SWC Track Preliminaries to Go Off at Dallas Friday
Diamondeers to Get Acid Test Against
Texas; Steers Have Greatly Improved Team
t
The final series of the confer
ence race for the Aggies will be
reeled off this week-end, and it
will really tell the tale as to whe
ther Coach Lil Dimmitt’s sluggers
have had no competition at all or
they have really hit the apple on
the nose.
In the past few tilts there are
many people, especially down Aus
tin way who contend that the Ag
gie crew has been subjected to
weak pitching, thus being able to
hit the ball far and wide. That all
may be true, but haven’t the
Steers faced the same competi
tion? They have and still they
cannot boast of anywhere near the
record of the Aggies. For example,
in a series with Rice Institute
a couple of months ago, the Long
horns had to come from behind
with a five run rally to nip the
Owls, 9-6.
Well, that was two months ago.
The Steers, under the expert tu
telage of Bibb Faulk have great
ly improved and now threaten the
Aggies’ conference lead. Their ace
pitcher, Bill Dumke, has seeming
ly ironed out that sore in his hurl
ing wing, and Coach Dimmitt’s nine
will have to hustle plenty if they
hope to keep their lead.
However, this corner just can’t
see anything but an Aggie victory.
That may sound a bit cocky or op
timistic, but, brother, when you
can get the kind of hitting the
Aggies have been dishing out, it’s
hard to come out on the short end
of a score. And the fighting crew
of Coach Lil Dimmitt is ready to
put all their efforts in one to
“bring home the bacon.”
Sports Squibs From Here and There; A Few
Notes on the Thrilling ’B? Ag-Longhorn Battle
The year was 1937 and the Ag
gies, like this year, had won 11
games and lost two . . . the all-
important series with Texas was
slated for May 13 and 14 and the
day had arrived . . . the Aggies
won the first game 5-3 and only a
garrison finish in the second gave
the Cadets their first champion
ship since 1931 . . . both teams
were tied as far as league-stand
ings were concerned and the win
ner of the second game was the
conference champion . . . for seven
innings the Aggies trailed 4-0 . . .
in the seventh, the Ags counted
four times with Pete Dowling’s
home run accounting for three of
the runs . . . Then came that un
forgettable ninth frame . . . First
man up was Woody Bell and on
the first pitch he sent the ball
reeling far over the right field
wall to give the Aggies that pre
cious pennant . . . Tomorrow after
noon Coach Lil Dimmitt’s Cadets
will go after that ole pennant . . .
they will not have the advantage
of Kyle Field and thus will have
to work twice as hard to beat the
Steers at Austin ... So let’s all
try and go with the team and give
them all the support we can . . .
Let’s do all we can to take our
great band over and really show
them what we can do ... we may
not have Kyle Field but let’s do
all we can to have that “Wildcat.”
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PHURSDAY, MAY 7, 1942 ’ Page 5
Aggie Baseball Statistics
TEXAS AGGIE HITTERS RANKED BY AVERAGES — CONFERENCE GAMES ONLY
Player— Ab R H 2B 3B Hr Bb So Sh Hp Sb Rbi Ba Po A E Fa Ip
Scoggin 59 27 32 5 1 5 5 1 1 0 8 30 .542 57 10 4 .944 115
Aldrich 4 2 200000000 0 .500 8 1 0 1.000 8
p qrter 57 12 25 5 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 13 .439 139 4 2 .986 115
p ed en 57 14 24 5 1 5 5 4 1 0 5 19 .421 24 38 7 .897 115
Newberry 15 6 600040004 2 .400 2 1 0 1.000 37
Rogers 62 " 21 25 4 1 6 3 5 0 4 9 22 .403 13 1 4 .778 115
Daniels 40 14 15 31215017 7 .375 7 0 0 1.000 75
Gl ass 62 20 22 4 1 2 5 3 1 0 10 14 .355 35 38 6 .924 105
Ballow 53 21 18 0 1 0 12 3 4 0 9 14 .340 23 38 5 .924 114
Stevenson 42 5 12 10133021 13 .286 4 19 0 1.000 85
Smith ..._ 4 0 100001000 1 .250 0 0 0 .000 12
Lindsey 4 0 10000000 00 .250 0 3 0 1.000 6
Black 31 7 70008911 53 .226 16 0 1 .941 87
Carden .'. 7 0 10000100 00 .143 1 3 0 1.000 13
Shuford 4 1 00000100 1 1 .000 0 1 0 1.000 12
Acrey 2 0 00000100 11 .000 0 1 0 1.000 3
Henderson 2 0 00 0 0 0. 210 00 .000 0 2 0 1.000 6
TEXAS AGGIE PITCHERS RANKED BY GAMES WON—Conf. Games Only (Thru TCU Games)
Pitcher— IP R H 2B 3B HR BB SO HB BK WP Won Lost
Stevenson 70 21 54 9 0 3 14 35 2 0 1 8 0
Shuford 11 9 14 300 16 10 2111 1
Lindsey 6 2 52001 30001 0
Carden 14 5 8000 4 72021 0
Ballow 0 2 0000 2 00000 0
Peden Vs 0 0000 0 00000 0
Scoggin 2 0 0000 2 30010 0
Acrey 3 5 6400 3 30000 0
Henderson 7 4 11 000 4 300 0 0 1
Five Aggie Diamondeers Take
Final Swing in Longhorn Series
Hurdle Events and All
Dashes to be Tomorrow
Roy Bucek Recovers From Muscle Injury;
All Other Aggies in Top Shape for Meet
The Southwest Conference track and field meet pre
liminaries will take place tomorrow afternoon in Southern
Methodist’s Owenby Stadium at Dallas. Heats will be run
in the 100, 220 and 440-yard dash events and both hurdle
races. The conference finals, which promise to be the clos
est contested events in years,
Coach “Dough” Rollins has been'
tapering off the Aggie squad this
week and the boys are in the pink
of condition for the final effort.
