THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggieland), Texas, Thursday, April 24, 1947:
:Page Three
Baseballers to Meet Bruins
In Two-Game Series in Waco
The Texas Aggies move to Waco this week-end to tan
gle with the second-place Baylor Bears. Now in third place
in the conference, the Ags play the Bruins on Friday and
Saturday afternoons.
The Bears dropped into number-*-
two slot Tuesday afternoon when'
they lost a tight game to the Tex
as Longhorns by the score of 1-0.
Last week they split two games
with the ’sips. Baylor will prob
ably send to the mound one of its
ace pitchers, Kickey Rowe on Fri
day afternoon and the Aggies will
face Leroy Jarl on the following
day. Rowe has lost two games this
season, both to Texas, but is con
sidered one of the best in the con
ference. Combined pitching pf
Rowe and Jarl defeated the Aggies
when the Baptist visited here on
April 2.
As to who will hold the mound
for the Farmers is problematical
with former shortstop Bobby Fretz
starting on Friday. Fretz, a star
hurler on the A&M war-time club,
has been Dimmitt’s ace-in-the-hole
this season. Both Gibbens and
Beesley, the two first - starting
artists have been layed up with
injuries and it is doubtful as to
whether or not they will be able
to suit out.
The hurling chores may fail to
either Y. B. Johnson, Bing Turner,
or Dewey Jacobs with Stan Hol-
mig being on tab just in case. Ag
gie hitting showed a vast improve
ment during the TCU and SMU
games and may be the deciding
factor in the series with Baylor.
The following week-ends, A&M
goes on a road tour to Dallas and
Fort Worth to finish playing the
Mustangs and Horned Frogs. Their
next home appearance is on May
10 when they play an exhibition
match with Brooke Medical Center.
Getting Suited for a New Suit
Southwestern U
Plays B Baseball
Team Saturday
The Texas Aggie B Baseball
club will meet the Southwestern
University team on the Kyle Field
diamond at 3 p.m. Saturday after
noon. A return engagement is
slated for Wednesday, April 30 at
Georgetown.
This^will be the seventh game
of the season for the B baseballers
and they have but one loss charged
against them. The single loss was
at the hands of the Sam Houston
State College Bearkats here, but
the Farmers defeated the same
team in a second match later.
Probable mound starters for the
Cadets will be either Bob Southall
or George Brown. Ray Katt will
catch.
Netters Play Bears
In Waco Saturday
The downtrodden Aggie tennis
squad, still seeking its first vic
tory of the season over a South
west Conference opponent, meets
the Baylor Bear’s on the latter’s
home courts in Waco Saturday af
ternoon.
This is just previous to the clos
ing tilts with Texas University
here on May 14-15.
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■ON KYLE FIELD j
by PAUL MARTIN
Following last week’s victories,
Coach Lil Dimmitt’s charges have
more firmly established themselves
as definite contenders for top hon
ors.
Bib Falk’s Longhorns and Pete
Jones’ Bears are now holding down
the top slots with five wins and
one loss each while A&M trails
with five wins and three losses.
TCU, the next closest contender
trails with two wins and four los
ses. Rice and SMU are well in the
cellar.
In the maze of statistics, it may
be noted that the maroon and
white leads in team batting aver-
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age with a .302, followed by TU
with a mere .300.
In the hitting department, in
dividual honors go to Hub Moon,
husky Aggie right fielder, who
is second in the conference
standings. Willie Willingham in
number five position and Peck
Yass in number nine are also
among the top ten.
Considering the fact that Gib
bens and Beesley, the two starting
pitchers, are at present out of
commission, the remainder of the
• mound staff has been doing an ad
mirable job. Dewey Jacobs, the
freshman pitcher who moved up
from the B team, is credited with
two wins and no losses in 17 and
one-third innings of pitching. Ja
cobs has struck out 20 would-be
hitters in this time while chalking
up 8 runs and 11 hits for himself.
Dewey is now number two among
the leading pitchers of the confer
ence.
Bing Turner, another Aggie
mound artist, is rated high
among the leading SWC hurlers.
Turner is accredited with one
win and no losses in five innings
to rank number four in the par
ade.
Aggie sprint star Webb Jay
moved up into the top brackets last
Saturday afternoon when he clock
ed a time of 9.5 seconds in the 100-
yard dash. Allen Lawler won the
century in Kansas on the same day
for the second consecutive year
by accomplishing the feat in 9.7
but this was on a wet track.
This places Jay in the bracket
to go with a select group of Aggies
to participate in the Drake Relays
in Des Moines next Saturday.
Those making the trip will be Geo.
Kadera, Art Haws, Webb Jay and
the mile relay team of Art Harn-
Aggies Blank Seven Thinly Clads Journey To
Bombers 5-0 Iowa for Drake Relay Friday
Coach Frank Anderson and seven Aggie trackmen left
Wednesday for Des Moines, Iowa where they will compete
in the 38th annual Drake Relays Saturday. •
The Texas Aggies shut out the
Bryan Bombers by a score of 5 to
0 Monday night at the new Bomb
er stadium in Bryan. It was the
second game under the lights this
season for the Farmers and a
crowd of about 300 showed up to
cheer their respective teams.
