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By (Hike Min
Battalion Sports Editor
Rice May Prove to Be Toughest Aggie Foe;
Cadet Hitting Shows World of Improvement
This past week-end’s baseball
results left the conference race in
a more muddled spot than ever.
With the possible exception of
Baylor every team has a chance
for the crown, with the Aggies
and Texas, at this time, holding
the inside track.
However, it seems to me that
Rice will furnish the toughest bar
rier to Aggie championship hopes.
Of course, they haven’t anything
to brag about, but they do have
a pitcher who has shown plenty of
promise in his work on the mound.
His name is Jimmy Pendarvis, a
sophomore flinger, who has ac
counted for tlhe two Owl wins. His
pitching against Baylor was ex
cellent, and according to Coach Jim
Crow of the Bears, the Aggies will
have a tough time hitting his of
ferings. That statement comes
from a coach whose pitchers were
pounded for 15 runs and 20 hits
Saturday afternoon by a team that
has been showing improvement
with each tilt. ,
And, now, back to the Cadets.
Saturday afternoon, they proved
that their recent heavy hitting was
no fluke. They faced one of the
best pitchers in the conference in
Manuel Garcia but still found his
offerings to be no mystery. Garcia
showed a nice curve at the outset
of the game, and with proper sup
port, he could have given a better
performance. At any rate, with
the kind of hitting the Dimmitt-
men got, they could use their bat-
boy as a pitcher and still come out
on top.
On the day of the game, I men
tioned the fact that Cullen Rogers
was improving his batting eye with
each game and he certainly didn’t
let me down. His hitting was mag-
nificient, and if he continues his
torrid pace, he may soon be at the
top of the batting leaders. He is
meeting the ball much better than
he did at the start of the year, and
his body at the plate is loose
rather than tight.
As a matter of fact, the whole
tean\ has improved its eye, be
cause, brother, when you average
15 runs and 15 hits per game in
the past five games, you aren’t
hitting thin air.
That’s how matters stand now.
The Aggies are on top of the heap,
and it’s going to take a mighty
tough foe to knock them off—yes,
a mighty tough foe.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Roy
Bucek Ties Low Hurdle Record in Exhibition
Roy Bucek, captain and ace hurd
ler of Coach Dough Rollins’ track
team tied Freddy Wolcott’s record
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in the 220 low hurdles in an ex
hibition Saturday afternoon . . .
his time was 23 seconds . . . Roy,
however, will have to do it over
again if he wants it to go in the
books for exhibitions don’t count.
. . . Big John Scoggin still leads
the Aggie batters with a lusty
.440 average . . . Leo Daniels found
himself in the select .400 group
when he hit 2 for 4 Saturday . . .
Cul Rogers also raised his average
from .286 to .354 by slapping out
four hits . . . the Athletic Depart
ment issued the following men let
ters in their respective sports—
Swimming — Conway, Cowling,
Goodman, Kiel, Lapham, Loomis,
Looney, McKey, Renaud, Taylor,
Winters, Johnson, . . . Polo—
Maloney, Braid, McGowan, Hart,
Buie, and Raley . . . Fencing—
Stillinger, Shaw, Adcock, Wells,
and Bederman . . . these lettermen
were officially released by the
athletic office Saturday . . . Wen
dell Acrey is the third Aggie base-
baller to catch the mumps . . .
the other two were Jim Newberry
and Earl Seay . . .
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Water Carnival Plans Now Under Way
Swim Affair to Be
Presented at Pool
Thurs, Fri, and Sat
Featuring 75 minutes of fun and
frolic, the sixth annual Water Car
nival will be held Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday night at 7:45.
The annual affair, sponsored by
the Texas A. & M. Water Polo
team, will feature “Victory” as a
theme.
Fire Dive
The highlight of the carnival
will be the Fire Dive performed
by Frog Baxter. Baxter will thrill
the crowd by diving into flaming
water with gasoline soaked cloth
ing. The water polo team is im
porting two famed aquatic stars,
U. A. Young and Bland Schwart-
ing, who are from Baylor univer
sity. Other features will be illum
inated swimming formations, and
a water polo game between the
possible next year’s team and a
team of seniors and ex-students.
Novelty Acts
Fish Griffin, junior national
220-yard champion and Bob Cow
ling, conference 100-yard breast
stroke champion will swim a 100-
yard exhibition race. There will be
many novelty acts and especially
amusing will be the back stroke
race between the varsity and the
freshman team. The swimmers will
be slightly handicapped in that
they will be attired in night shirts.
Evolution of Swimming
As a finale, and as a method of
introducing the members of the
swimming team, there will be a
demonstration of the evolution of
swimming from the dog paddle to
the crawl, Bob Taylor, record hold
er, will demonstrate the free style.
The fish team will be introduced
by novelty swim strokes.
