THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 27, 1946
THE BATTALION
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:: On Kyle Field ::
By U. Y. Johnston
Colonel Frank (Colonel Andy)
Anderson has just finished his
first year as track coach since
his return to the school. He
made his debut by taking second
place in the Southwest Confer-
<ence. Colonel Andy first came
to A&M in 1920 after his gradu
ation from Mississippi State Col
lege. His first duties were head
track coach and freshman foot
ball coach, and he held both
these jobs until 1934 when he re
linquished his football position
and started devoting his full time
to track. He remained track
coach until his appointment to the
job of Commandant in 1936.
Coach Anderson has coached
every Southwest Conference
holder in the javelin event
except two, and both of these
were set while he was else
where. An Aggie, J. T. L.
McNew, set the first confer
ence title in 1917 before Colo
nel Andy’s time, and “Doc”
O’Neill set his present record
in 1938 while Colonel Andy
was Commandant of the Col
lege. It is quite possible that
had Colonel Andy been around
in ’38, when “Doc” O’Neill
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Coach Anderson didn’t do badly
Colonel Anderson
with his track team this year,
but it looks as if he might do even
better next year as he is not
losing any of his present team.
This year he coached Art Ham
den to the Conference title, the
state amateur title, third
place in the National Collegiate
meet, and nomination to the all-
American track team, which isn’t
bad for his first year back.
Colonel Andy is today one
of the outstanding track
coaches in the country, and
with his return Old Army’s
chances in the track world
should pick up. If the Ath
letic Department will give
him just an average man in
the javelin event he will give
A&M a champion in this event
come next spring. The jave
lin isn’t the only event in
which he has produced cham
pions. He has picked up five
cross-country titles and tied
for two.
Another feather in Colonel An
dy’s cap is the fact that his teams
have won every .track title that
A&M has taken except one, and
this was won by “Lil” Dimmitt in
1943 while he was substituting
for Dough Rollins.
Colonel Andy took Bob Goode,
who had never thrown the jave-
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Tigers Undefeated; Keep Ahead
Of Rivals in Softball Loop
Intramural Crown Race Hot
by Cliff Ackerman
The hustle and bustle of the past
week saw the intramural leagues
shift leads to give the summer
sports program the needed com
petition. The softball league lead
ers are Bizzell Hall in the “O”
League and Dorm No. 12 in the
“N” League. In volleyball Dorm
No. 16 moved to the top position
with 6 wins and 1 loss. Close
behind are Dorms No. 9 and No.
15 with 5 wins and 1 loss apiece.
In tennis Dorm No. 12 is out in
front with 2 wins and no losses.
Dorm No. 12 went way out ahead
this past week to prove their
dominance of the softball diam
onds. They have made a clean
sweep of the series so far with
untiring accurate arm of pitcher
untireing accurate arm of pitcher
Seibert gets credit for the wins,
but the team as a whole is a
credit to any league. The team
stopped Dorm No. 3 8 to 3. Good
fielding led by shortstop Bowen
and left fielder Ober held the
league leaders in a 3 to 3 tie un
til the 7th inning when Dorm No.
12 got 5 hits and 5 runs. Short
stop Russell and catcher Morgan
led the batting for the winners,
each getting 3 for 4. The sec
ond win for Dorm No. 12 was an
8 to 4 decision over Dorm No. 9.
Dorm No. 12 was held in tow ex
cept for a wild 3rd inning when
they got 9 hits and scored 7
runs. Dorm No. 9 was held to 9
scattered hits. Gilbert at short
stop and Epps at first base played
outstanding ball for the losers.
Dorm No. 12 took their third win
by outslugging Dorm No. 1 to
the tune of 25 to 2. Bolton for
Dorm No. 12 was the leading hit
ter of the day getting 2 home
runs and 1 single in three trips
to the plate.
Law Hall came out of the lost
column to beat Mitchell Hall 12
to 9. Law made sure of their Shuford and Briscoe playing heads
win in the 6th inning by scoring | up ball for Law Hall.
4th and 5th innings to make it a
clean win. Milner tried hard to
get back in the game by getting
several good clean hits off of
pitcher Moore, but were unable
to score but one more run. For
Milner, Lawless and Studdard
were constant threats each get
ting 3 for 4 along with Brandis
who got 3 hits for 3 trips to the
plate. For Bizzell catcher Taylor,
Shortstop L’Hommadieu and
fielder Perry played good ball.
Dorm No. 16 romped over the
“grand ole men” of Dorm No. 17
to the tune of 22 to 2. Nichols
and Barber scored the lone tal
lies for Dorm No. 17. O’Mara,
the winning pitcher had an easy
time from the beginning of the
game in which his team mates
gave him a 16 to 0 lead in the
first four innings. The game was
called in the 5th inning due to
darkness and to give the boys
from Dorm No. 16 a “breather.”
Dorm No. 15 outlasted Mitchell
Hall in a thrilling 9 inning game
8 to 4. Dorm No. 15 kept a one
run lead until the 7th inning
when Schumack, first baseman for
Mitchell, scored on a wild throw
by catcher Yarbrough. This gave
Mitchell a chance to win the game,
but the hard fighting No. 15 team
came back in the 9th inning to
get clean hits from pitcher Lowps.
Shafer started the rally and
Dorm No. 15 put the game in the
bag with 7 hits and 5 runs.
After their defeat by Bizzell,
Milner Hall came back to blank
Dorm No. 15 3 to 0. Brandis was
the winning pitcher allowing only
4 hits.
The hardest fought volleyball
game of the season was between
Laww Hall and Dorm No. 16, with
Dorm No. 16 being victorious tak
ing two games, 15 to 10, 17 to 15.
Both teams were outstanding with
Mostyn leading the winners and
6 runs.
