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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 22, 1945
Aggie Tankmen Host To Texas u. Swimmers Saturday Nite
INTRAMURALS
By R. L. Bynes
“The important thing- is not in
winning but taking part—the es
sential thing in not conquering
but fighting well”.—De Courbetin.
Well ole’ army, that is really the
prime purpose of the intramural
sports here at A. & M.—to take
part and to fight well, so just re
member this little quotation the
next time you feel you have some
thing more important to do than
to show up in support of your out
fit on each of the afternoons it has
an intramural game scheduled. The
intramural enthusiasm has been
good so far this semester, but let’s
see if we can make it even better
from now until the end of the pre
sent semester.
In League A basketball competi
tion so far, Wyble’s A Co. lads
have displayed remarkable stamina
in winning their two games this
past week to place them ahead in
this league with 3 wins. Their first
victory came last week, while they
obtained their second and third
wins this week by ushering in a
23 to 17 victory over the fighting
C Battery quintet on Wednesday
of this week, and also by tarnish
ing the Second Co. frog’s pride
with a 14 to 11 win played earlier
this week. The C batterymen are
next in League A basketball with
two wins and no losses while the
hapless H Co infantrymen are way
at the bottom with two defeats.
League B basketball boasts G Co.
in the soptlight with two victories
and one loss, and F Battery and
Dorm 6 next with one victory each.
E Troop is on the loose in League
C basketball with a pair of wins
for themselves, while E Co. trails
by a slim margin—they have one
win.
In the League A Handball parade
the B Co. infantrymen are out in
front with their two Wins and one
loss. In grabbing this lead the in
fantrymen overcame the G' battery-
men 2 to 1 by taking both of the
singles games played, and next by
punching out a 2 to 1 victory over
an outplayed A Battery handball
squad. Next comes G Co. and D
Troop who are tied with one win
and no losses for second place in
League A.
In League B the E Co. infantry
men are far out in front with their
two victories, followed closely by
C Battery with one win. The E
Co. infantrymen, in obtaining their
two wins breezed through down
trodden E Troop, winning all three
matches. Their second win came
when won 2 to 0 over the hapless
E Troopers. League C, although
very idle so far, it is headlined by
F Co.’s single victory while H
Co. is in the cellar in this division
with 0 wins and one loss.
In the League A horseshoe com
petition, G Battery has 2 wins and
1 loss which puts them out in
front in this league followed by
the First Co. and C Co. who have
one win apiece. League B is spot
lighted by D company’s pair of
victories along with A Battery’s
lone win, which puts them in a close
second position in this division of
handball play. Climaxing this brief
resume we have the G Co. infantry
men and the D Troop cavalrymen
all knotted up in the top berth,
with the A Co. infantrymen lying
in the second spot with one win.
Aggie Thinclads Place Second Behind
Longhorns At Fort Worth Track Meet
By Sam Nixon
Eighteen records were shattered
in perfect track weather last Sat
urday afternoon at the Fat Stock
Show track and field meet at Fort
Worth. The two-day contest of
running, jumping, and throwing
events ended with the University
of Texas, Brackenridge High of
San Antonio and Corpus Christ!
Naval Air Station dragging down
first place marks.
The Texas u. tracksters were the
only champions to repeat this
year. They piled up a total of 73%
points, nearly as many as all the
other entrants in the meet put to
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The Fighting Texas Aggies took
second place easily with 30%
points, while Oklahoma U, with
21% points, placed third. The next
three positions were filled by Rice
Institute, with 17 points, Oklahoma
A. & M., with 10 points, while
Southern Methodist U. eked out
but 2 points.
The Maroon and White cinder-
men took a few first places, and
many seconds and thirds. The pole
vault was a three place tie with
Tate of the Aggies, Wilson of Ok
lahoma, and Callas of T. u., each
man going over the high bamboo
rod while it was placed at 11 ft. 1
in. above the ground. The next
place was copped by Williams of
A. & M., who vaulted 10 feet 6 in.
The high jump mark of the meet
this year was 6 ft., with Haws of
the Aggies tying for first place.
The Aggie spikemen also tied
for first in the Mile Relay with
Mortensen, Wilson, Alley, and Hol
brook passing the baton four times
around the track for the time of
3 min. 29 sec.
Holbrook easily took the 440-yd.
dash, coming ahead of the field
49.9 seconds after the starter’s gun
had been fired.
White placed a close second in
the 120-yd. high hurdles. White,
Hinsch, and White were third and
fourth, respectively, in the 220-yd.
low hurdles.
