THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 11, 1946
THE BATTALION
PAGE 3
:: On Kyle Field ::
by U. V. Johnston
The 1946 football season has all
the ear marks of being one of the
wildest ever t6 be reeled off in
this or any other conference. With
the return of all the servicemen
and more high school material than
at any previous time the teams
will be among the most powerful
to ever take the field. This year
a good team will be only average,
as it is going to take a great
team to be even in the running.
This same thing will be true of
the players. A player who could
be All-American in any other seas
on might be playing All-American
bench-warmer this season.
All of the coaches are afraid
to make a guess as to where
their teams will wind up in the
standings, -as everything is one
big question mark at the present.
When asked for an opinion the
coaches answer with a stock
reply—“Too early to tell.” It
really isn’t too early to tell as
every coach knows approximate
ly what calibre players he will
have, but he doesn’t have any
idea what the other coaches have
up their sleeve. Every school
in the states is going to be load
ed with other players, but the
opposition won’t be able to find
out what kind of load they car
ry until next fall. This is true
of every season, but more so
this year than before.
Next September the Aggies will
have one of the largest teams ever
as over one hundred men have in
dicated that they wish to play.
Of this number, forty-two are let-
termen and fifteen are freshmen
numeral men. This leaves about
fifty new men, and some of these
have had college experience at
other schools. This is only an
estimate as any number may
change their minds before next
September, but if only half appear
there will be enough to make the
competition stiff for a first string
berth.
At the present, Texas looks
like the best team on paper,
but that doesn’t always tell the
story. Texas has taken the
championship three out of the
last four years, and if statis
tics prove anything, she will
repeat again this year. From
these three championship teams
Texas will recover a great num
ber of players in the form of
returning Vets, whereas we will
only get a few of our last
championship team back. The
last championship team we had
was in ’41, and only a few of
these players will be back next
fall, while on the other hand
the Texas teams will be made
up of championship material—
in fact almost any player re
turning to Texas will have to
have been a member of at least
one of their championship
teams.
This does not mean that we are
conceding the championship to
Texas, but looking at the statis
tics, we feel that the University
has the inside track at present.
Texas isn’t a cinch to win—not
by any means—but she holds the
big stick in that she has more re
turning talent than any other con
ference team, and she will be the
school to beat this year just as
she has been all during the war.
Richardson Takes
Coaching Job at
Consolidated H. S.
Lester S. (Les) Richardson,
former guard on the Texas A. &
M. co-championship team of 1940
and championship team of 1941,
has been appointed head coach of
A. & M. Consolidated High School
and will begin September 1, 1946.
Les, who is formerly from Hous
ton, is now living in the project
house area with his wife and
daughter and plans to settle in
College Station after his gradu
ation in August of this year.
Before entering A. & M., Rich
ardson was All-District guard at
Milby in ’36 and All-Conference
guard at Marshall Jr. College in
’38. He had only two years of
eligibility left when he entered
A. & M.
In addition to coaching at A. &
M. Consolidated, Richardson will
continue his education toward a
masters degree in Industrial Edu
cation, teach two courses at A. &
M., and teach shop work at high
school.
THORNTON TO
ATTEND MEETING
M. K. Thornton, agricultural
chemist for the A. and M. College
Extension Service, will attend a
meeting of the Southwest Fertil
izer Committee in Shreveport,
j Louisiana, July 11-12, Director
Ide P. Trotter has announced.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
R. L. BROWN, Pastor
College Station, Texas
9:45 Sunday School
10:45 Morning Worship Service
6:15 Training Union
7:15 Evening Worship Service
Classes and unions for Ex-Servicemen and their wives
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CVOCKIERS
College and Bryan
Battalion Sports
Dorm 12 Takes Bizzell by Storm
To Win Intramural Softball Title
Ag '46 Foofball Schedule Tough
Date Opponent Place
Sept. 21 — North Texas State College College Station
Sept. 28 — Texas Tech San Antonio
Oct. 5 — University of Oklahoma Norman, Okla.
