Cadets Prepare for TCU
Ag Hopes for First Place in Houston
Meet Goes Haywire as Bucek Suffers Injury
Ags, Rice, TU in Meet Sat
BATTALIONS—
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1942
Page 7
Southwest Conference Standings
Played Won Lost
Pet.
Texas A. & M
11
9
2
.818
Texas : iw
9
7
2
.778
S. M. U
11
6
5
.545
Baylor
10
3
7
.300
Rice
10
2
8
.200
T. C. U
Schedule This Week:
5
1
4
.200
Friday—T.C.U. vs. A&M at College
Texas at Austin.
Saturday—T.C.U. vs. A&M at College
Station;
Station
S.M.U. vs
Fish Tracksters Risk
Unbeaten Record Saturday
Any Aggie hopes for a cleanup
in the “Little Conference” meet at
Houston this week with Rice and
Texas was quickly dispelled Tues
day afternoon when it was dis
covered that Captain Roy Bucek,
hurdle ace and anchor man of re
lay events, had pulled a muscle.
He has had this injury since the
Drake Relays, but not until Tues
day did Coach Rollins decide that
he wouldn’t run his ace trackster.
On Roy’s shoulders was placed
all Aggie aspirations for a first
win in the “Little Conference” in
over a decade. He had been expect
ed to annex both hurdles and was
also to play a big factor in the
relay events.
At any rate, there is no chance
of the big 220 lb. speedster start
ing any of the events because
Coach Rollins is not planning to
have Bucek out of the conference
meet in May. Roy’s muscle injury
is not serious at all. In fact, with
a proper handling by Lil Dimmitt,
Bucek could go out there and prob
ably give the Aggies a few valu-
Jimmy Newberry, little Aggie
outfielder is well and ready for
some action . . . Newberry spiked
himself in the recent S.M.U. game
here, and has been on the side
lines since ... he will probably
start against T.C.U. Friday . . .
when the Aggies trot out on the
field Friday afternoon against T.
C. U., only one man will be bat
ting less than .300 in full season
play . . . That will be Newberry,
whose average is climbing stead
ily .. . Next lowest is Cecil Bal-
low who’s hitting at an average of
.322 . . . The team average (con
ference games only) is .369, which
is the highest in the league today
. . . Texas university, the Aggies’
arch rivals for conference honors,
have only four hitters that are
clouting over the .300 mark . . .
Jack Stone, captain and second-
baseman of the team, had a re
spectable average up to the T.C.U.
series . . . Now, he’s hitting be
low .300 . . . More statistics about
able points, but as Coach Rollins
puts it “there is no use of taking
any unnecessary chances.”
The meet itself is really not im
portant enough to let the big boy
run. His injury is likely to heal in
a few days, thereby leaving Coach
Dough Rollins’ squad in tip-top
shape. His other two “cripples,”
Emerick Labus and Jimmy Knight,
are slowly but surely rounding in
to shape and should be ready to
go by May 8. Labus ha*s already
been running in recent meets al
though not in the best of shape.
However his leg is coming along
fast and the little speedster should
prove a valuable asset to his team.
Knight, in the meantime, has been
giving his sore leg a constant
workout, and Coach Rollins ex
pects him to be ready for the con
ference meet.
With the team expected to be in
its best physical shape of the year
at the Southwest Conference meet
in Dallas May 8 and 9, the Aggie
thinly clads will be double tough
to handle and are certain to be a
deciding factor in the annual meet.
the Aggie baseball team ... So
far this year, the Cadet infield
has pulled 11 double plays in the
11 conference games played . . .
six of these were executed in the
Rice series this past weekend . . .
