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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1948)
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L - ! 1 '•: ' With Anderson’ their first The ■ ‘ n X T jl.: i n encetpti ly ;t of 4 •• V. • r v ' 4 FORT WOJi' The yomigcst Ti feanrin history,| peating titlihts, les Simmons of weight Toni and featherwei] S Feb.'18 4< s fliolden < i! luding- thiee vjjweigM ONar- laH, ligftit ife; ivy of Brownfield Bill B|em c(r >on \)f Lubbock, wi|l|goi to CliilpMgo this week-end f^ir th^ annual tjt|ur- jpnf 'dsfcn- nament of €th^ The Lope IS.taa, State’s repirc tatives in the ft g; show j Fet rhhry 23-24-25 w(iite (jifttrnlined Mjii lay night .as the lajfgpst cro^d i i 12 years of the glofts prograin I upped out to watch' ajtout:of The throng liunipelredi 9. ■■I i. , ing to more tban| $0,000 abtefldwice i. for the todttrtalbept’s five rjif| This waf, df^piflej Ijad wejithe • \) 4 " cut the filrstj.twic shiow thousand. \ | ; | • lire only defending cdanjdiion to be dethrdne^ was Tommy! ton of Sherman, the mip weight king of 4^47.; It was . technical kmtcftiOBt register iMorrijs Milburn, Barroni suit* * a bad cut over tne'lefti eyo the referee} spipjpedl “ ll ' L after’ the fifsti lopnd. Milburn was ajsrar IfWtIiaJI jituy . er at Paschal High SenPol last fall. | lights. M i ig- its. At 4y4ral y. sheLby he dashes and the hurdles Cdach rounding into good shape for n. . est Conference Champions Ijirit ~t tasto competition on Satu day, Mhr«jh instead of Martib p as originally planned. A dual |neet is scheduled with Texas ; U. Whom nosed out last year 59 f-3 to W The Cadets have virtually the sanie men returning with ; the 1}3 for the championship. iialiy main setback being the loss of Jirrt Mortenscn. His loss weak- | iv ; 1 f 1 ■ ti. . I ;| | t V 'll 7 ti v • SI I Mortenscn. ens the Ags in the hurdles where Be consistently picked up points. W^bb Jay broke his foot before hriftmas and will not be able to artjcipate in the broad jump in f hie** L — 1 —- J erei will fun pn the sprint relay td^nu Due to a shattered kftee cap whicp he suffered last hummer, Jimmy Hill may be unable: to gar ner hs many points in the | broad jump as he did last year whejn he won | the conference. He will not juiriji for distance until the initial competition. Bill Cardon is showing up well in ftoth the high and low huMles and: may prove a worthy succes sor Ho Mortenson. i ides entering the $hot|put aiid ‘ - - - • T 1 I is ; i H^gh Sd ' - ii.. t , The major} uWLH was it of Jack; Wpomliff pf Eugeric Goo'peij hander. CooppiMhiu ajpatcur figntii night but was hot imamieiit rati yle[ha(l vVocid the third! roju with, 20vpqirilts. E Palmji wp!i] b icfore :);H, ii d’st highly. Ircgalddd I rati ngs Bjuf: eftt by [eft-. . fcht M )|aay in the .touij southpaW-sti, ( zled and in the ihfrdl tfoj u h‘* ^|te|> rific left to! tfte i toihachj piitj the Dallas boy opt} | - I * For the third con esc m five ji>ar Dallas won! the tleaiii epam mm; ship. .That ici^y’i [fighteijs c la it second with! 1$ add Amarillo 1 third with iU}.-HFort Worth ind San An ton ip eacl; got 10 piijits. The Chicajgp uu>uijiuai week will clliiiiiiiate ! thj< the semt-fimili3tt Vive the first iou Chkagp Maijch 5 of champions. ‘ •'—44— The Notre Dare VleVi Before 571,527 jl4t Jockey JoRiipy winners l&stjyeai, mark of ! 324} .