Aggies Take
Free-Scoring Tilt
From Baylor, 15-9
Shuford Gets Credit For
Win Sat; Rogers Leads
Batters With Four Blows
In a free-scoring fracas on Kyle
Field Saturday afternoon the Tex
as Aggies defeated the Baylor
Bears by a score of 15-9. The
Cadets took an early lead and
were ahead 6-3 at the end of the
sixth stanza but the Bears came
through with a seventh inning
rally to tally five runs. In their
half of the seventh, however, the
Aggies brought across four runs
and scored five times in the
eighth to sew up the game.
Cullen Rogers, Aggie left field
er, was the big gun for the Ma
roon and White team, getting
Battalion Sports
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1942
PAGE 3
Highlights of the Weekend
Right to left above shows Bill Henderson spar
ring with A1 Aikman just before the Aggie four
sports letterman delivered his knockout blow to
retain his Class A heavyweight crown. Right
top shows Don Frye, ace freshman dash man
coming in ahead of the field in the 880 yard
run. Trailing him is “Red” Battin. Left bottom
shows Leo Daniels, hard hitting outfielder,
rounding third on Rogers’ double in the seventh
inning. Daniels started the big Aggie seventh
frame with a two bagger.
—Staff Photos by Jack Jones
Diamondeers Meet Service Team Here
Wed"’"" n Ags Lead SWC
AGGIES (15) Ab R H E
Ballow, ss 5 3 2 0
C. Rogers, If 6 3 4 0
Glass, 2b 6 13 0
Scoggin, c 6 3 3 1
Porter, lb 6 2 2 0
Peden, 3b 5 0 2 1
Stevenson, p 4 0 10
Shuford, p 2 0 0 0
Daniels, rf 4 3 2 0
Black, rf 2 0 10
TOTAS 45 15 20 2
BAYLOR (9) A1
Jennings, If 2
Leinwebber, If 0
Wafer, If 3
R. Rogers, cf 2
Lucas, cf , 3
Reeder, 3b 5
Miller, Ib-p 5
Hill, rf 5
Flowers, ss 5
Nelson, 2b 3
Rector, 2b 2
Murski, e 3
Garcia, p J....3
Sweet, p 0
TOTALS 41
Baylor 000 021 501—9 R if
A. & M 112 002 45x—15 20
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three doubles and a homer in five
trips to the plate and batting in
five runs.
Charlie Stevenson, ace right
hander, started on the mound for
the Cadets but weakened in the
fifth inning and finally left the
game in the seventh to be replaced
by Johnny Shuford, The Aggie
(See AGGIES TAKE, ^age 4)
Conference Standings
Team— W. L. Pet.
Texas A. & M 5 2 .714
Texas 3 2 .600
S. M. U 3 3 .500
Rice 7 2 3 .400
Baylor 2 4 .333
T. C. U..: ' 1 2 .333
The league leading Texas Aggie
baseballers will meet the 71st Ma
terial Squadron team from Elling
ton Field here Wednesday after
noon in a non-conference clash.
The game will be in the nature of
a warmup affair for the Aggies in
preparation for their forthcoming
clash with the S. M. U. Mustangs
on Kyle Field Saturday, and Coach
Lil Dimmitt is expected to play
nearly every man on - the Aggie
squad.
J. W. “Smokey” Carden, Bill
Henderson, and Henry Lindsey will
probably all see service on the
mound for the Aggies, with “Lef
ty” Reese, former professional star
from Pennsylvania expected to do
the hurling for the fliers.
By virtue of their win over Bay
lor last Saturday, and the S.M.U.
Mustangs splitting a double-header
with Texas, the Aggies find them
selves this week in undisputed
first-place position in the confer
ence rae. However, with a busy
week ahead for all the teams of
the conference, the standings could
be considerably changed by next
Saturday.
The Aggies’ clash with the Mus
tangs Saturday is expected to fur
nish plenty of fireworks, and may
have a definite bearing on the
conference flag. The Aggies split
a two game series with S.M.U.
earlier in the season, and this will
be the deciding game of this year’s
series with the Ponies. The Dallas-
ites are turning into the surprise
team of the conference this season,
boasting wins over the Aggies and
And Another Jinx Goes Pfft!
Aggie Tennis Team Finally
Whips SMU After Four Years
Coach Manning Smith’s Aggie
tennis team defeated the powerful
SMU netters in Dallas Friday by
the score of 4-3 marking the first
time that the Cadet netters have
beaten the Ponies since 1938.
Also Beat ETSTC
Saturday afternoon, the Aggies
stopped off in Commerce and over
whelmed the Lions of East Texas
State Teachers College, this time
by the score of 5-2.
Xavier Fernandez, the A. & M.
number one singles player, from
Lima, Peru, lost a hard fought
match to Higginbotham of SMU,
6-4, 7-5. However, the other three
singles men, Jack Thompson, Bill
Marshall, and A1 Krezdorn, won
their matches handily.
Thompson subdued Shipman, 4-6,
6-4, 6-3. Marshall romped on Bold
ing, 6-2, 6-3'; and Krezdon defeat
ed Walker, 6-3, 6-1.
