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Relays this
an announcement mad
terday afternbon by B«1 Ca]
ael, A&M Aihletic Dii ector
> The Aggie four milie team. cham
pions of their event h both tH i
Texas and Kansas Relays, will bp
after their third straight Victor r'
in the four fiile grind
Joining Bob Goode and the
L mile relay leam. in yes Moines
;* Iowa, the foot m ile team, the
, sprint relajl team and Georgt
L Kadera will give the Aggies on<$
of the most powe^flul entriesf
this school lhas ever had in th*
Drake classic.
The sprinters vrhoj will leave .to
night with £adera and the fotir
mile team ire Webb Jayr BfH
Garden and nther Wajrren Wilsdn
or. Robert .Hill or both. j
v The reason for the late an
nouncement concerning the fojjir
mile relay peam was due to the
fact that thp team w^s originally
scheduled tb| gojto the Drake y?-
Iays7 but la$t week they askedjif
they could ko to the Kansas Re
lays instead]
Their request for entry in tiy>
Kansas Relays was granted anti
the' plans which had been maqe
to send them to the Drake cky-
sic were cancelled- i
When the j team came home from
the Kansas Relays vijetorious, As
sistant ttfaijk coach Ray Putnim
and the mejnbers of the team ijhi-
mediately requested that they (be
sent to the Dralje Relays. |
"Carmichafel then mjade the nec
essary arrajngeinents for the ffur
Aggies tb,go'to DiesI Moiaes.
traveling- arrangem;enit.s wqre c<
pleted yesterday afternoon;. ~
Carmichael will take four pf
thfe runneijs to the fllelkys in nis
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GELKING
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contacted
Tennis Team
Beats Cougars
in Easy Win
For the second time in as many
starts the Texas A&M Tennis team
defeated' the Sam Houston Coug-
ers Monday afternoon at Nava-
siota. The netjnen from Aggiel md
\yere masters of the courts all the
\yay and won the match in straight
i^ets with a score of 6-0. The Ag
gies | won their first tilt from the
yougers bv the same score.
Ojne ot the main reasons for ,
making the trip, said | (touch
Dowell, was to give the hoys
practice in playing on asphalt
courts. The varsity men haven't
played much on asphalt courts
and they needed that p-actl<e?as
as they will have to play on that
type of court when they meet
. Baylor next Saturday in Waco.
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the very beginning when Bill Ben-
shett beat Jimmy Mann in the, Not
''|l singles by a score of 6*4, ^ ‘
Benny Stjarrford followed j|r
nett’s footsteps and downed
ford Manning 6-4, 6-0. Then
ijney Sellahs humbled B. F. B ’byles
with a rough 6-0, 6-1, add Duffy
j Stanley won over lefty M. 0. Par-
[ker with an equally hard 6-2, 6-0,.
The A^M netters dominated j
I the doubles matches also. Ben-
j nett teamed with Stanford to de
feat the Couger pair of Mann
ing and Mann 6-0, 6-3, and Sell-
( ars and Stanley matched rackets
for J to down Broyles and P4rker 6-3,
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College 7-5 For Ninth
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THE BATTALION
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21,1948
1
Aggie Rifle Team
Season $ith
12 Wins, 1 Loss f’
•dlJORN J. JOHANSEN, ace spjker and All-American on
ston'd Volleyball I team, is shown Etarting one of his kills.
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JOHANSEN will be here this week-end when his team competes in
the Gulf AAU Vollejjball playoffs.
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IOHANSEN will be he
the Gulf AAU Vplleyjbi
Major League Fans Set New
Opening J)ay Attendance Mark
_jie rifle team finished
the 1947-48 Season with 12 wins
Th^fii-st team placed second in
the Vjfilliam Randolph Hearst tro
phy match for the fienior division
in tha Fourth Army area.
Thomas H. Bose of Del Rio
received a trophy for winning
top Honors tor the individual
rifleanen in the Fourth Army
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The first team consists of Rose,
Edwip R. Daniels, Corsicana; Geo.
