Battalion Sports
Tuesday Morning, March 30, 1943 Page 3
Cadet Track Team To Take Active Part
In Texas Relays In Austin Saturday
Aggies Take Sense of Humor Along
As They Enter Uncle Sam’s Family
“Ole Army” has changed to
■“New Army” since this present 7th
class private pecked this typewriter
trying to inform some of the sports
fans around the campus about the
Aggie athletics. But from this cor
ner to many others, it’s fine to be
in the G. Ls and know that you
are one small part of the greatest
army in the world.
Many things have come about
since we left here to enter the
service, but there were some things
that happened that are worth the
space, although they do not per
tain to sports directly.
It’s not always an athletic team
that carries the good name of a
higher educational institution, for
the men that never reach the spot
light in the sports world have much
to do with the reputation of their
school.
This soldier just got back from
Fort Sam Houston last Sunday
afternoon and has been out of cir
culation for the past week as far
as the sports world is concerned.
But this rookie along with many
others found out that this war is
a pretty big affair. In the midst
of all of it, you Texas Aggies car
ried your name and what it stands
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I guess most of you have listened
in on some of the sessions around
here since the 7th class privates
hit the campus, but I’m going to
spread it around a little more and
give you the picture as was seen
from the second stoop of barracks
number 2, Reception Center, Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. To be honest
that’s all I know about at present.
After this past week, and a very
enjoyable one at that, the boys
with the short hair cuts and plenty
of patience that they had a chance
to use, know three or four things
very well. You get in a conversa
tion with them and if they don’t say
“Put’t in the ‘A’ Bag” or “Line up
in column by fours” they are tired
of hearing it after so many times.
This buck private has been look
ing up a lot of addresses that he
owes letter to in order to make use
of the free mail deal. But the trou
ble comes when you have to write
the same thing over and over, so I
started using carbon copies and
then got the idea I would write it
up in the paper and then send them
a copy. Also a lot of the fellows
get tired of telling the same tales
over and over and this might give
the guys a rest.
Understand that this is a per
sonal opinion of the induction pic
ture, although there are some that
have the same image.
The non-coms of Company “B”
started out to be pretty rough and
the Aggies thought that the ordeal
of getting into the army was go
ing to be slightly tough. After a
little time and the nature of the
Cadets started soaking through,
things began to take on a different
color.
Ralph B. Monaco, better known
to the Aggies that were at Fort
Sam as “Colonel,” “Chief of Staff”,
“Poncho,” or “Monotonous,” was
the target for all their monkey
business. Carrying their antics
with them, the Ags started off
with a small box of Grape Nuts
(See KYLE FIELD, page 4)
By Albert Goodell
Another few weeks and it will
be “Play Ball” in the majors. A
glance at this season’s rosters
shows the loss of many big names
to the armed services, also the
addition of what seems to be a
bumper crop of rookies. The issue
of the day is the age old “Who’ll
be on top in October?” No opinion
is worth your hocking your radio
to bet on it, but here is one indi
vidual’s forecast of things to come.
The St. Louis Browns look like
the surprise team of the majors
and seem to be in line for their
first pennant. In addition to prac
tically all of last year’s third place
squad they have some excellent
newcomers, including Bill Sein-
soth, hurler with 24-10 at New Or
leans last year, Bob Dillinger,
speedy infielder from Toledo, and
Floyd Baker, up from the San An
tonio Missions.
The New York Yankees and Bos
ton’s Red Sox, one-two in the
Henderson, Watkins
To Lead Aggies In
Sixteenth Session
Austin, Texas, March 29.—The
outdoor track and field gentry,
given to dishporting itself in stren
uous undertakings and endurance
tests of one variety and another,
converges on Austin and the Uni
versity of Texas Memorial Stadium
Saturday, April 3, for the Six
teenth Running of the Texas Re
lays.
Born in an era before track and
field was considered really manly,
the Relays have come to be the
outstanding outdoor sports attrac
tion on the Southwest’s spring
program, gaining attention sur
passing even the Southwest Con
ference’s bitterly contested cham
pionships which follow it by a full
month.
