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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1948)
smnRimn ' • 'i i! If. •'i l ii . 1 — I 'rack Team ! •!. i * - . •-.E. If Track Campaign -*-ji i ENG fcn ■ "jfv t Tea as A&M s fratck sqjuad journeys to Bat6n Rouge, La. is weekend for a jdiial nfeeet with this weekend fOr Col. Anderson, A ggae j field man to the Agj Se field petition of the Saturday a meet, i .George Kadera beat Graces of llS throw. G ates beat Border ! )!ympic^; dera picked up a] s^ciA UP ais in th( tela r$ advice fi; )m FoKuijie G Kaderia has !n$t lj70[ times in practice this Week, longest j thropr j j es^erd 170’ 4”.; " ■ , , ; ; I i Bobby; Lowther, m '■ is a potential two Bob G|o ode, a thinly dlad wil Lowther for toj spear. The. i ggies wfil ff with most W J the powerful LSU Tigers, mentoir, plans to take 27 track and siarta affair. will encounter their stiffest com- they tangle with the Tigers in ♦ni ■* :— .-f : . i J.iD. Hampton and Joe McGloth- mcus!,kd leading the way. Hampton's the ’snecialty is the two mile run while: MeGlothUn’s best event in the , mile. | [{ | • I Webster Stone, Bob Atkins and Charles Clark are tops for. the 'Aggies! .in the half mile. Carol Itahn is McGlothlin’s running mate in' the mile. N*ow that Aggie Webb Jay has rounded into shape the Aggies will bii at sump iai. seteral com ifeat y> l-akoand be ! vying wif off the trajck; eventt Tigers (will bonjqri w dbjkbl: 3 por His cnt na- - r ter, nave laNim . irjner. ypiM dash. Jay will comblhe with Aggie Bill Kupier and WaiTen Wilson in tion javc|in tossejr ^nd| p^lie v^ulter, h^vc ; a Hkel^ winner uTphe 100 ' rjner. ^ L T 1 ^ S atun •i \ rs*' .*v — - ,."i". - MV,. ' ■ • . - I;#;, ir ■ + r . H'. '•’ f ■ m ,t : . plenty: tl aljhjmirh Walk wohs in of conjpc titjonj • ir Ithe Farmers dashefT the 440) a|nd thj> mi e re lay., ■’ 1 1 In , th« distance |an tance rjices the j Fijriieirs been ^ccjht/nuaJJ^ the nidd ei dis save /with ■» YOU R mm IOST FACE ? ah effort fb sweep the 220. Quarter niHer Ervin Bilderback Will hot make the journey to Louis* inna because of\a leg injury suf* fered last week nj the Texas Re lays. I Bilderback "will be i replaced. Cm the mile relay Vpm b^ Don Cai dbnj, younger, brother pf Sprint er Bill Car don. X. Connally Ludwick, lh*y Hol brook, Art Harnden and DWi Car- don will attempt to keep the .Ag gie ^late clean in the mile x'hjay. The farmers are uridefeated_\so far this season in this! event Other potential winners on the' iAggip squad are: Bill Oardon ih (the high hurdles, Robert Hall in the low hurdles, Goode in thefbroad jump. Haws in the high judp,j Kaderh in the shot put «fn® Hol- ! piile. brook or Harnden in .thqi quarter ,ga;;! fo. Sect a ^ztitOct N. ^Ajf .'ij Y< )U SA B lor ;(Jq. PHawE 2i-1333 iili Martin's Place " I:),! BARBECUE PLATES i - with all trimmings 50c & 75c SANDWICHES i ill—-i—- IqIu, 20c Midway*" on College Ave, Phone — 4- -r { ■ . I—-7- AllTO, FIRE, 'ii LIFE I* tVhen! You Call— Krait: Insurance agency I ! Hxclne 21» S. Main /• J St P -1 !