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SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1947 THE BATTALION Page 3 v* ■ON KYLE FIELD by PAUL MARTIN Coaching Issue Still Unsettled ■ Last Saturday, February 22, the A&M Board of Directors met to decide, among other things, upon the recommen- d a t i o n of the Executive Com mittee of the Ex-Students As sociation for the dismissal of Head Coach Ho mer Norton. ’ V U n c onfirmed sources stated through the Uni- t e d Press that Norton had been Martin offered $10,000 toward the ter mination of his contract, a rumor that Norton vehemently denied, saying that no financial offer had been made. Norton’s contract has some three years and six months yet to go and a full settlement would total approximately $35,000. The Board failed to take any action on this issue until the en tire number were present. Two new appointees to the Board by Governor Jester are still awaiting confirmation by the Senate. Norton announced further that he stood ready to fulfill contract should he receive a vote of approval from the Board or conform to whatever decision they made. Some months ago rumor had it that Norton might go into the ho tel business in College Station at the termination of his contract, along with Bert Pfaff of Tyler, or iginator of the Pfaff Athletic Award. Last Thursday Norton confirmed that such an idea had been considered. But future de velopments will be determined by the decision of the board. Norton has not yet said definitely that he would go into business. Texas Horse Racing Bill Favored Surprisingly enough, no oppo sition was met when the House Committee on State Affairs held a hearing on whether or not horse racing and parimutual betting should be legalized in Texas. The committee speedily approved the bill after numerous men, prom inent in racing, agriculture and the military in Texas appeared be fore it. Notably, General Jonathan M. Wainwright, Fourth Army Commander in Texas presented his views stating that this act would increase state revenue, improve the price of livestock, and improve the breeding. The lack of opposition came as a complete surprise for such a measure has been bandied around for a number of years without making any headway. Should it become a law, much illegal gamb ling would be stopped and the State would collect increased rev enue from an untapped source. Among others approving the bill was G. R. White of Brady, presi dent of the A&M Board of Direc tors. A state commission of five men would be appointed to regu late all racing. The bill was proposed by Rep resentative Tom Martin of Fred- ricksburg and Woodrow Bean of Ysleta and it was proposed that all members of the racing com mission be men engaged in horse breeding and raising in Texas. Intramural Boxing, Wrestling Bouts Begin Intramural “A” boxing and “B” wrestling matches will begin on Monday, March 3 and continue until the finals are held on the night of March 17. The matches will begin at 4:30 p. m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. The quarter-finals and the Semi finals are to be held on March 10, 11, and 13. Each contestant is to weigh-in immediately upon arrival and all those who are overweight are disqualified and will forfeit the match. A blackboard near the arena will announce the order in which the bouts will be staged. The weight divisions are in eight classes—119 and under, 119 to 129, 129 to 139, 139 to 149, 149 to 159, 159 to 169, 169 to 179, and 179 and over. This weight is taken stripped and contestants must ad- her to these limits. Upperclass wrestling and fresh men boxing entries are due on March 6 and weighing-in will take place March 7, 10 or 11. Admittance to these events will be free and Spike White, director of Intramural Athletics announced that spectators will be welcome. These tilts are to be staged in DeWare Field House and spec tators are welcome. No admis sion is to be charged and the program looks as if it might be well worth keeping an eye on this year. Quite a number of good men are out in both events. In upperclass boxing, George Tubb, winner of the open hand ball competition, both doubles and singles, is out for honors. Now is the time for contestants to start watching that waist-line for anyone found to be over-weight LEON B. WEISS It’s the well dressed man that chooses his sport shirts by their color, pattern and quality. One good look at our handsome line will convince you these sport shirts are made of the best. id gfe, I i mm 4~> j*l wm \m ' h, • • • TONE-UP YOUR FEELINGS with selections from our JAYSON SPORT SHIRTS ill --j • • >'/ ' ; i : A . :: \ i ■ HOMER ADAMS Six-foot, 170 pound guard Ho mer Adams is now playing his last year at A&M. He lettered in 1942 and 46 and won the most valuable player trophy in 1946. After serving two years in the Army Air Forces, Adams, with his wife and two children, has re turned to A&M to finish his ed ucation. Golfing Prospects Work-Out Sunday The qualifying rounds for the A. & M. golf teams starts Sun day morning at 9 a.m. on the Bry an Country Club greens, to open what may well be one of A. & M.’s best golf seasons. With several of the applicants swatting out with 71’s and 72’s and two applicants, Travis B. Bry an, Jr. and Lawrence Fouraker, having a 68 and 67 respectively, it can be seen that the Ags will be respected. will have to forfeit his match. The quarter-finals and semi-fi nals will take place on March 10, 11, and 13. Finals come off on the night of March 