TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1947
THE BATTALION
Page 3
■ON KYLE FIELD ]
by PAUL MARTIN
Aggie Track Squad Shows Promise
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Last Saturday night Col. Andy’s
Aggie track squad gave Clyde Lit
tlefield’s Longhorns a jolt by hold
ing them to a half-point victory
which may
have more
than a 1 i 11 le
s i g n i f i-
cance.. Okla
homa A & M,
third pi ace
team in the
college cl a s s,
posted only 20
points and
S M U, Baylor,
and Rice were
practically out
of the running.
The Aggies
copped most
of the field events with the ex
ception of the javeline which was
won by Ashworth of Oklahoma
A&M. Texas held a monopoly on
the dashes, winning the 220 and
the 880 relay along with the 880-
yard run, mile, 440 relay, and
placing second in javeline, and
100-yard dash. Rice and Baylor
split most of the honors in the
hurdles while SMU won second in
only one event.
A&M copped all the honors in
the 440-yard dash by taking all
four places. The order of finish
Martin
was Harnden, Holbrook, Bilderback
and Voight. Col. Andy’s charges
also placed first in the mile relay
and second in the 120 yard high
hurdles.
This year it looks as though
Coach Anderson may well have a
team to be proud of and a definite
improvement over last years, ag
gregation. George Kadera, the
Aggies star shot putter and discus
thrower, has already proven his
worth and may be expected to add
not a few points to the colors. Art
Harnden too has been stepping out
and promises to make an even
better showing than last year. Ar
thur Haws came through in good
style in both the high jump and
hurdles and Jim Mortenson, though
he failed to take any first places,
was running a close second in the
hurdles.
All-in-all the Aggies to date
have displayed a vastly improved
team that may or may not take
any honors but is most certainly
going to keep all opponents on
their toes.
Nineteen members of the track
squad made the trip to Laredo and
Col. Andy has announced that he
intends to take some thirty track
and field men with him on his
trip to Fort Worth for the Fat
Stock Show exhibition.
Norton to Remain; Unity Now Needed
Last Friday afternoon following
several hours of deliberation the
Board of Directors announced that
by a unanimous decision Homer
Norton would remain as head
coach of the football team, but
that a separate post of Director
of Athletics would be formed.
This means that Norton will re
main to coach the Aggie bid for
’47 gridiron honors.
The past year has been marked
by dissension and accusations. At
the beginning of last season, hopes
were high for another champion
ship team. Paul Williamson, na
tionally known football statistician
and forecaster rated the Aggie
eleven fourth in the nation just
prior to the season opening, rapid
ly dropping to forty-eight and
ending the year in thirty-eigth pos
ition. Many fains were disappoint
ed considering the number of pros
pective gridders and the pre-war
and war-time records of some.
The big job now is to forget past
differences and begin pulling for
a winning team next season. Last
year’s football dissappointments
are now past history, and in order
for the maroon and white to sport
a championship squad for the com
ing grid year, we must pull togeth
er.
Coach Norton has announced
that spring football training would
begin Monday, April 7, immediate
ly following the spring holidays.
Outstanding Athlete Nominations
SUMMARY:
300 yd. medley relay—Won by A. & M.
(Howard Spencer, Jim Flowers, Jack Ri
ley. Second, Dallas Athletic Club. Third,
Texas Aquatic Club; fourth, SMU; fifth,
DAC “B”. Time—4.09.8. New record.
220 yd. freestyle—Won by Danny Green
(A. & M.) ; second Joe Demmer( TAG) ;
third, Harvey Bouldin (TAC) ; fourth,
Wynant Wilson (DAC) ; fifth, Bernard
Syfan (A. & M.). Time—2.IB.8.
160 yd. individual medley—Won by
Walter Deppe (TAC), second, Allen Self
(A.&M.) ; third. Bob Cowling (A.&M.) ;
fourth, Gene Summers (A.&M.) ; fifth,
Phil Montgomery, (DAC). Time—1.41.8.
New record.
National AAU Junior Diving—Won by
Skippy Browning (DAC) ; second, Jack
Tolar (TAC) ; third, Frank Campbell
(TAC) ; fourth, Carl Quaintance (TAC) ;
fifth, Bullett Manale.
100 yd. freestyle—Won by Danny Green
(A.&M.) ; second Joe Demmer (TAG) ;
third, Eddie Gilbert (TAC) ; fourth, Har
vey Bouldin (TAC) ; fifth, Walter Deppe
(TAC). Time—53.6 New record.
n , , ,, . .... i i,, 100 yd. breaststroke—Won by Jim Flow-
lort and enthusiasm, with ability 1 dow of Lipscombs Pharmacy soon, ers (A.&M.); second, Bobby Hill (tag) ;
Nominations have been filtering
in for the man to be chosen this
spring as A&M’s outstanding ath
lete and who will be awarded- the
Adam Hat Company’s Outstanding
Athlete trophy. Coupons for foot
ball and cross country were print
ed earlier and published in the
Batt and the coupon for the out
standing eager was published last
issue.
The requirements for this award
and accomplishment secondary.
