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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1948)
, J l-': f .. H '' i r i Met With A Futiulp u 7 -l ?•; I ! ft H Good, N' Are jComing By &a t for -Id h|av wit of tfa i ith a bat i ix rln* ■stofd ii t Whei; ‘er« ieii t* the eHari ; ’b ehi»ag| led 21(1; : i Johjuiie F erratic reason last . scheduJed its fin^li ; season at A & M wk The Firt-Bees cam. twelve-Rame schedule ting average' of .5' and six looses-—but little bdtt;r than everything is taken in a lion. The Junior J K7 total points as 522 by their opponent It was 'apparently i department that Fr suffered. TTiey comi sohal fouls while the jenewy w committing 179 and their shooti; for charities was a bill below This largely accounted | for mw ‘ the dose losses—43-42';. against' i' • Rice Bfuei Bolts, 43-40 tq Ty Junior College, and 3$-38 aga: the Texas Shorthorns7 , Individual performajiices pi up high in the Fish-B laggn An average of ten fneshir three varsity reservcsj'played gatne. Too, Jim Kijirkland,:’ wfi averaged, eight points per* jgmtin and Wray Whittaker jwei-e gradi a ted to the varsity at midsieiHsoo Truett Mobley, |a freshai from Austin tallied 6}5 points . the 12 games to spiirk efforts. Mobley who thing like five-eight, -Err 1 ? ! 6 isketball team wound up an and | had the varsity not re- tTuWr nstory. iy, the 1947-48 ( ■ i . i 1 ■ . • ji Former Cour I TF -r m l>! i Jf” i Battalion PORT T FfT : v" I : I' r |. : • 11: ! 1 ? i I . •? )AY, MARCH 3, >1948 Page 3 proving little short tion, racked up 59 games to set the scoping atwlageti per game record This leaves a bright year’s calendar. I Turnbow, Bill Batcy, Bob Kamperman, Buddy Moore, Gene Jini Kirkland, all mai yeiar’s, varsity quinte gible, backed by ah in of this year’s freshm Height will not problem .is John Martin, K mneth Suit others a.11 tqwer .weB foot mark- * j. < ‘ r ♦v [ *, s | Bruce Barnes, former tennu ichan^ion and coach of the U. S iDavis Cup Team will conduct i .djnic at A&M on Mondaj All persons interested in getting help with their tennis are invitet to attend this clitiic. It will be hek in the afternoon. L Ads* included; in Bruce BarneS’ visit to Aggidand will be an exhibition match between him and members of the Aggie var sity. Both singles and doubles matches may be played. The exhibition matches will played in the evening on the boa in DeWare Fielcihouse. Barnes won numerous sidgj les titles, including the Natioh Intercollegiate Grown in 1931 a National Professional Double Championship iiji the years 193: 1934,1939 and 1943. In 1939 he cpached the U. 1$ Davis Cup; TeaiO. jGa $am J an ■hrickjtl, tays; will ' sing a n squad. I so gllrea itt,, ^la: andlisevii DiMaggio Take Batting Till From Williams By JOE KE1CHEER ST; PETERSBpRG, Fla., Mat. 1 - < A > *—Jqe DiMaggio has servrid [notice on Ted Williams that he is out to, wrest the American League’s batting championship from {the slugging outfielder of the Boston Red Sox. j , The star centerfielder of New York Yankees, who nosed o Williams for the league’s most vi l- j | uable playei;-award last year, says j , { he thinks a .350 percentage can ’ i j ,11 f I Ii IT ii | the trick. At least that is the figure VmiPVna I f !' ^ c has set his sights on for IP'S8. . J v Williams won the batting title la^t i •: | f I year with: a mark of .343. ok tvored Weyland Loses Tournament Entere List Day Si ! By ART HOWARD Top-nited Wayland’s loss to Blinn featured yesterday’s play in the Junior College Tournament here. Wayland’s de feat leaves the race wide cmen and