, March 30.—John Ac rey, ace sophomore right-hander, has been designated as Lil Dim- mitt’s choice to pitch this after noon’s series-ending game against the S.M.U. Mustangs. Following this fray, the team will immedi ately journey over to Fort Worth and prepare for the T.C.U. Frogs. The tilt is to be played Thursday, which gives the Dimmittmen an extra day of rest. Incidentally, this will be the first game for Acrey since the Sheppard Field series. He pitched only 2% innings in one of the games, allow ing two runs and five hits. He has whiffed five batters while walking only one, and Coach Dimmitt has all the confidence one could have in the boy. He’s been looking good in practice—good enough to earn a starting assignment. Should anything go wrong, how ever, Coach Dimmitt has Smokey Carden, Bill Henderson, and John ny Shuford ready for any eventu ality. Carden was supposed to start to day’s game, but Coach Dimmitt plans to loosen up the big hurler before sending him for a big as signment. Smokey. has a nice fast and curve ball, but when pitching to opposing batters, he seems to tighten up so much that he walks two out of every three men. His pitching in practice couldn’t be bet ter, but that’s because he knows all the boys and does not worry whether his next pitch will be a strike or a home run ball. If he would do that in a game that counts, A. & M. would have noth ing to worry about as far as pitch ing is concerned. Smokey is as fast as they come, and there are very few batters in this conference that will even as much as glance a foul off Carden when he is right. His big trouble is mental. That is, he gets worried and nervous about his pitches, and, should Coach Dimmitt work that dismal factor out of him, he would have secured him a great hurler. Sports Squibs From Here and There; Fish Performance Brightens ’43 Track Prospects ... It looks like rosy days are ahead for coming Aggie track teams . . . the freshmen, who have so dominated the field in most of their meets are regarded right now by Coach Dough Rollins to be al most of the same caliber and strength as the Varsity . . . their relay teams, featuring - Larry Wolfe and Floyd Kennemer, would give any Varsity team in the con ference today a hair-raising battle . . . they’ve already beaten the Varsity here in the mile relay, and gave them better than good com petition in other events . . . Yep, it looks mighty good, and if most of these freshmen decide to stay on the track team by not getting on the Dean’s team, look out for the Aggies in ’43 . . . Getting to baseball for a few lines or so, that homerun John Scoggin hit against handle of his bat ... if he would have caught the ball on the end of his bat, it would have easily cleared Kyle Field stadium, which is quite a distance from home plate . . . the boys miss the company of Jim (Duckie) Newberry, who is at HI SAILORS- Let our expert Barbers help you keep that neat appearance for which you are so well known. Y. ID. C. A. BARBER SHOP WELCOME Ask any Aggie about the Square Deal you’ll get at Loupot’s. • Representative for Lilley-Ames Com pany ... America’s leading uniform manufacturers. loupots North Gate Aggie Rifle Team Defeats T. S. C. W. In Match Saturday W. E. Obenour Fires Perfect Score of 200; TSCWite J. Harlan Ties For Second Spot The Texas Aggie Varsity Rifle Team, coached by Lieutenant C. A. Williams, defeated the T.S.C.W. Rifle Team in a shoulder-to-shoul- der match here Saturday after noon. High score was made by W. R. Obenour, of the Aggies, „who fired a perfect score of 200. J. Harlan, T.S.C.W., and Aggie G. R. Thenn tied for second place with scores of 198 and in an elimination, the former won second place. The individual scores of Satur day’s match were: T. S. C. W. Rice, J 191 Wall, F 197 DeBlieux, K 190 Brown, C 194 Chamberlain 192 Albert, J 195 Elwood, J 190 Lamar, J 195 Harlan, J. 198 Lyon, G 197 AGGIES Brown, C. T 195 Cunningham, E. C 196 Obenour, W. R 200 Caperton, G. B 194 Riggins, R. W 194 Hancock, D. L 186 Thenn, G. R. v 198 Dickson, S 195 Cook, R 196 Marshall, L. L 193 In male matches fired recently, the Aggies defeated Georgia Tech, New Mexico A. & M., and teh University of Florida. The University of Alabama