Thursday, March 20, 1947 THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggieland), Texas Page Three
Swim Team Ruled Favorites
In SWC Austin Aquatic Meet
The Texas University Longhorns will play an unusual
role (for them) as underdogs in the scheduled annual South
west Conference swimming meet held in Austin Friday and
Saturday.
A big and well-manned squad of Aggie swimmers have
♦held the edge so
’47 Tennis Begins
Play March 31
The 1947 edition of the Texas
Aggie Tennis Team has tentatively
booked an eleven match schedule
for the coming season, Botchey
Koch, head coach, announced Mon
day.
Koch, starting his first year .as
head tennis, coach following the
retirement of Manning Smith,
stated the season would extend
from March 31st, when East Tex
as State opens with a match slated
for College Station, to May 17th,
when the Conference Meet comes
to a close at Waco.
In the six weeks in between, the
Aggie netters will clash with
squads from Rice, Texas, S.M.U.,
Baylor, T.C.U. and possibly Sam
Houston.
Practice sessions have been ham
pered since the start of the season
by the lack of court facilities but
the bottleneck was eased early
this week with the completion of
two new clay courts. The recon
ditioning of two other courts by
the end of the week is expected to
allow full scale practice sessions to
be held for the first time this
year.
The squad has been working out
on the old concrete courts while
the clay courts were being recon
ditioned. Selection of this years
team has been further hampered
far this season
and will be favorites in the meet
which included swimmers from
A&M, Texas, SMU, Baylor, Rice
and TCU.
On the basis of the earlier meets
the Aggies, sparked by flashy
Danny Green who has consistently
broken existing records in every
meet to date, boast a strong team
all around. Chief opposition will
probably be from Joe Demmer,
captain of the Steer aggregation.
Although it is expected to be a
two-team race, Baylor and South
ern Methodist will enter strong
competition in several meets, most
of which figure to cut into Texas
points rather than Aggie.
Main Texas strength will be in
diving where Jack Tolar, Carl
Quaintance, and Frank Campbell
are favored.
Two records that have not yet
been broken by Green are the 100-
yard backstroke and the individ
ual medley, both held by Bob
Tarlton, Texas’ top water ace be
fore the war. Of the ten sched
uled events, Green has broken all
but these two of the existing con
ference records.
by Koch's recent illness but the
veteran coach plans to make up
for lost time by staging an intra
squad tourney at the earliest pos
sible date. The top eight to ten
finishers in the tourney will com
prise this year’s squad.
A trio of lettermen, W. M. Ben
nett, H. C. Allen and Squat Stan
ley, head the list of aspirants.
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Aggie Thinly Clads
WEBSTER STONE, top, Ag
gie bid for mile and two mile
honors, and BILL MORTEN-
S O N, bottom, Aggie hurdler.
Morteson placed third in the
220 low hurdles and second in
the 120 high hurdles in the Bor
der Olympics meet in Laredo on
March 8.
Golf Team in Four
Matches This Week
Following the final qualifying
matches for the Aggie golf team
last Monday, Coach Marty Karow
announced that the following men
had been chosen for the team:
Travis Bryan Jr., Bill Compton,
Bill Washington, Lawrence Four-
aker, Norman Freeze, and Don Ru-
tum.
Alternates were Gene Hill and
Bill Henry. The order in which
members denotes the order on the
team though this arrangement is
subject to change depending upon
the improvement of the players.
The team left Wednesday to ful
fill the scheduled matches with
SMU on Thursday, TCU on Friday,
and the Fort Worth Fat Stock
Show tournament on Saturday.
Back in the ’70’s the only idea
was to belt the ball out of the
lot. Tim Murnane invented the
bunt.
FROM THIS ANGLE
by LARRY GOODWYN
Has T. U. Spring Monopoly?
Goodwyn
It has been a custom in the past
decade or so for most Southwest
Conference schools to throw in the
towel as far
as intercolle
giate sports
are concerned
once basket
ball season
comes to a
close. Almost
without e x -
ception, Texas
has swept
the spring
sports — base
ball, track,
swimming,
tennis and
golf — with
monotonous regularity. Only an
occasional win by A. & M. or Rice
in baseball and track has broken
the steady string of spring pen
nants captured by the ’Sips in re
cent years.
Whatever the reason for these
perennial Longhorn successes, it
looks like the holiday is over for
the boys in orange and white.
