THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 5, 1945
THE BATTALION
PAGE 5
Aggies Top Hearne Diamondmen In Kyle Field Game 14-10
Locals Rally To Come From Behind
After Errors Give Hearne 5-1 Lead
Tuesday afternoon, under con
tinually threatening skies, the Ma
roon and White nosed out the
Hearne Prison Guard Hurricanes
14-11. The game was marked by
spotty fielding by both infields,
due in part to the wet grounds. A
light shower fell for about an hour
and a half before the start of the
game.
The big inning for the locals
was the lucky seventh, when the
home nine scored two runs to ice
the ball game. Katt started the
inning off with a line-drive single
to left. Strickhausen’s intended
sacrifice resulted in an infield hit
when the Hurricanes got their sig
nals crossed and nobody attempted
to field the ball. After Strange had
grounded out, Abraham walked,
filling the bases. Darnell hit for
Winkler and was promptly greeted
with a pitched ball in the side. This
forced Katt in, putting the Aggies
ahead, 11-10. Vernon Dietz, who
pitched the last 3 innings for the
Aggies, drove a pitch clear to the
left field wall, Strickhausen scoring
after the catch. These two runs
were all that were needed, as Dietz
permitted but one more Hearne
run in the last three frames.
Pete Jones apparently wanted
to see just what he had in the
pitching department, as he worked
three men on the mound. Charles
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Smith started for A. & M., working
three innings. In the fourth Elmer
Purtle took over the mound duty,
working through the sixth stanza.
The game was finished, and won,
by Vernon Dietz.
Since A1 Rettig and “Buck” New-
some got their calls, some changes
have been made in the infield. Art
Abraham is now filling the key
stone sack, “Stubby” Matthews has
moved to short, and Floyd DeLa-
fosse is working at third base.
Left field is being held down by
Zete Strange. Strange looked good
in Tuesday’s game, collecting two
hits for the Aggie nine.
The Hurricanes got off to an
early lead, scoring in the first
inning. The lead was short-lived
however, as the Aggies came back
in the last of the first to score
on hits by Prince, DeLofosse, and
Katt. Hearne picked up four big
runs in the third inning. A. & M.
came right back with three in the
latter part of the same frame, how
ever, cutting the Guard’s lead to
one run. The Hurricanes picked up
two more markers in the fourth
to give them a lead of three runs.
The Maroon and White were unable
to score in the fourth, and the
Guards picked up another pair in
the fifth, putting the Aggies five
runs behind. The Aggies had their
biggest inning in the fifth, how
ever, when they bounced several
hits, took advantage of a couple of
Hurrican mistakes, and made it all
add up to five big runs.
An outstanding performer on
the Hurricane nine was 16-year-old
Rainbolt, a son of a Colonel on the
post. He wields a big bat and plans
to come to A. & M. next year.
This was the last practice game
of the year for the Maroon and
White before they open their con
ference play against T. u. in Aus
tin on April 6.
—BASKETBALL—
(Continued From Page 4)
In the first half of play, D Com
pany’s entire string made one foul
apiece, but somehow or other their
second half foul slate remained
blank. Harris of E Troop was high
man with 2 fouls while McCoy and
Howard were next with one foul
apiece.
* * *
C BATTERY EDGES
OUT FROGS
Facio, the Aggies’ noted diving
performer, was briefly shoveled
aside as Caraway of C Battery, be
ing unable to alter his speed,
crashed the first two points
through the frogs’ Second Com
pany basket to begin the scoring
in a see-saw battle which almost
ended in a 21 to 21 tie. Al
though Herrod and Fuller dished
out a hair raising performance
with their close shooting in the
first quarter, it was not until
there was but one minute of play
ing time left that Fuller of the
frogs succeeded in pushing through
a two-point total for the Second
Company infantrymen. Facio polled
two points for the peashooters as
the second quarter opened up to
them a considerable lead, but Ful
ler of the frogs quickly plugged
up the gap with 4 consecutive
points to round out the first half
with a 12 to 8 score.
Fuller performed mighty well
for the frogs from start to finish,
in pulling the Second Company in
fantrymen out of a 20 to 8 hole
at the conclusion of the third quar
ter, but by now the batterymen,
with Libsom and Fuller rolling up
point after point, had made just
too much headway as far as the
score was concerned, and went on
to bang out a 24 to 21 final count
against the frogs.
