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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1948)
I li - ■ :'l ‘ : I 1 K •V- &: -li kmen r. h m kfr r ;• T 1^1 T— ;a, ■UJ- W^fTf 1 \ (’ ; i"r. Ov-v' . ff ! ; W^. ESp- rn. I'i! T.'fi -Lip / wwfiiii ■ -*•: ■:* : ,t: .'JvK'. iff -f* V.'W : ffi rs; ^ i. i iM .) '■ f Ir Rrj fc;;: „ «fi iCii > s:b'! alanc 1 x* ■ ■ .ijy|||P Place in i of 16 Eve I i I- I ' f‘ ! mm •J; 'i'r •' 4« A well-balanced Aggie Track squad came f^om behind to win over Texaf sity by 14 points in the sixteenth annual Border Olympics in La redd Saturday, score was 61 i/s points for the Cadets and iTVii for the Steers. ! j Four records wpre broken^ jn the university divisio: ' 1)y turning in {liver- fina -1 - ! Li . r team broke East Texas State’s 3.27.0 mark of 1943 in the mile relay 3:19.6 in individual competition. George Kadera of A&M 4 — took first in thie shot put with 46 feet, 11 inches, beating the - previous record of 45 feet, $ X A inches, which he himself placed in the books last year! I ; I For Texas, records were set by John Robertson, with a leap of 23 feet 6 inches, and Ch&r- t a relaj :r Weekem ley Parker, sprint specialist, who Shaved tv • * T ‘ ’ “ ■ii "■ • 'f. ] B - - MONDAY, IjtAMlfifi 15, ilSp iff cncers 1 Close 1 Duel W ^4. 11 — t i •f - ! :: it tali on 0 R T 0 ; : I Above is t| Napier, Ervin IMlde (be record ai Mile Relay Team of, left to right, Bill ; Ray Holbrook, and Art Hariulen, which Border Olympics Saturday without anyi close competition. They shaved '7.4 seconds off of the old mark with a time of 3:19.6 seconds. , This same relay team won the; SiV’C mile relay event last year, and are being boosted for national redogfition tbit) year. -1,4-—i—}- i i rr~ Page fi The Aggie Fencing close |3 .'to 14 ■niatd i. f r T ■alln lijtst} a ciose jco .io i t anau'Ti t) [t!he| Rice Institute. 1 } Swordsmen ir ,• (the i Rjtce gyiimasiutn Saturday A11 ? thiibe jof the duels were fvonj It f i 5-4 s,cort;, with the ; Owls takjin : iwjj’ t imeib , e-iseapon rre ®h but the ; impreived B two of Aj&M’s men tp fvi turn match. | [ I. J. Barrios) of El Pj sd 1 Aggie Team by pipn ndj a Tennis Coach W M. Dowe 1 urges everyone, especially la dies, who is interested in tennis to see the tennis exhibition Ut 7:30 tonight in the, gym. Brm Barnes, ex-cnach aif the United States Davis Cup Team, will play against^ members of the A&M Tennis, Team. - ' / Tennis learn iWs t* HI s b '.his saber bouts ahdl a 1 hut oae of his three Soil bout.. - s Fulton j Dye was ftl to participate ip all t ir e ( ?yvet pem, epee, foil, and sjaber. Oje fpur matches w^ile fiosipig , A&M.walked) away three, places in (the tic n-ament - which; foljot re • I 'i t .1 1H ma)ch. Dye won first place, Bjar- e j nos took second, and Mistrot pljac- p jfied third. .A ‘ -1. This victory will send Dye, ind possibly Barrios, to the-Ghampifcm- nTleci'I ship Tournament in Austin njext t ireje. .|' I only Agki^ w th the} first vite Sfoiljtojdrt- le }te U 1 b" -4.’ For Your^Sporting Grods Needs JONES SPORTING ■GOODS I 803 S. Mdin Dry in Pli. 2-2832 A .