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| ON KYLE FIELD by .PAUL MARTIN Defeat is Bitter for Favorites ] Texas Pulls Upset To Win Swim Title Coach Art Adamson’s swimming squad, after taking eight straight dual meets in a row with no losses, dropped the SWC meet to a power ful Texas aggregation. Despite the fact that the Cadet aquamen broke most of the existing rec ords, either previous to the meet or in the preliminar ies held Fri day, Texas wracked up enough points to gain a clear victory. 0 n Friday, Danny Green toppled both the 50 and 100 yard free-style records, the former in 23.6, bettering the old record by .4 of a second, and the latter in 53.1 as compared to the old record of 55 seconds flat. Longhorn captain Joe Demmer won over Green by a matter of inches in the 440-yard free style. Jack Tolar also came in about four inches ahead of Green in the 50- yard free style because the Texas flash got off to a better start. This is the second time that this has happened to a favored Aggie swim team. In that an A&M squad went undefeated and untied until the Conference meet only to lose to a less impressive Longhorn ag gregation. The perennial Aggie weak spot is in the diving event where Texas copped 14 valuable points with SMU the only other strong con tender. Freshman Jimmy Flowers from Dallas made an excellent showing in the 100-yard breast stroke and Howard Spencer came through in fine style, winning the 100-yard back-stroke against strong opposi tion from both Texas and SMU. Bright spot on the calendar is next years prospects when Adam son will lose only two of the fine aggregation he has this year. Los ses will be Allen Self, captain of the team in both 1945 and ’46, and Bob Cowling, star of last year’s squad. Martin Thinly Clads Victorious For about the first time in the memory of most of the old timers in Fort Worth, Texas University lost the Fat Stock Show track and field meet. It was beginning to look as if the ’Sips had a monop oly on this affair but Col. Andy’s well balanced squad handed them a decisive licking. Baylor, SMU, and Oklahoma A &M were strong contenders, each taking several events but their wins were too few to add up suf ficient points. Baylor, taking third in the meet, trailed the second place Longhorns by 27% points and the total points made by SMU and Oklahoma A&M were negliga- ble. Texas may have attributed this Baseball Team Needs Local fans, who saw the Aggies play their first home game last Thursday saw two new things at Kyle Field. The first of these defeat on the temporary loss of four men, particularly Charles Ta tum and Allen Lawler who are on the injured list. However, Billy Pyle and Byron Gillory who were subbing for them in the 440-relay, did well enough to aid their team in winning first place. This year, the Aggies have one of the best teams that they have fielded since before the war, both in individual accomplishments and depth. So far, A&M and Texas are run ning neck and neck and the Texas Relays held next Saturday in Aus tin, the two squads may get anoth er crack at each other, along with other colleges from Tennissee to California. Improvement was the new baseball uniforms that the team wore. The suits are patterned off of those worn by the world’s champion St. Louis Cardi- We serve comfort and style witH every one of these famous *Ruggers Shirts—favorites with indoor and outdoor sportsmen! Tailored by *'T3.V. D." with a double-purpose — 1—Action-freedom and 2 Tasteful smartness! Even the collar has a v ' double-purpose—it's correct with or without a tie! Come in and get set for action or leisure today! i •Reg. U. S. Pat Off $3.95 and Up CLOTHIERS College and Bryan Coach Art Anderson’s Ag gie tankers set four new Con ference records at Gregory Gym pool Saturday night, but it wasn’t enough to turn back a powerful Longhorn aggre gation, who came through at the crucial points to win the Southwest Conference swim crown 82-73. Danny Green, Aggie free style ace, set new records in the 50 and 100 free style events in the pre liminaries Friday night. Green’s time on the 50 was 23.6, which beat the record of 24 seconds flat set in 1941 by Aggie Harold Hensley. In the 100, Green swam the dis tance in 53.1 seconds to break the long-standing record of 55 seconds flat of Harris McClamrock of Tex as. In the finals Saturday night however, Jack Tolar touched Green out by four inches in the 50 to win in 23.8 seconds. Jim Flowers, who consistently swam record-shattering breast stroke during the season, won his 100 yard event in 1:05.3 to break the previous record of 1:07.0 held by Texas’ Mike Sojka since 1937. Flowers also had an important part in setting the new 300 yard medley relay record together with backstroker Howard Spen cer and Jerry Fisher, the trio coursing the distance in 3:10.0. The former record was held by Texas at 3:13.9. The Aggies’ record - shattering performance give A.