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Aggies to Seek Track Title in Dallas Today
By (Dike Haikin
Battalion Sports Editor
Texas Favored to Annex Track Crown As
Injuries Dim Hopes of Aggies and Owls
By Chick Hurst
The big - event for which they
have been preparing all season
comes off in Dallas this after
noon for Coach “Dough” Rollins’
Aggie tracksters and it looks as
if the cards were just a little bit
stacked in favor of the other guy.
For many years the Aggies ruled
the Southwest Conference roost
as far as track was concerned, but
those days have been gone for a
long time. This year the Aggies
were given the best chance that
they have had in years to capture
a conference crown, but fate step
ped in and dealt them a punish
ing blow in the form of a pulled
»uscle in Captain Roy Bucek’s
leg.
Roy’s leg has been rapidly
rounding into shape the past few
days under the expert care of
Coach Rollins, but even so, the leg
is bound to be a bit weak, and
running against Bill Cummins of
Rice, who has already bettered the
record set by “Flyin’ Freddie”
Wolcott, Roy’s chances have been
considerably slimmed.
If tradition has anything to do
with the meet then the Texas
Longhorns will take the flag. For
tradition has it that the winner
of the annual “Little Conference”
meet always repeats in the main
event. And adding to the Long
horns’ chances is the fact that
Billy Christopher, star jumper,
vaulter, and relay man for the
Rice Owls, is also nursing an in
jured leg. Like Bucek, Christopher
is not expected to be in top con
dition for the meet.
Until this unforseen crop of in
juries appeared, the meet was ex
pected to be one of the closest
ever held in the Southwest Con
ference. The Aggies, Longhorns,
and Owls were slated to battle it
out, with any of the three a pos
sible winner. The outlook has
changed considerably, however,
in the past few days.
But don’t get me wrong. The
Aggies aren’t giving up hope.
From the time the gun sounds to
start the first event until the last
winner breaks the tape they’ll be
in there fighting all the way. And
it certainly wouldn’t be the first
time that an underdog came
through to win a championship. So
anyone who - happens to be in Dal-
lad this afternoon drop around by
Ownby Stadium, and the Aggie
track team promises that you won’t
be disappointed.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; Rice
Holds Greatest Number of Track Records
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College and Bryan
In the matter of conference
track records Rice Institute is far
ahead of the rest of the schools
. . . the Owls hold a total of eight
. . . three of these marks were
hung up by the flying feet of the
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Aggies’ hopes for the Southwest
Conference tennis title were shat
tered Thursday on the courts of
the Brook Hollow Golf Club. The
Aggie netters were in there fight
ing but just couldn’t get started.
They failed to win a single match.
In the singles, Marshall went
down before Bell of Texas, 6-3,
6-1. Rice Institute’s star netter
Jack Rodgers trimmed Thompson,
6-4, 6-1. Blaylock of Texas beat
Kresdorn, 6-3, 6-2. Driver of Tex
as defeated Fernandez, 6-2, 6-2.
In the doubles, Fernandez and
Batterson fell before Blodgett and
Albright of Baylor, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
The golf team fared better in
the preliminaries also held at
Brook Hollow. Tom Howell took
second with a score of 164 for the
seventy-two hole medal test. He
was beaten by only one stroke by
J. William Russell of Texas. Oth
er scores were: Lawrence Four-
aker, 168; Wayne Rohrer, 173;
Blacky Young, 173; and Hank
Warhmund, 187.
Annual Intramural
Banquet Held Last
Wednesday Night
The annual intramural banquet
was held in the banquet room of
Sbisa Hall last Wednesday night
and awards were presented to 35
recreational officers. All the rec
reational officers will receive
awards, but only 35 had arrived
Wednesday night. The remainder
of the awards will be distributed
as soon as they arrive.
The banquet was more or less
an appreciation night for the work
done by the organization recrea
tional officers. Mr. Penberthy ex
tended the thanks of the intra
mural department for the valuable
assistance rendered by these men
in putting on what the intramural
department believes was the most
successful program in A. & M.
history.
Guests of honor at the banquet
were Dr. T. O. Walton, president
of the college; Dean T. D. Brooks
of the school of Arts and Sciences;
E. L. Angell, executive assistant
to the president; C. N. Shepard-
son, member of the committee on
intramural athletics; Joe Skiles,
chairman of Student Activities;
W- C. Stone of the student activi
ties office; E. N. Holmgreen, busi
ness manager of the college; and
W. R. Horsley, student employ-
men chairman.
