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Monday Afternoon, March 4, 1946 Page 3 The Battalion Aggies Show Slugging Power In First Baseball Workouts SPORTS Dallas Swimmers Win Over Aggies The Dallas Athletic Club, taking* every first place, gave the A. & M. swimming team a 54-21 beating in Dallas Saturday night. The victors had a home-pool jinx on the Aggies to start with, and their swimming did the rest. Ted Gowan and Conway Moore, who won the 50 and 100-yard free- styles and the 220 and 440-yard freestyles respectively, were the pacesetters for the DAC. Riley, Self, and Boyle made the Aggies’ best efforts. Riley was second for the 220 and 100-yard freestyles; Self came in second in the 100-yard backstroke; Boyle was number two in the 100-yard breaststroke. Read the READERS DIGEST Regular price $3.00 per year. HALF PRICE TO EX-SERV ICEMEN. See Special Delivery postman or write Box 284, Col lege Station. Baseball Prospects Are Better for ’46 By Marion “Dook” Pugh Battalion Sports Editor Friday, March 1, the Aggie baseballers held their first official workout. The prospects this year are numerous, and a little on the bright side. Coach Lil Dimmittt seems to have power to burn as far as the, slugging department goes, and if some of the pitchers come through the Aggies can be rough. In the catching department there is Edwin Arnold and Bill Hartley, and steaming them down the mid dle, (we hope they are down the middle anyway) to these two boys will be Johnnie Shuford, Henry Lindsley, Hubert Moon, A. C. Love, Elmer Purtle, Earl Beasley, and Charlie Smith. At first base it looks as if Bill Bradley will hold down the job, and at second base we find “Tex” Thornton and “Rip” Van Winkle. Holding down the hot corner will be Julian “Snookie” Pressly, and Russel Mays. It is understood that this boy Pressly is quite a man to have around when you want someone to hit that apple. Last year with a service team in California he hit 24 homers, and this was a pretty fa^st league. We predict that you will hear plenty about this boy be fore he graduates. He has four years of eligibility, and the big league scouts have already been hot on his trail. Incidentally, he plays a good brand of football al so. At shortstop we find Clifford “Cotton” Lindloff, Albert Rettig, and Joe Watson. Lindloff,, as most of you remember, played some tall and fancy football for the Waco Tigers, last years, high school co champs, but down- here at Aggie- land he is going all out for base ball. This is understandable for there have been too many cases of good baseball prospects ruining an arm, shoulder, etc., on the grid iron. In the outfield is Claude Vass, somewhat of a sensation down Houston way last year in the Semi- pro circuit, Mason Matthews, Char lie Newsom, Floyd De Lafosse, B. Z. Strange, R. F. Prince,- and Kamperman. Now these above-mentioned men have by no means made the trav eling squad, ball club, bat boy or what have you. They are just a few that coach Dimmitt knows a little about, and as far as the for mer mayor of Georgtown is con cerned, all berths are wide open. -In their first game the Aggies take on Southwestern at George town. In a two-game series sched uled for March 15 and 16. First home games will be with Luke field of Phoenix, Arizona, who will fly here for a two-gaihe series March 22 and ,23. Southwestern will play a return engagement here March 20 and 30. The Aggies will open the South west Conference race here April 4 and 5 against T.C.U., last years conference champs. CHL0R0PRENE RUBBER DEVELOPED BY DU PONT Chemists and Engineers Unite to Produce “Neoprene/” Prove Value of Group Research FTIHE synthesis of rubber was for many X years a challenge to the chemists of the world. In 1925 Du Pont chemists un dertook to solve the problem, using as their starting point a discovery an nounced by Dr. J. A. Nieuwland at Notre Dame University in connection with the polymerization of acetylene. The Du Pont research staff modified his process to form a material known as monovinyl- acetylene and discovered that this, treated with hydrogen chloride gas, pro duced chloroprene, a chemical previ- Chemistry extends the mold-free life of baked goods A hungry world cannot afford to waste bread. Yet until recently millions of pounds of bread were being wasted an nually in the United States because of mold. There was a real commercial need for a material that would delay the growth of this food enemy, if only for