THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggieland), Texas, Tuesday, April 29, 1947:
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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.
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' 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.
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‘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.
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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.
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