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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1948)
F T: ' :y;. '•:' t ■■ "4 : ■ •! 1 i i | r* >• . • •*... r- MMK Tfn* kv. M'l&awMMiii Relays With One $or A&M ile Relay Team Scores Aggie First Place Fish Cl Tex. hits anio: Windy 'contrit Sat DeWart tqry in ‘ second ti Parmer^ lasted! si time m Satur alier |thi I^arj frame tallied : I Southwest Conference track teams, led by versity, dominated the x I)rake Relays in Des M Saturday. The Steers touk four first places whi e A&M won the ohe-mile relay and Verne McGrew of Rice tied for first in the high jump. ; \ j Much-publicized Fortune Gx>r-| dien broke the discu$, record with a heave (»f 165 feet, : 6 inches. George Kadera placed second in! the discus behind Gordien, the man! whose style he copied’ after they 1 competed against each other at the lexa| Reiayi.j j ; [ • Ray Itolbrook turned in a 47.6 lap to gjve the Aggies a big lead |j for first over favored Ohio State in the mile relay. Their time! was! 3:15.2, o»ie ana 1/10 of a second behind the Drake Relay record. A&M’s biggest disappointment was in the four mile relay when its team of Joe McGlothlxn, Webster Stone, Carrol Halm and J. D. Hampton came in fifth behind Tex as, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan State, j i ’ j | This Aggie team beat Illinois last week in the Kansas Relays, i A fast Texas team of Brooks, Hansen,/ Sparks and Thompson won the 16-lap race with a time! of 17:30.3. The diminutive Jerry Thompson paced the Steers with a 4:13.5 mile. Sprinter Charlie Parker suf fered his first defeat of the Rea son in )the century jfwheii Chuck Peters |of Indiana and Tulanefs Paul Bienz beat him to the tape r againsi a strong headwind. Sprinter Webb Jay failed tp i!' ^ Texas tJr ni- [>ines, Iowa, WWIi allers Break E YirFL /U 1 1. ilL ; ie Baseballers Break T§ Games With Oklah Aggi' Tech On SiMght Victory DA 1 ' . ![ •,] j \l sebaHergj sandwiched, ip eight llcsitbljiink- the Baylor Cubs 14-4 on a ,y ^fterpoon; in Waco! The Bruin infield als6, the Cadet! ciuae by committing eight bobbles. M't f rtOei Sdturi ut|ed dat's Win wi .uad and iCs; tenthjMoj ven. starts. It j was [the; ie this I m ason : that, the lavejbeattn the; Cubs. i: ter Charlie Harpie en iinniiigs thg fii-st clubs met, Pi vas the sixth •tenthjVio — in/a rbtv for Coach Charlie two clubs met, he I was reunds. >t- tfii-di eril got' ip thi pair of ssafeties anc thejr^ wjon |the game ylof rig knockeej put. ugh ! the .fiirlf unjeratphed hut the Caidets second !wip || two walks, ani in the third. ■ I it hander ? rek tiret ti o Aggie : u;_ tkJI. face: him re he couli get the t pind Farmers the! third reached ftird ’ theni <3r0$se< and 'six of i >lat}. j : | C idets) coniec sa® blows nuri er helped the Faijmi alojng! by|\ lour Aggie* a hitjtinjg tiv 1 Mi The Aggies increased their mar gin with two .tallies in each of thpi last three stanzas. t,; f, I Pat- Hubert, who went* the route 1>n the', mound for the Cadets t< score his fourth win of the year also played the role of tjie game’s leading hitter. He batted in l brace of nuns with a single dnd.i double and his amazing slide a; the plate kept the Cadet third)* round attack rolling. ..' Hubert held the Cubs in check through six frames but lost his shut-out iin the seventh w hen 1 Coach Jim Marino’s team bujnc i- ed three of it’s six hits to sco e four times. The Aggies mdde two errors during the uprising. DcWare’s charges will , play plenty of baseball this weel^. To morrow the Fish play hoist: to Blinn Junior College and Thursday the Farmers journey to A ust ' n fpt' a game with Texas. 'rr ie Netters Split Series \ l|h Baylpij ’s Tennis team fell behind in the [conference race last Satur day 'Maen it split, 3-3, with the Bayloij BCars in,Waco. The sup- posediy weak Baptists topk three of the four singles duels,! and the Aggies were forced to take both .of the doubles matches to gtA their split. ; T.