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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1948)
jancep d up twjo) (notch . r eet Over ak 5 Pool Marks ,]!•- A&ty’s srning title ipi Tinkers ile tiie! LO Earl AM squaiu, badly be Dal a's Te*as a duel meet Fr 10 tHe smu meict lin taking ih( . Farmer team fcel . while taking ke' The only jevept! were able* to U k yand free Htyle n > Most imipressivi cords was thci on ley Relay,) w th Qeae Sujmneis, setting aj phepc 2:52.2. Thjis time faster than th; f ts record, and 17.8 A&M pool) rettoifd. Djtnny onranui !< ing berformarc^ yard free [style, 220 I y ard free Johnny FlHeiniaiji di b tjipiinc- M2 in nijghlj Uefore gies ^atjirday I ' v. the i« sords ustani s thjree pool feijpf nin< tients. Which tlei; hosts b were he .440- njdl 400-ya::d elay. of the niew re- pet in tpe Med- * — rd-phfncer, lowai-rf njd Danny: ^reen enal ini}; qf { s : 17.8 defends riding co ifefence lower thpij the Both D^nny Gfeen jpnl |fljerpie firsi| plaw iij Fisher I wjm thh stroke. Jerry Fi^he • nlsd took a the 'Aggies ih and Gene Sumie s won yard breasts tro Br spite* of B 1 is-. othe^-events, ithje Mustangs in aiqpiok tune lay match: to nc of >:i:33.3. Thlis| .seconds Ijowei: I) 1 I it mark of 3:43 5 The other Sp l ' -r- i \ : You are ini > I when w eir recoijdrb eak- (£reen it ltl|?.lQ0 dud Syfanj ii the 4' ■ j . . of A4SI <tqok k-ting -ani I. B uddy 150 yarjdji)' >ack- rHll fo 47-yj ’ [•’f i i ii I : TT) PORT S 1.: ilGNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, mt Page 3 War Stopped •‘f Aggie Cagers Row i U,TCU wim- Aggie : SMU 46-27 Friday afternoon in Dallas,. this week-end as the •ns lo^t 40^-44 to Gklahoma University. : :0. U. fell^ 47 to 29, to the powerful ,'ree style in which Goodman And’ (leorge Henderson outlasted Tom-; iy Knox of A&M. ITILL GREEN IN “BIG D” - Dallasite Danny Green, who used to swim for the D.AX., broke Jus own pool rgcord, and bettered the National Collegiate Record, in the 100-yard free style in the A&M-D.A.C. meet in Dal las Saturday. I Pool records fell in over half of the events, with A&M breaking two. to three for the home team. A wjn in the 400-yard relay match gave A&M the margin of victory over the hosts as Fisher- Riley, Syfan, and <5reen took fthe distance in record time. Berhie Syfan also came through With (a first in the 220, while Jack Riley tobk the 50-yard free style. Ag-Ex May Conn •li Slash, the j'200- To A&M* But Grid Eligibility Gone ce. I>ei ig-outc. in |the 440^ai|l re new pol record more tihaji 10 jwin waf thf i of a rea ou eat DALLASI, Feb. 23 Henry Foldberg, Jr., foimer West Point fobtball star, said today be planned to become a coach and did not think he would enter professional foot- ball. , , *1- [I Foldberg, wh|o finished his gijid- iroh eligibility at West Point in lO-lO, was due to be graduated in I|1949 but resigned from the Acade my to, come to Dallas because of family financial matters. ] I* I “I want to become a coach and if I had remained at the Point for! graduation it would have meant ithree or four years more in the army after that,” Foldberg said. jf U Coach Harry ; Stiteler keeps a rinse watch on the football play- erf as they go through spring training. Behind) him are the new locker rooms gdlng up under!the stadium. •fvt, '—r —I —— irbacks Split pith Tl to Give Baylor SWC Crown I!"