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By (Hike Haikin . Battalion Sports Editor Probable Loss of Baylor’s Gridiron Stars Clinches Decision on Freshman Eligibility The recent announcement of the possible loss of Milton Crain, Kit Kittrell and Buddy Gatewood, all of Baylor university, to the US armed forces in the very near fu ture almost leaves it' without a doubt in the world that the South west Conference officials will adopt the freshmen back into their fold for the first time since World War I. This big question was not de cided early in May when the con ference had its first meeting. It was tossed around here and there, with one school on one side and the other on another side. At that time, Baylor university was the big noise for the “let’s-have-fresh- men-en-varsity team” question since it had lost the bulk of its squad to Uncle Sam. Such stars of the green and gold as Rex Gandy, and W. J. Gold- bolt, hard-hitting tackles, Guard Jim Bean and All-America pros pect Jack Russell, an end, had gone via the draft or army route. Of course that was bad enough but Coach Frank Kimbrough still might have had a team with such boys as Buddy Gatewood, Kit Kit trell, the hero of the 'icxas Long horn deadlock, and Milton Crain, the “John Kimbrough” of the Bay lor team, around. But when the word came out that these gridsters, along with three or four more would likely be missing in Sep tember, you can bet your life that it was then that Coach Frank Kim brough definitely decided that without freshmen Baylor could not survive. Even should the rest of the six other conference schools vote against the freshman question— which in itself is highly improb able—the conference would still, in all probability decide in the af firmative. It is very unlikely that the league officials would take a chance of losing a member just because of a small matter. And they certainly would lose Baylor, because Coach Frank Kimbrough’s already depleted squad cannot face a 16-game schedule without addi tional h*lp. The freshman angle probably would not have any effect on such schools as A. & M., Rice, Texas or even Arkansas for these already have their team members either in the R.O.T.C. or in the Naval Re serves. S.M.U., T.C.U. and Baylor probably will have two or three freshmen on their starting line ups as each has suffered hard losses. I said at the start of this se mester that there wasn’t any ques tion as to what the conference j would do about freshmen as far as va l\ football was concerned and this latest development more than affirms my statement. Sports Squibs From Here and There; Paul Cheatham, Ag Guard, Quits Football Squad Another gridster dropped off the Aggie gridiron rolls when Paul Cheatham, squadman guard an nounced that he would drop foot ball and devote his time to studies . . . Don’t be surprised to see foot ball shots of John Kimbrough running over would-be tacklers in the future motion picture about Texas A. & M. College . . . Bill Buchanan, former Aggie baseball and football star, is going great guns for the Waco Dons ... he passed up his teammate and school mate, Les Peden, in the home run hitting department ... In Mon day’s tilt with Randolph Field Buchanan slammed out four hits out of five times at bat . . . Best prospective softball star in this Twilight League has undoubtedly been Jimmy Newberry, outfielder for the Aggie baseball team this past spring, and'i presently short stop for Loupot’s Trading Post . . . Newberry is hitting a bit above the .500 mark indicating that the diamondeer is really slamming the ball to the four corners of the field . . . Jim has been doing great at any rate . . . Others of baseball fame playing in the Twilight Lea gue who, some fans thought, couldn’t do as well in softball but are going like a house afire are Bill Black, doing his chores at IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD LOOKING APPEARANCE FOR THAT WEEK-END VISIT DROP IN AND LET US FIX YOU UP Aggieland Barber and Beauty Shop North Gate Beat The Summer Heat with LA-PLAYA SPORTSWEAR For a summer of comfort there’s nothing so cool and comfortable as a smart sheer weight spun rayon slack suit. See our large selection of Sport Suits, Sport Shirts, and odd Slacks at both our College or Bryan stores. LA-PLAYA SUITS . . . LA-PLAYA SPORT SHIRTS B.Y.D. SPORT SHIRTS . ARROW SPORT SHIRTS . SUMMER SLACKS . . . $5.00 up $1.50 up $1.50 up $2.25 up $4.50 up CLdCtUfiRS College and Bryan First Round Of ’Mural Tourneys To End Sun July 19 Few Already Completed Their Matches; Others To Play in the Next Few Days The Intramural department’s open tournaments which opened last Monday are continuing with contestants trying to finish the first round contests by Sunday, July 19. According to the Intra mural Department if the first round of contests is not finished by that date, the matches will have to be forfeited. Entrants are reminded that at the present the tournament