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THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggieland), Texas, Tuesday, May 20, 1947 zzzzzzzz: Page Three Running Account of A&M’s Southwest Track Victory Shot put was the first event of the day to be announced, the Ag gies taking an early lead on the strength of George Kadera’s winning toss. Texas was shut out as Franklin Young placed fourth to give the Aggies six points in the event. Score: A&M 6, Texas 0. 440 dash was the first running event. The Aggies lengthened their lead to 16 to 1 when Harnden, Holbrook and Bilderbeck placed one- two-three with T.U.’s Desmond Kidd placing fourth to give the ’Sips their first point. 100-yard dash results sent the Longhorn point total soaring with Samuels taking first and Lawler third as the Aggies failed to place. Score: A&M 16, Texas 9. Mile run was virtually swept by Texas, the Longhorns going into the lead for the first time on the strength of Jerry Thompson’s record- breaking win and second and third place finishes by Sparks and Hafer- nick. A&M failed to place. Score: Texas 19, A&M 16. 220 dash went to Texas’ great speedster, Charley Parker. Lawler placed second to give T.U. eight points in the event and boost their lead to 27-16 over Aggies. High Jump results hurt the Aggies’ cause as Art Haws failed to place, leaving the point total at 27-16 Texas. 120-yard hurdles were taken by Arkansas’ Clyde Scott over de fending champion August Erfurth of Rice with T.U.’s Ken Boren run ning third and A&M’s Jim Mortensen fourth. Point totals now stood at 29 for Texas to 17 for A&M with Arkansas moving up to within one point of the Aggies with 16 points. Discus results boosted the Aggies hopes as Kadera came through with Krames of Texas placing second and Arkansas taking third and fourth, making new point totals read: Texas, Bl; A&M 22 and Arkan sas 19. 880 run went to Thompson, the great Texas sprinter putting on steam in stretch to beat A&M’s Carrol Hahn for first. Hoff of Rice was third with Vajdos of A&M fourth. Score: Texas 36; A&M 26, Arkansas 19. Pole Vault finish wiped out the Texas lead in one swoop as Aggies picked up lOVs points to 1/3 each for Texas and Arkansas. Leroy Bodeman, Leland Tate and Jack Quirey, all of A&M tied for first with Johnny Davis of A&M tying with Burrus of Texas and Baker of Ar kansas for fourth. Score A&M 36%; Texas 36%; Arkansas 19 1/3. 4'40 Relay win by Texas sent the ’Sips back into the lead as Bay lor ran second, A&M third and Arkansas fourth. Score: Texas 41%; A&M 38%; Arkansas 20%. Two Mile Run went unexpectedly to Thompson of Texas who was entered at last moment as Longhorns holding only a slim lead with several strong Aggie events still to come up, got desperate. Whisenant and Brooks of Texas and Bonnen of A&M trailed Thompson in that order to lift Steer’s lead to 51% to 39% for A&M and 20 1/3 for Ar kansas. Broad Jump finish of one-two by the Aggies sent A&M back into contention as James Hill placed first and Webb Jay second. Arkansas got third while Texas was shut out, making new point totals: Texas, 51%; A&M 47% and Arkansas 22 1/3. 220-low hurdles went to Arkansas’ Clyde Scott with Aggies gain ing a point on Texas’ as Jim Mortensen trimmed Ken Boren for third place. Erfurth of Rice finished second and Boren fourth. Score: Texas 52%; A&M 49% and Arkansas 271/3. Javelin results came in and Kadera’s winning toss proved turning point of the meet as Aggies climbed back on top for first time in two hours. Arkansas was second, third, and fourth as Texas failed to scratch. Score: A&M 54%; Texas 52% and Arkansas 33 1/3. Mile Relay win by Aggies on final event of day sewed up meet for Col. Anderson’s squad. Texas was second by two yards with Arkan sas third and Rice fourth. Final point totals: A&M, 59%; Texas 55%; Arkansas 35%; Rice 18; Baylor eight. S.M.U. and T.C.U. failed to score. Informal Dining Make it a pleasure with PATIO WARE in rich blue, ovenproof pottery. Open stock, of course. 