Aggie Trackmen Take Border Olympics
By Upsetting Strong Texas U Longhorns
Hank flvery
Battalion Sports Editor
Thinly-Clads Have Big Eye On Conference
Meet; Eight Years Since Aggie Had Title
In facing their first competition
of the season, Lil Dimmitt’s Aggie
Trackmen upset the pre-season
dope and downed the strong Texas
Longhorns who were strong favor
ites for the Border Olympics.
Hampered by many setbacks and
the loss of trackmen during the
year, Lil Dimmitt staged a team
that deserves a little recognition.
The trackmen who have been work
ing out for some time and working
hard, found their pace in the first
event of the year and upset the
Longhorns, who thought they had
the meet in the bag. These boys
have been working hard and the
Corps doesn’t see the efforts made
by the individuals that train hard.
To me, this sport called track is
the hardest of all, for it takes that
determination that comes from the
boys themselves. It’s all individual
work. Sometimes in football or oth
er sports where a team of numbers
are participating, an athlete might
not feel like going all the way on
one play and maybe takes it easy
for a play or two. That is done
sometimes and there are no fatal
results, where in track, if a man
lays out for one second, that prob
ably will be the fatal blow that will
mean defeat.
Bill Henderson led the Aggies in
Laredo by taking high point hon
ors and earning his tenth letter in
athletics at Aggielfctnd. Making
the tenth letter sets a new record
at Aggieland, for it is the first
time in the school’s history that
any one man has taken part in
sports and earned that number of
letters. Bill only worked out for
track a couple or three times and
then took first place in the javelin
event. Henderson threw the rod a
distance of 182 feet and the prom
ising athlete will be slinging it
around in the conference meet pret
ty soon and will stand a good
chance of taking honors there.
Not only is he a trackman but
at the same time, Bill is working
out for the swimming team and
will be going to Austin Saturday
to take part in the conference meet.
Incidentally, the swimming team
has a good eye on the title and
will be the favorites to carry away
the honors in that sport.
Pete Watkins was another lead
er for the Aggies in their victory
• (See KYLE FIELD, page 4)
Aggie Nine Prepares for Week
End Series With Randolph Here
Sixteen Games Have
Been Planned For Ags
The Texas Aggie baseball team
will face its first test of tough
competition Friday afternoon on
Kyle Field when they clash with
the Randolph Field Flyers in the
first of two game series to be
played this week-end on Kyle
Field. This will be the first game
for the Aggies .in a schedule of
sixteen games which include eight
non-conference games against ar
my teams and eight conference
games. Coach Norton is trying to
schedule two more non-conference
games with teams that will parti
cipate in The Houston Semi-Px - o
Baseball tournament.
The Aggies face a tough sched-
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Pete Watkins Jumps 6 Feet 7Vi Inches;
Henderson Takes High Point Honors With 8
Entering their first meet of the season, the Aggie track
team rolled back the University of Texas team to take the
Border Olympics staged at Laredo last Friday afternoon.
With Pete Watkins and Bill Henderson leading the Ag
gies’ assalt, the Cadets upset the pre-meet dope and turned
the tide their way by stacking up a 32-29 count against the
strong favorite Texas team.
► Pete Watkins, All-American Ag
gie high jumper, cleared the 6 foot
7 inch mark to set a new Border
Olympics record which was one
inch better than the mark set by
Cox of Texas during the 1940 meet.
All-around athlete Bill Hender
son led the Aggies by taking high
point man of the meet with a total
of eight points. Bill took first place
in the javelin throw with a dis
tance of 182 feet. The mark was
just three feet better than the
javelin man of Texas; Wiley Cheat-
han.
In the high school division,
Thomas Jefferson of San Antonio
ran true to form by taking its
third straight title and setting two
new records. The Jefferson team
made the 440-yard relay in 44.8
seconds, just one tenth of a second
under the same team the year be
fore; while Bradford ran the half-
mile in 2:06.1.
