The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 06, 1946, Image 3

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    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.”
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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.
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