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Battalion Sports Editor
Tracksters Have Much Hope in Coming SWC
Meet; Labus and Knight Key to Situation
Victorious for the first time in
a decade over the Texas university-
track team, Coach Dough Rollins’
thinly clads now point with much
hope to the coming conference
meet to be held at Dallas, May
8 and 9. Those are the days when
all the chips are on the table and
the winner takes everything.
The Aggie track team victory
was the second jinx-destroyer in
the past two months. It was only
a short time ago that Coach Art
Adomson’s swimming team beat
Texas in a dual meet which
marked the first victory for the
Cadet tankers in ten years. How
ever, when the conference meet
was held here March 21, the uni
versity boys won going away.
That particular situation may
well duplicate itself when the con
ference track meet is held. Like
Coach Adamson’s swimmers, Coach
Rollins has the quality but not the
quantity to combat the challenge
of the Longhorns. He has some
able point makers in Captain Roy
Bucek, Albert Ricks, Pete Wat
kins, one or two relay events and
possibly Bill Henderson in the shot
put. If Emerick Labus, fast dash
and relay man, and Jimmy Knight,
one of Coach Rollins’ best track
sters in the relay events, get well
from their injuries, there may still
be a good chance. “If Labus and
Knight are not ready to go when
the time comes for the meet, I
just can’t see where we have a
chance to beat Texas,” Dough said.
Mind you, I’m not attempting to
alibi for the tracksters at all, for
they’ve accomplished something
that no other Aggie thinly clads
could do for the past. 11 years.
Coach Dough’s boys have that
spark and hustle that makes a
track team go places, and they
have boys who can grab a few
events, but it’s not only the first
places that count. The second,
third and fourth places get plenty
of consideration, and, as in swim
ming, that’s where a considerable
portion of your points come in.
With such threats as Rice and
the other conference teams entered
in the meet, it may be a steep
slope to climb for the Aggies. But
Coach Rollins is not giving up at
all. His team’s stock has risen far
above par since the Cadets are
considered as a strong threat to
Texas’ chances for a track champ
ionship. Should Labus and Knight
be ready by May 7, then there may
be another jinx broken—a track
crown for the first time since
1930! And at this time Coach Rol
lins isn’t shedding any tears over
the prospects.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; U. S.
Navy Here Have Well-Known Sport Figures
The contingent of U. S. sailors
here are varily represented by
sports figures that are well known
in their respective field . . . Ra
dioman Second Class Frank Rob
ert Chow, a Chinese, is tops in
handling a rifle or pistol ... he
has over 500 medals and trophies
in his collection ... At the Inter
national matches in 1940, he set
the world’s record in firing the
national civilian .45 automatic pis
tol .. . he also held the National
Rifle Association championship . . .
he lost it in ’38 but came back to
take it again in ’39 in the .45 and
.22 automatic . . . Today Chow
ranks No. 12 in the world in pistol
firing . . . Another great and well-
known athlete in the boxing world
is Earl D. “Curly” Wright . . .
Those boxing fans who can go
back as far as 1928 will remember
that Wright, who, by the way, is
also a radioman, second class, rep
resented the U. S. Navy in the
heavyweight division of boxing in
(See KYLE FIELD, Page 4)
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Error by Baytown
In 10th Gives Ags
10-9 Win Saturday
Diamondeers Rally To
Overcome Oiler 8-Run
Lead; Carden Stars for Ags
A costly error in the 10th inning
by Herman Cholcher, Baytown
catcher, scored John Scoggin from
third to give the Aggies a hard-
earned 10-9 victory over the Oil
ers here Saturday afternoon.
Trailing 1-9 going into the fifth
inning, the Aggies rallied with
four runs in the fifth and three
in the seventh to overcome the
Oiler lead. Henry Lindsey started
on the mound for the Cadets, but
left the mound in favor of J. B.
(Smokey) Carden after Baytown
had pounded him for 8 runs and
11 hits in 3% innings. Carden,
then, proceeded to hold the Oil
ers in check the rest of the day,
allowing 1 run and three scattered
hits.
