The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 17, 1947, Image 3

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    TV
C Track Stars Defeat
MUc Relay Decisive Event in First
Annual Duel of Champs; Hamden Stars
In om erf th« most exciting to any track meet
ever heki in the Southwest the SWC team defeated the Big
Six team In the mile relay, the last event on the program, to
win the first annual Track and Field M< < t between the two
toms. The affair, held at Dal-Hi Stadium In Dallas last
p nday night, was termed the Duel of Champions Track and
jaHw
rlnrnrs of the first three plaees In each event in
Uf Six and Houthwent (\mference meets were the
IpanU. (I
The
both the Big
|>artlcl|
Art Hamden, great ■
ro of the meet by beatmK
Uw Up* by four yard* with i
rifle flniah to win Uw mil* roln
I uarter mller, became the
)ms's I<andon Westbmok
Big Six’s Best-—69 to 62
Battalion Cl
O R T !S
Tueeday, June 117, 1947
Page 3
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Nto
•ot for tho Houthwoot
Worn. Wootbrooh hod
tvon with Hamdon with on*
to go boforo tho rotton-
Affflo govo out with hia
flnUhing kick to como bom*
eomfortobio load.
of tho SWC
j relay too* wore: Bill NapUr
of tho Affftoo who raa tho ft rot
plop, Monroe Northrutt of Tosaa
who ran tho ooeoad lap, and Bay
Holbrook of tho Aggie* who pro*
reeded Herndon. Aggie Hrrin
Riidorbark who was ochodnkd to
ran on tho team waa unable to
attend tho moot.
Jerry Thom peon, the Univeraity
of Tozaa* great little diatance man
tied Kanaaa State’a Rollin Prather
for high point man by winning the
run and the two mile run
»r, the Big Six's great weight
got hia ten pointa by winning
ahot put and the diacua throw.
Prather’a heave of 53 feet 3th
in the ahot put event better
ed both the Big Six and Southweat
** Conference records while Thomp-
, son's time in the two mile run of
9 minutes 22.2 seconds also excel
led the records of both conferences
in that event.
Before the final event on the
program the score stood SWC 44,
Bix Six 52, which meant that the
team that picked up the remaining
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five pointa would win the meet.
■ As wae expected Aggies Hamden
and Holbrook took flrat and sec
ond place* respectively in the 440-
yard dash.
Other Aggies who collected
pointa for the Aonthwent were
George Kadorn and James Hill.
Kodera placed third in both the
shot put and diacua throw while
Hill took third place in the brood
lump.
Texas' three sprint stars Char
ley Parker, Allen Lawler, and Per*
ry Samuels performed brilliantly
by taking first and second places
in both the 100-yd and 220-yd dash
es- Lawler won the century and
placed second in the 220 behind
Parker. Samuels beat out Baylor’s
Bill Martineson to take second la
the 100.
Arkansas’ Clyde Scott scored
niae points by winning the 220-yd
low hurdles, placing third in the
Javelin throw, and placing aecor d
in the 120-yd high hurdles behind
Rice’s August Erfurth.
Points scored by each school were
as follows: Texas, 3414; Nebraska,
18; Missouri, 15; Texas A.AM.,
1444; Arkansas, 12; Kansas State,
11; Kansas, 10; Rice, 9; Oklahoma,
8; Baylor, 1; and Iowa Statu. 0.
BmmmvIh:
415-Vsrd Run.—Won by Art
Hamden. Texas ABM (South
west); Second. Ray Holbrook.
Tessa ABM (Southwest); third.
Rickard Ault. Missouri (Big Bix).
Time: 48.5.
Special 440-Yard Relay (South
west Participating Only).—Won by
Texas (Perry Samuels, Charley Ta
tum, Allen I,awler, Charlie Park
er); Second, Baylor (Frank Patter
son, Stomn- Gotten, Joe D’Ambroaia,
Bill Rartineson). Time: 42.0.
Mile Run.-Won by Jerry Thomp
son, Texas (Southwest); Second,
Don Sparks, Texas < SouthweetJ |
third, Georg* Leasure, Kansas
State (Big Six). Tims: 4:18.8.