Oct. 12 — Louisiana State Univ Baton Rouge, La.
Oct. 19 — Texas Christian Univ College Station
Oct. 26 — Baylor University Waco
Nov. 2 — Univ. of Arkansas College Station
Nov. 9 — Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas
Nov. 16 — Rice Institute College Station
Nov. 28 — Texas University Austin
SOFTBALL
It was two in a row for Dorm
No. 12 as they made a clean sweep
of the softball championship play
off series by outslugging Bizzell
Hall 7 to 3, 13 to 6. Dorm No. 12
won the Corp championship this
past spring semester and with a
few minor changes in the team
they came back to win their second
straight crown.
In the first game pitcher Buddy
Moore held the hard hitting Dorm
No. 12 team to 6 hits while “Fire
ball” Seibert kept Bizzell in hand
with 4 hits. Bizzell made their
3 runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings
und from there on it was No. 12’s
ball game with only 3 players for
the Bizzell team reaching first
base. Russell at shortstop. Cross
at 3rd base, and Fern in left
field Persons, and firstbaseman
Anderson were the top players for
the losers.
In the second game of the series
Dorm No. 12 walloped the Bizzell
team for 14 hits to give them the
championship. “Fireball” Seibert,
pitching with ease held the Bizzell
team to 6 runs. Dorm No. 12, led
by playing manager Bolton, step
ped out in front the first two in
nings to hold the scoring lead
throughout the game. Leftfielder
Rankin, fielder Adams, and right-
fielder Cook were outstanding in
filling the outfield holes. Second
baseman Johnson, for No. 12, was
the leading hitter getting 3 hits
and 1 walk. For Bizzell center-
fielder Stevens and shortstop
L’Hommadieu played heads-up
ball.
Two homeruns were hit during
the play-off, both in the last game,
by Bolton and Adams of the No.
12 team.
VOLLEYBALL
The volleyball league champion
ship was decided in a two day
series play-off with Dorm No. 15
being the winner.
The first game was won by
Dorm No. 15 when they defeated
Dorm No. 9 15-15, 15-6. Dorm
No. 15 led by Barnett came from
behind in a slow start to beat
Dorm No. 9 two straight games.
Dawson, Epps, and Weathered
played heads-up ball for the los
ers.
Dorm No. 15’s final win was
over Dorm No. 16 to give them
the championship. The first game
was a wild scoring game with
Dorm No. 16 playing for game
point ten times only to lose a
hard fought game 16-14. In the
second game No. 15 took a fast
game 15-8. Dorm No. 16 was
having constant “trouble keeping
their No. 2 man located.” The
sharp spiking of Sample and the
Coach’s Son Turns
Traitor to Baylor;
Wears Aggie Shirt
Seems as though the Aggies
have, (rather, did have) a big fan
on the campus of the Baylor Bears.
That is to say they had a little
fan, fanning in a big way—nine
year old Frank Kimbrough, Jr., son
of the Bear’s coach, Frank Kim
brough.
Little Frank blossomed out in
a Texas A. & M. T-shirt! So his
father was called on the mat by
the Baylor Chamber of Commerce
this week. The shirt has been
given to Frank, Jr. by his uncle,
Jack Kimbrough, a Texas Aggie,
who is well remembered on the
campus here (and on many another
campus, by those who played
against him).
However, the president of the
Chamber of Commerce rectified
what he considered a gross mis
take by presenting little Frank
with a T-shirt “bear-ing” the
proper Baylor insignia.
Candidate for Representative,
26th District Texas Legislature,
Brazos and Grimes Counties.
Grad. Texas A&M College Class
’40. Former member Business
Law and Economics Faculty.
World War H veteran, overseas
service. Fully qualified to serve.
(Paid Pol. Adv. by friends of
W. T. “Bill” Moore)
“on the ball” playing of the entire
team gave Dorm No. 15 .their win
ning team. For the losers Muel
ler, Mostyn, and O’Mara played
outstanding ball.
