THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 8, 1945
THE BATTALION
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First Round Play Starts In Horseshoes, Handball, Basketball
F Battery Impressive In Initial
Basketball. Handball Sessions
Handball
A Co. Tops E Troop
In the first handball game of
the semester, the A Company in
fantrymen—Wyble and Longsierre
representing the outfit—eked out
a two-game series in doubles over
D. A. Ballard and F. D. Yturria of
E Troop, score 17-15, 16-14. In the
lone singles game of the combined
singles and doubles %ilt, Fox of
A Company triumphed over A. M.
Withers of E Troop, score 15-5, and
15-2.
A Battery Loses to F Battery
Schumacher and Nizales, both of
F Battery, took Monday after
noon’s handball game with A Bat
tery in winning both of the singles
events while their doubles team of
M. D. Bunnett and M. Stravole-
mos dropped the doubles event to
the A Batterymen by succeeding in
only winning one of the three dou
bles games that were played. It
was the first game which they won
—by a score of 15-11. The A Bat
terymen took the other two games,
15-8, and 15-11.
In the singles events, P. W.
Schumacher, representing F Bat
tery, tromped W. G. Boon of A
Battery in a two-game series, 15-2,
and 15-5.
Mizales of F Battery next
scored a 15-6, 15-2 triumph over
J. J. Vela of A Battery to secure
for his batterymen the other sin
gles event.
D Co. Trounces B Co.
In Wednesday’s lone handball
contest, the D Company infantry
men took the B Company infantry
men to the cleaners by grabbing
both the singles events but drop
ping the doubles events.
In one singles game, Wilson of
D Company bested Schuman of B
Company in winning the first, 15-
6, and the third, 15-11, while Schu
man took the second, 15-9.
In the other singles game, Tom
of D Company took the event 15-
10, 15-7 over Jeu of B Company
to make it a dual singles win for
the D Company infantrymen.
The doubles were won by Moran
and Denton of B Company playing
a duet of Davis and Walker of D
Company.
Basketball
C Battery Topples C Co.
M. H. Abelow’s hard-scrapping
C Company infantrymen, with a
starting lineup of Scheaffer, Gil
bert, Foster, Drouet, and Epps,
succumbed to a consistent C Bat
tery basket attack led by La Rue
and Wilson late in the third quar
ter to emerge as the victims on
the tail end of a 13-8 final count
in favor of the Batterymen.
Led by Schaeffer, Gilbert, and
Drouet (who showed up exceed
ingly well under the basket), the
infantrymen chalked up several
field goals and a foul shot to take
an early five-point lead; but it
was nullified in the third period
when the pea shooters, sparked by
La Rue and Wilson, ran the final
third period score to 11-6.
Had the infantrymen maintained
their scoring pace, the tables might
have been turned, but their co
ordination seemed to falter some,
late in the tussle.
Band Trounces Frogs
The horntooters’ A. W. Brown
ran rampant in Tuesday’s 4:15 p.
m. game with the hapless Second
Company Frogs. Grabbing six
points before the frog infantry
men had hardly crossed mid-court
and were able to close in on the
horntooters’ basket, the bandmen
had no trouble in staying well
ahead of the infantrymen the rest
of the way. Brown stacked up four
well aimed fielcl goals in the first
half to score one third of the horn
tooters’ total. La Rue was next
highest for the horntooters with
three field goals.
The frogs were simply the under
dogs all the way, racking up only
thirteen points during the entire
play. High point man for the frogs
was Shelton with seven points.
La Roach was high in the fouls
department with four to his credit.
Final count was 23-14, the horn
tooters the victors.
G Co. Whips B Battery
In a wild and woolly tussle, which
found R. C. Prater caressing the
hardwood floor most of the time,
the G Company infantrymen barely
managed to squeeze out a 14-12
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CLOCRIERS
College and Bryan
Aggie Diamondmen Smooth Out Kinks
Conference Chatter
Pete Jones hits one as Vernon Dietz looks on . . . Strickhausen, Retteg, Abraham, Burch, and Matt
hews play a little “papper” . . . Strickhausen goes all the way after high one.
Aggie Diamondmen Rounding Into Shape
For First Game Scheduled Here March 16
All Positions Still
Open For Competition
Prevailing fair weather permit
ted Aggie baseballers to close their
first week of Conference practice
yesterday. Steady two-hour work
outs during the past five after
noons finds all candidates still
hopeful, as the positions on the
Aggie 1945 squad remain unfilled
victory over the peashooters from
B Battery.
The game will have to be char
acterized by the score itself since
nowhere in the game did the floor-
manship show any polish.
In the first half scoring parade
the infantrymen racked up five
points, R. C. Prater and Bowen
each scoring a field goal while
Schulter was low for the infantry
men with a foul shot. High in the
first period for the batterymen
was Brannen and Broyles, each
with a field goal. As the knock
about tussle progressed on into the
third quarter Backer had account
ed for the majority of the paddle-
feet total of 11 points.
