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Scoggin Pulls Familiar “Blaze of Glory ,, Stunt in Final Appearance With Waco Duns There may have been better col lege or semi-pro players better than John Scoggin, all-conference Aggie catcher and star backstop and outfielder for the Waco Dons, but I seriously doubt if there were any players who could close their career as magnificently as Scog gin. Many remember Big John and his final day with the Texas Ag gies. What he did in the deciding game with Texas Longhorns will be one remembered long after the present crop of Cadets is gone. With Texas right on the heels of the Aggies, and with the score only 5-4, in favor of Lil Dimmitt’s valiant crew, and men on second and third in the eighth, John was sent in from his catcher’s post and given the ardent job of pitch ing the Ags out of the hole. Scoggin had not pitched at all this year and it was a bit out of the ordinary for the “jack-of-all- trades” of the Aggies. However, cool as a cucumber, Scoggin forced the first man he faced to hit into a double play, and what he did in & A Short Story About OUR NEW SHORTS! You’ll cheer the freedom giving comfort of *B.V.D.’s famous shorts, for they boast the exclusive “All- Ways Stretch” seat that’s as flexible as your own skin! Featured in exclusive patterns, colorful fabrics, and with modern “Gripper” fastenings. Pair them up with the new V-neck shirt. B.V.D. SHORTS 40^ to 550 B.V.D. SHIRTS 400 to 600 ci.ech.teas College — Bryan the ninth frame will always stand out as one of the greatest deeds of an Aggie athlete. The next three men to face Scoggin went down by the strikeout route. John had fanned three straight and had helped Aggieland win its third baseball championship in the his tory of A. & M.! That was his career-ending contribution to the Aggies! But our story does not end here at all. For after leaving the Ags, Scoggin was signed up by the Waco Dons, a strong semi-pro team. He played excellent ball with the Dons and it was not long be fore he was batting cleanup for them. Of course, the league being a bit faster than a college con ference, Scoggin hit a bit less than he did at A. & M., but neverthe less stood out as one of the stars of the team. At any rate, his big day came the day before he was to leave for the army as a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. Waco was playing a doubleheader that day, and again, mindful of his final performance at Aggieland, Scog gin closed his career in a blaze of glory. In the first game, John smacked two hits, one of which was a triple that drove in the winning run. But Scog did not stop here, for the Dons were having a hard time 'in their second fray. And Scoggin did not let them down. Waco was just able to push across four tallies but they were enough to win the game, and who do you think was responsible.* None other than our pal, John Scoggin who really hit his peak by batting in all of the four tallies! And that’s our tale--—a tale of a youngster whose brilliant fast fin ishes leave opponents in a groggy state. Today he is Lt. Scoggin of the Quartermaster Corps and the Aggies and many of John’s friends know that Uncle Sam real 1 y hit on a gold mine when it comes to that final battle with the Axis! Sports Squibs Ff*om Here And There; Notes on First Rouncf of Twilight League As the Twilight League ends its first round, statistics and scores show that pitching has been the dominant factor in the six games played by each team . . . Biggcsc score rolled up, excluding Wed nesday’s games, was 9 runs, tallied respectively by Loupot’s, Lips comb’s, and Campus Theatre . . . Four shutouts have been recorded —two by Campus Theatre, and (See KYLE FIELD, Page 4) Good Food Good Service A GOOD PLACE TO MEET YOUR FRIENDS When Hunger Calls DELUXE 1 CAFE Bryan JUNIORS... It Is Necessary ' To Indicate Your Intention To BUY BOOTS SO THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MATERIALS TO GET THEM OUT FOR YOU ON TIME No Deposit Required HOUCK BOOT SHOP Intramural Tourneys to Start Monday Contestants Are Held Responsible For Time Schedules Monday has been announced as the opening day of the open tour naments sponsored by the Intra mural department, according to W. L. Penberthy. The maih fea ture of the events is that no sched ules will be sent out. A schedule of opponents has been made and the contestants are responsible for arranging a time for their game to be played. A bulletin board will be erected in the northeast corner of the gym just outside of the Intramural Clubroom. The list of contestants are bracketed and will be placed on this board. Each contest must be played within a specified week or it will be declared a forfeit. The rules for the contest are: 1. The matches in each round must be played on or before the date shown with the respective round. If opponents cannot decide on a date the match will auto matically be scheduled for 2 o’clock of the date shown. Matches not played on schedule will be forfeit ed. 2. Winners will record results of each match on slips provided at the Intramural offibe and place these slips in a box adjacent to the bulletin board mentioned above. 3. No schedule slips will be sent out. Matches must be scheduled by competitors themselves. Special attention is called to the fact that on©' week is given in which to play a particular game. The game must be played before the date listed above the bracket. The first round of matches must be completed on or before Sunday, July 19. W N Dowell Replaces Col Frank Anderson In Intramural Dept W. M. Dowell, director of phy sical education at Abilene Chris tian College for the past eight years, arrives at A. & M. Monday to take the position of physical education instructor. He will spon sor and promote numerous recre ational activities on the campus. Dowell is an expert in the sports of badminton and archery. Any students interested in these sports or any other types of recreational activity should contact Dowell at their earliest convenience. Wisconsin men in military and naval service have the privelege of taking University of Wisconsin extension courses at their state’s expense under a 