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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1947 THE BATTALION Page 3 by PAUL MARTIN ON KYLE FIELD | Aggie Swimmers To Meet Ponies Here Saturday at 3 P. M. Swim Team Takes on SMU Again This Saturday the Aggie Swim ming team, still standing at the head of the class, will meet the SMU Mustangs for the second time, this time in the home pool a p d they should be able to administer an even more decisive lick ing than the 52-25 shellack ing handed them at the first of the season. Chan ces are that the Cadet tankers are headed fora few more broken rec ords. The 62-62 tie with the Texas Aquatic Club in Dallas last week only proves that the maroon and white is sporting a team of aquat ic champions. The Aquatic club 1947 Aggie Grid Prospects Martin is made up not only of college men from Austin and vicinity but of all local talent, many of whom may be ineligible. The only requirement is that the swimmer be an ama teur. The AAU does not require that entrants be collegians though the NCAA does. Later in the season the Aggie splashers are scheduled to make several out-of-state trips, includ ing one to Columbia where, though it may or may not have been known at the time the sche dules were made, the Farmers may make a name for this school in the field of aquatics. Next Saturday’s match is the last of the meets to be held in the home pool. Only three meets were slated for College Station which might indicate that the students will not get to see as many match es as they should. However, this is not the case as the number of home meets and out-of-town meets are equal, three each. The rest are AAU, and NCAA meets. The uncertainty and indecision of the last few months in regard to the coaching situation has not exactly enhanced A&M’s chances for a conference football title next season and it has put the Aggie gridders at a disadvantage from the start. As to material, Norton states that he and his assistants at least have a better idea of what they have this year though the mater ial is not any better than last season. Coach Norton further stated, “we ought to have a better team than last year. The staff and I know much more about the capabilities of our players than we did last fall, though I don’t think our material will be any better. The manpower will be about the same strength, in fact, with the possible exception of center and tackles.” There will probably be about two dozen lettermen from last year’s squad plus some sixteen lettermen from the B team. Add to this a dozen freshmen and four or five transfers from other schools and you have the 1947 Aggie football team. More freshmen might have been available but due to the question able position of the present coach ing staff, Norton thought it bet ter not to try to lure them here under what might turn out to be false pretenses. The late spring period will place the team at a further disadvantage as football training will interfere with the spring sports. Some of the men will be engaged in baseball, track, or other games and will be available for only limited practice or none at all. Rumors have it that Bill James, the veteran Aggie line mentor, will take this oppor tunity to retire and give his full attension to his expanding resort properties in the Kerr- ville hill country, an idea which he has had for several years; but as far as it is known, the same staff will handle the team as last year. These include James, Marty Karow, Botchey Koch, and Johnnie Frankie. Southwest Pro Football Possible It looks as though we may have pro football here in the Southwest this fall. The Association of Pro fessional Football Leagues has granted an option for a new cir cuit, which might have teams in Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, El Paso, Amarillo, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Shreveport and Santa Fe. So the old question pops up again: what will pro football do to college attendance? Experince indicates that college teams will not suffer, unless, of course, the pro games are played on Saturday afternoon in opposition to college engagements. Pro teams general ly play on Sunday, and there is no reason to expect anything differ ent here. The Southwest is the “hottest” part of the country for football. We have consistently top-notch CAY YOUNG CASUAL of Labtex Bur-Mil’s Tegra ray on fabric . . features eye-catch ing scallops cascading down the front and the striking color combinations o f beige with navy, or black. $14.95 Other Junior Dresses from $7.95 Smart Shop The Texas Aggie swimmers will make their final home appearance of the season here Saturday af ternoon when they meet the SMU ’gators in a dqal meet starting at 3 p.m. So far this year the Aggies are undefeated although they do have a 62-62 tie in the Southwest AAU meet at Dallas this past Saturday. The Texas Athletic Club of Aus tin composed of Texas University and other Austin swimmers are the only ones which have come that close to a victory over the speedy Aggies this year. In Danny Green and Jimmy Flowers the Cadets have two of the top men in this part of the na tion. Both have been regular rec ord breakers and both smashed Southwestern AAU marks last Saturday. Both also have broken the pool records at the P. L. Downs, Jr., Natatorium and are performing in better than South west Conference record time. Green is a freestylist and Flowers a breast stroke swimmer. Both work on relays with Flowers swimming on the 30Q-yard medley while Green does the freestyle part. Green also swims on the 400-yard relay team. He holds all freestyle records in the Aggie pool. Not to be overlooked are How ard Spencer in the back stroke; Bob Cowling former champion in the individual medley; and the freestyle relayist, Ed Fisher who swims on both relays when Green is held out. Allen Self, Bernard Syfan and Jack Riley are the oth er top freestyle men who fill out the relay and events ranging from the 50 to the 440-yard freestyle individual events. All are top men. college teams, and though our crowds are not so large as in other sections, they are large in pro portion to population. Which means that no Southwest pro teams could pay the salaries shelled out by the Washington Redskins or the New York Giants, but a minor league, with a maximum salary limit, ought to be well supported. One result of the move is that Aggie-exes, even more than now, will probably play pro ball for some years after graduation. Have you noticed that even with A. & M. teams no longer in the top bracket, the pro managers still sign up many of our