Roy Bucek, track captain and
hurdle star, has been working out
with his injured leg heavily band
aged and will be in shape Friday.
Bucek and Bill Cummins of Rice
are expected to threaten the con
ference record in the low hurdles.
The record of 23 seconds flat is
held by Fred Wolcott formerly of
Rice Institute. Cummins bettered
that time last week in Houston
and Bucek has equalled it earlier
Baylor Downs Aggie
Tennis Team Saturday
The Texas Aggie netters were
defeated on their home courts Sat
urday by the Baylor Bears four
matches to two.
will take place Saturday.
in runs.
The Cadet high jump star, Pete
Watkins, will be aiming at the es
tablishment of a new record in
that event. He bettered the stand
ing mark at an unofficial meet
earlier this year.
The Texas Aggie freshman track
team closed out its 1942 season
last Saturday at the “little” con
ference meet in Houston when they
came through with an overwhelm
ing victory over the Rice Slimes
and Texas Shorthorns. The fish
mile relay team has been running
this week to furnish competition
for the varsity relay team. The
Aggie fish team of 1942 came
through the entire season without
a single defeat thus marking up
a perfect record for the greatest
freshman track team in A. & M.
history.
The only Aggie wins came when
Marshall defeated Pearcy, 6-4, 6-4,
and Thomson took Blodgett, 6-4,
6-2.
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When the final out is called over
Clark Field in Austin Saturday
afternoon, it will spell the end of
the college baseball careers of
five of those fighting Texas Ag
gies. No more will the Southwest
Conference diamonds echo the
cry of “stri-i-ke” as big Charlie
Stevenson burns a fast one into
the glove of Captain John Scoggin,
whose prowess with a bat has
given many an opposing pitcher
cause to weep.
Five Missing
Nor will the fans thrill to the
sight of agile Cecil Ballow scoop
ing up a hot grounder and snap
ping it over to big Sam Porter
for a fast putout. And when some
opposing batter cracks a long fly
to left field they will miss the
familiar figure of Cullen Rogers
racing back to make the catch.
Yes, there will be five pairs of
shoes that will be .plenty hard to
fill when the 1943 Aggie baseball
squad turns out for its first prac
tice session.
Big Charlie Stevenson, ace
hurler of the Aggie mound staff,
has piled up one of the best rec
ords this season in Southwest
Conference history. Charlie has
pitched eight conference games
during the current season, and has
an average of 1.000 percent, hav
ing won all eight of them.
Scoggin, A Superb Hitter
Catcher John Scoggin, captain
of the Aggie nine, in addition to
being a great catcher is one of
the most superb hitters in Aggie
baseball history. Time after time
John has strode to the plate and
smashed out a hit which meant the
difference between victory and de
feat for the Aggies. Perhaps his
greatest exhibit of the season was
last Saturday when he pounded
out six hits in six trips to the
plate, for a perfect afternoon at
bat.
Cecil Ballow, Aggie shortstop,
has amazed fans all season with
his seemingly impossible stops of
hot grounders and line drives. His
has been a major contribution to
the excellent baseball handling
which the Aggie infield has dis
played.
Sam Porter has handled his first
base chores in a manner which
made opposing teams wonder if
he was an octopus. Whether a
ball was thrown to the right or
left of first base, or even over his
head, Sam always managed to
stretch far enough to snag it and
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still keep that foot on the bag.
Cullen Rogers’ ability to roam
the wide open spaces of left field
has brought many a smile to the
face of Coach Lil Dimmitt, and his
rifle-like throws to the plate have
cut off many a seemingly sure
run for Aggie opponents. In ad
dition to these abilities, when Cul
len came up for his time at bat,
many an opposing pitcher wished
he could be some place else.
These five seniors have played
their last game on the familiar
grounds of Kyle Field, but ^there
are still two more games between
them and a conference champion-
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Conference baseball crown. So
when the age old cry of all um
pires “play ball” rings out across
the diamond tomorrow afternoon,
there will be five Aggie seniors
out to wind it up in a blaze of
glory. But regardless of whether
they win or lose, they are still tops
in the hearts of the Aggies.
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