The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 06, 1948, Image 3

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Win Over Hart
The Day Dod^enl ev^lied
the playoff seriefi in| the|fln-
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playoff yesterday as tlheyl
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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.
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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| , ];•
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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madb by Johansenj W
[bow, and Schrickle. | j 8
The losing'pitcher was Petqi
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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.
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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.
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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
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< po^i
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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.
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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.
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THE BATT.4 LIOS
SPORTS
THURSDAY, MAY <r, I'll8
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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
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I’oints scored
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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-
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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
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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
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' 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
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They are: Pitchers Earl Bees-
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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
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his ankle last week in practice
won’t be able to see action.
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