Minus many of the big names
of other years—^they’re in the
armed services now, and many of
them are far from relay fields—
this year’s show was continued be
cause colleges and high schools
told Clyde Littlefield, University
track coach and director of the
Relays, that if Texas closed down,
everyone else would, too. Then the
armed forces stamped their ap
proval and announced some of their
men would participate. That was
all Littlefield was waiting for.
And Littlefield believes he’s go
ing to have one of the most closely-
contested shows in history.
The 27-event program starts off
with relays and finishes with re
lays, but several intervening spe
cial events will attract wide atten
tion as furnishing some idea on
the future outcome of the South
west’s nip and tuck track and field
championships.
University class favorites in the
relays are Oklahoma A. & M. Col
lege, Louisiana State University
and the University of Texas, with
Oklahoma riding as a dark horse.
The Oklahoma Aggies are defi
nitely concentrating on reducing
the record in a university mile re
lay event which hasn’t seen a new
mark since Chicago set the current
3:18.4 in 1929 and L.S.U. equalled
it in 1940. East Texas State Teach
ers figure they’ll take a crack at
the one-mile relay record in the
college division, a mark which
North Texas set in 1940 at 3:18.3.
The Denton Eagles will be back to
protect their rights, however, and
Howard Payne College of Brown-
wood figures to come in for con
sideration.
Don Frye of Texas A. & M., his
team-mate, Jim Battin, and A1 Bar-
cena of Howard Payne figure to be
top quarter milers in the meet, but
their work will be centered in the
mile relay events, since the 440
(See TRACK TEAM, Page 4)
American loop last year, have been
hit hard. The Yanks are minus
Joe DiMaggio, Joe Gordon, Red
Rolfe, Johnny Sturm, et al. Al
though they are bringing up some
good looking rookies and may give
St. Louis quite a battle, second
place seems to be their lot.
The Red Sox will probably slump
this year because of the loss of
Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and
Dom DiMaggio. They haven’t pitch
ing or hitting this round and look
like fourth place, behind Cleveland.
Detroit is anxiously waiting to
get a look at their $45,000 prize,
Dick Wakefield, who promises to
be the freshman of the year. Re
gardless of his success, Detroit Ti
gers, fifth.
Chicago, Washington, and Phila
delphia have little to offer in the
way of serious competition and
should round out the league in that
order.
In the senior circuit the World
Champion St. Louis Cardinals have
a decided edge. The loss of Terry
Moore and others should be offset
by such players as Harry Brecheen,
ace portsider from Columbus,
“Blix” Donnelly, who struck out
304 in the Western Association in
’41 and won 21 games at Sacra
mento last year, and Lou Klein,
infielder from Columbus.
The Bums from Brooklyn are
second best again. Peewee Reese
and Pete Reiser are in G. I., which
leaves the destiny of the team in
the hands of the older boys. Leo
Durocher will be back at short-
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Major League Hampered
By Call To Service Of Stars
Thinly-Clad Aggies Lose To
Rice Here Saturday Afternoon
Aggie Nine Takes To Road
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As Cadets Meet Randolph
And Duncan At San Antonin
Les Peden Moved To First
Base To Aid In Fielding Power
Cadets Faced Owls Without Services
Of Watkins, and Other Regular Stars
Rice Owls opened its track season Saturday at Kyle
Field by nosing out the Aggies 62 to 60 in a dual meet. In
spite of the absence of Pete Watkins, Richardson, Springer,
Montgomery, Crompton, and Martin, the Aggie trackmen
did well and offered plenty of competition.
By Ruben R. Caro Costas
Coach Homer Norton’s Texas
Aggie baseball team will hit the
road Wednesday morning when
they travel to San Antonio for a
four day stand in which they will
see plenty of action against army
teams.
The Aggies, with one eye on
their conference opener against
Rice, will open their stand in San
Antonio Wednesday afternoon in a
clash with Randolph Field, a team
that took the Cadets in stride in
their first two games of this sea
son. They will clash again Thurs
day afternoon, thus ending the
four game series they started two
weeks ago in Kyle Field. The Ca
dets are determined to even the
series with the Flyers by ground
ing them and clipping their wings.