BATTALION
SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1942
Page 3
Texas Aggie Track Roster
Bibbs, Frank ,,Z 2 mile
Brush, Carlton 440, mile relay
Bucek, Felix Discus
Bucek, Roy (Captain) High and low hurdles, 440 relay
Cox, Truman : 440, mile relay
Elmore, Ed 2 mile
Garrett, Bob Mile, 880
Henderson, Bill
Knight, Jimmie.
High jump, shotput, javelin
-440, mile relay
Labus, Emerick 440, mile relay
McGlothlin, Murrell Mile, 2 mile, 880
Mitchell, Bill High and low hurdles
Montgomery, Jim Shotput, javelin
Moser, Derace 100, 220, 440 relay
Nye, Robert Pole vault
Ricks, Albert Pole vault, high jump, broad jump
Schwarz, Ed High and low hurdles
Smith, Earl 100, 220, 440 relay
Stallings, Ken 100, 220, 440 relay
Utley, Kelly 880
Yajdos, Joe ... Mile, 2 mile, 880
Watkins, Pete High jump, broad jump, high hurdles.
Javelin
Zeigler, Johnny
.2 mile
I Fish Baseballers Face Baylor Cubs
In Final Game of Season Here Today
Coach Bill Buchanans Aggie-
Fish baseballers will close out
their 1942 season - this afternoon
on Kyle Field when they face the
Baylor Cubs. This is the second
time the two teams have met this
year, the Fish having won the
£irst encounter by the top-heavy
score of 18-0. The game this after
noon marks the finale of what has
been the most successful freshman
baseball team in some time.
In their first encounter with the
Cubs this year, the Fish had little
trouble with the offerings of the
Baylor pitchers and pounded the
ball for numerous hits. This mark
ed the first game in which big Lee
Forrest, ace of the freshman pitch
ing staff, had gone the distance,
and he showed that the pace was
not too much for him as he struck
out 16 batters and allowed only
three scattered hits.
The Fish diamondeers have had
a very successful season to date
having beaten Baylor, Texas, Al
len Academy, Lamar Junior Col
lege of Goose Creek, and losing
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt re
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only to the Texas Yearlings in a
close 6-5 battle which was decided
in the last inning.
The Fish hitters seem to have
caught the batting fever of the
varsity, and there has been no
lack of hits in the games so far.
Among the Fish batting stars
Selman, Hughes, Walker and For
rest have been the most consistent.
On account of their previous win
over the Cubs the Fish are over
whelming favorites to win the
game this afternoon by a sizeable
score. Lee Forrest will start on
the mound for the freshmen. Game
time is set for 3 o’clock.
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Finals in the Southwest Con
ference track and field meet will
be held this afternoon in Ownby
Stadium at Dallas, with the Texas
Aggies, Rice and Texas Univer
sity fighting it out for the top
honors. Not in several years have
the three teams been so evenly
matched.
Coach Dough Rollins has entered
every one of his 23 men in one
or more events. The Aggies are
aiming at those third and fourth
places as well as the firsts. And,
as close as the meet promises to
be, the winning or losing of one or
two third places may decide the
meet.
Workhorses Red McGlothlin and
Joe Vajdos, both sophomores, will
undertake an iron-man schedule.
They are entered in the two-mile
run, mile, and 880. Vajdos has
been clocked at around 1:57 in the
880 but he will be running against
the highly favored conference
champion, Mac Umstaddt of Texas.
Roy Bucek, the Aggie team cap
tain and champion hurdler, will
run his last race for the Maroon
and White this afternoon. The
chances of the Aggie team for vic
tory depend greatly upon whether
Roy wins the two hurdles races.
Bill Cummins of Rice will furnish
plenty of competition and has been
picked by many to win at least
one of the hurdles events.
If the weather is good, Pete
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the Aggies who made the jaunt
to Austin yesterday received the
same sort of hospitality that the
TU folk dished out last year . . .
Mr. J. Willard Ridings of the TCU
Publicity Department not only
crawled out on a limb and picked
the winners in the track meet to
day but sawed the limb off and
forecast the scores . . . Ridings
says Texas first with 53 points
and puts the Aggies second with
51 . . . Here’s hoping he’s wrong
. Pete Watkins of the Aggies,
is gunning for the conference high
jump record this afternoon . . .
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