The batterymen did not commit
a single foul in the first half of
play, but in the second half Cara
way accumulated three for himself
and Facio and Spriegal committed
one each. Harrod was the lone
fouler for thq frogs with two, who
although he did commit two fouls,
he and Fuller were the only frogs
who scored at all during the entire
contest.
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Spectators Watch As Aggie Tankmen Lose To Steers
By Ed Wendt
Battalion Sports Editor
AIR CORPS CALLS RESERVES council of UCLA named Bert La
It was kY
It was quite by chance that I ran
into A1 Rettig as he was leaving
the campus Monday. A1 was in the
Air Corps Reserve and he received
his notice to report for induction.
A1 was the spark of the Maroon
and White baseball club this sea
son and last, and the spirit was
always high and the chatter lively
when Rettig was playing in the
short stop slot. Not only was he
hard to beat as an infield defense
man, but he was a heavy hitter as
well.
“Buck” Newsome, ace second
baseman for the Maroon and White
baseballers this season, fell in line
Tuesday to answer Uncle’s call to
the Air Corp. “Buck” was our
heavy slugger this year, already
having two home runs to his credit.
Still a third Fighting Aggie
Athlete left Tuesday for the Air
Corp. Twice basketball letterman,
Charlie Weinbaum, left on short
notice to report for his induction
next week. Charlie was the Aggie
Ace basketeer this season, racking
up a total of 140 points to rate
high man on the Aggie squad.
They all said “I’ll be back” as
they spoke “good-byes” over the
campus. Let’s hope they will be
back, Army, because there’ll al
ways be room for guys like these
—real Fighting Aggies.
THE FACTS ABOUT UCLA
In an interview a few days ago,
Homer Norton repeated the actual
relations that had taken place be
tween him and the Athletic Council
of the University of California.
When Edwin C. Harrell resigned
his job as head mentor of UCLA at
the close of last football season, the
Los Angeles Council contacted Mr.
Norton and informed him that he
was one of the two top men whom
they had in mind for the job. Mr.
Norton declined to further corres
pond with them as he said “He
wasn’t interested”. Two weeks ago,
the Aggie coach received a tele
phone call from the UCLA coun
cil chairman in which he further
informed Norton that he was No.
1 man for the job.
Immediately the Associated Press
contacted Norton and confused,
misinterpreted stories appeared in
every newspaper in the state.
“I merely stated that I picked
A. & M. eleven years ago as the
school of my choice and I have been
happy here. Everyone has been
nice to me, and I’d hate to leave
Texas and the Southwest. I like
them and I like A. & M. Recently
I signed a contract for five years
(through 1950)” stated the Aggie
Mentor.
He emphasized, “I have not been
offered any increase in salary
from what the previous coach was
receiving ($12,500). As far as I
can see, I’ll be coaching the Aggies
on the grid again this fall.”
BRUCHERIE WAS SELECTED
In a recent meeting, the Athletic
Brucherie head mentor of the
Uclans. Brucherie has piled a neat
high school coaching record as
head coach of one of the Los An
geles schools. He will receive a
salary of $7500 a year.
MIKE COKINGS
All-conference Aggie basketball
star and captain of the Aggie 1943
ca£e team, Mike Cokinos, has been
awarded the Silver Star for gal
lantry in action while serving in
combat with the Ninth Army in
Germany.
Mike graduated from Aggieland
in June 1943 and was one of the
greatest basketball players ever to
represent the Farmers in the South
west Conference. He entered the
service soon after his graduation
and now holds the commission of a
first lieutenant.
Initial Tennis
Round-Robin Ends
By R. F. Huston
First round eliminations have
been played in tennis this week,
and the players are rapidly narrow
ing down to the final squad which
will finish the season. At present
some twenty-eight players are
out. By the first of next week
about ten of this number will begin
extensive practice. Showing up well
in early practice were Memo Eli
zondo, national junior champion
from Mexico, Jimmy Killebrew,
Dick Kisling, and Boots Gilbert.
Tommy Penn, student coach and
letterman from last season, stated
that games have been arranged
with T. U. and Rice, although defi
nite dates have not as yet been set.
Also being scheduled are matches
with several service and college
teams.
Consolidated Trustee
Election Saturday
A Trustee Election for A & M.
Consolidated School will be held
Saturday, April 7. Voters of the
A. & M. Consolidated School dis
trict are urged to go to the polls
Saturday, April 7, and cast ballots
for two members of the local
school board. E. E. Brown, repre
sentative of the North Gate area
and J. T. Carroll, representative
of the Rock Prairie area will ap
pear on the ballot for re-election.
