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THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggieland), Texas, Tuesday, April 29, 1947: :Page Three ■ Members of the Aggie Rifle team, pictured left to right are: front row, Clarence Leinweber, Yet Co. 2; Jones, B Inf., M/Sgt. Truman Allen, Assistant Coach, George Kent, A Co. Ord.; back row, Cloyde Buchanan, G Inf., Thomas Rose, A Inf., Ray McClen don, G F. A., Allen Wyne, G F. A., and John Norman, G F. A. Aggie Baseballers Bow Before Baylor for Second Time 11-3 The second place Baylor Bears took their second decision of the year over the Aggie baseball team Saturday, splash ing to an 11-3 triumph in the rain at Waco. Tennis Team Rained Out With Baylor The Aggie tennis team was rained out Saturday after playing and losing three of the scheduled seven matches against Baylor in Waco. Bennie Stanford, the Aggies’ number one man, went down easily before Baylor’s number one ace, Esscory Gaffery, 6-2, 6-3. Bill Bo gart bested the Aggies’ Hank Al len, 6-4, 6-1 and Red Bennett fell before Pail Albright, 6-2, 8-6 in what was, perhaps, the best match of the day. The Aggies’ Sellers and the Bear’s J. B. Christian were staging a terrific battle when their match was called. The first set was deadlocked at seven games all when the rains came. Y eterans Administration dis posed of nearly 73,000 applications for hospitalization of domiciliary care during February. Dr. Carlton R. Lee Optometrist Announces the opening of office for the practice of optometry at 203 So. Main Street, Bryan. For Appointment Dial 2-1662 ' The loss was the fourth against five wins for the Aggies in con ference play. The two teams were originally scheduled to play a double-header but rain, which fell steadily from the sixth inning on, forced cancellation of the night cap. The first game of the sched uled two-game series was rained out Friday afternoon. The Aggies took an early lead, scoring two runs in the opening frame off Baylor hurler Leroy Jarl but the Bears came back to score four in the third off Aggie starter Bob Fretz, and were never headed thereafter. The Bears added an other tally in the seventh and ex ploded for six more in eighth to ice the game. Bing Turner came in to relieve Johnson in the sixth and was tagged for seven runs and three hits in the two innings he worked. Y. B. Johnson finished up on the mound for the Aggies. Chuck Devereaux, the Bear’s hard-hitting right-fielder, sparked the 10-hit Bruin attack, slamming out a homer with the bases loaded in the fourth and driving in two other runs. Aggies, Oklahoma A&M Meet Saturday The Aggie track team will jour ney to Stillwater, Okla. this week end to meet the strong Oklahoma A. & M. Aggies in a dual track meet Saturday. The meeting will mark the sec ond time this season that track men from the two state A. & M. schools have clashed on the cinders, the previous meeting having been at the Ft. Worth Exposition Meet early in the year. With the return of the Aggie mile relay team and Webb Jay, George Kadera and Art Haws from the Drake Relays, the Farmer squad will be at full strength for the first time in three weeks. COOL IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THIS CROWN! This new phantom-weight straw is woven with colorful Pan-American braids and i n jauntily tailored shapes — here are the Summer’s best ambassadors of good will. . . . (llaldrop & (6. Two Convenient Stores College — Bryan ‘T’ Club’s Sports Day Slated May 10 The “T” Association of A. & M. letterman in major sports began pushing plans in earnest this week to stage the biggest “Sports Day” ever held on Kyle Field. A well-balanced attraction in volving a dual track meet, an in tra-squad football game and a baseball game are carded. The “Sports Day” affair is an annual event designed to raise money for the “T” Association dance, which is also to be held on May 3rd. The three-ring circus will be Two Infantry Outfits Win ’Mural Track By Cliff Ackerman Infantry outfits monopolized competition in the annual Intra mural Track and Field Meet, held Saturday and Sunday on Kyle Field with E Infantry taking first in Class A and F-G Infantry cop ping the team title in Class B. Intermittent showers throughout the two-day affair prevented the track from being in top shape. De spite this, some excellent times were turned in. Terry of G Infantry copped the upperclassmen 440 yard dash in the 120 yard hurdles in 15 flat to take the title in the upperclass men’s division. Following is the result of each event* ' UPPERCLASSMEN Name Unit Time 440 Dash Terry—G Infantry 52.3 100 Yard Dash Ortiz—C Cavalry 10.7 120 Yard Hurdles Desmuke—B Filed 15.0 880 Yard Relay D Infantry 1:44.1 880 Yard Run .... Williams—A CWS 2:06 440 Yard Relay F Infantry 48.0 Shot Put Nelson—E Infantry 40’ %” Broad Jump Blackstone—A Air Corps 20’ 8” High Jump Neely—A Signal 5’ 8%” Pole Vault Townsend—F Field 11’ FRESHMAN 440 Dash Condon—A Signal 55:2 100 Yard Dash Sargent—F Field 10:6 120 Yard Hurdles Condon—A Signal 15:2 880 Yard Relay FIG Infantry 1:44.8 880 Yard Run Daly—D. Infantry 2:13 440 Yard Relay F-G Infantry 48:0 1.7 Mile Run Turcotte—F-G Infantry ......10:10.5 Shot Put Gunter—A Field 37’ 10” Broad Jump Sykes—B Field 19’ 3” High Jump Turnbow—F Field 5’ 7” Pole Vault Pfiel—A Field 11’ The order of finish for