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Lil Dimmitt Given Frosh Gridiron Post J By Ike Udikin Battalion Snorts Editor Twilight League Director Job Not Rosy After All As History Seems to Repeat Itself History certainly is repeating it self as far as the fate of Twilight League director is concerned. For years and year, ach and everyone of the so-called “Judge Landises” fussed and fumed after each sea son until it was hard to even ask somone to head this league. But, oh boy, nothing like that would happen this year in the Twi light League. Oh no, not with yours truly trying to give an imitation of a baseball or rather softball commissioner. My good friend H. B. (Mac) McElroy, who incidental ly acquired this piece of fortune a few years back, warned me of the troubles, but as I aforemention ed, “there ain’t gonna be no trouble,” and so proceeded to the tedious task. Well, that axiom worked out pretty fair for a few weeks, even for the better part of the season. But all that was too good to be true. And then came the Lipscomb, Loupot series, the screwiest of all the ball games this year. After every game, each player spat on the ground, tore his hair, and shouted out to the world or rather Aggieland, “We wuz robbed.” No, both sides couldn’t vision that the umpire gives out the de cisions and not the league head. So one side puts the pressure on you to give ’em a decision their way and the other side stands right behind you with a couple of black jacks concealed, and that’s when you begin to ask yourself, “Why in the x%)* (”§&%) (*&x) did I ever start this league?” For example Thursday’s decid ing game between Loupot and Lip scomb. The latter played by far its best game of the year and had a 7-2 lead going into the sixth in ning. With the skies darker than a regular blackout, it was almost impossible to see the ball. Loupot scored four runs in that inning and when the pitched balls started to come in where even Umpire Willie Zapalac couldn’t see ’em, well it was time to call it quits. Zapalac gave out the ruling and that’s the way it’ll stick. But aside all that, it turned out tor be a pretty fair league. Troubles that arose frequently in by-gone years were nil this year. There were no forfeits, no players switch ing from one team to the other and games were usually reeled off on time. The fans got a big kick out of the games, with the only one catch ing h—1 being the Twilight League head—anyway only a little bit of it. So, if you’re the kind of a guy that has aspirations in following Judge Landis’ footsteps, DON’T! Sports Squibs From Here and There; Stout Slated for Much Tackle Service—Bill James " Buchanan, Wesson, Cowley and Others To Assist Vet Coach Lil Dimmitt, the Aggies most versatile coach, has been named head mentor of the freshman foot ball team for the coming season. This change had to be made as Manning Smith replaces Marty Karow as Backfield Coach and scout, and Charley DeWare, fresh man co-coach, has joined Uncle Sam’s armed forces. Dimmitt will have as his assist ants Fuel “Poppa” Wesson, last year’s starting tackle, Harold Cowley, former Aggie end, and Bill Buchanan, an Aggie wingman on the Sug'ar Bowl and ’41 Cotton Bowl teams. A few more assistants will help Dimmitt with the coach ing chores, but they have not been named as yet. Lil, after he assumes his new duties, will have coached every . . . Ben Stout, promising tackle from the freshman team last year, has been given the pre-season No. 1 tackle post. . . Bill James, the Ags’ popular and great line-coach indicated that when he placed Stout on top of the tackle list. . . Don Luethy was prematurely given the other post. . . Scouting this year will be at a minimum rate. . . Whereas scouts were per- RADIO REPAIR The STUDENT CO-OP mitted to look one particular team twice in the past, this year the conference has ruled only one peep at the opposing players. . . Man ning Smith, the Aggie backfield coach, will be the Cadet scout for the year. . . Followers of the swim ming sport had better keep their eyes on Bob Cowling, Aggie breast stroke artist, according to Swim Coach Art Adamson. . . Cowling has continually topped the field in his speciality and at times has won the race with such ease that Coach Adamson already has great aspirations for the tanker. . .Last Saturday at the Gulf Coast AAU meet, Bob defended his 100-yard (See KYLE FIELD, Page 4) It’s Time for a High Time For You