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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, 1944 THE BATTALION PAGE 5\ Ag Swimmers Win Southwest AAU Meet Adamson’s Tankers Score 54 Points; M. S. Escobar Individual Standout Coach Art Adamson’s Aggie swimmers swam off with the laur els at the Southwestern AAU Swimming Meev Saturday at Lake Cliff pool in Dallas. The Aggies massed a total of 54 points in dominating the field. Total points for the other entries were: Dallas Athletic Club, 20; Fort Worth Y, 8; 33rd Infantry, 84th Division, Camp Claiborne, 6; University Park, 2; and White Rock, 2. M. S. Escobar of A. & M. was the high scorer of the meet being first in three events. Event winners were: 440-Yard Free Style: M. S. Es cobar (A&M), Frank Eastman, (A&M), Jimmy Gaines (White Rock). Time: 5:40. 200-Yard Breast Stroke: Max Weller (33rd Infantry); J. S. Hol- lingshead (A&M); Bob Hill (Dal las Athletic Club); Bobby Jones, (A&M). Time: 3:03. 100-Yard Back Stroke: Joe Mc Cracken, (DAC); Self (A&M). Time: 1:10.6. Fancy Diving: Carl Loock (Ft. Worth), 146.1; Bullett Manale (Ft. Worth), 137.6; Skippy Browning (University Park), 135.5. 100-Yard Free Style: Escobar, LOUPOT’S Watch Dog of the Aggies (A&M); Pat Rose (DAC); J. P. Westervelt (A&M); Henry Kirk patrick (33rd Infantry). Time: 1:03.2. 150-Yard Individual Medley: Self (A&M, Jones (A&M), West ervelt (A&M). Time 2:03.5. 220-Yard Free Style: Escobar, (A&M), Self (A&M), Eastman (A&M), E. G. Baltadano (unat tached). Time: 2:33.1. 300-Yard Medley Relay: DAC (McCracken, Hill, Rose); A&M (Jones, Hollingshead, • Matthews). Tim6: 3:42.1. —DEAN— (Continued from paige 1) of the U. M. C. A., and valedic torian were some of his other hon ors. Immediately after leaving Cor nell in 1902, he came here as an instructor and was made Head of the Horticulture Department in 1905 and later Dean of the School of Agriculture when it was creat ed in 1911. At that time there were four departments and three hundred students in this school, while today there are fifteen de partments and over 2400 students in 1942. It has been the largest agricultural school in the world for the past decade and has gained national recognition in its develop ment of the economic or business side of agriculture. Being the first person to advo cate the teaching of agriculture in the public schools of Texas, it is appropriate that Kyle should also LET US SUPPLY YOUR SCHOOL NEEDS Pocket Slide Rules Professional Grade Drawing Equipment Wrico Lettering Sets COLLEGE BOOK STORE At North Gate BICYCLE OWNERS Let THE STUDENT CO OP STORE Be Your HEADQUARTERS We have any part that goes to make your bicycle run, We will also buy your books, campaign hats, and drawing equipment. . THE STUDENT CO-OP STORE — One Block East of North Gate — Ed Garner, Graduate, ’38 Aggies and Future Aggies Shine in Annual Game Aggie coaches Homer Norton and Lil Dimmitt had just cause to be pleased with the showing of Aggies and future Aggies at the annual Texas High School All Star game which was played in Wichita Falls last week. Eight of the foot ballers who took part in that dream game have reported that they will be wearing the Maroon and White this fall. Gene Spires, scat back from Abi-* lene was the big gun for the North, scoring their lone touch down and kicking the extra point. Most writers agreed he showed up better than Bobby Layne of High land Park, Dallas, who was slated to be the North’s star. Paul Yates, the big back from Amon Carter-Riverside of Fort Worth, got off the longest run of the game when he returned the kickoff opening the third period 59 yards. Harold Buckner, center from Cleburne High School, played a jam up game at the pivot position for the Southerners. Spires, Buckner, and Yates are already enrolled at A. & M., and took part in the summer drills. The other boys who participated in this game and who will be at Aggieland this fall cannot be named here. be the author of the state adopted text on agriculture for the public schools, and joint author of a high school text. He has published num erous bulletins on fruits and vege tables and also made many ad dresses. Because he has been connected with all phases of education, he was selected by the Bureau of Education in Washington to direct the educational work in the survey of the landgrant colleges which was ordered by Congress. He also aid ed in the establishment of the Fish and Game Department and the For estry Division here at A. & M. As vice-chairman of the board of di rectors in the Farm Credit Ad ministration at Houston, he has a voice in the largest financial insti tution in the state. In 1941 Kyle made a flying four- months good will visit to Central and South American countries un der the auspices of the Council of National Defense. Mexico, Nicara gua, Costa Rica, Panama, Vene zuela, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia were the countries visited. He wrote to the Latin American men who had attended | A. & M. and was able to renew acquaintances with many of them. Kyle and athletics at A. & M. have gone hEfhd in hand since be fore the turn of the century when he 'was a member of the track team. Since returning here to serve on the faculty in 1902, he has been -connected with the Athletic Council and has been chairman of the coun cil since 1937. When he took over these duties, there was a debt of Intramurals Softball—League A Organization Won Lost A Company 6 0 G Battery 2 3 B Company 5 1 C Company 1 6 F Battery 0 6 D Company 5 2 E Troop 2 2 Softball—League B Organization Won Lost A Battery 4 1 Band 3 3 G Company 3 3 B Battery 4 1 C Battery 1 6 F Company 3 3 D Troop . 3 3 Basketball—League A Organization Won Lost C Battery 2 1 A Battety 1 2 F Company 1 1 D Troop / 0 2 B Company 3 0 C Company 0 2 D Company 1 0 Basketball—League B Organization Won Lost B Battery 5 0 G Company 0 3 F Battery 2 1 G Battery 1 2 A Company 2 0 Band 0 2 E Troop 0 2 Volleyball—League A Organization Won Lost E Troop 2 1 F Battery 1 1 G Company 1 1 A Battery 0 2 D Company 1 0 C Battery 0 0 Band 0 0 Volleyball—League B Organization Won Lost F Company 1 1 G Battery 1 2 A Company 2 1 C Company 2 0 D Troop 1 1 B Battery 0 1 B Company 0 1 Company Defeats Officers, 14 to 8 The Commissioned Officers took it on the chin again on the softball diamond, this time losing to C Com- pany by the score of 14 to 8 Fri- day evening. The “Bulls” were leading until the sixth inning when the cadets went on a scoring spree and went ahead. The Officers rallied in the last inning but were unable to pull the game out of the fire. For the first five innings the contest was an evenly fought af- fair, but it developed into a slug- fest in the final stages. The dia- | mond was rather soggy as a re- sule of the rain which fell earlier in the afternoon. $206,000.00 against the stadium, but this was erased five years later. As part of his work, he established and developed the ath- letic field which bears his name, Kyle Field. Tennis—League A . Organization A Battery B Company C Battery D Company G Company F Company E Troop Tennis—League B Organization A Company B Battery C Company D Troop G Battery Band F Battery Won Lost 5 0 0 2 4 0 2 3 Won Lost 2 2 1 0 2 6 4 1 SPORT SHIRTS with the High-Low Collar For all summer or all fall season, men are wearing more Sport Shirts. 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