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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1948)
fi 3 ■ 7 f r -ijj :; i ■ i'll: 'H | : ; :i :fA\ !i ' 'i fi - 1: !!:'! N|' : i . : i! J; : -i ' i T' ' J ii t"' ■ t. |i| ! : j k . ' ■ ! : ] • 1 : ’ ■ ■ j ]. ; . •;]■_ . I ;| ;j .1 ; j , I • j.. : j| r ^ | i l- i j •! ; ; i ^ i I -J j ^ ^ taje Rafik Gives piih 6 to 4 Bflscball Team Opens Series iv «8«f! j . /- ■ I" « i ;r \ i..... mm l: \ MHMMnBUM ■a T il 11 Evi Series WM 7-2 Win Over Hart The Day Dod^enl ev^lied the playoff seriefi in| the|fln- iramural Veteran Leahies i playoff yesterday as tlheyl ^ /l r-M 1 ^ ’ A. 1 O' . „k n !: Rice Baseballers ladets Score Ninth (Straight Win As Yuctt Mobley Limits Owls to 3 Hits By JAMES DeANDA Unhatnpered by a six-day recess from competition, the 1 ex£s Ae^ie Fres imen baseball team put on a three-run rally in the eighth 6 to i4 and extend tHeir winning streak to nine straight games. ... ..iat-1 tered out a 7 to vicjtoqy Hart Hall. .The fihali gaihe o series will be played.itoday. i; Pitcher L. E. WHndeii for^he Dodgers htui a big day as| jjhe sent 12Vnenitq the hencfi via!-the strikeouT-h>(ite and ilet the sliig- gers of Hart ottly get in fiiur hits. •’■J . . i| , ];• I . . . it j . | \ The Day . Rodg6rti scored itliefr first run in the first imting ljfe en leadoff main third hjisentan l^h- 4on singled and laltef scared |o*i a loi^; fly ball hit byi SofrelsJ |The otift-r runq Were scored otl[ |ten v.-cjean hits and winntirs. yot in Hhe thiKt; fifth and sixth! inmngs. i | j^iHaft Hall (scored iits (.twonuns ip the--secoad inning and; werlfout in* front for a short timb. H^dhes | ■kd otf in he secoind) with a walk. :Then Winder came toi batf'fqjul singled, difvine Hughes' to fl|ird. 1 Turnbow then' catnet to. b|at)! |ind knocked-, out a single scc|i;n g[i loth T i ir( i riins ; (Hughes and Winkler, { 1 i! The fir<ji eaaei nu-wi M(Jon’s second circuit irlout of the i. t DO inning to knock off the Rice Blue Bolts ; It to<jk/Truetti Mobley, to settle down and Ithe outlook^ was | dark as the (j)\vls pushed across a tiiio of maikers in the first! frame.! ? 'lAli the scoring was done with out the aid;of a hit, as Rice took advantage df a pair ot walks, two hit jiatsmen, a sacrifice, and an he Cadet hurler, two innings Thinly Clads Battle Steers In t v ii i ^ fix l ' i i: " •' T 4 • . Four Key Injuries Dim Farmer Hopes For Win! Over Tl By DON EXGELKING With four members of the Aggie track squad ailing from various types of inljuries, Col. their final sjtanza when Wyatt bel- enot Ttye visitors added scorp in the next seeojid base|rutn Sonnj ted ii home* run. ' After Vj yatfs blow, Mobley threw nothing but bl inks at' the Blue Bolts and pitched brilliant oiut-hit bap the rest if the way. The best the Owrls could do! was getj two igen as far as sdcohd bade, one in the seventh on an erJiir and another in the eighth on a single and a stolen base. Blue Bolt! twirler, He Ills Chatam, was; also stjingy with Injse knocks, but bnly for six innings. The Waco eft-jhanderi muzzled the Aggie | times the Fish were at the plate. The southpaw got out of a lot of trouble in the seventh round Andy's! charges meet the pow- with y littli help from the men in erful Texas Longhorns in blU D,‘L „ , » , . .-'their Ikst outing before the into left with two men down and a ) ^ important Conference MobleV followed with a two-bag- meet. ger. But the two blows went for | The dual affair with the.Long- .laughi as the piate ump.re de-, horns will be held Friday: after- cided ^hat Joe Savarino should noon in Memorial Stadium, at Aus- ^iave swung at a head-high pitch. | tin. i 1 we r ho use with only il roe seventh. Howec \ However, nothing could have helped Chatam in the flext frame. Bill Wgrriner started the ball rolling With a base knock into right field, Catcher Bob Graham bounced a single through the va cant shortstop ilot on a perfect hit-and-run play and Wallace’s hit into two rupr feame. The Far right Held scored the ers and won the ball Leading batters Ifor ! the sjdiay were Winder and Merrel, filch ; gettimg 2 for 3 trips! to the piajte. i - ' ' ! ’ I I | For Har; Hall lit Swas four |of Faiimm blows webe good for f runs4 The first Cadet hit; was Wally two hits un- .before call er, the -pair; son ca me hrough with his second hers added another run hg it a day as McPher- ^inkler, ; . ... — — 7 .,it>k madb by Johansenj W [bow, and Schrickle. | j 8 The losing'pitcher was Petqi _lJ._LJ.