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Page 4- THE BATTALION -THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1942 Aggies Battle Texas for SWC Championship Friday As the Ags Will Line Up When the Ump Says Play Ball Friday Starting Lineup May e, 1942 TEXAS Bailow ss Rogers.. ,. ...If Glass 2b Scoggin c Porter 1b PedEN 3b Stevenson p. Daniels rf Newberry cf (Copt.) SCOGGIN, c. CANTU j..., i. Stevenson Closes Brilliant Career Against TU Friday ★ ★ ★ + By Mike Haikin A brilliant career that did not flicker until this year will come to an end Friday afternoon. That’s when Charlie Stevenson, the Aggie ace pitcher, goes to the mound for the last time in what he hopes will be his best. He faces the dangerous Texas Longhorns in a battle that has the championship of the Southwest Conference as Patronize Our Agent In Your Outfit. DYE&S-FUR STORAGE HATTERS TTLOIT’xCQ.n. \Ymwmv>AKm% r 2-l5d5 CASH & CARRY NORTH GATE D. M. DANSBY, ’37 LOOKING FOR A BREEZE? If your feet are becalmed, if you’ve been looking for a breeze, put on a pair of Mansfield Cools. 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He pitched in the State American Legion in ’38 being finally beaten in the play offs, 2-0, by Howard Pollet, now with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League. That record was good enough for A. & M. officials and Steven son was brought to Aggieland. His first year here was a sensation and everyone groomed the big bux om blond from Austin as one of the greatest A. & M. prospects. But something happened. Every thing just didn’t go right with Charlie his sophomore year, but people still had plenty of confi dence in the rotund hurler. It was that year that he suffered his most humiliating defeat by—of all teams—Texas university. Steven son’s prime ambition in college baseball was to defeat the Steers. He split with them during his Fish year, but something slipped the following year. His junior year, Charlie was still finding the going tough and it was not until the final home game of the season that Stevenson fin ally hit the jackpot. And it wasn’t his uncanny pitching arm that brought him fame. The Aggies were playing Texas in a twq game series here. Both games had to be won for the Ca dets to stay in stride with the Longhorns. Lefty Bumpers pitched effectively to win the first tilt, and everything was set for the second game. Roy Peden was hit hard and the Steers were out in front, 5-1, at the start of the Ag gie half of the eighth. Stevenson had replaced Peden the inning be fore to quell a Texas uprising and he took his turn at the plate. With the bases loaded Charlie prompt ly doubled to score two runs and start the Aggies on their way to victory. Six runs were sent across and the Cadets won, 7-5. That was Charlie’s contribution, and it wasn’t his fault that the Ags were beaten out for the crown. Today, Stevenson stands on the pinacle of Aggie fame, and is sure to be included in the Aggies’ Hall of Fame. He has, with the help of the big bat of John Scoggin and the other diamondeers, put the Maroon an<j White on top of the heap, and Friday afternoon he will step into a familiar lair—Clark Field—and again face the Texas onghorns. He already holds a 4-1 victory over the Steers, and he’ll be seeking that second one Friday afternoon. “Rhythms by Raeburn” Corps Dance, Saturday nite, $1.10. More than 1,000 high school sen iors throughout the country took recent examinations for Univer sity of Chicago scholarships. REMEMBER MOTHER OR HER DAY BY SEEDING FLOWERS WYATT’S Dial 2-2400 FLORIST Bryan Ags Close Home Season With 7-2 Win Over SP Tues The Texas Aggies closed out their home baseball season Tues day afternoon by defeating the Southern Pacific nine from Hous ton, 7-2. Charlie Stevenson started on the hill for the Cadets, working three innings in which he allowed one run and four hits. Smokey Carden took over and pitched brilliantly allowing one run and one hit to receive credit for the win. Captain John Scoggin extended his hitting streak to eight but finally was stopped when Stokes, Southern Pacific second sacker made a great stab at John’s hard hit grounder. The next time up, Scoggin pasted a double down the left field line to start on a new streak. Incidentally those eight consecutive blows is regarded as a conference record. Stevenson-Dumke Duel To Highlight Two-Game Series Dimmittmen Already Hold 4-1 Win Over Texas This Year; Steers Greatly Improved Custer had his last stand, the Texans stood up to all the fury at the Alamo, and the Russians battled the Germans in the bloodiest of conflicts, but all that’s nothing when you put A. & M. and Texas on the field together. For Friday, these two arch foes again fight it out for the championship of a Southwest Conference sport. It was football first and now we turn to the game of baseball. The league-leading Aggies again select Austin as their spot to have a showdown with a vastly improved Texas Longhorn nine. Similar Situation It was almost a similar situ ation last year. The Cadets were leading the league and all that had to be done was to defeat the Long horns at Clark Field in Austin. But the jinx that predominated at Memorial stadium seemed to take its full form at the baseball field, and, that coupled with a guy named Pete Layden sent the Ag gies back home with a heart-break ing loss. Then Baylor gave the Steers an assist by defeating the Maroon and White diamondeers and giving Texas another champ ionship. Powerhouse This year, Coach Lil Dimmitt’s Aggies have been a powerhouse in most of their games. Baylor and S. M. U. slipped up, but after that not even Texas could come close to the Cadets. They’ve re ceived some excellent hurling, hit ting, and fielding. The pitching, led by rotund Charlie Stevenson, the hitting led by Captain John Scoggin, and the fielding by Cecil Ballow, has all come through in fine fashion. Aggie hitting has been superb with every member of the lineup hitting over .300 in conference games. As to Coach Bibb Faulk’s championship - contending Long horns, they’ve been improving with each tilt. Bill Dumke, lanky curve- ball artist, has finally hit his stride, and since that fateful Ag gie game a couple of months ago, he has been the most effective hurler. He has been designated by Coach Faulk to start Friday’s game and will be opposed by Charlie Stevenson of the Aggies in a pitching duel that will even rival that Deutsch-Bumpers affair last year. Saturday’s Tilt For their other tilt Saturday, Bob Strelsky, will probably toe the mound opposed by the Aggies’ curve-ball twirler, Smokey Carden. 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