! " ) r . i Bicycle Races Return to NY ! to get k disastrioiis read tr out of sixth p NEW YORK, Feb. 22 —<*>—A (bunch of old-timers, guys with white hair and round, soft bodies, were sitting around a hqtel room discussing one of the toughest grinds in sports. . . that is six-day bicycle racing, which wil), return to New York February 29 for the first time since the war, . . The riders had had^a couple of faces in Cleveland and Chicago and tfitre’ll be a lot of familiar names in the field, but the talk of this jgfoup concerned the great riders of bygone days, races in the “old” garden, redolent of gariijc! and red iWine and fans who went], without sleep longer than the riders, and races in Paris, and Newark, and Chicago and Berlin and Montreal. The group included the promot ers of the 1948 race, Felix Lafen- etre and Mike Santarpia; Joe Fog- ler, a ijfreat rider: of the 1905-15 era; Francis Albertanti, the tub- !ace i by the fouth Evejrj the . . . to put /i&M bin out of tljie cellar. A hot Mustang squ^li! beat A&M a few weeks la go, on controlled the game w»jle belli Aggie players practici % sco: Aggie Substitute m 1 land led scoring fofr IMIlliiippiT in— in six points. Ro^f Confeirt niie Tj this tl.umpejf, and Bock O’Neill and a few other newspapermen. ison. a TO 1C ie, tht ilue d )ponei|j|s fts thojilirlal while (ladk- ; 32 (jiluiit- hje 1- «st a m a ti tle rejd- c d (to team*|sub- fret'ljjj, ri- only |hiee* p e n a| 1 {y gie Gager’s (chances as they wece hum- Mustangs ir Dallas quintet beat the right and left.' Jerrel «etSj fjiulmi qroppefd in [three straight charity ihqts and (Jiene Schmidt added the kstitvfo. T- . “ Aglglies drew 30 fouls but ashed in on 'only 20 of tis shots Box Score:, Fg Ft Pf Tp 2 1 2 7 5 l ^ n ii lenkins, f ettlitj f urpbbw, ain| X • r > (0 2 ^chridkel.jf lodrej, g oWmiendi ]g Schjcl*, g iTqtal^ their'first South! rest C v Albertanti started' the ball roll ing by recalling: “the first race J saw was in 1902 when I was a newspaper copy boy. I wasp passed iii and grabbed a seat in the front row of the gallery. I had my lunch and a bottle of soda and I was afraid to move because somebody would grab my seat.” ■ o FAYETTEVILLE, ARK q*P)—Texas’ Ivonghorns .azorbacks 54-43 ight, establishing , Kvj). 23 trounced Off to an early start in practicing the “T” formation are Jack Carlton, center, and Don Nicholas. This was nothing new to Nicholas, who was key man on thje; B Team when it was!running “T” plays ! tr*' tbcl Arkansas jette Saturday new South we.It Conference [free rjow* record. I ’ ' , ’ k ~ 1 k '‘“ks sank 2C of 31 o heat the. day- against the varsity last year. Watching them is Dobbyn, a mid-term freshman. IL A-M Fencers Down Baylor for Third Straight Victory 4f- Tyler Jutiior Golleg As V isitor's Hanks Makes 13 Free Shuts ! K.C. STEAKS T-BO^E STEAKS * I I -friegIchickfn All jvvitlijour F'amoMhl HOT BISCUITS: * We! alsoj hitYe orders i.mcl Ibe.vera^ Ih ’ 1 ) rP -Tr ONYXiCAkiE m. ot bi ili ■- I He may return to Togas A&.M w here he was an athlete for tw o ’ years before entering the mili tary academy. He has no further football eligibility there and would Concentrate of finishing in the quickest possible time and getting his degree in business ad* ministration. f |( By JAMES DeANDA T .1 For Your Sporting Goods Needs JONES SPORTING GOODS 803 S. Main Bryan Ph. 2-2832 e Edges Fish Bees The Longhorh< sank 2U nf .'tl . * I : :! O charity! tosses old record of 21of 30 which Ark ansas netted- list night. j The Tjk’xds victory gave Baylor l |lniveisijty the pndisputed South- ^ crowd of aliout 800 spectators watched forward Acker ffiiship! 