Sam Porter, firstbaseman, has
been on the receiving end of 10
of the twin-killings, Cecil Ballow
has had a hand in six, Ira Glass
in nine, Les Peden in three, and
even John Scoggin, the catcher,
got into, the picture with an assist
in another . . . Included among the
11 was one of the uncommon ones
where the firstbaseman gets an
assist and a putout in the double
play . . . Porter and Ballow col
laborated on that one against Rice
last Saturday on a fast ground
ball to deep first with a man on
the initial sack . •. . From the Tex
as university sports service comes
this item . . . “Much of the mantle
gloom which has hung over his
toric Clark Field throughout this
(See KYLE FIELD, Page 8)
Stevenson Will
Pitch First Of
Two-Game Series
Fielding and batting practice
was especially stressed by the Ag
gies yesterday afternoon as Coach
Lil Dimmitt’s nine completed fi
nal preparations for their two
game series against the T.C.U.
Horned Frogs here Friday and
Saturday afternoons.
Team Average
The Aggies, whose team batting
average incidentally is .369 for
conference games, were clouting
the pelt far and wide and indi
cated that their heavy hitting will
not take a nosedive in the Frog
series.
Charlie Stevenson, the top hur-
ler of the Southwest Conference
will make his ninth conference
start of the year and will be seek
ing his eighth win. Charlie, at the
present time has a string of 24
consecutive scoreless frames, fif
teen of which came against the
hapless Rice Institute Owls. Coup
led with that sensational mark,
Stevenson also has three consecu
tive shutouts and will be seeking
a conference record against a
hard-hitting T.C.U. club.
Frogs Hit Hard
Incidentally, the Frogs were the
only other team besides S.M.U.
that pounded Stevenson hard.
While at Fort Worth, the Aggies
were riding along with a 6-0 lead
when Coach Walter Roach’s nine
suddenly let loose a barrage and
sent across five runs. However,
Stevenson settled after that out
burst and pitched scoreless ball
the rest of the way.
The Aggie infield of Les Peden
at third, Cecil Ballow at short, Ira
Glass at second, and Sam Porter
at first has been one of the bright
spots on the team, and bids fair
to be the All-Conference infield
this year. All are clouting the ball
at better than a .300 clip, with
Peden and Porter 'bitting above
the .400 mark.
Porter Leading Fielder
Afield Porter is showing the
way with a fielding average of
.992 with but one error in his 122
chances. Ballow is next with an
average of .945 on his 55 chances
including three errors, while Glass
fields .926 on his 68 chances in
cluding five errors. Peden has a
figure of .875 on *56 chances in
cluding seven errors. These sta
tistics include conference' games
Annual Meeting
Of SW Conference
To be Held May 8,9
Three Primary Points
Expected to be Presented
Before Officials at Meet
The annual spring meeting of
the Southwest conference, set for
May 8 and 9 in Dallas, will prob
ably hold more fireworks in store
'for sports fans than any other
meeting in the organization’s his
tory.
Slated for discussion are (1)
freshman participation throughout
the war; (2) the usual Cottou Bowl
question; (3) adoption of sched
ules for next year, which will re
veal just how much the conference
will slice its athletic program.
Dana X. Bible, head coach of
the university, is opposed to fresh
man participation but will prob
ably consent to a compromise such
as has been worked out on the
Pacific coast—letting freshmen
become eligible for varsity compe
tition at mid-term, thus letting
them participate in basketball and
spring sports.
The university, long a stumbling
block to guaranteeing the Cotton
Bowl the conference champion each
autumn, isn’t as dead-set on that
question as in years past. Experi
ence with a Rose Bowl candidate
in ’41 has soured the athletic staff
on other bowl games, and an af
firmative vote from the U-T on
the Cotton ! Bowl wouldn’t be too
shocking.
Texas will wait until after the
conference meeting to settle one
of its staff problems—replacement
of basketball coach Jack Gray, now
a lieutenant in the Navy.
Numerous applications have
been received but Bible has indi
cated he will wait until after the
conference meeting to consider
whether or not a new coach will
be hired or the present staff will
try to cover all duties for the du
ration.
Ed Olle, who coached Texas’
championship team in 1933-34, on
which Gray was a stellar forward,
is at present business manager of
athletics and may be considered
available for the job.
