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1 Placing at Jeast second in every event, the Te>{as Agtfies roared to a thrilling tr
victory! over the,University of Texas in a dual meet on Kv|e Field yesterday afternoon.
The Aggies amassed 72 points to 50 for the Longhorns. .
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Aggies amassed 72 points to 50 for the LopghOrn
• Htindicapped by the absence of Perry Samuels and Allen Lawler in the sprints, the
Steeds jyere hapless viptims of a well condition ed I Aggie sqiiad. Not once during the entire
meet wdre the Longhorns in pos-+
es?ion the lead.
Georgle Kadera, great Aggie
weight tosser, was high point man
with 13 po
Holbrook
13, points. Kadera took first
n the jihot put, ffirst in the dis-
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cuss, aiid.eecoftd ijji the javelin.
Little; Jerry Thompson, Tekas’
famous distance runner, turned in
surprisihgly good times in winning
the milfc and two mile run. With
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forded tiriies of 4;20.2 in the mile
36.0 in
and a dH^isling/rain, Thompson re-
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the two mile.
The!running of Aggie Carol
Hahn jand J. D. Hampton was
the reason for Thompson’s spec
tacular times.
Hahn-finished le^s than ten yank?
behind Thompson in the mile while
Hampton led the great distance
Hampton led the great
man for more than seven and a
half la^s before the Texas flash
gave ojit wifh hiaj powerful finish
ing kick. Hdmptop ended about 20
yards behind.
j Thohijlisonls time in the mile was
.2 bf a-Second under the Conference
record while his time in the two
mile wps only 4 seconds over the
record. : !
Longhorn sprinter Charley Par-
in the shot put and the bn
jump.
Ace quarter milers Ray
and Art Hamden finished in Al
most a dgad heat in the -140, Ham-'i
den was judged the yfinner. His
time was 48.1.
Upsetting the dope sheet in. Hie
high hurdles, Aggie Bill Carden
came home first. The favorite, .K,en
Boren of Texas fell while going
over, the next to last hurdle.
In the low hurdles Robert Hajl,
Aggie Sophomore, lead the field
with Carden second. This time
Boren kept his feet but failed
to place. \
Art Haws hf A&M pud Robert
Walters of Texas tied for first
in the high jump at fi'2.”
Texas took undisputed first plgce
in two field events—the broad juhip
and pole vault. Walters won (the
pole vault when he cleared 12?6”
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440-yd Dash—Harnden, A & M;
first; Holbrook, A&M, second. Tjihe
48.1.
100-yd Dash—P a r k e r, Texas,
first; Napier, A&M, second. Time
lust
10.0.
; 220-yd Dash—P a r k e r, Texas,
first, Napier, A&M. second. Time
21.8.
and J. J. kobertson won the br&ad
jump with a leap of 22*. 7%”.
Five Aggie pole vaiUters cP
ed 12’ to tie for second pla<)
They were Jack Quirey, Leroy.
Bode man, Albert Ricks, Lelapd
Tate and Johnny DaCis.
Don Sparks, Texas' 1 No. 2 dis
tance man took the half mile after
880-yd Dash—S^p arks, Texas,
first; Stone, A&M second. Time
l;h7.2. ■ /
Mile Run— Thompson, Texas,
first; Hahn, A&M, second. Time
4:202. v
2 Mile Run—Thompson,, Texas,
first; Hampton, A&M, second. Time
9:36 A
Javelin Throw—Goode, A&M,
first, distance 182T’; Kadera, A&M
second, distance 179’3h2”.
Shot PuL—Kadera, A&M, first,
distance AS’V/i"', Ooode, A&M, sec
ond, distance 45' Mi”.
Discuss Throw—Kadera, A & M,
first, distance 154’ HVi”; Krames,
Texas, second, distance 141’ 8”.,
High Jump—Haws, A&M, and
Walters, Texas, tied for first,
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Bill Ndpier in both events. Parker 1 second.
also jpjn; a leg ojn Texas’ winning j Assistant Coach Ray Putijam
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sprinti%r^lay |teai|n to garner sec-1 gave all of his quarter milei
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team of Dpn Carden,jNupier, (|on-
nally Ludjvick and Ervin Bilfler-
ond plScb scoring honors w ith 11 >4 workout by keeping Harnden
Holbrook out Of the mije relay. The
Bob Goode, Aggie candidate for
the decathlon in the 1918 Olym
pics, picked Up 11 points. Goode
won Ihe Javelin, and iook second
ndhjall is now
tch wilfh several
the ninning.
liege Champion-
17, is running in
in ! theip league this
halving lost, one hajrd fought
nf., who wdn last yeiar’s Corps
ks stronger;"this year. So
are ulidefe&ted and are
or jflrat, place ip their league,
erj making urn this -winning
inatioii are Aic Kriiiskbph ami
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loyd Gronh, Bill Earber and
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may ifi A Inf wh|o is unde-
4d in league: play. Leading 1 this
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back out distanced Texas’
quhrtet by softie 20 yafds,
road Jump—Robertson, Texas,
firsts distance 22'7Mi”; Goode, A&
M, second, distance 21’7%”.