17. Freshman boxing and upperclass wrestling are slated to get underway about March 11 with entries due on March 6 and weighing-in on March 7, 10, and 11. The number of war veterans in the United States has reached an all-tim high of 18,277,000 the Veterans Administration announced today. Rifle Team Wins 3 Out of 4 Matches; Loses to Pointers The Aggie Rifle Team won three out of four matches dur ing the week ending February 22. For these four pistol matches, A. & M. fired a team score of 1866 points, Oklahoma A. & M. fired 1839 points, Penn State fired 1827 points, and the Univer- s i t y of Pittsburgh fired 1806 points. The match fired against the Military Academy, West Point, New York, was lost when the Ag gies fired a team score of 1345 against the Academy team total of 1379. Matches were being fired during this week with Lehigh University, Citadel, and the University of Washington. Team members are firing a min imum of forty rounds each week. Firing is scheduled at the indoor range on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoon; on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7:15 p.m. The Aggie Rifle team should consist of fifteen members. At present only eight men have qual ified, leaving vacancies yet to be filled. The High Five scores of the week ending February 22 were fired by the following men: Name Unit Score James P. Jones—Co. B, Inf. 379 T. H. Rose—Btry A, FA 376 Edwin R. Davies—Sq. A, Air Corps....372 R. L. McClendon—Btry G. FA, 372 G. S. Kent—Co. A, Ord 367 Tutoring Positions Open on Monday The Athletic Office has announ ced that a number of positions are open for tutors. As in the past, salary will be one dollar per hour for all those who are qualified and approved by the heads of the de partments of the courses they tu tor in. All of those interested are requested to apply either to Bill Dawson or to his secretary, Mrs. Jean Graff in the Coaches office located in DeWare Field House on Monday, March 3 before 5 p. m. Also, those tutors who applied last fall are requested to let it be known that they are still in school and to give any change in address. Courses that tutors are now needed in are Mathematics 101, Agronomy 105, Animal Husbandry 107, Chemistry 101 and 102, Bio logy 101 and 102, Mathematics 101, 102, and 203, and English 103, 104 and 203. Tutors in other cours ers will be needed later on, so ev eryone who might be interested should apply Monday. D. you believ. In THRIFT? I’m a regular Scotsman, for thrift. I never throw away anything that I can use again. "Every year I salvage millions and millions of pounds of metal from what you might call junk. "I collect all the old telephone equipment, wire and cable no longer useful to the Bell System ... and all the machine scrap, turnings and rejected parts from the factories where I make Bell Telephone equipment. "I turn this scrap metal into bars and billets of refined metals and alloys out of which I make new telephone equipment. "I salvage rubber, textiles and paper, too ; ; . and anything I can’t use again, I sell. Nothing is wasted. "My thriftiness, as supply unit of the Bell System, is one reason why you get telephone service . . . the world’s best ... at the lowest possible cost. "Remember my name. It’s Western Electric.” Western Electric A UNIT OF THE BELL Jm SYSTEM »NCE 188® 1 ■*§ m&mm HI n rmif K H ^ h' m I ^ - jS "i MIKE GARCIA Mike Garcia Aggie freshman guard from San Antinio, has on more than one occasion confused his opponents and thrilled the spectators by his tricky ball handling and fast dribbling. After three years in service, Garcia has enrolled at A&M and will have three years eligibility left after this season. He was a Staff Sergeant in the Combat Engineers in the war and is still single. Baylor Trims TCU By One Point Lead Last Tuesday night in Fort Worth the TCU Frogs very nearly pulled anoher upset by holding the fourth-ranking Baylor Bruins to a one-point victory with overtime. The final score was 58-57 in fa vor of the Bears. Odell Preston was the Baylor eager who contributed the win ning point by dropping in a char ity toss at the end of a five-min ute overtime period. The regular game ended with the count tied 51 all. The lead changed hands some 12 times throughout the affair and’ the score was tied on an equal number of occasions. At halftime the visitors led with a tally of 23- 22. Froggie Gene Schmidt tied up the regular game by dropping in a bucket and a charity as the final gun sounded. TCU guard Leroy Pasco led the scoring- for both sides with 15 tallies while Bill Johnson paced the Bears with 13 points. TCU led with 22 field goals but Baylor made up for this with 20 buskets and 18 free throws as com pared with 13 for the hosts. PRECISION-BUIL] For Your Car Exclusive!) Ford owners! We have sufficient Genuine Ford Parts to keep your car rolling. It’s plain com mon sense to use Genuine Ford Parts. They’re made exclusively for your car. They fit right and are made of laboratory controlled materials which insure maximum life. And they cost less! (yhrcL ^ART^ MADE RIGHT—FIT RIGHT All automobile parts may look alike but they are not alike. Only Genuine Ford Parts are preci sion-built to exacting Ford stand ards, exclusively for your car. Ford uses 36 different kinds of carbon and alloy steel in making Genuine Ford Parts—each part is of the same high quality as the origmal car part. Your Friendly Ford Dealer Bryan Motor Co. BRYAN Aggie Swimmers Come Through Again; Down Visiting Kansas