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^Trnirnmmmmmumm f '* . ! 4 ■i i \: r U T A pjo. Track cfoa ! J. C. Wins TracklChampionship i\verfdl'jBro\ms\|ll)e team won the Jun or College impidi^^hip hei^|y ester day: Brownsville 'points White tsikihg fjvefy Amarillo Was runnii Hillsboro with ifVs- Edh and Hendorsan anti! Navaiiro i; ty tied for. fiftK iwijth niijie ' '..V y Two of; Bvownsyjlle men]] Regain aijd Carl'Oisuki, mit total of 17%, more ithari thefl plice winders. |j.|[ ' .||| Regain anch«)redl the wiriri mile relay team while sc^i pdihts^io l|>/ 4 fpr 10 !i Chesshirl'ofAmarijlo. Otisnki taji Anuujmo; sedjwid, Jim Ke- second tj) Chcsshur in hotht the bnAvniv.ile; tijuni 100 and 7 !'4 poinlH. won the] hidad jiimji jtlook ( the 4dd? and ,anelikned sprint j«jid mjle ^ the 220 jto finjsh w. Regain second in both the for Browiisvillel j |i :Chesshir ; a(lded( T jine- ■ iiB fourth : Sene eacl them—. rts, scored 45 jrjd places and h tie f(Jir another, -up with 22 points, followed by burg tbok fourth with ■lun-4 1 1 — nts 161 points, ^ith point when his team in the sprint) relay. Jilost of Die times were slower jthan in naiies because Mori ^yV strong wind was aolent yes'«.ruay. j !| Summary 4110 yard mash—\V free, ... 'h. I ■froyitni, Brownsville] in the finals the jireiiini- on by Jack ibu yard <)asn—Won by O. B. if a' ... r, Amarillo; iccojnd, Can Bnninsviiie; tjhlicl, Ber- Uiy>j na)jjl Blaec, .'javan'o Cojiinty. Time nigh Jumpi—Tie foi first, Char les WomacKj, Brownsv^le, unci Boug frarnup Cisco, 5 tect, JlVe jjiehus; tie loi; third, Kimpeth Wiley liiUsDoio, anil James Jarrell, Al len Aeudemyi 5 teet, 1! niches. Mile run—Won oy ilarioid Bur nett, Amanljo; seco id, Kedono Trevino, ntuedo; tn m, Auture ti'a re in, l.am|o. lime: 4:45.0. yard ciash—Wen by O. B Chessbir, Aniar.llo; icchnd, Carl UIsuki, Brownsville; Uurd, Ber nard! fiace, iiavarro Couhiy. Time •{ MM . t ) ( ml) yard,High hurdles : m :■ ovely 3? ! GREETING CAR d j jj. -So choose our Wide, of epprepriate; Greejings will bo truly 4p jreciatbd t ' Mothers" whjo are neir or to yefc. 1AIHII.IA PHARMAC South Side; -Won by Robdrt hvtiijs, tin mo iig; .second, dacK] SNarrt‘i|, Brown lianrey King] hillsboi Bhot put—jW on oy i ■' H; •! I; toolk f lurth Curus inine: oo.o. iViliej tnml, i. Time: 15.4 idhnuel i or- T : icksters With Texas if I ! J - ByujpN ENGRLK1NG | |. if Boosting two of the best balanced track teams in the country, the Texas Aggies and jL The Longhorns of\ the University of Texas ta clash in a dual nteet at Austin Friday for j r their last outing before the all important ISWC meet May 14-l5\ This will be the setond dual track meet between the two schools this season. The Aggies, having won the first meet 72 to 50, will be favored, to win ; but the improved Longhorn squad could easily cop the meet under certain conditions. One of the conditions necessary for the Steers to win is that John Robertson, Texas’ ace! broad jumper, be in top shape. Robertson, who did not jump lost week will! be; Wins: the e; texaj a tae « in the : \ ■ u- MM Out ,'i asf Bi Pictured above are two of the winners and a pair of runner-nips in Sunday’s liAfamutal Track [eetj. I .eft to right they are: CLIFTON PFEII. who led the field ip the 120*yard high hurdles, BILL MlARDNF.R who came in first in-the 880-yard run, BILL O’MARAj the runner-up ini the 120-yard INI) - - ' - High hurdles, and BILL TOWNSEND who placed second in the - 880lyard si, Brownsvilje, 41 reel j| l g inches; second, Wesljey Baser, Texas Lu- t.hfr;m,-40 