Dorm No. 1 took a victory over
Dorm No. 9 in a well played
game 5 to 1. Riha the winning
pitcher allowed only one hit.
Bizzell Hall stayed in their
stride by winning two close games.
The first win was over Dorm No.
15, 14 to 10. Johnston of Dorm
No. 15 made 4 runs by getting
one home run, one single, and
two walks in four trips to the
plate. Bizzell in their second
victory of the week slowed the
“red hot” Milner team to a walk
in an exciting game 6 to 4. Both
teams had a hitting spree in the
2nd inning, Milner scoring 3 runs
and Bizzell 4 runs. Bizzell held
the lead throughout the game and
then scored a run in each of the
lin, and turned him into the con
ference champion this season and
he has high hopes that Goode may
return the conference record to
its rightful owners, namely A&M.
Callan, manager for Dorm. No.
16, used every man and every
scheme to stop Dorm No. 15 from
wolloping No. 16 2 to 1. Dorm
No. 16 took the first game 15 to
12, but Barnett pepped his team
up and No. 15 came back with ex
cellent team work and ball handl
ing to give them a long edge over
the “bumfuzzled” No. 16 team in
two games, 15 to 1, 15 to 5.
Dorm No. 9 defeated Dorm No.
3 15 to 12, 15 to 6. It took fast
thinking and playing for Dorm No.
9 to take two games from Dorm
No. 3. Epps and McCormick kept
Dorm No. 9 ahead throughout the
games. For Dorm No. 3 Ander
son, Lackey, and Sellinger kept
Dorm No. 9 worried with good
set-ups and hard spiking.
Dorm No. 16, led by Mostyn,
upset Dorm No. 9 in a fast mov
ing game 15 to 9, 15 to 11. Daw
son for the losers was outstand
ing in all around playing.
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"Big Dog” Back
William (Big Dog) Dawson
William (Big Dog) Dawson re
turned to. Aggieland this week as
Assistant Athletic Director for the
College. Dawson has been in the
Army since 1940, and he was dis
charged in January as a major.
“Big Dog” played football and
basketball during his tour at A.
& M., and he also played football
for the Army. In 1940 he played
on the All-West Army team, and
then did a repeat performance for
the same team in 1942. In ’42 this
All-West team played four pro
football games and Big Dog ap
peared with them in these games.
In 1940 he was captain of the
basketball team and was also one
of the top scorers for the confer
ence.
Dawson is now in the same boat
as some of the rest of us as he is
looking for one of those long for
gotten items that are called-by the
lucky few that have them—apart
ments.
Swimming Pool
Open to Everyone
Starting on Monday, July 1st,
the swimming pool will be open to
students, student’s families, fa
culty, faculty’s families, and
guests of the family’s of either.
There will be no charge for stu
dents, but for the faculty, fami
lies, and guests there will be a
small charge. The prices will be
14$ for all persons over nine
years of age, and 9$ for anyone
under this age. The pool will be
open from three till five-thirty
and from seven till nine every day
except Sunday.
Harnden Takes
Third Place in
National 440
Art Harnden. who was A&M’s
only entry in the NCAA track meet
in Minneapolis, took third place in
the 440-yard race. Harnden turned
in his best time of the year, 48.3
seconds. Harnden was bested by
two colored boys, one from Illinois
and the other from Southern Uni
versity. Herb McKinley, the star
track man from Illinois, was first
with the very good time of 47.6,
and David Bolen of Southern was
second. McKinley’s time was not
as good as some of his previous
performances, but it was fast
enough to take the field.
The Southwest Conference teams
did not do so well in this meet as
they had only seven men come in
“in the money”. John Robertson,
the lad from Forty Acres, was the
only man from this section of the
country to take a first place. Rob
ertson kept the Southwest Confer
ence in the limelight by taking
first in the broad jump with a
leap of 24 feet 10^4 inches. Our
boys will get another crack at the
big shots next week-end in llhe
San Antonio in the annual Nation
al AAU meet. Maybe the boys can
make a better showing on the
home grounds than they did in
the far north.
The office of Director of Stu
dent Affairs was established Nov.
1, 1944.
By Red Bennett
In the College Station Softball
league the Tigers are in first
place, winning three games and
losing none. The Indians occupy
the Second place, winning two
games out of three. The Giants,
winning one out of two games
are in third place. In the fourth,
fifth and sixth place are the Pi
rates, Yankees and Cubs respec
tively.
In a game on the College Park
diamond last Wednesday after
noon the Indians defended their
second place standing, coming
through to win over the Pirates
with a score of 5 to 3. Irvin
Lloyd was the winning pitcher
for the Indians and T. Terrell
was the loosing pitcher. The
longest hits of the game were
three two-baggers, Roberts slug
ging one for the Indians and
Sturkie and Potter hitting one
each for the Pirates.
Friday afternoon on the College
Hills diamond the Yankees lost
to the Giants 4 to 2. Winning
pitcher was Johnny Rogers, giving
the Yankees 9 hits. The losing
pitcher for the Yankees, John
Stiles, was relieved in the 3rd in
ning by R. C. Terry, who let the
Giants hit only 6 times. In the
6th inning the Yankees saved a
possible two scores on a double
play—fly to Davis to Spriggs.
In the 5th inning, Aden McGee
made a running catch of a hard
hit ball by Stiles, robbing Stiles
of a hit and saving a possible two
scores for the Giants. The long
est hit of the game was a three-
bagger by Taylor Wilkins.
On Monday afternoon at the
College Park diamond the Cubs
won their first game of the seas
on over the Indians by a score of
9 to 4. Cordova was the winning
pitcher relieved by Jay in the
5th inning. The losing pitcher
was Irvin Lloyd.
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