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'?|fy : ; P ; ' /| : ; jf:i! I 1 ' Jill llf ^ mm mffir ^ i®a wff : =. MleM OjU-of-Staters D< indication of how close the tilt was. of A&M, and Bobby Layne of sii 5 6 1 110 010 4 B J. W« The Longhorns tool* a loh(, in the third frame. Off ft fi'e hits and three bases on balgs, it£t|y by innings U. 0( A&M on latteries for Texas: Layne, Wat- for A&M: Beesley, Calvert, ftcials; Tungate, Berrera. ame time: 1 hour, 55 minutes. liier Hall, S«|j| Corps TeamsLead In ’Mural Softball S|. !)> n k ! i, tiering the tihird week of In- ural softball finds one unde-' pushed four rjjma he: •oas. jBeeih y j regained control a^ the iTin| J team left in the Veterans es and six in the Corps leagde. is seasons ball clubs are I y. This seasons ball clubs are more & "iS 2T S fe their margin of-vietoiy in tine fifth Janies being won in the last inning frame aS the^ scorod thdir final of . run on a walk, Wit, and (fielders choice. • 1 '"fri . [' , After HoUihi^’ililibmeriin. h> second, the Aggies pipkedt a single run in thje; fourthi fi and seventh inning. AH' iota the Aggies bunched eightjhit^ tb the visitor’s six. Errors were di vided -evenly with one ehc|i Tight defense work bajekoc the fine nriound ifi The Dallas nght^handeil Fallowing are I the league stand ings: through March 31. VETERANS LEAGUES i League A Team ; W, Day!i Dodgers -1 4 Dorm 3 . 4 Dorfh 9 ^ ‘ i 2 Dorm l | 2 T. a - v. v. | • 2 not perfect pn control, fanned sjbv Longhorns, most of tlhem iwiincri ng at the third strikeJlHefcsler'waflled six men. The double | play dotnii. nation opendu up tsbop iii tlnst n- field with thia game- Thornttm to Fretz counted for one put put; while L.nd.Oiii co Tuorntbnl tlo Fltetk 5bi ig- i ged another. [ •. j . 11 . Each side ivas haiidigi ppjeiB by umpire Jim Tpngate [who i ffifew -ed behind!the plate. Tu^kate'rpajnki ?d to miss all tnje gpod halls aiitf < nil all the bad ones; not onl ’ di| the fans have wofds fpr him puti ifoahh Marty Karovs excihi blast with him. j ———iUui p^ijen i .] ; Mitcfiell ett - 1 !! 71 I ecord) 4 ij P By ART BOWAji Texas University |dominated the trade in tihe out-of-state performers grabbed the majority of i er Charlie Parker and distance star Jerry Tbomp outstanding indivi 'orfonn sota cinched it by b: shoe put. er award until Fc the discus record. In AwM’a outstanding one-mile in four of League B ' ! 4 ngedja vjraal nr it- -I : j LET tJS SEND YOl Kl Donh 1$ BizzCll Dorm 17 Milnir "j Pui?j|ear| l anmjgea ^ 14 iw 4W1 WHltpn DovnS 16 — i lAfll PH South r . r H TT r — 1 1 i i .4 i. .U4—ti. r V Suit “0# i:L I 4 1 3 2 !- ■ 3 3 1 5 0 5 League C 5 0 ! ■ 5 1 214 2! : VA 2 I 13 [j JO 6 jl, CORPS'LEAGUE League A E. -Field .. || 10 M. Hand ' 2 1 C. C6mp. j 1 1 B. Fjeld 1 1 A. Air Force 1 2 A. Ehg. 0 1 League B W. hand' j 20 c. ’Hield r I . 2" 0 !C. lixt ' 2 1 fe. Mr Force —f— y G. Ckv.l • 1, 0 1 G. Air iForcb 0 3 : ' A. ihf. B. Vet. , D. Field i B. Eng. B. Gonip. A. field . . A. Vet. Sr. Co. B. Inf; B. Qavi. A. Cav. A. Comp. .800 .800 .600 .500 .167 .000 11.000 .833 .500 .375 ,250 ! .000 ij. ] 1.000 .666 .500 :, .500 .333 .000 Netters ougars; Owk j- By BULL EVANS The Maro(|n and White tennijs n scored | a comeback victor^’ i j the University of II o us Lon ^ars Friday afternoon and COACH MARTY KAROW is stalking off after 4ome hard words with Umpire -MIM TUNCrATE in Frkla.yV game against the Longhorns. TEX THORNTON has already had Ids share of fruit- tOank ovm dou nigl|t. The Aggies had previously jsjib:. to the Cougar squad. , ft S i i • 1 Ba f t ■0 • i 1 i alion O 1 TO ii' Hi !; IniU- MONDAY, AP