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I ON KYLE FIELD j ——~ by PAUL MARTIN Track Team to Find Tough Going A&M’s track and field squad, consisting of some of the best talent to represent this school in some time, pulled one upset this year by beating the Texas Long horns for the first time i n history at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show meet (in fact, this is the first time that Texas has ever been beaten at that meet) and very nearly pulled another b y losing t o the Steers by one-half point the previous week in Laredo. Should the Fort Worth meet have been a dual affair between A&M and Texas, taking into con sideration the participation points of each team, the Aggies would have won the meet by an even wider margin. However, the two Martin mile was not run. Texas swept the mile and half mile and would be hard to stop if they took the two mile honors also. We have boys in these events who can and will win us some points. If the meet at Laredo had been scored as a dual meet between ourselves and the ’Sips, we would have won by two points. The meet in Cor pus Christi on April 5 will be a hard one to win for Rice is strong in the three events where Texas is weak, the high jump and the hurdles. Arthur Haws and Jim Mortenson have been doing commendable work in these events and there is every indication that they will continue to make their presence known but the Owls have some boys who are reput ed to be plenty good. For this reason, Texas should emerge the winner but if we can pull through some places in the distance runs, which is not in conceivable, we may be able to take the honors. High School Cage Ace May Choose A&M Ace high school athletes come high and the better they are, the higher they come. There is a boy in Greenville who is so good that he can not only name the college he wants to attend but can bring his coach along for a full-time college coaching job. Six-foot 10-inch Marcus Frei- berger has already established such a reputation for himself on the hardwoods that his coach, Ray Dorsett, has been offered positions on the coaching staffs of several colleges providing he brings the young giant along with him. Smashing all scoring records of the Texas Interscholastic league annual tournament, Freiberger scored 46 of his teams 53 points against. He put on at that time what was probably one of the greatest one-man shows in tournament history, so much so that the opposition was using three men in a vain attempt to stop him. Freiberger is the youngest mem ber of a basketball family with three brothers who starred in col lege circles. He has made All- State center twice and his coach boasted (and rightfully too) that school boy flash could make any college team in America right now and from the looks of his past records, his services could be the deciding factor in many a contest. Dorsett said that his star pupil hasn’t as yet decided where he would go to college but probably it would be a Southwest Conference school and very likely a state college. That makes it either Texas, Arkansas or Texas A&M. Chief objective is to get in a school where the towering center can receive consideration as All- American. One of Marcus’ broth ers, John Freiberger, played at Arkansas, another, Alvin Freiber ger, starred at Southeast Okla homa Teachers College before the war. Baseballers Weak in Hitting Dept. The books show that Gibbens has issued 9 walks and gave 13 hits good for 6 runs which were aided by 4 errors on the part of his mates. He fanned 15 in the 19 innings he has worked. Beesley toiled 21 innings allow ing 8 runs, 8 hits and walked but 3 men. He fanned 21 and in his last game he held McMurray hit less and runnless for five innings before he was taken out with the score 13-0 for the Aggies. The Cadets erred 10 times behind him and helped account for his lone loss to Brooke Army Medical Cen ter. In that same game they got but one hit. Leading hitter to date is Leo Daniels, center fielder who was All-Conference back in 1942-43. He is hitting for .333 and trailed by Tex Thornton, second baseman, who has an average of .313. Catch er “Frog” Walker, a freshman, is batting .273 for the third spot. NOW IS THE TIME TO GET SET FOR WARM WEATHER Aggies.. • Tailor Made Summer Serge Shirts Slacks Blouses Khaki Slacks and Shirts Brass—Ties—Socks 4 Every uniform item for the neatly dressed Cadet at College Station’s NEWEST CLOTHIERS LEON B. WEISS Next to the Campus Theater :Sa*irday, March 29, 1947 THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggieland), Texas Aggie Baseball Team Parades New Uniforms m | B H ■ ASA & 4i ■ \tm$ : H 5 kW > 1*4 AH 115 /• Ail in itli! Aggie Baseball Club Meets Baylor Here Wednesday at 3 Following their opening games with Rice Institute in Houston yesterday and today, the Texas Aggie baseball club will take on Baylor