__:! ■“I - J ; year and it came with Guy Wal- laeb on fifst base. Bill McPher- soi|’s triple in the fourth was thti nex{; Farmer -safety. The AK}gie first baseman then tallied oh [an infipld error. Pitching; became a hazardous occupation for Chatam'the last two Agpk hits extra-base tally Walk McPherson was the big gun inj the battel Is box for the contest) with his double and triple. In the field, it wts Sonny Bollman who spent a ^ ,S V afternoon handling hard grou id balls at third base, Defensive sparkplug for the Owls was shortstop John Churchwell, whose bul et throws turned two into easy outs. — YOtl NEED;. J. RApIOS :mnm SUPPLIES bicycles Jj . IHC’ltLE PARTS ! . WtLSTINi(»lljdt' SL APPLIANCES 1 ■ r' ; STtiDrilNit- V ^1-—:—“t——~t-—-F . , ;v |. j[ j, r •We : RejiairilRNdl 08 ^ nc l Bicycles ITT CO OP STORK Ed Gqrner, ’B8 '1 !! 1 • 4-J*r Phonei4-4114 . .1 1 ' ■/' RICE Wyijlt. bl, Churchwell, GiuSs, lb ProQtor. 3b Wrij-ht. c Muenchow. Walecn. cl Miilauaphy. Moddy, rf Chatam. p TEXAS A&ljl Sitv%rino, 2h \Saprinor. rf Cirnha m. c WbUuo «f» M CK »Tt. if McPhprsMj) . Ha Unian. :il» > Taylor, cf MoL|«.y _ J, ■ | i- Riec . ; M Aggies il fa i/<?ur future! blow ce. of the game to l i * n b Bob Goode, all around Aggie trackster, heads the list of in- ! jured (Aggies. Goode hurt his anklle jn, practice this week. Al- j though not serious, Goode’s in- jury may keep him out of the j board jump in Friday’s meet. I Roycf Raven, Connally Ludwick and Art Hamden round out the j list of injured Aggies. Raven, a two-miler, is suffering from a; bad knee while 410-man Ludwick, has an ailing leg muscle. Harndep is still recuperating from a brokjen finger which he hurt while bowling. The Steers wi|J also be handi capped by injuries John R .bert- son/their great broad jumper, being lout with a pulled leg mus- | cle, heads the Texas injury list. t i Due to Ludwick’s. aiuj Hamden’s injuries, Benton Terry, another | Aggie jquarter-Tniler, inay be ad- [ ded to (the Aggie traveling squad when they go to Austin Friday, j i •Vith! only this Friday’s meet | the Coihference meet remaining on O Zi II 1. Ol JL the Aggie schedule,'The Battalion 03f| llclitOfTI Il3\S Sports Department compiled the 1 , ; Ij * following records to determine the F 1 IP LV 1 top ten, point-getters on the Aggie/ljOlI i3cllll*r lllai squad ;|t this stage of the game. Making, the most points so far is George Kadera. great Ag gie wieight-man. Boh Goode, a •'i combination weight-man. sprint- , J ... .. L, er and broad jumper, is second. I, 1 A .^ A N’ ox '; ^ ^ hr Bill iCardon and Robert Hall, medalist . an«l the favonte were crack Aggie hurdlers/rank third m the cold today, but a couple and fourth, respectively. , of th.te.tedmmat^ were ready to i battle fqr 4pots in tins afternoon s The Texas A this Friday and S jl)Y MATULA W. ues wf; »d ub their honjie baseball seaso rday ah the Kylfe Fidld diamond whejn they:engaj?e the Rule Owlljh a two game (series. SWC game Tc in aroo < po^i j win hand Right now the competition, Qiijjy behind the le%: fexas Longhorns. Theft; white nine Occupies '« by vutue of their SMU last Monday. The Owls on the ot next |to last in confe ings. |L T p until last %v were tied with TCU fj(ij Spot, but twd straig I SMU (and TCU on 1 Mondijiy moved them placV-l A&M has only pla^il the j oncej |this