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By [Hike Uaikin Battalion Sports Editor Grayson Episode Affirms Importance Of Swimming As Great Sport and Life-Saving As a sport, there is nothing more refreshing than swimming, and as a life-saver, there is nothing better than being able to know how to swim. Today, with the war on both sides of our shores, trans ports, tankers, and naval vessels will be the main source of trans portation for our troops to fight the enemy on the distant lands be yond, and the idea of being able to swim cannot be over-empha sized. Let’s just take an example of an incident that happened not too long ago in the Pacific area. Jack Lee Grayson, ace breast- stroker on Coach Art Adamson’s 1937 swimming team, was with the air corps immediately after Pearl Harbor. A few days ago, Jack and a few of his mates were fly ing a patrol bomber across the Pacific when suddenly a squadron of Jap planes attacked them and shot the bomber into the sea. Jack emerged from the plane a bit shak en but well and alive. A moment later the same Jap planes came back to machine-gun the hapless fliers. Grayson, who was an ex pert swimmer, immediately sub merged in the water, dodging the screaming bullets and thus saving his life and limbs. I just related that tale to show each and everyone of you the im portance of being able to know how to swim, especially in this day and age. Who knows, it may be YOU who might be in the Pacific Ocean dodging those Jap bullets. So give a thought to this little story, and when you’re down at the pool, try and improve your swimming! Sports Squibs From Here and There; Hank Foldberg, Fish End, Converted to Tackle Hank Foldberg, hard hitting end from the past freshman team, has been moved to the tackle slot ac cording to Coach Homer Norton. . . . Foldberg was one of the most promising freshman stars of the past year, and Norton’s move cer tainly strengthens the weak point of the grid team ... it may be re membered that such a move as membered that such a move was made last year when Leonard Dick ey was converted from an end to a tackle . . . Dickey turned out to be a “Rock of Gibraltar” at his new post and was expected to burn up the Southwest Conference un til his recent enlistment into the Navy . . . All managers of Twi light League teams are requested to keep score whenever their teams are at bat ... In such a way we can get some kind of a semblance of batting averages and release them at least once a week . . . List down singles as lb, doubles as 2b, triples as 3b, and home runs as HR, etc. . . . Interest in baseball sagging? . . . Well, if you think 73,000 people does not constitute a crowd then you can m mm SERVICED X»t«r Woven ^ FATHER’S DAY In Times like these—length of SERVICE Counts! Give Dad plenty of Interwoven Socks. °**y CJ/0CHlCftS B. C. Allen, Owner College and Bryan answer the question negatively. . . . That’s exactly the number present at a recent game between Cleveland and the New York Yanks . . . the war has affected the game of baseball some, yes, but not enough to hamper it seriously . . . And speaking of baseball, those St. Louis Cardinals are edging over closer to the Brooklyn Dodg ers by sweeping a double bill with the lowly Philadelphia Phillies Snnday while the Bums were split ting a twin affair with the Cin cinnati Reds . . . Still wanna bet that St. Louis wins'the pennant? . . . Those Red-birds are hot as fire and there’s no stopping them. A new process of reclaiming hun dreds of tons of vital defense metals now wasted as scrap has been reported by Dr. John Wulff of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Princeton university in the last academic year gave $170,895 in scholarship grants, the largest sum in the university’s history. Prof. H. Vance White, head of the metallurgy department of Vir ginia Polytechnic institute, has discovered an alloy that softens as it grows old. It is a combina tion of lead with a small quantity of tin. Colby college, Waterville, Maine, is completing a new campus! on a 600-acre tract two miles "from its present location. Have Your Eyes Examined Lenses Duplicated Dr. John S. Caldwell Bryan, Texas Rain Affects . ’Mural Program; Swimming Held Softball and Tennis Leagues Open Play This Afternoon at 4:15 O’clock After hard work of preparing schedules, the Intramural Depart ment has completed its plans for the big Summer Intramural pro gram. Class A water polo and Class B swimming were inaugu rated last night. They took place in the P. L. Downs Natatorium at 8 p.m. Games scheduled to take place in volley ball and softball were rained out. The tennis matches will take place today at 4:15 and 5 p.m. on the concrete courts. Volley ball games will take place at 5 p.m. on the new courts just west of the clay tennis courts. The softball leagues will start action today at 4:15 p.m. Each league will consist of approximate ly 11 or 12 teams, and each organ ization