Pole Vault—Walters, Texas, first
height 12’(V’; Bodeman, Davis, Tate
Kicks, and XJuirey, all of A&M, tied
for second; height 12’.
440-yd Relay—Won by TeXas
(Robertson, Kidd, Tatom and Par
ker); no second. Time 43.3.
Mile Relay—Wort by A&M (D.
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shown resting after some hard running. NAPIER came in sejcind to
kl Kadera was high point man wit
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Garden, Napier, Ludwick and Bil-
djurback); no second. Time 3:24.0.
PARKER in l>oth the 100 and 220-yard dashes, besides assist
the sprint rejay and mile relay teams. Parker’s two],firsts
events and a help ift the sprint relay team gave him secojic
honors in the meet
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48 TWC Basketball Campaign
THE BATTALION
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ker summed 1 up his team's trouble
"hen he said “We haven’t had a
verjroneJ including (Gill, chance to work out since January.
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! ruary, and the- team just did pot
Opening their 1948 baseball sea
son, The Texas Aggie nine takes
on the Cowboys from Hardin-Sim-
mops in two games this coming
Friday, and Saturday, March 12
and 18. i r <• ■ • ., >
Fop CoaChes MaHy Karow and
Botchcy Koch, these first two
tilts will be “test tube” games
for an untried and reshuffled
• Aggie team. Bad weather Has
held back tW team training. On
rainy days, the pitchers hive
been working under the stapds
of Kyle Field and only they ap
pear jio be ih shape.
Batting practice bps been icon-
wjhifn jrou ‘
andfadff it t<
.opfr/it adcs
0 ^.b^-ry '
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in; said of the weather at College
li-f Station. There is not that mujeh
d: difference in weather between
-: here and {Austin. Cdf. Ander
has been working the team put
regularly at every possible
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strength, ijt takes aw
chance.
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ej('as %^Ts A&M’s pleasure in defeating
oLt 4priiitlrs f Longhorns in a major : sport
this
Then'came basketball and an even
bigger play-up. BB (Before Bay-
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Tbe Farmers now have the
psychological; advantage in track
of having handed the Steers a
bad beating, besides holding the
Southwest Conference crown.
Still, everyone Who remembers
how ^ these two teams alternated
one-point victories last year, and
the Close conference win, will not
get'excited too early this season.
The Steers, {wilt not be at full
fined to only a few sunny day4 and
only one intra-squad game { has
been played before j the coaches’
eyes. Over 75 prospective players
answered Marty Karow’s initial
call for interested athletes ; and
these have been pqred dbwp to
about 30 men now, some of whom
will have their chance to piake
good in these first games.
Definitely weak j in pitching.
lerfy; Santutls' year. The Texans have beenTrus-
M trated as niiuch this season as pave
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Aggies. First their fpotball
strength until after the Texas Re-
lays the first; of peixt month.
h|rtj team started off in high gear! and
ffr “ publicity before losing tp SallU,
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the AggieS beat them after this,
it will be tfmie to start contemplat
ing a repeat ijn the conference meet.
Congratulations, Col. Apdy!
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Karow will probably start Stan
Hollmig and Bobby Fretz on Suc
cessive days. EvVr ready in the
bull peh w ill be Bing Turner and
Earl Beesley, both of whom let
tered on last year’s team. Also
on the mound for the maroon
and white ipay be Art Newinan,
who lettered in 19|5, and Bruce
Heads bloody but unbowed, Coach Marty Karow’s oft-
beaten cagers and the New York Invitational Tourney-
bound Texas Longhorns bring the 1948 conference basketball
campaign t6 an official close tonight at 8 o’clock in DeWare
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a t stake t o -
night but
prestige for
T e x a s , and
5 s a t i sfaction
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ers. A Texas
i I win will leave
the league,
standings unchanged while a Cadet victory tejll leave Ark-,
ansas and the Steers in a second-place deadlock.
The orange and white Austin crew put a record of 19
wins and four losses on the 'line
tonight while the Aggies have tak
en the count 16: times in 23 starts.
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tack is guard Slater Martin. The
Houston eager 1 has cinched tho
scoring this season and he carries
the Aggie hopes toipght.
Mike Garcia, Gene Schrickel,
Sam Jenkins, and Bill Batey will
Morissey, a left-handed newcom
er w ho is due io develop a4 the
runner-up spot in both season and j probably round out the Earmei
Conference scoring with 295 tallies stalling five.
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