TENNIS OPEN TOURNAMENT
Thirty-nine matches in the ten
nis tournament have been played,
10 doubles and 29 singles, to
bring the tournament into its fin
al week. In doubles Sharp and
Smith defeated Giblin and Rich
ardson 3-4, 5-7, 6-3 to put them
in the final play-off match. The
teams of Lewis and Sellers, Ed
gar and Page have a semi-final
match to play and the winners of
that match will meet Sharp and
Smith for the championship
match.
In the singles matches Wallis
beat Schas 6-2, 6-4 and Page beat
Rettig 6-4, 6-4 to put them in the
semi-finals. Two matches remain
in the quarter finals, Sellers vs
Edgar and Sharp vs Langford.
GOLF OPEN TOURNAMENT
The golf tournament will finish
play the coming week. In singles
Bolton, Lee, and Brock have
reached the semi-finals. One
match in the quarter finals be
tween Thomas and Weathered re
mains to be played.
In doubles the semi-finals have
been reached with Burdett and
Bolton against Kachtick and Lee,
Weathered and Pettit against
Welch and Walton.
Indians Take Team
Batting Honors
Although the Tigers took the
softball pennant for the first half
of the season they rank second in
team batting average. The Ind
ians, who rank third in the final
standing are first in team batting.
And the Giants taking second place
in the first half of the season,
stand last in -the team batting
average.
On the list of the ten leading
hitters for the first half of the
season, the Tigers placed two
men: Harrison and Mead, who are
first and third on the list, respec
tively. The Yankees placed two
men in the second and eighth posi
tions, Beard on and Stiles occupy
ing these places. The Indians got
three men on the list; Kelly, Rob
erts and Denton occupying fifht,
seventh and ninth places respec
tively. The Cubs put two men on
the list; Jay and Garrett in the
sixth and ten places. Karow oc
cupies fourth- place for the Pi
rates.
Player
Team AB
H
Avg.
Harrison
Tigers ....14
10
.715
Beardon
Yankees ..11
7
.636
Mead
Tigers ....11
7
.636
Karow
Pirates ....12
7
.636
Kelley
Indians ....19
11
.579
Jay
Cubs 11
6
.545
Roberts
Indians ....13
7
.538
Stiles
Yankees ..17
9
.528
Denton
Indians ....18
9
.500
Garrett
Cubs 13
6
.462
Batting Average by Teams
Team
A.B.
Hits
Pet.
Indians .
151
59
.391
Tigers....
175
59
.337
Yankees
155
48
.309
Pirates .
125
33
.264
Cubs
147
34
.231
Giants ...
132
30
.227
1800 Vets, Wives
Eat Barbecue at
Holiday Outing
Celebrating their first legal-
holiday Fourth of July in years,
veterans and their wives gathered
at the American Legion Park in
Bryan last week for a barbeque
and dance. The Ex-Servicemen’s
Club served 1800 plates of barbe
que and a corresponding amount
of beverages, according to Ike
Ashbum, Jr., chairman of the
committea.in charge. The Veter
ans’ Wivts Club assisted in stag
ing the picnic.
New rwaroon-and-white busses,
making their first runs for the
Bryan-College Traction Co., had
to make several trips in order to
carry the celebrators out to the
Legion Hall, while many others ar
rived in private automobiles.
The college mess hall was
praised by the committee for its
cooperation in providing not only
the original order of barbeque
and other food, but also for rush
ing out extra amounts when the
original supply proved inadequate
for the huge crowd.
Don’t be afraid of the diction
ary! A. & M. Handbook.
Wm. L POWERS
A university graduate. For
mer County Supt. of Brazos
Co. and experienced rural
teacher solicits your careful
consideration and vote for
County School
Superintendent
in the Democratic Primary
July 27
(Paid Political Adr.)
