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:Thursday, March 27, 1947 THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggiel-and), Texas Page Three Baseball Team Swamps Indians ^ FROM THIS ANGLE j Beesley, Gibbons Share Mound Team without" the” Tr^k It took the Texas Aggies but two innings to start the massacre of the McMurray College Indians Tuesday after noon at Kyle Field. The final score was 21 to 0, with pitch ers Earl Beesley and Roy Gibbons limiting the Indians to only three hits. The Aggies sent thirteen men to the batters box in the second inning and before the side"’ was retired, they had tapped pitch- n 1 11 Baseballers Open Conference Play Against Rice Fri. Their warm-up games completed the Texas Aggies move to Hous ton over the weekend to meet the Rice Owls in their first Southwest Conference game of the season. Games will be on Friday and Sat urday. Rice is expected to be a power ful contender for the conference crown this year. The Owls have beaten Hughes Tool of Houston but lost to the Baytown nine, in a hard fought game. A. & M. lost two of its six worm-up games, one was to Hardin Simmons last Sat urday and the other to the Brooke Comets in San Antonio. The Ag gies beat the powerful Brooke Medical nine two times out of three. Aggie Coach Lil Dimmitt plans to take two complete teams to Houston. He will rely on Earl Beesley and Roy Gibbons to han dle the pitching loads but will use Johnson, Brown, or Turner for re lief work. Dimmitt has also added Jesse Burditt to the roster as utility infielder and outfielder. er Jack Miles for six hits. These, aided by a walk and two errors, finally totaled up to eight runs for that inning. Three more runs were brought in during the next frame; the Aggies took a breather in the fourth inning and failed to score, but they collected another tally in the fifth. McMurray sent another hurler, Rickman, to the mound in the sixth but the Ags had no pity on him and nicked him for seven more runs before the fire was put out by the third relief pitcher, Dave Williams, who took off his catch er’s mask to go to the mound. Only two earned hits were charged against Rickman, but his team mates’ errors and field judgment allowed seven Aggie runners to parade across home plate. Earl Beesley handled the pitch ing duties for the Aggies in the first five innings and didn’t give up a hit while doing so. Beesley struck out three men and kicked in with a single in the second in ning. His successor, Roy Gibbons, was charged with the three Indian hits. In his four innings on the mound, Gibbons struck out six of the McMurray nine. Gibbons got the last hit Aggies hit in the sev enth. Little Dave Williams was the spark plug of the Indians. He came from behind the plate in the sixth inning and pulled his team out of the fire, allowing only one hit and striking out one batter. His teammate Don Loyd tapped Roy Gibbons for two of the three McMurray hits. The longest fight on record was 110 round (seven hours and nine teen minutes) between Andy Bow en and Jack Burke in New Orleans in 1893, and the referee called it ‘no contest’. Tex Thornton, lanky Aggie sec ond baseman, picked up two hits out of three trips to the plate. One of these was a wicked double to right field, the only one of the game. Both Floyd Walker and Leo Daniels hit .500 for the after noon. The Aggies move to Houston Friday and Saturday to play Rice Institute and return to Kyle Field to play Baylor on Wesdnesday, April 2. Score by Innings: RUB A & M 093 017 100—21 15 3 McMurray 000 000 000— 0 3 15 McMurray: Miles, Rickman, Da vis*, Davis, Ellis. * Caught until sixth inning. Officials: Tongate, Pugh. at a wonder-how price! A paint-pot print with the extraordinary coloring achieved only in pure dye Silk. It’s a heavenly dream at a down-to-earth price' A talon zipper. Sizes 9 to 15. $24.95 The current Aggie “track” team, which has scored a first and a sec ond in the two meets this season, is one of the most unbalanced, yet still capable, squads that has ever represented the Maroon and White. It is a track team without the “track”. Coach Frank Anderson has ab solutely no sprinters, no middle- distance or distance men of championship caliber; and only one hurdler with a chance of placing in either the highs or lows. As a track team, the above aggregation couldn’t win enough points to place fifth in a conference meet. But, fortunately, Anderson, pos sibly taking a cue from wartime industrial methods of “specializa tion”, has packed all his talent into two district groups—the field groups—the field events and the quarter mile. With a group of jumpers, weightmen and quarter- milers on hand that are the envy of every coach in the circuit, An derson has made the ’47 cinder squad a real title threat. Taking the Southwest Exposit ion Track and Field Meet at Ft. Worth last weekend as an example, the Aggie’s power in the field events is seen in the fact that they placed first in the high jump, broad jump and discus, second in the shot put and had three men place in the pole vault. And if Bob Goode, the 1946 SWC Javelin champ, hadn’t decided to serve a hitch in the