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Lil Dimmitfs Psychology of Coaching
Works Wonders for Aggie Baseball Team
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FORT WORTH, April 2.—On
any kind of a trip, there are al
ways things that one notices in
particular—such as, behavior of
the players, their different or pe
culiar ways, or any other instance.
The thing that I’ve learned
around this ball club is the pri
mary reason for its victories. As
everyone already knows, the team
is not cluttered with star-studded
players, but with boys who just
love to play baseball. They have
only one exceptional pitcher and
some three or four good hitters.
Certainly there’s something be
hind it all and if you should look
real deep you’ll find the answer—
Coach Lilburn (Lil) Dimmitt.
However, any ball team will lean
toward the erratic side at times.
This I witnessed Tuesday after
noon as the Aggie pitching staff
went wild and virtually gave the
game to the Mustangs by their
wildness.
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An example of Coach Dimmitt’s
psychology of handling his ball
club may be seen in an occurrence
which took place when we arrived
in Dallas. The question came up
as to when the boys should turn
in. Coach Dimmitt asked the boys
to decide, who, in turn agreed that
he should set the time. Lil set the
time at 11 o’clock and here’s what
he said: “I don’t give a darn when
you boys do come in—because this
is your ball club. I’m not going to
check up on you but I’ll leave it
to your honor to come in at the
prescribed time.” And, I daresay,
not even the crudest of the Aggie
ball players showed up after 11.
Dimmitt will never say a harsh
word to any youngster for mak
ing an error or a mental mishap.
He has more patience with the
club than any other coach I’ve ever
seen, with, perhaps the exception
of “Uncle Bill” James, Aggie foot
ball line coach.
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Aggie Nine Meets TCU Frogs in Ft Worth
Cadets Gunning For
Third Victory; Chas
Stevenson To Pitch
By Mike Haikin
FORT WORTH, April 2.—Coach
Lil Dimmitt’s second-place Aggie
nine will clash with the T.C.U.
Horned Frogs in a one game stand
here this afternoon.
Stevenson to Start
Charlie Stevenson, the Aggie
ace righthander, will be on the
mound for the Cadets and will
probably be opposed by Trotter
Adams, star of the Frog pitching
staff. Following this game, the
Aggies come back home to pre
pare for the Baytown Oilers, whom
they meet Saturday afternoon in
College Station.
Gunning for Win
This will be the Ags’ fifth con
ference game and the Dimmittmen
will be gunning for their third vic
tory. After losing the last game
of the Baylor series, the Cadets
came back strong to beat Texas
and then S.M.U. in the first game,
but lost in the second tilt.
T.C.U., meanwhile, is in a tie
for fourth place with the S.M.U.
Mustangs and will be looking for
their second win of the season.
They split a couple of free-scoring
games with S.M.U. and since then
have pointed heavily for the Ca
dets.
The probable starting lineup for
the Aggies for today’s game is:
Ballow, ss; Rogers, If; Glass, 2b;
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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1942
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INTRAMURALS
By
DUB OXFORD
The President of the college has
pledged the full facilities of the
college to the Navy and already
the sailors have played a soft-
ball game and taken part in a vol
leyball match. The sailors are re
quired to get at least one-half
hour’s recreation a day.
The intramural department is
acting in an advisory capacity to
the Navy and is assisting them in
any way possi
ble. So far, some
baseball dia
monds in the old
area have been
cleared for the
men and the vol
leyball nets have
been replaced so
that the Gobs
might have
places to spend
their recreational hours.
Oxford
Scoggin, c; Porter, lb; Peden, 3b;
Stevenson, p; Daniels, rf; and
Black, cf. The likely starters for
the Frogs are: Conway, 2b; Con
rad, If; Dowell, rf; Allen, lb; Al
ford, cf; McHenry, ss; Pel ton, 3b;
Williford, c; and Adams, p.
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As all facilities of the college
are available to the sailors, they
are welcome to come down to the
gym at any time and play basket
ball or drop in at the pool for a
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Welcome Navy
In so many words, the Navy is
more than welcome on Kyle Field
. . . and that includes any part of
the field. And let us know if we
can help you at any time, Sailors!