beat the Cadets by one point, 3,696-3,695. The Aggies also lost to the Uni versity of Kentucky 3,759-3,695, and Montana State, 1,892-1,880. At the present time, no shoulder- to-shoulder matches are scheduled by the rifle team. The lack of proper air conditioning in the rifle range make conditions un favorable for firing. The team is also handicapped by a need of an adequate lighting system. the College hospital with the mumps ... all hope for his speedy recovery . . . There is a distinct possibility that Charlie (Bones) Stevenson, the Aggies’ great right hander, will play the outfield when he isn’t pitching . . . Coach Lil Dimmitt is greatly impressed with Stevenson’s hitting and he plans to get dividends out of it ... To those that can’t settle the question . . . last Thursday’s Aggie win over Texas was the second one for Stevenson in the past two years . . . he won the second game of Texas last Thursday came off the last year’s two game series not by his pitching primarily but by his slugging ... he started the big five-run rally which defeated Tex as by banging out a double with the bases jammed ... BATTALIONA- MARCH 31, 1942 Page 5 Scoggins Scores Glass Homers in Second; Aggies Take Early Lead Shuford Replaces Stevenson in Seventh; Mustang Bobbles Assist Aggie Victory Showing real slugging power for the first time this season, the Texas Aggies blasted out 18 hits to defeat the Southern Methodist Mustangs 19-5 yesterday afternoon in Dallas. The Cadets opened the game with a three-run rally in the first and from there on it was their game. They failed to score in only two innings—the third and seventh. Cecil Ballow, John Scoggin, Les Shown above is Scoggins as he crossed the home plate in the Texas University-Aggie game as the Aggies won 5-4. His Aggie team mates greet him as he adds the necessary point. Crippled Aggie Tracksters To Meet Longhorns Here Thursday Afternoon The crippled but still hopeful Texas Aggie track team will take on the strong Texas university thin- ly-clads in a dual meet next Thurs day afternoon on the cinders of, Kyle Field. This will mark the fourth meeting of the two teams this season. The three previous clashes were at the Border Olym pics, Fort Worth Fat Stock Show meet, and the Texas Relays. In each of these prior meetings the Longhorns have emerged victori ous. The Aggies will go into the meet Thursday in a seriously weakened condition due to the loss of sev eral outstanding men on account of injuries. Both Emerick Labus and Jimmy Knight, only quarter- milers on the Aggie squad are def initely out of the meet due to pull ed muscles. In the Texas Relays last Saturday, “Red” McG'lothin, ace miler of the Aggie team, sus tained injuries which will keep him out of competition for a while when he was knocked down and run over in the mile run. Coach Dough Rollins of the Ag gies expressed the opinion that it would be nothing short of a mira cle if the Aggies were to emerge victorious. However, they will be in there fighting all the way, and will be able to give the Longhorns plenty of competition in several events. Captain Roy Bucek of the Ag gies will be on deck for the 120 yard high hurdles, and is not ex pected to have much competition in this event. Pete Watkins and Lee Forrest, Fish Nine Down Texas Yearlings 6-5; Allow Only Five Hits The Aggie Fish stole home with the winning run to defeat the Tex as Yearlings 6-5 on Kyle Field yesterday afternoon. Big right-handed Lee Forrest of the Aggies set the Texas fresh men down with five hits and was in serious trouble only once. Texas went ahead in the sixth inning by scoring four runs after two men were out. With twoi men on base, Schwoebel of Texas tripled; Wil- lians then singled and scored on a past ball and an overthrow. Trailing 5-4 at the end of the first half of the seventh inning, the Aggie Fish opened up with their big bats. Hughes and Fowler both singled to left field. Then Selman, catcher for the Fish, doubled to left field, scoring Hughes, and tying the score at 5-5. Selman and Fowler, with skillful timing, then pulled a double steal with Fowler scoring the winning run. The Fish, coached by Bill Buch anan, garnered a total of 12 base hits off the Yearling pitchers, For tune and Wheless. Gus Swinson and Guy Baber led the attack with two hits each. Score by innings: R HE Texas 010 004 000—5 5 1 A&M 010 102 20x—6 12 2 Batteries Texas: Fortune, Whe less and Holton. A. & M.: Forrest and Strohmyer, Selman. Arkansas Razorbacks Open Spring Football Practice Saturday PM FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., March 30.