the or ganizations is as follows: Upper classmen: first, “E” Inf., 34; sec ond, D Inf., 19; third, “C” Cav, 17%; fourth, “A” Signal, 14; fifth, “B” F.A., 13y 2 . Freshman; first; F-G Inf, 44; second, “A” F.A., 33%; third, E-F F.A. 32%; fourth, “D” Inf., 22; fifth, “B” F.A., 18. highlighted by a football game matching the “White” team against the “Maroon” team. The game will wind up the month long spring training drills, which are now in progress daily on Kyle Field. Also carded is a dual track meet with Texas which is expected to provide an excellent preview of the conference track meet and a baseball game pitting the Aggies against the Brooks Field Flyers of San Antonio. Tentative plans call for the day’s action to get under way around 1 o’clock Saturday with the track teams holding fourth. The football game will start around 3 o’clock as will the baseball game. Admission to the star-studded affair wil be $1. Tickets can now be purchased from any “T” Club [~~FROM THIS ANGLE Goodwyn by LARRY GOODWYN Daily spring drills on Kyle Field began developing into full-fledged head-knocking sessions last week with Head Coach Homer Norton and his staff driving the team hard in an attempt to find which players have the stuff to make the grade next fall. All five teams got a healthy* share of hard knocks in a three- hour scrimmage Saturday after noon. Out of the action came sev- e r a 1 new names—names which might help carry the Maroon ban ner to some unexpected victories next fall. Cushion and Dusek are contin uing to look sharp, the former proving his value as a field general more convinc- i n g 1 y with each workout. And more than just a few of the football faithful who have been watching the workouts say that Dusek looks better than he did last fall. Com petition for the wingback slots in Norton’s double - wing setup re mains hot with Barney Welch, Bobby Goff, Bobby Dew, Frank Torno, Red Burditt and Pee Wee Smith all making bids for playing berths. In addition to this crowd, Bob Goode, temporarily out of school until next fall, is slated to handle a wingback when he returns to ac tion. Goff injured his knee in prac tice last week and hasn’t been suit ing out in full uniform but is ex pected to return to action short ly- A comparative newcomer, Don Nicholas, showed up well in Sat urday’s drill. Nicholas, who played as a freshman at A&M in ’44, reeled off some sparkling runs from tailback while oper ating with the second and third teams. A triple threater, Nicho las is also a passer of some worth. Batey, the fair-haired boy of last year’s conference triumphs over S.M.U. aindyfer, is guid ing the second string from quarter back. Stan Hollmig, who is slat ed to call signals for some team (either the first, second or third) next fall, is occupied with baseball duties at present and isn’t seeing action in the spring drills. Backing up Dusek at fullback are Ralph Daniels, Arthur Burch and George Kadera (when he finds time between his track activities). On the whole, the backfield seems to be well in hand. Dusek should be able to handle the pow er end of the offense and, with Cushion, Batey and Hollmig around, the passing game should n’t suffer. The only noticeable shortcoming in the backfield is the same one that vexed the club all the way through last season —namely, the crying need for a breakaway runner, one who is capable of going all the way any time during the game. member. Rivalry between the two foot ball squads is already beginning to develop. Cashion and Dusek are expected to lead one of the teams with Batey and Tomo spearhead ing the other. The game will be of regulation length with the man power being divided about equally between the two squads. Monty Moncrief and Marion Flanagan, both graduating seniors, have been named to guide the destinies of the two teams. TVs’SMS’of thb COURTS both the fiber-sealed WRIGHT ^DITSON DAVIS CUP AMD THE FIBER-WELDED SPALDING KRO-BAT HAVE BEEN •played for. YEARS BY. THE BEST.', "STEP UP" YOUR HITTING POWER These famous rackets are cold- welded of choice northern ash — with special throat rein forcements of tough fiber to give this “shock zone” extra strength! Both are made by SPALDING. At your dealer’s. SETS ^ 11-ply Lulnathi both made BY SP- .IDINO Stautzenberger bids fair to be the top lineman, bar none, in the league next fall. Fast and agile for a big man, Stautzenberger seems to be in on almost every tackle and may easily make Southwest Conference fans for get Rice’s All-American guard, Weldon Humble. Cotton Howell and Country Hig gins have the end situation well in hand. Both are steady on de fense and dependable on offense and will probably figure promin ently in the passing game that Norton is expected to unfold from the double-wing next fall. Char ley Wright is also around to add strength to the flanks. The situation in the line is, on the whole, good. The only glaring weakness is at center. There, Bob Gary, last year’s starter is cur rently holding down the first team berth,, not on ability so much as on spirit and determination. The fiery pivotman from Dallas has shown more hustle than any other player during the drills so far and has managed to keep his job. Dick Calender, a Bryan product who enjoyed flashes of brilliance as ‘a backfield candidate in ’43, may make the grade at the