&M. six of nine conference records, with Tex as holding only three. The med ley relay, 220, 100, 50, and 440 free style, and the breastroke rec ords now belong to A. & M. Minor upsets throughout the meet cost the Aggies points, but as a rule, the maroon and white tankmen swam faster than ever before. Bernard Syfan led the Longhorn’s Joe Demmer in the 220 free until the last 10 yards, when he was finally overtaken af ter what looked to be an upset. Howard Spencer led all the way to win the 100 yard back- stroke in 1:06.2, his fastest time of the season. Graceful Jack Tolar took first in the diving, while the Aggies failed to place within the first five. The diving alone cost the Aggies 14 points, with Texas tak ing a lead they never relinquished. Only an epidemic of paralysis among the Longhorns could have saved the Aggies’ chances for the title following the 100 yard free style, although Green won easily with Syfan placing second. The epidemic failed to materialize, and the Steers emerged on top despite Aggie firsts in the backstroke, breaststroke, and free style relay events. The Aggie quartet of Gene Sum- nals and will be worn both while traveling and here at Aggieland. The second new item the fans no ticed was the $150 batting cage, made by the B & CU department. The cage is the same type as the ones used in the Texas league. Aggie sports fans are quick to pick out colorful athletes, and Roy Gibbon’s ambidextrous hurling and hitting in Thursday’s game cer^ tainly took their fancy. Roy, will be one of the Aggie mainstays on the mound this season. Lil Dimmitt now has an assist ant working with him. Johnnie Frankie is lending a needed hand on the diamond until football sea son starts. Dimmitt is also eyeing Dewey Jacobs, big right hander on the “B” team, who went seven in nings against the Brooke Medic reserves Thursday. Jacobs fanned 15 of the Comets and allowed only one hit. If this is any inkling of his ability, he can certainly be used on the Aggie mound staff. Earl Beesley did a good job on the mound Friday and oJhnson, Turner and Brown shared that pos ition on Saturday. The batting department seems to be the weak spot on the team at present with spasmotic results. Julian Pressley knocked a beauti ful home on Thursday but failed to make much progress after that. Thornton appears to be the only man who can be counted on to get a hit consistantly and he has been turning out some good socks. 4 Day Service on Cleaning and Staffing. 1 Day Service on Main Springs and Crowns. 2 Hour Service for Crystals. T. C. HINMAN North Gate ^Tuesday, March 25, 1947 THE BATTALION, College Station- (Aggieland), Texas Page Three Grid Prospects Report This Week Any Aggie who is interested in trying out for the 1947 foot ball team and who has not yet signed up is urged to report to the coaches office in DeWare Field House Trackmen Outpoint Steers; Win Fort Worth Tournament INTRAMURALS By Cliff Ackerman Paper Work in Intramural Program is Man-Sized Job The Intramural program at A & M, admittedly the largest in the world in the number of partici- pants, requires a tremendous amount of administering not to mentiofi red tape in the form of paper work. With some two thous and men participating each week in the various sports at certain seasons of the year, the job gets to be a man-sized one. Ever wonder who has the job of keeping the paper work in or der and in tip-top shape for the Intramural Program? Well, the man in charge of this ceasless pro cess is Allen E. Denton, Jr., better known as Buddie “the wheel”. Buddie is an old hand in Intra murals, having served as Intra mural Manager his soph year 1942. His official title is “keeper of the records” or some such thing, but he gets the work done with ease. Denton is of the Class of ’45 and before going into service was a member of A Infantry. Buddie was bom in Tennessee, but moved to Dallas at an early age, took out naturalization papers and is a full-fledged Texan. He is married and resides at 102 Hereford in College Park. Veteran Horseshoes A strong team from Dorm No. Order Org. Part Total of Fin. Points 1—Dorm No. 16. 