-.r i The surprise loss fpr the A&M’s team iwas L. B. Christian’s win over Bill Bennett, the No. 1 man on the Aggie team. Bennett had several set-and-match points on Chfii tian, but faltered on his kills to lofee, 5-7; 6j-3, 7-,5. ! Bejnnie Stafford also, dj-opped Ihisi {ipatch t<i James Phenix of Bayfof in \a hard-fought, contest. rStanfard wdn the second set to force the match into extra pets befopf Phehix won, 6-4, 0-7, 7-5. jBpdney Sellars \|ook! the Ag- | qualify in the 100-yard da$h px^e- glf'iS only singles match. Sellars | Hminaries on Friday; He rah third wdh: the fiXst set 6-4 and then \ in his heat: mixed on the second round Clyde Littlefield’* Texans also while losing, 1-6. to BillRpi 1 ‘ ■M'Wm wm •11# vt : . (tM’s No. 1 Golfer. TRAVIS BRVAN, JR. led his team to Xcd on the secopd round ile losing, 1-6, to BiH Bogart. ; scored a first place in the quarteri So'Ihrs then was forced Hi to mile relay. Sprinterp John Robert-!! i c»i;a games before taking the son, Pgrry Samudu, Allan Law- final and deciding set by a 7-5 | lei and Charlie Parker came in ai cimnt. ; 1 I; \! second behind the Relay record! \f 42 t fLillars had played on Baylor's, Kadera came in fifth in the ( voddi asphalt courts and vlas not put with a throw of 47 feet hanpered as, much by the high 8 Vpwhes. Norman Wasser of boutc.ng ball as were the other nii n< ^ p i ace( | first with a throw Ag|iies. Hard-hitting Bennett and;. ))f 52 9% inches, btp >fo r d were alab handicapped by ; Frank Gut3S lightened the i strong wind sweeping over the 1 Steers strength in the field by tak- ijni'heltered Baylor courts, j ting the javelin with a throw of , ! i the final singles niatch of the ; p fi o f P( ,4 7 inches Nl F *7 e !' Du / f y St f t nl , e y (i fe - The Aggie sprint relay team of pe ,a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, mptch to pill R e d Wpaon, Bo!) Goode, Bob Hal Bf'-ptf - p J and Webb Jay fhimd to qualify Ip , Behind 3-1, the A&M No. 1 ; the prdiminurie?. jhe .same tea doubles ! team of Bennett and t( | lo 1 ^ a * Ce 1 le aSfftSSSFJS. ;:,sHrfcsM|Wilh Texas Senes Oklahoma A&M. ! ! j LAS, Texa.Sj April 26 <A?,— I.ABK1 a win over the Rice Owls In Houston Friday by taking both his singles and doubles matches. Bryan! collected four birdies while shooting a three under par round in the singles. I The Aggies leave tomorrow for Waco to play their con cluding game against the Bay* Iqr Bears: Marty Karowi in) tends to start Earl Beesley. Baylor defeated Texas Uni versity 8-7 recently. The Bears starting pitcher will likely be Leroy Jarl. Bapor May Hold It Key to SWC Race | Sellars! and Stanford, then even-j urday against Oklahoma ed'jiip the series by bating Chris- • «,—jr.J-r. ;■-■■■ ; • i tian amf Hailcv in an extra set< rt —>*: lill'fT r ' ciini, 6-2.3-s 0-3. _li. 1*. i Possum Throwing iljlThis split to the extra || k : | .. „ .... _ r ffitists drop-' to fourth ih the confer- dership in the Sputhwesjt Cpn- TSi Di^er«it iTwim Baylor series, 6-0, last ^eek to | forge ahead of the Aggie- under 1 the tearii tennis rating, | ference baseball radje hinges this 1 wCek pn Baylor’s erratic Beary. ;h Training Camp For Hugh Diiffy Discus Heaving Thi third place-Bruins meet A&M tomorrow, thim move into a two-game series with the pace-set ting Texas Longhorns. Texas holds a half-game advan tage .over A&M and could drop NORMAN, Okte.. April 26-out of the lead if the Bears win The weight-throwing form t h a t ope pi; both games. This, assuming John Jacobs, (Oklahoma track coach ! A&M will knock off fifth place i teaches to his track! tehra boomejr- j Texay Christian Friday or Satur- SARASOTA. Fla.,j —Wi—Hugh! anged .on the Sodhtr coach in a i day/ho matter the outcome of its juffy, whp compiled the highest, novel way recently) j ; gjanjd with Bavior. % Houston Y Wins Volleyball Contest Houston’s YMCA Volleyball Team iron the Gulf AAU Cham pionship here Saturday night by defeating the Fort Worth team 15-4 in the finals of the double- eliminatiOn contest. A&M’s first team came in third after losing to the Fort Worth jsex- tet. Only four teams Were entered in the contest, with two others withdrawing at the last minute beqause of transportation diffi culties. Gold medals were awarded to thd first-place winners, and the second team received silver med als. The No. 1 Aggie team was presented with bronze medals fpr their third place. The Houston team diet with lit tle competition in their repeat championship victory. By ANDY MAT! ft listless game 0 and a half Aggies lost western Tech Saturday afternoon! I4. Final score wi The affair was an antj f • game, when , * the jTech I Whereas the Bulldogs tor column Friday, It monopolized this gamelf gathering six before nings had run out, Left-hander Bruce l4 ted on the mound