They will wind up in their four day
stand in San Antonio by engaging
Duncan Field Friday night and
Saturday afternoon. Friday night,
April 2 will be the first test for
the Aggies under lights as they
have never played under such con
ditions, but the Cadets are deter
mined to make this trip a success
ful one after their setbacks earlier
in the season.
Coach Norton has made a few
changes in the cadet nine in order
to give the needed hitting power
they needed so much, and which
was the main cause of the Cadets’
defeats in their first two games.
Well, finally the speedball cham
pionship will be resumed next
week. Most of the Leagues have
decided upon a champion for its
league last week in the final week
of the scheduled games. However,
there are a couple of leagues tfiat
have still run-offs to play. Here
is a story of one of them. I have
told you something about them
before when they were tied for
first place in the league with no
games won. This is League D that I
am speaking of. The three teams
three weeks ago had no losses. They
were B Replacement Center, G
Field, and C CWS. In the first
deciding game G Field beat B
Replacement Center 3-0. This seam
ed to put B Replacement Center
out of the race and it was between
G Field and C CWS. When they
played C CWS stopped the Artil
lerymen in the closing minutes of
play, 8-2. It looked as though the
Chem Warfare boys were heading
for glory and fame (at least with
in League D). They went into the
game against B Replacement Cen
ter with pride because they had
just the day before heated by a one
sided score the team that beat the
Replacement Center’s down and
out team. The Center hanging on
their last thread for hopes on the
league championship finally chang
ed that thread of hope into a wire,
then a cable and finally to a
stop. Vaughan, Herman, and Ca-
milli will round out the inner gar
den. Harold Peck, an outfielder, is
the only important new face on the
team.
The New York Giants and the
Cincinnati Reds should run a good
race for third, with New York tak
ing the edge. Each has a new out
fielder worth attention, Sid Gor
don of the Giants and Francis Kel-
leher of the Reds.
The Cubs will be their regular
in and out selves this year. Fifth
is their spot. Pittsburgh, Boston,
and Philadelphia are expected to
follow uneventfully in that order.
For better or for worse here’s a
summary:
American
National
League
League
1.
St. Louis
St. Louis
2.
New York
Brooklyn
3.
Cleveland
New York
4.
Boston
Cincinnati
5.
Detroit
Chicago
6.
Chicago
Pittsburgh
7.
Washington
Boston
8.
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Les Peden, all-conference third
sacker, has been moved from his
position on the “hot corner” to
cover first base, as the Aggies
were faced with a big problem in
finding a suitable player who could
move around that position with
ease and ability. In Peden the Ag
gie mentor believes he has the man
he has been looking for. The job
of filling the shoes of Les Peden
in the hot corner has been turned
over to Smith, a player that saw
action in the first two games for
the Aggies as a first baseman.
Alba Etie, fiery little freshman
and who was expected to see plenty
of action as a backstop, has been
converted to an outfielder. His
ability to hit has been one of the
main reasons Norton moved him
to chase flies in the right field
position.
With the above changes in the
Cadet nine the Aggies will have a
well balanced team. Their hitting
power will show improvement the
same as their fielding.
Probable Aggie nine lineup:
Newberry, s.s.
Daniels, ci.
Glass, 2b.
Peden, lb.
Rogers, l.f.
Etie, r.f.
Smith, 3b.
W. Carden, c.
“Smokey” Carden, p.
point that they were so determin
ed that they defeated the Chem
ists, and only leading to a bit more
confusion. The three same teams
are tied for first place again, all
having the same number of games
won and the same number of games
lost. Here’s hope that they don’t
get tied up again. I for one would
like for this speedball champion
ship to get ovej-way as soon as
possible.
Steer Cagers
Defeated In
NCAA Finals
The Texas Longhorns were de
feated by Wyoming University,
58-54, in the championship finals
of the western regional NCAA bas
ketball playoff last Saturday night
at Kansas City.