as their second conference opponent here Wednesday, April 2 at 3 p.m. Baylor opened Friday against Texas Christian in Fort Worth in The 1947 edition of the Texas Aggie baseball team, decked out in the new uniforms, won four of their six pre-conference games and meet the Rice Owls in Houston Friday and Saturday. Pic tured in the usual order, are: bottom row. Mays, Lindloff, Calvert, Walker, Maltz, Fretz, Wasson; second row, Johnson, Brown, Holmig, Gibbons, Beesley, Turner; top row, Dimmitt, Willingham, Hughs, Thornton, and Vass. INTRAMURALS By Cliff Ackerman By Cliff Ackerman Finals in Class B Boxing and Class A Wrestling Monday Night The finals in Class B boxing and Class A wrestling will be held Monday night in DeWare Field House at 7:30. The bouts are scheduled as fol lows: Class A Wrestling 119 lb.— Wheat C. Inf. vs. Maisell B Field 129 lb.— Keeter A Cav. vs. Damrel B Eng 139 lb.— John Law Hall vs. Golden A. Inf. 149 lb.— McKenzie A Inf. vs. Keese B Cav. 159 lb.— Decker A CAC vs. Dalius Pur- year 169 lb.— Laswell B Cav. vs. Roach CWS 179 lb.— Alexander E Inf. vs. Breedlove A CAC Heavyweight— Claunch E Inf vs. Bozha F Field Class B Boxing 129 lb.— Moye E Inf. vs. Condon A Sig 139 lb.— Rodgers B Field vs. Taylor A CWS 149 lb.— Beck A Cav. vs. Grosebeck D Inf. 159 lb.— Speer A Inf. vs. Hickman G Inf. 169 lb.— Pollock F Field vs. Sargent F Field 179 lb.— Magnuder B Air Corp vs. Wat kins F Field Heavyweight— Muegge F Field vs. Greiner F Field All contestants are urged to be in the gym by 7:15 so as to get weighed in and ready to go at 7:30. Badminton Finals The finals in the Intramural Badminton Tournament will be held Monday night along with the boxing and wrestling matches. Lander and Tittle are the runners- up and a close contested match is scheduled in this final round. Aggie T Club Meets Monday ;New T Men Report by April 1 The Aggie T Club will hold a meeting on Monday, March 31 at 7:30 p. m. for the pur pose of discussing Sports Day and a T Club social. All men who are eligible to join and who are Interested may do so by seeing Marion Flanagan in room 215, Dorm 5, Jim Mortenson in room 201 in Dorm 4 or by dropping by the coaches office before April 1. Tennis Team Opens Monday With ETSTC Botchey Koch’s Aggie tennis team will open the season Mon day afternoon against East Texas State Teachers College here at 2 p.m. Koch stated that a qualification tourney to be played Saturday afternoon will decide which six of the eight aspirants will parti cipate in the l^onday match. Oth erwise, the names of the Aggie netters is not known. Koch also requested that all men who have signed up for the tennis team but who have not yet been out report to courts as early as possible either Monday or Tues day afternoon. North Gate Flower Shop Opens April 1 The Aggieland Flower Shop, lo cated one block west of the North Gate next to the Campus Theater, will open for business Tuesday, April 1, Mrs. Ruth Little, owner, has a- dopted the slogan—“Our Flowers Say It For You”. Cut flowers, pot plants, pottery, shell jewelry, and flowers for all occasions will be available at the new shop. LONDON BROS. Have a sincere desire to help you with YOUR PAINTING PROBLEMS! We Show You How to Get Results At the Lowest Possible Cost If you are going to— PAINT A PICTURE PAINT A HOUSE PAINT A SIGN OR REFINISH FURNITURE Start right by getting the CORRECT INFORMA TION. 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE in the fields of: INTERIOR DECORATION, COMMERCIAL ART, and FINE ART are your guarantee of getting the RIGHT PRODUCT for your project. We Carry A Complete Line of Glidden “TIME TESTED” Paint, Var nishes and Enamels LONDON BROS. 2201 College Road Telephone 2-8684 for FREE DELIVERY Baseball Team Roster for 1947 The 1947 Aggie baseball team roster is listed below along with the playing numbers, home towns and positions of the players. 10 Russell Mays—Houston SS 11 Cotton Lindloff—Waco SS-2B 14 Johnny Johnson—Coleman P 16 Bob Wasson—Dallas 3B 17 W. Willingham—Seagraves CF 18 George Brown—Lubbock P 19 Herschell Maltz—Houston....lB 20 Hub Moon—Holland RF 21 Bob Fretz—Houston SS 23 Allen Hughs—Beaumont LF 24 Earl Beesley—Dallas P 25 Peck Vass—Houston LF 26 Julian Pressly—Ft Worth....3B 27 Leo Daniels—Bryan CF 28 Tex Thornton—Leonard 2B 29 Cal Calvert—Dallas C 30 Stan Holmig—Hondo 1B-P 31 Roy Gibbens—La Pryor P 32 Bing Turner—Beaumont P 33 Frog Walker—Dallas C Navy-USMC Officer Pilots Meet Monday A meeting of all Naval and Marine officer-pilots will be held in the Petroleum Lecture Room at 8 p. m. Monday eve ning, March 31. Pilots from the Bryan-College Station area are invited to attend the meet ing, which will concern the possibilities of organizing a Naval Reserve Aviation Unit at Easterwood Field. Commander Barry Holton of the U. S. Naval Air Sta tion at Dallas will be the prin cipal speaker. In 