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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1947)
V SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1947 THE BATTALION Page ON KYLE FIELD by PAUL MARTIN A proposal for redistributing the gate receipts at the Cotton Bowl classic each year is expected 5!<!i!Si[SS!8 ^^ to be made by t;he Southwest Conference fac- l ulty representa- "f| tives when they g% a s se m b 1 e for their s.}prijng ^l|| meeting in Wa co May 16 and 17. There has been some agitation along this line already and a system similar to that followed by the Western Conference with the Pacific loop in connection with the Rose Bowl game is advocated. By this formula, the team’s cut will be split into 11 equal shares after all expenses have been de ducted. Each of the teams in the league gets one share and the team that participates in the tilt will draw two shares. The extra part is tossed in the pot for main- Martin tainence of the commissioner’s of fice. Under the present set-up in the Cotton Bowl, the competing schools split the gate less 15 percent for stadium rental. However, the Southwest Conference Association contributes $5,000 of the take for the operation of the office of ex ecutive secretary. By the new arrangement, the split would doubtlessly be more equal among member schools thus providing a greater incen tive toward more interest in pro motion of the project each year. A plan by which the Cotton Bowl Association expects to in crease the take from approxi mately $125,000 to $150,000 is to be effected in 1948. By this new arrangement all seats with the exception of box seats will sell for the same price. Should the Big Nine plan be adopted, the share of the com peting schools will be about $16,600 each and that of the oth er member schools will be rough ly $8,300. Aggie Swimmers Off to Good Start Art Adamson’s Aggie swim- ing team seems to be break ing all recent A&M traditions by winning four out of four of their opening meets. This wasn’t due to luck either for they competed against some tough clubs. The Dallas Ath letic Club had, until they tan gled with the Ags, never been beaten in their home pool. SMU was also taken by sur prise and perhaps the sweet est victory came Tuesday by not only beating the Longhorn splashers in their own pool, but breaking a few records as well. Two Dallas boys, Danny Green and Jimmy Flowers have contri buted no small degree to the team’s success and both have broken sev eral records in addition to adding up the points. Green is a senior and Flowers is a freshman and both have had considerable ex perience on the Highland Park swim squad in Dallas. Next on the list is a return match with D. A. C. in College Station. Following this, both Kan sas State and Texas are to visit College Station on February 26 and March 1 respectively. The Aggie tankers will wind up the season at the National AAU meet in Columbus, Ohio and they have a very good start toward copping not-a-few honors when they go up against the nations best. Two years ago the Ags copped the swimming title from Texas by the narrow margin of two points. The final count was 84-82. The sips split with the Cadets with one win by each but the Far mers came through in the confer ence meet to take the free-style relay which was the deciding fac tor. This year the chances look at least as good but the opposition is also stiffen. Action Taken on Sport Racketeering The sports racket has been mak- i n g the headlines of late but whether or not this has been going on without arousing the notice of the Athletic board is questionable. The attempted bribe of Rock SOLVE YOUR — TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM for the DANCES by making reservatitons at the AGGIE JEEP JOINT Aggieland Service Station—N. Gate Phone 4-1124 Aggie Free-Stylest Jack Riley, winner of the 100 yard free-style against DAC in th first meet between the two schools is expected to support Danny Green against the Mer men here today. Gratziona brought the whole rot ten business to a head and brought several characters who playfully referred to themselves as gamblers under indictment. This situation has so aroused the ire of sports fans and officials that action has been taken in the Texas House of Representatives to insure that no incident of that kind will take place in this state. A bill proposed by Representative William S. Jameson has been sub mitted for committee approval and seeks to impose a two-to-five year sentence on anyone bribing or at tempting to bribe an athlete or of ficial in a sports event. Some