1 Arkan^sf^beating Tex- Hanks and his Tyler Junior College cohorts outlast the Aggie [54-40 last night, wiped out the Fish-Bee quintet in DejWare Fieldh0u.se Saturday night 44-40. Hanks, prior to Saturday night’s tilt had remained in the background while team mites Jose+ Palafox and Dave Rqdrijjuez has-j * , ko'd in the limelight. Thu Cadets. I (lei fllft I4II1C r held Rodriguez to 3 p 9 in| before^ UUIUI1N F Ul he fouled: out with i’ivi mjihutes of play remaining in the first half; Palafox never found the basket. However. Hanks scored-six field goals and nit 13 times ijfc 1(5 at tempts from the charity;' line to wind up the evening with a 25- Longhorr\s’ mathematical chance of tjieing Baylor fob the title, ll The Texas vic|ory tonight did the iaihe to: Atkansgs. It was the first forker (loss at j! Fayetteville since Feb. -8. 1943 when Texas Christian wph 53-{50. l|,rffieorge Kok.li) towering Porker Center who paced his team with 15. ijtaaled the scorihg with a free toss !ih the first mquite. A1 Williams djukkly jsank another free one hut .LAngdon. then ,sapk a field ' p 0int total. Hanks’ V) frhe throws fPfl and a freeytoss to put Texas set a tu , NV recor( | j h . DeWiire Field s ’Mural Wrestling To Start Feb. 24 The Aggie Toilers won their ( third straight vietojry of the sea son in Waco Saturday night by out pointing a weak Bear team, 11-3. Dudley Stillinger and Bob Shaw led the Farmers with perfect scores in the foil and epee matches. Ful ton Dye, I. J. Barrios, and GUs Mistrot also added wins as the Ag gies took all of the epee events while losing but one of the foil matches to cinch the meet. Baylor then split the four re maining saber duels. Robert Dillion, new addition to the Cadet team, turned in a good performance with a win in the sab er contest. ‘Next on the Toilers schedule is a match with the University (if Houston team here on Saturday, February 28. j .• Ihdad. House. Ameri- The 1948 Intramural Wrestling | ^rnffoices /rankTwhm aSunueh tournament . will get underway During World War can ente gam? of the seja secolid in (two years ip Saturday night by Texas Aggies, 46-411. last loop triumph was tiihc Mast gear over f The Christians ']e< why. They were oq to half and 157-30 with to; go. Then the Aggies Turnbow and Bob pulled up sharply to at 38-all with four Eight straight frejj the game for the dying minutes, l.ittlbj of! the Frogs was lar hie. His terrific drib and around the Aggi i on aift Fort ' scori 'The i it this isunui’ ice. (; I nost of tjluv p 26,20 g|t tha iqe ni)||iu|e# T( l Kudlalty, Sch Cra|g( Bond,, f Dolnics, Weeks, (Yoiini llulty. j :|11 dt, f lig f (Jar el, g ii Wa ‘dynksi! iBroithjers, g TqtalS| «(! 1 4 3 0 1 1 0 f# 0 23 1 5 4 1 4 3 0 1 30 h- -1J 1 8 0 8 7 0 l || 41 I " I I v Fg Ft i‘f Tj» 0 3 4 3 'S '0 i i 0 4 • 0 0 5 15 3 13 1 0 0 0 13 20 19 46 A&M 20. 2 0 0 1 0 6 4 0 (i 6 0 0 4 0 3 6 0 o j “fl ii ii ji d by jfilly amper)’ e the ti inutes 1 pitcheji rpte Broc !j< ly resi| ing th DIAMOND POCKET & SPORTING Hiller had thjt) Cu \ Hard w a 2013 Collegft with demonstrations and instrucf Lea as they consumed as civilians. j) Arkansas tied it 9-9 at the 11 Coach Jolumie Frankte-Sl charges turns to he given to all entrants tniijgte mark hut the Visitors quick- started (fast and j , .ran"up |3-3 lead!. at 5 o’clock in the Little Gym Tues- y . iViovjsl ahead and never were j n t he first five niinutes. SJohn |)e- day< February 21 aiwU Tthur.sidjay', ended. 