The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 04, 1946, Image 3

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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.
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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.
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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.
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