boys? Members of Aggie Golf Team Chosen Just who will form the Texas Aggie golf team will be settled this week after the 72-hole elimina tion rounds have been played by all the candidates, Head Coach Marty Karow announced Tuesday. All week the candidates will play the required 72 holes and at the end Coach Karow will select the best of the lot to form the Cadet squad. Candidates all should report to Gaither Nowell, Bryan Country Club professional, who will ex plain the method of qualifying to Aggie 880-Yard Enterics Joe Yajdos (left) and Ray Holbrook are two of the Aggie 880- yard run men. Vajdos, a veteran track and cross country man, was with the team before entering the Army. Holbrook holds down both the 880 and the 440-yard dash. Aggie Track Team in Three-Way Meet With Baylor, TU in Austin Saturday The Texas Aggie thinly clads-f will get another crack at Clyde Littlefield’s Longhorns who edged them out by but half a point in the Border Olympics meet in Lar edo last Saturday. A three-way meet involving A&M, Baylor and Texas wil be held in Austin Sat urday. Feature of the meet will prob ably be the duel between Baylor’s Bill Martenson and Longhorn Freshman ace, Charlie Parker. In the Border Olympics meet, Marten- son nosed out Parker in a photo finish 100-yard dash after telling friends in Austin that he could and would beat Parker. Both men have run the 100 in 9.5 seconds. This is fast developing into a personal test between the two dash aces. Track Coach Clyde them. Cards are to be turned in to him and from those cards the coach and the pro can work out their conclusions. The Aggies open their season next week when they meet SMU at Dallas on Thursday, March 20. The next day they move to Fort Worth and play TCU and then on Sat urday, March 22 play in the Fat Stock Show matches. The remainder of the schedule is not settled as yet. LEARN TO SEW We teach Beginners and Advance courses in dressmaking. Make yourself a garment while you learn— 8 Complete Lessons for $10.00 For more information call Mrs. Hurst, or drop by our shop and let us explain the courses to you. Night classes for girls that work. SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO. 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Aggie Track Coach Frank An derson stated that he does not even expect the Cadets to show in the 100-yard dash as in the pre vious Border Olympics meet, Bay lor and Texas finished neck and neck in 9.6 and the two men be hind them were so close that they even had a chance in the picture. .All were from Baylor and Texas. He farther said that the 440 would be a different story. By Cliff Ackerman Two Weights Ready for Boxing Finals; Semi-Finals Ready In Wrestling Free swing leathermen fought their way into the finals in two weights Tuesday as the current Intramural Boxing Tournament moved into its second week. In the 119 pound class Mathis of A Sig nal and Webb of G Infantry are ready for the starting bell. One of the most talked about matches is in the 129 pound class which will see Lomax of A CWS matched with Pastorek from Dorm No. 3. Lomax made his first appearance Tuesday as he took a second round TO from Allen of A Infantry. The Class B matmen have been giving the spectators a good show throughout the tournament and are now ready for the semi-finals. In the 159 pound class Wooton of A Ordnance will tackle Pfiel of A Field and Sykes from B Field is slated against Harrison of D In fantry. In the 169 pound class Copeland of D Infantry will meet McGregor of B Field and Buchek from C Field will take on Cleland of A CWS. All Class A boxers and Class B wrestlers who have run the gaunt let will have their chance at the school championships Monday night, March 17 at 7:30 when they will square off in the finals. Yolten Ball Another sport that is drawing to a close in Class B competition is volten ball. The teams have been putting up plenty of opposition and at present only two teams have if#* Baseball Begins Friday With Brooke Medics in San Antonio The Aggies baseball team take to the diamond for the first time tomorrow afternoon in San Antonio when they play the first of a two game series with Brooke Medical Cen ter. ■ Coach Lil Dimmitt plans to take around twenty-five men on this first trip and will let each man get a chance at playing. The team has been hampered by bad weath er during the latter part of last week but they put on forced steam Monday afternoon with both a batting practice and intersquad game. Y. B. Johnson and Earl B e e s 1 e y handled the pitching chores. The Aggies starting lineup for tomorrows game will probably run like this: Walker, c Gibbons, p Brown, p Turner, p Holmig, lb « Mays, 2b , Frietz, ss Pressly, 3b Vass, If Willingham, cf Moon, rf Dimmitt plans to use his pitchers Gibbons, Brown, and Turner for three innings only during this game and in other pre-conference games. The Aggies will be han dicapped with the temporary loss of two players, Tex Thornton as shortstop, and James Calvert as catcher. Brooke Medical Center is ex pected to field a very good team against the Aggies this Friday and Saturday. They return the engagement, playing the Aggies on Kyle Field March 20 and 24. Bee Baseballers Open Season Here Saturday at 2:30 Coach Charlie DeWare’s Aggie Bee Baseball team will open the season Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. against Stephan F. Austin High School from Houston, coached by former Aggie Great, Pete Dowling. DeWare states that his boys are far from ready but they can be expected to give out with the best they have. The team started with some 100 applicants and this num ber has now been trimmed down to about 30. Due to getting a late start and bad weather, the team has not had much opportunity to work out or for the coaches to get acquainted with the material. After Lil Dimmitt had taken his A squad and trimmed it down to size, DeWare had to repeat the process on those that were left, leaving him little time to prepare his team. Pete Dowling, former Aggie baseball star, has been coaching the S. F. Austin High School club for several years and this game will be another home-coming for him. remained undefeated, B Eng. and B Field. This is the late season standings: LEAGUE A Team Won Lost Pet. D Inf 5 1 .833 A Field 4 2 .666 F-G Inf 3 2 .600 A Inf 3 2 .600 E-F Field 3 3 .500 FA Band 1 4 .200 A Sig 0 5 .000 LEAGUE B Team Won Lost Pet. B Eng 4 0 1.000 Inf. Band 4 1 .800 E Inf 4 1 .800 B-C Inf 2 3 .400 C-D Field 2 4 .333 A Eng 1 4 .200 B-C-D Cav. 1 5 .166 LEAGUE C Team Won Lost Pet. 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