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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1946)
Wednesday Afternoon, March 6, 1946 The Battalion Page 3 SPORTS Shades of Rube Goldberg - . . . H Company Holds VolleyballSpotlighi Second Baseman Goes on Spot l As Coaches Scramble Baseball By Marion “Book” Pugh tentions. This would introduce into By H. A. Pate H Company seems to be domi nating the spotlight on the volley ball stage, holding the lead in the loop C race with four wins and no defeats. B Company and E Com pany are tied for the top of the league B column on the strength of three wins and one defeat, while F Company is leading in the A league race with two wins and no defeats. In horseshoe pitching, A Troop is on top in loop A with three wins, no defeats, and D Company heads league B with two wins and one defeat. B Company holds the loop C lead on two wins and no defeats. The Band is really whipping out in the handball field, with three wins and no defeats to their credit. This puts them in a good position to win their league with ease. Bad weather has held down the number of football games, but the leaders in the leagues are begin ning to pile up wins. In league A, Dormitory 15 and Bizzell are tied tyith one game each. B Company, B Troop, C Battery, and E Com pany are heading their respective leagues with two wins and no de feats to tbrur credit. LEAGUE STANDING Horseshoe Pitching League A - W. L. Pet. A Troop 3 0 1.000 C Battery .... 1 0 1.000 G Company 1 2 .333 Band 1 2 .333 E Company 0 2 .000 League B W. L. Pet. D Troop 1 C Troop y 2 1 .667 D Company 1 A Company 1 C Company y i 2 .333 C Battery J League C w. L. Pet. B Company 2 0 1.000 H Company 1 0 1.000 B Troop 2 1 .667 D Battery . 1 1 .500 F Company 1 2 .333 A Battery ► o Volleyball 3 .000 League A W. L. Pet. F Company 2 0 1.000 D Troop 2 1 .667 A Company 1 1 .500 C Battery ... 1 1 .333 Band 0 2 .000 League B w. L. Pet. E Company 3 1 .750 B Company 3 1 .750 D Company 2 1 .667 D Battery . 1 2 .333 B Troop 1 2 .333 B Battery . 0 3 .000 League C w. L. PcL H Company 4 0 1.000 A Troop 3 1 .750 A Battery . 2 2 .500 C • Company 1 2 .333 G' Company 1 3 .250 C Troop 0 3 .000 Opens 1:00 p.m. — 4-1181 WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY — plus — Fliker Flashbacks Short Disney Color Cartoon Battalion Snorts Editor The other day down at the ath letic office, Coaches Karow and Dimmitt were having a heated dis cussion. The topic of conversation was which sport was the most dif ficult to coach. If our memory is correct both of them agreed on different things. Coach Marty con tended that basketball was the tougher while Coach Lil stuck to baseball. Then baseball was in for a beating. .Coach Marty had a novel idea to make baseball coaching really rough, and it went something like this: Why not let the right handed hitters in baseball, if they so de sire, run to third base instead of first. This would give the right handers the same break that the southpaws have when dragging a bunt, or what have you. This in turn would put the field ers on their toes. Instead of know ing exactly where the runner was going they would have to take a look-see, and if possible, try to figure out exactly the runner’s in- the game the finesse of faking. Fake to first, and run to third or vice versa. Or better still, fake at the pitcher and hit the umpire. We believe that this would speed up the game considerably, but we certainly ^vould hate to be that second baseman when there was a left hander on first and a right hander on third, and have both runners steaming into second. The second baseman would have two alternatives. One, be a hero by executing a thrilling double play, or thrill the spectators by getting killed in attempting the play. This would necessitate a large reserve of second basemen, or force the home team to furnish a traffic cop to direct traffic at sec ond base. Yes, I also was confused by this time, but I did agree it would liven up the good ’ole game of baseball, confuse the coaches, give the fans sore necks, and drive the players completely nuts. Coach Dimmitt said, “make mine vanilla.” OVERd-FURATOftAOC HATTERS 214 SOUTH MAIN BRYAN, TEXAS FLY EASTERW00D FIELD * One Mile West College Station Interstate Cadets, 65 h.p., hr. $ 7.00 Dual or Solo Flight, 10 hr. block $65.00 Fairchid M62, 175 h.p., dual or solo $12.00 Phone 4-1171 for Transportation College Owned and Operated in Colleg - Station for the Superior Service of Dry Cleaning and Pressing by Bring Your Clothes to LOUPOT’S TRADING POST PENNY’S SERENADE By W. L. Penberthy Our Track season officially opens Saturday when our team will com pete in the Border Olympics at La redo. Although we speak of a track team the sport is different from many team sports in that, for the most part, the ^ members of the Team compete in- i v i d ually and ;heir performance jfhas no effect on |!the performance |of other members Jjof the team. Nat- Hljurally the better iperformance o f jeach and every piglmember the bet- |||i||t er the team ;te&jplaces in a meet. Any well round- |ed athletitc pro- jgram has both team sports such as football, bas- Penberthy ketball and base ball, and individual sports such as track, swimming cross country, golf and tennis. Team sports build such characteristics as unselfish ness, cooperation and team play, because to be a valuable member of a team one must subjugate his own interests ta that of the group so that all members are working toward a common end. In team play there is always a chance for an alibi because one member may blame the failure of a play to the faulty playing of a team mate. This is not so in the case of the individual sports because each man is on his own, and he makes or breaks by his own efforts. He re ceives all the credit for victory and all the blame in defeat. It takes courage to participate in sports, and I feel that each sport takes a little different kind; but I have seen the same degree of cour age of one kind displayed in a track meet to the extent that an other kind was displayed on the gridiron. Some of us may have one kind of courage in abundance, but may be sadly lacking in another. It is fine to have the courage to line up with a group in a common cause, but it is also fine to have the courage to stand on your own against the field in defense of your convictions. Karow Requests That All Golfers Come By Ath. Office All men who are competing for berths on the Aggie golf team are requested to drop by the athletic office, and fill out a personal his tory blank for usfe in the publicity department. Golf Coach Marty Karow an nounced that there will be intra squad matches at the Bryan Coun try Club Thursday of this week at 3 o’clock, and Sunday at 1 o’clock the team will play matches with the members of the Bryan Country Club. KENYON AUTO STORE ASSOCIATE Household Needs Ironing Boards Pads and Covers College Station South Side THE WORLD’S MOST HONORED WATCH WINNER OF 10 World’s Fair Grand Prizes, 28 Gold Medals and more honors for accuracy than any other timepiece. UNCLE JIM, IS IT TRUE THAT YOU stopped Playing blind MAN'S Burr BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU MET AUNTII Don’t Be Blind to the Fact You’ll Want Photographs of Days at A.&M. Let us supply you from our large stock of AMATEUR It’s convenient to let us make YOUR PICTURE. and PHOTOGRAPHERS MATERIALS No appointment necessary A. & M. PHOTO SHOP North Gate