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THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggieland), Texas, Saturday, May 17, 1947: r Page Three Longhorns Sweep A&M Series To Take SWC Championship With the score see-sawing back and forth the entire game, the Texas Aggies dropped the last of their series with the conference cham pion Texas Longhorns by a score of 11 to 9 at Kyle Field, Thursday afternoon. The game was all tied up in the TU half of the ninth when Ran som Jackson tied onto one of Earl Beesleys pitches for a home run, pushing ahead of him Billy Cox.-f The Aggies were unable to score in Freshmen Sivimming Champions their half of the inning. The Long horns used three pitchers to subdue the Aggies, Tankersly, Wheless, and Wall, while Roy Gibbens start ed for the Farmers and Earl Bees- ley relieved him in the third to finish the game. In the first inning, the Aggies quickly jumped on pitcher Charles Tankersly for six runs and five hits. In this frame, Peck Vass banged out a homer to score two, after Lindloff got a double, Willingham singled, Moon cracked a triple to right, field, Hollmig doubled and Fretz reached first by virtue of an er ror. Gibbens held the Longhorns close in the second but weakened in the third and allowed to Sips to tie up the score before Beasley came in and put out the fire. Bobby Fretz put the Ags out in front in the third when he scored on a long fly by Vass. Coming to bat with one away in the sixth frame, Frog Walker, big Aggie catcher fouled three pitches before sending one out of the park against the center field glare shade. The Longhorns wait ed till the eighth, then quickly pushed three across, two of these off the bat of Tom Hamilton, whose homer smacked against Kyle Field stadium over the center field fence. The other run, Shamblin, scored on a passed ball. The Aggies then evened the score after Fretz singled, Thorn ton flied, and Fretz scored on Yass’s long fly against the cen ter field fence. Then in the TU half of the ninth Jackson sewed up the game for the Longhorns with his homer with one aboard. Considering the fact that both Aggie pitchers, Gibbens and Bees- ley, had sore shoulders, the Ag gies appeared fairly well on the field in their last game this sea son. Bobby Fretz moved over to third base without any strain and Tex Thornton took over the short stop spot in the same manner. Cot ton Lindloff played bang-up ball at second base and his excellent de fensive playing held many of the Texas runs down. Aggie pitchers were always in trouble and four teen Longhorns died on base. Ellis Wheless relieved Tanker- Correct Addresses Of Next-Of-Kin Asked By War Department The War Department today asked all survivors of men and women who died while serving in the Army to make certain that two Army agencies have their present addresses. Many instances have been found where addresses of next-of-kin in the files of the Casualty Section, Adjutant General’s Office, and Memorial Division, Office of the Quartermaster General, are in correct. Letters sent to these next- of-kin by the two offices have been returned, marked, “Moved; Left No Forwarding Address.” Next-of-kin who have moved since last notifying these offices of their addresses were asked to mail a postcard or letter to each office, stating in effect: “I am next-of-kin to (name) (grade) (serial number). My former address was (street, city, state). My present address is (street, city, state).” The communications should be mailed to: The War Department, Adjutant’s General’s Office, Attention: Per sonnel Actions Branch, Casualty Section, The Pentagon, Washing ton 25, D. C. v Memorial Division, Office of The Quartermaster General, Washing ton 25, D. C. sly in the seventh to get credit for the win. His team was ahead when Murray Wall went in to finish the ninth inning for the sips. Chick Zomlefer sparked the Steers’ in field defense. Score by Innings Score by Innings: R H E Texas 006 000 032—11 12 1 A&M .. .601 001 010— 9 10 4 Batteries: For Texas—Tanker sly, Wheless, Wall, Watson, and Winters. For A. & M.