Names of any others may be writ
ten in if the voters so desires. The
name of George B. Wilcox will al
so appear for re-election as mem
ber at large of the Brazos County
School Board. All interested school
patrons and others are urged to go
to the polls and cast a ballot.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Connor of
Marlin arrived Tuesday for a visit
with friends.
INTRAMURAL
STANDINGS
Since there has been some doubt
in many Aggies’ minds throughout
the campus lately concerning their
respective outfits
ranks in
the
in-
tramural handball
basketball, and
horseshoe competition so far this
semester, the following accurate
and up-to-date tabulation is post
ed at this time:
BASKETBALL
League A—
W.
L.
T.
A Company
4
0
0
C Battery
3
1
0
C Company
1
1
0
Band
1
1
0
Second Company
1
3
0
H Company
0
4
0
League B
W.
L.
T.
Dorm No. 6
2
0
0
F Battery
3
1
0
B Battery
2
1
0
G Company
3
2
0
D Troop
1
3
0
F Company
0
4
0
League C
W.
L.
T.
D Company
4
1
0
E Company
3
0
0
B Company
1
0
0
E Troop
2
0
0
A Battery
1
3
0
First Company ...
0
2
0
HORSESHOE PITCHING
League A
W.
L.
T,
C Company
3
1
0
E Troop
3
1
0
First Company ...
3
1)
0
G Battery
2
2
0
C Battery
2
2
0
B Company
0
4
0
League B
W.
L.
T.
A Battery
4
0
0
D Company
4
0
0
H Company
3
2
0
B Battery
1
3
0
Second Company
1
4
0
F Company
0
4
0
League C
W.
L.
c.
A Company
3
0
0
G Company
2
0
0
D Troop
3
2
0
F Battery
1
2
0
Band
0
2
0
Dorm No. 6 0
HANDBALL
4
0
League A
W.
L.
T.
F Battery
5
0
0
D Company
3
2
0
B Company
2
2
0
D Troop
I
2
0
G Company
1
3
0
A Battery
0
3
0
League B
W.
L.
T.
Dorm No. 6
3
0
0
A Company
3
2
0
E Company
3
2
0
C Company
2
1
0
C Battery
1
4
0
E Troop
0
3
0
League C
w.
L.
T.
B Battery
_...3
0
0
F Company
2
1
0
Band
0
1
0
G Battery
0
1
0
H Company
0
2
0
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Maroon and White Meet Longhorns
In First Conference Tilt At Austin
Facing an undefeated Longhorn
Nine that is much stronger on
paper than the Aggie Baseball
squad, Coach Pete Jones’s thrice-
defeated, draft-plucked baseballers
will invade Clark Field Friday af
ternoon for their initial conference
clash of the season.
Either Dave Philley or Henry
Culp will take the mound against
the Fighting Aggies in the game
tomorrow. Southpaw Culp looked
good in a relief role against South
western, allowing but four hits
and one run after replacing Phil
ley with the bases loaded and no
body out.
Smith will probably take mound
for the Aggies while Purtle is ex
pected to come in at the first
signs of weakening. Dietz may
pitch a few innings, for he looked
good as he finished against the
Hearne Prisoners here Tuesday,
after relieving Purtle in the sixth.
The Longhorns will be big fav
orites; however, it cannot be for
gotten that the Maroon and White
lost each of their three games
after holding a lead through the
seventh inning. It must be remem
bered, too, that heavy hitting Buck
Newsome and A1 Rettig will not
be on hand to help the Farmers.
The revamped infield of Tues
day’s game against the Hearn Pri
son guards clicked fairly well,
however, two errors by DeLafosse
in the sixth and a wild throw by
Abraham to first in the seventh,
smutted the record. The same start
ing infield line up will be used
against the Longhorns as was
used Tuesday. Strange, Prince,
and Winkler will be expected to
keep the outfield under control,
again, in tomorrow’s clash.
This game will be .the first of
three games that the Aggies play
with the Longhorns. On May 18
and 19 the Maroon and White will
be hosts to the Longhorns on the
Kyle Field diamond in the closing
games of the Conference season.
The starting line up for both
teams should look like this:
AGGIES
TEXAS
Prince
cf
Wooten
Winkler
rf
Avinger
Matthews
ss
Lindsey
Strange
If
Wileman
Abraham
2b
Anderson
Katt
c
Milik
DeLafosse
3b
Hornyer
Strickhausen
lb
Hubbard
Smith
P
Culp
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