The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 23, 1942, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 23, 1942, Image 3

Newspaper Page TextBy mike Haikin Battalion Sports Editor Leo “Lightnin , ” Daniels Due to Make Aggie Grid Fans Forget Dick Todd and Joel Hunt I attended a wedding Sunday morning—a wedding of one ef the greatest prospective football stars of the Southwest Conference. As I watched Leo Daniels go through this step in life, thoughts ran through my mind that there was truly the ideal football hero— the one-man gang who would make the heretofore iwivel-hipped art ists look like a bunch of hula- bula dancers. Just put the question up to any coach of the pouthwest Con- Z?. Daniels terence and see what their answer yM be. “Dan iels of A. & M. has the prospect of becoming the greatest star since Joel Hunt ran wild along the plains of the Southwest,” say Aggie coaches, while the others made thQ same statement in a much more conservative language. At the conclusion of the 1941 season, football enthusiasts of the Southwest almost all agreed that Norton dynasty in the conference was due to last at least another year anyway if the Cadets did lose such stars as Derace Moser, Jim Sterling, Martin Ruby, Roy Bucek, afn others. And what made these fais think that way? Just a sub- sttute back—a swivel-hipped nurvel that understudied the 1941 Mgie triple-threat. Derace Moser. \ot since the days of Dick Todd, th( ; t Crowell flash, have the Cadets hal a player who could swing his hip? in the direction he chose.* But a i'eshman came here from Bry an tn the fall of 1940 who could do the feat and just a bit better. He war slightly undeveloped for col- leg 1 play at first, but it was not lon f that Lightnin’ Leo started thr-wing those hips in every di rection. T>dd was a great runner, but onlj a fair passer and kicker. Dan iels matches the former Aggie star in Tinning and easily surpasses him in passing and kicking. L.st year, as a sophomore, Leo, alony with Spec Sanders of Texas university, was considered to be one ,f the greatest substitute backs of tie < conference. He ranked with the lest in the passing department and proved to be the most con- sisteit Aggie ground-gainer. E’efything, therefore, points that the Aggie football hopes will rest upon the shoulders of Leo Danils, a name, I’m sure, will eas ily tp the hall of fame of all Cade athletes. Sports Squibs From Here aid There; Former Ag Athletes to Receive Wii gs From Randolph A note from the public relations officer at Randolph Field states that Lt. Tommy Vaughn, Aggie center on the 1939-40 champion ship elevens, Bob Mansfield, form er Aggie squadman on the football team, and Dave Alsobrook, holder of the “most valuable player” award and captain of the 1938 baseball team, are all slated to re ceive their wings and commissions in th U. S. Army Air Corps in 12 W'eks . . . Wedding bells are ringiig loud and often lately for formd Aggie athletes . . . Latest one td take the fatal step, besides, of cou-sg, Leo Daniels, was Martin Ruby, aRlconference tackle in ’41. . . . The big bruiser from Waco was narried June 6 to Miss Delma Smith formerly of Waco but now of Dillas . . . James (Cotton) Willians served as best man . . . Earl Bama) Smith, a “hideout” ace of the grid team, was married- FridaJ .night to Miss Katherine Mousrif of College Station . . . Floyd Hand, the promising end from tie Fish team, took the fatal step kst week-end . . . John Scog- gin, rsently recruited by the Tulsa Oilersf is back with the Waco Dons j . . John is due to go into the quartermaster corps sometime in Julf . . . Four out of five! . . . Nope, ,1’m not giving up those Cards yet ... So the Bums got lucky. . '. Every dog has his day once n a while, * .but the season isn’t jver yet . . . That Cardinal dog lasn’t had his day yet and whenie does, well . . . it’ll be back to thBuburbs for the Bums . . . Battalion Sports Tuesday, June 23, 1942 Page 3 First Pictures of Summer Sports at Aggieland SiifL 25, The opening of the summer sports programs at Aggieland found the above in store for the 45( 0 students at A.