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i - . I. L f W. 1 1 > / Softball Results Show Fast Play; Rivalry Strong Th® summer Intramural Program got off to a good ■Urt with softball Uking the lead in interest. Some good teams have shown up on the * playing fields and from the looks of the first games the competition is going to be routfh all the way through the schedule. Tkc thrfflvr of the opening games ^ Win of Donn Dora* 11. Dorm 2 went into the mat inning two nma behind bat bnmediateljr rained the two bark .and then with two outa. Maxwell bjwame the hero by atealbig home -and winning the ball game. Dorm 2 won their firat game of the uST 1 ? 1 * u>ok •" e * r, y lead to beat Trailor Camp 9 to •• IpS Wading hitter of thia game wa« right fields Schero of Dorm 2 with 2 him for throe tripe to the plate. Von Roaenbarg waa the win- nlng pWshag. f or th« Camp Me ponaM got on baao three timet , W • »alk, an error, and a hit Darm 19 took M eaey rieUry* ^ 1 “ Adame ■hatasi Darm I, If la 9. Uak- * Mg orer Dorm If ahewa a rt> Wrang A lafaatry Warn of laat apring with Diaen. Jatiai. IWgan, Karaaa. and flS dja makiai ap half of D»rm Ifa learn. Darm f ovamme a I run lead W .w.mp D,,^ a ,| ^ 7i } or JJ winners DuMw Ihe aeewnd baa# man ant h hlia for I timea ai hni AM far Hit leaere flrsi baaeman Pa. balled fOO gening | for 4 Plleher Cofland of the Proleel !v ou ." # " rr * h,, **•'" to a U l« i rieWry over Dorm I. It WM a Wild hilling game with each Battalion OP 0 R T S TUESDAY, JUNE 24. 1947 Page 8 •-*—*•» w»ir ansre of kite inning. Dorm II loot a hard fought battle to Derm 4 by the eeere of 9 to 4. Bell waa the winning fac tor for Derm C. Purple hearts go to John Bal- lantine of the Dorm I team and feaunig of Dorm S, who unsetfiah- ly abed their blood for the glory of their reaper tire teams Ballan tine had a rolliaaion on third baae and received a cut under the left «9t good for three stitches. Brmu- nig contributed a few square inch- ea of hia nose, chin, and forebead. Old man weather took ever oe i panday and aU gamea far that \ day were rained out. Theae * gamee will he arbedalod for a ' later date. On Friday the situation looked like thia: Dorm 2 had a cion call when they were nearly knocked out of the undefeated Hat by Dorm 9. J' H*! on this game waa 11 to 10. The teams went Into the laat inning Ued up at t runs aach. th * 1 winning pitcher gave up four hits and a walk in this Wniug. hut Dorm 9 eould only •mount for I run.. In Dorm *'. Mlf of this inning Cullinan and Mehero each got a hit, sad Wiley Wok a walk and each symnad thy plate to mn their total to II and hard whn ball game. Dorm f continued Umir winning S tefl^Derm f took an early lead < Ikrce ran# is Ihe seceful in nWg to slay out In fronlall the 25L winning ““-her Hall the toalng oltehe? a lough game only aliowiM* hlia Trailer Camp Wei Umir third uae le Dorm II 9 t# f. 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Dorm S; 1 " ?° r * 7 i r™** v*. Dorm •; Dorm 2 va. D< Softball iag the re aa followi: ] | | T. Jaae Trailer House »r- —i m wm. Dorm B; Dorm 2 va. Dorm 4. TfaMaAF. June 26 v D ^! n 1 . T V. Do ™ Do*™ V 0 ™ *: pfrm 11 t.. Dorm 7; J^'dotoT Dqrn> *' Tr,ikr Friday. June 27 Project Houar va. Dorm 4; Dorm • T!* D 00 " Donn 1 va. Dorm S; Dorm 9 vs. Dorm 7; Dorm 10 vn. Dorm 6. 10 Students May Play Badminton In Gym T. h * fF"» will be opened to single "t* rr Wd atadente and the r wive, each ThurmWy night at ane of the atatee leading badmlifen Inatrurtors, will h* Is charge apd will have equip- lift HaihI •^Ha* • MIS fee I TfolWr| IWkari, asd pvrfeel day Irlpa Is the gM?. rw TfatWr famp riihi ••• ,l># Waillaf Miter with I f«r |, 7 . Dwlr .Unding D»rm 4 10 to £ This was a wild Hilling and miring game as the " team scored In all bat two In ning., Dorm 10 kedt their record rlean a. thev beat Project House 10 to 3. Pitcher Adams of Dorm 10 only Sr V V p JL hi ^ u * d, »ig hitter for the Project Hhuee was Hall who got 2 hits for i time* at bat. John Kimbrough Escapes Death; Training Helps Big Joha KBabnmgh, who twice woo A11-America honors at Texas A. A M. College, thanked hie ath- latic training tar escape from death and looked forward to an- ° u '* r uouacn tot professional foot ball aa a member of the Loa Ange- WaDmm of the All-America con- nWMMk It happenag the day after "Jar- rln Jawn*g“ twenty-ninth birthday as he attempted to rescue a work er overrome by cartoon monoxide » wtoBto awgaged In a weU- J'WfaB projedt Kimbmugh'a ef forts wars futile, but he almost kmt hia life trying it. B D (Buck) Oibbs, 43, who waa refueling a tuoollne miglne in the well dug to provide water on a site aome three mles southeast of Haskell. 