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4. ix>uis ibara L full of cptt “libelieirel , / had all my toujrh r tf 1 : ; pf ■ •p- : 1 • •] • J | v : f T I i ! i ii i • j_ [ ft Bailor Rears Favored in Aggies Here Today and r f > • a hektlbrmker to the University -r ^ 1948 cbnfereBce debat, the Te _ baseball team takes a crack at another top league 24 iBoitfs F ookmg hat 1 ie hit a H’s niber ! gfiyai tough braaks: list eon. I yiias m ia tei-jritic -glu npij even then I was Hutting) t ie bird. It always went into si one’s hands. .“A .360 or a -3flCt Hitter lag to be lucky. You need those bee to hit tihat hjgh. 11 nit dbt at . the last half of the) season >u ^ to myb^oor, stjart ijwtound |p a »31d. ’ r I- 1 — I' ! i : ■ Lit ]■ ''1: • ( 1. I With I if orrow scheduled boutf coming off. 1 contests will be year. . Everyone wants to pick the ip quite a while, »st night’s bouts are any crite- Fite-Nite during which time 8 bouts will be held Cards to win the pennant—with rap Musial’s?* ra-yeir aventgej t. . -tt --x. of jjlg .j, .342 with hi$ .3 ,. high figufe. Musiil's ” bwky : ippem ix, ; which lie was relieved last Detob is considered by lilniosfc ener{yoi|e in camp as the realsop for us .poir hitting but Stan ilmlt one fftii e: I is thumbNaii] previ swj ST. LOUIS ClARDINi LSI Bitching—Tops. Catching—Weak. Infield--Stron:[. Outfield^Fiae. Hitting—Powetfun Finish—1-2. reservakions. Most are afraid the club is getting old and does not have the dash that carried it| to pennants in 1942, 43, 44, and 16. Others are fearful that' the Red Bifds lack dbpth. Dyer an swers all these questions without 1 hesitating, although hd fea|rs Brcoklj'h and Boston. „j.‘Tt was the young fellows wh hurt ps,^ says Eddie. “Musial fe’ off and 1 he’s only 27 and Howi Pollet is only 26. He won nin for JV - almost a split decision, but Lasse- ter took the decision : by a narrow margin. Here are the results: 149 lb:, . Lawler (W-Bd) over Gibson (No. ! Yelton (B-Comp) oyer Thompson (W-Bd). U . games victori r (W-Bd). , . .. Young (W-Bd) ovey WorlOy (No. i6>. ta Breck (C-Comp) oVer Wordle (C in 1946 and we only lost the per-: •f|M“ ' '^i “I know tny weight w says the Dopora, (Ps., slugjjg fine now ati 175 j pounds year I| was underwe ght a.f li If we could hajv’ei got McCormick -when therqj was * nant by five. “Brooklyn has a' strong bench ! fellows like Oookie LaVagetto an Arky Vaighan. Lavagetto'got tw hits to win two close games fror qs. Vaughan got a triple to tie tb|; t scord in cine game I think we los' They a^e older players but good t( have arouhd. ‘We’ve got some* young player' coming up this year but whethe chance to ^eti hirp asit might have 'been'all Wl would have helpei the right side ol ^cC&t Phils on b^ay 14 ;on Brav '■ the Boston Bravi and he hit .333. first base because toying with iHie idea back in the outfield, Either Dick Sisli swinger, or Vernal a righty, might 101 hit only .293' last! ybar but is| derpig the bpll inj ethibitiqn Jones led the International W'l 215 S. they will ptolluce is another thing.’ Dyer is high on four pitchers- Southpaw Ken Johnson, Beers, A1 Papai and Gerald Staley Johnson pitched a onghitter againa the Cubs late last season whil MMiMKIK Texas League. Both turned in Tout wins in the playoffs. Johnson is f terrific fielder for a pitcher an' is being regarded as another Willi Sherdel in stopping grounders tr the box. Staley beat the Pirates ir ,his only big league start and wor six and lost one for ColumbUs. Syracuse’s boxers have won 3P individual intercollegiate champion ships in the eastern association. YOU SAVE ON H FIRE, & LIFE INSURANCE \ You Call— * . L. ..I J; AGENCY iif State Farm Ins. Company (C-AF) over White i Versatile Aggie Trackman Competes In Five Events Bol) Ghode is a busy Aggie ^heise days. J j Is ■■ ■ ,-r Jiisey (M-Bd) over Docery (A- Cqmp). Martin (A-AF) oyer Filer (A- Cl McGown (B-Eng), i, j j l, Dean (C-Cav) over Goodi*um (A- V?ff)iafi1s (A-Vet) over Beck (C- Comp). Leverettes (C-AF)'over Cruz (A*’ Nash ('E-EA) over McClure (C- Comp). ; , Stewari (No. 14) -over Whichall (No. 5), S Buescher (A-FA)i oyer Nooner (B-Eng)* ^ j Taylor (B-AF) over Stanford (W Bd). 159 lb: j *\ Farrar (C-AF) qver Cales (A- Vet). Locke (Hail) over Hunvshries (No. 141., ! Derryperry (C-Cqmp) over Cor- j onado (E-FA). ' !j, j Wright (A-Comp) ovei'Atchison j (A-FA).' 11 series he^ today and -i role of t}ie jmderdog. ’. the penant race. m .fe' > -iq 1 IgceuMariho j in the hot hiftdd the ’46 All- :her Tom Chanawr. itp; third I base^ The Bruin mentpr made another change ih the infield to hf Imoved outfielder Chad into the first bUse slot. Tl • keystone combination , of >p Hal Harris and secind , n Jalt-k Redding rounds 01 ptSst irifieldi * I out He ball with ■•will be an experienced trio it l Ji bjght field posts mg the outfield for the Bears, itpiely, who hit Che gularffv ft field. C gets the cal) in the vden while Fred Greyelle handles eahx gets the del) m the middle’ || T(ie Baylor hurling staff has pro AlLConferonce Juriera, Le roy jarjy and Rlcey Rokwe. Both rUht handers wilf probably,draw auptfog assignments: ia the ae- • ' ij livith only two’lOMCB in nine i^im t Bailor carries the record Only to Texas'into the se es! i-Tljikl Bruins shelled the Rice d staff with 39 rims in sweop- a brace of gdmbs from ' th^ i\ Dwlts last week. Coai ch Marty Karow will prob- start the same liine'whd be ll thei Texas titt lartt week. The '"armers have to get at ileasL a pliit ini the Bayhir games to stay In the running fpr the flag. I •I ■ ! ■ i 1 THereLwiH. be another tilt on the iggie docket this week following > ;• New Ski Race For Crippled the V travel thej'Wednesday tilt. JThe Cadets, V tlo Houstorf Saturday for a jgairtiie wjith Jess Nedy’s Rice Owls. VIENNA— Something new and different in the age-old sport of going downhill in a hurry was in troduced at this year’s Austrian ski championships witp a special race for one-legged skiiers. Twenty fiVe men, most of them war casualties, entered the special slalom event down a 200 meter The big halfback from Bastrop is competing in five events each track meet, an(i effectively, too. His return to slope. The handicapped sportsmen Steverts (B-Cav). over Grirqes (A ; wore a ski on their 1 one good leg FA). land hUd smaller «kis attached tb FA). % Texas A&M College track team one of the reasons Aggies! have swept two victoHes imtheir first four meets i _ Tcr, T ( Hart ) Rame (A-Cav) oyer Shubert (C- \ twin crutches which they used in stead of the regulation ski poles. ms season. Gav). Lassert (No. i art-WAW is Ww om t . n < ' LrPnt- tf> ^ run hurdles, high jump and scus^hot h oa^u^and spiiftri oki Va , £ fa p |)ay at the Corpus Christ, m^et (^ scored t4< « , '- orpus vnr * su ' has scored 35 points in five meets, tKoJa^irda^s ago. ! j which is the second highest ihdi- | Goode’s strongest suite is the 'javelin throw. He won the SoutN- West Conference title in 1946 with a toss of 178 feet, 11 inchefc. Last season he was in the service. Now he’s Heller than ever, f jAt Corpus Chi isti Goode shotdhe Spear 18,7 