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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
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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<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.
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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.
Strelsky only opped up into the
Steers’ lineup a few weeks ago,
being picked up one day off the
intramural lots to hurl for Faulk’s
nine. He has already won two con
ference games, and much will de
pend on him Saturday.
Carden started off this year
with a noticeable sophomore nerv
ousness. Since he has won five
non-conference and one conference
games and has shown steady im
provement. Smokey has plenty on
the ball, and once he gets started,
it takes plenty to stop him.
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