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Gilbert won the same race in the finals, but in the time of 24.9. Van Adamson, representing A. & M. Consolidated High School, placed second in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle races. Point scores were: Lamar 30; Austin 27; Highland Park 24; Woodrow Wilson (Dal las) 20; Thomas Jefferson (San Antonio) 18. Texas Country Day School (Dal las) 10; A. & M. Consolidated 8; Stephen F. Austin (Houston) 5; Milby (Houston) 4; San Jacinto (Houston) 4; Sam Houston (Hous ton) 3; Paschal (Fort Worth) 3. s'yy ■■ ii n FRANK G. ANDERSON, Ag gie Track coach, piloted the A. & M. track team to victory in the Southwest Conference Meet in Waco Saturday. This is the first time since 1943 that A.&M. has won that honor. ON KYLE FIELD by PAUL MARTIN Aggie Thinly Clads Break Texas’ Three Year Monopoly on Track Crown Last Saturday in Waco the Tex as A&M thinly clads took seven firsts to take the Southwest Con ference track crown by a safe mar gin. This was not too great a surprise to most observers who have watched Col. Frank Ander son’s well-bal anced track squad in action this year. This ends a three- year monopoly by Texas U. There was some doubt about the ’Sips with a group of in dividual performers who have been attracting nation-wide attention and, following the dual meet here on May 10 between the two top contenders which resulted in a 61- 61 deadlock, it was hard to tell which was the stronger of the two teams. Martin It will be recalled in opening the current season in Laredo at the Border Olympics meet, the Steer aggregation edged out the Ags by a half-point margin to take the honors. Later, at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show meet, the Cadets nosed out the Longhorns by a margin of better than two points while in the Cor pus meet on the following week, the Teahounds again squeezed out a victory by a one-point mar gin. Times at this meet were excellent considering the soggy condition of the track and the humid weather. A soggy track also accounted for the short distances in the shot put and discus. A&M freshman George Kadera’s winning throw of 188 feet one inch in the javelin event was all the more remarkable be cause of the condition of the ground. Incidently, this is the best mark the Houstonian has ever made in competition. The husky weight man turned in three first places to tie with Tex as’ Jerry Thompson for high score man but lost out on the flip of the coin. Kadera’s 188 feet in the jav elin was well ahead of Rob Goode’s throw in the S^WC meet last year of 178 feet 11 inches. Outstanding individuals were eclipsed by the performance of the team as a whole as the well- balanced squad tallied points in place and show as well as firsts. Jim Mortensen, number one hur dler, placed third in the 220-yard low hurdles and fourth in the 120- yard high hurdles in some of the stiffest competition in the meet. Clyde Scott of Arkansas, August Erfurth of Rice, and Ken Boren of Texas are all men to be reck oned with in any competition. Scott, incidently, won out in the Drake Relays in Des Moines against the best in the nation. Times in the 440-yard relay event were something more than spectacular with the Steer combine finishing in 41.2 to break the con ference record by two tenths of a second. Baylor, finishing second, tied the old conference record and A&M in third was running in only two tenths of a second over the conference record. Once again, the Farmers al most succeeded in sweeping the 440-yard dash by taking the first three spots with Harnden, Hol brook, and Bilderback finishing in that order. To little Jerry Bonnen goes cred it for giving one of the outstand ing performances of the day though he finished in fourth place. In the