Reorganization of Ag Coaching Staff-Norton
To Baseball, Dimmitt to Track — Is Possible
BATTALION
Tuesday, July 7, 1942
Page 3
Twilight League Standings
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L
T
Pet.
GB
Lipscomb’s Pharmacy 5
1
0
.833
Loupot’s Trading Post 4
2
0
.667
1
Campus Cleaners 4
2
0
.667
1
Faculty 3
2
1
.571
iy 2
Aggie Cleaners 2
3
1
.429
2y 2
Campus Theatre 2
4
0
.333
3
Holick’s Cleaners.: 2
4
0
.333
3
Madeley’s Pharmacy 1
5
0
.167
4
Wednesday’s Schedule
Campus Cleaners vs. Lipscomb’s Pharmacy .
Diamond 4
Faculty vs. Madeley’s Pharmacy
Diamond 7
Campus Theatre vs. Aggie Cleaners
Diamond 6
Holick’s Cleaners vs. Loupot’s
Diamond 9
Thursday’s Schedule
Lipscomb’s Pharmacy vs. Loupot’s
Diamond 6
Campus Cleaners vs. Madeley’s Pharmacy
Diamond 7
Campus Theatre vs. Faculty
Diamond 9
Holick’s Cleaners vs. Aggie Cleaners
Diamond 4
INTRAM DEALS —»
Should it become necessary,
Homer Norton, head coach of the
Texas Aggies, may well take him
self over one of the important Ag
gie major sports. In a recent in
terview the writer had with the
head mentor, Norton stated that
a reorganization among his three
cohorts and himself is not at all
out of the question—in fact it may
have to be a reality.
Recently, this writer stated in
the column that a new man will
have to be hired because of the
existing coaching situation here,
but went on to elaborate the pos
sibility of Coach Norton taking
over baseball was not out of the
question. In the interview I had
with the Aggie mentor, Norton
left the impression that no new
man will be hired but that a re
organization of the staff will be
made.
“Of course, you can keep on
guessing—and that’s all it’ll be—
whether or not we will hire a new
man,” Norton stated, “but I as
sure you nothing certain will be
known until September 1.
Coach Norton went on further
to state that should a reorganiza
tion occur, he (Norton) would take
over baseball and shift Lilburn
(Lil) Dimmitt, present baseball
mentor, over to track. And that
change certainly would not lower
Jeep Oates, former Battalion
sports editor, dropped around here
yesterday, on his way to a new
post . . . Lt. Oates, who has been
promoted to a first lieutenant, was
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the standard of either sport for
both Dimmitt and Norton arp
thoroughly experienced in the re
spective sports, track and base
ball.
Following his graduation from
Birmingham-Southern College
Norton played professional base
ball for a while with the Birming
ham Barons, Southern League,
Greensboro Piedmont League, and
Lakeland, Florida, in the Million
Dollar League. He was sold to
Columbus in the American Asso
ciation but was placed on the vol
untary retired list to become head
coach of Centenary College in
1920.
Lil Dimmitt, in the meantime,
had plenty of experience on the
cinders by coaching some of the
best teams in Beaumont to un
expected heights. Annually he
turned out some strong track
teams which contended in the state
race, and, has to his credit some
four or five track championships
while coaching at Beaumont High
School.
You can take it in any way you
like, but I, like Coach Norton
stated, “It’s all a guessing game.”
Our contention still is that the
athletic council will hire a man on
a temporary basis—a man whose
coaching abilities will not only be
confined to track but to the other
fields of the profession.
formerly stationed at Fort Sill,
but since then has been moved up
somewhere on the coast . . . Our
deepest sympathies go to Hank
Foldberg, converted Aggie tackle,
whose father passed away while
on duty for the Navy . . . “Oh, for
some tackles!” . . . That cry can
be heard anytime around the ath
letic office, but what wouldn’t
Coach Homer Norton give if he
could only have the tackle crop
he had in 1934 . . , Although the
Aggies then won only two games,
Norton possessed some of the best
tackles of the conference . . .
Such names as “Dog-eye” Conoley,
Stumble Jordon, “Mirk” Merka,
Nick Willis, John Whitfield and
scores of others, handled the tac
kle chores for the Aggies in those
days—those good ole days when
you lost the better part of your
games, but still had good tackles
left . . . What say, coach? . . .
the National, and American Lea
gues are almost direct opposites
of what both have been in the
past . . . The usual custom in the
American League has been for one
team to dominate the whole league
to such '* an extent that even the
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Enter Sponsored
’Mural Tourneys
Tennis Dominates Field
With 39 Entrants; Dept
Hasn’t Set Specific Date
•
A final check-up on the six
sponsored Intramural tournaments,
showed that there were 200 en
tered in the various sports. The
largest number of entries was in
tennis, while badminton had the
least number of entrants. Here is
the way the figures were finally
divided. In handball there were 23
singles, and 11 doubles. In bad
minton 8 singles and 5 doubles. In
table tennis 37 singles and 12
doubles. In tennis 39 singles and
26 doubles. In golf 15 singles and
9 doubles, and in horseshoe pitch
ing there were 9 singles and 6
doubles.