With but one minute and 25 sec
onds to go, daggers, showing stel
lar form and precision, attempted
to tie the score up with two field
goals for the batterymen, but time
ran out on them and the tussle
ended 14-12 in favor of the infan
trymen.
F Battery Wins Over F Co.
Although the Wednesday after
noon’s F Battery-F Company tus
sle remained a stalemate most of
the first quarter, it developed into
a har’em, scar’em, fast-moving
feud in the fourth quarter with
little scoring but plenty of fast
action. ✓
The meager first-quarter scor
ing started when Yeargain of the
Batterymen lobbed in a field goal
after four minutes had gone by in
the first period. However, Reitz
then retaliated for the infantry
men when he dropped in a crip
shot in the closing seconds of the
first quarter to tie the ball game
up, 2-2.
The pea shooters first broke the
silence in the second period when
Bell scored on an intercepted pass
play from Brandt. Label then fol
lowed through with another field
goal in the closing minutes of the
first half to place the Batterymen
in an upper berth with a 7-2 lead.
The third quarter was charac
terized by little scoring, Cavitt and
Label counting for the batterymen
with a pair of field goals while
Brandt produced a lone point on a
foul shot for the paddlefeet, but
fourth period play was a fast mov
ing affair and with Bell playing
stellar ball, the peashooters ran
their total to 19 points. Bellamy
counted for the infantrymen in the
closing seconds of the game to ad
vance their total to eight points.
Final count in this tilt was 19-8,
F Battery over B Company.
and, probably will remain so for
the remainder of the week.
Pete Jones has_ focused his indi
vidual attention on sizing up out
standing prospects for infield and
outfield positions. He has been
paying special regard to the field-
Horseshoes
By Dick Dillingham
D Co. Wins Over Frogs
With the clamor of steel and
freshmen “wildcatting,” the intra
mural horseshoe tournament got
under way this week.
D Company made a clean sweep
of their first round Monday after
noon, taking the 2nd Company in
all games. Meadows of D Company
was putting the hook on the pole
repeatedly. With such pitching, the
Frog Company was outclassed all
the way. Johnson of the losing
team did his part, but it was not
enough.
D Company also had some good
men in Garretson, Wood, and Yan-
ders.
D Troop Tops Non-Regs
A much more exciting contest
was going on nearby between D
Troop and Dorm No. 6. These con
tests were often tied up to the
last point. Shining for the non-
regs were Avery and Ivey, while
D Troop put forth Nelson and
Stammes in particular to carry
their colors. D Troop showed abil
ity in their victory. They have a
good ktart to the horseshoe cham
pionship.
Withers Sparks G Battery
To Win Over C Company
Wednesday’s games turned out
to be the best games in the tour
nament. Pitching horseshoes may
not sound very exciting to some,
but Wednesday’s games would
make anyone change their mind,
both contests being tied down to
(See, HORSESHOES, Page 6)
ing abilities of this group as well
as batting strength. Two of the
infield positions will undoubtedly
be filled by returning lettermen,
George Strickhausen (lb), and A1
Retteg (ss); nevertheless, several
other candidates for these positions
show special promise. Larry Ham
ilton, stalky lad from Alamo
Heights in San Antonio, has been
playing “Strick” close and will
probably stand as the relief man
at the first base slot. “Buck” New
som of last season’s squad and A.
Abrahams both show extraordinary
promise at the second base post.
A1 Retteg will no doubt handle
the short-stop spot with little wor
ry of competition. Third base can
be trusted in the hands of “Stubby”
Matthews and L. Byrnes both new
to the Aggie diamond. Unless other
solicitors for these various infield
posts show up with outstanding
potentials in the next few days,
the men mentioned above will be
trusted with them.
Five afternoons of practice
threw no new light on the pitching
position; nevertheless, several men
have shown up with possibilities
of hurling the cadets many a win
this season. Topping this list is
Charlie Smith, dark-eyed fireballer
from Shreveport, La. Smith has
had some previous experience with
softball as well as hard ball. Ster
ling Dietz, Edward Dixon, Billy
Frank, and J. L. Finkler are all
strong contenders for that position.
Dietz has hurled for the American
Legion of Ban Johnson, Kansas;
he hails from McAllen, Texas. Billy
Frank spent four seasons hurling
for Midland High; J. L. Finkler
from Wichita Falls, Texas, and
Edward Dixon from Mexia, both
have pitched for their respecive
high school ball clubs.
Returning from last year’s squad
for a try at the outfield positions
are R. E. Prince and Floyd DeLa-
INTRAMURALS
By R. L. Bynes
The intramurals have begun
with a great deal of enthusiasm
being shown by all concerned.
That’s the way it should be ’ole
army. Even though the intra
murals scheduled for 5 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon did have to be
postponed, some adjustments are
bound to have to be made, so lets
just stay in there and pitch and
see what a success we really can
make of these intramurals this
semester. Incidentally those games
which were postponed are to be
played on some Saturday after
noon or will have to be re-sched
uled for some convenient hour dur
ing the week which those concern
ed can use to the best advantage.