without a definite favorite. There was plenty of action yesterday but the hard- fought Parife-AmariUo game was4- I V Tourney the beat show of the day.. Both teams were powerful outfits but they held each other’s score down as Amerillo won, 52 to 43. Tyler also showed plenty of class while defeating Kilgore to 37. TODAYS GAMES: f .! ii ■. | ?. j j i The afterhoon session ended at 4{ •«!. today with the John Tarle- ton-Cdrpus game, ' Tonight at 7:30 the dinner of the Corpus-Tarleton game will mpet the winner of the flillsboro- McNeese contest in the consola tion finals. 4 !■ ' The third-place winner of the tournament will be decided today at 6 p. m. The loser of the La- mar-Blinn game will meet the loser of the Aatarillo-Tyler game. The winners of these games will play tonight at 9 p. m. in the championship final »ls. Amarillo-Paris Amarillo became the team to beat yesterday after beating the smooth-working Paris Junior Col lege team of 52-43. After Wayland lost to Blinn in the quarter finals, the tall Amarillo Badgers rated the fa- sonals to U for the lighter- fingered Lamar team. Lamar was scheduled for a semi- finals game against Tyler this morning at 9, Ranger-Hillsbort I Hjillsboro stepped ^into the quar ter finals of the Consolation brac ket yesterday afternoon with a surprise 48-38 victory over Ranger Junior' College. Ranger fvas picked as a seeded team in pre-tournament pairings and was favored to take the Hills boro Indians. Charles Sullivan of Ranger had an eight-point average in season play, but failed to hit the hoop at all yesterday. , / J. D. Wilcox led the Indians with 17 points, making his bas kets from close in. Guard Joe Ur bis helped to sew up the game as he sank ten points late in the game. The score at the half-time read; Hillsboro 18-Ranger 14. But tlje Indians put on the strain immed- their 15 McNeese- Texas Lutheran The J948 Southwes ference baseball sche opena April ! l with a Rice and Ba; other fo.i as XI., f pril 2 and the Ohfls am into tMi second game April 2 ■xa.s vA Ric • at Houston Apjrii 80 V8. At l«r vi. Waco. A4M, T open on Bears of the teamjs, Tejui>| v, m tcu ’a Aggies ’s Laagborns ‘ Southern If Christian play The Psnies and ix again the f «rt Worth, journeys to tackle R*re for Md#od>Ht Fort j SMU Muq- He Ow lately after the half and ran up 5 Ppint margin. vqrite spot. , Forward pat Babb lej the Ama rillo team with 20 poinjts, but his high-scoring partnet, Whit Pate hit the bucket oifly twice for four points. Bofii of these men have been .sparking the Badgers all sea- MnL- ' ''f, I |] • {, : . ;Pans tudcT anly six men in an , . attempt to halt the tall Badgers. Cusic’s Cowboys wjth 24 pomts, and High scorer for the Paris team was ! forward " ^ ’ Amo^ Floyd with 13 pejints. : Forest i j Amarillo led 27-21 at the half! ther f" P?. int makers with a 12 but pulled away quickly in the I P 0,nt totajl. second period.) The tall B^sers ^ p Allan were hot oii their shots all evening '^OipUS'/AllCn but the Par|s team was a smooth John McNeese ' Junior College knocked the Texas Lutheran Bull dogs out of the tournament yester-j day morning by a top heavy 62- 38 score.,} The wiri advanced the Louisiana! school into the semi-final round of the consolation bracket. Bill Dimmidc paced Coach W. N. Star Apfil 6 for a round vrith the Aggies while Rice and Teitajmeeft in Augtiin. Texas and TCU slated to tangle in Austin April On April 10, TCU and Tex is swin; into tfieir second round, A !jM hi the road for Houston to jtpike «n the Owls, and Baylor play in Dallas. SMU travels to