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THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggieland), Texas, Thursday, May 15, 1947: :Page Three Dorm 15 Winner of Volleyball Honors DORM 15, winners of the Intramural volleyball competition in the veterans class finished well ahead of all opponents this spring. Members of the team, pictured from left to right are: front row, Sample, Rickey, Howeth; back row, Schauer, Ballard, and Janosky. B Baseball Team Sweeps Texas Series Baseball season for the Aggie Bees ended Monday afternoon when the University of Texas’ Short horns bowed to Charlie Deware’s nine, 12 to 9 on Freshmen Field in Austin. Monday’s victory gave the Ag gies a clean sweep of the two-game T.U. series, the Bees having defeat ed the Shorthorns 4 to 3 here on Kyle Field last week. It was freshman George “Cush” Brown who pitched and batted the Aggies to their ninth win of the season. Brown, who homered in the seventh with two men on to put the game on ice for the Aggies, was credited with five runs batted in. Although he was touched for fourteen hits, Brown worked well in the pinches to hold the teahounds in check most of the game. Brown’s homer, which was well over the centerfielder’s head in deep center, was the only extra base blow of the game. T. U. was the first team to score by driving across three runs in their half of the third, but the Bees recovered to tie the score in the top of the fourth. The Shorthonrs again went ahead by scoring one run in the last of the fourth, but the Aggies tied it up again in the sixth. The Bees went ahead to stay in the seventh inning by scoring five runs off the Shorthorns second pitcher, lefty Bobby Jo Clark. The Battalion Sports Staff Picks All-Conference Baseball With the Southwest Conference baseball race drawing to a close and after we’ve had a chance to see how each team is playing and watch the individual players, the Battalion now presents its own all-conference team. Select i n g these various players wasn’t an easy task, since each team had its quota of hustling baseball players and a good number of players chosen, barely shaded out some other man for that position. Here’s how they run with com ments following: Catcher, John Ligon SMU First base, Tom Hamilton Texas Second base, Tex Thornton....A&M Shortstop, Bobby Fretz ..A&M Third Base, Ransom Jackson..Texas Left field, Joe Szekely Baylor Centerfield, Walter Willingham.... ' A&M Right field, Hob Moon A&M Pitchers, Bobby Layne Texas Dewey Jacobs A&M Rickey Rowe Baylor Catcher—Big John Ligon of SMU is an obvious choice. An excellent backstop, Ligon is also a steady hitter. Hogo Pearson of Baylor is our next choice. First Base—One of the biggest guns of the Texas team is Tom Hamilton, their slugging first sacker. Not a natural infielder, Hamilton handles himself well, in spite of the wild Texas infield. Mention goes to Ed Cloud of SMU, leading conference hitter. Second—There’s no question about this. No one in the conference can equal the smooth fielding and sure fire hitting of Tex Thornton. Shortstop—Bobby Fretz has con stantly improved himself as the season wore on, not only in hitting but fielding as well. Chich Zomle- fer of Texas rates second in this department. Third Base—TU’s Ranson Jack- son gets the nod here, in spite of his infield blunders. He rates high in batting averages. Vincent Buck- ley of Rice is next in line for this spot. Left Field—Joe Szekely of Bay lor is tops here for his excellent patrolling of the outfield and steady hitting. A&M’s Peck Vass is close behind him. Center Field—Another Aggie choice, Walter Willingham, one of the conference’s best hitters is just right for here. Rex Travis, of Texas, ranks along next to him. Right Field—A repeater from last year, Hub Moon, is our choice for this outgarden position. Hub is first in batting in the league and a vigilent fielder besides. Chuck Deveraux of Baylor is run ner-up for right field. Pitchers—Bobby Layne is top pitcher in the conference, not so much by his own ball handling, but by his teammates excellent defense work. Rickey Rowe, of Baylor, seems to have the most on the ball this season, showing both a speedy fast ball and a fast breaking curve. Dewey Jacobs, with his four wins and no defeats should be included on any all star team. Not to be forgotten are Le roy Jarl, another Baylor hurler, and Edwin Kay of SMU. We don’t believe we’re being prejudiced in putting five Aggies on this roster. A Careful look at the season record shows that each man deserves his position, though in some cases by only a slim mar gin. Sips Win 6-5 Bill Cox’s ninth inning homer gave the Tea Sips a hairbreadth 6-5 win over A. & M. yesterday. Stan Hollmig for the Aggies hit two homers off the pitching of Bobby Layne, who was re lieved in the eighth. ^felminsler FAMOUS AMERICAN SOCKS LEON B. WEISS — College — Adam Hat ‘Outstanding Athlete’ Trophy to Be Awarded Monday As spring sports draw to a close this week-end, time comes to name the man who has made himself the outstanding athlete of this school year and who will be awarded per manent possession of the Jack Dempsey Adam Hat Trophy. The award, which has been dis played in the window of Lipscombs Pharmacy, is awarded annually to the outstanding athlete of member schools. Winner is determined by nominations sent in to the Battal ion office by the student body and a committee consisting of the coaches. Nominations should