Seveny-two per cent of the
students in the University of Cali
fornia college of dentistry work
while they are in school.
only.
Lefty Dowell, the Frogs’ best
hurler, will probably oppose Ste
venson. He was belted hard in his
last time out with the Cadets but
will try again Friday.
The undefeated Texas Aggie
freshmen tracksters will again
place their perfect record at stake
when they enter the “little” con
ference track and field meet at
Rice Field in Houston Saturday.
The Fish have an enviable rec
ord, having won the freshmen di
vision of the track meet of the
Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and
Exposition by an overwhelming
score; won the events they entered
in the Texas Relays; and defeated
the North Texas Aggies.
The outstanding man on the
freshman squad is Don Frye, who
specializes in the distance events—
440, 880, and mile run. Frye is
hailed by many track experts as
the greatest track prospect in col
lege in the United States today.
He takes part in the 440 and 880-
yard and mile events.
The fish relay teams have de
feated the Aggie varsity teams
practically every time they have
run against each other. The fresh
man sprint relay team is composed
of Larry Wolf, Jennings Ander-
son, Denzel “Iran” Kennemer and
Art Harnden. The mile squad con
sists of Jim Battin, Frye, Wolf
and Harnden. Gordon Martin, ace
broadjumper, also fills in at any
of the relay spots.
Anderson shines in the 100 and
220-yard dash events and throws
the shotput in the weight match
es. Kennemer enters the 100 and
220-yard dashes.
Bill Compton does the chores in
the pole vault, high jump and
broad jump, aided by Bill Smolik
in the first two events. Ben Stout
takes care of the field events.
Clifton Powers, Kennemer, Smo
lik, Wolf and Scott are the fish
who are entered in the high and
low hurdle events. Lon Winn and
Kuykendahl participate in the
880-yard and mile events, respec
tively.
Ken Kinsey Shines
For Consolidated In
Recent Regional Meet
In the region five track meet of
the interscholastic league held at
Huntsville this last week-end, Ken
neth Kinsey, representing A. &
M. Consolidated high, ' won two
first places in competition with
the larger schools of the Houston
district.
Kinsey, who is a fine college
prospect, took firsts in the broad
jump and the high jump. In the
high' jump with a leap of 6’ 3” Kin
sey equaled the regional record,
and with this jump he should place
in the state meet. His effort in
the broad jump event was good
for 20’ 4”.
Houston to Be
Site of “Little
Conference” Meet
The Texas Aggie Varsity track
team will enter the “little” con
ference field and track meet at
Rice Field in Houston Saturday
minus the services of their cap
tain and ace hurdler, Roy Bucek,
who is suffering' from an injured
muscle.
Three Good Hurdlers
Pete Watkins, Charley Schwarz
and Bill Mitchell will be entered
in the 120-yard high hurdles, Bu-
cek’s favorite event, in an attempt
to hold on to some points for the
Cadets.
The “little” conference meet is
an annual affair between Rice In
stitute, Texas university and Tex
as A. & M. and for long years the
winner of this meet has consist
ently gone on to win the South
west Conference championship la
ter in the season.
The three schools participating
have the three top track and field
squads in the conference. This
meet threatens to be the hardest
fought match in the state and any
one of the teams have an excellent
chance to take the honors.
The Aggies have never taken
the “little” conference meet and
this year, before the loss of Bucek,
were favorites to cop the meet.
However, with the loss of the team
captain, the odds'are sure to swing
in another direction.
Defeated Both Entries
The Cadets have defeated both
of the teams they will oppose in
Saturday’s meet. Early this sea
son they downed the Texas Long
horns in a dual meet; the first
such occurence in ten years. The
Rice trackmen went down before
the Aggies last week by a decided
score.
Bruce Griffing, Iowa State col
lege graduate student, has been
awarded a Roosevelt fellowship
for further study at the University
of San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Nineteen graduates of Detroit
high schools recently have been
awarded board-of-education schol
arships for one year of study at
Wayne university.
