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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1945)
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 19, 1945 THE BATTALION Page 3 3rd, 5th Companies Keep Softball Intramural Lead Without Contest Third Company took over a clear title to first position in League A intramural softball this week with out -playing a game. A Company took out First Company and lowly Dorm 6 came out of the cellar with a 14-7 win over 6th Company to eliminate the two teams which had been in a tie with Third for the top spot last week. In the only game of the week in League B, Fourth Company won from Company B to climb into a second-place tie with Second and Seventh companies, with Fifth Company still clinging to their first-place spot. League A L Co. shuts out A Co. 2-0 With Novikoff behind the plate and Harris and Hinkle accounting for the scores, L Company won a 2-0 victory over A Company, with Camp behind the mound. This was L Company’s first win of the ser ies, and A Company’s first defeat. A Co. slams First Co. 7-5 A Company climbed back into the winner’s column to defeat 1st HICKOK BAR-H IT’S THE AMERICAN WAY! You can see the vigorous Old West Spirit in Bar-H by Hickok . . . Belts, Braces, Wallets and Jewelry. . . $1.50 up. 7 1 T A/IMBEBLtY $rOM€ VS/lxJ CLOCKlOtS College and Bryan Company 7-5. Roger, Cavitt, and'f Camp shared pitching honors for A Company, while Crouch did the pitching for First Company, and Caraway and Busch did the heavy batting Dorm No. 6 smashes Sixth Co. 14-1 Dormitory Six, with Atlas behind the mound, soundly defeated Sixth Company to the tune of a 14-7 score. Williams and Shugart shared the pitching load for the Sixth Company team. This game placed Company A, Sixth Company, and Dormitory Six in a tie for third place in League A. . League B Fouth Co. tramples B Co. 8-4 With Weir behind the mound and LaForge doing the catching, Fourth Company sailed into the winner’s column with a 8-4 victory over B Company, with Bell and Bowman doing the pitching and catching. This game placed three companies, Fouth Company, Second Company, and Seventh Company into a tie for second place in League B. INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL Dorm 6 Leads in Loop B Volleyball; Tie in League A As the red-hot race for the vol leyball championship continues, Dorm 6 has stepped out in front with three straight victories to lead League B. In League A, 5th Company with two victories and B Company with a single win are both undefeated. Dorm 6, composed of a group of non-reg men who can really play volleyball, has looked very impressive in their three wins. The team consists of Ross, Prater, Davis, Hightower, Grogan, Eng lish, and King. 3rd and 4th Companies, Dorm 6’s closest rivals, have both met this team and both were defeated in two straight games each. In League A, a 5th Company team knocked L Company from the undefeated ranks and took over the lead. Playing for 5th Com- League Team A W L Pet. pany were Frogs Rogers, Rose, Spaniel, Susto, Weltz, Norris, Mor Third Co. 1 0 1.000 rison, and McGowan, as L Com First Co. 2 1 .667 pany bowed in two straight games. Co. A 1 1 .500 In other games this week, 4th Sixth Co. 1 1 .500 Company, led by R. E. Prince, Frog Dorm No. 6 1 1 .500 Hazelwood, and Frog McMillian, Co. L 1 3 .250 won over 1st Company 2-0 and League Team B W L Pet. lost to 3rd Company, 0-2. Frogs Duggan, Jefferies, and Golden, all Fifth Co. 2 1 .667 of 3rd Company, led as 3rd also Fourth Co. 2 2 .500 defeated 7th Company 2-0. Second Co. 1 1 .500 B Company won over 6th Com Seventh Co. 1 1 .500 pany, and Dorm 6 beat 7th Com Co. B 0 1 .000 pany to round out the games this 3rd and 5th Co. Lead Intramural Tennis Leagues Since last Thursday, two tennis gatnes have been played in the “A” tennis league. First Company met Sixth Company on July 12. Although the final score was very close, First Company was able to squeeze out a win. On July 16, Fourth Company and First Company met, but this time First Company was not so for tunate, since its boys lost to Fourth to the tune of 3 to 0. In the “B” League, four games were played. On the twelfth of this month, Second Company and “A” Company met, with “A” los ing to the men of the Second Company 3-0. “L” Company play ed “B” Company on lucky Friday the thirteenth, but “L” Company’s luck didn’t hold out and its boys lost a very close game 2 to 1. On the sixteenth, however, “L” met with success and defeated the boys of “A” Company with a score of 2 to 1. Seventh Company met “A” Com pany on the nineteenth of July. The boys of Seventh got the cush that night when they chalked up a score of 3 to 0 with the boys from “A” Company. week. Both games victories. were straight Team 5th Co. B Co. Pet. 1.000 1.000 TENNIS League A Team W L Pet. 5th Co. 1 0 1.000 1st Co. 3 1 .750 4th Co. 2 1 .667 6th Co. 1 2 .333 Dorm 6 0 League B 3 .000 Team W L Pet. 3rd Co. 3 0 1.000 7th Co. 3 1 .750 2nd Co. 1 1 .500 L Co. 1 2 .333 B Co. 1 2 .333 A Co. 1 4 .200 VOLLEYBALL League A W L 2 0 1 0 L Co. 2 1 .667 6th Co. 0 2 .000 2nd Co. 0 2 .000 League B Team W L Pet. Dorm 6 3 0 1.000 3rd Co. 3 1 .750 4th Co. 2 2 .500 1st Co. 2 2 .500 A Co. 0 1 .000 7th Co. 0 4 .000 From the Coach to the Twelfth Man Hotel Kahler Rochester, Minnesota July 