be made on the basis of team spirit, enthusiasm, cooperation, effort, and leadership. Nominations have already been submitted for football, cross coun try, basketball, and swimming. All entries should be submitted to the Battalion office in room 5 in the basement of the Administration building. The trophy will be awarded at the Brazos County A&M club bar- beque Monday night. National Service Life Insurance carries no restrictions on the resi dence, travel or occupation of in sured veterans, Veterans Admin istration said. NOMINATION BLANK FOR OUTSTANDING ATH LETE AT A&M FOR 1946-47 SCHOOL YEAR Name of Athlete Track r Baseball Golf Tennis Rifle Name Address T.U. starting pitcher, Gilbert Hees, had retired after the fifth inning. Zeke Strange was the big gun at the plate for the Aggies getting four hits in four trips to the plate. The victory. in Austin ended a very successful twelve game season for the Aggie B team. Their record for the season stands 9 won and 3 lost which includes two wins over the teasippers, against no losses to the orange and white. T.U.’s record is 6 wins, 4 losses, and one tie. Box Score: R H E A. & M. B....000 301 503—12 12 6 Texas B 003 100 302— 9 14 11 Batteries: for A. & M., Brown and Katt; for Texas, Hees, Clark, and Rutland. INTRAMURALS by Cliff Ackerman Dorm No. 3 and Dorm No. 14 each have one game to their credit in the Veteran softball playoff. In the first game Dorm No. 3 won the opener 4 to 0. Lloyd and Winder split the pitching duties to turn in a no hit game. Together they struck out 13 men and allow ed only four men to get on base, two on walks and two on errors. Adams was the losing pitcher allowing only eight hits. The second game went to Dorm No. 14 by the close score of 2 to 1 in a 10 inning thriller. Each team scored one run in the first in ning and then went scoreless until the 10th when Stewart, right field er .for Dorm No. 14, came to the plate and tapped out a home run for the winning talley. Stewart also led in the hitting by getting two of the five hits No. 14 got. It was a brilliant pitching dual Southwest Conference Track Meet Held in Waco Saturday by Don Engelking The Texas Aggife track squad makes their final and all-import ant trip this week-end to join six other Southwest Conference teams in Waco for the long-awaited SWC track and field meet. After last week-end’s exciting stalemate on Kyle Field between the Aggies and the Longhorns a favorite is hard to pick, but we’re taking “ole army” to bring that Conference Championship back to Aggieland. T. U. with their power in the dashes and distance races will be sporting one of the classiest track teams ever to wear the orange and white. Clyde Littlefield’s main hopes for the championship will rest upon the shoulders of little Jerry Thomp son who may run all three distance events and sprinters Charlie Park er and Allen Lawler. Rice, Arkansas, and Baylor three schools with fine track teams but who are only given an outside chance for the title will probably produce some individual stars who will get their share of the points. The Owls have hurdlers August Erfurth and Bill Cummins, high jumpers Henry Coffman and Vern Well, well! Here’s a cigarette that doesn’t imply it’s made from moonbeams, or promise to p&t roses in your cheeks. No—just expect straight talk about plain, deep smoking pleasure from Old Golds! Our story is simple; we take luxurious tobaccos —blend ’em with know-how from nearly 200 years of fine tobacco experience—guard quality with the top scientific devices—and act as fussy as diamond cutters in making Old Golds. Result: a wonderfully delicious, fragrant cigarette to pleasure you down to your toes. A happy ex perience from fight to toss-away. A grand smoke. 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The Razorbacks who also have a javelin thrower and a weightman will give Rice a close race for third place. , t Baylor has sprinters Bill Martin- eson and Stoney Gotten who along with two other Bears form an out standing sprint relay team which has been pushing the Longhorns all season. S.M.U. and T.C.U. with com paratively weak squads will be bringing up the rear in team stand ings. Both schools have promising entries in the weight events while S.M.U. has a hurdler who may prove himself in this meet. Aggie entries who we hope will bring home the Conference crown are: Webb Jay in the dashes, James Hill and Jay in the broad jump, Bill Napier, Ervin Bilder- back, Ray Holbrook, and Art Ham den in the 440-yd. dash and mile relay, George Kadera in the weights, Kadera and Vernon Bel- ville in the Javelin, Art Haws in the high jump, and Leland Tate, Leroy Bodeman, and Johnny Davis in the pole vault. Other maroon and white thinly clads who will be vying for points. Friday and Saturday are Carol Hahn and Joe Vajdos Aggie half milers, Webster Stone, Jerry Bon- nen and J. D. Hampton in the mile and two mile events, Robert Hall and Jim Martenson in the low and high hurdles and our sprint relay team consisting of Jennings Ander son, W. C. Myer, W. R. Blackwell and Jay. The Baylor Bears being the hosts this week-end are sure to make it for a change. HANDCRAFTED by Texas Saddlemakers We brought these steerhide Kfy. belts all the way from Yoakum, Texas, where skilled TexTan craftsmen hand carve the finest of leather belts and saddles. These are the authentic Western designs that started a whole new trend in belt styles. CLOTHIERS College and Bryan