THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggieland), Texas, Thursday, May 15, 1947:
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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.
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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
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from start to finish with Adams
the winning pitcher allowing only
3 hits. Winder was the losing
pitcher letting only five hits.
In the Corps softball “A” In
fantry defeated “B” Air Corps 5
to 1 to win their league.
Basketball
“A” Coast won the Class B bas
ketball championship by defeating
“B” Field 19 to 14.
For the winners and high point
man for the game was Couch with
12 points. On the losing team Gil
bert was high point man with 5
points.
McGrew, half-miler Bob Porter,
and weightman Weldon Humble.
Arkansas, the dark horse, will
rely on Clyde Scott in the hurdles
and Aubrey Fowler in the dashes
plus a classy sprint relay team that
took third in the Drake Relays.
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.
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