RIL15, 1948 Page 3 ■ ■ : ' • : : S —Li-L: iniDeWarie Field House. Starting *1^ ; match. £hort and swift little ly Stanford turner! back J. C. , tin in : straight sets, •6-4, 6-)4. The I Hous jor,ian’s only singles vii- toj-y came when Don Napier de floated Rodnijy Sellars, 6-1, 6-1 ten ’V.! M. Dowell’s charges Late Rally Gibes Fish Nine 12-6 Victory Over Bearkats Weird play the Aggie Flish ; over the Sani By JAMBS DE AND A l iiri the; Cadet infield in the early innings put in a isixrruji hole Saturday afternoon, but IDOO 1.000 3* i.000 : .000 1.000 , .666 ! .500 .500 .000 .000 . 0 1.000 0 ( 1.000 1 1 j .500 1 | .500 2 1’ .000 2 .000 Riyopt the rest of the sing’- match-1T V u nu T ■tis; lii straight sets of 6-0, 6-1 Ellis f° r Coach Charli Giiirjingtoi downed James Mercer, i After sevefi AMf's Jim! Wallis then handed " 1 Ua® Laniain of the 44 of H his d4tHt. 7- i, 6-2. V J'Ijall. lanlfy Bill B?nnott pn- 4e)nt6d a pcpect styl > of pinying jj'Hdhy niiyhi as the singles ma*- :h- ;4si dontin led on the floor boards . Cpnlbinm.j an agressive net game .hdia ’• b shlot- tha,t ; ; ')st caught t(ie feast line Or comer, iBenneD do\v|h- i<\ Bill HMitt, 2-6, B-4, 6-2. Then Bennett teamed up y/ith Stanioi-J hi doublet: td down Hev Ujt and Mar i' riof U of H in doubles, 6-4, 4)-6, when the dust had settled the Farmers held a 12-6 margin ika 3 W T L xu day in the twd mile relay race. A errors m the first three stanzas gave the | f afit Kansas team gained on both Houston Bearkats. It was the foijrth victory rl|e DeWare’^ undefeated charges, rtlay team of Carrol Lodwick, Ilildcrback, Say Hoibrouk Harnaen brake the only enity class record -ofith a 3:17.2 mile. Although there was no official winning team as such, Texas led with 41 points, followed by A&M with 26 16/21. Minnesota got ' place with Gordien’s two firsts an Harry Cooper’s first place >le vault. Rice showed the most improve ment by taking fifth place 9V.> points behind LSU. Texas took honors la f< the |felays and two of the extra events, while A&M was first in only two races. A&M’s four-mile relay team of Webster Stone, Joe McGothlin, J. O. Hampton and Carol Hahn start ed the meet- with an icasy first in a time ~of l7:44,3., The Farmer team LAPPED two other good teams, Oklahoma U. and Drake University in this rale. Hampton turned in a 4 :20 ihile (better than the conference record) and the team average was 4:25 for the four miles. A [short twenty minutes later Hampton also placed third in the 3000 meter race alter leading the pack until the final turn. Johnson of Tulane and Brooks of Texas beat Hampton by a scant few \mm ' |i if |« ■.![;. ! : McGothlin also turned in a good performance after running in the four mile relay with a 1:57.5 half- mile in the Sprint Medley, t 0: W. Clark showed the most improvement on the Aggie team when he ran a 1:59.9 half-mile in the| two-m}le relay. Unfortunate pairing were part- ily lesponsiblc for the Farmer’s placing fourth in the Sprint Med ley Rielay. They finished first in their heat by 15 yards without being pressed, but Rice, LSU, and Oklahoma all beat the Aggies’ time ih a close second heat. Nine teams were en tered in this event, necessitating two peats. Texan Jerry Thompson turned in the best track effort of the 8% Jl tustin Temui .'k-ai Put: 1, Gordien, 1 8j56 incheg; 8. Pro] saa State, 51 feet 7% Pidertt, Nebraska, 49 fe dera, Texas A&M, 46 fe 3000 Meter Run: 1, ji lane; 12, Brooks, Texas ton, Texas A&M; 4; Boi A&M. Time 9:04.0. Distance Medley Rela.. _ 1320-Mile): 1, Texas Ofi]d, son, Sparka, Thompso cola, Fla., Naval Base Javelin Throw Lackland