0 ^ COm * by fumM (iihb* fall into Urn water, and Kimbrough PjjMfud toi Immediately after him Hie first attempt failed, and the next time when John went down by the tme of a windlass with the cope tied around hia chest he. too, was overcome by the fumee The rone saved hie life. Kim brough. Wo of Texas A AM s "tifhtF.ktatam <* 1938 *nd 1940 when he was the nation's greatest fullback, was hauled out uncon scious * Physician administered first JS W* 1 * N> went home unaided • u . t . H - fMlapaed. and the doctor pal Mm to had for a couple of days Doubt!*** his excellent phyairsl coodllion through years of ath letic training paid off •Tvs been working mil daily rtnee June I, gelling in g«md c»m. dll ion lav the season, 11 he said ■hefw. I miMt md have made it," Kimbrough added (hat he was tahing it eaey for shout in days on Ihe advias of hia phyalelan Ms ■P^uds apmit an hour each day eid »m the Hashell High llrhnol field and tabes an afternoon aff each Week for a seselnn of gnir uver at the Abilene Country nub course ‘TW flaMi nut my contract with the Done thia ■easnn. and then I'm through." he declared "You can't go on in the professional game for mer, you know." ON KYLE FIELD By DON ENGBLKING’ SWC Rules Committee Attemps Compromise Ttoe new rules paaaad last month i by the Southwest Conference fac ulty committee seem to be In exact agreement with the N. C. A A. e so railed "Purity code." The committee reaffirmed its ban on of ft tod campus recruiting but suggested that a coach be allowed to recruit in hia own area. The area for any school is the state in which the school la located. Any school in the conference ex cept Arkansas can do all of the recruit- jraarg boundsri*e of foe state of Texas The minimum heura that an Stan Muaial Begins to on^lmr i b “ f>b * 11 *^ on almost one-third over, the world s champ- tea »t Louis Cardinal, found themselves in the National League The Mg reason for the ^•ekltoPl doiiitims was the team batting average The only Cardinal whom hitting - lm * k with Kurowaki mmI Terry Moore, had not been Mttiita Htae ■ddfa Dyer's rkai HH. aad, whpi M , * 4rim * * wim rh T^ hj* the sudden In the «t Louis club < an he traced dlrsrtly to the bat of hUlr*?/ nm hheker BUrt * d 10 I" 1 Muaial, who was acclaimed last hthfate has to work to receive ■** W was lowered to Ida. The prevlom minimoni set by the S. C. A. A. wa» 300. The additional decision that all of the time that an athlete Wtends onhia particular .port be con- Sidered as part of the minimum i 1 .? 0 S* work tr,,d * to make life eastor for the 8 W C athlete The committee alao decided that after January 1 no athlete could change schools and expect to be cliglMe without penalty Dates were «et by the oom /or the opening of foot knll and hnsehail prae&re. Foot- bnll In to start no earlier than Heptember I. while ttanrhaJI "fa^t •• early as February These rules will not change con siderably the athletic policies of any school In the conference, but the question Is will the N C. A A agree to these amendments. r* My to * t rdins! .tart IjtVaS ac, tamieu null fi* 1 '** "**" y Hnll fans as being getting off to a riding Has started to hit, the Cardinals find themselves In fifth place, only four and one half gameu^ behind foe National League With the CaMltanls back to their winning ways, the National Lea- r ^ Nralt\ looka as if It wiU w If Muaial cpntlnuee to hit at t pace and the Card ^ i. . Eating Out Is Fun. . . . — AT — HOTARD’S CAFETERIA North Main I! Hit; Cards Win mound staff settles down, Louis will be a hard club to beat 8o goes Muaial, so goes