Shot-Put.—Won by Rollin Pra
ther. Kansas Slat* (Big Six). IS
Entries fur
tmimameoU an
doubles and sin
Eater me
t
Name
Komn
ntramural Notice
T Award Changes
Announced By
Athletic Council
ol£lra by I o'rlurk aa
be Summer Intramural ..pen «„df
due la the Intrami
na June Ittb. (Butrina will be accepted la
leu in both sparia. Out! entries muut turn
■u that different Mights may be arraagwd.
In tbe Intramural open Gulf I euro ament
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OiV KYLE FIELD
By DON *NG1
LINO'
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NCAA To Have Busy Week; Nat’l Meet*
To Be Held In Baseball, Track, and Golf
This coming we
bo a busy on* for
What with the annua
and field meet, the
legist* golf toumey,
national ro I leg’ll
wilt
Doubles u• singles (check one) Qualifying score
Eater me
Name
in the Intramural open T.-nnls tournament
*t™
Dorm
P.O. Box No.
Doubles ur Singles (cheek one).
“Mural Softball
Play Begins Today
Intramural softball will start
this afternoon at 5 o'clock on the
new drill field in back of Duncan
Mess Hall. Fourteen teams have
entered the competition which will
be of the round-robin type. Dormi
tories one thru twelve have each
entered a team while the Trailer
Camp and the Project House Areas
have both entered teams
Each team will complete a thir
teen game schedule by playing
from three to four games every
At a recent meeting of the Ath
letic Council certain changes were
mad* la the awarding of the Ma
jor T award whlth heretofore wae
presented only to those participa
ting In fa atoll, basketball, base
ball. and traek. Aleng witk to
givtag of Major T swords, a life
long membership card to all sports
events, was presented to recipients
of the Major T awards.
Hereafter any minor sport mem
ber participating In swimming,
crons country, tennis, or golf, who
plsdes first In any conference event
will be swarded a Major T and the
Ilf* long membership card. This
ruling was made retroactive for
this year. Also members of con
ference championship teams, bowl
team participants, and national
championship teams will be presen
ted with s red and white enameled
gold figure symbolizing their
spective sport.
An expenditure of 860,000 for
construction of offices, training
rooms, and showers under the west
stands was also approved. Plans
were presented by the college arch
itect, and construction will begin
as soon as the Board of Directors
allot the money.
J. W. Williams of Dallas, the new
representative of the Former Stu
dents Association, was present for
the first time since his selection.
Attending for the last time was C.
W Crawford, head of the M E.
Department.
A new council will be appointed
by the Board of Directors at their
next week meeting.
ney ever aMggiptrd. th. Nst.onsl
Collegiat* Athletic Aaeoclsuon will
have its hands full.
lb# foil### 1
held ea the
will he
la a
will
while aa eastern
la a
The eastern and western cham
pions and their ruim*r-upe will
form another four team tourna
ment th* following week-end to de
termine the first, second, third,
and fourth place teams ia the na
tion.
Texas, Oklahoma, California, and
Denver Universltiea will be th*
teams entered In the westerns play
offs. The Longhorn nine whkl
meets Oklahoma in th* first round
Friday is favored to win th* west
era championship.
Each team catered In dm west
ern playoff ia the ebampiea ef
its respective conference.
The national intercollegiate golf
i tourney to be held in Chicago
starting on Monday, June 23, will
attract s record field of If* entries
from <7 different colleges and uni
versities. The team favored to win
the links tourney hails from Stan
ford University.
In Salt Lake City, Utah, on June
20 and 21, the NCAA track meet
will be held. This meet, an annual
affair, will bo«it this year among
Re entries the bulk J the U. X *
Olympic team for 19a. Colleges
univerattloe from all ever th*
*> will b* sending their favor,
me ia traek and field event* la
Salt Lake City to a tret their atuff.
From Urn Boathweri Cemfar
ea** rem*s pr-.bably ea* af the
heat aggregation* that any eaa- .
TH* Aggie* will be
by Art Hamden and
fifttovro of the beet
ere In nation,^and
Will send it*
sc* sprinters Perry Samuel*, Char
lie Parker and Allen Lawler plus
Ra fiaa totomt reamri Jerry
fhampaoM. the Iron man, and Don
•parka.
Arkansas will kt;
ky Clyde Scott,
wklle Rice's kerd
farth will k* there
Bill Martineson and Stonle Cot-
ten Baylor's sprinters are to be oa
hand to round out th* Southwest
Conference entries.
