TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1947
THE BATTALION
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Swimmers Defeat Mustangs;
Break Freestyle Relay Record
The Aggies swimming team resumed its winning ways
Saturday—after being tied by the Texas Aquatic Club the
week before—by walloping Southern Methodist University,
65-28 in a dual meet at the P. L. Downs Natatorium.
Winning eight of the ten events4-
even without the full use of Dan
ny Green and Jimmy Flowers, the
Farmers had little trouble in hand
ing the Ponies their second straight
loss. The Aggies had previously
won a dual meet with S.M.U. in
Dallas earlier in the season.
Golf Team Defeats
Country Clubbers
Feature of the meet was the
new pool record hung up in the
free-style relay by the team of
Allen Self, Jack Riley, Bernard
Syfan and Green. The quartet
toured the distance in the time of
3:43.7. The conference record in
the event is 3:50 seconds flat.
S.M.U.’s only wins were record
ed in the 440 yard free-style by
George Henderson and in the div
ing by Oliver Cavett.
First place winners in other
events:
100 yard free-style, Jerry Fisch
er, A & M;
220 yard free-style, Tommy
Knox, A & M;
300 yard medley relay—A & M
team composed of Fischer, Flow
er, Spence.;
100 yard breaststroke—Bob Cow
ling, A&M;
100 yard backstroke—H o w a r d
Spencer, A&M;
100 yard individual medley —
Allen Self, A&M;
50 yard free-style—Totty West-
ervelt, A&M.
Green Slated For
Seattle NCAA Meet
Seeking to bring A&M national
honors, Danny Green, star swim
mer on the championship-bound
Aggie squad, will compete in the
National Collegiate Athletic Ass’n.
Swimming Meet, slated for Seattle,
March 28 and 29.
Green, who has beaten the ex
isting conference record in all four
individual free-style events, will
compete in the 100 yard free-style
and the 1500 meter free-style in
the nationals.
Green is expected to be the
central figure in the Aggies’ bid
to regain the Southwest Confer
ence Swimming Championship in
T.U.’s Gregory Gymnasium this
weekend.
DRAPERTOWN
The Texas Aggie golfers com
pleted their qualifying rounds Sun
day on the links of the Bryan
Country Club and then turned in
a 7-3 match round of 18 holes
against the local club members.
The week of work brought up
two new top Aggie golfers in
Travis Bryan, Jr., who took low
score on a card of 70-72-73-73—288
trailed by Bill Compton with a 73-
72- 70-74—298. Bryan, a local pro
duct, transferred from Baylor when
he returned from the Navy and is
eligible for four years of play at
Texas A&M. Compton is a form
er Aggie track and football player
turned golfer. He and Bryan will
be the No. 1 and No. 2 men on the
1947 golf team.
Lawrence Fouraker, Jr., pre-war
letterman tied with Bill Washing
ton, 1946 No. 1 player, with cards
totaling 292. Fouraker got a 72-
73- 74-73 for his rounds while Wash
ington came in with 71-73-74-74.
They will play off Monday for the
No. 3 spot with the loser taking
No. 4. Don Freeze, Don Ruttan,
John Henry and Gene Hill will
play off for the No. 5 and No. 6
posts Monday and Tuesday with
the winners to make the trip to
Dallas and Fort Worth for three
matches this week.
In the match play against the
Country Club players Washington
beat L. L. Fouraker, Sr., 4 and 2;
Travis Bryan, Jr., downed Bart
Hal ton, 2 and 1; Compton won
from Barnett, 1-up; Hill won from
Col. Whitley 6 and 4; Henry beat
Elmer Purtle, 7 and 6; and Fred
Fickey won from Tom Stewart, 6
and 5 for Aggie wins. Gardner
and Copeland, and Lawrence Four
aker, Jr. and Ennis Canady played
ties and halved the victories.
Only Country Club victors were
Joe Soslik over Ruttan, 2 and 1;
and Walton over Smith, 3 and 2.
Aggie T Club
Meets Wednesday
The Texas Aggie T Club will
hold its second meeting Wed
nesday night, March 19 at 8 p.m.
in the C.E. lecture room for the
purpose of electing officers and
making plans for a T club so
cial.