The Aggies are, after many
“drouth” years, apparently in
store for a banner year in the
spring sports.
Saturday, the maroon and white
banner is expected to rise to the
top of the Conference swimming
heap, for the second time in league
history when the SWC meet takes
place in Austin.
Meanwhile, the Aggies baseball
team continues its pre-conference
practice schedule, with a good
chance of entering the conference
race on near even terms with the
’Sips, who are defending cham
pions in the diamond sport also.
The outlook is not so bright in
tennis and golf as “building opera
tions” are just getting underway
in both sports. However, a few
scholarships to the right people at
the right time can easily make
the Farmers title contenders in
these two sports within a couple of
seasons.
Gazing into the future, the
chances for a rapid Aggie rise in
Basketball circles within the next
year or two look, from this an
gle, to be fairly promising. This
year’s cage crew was almost en
tirely a freshman squad, and
Coach Marty Karow will have
on hand a full first team of capa
ble goalers, all with three years
of eligibility, when December
rolls around.
With Texas currently boasting
a cage squad of national ranking,
it appears a little too much to
hope for a title-contending Aggie
team next year. But who knows,
when Garcia, Batey, Jenkins, Void
ing, Smith and Co. get a little
more experience . ... 1 Could be.
At any rate, it looks like the
’Sips are going to have to do more
than just field a team to win
spring championships in the fu
ture—the very near future, at that.
INTRAMURALS
By
Cliff Ackerman
Class A Boxers and Class B
Wrestling Champions Crowned
Fifteen Intramural champions
won college fame on the mat and
in the ring as 8 Class A boxers
and seven Class B wrestlers came
through in the finals in fine shape.
On the wrestling mat there were
‘plenty of grunts and groans while
in the boxing ring a lot of leather
was flying as the champs slugged
it out.
Results of the free “fight nite”
that found DeWare Field House
packed are as follows:
Class B Wrestling
Carlson E Infantry, 129 pound.
Freed D Field 139 pound.
Coley A Ordnance, 149 pound.
Harrison D Infantry, 159 pound.
Cleveland A Chem. Corps, 169
pound.
Rodgers B Cavalry, 179 pound.
Rogers F Field Heavyweight.
Class A Boxing
Webb G Infantry, 119 pound.
Lomax A Chem. C o r ps, 129
pound.
Golden A Infantry, 139 pound.
Young Dorm No. 16, 149 pound.
Bennett Vet Co. No. 1, 15 9
pound.
Dunman F. A. Band, 169 pound.
CKerry Hart Hall, 179 pound.
Holmes F Field Heavy weight.
Open Golf and Open Tennis
Tournaments
All entries for the open golf and
open tennis tournament are due
in not later than April 1st. Each
of these tournaments are open to
all students in school with matches
in both doubles and singles.
Swimming Meet
The Intramural Swimming meet
will take place on the nights of
April 9th, 10th for the preliminar
ies and April 12th for the finals.
All entries for this meet must be
in not later than April 1st.
Thanks For the Cooperation
The Intramural Team Tennis
matches are scheduled for 5 p.m.
and it would be appreciated if the
courts needed would be turned over
to the participants when they ar
rive for a match.
Points For Class A Boxing
Points for the Class A Boxing
tournament have been figured and
are as follows:
Class A Corps Boxing Results
o
H3
rder of
Finish.
articipa
Points.
Ztr*
H
: sr.
W
Organization
1—G. Infantry
...50
75
1—C. Field Arty ...
...50
75
3—A. Chem. Corps....50
65
4—Infantry Band .
...60
60
5—A. Coast Arty. .
...30
32%
5—Vet Co. No. 1..
...50
52J4
7—A. Infantry
...50
50
7—E. Infantry
...40
40
7—B. Field Arty...
...50
50
7—F. Field Arty...
...10
10
7—B. Cavalry
...40
40
12—B. Infantry
...50
50
13—C. Cavalry
...30
30
13—C. Engineers
...30
30
13—A. Signal
...50
50
13—A. Air Corps ...
...60
50
17-—A. Field Arty. .
