The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 26, 1948, Image 3

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Relays With
One $or A&M
ile Relay Team Scores
Aggie First Place
Fish Cl
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: I Southwest Conference track teams, led by
versity, dominated the x I)rake Relays in Des M
Saturday. The Steers touk four first places whi e A&M won
the ohe-mile relay and Verne McGrew of Rice tied for first
in the high jump. ;
\ j Much-publicized Fortune Gx>r-|
dien broke the discu$, 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
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[>ines, Iowa,
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YirFL /U 1 1. ilL ;
ie Baseballers Break
T§ Games With Oklah
Aggi'
Tech On
SiMght Victory
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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.
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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
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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 ‘
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(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?,—
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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
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.. „ .... _ 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-
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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
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‘Conie quick!”. j [ ■ j Texajs downed Rice (twice, 340, 1
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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.
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They're; Arrow Shorts: They're roohyi
Tjhey're mimn that binding cehter seam.
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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.
Texas 1 71 23i.875
Texis A&M ... ... . 6 1 47! 18 .857
Baylor „.4 3 69 ( 40 .571
Southern Methodist.4 8 33 1 52 .571
texts Christian ...4.1 7 43; 82; .125
::.l 8, 48 96 .111
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