1 hey led 24-18 at hall Witt, who was switched from rjen- February 25. “Ip (j time. The capacity crowd objected i loudly to the decisions of Referee l$ll Keeling and when the game epded several spectators swarm- el around Keeling and Referee ter to forward,! contributed five points to the parly ’Eish-Bee Splurge. .[ • ( \i ’ijhe Tyler .squad spent (kite next Johnny MorifoW. ten: minutes whittling away at the Faifmer margin. Hanks (hit with disheartening regularity (from the .The tfwo offigialj; elbowed their charify line anil the club from east (Wgy to (the dressing rooms without Texas knotted the count 15-15 with incident. Ted E. Cook Files For Commissioner jDljSH|Vl|AN’ PONTIAC COMl’ANY of Across f4om the Post Office .H ( 1 fi! [I'd jE. (took. ’46,; resident j Hairvey Community. Brazos Coun- . Ith’y yesterday announced his candi- I hen Tyler reversed tithe pro- i|(|cwty for County, Commissioner of- redute, held the Bikh-Bims score- (Hecipcl I, College Station. h ss for fbur minutes, ji.ml nar- fln a prepared statement to The . roweil the gap to 34-31.j; ^;a ; tta|iqn. Cool; said that he felt The Indians tied the ciiunt with to serve as precinct com- less than four minutes tb play and nnissioncr, having had approximate- Hanks' free toss pushed Tyler ly|:16 years of experience in build- ahead with two minutes |o go. A& amj maintaining iPads. M failed to count in (tho'Tinal two (Cook dcclarejs; that “adequate minutes and Tyler widened the margin. | Scoring was evenly distributed all-wejather’ for the Aggies. Jewell McDowell, who was guarded very closely throughout the contest,!; and De- Witt led Cadet scorers With nine i points each. Truett Motley tallied j eight points for (the runnur-up spot, i and Guy Wallace followed with 7. : — .f Instructioins will !)<• given by i Spike Whitp and will cover Lake- downs, break-downs, .and pins, as | well as rales and officiating. AAU ! rules will be followed throughout the tonrhamen* , TdurnamOnt, bouts will btiginj krouml March'10 and will run for approximately two weeks with about 20 contests a day. This year’s Floor'Manager: for! until intermission. A gift shot by ( the tournamoitt will be Herb Car-! flanks gavij Tyler a 24-23;halftime ter.. lead. i ; p; ! Other assignments are as -fol-; For the first seven nunutes of lows: Mi the second Hall' an airtight Cadet Weighers Billy Hightower and defense held the Apai'he.s^seoreless Toihmy Splittgerber. and the Farmers nmve^l ahead Schedule - makers—Doug' Btnie-’ 34-24. !> field and Jabk Lincoln. Then Tyler reversed lithe pro- Timers—Phil Goode and: Joe Bea vers. | five minutes left in the half. The two clubs (exchfmgcjdl baskets (M Judges—Bud Denton and TohV Crouch. Referccs-g-Les Palmer and Cliff Ackerman. ! jj -•M:— * t! ' YE1 DIAMO' Automob It* Rfc )a}r Powt LET UB ! If yo 4 can’t Pb ditoinage and thd best bridges that the buqget can afford” is his) plat- foinn. “I consider I: tJads a necessity.” . I * 4 Sports Day at A&M Set for March 20 — FOR THOSE WHO Demand the best College Shoe Repair North Gate Score at]half[ TCU 26, T [ ' 4—— ' Dulling World War II, (men whi operajted : of ter jsat j ;befor|> fly ight-flying wj r a while in dgrk rooms J ' L ir planeij jrk rooms ig and wore dqijk glass es (in! daylight. WHEN YOUR WIFE ( GOES OUT . . ebnu* in here Io dine. t>lir tlaily menu Includes (j/i kvidfe assortment of fine ! (oodsf expertly prepared | and (courteously served. i. A- & M. GRIIjE |i North Gate SAG SERVICE r I) TAXICAB SERVICE Eleq and ntta f Ijaivr E^iiert Repair on Appllancjfs Mqwtiefs [Repaired DO ^OGP* MACHlis’E WORK t—4v$ caji make it axi-il243 j. 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