—Everybody except rival South west conferenve, Wichita, Ole Miss, Detroit and Tulane university coaches-scouts, is invited to attend the annual spring football practice game at the University of Arkan sas Saturday afternoon, Coach Fred C. Thomsen has announced. “They’ll all be around soon enough,” smiled Thomsen in list ing the “exceptions” to the guest list. “This game is chiefly to per mit us to analyze results of a month’s practice and give us an idea as to where we stand for next fall.” Incidentally, the less-experienced “Whites” mauled the more-experi enced “Reds” by 20-0 last week. The “Reds” spanked the “Whites” by 13-0 the week before—all of which may point to an old-fash ioned head-knocking, come Satur day. Albert Ricks are also expected to be able to take care of anything the Longhorns have to offer in the high jump. The meet is sched uled to get under way at 3:00 p. m. The Lafayette college choir spent a week at a camp in the Pocono mountains rehearsing for its year’s work. Migraine headaches can be blamed on an inherited constitu tional tendency, according to Dr. Carl D. Camp of the University of Michigan. —ODDITIES— (Continued From Page 2) What the farmer doesn’t realize is that the snake’s presence should be welcomed as it aids materially in ridding the premises of rats and mice. The most frequently asked ques tion about snakes concerns the definite differentiation of poison ous from non-poisonous species. To lay down any hard and fast rules would be impossible, for none ex ist. It is true that all poisonous snakes in the United States, save the Coral snake, have elliptical pupils, and a characteristic pit be tween the nostrils and eyes. Pois onous snakes have, as a rule, broad, flat heads, but there are also examples of non-poisonous snakes with similarly shaped skulls. The ability of recognize poisonous varieties takes a cer tain amount of experience and study—the best way of making sure never to pick up a poisonous variety is to leave all snakes alone, and alive—their work is to rid the farmer’s lands of injurious rodents such as the pocket gopher and field mouse, and a very fine job they do if left unmolested. The rattlesnake is probably the most feared and yet the most in teresting of snakes. The common idea that its age can be judged ac curately by the number of rattles is erroneous. A new rattle is added every time the snake sheds, which may be from one to four times per year. Then too, the tail may become so long and heavy as to endanger the last few segments. WELCOME U. S. NAVY Let’s get acquainted. Relax during those off duty hours - - continuous showing schedule daily from 2 PM — Box office open ’til 10:30 PM. Air condi tioned year around. Campus Theater Phone 4-1181 ?u// Speed Mead for Jim 'Destroyers! £uy DEFENSE Bonds & Stamps J? Peden and Leon Daniels led the Aggie sluggers with three hits apiece. Ira Glass, Aggie second sacker, came through in the second with a homer to score two men ahead of him. Charlie Stevenson started on the hill for the Cadets but was re placed at the end of the seventh stanza for John Shuford. Steven son gave up four runs and seven hits while Shuford allowed one run and four hits. The big rally for the Aggies came in the final inning when they tallied five runs on two hits, aided by three Mustang bobbles. Errors were numerous throughout the game with each side accounting for five misses each. Cliff Hagerman led the South ern Methodist batsmen by knock ing out three doubles. Score by innings: R H E Aggies 330 133 015—19 18 5 Ponies 100 010 201— 5 11 5 Norwich university has opened its new Eugene L. White mess hall. Welcome Sailors, To Aggieland! “Happy Blendings” To These New Sport Clothes These colorful new Sport Coats are “morale-uplift- ers” supreme . . . 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