^et.i ers hack in jopbl Beaumont tourfnBin ie Thlosc njjs will (forjthe iseaspr .i I ongdeir joi i \3 Hi appiidachir p j the 4 L ■ FOR THOSlfi W|HO DEMAND ;TH^ BEST . College Shoe Kepair Mqrtt SUKLrM-/ y yindont : jow- i r .ent next -fit l| ■ to whi- Ssur- iieti, the Ravelin throw Bob Gootb takep up discus throwing pn, showing promise in that event} Al so hp may enter broad jumping to bolster the team’s chances. A^ter five year’s absence, A1 Rickp returns in the high jump and pole! vault and will be heavily counted on for poihts The team should be even stronger in the 1 quarter-mile; half-mile, mile and two mile this >ea}r according to Colonel Ander- • ’MOM The mile relay leant of Ervin Bildnrbeck, Art Harnden, Rgy Hol brook and Bill Napier was primed for Competition in the Sugar Rowl so ft should be near peak! edndi- tionlj . • , | 4 • ml! ' 0 —r-.. :| ' 1 Negroes Barred | From Big League Ball, Says Rickey n};W YOHK, Ftb. I8 iJiUBast4 ball’p liewest controversy—touched ; off jiy Brooklyn Branch Ripkey’s changes that the other 15 big league clubs voted tp bar Negroes! froni the majors—-took on thei <!om- to ( pkxjon of the old bptton gaine to- (Iro viiipg, day.} Evpry^wjy was pskirig: ’ documents, documents, ipho’s T • golf the documents ?! The Dodgays head man.fleiiv int<> HoiWii from (Ibicago shortly before! midijjight and refused to letreau in 1) : lil v 'in li 1 M i-11 i si H; T . ■ ..- ■IP..}:, j ' ' n 1 4 : 7JT.-1 lowers to Gite In s e Art it stride |WI A wrestling and gymnastics room will bo opened daily from 2 to 6 p. m. accovding to ah announ- Ctmeu from Spike White, Direc- tdr nf Intramurals. The room is located under the north sfdc stands r : 4- M • . , | kLOWKRS, tneinhcr of the A AM Tiimhling (! pb. : giv<H> a lU inonstralitni of trani|UUne tiunhling between halves t j of Hlhe Southwest Mpthmlisi-Aggie basketliall game. Holding the *scanvas foi Flowers are Iftprnei Welch (left) and Bob Gary. If ! [ ■ r Ii 4j: .1 • j ! If ; 4—-f-ft— j—rl — h' 4— t - ■— 1 — - i ier of the umb(ing Club} will bo in ic room. The Aggie give instrjetion in ttlBim|poline tumbling to the brave aiid 1 straight tumbling instruction |p{ thie rest. Flowers ig the Aggie who re cently entertained fans between halves of the SMU and ’HCU bas- kctbdll games with his acrpb&tics on the trampoline. In addition ot the tumbling' fa- cHiti<l® ( the room will also have wljestling and woightlifti(ig equip ment so followers of the irunt and groan sports will have plenty of . -.D j i Top Joyce* Teams In St To Play Starting March is the. latest e Bas North Texas Agricultural . the First Annual State Junior ment to be heki here March 1,2, Games will tie played in DeWi T Fool's Gold e Basketbal ■ . re Field H( ■♦refereed by Southwest C ! MTAC i« the wventh it ■ !: rtunity to display their a! It ibih- B a ttd11o n P OR -ft WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1048 Page 3 ' Gate. the face of a round of denials from; top paseball men. he best evidence i$ the docu-j men .s themsclvesj,” Rickey said Pro Players Pick “Landis Of Irolir lo Standardize Rules By HAROLD M merits and what iwas in them. The Brooklyn! boss said copies j of ; a resolution to bar Negro players -j- adopted unanimously, ; he j declared, by aijoint [najor |j league meeting, Brooklyn except ed r—vvefe taken hack after the vote. I- I ; I ; ■ ; “Toil can’t find a copy of’ that' ! (See BARRED, Page 4) j j 4- : i lI :i i/f’l .Spoils Editor IIAUIMNGUN, Tc‘x., Fe)>. df the prodessioiiiul golfers assi lights and the other things that I have s|)en|t two weeks nakihg twir winter tour. I wias willi/themH , U fjjii Anjuipio and at the Iwivve ? I’ii-io (Sranqi)! Valloyf Hlpen here". “Everybody knows about the tloc^J|^ r ' JicV(H?J , si l (|U(isli()r| L* IS I with! ! inthingi fundanif'htall)' golf. Inj the first placi }• There vrongi . i: is one cr the few sports I halt jtasintit had a bettjlpg sGunlia] <> |ny .klhd <>( smudge placed !oh it f om afccusationsj of players ‘throw- i ig ijnatche.]" or taking' monby t<> I lay ’d own j’] ;| , . J ,! The.’'trophies have come 1 mostly cyer thi riilhs of play and over wh<> ii re ItjoiOnforte them. ■ 4; If’.: * 4 ■' : Criatg \ytod, the Ibloiide veteraifi from New A ork jw’hd has 1 been inak- Sig t/#el^nmial tours since 15128--} a yekf after they were started V. BAILIFF “Sorry, your paelj “Sure, Donfynt iCKeWijng Sure o'litk.lU Ll.J another pack iwell »hovr?” lentyne <! um !:• UfllVER DIAMOND litornobile Re ,1.t i 18 -4/P)— Why the troubles iciatiOn'.’ Why dissension} fist are clouding golf in America? with I li'e^rofessional golf or s the Texas Open if confidenee from tlie4ar!>|ii'' had Worse still, a Ipss of cotljw-'lncc' (from tlii- people of 'AmeriijaljHkdjo is|ionsor the tournaments and' fu4 jnish the money for which ttthey play. . j | ! NEW YORK, Fob. 18 </P»-Bay- l0r has joined the Oklahoma Ag gies and California as the likely winners of three of the country’s major collegiate basketball con- i|erenceM, T ]( ,' Baylor clinched at leant a tie for the SouthweM Confe ence by pipping Southern Methoiist last : fight, 51-4'ft. )] i J j ' ! 1}!, It was the Beat's’ 10th straight conference win. They n^v need to Win Only one of their remaining two league games to replace Texas as champion. The, Oklahoma Aggies, with two victories over St. Louis, virtually have regained the Missouri Valley Conference crown. Califirnia, al ready conceded the Pacific Coast Southern Division tide, is favored to whip whomever takes the North ern division laurels in the playoff for the conference’ blue ribbon. Baylor’s win was a first-class thriller. At one time Southern Methodist tjrailtjd by 23-7, but staged a Hen* satiopal rally in the second half. |)oak Walker, of football fame, lied! Hie score at 49-49[ in the last, minute only to see Ojell Preston flip in the winning goal for Baylor a. few second}, later. Pro Gridding Hard Work Says Beehtol AUSTIN, Tek.,-*-Hubert Beehtol, twice AH-Amerjca end at the Uni versity of Texqs, says the glamor, the glory and . the glittering gold of professional football do not com pensate for the bumps and bruises. Beehtol played with the jHalti* [more Colts of the AU-Aiherica Conference^ last year and was well paid for his efforts. But he doesn’t believe the loss of 25 poun4s‘, plus HIB BECHTOL May Not Go Back ! ouse and will onfe: J. nitdly signed up so fa*, entrants include: Wejrmir Pla|nvie)v, Amarillo, J C.; T J. C-; Don Morris; JaaksOnv - Ranger 1. C., and Blii Bi iham- bach Marty Karow ik the invitations and is aHl^ing o if best teams in the Jjtiiuor C Conferences, whi ■ Mifry Tou th^tjea the fans with to| inment. total of 16 teams tcred in; ; the double rnament which men be |!23 games pla; vi\\ pr ight wjjll be InH elimination} ns hat thire! _ aj^J4hT]|h(i thrm-day period. ! ^ I- ! 1 T he schedule calls fo i: (game; stall daily at 9 a. in’ and thnugh the day at on I and hal ’ hour intervals. F iijal ga wil start at 9 p. in. eveti nigh the toi|i7iament, . After the first roun<, the w nifig pight teams wfll paii for the title race, while losing squads will editinue play for the consblatkn prize ' 3 ’ . I . r ' ‘ j. This tournament is sftnsqra the Brazos County A&MI Club, ^ "Flop” Colson in chaise of raqgcments. There wii be trophies awarded to tne/wim anq vunnor-up teams in bpth el pamona.] |i 1 / p .[! Tickets for the touri now on [sale at Lijwco macy, North Gate, an puij Corner and Cave, be ! $2.01) for- students wives, |md $8.00 for ijjjcii-Stu< adiilts, and will entitle it ic ho to kttenjj all of the 23 gjames s<}l Golf Czar So they named George Sebnei- H-r of Ogden, Utah, a golfer, as the Judge Landis of golf. Srhnei- terls word will be final in evpry- thing. ^ ; |; j Bruins Cinch SWC Crown; Arkansas, Longhorns Second . By PAUL MARTIN By trouncing the SMU MustangH iu Waco last mght, the high-flying Baylor Bears mathematically cinch ed a tie for the SoutHiyest Confer ence cage crown anp ^ probably cinched dole possession of the hon- 1 or. The Bruins won! tqp ijonoiVjn 11946. U !