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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1946)
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 13, 1946 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 • • • • On Kyle Field • • • • By U. V. Johnston Just about the most popular spot in and around Bryan or Col lege Station these days is the Bryan country club, as nearly ev eryone seems to have the desire to get out and swing the old clubs. An official intramural tournament has not started as yet but Spike White has promised that there will be one in the very near fu ture. So all you duffers, drag out the clubs and get in a few prac tice swings. The swimming pool at the Country Club is also doing a booming business these hot days, and the customers are not all of the male species. Of course the married men are not interested in this aspect, but some of the single men may take the tip. The present golf course at the Bryan Country Club is far from the best in the country, but with the improvements that are now underway, the course should be much better. The course in its present form is not only a very poor one, but it is a very dangerous one. The plan for playing eighteen holes on a course that was originally designed for nine is very definitely a poor one. The course would be enough of a hazard with only nine holes, as the fairways cross in too many places. With eighteen holes the golfers take their life into their own hands when they go out on the course. With the addition of the nine new holes this will be remedied to some extent, and possibly the course will improve as a result. The back nine will give the fair ways in use at present a little re lief from the heavy traffic, and in a period of time this will improve the course as a whole. If the gods are favorable to the workmen and let up on the rain just a little, so that the heavy equipment can get in to finish up the work al ready started, the new back nine will be ready for use on or about the first of July. The Sports Department of The Battalion would like to make public apology to Rice for a serious error that was made in last week’s edition. Through some mistake—either typographical or error by the writer—we made the state ment that Ransom Jackson was a student at Rice, and this is not the case at all. Jackson is a teasipper, and although he is a very good ball player, I do not think that Rice would appreciate the idea of a teasip per being associated with their school. DeWitt (Tex) Coulter, the all- american tackle for Army in 1945, has washed-out of West Point, be cause he was failing in mathe matics, and he does not intend to apply for re-examination. At present Coulter’s intentions are not definitely known, but his ex-team mates think he will either turn pro-ball or return to some Texas school. GIRL SCOUT DAY CAMP The Girl Scout Day Camp for Girl Scouts of College Station and Bryan which opened last Monday closes this evening with a camp fire. The scouts will spend the night on the little house grounds tonight. Open house will be held tomorrow until 11:30 a.m. Play Ball! m State AAU Track A/!eef This Week-End in Santone Opening game of College Station softball league with Ray Perry man at bat and R. L. (Satch) Elkins behind the plate. THE WORLD’S MOST HONORED W A T C Nf WINNER OF 10 World’s Jj| Fair Grand Prizes, 28 Gold Medals and more accuracy than any other timepiece. ICE COLD WATERMELONS Served Outside LOU IS OPEN TO SERVE YOU LOUPOTS WATERMELON GARDEN Open Week Nights Until 11 Open Saturday and Sunday ’til You Leave Yankees and Tigers s Win First Games In Soft Ball In a siege of pop-bottle throw ing, umpire arguments, battling bats and whizzing balls, the Col lege Station softball league got under way last Friday afternoon at the College Park diamond when the Yankees, managed by C. O. Spriggs, won over the Cubs, man aged by Sol Wright by a score of 11 to 4. John Stiles was the win ning pitcher for the Yankees and H. Cordova was the losing pitcher. In the second game of the sea son, played Monday night at the College Park diamond, the Tigers took the Pirates 7 to 4. The win ning pitcher was H. W. Barlow, who pitched a 4-run, no-hit game up until the time he was relieved by Luke Harrison. Marty Karow was the losing pitcher relieved by Ezel Jones who pitched four, no -runs, no-hits, innings. Karow slugged the longest hit of the game which was a three bagger. Two more games of this league were being played Wednesday night on the Drill Field diamond as part of the community picnic pro gram. However, the results were not available in time to print. These games were: Indians, Ed Garner, Mgr. vs. Yankees, C. O. Spriggs, Mgr., and Cubs, manag ed by Sol Wright vs. Pirates, man aged by C. A. Bonnen. The results of these two games will be published in the next edi tion of the Bat. The Association of Former Stu dents keeps records on 16,000 ex students of A. & M. College. Remember Dad... Fathers Day, June 16th LOOK NO FURTHER FOR FATHER Your treat this time ... To make Dad look his best and feel his best—give him something he can use and enjoy. Come in and let us show you dozens of fine gift selections any dad will be happy to receive. College and Bryan Iwimming - "Yes My Darling Daughter", But Heed The Rules Some timely advice to vacation ists concerning the proper precau tions to be used in water sports during summer months was re leased from the State Health De partment by Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State Health Officer. It was pointed out that in view of prevailing travel difficulties, vacation pleasures are apt to be limited to excursions and picnics at nearby lakes, rivers, and ponds of unfamiliar depth and currents, and without the usual lifeguard supervision associated with bath ing beaches and commercial swim ming pools. “Swimming and water sports are beneficial to good health provided one’s physical condition justifies this type of exercise,” Dr. Cox as serted; “nevertheless, they possess dangerous possibilities if the rules of safety, through carelessness or thoughtlessness, are disregarded. The A. & M. Hospital has 150 beds, operating room, X-ray and laboratory facilities. The sports lime light of the week will be focused on San Antonio and the State AAU track meet which is to be held there Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15. Old Army will be represented in this meet by seven men, two of whom are Southwest Conference cham pions, and the chances are that we will have a winner or two. One of these will also go to the NCAA meet at Minneapolis, Minnesota, the followink week. Art Harnden will be the main stay of the Aggie delegation to San Antonio next week and also the representative to the Minnea polis meet the week-end of June 21 and 22. The others who will carry the Aggie colors are Wil liam Fischer and W. L. Benson White Takes Athletic Honors Oscar White, junior from Ris ing Star, Texas, walked off with the sports laurels at A. & M. this year by knocking down letters in three major sports: football, bas ketball, and track. White played end in football, forward in bas ketball, and ran the 120 yard high hurdles in track. His best time in track was 14.7 for the hurdles. Not being satisfied with letters in three major sports, he had to annex the heavyweight boxing title in his spare time. With letters in his three sports he would have been the outstand ing man at Aggieland, but when he picked up the boxing title he clin ched it with no one running him an even close second. White is very definitely the A. & M. ath lete of the year, and has been men tioned as the outstanding athlete in the nation. Tassos Signs Contract With Detroit Lions Damon (Greek) Tassos, who played freshman football in ’42, and varsity ball in ’43, ’44, '45, has signed a new contract with the Detroit Lions at an increase in salary of $1000 a year. Tassos played for the Lions last year dur ing football season, but returned to school in the spring. While Tassos was playing for A&M he was also a track man. In 1945 he took the Conference cham pionship in the shot-put with a throw of 47 feet 2 inches. In be tween playing for A&M and pro football he coached the Consolidat ed High School football team to a championship. More than 15,00 former A. & M. students served in the armed for ces during World War II. OSCAR WHITE in the 440 yard dash; James Mar- tensen in the 880 yard run; Rob ert Goode, Southwest Conference champion in the javelin; Franklin Young, shotput; Oscar White in the hurdles. The top men in the meet this week end will be invited to the national meet two weeks hence, and A. & M. should have at least two or three men qualifying. Ham den is almost a cinch to qualify as he holds the third fastest time of any collegiate athlete for the year in the 440, and he should do bet ter Friday night, as The Alamo Stadium track is reported to be in the best of condition, and it should be very fast barring ex ceptional heavy rains. Harnden should qualify for the national meet, but when he gets to the national he is going to run into some very stiff competition in the form of a lad from Illinois, who ran the 440 in 46.2 in the Big Ten track meet a few weeks ago. 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