SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1947
THE BATTALION
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p—ON KYLE FIELD ]
^ by PAUL MARTIN
Plans are being made to reorganize the Aggie T Club that prac
tically died out for lack of inertia during the war. Composed of Ag
gies who have lettered in one of the major sports, football, baseball,
basketball or track, the organization has hopes of reviving some social
activity on the campus.
A meeting for the purpose of reorganization will be held in the
C. E. Lecture room on Wednesday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Baseball Race to Be Well Balanced
If the first day of practice is
any indication, the Aggies are go
ing to have a baseball team this
year. The first game of this sea
son is less than two weeks away
but most of the team is already in
shape and with
a bit more
practice should
develop that
teamwork nec
essary to win.
Monday’s
drill was es-
sentially a
batting p r a c-
tice with each
man getting
h i s crack at
the ball. Stan
Holmig, slated
for the k e y-
stone sack,
was continually knocking the ball
over the new cyclone fence. An
other strong hitter was Floyd
Walker, who bats left-handed.
Walker handles the catcher’s slot.
Leo Daniels, All-Conference field
er in ’42 and ’43, was also pushing
the apple out against the fence.
The Aggie infield looked very
good during their fielding practice.
Martin
Tex Thornton and Russell Mays
were alternating at short-stop and
both were becoming smooth ball
handlers. Two men who handled
the second base spot were Cotton
Lindloff and Red Burditt and both
looked well in their positions. Jul
ian Pressly, who looked good both
in the batter’s box and on the
diamond, will probably take over
the third base slot.
With a well rounded infield and
a fast developing outfield, Lil Dim-
mitt may have a conference win
ner for a baseball team. One big
question mark is always pitching,
but Lil has several hurlers on
hand, such as Bing Turner, Earl
Beesley, and Leroy Gibbon, and
several more in the developing
stage.
Coach Dimmitt was notified
Wednesday that the tilts with
Brooks Army Air Field on March
14-15 have been canceled and the
scheduled matches with Southwest
ern University had also been can
celled that were originally slated
for March 21-22.
No opponent has as yet been
found to fill the latter dates but
the Brooke Medics will fill in the
14 and 15 dates as well as two
more games on March 20 and 24.
News From the Enemy Camps
Competition will be rougher this
season as in most sports. Baylor,
who finished high up in the race
last year, seems to have gone after
high school stars and should make
a better showing than in the past.
Rice, TCU and SMU will also
be making strong bids for honors
according to reports from the
north and Texas, the perennial
strong contender, will be just as
hard as ever to beat. Bibb Falk
has in his line-up five ’46 All-
Conference players plus a couple
of reputedly hot freshmen. The
Steers, defending their 26th Con
ference title will have a strong
battery of hurlers and indications
are that Bobby Layne, winner of
nine conference games last year,
will be top man in the pitchers
slot.
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Dorm Number 1 Wins Upperclass Intramural Football Championship
Winners of last years Intramural Upperclass Football competition were the boys from Dorm 1.
Members of the team, pictured in the usual order, are: front row, Brueck, Cotton, Jones, Cox; back row,
Honaker, Redditt, Halbrook, Rettig and Amons.
INTRAMURALS cm,
Smith Paces Aggie
Roundball Scoring
Lynn Smith, 6 foot, 5 inch Aggie
center who joined the cage squad
at mid-term, after three confer
ence games had already been
played was high-point man for the
Cadets for conference scoring.
Veteran eager Homer Adams
had the best free throw percentage
with .705 with only five missed.
Mike Garcia was next with .678,
missing eight and Don Voiding
missed six to make a .625 average.
Player
Fg
Ft
Pf
Tp
Smith
...46
10
16
102
Batey
...35
18
20
88
Garcia
...30
19
33
79
Adams
...31
12
21
74
Voiding
...28
10
23
66
Kamperman .
...18
17
20
53
Turnbow
... 9
13
17
31
Moore
... 8
8
9
24
Thornton
... 9
0
13
18
Jenkins
... 5
2
13
12
Weinbaum ...
... 5
2
11
12
Collinsworth .
... 5
1
7
11
Lloyd Messersmith’s SMU club
has been showing constant impro
vement and under direction of the
veteran mentor, the Ponies may be
in a position to go places this
season. TCU will be stronger than
ever and the Frogs have been
making some strong bids even
though last season the Purple
wound up in the cellar.
The Cadets have one thing in
their favor and that is that both
games with Texas are to be played
at College Station.
Thumbnail Sketches
George Kadera, Houston. Foot
ball, track; Weight 210, height
6’1”; Age 20; Freshman; Played
Keesler Field 1945; State A.A.U.
champion, weights; Placed Nation
al A.A.U. weights 1946; Olympic
prospect; Served 19 months, Army
Air Forces, corporal; American
Theater; Physical Education; Sin
gle; 4 years eligibility.
BOXERS READY FOR
QUARTER FINALS
The quarter finals in the cur
rent Intramural Boxing Tourna
ment will get underway Monday
afternoon. The boxers who have
withstood plenty of hard blows
are ready to stage more of those
good bouts, with the hopes of mov
ing into the semi-finals.
General Manager for the box
ing tournament is Crouch of G
Infantry. He took the situation
in hand from the first and has
kept the show rolling.
Scheduled matches for the
weights:
Heavyweight
Muller C Field vs. Straus Dorm
5.
Wilson A Field vs. Hicks B
Field.
Wisenhunt C Eng. vs. Dietrick
E Inf.
Light Heavyweight
Branson A Eng. vs. Cole A CAC.
Pate C Field vs. Liles A CWS.