ifeet, 1% inches. Bis: eqach, Fiaiik Anderson, believes’ fife toises Will increase to 200 ffeet this sgason and well beyond that nbxt year. | ^ < 5 * Although he weighs 20,5 pounds Goode can step the 100 in lOll and broad jump 22*feeL He’s vershadowed by big George Kft- Icra in the shot and discus. Goode’s maneuvers are not limit- vjdual jwint total on the squad. He vaulted .the othbr day just ! tb see if he had his. old form and cleared 11 feet) 6 inches, but he i>i going to leave that event to five Aggies who have bettered 12 feet. Besides, he had pattyer spend that extra energy on the javelin throw. That’s one event he didn’t try in high school. 1:4 5 j 1 ^ i ■: ? r ‘ Hi 169.1b: r Lnnsujerrc (No. 7) over Endevle (E-FA). Van Cleave (B-ljng) over Milli kan (No. 14). oyer Arnst (C- j The samd yourse was used for the regular slalom championships, but 14) over White j the gates were placed so the turns I were not quite so sharp. 1 Handball {Finals Will Be Friday Win net °f the event was Hubert Eder of ,Salzburg, with an elapsed time 1:44.2 for the two descents. JHO finished just one tenth of a second ahead of Alfred Tuscl, also of Salzburg. Ttisel turned in the fastest single rim with a\timc of 49.1, but* fell on his second descent. Trude Klecker of Vienna, who placed seventh in the women’s sla lom event, tried her hand at the “amputee special” and in a time of .44.0, only five Seconds faster than Four strong teams remain in the Tusel’s best time. College Cage Mark Tied by tfcan •dfgvjif.;? NEW YORK) { April S-lA*)- iitio Newt Oliver;, of Ohio’s Littiq Grande College, 1yd all college, bas ketball scorers during the 1948 on til “points. the basis of to { He tallied 726 goals and 291 gamqs- His nurtil ses was credited m iber c ts of 217 .field thrown ip 33 j.*. of charity tos by the national Intramural Handball Tournament and wil) clash Friday night for the Cprps Championship. In the corps league, C Infantry and A Composite atre the two fin alists. Dorm 14 and 16 are the fWo surviving numbers of the Veteran’s ranKs. All four Of these teams have not been defeated in play. Members of the teams in the finals are as follows: C Infantry— Burbor, Marker, tollegiate athletic bureau as being Nagy. Krauskopt, Grona, Kunkle and Shultz. A Cbmposite— Thrash, Bough, Watson, Wallace, Livingston, Pap- a record for the most .fouls made by a player during a season. ’ ■ r. L Slhj • :■ v4 Bryan Negro In ' r as and Proctor, 4 Dorm 14— Barrios, Reynolds, Powell, Ripptoe; Epstein and Lan- da. ? Dorrti 16—Baldeya, Washington, Soyars, Smith, Caproll and Cook. San Antoilio Meet f . f., ■■■ ; SAN ANTON.ro; • </’P>- Tr WendeSl Davis sation from Biyan Hjg will appear njext Saturd in a San Atitol SAN ANTONIO< Ap«p 6 -<*>- Bill Nicholson aVuJi Phil Cavarretta PHOENIX, Ariz., April 5 Pittsburgh Pirate Manager Billy Meyer was highly pleased today over the Bucs’ second straight win over Cleveland whom the Bucs de- insist they are over their injuries and reiady for a b5t of work. The Chicago Cubs may use them spar ingly today againkt the St. .Louis Brown*. '« hot win Brady.of(Houston) up set thd Bkyan star in both events at‘a Houstton mOet- And Brady entered in the WoOt here. f ' iuL -t ; i/i vT HELP WANTED ■ • : ^ . Veteran with peHence t 0 6-9 P.M. n L.ii.i. •> A-i Lee Dr John S. Cal Caldwell Optometrist Caldwell^ Jewelry Store Bryan, T«*a* save GARDEN SEED, HOES RAKES, SHOVELS— All Garden Tools at Henry A. Miller Company North Gate CLEANING PRESSING : fg j! 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