15, 1945 Cadet Colonel Veme Scott and the Twelfth Man Hello, fellows: Had Mabel hold off on this letter purposely as I wanted to write this one under my own power, thanking you for that beautiful big basket of flowers. Everyone on my floor who saw it stopped to admire it, in cluding the sisters and doctors. So that’s how Mayo’s leai’ned the story of the “Twelfth Man” of Texas A. & M. I want to assure each and every one of you of my deep ap preciation for your thoughtfulness. Fellows—I was on the five yard line, carrying the ball and as usual the old “Twelfth Man” helped push me over. I left the hospital ten days ago and am gaining strength fast. Thanking you again and hoping to see you soon, I am, Sincerely yours, Homer Norton —BETTER SHIPS— Continued from Page 1 lives,” he continued. “That’s why, when a crippled ship comes in, more electricians and machinists are needed to put it back into fighting condition, espec ially a rush job. Now, as Halsey says we have air superiority over- Japan, every repair is a hurry- hurry job. “So Mare Island Navy Yard, California, is shouting loud and long for machinists and electri cians. Travel and meals en route are paid for, and housing reserved for men who go. The pay is good. John Williams, Mare Island rigger, with a wife and two children man ages to buy a $25 bond and salt away some $15 to $20 each week, though he is not the highest paid man on the job. His story was in the Dallas News on July 11. “Where does a man learn how to get a war-winning job at Mare Island ? The answer is at this post office, or the U. S. Civil Service in Dallas or New Orleans. But the ships must be repaired, as the Navy says, ‘immediately’ Sir!” CoachNorton Will Arrive Here Friday Unnamed Opponent Will Substitute for NTAC in Grid Opener Head football coach Homer Nor ton has been released from the medical care of the Mayo Clinic at Rochester and will arrive here tomorrow afternoon, according to a telegram received here yester day by the College Athletic De partment. Norton advised that he expected to be able to begin sup ervising football workouts immed iately upon arrival, and officials here are optimistic that he is fully recovered from his illness. It has been announced that the opening game of the 1945 gridiron reason, which was scheduled for September 22 with North Texas Agricultural College at Arlington, has been cancelled. The date will be filled, however, with another team furnishing the opposition, al though the identity of the oppon ent has not yet been announced. —NEIGHBORS— (Continued From Page 2) they did not accept their serfdom under the Spaniards. Indian and Mestizos rebellions were common, but futile. Finally after long years of fighting the Indians were over run. Constitution by Bolivar Bolivia was the first to declare independence in South America, but strangely enough she was next to the last of the Spanish colonies on the continent actually to be freed. Not until the forces of Simon Bolivia had declared the rest of South America independent, was Bolivia at last liberated. Bolivar was able to spend a few months in the new nation which was named in honor. Bolivar, how ever, drafted the first constitution in which he outlined his theories of government. Modern Bolivia is more than half Indian. The preconquest languages are still heard in her streets. Liter acy in increasing very rapidly, but the Indian masses still cling to their Aymara and Quechos tongues, and are reluctant to speak, much less read or write, in Spanish. Education is supervised by the Ministry of Education, Fine Arts and Indian Affairs. The Two Capitals La Paz is the principal city and the actual seat of the national gov- HARVEY MURCH s%, OVERSEAS INTHE NAVY. WAS LUCKY INOEEQ TDH/VE A WIFE THAT CHOSE PRESENTS AS WISEL-Y AS SHE DIO SHE SELECTED HIS PRESENTS WITH AN EYE FOR PRACTICAL USE -NOTONE MONSTROSITY DID HE EVER RECEIVE FROM HER- HARVEYS BAOKAffE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MASTER PI ECB OF frOOO TUOlfENlENr AND CAREFUL PLANNING- — — IF M//// SO,WHEN SENDING PACKAGES OVERSEAS- □O SEND ARTICLES U KE PI CTURES, CANNED FOODS, BOOKS. Service WaTches, small Game sets, playing cards, PIPES. ETC DONT send ARTICLES LIKE- CAKES, CANDIES, COOKIES, FancyTchleTsfls, FRUIT, cigarettes, KNlTfej SWEAlERS, ere - - 7 Boy Scouts Will Hold Swim Meet At College Pool The annual swimming meet of the Brazos county district of the Boy Scouts of America will be held in Downs Natatorium, Wednesday evening, July 25, at 7:30 p. m. The first place winners of all events qualify for participation in the Council swimming meet to be held at Camp Hudson near Houston the afternoon and evening of Tuesday, Aug. 21. The events will be grouped in three classes according to ages: Juniors, 12 and 13; Intermediates, 14 and 15; Seniors 16 and 17. The Junior events are: 20-yard free style, 20-yard breast stroke, and 25-yard freestyle, 25-yard breast stroke and 25-yard back stroke. The following events will be run in all three divisions in addition to those mentioned above: Distant plunge, front diving and back div ing, both plain, and three relays, 80-yard medley, 80-yard free style, and 80-fard back stroke. The cubs will have two events also. Ribbons will be given in the first three places in each event. Each Scout