Hargis came in fourth in the
one mile run.
Coach Lil Dimmitt’s strong-arm
man, Damon “Greek” Tassos, was
third in shotput, third in discus,
and fourth in javelin. Greek’s dis-
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Battalion Sports
Longhorns To Be Seeking Revenge For
Defeat By Aggies In Austin Recently
Bob English Takes Intramural Flag for F Co.
Bob English, former F Com
pany Commander, is shown re
ceiving the Intramural Pennant
from W. L. Penberthy for scor
ing the highest number of points
in the Intramural race last se
mester. Bill Davis, Executive
Officer, looks on.
Frogs Are Leading In
Intramural Horseshoes
Handball
C CO. TROUNCES E CO.
The C Company infantrymen put
the drop on the outplayed E Com
pany infantrymen in Monday aft
ernoon’s lone handball squabble and
walked away victorious by trounc
ing the E Company infantrymen
in both the singles games by over
whelming margins of 15 to 4, 15 to
5, and 15 to 1, 15 to 3.
In the first singles match, Her
rera of C Company capitalized on
Domingdon’s inability to return the
ball on serves and bounded to an
easy 15 to 1, 15 to 3 win without
a letup.
The second defeat for the E Co.
infantrymen of the afternoon was
sustained when Ostermeyer of C
Company dealt Washington of E
Company quite a low blow when
he poured it on in a steady, easy
going 15 to 4, 15 to 5 pacemaking
victory which virtually clinched the
win for McGuyre’s C Company lads.
In the doubles match the C Com
pany infantrymen did not fare so
well, however those E Company
lads had a whale of a time in grab
bing their lone, win in what may
be described as one of the most
evenly matched handball tussles
seen here in several weeks. Two-
thirds of the way through this
match the score was all knotted up
with both E Company and C Com
pany with a victory. The first
game was won by Tuffly and Bas
sett of E Company 15 to 11, while
H. L. Prater and L. N. McGuyre
of C Company netted the next one
with a tight 17 to 15 score. Now
the C Company lads had a nice
chance to take the third game for
themselves and thereby shut their
opponents out with a straight three
game win when they led by an 11
to 6 margin midway of the third
tilt, but their serve returns got the
best of them and Tuffly and Bas
sett went on to win 15 to 7.
tance with the discus was 118 feet,
11 inches.
The University Division teams,
depleted by the war, left the rec
ord-breaking to the fast-stepping
High School Division boys. The
big boys did their best and came
very close but could not set a mark
that would better others in the
two-year-old meet.
Horseshoes
FROGS BEAT G BATTERY
By Dick Dillingham
Straight, fast games were played
last week. No matches were play
ed down to the last game to decide
the match. The games, neverthe
less, were packed with good pitch
ing and tense moments. Accuracy
on the part of all teams was the
factor that made the games fast.
The Frogs of the First Co. came
back from Kyle Field with a sur
prising win over G Battery. Taking
four of the games and losing two,
the Freshmen showed real promise
as G Battery was the winner of two
matches and the league lead. The
First Co. men, led by the very
good pitching of Murray, took most
of the games by convincing scores.
The team of Murray and Smith de
feated Bill Withers and Chuck
Weinbalm 21-6 and 21-19. Elder
and Dillingham took Nixon and
Groves of C Eatery 21-3 and 21-
17. Meanwhile, Johnson and Laffer-
dy were losing their games 21-12
and 21-15.
Again the “Fighting Frogs”
pulled another victory home with
them last Monday, as they de
feated E Troop in some very close
games, the First Co. men had con
siderable more trouble with the
Jocks than with G Battery in their
first victory. This match was tied
down to the last game (and tied
in that game 17-17, to be specific).
Elder and Dillingham took two
games in a row over Botard and
F. W. Poe of E Troop in a couple
of close games. Clayton and Den
son ran into more than their
match in Withers and “Big Boy”
Broome of E Troop. The Jocks won
two straight in this match. This
left the whole thing up to the
games between Voss and Brown of
E Troop and Murray and Smith.
Taking a game apiece the first
round, the last game was the
clincher for someone. Leading 15-
14, Voss threw a ringer that seem
ed destined to take the match, but
the Frogs still had their ace pitch
er, Murray, to throw. Murray then
settled down to the quiet business
of covering Voss’s pitch, and that
he did. The “Fighting Frogs” then
put on the steam and the tension
was over. The Frogs of the first
Co. are as yet undefeated. They
show excellent promise of surpris-
Norton Meets
With Golfers
Homer Norton will meet this
afternoon at 5:00 P. M. with all
men interested in Varsity Golf and
Tennis. This is the first official
call for players in these sports
and Mr. Norton stated that plans
for regular practices will be dis
cussed.