—Gibbens, Beesley, Walker, and Calvert. Officials: Tucker and Tollar. Game time: 2 hours and 30 min utes. Baseballers Bow to Steers As ’Sips Stage Ninth Inning Rally After eight innings of exciting ball, the Texas Aggies allowed the Longhorns to squeeze past them by a score of 6 to 5 Wednesday afternoon on Kyle Field. The Longhorn win came by virtue of a home run in the ninth by Billy Cox, right fielder for TU. The Aggies lost this heartbreaker after playing wild ball for the first six inninge, then settling down to put across extra runs and tie the game up when the Longhorns came ♦'to bat in the ninth. Starting on ■m T . o T • o t* 16 mound for the TU nine was l\et Squad m Sir C Meet in Austin WINNERS of the freshman in tramural swimming title for the spring semester of 1947 are pic tured above. Pictured in the us ual order are: front row, Isen- hower, Williams, Syker, Bennett, Phillips; back row, Simoneaux, Welder, Mayo, Rogers, and Klatt. DDT Can Control Ticks Effectively DDT can keep dog-ticks under control if dusted on the grass and shrubbery where children and their pets play, say state scientists of the U. S. Department of Agricul ture. A powder containing 10% DDT should be applied at the rate of one ounce per thousand square feet. The dusting ,will not completely eradicate the ticks, but they will keep their numbers down. It is advisable during tick season to go over dogs quite carefully every evening, removing all ticks with a pair of tweezers. It is risky to handle the pests with bare fingers. ON KYLE FIELD by PAUL MARTIN- As the Aggie track squad vies4 for honors with other SWC schools in Waco today, the baseball team brought their season to a none too satisfactory conclusion Thursday afternoon. In the two-game series with the visiting Texas U. team on the Kyle ggg Martin sew the match Hub Moon, Field diamond before record crowds, the Cadets turned in some excep tional individ- u a 1 playing but apparent ly they were n’t clicking in other phases. Each day the ’Sips, after a furious strug gle, had come from behind to up in the ninth, who had worked his way up to the top in South west Conference batting aver ages with a .428, was connecting pretty regularly and Stan Holl mig, the SWC home run king, outdid himself by belting two over the fence Wednesday. This brings his total up to seven in conference games this season. Frog Walker, the catcher for the Farmer nine, connected with a long one over the fence a little left of center field Thursday to give the hosts a two-run lead in the sev enth. However, Tom Hamilton, the husky first sacker for the visitors, slammed a Texas Leaguer over the right field fence in the Texas half of the eighth to tie the score up. Tex Thornton, who had moved from second base to short, did some smooth fielding as per usual, converting what looked to be several sure hits to an out on first. This leaves the Ags back where they started—in thix-d place in con ference standing as the season clos es. Baylor, by trimming the TCU Fi'ogs 10-1 in their closing game, returned to second place and sev eral of the other teams are still slugging it out for the cellar. B Baseballers Have 9 Wins, 3 Losses Though the first string baseball team wound up by losing two straight to the Texas U. Long horns, the Bee team ended its sea son Monday by polishing off the Texas Shorthorns for the second straight time. Coach Charlie DeWare’s charges first trimmed the junior ’Sips 4-3 on Kyle Field May 8 and then jour neyed to Austin Monday to take the second of the two-game series 12 to 9. Freshman hurler George Brown was credited with the win and in addition to going all the way on the mound for the Ags, slam med a homer somewhere over the head of the center field. Zeke Strange, Cadet right field er tallied four hits in four trips to the plate to pace the Farmer bat ting. Catcher Ray Katt has been the heavy hitter for the Ags this sea son with four homers to his credit. Katt has been a consistent hitter as well as a first rate catcher. Lou Tosses Party For Stan Hollmig Following the first defeat of the Aggie baseballers by the Texas Steers Wednesday night, J. E. Lou- pot, owner of Loupot’s Trading Post and Aggie fan DeLux, tossed By Earl Grant The Aggie net squad journeyed to Austin Friday to participate in the annual Southwest Confex*ence tennis meet held this afternoon. It appears that Texas and Rice are the powerhouse teams of the conference this year. They both copped easy wins from each of the other‘teams in the conference. In Sam