participating must be regis tered and in good standing in his troop. Each troop may enter only one relay team to an event. The individual events are not restricted. There will be no preliminaries ex cept when absolutely needed. A troop banner or pennant will be given the winning troop at the end of the swim meet. The names of scouts representing each troop must be certified by the scout master. ernment, while Sucre is the seat of the supreme court and nominal ly the capital. Both cities are a blending of imposing colonial buildings and modern office struc tures. Mining and exportation of min erals has been the basis of Bolivia’s economic system from the earlier colonial times. Tin is by far the most important mineral. Bolivia is the United Nations’ chief source of this metal. She is also the lead ing South American producer of tuhgsten. She also produces zinc, antimony, sulphur, lead, and oil in increasing quantities. In spite of this impressive production, Bolivia has not yet utilized to the fullest her mineral wealth—for the problem of transportation is ever present. One of Bolivia’s most pressing national problems is the construc tion of railways and modern high ways connecting the cities of the “Altiplano” with the agricultural districts. As in other Andean countries, the airplane is of su preme importance in solving Boli via’s transportation problems. The Indians Scalp Yankees as Tigers Claw Orioles to Retain City Softball Lead Col. Frank Anderson’s Yankees fell by the wayside in last Friday’s city softball tilt, dropping a 12-8 tilt to Bill Manning’s Indians. The Indians scored nine runs in the first inning, to retain a tie for first place with Ray Perryman’s Tigers who clawed Oden’s Orioles by a 11-8 score Monday. In last Thursday’s contest the Military Department put on a sixth inning * rally to score five runs, one short of catching Tommy Ter rell’s Pirates, who had scored four runs in the second and one each in the fifth and sixth. In the big second inning for the Pirates, problems facing engineers in the construction of means of trans portation are the mountain ranges, steep slopes and the heavy rain fall that predominates throughout Bolivia. Today, as in the centuries past, pack animals constitute the chief means of transportation be tween the eastern cities and the high plateau. Opportunity in Bolivia Agriculture in Bolivia is in a backward condition due to the concentration of the nation’s ener gies primarily upon mining, inade quate transportation facilities, and the barren soil and harsh climate. Coca, from which cocaine is made is the chief money crop. Cotton, corn, coffee, cacao and sugarcane are also grown. The tropical for ests of eastern Bolivia produce quinine bark, alfonds and Brazil fact that there is still much un nuts. Inborn love of the soil plus the developed land, particularly in the east, could make Bolivia a strong agricultural nation. Even today, two-thirds of her people depend upon the land for their livelihood although for generations the riches of her mines have overshadowed agriculture in her national econo my. Manufacturing is in the early stages of development, with gov ernmental aid in making Bolivia more nearly self-sufficient in con sumer goods. She produces tex tiles, flour, cement, clothing, earth enware, and processed foods. Bolivia’s contribution to the war effort has been playing an im portant role in the prosecution of this war. She brings such strategic materials as tin, zinc, copper, bis muth, mica, rubber, tungsten, anti mony and hardwoods and has taken over German and Japanese busi ness. Luther, Jones went to first on an infield hit and progressed to sec ond on a past ball. Blair’s single sent him to third, and he scored on Pinkerton’s single. Fleming walked, and a timely double by Hickerson scored Blair, Pinkerton, and Fleming. Joe Davis opened the Soldier’s rally in the sixth with a triple, and scored when the Pirate shortstop muffed Rice’s infield grounder. Breland and Flanagan singled, loading the bases. Maloshock walked, forcing in a run, and Breland scored aft er Connell’s long center-field fly ball. Flanagan and Maloshock came in on the second baseman’s error. The Indians won their ball game Friday in a weird first inning, in which fourteen men came to bat and nine runs were scored. The Yankees kept trying hard through out the ball game, but could not overtake the lead. Monday evening the Tigers scored two runs in the first in ning, four in the second, one in the third, three in the fifth, and one in the seventh to maintain a lead which was never seriously threat ened. Eccles and Dahlberg pitched for the Tigers, while Winder and Carter were on the mound for the Orioles. A simultaneous double-header will be unwound at the Community picnic Friday, July 20, with the Orioles meeting the Pirates and the Yankees facing the Tigers. The Indians will take on the Mil itary Department tonight at the College Park diamond. TILLIE CAN FIX IT! Are your pants pockets frayed? Is your shirt collar getting ragged? Don’t throw them away. Tillie can make them look like new. Two-day service on alterations, stripes, and patches. A. & M. ALTERATION SHOP At the North Gate COMPETITION is keen at these summer dances. 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