tiieu, lo'-j incKs; third Leon Burch,) Way lam , -l| l, Act, 8 inch's. 8'U yanl rpn—tVqn byiJJiLWeldi E Imourg; sefoml, Eh ro fie la frar-*l r.a, hmiiDurii; third, Bill Knigh- ~ ten, \\aylanti; tootW Tfams Tad- Amarilio. Time sens—Wjon by fboio, IIP feet, I HoVvard! HaWkin .demy, 117 ief t.j 1 itici 1 rbis, Hillsfjoro, 117 1 0 yard i jday - Wd vili. i UtsuKil Owens, Hega.n); seqopd, Hei ty; third, Hjillsboro. Broiul Juijvp—Won bjf ’.ISm Re gain, Bi ownf-ville, 21 feet, jT'-u iti-' dies; second!, Reggie Gil|bert, Uen- M +- rl thud Eugene Ellis. S' uf 1 valdc, 21 fee 1 Jac 2p) yard j low hurdlesi —Won by A’ille; seeoivl. No Third Loop for A While jj Says Burnett f 2:p5.ai Saifi Burns] injeheG see- d AlleilAea- es;fthi|w Joe 'eeLi l jji^-hes. . n l.y Bi*owns- ' v< deilson k, and bi ('(.u,n-, Hithwest Tox- k Wan eh. Bi own Robert Eva;is, Edin ,11a ’ Battalion PORT ,i las when the Stekrs met Rice and Baylor in a triangular meet, palled a leg ninscle. in the Drake Relays, He has not jumped in I competition since then. If Robertson should not jump this Fri day the Aggies will probably take first and ! second in the broad jump which will give A&M the necessary margin to win. In an effort to give everyone tm idea as to how this dual meet will turnout! your re- ! porter has made his predictions as to the ! outcome of the meet. ^ The two biggest question marks" in these predictions are: 1) Will Robertson I enter and win the broad jump'! 2) Can Webb Jay beat out Perry Samuels for second place in the 100-yard dash"! According to the following predictions, if Robertson vvill NOT enter the broad jump and Samuels will beat Jay in the 100, the M J. ebs Ml a A&M 63-Texas 59. I broad jump, the fina|l 64-A&M58. The mee to 61) if Jay were fr> 0 and Robertson first imp. L&J/ I OS-Texas 59 dash—ill Charlie ! Parker, Tex ueR Texas. i dksh—1> Parker, Texas; 2 A&M. da$h—-1 Ray Holbrook, A&M bdeii, A&M. jti'IM run—1) Don Sparks, Texas Stone, A&M. -I) Jerry Thompson, Texas ahn or Joe McGlothlin, both o!f 4lSe nirv—lij Thompson, Texas; 2 Tqpdis; 1120 y I; 2 j jjprjli: ])iscus Mil 2) I id) Jhot PH Y|t ng. Mi j yfavelijb 21 t ! “'l r frdles—l)! Ken Borei), )it|lill pardon, A&M. ■iknl lo^v hurdles—1) Robert Hall, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5. 1948 Page 3 iui "lirfh Art Pole I Mi Ricks -tth By HAROLD V. RATLIFF 1ALLAS, May 5 —<7P*- Dick rnett, the man who shelled out Vo than $500,000 for the Dallas 1 b feinthise in the Texas league. 1’t say he was misquoted. But does say he didn’t mean it the it tame out. Tuihctt was talking to Dallas nts writers just after taking ?r the local dub. ‘‘A third major gue will come within two years,” said. i“Gardner (president J. Hart Beats Day Dodgers In Opening Round of Playoffs J, C. Net Champions Select c In State Tournament He By CLIFF ACKERMAN |4 Hart Hall slugged out 4 hit* iiji he last two jnnings to beat the Miller, s lay Dodgers .‘rfo J -in the firs|t Echols, 2 - r-r. - . ni sa)(5 Gardner (presuielu J. \ u ' L,| e r.tnois, - Alvin Gardner of the Texas league) fame of the Intramural Vetera i J. Hanson, if burg; third-, tyoy King, Hillsboro. Time 25j’ - I'olvrt'auli—Won I.v John Adarjis .Xm-an-o'Coiinty, 11 feet.; , tic fin- second, Douk fiarnei-j, f.'ipcO; Clutv-i sijjy was. that les ,! ” r ” .J- in I...