Taking these nominations into con
sideration, a committee composed
of the coaches will meet at or near
the end of the spring semester to
decide upon the winner.
To date, Art Harnden and Joe
Vajdos have been named in cross
country, and Cotton Howell, Odell
Stautzenberger, and Monte Mon-
crief in football. The ornamented
trophy, standing about three feet
are primarily sportsmanship, ef- high, will be displayed in the win-
Cadet Tankers Tie
TAC. for SW AAU
Swimming Trophy
Two flips of a coin cost the
Aggies exclusive ownership of
the Southwestern AAU swim
ming trophy Saturday as they
tied the Texas Aquatic Club 62-62
at the Dallas Athletic Club pool.
In the preliminaries Saturday
afternoon, two Aggie swimmers,
having tied with two other swim
mers in their qualifying times,
flipped out to see who would
swim in the finals—and lost. As r
there were only five finalists in j
each event, and five places counted
on the team scoring, even a last
place would have given the Aggies
a victory.
Danny Green continued his rec
ord-breaking streak by winning the
century freestyle in 53.6 seconds
to set a new SW AAU record for
that event. Earlier Green de
feated the TAC’s star Joe Demmer
in the 220 free, which was a nip-
and-tuck race throughout, with
Green winning in a finish as close
as the Parker-Martinson duel in
the Border Olympics. Green also
took high point honors with 18
points.
Jim Flowers, sensational fresh
man breaststroker, stroked home to
a new record in the 100 yard
breaststroke event in 1:05. Flow
ers also shared in setting a new
300 yard medley record as the
Aggie trio of Howard Spencer,
Flowers, and Jack Riley took first
in 3:09.8.
It looked like the Aggies would
be handed their first defeat of the
season at the hands of the Texas
Aquatic Club, a group of swimmers
from Austin composed of Univer
sity swimmers, ineligibles, and
hot-shot high school stars. But
in the 1500 meters event, last on
the program, Danny Green took a
second, Bernard Syfan took fourth,
and Jack Riley was fifth to tie up
the meet. The TAC did not place.
Kadera Takes Two Firsts in Border Olympics
George Kadera, 210-pound freshman track and football star
from Houston, placed first in two events in the Border Olympics
meet in Laredo Saturday night. Kadera took first in the discuss
throw with a distance of 154 feet, 8 inches; 14 feet, 5 inches better
than his nearest competitor. He also won the honors in the
shot put with a distance of 45 feet, 8 54 inches.
third. Bob Cowling (A.&M.; fourth, Phil
Montgomery (DAC) ; fifth, Jim Dwire
(SMU). Time—1.05. New record.
100 yd. backstroke—Won by Sonny
Smoot (DAC) ; second, Howard Spencer
(A.&M.) ; third, Bob McLellan (TAC) ;
fourth, Don Mortimer, SMU; fifth, Rob
ert Cone (TAC). Time—1.06.8.
400 yd. freestyle relay—Won by TAC,
(Bouldin, Demmer, Gilbert, Deppe) ; sec
ond, A.&M. (Fisher, Riley, Syfan, Green) ;
third, TAG “B” (Best, Tolar, McCann,
Fosdick) ; fourth, DAC, (Smoot, Wilson,
Gowan, Goodman) ; fifth, A.&M. “B”
(Knox, Summers, Westervelt, Self). Time
—3.44.6. New record.
National AAU Junior 1600 meters free
style—Won by Wynant Wilson (DAC) ;
second, Danny Green (A.&M.) ; third,
Larry Goodman (DAC) ; fourth, Bernard
Syfan, (A.&M.); fifth, Jack Riley * (A.&
M.). Time—20.62.3. New record.
Final score; A. & M. 62 ; Texas Aquatic
Club 62; DAC 40; SMU 7.
“Speedy” Speer, coach at Green
ville City School, South Carolina,
had a signal arranged whereby a
sub would be sent in for a player
if he lost his helmet. One time
one of his backs was off on a long
run and lost his helmet on the
20 yard line. The boy circled back,
reached down and grabbed the
helmet, put it on and went on
to make his touchdown.
They’re Oceans Apart on:
“What’s Best in Esquire?"
A few weeks ago we showed four of your
college chums an advance copy of the April
issue of Esquire (nowon your newsstand).
asked them to name their favorite feature,
and they all picked a different one.
Air ROTC at A&M
Largest Enrollment
In Tri-State Area
A&M College has the largest
enrollment of Air ROTC students
of any of the colleges located with
in the Fourth Army and Tenth
Air Force area. This area includes
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Okla
homa, and New Mexico. Major
General H. M. Turner, Command
ing General, Tenth Air Force, is
responsible for the operational
and administrative functions for
the Air ROTC program of this
area, and Lt. Colonel Dexter L.
Hodge is head of A & M’s Air
Reserve.
The mission of the Air Reserve
Officer’s Training Corps is to pro
duce junior officers who have the
qualities and attributes essential
to their development as Army Air
Force officers. These officers will
be trained while attending colleges
for administrative duties only. If
they qualify, however, they may
take upon graduation the pre
scribed pilot training course of
fered by the Army Air Force. The
first year’s advanced training cur
riculum, pursued during the stu
dent’s junior year at college, calls
for 82 hours study of AAF sub
jects followed by a summer en
campment of from 6 to 8 weeks.