season. Thj|t| was I month when the Farijtr rs toq| ! close 8-7 decision |froij| the I cued flock in a weird no in Roiuston. In Bill Bishop the 0jvls bo; ; one jof the best pitcih ‘8 in conference, hut lack *>[ suppltltl ; from his teammates (lecre)fjs-j ed His number of |p|hs >t spring. irmel] i\ lare resting in (second position in a al+~ pe laafng | ■ t h e Owl’s 14c 2 nurleii, will probably start fir Rice in the seicond game Saturday. The ohe bright spot in the O vl offense iis .Harold Stockbridj e, first baseman and cleanup mart. Stbckbndge is an extremely da gerous man at the plate. Coach Marty Karow plans use Earl Bejesley in one of the Rice gatties, and probably (either Art Newman or Alvis Nixon will ( start the second game wifh Bob Fretz Standing by in qjfse . trouble* Biesley pitched' no hall against the Owls in th|e seven innings he worked the lajit time the two clubs met. | !b Game time js 3 p. nr. j jl j In! other c(inference games t iis I (iveekend Texiis moves north j ijwto gamfeis with the SMU Musiar ! And a single |tilt with TCU. LELAND TATE, one of the leading Aggie polti vaulters, will counted/on heavily to pick up points in Friday’s meet with the St‘ers. Tate vaulted as high as 13 feet last year! hut his best vault sp iiir this year is 12 feet 6 inches. Aggie Nmte Today In --•ft TT "1 Meet Texas \ ' * : 1 i j • ' SIF C Match I oi- KK if i / In Dallas Today THE BATT.4 LIOS SPORTS THURSDAY, MAY <r, I'll8 ch w and ! majff: chanc.' RH E 310 000 000 4 3 3 020 100 03.v 0 8 3 Name j Georg©! Kadera Bob Goode Bill Cardan Robert; Rail Bill Napier .* Hay Holbrook i Art Harnden . ! JL D. Hampton I Webstdr Stone , \Yebb (Jay L reading ' W5W V ^' H 1 W I’oints scored .......... 8L Tom naihent here. Medalist L. M. Crannell, Jr.j. of North TeXas State knocked 'off favorite Jcte Moore of Louisiana State, 5; atfd 4, in the first round yesterday. After lunch. Bart Hal- ■- — 1 -*■— j" - ' tenluis toam and q acres and their six squad will enter tl and two losses and tl c deci-dje the tinnl stanffliijgs tq swq Tennis Race., Ttie meet was cj Thursday at the last;, cauiie of a conflict f '! witH the State High! teifscholastic Tennis i turn- of To,;, A&M (Van. ^ h " 1 ' 1 'j liollu 1 and T. lvL/.l In today’s semifinals Haltom ; fou ff ^ al , meets Bob Yatson Nm. 1 -man on (hii Hn , fit . nM( u the l niveisity qf Texas teapi. | tlu ,. A(r( , i( . (U1(i; ,. ati(W / be pitted By jfHlLL JiVANS,. , . As the Battallj | tveri| to press today .the A&M Varsity If' v ! I r’ 1c [' - ‘aged inuteji I AuMjtjl l|eh(to|i I i p rna m re Sat North Texas was paired against Le^ Thornton of LSU. New York State lesidents once presented a 1,400 pound cheese to President Jackson. powerful southpaw turfy of Texas. ,Goldfi r .recently taken over ' :! ei nliij one position oil the '4*1 Bmnett will give him j in their match. journeying toward the forty SWC tenniif) meet. The Aggie with a record of three wins ,t|o4r* ^ -‘j|' j' j—■——•—1— ' fn the liunjber t\v|o slot for the I A&M Neijtersj will be Benny Stim- ford who Will probably have to face I Chimice Mabry, the ex number one man on.[the; Orange and White team. Mafyry jvaa defeated by Gold- ; farb in iiitrasquad competition tpis week .and wak thereby dropped to I'the second position. -i,. Rodney Sdllars is the Aggjics Gjj,1 third plape njan nnd will probably i^ H [be Coach Rowell's nomination [for s'jijlin.!'the. position against TU’s Ftlix / -••'j T -L j /! i 1 i !• / . The two games against Rice will mark the, last appearance on itjie Field diamond of sev en A&M seniors. They are: Pitchers Earl Bees- ley find Art Newman, Tex Thorfnton, shortstop, Perk Vass, utility man who will play either first base or catcher in the series. Outfielders Dusty Clark Zeke Strange and Walter Will ingham. Willingham who broke his ankle last week in practice won’t be able to see action. 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