Austin for a game with Texas, Karow's charges play t)b tangs At Dallas April 17 v ;|i and Fitogs meet in Fort Wo)tfth, an| Texas mixes with the Goldua Bears in Waco. Other scheduled games follows April 19 A&M vs. TCU in Fort W • Ska 1 vs; SMU in Dallas April 23 vs. Baylor in W vs. Rice in Hous| : April 24 vs. Baylor in W: of all'visithii basketball pla in the Student room 101, vs. A& 1 egg Station Austin, oustbip vs. A&M at College Station ylor vs. Texas at Austin ID vs. Rice at Houston SMU vh. A&IV at College Station ItCU • Vs. Ricej at 1 Houston ty 7 at College Station at Fort Worth I SMU at Dallas vh. A&M at College Station exas vs. Ride at Dallas vL y 10 at Fort Worth y ll . t at Houston . y 14. &M v$. Teias at Austin $MU vs. Bajilor at Wuctr May 15 A&M vs. Texas at Austin ISMU vfe. Bailor at WacO ' May 19 ,'!•) TCU vs. SMU at Dullas i i ■ j { i i U May m . &M, College Stathm ay 21 College Station 11 , J. Another round of d ay wi 1 b<q soon in the College !: tation Vofl( y* hall League accondi ig to an dhl' nouncement by W. * a aid rector of the league. The team manager ting. the. pames, of al: clpating |ln the; Dovielli rt, Ft are how jji men intef od in play. The plpyoff gairtej t round was held Mon •the Consolidated gitm Cubs of the National leajssue ing two straight gabies firtomi Senators; of the Araericanl le*{ • 15-13 and 15-7. | Til W. R. Horsley managed xhe;4<i- torio.us Cubs and Gordon Oay vfe the Senators’ skipped t p | I’m really looking forward to fine year, one «f my best,.’” S; DiMaggio yesterday. At one tiihe lil’or another Joe has led the leag ie [r f in batting, runs) batted in, hone {jtf runs, tripies, hits and runs scojrejd ‘T feel ever hi ? trainai Center Joe Moiiton, (19) tries to take the hall away from j NTACl’s center, Paul Mitchell, left, and James McAnally) Mil- j jclielLkeored 20 points In this game yesterday, but! Lamar beat [ NTAC 59 to 44. .1 ] ; j[| ! • j Cadet Thinly Clads Hosts To et working Outfit. Paris star Charles Whitten, who scored 30 points earlier in the tournament, was off his aim as he only scored 10 points in this encounter. Wayland-Blinn Gray Eargle of Corpus Christi; beat Bryan Academy almost by himself yesterday by dropping in 18 points as Corpus won 55 to 42. Got A Break CHICAGO U- <A*l Jimmy Delsing, up foi the Chicago White S dia ‘ he Bay, . Wis. Delsing wad the Green Bay team play Soxf d i d career from ajji as a 16-year old : ip Gre L 'da’tchi' one dp when the shortstop broke his leg. Jimmy sltq ... — — — the breech, went |oh to This dvas slightly below par I with jffolly'Vqod last sei for Eargle, since he had an aver- I promotion to the majors tke d >ed ini tJ** ripies, hits and runs scared, j 1; |,« i, ; , m Dual Meet Saturday j I i uaimjug u« ou- IMJ nin., v ie iri thf in^t|4 Yankees,” he sai«L “My arms a id y evjjiinjg-iii legs are in great shape. My weight is okay. I’m just itching to get T l lea rile k| j bat in my hands." The Yankee clipper said he wis fully recovered from the ejtw operation he underwent last fa He expects his throwing*arm to as strong as evet this season. The \ - |L -'-- L -L - > wound on his left heel, where >*-1 41 was operated upon a year ago Ii I the removal of a spur, is still Opt BRYAN INDIAN. SALpj Service, Parts & {Acccsdorips • ‘ . Fbr All Motorcycle! ,| | New & UiSed Motorcycles! It won’t be fully heeled for another year;- I 1 I ..Termi Frank L. 1210 S, Hwy. 6 4 Askew’ | \ { i; j More Ball spiorts writers !ar i : needed. Anyone interested ire j, port to Art Howard, Battalia) l office. -7 ] I • p' '■ V , 