• I CLEANING — ^ PRESSING *1 TER VII,-NS m m- ■ Hh 4T THEIR BEST — AT 1W ■ l ^ AMPIJS CLEANEB Over The Exchange Store — State Farm Ins. Company * Bryan, Texas .2*8039. * ii • ; 4 !i-r. — ii '1. i _ -,-e Babe, who tyxs aocompliahed amazing feats in widely assorted fields;of sport, said she would ike to play in the 1948 tournament} at Riverla Country Club at Los An-, geles. June 10-12. The U. S, Golf Association told her yesterday she wasn’t weteotne. It said the tournament always had been intended to bei itrictly stag land declared: 1 “Applicants must be men who axe eithet profession al golfers, or amateurs with handi caps not exceed dig three strokes. Thus, the U., S. G. A. has declined an informal entry submitted in be- i half of Mrs. George Zaharias.’ ' JI No woman' had ever before * 1 sought to enter the tournament which was first played in 189pii Mrs. Zaharias won 17 women’s tournaments in succession last year before turning professional. Her titles includedr the American l and British amateur champmn- ships. After learning of the U.S.G.A.’s decision, Mils. Zdharias said : she was very iNdjsapjroimted. “I <mly wanted to qualify,” she said in j Los Angelesj. “And if I qualified 1 feel I would be good enough to make a showing ip the open. How ever, I respect * the USGA Very much. They have' been fair and broad-minded to ;me. If they say ‘nd’ I’m willing to g6 along. Maybe next year it will be different.” The Babe hkd pne parting shot. “I still thin|k I’iri pjdod enough to play.” ■ V j 1? ; ■ m ‘ T i tij. ,j,j; , \v' State High School Swim Meet Will Be Held at A&M Aggie Pitcher | Sti uck out nine anernocn while fir4it SWC win iqvpr the Baylor score was 5-2. BBY FRETZ en yesterday eking up his ofthe season i Bdars. Final : ai. Bu f solid home of the Baylor ng pitcher. ,Vith two awA; Burditt took aj three from Leroy Jart and the left centet field fi himself, Lindldff. tied up in and tWo. {■Freh' pi third iimui thfe win. His Bruins tappi Jobby hung and allowed |14 Bea base. Mays game 1 sevont to trol him ,fjin up nim ! The game reached ja .the ninth iinhing as i Chuck vertaux of Baylor f' next! two men fliedl Sneed singled and ] Walked. Then Earl Bk into the game and pqlt 1 strikes ovejr; the plain Chandler and retired the ga mi 1 One of the big reasons for the Aggie track teams four wins in four outings thus far this season is BILL CARBON crack hurdler. In the Border Olympics at Laredo Bill won first in the 220 yard lows and took second in the 120 highs to fie big George Kadera for Aggie high sedring honors tilth eight points. *. rffT^ "T -H— ^-4 T ^ T- —- - ■ 1 — Battalion £1 P 0 R T 5 1 J ■ ' : : . i ' * * —j—r— , Page 3 THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1948 Altogether played affair with fjjnje play on both sides, gold nine waited until inning before making a double by Jim 7" f, • v j i ' u- men ome s: led tih was he T ini Hie se fra in and xai lefSifs 011 the $ it rjih.' qeder, ni SURANCE l-r The annual statie high school swimming meet will be held here Saturday, May 15, Art Adamson, Aggie swimming eoach, announced today. PreliminkHps Viill be at 2 Ip) m. with the finals starting at 7130 p. m. ilT All of the first five teams' of lijst year’s ir^eet, will return! this * , , . year. These (cams axe Lamar of back late Saturday night. I Houston, last first placed, The | four players making Netmen Play Matches With \ i ! fir i i : •’/ Ponies and Frogs This Week By BILL’EVANS The Texas A&M tennis team will play the Southern Methodist University Netters Friday af ternoon at Dallas^ and the Teiifes Christian University tennis squad the following Saturday afternoon at Ft. Worth. Coach Cl M. Wowell will leave with his varsity team Thurs-V day afternoon and expects to bp when Thornton stxuc i Blit the Bears evehijd Ithd jfdu in their half of the single, sacrifice, and et-rus. opt. 1 th sfcvdnth Srii ■ - 1 i •>, iib 1 I.in4l<>ff it i Biirtitt," f i» |P“!jl Claifk. ’ t|f i; ThifnUm, sr; i^nth inning, S’ _ 1 !_:■ _ SX 2 9 24 27l well iive 1, Innlnir.' 1.“*' i l 2 * 4 5 r, 1 i 9 010 00 0 100 Tpxks Al4kM : 0 0 0 '0'0 ‘4 J 0 x h , : i■ 11 ?'i '• • 8 "Erriire: Sneed, Thbnxton, Hirifis’. Vaks. Runs batted in: Chan Her,, Frttz) Bunjitt 3. Two-base i and »ond |rreo5i Durum; o. xwo-uase nx ^ fter Redder, Chandlex*, Sneed,. Di ivi WiH 1 ,. Tu eaiix, Thorhton. three-base Chandler Mowed sii kit! 'an- Harris. Home run: Burditt. Stolbn other two-bagger Mir ngj R :<!«•; bases: GreVelle, Llndloff, Hirrls... Then; eaph itide setflul dobr I tp ; Wilks: off Jail 4, Fi-ctz 4. S:rikc tight ball pjlkying.'u||t 1 the i txm ‘ - - - - — • ! iJimniiH uiccnuii: rrenz. with! xxan: frame - ,4! 'r| ii J Then the Aggies «jru nu til life, j Mays singleij and! liji dl ff i xciri- ficed. Burditt ground d out) th^n) Jnrl intentionally pissed ip Hollfnig to get to Bxbby I The blond pjitcher foc|U a the; I eaisj Left I by poking’a single In o left.! fieldi a^mI] 6. Umpires: that scored: Mays. M< llnig; :ame j in as left fielder C|hall Saeejl fumW' bled the ball. The |iijnihg J|i hded-l puts: |()y Jarl 5, Fxetz 9, Beeslay 1. innings ■ pitlhod: Fretz, 8% with 9 runs and 0 hits; Bcesley, H with' no! runk and no hits. Hit bats by! Fxetz (HaiTis). Earned IKtan: Bdyldj- x. jTexas A&M 4. Win i fetz.i' IhlchcV, Fietz. LosWg pitcher, cner, Jajrl. pn bakes: Baylor 14, Tekad;' ii'u j jo the iWinner.; Austin." second; Highland trip axy Bill Bennitt, Benny’iStan!-j Sellars w-aa glvixig Bennett quite ' /Park, thirdb Wxjpdrow Wilson of ford, jtodney Sellers; and Duffy | a Rttle trouble with this shot iu HkUas, iourthj ^indy Jefferson of Stanley. { their practice session Wednesday double |)r< Ik SaiX Antonio, fifth. - Other schools which will jxrob- i ably enter teams are: Foxest. of Uailas,\pi Paso. Bryan, College .rackelji-idge of San An- aciri' PHOENIX, Ariz., April 8 I Station T lijigs were looking up for the | tb' 1 ' 0 . San aacinfo of Houston, and N jw York Giants today, paxifieul-! San AntomoNTeen dl ly in the pitching department. ! ^ wo sor V < °\ coachesjvill Bill Bennett, a-tall lanky fel- lo\^ who should have been nam ed "Ried’\ is the number; one man on the team at this time. Bill has been dt the! top most of thd season anfl will probably stay there. He looked ' Vex’y good as he beat Glenn Hewitt on the •'Ll. Tv B- Bny Boat, Joe Beggs, Karl MdGow- ^ v ’ m ' n :^ ey | boards! at DeW]urq Fieldhouse last j an and Jack Hallett combined; to; tpss eight hitless innlings agaihst j Cleveland Tuesday ksj' the Giahts) i’dn, 5-2, in 11 fraiftes. a , • ,, -u. rr i ' (• 5 i ic ^kippy Browning, i Jo ’ i TULSAf Oklu., April S-WUlfM, w ynant Wilson. Vl if