Several men interested in Golf
met last week with C. H. Henning
in front of the Duncan mess Hall.
All these men and others wanting
to try out for this sport are asked
to meet with Mr. Norton at the
Athletic Office _this afternoon at
5:00 P. M.
Several boys have been in to see
Mr. Norton about Varsity Tennis
during the past few days. He asks
that these boys and any others
who have had tennis experience
meet with him at the above men
tioned time.
Basketball
By R. L. Bynes
A BATTERY TOPS
G BATTERYMEN
The game was only ten seconds
old in Monday afternoon’s 4:15
G Battery-A Battery tilt before
Dietrich pushed one through the
basket for the A Batterymen. Both
the A Battery Peashooters and the
G Batterymen slugged it out in the
first quarter from there on and
then just as the whistle brought
the curtains down on the first quar
ter, Ellis looped one in for G Bat
tery.
Scoring did not resume until mid
way of the second quarter when,
with both teams tangled up in a
muddle under G Battery’s mesh,
Lane squirmed his way through
the tangle-up to break the stillness
with a crip shot. Then Pryzant of
A Battery, who played coloi’ful ball
all the way through with his pass
interceptions and fast breaks,
banged two shots through the hoop,
followed by Hamilton of G Battery
who laced up the game 6 to 6
when he plugged the last shot
through the hoop with but 135 sec
onds remaining in the first half.
The second half score may sim
ply be summed up as a very tight
bit of floor play because that is
just about what it was. The G Bat
terymen could only boast Murphree
in the second half with his two
points, while it was really Boone
and Cecil who put the very tight
ending game in the bag for the A
ing everyone in taking the Horse
shoe Championship.
D TROOP WINS
While the Jocks were hitting it
hard with the Frogs, their buddies
from D Troop were putting all
their games with F Battery on ice.
Snavely, Slack, Nelson, Terrance,
Findley and Stammas of D Troop
all teamed up to take Bowman,
Riches, Labet, Carter and Mijalis
in and not allowing them to win
even one game. Snavely, Slack and
Terrance showed brightly as in
their previous games. Not to be
outdone in all departments, the
Peashooter sent fine pitchers to
the front lines to fire away. Bow
man, Riches and'Carter were just
hitting their stride when the whole
thing was over. Had the games
lasted much longer, the outcome
could have easily been different.
D CO. WINS OVER F CO.
D. Co. put F. Co. on the slides
last Friday by taking all games.
Threadgill and Neely had some real
competition in Reitz and Brandt
of F. Co. This game had the ex
pert’s touch to it. Many times
Reitz would cover ringers of Nee
ly’s, and to show thanks, Neely
would do the same for Reitz. Mea
dows of D Co., showed his eagle
eye again in pitching excellent
games.
C. BATTERY LOSES TO
INFANTRYMEN
While these games were getting
hot, C Co. and C Battery were
battling it out furiously. The pad
dle feet finally ended the clanging
confusion by taking all games.
The men from C Battery showed
that “Fighting Aggie Spirit” by
keeping the games close and never
losing hope. Chilton, Goodnight and
Davis looked good for the pea
shooters, while Webb, Owen and
Callahan more than matched their
throws.
B BATTERY TAKES FORFEIT
B Battery won over the Second
Co. Freshmen by a forfeit.
The Aggies and the Steers clash
once again Saturday afternoon at
3:15 in P. L. Downs Natatorium
in what promises to be a repeti
tion of last week’s close fought
meet at Austin. Any number of
things, however, can rob the Ag
gies of a second victory, the mar
gin in the first meet being only
3 points, or the equivalent of a
second place. So this means that
if any Aggie swimmer lets down
the slightest bit and fails to do
as well as he did last time, Texas
will have a better than even chance
of winning.
The Steer splashers, in the first
meet, exhibited singular lack of
condition, and they will most likely
show much improvement over their
previous performance with the ben
efit of ten more days of condition
ing behind them. The Aggies, al
though able to hold their own, may
succumb under new power devel
oped by Texas.