...50
50
17—A. Cavalry
...40
40
17—D. Cavalry
...50
50
17—B. Air Corps
...50
50
C. Infantry
...50
50
D. Infantry
...50
50
F. Infantry
...10
10
D. Field Arty. .
... 0
0
E. Field Arty. .
...50
50
A. Engineers ...
...50
50
B. Engineers ...
...30
30
A. Ordnance
... 0
0
A. QMC
... 0
0
F. A. Band
...20
20
It is estimated that over four
million people each year play vol
leyball. It is a game that can be
made as mild or as rugged as the
players desire.
FAYE
Aggie Baseball Team Has 4
Home Games Slated This Week
Thursday afternoon marks the opening of the home base
ball season for Lil Dimmitt’s Aggie charges when the Cadet
nine begins its series of two games with the Brooke Medics
and Hardin-Simmons Cowboys.
The Aggies split with the Com-
Cadet Track Squad
To Participate In
Ft. Worth Tourney
Coach Frank Anderson’s Aggie
track squad will journey to Fort
Worth on Friday to participate
in the Fat Stock Show Tourna
ment on Saturday, March 22.
A record number of entries is
expected this year with an esti
mated 1,500 participants represen
ting some 51 schools. Top conten
ders in the university class are
expected to be Texas, Texas A&M,
Baylor and Oklahoma University.
The feature of the meet will
probably be the 100-yard dash
starring Charlie Parker of
Texas and Bill Martineson of
Baylor. Little Jerry Thomp
son of Texas is also running
a close race with the favor
ites in that affair.
According to a Dallas News
writer, track records may fall in
this meet, the largest of its kind
in the world. Sixteen years ago
Cy Leland of TCU set the record
in the 100 with a time of 9.6 and
since that time this record has
been tied on several occasions.
Parker, Allen Lawler, and Perry
Samuels of Texas and Bill Mart
ineson of Baylor have all , run the
dash in 9.5. Too, Oklahoma Uni
versity has boasted of having a
man who can beat any of these
runners but has refused to give the
man’s name or the reason why he
was not entered at the Border
Olympics meet at Laredo.
Other records that stand possi
bilities of being either broken or
slightly bent are the 220-yard
dash which Parker has been doing
in close to the record time of 21
flat, the 100-meter race in which
Parker has bested the record of
10.5 by .3, and the sprint relay
record of 42.5 which the Steer
team has been doing in 42 flat.
The Aggies too have some
material that may cause some
changes on the record sheets.
The mile relay team stands to
wipe out the record in the uni
versity division of 3:24.5. They
did the mile in Laredo in the
time of 3:27.8. Then too, there
is the possibility that big
George Kadera can elipse the
discus throw mark of 158 feet
7 inches set by Texas’ Jack
ets last weekend at San Antonio
and will meet them this Thursday
and Monday at Kyle Field. The
medics are fielding a strong team
this year, and have beaten Baylor,
as well as A & M. Fans here
will probably get a chance to see
the Comets’ ace hurler, Tommy
Thomas, in one of the two games
with the medic nine. Thomas allow
ed only one hit to the Aggies in
last Saturday’s game.
The Hardin Simmons Cowboys
will furnish the opposition on the
diamond on both Friday and Sat
urday. Lil Dimmitt, Aggie Coach,
plans to give each member of the
squad a chance to play over the
weekend, and thus gain experience
for the SWC opener with Rice on
March 28.
The probable starting lineup for
the Aggies on Thursday includes:
Calvert, c
Gibbons, p
Holmig, lb
Thornton, 2b
Frietz, ss
Pressly, 3b
Vass, If
Willingham, cf
Moon, rf
Floyd Walker may alternate at
catcher and Leo Daniels may re
place Willingham. Tex Thornton,
whose ankle was injured last week,
is now ready for the lineup again.
Dimmitt is a bit uncertain about
Julian Pressly, his starting third
sacker. Pressly has been sick with
the flu, and though he played
in San Antonio, Charles Wasson
may replace him in this first game.
Game time is 3 p. m. at Kyle
Field and WTAW will carry the
broadcast.
Pistol Team Meets
Monday to Organize
Lt. Col. Williams A. Becker,
coach of the Aggie pistol team has
announced that a meeting for the
purpose of organizing will be held
Monday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m.
in room 301 of Goodwin Hall.
This is the first season since
1943 that the Aggies have attempt
ed to field a pistol team and the
primary purpose is to prepare for
next year.
Hughes in 1941. Kadera hit
154 feet 8 inches at the Bor
der Olympics.
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