two-mile run, two runners passed out as the grueling dis tance, combined with the heat, made the run almost unbearable. Bonnen practically staggered a- cross the finish line to give the Ag gies that extra point that sould have meant a great deal. INTRAMURALS by Cliff Ackerman Final Rounds in Softball Underway In Class A competition it was a hard battle to get to the top in any one of the leagues. Two teams went through undefeated, however, to capture their league title. They were in League B which was cap tured by the Band and in League C Vet Co 2 took the top position. League A went to A Infantry in a playoff with B Air Corp. League D was taken by F Infantry in a hot playoff game for the Corps Championship. UP TO test ; TENNIS IN ENGLAND VtAS MERELY LONG, X5RAWN-OUT VOLLEYING— 'THE T5ENSHAW BROTHERS CHANGED THAT.. THEY STARTED POUNDING THE BALE BACK- Put ZING IN YOUR SWING Extra strength for extra stroking power is built into the throats of the “Fiber-Sealed” Wright & Ditson Davis Cup and the “Fiber- Welded” Spalding Kro-Bat... both made by Spalding. At your dealer’s. m** ptft £ SPORTS ...SO VIOLENT V/AS ■reaction TO SUCH UNGENTLE/WANLY PLAY EVEN LEGISLATION WAS PROPOSEDTO STOP IT/ 11-ply Laminafloi Both made by Spalding Rice Takes Honors in SWC Tennis; A&M Places Third by EARL GRANT The Aggie net squad finished the current tennis season with an exceptional showing in the Southwest Conference meet held in Austin on the 15th, 16th, and 17th of this month. The Aggies, coached by William Dowell, finished third in the meet, yielding only to the crack Rice aggregation and Texas. It was the powerful Rice team which eliminated all but one of the Aggie contestants. Bill Bennett, the Aggie’s number one player, defeated Happ Manning, the number one-f player for TCU, 9-7, 6-3, in his second round match. Manning had, earlier in the meet, downed Baylor’s number one man, Emory Gaffney, 6-2, 6-4. Bennett was consistant throughout the match and depended on his serve and back line play to overcome his opponent. Bennett went on to the quarter-finals to meet Bobby Cur tis, the 27 year old veteran from Rice. Curtis’ experience and his terrific forehand and backhand drive proved to be too much for the Aggie representative, who fell before the Rice star 6-0, 6-1. Bennie Stanford, the Number two man of the meet for the Ag gies downed George Martin of TCU, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, in one of the fastest matches of the day. Stan ford used his experience and con ditioning to a good advantage in this particular match. Stanford was defeated by Kelly of Texas in the second round play 6-2, 6-0. Hank Allen, Number three man for the Cadets, bested George Mar tin of TCU in one of the first round matches 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Al though the score was close, there was never any doubt as to the outcome of the match. Allen then went on to take an easy win from Albright of Baylor 6-2, 6-3. Al len drew the top seeded man of the day in the quarter-finals when he came before Sam Match of Rice. Match took Allen in straight sets 6-1, 6-1, to advance to the semi finals play. Bobby Curtis, Rice, was pushed all the way in his semi-finals go with the Longhorn star, Clarence Mabry, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Match of Rice ran through Kelly of Texas in straight sets of 6-3, 6-2 6-1. Curtis and Match met in the finals of the singles division Sat urday afternoon. Match had lit tle trouble in defeating his team mate 6-4, 6-2, to become the new Conference singles champion. In the doubles play, Stanley and Allen of A&M were eliminated in the first round by Rice. Bennett and Stanford of A&M advanced to the quarter-finals by trouncing Manning and Baker of TCU. They were downed by Match and Cur tis, the pre-meet favorites, in the quarter-finals by the score of 6-2, 6-4. This match was much