The student, upon completion of
the course given by the AAF, is
offered a reserve commission in
the Army Air Forces in the mili
tary specialty he has pursued dur
ing his college training.
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End, Football Team
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mendous punch and drama. Esquire has
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one tops them all.'’'’
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Pursued, is exhilarating.”
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Class ’44
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Class ’47
they’re in the same boat on:
Sure they disagreed on what’s
best in Esquire. One preferred
the fiction; another, the travel
story; a third liked the movie
critique; and the last one
picked the cartoons as the out
standing feature. But, when
it came to naming their
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Lipstick Radio Set
Replaces Tracy’s
The world’s smallest radio sta
tion, complete with a tube and cir
cuit which will fit in an empty lip
stick container, broadcast for the
first time recently in Columbus,
Ohio. A complete radio, the size of
a calling card will make its debut
in New York next month to com
plete the vest-pocket radio trans-
jnitting and receiving unit.
Dr. Cledo Brunetti, the inventor
of the tiny radio unit, predicts
that the printed wire process which
makes his midget radios possible
can reduce the cost of wiring ra
dios 30% to 60%. Dr. Brunetti also
says that complete radio circuits
can be printed on cloth.
With these recent developments
by Dr. Brunetti, it is not unlikely
that Dick Tracy’s famous wrist
radio will soon become obsolete.
Track Squad of 19
Thinly Clads Make
Border Olympics
On the trip to Laredo last Fri
day, Aggie Track Coach Frank
Anderson .took 19 track and field
men with him to compete in the
Border Olympics. Coach Ander
son proposes to take 30 thinly clads
with him on his next trip to com
pete in the Fort Worth Fat Stock
Show exhibition on March 22.
Those who made the trip to
Laredo were Bill Powers in the
100-yard dash and 880 relay; W. R.
Blackwell and Joe Vajdos in the
880; L. J. Bodeman, John Davis
and L. B. Pate in the pole vault;
Vernon Belleville, George Kadera,
Leonard Dickey and Frank Young
in the field events; E. G. Bilder-
beck, Art Hamden, and Bill Na
pier in the 440; Carol Hahn in the
mile; Robert Hall, low hurdles and
spring relay; Arthur Haws, high
jump and hurdles; Jim Hill broad
jump and sprints; Ray Holbrook,
440 and 880; Webb, Jay, sprints
and broad jump; Jim Mortenson,
hurdles; Webster Stone, mile and
two mile.
The mile relay team was made
up of Hornden, Holbrook, Napier
and Bilderbeck and the 880 relay
quartet included Jay Hill, Hall
and Powers.
Texas Wins by Half-Point Margin In
Border Olympics Meet; Aggies Second
Clyde Littlefield’s Texas University track squad edged
out the Aggie track team by half a point in the Border Olym
pics finals held Saturday night in Laredo. The final count
was 51 to 501/2 in favor of the defending champion Long
horns.
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Sunday, April 27
Is ‘Babe Ruth Day >
Sunday, April 27 has been des
ignated as “Babe Ruth Day” by
baseball Commissioner A. B. Chan
dler to commemorate the “swat
king” who has added so much to
the great American sport.
In his statement Chandler said
appropriate ceremonies would be
held at every major league game
on that day and that a nation-wide
broadcast would carry the pro
gram. All Americans and others
interested in sports throughout
the world have been concerned in
recent months over the illness of
one of baseball’s most beloved fig
ures. George Herman (Babe)
Ruth is now recuperating from a
serious operation and in order that
fans might have the opportunity
to pay tribute to Ruth and add in
hoping for his speedy recovery, this
day has been set aside for that
purpose.
There will be no Collections and
no advance in prices of admission
at the parks. It is merely an ex
pression of tribute to America’s
home-run king.
Highlight of the meet was the
defeat of Texas’ freshman sprint
star Charlie Parker by Baylor’s
flashy Bill Martenson in the 190-
yard dash with the time of 9.6
This is the first time in 57 races
over a period of five years that
Parker has met defeat. The race
was a photo finish and it was only
after conferring by the judges that
Martenson was awarded the de
cision.
Oklahoma A&M placed third
with 20 points but showed con
siderable strength in the field
events. Texas A&M placed first
in the mile relay, first in the dis
cus, George Kadera tossing the
winning throw for a distance of
154 feet, 8 inches, and first in the
broad jump, won by Hill with a
distance of 22 feet, 2% inches. Da
vis, of Texas A&M and Dean of
Oklahoma A&M tied for first in
the pole vault and Tate of Texas
A&M and Burrus of Texas tied
for third in the same event. Haws
placed first in the high jump for
the Ags and Kadera took honors in
the shot put with a distance of
45 feet 8J4 inches. Coach Ander
son’s charges copped the 440, win
ning all four places. Harnden was
first, Holbrook second, Bilderback
third, and Voight fourth. Time
was 49.2.
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