THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20, 1946
THE BATTALION
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On Kyle Field :: Ba ttaHoil Sports
By U. V. Johnston
Coach Homer Norton received a
very welcome letter last Thurs
day from Jimmy Flowers, who was
all-state center for the Highland
Park Scotties of Dallas during the
1945 season. In his letter Flow
ers stated that he has definitely
made up his mind to come to A. &
M. next fall.
Flowers was one of the out
standing players of the state in
high school football, and he will
be eligible for Varsity ball, as
freshmen will be eligible this
year.
Coach Norton is not the
only one who welcomes Flow
ers with open arms. Coach
Art Anderson welcomes him
also, as the Dallas flash is al
so a very good swimmer.
Flowers won the state high
school championship in the
100-yard breast stroke swim
ming event and was also on
the 180-yard medley relay
team. With this important
addition to his team Coach
Anderson should have a much
more powerful team next
year.
Flowers is just one of the
many thorns that Coach Dana X.
Bible will have in his side next
Turkey Day when we journey over
to Forty Acres. Another good
high school player has written
that he will report in to Aggie-
land next fall. He is Floyd Som
mers of Brenham, Texas. Som
mers led the state in scoring last
season. He amassed the total of
223 points for the season, and he
is expected to boost the Aggies
chances next fall. With these
high school players and all the
returning service-men the Aggies
should have a very powerful ball
club for the next season and sev
eral seasons to come.
The prize statement of the
year in sports came from By
ron Nelson Sunday after he
had lost the National Open
Golf Championship. The golf
tournament was broadcast
under the sponsorship of the
Gillette Razor Blade Co., and
after Nelson had lost the
tournament he was asked by
the announcer to make a
statement over the air. Nel
son came back in his typical
Texas drawl, “Give me one
of those sharp Gillette Razor
Blades. I want to cut my
throat.”
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Ari Harnden Takes 400 Meter
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Harnden shows his heels to Kidd, the vaunted star from Texas, in the Southwest Conference meet.
Baseball Leads in Intramurals As
Dorms Battle for Championship
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College and Bryan
by Cliff Ackerman
Three of the current Intramural
sports are now in full swing, as
the first week of the summer pro
gram has past. There are several
good teams entered and the play
ers are showing a great deal of
interest regardless of the hot
weather.
Softball has been of leading in
terest, and it is going to be a hot
race for the championship. Mitch
ell and Milner will give the other
teams trouble as they have the
two best infields we have seen
this season. Dorm No. 9 will
give the long hitters something
to think about with a crack out
field led by L. F. Auverman.
Then there is Dorm No. 12, last
spring’s softball champions, who
look as if they will repeat this
summer behind the excellent
pitching of “Fireball” Seibert.
Dorm No. 12 won its first two
games of the season by defeating
Dorm No. 1, 17 to 5 in which Sei
bert pitched a two hit ball game.
In their second win they defeated
Dorm No. 7, 18 to 8.
The best game we have seen
was the 4 to 3 victory of Mitchell
over Milner. Mitchell had a 3
to 0 lead over Milner until the
6th inning when the Milner team
scored one run and then two
runs in the 7th to tie the ball
game up. The game went two
extra innings and Wiley, 3rd
baseman for Mitchell, came to bat
and knocked a home run for the
winning score. Brandis, the los
ing pitcher allowed only five hits
and one walk. Mitchell also
came out on the long end of the
score in their second win of the
week by beating Dorm No. 16, 9
to 4.
The grand old men of Dorm No.
17 were defeated in their first
ball game by Bizzell, 17 to 9. One
of the grandpa’s was overheard to
say, “I’m having more fun than
when I was a freshman.” Dorm
No. 15 defeated Law Hall by the
score of 17 to 3. We saw little
“Dusty” Shafer, one of our form
er Intramural managers take
over the pitching duties for Dorm
No. 15 and he did a swell job.
Law Hall has a catcher by the
name of Crow that can talk a
player into swinging at a ball on
the ground or one above the trees.