Last Wednesday night the T
Club met for the purpose of re
organizing.
Over the Crossbar
ART HAWS, Aggie high
jumper, who won first place at
the Border Olympics in Laredo
will compete in the Southwestern
Exposition track and field meet
in Ft. Worth on Friday and Sat
urday.
ON KYLE FIELD j
by PAUL MARTIN
Lil Dimmitt’s baseballers broke
even last week-end against the
Brooke Medical Center Comets by
taking a 6-3 decision Friday and
dropping the
second try 9-3
on the follow
ing afternoon.
Baylor, op
ening against
the same team
earlier in t h e
w e e ik also
broke even by
losing the first
tilt and win
ning the sec
ond. As usual,
the Army is
turning out
some fine teams this year and the
San Antonio clubs are as unpre
dictable as ever.
The Aggies were in for some
pleasant surprises even though
they suffered a decisive defeat on
Saturday for many of the as yet
untried players turned in some
commendable performances.
Earl Beesley, the Aggie spark
from last season who won the
Most Valuable Player award, did
even better than last year. He al
lowed but one hit Saturday night.
Too, George Brown turned in
some excellent plays both Friday
and Saturday. Brown, heretofore
has been little known in the sports
Martin
circles. Gibbons pitched a good
game Friday and is credited with
the Aggie win on that day. In
Cal Calvert and Frog Walker the
Aggies have a likely looking pair
of receivers.
Bob Fretz and Bob Wasson, first
year infielders, showed promise
of developing into stars. Stan Hol-
mig, holding down the first base
slot, looked good and didn’t do
half bad with the stick. Peck Vass
and Tex Thornton held honors at
bat Friday by getting four of the
five Aggie hits. Holmig got the
other.
All-in-all, the Cadet club didn’t
look bad for the first round and
show promise of giving all a run
for their money.
Trackmen Go to Fort Worth
Coach Frank Anderson’s track
team goes to Fort Worth for the
Southwestern Exposition track and
field meet on Friday and Saturday.
Chief contenders for the Univer
sity division title are expected to
be the Longhorns and the Aggies.
Track fans will remember that
Col. Anderson’s boys lost the Lar
edo Olympics by one half point.
Teams from all southwest con
ference schools are expected to
enter the meet. Oklahoma Uni
versity, Oklahoma A. & M. and
Kansas University are also expec
ted to compete.
Aggie hopes for victory will
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Member March 19 Even Against Army Medics
By noon Monday Joe T.
Sample was the only candi
date to submit his name as a
possible veteran member of
the Athletic Council. Other quali
fied men who are interested should
turn in their names in the Student
Activities Office by noon Wednes
day, March 19.
Nominees must be classified sen
iors and must not be attending
school on an athletic scholarship
to be eligible.
The election will be held Fri
day, March 21 in the rotunda of
the Academic Building and at both
mess halls. The polls in the Aca
demic Building will be open from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and the
polling booths at Duncan and Sbisa
Halls will be open during the noon
and evening meals. Yellow slips
will be required.
Date Changed For
Spring Football
Spring football training date
has again been changed and will
start on April 11 and end on
May 10, according to an an
nouncement by Coach Homer
Norton Monday morning.
The date was advanced from
April 7th in order that as few
Sundays will interfere with the
30-day training period.
Equipment will be drawn in
advance but actual work will not
begin until the 11th—unless it
happens to be changed again if
weather is unfavorable on the
date set.
Aggie B Baseballers
Down Austin High
Charlie DeWare’s Aggie B base
ball team downed the visiting Ste
phen F. Austin High School of
Houston team 3-2 in the opening
game played here Saturday after
noon.
Jacobs and Southall pitched for
the Ags, striking out nine batters
between them. The game was
called at the end of the seventh
inning because of the weather.
hinge upon how many points Bay
lor and the Oklahoma teams take
from Texas in the sprints.
The three-way meet schedule for
Austin last week-end between Tex
as, Baylor and A&M was postponed
due to the weather and the date it
will be run off is as yet unset.