-j ! \ NAfe: month. i f. j , The Buccaneers from Galveston are leading the Southwest' Division of the Amateur Fencing League. They have won all of tjheir matcjhes this year. This week-end’s Josg forced the Cadets to share seepnd place with Rice and ithe Hbusjton Fencing Club. • i J I ■ A victory for the Aggies in the match against the University jof • Houston on April 3 -would give them a good chance to hold sec ond place again. The Aggie tenpis squad dropped its first match of the year to the University of Houston Cougars at Houston, Saturday by a 4 - 3 count. Glenn Hewitt, singles champion of the Texai Conference last year,; Jason Norton, and Don Napier de feated ihe jAggies’ Bill Bennett,* Rodney j Sellars, and Duffy Stan-j ley- ' Bennie Strickland and Jim Wal lace gaiped victories for the Farm ers in the singles matches. Sellars; and Stanley also gained a doubles- victory (for the Aggies. ’Mural Wrestling Matches Run Into j ■ 'ill 1: i'i '' | Second Day Bouts Aggies will gejt their first view! of the tiennis squad in action in an) intra-squad match >in DeWare Field House gt 7:30 tonight, the talented freshman squad will also partici-i pate in this scrimmage. Bruce Barnes will clos<f his tennis clinid by joining a member of the varsity squad in a doubles match. Results The squad’s next intercolle giate match wilj be with Vander bilt here Friday. March 19. The University of Oklahoma Sooners will be here March 25. l >, W-L W r -L W-L Dye ,* 2-1 2-1 jO-1 Barrios 2-1 . 3r0 Mistrot 0-3 * — 2-1 Siil linger \ 2-1 ‘ 0-2 Sffhw 0-3 j‘ ;4-5 4-5 • 5-4 The complete results of th< Houstoh Match: Glenn Hewitt (U| H.) bciat Bill Bennett 6-1,, 6-2j i SALES SERVICE XM ■A A 1 r* V, U l»)^.KK diagne top no* ealth; -i M ’■ u V s don’t "guess” about ydur ike your own doctor, we (iuble-r-and then cure with! i i EE COi ■ K ryan, Texas ‘ ! \A Jason Morton (If. H.) beat Rodne Sellars 6-4, 6-0; Bennie Sjtrickland! (A&M beat Jack} Lanham 6-4, 6-2i j Don Napier (Lf. H.) beat Duffy; Stanley 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Jim Wallace (A&M) beat James Mercer 6-3, 6-8, ff-S. Hewitt and Morton (U. H.) beat Bennett and Stanford 6-3, ; 6-0; Sellars and Stanley (A&M) beat Napier and Lanham 3-6, 6-3 . 6 * 2 fi 1a\\ By ROY BLANTON The second day, of Intramural; ,wrestling fbund fifteen bouts and. two forfeits? The matches as a whole seemed to be a little fastet than those of the first day. Thf number of fans increased over Wednesday’s attendance but there are still lots of empty seats, so come on down! The results for Thursday’s bouts' are: 139 lb. CLASS: ]j |j Anderson C Cav over Clegg A FA (5-3). Davidson White, Band, over Frank A Cav (pin in 3 min. 10 sec). Garner, C Inf, oyer Goiden, A Injf (6-4 in overtime)? Blackelock, B Eng, over Webb No. 16 (pin in overtimef. 149 lb. CLASS: Dockery, A Comp, over Porter, B Comp (pin in 1 mih. ,20 sec.). BeuScher, AFA, over) Sahol, B Comp (1-0). Cpnger, L6-TC, oyer Eubank, A Eng (2-1). Mobley, White Band, over Fos ter, C Comp (pin i|n 1 min. 35 sec.). Clayton, D FA,; ojvbr' Hardin, C FA (2-1). Flesher.i No. .14, over Nicks, E FA (pin in 1 min, 07>ec.). Harrison, B Epg, over Morgan, C Comp (pin in 1 min. 37 sec.). Burch, No. 14, over Wells, C Cav (5-1 in overtime). 169 lb. CLASS: : jj J • !, [ J Desmuke, B FA, over Henk, D FA (pin in 4 min, 30 sec.). 