INTRAMURALS
Jerry Bonnen Runs Greatest
Race at Meet to Place Fourth
By Paul Martin
Jerry Bonnen didn’t win the two-mile race at the South
west Conference track meet in Waco last Saturday. But
coming in fourth he ran one of the greatest races ever seen
at that or any other track meet. For years to come Aggies
will be talking about how little Jerry Bonnen ran the two-
mile in 1947.
Three thousand fans in t h e-f-
stands Saturday quickly forgot
the man who had won the race—
Jerry Thompson of TU—as they
cheered the diminutive Aggie from
College Station.
Bonnen is not a great distance
man but at a crucial moment in
this all-important meet, he came
through with the kind of stuff that
makes champions. It was the
eleventh event of the meet with
Texas leading 41 Vs to A&M’s 38%
and it looked as if the Longhorns
would make a clean sweep of the
two-mile event when Bonnen put
forth his super-human effort in
-about the middle of the race.
Webster Stone, the Aggie hope
in the two-mile, was hopelessly
trailing with four Texas men lead
ing. The 5 foot, 7 inch, 125 pound
Aggie was running seventh when
he put on the heat to try to gain
that much-needed point.
Kunning as though he had just
started, Bonnen passed runner af
ter runner until he rounded the
hend in the last quarter mile in
third place. As the runners round
ed into the stretch, Bonnen held
his position but the effort had
taken its toll of his strength and
he started dropping back.
Stumbling to regain his stride,
the plucky little runner put forth
an even greater effort. This time
his strength completely failed him
and, with his face white as chalk,
he stappered off the track.
Though his knees were sagging
and it was apparent that he was
through, he shook off a helping
hand offered by a non-contestant
and stumbled onto the cinders.
With the finish line only yards
away, Jerry made one last effort
to regain his fourth place from the
Steer who had passed him. The
Longhorn did not have what Jerry
had and went out of the race two
yards from the tape.
An Arkansas runner was fast
closing the gap on the determined
Aggie. With the finish only one
yard away, Bonnen’s exhausted
legs gave out and he dropped to
the ground. But Bonnen wasn’t
through. He crawled across the
finish line on his hands and knees
to win that one extra point that
seemed so crucial.
Veteran newsmen present shook
by Cliff Ackerman
Dorm 3 Wins Vet Softball
In one of the most thrilling and
exciting play off series to date
Dorm 3 beat Dorm 14, 5 to 4 in
extra innings to take the Veteran
Championship.
Dorm 14 took a 4 to 2 lead in the
first inning of play only to have
the game tied up in the fourth in
ning when Weinbaum, centerfielder
for 3, knockout a double and then
score on shortstop Bowen’s single.
Through the rest of the game it
was scoreless until the ninth in
ning when McKnight of Dorm 3
came to bat and rapped out a sin
gle. Weinbaum followed to the
plate for a clean hit and McKnight
scored for the winning run.
Weinbaum was the leading hitter
for the winners with two hits for
four trips to the plate. For the
losers Mohnke got two safe hits
for four times at bat.
The winning pitcher was Lloyd
allowing only five hits. The los
ing pitcher was Adams who was
taken for 13 hits.
their heads in admiration at one
of the greatest exhibitions of sheer
guts that any man has ever shown.
That one point would have meant
Texas victory had anything hap
pened to the A&M mile relay team
allowing the Longhorns to win that
event.
Col. Frank Anderson, Aggie
track coach, in commenting after
ward, disclaimed any credit for
the performance Jerry turned in
Anderson stated, “You just can’t
coach a boy to have what Bonnen
has. That comes from a long line
of ancestors. His father, h i s
grandfather, his great grandfather,
and even his great, great grand
father had a hand in his placing
in that race, and while you are at
it, don’t overlook what his mother’s
side played in putting that kind of
stuff in the boy. It was a great
performance of a great boy. I’m
glad he was a member of our
team.”