better than the score indicated. Stan ford and Bennett played the best tennis that they had played all year in this match and pushed the Rice boys to the limit. Match and Curtis defeated the powerful combination of Mabry and Kelly of Texas in the finals in doubles play Saturday by the score of 8-6, 8-6, 6-4, in what pro vided to be the most outstanding match of the entire meet. First Round Singles: Jack Blanton, Texas, defeated Jimmy Roberts, TCU, 6-2, 6-3 ; HANK ALLEN, A&M, defeated George Martin, TCU, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; BENNIE STANFORD, A&M, de feated Bob Morrow, SMU, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; J. B. Christian, Baylor, defeated Cary Knox, TCU, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4; Bill Barnes, SMU, defeated John Baker, TCU, 6-2, 6-2 ; Chick Harris, Rice, defeated Bill Bogart, Baylor, 6-8, 6-0, 6-0 ; Bobby Goldfarb, Tex as, defeated Frank Jones, SMU, 6-0, 6-3; and Happ Manning, TCU, defeated Emory Gaffney, Baylor, 6-2, 6-4. Second Round Singles: Match, Rice, defeated Blanton, Texas, 6-3, 6-3; ALLEN, A&M, defeated Albright, Baylor, 6-2, 6-3; Kelley, Texas, defeated STANFORD, A&M, 6-2, 6-0; Foley, Rice, defeated Christian, Baylor, 6-2, 4-6, 8-6; Mabry, Texas, defeated Barnes, SMU, 6-1, 6-2; Harris, Rice, defeated Stanley, A&M, 6-1, 6-0; Curtis, Rice, defeated Goldfarb, Texas, 7-5, 6-1; and BENNETT, A&M, defeated manning, TCU, 9-7, 6-3. Singles Quarters-Finals: Clarence Mabry, Texas, defeated Chick Harris, Rice, 6-1, 7-9, 6-1. Bobby Curtis defeated BILL BENNETT, A&M, 6-1, 6-0. Sam Match, Rice, defeated HANK AL LEN, A&M, 6-1, 6-1. Felix Kelly, Texas, defeated Bob Foley, Rice, 6-2, 6-3. Singles Semi-Finals: Sam Match, Rice, defeated Felix Kelly, Texas, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. Pappas Wins Tennis Championship Here The College Singles Tennis Championship was won by A. T. Pappas from Galveston and a freshman in A Signal Corps. Pap pas went all the way through the tournament with ease and skill to defeat five determined opponents. The first win was over Hurst came stronger, but in the semi finals he eliminated Webster of Dorm 1 8-6, 6-4 to go into the fi nals undefeated in match play, of Dorm 14 6-3, 6-1. Next Pappas beat Greenes of B Engineer 6-1, 6-2 to go into the quarterfinals a big favorite. In the quarterfinals his victory was over Grant of B Field 6-1, 6-0. Competition be- The final match was a thriller with Waide of Dorm 7 giving the champ plenty of trouble, but the final score went to Pappas 6-3, 8-6, 8-10, 6-4. Bobby Curtis, Rice, defeated Clarence Mabry, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Singles Finals: Sam Match, Rice, defeated Bobby Cur tis, Rice, 6-4, 6-2. Doubles, First Round: Harris and Foley, Rice, beat STANLEY" and ALLEN, A&M, 6-3, 6-3 ; Gaaffney and Albright, Baylor, defeated Morrow and Barnes, SMU, 6-1, 6-8, 6-2 ; Match and Curtis, Rice, beat Jones and Martin, SMU, 6-3, 6-1 ; BENNETT and STANFORD, A& M, beat Manning and Baker, TCU, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles Quarter-Finals: Harris and Foley, Rice, beat Gaffney and Albright, Baylor, .3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Match and Curtis, Rice, beat BENNETT and STANFORD, A&M, 6-2, 6-4. Mabry and Kelley, Texas, bye. Goldfarb and Braswell, Texas, beat Bo gart and Christian, Baylor, 6-0, 6-2. oubles Semi-Finals Mabry and Kelley, Rice, beat Harris and Foley, Rice, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3. Match and Curtis, Rice, beat Goldfarb and Braswell, Texas, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Doubles Finals: Match and Harris, Rice, beat Mabry and Kelley, Texas, 8-6, 8-6, 6-4. ATTENTION Professors and Students in Engineer ing and Architecture We have been made agents for a local Ozalid duplicating concern. 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