Air Base, 218 feet, 1 inch; Di cola, Fla., Naval Basel, inches; 3, Guess, Text; 9% inches; • 4, Loflin State, 189 feet, 6^4 im 4)10 yard Relay: 1, ertson, Samuels, Law 2, Texas A&M; 3, Bay! homa A&M. Time: 4* ' high Jr|mp: 1, Hei Jey Univeisity, Six feelt, 2, McGrew, Rice, an Kansas, t ed, six feet, Knecht, I-ouisiana St Texas A&M, and Clii Tech, tiec, 6 feet. 4 i Broad Jump—•Robertldn, Tel 23 feet 9 inches; 2,'Atlat, Tull 23 feet 7 inches; 3, Grojwley, sas, 23 fi ct 1 inch; 4,|D|cCon Oklahoma, 23 feet Va ilni Sprint Medley Relaf H440-1 220-880): 1, Bice (C#, Shcl Erfurth, Hoff); 2, Louitii na S 3, Oklahoma A&M; (4, ’ >ekas Aj Time:vl:J0.4. L. Two Mile Relay V.810 880-880)^ 1, Texas (Bfoemer, Hsu pin, Spia Thompson); 2, Kdnsaij; 3, Ta: A&M; 4, Oklahoma. Tme: 7: Pqlc Vault: 1, Coopert 1 linnet 13 feid, 9 inches; 2, Ci ir oil, homa, and Southworth, f inity versity, tied, 12 feet, 5 inchepl Chapman, Louisiana S tatc; Oklahoma A&M; Davii; jRicks Quirey, Texas A&M : Haw East Texas State, afdf Barfl University of Houston, 880ryard Relay: lj-‘ day, but -1 i, sprint- for jtbe of Minne- in the 1 I & :bouts M attaci wins if feet A trot, Mask gnd Fqilers University of Houston im g| decisive 24 ;to 3 Rice Gymnasium; Sat- * hgplcss Cougar team won id foil and two sabre bouts tlhe entire meet. The ;pec Were all easily won by the f fencers. -T] ’• Biirrios. pparked the Aggie Wjth a perfect score of six ol|lbwed by Bob Shaw’s per- ote of three wins. Gus Mis- ' lie] Stillinggr, and Fulton 1 five wins and one! loss It | 1 a, placed sec- Dwel fi ger, of: El P the Open Epee (Dwelling ) Tournament, that followed ■ e tegm matches. - Th s week’s vlcto;|y winds.up the, untyniehts on the Amateur Fcnc- caguc of America for the arckjn, and White fencers. Other! amkj in the league still have mee ,joeta ed so the final standings of ■ ■ Mft&r dawh Iteam is undecided as yetj Thef (ihlvhitpn Buiannocrs have [first pliacq in the bag in, all three wea- but the Aggie foil and epeii Htartd a good'chance of plact f 1 ing seqornl with three meets wot) and two last 1 : H | j I pons, teaihi I :52 si;f uaeiu'iikd r-r— — 4- visiting Bearkats ...... ... talhes, the Gmlefa. ^cdjw^d Jtis-hfgd V kthp a i f . >, . -L foul tip during the ‘Austin game. both in the field u box to Whittle away atHhe big ac- Howover) th e Aggi? catcher has 1 In the third frjme, Joe Savar- ^ fS ino singled and went to third on department i 16 at ful1 Konnv ttnllmnn’u tWo bagge]. ! str Ongth. RH£ Former A-M Cs^er •; |)» All-Japan Team - ■ ■ 1 I !|;| \r Fitet Lieutenant. Josepli P. Daw- ,;! Fort Worth, former Atteie thall player, is now a mom uels, Kidd, Tatom, Parle lor; 3, Texas A&M; ""ate. Time * 11 One 5lile i id, 12 e cas ( qr); % u Lout;« in ill inier-conimana uiumami being held in YokUhoma, Japan. ) I team on Which Dawson Sonny Holliman's Guy Wallace s Hingle to .eentf)i gave the Cadets their first score*. I '; : i • |. Wallace sent Sttivariito | and Bcjll- mun across the plate again in tjhe fifth inning with a triple to lift Ij-Sj Earlier jirt the day, the Cji'.gdis center field. Then Sam Houston 114 0Q0 000 6 6 5 Aggie Fish 002 020 7lx 12 15 8 For SHSTC: Point, McCullum (8) and Bender. t For A&M: Hubert, Mobley (6) '■ I BUY A v- j; of This World” From ! , R — lU t HURB iHES -V-H- -.i- «If | 1 i i a doubfls matih, Napier and ! the Farmers stopped whittling asid | Lanham besting Duffey, Stanley started chopping. Eleven Aggies; Biujl Cellars of A&M. j paraded to the plpte and sevenjof iji.Ti ★ I them tallied to put the G Atter i ho victory Friday the A ice for pitcher Troett fljL . &M 'iCenpisi squad