will play 10 or 11 games in all. All softball games will be played on old area diamonds and on the fields behind the stadium. The playing fields in the new area have been turned over to the navy and marine detachments, and will not be used. Since the intramural department has been working hard for two grueling weeks trying to make this an interesting and entertain ing program for everybody, and the word has finally been given for festivities to begin, the de partment is sure everybody will turn out and do their best to make this a successful season. Opening Games Rained Out Mon WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE Madeley’s Phar. vs. Lipscomb’s Phar. Diamond 4 Campus Cleaners vs. Holick’s Boot Shop Diamond 1 Campus Theatre vs. Loupot’s Trading Post „ Diamond 5 Faculty vs. Aggie Cleaners Diamond 2 THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE Madeley’s Phar. vs. Faculty Diamond 2 Campus Theatre vs. Aggie Cleaners Diamond 1 Campus Cleaners vs. Lipscomb’s Phar. Diamond 4 Holick’s vs. Loupot’s Trading Post Diamond 5 Tilts to be Made Up Thursday; League Opens Play Wednesday at 7:00 O’clock Opening of the eleventh annual't’ Twilight League which was sched uled for last night was postponed due to the extremely wet condition of the playing fields. However, the curtain will go up at 7 o’clock sharp on Wednesday unless more wet weather intervenes. The post poned games will be played on Thursday night of this week. Six officials have already been selected ^to work the games, but Battalion Sports Tuesday, June 16, 1942 Page 3 Take Me Out to the Ball Game! Twilight League Opens Eleventh Consecutive Year With Greater Than Ever Success in Store Ry Chick Hurst Senior Sports Assistant With the official stamp of ap proval at last having been secured, the eleventh annual twilight league is finally ready to get under way. A total of eight teams make up the league, and each team has turned in a full roster of fifteen players to the league officials. The eight teams entered in this years race are Campus Cleaners, Cam- INTRAMQRALS By Mike Mann After waiting patiently for the opening of the summer intramural session the intramural lists suf fered another delay yesterday when more than half of the opening matches were postponed because of wet grounds. The openers in softball, volley ball, and tennis will take place this afternoon. The swimming and water polo matches were the only events to open on schedule last night. Today is the big day as far as the outdoor sports of the intra mural program are concerned. Schedules were distributed to the recreational officers via the Com mandant’s office Saturday and all of the teams concerned are ready to go. The Intramural Department de sires to caution recreational offi cers to observe the schedules care fully to see that no matches are erroneously listed. The department has endeavored to keep all the schedules in order but occasionally a team is scheduled to play a game on drill day or on a day that the recreational officer has indicated as being unfavorable. At any time an error is noticed the officer is WE WANT to SERVE YOU The institution of life insurance is an institution of service. The proceeds from life insurance policies feeds, clothes and shelters widows and orphans. They send the youths of America to school. They make the aged independent. These problems will someday be yours. They are yours to think about now. But your problem today is getting started in Texas A. & M. College. We would like to have the opportu nity of making your acquaintance and if we can help you in any way while you are here, please feel free to call upon us. SEABOARD LIFE INSURANCE CO. Houston, Texas Ford Munnerlyn, ’26, Dist. Mgr. Associates: Neill Marshall, ’30 Harry Hooker, ’35 Bay Smith urged to get in touch with the In tramural Office as soon as pos sible. The subject of forfeits has been previously mentioned in this col umn but in this writer’s opinion it is a topic upon which we cannot place too much stress. In 99 cases out of 100 a forfeit is totally un necessary and can be avoided. A forfeit means a great deal of incon venience and displeasure to the team which was present and ready to play. Since the intramural pro gram is now on a one-semester basis forfeits will harm a team more than ever before. When the recreational officer en tered his organization in a particu lar sport this was an indication that his outfit would produce a representative number of men at each scheduled game. Don’t let your recreational officers down! Go out to play and win. Civil Service Offers Positions As Investigators Investigators to perform inves tigative work for Federal agencies are being sought through an an nouncement released today by the United States Civil Servcie Com mission. The salary is $2,600 a year. It is expected that positions will be filled in Washington, D. C., and throughout the United States. Appointees will probably