Junior Division Gulf Coast Meeting Is Tonight
Gulf Coast Meet Tonight Is First AAU Meet
To be Held Here; Mignon Martin Appears Sun
Tonight at 8 o’clock sharp, Arthur Adamson, Aggie
swimming coach and instructor, will present to the A. & M.,
for the first time in its long enduring history, a Gulf Coast
AAU swim meet to be adorned by some of the best aces in
the South.
Delving through the records of all swimming engage
ments held here, this corner found, that, until it was an
nounced by Adamson that an AAU meet will be held at P.
L. Downs, Jr. Natatorium, there has never been any sort
of an amateur meet other than, perhaps, high school and
Southwest Conference college competitive classic.
Now that an AAU meet has been inaugurated here,
you can count on that being almost an annual affair. It is
sure to prove popular with the local fans and as the saying
goes, “The customer is always right.”
One of the biggest attraction of* '
the whole two-day affair will be
the bevy of top-flight female con
testants present. Only a small part
of the femmes will swim or per
form as a team—mostly it will be
individual exhibitions taken by
the beauties.
Among the more famous queens
present will be Mignon Martin,
Houston’s contribution of the div
ing world and the current South
west queen of the aforementioned
sport. She will not partake in any
of the events tonight but will put
forth with an exhibition Sunday
that should have everyone quite
befuddled.
Letters from her press agents
and other sources give quite an
indication of Mignon’s ability as a
diver, so if you possibly aren’t a
swimming enthusiast, you are sure
to enjoy some of the twists and
dives taken by Miss Martin.
Aggie Swimmers, Sparked by Danny Green,
Favored in Meet; Few Records Due to Fall
Miss Martin, as mentioned before,
will not make an appearance to
night, but the thrills and some
highly efficient swimming skill
will not be absent, for among the
feature of tonight’s exhibition will
be that of Coach Adamson’s Aggie
tankers who have come through
unscathed in their meets this year.
Sparked by the speedy Danny
Green, free style specialist, George
Heaney, backstroke artist, and
Bob Cowling, breaststroke ace, the
Ags should give everyone their
money’s worth. You can just as
well start erasing those past
records in the 220 and 440 yard
dashes for Freshman Green, who
has been breaking records as a
habit in past meets, should connect
again tonight.
So, whether you are a swim
ming enthusiast or not this one
should be down your ally.
Sports Squibs From Here and There; A Few
Notes About the Twilight League Playoffs
. . . ’Twas a rough and tough af
fair that we reeled off between
Loupot and Lipscomb last Thurs
day night . . . Both teams were a
feverish pitch, with a place in the
championship playoffs depending
on every play . . . Rock Roberts,
Lipscomb shortfielder, and Jack
Barton of Loupot made some nice
catches out in their pasture while
Johnny Hejl, regular Loupot fling-
er but an outfielder for that day,
showed to advantage with his big
bat . . . He slammed out two
singles to lead the eight-hit Lou
pot attack . . . Coolest player for
both teams was Clay Atkins,
Lipscomb shortstop . . . Every
thing will be done to have the
Twilight League championship de
cided before the fall football train
ing opens . . . Instead of having
a three out of five game series for
the crown, it’s a good possibility
that this may be cut down to two
games out of three . . . Among
the regular Twilight League spec
tators can be found such softball
enthusiasts as Dean E. J. Kyle
and Major Hunter .... Both
invariably are present at most
pf the games and get a big kick
out of ’em . . . It’s irony, but the
player Jack Gray, former basket
ball mentor at Texas university and
present cage coach at the Corpus
Christi Naval Air Station, was
trying to get to go to Texas a
few years ago is finally to be a
member of his squad. . . . “Bat-
’em” Bob Kinney, the towering All-
American basketball center for the
Rice Owls, is now at Corpus and
Gray gives out with a smile ev-
erytime he thinks of the future
cake race . . . . J. Willard Ridings,
T. C. U. publicity director, has be
gun his annual poll of sports
winters’ selection as to who will
be the ’42 conference winner . . .
This year’s pick should prove to
be the toughest because you never
can tell what Uncle Sam will de-
(See KYLE FIELD. Page 4)
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Festivities
Open at Pool
At 8 Sharp
Senior Division
Comes Off Sunday At
Two; Admission Is .25
With a star spangled list of en
trants, the Gulf Coast AAU swim
ming tourney gets under way to
night promptly at 8 o’clock in the
P. L. Downs, Jr. natatorium. The
events of the Junior Division will
be run off tonight, with the senior
division slated to get under way at
2 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
There will be 11 events in both
the Junior and Senior Divisions,
and one of the largest fields of
contestants ever to enter a swim
ming meet at A. & M. will be on
hand. The difference between the
Junior and Senior divisions is in
no way connected with age of the
participants, some of the contest
ants being entered in vents in both
divisions. If a contestant has ever
won an event in AAU competi
tion, he or she is classed in the
senior division in that particular
event, but in events which he or
she has never won, contestants
will compete in the junior division.
Several local girls are entered in
the woman’s competition and quite
a bevy of feminine pulchritude
will be on hand from other towns
in the Gulf Coast AAU area. The
Aggie swimming team is expected
to furnish at least two standout
attractions, Danny Green and Bob
Cowling. Cowling is the defending
title holder in the 100 yard breast
stroke, and in addition to his Gulf
Coast AAU title, he holds the
Southwest Conference champion
ship in this event.