Classes in military science and
tactics will be conducted during
summer sessions at the University
of Minnesota this year for the
first time.
Loupot Is An
Aggie Tradition
Johnny Zei^ler. Aggie Two Mile Ace, Has
Good Chance to Break 17-Year Track Record
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Jim
Newberry Is Ready for Saturday’s Fracas
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SLACKS
Cleaned and Pressed . . . 20^
CASH AND CARRY
LAUTERSTEIN’S
Remember
UNCLE ED’S
AFTER THE
COTTON BALL
AND
CORPS DANCE
EATS AND DRINKS #
with
MUSIC AND DANCING
at
Hrdlicka’s Cafe
Old College Road
“NO COVER CHARGE”
Back in 1925 Sandy Esquival,
performing for the University of
Texas, trotted the 2-mile run in
9:32.4, and that record has stood
the attack of several crack run
ners since.
Good Chance
However, that record stands a
good chance to be shattered this
year when Sophomore Johnny
Zeigler, of Texas A. & M. appears
at the Southwest Conference meet
in Dallas. He already has broken
the conference cross country rec
ord by going the two and one-half
mile course in 12:10.0 last Novem
ber and knocked better than six
seconds off the mark which also
had stood since 1925.
At least that is the prophecy of
Head Track Coach J. W. (Dough)
Rollins, Aissistant Coach Ray Put
nam, himself a miler of interna
tional repute, apd Head Cross
Country Coach Col. Frank Ander
son. All three agree that Zeigler
has better than an even chance
to set a new time for the distance.
His time trials have been good but
with someone to press him he can
do better. He is consistently under
the 10-minute time most distance
men do.
Both Mile Events
Coach Rollins added that there
is a chance that he will have to
run his crack soph in both the
mile and two-mile runs and in that
event it is not likely that he can
win both events in record time.
“I want to use him only in the
two-mile event,” “Dough” said,
“but if we can win the meet by
taking the mile then I’ll run him
in both and not worry about set
ting any records.”
The funny part about the boy is
that he never took part in any
track events until his senior year
in high school and then collected
a bunch of records. He won all
his events in the county, district
and regional meets; set a new rec
ord in the mile at the Livingston
Invitation Meet and also holds the
county, district and regional rec
ords. On top of that he ran off
with another new record at the
Baumont meet the same year. To
top it all off his mates elected him
captain.
Played Football
He stands five feet, eight inches
and now weighs 135 pounds, hav
ing picked up six pounds since he
first showed up for the freshman
track team last year. In high
school he was a football player but
decided he was too light for that
sport in college, since he always
played blocking back. He goes in
for baseball, too, but since track
and baseball seasons conflict he
has not tried out for the diamond
team.
He was born in St. Augustine,
Fla., on May 23, 1922, so will miss
out on the draft this month. He
was christened John Milton but
that has long since vanished and
today his is either Johnny or Zig
to the rest of the Texas Aggies.
Geology Major
He is majoring in geology and
making good grades. So far he
has not failed in a single subject.
He says he likes his math and sci
ence courses because he finds
mathematics hard adn his sciences
easy.
He picks Andrew Jackson as his
political hero and Robert E. Lee
for his favorite person in history.
He says he likes the military life
which probably comes natural for
his forefathers fought on both
sides in the Civil War. Johnny is
heading for a commission as sec
ond lieutenant in the Infantry and
says he would like to stay in the
army all his life.
He was invited to come to Texas
A. & M. by Coach Rollins but as
Johnny explains his choice of
schools, “Shucks, there never was
any chance of me going to any
other school. I want this military
training and A. & M. is the only
place I could get what I wanted.”
He is making his way through
school with the pillow concession
and makes enough during the foot
ball season to get along the rest
of the year.
An athletic field at the College
of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minn.,
covers one-third of the 160-acre
campus.
Recent Charter week celebra
tion marked the seventy-fourth an
niversary of the founding of the
University of California.
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