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By [ART HOWARD
j ji My ry ^ u |. !-f'!>
djeliglits. |f the Track Meet
of the otteri prafefed' Thon|ps|)
for his three lirst p!pp?$.:AlCfnufh
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talilcj IdM
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tf Rice vis itunniin in
tip with hi
: his elbow
Ward done:;, fron' Forty Aeries ihe Rice runner Is a talk heavy
. that the L ail^ Te^sjn was tjeady hian and the 120 pound Texan gave
for the tijalck meet \fith a bii nner tip and went on to win,.wlith Hoffi
,head reaqi ig “Tex^d Beats A&M "Corning hi second and Spadks third,
for donferi nee Tnaokf TSijle.^ What The officials then had a big
a shock ijtjmust hap b(jen;t(i the parley hrer whether or! not to |
sports stallf ijvhen me result.^ (fid disqualify Thompson. jHa ’
come. in. | ill '
As it vjajs ijltat papet apd hejst
prarfed’ ffhorifpsjin'
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been anyone elsie, they
have done so.
disqualify Thompson. Had it
might
e|l it,, thefe i is
'orae part o' the
smo r y w i ifch
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Ac fact 'ihdjt
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fas aln(«|t
Jim Hoffj
the lanejto tie left
leading EA n Sparks
half a step. i i I
The distance star jet Hoff
akid iipiiearhd
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CJyde Scott, M ho helped [ the j
Aggies by beating Charlie Park-
| er in the Century, did npt get a ;
trophy for high-point honors:
Tfe Rice cogch Overloioked it l
while ordering the awaids.
The Arkansas coach cojmplained J
because Scott had been wojrking for ;
at all season, and Scott ran the!
lluO yard dash injstead ojf dn, the
Arkansas sprint relay team to get
[more points.
p Mcott deserves a trophy, and the ‘
Rice coach will ijrobablyj get one
for hint later in tjhe yeail.
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Last year Jerry BonnCih crawled
across the finish j line in' the Awe
mile rncei and he; almost did Aha
Saturday when he came ip jseConi
l^hind ThorapsonJ | •!
Bonnen stuck abont 40 yards be
hind Thompson for the last thm
laps and gained' on him with a
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A few seconds after
yard dash was oyer and everyone
wasp Expressing his opjnion on
the results, a heavy, bjald mar
said, ‘^Parker, Samuels and
Scott." A big Rice athlete looked
him over and said. "Yesi Mlsfer,
and you’ve got a damn orange
tie on. too." ;
The dinners of the Southwest Conference Track Championship
are shown above with their coaches. They are, left to right; seated:
Art Haws, Connally Ludwig. Carroll Hahn, Ray Holbrook. Art
Hamden, Webb Jay, Boh Hall, r Leroy Bodeman, Rob Atkins, and
Jerry Bonnen; second row : Col. Anderson (coach). Joe McGlothlin,
Bill Napier, Bob Goode, Webster Stone, Krvin Rilderback, George
Kadera, Leland Tate, J. R. Hill, Albert Ricks, and Ray Putnam
(Assistant Coach); third row: Jack Bond, Charles Clark, Harry
Lawson, Franklin YoUng,' Warren W ilson, R. C. Terry, J. H. Hamp
ton, Jack Quirey, and L. 0. Coleman; fourth row : Bill Cardon, James i
Tfell, Kenneth Huddleston. Don Cardon. Koycc Raven. Warren (fil
bert (manager), Vernon Bellviltc, Johnny Davis, and Mark Geesling, i
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Still oil
Although final i (
Baseball season are
still have two games) <i|n tjhi
joiirney to Brenham Ibr
Friday and Saturdajyi T
May Fete festivities, Tj
Coach Marty Karow’js jjiin|!
enter the series with .h- 2-1
over the Bruins this .jjjjar
Cadets gave the Bear’s, ti tie hi
a hard jolt early ih thslflaf
by sweeping a two g ime |s^ij
here.. ;[
It was the effective tight
of Earl Beesley that itippddf
Bruins for the first timeifehii
The ace Aggie hurler irnei
one-hit performance as mie
pounded out an 8-0 wii. Mn; 1
following day Bobby I r| 4^
arm delivery and a thivq-na
er in the seventh innsnir b'
Burditt humbled the Ea|itis|sf
However, it was a dif rtjrent ii
when the two teams n ej in'
later in the campaign (Thii
it was the Cadet pitting
that took a beating as! we
walked away with a dcriifijbn
Only a few days : ifevii »i
Coach Pete Jones’ llaars
taken an 8-7 verdict! iront
champion Texas Univemiity
It was the only tiltitne
horns dropped during the
ference race. ] |
The accent will be on J itcl ia
the tw’o Brenham tu.ss|Eji. F r||
Farmers it will be Birti.le J
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books, th$ Texks Aggies
Ikr schedulle. The Farmers
t Its with tne Baylor Bears
i is (are part df the Brenham
More sports w rifers are need
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mer. Anyone interested see Art
Howard in the Battalion olf-
fice, Goodwin Hail!.