179 lb. CLASS: Fisher, White Banc), over Wyatt, C FA (pin in 4 min, 30 sec.). Varnkoff, C Coinp, oyer Parsley, A Eng (pin in 1 mirj. (35 sec.). ved two tenths of a second Off of 21.5 record he set here last year in the 220-yard dash, j Two Texas men, Charlte Parker and ^Jerry Thompson w^re high point men in the meet. Parker led with 1114 poihts by taking the 100 and 220-yard dashes and run ning op th* 400-yard reldy team. Thompson scored 10 poihts with firsts in the one and two mile dis- jtahee runs. | George Kadera and Bill Car- 1 den tied for first place on the Aggie squad. Kadera won the shot put and placed second in the discuss, for eight points. Car- ; den placed second in the 120- yard high hurdles and first in the 220-low hurdles for his eight points. ? Texas was ahead most of the way, but a first and a fourth in the shot put and a first and second in the low hurdles gave the Aggies a never-relinquished lead. * A&M’s crack rpile relay team of Hamden, Holbrook, Bilderback and Napier scored the most convincing win of the meet. They grabbed the lead after the first lap and were never threatened. Their record- breaking time of 3:19.6 might have been lower if they had had some stronger competition. | fr ‘ 1 v A&M showed strength in the track as well as in the field to rob the Texans of vital points. The 440 yard dash was a near sweep for the Cadets, with Art Harnden plac ing first, Ray Holbrook taking sec ond and Ervin Bilderback third. Cox of Rice finished fourth. The half mile raqe was One of the closest of the meet, with six ruiuiers straining for the tape. Aggie Webster Stone hit first with Tarrant of Oklahoma A&M inches behind. Bob Atkins of A&M was third, and Hoff of Rice came in fourth. Bill Napier placed third in the 220-yard dash behind Parker and Cotton of Baylor, and the 440 re lay team of Napier, Bob Goode, Bob Hall and Webb Jay came in second to Texas, by two yards to round out AfiM^s track j points. J. D. Hampton led Thompson of Texas for seven laps in the two mile race, but the diminutive Steer runner pulled ahead ini a last-lap sprint. ;; A&M’s well-rounded team plac ed in 12 of the 16 events in tak ing this win. \ George Kadera’s failure to place in the jaVeliq was the only Unex pected loss for the Aggies. How ever, Kadera made up for it with his performances in the shot put and discus. Bob Goode placed sec ond in the javelin and in the shot put. Oklahoma A&M came in third with 24 points, followed by LSU. Rice fifth, Baylor sixth, and SMU Seventh. among McGrew, Rice; Walters, Texas; and Knecht Louisiana State. 6 feet 2 inches; fourth, HAWS, A &M. j T : ! Discuss—Won by Graves, Louis iana State, 151 feet 2 inches; sec ond, KADERA, Texas A&M, 144 feet, 7 9/10 inches; third Adair, Southern Methodist, 140 feet 8*4 inches; fourth, Miller, Oklahoma A &M 134 feet 4 9/10 inches. 440-yard relay—Won by Texas (Parker, Samuels, Robertson, Ta- tom); second, TEXAS A&M; third Baylor; fourth, Oklahoma A&M. Time 42.7. | - . Two mile run—Won by Thomp son, Texas; second, HAMPTONk Texas A&M; third, Efaw, Okla homa A&M; fourth, Brooks, Texas; Time 9:37.3. 