sched ules are posted on the bulletin board in the main Intramural of fice. The players must come to the gym and consult the schedules posted there. Then the opponents must consult each other and ar range the games at their own con venience. Rules of the six different sports are posted with each schedule. Anyone desiring information on the events should contact W. L. Penberthy or “Spike” White at the gym. As soon as a bulletin board is erected adjacent to the Intra mural Clubroom in the northeast corner of the gym, the schedules will be moved to that location. Allegheny college was so named because a large part of the area it serves is watered by streams that make up the Allegheny river. Dick Woodward, who recently completed his junior-year competi tion on the Colorado university football squad, never played foot ball until he enrolled at C. U. The Rev. Dr. Raymond C. Knox, Columbia university’s 65-year-old “rowing preacher,” is retiring from his post as chaplain after 33 years. The Clemson college student body donated over $600 to send the Clemson senior platoon, crack fancy drill unit, to distant cities this year. The I'-vIversity of Wisconsin Alumni assoc.Waoii was organized 80 years ago. first and hitting a lusty .557 and Ira Glass, shortstopping for the Campus Theatre . . . Glass is hit ting exactly .400 . . . Clay Atkins, who came out for baseball, is the sparkplug for the Lipscomb’s Pharmacy team . . . Prospective football stars for the ’42 season lost through the draft and other circumstances included Tom Pic kett, Dennis Andricks, Leonard Dickey and Bob Tulis of A. & M.; Fred Taylor, end, and Bob Moss from T.C.U.; End Jack Russell, Guard Jim Bean and Tackles Rex Gandy and W. J. Goldbolt of Bay lor; Backs Barron Ellis and Jeff Brown, Center Gene Hale and End Verlan Pritchard of Rice; Back Walter Heap of Texas; Back Les Ross and Guard James Hager of Arkansas; and Back Lendon Davis of SMU. Twilight League Managers Elect Two All-Star Teams to Face Bryan The Twilight League managers met last night on the Y steps and elected R. H. McMinn of Loupot and Mike Haikin of the Campus Theatre to head two 15-man teamp to face the Bryan All-Stars here and in Bryan Thursday and Fri day July 23 and 24 in the annual all-star game. Johnny Hejl, ace moundsman for the league-leading Loupot ten, and Charlie Beasley of the Cam pus Theatre mound staff were vot ed by the managers to head the two teams. Hejl was assigned to the A team while Beasley was elected to start for the B team. These two mound aces will be supported by Gregg Ramsey of the Campus Cleaners on the A team and Bud Rideout of the Cam pus Theatre on the B team sup porting Beasley. Bill Black of the Theatre and Battalion Sports Thursday, July 16, 1942 Page 3 Loupot’s and CampusCleaners Win Again; Lipscomb’s, Madeley’s Eke Out Victories Loupot’s Trading Post and Cam pus Cleaner’s kept their winning streaks intact as they won one sided victories Wednesday evening. Loupot’s had little trouble in tak ing the measure of the Faculty boys by a score of 9-2. Meanwhile the Campus Cleaners with the help of a four run rally in the first inning defeated the Campus Theatre to remain a game behind Loupot’s team which is at the present perched in first place. In the other games of the eve ning Madeley’s Pharmacy eked out a 7-6 win over the Aggie Cleanebs, and Lipscomb’s Pharm acy stopped their losing streak by winning a six to five victory over Holick’s Cleaners in a closely con tested four inning game. Loupot’s had little trouble in keeping the league lead as Miller pitched airtight ball and kept the profs from the base paths till the late innings by which time his teammates had given him a safe lead. Loupot’s boys had their big innings in the second when they pushed three runs across the plate and in the fifth when they crossed the plate for four more runs. The profs managed to score single runs in the fourth and sixth inn ings. The Campus Cleaners after scoring four runs in the first inn ing hustled and kept the Campus Theatre from crossing the plate through most of the game. The Theatre boys managed to cross the plate once in the first inning and again in the ee-^nth inning. The Campus Cleaners scored three more runs in the late innings to bring the final score to 7-2. Madeley’s Pharmacy continued in their winning ways by scoring a run in the last inning to eke out their 7-6 victory over the Aggie Cleaners. The Aggie Cleaners erupted for six runs in the very first inning but after that Webb the Pharmacy pitcher held their bats in check, and with the help of Maxwell’s booming home run INTRAMDEALS By Mike Mann Only four more days remain in which the first round matches of the open tournaments may be played and less than an eighth of the games have been played. If these games are not played by Sunday evening the entrants will be given forfeits and dropped from further participation in the con test. The facilities of playing