Hargis, of Texas, made tourna
ment history while trying to keep
the Texans in front by looping 11
field goals and seven free throws
for a total of 29 points during the
game. Counting the two games
that Texas played; Hargis made
59 points, which beats last years
record, set by Jim Pollard of Stan
ford.
At the end of the first half, the
Longhorns were leading, 33-27,
led by Hargis with 20 points. The
Rocky Mountain champions didn’t
take the lead until seven minutes
after the half, and then it was tie
for the remaining of the game,
with Wyoming holding a two ©r
three point lead. Fouls became
numerous in the closing minutes of
the game, and Wyoming got two
free throws which closed the game
58-54.
The women’s service corps at
Washington State college has 123
members who are being fitted for
membership in auxiliaries of the
armed forces.
Danny Green
Takes Third In
Swim Meet In Ohio
Danny Green, Texas Aggie swim
ming ace added another colorful
chapter to his swimming history
last Friday night When he placed
third in the 1500 meters event in
the National Swimming meet held
in Ohio last week-end. Nakama
was the winner in this event as
was the winner last year in the
same meet. As you remember Dan
ny went last year and placed third
in the 1500 and 880 yards events,
the winner being Nakama, a na
tive from Hawaii now a student
in Ohio U.
Danny Green is considered to be
the best swimmer in the Southwest
by many experts and is the prize
swimmer of the Aggie swimming
coach, Art Adamson. He holds the
440 and 220 yard free style events
in the Southwest Conference and
was high point man in the confer
ence meet held March 20 in Aus
tin.
He still has two more years of
eligibility and before he is through,
be will bring fame to Aggieland in
the water sport.
Tall Cagers Will Not
Have As Much Advantage
In New Official Ruling
The tall boys of basketball will
be seriously curtailed of the ad
vantage they hold over the shorter
men if the rule that is now plan
ned to be inserted in the rule book
is passed by the National Basket
ball Committee. Among the many
experimental rules now planned to
be inserted will be one that is def
initely designed to take away the
tall players advantage.
These rules have not as yet
found their way into the rule book,
but plans for their use to some
extent in next years basketball
season is already underway. Their
plan is to merely use the rules ex
perimentally, but if they prove
adaptable, they will be added to
next years set of rules. Aiming at
the advantage the big fellows have,
the authorities set forth the new
ruling that the ball could not be
touched on its downward arc after
a try for goal. This will prove a
major handicap to many teams, as
many of their points come as a re
sult of goals that were tipped in
by their tall men reaching above
Bill Cummins of Rice was high
point man with 15 points, Christo
pher, from Rice also, followed with
14^ points; Bill Henderson, Aggie
star, made 13 points by winning
the shot put, javelin, and second in
the high jump.
Joe Vajdos of A.&M. ran the
880-yard run in comparatively bet
ter time than any of the other
trackmen’s events. His time was
1:55.5.
Due to a slightly soggy track
from recent rains, the 100-yard
dash’s time was slow—10.2 for
first place by Williams of the
Owls.
One of the outstanding highlights
of the meet was A.&M.’s Maddox
and Garrett’s two mile run, in
which both succeeded in over-lap
ping two Rice runners by a lap
and a half. Maddox and Garrett
held a strong lead, running side by
side till the seventh lap, then
Maddox crept into the lead, and
won with 10:25.7 time. Garrett
previously had run second in the
one mile earlier in the meet.
Frye, running full speed and al
most sprinting, won the 440 dash,
with Battin coming in second. Both
are Aggie regulars.
Statistics
100-yard dash: won by Williams,
Rice; Scott, A.&M., second. Time:
10.2.
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the heads of their opponents.
Other experiments were planned
out which would greatly change
the game. They are to permit un
limited substitution during the
game, whereas before a player was
allowed to sub in only twice in a
game, and to permit no free
throws on a double foul, but to let
the fouls eliminate each other,
and then have a jump ball at the
point of the foul. There were also
to be some changes in equipment,
such as lessening the size of the
backboard and net, and increasing
the thickness of the net coard and
the hoop rim.
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budget for the 1943-45 biennium
totals $8,682,225.
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Experimental Changes Planned For
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