220-yard dash—Won by Parker, Texas; second, Cotton, Baylor; third, NAPIER Texas A&M; fourth 1 Kidd, Texas. Time 21.3. (New rec ord exceeding Parkers 21.5 mark set in 1947.) Broad Jump—Won by Robertson, Texas, 23 feet 6 inches; second, Grimes, Oklahoma A&M; third, Roff, Oklahoma A&M; fourth, Ta- tom, Texas. (New record exceeding 22 feet 9^ inches mark set in 1947 by Harvey Crittenden, East Texas State.) . 120-yard high hurdles—Won by Erfurth, Rice; second, CARDON, Texas A&M; third, AndersonrOkla- homa A&M; fourth, Vails, Baylor. Time 15.1. 880-yard run—Won by STONE, Texas A&M^second, Tarant, Okla- (See RESULTS on Page 4) NITA’S NEWSTAND AND CONFECTIONERY I Farmers Place in 12 Events if it ' ' ^ J : ' !. I ; Carteton H. Davis* Switched to Wildrool Cream-Oil Because He Flunked the Finger Nail Test Javelin—won t>y Lawther, Louis iana State, 186 feet, 5 inches; sec ond, G-OODE, Texas A&M, 180 feet IV/j inches; third, Guess, Texas, 173 feet, 3 inches; fourth, Ashworth Oklahoma A&M, 172 feet, 4M* inch es; fifth, KADERA, Texas A&M, 168 feet, 4 inches. 440-yard dash—lYon by HARN DEN, Texas A&M; second HOL BROOK, Texas A&M; third. BIL DERBACK, Texas A&M; fourth, Coxi, Rice. Time 60.1. 100 yard' dash—Won by Parker, Texas; Second, Robertson, Texas; third, Cotton, Baylor; fourth, D’- Ambrosio, Baylor. Time 9.8. Mile run—Won by Thompson, Texas; second, Sparks, Texas; third Teukell, Oklahoma A&M. Time 4:25.7. (Only four entries, no points given for fourth place). High Jump— First place tic North! Gate » DELICIOUS HAMBURGERS :: ALL POPULAR MAGAZINES COFFEE &. ICE CREAM TO GO Owned & Operated by a Student i J. C. 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The .Longhorns tfjropM rnosi; of the miidwhy} Uf the second half and soared jnt(j ml 43-39 lead with 7'/jf mjind|e$ toigo Tne kcoje hHd that way until jireei nrjinujtes Were left as the^ de- -and-nail con- tmilliur J e. tilt, rallied i Fred Benantis drop-V ional One-handers to telwith* 1:20 to go. Uy ten seconds to go College Station; the an the >ed for put or leduled for 20 |of March will be pi the annual Sports D by .the Aggie “T" Flu After a short rest oy weekend, the Aggies Ohiq State Buckeyes all in a ton interseeticjnall Ganjey sen and 24. Tel Wind up the pre-seas _ the Aggies travel to San Aihonjo March 26 and 27 to njlet . tlii Brooke Medics againl.) ^ WC til begip for the Aggies! oiji |April at Kyle Field’with Ty|xa|ij sity-j th ojhj^ ten 'fexas in possession, Kor,. ade only three field goals soil, stole the ball, got ii then left hook «(hot; ii! if BlAYLOR WINS. \ I lis he ti le Fie serie 22, DALjLAB, Tex., March 15 <*i- 4onk K ThejBaylor Bears defeated Aiizon „ 64-H nur^ Saturday night to win Cheir way rtto the Westem Region- CAA Basketball Tournament: r»sas Cits. • H , big boys from Arizona broke jilt a)nd lljed Baylor after al- ti 1®‘mirtutds of the game. Bgy- r.)ditoiv into a 12-12 tie after 11:45 liay aiid Rdbinspn sank a fifeld jtq'giye the Bears a lead they et! ait-the half, 27+20. —r r - - I t 1 u even imiuj Dent; r 4 Dr John S. Caldwell Optometrist Caldwell’s Jewelry Store Bryan, Texas J: I 1 ■■■ : j : . 1 | -1 > INDIOISTION, Brother Hippo? Feeling mentally iewed? Wallowing in grief? 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