The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 06, 1948, Image 3

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Bailor Rears Favored in
Aggies Here Today and
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-r ^ 1948 cbnfereBce debat, the Te _
baseball team takes a crack at another top league
24 iBoitfs F
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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
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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:
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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-:
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“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
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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
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AGENCY
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State Farm Ins. Company
(C-AF) over White
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Versatile Aggie Trackman
Competes In Five Events
Bol) Ghode is a busy Aggie ^heise days.
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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
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series he^ today and -i
role of t}ie jmderdog. ’.
the penant race.
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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
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He ball with
■•will be an experienced trio
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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-
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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^
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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.
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iggie docket this week following
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For Crippled
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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. | ^ <
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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
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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.
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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
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NEW YORK) { April S-lA*)-
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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.
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Bryan Negro In
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Dorm 14— Barrios, Reynolds,
Powell, Ripptoe; Epstein and Lan-
da. ?
Dorrti 16—Baldeya, Washington,
Soyars, Smith, Caproll and Cook.
San Antoilio Meet
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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 '
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