26-1 Is Quite A Score
Under the firm pitching of Kir
by, and the excellent catching of
May, first baseman, L Infantry
really walked away with a class A
softball game against the Artil
lery Band. The bandsmen made
only one run to the Infantry’s 26.
The boys of the “Fightin’ Fifth,”
good old 5 CHQ, were really sweat
ing in the game they played with
F Engineers. Scheaffer, Santoni,
and Kaufman for the corps head
quarters were the mainstays of
the 5 CHQ team. The final score
of the game was 5 CHQ, 15; F
Engineers, 13.
Class B Softball saw an excel
lent game even if the final score
was a 14-14 tie between G In
fantry and F Coast. They played
the tightest and toughest game
the diamonds have yet experienced.
It was distinctly nip-and-tuck all
the way.
» Boxing
Here are some results of the
latest boxing matches. The win
ners are boldfaced.
Class B.
Erwin (A Eng) vs Schultz
(Inf. Band).
Dick (A CAC) vs Gilbert (A
Inf.).
Class A.
Crownover (C CWS) vs Duty (F
FA).
Turner (Hq. Cav.) vs Jarrell
(C Inf.).
Odds ’n Ends
Orchids go to intramural box
ing judges Cheesy Marsh, Bill
Henderson, Fuel “Poppa” Wesson,
Pinky Williams, Frank Litterest,
Bill Smith and Goldy Miller . . .
These boys put in many an hour
of work judging . . . Don’t forget
to wear either your tennis shoes
or rubber soled shoes when you
play softball.
Aggies Drop To 2nd
Place In Conference
Wild pitching caused the Texas
Aggie baseballers to go down be
fore the Southern Methodist Mus
tangs by a score of 14-8 in Dal
las Tuesday afternoon. With this
loss the Cadets dropped to second
place in the conference race and
the Rice Institute Owls took the
lead by virtue of a victory of the
Baylor Bears.
The Ponies capitalized on the
inconsistency of the Aggie hurl-
ers and came from behind in the
eighth inning to bring across seven
runs and win the game. The Ag
gies had an 8-7 lead at the end
of the seventh stanza.
Lil Dimmit, the Cadet coach,
used six pitchers against the Pon
ies but none of them were able to
control the ball. The hurlers gave
up 11 bases on balls and hit one
batter. Henderson, Shuford, Bal
low, Carden, Stevenson and Peden
were on the mound for the Cadets.
Aggies Meet T U
In Dual Track
Meet This PM
“Anything can happen when we
run Texas on Thursday afternoon
but it looks like it will be a Tex
as victory,” Coach Dough Rollins
said Wednesday afternoon when
interviewed about the outcome of
the dual track meet scheduled for
3 o’clock Thursday.
“The relays both should go to
Texas since Jimmy Knight and
Emerick Labus both are out with
pulled muscles and the loss of
those two also hit us in the 220
and 440-yard dashes. However,
with Ken Stallings running in the
220 we may have a chance and I’ll
say that event will be close.”
Dough also said that Texas
should take the 100, the 880 and
mile runs with the two mile a bat
tle between Johnny Zeigler, cross
country champion and Hafernick,
of Texas, staging a great duel.
In the hurdles it should be Roy
Bucek, conference champion in
both 120 and 220 events for A. &
M. The shot also is headed for
A. & M. with Jim Montgomery,
the best bet, as Rollins sees it but
says that the javelin toss is Texas’
points. The high jump with Albert
Ricks and Pete Watkins going
good should go to Texas A. & M.
but Texas will even it up by tak
ing the broad jump which will
leave the pole vault as a battle
between Ricks and Dave Small,
who are even so far this year.
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The Texas Aggie and the Baylor
Bear golfers meet on the course
of the Bryan Country Club today
in a dual match. The doubles
matches will be played this morn
ing while four single matches will
take place this afternoon.
Col. Frank Anderson’s entirely
new and revamped Aggie golf
team won a meet from Rice Insti
tute earlier this week.
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