&M. Left od right, we have first the intramural volleyball games, in which a record 350 games P. L. I Below i boys h tve already participat ed. Nejft is the water polo i eld every night at the owns, Jr. Natatorium. a shot of the annual -wk Twiligh League. The game is between Madeley’s and the FacultyJ which incidentally the latter wJm, 7-2. Shown running is Bill f/awler, Madeley’s in fielder. INTRAMURALS By Mike Mann Jimmy Welch, one of the Sopho more Departmental Intramural Managers, b&s told this writer of an interesting intramural side light. When G Infantry defeated Intramural Dept Plans Open Meets In four Sports for All Classes in July -he sweeping chest lines of B.V.D.’s "Rover” Shirt give you the broad shoul dered look of a West Pointer. But the fabrics are "informal” ... as they should be for sum mery freedom and lightness. 7\r WM8ERLE- HR LEY STONE 0ANS6V J7I7 CiQCKlER.S College and Bryan Prparations have begun for the"!" open! tournaments sponsored by the Intramural Department, and planj are being made^ for their openng early in July, states W. L. Penlerthy. The sports which are defiitely on the list at the present tima are tennis, handball, horse- shoJ and Aggieminton. Penber- thygays that golf and table tennis are being considered in addition to the other four sports. Tiese tournaments are open to all Aggies regardless of classifica tion or military organization. Both doijjles and singles matches will be peld in all four sports. Con- teslants playing together in the doubles matches will not be re- quted to be in the same organiza- tioi or in the same class. ] o points will be given to the wi ners of these tournaments with re ard to the intramural program. Hi tvever, champions in each sport wn receive individual medals from th! Intramural Department. Official entry blanks for the oifen tournaments will be publish ed in the next three issues of The Bittalion. A single blank will be used for each' sport. A contestant may enter as many sports as he desires as long as there is no con flict in schedules. The deadline for entrants will be announced at a later date. Any additional infor mation concerning the tourna ments may be obtained from the Intramural office. SERVING AGGIES For More Than Sixteen Years flMU rhiii mi '.m Aggieland Barber Shop Across From the Post Office Washington State Offers War Courses PULLMAN, WASH. (AGP)— To serve the nation at war and the college student in years of un certainty, the State College of Washington is inaugurating j!8 new short courses that can be completed in two years or less. . These courses are designed for high-speed intensified training in fields deemed of greatest immediate value to members of the armed forces and in war-time industrial and community service. The cour ses will merely supplement and not supplant any existing full-length offerings. Credits earned on the short courses will apply toward a full-length degree program when ever, in less troubled future years, the student can resume his in terrupted studies. The short courses are offered in accounting, agriculture, farm en gineering, forestry and range man agement, broadcasting, chemistry, architectural engineering, civil en gineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, fine arts (camouflage), home economics, journalism, medical technology, nursing education, police science, secretarial training and Spanish. C Replacement Center 7-3 in a Class A softball game the umpire was “Fish” Bill Ross of G Infan try. Ross, short, chubby, and burr headed, called the balls and strikes with the skill and precision of a big-league arbiter. When 3rd Corps Headquarters beat C Engineers in a Class A water polo match by a score of 2-1, a star goalie was the center of attraction. He is J. W. (Jug) Smith, six-foot-four 230 pound goal-keeper of the Corps Head quarter boys. Incidentally, Jug says that he specializes in tennis. A no-hit game was hurled the other afternoon in Class A soft- ball by George Lowes of C Coast