1 One of the biggest upsets in the tournament was’the upset of Way- Jand by Blinn J. C. yesterday. The Blinn Buccaneers used only Mx men to beat the No. 1 team in the # j, J j . ; ’ I ' tournament, 55-49-, HpRSHELL f SHEI.Bl One of the big lactors in the QUt-1 ( Sydon Hrachovy led the Bucca- | Satu’ijday aftetpobn at Kyle Field conic of the competiltibn will hdJow neers with 24 points, second high- aoumWfst ('onfcrencc track will the cadet distance men stack up cst individual score in the tourna- ihakfi it! 1948 debut, as the maroon against a powerful arriiy of tlis- |j, e ht through Tuesday, md! white preparr^ to defend its tanee men from the Pony Acyes.- Following Hrachovy was team- ohahjpidnship agirihst the invadihg (iomlitioning will show up herej mate Reuben Jochec who’ account- 1 .onghojfns. • After this meet the Aggies jvill e d for 20 scores. Jochec ami Hra- T-lk! Aggies [arc ih good shape be pointing toward, the Border choyy tore through the tight Way- l!6r mi* time of the Veari but Will Olympics Meet in Lyredo iMarch:12-! Innd defense around the eirrle 5 red by the loss of one oi liV. This is the first big track event Xle leading thei? team to a win. ainstayS;. Jimmy Hill, of the year. Texas U is the defend-) Wayland couldn’t hit the bas- leen il) and will be unable ing champion. w 'hile the Blinn team ran up Kyle Field has. been sotted- as a 35.26 lead at the half, the site for the dual meet with 1 ohe bright .spot in Wayland’s Rice on April 17. | { | H [ j ganle was the performance of D. W. . .m, 17. Hawkins, who scored 20 points to AAl >Vrestlmg rinals .keep his team threatening during Set For Hofstra College \ ! the entire game. Hawkins is the ItEMPSTFAD M V i i highest scorer in the state KimSr Na<i,n,V A 4 0 J ««K •»*'«- senior wrestling championships, i a ^ e hettei than 17 points per whi,ch will be held at Hofstra p»l- ' |e hjsmi , , . . . .... last yeirl- mainstays. Jimmy Hill, of the year. Texas p is the defend-, Vho has been ill and will he unable to compete. Normally, he could be Counted on for points in the broad- HU Goode will be entered in .the bjroadjump to help, fill (he i vacancy left by Hill. Texas 1 is {eaf ecfelly Strcmg in that event as ifhey qave.the NCAA lSlB broad- 'furtp {champiqn. |T)e'|.C'ad(‘ts hafl an intersqOarl Uieef list Saturday but no results were (given-out, Sfnc u given• out lege'here on April 15, 36 andi 17, ■ wTfp a p t m jncf thefe two opponents bi)th ' ‘ i pmcf tnese iwo opponents iniin ” J { Havd approximately the same teams Olympic wrestling trials) thatj they had last year, sonic l ^ ,s •mlucement, Hofptra Baylor Vs. 4 ii' 1 Itaylor vs. ^ ioflltali League I, ormed for Clubs ■ 1 ' A softball league is* being fonh- juif.. for a)! hometown cluhk, buii- hiess societies, iaml {other orgHilixh- itions on the cimpjus, Grady Eln s, isistant direcjtor of student ac ,i- ilies, announced today, jj! Any club on (the campus'is eli);i- “le to enter a -teare in this kagi e, !ul students fnay play ’ on ({ither k, dofmitor!, or military orgaTuT libn {team. Ilf a club Is cxo< [p- Itoimlly large, more than ope team lay he entered, alth<«igh a student iai’ pUy on only one of these tarns.'M j ' J,■ • Clubs must fil^ their entries |aM| the Student Activities Office Iwfore MarcH 10. •; | I! G4mes are scheduled to be plhy- ed <tn thursdky afternoons, Kuns Said, with Intfamural rules apmy- 'ing] in (iach g^me. If there are koo ;»iHiiy teamsJgames will also bu ijplaiyed !on Tuesday afternoon, i USED CAR ' i i i i ■ 1 jv * BARGAIN 4 ;1 ■ j J* j J | 'jr v ; Priced tc^ move quickly 1 it ■ I •• i r* J: 42 Ford Tudor .... $1095.