dropped their entered the tilt in[the Sisith Stanpa. oohfereme opener to the Rice net ters Saturday afternoon. It was the Owls gan »e most of the way as they in thp soveijth i and Dennis, Grahart (6^ Umpires: Colson '[and Guerra took advantage of their fresh team to win o’fei; the Aggies by a score; of five to;an$. ‘ \ ' James Wallis took the only Ag gie win of the. afternoon by de li floating Bob Harris (6-4) (6-3). j I The R ce team, lead by the nice laying]ffT •’ ~ ept of the if [Bobby Curtiss took the matches. rigles, Bill Bennett lost 6-3) (6-2). Benny Stan/ ford fell to Chick Harris (6-1) (6|-1), and Rodney Sellare was beat- llln the. s JolCu-t’SS o|rd fell !^n| by Boh m went down Foley doublet Bennett (6-0) t ati( (6-1). In d Stanford together a( the hands jAuie - LOMBl w Jv Denty; (Hi 2i4lK~ , LjU Dentyne, do«* he? Well, ene! 1 go tbr Dentyne’* ^flavor myself, not only tastes i tooth white. of Cuitiss and C. Harris, and Ellis Garlingtoir teamed with Duffy Stjanjey on|y to be beaten by Foley arid B. Harris. f it WaS | a rough match all the i „ J viay tmj? the boys on the team M sav that they will redeem them selves nejet weekend when they play S.MU and TCU. These games will be played at Dallas and Fort Worth respectfully. Beggar Makes Profit On 40-Cent Loss HONG KONG—UP— A sympa thetic citiien paused to console a blind beggar, who was crying piti- ,lly as he groped his way along wall, says a local paper. Why he crying? He’d lost 40 cento, j£>b the sofjt-heartcd one helped him arch for it, and not finding it ■offered 40 cento from his owa cket which the beggar grate* illy accet The foil stic cit l i wing day th® sympa- wilking the same oy- ipon a blind be| fy as be groped ■ a wall... the same beg- |iir in search of 40 cento. ■tallied to put: thef game ton or pitcher Tijuett Mobley who the tilt injtihie Sislth stansa. The Farmers sent Bejatkat start- ;g hurler Hap Ppint fo the she w- ers in the eighth. The Aggie:, start ed the inning with a jdliriof singles and Point called day.! Relief hi rl- cr Ernie McCljllum took, over and retired the next three Cadets in order. Fifteen hits rained off Aggie bats during the seven innings left-hander Point was! exposed <m the mound. Wallace, who ^ swings from the port side wasn’t bother ed by southpaw pitching. T ic Aggie shortstop had! a pair if singles and a triple ih four of i- cial tries. He drove in four tallii s. Bollman allso liked Point’s t< ss- ing. He connected safely three times and crossed the plate tl rte times. LlftS I 'll ! ; Left fielder llenrj' Cande afi also found the range. The Houston Aggie contributojd a double, an 1 a single to the Fafplef a^hek, j.iooiey and starter Pat Hubert limited the Bearkats tb sijx sinj;les during the ■ affornooib 1 . The Sam Houston nine touched; Hubert for five safeties in as many inniAgs. Mobley was; on the hil] four stan zas, allowing only one'hit. He fdeed only thirteen batterf, during his stay, and retired the last ten men ih order. f i " *' Aggie catchi sive brighi Dennis h; VA Lists Rules For Vets Filing For jDisability ! Veterans who file claims with the Veterans Administration for disability compensation or pension cun helpr speed up’service by ob serving certain rales, the Dallas branch office said this week. Veterans are rec^iested to .print their names clearly on the report. Complete evidence Concerning phy- the cause of such condition should also bi^ sub- sical condition am Such cc hutted. “C” A veteran should use his number [in all conpspondcnee, and Dennis vri until the last week. Bob G the last catching wah the deftn- ;ht spot of the