1941 law. Loupot’ Lipscomb, and Campus Cleaners in Three-Way Tie in League Race;Theatre and Madeley’s Scores Wins Victories by the Campus Clean ers and Loupot’s Trading Post over the heretofore undisputed league-leading Lipscomb’s Pharm acy last night threw the already tight Twilight League into a three-way tie between the afore mentioned teams. Cleaners Beat Lipscomb’s The Cleaners defeated Lips comb’s ■ Pharmacy 5-4 in a thriller that wasn’t decided until the final inning of play. The former came from behind to score two tallies and snatch the game out of the fire. Lipscomb’s counted twice in the second on a hit by Atkins, walks to Carrington and Schaper and an error. They added two niore the following frame in the same procedure. Campus accounted its first two runs when Manager Hor ace Jennings smacked a homerun with a man on base. They added another when Grantham duplicated the feat with a smash into left. Theatre Wins Another In the other games played, Cam pus Theatre continued its winning streak by grabbing their third straight win after four losses, ■ de feating the Aggie Cleaners to the tune of 5-2. Madeley’s Pharmacy broke into the win column once more defeating the Faculty 3-2 behind the brilliant hurling of Lawler. Loupot’s in the meantime lashed out a 6-run rally in the final inn ing to come from behind and nip the Holick’s Cleaners, 10-5. Three walks and three hits accounted for the tallies. Holick’s scored all their five runs with a three hit attack in the sec ond inning. A double by Frost, and singles by Ricks and Frymire and walks to Nesbit, Warren, Maley and Kiser accounted for the rally. Lonpot’s opened the scoring in the first stanza on a walk, hit, error and fielder’s choice which scored two runs. They added two more on hits by Newberry, Reese and Twilight League and Bryan All-Stars to Battle it Out July 23 and 24; Voting On Players Confined to Managers While talk in the sports world goes on all about all-star games and world series, etc., Aggieland finds itself in exactly the same spot, but their all-star game with Bryan has already been set. At a special meeting of the Bryan managers and officials of their Commercial League last night, the idea of an all-star game was heartily approved and the dates, Thursday, July 23, and Fri day, July 24, set as the big day of the affair. The primary difficulty confront ed by the Bryanites was the fact that a few of their players do not get off from work until 8 o’clock and could hardly make it here when the starting time is 7 o’clock. However, the boys decided that this was only a minor problem, and, that since the All-Stars will be composed of two different teams, all difficulties could be easily attended to. Thursday, July 23, has been set as the date for the tilt to be play ed at College Station. At present, the site for the game has not been selected or even thought of, but the possible use of the diamond on Kyle Field may be in the offing. Before the Twilight League sea son had ever started and plans were in the skeleton stage, the thought of using Kyle Field for all-star and playoff contests had been seriously considered by the various league managers, and its possible use may not at all be out of the question. However, nothing will be known on the question un til three dr four days before the game. The site will be left in the Twilight League Standings W L T Pet. GB Loupot’s Trading Post 5 2 0 .714 Lipscohib’s Pharmacy 5 2 0 .714 Campus Cleaners .< 5 2 0 .714 Faculty 3 3 1 .500 iy 2 Campus Theatre 3 4 0 .429 2 Aggie Cleaners 2 4 1 .375 2V2 Holick’s Cleaners 2 5 0 .286 3 , Madeley’s Pharmacy 2 5 0 .286 3 Wednesday’s Results Campus Cleaners 5 Lipscomb’s Pharmacy 4 Loupot’s Traders 10 Holick’s Cleaners 5 Campus Theatre 5 Aggie Cleaners 2 Madeley’s Pharmacy 3 Faculty 2 Thursday’s Schedule Madeley’s Pharmacy vs. Campus Cleaners .... Diamond 7 Lipscomb’s Pharmacy vs. Loupot’s ... Diamond 6 Campus Theatre vs. Faculty Diamond 9 Holick’s Cleaners vs. Aggie Cleaners .... Diamond 4 INTRAMURALS By Mike Mann The official figures for the In tramural season just completed have just been released by Dewey Hoke, official statistician of the Intramural department. The num ber of individuals participating in FORFEIT DOGHOUSE CLASS A Headquarters Cavalry, water polo 2 Corps Headquarters, water polo E Coast Artillery, water polo B Cavalry, water polo A Coast Artillery, water polo 2 Corps Headquarters, tennis CLASS B F Infantry, volley ball all of the’ Intramural games, both Class A and B, were 24,021. This is the largest record known for any college in the United States. The University of Michigan, with a total participation of slightly over 12,000 a year ago, has the largest school intramural program known to the local officials. Our record, which is approximately double that of the northern school is one of which we may be justly proud. Intramural Scores Class A Softball C CAC 10, D Cav. 1 H CAC 14, G F.A. 2 D F.A. 6, G CAC 2 E R.C. 7, F CAC 3 3 Hdq F.A. 8, D CAC 5 C R.C. 15, L Inf. 14 Class B Softball 3 Hdq. F.A. 22, C CAC 10 Hdq. Cav. 22, D Eng. 16 K Inf. 16, F Eng. 3 C Cav. 8, I F.A. 6 hands of the Twilight League man agers. The teams, themseltes, will be composed of two squads, one of which will play one day and the other the next. All these will be voted on by the managers some time in the next week or so. As for the games, one will be played under Bryan rules here, and the other will be played under Twi- LOUPOT’S AN AGGIE TRADITION light League rules in Bryan. There is fundamentally not too much dif ference between the two, but, in fairness to both teams the pro cedure will be initiated. Adams and climaxed their scoring with their game-winning outburst in the final inning. Black Smacks Home-Run Meanwhile, the Campus Theatre finally finding itself after four bad starts, pushed the Aggie Cleaners further down the stand ings by slamming out a 5-2 vic tory behind the four-hit hurling by Bud Rideout and a homerun blast by Bill Black with two mates on the sacks. Black also played a prominent part in the first-inning two run flare by opening the game with a double. 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