Intramural Dept
Plans to Sponsor
Ag Singing Contest
Jenkins of Singing Cadets
To be In Charge; Rules For
“Singaroo” Are Listed Here
The Intramural Department in
cooperation with Mr. Richard Jenk
ins, director of the Singing Cadets,
plans to wind up the recreational
program for the present semester
with “The Aggie Singaroo”. This
event will consist of competitive
singing between the organizations
entering, and will be governed by
the following rules:
1. An organization must be re
resented by at least 15 men.
Of these, no more than one-
third can be fish, one-third
sophomores, and the remain
ing one-third juniors and sen
iors. If more than fifteen meii
are in the group the above
proportions must be adhered
to.
2. The group may select any
song approved by Mr. Jenkins.
Words, music, or words and
music may be composed. Mr.
Jenkins may be reached thru
the Student Activities Office
or at the Assembly Hall.
3. Any type of accompaniment
may be used but must be fur
nished by the groups in the
preliminaries. For the finals,
Mr. Jenkins will furnish piano
accompaniment. One song will
be sung by each group.
4. The preliminaries will be held
during the week of September
7. The finals will be held on
Saturday, September 12 as a
feature of the Kadet Kapers.
In the preliminaries the groups
will be graded and the six best
will qualify for, the finals.
5. The winning organization will
be treated to an “Ice Cream
Supper” and a free picture
show.
Mr. Jenkins will be in charge i.f
the event and will be glad to work
with and advise any who desire
help. The entry card for the event
must be turned in by 6 p. m. Fri
day, September 4. The idea for this
event was planned and drawn up
by Mr. Penberthy. The idea had
its start last semester and since
then Mr. Penberthy has talked it
over with various students and he
feels that the “Singaroo” will af
ford much pleasure to all students.
Save old rubber, save waste pa
per,
Save the celery tops for stew.
But with all your lifetime sav
ings
Save your sense of humor, too!
BATTALION.
Saturday, August 29, 1942
Page 3
Feature of Sunday’s Meet
Shown above is Mignon Martin, flashy Houston diving queen,
who will exhibit her skill Sunday afternoon in the senior division
of the Gulf Coast AAU meet held at the P. L. Downs, Jr. Natator
ium at two o’clock. Miss Martin is the current Southwest AAU
diving champion having recently retained her crown at the South
ern AAU meet at New Orleans. (See ON KYLE FIELD).
—Photo By Phil Crown
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As we look back at the Intramural
season that is rapidly drawing to
a close we cannot help but observe
the stellar work
work done by the
Intramural De-
pariunental Man
agers—those stu
dents who have so
to do with the ad
ministration and
functioning of
this phase of the
Aggie sports
Mike Mann . world -
The managers are headed by two
seniors, David Meyer ahd Pinky
Wilson, who are in charge of
Class B and Class A sports respec
tively. Each of these two men
have a number of juniors under
them who in turn have sophomores
who assist them in running off
each sport.
A junior manager is placed in
charge of each sport as that sport
opens play. He is to see that all
games are played and officiated
and that all results are turned in
at the office for recording.
The juniors who have been do
ing the job in a swell style this
semester include: Leland (Andy)
Anderson, Joe Bill Crownover,
John Fulbright, Dave Gillory, and
(See INTRAMURALS, Page 4)
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Loupofs Defeats Lipscomb’s 9-5;
Deciding Game Scheduled Monday
In a game marked by the wild
ness of the pitchers Loupot’s Trad
ing Post defeated Lipscomb’s Phar
macy Thursday night by a score of
9-5. This was the second game in
a series of three to determine the
team which will play the Campus
Cleaners for the championship of
the Twilight League. Lipscomb’s
won the first game of the series,
6-3.
Loupot’s started off strong by
scoring five runs and knocking the
Pharmacy’s starting pitcher, Don
Puntch, off the mound in the first
inning. After striking out the first
man to face him Puntch walked
the next two batters and then Jim
my Newberry, Loupot’s shortstop,
drove a shhort single through the
box to bring in both men on base.
Loupot’s counted two more runs
before Manager Kyle Drake re
placed Puntch with Andy Cokinos.
Cokinos gave up one more run
before retiring the Loupot team.
In the first half of the second in
ning Lipscomb’s scored two runs
on three walks and Schaper’s sin
gle.
Both teams went scoreless un
til the last of the fourth when
Ramage of Loupot’s walked and
took second on a passed ball, then
came home on Jack Taylor’s single.
In the first of the fifth Lipscomb’s
made another marker when Atkins
got to second by an error and came
home on Andy Cokinos’ hit to
right field.
Loupot’s continued to widen their
margin by scoring three runs in
the last of the fifth. After Shaw
popped out Johnny Hejl connected
for a single, and advanced to third
on Miller’s sharp single. Both run
ners came home when Barton
reached second on a two base er
ror. Barton then scored when Reese
was safe by error.
Lipscomb’s scored two more
runs in the game, one in the sixth
and one in the seventh in vain at
tempt to even the scoring up. In
the sixth Mike Cokinos was safe
at second by error and scored on
Selman’s single. In the seventh
Roberts got to first by error and
advanced to second on a passed
ball; Smith drove a short single
into center field to score Roberts.
The game ended a few minutes
later when Ogdee popped out.
Monday night these same two
teams meet in the finale of the
series with the winner playing
the Campus Cleaners in a best two
out of three game series for the
championship of the Twilight Lea
gue. Manager Kyle Drake will pro
bably send Andy Cokinos to the
mound for Lipscomb’s Pharmacy,
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