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Monday Afternoon, April 22, 1946 The Battalion Page 3 Aggies Split Two-Game Series With Rice Brazos A. & M. Club Plans Party for Aggie Athletes The Brazos County A. & M. Club last Monday night voted to stage a “stag” barbecue May 20 at the Bryan Country Club in hon or of all current Texas Aggie ath letes excepting members of the football team, who were guests of the Club at a party given in Jan uary. A winter party in recognition of particicpants in fall sports and a spring festival for participants in winter and spring sports are to be placed on the annual College calendar as the contribution of local former students for the en tertainment of the boys who wear the Maroon and White in inter collegiate sports competition. Report was made to club mem bers on the Aggie Victory Muster by E. E. McQuillen. After read ing of an editorial on the Texas A&M College in the Houston Press, Secretary Fred Cavitt was in structed to commend the paper for its series of special issues this week on the College and its con tribution to winning the war. S. A. Lipscomb, W. T. McDon ald and W. R. McCullough, with two additional members to be named later, comprise a committee appointed to look into the advis ability of reforming a board of directors to assist elective officers in running the Club. Other com mittees were appointed to investi gate matters brought to the at tention of the meeting. C. C. Vick won the attendance prize drawing. Tickets at $1.00 each for the Sports Barbecue, May 20, may be secured from George McCulloch, E. E. McQuillen, Fred Hale, Roy Garrett, Luke Patranella, John M. Lawrence, Jr., Breezy Breazeale, Harry Boyer, Chas. W. Crawford, J. D. Prewit, S. A. Lipscomb, Mit Dansby, Fred Cavitt, C. E. Sand- stedt, Oscar Crain and Holloway Hughes. SPORTS Aggie Netters Lose to T. u. 6-0 The Texas A. & M. tennis team lost all its matches in a South west Conference engagement against the Texas university net ters Saturday at Dallas. In the first singles match, Clar ence Mabry defeated Memo Eli zondo 6-2, 6-1, while Wade Spill man set down William Gilbert 6-2, 6-2 in the second bracket. WIFE OF AGGIE BASEBALL COACH, TRAINER DIES Mrs. Lola Vaughan Dimmitt, 51, wife of Lil Dimmitt, head base ball coach and athletic trainer at Texas A. & M. College, died at her home here Friday after a two-year illness. Mrs. Dimmitt was born in Sny der and was married to Dimmitt March 6, 1914, at Colorado City. its gretf-its fftte THE MAN’S MAGAZINE FOR MAY KING OF THE GAMBLERS It's a True exclusive — in book-length to give you the whole story of the amaz ing, unique but perfectly real character who started riding a bicycle on a tight rope, who ended as the world's most famous chance-taker and gamester. 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THE CASE OF THE DYNAMITE MURDERS I 9 * Alan Hynd (Author of tho Cato of Tho Roundabobt Vongoanco, otc.) A Million Men are buying TRUE, the Man’s Magazine — for its adventure, sports, humor, special men’s departments — and every word true! ISO Pages of the May TRUE — be sure to get this issue. It!s on sate at your favorite newsstand . . . now Cadets Take Second Conference Loss As Texas u. Continues Undefeated Playing before a crowd of homecoming Aggie exes, the Texas A. & M. baseball team split a two-game series with the Rice Owls at Kyle Field Friday and Saturday. In the meantime, the Texas university Longhorns won two from T. C. U. to maintain its unbroken string of Southwest Con ference victories. Friday's game resulted in the Aggies' second defeat of the sea son, with the Owls taking advan tage of a melee of errors in the fifth inning to beat Earl Beesley 6-5. Beesley limited the Owls to six hits, of which three were bunch ed in the fifth with a walk, a wild pitch and five errors to score four runs. With the count tied at 5-5, the Owls added the winning tally in the seventh off a walk, a stolen base and a hit by outfielder Bob Feldman. Bill Bishop pitched for Rice, and held the Aggies to nine hits, with three bunched in the second good for four runs. A walk, a sacrifice and a double by Peck Vass help ed in the scoring. The Aggies got their final run in the fourth off a walk, a hit, and a long fly to cen ter field. Cotton Lindloff, Bill Hartley and Beesley each got two singles for the Cadet. Vass' dou ble was the only extra base hit of the game. In Saturday’s game the Aggies 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 CVeCKUGM In Bryan 4 staved off a ninth-inning rally to win 11-10. Johny Chuford got credit for the win but Earl Beesley had to come to his rescue in the ninth to get the final out with the win ning run on the paths. The Aggies got to John Fox in the first for four runs off two hits, three walks, two errors, a wild pitch and a run scoring balk. They added two in the second, fourth and fifth and another in the seventh. Hub Moon and Bill Brad ley both homered, driving in a mate ahead of themselves. Fox weathered the storm until he gave up the Bradley homer in the fifth. Don Crouch finished, allowing one run and one hit. Rice got to Elmer Purtle for five runs off four hits, no errors, two walks and a run-scoring wild pitch before Johnny Shuford went to the mound with two out in the second. He gave up the other five runs and seven hits before Bees ley pitched to the last two men, allowing one hit. Dean Shepardson Booked For Kream and Kow Meet Dean Chas. N. Shepardson will be guest speaker at a meeting of the Kream and Kow Club sched uled for 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, at the College Cream ery. Plans for the Cattlemen’s Ball will be discussed at the meeting. EAGLE SCOUTS TO MEET WED. AFTERNOON A meeting of the Eagle Scout Club will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, April 24, in the American Legion Hall near the Project Houses. Plans will be made for a trip to be taken on the following week end. iirhe- most hohhWed X : •' ■ ■ • ||jj§§ WATCH' ON -THE IciMPis : WINNER of 10 tU iWo rid V fair Grand || Pirl*«s/28 GoW M««t» I liiiQislond' more honori:;lll for accuracy than any other timepiece. THE EXCHANGE STORE SERVING TEXAS AGGIES