Marty Karow’s Aggie golf team
is also slated to compete Saturday
in the Stock Show tourney.
Win Friday Opener
6-3 From Brooke
Opening what looks to be a good
season, the Texas Aggie baseball
club downed the Brooke Medical
Center Commets from San Antonio
6-3 Friday afternoon.
Following cancelation of the
game with Brooks Army Air Field
for last week-end, the Cadets
scheduled this opening game only
a week ago. The medics came out
even against the Baylor Bruins
earlier in the week.
Roy Gibbons and George Brown
combined to hold the Comets to
three hits, Gibbons handling the
first six innings, allowing only two
hits and three runs, and Brown
took over at the beginning of the
seventh to blank the Comets in
the last three rounds with one sin
gle.
Lil Dimmitt’s charges got to
Herb McMahon, Comet right-hand
ed hurler for five hits and were
aided by four errors. Tex Thorn
ton led the Aggie sluggers with
two hits in three trips to the plate.
Texas A&M ....112 110 000-6-5-2
Brooke Comets 020 001 000—3-3-4
Gibbons, Brown (7) and Walker,
Calvert, McMahon and Zedalis.
Hillel Features
Review Tomorrow
Arnold Biella, member of the
English department, will review
Joshua Liebman’s best seller and
Book of the Month Club selection,
“Peace of Mind”, at the regular
meeting of the Hillel Foundation
tomorrow evening, March 19, Ar
chie Broodo, president, announced.
The foundation will meet in the
YMCA Cabinet Room at 7 o’clock.
Liebman’s timely book has com
manded favorable comment from
critics and should be of interest
to everyone, Broodo stated.
Jakkula to Address
Graduate Club Wed.
“How the Research Foundation
Operates” will be the subject of
Dr. A. A. Jakkula at the Grad
uate Club meeting Wednesday
evening, March 19, it was announ
ced today. Dr. Jakkula, director of
the A. & M. Research Foundation,
will speak before the graduate
students and faculty members.
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Petroleum Building at 12 noon,
Thursday, March 20. Members
should wear coats and ties.
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Match by 9-3 Score
In weather more fitted for win
ter sports than baseball, the Texas
Aggies dropped the second of two
games with the Brooke Army Med
ical Center Comets here Saturday
afternoon, 9-3 with play called at
the end of the seventh inning due
to the cold weather. Not more
than fifty fans braved the cold
winds to watch the game.
Pitcher Tommy Thomas went
the full distance for the Comets
and gave up but one scratch single
—that to Leo Daniels who man
aged to get a drive past the second
baseman.
Bases on balls and errors ac
counted for most of the runs as
the Aggies hurlers, Earl Beesley,
Y. B. Johnson and Bing Turner gave
up but four in the seven frames.
However, in the Comets scored
four runs off 1 hit, 4 errors and
a walk with two men stealing home
on Catcher Cal Calvert in the
fourth.
They got two more off John
son in the fifth off three walks,
three errors and a balk. Turner
pitched the sixth and allowed three
hits, one for two bases and an
other error allowed a run to cross.
Three runs crossed in this frame.
The Aggies got their three in
the sixth when Thomas had a bad
time and walked four with three
in a row to force one run over,
after an error had put Stan Hol
mig on first. He was out on a
fielders choice on Calvert. Roy
Gibbens batted for Johnson and
walked, Calvert taking second. Tex
Thornton walked and so did Peck
Vass to force Calvert in. Daniels
then got his hit and Gibbens and
Thornton tallied with Vass pulling
up at third only to be caught
asleep and the rally died. Walter
Willingham got the fourth walk
pushing Daniels down to second
and then Bob Fretz flied out and
the Aggies were through. In the
first five innings, only 15 men
faced the pitcher and went down in
order. In the final seventh they
also went out 1-2-3.
The Aggies will have a chance
for revenge when they again meet
the Comets here on Kyle Filed dia
mond Thursday afternoon, March
20, at 3 p.m. and again on Monday
March 24 at the same time and
place.
Friday and Saturday they meet
the Hardin-Simmons team with all
games scheduled to start at 3 p.m.
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