Epps E Inf. vs. Cherry, Hart
Hall.
Middleweight
Zeitman C Field vs. Choat B
Inf.
Desmuke B Field vs. Tubbs
Dorm 17.
Dunnam Inf. Band vs. Page D
Cav.
Roach A CWS vs. Landry Law
Hall.
Welterweight
Shelton A Cav. vs. Bennett Vet
Co. 1.
Horne B Air Corps vs. Pochyla
Law Hall.
Devine Mitchell Hall vs. Decher
A Coast.
Lightweight
Hamilton B Inf. vs. Maguire G
Inf.
Hodges A CWS vs. Stanford Inf.
Band.
Young Dorm 16 vs. Hyatt B
Field.
Barnett A CWS vs. Libby B
Cav.
Featherweight
Golden A Inf. vs. Strickel A
Cav.
Russell C Cav. vs. Walker Dorm
17.
Schwartz E Inf. vs. Rogers Vet
Co. 1.
Eisenhower A Coast vs. Wood-
liff A Sig.
In the bantamweight bouts the
semifinals have been reached with
Lomax A CWS meeting Allen of
A Inf. and West of Dorm 17 going
against Pastorek Dorm 3.
In thg flyweight division only
two entries were recorded: Mathis
of A Signal and Webb from G
Infantry. These men will meet
in the finals matches March 17.
Winners in last Saturday’s fenc
ing match at which A. B. Rodner,
Houston professional, officiated
were Chromister in first place and
Dye taking second.
Aggie Golfers Get
Work-Out Sunday
Despite all kinds of weather,
most of it bad, Marty Karow’s
Aggie golf team has been getting
in some work-outs. An intra
squad qualifying match scheduled
last Sunday on the Bryan Country
Club links failed to bring any def-
inate results as the weather was
tpo cloudy fqr much play.
This Sunday, beginning
noon, ah outer-squad match has
been arranged between members of
the Aggie team and Bryan Country
Club regulars.
Though some members of the
team have not gotten in their qual
ifying rounds yet, others on the
squad have been slipping in a few
strokes that may spell out a bet-
ter-than-average team.
EXPERIENCE TAUGHT MILLIONS THE DIFFERENCES IN CIGARETTE QUALITY!
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during that shortage that people
found themselves comparing brands
whether they intended to or not.
And millions more people found
that the rich, full flavor of Camel’s
superb blend of choice tobaccos
suited their Taste to a “T.” And that
their Throats welcomed the kind of
cool mildness Camels deliver.
Thus the demand for Camels grew
so great that today more people are
smoking Camels than ever before.
But, no matter how great the de
mand, this you can be sure of:
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Only choice tobaccos, properly aged,
and blended in the time-honored
Camel way, are used in Camels.
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I
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Texas Ruled Favorites in Fifteenth
Annual Border Olympics at Laredo
The fifteenth annual Border Olympics held in Laredo
this week-end, the first big outdoor track and field meet in
the nation, finds the Texas Longhorns ruling as the favor
ites.
Baylor Boasts New
And Better Team
Baylor baseball coach Pete Jones
has, according to Waco sources, a
formidable array of talent trying
for the team this year. Included
among the prospects are 13 for
mer lettermeh'i ten from last years
club and three from pre-war days.
Some fifty other applicants in
cluding some of Texas’ best high
school players are also on the
roster. Heading the veterans are
a trio of All-Conference perform
ers from the ’46 season, pitcher
George Shearin, catcher Tom
Chandler, and second baseman Jack
Redding.
Coach Jones is not making any
predictions as to the Bears chan
ces for the title but he is not pes
simistic. The Bruins tangle with
an improved Aggie nine at College
Station on April 2 and with the
Bears in Waco on April 25 and 26.
The Baylorites and Aggies both
open against the same opponent,
Brooke Medical Center of San
Antonio. This is due to the can-
cellation of the Aggie’s original
opener against Brooks Army Air
Field here. Baylor will meet the
Medics in San Antonio on March
11 and 12 and the Cadets will
open on March 14 and 15," also in
San Antonio.
Veterans’ Training
Program on Monday
FFA Chapter Agenda
B. C. Davis and Sam L. Adams,
state and assistant supervisor of
veterans’ education respectively,
will discuss the County Veterans’
Training Program at a meeting
of the A. & M. FFA Collegiate
Chapter, Monday evening, Thomas
D. Tanksley, club president, an
nounced. To be presented in the
Close to 700 athletes are en
tered from 46 colleges, universities
and high schools. The high school
preliminaries were held Friday af
ternoon and finals Saturday. Col
lege finals are held Saturday night
on the recently completed $30,000
cinder path.
Steer sprinter Charlie Parker,
who holds the record of 9.5 in the
100 yard dash and has not lost
a race in the last five years, holds
the spotlight. The nine entries in
the university class are Texas A.
& M., Texas University, Baylor,
Rice, Arkansas, Tulane, Southern
Methodist University, Oklahoma A.
& M., and Texas Christian Uni
versity. University teams from
four states are represented —
Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and
Louisiana.
In the college class are Texas
Tech., Sul Ross, Stephen F. Aus
tin, McMurray, Abilene Christian,
University of Houston, Texas A.
& I., Trinity University, South
western University, Howard Payne,
East Texas State, North Texas
State, Southwest Texas State, and
Sam Houston State. Some 340
individual school-boy entries from
31 schools were registered, headed
by San Antonio with nine schools.
Agricultural Engineering Lecture
Room, the program will begin at
7:15 p.m.
An informal question and an
swer discussion will follow the
address, Tanksley said. All agri
cultural education students and
other interested persons are in
vited.
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