The Intramural department has
worked hard in trying to make the
tournaments as interesting as pos
sible. The department is doing
something great in sponsoring
this tournament for the Cadet
Corps and they should be praised
highly for their efforts.
Director Penberthy and his staff
have not set specific date for the
tournament to begin, but the pair
ings were made yesterday, and the
tournament will start sometime in
the middle of this week.
The table tennis games are to be
played in the chapel of the new
Y.M.C.A. The tennis and badmin
ton games will be played on the
concrete courts. Handball games
will be played on the handball
courts. Golf matches will be held
at the country club, while the
horseshoe contests will be played
under Kyle Field Stadium.
Dartmouth college medical school
was established in 1798, 29 years
after founding of the college.
This year’s freshman class at
University of Minnesota is topping
all predecessors in patronage of
symphony concerts.
By Chick Hurst
Senior; Sports Assistant
Old man weather took a hand in
the affairs of the Twilight League
Monday night when rain forced
the postponement of the league’s
scheduled games. These games will
be made up Thursday. Only this
one series of games remains in
the first round of the league’s
play, that is, each team will have
met every other team in the league
once.
Lipscomb’s First
Meanwhile Lipscomb’s Pharmacy
remains in undisputed first place
in the league with a record of
five victories and only one loss.
Rated as one of the weaker teams
of the circuit before the league
got under way, the Lipscomb ag
gregation has amazed observers
with the speed and hustling type
of ball which they have displayed.
The Lipscomb boys play with a
spirit and dash mindful of Brook
lyn’s beloved “Bums,” and if they
continue to set the blistering pace
they have so far, the remaining
teams of the league will have a
tough time heading them off.
Another team in the circuit
which has made a remarkable
surge toward the top is Loupot’s
second team place would deem it
almost hopeless to continue the
race ... In the Nationals, on the
contrary, it was a dog-fight all
the way, with all eight teams giv
en an equal chance to come ^out
ahead . . . But not so this year . . .
In the American League, the so-
called invincible Yankees are slow
ly but surely losing their grip as
today they are only 4 games ahead
of the second-place Boston Red
Sox, who have won 22 out of their
past 29 games . . . Brooklyn is far
ahead in the Nationals and assum
ing a commanding space, such as
only the New York Yanks have
known heretofore . . . What’s
wrong with the St. Louis Cards?
... I ain’t talking, so there . . .
Twilight League managers are re
minded to have their dollar fee,
which will be used to obtain sacks
for the bases, in by this week . . .
Also, the managers are reminded
that players cannot be added or
dropped now without the permis
sion or majority vote of all the
managers ... Be sure to have your
rosters in ... So far only the
Faculty has complied and the rest
of the teams are urged to have
theirs in immediately so as to
avoid any misunderstanding or
confusion.
The week-end holiday and old
Jupiter Pluvius combined to put a
serious crimp in the summer in
tramural program the past few
days. However the softball games
and the rest of the program have
been coming along very well, and
as soon as the weather clears up
the program will be back in full
swing once more.
Last week saw an unusually
large number of forfeits, and the
and prevent this fellows, and after
all there isn’t much reason for it.
The department is more than glad
to postpone any games if a team
can offer a valid excuse for not
doghouse is plenty full. The In-
which is now in second place by
the slim margin of only one game.
The Loupot boys got off to a
rather bad start early in the sea
son, but they seem to have over
come most of their difficulties and
are now in the thick of the race
for the crown.
Campus Cleaners Drop
Campus Cleaners, the loop lead
ers until last week seem to have
hit a definite slump and last week
dropped into a tie for second place
with the aforementioned Loupot
outfit. What was probably the
most thrilling game the current
season has yet produced was reel
ed off last Wednesday night be
tween these two second place
teams. Loupot’s came out on the
long end of a 6-3 score.
In fourth place at the present
time is the team which all ob
servers were sure would be on the
bottom by now, none other than
the “fat and forties” themselves,
the Faculty. The “ten old men”
have really displayed a hustling
brand of softball, and cannot be
overlooked as a contender for the
league crown.
Second Division
In the second division of the
league are bunched Aggie Clean
ers, Campus Theatre, Holick’s
Cleaners and Madeley’s Pharmacy.
However, none of these teams can
be counted out of the race for sig
nificant is the fact that only four
games separate the loop leading
Lipscomb’s Pharmacy and the last
place Madeley’s Pharmacy.
With the teams as closely bunch
ed as this, and with all the teams
displaying the brand of ball which
they have so far, truly anything
can happen. All of the eight teams
in the league still have a good
chance to annex the crown, and the
forthcoming games should produce
many fast and furious bits of ac
tion.