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THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggielabd), Texas, Thursday, May 22, 1947 " Pago Three
Honor Harnden, Kadera at A&M Club Banquet
Seven Homers
STAN HOLLMIG, husky first
s a c k e r on the Aggie squad
wound up the 1947 baseball sea
son as home run king in the
Southwest Conference. The big
baseball and grid star belted sev
en homers this season including
two in a single game—the match
with Texas University May 14.
Kimbrough Back
With L. A. Dons
‘Jarrin’ Jawn’ Kimbrough, Aggie
football immortal and spark of the
1939 national championship team
has announced his intention o f
playing pro football again this
fall.
Kimbrough will leave to join the
Los Angeles Dons in August and
in the meantime will leave Houston
for his home town of Haskell where
he plans to run his ranch and act
as an agent for an oil company.
Following signing a two-year
contract with the Dons last fall,
Kimbrough played as much havoc
with the pros as he did in his col
lege days, making an average of
five yards per carry.
Weight Lifting
Contest Thursday
At 5 p.m. this afternoon, May
22, the first weight lifting exhi
bition contest will be held on the
campus at DeWare Field House.
Events will be the military press,
snatch, and clean and jerk and
Intramural medals will be awarded
the winners in each of these div
isions. In addition, an AAU cer
tificate will be given to all who
clean and jerk their weight and
snatch and press 807 of their
weight.
No advance entry need be made
to enter the contest. Judges will
be H. B. Segrest and W. M. Dow
ell.
ON KYLE FIELD
by PAUL MARTIN
SWC-Big Six Proposes Championship
Meet Between Top Track Men
Providing the powers that be
in the Big Six conference give their
stamp of approval soon, a battle of
champions will take place between
the best track-
m e n in the
Southwest and
Big Six Con
ferences.
Should this
proposalgo
through, plans
have been laid
to make the
meet an an
nual affair, be-
i n g held in
Dallas one
year and Kan-
The coaches in
the Big Six are behind the plan
and officials of the SWC have al
ready okayed the idea. Big Six
officials will receive their chal
lenge next Saturday when they
meet in Lincoln, Nebraska. No
hitch is expected and if all goes
well, the first meet will take place
at the Dal-Hi Stadium in Dallas,
Friday night, June 13.
Plans are for the first three
finishers in each of the fourteen
events in the respective confer
ence championship meets will
comprise the field of competitors.
This means that the Texas Ag
gies will be well represented with
seven firsts and a liberal sprink
ling of seconds and tthirds. Top
ping the list will be George Ka
dera in the shot put, discus, and
javelin, Art Harnden in the 440-
yard dash and mile relay along
with Ray Holbrook and Ervin Bil-
derback in the 440 and these three
and Bill Napier in the mile relay.
Carrol Hahn in the 880-yard run
and Jim Mortenson in the 220-yard
low hurdles finished second and
third respectively and will quali
fy. In the pole vault will be Leroy
Bodeman, L. B. Tate, and Jack
Quirey, all from A&M. James Hill
and Webb Jay finished first and
second in the broad jump to give
A&M 12 entries in the battle of
champions.
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Baseball to Begin Earlier Next Year;
Basketball Officials Get Raise
In their spring meet in Waco
last Saturday, the Southwest Con
ference officials made several oth
er proposals and changes including
tightening up the scholastic re
quirements which will work some
hardship in procurring some ath
letes.
In this respect, the SWC decided
the 15 unit high school entrance
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LEON B. WEISS
— College —
Most Valuable
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Lettermen in Spring Sports
Named and Trophies Awarded
Lettermen in basketball, baseball, track, swimming, golf,
and tennis were named at the Brazos county A&M club an
nual spring banquet held at the Bryan Country Club Mon
day night.
CHARLES (TEX) THORN
TON of Leonard, lanky second
baseman and shortstop on the
’47 Aggie baseball team, was
awarded the Lipscomb-Munner-
lyn Trophy for the Most Valu
able man on the team at the
Brazos County A&M Club ban
quet Monday night. Thornton’s
smooth fielding and hitting con
sistency have aided in getting
the team through a tough season
in third spot in the SWC.
requirements, which has not been
in force since Pearl Harbor, will
again be enforced beginning Sep
tember 1, and that the GI transfer
exception rule, which has been in
force since the close of the war, will
cease to operate beginning Jan
uary 1.