S. Kant, Fort Worth; Cloyd Buch
anan, Dallas; Clifford As Taylor,
Fort Worth.
Other members of the team are:
Nicholas J. Mees, Jr., Mgrlin; Jo
seph V. McCullough, Sam Antonio;
Clarence; J. Leinweber, ^fountain
Home; Cornelius Duyf, Galveston;
, Herstehel V. Shelby, San Antonio;
James A. McCulley, Alexandria,
La., ami Robert B. McJilton, Fort
Major John M. Cool* is team
manager and M/Sgt. Trutnan Allen
i* c<|aeh. | C :
Bombers Take 14-0
Win From Lulkin
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S||)ecialtiea for Your Dartces
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COULTER
, Bfyan. and Tyler had set them
selves up today as the teams for
everybody to gun for in! the Lone
,j . ! j ,, . , . ■, 1 II i • j . 1 i, . : j Star League baseball
By JOE REICHLER | triumph over the St. Louis Browns. , Henderson and Longview were
i : . r In fther games, the Philadelphia! target. ^ a result
AbofUt the only ^ tl|img i missing Phillies] had a successful home of hist night’s season-opener vic-
.-iT'fsr.. t> ,f' i+/,v!«, c modest showings
yesterday's and Monday’s major opener [ as they whipped the Boston • torS *“ B » but their modest sho
league opening gamds was a no- Enwes 3-1, and Pittsburgh did, de FiP ions made them less
^: ei F . /S A.L 1 likewise with a 3-2 win over the: spicuous. | ■
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Catcher BOB GRAHAM bat
ted in the first pair of Fish ^uns
in yesterday’s game with Blinn.
The Houston Aggie is one of
the six freshman starters bat
ting over the .300 mark. He is
clouting the ball at a .320 pace.
Annual “Fite Nile”
End ’Mural Boxing
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Aggie bat$ were
of Blinn Junior
ning and CXiach Ch
7-4 decision over th
win for the Fish, a:
The Farmers were
.ucking the offerings
<ack Bass and Bill
.nuch hitting,
the tilt, pitcl
10-hit, no-run ball bui
cept him in trouble all
The Blinn tosher wi
ifth stanza with a twi
;ng margin, bpt Bob
ingle produced a pair j
vthe Farmers were '
‘ time. Graham’s
thje first
y. Bill nfatrrineh crossef
>n a ground ball in the
te put the Aggies jn tl
the first tim
Another, tcib of
next frame woh^dhe
the Fish. Bill McRhei
run double w^s
during the jinking,
Warriner's long fly to
counted hurler Red
from third with th
markeir.
Successive doubles
Bollmap and Joe Sa 1
the Cadets their sevepflh rur
the fingl inning.
The two ! Buc hurldi
the first year I crew 1
That’s as wejl as
staff has done aRJimi [he F
who carried aj .35^
average into tihe tilt.
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dlls. It was the fifth 1 straight
in ten starts.
test, ft
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g bid*
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However, a dozed G
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•ee twirlers, Truetb | Mobley,
Wiggins,, and Larry Ludtke r r
ed the mound chores for tho *
Mariners. Eacih hurler worked three
ipnUigs with Wiggins receiving
for his second wjin.
Cadet
ttle mo(h||i
tching Corps was
oppos-
pitching cor
liberal with
iixg batters and gave up twice
as;many hit* as the Buc hurl-
ierit; But the Farmer mounds-
InMn knew where the ball was
going most of the 'time and is-
saed only four walks.
A P a >r of flues, Lloyd Ander and
tVili Horstmann, game
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A&M’s annual “Fite Nito” box*
ing show will get underway to
night in the gym at 7:30. Eight
Intramural final bouts will be
staged, followed by a free-for-all
between eight Intramural manag
ers. . j ; I :• j j : ij I . j
Two runner-upk from last year’s j hard To preserve his ||t|e agalij
bouts will meet'- - 1 --" lLl —— 1 - ■ - - 1 -- • • 51
ted to be the
night. They are
B Composite, and Harold Zeitmftn
of C Fieldi Both mpn are hard hit
ters ahd are expected to give the
fans plenty of action.
