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I Tocm A. A M. will be represented at the annual National
Collegiate Athletic Association'• track and field meet by
three men. The Aggie hopefuls carry mu the maroon and
white into the NCAA meet are Art Harnden, Ray Holbrook,
and George Kadera.
The meet being held at Salt Lake City, Utah, will at-
track stam in track and field from all over the nation. The
competition will be the stiffest possible with the winners
bcmK considered perfect Olympic material.
In addition to the three Aggies entered in the meet,
the Southwest Conference will be represented by a five man
•quad from the University of Tex-4-
■s, two men from Rice Institute,
two men from Baylor, and one man
from the University of Arkansas
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Harnden and HoltMAok will en
ter their specialty, Tne 440-yard
dash, while Kaders will enter the
shot put, discuss throw, and jave
lins throw.
Hamden and fktlhrook both have
a food chance of placing high in
the quarter mile, but Kadera will
have little chance of placing high
in anv event except the discus. Ka
ders has thrown the discus ss far
as 162 feet 7 inches in competition
The five men on the Texas squad
will be Charley Parker, Allen Law
ler, Perry Samuels, Jerry TVomp
son, and Don Sparks. Parker,
Lawler, and Samuels, the Long
horn's three ace sprinters, will en
ter the 100-ysrd and 220-yard dash
es.
Jerry Thompson, the Longhorn's
greet distance runner acclaimed
by many as the greatest distance
runner ever to come out of the
Southwest, srill confine his efforts
to the two mily run. Don Sparks,
the Longhorn's number two dis
tance man, will enter the one mile
run.
From Baylor will come two more
classy sprint start, namely, BUI
Martmeson and Stonie Gotten.
Hartmeson's specialty is the 100-
yard dash, while Gotten’* is the
220-yard dash.
Rice Institute will send its star
hurdler August Erfurth phis Henry
Coffman erstwhile high jumper
Erfurth will enter the 120-yard
high hurdles and the 220-yard low
hurdles.
Arkansas will send its depend
able point getter, Clyde (Smackov
er) Scott. Scott, the same as Er
furth, will enter both the high »nd
low hurdles
In this meet athletes placing
first, second; third, fourth, fifth,
or sixth in any event will be re
warded.
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THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
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The City Council will preaent:
The propoMNi budget for the fincal year 1947-48
(Garbage Collection Charge
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Increaaed Tax Hate)
Prupoaed construction of warehoune and City office
Outline of fly elimination campaign
COME OUT—HEAR THE FACTS—
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City
FRIDAY. JU8E 20, 1947
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Five Swimmers To
Receive Major T;
Aggies Rewarded
Receive Pfaff Awards
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Caarh Holder Nartaa (extreme left) i* shown mngratalatini
Aggie Track Mar George Kadera while Art Harnden await* hi*
tarn la the bar kgr«Mind. The orrsalon was the preeentstion to these
two eutstnndiai traeknters of the Hrrt I'fsff award*.
OJV KYLE FIELD
By DON KNURLK1NG
1947 Traci i SeaHon Bow* Out To End
Memorable Year For SWC Thinly Clad*
With the NO
Five Aggie swimmer* will
be awarded the major **T* for
their effort* in the 1947
Southwest Conference swim
ming meet according to a new
ruling passed last week by
the athletic council.
The major “T*’ award given in
the past only to those athletes who
lettered in one of the four major
sports, namely, football, basket
ball, track, and baseball, will in the
future be given to minor sport
participants who win a first place
In the conference meet or win n
conference championship. Thi*
includes members of a relay team
that wins a first place in the con
ference* meet.
According to Art Adamson. Ag
gie swimming coach, the five men
who will receive the major “T”
are Howard Spencer, Danny Green.
Jimmy Flowers, Gene Summers,
and Jerry Fisher.
Spencer will receive his sward
by virtue of placing first in the
100-yan! backrtroke and being a
member of the .‘100-yard medley
relay team which took first place
in that event. •
Record breakers Green ami Flow
er* will get their Ts for winning
the 100-yard free style and the
100-yaid breaststroke. Green took
the fr<*e style event while Flowers
won the breastroke and was a
nicmltrr of the .‘tOO-yard medley
relay team.
Fisher wa» the third member of
the medley relay team ami also a
member of the 400-yatd free style
relay tc*m, Summer* was a mem
her of fhe 400-yard free style re
lay team which took first place
The new major T" holder* will
receive s "T" card along* with
major **T" medal and a numeral.
The ••T" raid will entitle its hold
Into low this
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meet this week «ml and the Nation
al A All Meet m July 4-6 the DM?
track season tx ws out. This sea
son has truly wen a memorable
and spectacular one for Southwest
Conference trac t fans
Regardless of the remarkable
Versify and College division as
ei to free Ndml*«t<m In any sport*
event held mi Kyle Field.
The new ruling xhich 1* retro
.. . . ^ , .active fm the |«st year was pass
little Jerry Thompaon waa award , with the tnUmtlon of rewarding
is I the (ro|»hy a* outstanding ath minor steirt partici|iants
lele. /
This year a duel (heel between
the Individual winners of the
feata that were performed by the events In the Southwest and Big j
athletes during the season, the g| x Conference meets was attemp-
ted for the first time. The result
was that a great inter-conference
thing most undsual was the in
creased attend) nee and interest
that has been (paid to the sport
all year.
off to a perfect start. The meet l) " r ™ IL l*”™ 12 vs Dorm 10
now commonly referred to as the Camp va. Dorm 9; Project
Duel of Champions was held in | House vs. Dorm 8.
Dal Hi stadium in Dallas. Eight Tuesday, June 24:
thousand fans attended. This meet Dorm 2 vs. Dorm 7; Dorm 3 vs.
Dorm 6; Dorm 4 vs. Dorm 5; Dorm
1 vs. Dorm 10; Dorm 11 vs. Dorm
Kngelkisg
past season wei
and the SWC
At the Text
this year the
was broken
crowd of Traci
all-around
Meet. Two rei
and another
sports event between two of the
best conferences in the nation got
One might
say that 1 t
just seems
that way to us
because w e
won the Gop- J also drew eight thousand dollars
ference Gh*m- in gate receipts. This money will
pionship, but be used by the Athletic depart- I
don't let that ments of the two conferences,
fool you be- Besides being a money making ;
cause the two proposition another advantage of
meet impor- the Big Six vs. Southwest M«“et
tgfit track, waa that it helped to cement
events of the I friendly relations between the ■
the Texas Relays schools and the athletes of their
Big Six Meet. respective Conferences. The meet
relays in Austin h** aroused a competitive
attendance record *P* rit between the two confer-,
an enthusiastic ; pi***-
fans who saw an Let's hope that next year’s
balanced track track' season is as successful as
irds were broken the past one has been, especially
i tied in the Uni- for us Aggies.
'Mural Softball
Schedule
Softball games for June 23 and
24. with all games starting at
f>:30 p m
Monday. June 28:
Dorm S va. Dorm 6; I>orm 1 vs
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