tilt. MU andled the Iwckstop d it- iwiS h.,LT contest ie« the first: ive wasn’t the Imll sharp, accui he should not fail to include his present correct address, ■ Veterans Administration officials advised persons tot avoid unneces- j Howard Payne. Time sary correspondence. If it is nec-1 essary [to [write, veterans should address' their letters to the A*A Texas and A&M until it had a 30-yard lead at the final baton chaqge. h Thompson cut this lead to two paces at the final turn. He turn ed oh the steam in The stretch to beat Kansas by seven yards and A&M by 12. A ,team of fast Texas sprinters (Robertson, Samuels, Lawler, Par ker) .won the 440 relay with a time ; of 4L5, one-tenth of a second away from the Relay record. A&M came, in second after getting a slow start; . . ' Charlie Parker won the cen tury dash after a slow start, hot Webb Jay of A&M beat Texan’ famed Perry Samuels for fourth place behind two non- SWC athletes, Fuqua of Okla homa A&M and Thompson of Nebraska. , , Aggie BUI Cardon finished fourth in the 120-yard high hurdles. Clyde Scott of Arkansas won with a sprint in the final 20 yards. Gordien’s discus performance was the best in the field events. He missed breaking the Relay’s record by six inches on one of his first heaves. Then he went over the mark by a foot, and later by several feet with a heave df 51, 9”, a couple of feet shy of the world’s record. I Although George KaderU took only third in the discus and fourth in the shot, he turned in the best showung among SWC teams in both of these. Statistics Four-mile Relay; 1, Texas A&M (Stone, McGlothlin, Ham ptop, Hahn); 2, Oklahoma; 3, Drake; 4, 17:44.3. 1 State. Time: 1:27.2. : ilile Relay: i, Pi (Ludwkk, Bilderbaek Hamden); 2, Texasj; State; 4, Oklahoma; (New Record—-old rec< by Texas A&M in l!9‘ Discus Throw: 1, G nesota, 172 feet 5!4 i Record—old record 16 set in 1941); 2,. Grav StateJ 161 feet 7 in dera, Texas A&M, 157 4, Burton, Lackland; t Antopio, 162 feet .7 ii then, hr Aggies vs. The Aggie Basel) play a two-game seriefc will Baylor Boars on Kmtfc Field morrow and Wed|n isi games will start at 3 ay. Botlk p.m. Union College in Y., (will adopt; hoc sport next,* season; has been named cob Far East Air Foi^es chanj- fe team which is competing inter-commtond tournament Dawson is *— [playing has recently won the all- Japan title by taking five out of '' six h'ajmcs. ! Duutson is assi^ped to Up: Mnri- ■ • ana!' Air Material Babe on Guam jandS to now ip Tokyo to play with ,, the'team. m !l; Ejiivtson left A&jM in April; 1943. liHi- to eiitcr the service. He has been at „ j (W Gudim jinoe July,] 1947. j* (leoirgc Szypulg, Michigan Stat< gyiplnastic coach, is a former four time holder of tkp national AAfi I 1 ' r 1 For Your yii Coi Dr. Carltoai opto: 203 6. Main H BatIS|Hon plamilfled Ad i.He money li(',the tmnk. |lt produceM rwults in both good njciither «md boil. ' J CAM, (-5921 |.: Lee ' ' J' . ... -• 1 : t ' ...... S j n ' ! " [[■(ij j <1 Id Wililroot Cream-Oilf - Finger N.U Test Regional Office. j When requested to report for physical oxarainatipn or to submit auu uonal, evidence, veterans are asked to do so promptly. If that additional evidence: is not available, persons should notify the regional office to that effect. A&M, Time: 14.6. 101>-yurd Dasb: 1, Parker, Texas; 2, Fuquay) Oklahoma A&M; 3, IF /i. . beggar placed >ed nia last week in the was hurt MOTHER'S DAY — SPECIAL $5.00 for $2.45 • AGGIELAND ■ College Station, Texas OFFERS ONE 8x10 BEAUTIFUL S1LVERTONE for only $2.45 "AU. PORTRAITS COME MOUNTED IN A. 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