Dorm No. 3 and Dorm No. 5
played a close game with Dorm
No. 3 being victorious 5 to 4. The
winning pitcher Dickson was the
outstanding figure in the game
with 13 strick outs.
In the Volleyball league the
winning teams have been run
ning away with their wins. The
teams haven’t developed smooth
team work yet and it has causeed
some of the teams to lose needed
points. The grand old men of
Dorm No. 17 came back to re
venge their softball defeat,
handed them by Bizzell, to win
over them 15 to 2 and 15 to 9.
Woods and McLarty played excel-
(Continued on Page 4)
A. & M. Golfing
Open To All
Duffers and Golfers attention!
The Intramural department is
starting the summer golf tourna
ment and all contestants are wel
come. There is no limit to the
number of contestants that each
area can enter, so all you golfers
either contact the athletic officer
of your dorm, or turn in your en
trance cards to Spike White of
the Intramural Department.
This tournament is scheduled to
start the first of next week so it
is urgent that all prospective
players get their applications in
early.
Art Harnden turned in a per
formance last Friday in the State
AAU track meet by taking the
400-meter event with a flat fifty
seconds, turning the vaunted Kidd
back for the second time for the
year. This win automatically
qualifies him for the National
AAU meet which will be held in
San Antonio on June 28 and 29.
If he runs true to form, he has
a cinch third in this meet as he
has the third fastest time of any
man in the nation to date.
He is in good position to do
even better, as some of these men
who have better time may not
show up. Again, Harnden may do
still better when he meats some
stiffer competition. Although
Art Harnden is from A&M he
was running under the San An-
Tigers Lead In
Softball Loop
by Red Bennett
The Tigers were leading in Col
lege Station softball as the Batt
went to press.
In a double-header on the Drill
Field diamond last Wednesday
the fans of the College Station
softball league saw two games of
this league played off. The Pi
rates, managed by C. A. Bonnen,
won over the Cubs, managed by
Sol Wright, by a score of 6 to 5,
and the Indians, managed by Ed
Garner, beat the Yankees, man
aged by C. O. Spriggs, in a score
of 13 to 6.
Last Friday afternoon in a
game on the College Hills dia
mond the Tigers beat the Giants
by an overwhelming score of 17
to 1. The winning pitcher for this
game was H. W. Barlow, Loosing
pitcher was Bullet Gray relieved
by Johnny Rogers. The Tigers
are managed by N. Anderson and
the Giants are managed by Carl
Tishler.
Annual Field Day of the Texas
Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ Asso
ciation will be held here on Fri
day, June 28. The Animal Hus
bandry Department of the college
will be host to all members of
the Association, and cordially in-
O. M. Ball collected the fossil j vites all others interested in
plants now in the A. & M. museum. Aberdeen- Angus cattle to attend.
The S. M. Tracy Herbarium,
the A. & M. museum, is one
the largest in the South.
tonio Athletic Club banner Fri
day as the AAU meets are not
open to college teams.
An ex-Aggie by the name of
Pete Watkins tied for first place
with Coffman of Rice in the high-
jump with a jump of 6 feet 5%
inches. These are the only two
firsts taken by Aggies, but sev
eral Aggies came in in the money.
White took fourth in the high
hurdles, Goode took a third in the
javelin throw, Young took second
in the shot put, and Roy Holbrook,
an ex-Aggie who is now on lend
lease to the Navy, took fourth in
the. 400-meter event.
All of these men automatically
qualify for the national meet,
which is to be held in San Antonio
on June 28 and 29, and Harnden
is going to the NCAA meet next
week in Minneapolis.
File Now For
Tennis Tourney
The Intramural Department
was a little undecided as to
whether a tennis tournaihent
would have enough support amop.g
the students this summer to war
rant its existence, but since
enough people have requested it
the plans have been laid. This
tournement will be composed ®f
both single and double teams of
students and their wives. Play
will start next week so it is
necessary that all interested per-
sohs file their applications on or
before June 25.
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