In the new division of the meet,
the military, Hondo Navigation
Flying school took the first berth
with Brooks Field coming in sec
ond, followed by Laredo Army Air
Field taking third place. Highlight
of the event came when William
Pope of Columbus Mississippi Fly
ing Field, a former athlete of T.
C. U., represented his school as a
one-man team. Although he racked
in 15 points, his school took fourth
place. Moore Field came in fifth.
Results:
College - University Division—
440-yard dash, won by Barcena,
Howard Payne; second, Battin of
A. & M.; third, Wilson of S. W.
S. T. C.; fourth, Ellsworth of Tex
as. Time, 50 seconds.
High jump: won by Pete Wat
kins of A. & M., 6 feet 7 inches;
broke record held by Cox who
jumped 6 feet 6 inches in 1940.
120-yard high hurdles: won by
Tate of Oklahoma A. & M.; sec
ond, Douglas Jacques of Texas;
third, Nichols of Oklahoma A. &
M.; fourth, Womack of North Tex
as State. Time, 14.8 seconds.
100-yard dash: won by Metcalf
of Oklahoma A. & M.; second,
Bridges of Howard Payne; third,
Thorpe of Texas. Time, 10 seconds
flat.
Discus throw: Williams of S. W.
S. T. C. first with 127 feet, 11
inches; second, H. B. Pendleton
of Texas with 127 feet, 2% inches;
third, Jacques of Texas with 125
feet, 10% inches; fourth, Hender
son of A. & M. with 125 feet, 9%
inches.
Military division: obstacle race
—won by Jackson of Brooks Field;
second, Pope of Columbus, Miss.,
Army Flying School; third, Greser
of Laredo Army Flying Field.
Time, 4.9 seconds.
Shot put—won by Gehley of La
redo Army Air Field with 38 feet,
5% inches; second, Sanchek of
Laredo Army Air Field with 37
feet, 11 inches; third, Alston of
(See TRACK, Page 4)
Golf Players Are
Urged To Take Part
In 72 Hole Playoff
Aggie golfers who are interested
in making the Aggie Golf Team
will have to report to Jack Lee,
coach of the team, at the Bryan
Country Club before Sunday,
March 21st, and play for elimena-
tions.
Those reporting to Coach Lee
will take a 72 hole total, and the
four top men will go to Houston
the last of this month to play Rice.
Although the prospects look pret
ty good, every man is needed that
can play golf. You will also get a
P. E. credit.
The team will make a total of
four trips and will play the con
ference meet in Houston, May 8
and 9.
Two veteran lettermen are re
turning which are Tommy Howell
and Hank Wahrmund. Prospects
are Bobby Jackson, Bill Jones, W.
F. Juliff, Jimmy Gardner, Tommy
Carlile, and Charles Henning.
The dates of the following games
have not as yet been set, but will
be played in the near future. The
games are: Rice in Houston, Bay
lor in Waco, S.M.U. in Dallas, and
Texas here.
ule ahead but all indications are
that they will come out on the
wide end of the conference race.
They have been practicing hard
(See AGGIE NINE, page 4)
Aggie Baseball Schedule
March 19-20 — Randolph
Field at College Station.
March 26-27 — Rice at
College Station.
March 31-April 1 — Ran
dolph Field at San Antonio.
April 2-3 — Duncan Field
at San Antonio.
April 9-10 — Texas at
Austin.
April 16-17 — Rice at
Houston.
April 23-24 — Duncan Field
at College Station.
April 30-May 1 — Texas
at College Station.
Prospective games to be
played during the week of
April 5 and April 12 at
College Station are under
consideration.
Battalion Sports
Tuesday Morning, March 16, 1943
Page 3
Cadet Swim Team Preps for Conference
Meet in Austin Saturday; Ags Eye Title
INTRAMURALS
By
John Stout
High School Athletics May Secure
Gasoline For Travel To Sport Events
With the news that supplemen
tary gasoline would be issued pri
vate cars, the Texas High school
Interscholastic League association
received a boost in spirits, for if
such a ruling be passed, a system
could satisfactorily be worked out
so that operation of the far-flung
league could be successfully con
tinued.