The officials also reiterated their
opposition to the so-called ‘purity
code’ of the NCAA.
Baseball practice, formerly
prohibited before March 1, may
now begin February 15 and a
request put forth by basketball
officials that their fees per game
be increased from $25 to $50 was
acted upon and an increase to
$40 per game approved.
A proposal put forth by golf and
tennis coaches whereby the con
ference team championships be de
termined by Thanksgiving in a
round robin series of dual meets
rather than tournament competi
tion was tabled until thef all meet
ing.
Spacek, Kelly Win Tennis Doubles
The A&M Intramural Open Ten
nis Doubles Tournament was won
by the team of Calvin E. Spacek
and James P. Kelly, Jr. of Puryear
Hall. Spacek and Kelly are from
Gonzales and the class of ’46.
It was smooth sailing for the
champs up to the final as they
eliminated their opponents with
out losing a match.
In the quarterfinals they defeat
ed Broyles and Neely 7-5, 6-2. This
win matched them with the team
Recognition was given all ath
letes who participated in all the
spring sports and awards were
made to most outstanding athletes.
B team men as well as the first
stringers were honored.
Art Harnden of Yoakum, crack
440-yard dash man and anchor
on the mile relay team, was named
as the outstanding athlete of the
year. Harnden was awarded the
Jack Dempsey Adam Hat Trophy
for his performances. He also won
the Bert Pfaff award which gives
him his choice of a $50 watch or
a suit of clothes. In addition he
was named captain-elect of the
1948 track team by his mates.
Harnden was ineligible for the
Lipscomb-Munnerlyn Most V a 1 u-
able Trophy, having won it last
year and the rules say that the
winner cannot repeat for that
award.
George Kadera of Houston was
also honored for his performance
in the weight events on the track
team this season by being awarded
the Lipscomb - Munnerlyn Most
Valuable Trophy, the second of the
Bert Pfaff of his choice of a watch
or a suit of clothes, the Holick
Brothers trophy of a hand tooled
wallet, and the announcement that
he would receive a duplicate of the
High Scoring Individual Trophy
given Jerry Thompson, Texas thin
ly clad, who won the trophy on
the flip of a coin following the
Southwest Conference track meet
in Waco last Saturday. Both
Thompson and Kadera scored high
with three first places which gave
each man 15 points.
In basketball, Homer Adams of
Dallas, veteran guard who is grad
uating this year, was elected cap
tain of the team and awarded the
Lipscomb-Munnerlyn Trophy. Mike
Garcia, also a guard, from San An
tonio was named the Most Valuable
in hardwood circles and awarded
the Lipscomb - Munnerlyn Trophy
for that honor.
Charles (T e x) Thornton, of
Leonard, lanky second baseman
and shortstop on the baseball team,
was awarded the Trophy for being
the Most Valuable diamond per
former. Thornton also won a let
ter in basketball. The captain
trophy in baseball went to Leo
Daniels, center fielder from Bryan.
Joe Vajdos, Karnes City, was
chosen track team captain and
awarded the Lipscomb-Munnerlyn
Trophy. This is the second cap
taincy Vajdos held this year, hav
ing been elected cross-country skip
per last fall.
Lawrence Fouraker of Bryan
of Pauler and Hardeman in the
semi-finals which was taken in
stride by Spacek and Kelly 6-4,
6-1. In the final round it was a
battle from start to finish with the
strong fighting team of Wyatt and
Webster. The final score 7-5, 1-6,
3-6, 6-3, 6-3, gave Spacek and Kel
ly the well-earned Intramural Ten
nis Doubles Championship.
was named captain of the golf
team, Hank Allen of Dallas was
elected captain of the tennis team,
and Bob Cowling of Houston was
chosen as captain of the swim
ming team.