ior left after three innings port plus four walks Bulldogs to forge a r runs on Morrise’s pite Alvis Mixon re; but was not able to teadi. Nixon did strikeouts in his six ! the pound. Stan Hollmig and ingham were the 1 hitters. In five timea mig cracked out th singles. Willingham ninth inning two ning a triple fence. Clay Carr dogp belted a home the left field fence frame. His team ma map Leroy Wright centage column by hits out of six times afternoon. Score by innings Tap- > TpM Afltt ! * 002 0 Batteries: For Te^ Carr. For A&M, Mi< and Calvert. Officials: Pugh atn Time: 2 hours and ie Aggies five in- Hteir only one off inning for But the and more, lammed one mark in left e. Peck pa, one in J teed qff ftnd' visit ng South' Tftdh nine 10 to 2 in r first game Friday after- ;** / ~ • j ’ • 1 : - ome runs were tl»e rule of the Orvio the Bullldog’s ft _ ies got jthlrir si Waiter Willing ham over the jBft foot in the fifth Vass got two round seventh and another in the eighth.. Not to be outdone, Jim " Vert tied into another in the Tight pitching mi rkad the ear- fj part olj the gaine. Earl Beea- t, who gave ,ud stven hit*. <ed folr the Aggiei and held Bulldogs helpless. |‘fPee Wm” Coble wts the TJech huflex; he! turped ihe screws on the Aggies for fou|r innings and hft|d both, their hitting pnd scoring he scotje was ti<)d at 2 to 2 as iti the fifth came j to ba tme. They pick' ,; another in mpro in the seven 1 slammed sm up four nlna e sixth, two and grand- thc eight. mmed sleven othejrs in Besides the home runs men- ittaned, Bussell Mays, Cotton Lindloff and Stan Hollmig all Cracked out doubles. In the per centage Column, Mays, Hollmig, ?ind Calvert all averaged .500 • for the afternoon Score by jinmitigs: SW Tech! ! 100 100 000 2|7 6 A&M ! 002 041,27x16160 Batteries j For Tech,;Coble, Carr. For A&M, Beesley, Morrise; Pal- Offii Officials: Pugh, Pickett. Time: 2 hours, fifteen mihutcB. jetting average in the history of Jacobs_was awikened in the mid-: j In another series, Rico and 4 J _ . . . I _._ r . , ‘Conie quick!”. j [ ■ j Texajs downed Rice (twice, 340, 1 „ j . ,„J» he major leagues, sltill. wears hia die of the night by neighbors. Southern Methodist meet in Hous- tqkton Red Sox uniform well. “Something’s in the hen house ton Fridav and Satnrdav. 1 This M the 60th spring training 1 killing the chickens,’’ they waited, liimn .IV,,* Ttufllx’ li'Kn 5*a i»*i i C^ntO OUlCk. ■ ! the hen houhe | ton ^Friday and Saturday. Baylor also beat TCIL 16-5; ekinp for Duffy who is in charge 1 “Come quick. i I I Texas downed Rice ;twice, of the Red Sox baseball schools The Sooner coach draped a robe with Bobby Layne notching his during the season at! Fenway Park °ver his pajamas, slipped on his 25th; straight conference victor}' pyer to see about it. Dewey “Snorfer” Luster, form- shoes and went Dewey “Snoi f ^ er Oklahoma football coach who P#fc Out a wriggle...in ARM SHORN the fchArte without a center seam! ih Boston. • Dutfy, who hit .4:iR for !the Bos- j(foil! Nationals in 18^4, first re- . ported!for spring training in I8818 »ves m the samp 1 neighborhood .of with Cap Anson’s Chicago Colts what Jacobs proudly calls “The t Hot Springs. Ark. f Residential District,” heard 1 [the commotion and joined them* J Jaccibs’ flashlight disclosed a big possum in the hfn house. With the women, warning him ho might be bitten, Jacobs picked up the pos sum by the tail. Remembering his 1911 hammer throw; stance, Jacobs wound UP- But he forgot that his shoes were unlaced. As ho started to swing that big possum around hipi feet went out from under hi: he sat down in the mud 'Ore possum sailed 30 feet in the air. ; ' ■ (‘Hell.” Jacobs growled later as he de-mudded himself, ^’Everybody knows a possum won’t bite any thing but a persimmon.” es, we I an shorts that are squirm-proof. ! • They're; Arrow Shorts: They're roohyi Tjhey're mimn that binding cehter seam. t , • “ •• '' See theh ipre. $1.25 up (ILiOTHIERS College and Bryan m KEEP YOUR car Fit/ j ■’ |. • j \; ■ - ■ ; Let us Clean and MV TW 1 i'i- Repair Your ... RADIATOR ';| : Foi- . I'jV Hot Weather Driving ONE DAY SERVICE I ■ ' ■ ; | ' I;- ! . .!. t ,f- ' Dishinau Pontiac in the opening bill with! Arkansas. THe Porkers lost the opener, 3-1, and won the second game,-4-1. i i Conference Standing Team W L R OD Pet. 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