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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1946)
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 6, 1946 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 Softball, Swimming, Picnicing Included in Local Council’s Program Activities of the College Sta tion Recreation Council will get under way next week with a com munity picnic planned, two softball leagues organized, swimming class es holding first meetings, and reg istration of dancing classes about completed, it has been announced. One hundred and fifty have sign ed for the dancing classes that are planned to get underway as soon as final registration is held. Any one desiring to enter those classes may call Mrs. G. B. Winstead at 4-7694 for details. The classes are open to any one in the community. Mrs. Doris Ann Hayes will be in charge of the classes, which are the first in this activity that have ben sponsored by the Recreation Council. Present plans are to di vide the classes into Adult, High School, and Junior High School groups, with other classes planned for children under ten years of age. It is hoped to get these classes underway next week and it is urg ed that any one desiring to enter do so at once so that final plans for size of classes can be com pleted. The first community picnic will be held Wednesday, June 12, and will be followed by monthly get- togethers of this type. Picnics are under the direction of J. Gordon Gay, J. D. Prewit, and Luke Pa- trenella. This was one of the most popular activities of the Council last year and plans are made for more elaborate ones this year. The first picnic will feature two soft- ball games, with the Cubs versus the Pirates and the Indians versus the Yankees. More than 100 swimmers have registered in the beginners, inter mediate, and advanced swimming classes, according to Mrs. G. W. Schlesselman, chairman. Registra tion in all classifications are still open. The classes will be taught by Art Adamson, swimming coach of A. & M. College and will be held in the Downs Natatorium on A. & M. Campus. The advanced class will meet for the first time at 11 o’clock Mon day morning, June 10, beginners will meet at 11 o’clock Tusday and the intermediates will meet at 11 o’clock Wednesday. It is urged that all who have Registered and any others who desire to enter the classes meet at these times so that all classes can get underway without delay. Present plans are that the ad vanced class will meet each Mon day and Thursday, beginners each Tuesday and Saturday and Inter mediates on Wednesday and Fri day. This schedule is subject to change due to the large enroll ment. The boys softball began Tuesday and will meet each Tuesday and Thursday morning at 9:30 o’clock, on the drill field to the rear of Duncan Hall. This is for the boys under 12 years of age. 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. TENNIS and BADMINTON PLAYERS RESTRINGING SERVICE FOR TENNIS and BADMINTON RACQUETS Fast and Efficient Service SMITH’S North Gate Phone 4-4444 BATTALIO • • • • On Kyle Field • • • • U. V. Johnston The groundwork for the sum mer sports program will be laid this afternoon at a meeting of the house masters, team captains, and members of the Physical Edu cation Department. The purpose of this meeting is to get the machin ery in motion to form teams for competition in summer sports. The Physical Education Depart ment at present has plans drawn up for an Intramural softball league, a volleyball league, and matches In tennis. Each dormi tory and living area is to have a team for each sport. The emphasis will be placed on these three sports to start, but if enough people request them, other tournaments will be planned. C. G. (Spike) White, the head of the Intramural Department, will help interested persons form any type or kind of sports activities that the facilities permit. The Physical Ed ucation Department’s sole reason for existing is to help the students in athletics, and they are willing to help at any time. They have the facilities to handle everything from horseshoe pitching to a golf tournament, and if the students ask it any or all of these will be ini tiated. Outside of the Intramural but still in the Phys Ed Dept, is the swimming pool which is open to all students from three to six each af ternoon. The pool is also open to students and their guests on Sat urdays and Sundays at these same times. There will be enough facilities to keep nearly everyone busy on the campus, but for those who have to go elsewhere for their recrea tion, there is the Bryan .Country Club on the highway to Bryan and the miniature golf course across the street from the Campus Thea tre. The Country Club may not have the best course in the world, but I would be willing to bet that it furnishes more surprises. If there are enough interested in this so-called entertainment, the Phys Ed Department will try to organ- ilze a tournament. This program is entirely volun- SWIM TRUNKS b y Gantner and B. V. D. In or out of the water, you’re in the swim—with either of these smart Swim Trunks. Oceans of comfort, smoothly, flowing style keep you feel ing free in these up-to-date shorts. Strike out for a swell pair of these Swim Trunks today. LADIES GANTNER (Floating Bra) SWIM SUITS See these Smart, “California-styled Swim Suits” . . . famous for their style and beauty. 