’ Lettermen on the championship
track team of 1947 included Joe
Vajdos, Art Hamden, George Ka
dera, Ervin Bilderback of New
York City, William Blackwell of
Lockhart, Leroy Bodeman of Ar
ansas Pass, Jerry Bonnen of Col
lege Station, John Davis of Lub
bock, Carrol Hahn of Mason, Rob
ert Hall of Dallas, J. D. Hampton
of Brady, Arthur Haws of Lafer-
ia, James Hill of Ysleta, Ray Hol
brook of Goose Creek, Webb Jay
of Overton, James Mortenson of
Crystal City, William Napier of
Chicago, Illinois, Jack Quirey of
Louise, Webster Stone of Los An
geles, California, Leland Tate of
Pampa, Franklin Young of San
Antonio, and a manager letter to
L. W. Pollard of San Antonio.
Basketball lettermen, included
Homer Adams, Mike Garcia, Wil
liam Batey, Moulton; Sam Jenkins,
El Paso; Robert Kamperman, Dal
las; Gordon Moore, Wichita Falls;
Lynn Smith, Houston; Charles
Thornton, Leonard; Deryl Turn-
bow, Perrin; Don Voiding, El Cam-
po; and a manager letter to Lee
Duggan, Houston. [
Swimming lettermen were Bob
Cowling, James Flowers, Dallas;
Edward Fisher, Dallas; Danny
Green, Dallas; Tommy Knox, Hot
Springs, N. M.; Jack Riley, Wills
Point; Allen Self, Corpus Christi;
Harold Spencer, San Antonio;
Gene Summers, Bryan; Bernard
Syfan, Kerrville; and John Wes-
tervelt, Corpus Christi.
Lettermen in tennis were Hank
Allen, William Bennett, San An
tonio; Rodney Seller, Price; Ben
nie Stanford, Dallas; Duffey Stan
ley, Midland.
Golf lettermen included Lawrence
Fouraker, Travis Bryan, Jr., Bry
an; William Compton, Austin;
John Henry, Corsicana; Don Rutan,
Shreveport, La.; and William
Washington, Dallas.
Basketball lettermen were Ar
thur Buckner, Cleburn; George
Brown, Lubbock; Marvin E. Dealy,
Houston; William Eckles, College
Station; Arthur Gorman, El Paso;
Arthur Harris, Houston; James
Kirkland, Dallas; Jack B. Miller,
Houston; Joe Pettitt, Dallas; B. E.
Shaw, Houston; Jack Shugart, Gar
land; Claud Vass, Houston; Charles
Weinbaum, Beaumont.
B team baseball lettermen in
cluded George Brown, Lubbock;
Donald Clark, Pharr; William Eck
les, College Station; Allen Garner,
Bryan; William Hilliard, Tulsa,
Okla.; Raymond Katt, New Braun
fels; John Scurlock, Center; Jack
Shugart, Garland; Robert South-
all, Longview; Zeke Strange, Elec-
tra; Jack Watson, College Station;
Jim Winkler, Temple; and a man
ager letter to Jack Happy, Dal
las.
To The Veterans and Citizens
of College Station
Since receipt of the letter from the A. & M. Chapter of the American
Veterans Committee requesting merchants of this vicinity to follow the
Newburyport Plan of reducing prices a blanket 10%, I have made an ef
fort to find out whether or not this plan might be applied successfully to
food retailing in this area. After arguing the pros and cons of the ques
tion, I still believe the plan has merit and am willing to take a chance to
find out—particularly if it will benefit the citizens and veterans of this
community. Therefore, I propose the following experiment:;
FROM MAY 19 to 31
ALL CANNED GOODS WILL BE SOLD AT
Ten Per Cent Off
AND IF THE RESULTS ARE SATISFACTORY, THE
PLAN WILL BE EXTENDED.
REMEMBER. — May 19 through May 31 you can
buy any product packed in tin or glass at a
10% REDUCTION
Help yourself to quality at a bargain and buy your
“Specials” ANY day in the week.
MANNING SMITH—-Fine Foods
“At the Entrance to Aggieland”
East Gate (Formerly Luke’s)