Match, Rice has one of the best all around tennis stars ever to hit the southwest. Match, seeded twelfth nationally, leads a well-rounded Rice team which should give the other conference squad a hard time. Texas possibly Has the best bal anced team in the conference. Con sistent throughout the entire sea son, Texas has already defeated Rice earlier by a six to one margin; Match being the only Owl netter to break the Longhoxm winning string that day. The Aggies will stake their hopes on such men as Bill Bennett, Benny Stanford, Hank Allen, Rod Sellars and Duffey Stanley. Bring qour Ford -BACK HOME' for Specialized LET US GET YOUR CAR READY FOR SUMMER DRIVING Crane Company Offers Summer Jobs The Crane Company is offering Summer employment to undergrad uate students in the fields of me chanical, chemical, petroleum, and civil engineering. The students who apply for these positions should have com pleted their junior year of train ing, but others may be acceptable, if they qualify for the positions. The Crane Company is the man ufacturer of valves, fittings, pumps, and other plumbing equip ment. Interested applicants should con tact one of the branch managers in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, or Beaumont. Ad ditional information and names of branch managers are available at the Placement office. Salaries for the summer work is $140 per month. a shindig at his home in honor of Stan Hollmig, Aggie home-i'un king, who had just belted two hom ers in the game to bring his total of the year up to seven. Some 50 to 60 friends attended the affair as the husky first sack er was recognized for leading the conference batters in home runs. Bobby Layne, who has 22 wins in his conference play. The Aggie batters became too hot for Layne to handle in the eight frame and Coach Faulk sent in Murray Wall, who got credit for the win. Dew ey Jacobs was charged with his fii’st loss of the season as he went the whole way for the Maroon and White. The Teasips pushed across one run in the second only to have A&M come right back and go out in front by one x*un in their half of the inning. Stan Hollmig, the first Aggie batter, swung on the first pitch sending it over the fence at the 355 feet sign in left center. Leo Daniels got a single, stole second, and came home when Bob Watson put a single against the right center fence that neither of the two fielders could handle. The Longhorns went ahead in the third, 4 to 2, and the Aggies picked up another run in the sixth. Tom Hamilton, lanky first sacker for TU, cracked a homer over the right field fence in the first half of the eight. Not to be outdone, Stan Hollmig, stepped to the plate in the Aggie half of the frame with Hub Moon on first, and slam med another homer, this one a good sixty feet over the left center fence, to put the Aggies back in the bail game. The Aggies then missed a chance to sew up the tilt, after Daniels walked and Walker grounded out. Dewey Jacobs managed to put the first two batters safely away in the ninth, then Billy Cox sent his winning homer over the right center fence. The Farmers were unable to score in their half of the ninth. Bobby Layne kept the Aggie hit ters baffled until he gave way in the eighth to Murray Wall. Big Dewey Jacobs took the first several innings to settle down, then fin ished the game. Stan Hollmig boosted his home run record up to seven in this game, to continue leading the league in that depart ment. Score by Innings Texas 013 000 Oil A&M 020 001 020 Batteries—For Texas: Layne, Wall, Watson. For A&M: Jacobs, Calvert, Walker. Officials: Tollar and Tucker. Game time: 2 hours and 20 min. Blind Vets Learn to Weave The Occupational Therapy De partment of the Veterans Adminis tration hospital at Batavia, N. Y., adapted three foot and hand looms for blind veteran-patients by “writ ing” patterns on Braille boards. Your Friendly Ford Dealer BRYAN MOTOR COMPANY N. Main Bryan i; BE SMART WITH F Suttuuen, (?amlon£ Quality is readily apparent in the distinctive, tailored appearance of NORRIS CASUAL Sport Shirts. They are full cut, with generous pockets and true pointed collars. Made of washable cotton and rayon fabrics, they are pre sented in a wide range of colors and patterns. You will want an ample supply for the warm weather ahead. THE EXCHANGE STORE