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
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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—
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is that the snake’s presence should
be welcomed as it aids materially
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mice.
The most frequently asked ques
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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
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