Team 52 to 23 The Aggie freestyle relay quartet of Allen Self, Jack Riley, Barnard Syfan, and Danny Green put the cap on the sixth straight victory of the Aggie tankers Wednesday after noon as they burned up the course for a new pool record of 3:47.5 for 400 yards in beating the Kansas State Wildcats 52-23. f Six of the nine events were swept by the powerful Aggie mer- Intramural Boxing And Wrestling To Commence Monday The Intramural Boxing and Wrestling program gets underway Monday afternoon as the Class A boxers and Class B wrestlers start the first bouts at 4:30. All the scheduling for the bouts are complete and the first week there will be bouts in boths sports everyday except Friday starting time being 4:30. Floor Managers for the Class A boxing will be Giblin and Crouch. In Class B wrestling Riptoe and Harkrider will be in charge. All contestants are urged to re port promptly at the scheduled time and to weigh in immediately upon arrival. The wrestlers are to weigh in and sit in the south side of the gym while the boxers will take over the north stands. It will be a two ring circus in the gym with boxing and wrestling goin at the same time and all who are interested may see the bouts. SOFTBALL The Intramural softball program will get started Monday afternoon with two Veteran games leading off. Backstops are now being erected and will be ready on all diamonds where games are sched uled. BADMINTON OPEN TOURNAMENT A note from Cotton Howell, dir ector of the tournament, states that the tournament got off to a fast start Tuesday night. Some of the first round winners were Bell of “A” Field, McMillian “C” Inf., Webb from “G” Inf., and Page “D” Cav. Hotel Business May Be Next if Contract Bought, Says Coach Athletic Director Homer Nor ton confirmed reports that be might go into private business at College Station if school officials buy off his football coaching con tract. He stressed, however, that he still is a coach under contract and has made no final decision on whether to accept another coach ing job or enter business if and when he leaves A. & M. “I have been considering the possibilities of going into the ho tel business for some time,” the veteran coach said. Reports here were that Norton might become financially interested in a hotel to be erected in the college com munity. Norton named Bert Pfaff of Tyler as a friend who might be associated with him in the en terprise. It was earlier reported that Nor ton had been offered $10,000 in cash, but in this respect the coach formally denied that a settlement had been suggested. Decision by the Board of Direc tors on the coaching situation was postponed until two new members, Tyree Bell and C. C. Krueger, could meet in session. ★ ★★★★★ IILlllWfc , /.J 1/C IP For the smoothest, cleanest, pow ered shave, with your preferred soap or cream, you need a Stahly 1 It’s the non-electrio live-blade razor that puts vibrant action into your favorite double-edged Wade with 3,000 cutting strokes per minute. The shave-thrill of your life! Several luxurious models, as gifts or prized per sonal possessions. $19- 95 ■ ^AND UP Now Availablel Mjeaut V ro ki ehpansbv wIsIj . 1/ CLOrKtERS ★ ★★★★★ men, Kansas State’s star Marshal Stever taking the diving and the 440 freestyle. Stever, out of com petition since 1941, is the present 220 and 440 freestyle recordholder in the Big Six Conference. Coach Adamson threw the full weight of his star-studded squad into the first events of the meet, letting up on the weak wildcats only when victory was certain. Howard Spencer, Jim Flowers, and Jack Riley combined in the 300-yard medley relay to turn in a winning time of 3:13.7, nearly two seconds under the conference record. Green Wins Again Danny Green, who has been swimming sprints most of the time, took Stever and teammate Syfan by fifteen yards in the 220 freestyle, finishing in 2:18.4. This is a full second under the confer ence record of the Aggies’ Bobby Taylor, set in 1941, but lacks two seconds of breaking the pool re cord, set by Green himself in 1942. Allen Self won the 50-yard sprint by a close margin, with teammate John Westervelt placing third. Aggie letterman Jerry Fisher and Tommy Knox were narrowly nosed out by Kansas State’s Light in the 100-yard free. Howard Spencer and Gene Sum mers took first and second in the 150-yard backstroke. Flowers Beaten Jim Flowers, sensational fresh man breastroker from Dallas, found the 200 yard distance too long for him as veteran Bob Cow ling nosed him out for first in 2:40.5. Flowers, previously unbeat en in breastroke competition, has been consistently bettering the con ference record of 1:07 for the hundred yards, set in 1938 by Mike Sejka of Texas. East Texas Club to Choose Duchess for Cotton Ball The East Texas Club will hold a meeting in the ex-student’s lounge of the Y. M. C. A. Tues day night at 7 p. m. to discuss plans for the organizational pic ture, it was announced. A duchess to represent the club at the an nual Cotton Ball will be chosen at the meeting. Registrar Says Students planning to graduate w th iu end oi f the curre nt semes- forma^annii r 7 ’ mUst ^mit tormai application to the Reg istrar on forms that purpose March 1, 1947 provided for n °t later than in wv V te* ^ e ' 8e That’s -coewbe ' Coumcu. \ve vs 8 - of ttve Student 1 * F OR SALE 5 Room House. New Venetian blinds, 93x117% comer lot. 3 blocks from Campus. Fairview at Park Place. Will sell for 100% G. I. appraisal. — See — N. R. BURKHALTER Phone 4-8776