7 t T WlMBERLEY • STONE • DAN3BV w.o.iy CLOTKIERS COLLEGE and BRYAN tary, and it will be up to each individual as to how big a part he will take in it. The program is for every student on the campus, so all you guys and gals come on out and we will make it the best of all the preceding programs. Aggies Place Two Players On All-SW Conference Team Edrl Beesley, pitcher, and Hub Moon, right fielder; both outstanding players for the Texas Aggies, were placed on the Associated Press All-Conference baseball team for the spring season of 1946. Jackson of Rice, making 57 trips to the plate and hitting 25 times led the conference in bat ting average with a .438. Moon of A&M was second, making 54 trips and hitting 23 times to come out with an average of .425. Redding of Baylor; Zomleffer and Layne of Tu were placed on the team by a unanimous vote. Powell and Jackson of Rice and Moon of A&M lacked one vote Softball League Starts Tomorrow With Six Teams The College Station Softball League gets underway tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. when the Cubs meet the Yanks for the opening game at the College Park diamond. When the two teams meet for the season opener W. R. Wright will be the manager for the Cubs and C. O. Spriggs will be at helm for the Yanks. The league is made up of six teams with each team made up of approximately 22 players each. The teams are composed of Col lege Station residents and there are still openings for anyone who is interested. Anyone living in College Station is eligible, both students and permanent residents; however students living on the campus are not eligible as there will be a softball league formed on the campus for them. The steering committee backing this league is made up of three of the men from the community: Frank Anderson, Ray Perryman, and Lamar Fly. This committee will handle all gripes and arguments pertaining to the games. Any and all problems should be turned over to one of those men either in per son or by mail, and they will handle them. YANKEES—C. O. Spriggs, Mgr., L. E. Winder, Cecil Bearden, La mar Fly, James Vincent, Breazeale, Slick Leonard, John Stiles, R. C. Terry, Dicky Yarnell, Satch Elk-. of being unanimous. The all conference team for the 1946 baseball season was also the slugging team for the season ex cept for Bobby Layne and Hobbs Williams who were replaced by Bishop of Rice and Szekely of Bay lor. The team with these two men in place of Layne and Williams had a team batting average of .378. Of the power men of the ins, Joe Davis, C. H. Rartsdell, Dempsey Guthrie, John Lancaster, A. C. Magee, Tom Ferguson, L. C. Fakin, Joe Motheral, Robert Bland. VS. CUBS—Sol Wright, Mgr., Ray Perryman, J. D. Prewitt, Pluto Wilson, L. E. McCall, Grady Elms, Roy Hagler, Bill Blair, Bobby Wright, Roy C. Garrett, George Warner, Lloyd Berryman, Ike Dahl- berg, W. S. Guthrie, H. Cordova, Louis Mair, Rohrbacher, Lucien Morgan, Clyde Lenz, W. S. Man ning. —0— TIGERS—N. Anderson, Mgr., Bill Echols, M. Smith, Jo Jo White, Callender, N. Anderson, Jr., Bill Guthrie, W. D. Bunting, Spike White, Howell Gandy, Cowboy Mil ler, Dickie Birdwell, Gene Brock, H. W. Barlow, Howard Potts, Ed Stark, Billy Hensel, T. W. Chen- ault, Robert T. Hunt. VS. INDIANS—Ed Garner, Mgr., J. E. Roberts, H. T. Holland, Jr., El- vin Street, Charles Smith, Irvin Lloyd, C. W. Carter, Ray Hickman, Roy Bucek, Shelby Cain, Herschel Burgess, C. H. Wilson, E. H. Temp- lin, H. Cintrone, W. R. Horseley, N. L. Kelley, Lee Thompson, D. B. Gofer, Jr., Kalczyk, Sergeant Man- nel. —0— PIRATES—Bonnen, C. A., Mgr., DR. N. B. McNUTT DENTIST Office in Parker Building Over Canady’s Pharmacy Phone 2-1457 Bryan, Texas T. Terrell, Marty Karow, Chas. Orr, H. N. Sturkie, Johnnie Frank ie, C. Murphy, W. A. Varvell, May- bry Can, Krenek, Howard Badgett, Bobby Potter, Dave Fleming, Geo. Litton, Pete Mayes, G. Eimann, H. L. Kidd, C. E. Ferguson, Glenn Eimann. VS. GIANTS—Tishler, Carl., Mgr., Taylor Wilkins, R. B. Hickerson, Woody Varner, Johnny Rogers, Aden Magee, Geo. Edds, Jim Lindsey, Benny Zinn, Tony Dobro- volny, Andy Salis, Cal Graham, W. O. Reese, B. G. Cherry, R. O. Berry, H. L. Stevens, J. R. Couch, Johnny Lyon, Chick Williams. Have your car washed and greased by our trained, ef ficient mechanics. For quick, courteous service, call 4-1188. Aggieland Service Station and Garage East Gate conference Bishop of Rice, a pitcher led the pack with the impressive average of .454. However, Bishop only had 33 official hits for 57 trips to give him an average of .438. This team is all powerful at bat, but it is weak afield. The team made a total of 35 errors for the season to drop their fielding average to .944, however with the power this team could show at bat a few errors in the field would go unnoticed. The lineup for this slugging team finds Bishop of Rice pitching, Chandler of Baylor catching, Pow ell of Rice IB, Redding of Baylor 2B, Jackson of Tu 3B, Zomleffer of Tu SS, Szekely of Baylor LF, Ferguson of Tu CF, and Moon of A&M in RF. With a team like this and the pitching of Layne and Beesley a coach would have about all he could ask for in the way of baseball material. 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