The Aggies opened the scoring
affair with an unearned run in the
second. Scoggin was safe on sec
ond as Buddy Didrickson dropped
his long fly in left. He then scored
as Shumble muffed Porter’s
grounder.
However, the Oilers finally got
to Lindsey after two scoreless in
nings. Four hits and three runs
were scored in the third, and four
hits in the fourth, coupled with
two Aggie miscues, accounted for
five tallies in the following frame.
The Aggies made a game of it
by scoring four runs in the fifth.
Three walks, two errors, and four
hits, including Ira Glass’ resound
ing triple against the right field
fence, accounted for the tallies.
The only other run scored by
the Oilers was brought in by Did
rickson who smashed a long home-
run over the center field fence.
The Ags tied the game in the
extra-inning frame. Scoggin open
ed with a triple to deep center.
Porter walked and when he at
tempted to steal Cholcher threw
the ball into center field with
Scoggin coming in.
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Morgan Nursery school.
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Southwest Conference Opens Busy Week
Today; Aggies Meet Baylor U Saturday i
High Scoring Games
Have Been Feature
Of Conference So Far
Conference Standings
Team—
W.
L.
Pet.
Texas A. & M
4
2
.667
Texas
2
1
.667
Southern Methodist..
2
2
.500
Baylor
1
2
.333
Rice
1
2
.333
Texas Christian
1
2
.333
High-scoring games have been
featured in the Southwest Confer
ence baseball race so far this sea
son. A strong offense has been
the main line of attack of all
teams in the conference as a total
of 167 runs have been scored in
the 11 games played through last
week. This is an average of slight
ly over 15 runs per game.
The Aggies and the Texas Long
horns are riding the top post at
the present time. Both teams have
won two-thirds of their games
and, hence, are tied for first place
but the Cadets have played six
games while the Steers have en
gaged in but three tilts.
The Baylor Bears were the
cause of one Aggie loss early in
the season and the Southern Meth
odist Mustangs surprisingly ac
counted for the other Aggie de
feat.
The Steers were in the cellar at
the beginning of last week but
came through to beat the Rice
Owls twice and moved up to the
top.
The Aggies have but one game
scheduled for this week. They play
host to the Baylor Bears on Kyle
Field on Saturday, April 11. The
Steers meet the Southern Method
ist Mustangs in a two. game series
in Dallas.
S.W. Conference baseball games
this week:
Tuesday—Texas Christian vs.
(See SW CONFERENCE, Page 4)
BATTALIONA_
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1942
PAGE 3
INTRAMDRALS
By
DUB OXFORD
Tonight at 8:30, the oqe-quarter
finals in intramural boxing will be
held in the gym. Both class A and
class B boxers
will mix in this
“swing time”
event. Thursday
night the semi
finals will be
held in the gym
also at 8:30; and
climaxing intra
mural boxing,
the finals will be
held Saturday
night. These finals are being held
Saturday night because of the
Former Students convention which
is being held here. The boxing fi
nals are one of the highlights on
the program for the Ex Students.
Oxford
FORFEIT DOGHOUSE
Class A:
3 CHQ, Ping Pong
C Infantry, Ping Pong
Intramural Track Meet
Here is big news for all you
thinly-clad aspirants. Hear Ye!
Hear Ye! Ye Olde Towne crier
Spike White, assistant intramural
director, has announced a track
and field meet to be held Sunday,
April 19. This big event will be
held at 2:30 on Kyle Field and
both class A and class B will be
represented, although they will
not compete against each other.
All organizations are eligible-
and may enter men in any event.
The field and track events that
will be held are: the 100-yard
dash, 110-yard low hurdles, shot
put, javelin, broad jump, high
jump, and 440-yard shuttle relay.
As the meet begins at 2:30, the
Class A track meet will also be
gin at that time. While class A
track events are being run, the
class B field events will be in
progress. When the foregoing
events are completed, the entrants
will trade positions and the Class
B track events will be run while
class A field events are taking
place.
For further information, consult
your intramural handbook.
The April Recreational Officers
meeting will be held this afternoon
at 6 p.m. in the C.E. lecture room.