be in a travel status for the greater part of the time. The work will be of a confidential character, in which the investigator must meet and confer with individuals in all walks of life. The data developed must be assembled in written reports. - Experience is required either in making investigations in connec tion with the prosecution of civil or criminal cases, in the general practice of law which included court presentation or investigation in preparing cases for trial, or in responsible positions which re quired the exrecise of tact and independent judgment in meeting and dealing with the public. Edu cation completed in an accredited college may be substituted for a part of the experience. Persons with legal education and appro priate experience are particularly desired. Applicants must be at least 25 and not over 55 years. A written test will be given to competitors to determine their aptitude for learning and adjusting to the dut ies in the service. The appoint ments will be for the duration of the war and for no longer than 6 months thereafter. Applications must be filed with the Civil Ser vice Commission, Washington, D. C., and will be accepted until the needs of the service have been met. be the best in history, as it will bring together what is probably the best bunch of softball players ever assembled on one college cam pus. With such stars as Leo Dan iels and Ira Glass of the Campus Theatre, Bill Miller of Loupot’s, Madeley’s Pharmacy, Lipscomb’s Pharmacy, Holick’s, Loupot’s and the Faculty. This year’s league promises to pus Theatre, Aggie Cleaners, Final Count Shows 144 Taking French And German Courses After registration was complet ed on Saturday, the final count of all students in the language courses numbers 450. There are 144 students taking French and German, with the remainder tak ing Spanish. In Dr. Campbell’s opinion, the most striking feature of tLis sum mer’s modern language enrollment is the fact that, while our coun try is engaged in a determined war with Germany, the registration in Beginning German this summer is 78, only a few less than that of last fall. Under quite similar con ditions during World War I, the registration for German dwindled to the point that for several years nor- instruction was offered in that language. That the demand for German continues as it does can only be explained by the more gen eral recognition of its value for scientific purposes, regardless of the outcome of the war. Jocko Roberts of the Faculty, Mike Cokinos of Lipscomb’s, Al bert Ricks and Mopey Smith of Holick’s, and Horace Jennings of Campus Cleaners competing against each other, the fans are assured of seeing some of the fastest softball games ever seen in “Uncle Sam’s” back yard. Softball as it will be played in the Twilight League is a far cry from the corner sandlot. In former years the pitcher lobbed the ball over the plate and hoped^ that the batter would hit it somewhere within reach of one of the fielders. Nowadays a batter finds himself facing an assortment of curves, slants, and “smokers” that would keep a major leaguer on his toes. So, come on out to the old drill field any Monday or Wednesday night between now and September if you want to really see some hustling softball. there are still a few more needed. Anyone interested in umpiring these games come by the Bat talion office and see Mike Haikin. Officials must be able to work ev ery Monday and Wednesday night from 7 to 8 o’clock. The six offi cials already selected are J. O. Millei, Jimmy Souris, George Schleeter, Chick Hurst, Harry Boyer and William Black. Complete rosters of the teams entered and the $3.00 entry fee should be turned in to the Intra mural Department immediately by all those managers who hav^ not yet done so. The purpose of this entry fee is to pay for the special lively balls which will he used in the league games. As stated in Saturday’s Battalion, managers may obtain bats and balls for practice at the intramural office. University of Wisconsin’s new farm short course dormitory will be known as W. A. Henry hall, in honor of the first dean of the uni versity’s college of agriculture. Before it had its first building a century and a quarter ago, Alle gheny college had a 10,000-volume library, then second only to Harv ard’s in this country. Radio Repair Service STUDENT CO-OP 1 Block East of N. Gate Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university, believes economic exhaustion may end the war sooner than many expect and “there is every sign mistakes and blunders of 1919 and the following years will be avoid ed.” Remember Lou HE CAN STILL SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS Your Transportation Problem Solved Without the worries that go with owning your own car StflTWAY TAXI “PHONE 2-1400” .1 * Freshmen * Sophomores ^ Juniors * Seniors Don't Forget Father’s Day TIES SOX HANDKERCHIEFS SHIRTS Exchange Store An Aggie Institution