center post if he continues to improve. The guards are the least of Nor ton’s worries. Two lads who were teammates back in their high school days in San Antonio, Odell Stautzenberger and Herb Turley, are running on the first team; and if their play in spring training is any indication of things to come, they are in no danger of losing their jobs. Bob Tulis and Jim Winkler, both of whom saw plenty of action in the Maroon forward wall last year, are currently carrying the load at the tackles. Winkler moved over from guard to help make up the loss by graduation of Monty Mon crief and Leonard Dickey. It is far too early to tell much B Baseballers Drub Pirates For Sixth Win The Aggie Bees journey to Georgetown for their final game with Southwestern Wednesday af ter having trounced the Pirate nine 10-1 on Kyle Field here last Saturday. The Aggie win was their sixth in seven starts, George Brown, who went the route against .the Pirates on the mound, performed brilliantly strik ing out eight batters and allowing only five hits and no walks. Brown was never in trouble until the ninth inning when Bill Hartley knocked in Jolly Pridgeon with a single for the visitors’ lone run. The Aggie Bees scored runs in each of the first six innings. The Bee sluggers jumped on H. O. Priest, the Pirates starting pitcher, to gain one run in the first, fourth and sixth, two in the second and fifth, and three runs in the third inning. Priest was relieved at the start of the seventh inning by Lee Adams who allowed no hits and no runs for the two innings he worked. The big gun for the Aggies at the plate was catcher Ray Katt who collected three hits in four trips. One of Katt’s hits was a booming home run that crashed in to the barrier outside the center field fence while another was a triple to left. Glen Garner, the Bee left fielder who drove In the winning run against Sam Houston last week, led the Aggies in runs batted in with two to his credit. Defensively the Aggies were per fect, committing no errors afield, while the visitors with four mis- cues. O n Wednesday Southwestern about the team’s chances in con ference play next fall. Texas, S.M.U. and Rice are all loaded with talent and Baylor, T.C.U. and Ar kansas aren’t exactly empty-hand ed. Mile Relay Team Beaten at Drake The seven-man contingent that participated under the Maroon col ors in the Drake Relays Saturday was back in College Station today after a rather disappointing show ing in the Des Moines, Iowa cinder show. The Aggie mile relay team suf fered its first defeat of the season when it bowed to Ohio State’s crack mile quartet. The Ohio Staters won the event by ten yards in the terrific time of 3:14.3 with Harnden running a beautiful an chor lap to give the Aggies a tight second over Michigan State. Ne braska was fourth. The Farmer’s ace sprinter, Webb Jay, failed to place in the century. Charley Parker, the rapidly-fading Texas star, went down to another defeat to Baylor’s Bill Martineson, the latter winning the event in 9.8 against a stiff wind. Parker was third with Pierce of Illinois second and Allan Lawler of Texas fourth. High jumper Art Haws went out at 6 feet two inches and failed to place in his specialty as did discus thrower George Kadera. Kadera was fifth in the discus, the only- event which he entered. ! Arkansas’s Clyde (Smackover) Scott handed August Erfurth his first defeat of the year by a fellow Southwest Conference trackman in the high hurdles when he nosed out the Rice star for third place in the 120-yard timber event. Harrison Billiard of Baldwin-Wallace, na tional title holder in six hurdle events, won in the record-breaking time of 14.1, a performance which broke the previous Drake record of 14.2 set by Fred Wolcott of Rice in 1938. -/ By his showing, Scott automat ically placed himself in the “strong contender” class for conference laurels in the 120-yard hurdles, an event which Erfurth won in the conference meet last year. Texas won two relay events in the meet, the sprint relay in 42.1 and the half-mile relay in 3:25.9 and finished second in two longer relays. In addition to anchoring both distance relays, Jerry Thomp son the diminutive Texas distance ace won the two-mile run in 9:30.6. will be after their fourth win of the season against four loses. The Aggies in seeking their eighth win will start either Bob Southall or John Scurlock on the mound while for the Pirates either Lee Adams or H. O. Priest will start. Box Score: R. H. E. Southwest. 000 000 001— 1 5 4 Aggie B .. 123 121 OOx—10 13 0 Batteries: Priest, Adams and Hart ley; Brown and Katt. Umpires: Pugh and Pickett. Time: 2 hrs. Planning a vacation? LET HUMBLE MAP YOUR TRIP How would you like to climb the hills of the west to a high, cool, altitude? Or swim lazily in the waters of the Gulf... or follow historic trails to scenes of early Texas history... or just set out in your car for a rambling trip through the biggest State in the Union? Plan your vacation now. Humble Touring Service will gladly map your trip to any place in the United States, Canada or Mexico. Tell them where you want to go—they do the rest. Get a postpaid Touring Service Request card at any Hum ble Station*, or write direct to Humble Touring Service, P.O. Drawer 2180, Houston 1, Texas. 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