Giants Are Second
In C.S. Softball
The Tigers walked off with the
first half-season softball pennant
after winning five games and los
ing none. In their last game of
the first-half of the season the
Tigers beat the Indians 8 to 9 on
July 1 to officially cop the pen
nant. The Giants took second
place, winning three games and
losing two.
Last Monday the Giants met
the Indians on the College Park
diamond winning by a score of 11
to 4 to insure their second place
standing. Rogers was the winning
pitcher, allowing the Giants to
hit 11 times for their four runs.
The two longest hits of the game
was a home run in the second by
Wilkins for the Giants and a
triple by Kelly for the Indians.
Last Wednesday, July 3, the
Giants met the Cubs on the College
Park diamond to win from them by
a score of 6 to 5. Rogers, the
winning pitcher for the Giants al
lowed the Cubs to hit 8 times for
their 5 runs. Cordova was the
losing pitcher, letting the Giants
hit 8 times for their 6 rns. In the
last half of the 7th inning Jay
slugged a home run for the Cubs.
The longest hit slugged for the
Giants was a double by Reese.
In a game on the College Hills
diamond last Friday afternoon,
the Yankees took the Pirates 12 to
5. The Yankees got 10 hits off
Terrell, while Terry allowed the
Pirates to hit only 5 times. The
longest hit of the game was a
home run by Stiles in the second
inning.
Final Standing
Team Won Lost Pet.
Tigers 5 0 1.000
Giants 3 2 .600
Indians , 2 3 .400
Pirates 2 3 .400
Yankees 2 3 .400
Cubs 1 4 .200
McNEW ATTENDING
SPOKANE CONVENTION
J. T. L. McNew, vice president
for engineering, left today for
Spokane, Wash., where he will at
tend the summer convention of
the American Society of Civil En
gineers.
McNew, a vice president of the
ASCE, was accompanied by his
wife and son. They plan to visit
Grand Coulee dam and other points
of interest in the Pacific North
west.
This football season looks like
one of the toughest for the Aggie.s
for several years. Out of the ten
games there is only one, the first
one, that could be called a light
one, and it is no push-over. The
other nine are with big schools,
and the Aggies will have no easy
time with any of them.
Every school in the Conference
will be loaded with returning let-
termen, and all will be shooting
for the title. Texas and A. & M.
are high with 42 returning let-
termen each, and Arkansas has
the least number as they have only
18 returning. All told, there will be
EXTENSIONERS ATTEND
OKLAHOMA SHORT COURSE
Three district agents of the A.
and M. College Extension Service
are spending July 8-12 at Still
water, Oklahoma, attending a short
course on Housing for Family
Living, according to an announce
ment by Director Ide P. Trotter.
Included in the group are Leta
Bennett, Bess Edwards and W. I.
Glass. Classes for the short
course, which is being offered by
Oklahoma A. and M. College, will
be conducted by an outstanding
authority in the housing field, Dr.
Keith H. Hinchcliff of the Agri
cultural Experiment Station, Uni
versity of Illinois.
Campus
Over the Exchange Store
over one hundred fifty returning
lettermen to the Conference, and
listed in these are two All-mer-
icans. H. J. Nichols, the All-Amer
ican guard in ’44, from Rice will
be back, and Hubert Bectitol, the
All-American end, from Texas will
be out of the service in time to
play for Forty-Acres.
Nearly every school in the Con
ference has been picked by at
least one sports writer to pick
up the title, and they are all go
ing to try to keep face with these
writers. The Aggies will have one
of their best chances since ’40, but
it isn’t going to be easy.
C. HOHN TO ADDRESS
SANTA FE CONFERENCE
State Farm Labor Supervisor,
C. Hohn will explain some of the
phases of the Extension farm la
bor program when he addresses a
conference of Catholic priests and
lay people from seven states in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 10,
Director Ide P. Trotter has an
nounced. His subject will be what
the Extension Service has done
to bring about better utilization
of labor and better working rela
tionships between the producers
and the migrant farm laborers.
Plan your study and stick to
your plan.—A. & M. Handbook.
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