Losing no time at all, the Ag
gies picked up two runs in the
first inning when Leo Daniels
slammed a double into left field
that scored Wasson and Vass. In
the second inning, three more runs
tagged up on a double error in
the Bryan infield. Daniels was
again the hitter and Lindloff, Was
son and Vass scored.
Lil Dimmitt used three pitchers
against the Bombers, sending each
one in for a three inning stretch.
Bobby Fretz started the hurling
and struck out four of the batters
to face him and allowed but two
hits. Y. B. Johnson followed him,
fanning three Bombers and gave
up one hit. Dewey Jacobs finished
up by striking out four more and
allowing two hits.
Cotton Lindloff went back into
the lineup and played impressive
ball in spite of the fact that his
arm is not completely healed. Tex
Thornton moved to shortstop and
Hershall Maltz replaced Stan Holl-
mig in the sixth to get in on some
excellent plays at first base.
The Bryan Bombers are members
of the Lone Star league and will
play their first home game Thurs
day night. The Aggies journey to
Waco for the weekend and will
finish up conference play on May
14 and 15 when they play the Tex
as Longhorns.
Score by Innings R H E
A&M 230 000 000—5 9 2
Bryan 000 000 000—0 5 4
Eateries: For A&M—Fretz, John
son, Jacobs, and Walker;
For Bryan—Heinz, Murphy, Phil
lips.
Officials: Pugh and Dawson.
Game t/me: 2 hours, 15 minutes.
In the Southwest conference
baseball standings, Texas universi
ty and Baylor are still running
neck-and-neck in their tie for first
with five wins and one loss each.
Texas A. & M. follows in third
place with five wins and three los
ses. TCU, Rice and SMU are
practically out of the running leav
ing the three top spots to the
Steers, Bruins and Aggies.
SMU staged its first conference
win Monday over the Rice Owls
by literally stealing the game. The
winning run came in the ninth
when Pony second baseman Bert
Berry stole home to break the 6-6
deadlock.
Team Jt H W L
Baylor 66 64 5 1
Texas 61 66 5 1
A&M 81 88 5 3
TCU “. 46 59 2 4
Rice 37 60 2 6
SMU 34 55 1 5
den, Ray Holbrook, Bill Napier, and
Ervin Bilderback.
At the beginning of the current
track season, Coach Frank Ander
son admitted that our chances to
win points in the dashes looked
slim but the speedy dashman who
has been beating Samuals and run
ning close on the heels of Parker,
Martineson, and Cotton has been
showing such rapid improvement
that he may yet prove to be one
of the brightest spots on the A. &
M. roster.
Not only has he been burning up
the cinders in the 100 but has been
stepping out in the 220 with quite-
a-few points to his credit in this
event.
INTRAMURALS
By Cliff Ackerman
Two Day Intramural Track Meet
Highlights Weeks Activities
The Intramural Track and Field
Meet will take the spot light Sat
urday and Sunday in a two day
affair which will wind-up the spec
ial events program. Heat sheets
have been sent to the organizations
an dit is urged that each contestant
check to see where ancl when he
is scheduled to preform.
1. Preliminaries in Class B and
in Class A running events will take
place Saturday. No preliminaries
will be run in the 1.7 mile.
2. All Freshmen Field Events
will be held Saturday.
3. All Upperclass Field Events
will be held Sunday.
jump will be held south of the east
4. The broad jump and the high
stands of Kyle Field.
5. The shot put will be held at
the South end of the football field.
6. The pole vault will be held
at the North end of the football
field.
7. Ail men not actually partici
pating must stay in the stands.
8. The order of events will fol
low that shown on the heat sheets.
9. Entries in high jump and
pole vault must keep up with the
progress of the bar.
10. Entries in the shot and
broad jump may take their three
tries any time during the after
noon.
11. If there is any question about
The unbeaten Aggie Mile Relay
composed of Art Harnden, Roy
Holbrook, Ervin Bilderbeck and
Bill Napier, together with Webb
Jay, George Kadera and Art Haws
accompanied Anderson on the trip.
The mile relay team annexed the
Kansas Relays title last week, but
will be up against stiffer opposi
tion in the more widely known
Drake carnival.
Jay, who attracted wide atten
tion last week, with his eye-open
ing 9.5 lOO-yard dash victory
against Rice, will run the century
and possibly compete in the broad
jump, if his weak ankle rounds
sufficiently into shape.
Kadera will enter the weight
events, in which he has been one
of the leading competitors in the
conference while Haws will seek
National honors in his specialty,
the high jump.
Jim Hill, who leaped 23 feet
eight inches in the broad jump here
last week—the longest jump in
the South to date this year, will
not make the trip. The deadline
for entries fell before Hill made
his record jump and he was not
eligible to enter the Drake affair.
Jay will find plenty of competi
tion in the century as Texas is
taking both of their sprint aces,
Charley Parker and Allen Lawler
along. Baylor’s Bill Martineson
will also be around to make the
competition hot.
eligibility, be sure to check before
the meet.
To make this one of the best
track and field meets, the coopera
tion you have shown in the past
will be greatly appreciated; be on
time for your event and all not ac
tually participating please stay in
the stands.
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