The games which were post
poned Monday night will be played
Thursday if weather conditionsi
permit.
The University of Texas has
opened extension classes in cler
ical and automotive work at the
Camp Barkely replacement center.
Every student at Berea college,
Kentucky, must work part time,
and all students live in dormitor
ies.
Approximately 70,000 college
students this year hold scholar
ships valued at more than $10,000,-
000.
tramural Department is cooperat
ing to the fullest extent to try
playing, so what is the sense in
deliberately throwing a game
away?
Remember that a forfeit not
only hurts your own record but it
also means a wasted afternoon for
a bunch of kids who wanted to
play. Think it over fellows.
The Intramural office again
wishes to bring to the attention of
those recreational officers who
have not yet done so to turn in the
five dollar intramural fee due
from each organization. Please
turn in this money as soon as
possible at the intramural office.
Softball
Class B softball saw C Replace
ment Center defeat E Replacement
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Class A
A CAC Tennis
E Eng., Tennis
E Inf.,, Tennis
2nd. HQ F.A., Tennis
D CAC, Tennis
B R.C., Softball
E R.C., Softball
D CAC, Softball
4th CHQ, Water Polo
E F.A., Water Polo
B Ord., Water Polo
C R.C., Water Polo
Class B
A R.C., Volley Ball
E CAC, Volley Ball
C CWS, Swimming
F Inf., Swimming
E Eng., Swimming
C Inf., Swimming
Center in a wild battle by a score
of 11-9. 6th CHQ downed 5th CHQ
7-5 while A Eng. took D Coast in
another free scoring battle to the
tune of 16-14. D Cav. beat B F.A.
10-4 and D Inf. downed B Coast to
the tune of 7-6.
Water Polo
In Class A water polo, 3rd HQ
F.A. defeated E Replacement Cen
ter 6-0; C Coast downed K Inf.
1-0 in a close battle; D F.A. took
H Coast 1-0; and E F.A. beat M
Inf. 1-0.
Other scores were:
CLASS B
Swimming
G Inf. 29, B R.C. 16
E Inf. 32, MG Cav. 16
A Cav. 31, 7th CHQ 16
F Coast 37, 2nd CHQ 13
M Inf. 23, Inf. Band 16
Volley Ball
B Sig. 2, Amer. Leg. 0.
B Inf. 2, C CWS 1.
F Coast 2, D Inf. 0
K Inf. 2, I F.A. 0
C Inf. 2, A F.A. 0
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Monday Twilight League Tilts
Rained Out; To be Thursday
Bryan Managers to Discuss
All Star Game Date Tonight
The annual all-star game be
tween an array of Bryan and Twi
light League aces will be the topic
of discussion tonight when the
four managers of the Bryan teams
entered meet at the Sue Haswell
Memorial Park to discuss plans
for the yearly affair.
John Sidney Smith, sports editor
of the Bryan Eagle, who is largely
responsible for the success of the
Bryan League stated yesterday
that it will be very hard for some
players to be ready by 7 o’clock,
the probable starting time at Col
lege Station.
“You see,” Smith said, “many of
the boys work until 8 o’clock and
it is well-nigh impossible for them
to make it before then.”
As has been the custom for the
past 11 years when the Twilight
League first started, the all-star
game between Bryan and College
Station has been one of the big
gest sports events of the summer
months. Playing on a home-to-
home basis, the star-studded teams
offered much entertainment and
excitement to the hearty softball
sports fans.
Playing a two-game series,
usually one in Bryan and one over
here, the teams would play one
game under its own rules and an
other game under the rules of the
visiting team. As yet, no team has
ever won under its own rules.
Last year, the teams squared
off in a doubleheader at Bryan
and, as per usual, split the twin
bill. The Twilight Leaguers, under
the management of Jimmy Par
ker, former student manager of A.
& M. athletics, threw in their ace
pitcher, Rudy Rutherford, in the
first game but it was no soap as
the Bryan All-Stars all but knock
ed him out of the box.
In the second tilt, the Bryanites
countered with Roger Bond, their
ace pitcher, but his offerings were
blasted hard by the College Sta
tion boys.
This year, it is hoped that a
home-to-home series is possible
with one game played in Bryan
and the other played here. The
voting of players has been usually
confined to the managers and this
year will find no change.
A portable alcoholmeter to be
used in determining degrees of
drunkenness, invented by two Yale
university scientists, has been for
mally accepted by Connecticut
state police.
The rathskeller of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin Memorial union,
long “for men only’ has recently
been opened to women students.
The Rev. Joseph Schabert, dean
of St. Thomas college, St. Paul,
Minn., is president of the Amer
ican Catholic Philosophical asso
ciation.
Woman’s college of the Univer
sity of North Carolina installed
the first milk bar on a southern
college campus.
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