By 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.
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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.
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