Sophomores LET US FURNISH HER CORSAGE A Beautiful Selection of Flowers WYATT’S FLOWER SHOP Bryan Phone 2-2400 Siltin’ PreMy! Your feet will rest at ease in Marvel, a Bostonian Buckle oxford that com mands attention. Col lege men selected this version of an officer’s boot as a leader in the current Back-to-School movement. $8.95 WALK-FITTED Bostonians Other Military Oxfords $6.50 up 11 t rs. tfrainer ^Dimmitt freshman sport with the exception of track. In 1938 he was mentor of the freshman basketball and base ball teams, and with his new as signment for this season Dimmitt can claim the distinction of hav ing coached freshman basketball, baseball and football. Last year in his first season as head varsity baseball coach he came through with a Southwest Conference championship. Besides his football and baseball chores for the year, Lil will also serve as in the past—trainer of both the var sity and freshman teams. rowd of 1000 Fans Sees Lipscomb Beat Loupot by 7-2 Score Darkness Catches Losers’ Bid for Victory in Sixth Tues; Mike Cokinos Shines With the strains of “The Spirit of Aggieland” in the background and with a crowd of 1,000 over flowing onto the field, Andy Co kinos celebrated his twenty-first birthday by pitching Lipscomb’s Pharmacy to a 7-2 victory over Loupot’s Trading Post Tuesday night. Cokinos turned in a brilliant two-hit performance, and gave Lipscomb’s the right to meet the Campus Cleaners in a best two- out-of-three game series for the championship of the Twilight League. From the start, the game was a hectic fray with many arguments resulting from the high tension of the players. The game at the beginning looked as if it would be a pitcher’s duel between Andy Cokinos of Lipscomb’s and Walter Shaw of Loupot’s. Cokinos retir ed the Loupot boys in order in the first half of the first—one, two, three. In the last half of the inning Shaw walked the first man to face him but the next three men went down in succession by the strikeout route. In the second Newberry, Lou pot’s combination pitcher-short stop, reached first by a single through the box. However, his teammates couldn’t push him around and he was allowed to die on first. Lipscomb’s drew first blood when Puntch connected for a double and came home on Schap- er’s double in the last half of the second. In the first of the third Loupot’s evened the score up when Barton was safe by Schaper’s er ror, and after the bases were load ed by successive walks Barton came home on an infield out. An other walk loaded the bases and with only one out the heavy hit ting Jack Taylor came up, and the picture was not at all rosy for pitcher Andy Cokinos. However, third baseman Mike Cokinos made a beautiful catch of Taylor’s line drive, and then doubled Williams off third base by making a diving stab at the base. The hustling third baseman’s play was the best one of the game. Lipscomb’s scored two more runs when Hoecker and Kbberts scored on a series of walks and (See TWILIGHT, Page 4) Football Uniforms to be Issued Friday Players to be Decked Out by Sat; Norton Gives GloomyOutlook Football uniforms will be issued to all players by Friday afternoon, according to an announcement from the athletic office. If possible, everyone should g x et his togs as soon as.possible. Coach Homer Norton, back from Chicago and the All-Star game, is exceedingly busy laying final plans for the opening of football practice Saturday. About half of the 1942 Aggie squad is in school at the present time, and the other half will report for (5uty bright and early Saturday morning. Uniforms will have been issued by that time, and the squad will start heavy drills Saturday. Handicapped by the lack of time with which to work with his play ers, faced with an appalling short age of assistant coaches, Marty Karow, “Dough” Rollins and Char lie De Ware having been called to service with the armed forces, and up against a serious problem at the tackle position on his team, Coach Norton is extremely gloomy when interviewed about the pros pects for the coming season. The problem of the tackle po sition also rests on the capable shoulder of line coach W. N. “Uncle Bill” James, whose genius for re- 'medying situations of this kind is renowned. But as for the short age of practice time there can be no solution. “We shall just have to work twice as hard in the amount of time we have”, said Coach Nor ton, “and hope that things turn out all right”. But