space are limited, especially in handball and tennis, and if the players wait until the last minute to get their matches off they will find them selves unable to obtain courts. FORFEIT DOGHOUSE CLASS A C Replacement Center, ten nis L Infantry, water polo CLASS B A Replacement Center, soft- ball E Coast Artillery, softball G Field Artillery, softball D Coast Artillery, volley ball 6 Corps Headquarters, volley ball A Replacement Center, vol ley ball League champions were decided in the Class A water polo competi tion when B Infantry took D Field Artillery 1-0; B Coast - Artillery defeated 3rd Corps Headquarters 4-0; A Chemical Warfare beat E Infantry 1-0; and C Infantry whip ped E Engineers 2-0. In an eighth final match, I Field Artillery out played F Coast Artillery to win 2-0. Charlie Drake, Wally Clore and Jimmy Lloyd led E Coast Artillery to a 23-4 victory over A Signal Corps. Lloyd did the hurling for the artillerymen. Eddie Blackaller was on the mound for the 3rd Corps Head quarters boys against the 2nd Headquarters team and held them down as the CHQ team took a 11-3 win. Benny Dupree and Ger ald Carlisle were the sluggers for the victors. Twilight League Standings W L T Pet. GB Loupot 8 2 0 .800 Campus Cleaners T 3 0 .700 1 Lipscomb’s Pharmacy 6 4 0 .600 2 Campus Theatre 4 6 0 .400 4 Holick’s Cleaners 4 6 0 .400 4 Madeley’s Pharmacy 4 6 0 .400 4 Aggie Cleaners 3 6 1 .350 4y 2 Faculty 3 6 1 .350 ' 4V 2 Wednesday’s Results Loupot’s Trading Post 9 - — Faculty 2 Campus Cleaners 7 — Campus Theatre 2 Madeley’s Pharmacy 7 — Aggie Cleaners 6 Lipscomb’s Pharmacy 6 — - Holick’s Cleaners 5 - Monday’s Schedule Madeley’s Pharmacy vs. Holick’s Cleaners .... ... Diamond 6 Loupot’s Trading Post vs. Aggie Cleaners* .... Diamond 9 Campus Theatre vs. Lipscomb’s Pharmacy ....... Diamond 7 Faculty vs. Campus Cleaners .... Diamond 4 in the third inning became a win ning pitcher. Maxwell was also responsible for scoring the win ning run in the sixth inning as he came across the plate on Farm er’s double, which broke up the game and gave a hard earned win to the Pharmacy boys. Holick’s Cleanei’s scored five runs in the early innings of their game with Lipscomb’s Pharmacy but the latter came back strong in the late innings and pushed across six runs to win the game. At the present the Campus The atre, Holicks and Madeky'o art- tied for fourth place and Mon days games should cl«iar this up. Texas Aggie Rifle Team Takes HighHonors in Recent Matches Horace Jennings of the Campus Cleaners were the two firstbase- men chosen. Each has shown great ability at their respective posts with Black leading the way in hitting and Jennings showing great form in the fielding depart ment. For second base, Clay Atkins of Lipscomb’s was chosen on one side and Ira Glass of the Theatre on the other team. These two boys have been stalwarts for their teams showing great form in their games. The rest of the infield included Newberry of Loupot, and Frost of Holick’s on the A team and John son of Madeley’s and Grantham of Campus Cleaners on the B team. The outfielders for the A team included Johnny Roberts of Lips comb’s, Leo Daniels of Campus Theatre, Milton Sims of Lips comb’s and Bill Car 11 of Faculty on the A team and Mopey Smith of Holick, Nesbit of Holick, and Faster of Madeley’s on the B teams. Herewith are the list of the members of the teams: A Team Hejl (Loupot)—p Ramsey (Campus Cleaners)—p Taylor (Loupot)—c Warren (Holick)—c Black (C Theatre)—lb Atkins (Lipscomb’s)—2b Newberry (Loupot)—ss Frost (Holick)—3b John Roberts—sf Leo Daniels—cf Sims (Lipscomb’s)—If Carll (Faculty)—rf I. D. Smith (Lipscomb’s)—util Zapalac (C Theatre)—util Riley (Aggie Cleaners)—util Haikin (Campus Theatre)—mgr B Team Beasley (C Theatre)—p Rideout (C Theatre)—p Lietz (C Cleaners)—c Brown (Ag Cleaners)—c Jennings (C Cleaners)—lb Glass (C Theatre)—2b Grantham (C Cleaners)—ss Johnson (Madeley’s)—-3b Dunn (C Cleaners)—sf M. Smith (Holick)—rf Foster (Madeley’s)—If Nesbit (Holick)—cf Jocko Roberts (Fac)—util Gillette (C Cleaners)—util Farmer (Madeley’s)—util McMinn (Loupot)—Mgr. By Mike Mann Assistant Sports Editor Upholding the reputation of previous teams, the Texas Aggie Varsity Rifle Team took high hon ors in the East Texas Small Bore Championship matches at Kilgore Sunday. In taking the spotlight the team accounted for 13 places in the competition.—5 firsts, 4 seconds and 4 thirds. Russell T. Cook, team captain, led the group by taking two first places and three seconds. Masse was close behind with two firsts and a third place. Other members who figured in the vic tory were Robert Cox, A. J. Getz, William Obenour, Souris and J. E. Wesp. Major Orlind Horne, CWS, and Corp. Taylor, CAC, both of the A. & M. Military Department, ac companied the marksmen to the East Texas matches. Lieut. C. A. Williams, C. of E., team coach, was unable to make the trip with the team. 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