1903, a Minnesota student, elated by the tie his team had gained with Michigan, snatched the Michigan water jug. Through the years that little brown jug has become the symbol of Michigan- Minnesota football supremacy. Veterans Administration now has 268 full-time chaplains repre senting 29 churches in its 136 hos pitals and homes. Brazos Club Backs Coach, Staff; Plans Party and Muster The Brazos County A&M Club, in a meeting Tuesday night, unanimously passed a resolution for the full support of the coaching staff and members of all Aggie teams en gaged in intercollegiate competi tion. The resolution also urged all groups here and former students over the state to put aside their differences over the coaching set up, and to “put their entire efforts behind the present coaching staff so that the spirit may be demon strated in action rather than by words.” Plans for the annual spring party, given by the club for Aggie participants in winter and spring sports, were also discussed. C. N. Hielsher, vice-president, named W. R. Carmichael general chair man for the party, and W. G. “Breezy” Breazeale, “Flop” Col son, and Charlie DeWare in charge of food arrangements. Ticket sales will be looked after by George McCullock, Elmer Smith, and Lu- cien Morgan, while transportation of the some 150 Aggie athletes will be the responsibility of Pinky Downs and Wallace Kimbrough. Lil Dimmitt, baseball coach, spoke to the club and told them that this year’s team should be much better balanced than the ’46 team. Unfavorable weather has prevented the boys getting enough batting and fielding practice, and they are not as smooth as they should be at this stage, Dimmitt said. Preliminary plans for holding the club’s annual muster on April 21 were discussed. R. L. Elkins is chairman of arrangements, and Representative W. T. Moore will preside. The muster will be held on the lawn of the Administration Building from 7 to 8 p. m., with the student body invited. Eastland, Stevens County Club Meets Tuesday at 7:30 A special meeting of the East- land and Stevens County Club will be held in Room 206, Academic Building Tuesday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. PALACE ■ i K O L * 2 - 8 8 7 9 BRYAN, TEXAS Preview Saturday Night— Sun., Mon., and Tues. EDWARD G. ROBINSON — In — “THE RED HOUSE” COMING: Wed., Thurs., Fri. and Saturday BOB HOPE in “MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE” OPENS 1 p. m. DAILY FRIDAY - SATURDAY JACKIE JENKINS in “BOY^ TOWN” — Plus WILLIAM GARGAN in “RENDEZVOUS 24” SUNDAY and MONDAY m JOHNSON -JUDY GARLAND • FRANK SINATRA JUNE AILYSON • ROBERT WALKER KATHRYN GRAYSON • VAN HEFLIN • OINAH SHORE + * DAZZLING- WITH ^ in IHNICOLOR./ TUES. and WED. DOROTHY McGUIRE, GUY MADISON “TILL THEEND~bF TIME” the first of a two-game series. The second game takes place today. Lil Dimmitt’s charges will lie idle fol lowing the Owl tilt until the Bear match. Probable starter on the mound for the Bruins will be Rickey Rowe, a freshman from Dallas who won Texas’ place in the “Brooklyn against the World Series” last year and is considered an out standing prospect. Lil Dimmitt has not announced yet who will start on the mound but either Johnson or Beesley has been suggested. With Bobby Layne on the mound, Texas University opened conference baseball play against Southern Methodists in Austin Thursday, downing the visitors 12-7. Batting on the Texas nine was outstanding with two home runs and one man going down for a triple. The Longhorns were cred ited with 13 hits to eight for the Ponies. Golf Team to Have First Home Match Next Wednesday Marty Karow’s Aggie golf team will have its third meet next Wed nesday and their first match here when they meet the Baylor link- men. Opening against Southern Met! odist in Dallas, the Cadets won 6- and did a repeat performance t" next day against TCU in Fort Worth with an identical score. Last Sautrday, in the Fat Stock Show tourney in Fort Worth, the Farmers tied for fourth with Ok lahoma with a strong south wind blowing and on an unfamiliar green. Travis Bryan, Jr. is still pacing the team in number one position. Coach Karow has been in New York for the past week making preparations for the coming bas ketball season and Gather Nowell has had charge of the team. Opens 1:00 p.m. Ph. 4-1181 SATURDAY LAST DAY! LADD is Back with a BANG! And he t faking (ram proud Lor* •tta Young who comet to him of first because she hot to — comet bock one day because ike wantt to I I w IgfigC; SUSA** Beulah Bondi Cecil Kellaway Directed by Irving Pichel Screen Play by Pranl< Partos and Poymond Chandler • A Paramount Picture SATURDAY PREVIEW— SUNDAY and MONDAY 111 v - * /' t&cffes A Paramount Picture rtarriaf EDDIE BRACKEN CASS DAIEY VIRGINIA WELLES I »i SPIKE JONES | ^ and His City Slickers *na JOHNNY COY • VIRGINIA FIELD meat t, wma war. menu n nua i ossa