Artillery to defeat A Ordnance. The Coast boys brought in five runs with four hits while the Ordnance men got credit for two unearned runs. Lowes and Adams, the Ordnance hurler, each gave four bases on balls. Class B softball matches have been seeing some hectic playing the past few days. The scores are soaring skyward with apparently no limit. The record-holders at this time are the A Battery Coast Artillery fish who soundly trounc ed the D Engineer freshman 31-5. Other tall scores were seen when L Infantry walloped C Chemical Warfare 17-2; I Field Artillery took H Infantry 17-4; Artillery Band beat MG Cavalry 13-1; and E Engineers whipped B Engineers 12-1. In the last game of the day C Chemical Warfare nosed out 6th Corps Headquarters 5-4. Chesser and James led the A Field Artillery sluggers as they defeated B Infantry 7-3 in a Class A softball game. Bringing eight runs in the first stanza, A Engi neers walloped 2nd Corps Head quarters 15-7. Other scores in Class A softball were: Infantry 7, H Field Artillery and B Signal Corps 5, H Infantry 2. Other scores are: CLASS A WATER POLO E CAC 0, Inf. Band 0 B Eng. 3, E. R. C. 0 Cav. 1, C F. A. 0 G F. A. 3, F Eng. 0 C Inf. 3, D R. C. 0 CLASS B SWIMMING G F. A. 22, B Cav. 13 M Inf. 27, B Sig. 17 C F. A. 27, F CAC 17 D Inf. 30, C Eng. 14 A Cav. 30, H F. A. 14 F Inf. 21, 7 CHQ 15 F Eng. 23, 5 CHQ 18 Have Your Eyes Examined Lenses Duplicated Dr. John S. Caldwell Bryan, Texas Stud* now en special the defi mse effort number 1,589. Dr! J ohn M. Fletcher, professor emeritu s of psychology at Tulane univers ty, is directing a study of Louisiafia public schools. 1 nts at Wayne university rolled in curriculums and courses directly related to TwoShutouts Registered In Tilts Monday Campus Cleaners And Faculty Score First Whitewashings Two shut out tilts, a 4-0 win by the league-leading Campus Clean ers over Campus Theatre, and a 1-0 thriller with the Faculty on the long end and Loupot’s on the short featured the Twilight league last night as the teams jumped into their second week of play. Others Hard Fought Besides those two hard-fought games, the others proved equally as exciting. Lipscomb’s Pharmacy shaded Holick’s 4-3, with a last inning two run rally by the latter falling short one run. In the other tilt, Madeley’s Pharmacy finally broke into the win column after two straight setbacks by drubbing the Aggie Cleaners, 6-3. Greg Ramsey, bespeckled Cam pus Cleaner hurler, tied up in a duel with Campus Theatre’s Bud Rideout that was only decided in the sixth frame. For five innings Rideout hurled a no-hit, no-run game, but he finally tired in the sixth and the Cleaners pushed over three runs on a hit, walk, two errors and a fielder’s choice. Ram sey held the Theatre all the way, scattering five blows. The Clean ers managed for three hits but these were all bunched up. Faculty Shows Brilliance The Faculty continued their brilliant showing by ekeing out a 1-0 victory over Loupot’s. So far, the profs have been unbeaten, with only a tie by Aggie Cleaners to mar their record. Madeley’s found the Aggie . Cleaner hurling to their liking as they blasted over four tallies in the opening frame. Another two came over in the second to end Madeley’s scoring. Lipscomb’s Pharmacy had to put down a two run uprising by Hol ick’s in the final inning to wiq their game, 4-3. A- two run rally in the fourth proved to be the winning runs for Lipscomb’s. An dy Cokinos pitched steady ball for the latter allowing only two hits, a triple by Kiser in the third and a single by Ricks in the sixth. Games for Wednesday The teams play again Wednes day at 7 o’clock with the following tilts on tap: Campus Cleaners vs. Faculty— D’am~nd 7. Campus Theatre Vs. Lipscomb’s —Diamond 4. Madeley’s Pharmacy vs. Hol ick’s—Diamond 6. Aggie Cleaners vs. Loupot’s— Diamond 9. You Don’t Need A Million To Enjoy A Meal With Us Minute Sandwich Shop DROP IN AND SEE OLE’ GEORGE There 9 No RA TION On the Satisfaction OurSodaFountainAffords GEORGE’S

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