the Card! Ht Intramural Golf and Tennis Tourneys Start This Week The I nteamiiM 1 ir a . < . / tn i t *. nnl * tou ™n,,„U will- /// h *<•' underway thi. week Jith conteeS UtThnTfor C ZSJK thelr^eepectiv/sporta. A final check-up on the tournament* showed that there / A*, were 74 players entered. The largest number of entries was AT CHARli in tennis -singles with 29 entrants. The other figures were | roIf^douWes°4 ° W *’ **** single* 15; tennis double 11; and Some of the entrants are mm*" 1 who have shown their ability in J«dy l: SWC Mentora Teach At Coachen School The fifteenth snnual Texa. roMhlng mheol to be held In F.l faeo August fmirth thru eighth wiU hr attended by roaehea from Klee In.lltuto and T. »«. ABM. L 4 ** DIiiupUL head Mwshall roach Md traMer Here at AAM, will faetxre »| the sehnol along with Jeas Nmlj, Rice*, head ?«riha|| roach, Harry Rtlteler. Rice's as- sis tent reach, and Jtw Davi*. Rk-e's line roach. . The coaches school, sponsored by the Ttatas High School Coache. Association, will include on Ita pro gram for the first time lectures and demonstrations on baseball Alvin (Bo) MrMillin, tinker- sity of Indiana*, head football coach, and Nsely will be the head instructor, for the. school They will talk on football. Dewey Jacobs Becomes Ineligible Only one athlete became ineli gible after all of the grades were in for laat semester Dewey Jacobs classy hurler on the Aggie baae- “•II team, was the lone casualty. Jacobs, who alao plays football, won four game* for the Aggie nine thia past season while ioaing only one. Jacoba plans to re-enter school “ "•PMfobsi so as to work toward eligibility in baseball next spring. There are 7,003 living benefkiar- **• °f World War II veterans a- broad receiving monthly National BoiViee Life Inaura nee payment, totaling nearly 1700,000. 10UP0T5 *HIRI YOU ALWAYS Gi I A 1 AID 1 U a 01 previous Intramural tournaments and others will be dark-horses with sufficient skill to make each match interesting. la tennis ainglea some of the ■ea catered are Haaamaa. Dorm 3. Reeae and Sharp of Dona H. Nettles of Dorm I. Atkinson from out at A AM Annex. Dixoa. Dorm 7. and Adams of Dorm 4. A coaple of the tennis double, team, entered are DeHp.in and Waraoff of Vet Village, and Fel ler and Nettles of Dorm 1. Looking at the golf tournament, in the single. Fickey came in with the lowest score of 7B. Other, who turned in qualifying Morse In the 79 s were Williams. 71, Derm 7. Bogin 79. Dorm 6, and P. gue. who ■teppod out of the 70 clsae by one Mnt turning in an 60. In golf doubles only four teams are entered made up *f Fickey and DaMontat, J rater and Johnson of Dorm 11, Pofgett and MeGannon, Dorm I, ami Mets of Dorm N and Williams, Dorm 7, Golf match#, will lie played on the Bryan country club pour.# at • Um# designated by ihe eoniaa tanla. ramMitlon will be maleh Mf. Pairing, for are as fallow.! Tenals (ainglea) First round malrhee to lie played on or before Weilnesday, June *Bi . Hausman vs. Reeae) Mller vs. JJ H a r p| D e B p a In vs. Terrelli Rprawla vs. Garrncai Felger va. Gohmert; Nettles vs. Mirisvacea: l I < * , *«'Hj Grimes vs. Hlarkehear. First Round mstches to be play ed on or before Thursday, June M: Dixon va. Broodo; LeGrand va! Thorburn; Grant vs. Garnett; Mig- lianle va. Lane; Howard vs. Ad ams. Ramsey and Seeae who drew byes m the first round will meet in s aecond round match on Thuradey June 2«. Tennis (double*) First round mate he* to be play ed on or before Thursday, June 26: Beck and DeBona vs. UR oca and Blackshcar; Terrell and Le- Grand va. Reeae and Hausman; l-ane and Adam* va. Thorburn and Ramsey. Second round matches between players who drew first round bye* to be played on or before Tuesday Ihe tournaments DeSpain and Warooff va. Stow and Burges*; Sharp urxl Migiavae- ea va. Paques and Grant. Golf (ainglea) Firat round matches to bo played °*i ®c before Saturday, June 2*: Champkmahip Flight: Fickey va. Burdett; King va. Pequ«; Bogin va. Lietx; de Mon tel va. William.. Firat Flight: McGannon va. Pidtett; Bonewiu va. Hyaehovy; Roland va. Bren nan. 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