a day or two. But to meet requirements, this material had to be edible, whole some, and completely beyond any sus picion of being toxic. Combined chemical and bacteriolog ical research resulted in the discovery that 0.3% of calcium propionate or sodium propionate in bread would de lay the growth of mold for as long as two weeks. In commercial practice, a concentration between 0.1% and 0.2% was found to be sufficient for average conditions. Calcium and sodium propionates are made from propionic acid, the synthe sis of which (from carbon monoxide and ethyl alcohol) is another chapter in the achievements of Du Pont research— and an interesting one. The propionates occur in low concentration ip Swiss cheese and other dairy products, as well as in the human body. Hence their consumption in foodstuffs is both nat ural and safe. "Mycoban”—as the Du Pont pro pionates are called—is a shining exam ple of how intensive research solved a problem which long perplexed baking technologists./ ously unknown. Their next discovery was that the polymerization of chloro prene resulted in a rubber-like solid, su perior in many respects to natural rub ber itself! Neoprene, as this synthetic rubber is now called, was first placed on the mar ket in 1931. Although more costly than natural rubber, the demand for it grew rapidly. Du Pont engineers were called upon to design and build manufacturing units embodying improved equipment and better production techniques. The result is that today neoprene production is measured in millions of pounds a year, and the price is only slightly higher than that of prewar natural rubber. The development, the improvement and the large-scale production of neo prene are another tribute to the value of modern, coordinated research. Neo prene is the result of the cooperative efforts of many Du Pont research chem ists, engineers and other technical men. Questions College Men ask about working with Du Pont “WILL I CONTINUE TO LEARN AT DU PONT?” On-the-job training of new chemists and engineers is supplemented at many Du Pont plants and laboratories by training courses, lectures, and con ferences. In 37 laboratory centers— chemical, biological, metallurgical, engineering, physical—new men are continually exposed to the thinking and direction of men who have given cellophane, nylon, polythene, and many other products to America. \ ; j cjmRD [ More facts about Du Pont—Listen to “Cavalcade of America,” Mondays, 8 PM EST, on NBC REG. U.S.' PAT.OFf. BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING ...THROUGH CHEMISTRY E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (INC.) WILMINGTON 98, DELAWARE Aggie Cindermen Are Looking Good By Charlje Weinbaum Aggie track prospects are quick ly rounding into shape, according to Coach Col. Anderson. The team so far has looked very good in early workouts and will look even better with the return of Leonard Dickey, who is now occupied with spring football. As a freshman Dickey was high point man in the little conference, taking first place in the shot and javelin' and second in the discus. He has three years of eligibility left. Another returning veteran, who was outstanding in the quarter mile on the 1942 freshman team, is Arthur •. Harnden. Although Harnden has an injured leg, he has been running the 440 well under fifty seconds. He also has three years left. ' . - Johnny Zeigler, a veteran who was a standout his sophomore year by taking the cross country cham- .p.ionship qnd placing in the, mile, has ; two years remaining. Returning from last yeay are Mortensen, White and Haws. Haws tied for first place in the high jump and the others took second and third places in the hurdles and distance races. Other promising performers in clude Rob Goode in the broad jump, Layton Lomax in the 880- yard run, Stone Webster in the mile run, E. Wuthrich in the 100- yard dash, and Garrett Guly in the 440. You don’t get to be 'a lady-killer by starving the girls to death. ATTENTION ALL EX- SERVICEMENT SENIORS The Infantry Regiment cor dially invites you to the Infan try Regimental Ball Friday night, March 8, if you were once a member of an Infantry outfit. Tickets will not be avail able at the door. They can be bought at Room 117 or - 218 Dorm 2. ...• * ; It's time to buy Some Good Socks BUY INTERWOVEN SOCKS Comfortable , . . Long- wearing stocks of proven service . . . 3 prs. $1.25 and-up 7 t T WiMBERLEY • STONE- DANS BY w CLOTKIERS College and Bryan