*;«■>'• C(>i inks it vviil be five years hut I th|nk it Will bo two.” And; Burnett named Dallas ahd Houston as cities that would He in this third league; Hart Hall AB By BILL EVANS The State Junior College Championship Ten ment rolled to a close yesterday with Amarillo the mens and womens singles championships,; Coijij J. C. Winning the mens doubles championship, aif ris J. C. annexing the womens doubles champidl! ini, ill'll yipw, v IKY" WomacK, JBrowuU-illo; Goodie ik; ijiftond in folot, 8 indies. i • j _ j GiOpS AG E S d | II h I ) Spe<j;ialt|^H for Your Dances | an4 All Occfisions. ! i I! 1 • i . i u second basetnan Merrel (hopped j :ho ball, leaving two mgn safe oti aases. f I Cashion. i! .1. GOCLT FR SMITH 181|) S. College Roacff Phon3 2*6725 leagues playoff series. These two Hughes, If earns will meet again toda,y ajt Winkler, c :. - !0 for the second game. j , Shugapt, 1 ) Coming to bat in the sixth ini- Tuinbow, sf ling trailing by three runs, Turn- Sacra, cf • ii„ „ ; )Ow of Hart came to bat and le i Schrickel, 3 !{ Rut h V li , a ^ u 1L ! < l] < n I ! ne j 1 ' Y° °ff with a single. Sacra then came Pettit, p Xj.irs, that what he intended to ,p an( j hit to shortstop Schaffer I . . ■ 1 may not live to | inf j j n iln attempted double play sue it butjmy children will. jAiiywa.vj, the Dallas club presi- dint was quoted by all the sports wadters present saving two, i , , , i llais. -Tf all of you quoted me ‘Vhnc-kd came up and was out, Merrel, 2 li|e that 1 must have said it,” ho i K base. Turnbow then scored Sorrel*, c , dWlat-ed. “But a lot <»f things were \ n a hunl F y tt,t - bac rn was' Lloyd, p ■ ■happening then and we were in t, ' irovvn <Hlt homo Date, and Rn . ch - 1 third base. ' I Whittaker, i f Again in their half of the lait! Gary, If inning Hart Hall went all out to Woodard, ef score the winning run. Echols) Higgins, sf came up and took a walk. J. Hai -1 son came up and knocked a hoine run to tic the ball game up. ajstate of tension. I guess I wasn’t' i paying dose enough attention to; wjbat I said.” i Burnett has these observations: on why he thinks the South is ripe ) fip- major h ague baseball: tj j The nation’s wealth is moving jo the South and will he concen- I )rated here within the next ten i Hears, Examples, he says, are ‘ Ileus ton and Dallas. There are i 2:ih muRi-millionaires in Hous- jon, and more than 180 in Dallas I 24 Dodgers AB Following was Hughes who butted the ball out to right fiek for a triple and then scored on sj loose ball in the infield to win, Hart Hall Day Dodgers 00 00 02 3 Total 5 02 01 -00 1 Total 4 ,« CREAM is mutritioh at tme tip OF vour tongue The Day Dodger team got eight hits to score their four runs. In the second frame with two outs pitcher Pettit loaded the basefe. Second baseman Mefrel then eanjie Silver Anniversary For SMI Coach | “Once if you wanted to borrow !j a] million dollars you had to go efist,” he says. “I can borrow four ipillion dbilars in Dallas right f I} .u i. i , ,, lito bat and. singled to drive In i Conference hnuld get out of tht k chain "sto.e ! W<M,da,,i and HlKpins and thc That makc8 Bcl1 - now head - mon * u i Janjes Saunders, the new mens -f . J, (’. singles champion' from lj - Amarillo Junior College, won . his title by defeating last years . champicn Clint Nettleton of Ed- () irburg J. C. with a sebre of 11- ^ i), 6-2; 6-3. Saunders’ smashing - j serves and accurate forehand I gave him an advantage over the j ^ ! ex-champion and enabled him to i j take the net crown. Amarillo .scratched again when | 4 ! Pat Jackson, defending champion, j' | made it two straight by taking H Edith Smith of Corpus Christi J. 1 | C. in the womens singles with a sciore of 6-1, 7-5.; 2 4 The very cute Miss Smith rallied i 0 1 