Merchant Marines, Col. Andy could probably count on five points in that event also. A number of candidates are working out for the javelin and a point winner could easily emerge before the conference meet comes around. Jay, Haws, Kadera Lead in Field Events Webb Jay, Arthur Haws, George Kadara and a trio of pole vaulters, Tate, Bedeman and Davis, comprise the point-win ners in the field events. Jay was high point for the team at Ft. Worth last Saturday, taking the broad jump with a leap of over 23 feet, placing in both sprints, and running a leg on the Farmjer’s third-place 440- relay team. Haws has been topping the field in the high jump in consistent fashion. The tall senior seems to delight in beating men who have jumped considerably higher, tak ing his specialty at Laredo over several former state record-holders and defeating the Big Six cham pion in the Fort Worth meet. Kadera, the former Houston schoolboy ace, is a real life-saver in the weights. The husky Fresh man is unbeaten in the discus and is a definite National con tender in the event. In addi tion, he is a threat in the shot put, an event in which he placed second last week. Perhaps, the brightest spot in the whole track picture is in the pole vault. Tate, Bodeman and Davis all three are heading the conference vaulters with Tate hav ing a 12:6 vault to his credit this season. In Quirey, the Aggies have another pole vaulter who has made 11:6 and who may easily place in the conference meet, giv ing the Aggies a grand slam in the event. The Farmer dominance in Hie 440 is almost as complete. Art Harnden, defending SWC 440- dash champ, and Ray Holbrook, SWC quarter-mile king during the days of the Kiddie Korps, pace the classy array of 440 men. The pair finished one-two in the Ft. Worth meet and indi cations are there is nothing to stop them from finishing that way in the conference meet. In addition to Harnden and Hol- brook, Anderson has on hand enough additional talent in the 440 (E. G. Bilderbeck and Bill Na- HAIR STYLING— Machine Cream Waves, Rayette Cold Waves, Rayette Safe Waves, Manicuring, Parker Her bex Scalp Preparations and Cosmetics. COLLEGE HILLS BEAUTY SALON Walton Drive—East Gate Phone 4-1174 pier) to field a mile relay team that is the class of the conference with yard to spare. But, disregarding the quarter and the field events, the Aggies fortunes sink rather low. In a meet embracing all seven con ference squads, the Aggies might pick up a scattered point or two in the hurdles, and maybe in the one of the distance races. But, as things stand now, that looks to be about all. If a conference title is to come to College Sta tion, it’ll have to come via first places in the field events and the 440. In the final analysis, the situa tion is comparable to the one that faced Swimming Coach Art Adam son this season. Adamson had a raft of first place winners, but had absolutely no power at all in the diving. Anderson also has a coup le of blanks, notably in the sprints. The lack of strength in diving cost the Aggies the swimming crown. It remains to be seen whether An derson’s collection of “specialists” can avoid the same disastrous end. Tentative Tennis Schedule Released The tentative 1947 Aggie Tennis schedule is ^ts follows: March 31—East Texas State at College Station. April 9—Rice at Houston. April 12—T.C.U. in Ft. Worth. April 17—S.M.U. at College Sta tion. April 19—Texas at College Sta tion. April 26—Baylor at Waco. May 2—Rice at College Station. May 3—Sam Houston at College Station. May 9—Sam Houston at Hunts ville. May 16-17 — Southwest Confer ence Meet at Waco. Rifle Team Wins 12 of 17 Matches Thus far this season the Aggie rifle team, coached by Major John M. Cook, has won 12 and lost four of the matches fired, excluding the Hearst match, and fired one draw with the University of Idaho. The team will terminate the season on the week of April 26 with a shoul- der-to-shoulder match between team members to determine • the top man on the team who will re ceive the National Rifle Associa tion Award (NRA) of which this school is a member. At present G. S. Kent is captain of the NRA team. NEW COLORINGS FOR SPRING* HAND-PRINTED ON jUtGunat^ Traditional neat foulard designs in special colorings planned for wear with basic Spring clothing shades. This fine foulard is hand-printed and woven by the famous Golden Shuttle Weavers of special rayon yarns. LEON B. WEISS — College — Pole Vault Ace JOHNNY DAVIS, Aggie pole vaulter is, along with Tate and Bodeman, leading the con ference groups in this event. Davis is clearing 12 feet now and is expected to clear 13 feet by the end of the season. INTRAMURALS By Cliff Ackerman SPRING INTRAMURAL PRO GRAM MOVING AT FAST PACE The spring Intramural program is moving at a fast pace and every thing is hitting the scheduled time right in stride. The main interest before Easter will be the Class B boxing finals and the Class A wrestling finals Monday night, March 31st. Following the holi days, softball will move into the spot light with the swimming and track meets taking their share of the lime light. Volten Ball Two teams went undefeated to capture their