row The Brooklyn Dodgers continued Dallas and Harvpy Bouldn\(>£ Aus- to roll unhindered through minor j ” n- league opposition. The number one : | ff r team scored its 20th straight vie- Y P FI -Infantry Beats Brooklyn streak of 24 scorelesjs lih ' 1. ii , kings when they pushed across a , h. ■ 1 iiiiiiiimi ■ r- ■<«n run in the eighth. The Brooks meet iri LiUIII|IDOIlC I UI Tulsa j)x the Texas League today. [f 1 . '• "i r r i llt'fi rll FI Ifarow and VanlNAjdamson. Kjarow i wjeakejid. Benhetk is a likeable will swim for while Adam- 1 character and nice to know if you son will represent College Station., can fj^d him behind his freckles. Other outstapidmg^ntranU art j Benny Stanford has just recent- V Graw- ]j- been moved up to number two spot bn the squad, Most people, watch; Stanford | because of hij> somewhat “colorflil” sex-ve which | he gets in “some:of tht) time,” tjx quote Stanford. He always puts on a good show add wins his sharp of gafned too. f XUmlxer three' slot falls to RoHriey Sellars, the “chop” man on the team. He likes to stand iF I -4 as they were coneex ii :d :it i new ball game, 4x1 1 :x st | uii Aggies eamO to 'bst viji thiee run rally that s >wj*d game. ! ’ _- . The A&M infield p it jn performance as they jibl i up pitcher Bobby tighter moments. A|l Baylor mert died ! The Bears accoun i hits, six of these ig: hasps. Of the Aggils elgh|l j_»-. two iwerc :f«jr _n^fertt’s double by Tex THoij afternoon, until Bill started ;to I L j, TOy the I ekr’ji p drop those beautiful lobs of his acC( went ^he distil right on the base line and ftpree ; Errors by!' his Vet Stanford back out of range. times werej; the ch Last and almost least, is Duffy ^' s ^ oss ‘ in midcourt and just chop the ball across the net. Stanley, the wiry guy on the team. He (never seems to tire and can ( uncork a serve that will make the j best of them, take notice. Stanley’s j form as he begins these serves is ! something to watch. Duffy plays good tennis and makes dhe other I boys hop to stay in their top .spots. | 4 eiess in- ;* /-i fi S»|A Composite For Handball Laurels j “C" Infantry downed “A” Com- i posilc to takq the Intramural Handball championship Tuesday ( bight in a hard; fought match. The : DEL RIO, Tex., April 8 Most of the Pittsburgh Pirates were confused yesterday in their game with the Chicago White Sox , at Juarez, Mexico, because all of the public address announcements [were made in Spanish. The Bfces | icorc was two ito one. lost, 7, to 5. I n ar ber and Mackey of the In* I.EM.O, Tex., April,8 —| ^ site two straight games, 21-19 and 21-13.1 This minor upset gave ithe Infantrymen a decided ad- | vantage in the match. El g: inr * .Mi. I il Jack Wallaesa has moved into the | lead for the shortstop position von the Chicago White Sex. “I’ve de cided to go along with Wallaesa for tty: time being at least,” says Manager Ted Lydns “He’s hit- Grona ai>(1 Rphulee beat Broyles ting and fielding well Wallaesa un(i Thomason of the Composites has collected 22 Fite,-W of <hem; to c j inch the match for “C": Com- for extra bases, in 73 tunes at bat. n an y f The scox^ in games Was 21* 16, 17-21, and 21-8. ' Jr. 4 ! i • Infantrymen:! 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