in the last set arid came close to 0 mjaking it a tlujee set match but | 0 ] Miss Jackson’s ability at the net 0 wgs too much for the suntanned 0 | Corpus lass and she bowed to her 2 superior opponent. ^ i In the men’s doubles events Cor- ~ 1 pus Christi J. C. came from behind to take the championship away from a determined Amkrillo two some. Alan Hardy and Louis Hay- nje from Corpui Christi took the fijrst fourth and fifth sets from John Allen anr) Dick Hardin of Amarillo in a very close and well played game. Tpe score which in is CNi Loii hilj). Foren, Texas] ay—-1) A&M. lelay—1) Texas. Phrciw—1) George- Kadera, A& Kramos, Texas, j -ij) Kadera, A&M; 2) Franklin VI. | ■ ,. [Thrpw—1) Frank Guess, Texatj; ]Hq)deJ A&M. ump—1) Jim Hill, A&M; 2) 1 ' A&M. iJiimp—1) Robert Walters, Texas; Tljvs, A&M. ult—1) Walters, Texas; 2) Al and! Lelalul Tate, both of A&M. jj ^ I. i ^ i Jones 5 Bat 1.000 15 NEW YORK — The father-sin I pimbipatidn of Bin’and Jimnjiy l Jones made it fonr-fpr-four with 'jClalunjet Farm’s Citation in tn*- fll)48 Flamingo race at Hiahiah. T a- . jEvery horse the Joneses have sei C.jltiilvilg Jto thq post in the Flamingo-h is •tj I Won. Afliey seored in 1938) with Mdir- i ^Lawriu, in 1939 with Technician Ttt 1 " l]ah(l last year.with Faultless. c i ► This year minks a quarter of a centuiy for Matty Bel! as a head footbail coach in the Southwest dlcates the eveti matching of the two team's was j 6-0. B-6, 3-6, 8-6, 6.3. , ; i«’ f ■ ■ V i; i , * Bat St often and you'll ifttl. V 'V 'V. m (lass. He says the Texas league ilties .should be big enough now to) itin their own baseball business. In fai t, that's what they II nave in do if ever there is a thiijd major league taking in cities \ of the Gmith. VITAMIN A .!. I keeps Hie eyes in condilion and 1 jj:. J I 1 !! body tissues in good rep dir; also ;! ij- : j promotes growth. } ' | Nourishes the body ch!!! and j generates vitality. ' • . i ; ( two runs. ij came to SMU Mother's Sure to Like It! j. * / *3' RIBOFLAVIN,. jip THIAMIN. i i ?! ♦ * * CALCIUM Increases the appetite ing to bum the food we - s.l i • keeps our nerves! healthk.' I iu i - ij . i . i Strengthens teeth and bone? - .r IP —i - L v y heip eat ahf 1 . >■* ■w. *, *‘>a/ They scored again in the j tr., pa q'pvnc rhri«Hun fourth when right fielder Whitt | moV e d to Texas A&M, and then taker led eff with a double anr 1 ——j then came in home on an erro| after Woodard singled. Cashio scored the last Dodger run i the top half of the seventh. After the second and third sets it looked as if the boys from . * 0 .,i M ., j. . ,, '| Amarillo would! go on to win the tm at Southern Methodist, the, tp a tch but Hardy and Haynie dean of conference head^coaches. | settled down (o take lhe last two sets and thc championship. i ftHttie Sims paired with Jane To hear Melanin’ Matty tell it, Adams to form thc Lon Morris his twenty-fifth anniversary as a doubles, team which rolled to I Hbad coach in the conference is go- 1 a rather imprensive victory over ing to be pretty dull. He has al Leading hitter for the dav whs Iead ^ predicted that his team, un- Merre! of thd Dav Dodgers who ^fcated lastjseason will take at got 3 for 4. I hast three linkings this year. For the winners J, Hanson with I . The pressuics jon the cham- a horiiel and Hughes with a triple! e .P 01 u , led their team. Pettit was the W'th the hackfield SMU has winning pitcher, allowing eijjjht ^ oniin £ U I’ (D°ak i W alker.j Kyle with only four hits. 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