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THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 10, 1945 THE BATTALION Page 3 > » i « * # r V i : Rice Takes First Of Two Game Series With Ags, 11-2 A Go. Wins Intramural Swimming Meet B Company Second, C Battery Third In Hotly Contested Meet in Downs Pool By R. L. Bynes A small but undaunted group of A Company watermen hammered out a total of 27 points to take first place honors over a host of other hard swimming entries in the 1945 intramural swimming meet held in the P. L. Downs Natatori- um last Sunday afternoon. The ex citing aqua show was action pack ed from start to finish, and it was not until the last ripple had finally died away in the water and the judges and everyone else had time to collect their breath, that the results could be tabulated. Although the A Company lads took first place in only one event, the 100-ft. free-style relay, they still managed to take enough sec ond and third places in the other events to give them their 27-point total. The A' Company watermen racked up their 27-point total as follows: An A Company quartet of Copeland, Morris, Putegnat, and Longsierre put the squeeze play on a very exciting 400-ft. free-style ALTERATIONS LAUTERSTEIN’S PHONE 4-4444 EXPERT SHOE REPAIRING Holick’s Boot Shop LOUPOT’S A LITTLE PLACE - - ? - A BIG SAVING! Place Organization Points 1. A Company 27 2. B Company 21 3. C Battery 20 4. Band and G Co. 16 6. D Troop 11 7. C Co., and First Co. 4 ttv”\\vXvXv.xv;<*r , Xv: I IllasgE m wmm WM Coiffba* wire ^ moving up in a hurry! £ ver y unit ties in by telephone to report on contact between companies, and to discuss the next move. 'Phat means combat telephone wires must be laid down with every forward push. And com munications crews must work continuously repair- iug the breaks in lines torn by tanks and amphibi ans and blasted by artillery and mortars. Our Armed Forces still have urgent need for huge quantities of communications equipment of all kinds. That’s why there is a wait for home tele phone service. bell telephone system Ipoi; Thinclads Set for Conference Meet Saturday Maroon And White Commit Eight Miscues Afield relay when they splashed into first place in this tightly contested event with the winning time of one minute, nineteen and eight tenths seconds. Next, Nance of A Company finished the 100-ft. side-stroke bat tle in second place behind the tire less, hard swimming Palms of C Battery who took first place in this race with the time of twenty-eight and seven-tenths seconds. In the 100-ft. side-stroke contest, the fighting A Company watermen grabbed seven points when Neely and Peters, both of A Company, finished in second and third places respectively. Although the A Com pany lads did not enter either the 200-ft. free-style relay or the div ing, they did rack up another six points when their 400-ft. military relay team of Nance, Brann, Moore, and Landig finished in third place. The swift performing Farrier led his B Company teammates to second place in this 1945 intramu ral swimming contest when he pulled into first place in the fast 200-ft. free-style relay race with the winning time of thirty-nine and three-tenths seconds. B. Com pany totaled 21 points to become runner-ups in the meet. In the diving, which was per formed from the low board, Scott of C Battery bested his rivals in both form and poise to take top honors with a total of 155.6 points. The hard swimming Howard of B Company won over a host of other finalists in the stoutly con tested 100-ft. back-stroke event with the first place time of 23.9 seconds. ^ vvwa - > * ' VW * ssSs 5x55 .• ' * ^ w; s ^ ^ i ^ • >'?■' vC "• - V.. ^ V\-> ?> : ,.• .... V:".' : : '• 'A : 111 /i Repeating their last week’s win, the Rice Owls again took the measure of the Aggie diamondmen in the first of a two game series played at Houston Wednesday aft ernoon. The Owl nine jumped on the Aggie hurler tor a total of sixteen hits and eleven runs while the farmers could gather but two runs in the nine inning fray. Contributing to their downfall, the maroon and white squad com mitted eight errors afield. The two teams tangled again this afternoon with lefty Van Dusen scheduled to toe the rubber for the Owls with the Aggie pitcher un named. — ^ .... Hi CORRECT FOR COMMENCEMENT IN 1860 -Pe This member of a Senior Class of that year is fashion-perfect for the occasion. Top-hats were sine-qua-non, and voluminous neckcloths muffled the spotless linen. Co-education was becom ing fashionable, too. That year, I860, civil war was looming on the country’s horizon. College campuses blazed with patriotism. Railway Express was ready, at the first summons, to put its services at the nation’s command. Today, America is fighting a world-wide war. So, to help all concerned, please do three simple things with your 1945 home packages and baggage: Pack them securely — address clearly and adequately — avoid abbreviating state names. Shown above are the men who will represent A. & M. in the Southwest Conference Track Meet in Dallas Friday and Saturday. Hensch, 220 low hurdles entry is shown topping the timbers in a practice