Another repeater from last year j
l., - ' I UttXW pieaeiwe nia ic aaWB 1 ]
in what is expec-: Gus yietas. Tall lanl^ -Vletaifefi!
est fight of the one of the most colora 1 il fightir:
ammy Sergent of in t he program,
i Harold Zeitman ' '^ • 4. 'Ilf!
In the lighter diviiinn,* 11
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who will see action tonight is Ray Miguel Rivera; of Leki^tt irt'
Hersche) Shelby pieets
tillion. I i 1
Ralph! Wheajt of C Iji
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shut out Cincinnati 4-0 ip St.
Louis; Washington; gained re-
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fans who set a record for opening
j day attendance.
Aa for the results themselves,
Brooklyn snaked past The Giants
7|6 in New York; the thirds
Innatl 4-0
gjton; gaii
U*- one-sided
■ “'i Mofe;
champion!
Detroit defeated the White Sox
in Chicago &-2 amj the Indians
( sent a record inaugural crowd of
I 73,163 home happy: with a jl-0
con- i Golden. Golden will have to work i opening match.
Philadelphia Athletics were idl
Here are some of the openin
day highlights:
/-jiteng.
by th
e fhr
leTankees Men
defeat
thrash-
‘ ing the world champions 9-1
, '; Detroit
Bryah swamped Lufkin, l'4-O;
! Tyler pounded GladeWater, 11-
2;P Renderson came frqm behind
to nip Kilgore, 8-4, and Long-
Eighteen home runs were beR- view edged Marshall, 5-4.
ed yesterday and Monday—not a,n Lefty Gene Bauer hurled four-
unusiial number, but; look what hit ball for Bryan as M 8 Bomber
sdme'of them produced: teammates clouted 13 lilts, two of
Stqn Spence, Vern Stephens and thejm good for extra buses.
Bobby Doerr hit thoirs'in succbs- 1 Rudy Jones hotneredfin the -sec*
sibn in one inning—a fecord-tying ond and Jim Hardin! clouted a
feat—but the Red Sox lost any- 1 thifee-rtm roundtrippejt' in the
way.P ' j ^ fifth for Tyler. Rudy m-iner hom-
George Vico, rookie first hasp- erejd for Gladewater in the fourth,
mart of the Tigers, smacked otic | Henderson earned its decision in
j on the first pitch served him in i the sixth by coming from behind
lus I first major league game. ! a , three-run deficit to ! score foul-'
f
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Tommy McBride of the Senators
slammed one—with the bases load
ed id the first inning.
Mike Tresh of the White $ox
hit one—his first in 787 games.
rUtis on four hits, one; of them a
triple by Jack Selby, i
Named After Pacer
He had not‘hit a four bagger since
1940', Previously he had hit oply
one home run in 10 years in the
majors, .
NEW YORK —UPW The Little
Brown Jug, famed harness racing
classic for three-yearrcild pacers
held at Delaware, O.—considered
the pacing Kentucky Derby—is
The Liverpool (soccer) Football i na * n T ed : aft « r a f ^ I I' ous l l a . c ? r nam T
Club will tour the U. S. playing ed Li We Brown Jug which raced
top American soccer squads this 1I ? the^ 1880 s—-not the^ football se-
year. Beginning in New York on
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Newark,
Fall River, Mass., and other cities.
rids played between Michigan and
May 16, the hooters will play in I Mpneioti.
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iFor Your Visual Problems ;
Consult \
^Dr. Carlton R. Lee
i OPTOMETRIST
203 S. Main — Bryan
Phone 2-1662
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JONES SPORTING
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outfielders connected f
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worthy of being advertised as a leader.
This Thursday, we will select from the ads apj
items which we carry in stock, or items off
those items at of below the advertise^!
through Thursday, We will follow this plan
fidegt in our present buying connections.
Typewritten lints will be displayed for
denote the article on our shelves.
Almost NO store ever runs fifty items on spcjl
SPECIAL PRICES EVERY DAY.
Spread your grocery' buying throughout the wj
will now help yourself and help us.
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