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semester. ! ,. | o
To Have SportH
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tramursls w
mer jiporu I
l»e. much aetivlt
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planned s Hum-
m which prom
and amusement
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feel 2»| inrhea; Heeond. Plato
Andrim. Ohlshoifa (Big HU). 30
feet 1V 4 inchest third. George
Kadera. Texas ABM (Mouth-
weal), 49 feet ineh.
FOR
BEACH
SPORTS
100-Yard Dash — Won by Alien
Lawler, Texas (louthwaat); sec
ond, Perry Hamutla. Texas (Mouth-
I west); third, Hill Msrtlneaon, Bay
lor (Southw« a(). Time 9.9.
High Jump. -Ted for first, Tom
Scofield, Kansas (Big Mix), and
I Henry Coffman, tic* (Southwest),
I 6 feet 444 inches third, Jim How
ard. Missouri (Bg Six), 6 feet 2
inches.
120-Yard High Hurdles.- Won
by August Erfuith, Rice (South
west); second, CWde Scott, Arkan
sas (Southwest); third, Ken Boren,
Texas (Southwes ). Time: 14.6.
220-Yard Dasl .—Won by Char
ley Parker. Tei as (Southwest);
. second. Allen lowler. Texas
Southwest); *e< and. Allen Law-
|| ler. Texas (Soithwest); third.
Harry McGinnii, Nebraska (Big
Six). Time: 21.8.
Javelin Throw,—Won by Herb
Grot*. Nebraska (Big Six), 194
feet %» inches; » cond, Bruce Hen
och, Kansas (B g Six), 188 feet
8% inches: third Clyde Scott, Ar
kansas (Southweit), 187 feet.
I 880-Yard Run.—Won 1»y Harold
Kopf. Nebraska Big Six); second.
Richard Kiiloug 1, Missouri (Big
Six); third. Char es Lancaster. Mis
souri (Big Six). Time: 1:55.5.
Broad Jump.--First. Hob Teel.
Missouri (Big iix). 23 feet kVj
inches; second. Aubrey Fowler,
Arkansas (Southwest), 23 feet
3 inches; third. James Hill. Tex
as ABM (Southwest), 22 feet
1144 inches.
|| Pole Vault.- V on by Don Cooper,
Nebraska 4 Big iix), 13 feet; tied
for second Bill L’orroll, Oklahoma
(Big Six), and Dick Miller, Ne
braska (Big Six , 12 feet 6 inches.
| Two-Mile Rui.—Won by Jerry
Thompson, Tex si (Southwest); a*
on. Bob Karnes, Kansas (Big Mix);
third, Diek Hnak*. Texas (South
west). Time 9:2 1.2
220-Yard l«ow Hurdles. Won
The schedule for thia week with
all games starting at 5:30 ia as
follows:
Tusadajf:
Dorm No 1 v*. Project House;
Dorm No 2 va. Trailer Camp:
Dorm No. 3 va Dorm No. II;
Dorm No. 4 va. Dorm No. II;
Dorm No. & va. Dorm No. 10: v
Wednesday.:
Dorm No. 6 v* Dorm No. 9;
Don* No. 7 va. Dorm No •;
Dorm No. 1 va: Tratlur Camp;
Project House vs Dorm No, 1|;
Dorm No 2 vs !>orm No. 11.
Thureday i
Dorm N«x 3 vs Dorm No 10;
Dorm No, 4 va Dorm No 9;
l»orm No, f> va lk»rtn No •;
t>orm No 6 va Dorm No. T;
Dorm No 1 v*. Dorm No. It.
FriidRys
Trailer Camp va I>orm No 11;
Project H»*uar vs. Dorm No. 10;
Don* No. 2 vs Dorm No. 9;
I>orm No. 3 vs Dorm No. 8;
Dorm No. 4 vs. Dorm No. 7.
All Aggie* livlag in the College
View Apartments who are Inter
ested In taking part in Summer
Intramurela should be at the new
Softball diamond north of Apart
ment houses A-l and A-S at 6
o'clock in the afternoon on Thure
day, June 19
The new softball diamond was
constructed by th* Landscape Art
Department with th* cooperation
of th* Campua Planning Commit-
taa
The Vets plan on organising
three nr more aoftball teams un
der Buddy RMerbrock and Jen
nings Anderson
Th* Physical Education Depart
ment will provide facilities for any
other "port that th* Vetaran*
show interest In. A volley ball
court will be built as soon aa
plana are completed.
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