10 35 1—Hart 20 45 3—Law 30 42% 3—Dorm No. 3 . 10 22 5—Dorm No. 17 . 50 62 y 2 5—Puryear 10 12 y 2 7—Dorm No. 5 10 10 7—Mitchell 10 10 mers, Tommy Knok, Totty Wester- velt, and Jerry Fisher took Texas’ team easily in the 400 relay with the creditable time of 3:57, but the scoreboard marked the final result—Texas 82, A.&M. 73, SMU 31, and Baylor 8. The Summary: 300 yard medley—won by A&M (Spen cer, Flowers, and Fisher) ; second, Texas third, SMU, fourth, Baylor. Time: 3.10. (New Conference record. Old record of 3:13.4 held by Texas). 220-yard free style—won by Demmer, Texas ; second, Syfan, A&M ; third, Hushla, Texas; fourth. Flowers, A&M; fifth, Flowers, SMU. Time: 2:10.5. 50-yard free style—won by Tolar, Texas ; second. Green, A&M; third, Flowers, A&M; fourth Campbell, Texas; fifth, Westervelt, A&M. Time: 23.8. 100-yard individual medley — won by Demmer, Texas second, Deppe, Texas; third, Self, A&M ; fourth. Cowling, A&M; fifth. Summers, A&M. Time: 1:03. Diving—won by Tolar, Texas; second, Quaintance, Texas; third, Campbell, Tex as ; fourth, Cavett, SMU; fifth, Payne, Texas. 100-yard free style—won by Green, A&M; second, Syfan, A&M; third, Deppe, Texas; fourth Tolar, Texas; fifth, Fisher, A&M. Time: 53.8. 100-yard back stroke—won by Spencer, A&M second, McLellan, Texas; third, Willard, SMU; fourth, Yancey, Texas; fifth, Mortimer, SMU. Time: 1:06.2. 100-yard breast stroke—won by Flowers, A&M ; second. Hill, Texas ; third. Cowling, A&M ; fourth. Divine, SMU; fifth, Deppe, Texas. Time : 1:05.3. 440-yard free style—won by Demmer, Texas, second. Green, A&M ; third Hushla, Texas; fourth, Syfan, A&M; fifth, Riley, A&M. Time: 5:13.9. 440-yard relay—won by A&M (Knox Westervelt, Fisher, and Summers) ; second, Texas ; third, SMU; fourth Baylor. Time: 3 :52. ALL ORGANIZATION COMMANDERS Come in soon for selection of your PRESENTATION WATCHES Advance selection is neces sary for your watch to be delivered by June 1. SANKEY PARK JEWELER 111 N. Main ' Bryan 17 came through with flying colors as they beat Dorm No. 5 for the Veteran Horseshoe championship. Frank Walker from Dorm No. 17 was the hero of the game as he came through when the going was rough to put 17 out in front. Points For Class A Vet Boxing Points for the Class A Vet Box ing tournament have been figured and are as follows: Boxing Results Class A Vets Aggie Baseballers Lose to Cowboys Capitalizing on Aggie errors and pitching, the Hardin Simmons Cowboys took the second of the two game series with A.&M., at Kyle Field Saturday afternoon, by a score of 9 to 2. Bob McChesney went all the way for the Cowboys, while the Aggies used three pitch ers in a vain attempt to stop the deluge of Cowboy runs. The Aggies took a two-run lead in the first two innings held it to the fourth, when pitcher Bing Tur ner gave up two hits, walked one and had two men come across the plate. Turner had relieved Y. B. Johnson in the fourth, and in turn was relieved by George Brown in the seventh. The Cowboys saved their heaviest scoring till the eighth inning, when they sent four runners across the plate. Brown gave up only one hit in that frame but the Cowboys took advantage of three Aggie errors to push ahead 9 to 2. Score by Innings R H E A&M 110 000 000—2 3 7 Har. Sim’ns 000 220 140—9 8 6 Texas A & M’s Aggie track squad edged out the Texas University Longhorns in the twenty-fourth annual Fat Stock Show tournament held in Fort Worth last Saturday afternoon. The Aggies accumulated 48 3/5 points and the Steers 46. Baylor came in third with 18 %. Feature attraction of the meet"* was Texas’ freshman sprint star, Charlie Parker’s victory over Bay lor’s Bill Martineson in the 100- yard dash. Stoney Cotton, also a Baylor runner, came in second in the event and Webb Jay of A & M finished fourth. Running against a strong south wind, Parker came in a full two yards ahead of his rival who had handed the San Antonio flash his first defeat in five years at the Border Olympics meet two weeks previous. Winners in the other divi sions were North Texas State in the College competition and Corpus Christ! in the High School class. Bill Mortenson placed first in the 120-yard high hurdles, Arthur Haws won the high jump, Webb Jay