(M) ’42 Plymou h Coach .. jlfil Ford Tlidor .... I ftO Mercurf Tudor . 8«5.!() ;’3» Ford T>lor .... ;'S8 Chevrotet Coach . $r>95.|)b Alsol di hied selection makes and {models, and ’47 models . J u. A Flashy NTAC lost out in the! quarter finals * 44-59 to a strong’ lefbrefeand Hrtwevir the‘outcome Aries/in the finals.! There we ref 184 Umar quintet. a*nter Bill Moody: Klhjctiand. iiqwtycr, the oukonu / jn the ^ A . u , M the Umar Cardinals scoring The Olympic trials will be helil in with 18 points. Ames, la., 5n April 28, 29j 30, Following Moody for the Cardi- UVertltsfcan be pretty well predicted °if.icials ex pet-1 mpre than 200= en I (‘Forehand. iHcjweyer. the outcom" Ames, in * “ u * ( f tjhejniect is anybody’s guess. Pictured above are the College View Volleyball last semester. la! the lower row, Andrew Briscoe Bennie King, i Robertson, David Thomas and Gad Enrelimr. * King, and George Boyd. In the bop row they are and GuM Engrifatg. r silfes the tjroadjump, the hurd- Ips maf-.prove dnothcr critical event .for t.h^ Karipeips. The question will ! whether pr not Aggip Bill Car- ( on cfm beat the Teasip’s tine ifurAltT- Ken Boren, in the highs. ! ARSmugh sprinter Webb Jay en wjorking out for only a fiay>, he is rounding into shjipv and.will be heavily counted Mil ' ^ i.i V 11 For Your Sporting Goods Needs JONES SPORTING GOODS 803 S. Main Bryan Ph. 2-2882 ■ V and May 1. | | nals were forwards Charles Shop- 4.——L f f taw with 1 13, fend James Anders Out For R<M*ord * [ ! * with 12. ^ ('■uinsrr, ir M ri . Paul Mitchell, the fourth highest i , V ‘ I If Max Ifent- scor( , r j n the state, led the North lej, high-scot ing center °f tb e j Texas Aggie with 20 points. Next Toronto Map e Lc-afs, wins i the ; NtAc . s sccl . in , | ist was j. D . NaUona] Hockey League .scoring Whiu . wjth n< White and Mitchell title this season he will be, the scoro d all but 13 of NTAC’s points, first player ever to wm the jm.nt- 1<amar showed one of the tight- getting championjfhip for consecutive seasons. ’ f cst defenses seen in the tourna- | ment while taking the Aggies. !| NTAC made a game of it in the! ■ Ij fiiwt half, leading the team freon The Ch i c h g o Beaumont by qne point. But the An Even Break CHICAGO—CPij White Sox have jqianaged to [win potent Lamar squad dime back; to; as many games ajk they have; lost dominate the last half over their to Hal Newhquspr, Detroit- left- shorter opponents, hander, a record np other American League club can; j match, In nine IJUIJ U<WI • IIItflAIi. Ul seasons against Ncwhouser, ; the Chisox havq won!.15 add lost 15 REGARDING TAILOR MADE .SI IT ' TO YOUR MEASURE FOR Just received a full set of pattern! from the famous makers, Kahn of Indianapolfci. Hummer weight gabardines .... 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The boys from the coast were rated ip fourth spot far the tour-, ney, but lost out to Lamar oT Beaumont in the initial round. orris-Tarleton ’Ii In the closest tourney game, thus far, Joljn Taricton of Stcphehville eliminated Loji Morris of Jackson ville 49i-4B in. the second morning contest ■ i!' ' ' -? ' The score was tight all the way as Lon Morris held a 27^26 half time margin. use; HEADQ Bryan; Motor Co. R n r 'F ■ . f' N. Main , Phone 2-13; JED GAR QUARTERS' ■'! _ . 'A : | MAGNOLIA GAB A <D OI iS Certifife(! M<||hi|l Ltibrijcation ^ggielajId si JOHN It Gdiferal WE <3ALL VICE $ I’ATION . 1 : j S' NEC, Owner ReiMriM | :' , AND jDELIviER COLLEGE STATION, TEXA^ . SUNBEAM (X)KFEE MAKERS