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. They’ve got vents galore to let the breezes in where they can do some good. The breezes cool your feet ^and dry your socks, and, by remote control, put a smile on your face. MANSFIELDS Famed-for-Fit $5.95 to $6.50 Above: Sheridan, brown moccasin-front unlined, ventilated oxford. i -m v*' i • ClrQCta&RS SHOE DEPARTMENT B. C. Allen, Owner College and Bryan its reward for victory. Charlie entered school here in 1938 and after a grand freshman year, he suddenly blew up and was of little value to the Aggies in the next two years. This year, a new Stevenson strode the mound to find himself winner of eight of the eleven conference games. Four of those were shutouts in which he had a string of 28 con secutive scoreless frames, an Ag gie record that may stand for a long time to come. But back to the old days. Stev enson came here, as mentioned, in 1938 from Austin High School where his pitching zeal was the talk of the town. 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