■. . • '! [fl i Texas University aqd Arkansas, • ■ n< 18 gruelling games in foui} q,nd one-half months, offer a fair return on the dollar.! i ! ■ Beehtol came to Austin to Regis ter in the university and complete work toward a degree in business administration. After that he j§n’t sure he will go back to pro foot ball. He may go into businesshcre. The big wingman Wlicv4 the Colts’ chances of landing Bobby Layne, Texas’ fabulous parser, was enhanced by Chicago signing Johnny Lujack, the Notre Dame star. : , ■ j. “That gives the Bears four good quarterbacks,” Beehtol figures, and Bobby probably knows he would be buried far down among the subs on a club with all that talent at his position.” Layne, said Beehtol, would be about the only eonviijicer he would need to return to the Colts; next year. In 1944 and 1945 Bechtdl Was Layne’s favorite parsing target. nejnt )’s Pft he Cp ■ices ; nd thWi < nt \r\ dulled. I Texas Junior CqUegi||ti have |r o J Hljate-wide tournament!: pf thp r | own, ajnd with the ^op}Hearns f each conference entlWd, til e ^ be 4 tourhament winner w( best irt the state. , Bill Mt'l son . 18-year cr jwfioill T vi - * fit* ish-Bee,Tyler pip “"by Nigl** f | ^Aggie var vadi t fir \ Ii outfit- d* get a trial vijith Saep- mehto ip the Pacific Const Leal soeiked pight !of his $4 hi)me for Anpheim; Calif., Iljiilt ise over the 420-foot ccnterjlifield 1 I’ — It Sniiic of the gqlleis say Sphnci- j ; t,h e on |y serious Cflintepderk for the Ier is not tough enough! bttt all jponprs, have been 'eliminated for admit he is honest and jJttpight- } yjj practical purposes by virtue of forward and will do what lie-!;t W0 ; losses .each, !; reasop.. j ! liijves to be right : !! , H} Either of th.c Hwo.j eoi Id epu-. Wmen tou have about two j And whether he is tough enough ceivably share the crown by l)eal , Jiupdrcd lellofs | playing golf, hasn't been determined. Until.! now • ■ -• ■ J ' - - '• •' with , many of them having to h,’ hasn't had enough authority lo win in order to! eap are go- jget tough. His work was haPilled il uts pis firjger, I believe, oil the Wai 1 nfasi ing the other should Bayoir drop its last two tilts; io are trying to win, for every right.” can’t hqlp hav ing Some ut gblf Des Smith, new Referee in the American Hockey League, is a former member of the Wepiblcy Lions in the English 1 Hockey Lea gue. Bobby Locke’s wife mil dam b- ter 1 ari visiting in Pinehurst, N[ C.. while the South Amcri|4n Go4 is hitting the touniamtemti traiL ■—" I ’M FOR THE FINEST IN; Clead > r . , ,, v ii When flu* Razorbhcks at d Steers ing to ha m arguments, says hy a eommittee. Now he’s the judge tangle this week-end in Fayette*. Woqd. *8 fley are; finely-drawn ' 1 ■' 1 •' ’ 1 *' • athletes w They! fight Thus golf jnSsen^ionk dip. urnni r ’RUSSIANS SKARt HING ORSE TROTTING II tfal duthbrity who!: can step ijp l| ajild . With j firmness Uind wtth[, thfc i, I1WJ rpspect o|t all the players see; that!||,y (Jarmans flurinir the fcajr—r wfcry ; rule is enfc|cei.ll and that has not been fourid. ejVery [/me teecives his propit.dijr The German invasion sa^ the ttSfti ;; .S' ’!| rf«4 'gtjlf; took thp-step that cap I deebmbli 1 tpurnaiine tjngcther' HX 1 *’ j 4 that ehd during the I nt|:here. 'Ilte players got! apd deciqpd something | V faced a loss ‘ |L -—fh— cjpne. Thij i getting yourielf offer you’re seen my fjly By Adams r ‘**lp ■ ■ ! I ^ iIet f Wu ’catTT'lujy’ it—We can make it : ! II r I l Ph< Eldcti P«v<cr and i J ■ ! 