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j Field Advances 'Puryear Hall Vi ins 1 Go to TU During
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From College View
Past School Year
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—'/Pl - Thc sporip year in ; the
Southwest Coi.f,i reijice .was at; an
end today with tint University of
Texas boasting the jnostl champion
ships.
The Longhorns yvbn the ba^tjlial!
title SUtuiddy to buing Itbeir titles
for the year to six-f all ex. epLjoiie
being, a spring spoi l.
Texas took cross-coujntry, fenc
ing, team tennis,
baseball and swimni
ndiyiduai golf,
ing.
Marshall Goldberg to Be
Scout for Chicago Cardinals
By HUGH FULLERTON, JR.
NEW YORK, May 17 UP>—It's-
getting so that ‘‘break up Calu
met" gag isn't funny any more. . .
Last Saturday Warren Wright’s
stable picked up ?167,170 in two
races, with Citation winning the
Prcakness and Faultless and Fer
vent running dne-two in the gal
lant fox at Jamaica.
That’s approximately the same
hills to go to Pitt? )|iar
he w rote, “I like it fiie hep
ccpt they make me miar
everjtjiij." and Marshall’s
er replied “Dear Marsphull:
are shoes?"
Joe Louis, who weif jpd iiy
225 pounds after coi filming
birthday dinner, will fmriiuillj
as thy total of all the other pur- j his Pompton l^tkes, Uji J
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•Y Mi. South Kyle Field
Chi Old Hwv. 6
Field was iCouch who got'J fer t.
For A-Yets it was Rey.es with
2 for- •>, ope of his hits going for
a home nlr> when the leff fielder
allowed the kill to get . through
him.
Thornton Fleeted
Baseball Captain
two titles apiece.! Rise's Bdbhy
Curtis won the tenjnis iungle- land
Cuitis and Chick Harris took j ihe
Douiile.s crown. Tjhe latter |\vas i
played yesterday vjith Curtis |and
1 exas A&M wpn team
and Saturdaj repeated with the
track and field khampionsHip.
beating Texas out; fitG to 57.
Bajlor won bask
tball and Fou-
amsrjoAs most
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Puiryear Hall woiji 'he first
,’est uday to advance to the finals | game of the t'ollege finals yester-
:n the Intramural Corp playoff. ! day by' defeating "(!" Row College
E Field scored first when j View. Cats 4-1.
Dick Matks got on first by a J Puryear took the lead in the
fielders (rhoice and Lopgquist first inning when Day walked
tripled. McMillan then doubled, 1 and Wakefield lined a hit to
scoring liongquist. ; rlri'e him in.
Barnes [popped out making it In the second with two away
two away.J Couch conn to hat amU Thomas walked and Talhot doubl-
singled, scoring McMillaft. Ha t-Jed, storing Thomiis. That was. all
man then forged Couch at second . the tuns for Puryear until the
to retire llhe sides. ' - fourth when Taliiehqti, the lekfl
E Field jseored their 14 runs off off man, singled. Marbtt then sac-
of 17 hits. ' ’ i if iced him to secolidf • ... ....
A-Vets scored their J hulls on Thomas made a hit to drive J Harris gowning (llareUce M-hjby
7 hits, the tuns coming in the ■ Ta'lliehetf in. Talbot then walked.! and Felix Kelley oflTe^as (i-l.p-j,
third, fourth and fifth irtnings. j sending Thomas to sfucond. S’clle j 7-5, 10-8 in the fiwals.j
Hanman, the winning pitcher, 1 grouiided out to thii'djaiid Thomas
allowed 7 hits while IP'yes gave scored on th out. That was all !
up i?. The leading hatter for E ! of thy runs for Puryear.
* * '• 1 ’ " “ ' ■ The Cats scored their lone run
in the seventh with two outs
against them. Hallmark walked
and ( lark hit a long double to
left center scoring Hallmark.
Muller retired the side when
he grounded out to first.
■ Selle. »Hc winning pitcher, al
lowed eight scattered! hits and
-truck-out one. Sinunpns. the loser,
was relieved by Clark in the fifth.
Simmons gave up four hits and
struck out three. Chirk pitched
hitlers hail striking (nit one.