workout in the upper left. Upper right is shown Haws, Aggie specialist in the high jump and broad jump. He has made six feet in the high jump this season. At lower left, Joe Green and MacDowell, maroon and white half milers, are shown. In the lower right the ace Aggie mile relay team of Ray Holbrook, Red Wilson, Tom Alley, and Jim Henderson, is shown in warming up. They’re expected to win Saturday. Aggies Slated To Finish Second In Conference Track Meet This Weekend BUY MORE NATION-WIDE WAR BONDS RAIL-AIR SERVICE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE We have now obtained telephone service PHONE 4-7114 For information about schedules and rates Southwestern Greyhound Lines, Inc. and Kerrville Bus Company E. E. AMES, Local Agent North Gate (next to Garner’s Co-op) 4-7114 Ag Golfers Journey To Dallas For S.W. Conference Meet The Aggie golfers left yesterday afternoon for Dallas to compete in the Southwest Conference G'olf Tournament to be held at the Lakewood Links there. The pre liminaries will be held this after noon and the finals will be held Friday afternoon. The only other contenders to enter will be Rice and Texas. Having once defeated the Rice Owl golf club and having tied the Texas Longhorns golfers once, the maroon and white- linksmen felt a little optimistic about the out come; however, both Rice and Tex as have improved since their clash es with the Aggies. To further sjfbrk the outlook for the Aggies wins the declaration of Mac Stewart as eligible to com pete in conference meets. Two weeks ago, Stewart was declared ineligible which barred him from all play in conference competition. Upon a second investigation, it was found that he was eligible and he will compete in the title bout today. There were only five men to make the trip; of these, it is ex pected that only four will see ac tion and they are: Fesperman, Stewart, Halcomb, and Henning. We not only sell polish and brushes but we GIVE infor mation to you on how best to shine your own shoes. Holick’s Boot Shop LOUPOT’S A LITTLE PLACE - - - - - A BIG SAVING! *A11 Conference Teams But Baylor Entered (Continued Irom Page 1) Littlefield’s powerful squad. Al though the Longhorns are conceded first place in several events both the Aggies and the Owls have men who could easily come out first in the Dallas meet. For example, An dy Shurr was a consistent winner for the orange and white in the 100 yd. dash' all season until last Saturday when little George Walmsley beat him in a dual meet at Austin with a 9.8 time. Although Shurr is favored to win Saturday a win by Walmsley would be no great surprise. Also, close decisions are expected in the shot put, 440 yd. dash, 220 yd. dash, the high jump and the mile relay. Let’s analyze each event to bet ter approximate the final score. Although Walmsley won in their last meeting, I believe Shurr will win the century race at Dallas. The Aggies probably will not place in this event. Shurr should also win the 220, with teammates Col lins and Tatom, Walmsley of Rice, and Wilson of A. & M. due to fight it out for the remaining places. Despite Rice’s Guy Groves’ re markable times - for the 440 yd. dash recently, the Aggies’ Ray Hol brook should win this one. It will be close though and Red Wilson will not be far back at the finish. Bob Umstattd should take the 880 yd. run for the Steers. If Holbrook runs he’ll place second to Bob, if not, then Joe Green, Donnie New som and McDowell of the maroon and white will battle with Texas’ Cunningham and Raineri for sec ond, third, and fourth places. Hol brook will never come as close to beating Umstattd in the half mile as he did in the dual meet with the Longhorns at Austin last month. By holding Holbrook out of the 880 Coach Dimmitt will have a better chance of taking the mile relay with his 440 star anchoring the quartet. The Aggies will still "fare well in this event though, for Green and McDowell are due to STUDENT CO-OP Bicycle and Radio Repair PHONE 4-4114 FINE UNIFORMS LAUTERSTEIN’S PHONE 4-4444 place. Umstattd will repeat his win in the mile run with second and third places undecided. Jack Nip per of Texas will finish first in the two mile run with his running mate, Don Fox, slated to take run- nerup honors. Nipper turned in a 10:12:6 performance in his last outing and this is six seconds un der the winning time made by A. & M.’s Bill Terrell in the confer ence meet last year. Texas u. should win the sprint relay han dily with Rice taking second. The mile relay should develop into a real battle between Rice and A, & M. Last week in the dual meet against Rice, Texas’ Coach Little field substituted Andy Shurr and Bob Umstattd into his relay lineup and the quartet beat the Owl run ners by a scant step. But I don’t believe Littlefield will repeat this action Saturday as Shurr and Um stattd are too badly needed in oth er events and the race will be be tween the A. & M. squad and the Owl quartet. When you are in the New Area, there’s not a better place to go than - - - GEORGE’S CONFECTIONERY The Coffee is excellent — The company good — The music relaxing. 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