league championship as the first Intramural Volten Ball tournament draws to a close. In League B, B Eng. won and in League C, B Field took honors, while in League A D Inf. won their league with only one defeat. In the semi-finals B Eng. will try to keep their winnig streak moving by playing D Inf. The winner of this match will then meet B Field in the final Friday afternoon. April 1st Dead Line At 6 o’clock on the first day of April (and this is no April Fool joke), entries wil close for the fol lowing events: open golf tourna ment, open tennis tournament, and the swimming meet. This dead line must be met in order to get each of these events moving. Class B Wrestling Results Following is the final tabulation of the Class B wrestling results: Order Part. Total of Fin. Organization Pts. Pts. 1 D. Infantry 50 75 1 A. Chem. War.S. 50 75 3 A. Ordnance 50 57% 3 D. Field Arty 50 57 y 2 3 C. Field Arty 50 571/2 3 E. Infantry 50 571/2 7 F. Field Arty 50 50 8 B. Cavalry 50 50 8 B. Field Arty 50 50 8 A. Field Arty 40 40 8 C. Infantry 40 40 12 B. Engineers 40 50 13 C. Engineers 50 50 13 F. Infantry 50 50 13 A. Signal 50 50 16 B.Infantry 40 40 16 A. Coast Arty 40 40 16 Infantry Band.... 30 30 19 B. Air Corps 50 50 19 A.Infantry 50 50 21 G. Infantry 50 50 21 E. Field Arty 50 50 21 A. Cavalry 50 50 21 D. Cavalry 50 50 Aggie Trackmen Compete In Texas Relays Saturday Some 1,000 trackmen representing 72 universities, col leges, high schools will be on hand this week-end to compete in the 29 events in the Texas Relays in Austin before an an ticipated 10,000 spectators. Schools from practically ever section of the country will _ n n Tk T77 7 represented and judging from MAtItt MaCITIATICI Ai*A P ast records, last year’s title hold- I ijfc/U 1 UMLlUllO i\I C ers will have more keen ft ill* J tition and many of last Open to Applicants The Proctor and Gamble Com pany is interested in employing a number of undergraduate students who have completed their sopho more years and who eventually may be interested in factory sup ervisory positions with the com pany, W. R. Horsley of the Place ment Office has announced. To assist in the selection of qual ified candidates, the company has provided an examination to be giv en all applicants in Room 238, Ad ministration Building, at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 29. Students ma joring in mechanical, chemical, and management engineering and industrial education are eligible to take this exam. Interested students should call at the Placement Office before 5 p.m. tomorrow to schedule the ex amination. Cadet Pistol Team Being Organized Fifteen men reported Monday night to the initial meeting of the Aggie Pistol team. Lt. William A. Becker, class of ’41 and a mem ber of the National Champion team of 1939 heads the team and is as sisted by M/Sgt. Truman Allen who also works with the rifle team, M/Sgt. Jack E. Cutsinger, M/Sgt. Patrick E. Lynch, and T/Sgt. Joseph C. Thomas who will supervise the range and coach. Main objective is to prepare for a team next year and though no intercollegiate matches are anti cipated this year, matches will probably be arranged for before the semester is over. At present, the only require ment for members will be to report 21 A. Engineers . 50 50 21 A. Air Corps .... 50 50 27 C. Cavalry 40 40 28 F. A. Band .... 10 10 29 A. Q.M.C 0 0 Devoe Artist’s Material Partially complete stock of single oil tube colors. Oil, water color and pastel sets. 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Tate, Bode man, and Davis are heading the conference group of pole vaulters, and Jimmy Mortenson is holding down the hurdle event. The Aggie quarter-mile aggregation is one of the best in the nation with Ray Putnam coaching the affair. Ham den, Nafpier, Bilderback and Hol brook are holding down this slot. Defending champions who will be back to try to hold their titles are Allen Lawler of Texas U. in the 100-yard dash, Ralph Tate of Oklahoma A&M in the broad jump and high hurdles, Bob Lowther oif LSU in the javelin, Tom Scofield of Kansas in the high jump, Dick Miller of Nebraska in the pole vault, Baylor in the 440, Texas U. in the 880, Kansas State in the 2-mile relay, Drake in the dis tance medely relay, Abilene Chris tian in the 440-yard football relay, and Texas A&M in the mile relay. Preliminaries in the University class will be held Friday and Sat urday mornings and finals will be held Sautrday afternoon. to the range at least three times a week for practice whicfi will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon days through Fridays with the ex ception of during the drill periods on Tuesday and Thursday. The weapon fired will be the .22 cal iber Colt Woodsman. Col. Becker further announced that anyone who was interested and who had not yet done so may report to one of the sergeants on the range. lor active men .»' i / s Here’s a famous B.V.D, Short for active men. It fits snugly to give sup port, and such unusual comfort features as the conveniently adjustable waistband, reinforced crotch and the seamless seat make Brev a best buy. ■v »R««. O. 0. Fat. Off. CLOCKIERS College and Bryan