Charles. “TdX*’ Tiginitor, lanky,! The leading batter of the game
ablej shorfstoo on the Aggie nine) was Low of the Ccitis With 2 for i m ^ i. i 1a
took the [field against Texas last •’». For Puryear it was Talbot with J 1 WO tfOt v.'y|Cl^
F riday and Saturday as team rap- a double and a walk for three]
tain for A AM. ‘ times at bat. ' i NEW YORK, —ppi- The (join.
A senidr from Leonard. Thorn-, . —- paratively rare feajt of hitting for
ton has played on Aggie teams the, ITsitrl*)nrl fix Ibe cycle—making] a ^single, ^lou-
L.,.,,... ..t .... ;,ic;,oa i itlini ilr xjrr l ]j| Ci triple and bonier ]n one game
—was uccomplisheil tiji'iee in |047 (
in the Anrerican Lleague, by Bob-j
by Doerr of Boston and Vic Wjertx
of Detroit. In five seakons priolr to
1947, tlvc cycle war collected four
times.
sts offered at all the eastern
and mid-western tracks the same
day. Wright apparently has thi
best horses in every division
(though nothing much has been
heard of his two-year-olds this
year), the best two trainers and,
if this keepk, up. he’ll have all
the mono* in racing. ^
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Wednesday by attend ii |M a 1m
given by the. local chan H'r rf ji
merce. Unless ho start ri 'alp p
a few pounds we RUS|ttjt til
June 2" Joe won’t Ik* qj)l<‘ t|c,
anything but the ph»t i]'. ;|
Rice^and Texas jA&M ^aptjired:, Co^lown .miy lak'i his place (Ken
tuckians tsay that Bull Lea colts
thorn Mctliodist took the football
title. Arkansas and Tf'xas Chris
tian did not win a s ngle champion
ship. '! .
In sewing up thejir ttweiity-sjxth
baseball ehampions|dp in !M years
of conference' sports,; the Long
horns beat A&M lfi-4 Friday with
Hobby Layne notching his twejity-
tdgbth pitching triumph and j 3-2
Saturday behind Cjliarfey Gorijn.
Should Citation become wcarv,
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don’t Ireaily lilevelop as stayers
until they're a bit older), and if
not Coal town maybe free Ameri-
ea, Bewitch anyone of a half
dozen three-year-olds Ben and
Jimmy Jones have in the Calumet
Barns. It’s alnjost enough to drive-
other owner* right out of the sport
and drive horse-players to madness
if they can't Follcct more than a
dime on a dollar.
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In his announcement that Mar 7
shall Goldberg will become a talent
scout for the Chicago football
Cardinals, yubfthumper Eddie 'Mc
Guire reports: “Goldberg is' com-
■piling a history of players now in
college ball and hopes that by the
time each boy j has become a senior
he will know- ;all about him—even
to the point jof whether the boy
prefers oxfords or high button
shoes."
Such details might cause con
fusion. Rcnu-mher Goldberg’s
story about his first letter home
after he leffl the West Vi|rginia
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last three! years at an infield po-j
sition. This seasor; he filled, in at, j
shortstop While last year he spent INcflMIfltsI I lit.i.Ilt I
most of the timy on the diamond
tit second! base. LONDON - ; Britain is to
Tex etided up his conference have a national theatre ‘Worthy of
playing With a ..'!50 batting aver- Shakespeare" along the south
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a home tUn hit against SMC. Last niile fifntn the side of Hhakespearcs
year Thoniton was chosen for the | "Old Globe." 1 . ;
Munnerlj’it-Lipscomb “Best 1’lay- Chancellor of the .Exchequer Sir
er" award on the baseball team. Stafford Cripps says he will intro-
Tex also played basketball in 194<i. dueu legislation befoyc 1950 ]iro-:
Thornton was elected captain vidirlig fot: a grant of not more
just before the team left for Aus- than 81.000,000 for construction of
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Beesley whs, the workhorse in
eConference this year. He pitch-
f more innings than any other
tnrlier in the conference. -Be was
ijlsoi at the top of the heap in the
games won department with six.
J^ft hander jilorisse was ham-'
icred throughput the flag chase
y lack of conjtrol, however the
southpaw Toupd the range
g iinst the Steers Friday, strik-
j; out five betters in the four
founds he worked.
{In Rowe and! Jarl, the Bru|ns
two of tpe league’s,) better
vtliHers. Botih!light handeps wore
ho ten on the 1)47 All-Conference
lundi but ibcjti moundsmbn had
r share of ;t rouble this year.
Thefe' shokild he no change in
remainder: of the Cadet Hne-
Ji]m Calyoift will be behind (he
;e. J Eithei 1 jl eck Vass or Bob
•’h tz will handle first base with
‘Tilton Lind)lofi on the keystone
iipk. In the; hot corner it will be
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