All Recreational Officers are
strongly urged to attend, but if
they are unable to attend, please
see that their junior representa
tive is on hand.
'43 Track Prospects Bloom
UndefeatedFish Tracksters Tangle with Strong
Junior College Squads in Triangular Meet Sat
Unknown to most people the
Texas Aggies have one team in
their midst which is undefeated
and untied in its 1942 campetition.
It is the Aggie Fish track team
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which holds this spotless record
during the current season. In the
two meets which they have enter
ed this season, the Fish have liter
ally run away with their division.
In the Southwestern Fat Stock
Show and Exposition meet which
was held in Fort Worth, the Fish
piled up the almost unbelievable
total of 76 points. Strong point of
the squad is the relay division, and
they have even defeated the var
sity in this event. Aggie track
coach Dough Rollins remarked
that “this is the best freshman
track team that I have ever seen
in my seven years of coaching at
A. & M. and I am expecting great
things of them in the future.”
The next meet for the Fish is
scheduled for Saturday afternoon
on Kyle Field when they enter a
triangular meet with the North
Texas Aggies and the John Tarle-
ton Plowboys. Both of these teams
Fish Baseball Squad
Treks to Waco Friday
For Tilt With Baylor
With two wins against no losses
to their credit, the Texas Aggie
Fish baseballers journey to Waco
Friday for a game with the Baylor
Bear Cubs. In their two previous
starts the Fish defeated Allen
Academy 7-2 and the Texas Year
lings 6-5.
Lee Forrest ace hurler of the
Fish squad will probably be on
the mound for the Fish next Fri
day.
Don’t Complain About
Sugar Rationing; Use
Less and Feel Better
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AGP).—
Don’t complain about sugar ra
tioning; it will be good for yom.
This is the advice of Dr. L. H.
Newburgh, widely-known Univer
sity of Michigan authority on diet
etics.
As a matter of fact, Dr. New
burgh declares, it would be a God
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for, if there weren’t we would be
forced to eat more whole grains,
meats, milk, green vegetables and
other foods which give us every
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are among the strongest junior
college squads in the Southwest,
and are expected to furnish plenty
stiff competition for the Fish.
Standout man of the squad is
Larry Wolf, who takes part in the
440 yard dash and the relay
events. Most versatile man on the
team is Jennings Anderson who
besides being a sprinter of no
mean ability also handles several
field events. This is an unusual
combination of talent which is
rarely found in one man.
Floyd Kennemer is the out
standing hurdler on the team, and
if he keeps up his present pace
should make a capable man to take
Roy Bucek’s place next year. Wil
liam Smolik is Kennemer’s run
ning mate in the hurdles, and also
takes part in the pole vault. Shot
put chores are handled in veteran
style by Ben Stout, husky fresh
man footballer.
Other men on the squad include
Jack Ayers and Gordon Irwin in
the dashes, Clifton Power in the
hurdles, Arthur Harnden in the
220, Jim Battin and Vernon Bell-
ville in the middle distances, and
John Cheatum in the mile.
Rice-A&M Grid
Game to be Played
n Houston Nov 14
The existing national emerg
ency shows its effect some way
every day and now this situation
is having its effect on the Aggie
1942 football schedule.
The Texas Aggie-Rice Owl foot
ball game, originally scheduled to
take place on Kyle Field on No
vember 14, has been changed to
be played in Rice Stadium in
Houston on the same date. The
change, made by the athletic of
fices of the two schools, was made
because of the restrictions on tires
and automobiles which would hin
der, or possibly prevent, thousands
of sports fans in and around Hous
ton from seeing the game.
This game will be the same as
a home game as far as the A. &
M. Cadet Corps is concerned. They
will be admitted on coupon books
the same as if the game were on
Kyle Field.
Here’s the 1942 Texas Aggie
football schedule:
Sept. 26—Louisiana State Uni
versity at Baton Rouge, La.
Oct. 3—Texas Tech, here.
Oct. 10—Duke University at
Durham, N. C.
Oct. 17*—T.C.U., here.
Oct. 24*—Baylor at Waco.
Oct. 31*—Arkansas, here.
(See RICE-A&M GRID, Page 4)
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