The Aggies will enter with three
advantages. One is the use of their
own pool, of especial importance
to the sprinters. Another is the
fact that the diving board here is
of a rather tricky nature, and
should give the Texas divers con
siderable grief. But perhaps the
greatest advantage will be the sup
port of the Aggie Corps. There’s
plenty of room in the gallery for
all the Aggies and their dates. So
come on down to the pool Saturday,
Aggies; the swimmers need your
support as much if not more than
the football and basketball team
needed them. And remember, there
is no admission charge!
★
Thirteen Aggie swimmers, under
the direction of Coach Art Adam
son, displayed superior condition
and came through to win the first
dual meet of the year from the
Steer splashers by the very close
margin of 48-45. Three times trail
ing, it was not until Self, swim
ming anchor on the 400-yard free
style relay team, struck the bank
Batterymen with their combined
four points.
Final count in this well played
tilt was 10 to 8, A Battery over
G Battery. Lane of A Battery and
Seyfarth of G Battery were the
reigning lads in the fouls division
with two each, and while we are
on the subject of fouls, may it be
added that the A Battery quintet
didn’t commit any fouls whatso
ever in the last half, something
which is remarkable in intramural
cage play.
A CO. WINS OVER FROGS
Edwards took advantage of
Walker’s foul late in the first pe
riod to begin the scoring parade in
the League A, A Company-Second
Company cage squabble played on
Monday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. The
first quarter looked as though it
might remain that way, but Darby,
of the frogs, made it a 1 to 1 tie
when he looped through a free shot
just as the quarter ended.
By this time the frogs’ starting
string was expected to have a
slight lead because A Company’s
starting five was not on the court,
but their scientific zone play back
fired on them and the score be
came tied after A Company’s Lof-
fer and Fuller of the Frogs each
made two points for their squads.
The third period produced no
score but from the standpoint of
floorwork alone, A Company’s
Wyble, Latham, and Presnal really
produced a bit of coordination and
footwork which can be remembered
for some time to come.
By this time the tables began to
turn, and how that furniture began
to fly—Edwards, lugging the oval
in a whale of a scoring spree which
saw him shovel in 10 big points for
himself, along with Wyble’s and
Latham’s expert floorwork, A Com
pany simply ran wild, pushing the
exciting tilt to a final 14 to 11
victory over the by now hapless
Frogs. It was not a one way win,
however, because the Frogs kept
plugging away all the time, but
the odds were simply in A Com-
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ahead of Carpenter, that the Ag
gies were given the nod by the of
ficial scorer.
Prospects for a victory looked
black during the first half of the
meet as Texas took every available
first. Texas was leading 22-14
when the diving came up. Alvaro
Facio took first in the aerobatics,
and Matthews of A. & M. nosed
out T. u.’s Dick Sargent to take a
second. In the century freestyle,
Self’s first and Syfan’s third put
the Aggies on top for the first
time of the evening. Texas climbed
back when McLellan won the 100-
yard backstroke. In the 100 breast,
the five points gained by Richard
Lea’s first place set the score where
the team which won the last event
of the meet, the 400 yard relay,
would emerge victorious. And it
was the Aggie quartet of Riley,
Thomas, Syfan, and Self which
came through to win both the event
and the meet.
An interesting sidelight was an
unofficial victory in the 440 free
style by Van Adamson, Coach Ad
amson’s 14-year-old son, over Wil
lard Bean, T. u.’s ace distance
swimmer. Van lead Bean the entire
distance, and finished more than a
yard ahead. The youth’s outstand
ing performance seemed to appeal
especially to the predominantly fe
male gallery.
Results of the meet are as fol
lows:
300-yd. medley relay — Texas
(McLellan, Hill, Bollinger) 3:29.2.
220-yd. freestyle—Bean (T), Es
cobar (A&M), Pierce (T). 2:36.9.
50-yd. freestyle—Carpenter (T),
Syfan (A&M) Thomas (A&M),
25.8.
100-yd. individual medley—Bol
linger (T), Self (A&M), Heeman
(A&M), 1:05.6.
Diving—Facio (A&M), Matthews
(A&M), Sargent (T).
100-yd. freestyle—Self (A&M),
Carpenter (T), Syfan (A&M), 57.7.
100-yd. backstroke — McLellan
(T), Riley (A&M), Schoeller (T),
1:11.9.
100-yard breast stroke — Lea
(A&M), Hill (T), Geer (A&M),
1:16.9.
440-yard freestyle — Bean (T),
Escobar (A&M), Pierce (T). 5:43.6.
400-yard freestyle relay—A&M,
(Riley, Thomas, Syfan, Self).
4:05.6.
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