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Bill Mitchell, No. 2 Aggie Hurdler, Made
Good in His First Try at College Athletics
Today may be what you call my
swan song but before this year
is brought to a close I want to
tell you a little story—a story
about an Aggie athlete who made
good on his first try.
His name is Bill Mitchell and
he is the No. 2 hurdler on Coach
Dough Rollins’ track team. I
know that many of you who
glanced at the track summaries
of conference and non-conference
meets have noticed Mitchell’s name
for he was right on the heels of
some of the more prominent hurdle
aces.
He didn’t set the track world
afire with his running at all. No,
that wasn’t it. But he did amaz
ingly well when you consider that
this is the first time Bill ever
participated in college athletics.
He will be trying again next year
and has a good chance to be the
No. 1 hurdler of the conference.
Bill first attained attention when
he run away with the hurdle
events in the Intramural Track
meet last year. Dough asked him
to come out, but at first Mitchell
thought he was pulling his leg.
When the fall came around, Rus
ty Heitkamp, asked Dough if he
was serious about Mitchell. “Sure
I am,” said Dough, “tell him to
come down to the gym and I’ll is
sue him a suit.”
Convinced that he would get a
suit, Mitchell soon began intensive
'raining and with the help ol
Dough Rollins and Captain Roy
Bucek, Bill developed into an ex
ceptional hurdler and added many
valuable points for the Aggie
thinly clads.
He lettered with flying colors,
hut the only regret Coach Rollins
has this year is that Mitchell
wasn’t brought to his attention
sooner. “That kid just isn’t sup
posed to be as good as he is,”
quipped Dough, “but he amazes
me.
And Dough isn’t the only one
that is amazed. If others would
develop their talents as good as
Bill Mitchell did this year, the
athletic department and the col
lege would be in an excellent
shape.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; A & M
Athletics Have Successful Year in ’41-’42
Well, fans, the year is finally
drawing to its close and when
looking over the ’41-42 season, I
find that the Aggie sport year
had its most successful season . . .
Championships were garnered in
baseball and football while a sec
ond place existed in track . . .
Although the standings do not in
dicate the fact, basketball had one
of the best seasons in years here
. . . Although losing more than
half of their games, the basketeers
hustled every minute and were
barely nosed out on most occas
ions ... If I had to name the out
standing athlete of the year, I
wouldn’t hesitate about picking
Roy Bucek, a great trackster and
one of the better Aggie football
stars ... As coaches will probably
testify he was the hardest worker,
along with his brother Felix on
any athletic team . . . brightest
sophomore star would without a
question be Leo Daniels, football
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E Field Grabs Intramural Flag
Class A Crown Is Third
Straight for Artillerymen
F Field Artillery Trails by 58 Points;
A Chemical Warfare Comes in Third Place
By Mike Mann
The upperclassmen of E Bat
tery Field Artillery have again
taken the Class A Intramural
Peden and Rogers
Elected Co-Capts
At Baseball Feast
Stevenson Awarded Most
Valuable Trophy; Scoggin
Receives Captain’s Award
' Les Peden, thirdbaseman from
Azle and Cullen Rogers from Mart
were selected as co-captains of
the ’43 baseball team at a recep
tion given by Mr. and Mrs. Lil
Dimmitt in honor of the champ
ionship Aggies.
Another feature of the affair
was the presentation of the Lip-
scomb-Munnerlyn trophies to the
captain and the most valuable
man on the team. John Scoggin
received the captain’s award
while Charlie Stevenson received
the most valuable man trophy.
Both of the players were instru
mental in leading the Aggies to
their first championship in five
years and received much praise.
Dean E. J. Kyle, head of the
athletic council announced the fol
lowing lettermen: Cecil Ballow,
Bill Black, Keith Aldrich, Leo
Daniels, Sam Porter, Ira Glass,
Les Peden, Cullen Rogers, Jimmy
Newberry, John Scoggin, Charlie
Stevenson, J. B. Carden, John!
Shuford, Henry Lindsey, and Jim
Montgomery, the manager.
Featured talks, besides that of
Dean Kyle, were also made by
Homer Norton and Coach Lil Dim
mitt. Other guests included G*. B.
Winstead and H. B. McElroy of
the Publicity Department, John
Sidney Smith, sports editor of
the Bryan Eagle, Chuck Chalmers,
head yell leader-elect, and Mike
Haikin, sports editor of the Bat
talion.
Intramurals
:By Mike Mann:
The Class B Softball title was
taken by the fish of 3rd Head
quarters Field Artillery when they
defeated the first-year men of H
Infantry 9-2. L. P. Utesch was on
the mound for the artillerymen
and was supported by the stellar
slugging of Jack Turner, Bill War
ren and Jack Peter.
The 3rd Hdq. F.A. fish annexed
the Class B Water Polo champion
ship as they shutout A Field Artil
lery 6-0. This was the second vic
tory for these boys in the closing
and baseball ace . . . Leo is a
versatile lad and he promises to
be one of the greatest football
players of the conference next
ison ... As for a freshman ace,
I think my choice of Hank Fold-
berg would be more than adequate.
, . He was a star in football,
basketball, and baseball this year
and has a good chance of develop
ing into a four-sports letterman
before he gets out of here . . .