4-n t SJSDO r~p—■' i . I4r" Al:_ Service I and , AX1CAB SERVICE ■ I f * . j • ' . r — EJxpert Repair on r. al App iances vn MoWers Repaired UR MACHINE WORK J*; cst :«th fax rv ee - 2-1369 -2-1243 Bryan"' 'll 4 • I.amlis of golf who makes all the jyille, the number two tcatn in the decisions. },' ’SWC will likely be detierrhined. — r-f—~ 1’ i Texas, defending .champidn, made 1 a strong bid for the crown with eight straight wins until it bowed to the Bruins arid to Bice. The MOSCOW —</P> r- Russia^ fa- Bears accounted for both Of the moup trotting borsil Graba ^tplen j Porker losses. ij I I- The Bruins on the btht-r hand, j were not seriously considered fop j iE the fho top slot in the conference until | Wehrmacht take off a numlier of the season was well underway, fine race horses from the sjjil of Baylor converted to the Oklahoma the USSR.' In .addition to (fraba,, A&M method of play early in the the famous Gilda was also re- seakon. This methiod calljt for ~ but some eyesight. 'fUT "L ! I i I nr- ! I 1 4 Ihb was found, hodmver,; glower break and a more syste- ■h!ow she had losj;: her nratjc ptocc^duivi of Working the ball in under the goal. This ptivolves - | ifewer shots and a belter percent age of goals and usually results ip lower scores for both teams. Texas gets another crack at the Bears on February 25. The game )s to be played lit Austin. Baylor Closes against TCU in Waco Feb ruary 28. C$eti Cars Fr ii h i t. ;| -j r 0\ ' iliki !| I - We Have Tfieni - |! j ! r j; Hi AN PONTIAC COMPANY te Post Office Texas Across from t P ill Bryan, — 4- a •RECORDS •RADIOS' \i School & Office Supplies ALL YOUR NEEt)S r OYEBS'FUR STOR jjr y. r 2-IS85^ ■ X YOU’LL LIKliS M'g Allir PARK L i r xa^ JAggie varsity ^s- jtMhAviJI be invading points 4rth. this week-end but there will “ plbnt)y <if action |n DcWaroi ddhouH- Saturday qight when , > Aggie Fjsh-Bce qu ntet ineeta ftflerl Juqior. College alt I'.W T • Cnaktu vi, vn Wagstaff’a Tyler of the better lun- tqams in the state. Thu atts ^re dne of the squads who idve already accepted in invitj ' nnua' U. li, /qnioi Gollede Basketball Touhia- nfent to be played here, and lijoMii show - " >al| that w 11 be pjayed in sslclWith the Tyler squad vlll he the Eleventh official game 'or Coach Jqhpnic Frankie's five- Thje jun.i<||r Aggies have a y*- Cord of six wins against fpur fietbacks. The^ !»« , 4 suite! the Rice Blpe Bolts, 'I|» heir f ph} the Fis liyerake of hirough the mnen s if mark ‘! jeirc] Ama ill Taefr latest effort re- j>4-51 victory oV^r 'contests this pea*} lees have poured an ty points per gaiflu tsket while their op- tallied an average of ph tUt. - , iwell, the formeri has played ojily in a Aggla .i! tallied 48 poin out of{ niii foul | stripe 'have »Well maintain a 16- ’ sa otfter game# are sebo- t ie Tyler game will be, thu I the! Fish-Bees will play riNT g<}Me pace. led/ akt tilt thej Fish-Bees will play meetiiig the Texas Short- hire Hatch 9. The Cadets k [ji 464ft decision from" the o ns in their first meeting t i, 5 'I ’ ' rf: ’ 71, NOR LEAGUER CC^Y NINE yim-RPM- SollyiMis r league mangg dtain, is the lit seWj ’cqac|i at New York’s Ci 7A 6>ia|duatt' of Occidental Col- |Lh Aijgcles, iiK 1927, Mwh- playfd .in the Riinors with tncis^d, Jersey City [jand . He formerly piailjlgml e} H. Y,; ,iq /fbny im, K.' Y. r ‘ 'A' 191; Pei tis-si m ind Amsterdam, nge, :ih bps ian Fr / IbnUi-u. iVellsyi Ie. .Qagu-c and Kj; he Canadiaji-Amcrican ih League. hialWcllsvilJe team fwon Lejigue playoffs. ig,|»ul iRIOE-DAY SERVICE Li _i : • ' ‘l | ! .. MM Cairo tOO*/* Keg Fin«0 Quality Stationery is wch a penonad thing! Choose it thoughtfully, make it truly yours by keepin the «ame ‘‘pattern,” just like your silver, china and crystal “patterns. Among our Montag’s statioi [ you're certain to find exactly the the weight, the color that Alt perionaUty. 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