Win One, Lose One
Higginbotham and Shipman, one
of the best doubles combinations
in the conference, picked up two
of Southern Methodist’s three
points by winning the number one
doubles match. They defeated
Fernandez and Pat Patterson, 6-%
6-1. The Aggies number two doub
les team of Marshall and Krezdorn
had no trouble in downing Mus
tangs Walker and Bolding, 6-4,
6-2.
In the East Texas matches, the
Aggies lost only the number one
doubles.
Unbeaten Fish
Baseballers Play
At Goose Creek Today
Coach Bill Buchanan’s undefeat
ed Texas Aggie Fish baseball
team journeys to Goose Creek this
morning to meet the Goose Creek
Junior College in a one-game stand
this afternoon.
Lee Forrest, the first-year hurl-
er who has annexed all three of
the Fish victories, will be the
probable starter today.
Coupon Book Next Year To Contain Extra Ticket Which
llfay be Exchanged for Any Out-of-Town Game on Schedule
Transfer of the Texas Aggie-
Rice football game to Houston on
Nov. 14, instead of playing it on
Kyle Field as originally scheduled,
will, in a way, be a break for the
students and local coupon book
holders next season.
“The game will be considered as
a home game,” E. W. Hooker, Ag
gie ticket manager, announced
Monday. “Each coupon book sold
next year will contain one coupon
which may be exchanged for a
ticket to any out-of-town game on
the schedule,” he added.
“This means that fans who buy
a book can trade the coupon for a
ticket to the Rice, Baylor, S.M.U.
or Texas conference games or for
the L.S.U., Washington State or
Duke non-conference games at no
extra charge,” he explained.
The L.S.U. game will be played
in Baton Rouge, La.; the Washing
ton State game in San Antonio,
and the Duke game in Durham, N.
C., while all of the conference
teams will be met in the other
conference cities when the Aggies
are away. Texas Tech, T.C.U. and
Arkansas will be played on Kyle
Field.
Looking forward to a possible
tire and transportation shortage
next fall the Aggie Athletic Coun
cil favored taking the Rice game
to Houston so that more of the
men in the service could attend
and at the same time give the stu
dents and fans a chance to pay a
visit to Houston for a day of shop
ping and still take in the ball
game.
the second-place Texas Longhorns
to their credit.
Besides the game with Elling
ton Field Wednesday, Coach Dim
mitt is expecting to have the Ag
gies hard at work all week in
preparation for the Ponies, and
the Aggies should be in fine shape
for the game. Charlie Stevenson,
ace hurler of the Aggie squad,
will probably be on the mound for
the Dimmittmen, and his opponent
is expected to be S.M.U. Star At
well Tessman.
Aggie Fish Swamp
NTAC in Dual Meet
Here Sat, 105-21
Lack of Transportational
Facilities Causes Tarleton
To Cancel Entry At Meet
Piling up a total of 105 points,
the Aggie Fish track team swamp
ed the North Texas Aggies in a
dual track meet here Saturday.
The visitors won only one first
place, tied for aonther, and scored
a total of 21 points.
John Tarleton’s Plowboys, orig
inally scheduled to enter the meet
also, cancelled their entry because
of lack of transportational facili
ties.
Jennings “Grade Point” Ander
son was high-point man for the
Fish. He won the discus thrlow,
100, 200, and ran a stretch on the
winning 440-yard relay tetam to
garner an individual sum of 1614
points.
Shannon leaped 22 feet 3% inch
es in the broad jump for the only
first place won by NTAC. He also
tied Smolik of the Fish for first
in the high jump.
In other events the freshmen
were hardly pushed, and some of
the times were slow as a result.
Coaches Rollins and Putnam ex
perimented with the team a little
—running boys in events which
they had never run before. Don
Frye won the 880 and Tommy
Winn the mile; neither had run
that distance in competition be
fore.
Roy Bucek, running the 220-
yard low hurdles in exhibition, tied
the conference record of 23 sec
onds flat.
Summary:
440-yard relay: Won by A&M freshmen
(Anderson, Frye, Wolf, Martin) ; second,
NTAC. Time: 44.2 seconds.
440-yard dash: Won by Harnden, A&M;
second, Wolf, A&M; third, Crawford,
NTAC. Time 52.0 seconds.
100-yard dash: Won by Anderson, A&M;
second, Richardson, A&M ; third, Martin,
A&M. Time: 10.0 seconds.
Shot put: Won by Stout, A&M, 43 feet
1 inch; second, Boortz, NTAC, 42 feet 6
inches; third, Brand, A&M, 38 feet 8
inches.
Mile .run: Won by Winn, A&M; second,
Betts, NTAC ; third, Kuykendall, A&M.
Time: 4.50.4.
220-yard dash: Won by Anderson, A&M;
second, Richardson, A&M ; third, Kennedy,
NTAC. Time: 22.8 seconds.
High jump: Tie between Smolik,, A&M,
(See FISH SWAMP, Page 4)
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