Indications were strong that the
O.P.A. would relent on its strict
rules and allow such privately op
erated vehicles as would be quali
fied to receive supplementary gas
oline to carry young athletes to the
sites,of their contests.
All this came as a result of a
meeting between O.P.A. and rep
resentatives from Texas and four
other states. J. W. Edgar of
Orange, president of the Texas
Association of School Administra
tors, said he considered it likely
that the ruling would be passed,
although no official statement has
yet been made. The request for
the use of school buses was turned
down, as it was decided that pri
vate cars were more conservative
O.D.T., army, navy, and educa
tional heads were all present at
the conference, where the emphasis
on the value of physical fitness
was stressed, especially in the high
schools.
Rice Gagers Prep
For Madison Square
Garden Tourney
In preparation for the Madison
Square Garden Tournament, the
Rice Owls are now playing a two
game series with the Sam Houston
Bearkats. In the first game the
Owls took the Bearkats by a 62-47
but the game was more thrilling
than it seemed. Bill Tom Gloss,
lanky Rice center, tallied 29 points
to top all scorers for the night.
Tonight the Owls meet the Bear
kats in the second game of the
two game series and the Owls are
heavily favored to take the second
game.
At the Garden Tournament the
Rice Owls will have the honor of
holding down the high scoring 6-
foot, 10 inch center of the St. John
sharpshooters from Brooklyn. This
boy, Harry Boykoff, erased every
record from the scoring books of
the Garden when he hit the bucket
for 45 points. Boykoff also ran
away with individual scoring hon
ors in that sector of the East.
(See GAGERS, page 4)
Next Monday the intramural
volleyball sports activities will be
gin. This year, things will be
different than they have been, in
softball. There will only be one
division. Almost the exact set up
in volleyball as in softball now,
will be used; however, games may
be played at two different times
of the day. This has not been de
termined as yet due to the fact
that the schedules have not been
completed. Each team will play 8
or 9 games in its league before
•the champion of the league will be
announced.
The basketball courts recently
constructed should be ready for
use around the middle of the week.
There are 15 new courts and they
are looking good. At least they
will be a change from the cross
country. Oh, yes, that Commando-
course seems to be too good. At
least that is what is being pass
ed around from those who have
already been over it.
The play-offs for the indiv
idual leagues in speedball being
held this week in most of the lea
gues. Schedules are already being
planned for the championship
through all combination of possible
winners of the individual leagues.
Listed below are the top three
teams in each individual league.
You can see for yourself that
nothing yet is certain.
♦Note: 1st column-standing, 2nd
team, 3rd percentage of the games
won.
Speedball
League A
1
M Inf.
1.000
2
A Field
.600
2
C Eng.
.600
League B
1
B Inf.
.876
2
3rd Hq. Field
.834
3
2nd Hq Field
.760
League C
1
C Inf.
1.000
2
6th CHQ (4th)
.500
2
A Coast
.500
League D
1
G Field
1.000
1
C CWS
1.000
(See INTRAMURALS, Page 4)
Sports Squi'bs
By
John Stout
This last week was a week of
victories for the Aggies. First of
all the Aggie Polo team downed
the Lamesa team 5-3. Next the
Aggie Swimmers drowned the
Longhorns in a return dual en
gagement here. Then Friday the
Aggies, seemingly down with no
hopes for any victories whatso
ever, not only beat the favored
Longhorns in the Laredo Border
Olympics but won the College or
University Division of the Olym
pics. Say, maybe we’ve got some
thing here.
Incidentally, that 6 ft. 7 inch
jump that Pete Watkins made last
week at the Border Olympics at
Laredo v/on’t look so high if you
see it in a picture unless sdVne-
body else is standing by the pit,
for Pete is nearly that tall him
self.
You’ll be hearing more about
Joe Vajdos later on during this
spring track season. That 1:57.3
winning time in the 880 run at
Laredo was just a start for him.
You may look like you can beat
him if you are running against,
him, but, brother just try to pass
him.
Down here in Texas we say that
we have some pretty good athletes.