con gressmen feel that this penalty is too high but this is about the only opposition encountered as yet. Representative Jameson stated that to his knowledge, Texas does not have a statute under which an offender could be punished. Former Aggie Heads USMA Rifle Team William L. Webb, Jr., cadet sen ior at the United States Military Academy, West Point, has lead his cadet rifle team to eight matches, seven of which they emerged from triumphant. Cadet Webb is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Webb, Post, Texas, and attended A. & M. College for two and one half years. He was appointed to West Point in 1944 from the 17th district of Texas. After graduation from West Point, Cadet Webb intends to enter the Corps of Engineers. P.E. Professional Club to Be Formed Formation of a Physical Educa tion Professional Club will take place Wednesday, February 26 at the first meeting which will be held at 7 p.m. in the gym. At this meeting, to be conduct ed as an open forum, a committee will be appointed to formulate a constitution and nominate officers. Voting on the proposed constitu tion and final election of officers will take place on a later date to be set at this meeting. Purpose of the club will be to promote interest and disseminate information in the field of Physical Education. Membership is open to all students majoring or minor- ing in Physical Education. Tigers Lead Local Volleyball League The local volleyball league is now in its fifth week of competi tion with Grady Elms’ Tigers out in front of the other eleven teams. Contests are held each Monday night at the A. & M. Consolidated School. Because of the large num ber of teams in the league, games are scheduled for 7, 8 and 9 p.m. Here are the schedules for Mon day night, February 24. At 7 p.m. Carl Tishler’s Giants take on Nor man Anderson’s Dodgers and Ray Hickman’s Pirates meet O. G. Har vey’s Athletics. At 8 p.m., the | Cardinals, managed by L. G. Jones, are matched against Grady Elms’ Tigers, while Benny Zinn’s Indians tangle with Bill Cowser’s Braves. The last rounds start at 9 p.m. when the Cubs, under H. W. Bar- low come up against L. Barryman’s Rebels and Jo Jo White’s Red Sox will try to take W. M. Dowell’s Yankees. Intramural Open Handball Champs Three Aggie Clubs To Hold Tourney The recently formed badminton, handball and fencing clubs of A&M are slated to travel to Houston to day for a meet with Houston teams. This will be the first appearance of the badminton and handball clubs out-of-town but the fencing team has already had one match in Houston in which they lost to the Houston Fencing club. This time the Aggie mask and toilers will take on the Galveston fencers managed by former Aggie Dick Baird. The badminton club will meet the Houston Badminton aggregation and the handballers will meet the Houston YMCA club. Recreational Chairman W. M. Dowell announced that a bus had been chartered for the purpose and that some 25 contestants would make the trip. Texas and SMU Win Over Baylor, TCU Two SWC cage tilts took place Wednesday night with Texas ad ding another notch by downing Baylor in Austin 70-52 in a i'un- away and SMU trimming TCU 59-52 in Fort Worth. Texas played host to the fourth- place Baylor Bruins in Gregory Gym and was never even threat ened by the Bears once the game got underway. On one occasion the score stood 24 to 6 in favor of Texas. This was quite different from the match in Waco when the Baylorites held the Steers to a 45-38 final count. Hargis once again paced the Longhorns with 17 tallies while Bill Johnson was high point man for the visitors with 13. This plac ed Hargis as the highest indivi dual conference scorer with a to tal of 148 points, replacing A1 Williams of Arkansas who has 141 points. SMU barely eked out a 59-52 win over the TCU Frogs and had to fight for every point. The Chris tians led 32-31 at the half and in the closing minute of the game trailed by only three points, 55-52. However, Pony forward Bryan Lloyd came through with two buckets at the crucial moment to clinch the bout as well as third place in the conference. Whitey Baccus also managed to keep alive the hopes for being runner-up in the race. The Intramural open handball championship of the fall semester of 1946-47 was won by Duffy Stanley, left, and George Tubb. Tubb also won the open singles and is entered in the boxing events this spring. INTRAMURALS Cliff By Ackerman Wrestling Demonstration Will Start Wrestling Tournament A wrestling demonstration will be staged at five o’clock on Tues day, February 25 in the little gym for all