Best comeback of the year goes
to Charlie Stevenson, ace pitching
star of the Aggie nine ... He
was one of the hardest working
players of the year and his work
brought plenty results ... In
closing this column out for this
year, I want to thank: the endless
number of my friends who have
given me so much help ... I
couldn’t begin to name all of those
but I just personally want to
thank H. B. McElroy and G. B.
Winstead of the Publicity Depart
ment; Bill Stone, Joe Skiles, and
Grady Elms of the Student Publi
cations; and Coach Homer Norton.
, . To the rest I want to ex
press my heartfelt appreciation
for everything ... So until June
1, good luck ... So long to the
Class of ’42, and may we someday
all meet on Tokio’s or Berlin’s
shores , . . And we will, too . . .
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Championship of the college. The
Artillery boys accumulated a to
tal of 794 points, and were 58
points ahead of F Field Artillery,
their nearest rival with 736. A
Chemical Warfare took third place
with a total of 725.
Bill Donnell, San Antonio, has
been the Class A recreational of
ficer for the past year and has
had Raymond Terrell as his jun
ior assistant.
Incidentally, the hoys of the
class of ’42 of E Field have been
intramural champions every year
they have been in school at A. &
M. They were freshman champ
ions in 1939 and Class A champ
ions in 1940-41-42.
A list of the first 11 places in
the Class A race is shown below.
A complete list will be run the
first week in June.
Intramurals, Final Standings
Class A
E Field Artillery 794
F Field Artillery 736
A Chem Warfare 725
D Engineers 712
B Infantry 687
A Field Artillery 685
H Coast Artillery 677
G Coast Artillery ....667
E Engineers .....661
Hdq. Signal Corps 660.7
C Coast Artillery 660.0
moments of the spring intramural
session.
It is seldom that a particular
group of freshmen intramural
participants are singled out for
praise, either individually or as
a group. All connected with the
intramural program will agree
that the fish of 3rd Hdq F.A. have
earned this praise. This group has
been one of the best-functioning
and producing squads of freshmen
athletics to be seen here in a
number of years.
Complete and final results in
both Class A and B competition
will be published in the first Bat
talion of the summer session. All
computations have not been com
pleted at this time.
The Clemson college mess hall
contains 278 tables and seats for
2,224 students. Four tables are
available for guests.
Two hundred twenty-two grad
uate students representing 29
states, two foreign countires and
three territories are enrolled at
Washington State College.
A new inter-departmental course
in retailing will take effect in the
fall at Keuka college, Keuka Park,
N. Y.
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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1942
Page 3
Champion Aggies Dominate
Batt All - Conference Selection
By Mike Haikin
The task I’m about to perform
is a very ardent one—in fact
sometimes I think it is a sort of
sour note to end a good season.
But since I am obliged to do
something or other to pick an All-
Southwest Conference baseball
team I shall proceed in the best
way I can.
All Aggie Team
On second thought, I think I’ll
just name the whole Aggie team
and call it quits. I’ll challenge
each and every one to find me a
better aggregation from the other
five conference teams. Any all-
star combination you choose from
Texas, Rice, T.C.U., S.M.U., or
Baylor will find a decidedly stone
wall should they face the Aggies.
But, of course, many of the sports
fans just wouldn’t be satisfied
with one whole team—they like
variety. So here goes at nothing.
I give you my interpretation of
the All-Southwest Conference
baseball team:
All-Conference
First Base—Sam Porter (A. &
M)—Ole reliable and durable Sam
was undoubtably the most polished
first sacker in the league. His
fielding was superb while his bat
ting average of .456 will leave the
fans quite satisfied, I presume.
Second Base—Ira Glass (A. & M.
—Now there was a tough one to
choose. On past performances, that
is ranking way back into last yeai’,
I could’ve given Jack Stone of
Texas quite a bit of consideration,
but then Ira had him beaten so
bad this year that it wasn’t even
funny. Glass, one of the most pol
ished infielders in the league, hit
.386, some 150 points ahead of the
Longhorn’s captain, and was one
of the most hustling little second
sackers in the league.
Third Base
Third Base—Les Peden (A. &
M.)—There wasn’t any question as
to who was the best third-baseman
in the league. With a hitting av
erage of .394 and a smooth field
er, Les easily was a standout in
that position.
Shortstop—Grady Hatton, (Tex
as)—Yes, I finally broke down
and left an Aggie off. Before
the Texas series, I had my mind
made up to put Cecil Ballow of
the Aggies at short. Ballow, cer
tainly one of the greatest field
ers in the history of the confer
ence, hiked his batting average a
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great deal and seemed to be the
best shortstop in the league. But
that was before the Texas series.
That Grady Hatton really showed
me plenty. Everytime he got up
to the plate, I could feel my Ad
am’s apple rising. With perhaps
the exception of John Scoggin, I
daresay he’s the most dangerous
hitter in the league, and as^or his
fielding just ask Jim Newberry
robbed the Aggie
i real beauty the
about it. He
outfielder of
other day.
Outfield
And now for the outfield. Out
standing in hitting and lately
fielding was Cullen Rogers of the
Aggies who 1 lusty walloping was
a contributing factor in the Aggie
title hopes. Next on my list goes
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