We do, and its more than Texans
that think so. Well,' anyway, they
are good enough to invade the
West Point Boxing team. William
McGlothlin from Corsicana was
elected lately the captain of the
army boxing team.
Representing the Aggies when
golf goes into action this season
when we tackle Rice at Houston,
Baylor at Waco, SMU at Dallas,
and the Longhorns here, will be
Tommy Howell, Bob Jackson, Bill
Kones, Charles Sennisges, James
Gardner, and Tommy Carlyle, who
were the winners in the elimina-
a bowling match at the YMCA
links.
Well, it finally took the M. E.
Department to puncture the article
that I wrote in last Saturdays
Batt. In fact, I didn’t know so
many Profs read my—(well call
it what you like), especially my
own Profs, too. Not only they but
the whole corps every afternoon
and morning seem to agree with
them when they say that only
useless work is being done.
One lonely Sailor named Bob—
had to cary the load for his mates
last Saturday night when he was
bombarded by three Air Corps
boys, Gene, Tom, and Don, in
a bowling match at the YMCA.
Alleys. Since the Air Corps have
moved in very few Aggies and
Sailors have been seen around
the alleys. This maybe because the
air corps boys just have to step
out of their back doors and the al
leys occupied.
Oh, well, back to this lonely gob
and the three young roosters
sprouting wings. The sailor got
off to a bad start in the first
square with only 9 points. The
airminded boys had 7, 15, and 8.
With a spare in the second rack
the sailor was only two points be
hind the high scoring airmen who
had 26 points, which resulted from
a strike.
A little tough luck or the lucky
streak of the air boys made the
sailor drop with a tie for last place
with 57 points in the 5th rack.
However, with 2 consecutive spares
in the 6th and 7th, he quickly
gained the lead in the eighth. He
had 103 while the soldiers 86, 92
95. Don had the lead this time for
the newcomers.
From this point on, the man
dressed in blue never made any ex
ceptional plays. His final score—
120. Gene ended with 103 for last
place. Tom, just missing a strike
on his last rack ended in 3rd place
with 110. Don came in second with
112.
Even though the sailor was out
numbered, this is one time that
he took care of himself . . . with
the air corps.
Aggie To Try And
Take Title From TU
Who Had It 12 Years
By Thomas Boog
Texas Aggies are hot on the
trail of the Southwest Conference
swimming championship, and it
looks as if Texas, winner of the
title for the past twelve years, has
at last come up against a team
too good for them. In two meets
already this season, the Aggies
have come out on top, once at Aus
tin against the Longhorns and in
the last meet here at P. L. Downs
Natatorium, also against the
Steers. For the past nine years,
the Aggies have proved to be a
consistent runner-up team to the
Longhorns, but it seems that at
last Coach Art Adamson has gath
ered together a team of swimmers
that should really go places.
The showdown between these
two teams will take place March
20 when they clash at Austin for
the Southwest Conference tourna
ment. Only two other teams, Bay
lor and S.M.U. will be represented
in the meet, and they with only a
few men. However, Baylor has in
U. A. Young, a diver of promise,
and if he should defeat Texas’ Carl
Quaintance it would help the Ag
gies greatly.
Quaintance, along with Joe Dem-
mer, will be leading the Longhorns
attack, and each is to be counted
on for a few points. However,
Adamson has in Danny Green a
man that is rated by experts as
the best swimmer in the confer
ence. Helping him along will be
such able swimmers as Bob Cowl
ing, favored to take the breast
stroke, and George Heanie, who
should cop the back-stroke. The
medlay relay and the individual
relay are also likely to be won by
the Aggies. Green is favored in
the 440 and 220 events.
The 440 yard free-style relay,
won by the Texas team of Dem-
mer, Bill Johnson, Walter Dappe,
and Ed Seidell in the meet here at
A&M are favored to repeat in this
event, but the Aggies may spring
a surprise on them and cop that
too. At ary rate, it is pretty safe
to say that the Aggie team should
splash its way to a well earned
and deserved Conference Cham
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