men either Class A or Class B, that will participate in the Intramural Wrestling Tourna ment. The demonstrations will consist of take-downs, holds, and a discussion of the rules. The turnout for boxing and wres tling has been good. Brackets will be drawn as soon as possible and posted in the Intramural office. During the first two weeks of the tournament 40 to 50 bouts will be staged each afternoon starting at 4:15. Softball After many weeks of cold and rain, spring is here (we hope) and once again it is softball season. The Veterans leagues will get started soon, then followed by the Corps. All Class A games will be started at 4:30 so as to get in sev en innings of play before supper time. During the first part of the sea son it will be impossible to have Intramural officials on each of the games, because of the great num ber of men necessary to handle boxing, wrestling, handball, tennis, horseshoes, and badminton running simultaneously. It will be up to the Athletic Officers or Team Cap tains of the two teams to provide umpires. Badminton The Badminton open tournament is ready to get underway with a large number of contestants. The brackets for both the singles and doubles matches are completed and posted in the Intramural office. Notices have been sent to the first round of play and from the looks of the participants its going to be a tough race through out the tour nament. Softball Coaches If your team wants some team competition here’s a chance for a real work-out. The Intramural Managers and Officials have a softball team that will meet your team in a practice game. If inter ested contact Bud Denton at the Intramural office. CONFERENCE STANDING Records and Players, Paints, Varnishes, Wall Paper. CHAPMAN’S Next to P. O. Bryan School Won Lost Pet Tp Opp Texas 9 0 1.000 560 401 SMU 7 2 .770 513 432 Ark. 6 2 .750 454 414 Baylor 4 6 .400 527 551 A&M 2 6 .250 354 434 Rice 2 6 .222 455 522 TCU 1 8 .110 412 521 Construction is underway on nearly $37,000,00 in contract awards for new Veterans Admin istration hospitals or for additions to existing hospitals. Opens 1:00 p.m. Ph. 4-1181 LAST DAY John Wayne “WAR OF THE WILDCATS” PREVIEW TONIGHT 11:00 p. m. SUNDAY and MONDAY Aggie Swimmers T( Meet DAC Saturdaj Aggieland’s four-times victor] ious swimming team will meet the Dallas Athletic Club Mermen in a duel meet in the P. L. Downs Nat- orium Saturday afternoon at 3 p. m. Feature of the meet will prob ably be the distance race between Danny Green, senior Aggie swim star and D. A. C.’s 15-year-old| flash, Winant Wilson. This is the second match be tween the two teams as the Ags swam against them in Dallas on February 7, in which the Cadets won by a score of 41-34. In this meet the Farmers beat the Dallas- ites for the first time in history in their home pool and also handed the Mermen their first defeat of the season. Green will probably swim in the free-style along with Allen Self and Jack Riley. Flowers specializes in the breaststroke, and Spencer and Kruse carry the ball in the back stroke. Aggie Tumbling Club Getting Underway Tumbling as a sport is once again beginning to flourish on the A&M campus. A club for this pur pose has been organized by the Physical Education Department and meetings are held every Tues day and Thursday in the DeWare Field House at 5 p.m. Veterans Administration now has about 130,000 employees eligi ble for veterans preference. They comprise 60 per cent of all VA employees, male and female. PALACE ■T Ph. ONE 2 - ft-D 79 BRYAN, TEXAS PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT- SUN., MON., and TUBS. Eddie Bracken in “LADIES’ MAN” — COMING — “CALIFORNIA” With Ray Milland IT'S. MURDER .. . in the mirth degree! 'Betty HUTTON Sonny TUFTS MICHAEL CHEKHOV httllll If Hit? HUM NlMlli If HU 111 IT AKitrmt Outifii kj ttulii Sckm ^ Itntf •> l fi«| k| luia fiiaiiil nl (min lut • A Paramount Picture EXPERIENCE TAVGHT MILLIONS the Differences in Cigarette Quality ... and now the demand for Camels — always great — is greater than ever in history. 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And when three independent re search organizations asked 113,597 doctors — What cigarette do you smoke, Doctor?— the brand named most was Camel! — Also — NEWS — MUSICAL :Queen Theatre: SUN., MON., and TUBS. Dan Duryea in “WHITE TIE AND TAILS” We’re looking for two guys who asked us earlier if we had any Chinese Figurines... to tell them “Yes, we have.” And other things from CHINA, ITALY, INDIA and BALI Coulter's 114 S. Main Dial 2-1480 SUNDAY and MONDAY !/ ^ - Tuesday & Wednesday M-O-ta P1CTURI