Those five o’clock which were
postponed were B Company and G
Battery in basketball, B Battery
and the Band in handball, First
Company and C Battery in horse
shoe, and H Company and A Bat
tery in horseshoe. Also Wednes
day’s 4:15 game between E Com
pany and E Troop was postponed.
Those D Company infantrymen
finally got their first semester’s
cush Wednesday night thanks to
Wilson and Tom of D Company.
Now don’t misunderstand me ’ole
army, that was merely a pun, be
cause the handball event is almost
entirely a senior sport, (very few
freshmen having practiced hand
ball), and whether the freshmen
win an intramural game or the
seniors win it, it is all in the spirit
of the thing.
By Charlie Weinbaum
Five Teams In Conference
Baseball Race
The baseball outlook for the
Southwest Conference is now shap
ing up better than it has in many
previous years. Five teams will be
on hand to start battling it out
for the championship race which
begins a month hence.
The conference schedule is ar
ranged so that each team will meet
every other team in the conference
three times.
The defending champion this
year will be Texas, and although
they are the pre-season favorites,
they have been weakened consid
erably by the loss of Bobby Layne
and Bob Dalzell. However, they
have two squadmen back in the
Former Swimming
Letterman Killed
Word was received February 20,
1945 that Lewis A. Stein, member
of the Aggie 1942-43 tank teams,
had been killed in action in East
ern France on Januay 8, 1945. He
was serving with Company 1, 399th
Infantry, 100th Division of the
Seventh Army.
Stein was injured in action in
early December and remained in
the hospital until January 1 at
which time he was re-assigned to
his division. Eight days later he
met his fate on the battle fronts
in Alsace, France.
Stein was an active member of
the Aggie swimming team in the
fall of 1942-43. His parents are
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stein of
Brownsville, Texas. He fell along
side many who witnessed the ter
rible set-back of the United States
in December; hence, another has
been added to the list of Aggies
who have made the supreme sac-
rifice on the world battle fronts.
fosse. Harold Prater and A. B.
Strange have been showing up well
in the outfield as well as first rate |
sluggers. About twenty men re- j
main in competition for the three |
outfield posts and continued prac
tice will eliminate all weak pros
pects. Katy and Dietz have both
had catching experience and are
both “likelies” to man that posi
tion behind the bat.
Pete Jones will proceed to work
with the men as he has done for
the next few practices. By the
early part of next week he hopes
to have selected a group that is
capable of copping the conference
title this season. Men who have
had baseball experience and who
feel that they have a sporting
chance to make the squad are es
pecially advised to see Pete Jones
immediately. Circumstances at
present leave competition open to
all men who show up at afternoon
practices.
hurling department, and one a
southpaw with considerable experi
ence.
T.C.U., S.M.U. Enter Race
Texas Christian University and
Southern Methodist University will
enter the Conference for the first
time in several years. The Frogs
seem to be weak in the firing line
whereas the Ponies will probably
be depending upon Shelton Napier
of Wilmer-Hutchins and Harry
Teal, the basketball player, for
mound support.
The Rice Owls have five return
ing lettermen, among which is
Charlie Biley, pitcher. The Aggies
have two lettermen and four squad-
men but none are hurlers.
Owls Pay Tribute to Razorbacks
Recently the Rice Athletic rep
resentatives at a banquet given in
honor of their Southwest Confer
ence cage champions, paid tribute
to the Arkansas Razorbacks by
presenting that aggregation with
a scroll. The Hogs will represent
the Southwest Conference in the
N.C.A.A. meet to be held soon in
Kansas City, being the highest all
civilian team in the Southwest
Conference.
Among the signers of the scroll
that was given were Captain Bill
Henry and all of his teammates,
Jess C. Neely, Athletic Director,
Coach Joe Davis and Dr. H. E.
Bray, the latter being chairman
of the Rice Athletic Council.
The Razorbacks although beaten
twice by the Rice Owls and luckily
upset by Texas have a well organ
ized, smooth working team and
should be able to keep abreast of
any competition their opponents
can provide and give about a good
account of Southwest Conference
cagery as anyone else.
T.C.U. Begins Grid Practice
Texas Christian University will
begin spring training for the 1945
gridiron season Monday afternoon.
The workouts won’t last more than
two or three weeks as Coach Dutch
Meyer wants only to get an idea
of his material.
Eleven new grid candidates en
tered the university last Monday
to help the Frogs defend the flag
they captured last fall. Three of
the prospects are Billy Underwood
of Rising Star, Doc Yarbrough of
Gainesville, and Jack Hughes of
Houston.
Most of the pre-season work will
be delayed until July or August so
that all the new members of the
team can start practicing after
enrolling July 1st.
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our Sir Walter Raleigh runs out?”
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