a team which has practiced twice as long as another one is bound to be a smoother working better coordinated outfit, and while the Aggies are in classes, other teams will be out on the practice field learning football and this means all the teams which the (See FOOTBALL, Page 4) x HIGHLITES* bqy-Tflike TJJann BATTALION Thursday, September 3, 1942 Page 3 Lipscomb, C Cleaners In Title Series Today Lipscomb’s Pharmacy and the Campus Cleaners will tangle this afternoon at 5:30 in the first round of a two-out-of three game series for the outright championship of the Twilight League race. Wednesday’s schedule game be tween the two arch rivals was postponed because of wet grounds and agreement by both managers, and today’s game wil be played if at all possible. Manager Kyle Drake’s Lipscomb’s Pharmacy ten suddenly erupted out of nowhere to become a definite threat to the favored Cleaners. His pitching, sparked by Andy Cokinos, has Stood up under all fire while the hitting and fielding have been far above average in their recent playoff series with Loupot. Johnny Roberts, Milton Sims and Clay Atkins form the nucleus of a team that has suddenly shown plenty of spark and fire and at times has played in the champion ship class. Roberts, the shortfield- er, has especially been brilliant with his sensational fielding out in in the pasture. Mike Cokinos at third has also held his own at the hot corner, while Louis Schaper, first sacker, I. D. Smith, second basejnan, Don Puntch, Soup Ogdee, outfielders form the rest of the team. As for the Cleaners, their re cord was made during the regular season and playoffs. They copped the regular league by three games and then defeated the Campus Theatre twice in a row for a place in the final round. Main sparkplug of the team has been its pitching—done effectively by Gregg Ramsey, fast-ball hur- ler and Jim Daniels, he of the spin-ball type. The catching, hand led graciously by Doc Lietz has been far above par while the field ing is handled by such stars as Grantham, Drake and Gillette. The latter also is the big power of the Cleaner hitting attack, although hitting below the charmed .300 circle. He has hit quite a few home- runs and his clutch hitting has come in handy for the Cleaners. Gunner Dunn in shortfield has been doing yeomaA duty at his post. Aside receiving more walks than anybody in the league, Dunn has come through with timely hits to win many ball games. The al ways dependable Max Tillery, who has yet to make a real error and Paul Wischkamper hold donw the (See TITLE SERIES, Page 4) Aggie Polo Team Schedules Games With Teams From San Angelo, Lamesa and Big Springs to be Played Sept 19-26 F Field Artillery moved into the semi-finals in Class A Swimming Tuesday night as they defeated 3rd Headquarters Field Artillery 25-23 in a quarter-finals match. The team the F Battery group will meet has not been decided at this date. ;x ............... H Coast Artil- | lery walloped D Field Artillery § 29-19 in a Class U A Swimming H quarter - finals meet and thus advances to the quarter - finals where they will meet the swim- Mike Mann m ers of Head quarters Signal Corps. In a regular game D Infantry took A Chemical Warfare 33-15. Class B Water Polo playoffs are now scheduled to open. A Cavalry will meet C Coast Artillery and B Coast will play F Coast in two quarter-final matches. B Infantry is in the quarter-finals bracket by virtue of a ’bye’. SHOE DEPT. B. C. Allen, Owner College and Bryan should contact Spike White at the gym at once. Sessions in football and basketball rules will be held at the gym next week. Quite a number of the winners in the open tournaments and the recent swimming meet have not yet received their medals from the Intramural department. The men in this group may get their mdals from Dewey Hoke in the medals from Dewey Hoke in the INTRAMURAL SCORES CLASS A Softball G FA 12, B Ord. 10 M Inf. 5, C CAC 3 (See INTRAMURALS, Page 4) Trade With Lou He’s Right With You The Teras Aggie polo team, captained by Bill Braid, of San Antonio, will spend their week off from school between Sept. 19-26, by playing a five-game schedule with teams at San Angelo, Lamesa and Big Springs, Lt. W. A. North coach of the team, announced this week. So far this summer the Cadets have been playing a home schedule and have held their own with strong teams which have appeared here. 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