copped the broad jump, Art Harnden won the 440, and George Kadera won the discus throw, placing second in the shot put. Frank Young of A & M tied for fourth in the shot put, Web ster Stone took fourth in the mile, and the team of Myer, Powell, Blackwell, and Webb copped third in the 440 relay for the Farmers. Texas, the only entry in the Golf Team Drubs TCU Linkmen 6-3 Following a clear-cut victory over the SMU golf team on Thurs day afternoon, Marty Karow’s Ag gie golfers proceeded to Fort Worth to down the TCU linkmen 6-3 in the opening games of the 1947 season. Results of the meet were as follows: Bryan, A&M over Wil liams, TCU, 3-2; Rivercomb, TCU over Compton, A&M, 4-3; Lacy, TCU over Washington, A&M, 1-up; Fouraker, A&M over Lashlee, TCU, 4-3; Routan, A&M over Foster, TCU, 4-3; Freeze, A&M over Mc- Charren, TCU 2-1; Williams and Rivercomb, TCU over Bryan and Compton, A.&M., 1-up on 20 holes; Washington and Foruaker, A.&M. over Lacey and Lashley, TCU, 4-3; Routon and Freeze, A&M, over Foster and McChaaren, TCU, 3-2. NE W ! T R I M Z Ready-to-hang PAPER DRAPERIES Ready hemmed and headed. Just hang them up. One pair draperies 21/2 yards long, 58Y2 inches wide and two extra long Matching Tie-Backs .... Only $1.49 Smaller Windows, three pieces .98c Nine colors to choose All Style Tested, Fade Proof, Flame Resistant Cleanable—No Ironing Needed CHAPMAN’S Bryan Next to Post Office—Bryan Phone 2-1318 football relay, set a new record of 43.0, bettering the old record, set by A & M in 1941 by .4. 120-YARD HIGH HURDLES—Won by Mortensen, Texas A.&M.; second, Boren, Texas ; third. Cook, Hardin - Simmons; fourth, Rowland, Southern Methodist. Time: 15.3. 100-YARD DASH—Won by Parker, Tex as ; second. Gotten, Baylor ; third. Marten- son, Baylor; fourth Jay, Texas A. & M. Time: 10.0 (record of 9.6 set by Leland, Texas Christian, in 1980, tied by Martefi- sen in preliminaries). SHOT PUT—Won by Andros, Oklahoma. 48 feet, 1 inch; second, Kadera, Texas A. & M., 45 feet, 4 inches; third, Pendleton, Texas, 44 feet, 9 inches; tied for fourth, Dannelley, Texas, and Young, Texas A. & 43 feet, 3 inches. MILE RUN—Won by Thompson, Texas; fsjeu)/ HiuNeW/ Uss Nicotine to the new 4 ^ 0 1 RALEIGH '903:" ' —**s*«?^^ Qene> | Tierney | starring in % "THE RAZOR’S ! EDGE" Says: "I've switched New Blend! New Taste! New Freshness! Made by the revolutionary new “903” moisturizing process. Bene ficial moisture penetrates every to bacco leaf—gives you a smoother, milder, better smoke! Get new Raleigh “903” Cigarettes today. second. Sparks, Texas; third, Brooks, Tex as ; fourth. Stone, Texas A. & M. Time: 4.28.2. HIGH JUMP—Won by Hawes, Texas A. & M., 6 feet, 2 inches; tied for second, Vails, Baylor, and Preston, Baylor, 6 feet, 1 inch; tied for fourth, Kini^g, Baylor, Ho bart, Oklahoma A. & M., Lamberth, Ok lahoma, and Clepper, Texas Tech, 6 feet. 440-YARD RELAY—Won by Texas (Gil lory, Samuels, Pyle, Parker) ; second Bay lor (Isaacks, Patterson, Gotten, Martin son) ; third, Texas A. & M. (Meyer, Pow er, Blackwell, Webb) ; fourth, Texas Tech (Earhart, B u f k e n, Reynolds, Murphy). Time • 42.9. 440-YARD DASH —Won by Harnden, Texas A. & M.; second, Holbrook, Texas A. & M.; third, Westbrook, Oklahoma; fourth, Northcutt, Texas. Time: 50.6. JAVELIN THROW—Won by Jarvis, Ok lahoma A. & M„ 189 feet 5 inches; second. Guess, Texas, 184 feet, 2 inches; third, Ashworth, Oklahoma A. & M., 177 feet, 104 inches; fourth, Florence, Texas Tech, 176 feet, -j inch. 220-YARD DASH: Won by Parker, Tex as ; second. Gotten, Baylor; third, Jay, Texas A.&M.; fourth, Murphy, Texas Tech. Time 21.2. DISCUS THROW: Won by Kadera, Tex as A.&M., 149 feet, 1 inch ; second, Adair, Southern Methodist; 135 feet, third Krames, Texas, 133 feet, 1 inch; fourth, Dannelley, Texas, 131 feet, 9 inches. BROAD JUMP: Won by Jay, Texas A.&M., 28 feet, 2 inches; second, Hill, Texas A.&M., 22 feet, 9 inches; third, Gilstrap, Oklahoma, 21 feet. 111 inches, tied for fourth. King, Baylor, and Hobart, Oklahoma A. & M., 21 feet, 4 inches. FOOTBALL RELAY: Won by Texas (only entry). Time: 43.0 (new record—old record, 43.4 set by Texas A.&M. in 1941.) 220-YARD LOW HURDLES: Won by Rowland, Souther Methodist; second. Sharp Oklahoma; third, Armstrong, Oklahoma A. & M.; fourth, Gilstrap, Oklahoma. Time: 24.1. JUST ABOUT THE FINEST AND SMARTEST SUIT A MAN WOULD WANT TO OWN HAND-WOVEN [jjaldropflg Two Convenient Stores College — Bryan