The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 19, 1948, Image 3

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nd High School Sport
ty JAMES DeANDA
ach Frank At derson is wondering just what
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son. iowjevtjrf according to Jinx
and j'Totjof liick to jbeat the Tex
' ’iickerJ 4f
has l een writing spjorts for many
most of that time iii everyone’s !haii|.
The}, \Va:o to’l-iter wis a littie+
upset, because, Baylor ! failed to
scratch in the, cbnierencje meet, so
upset jthat he dan see
why t rackisho iid be co
such ii larie scale.
He stated that the fAns would
| r be v;ryuleased, if alt the field
events w^re'>j,|Dblished. Father
Time also! claims that tirack does
not pay off in ihe box office and
is therefore a; dead lush to most
of th : schools.; !
AccondirjK toi Tucker,
pituatjon ip wo^ke in hi
his thinly clad team must
>utInvest Conference Track, Champions.
that the Cadet sr did score rtiore points than (any other team in
<jeH and t he records sjhow that t her Farmers have lo.|t only one meet this sea-
uejeer, it took a combination j)f the Aggies, Arkansas,
eat the Texai Longhorns. :
ging shorts' editor of the Waco News Tribune,
r . ^ —- iJ years, and He has spent
the track
jh schools
dollegjej. Once again, he
an jtho pdioney ajngle. Jinx
that fttje JnteksOholastic
i$ that the ncjcessary ti-ack
imept is inexpeijisivc.
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Ifrohahly one ofj the reasons
Tucker’s back stab at, track
is die tact that he knows so lulle
about if. In his column of ittay
Tucker said, M Scott helped
Aggies win the conference
titl;,by taking points! away from
Longhorns. - ’ .Voihnig could
be niora umrae, or untair to the
Ag tie track team.
js true thjat Hyde Scott beat
Taxi s’ (Jhariic Paijker the 1Q(F Ueles next month
league Is jdiscriminatimi against
-football by|restricting spring train
ing ir, that spjdrt to dnej month
yairdj dash and therejby :the Steers
got wo points less than they were
expe:ting to take. But it has never
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occu
Ted to the Waim scribe that
spdrt to dne| mjonth | thh kamel Mr. Scott ialso won the
While plading no time [ IJiniitS on j 220 pow hurdles. Had the "
the tine tHat tricksters imay work j back
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In answer
tb Tuckeij’s attack
•V ion trpek,iColomel Ahdefson stat-
'st-ied, that jif everyone measured
The valfieioif sport by thje afnount
.... ;of nijoneyt it brought iti, then it
is true that track and rjrapy oth-
|cr sports |would) be “a dfad loss."
But jortunateljl for spartS, most
doj not share Mr.j Tecker’s
Champs to Vie
For Honors At
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National Open
Bv WILL r.RIMSLEY
NEW YORK, May- ID —'.'P'—
Ten champions—ranging from pre- ;
sent title holder Lew Worsham to
amateur Charles (Chick) Evans,
Jr., whb prevailed 32 years ago—~|
will, seek to repeat in the National
Open Golf Tournament at Los An*
acef not been injroun
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azor-
that
They are listed in the all-time
record field of 1.410 whol filed
entry for the event at the swank
Riviera Country Club June 10-12.
Other past champions entered
arc Gene Sarazen (1922-32), Tom-;
■niv Armour (1927), Olin Dutra
Satuiidayj afternoon jthfe Farmers I (1940), Craig Wood (1041) and!
would have taken tvp more points Lloyd Mangrum (1946). Evans,
in tUt event. j I a crack golfer, won in 1916.
Hire ijs also a m jitter of three! These ; specialists are, exempt
and |6he-nnit points in the pole! f r((m qualifying along with 19
vauli j that would .have been added" players who finished in the first
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400 |l|||:i|f) Event
By SACK|sPOHDB I | . ! , i| ; j " ■
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A&M’s outstanding mile relay team left fo|r|Lo^ An
they w 11 enter the Coliseum Relays this Vveekefiti.^
Bob IJall, outstanding Aggie low hurdle 4 wafc ti
The spteedy Dallas sophomore has been beaten ;j@$dy
T|he Aggie relayers have defeated every
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Pictured above is Aggie hurler BOB FRETZ whose side arm
delivery won three conference tilts for the Farmers this season.
The Cadet right hander's only loss was a heaftbreaker to the
University of Texas, despite limiting the Hard-Hitting Steers to
five safeties. - i A ,
to .tip Cadet -score hiujl not a pair
of Itla z or hacks tied f!pi- first place
peopl]
j with
! more
Tuc
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ojther
sport
i^r. hu
sport
ilizedr view points.
j in i
blinded .by tljo iWaukee 1 a g alr
two Farmers. There were two
Aggies; behind the tdp quar
tet in thi^ event.
the (avelin
thq busy
d|oes not 1 pause. t;»jidnsidcr u ! ri0 on ^ ( H U P * n
fuetjors. Track i>
whichj relativ
numbers j f stujb'nts eti
pfite. i’or many hoys
utiuble t() jpaiticjpate in
special izhdj gamejs like fiAilhall and,
Hhseba 11,; track serves uJ a charac-
ildey as anly ’a competitive
msi.fAnotHer impn|rtaiit fac-
tffc only j nheai
idy large
h partici-
, yvho are
thfc more
throw it jw'i
Smackovei
.-as once
rcr Scott
the third slot
of Aggie Boli Goode.
Y‘s, hiit for thejjielp of Ark-
ansak, the Farmers^ would have
widened their margin over the
.Steers by tive and on
poih ,s. j
1 Whether Jinx Tuckjer likes it or I
twenty last! year behind Worsham; j
National Amateur Champion Rob- i
ert H. (Skee) Riegel Jand; the host,
piofessioiial, Willie Hunter, form
er British amhteur king.
The other 140 places in the 171
man field vfill he deternpned in 29 j
sectional qualifying tests.
All but two of these (ryouts
will be staged June 1. The ex-
eeptionS ajre Honolulu. May 2. r >,
(| t,o(i Angeles, May 27-2$.
Battalion
PORT
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19. 1948
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and
ne-half more
Joe I>ey, executive secretary of
j the United Statesj Golf Association
[who arinduijced the close of entries
yt stenkry, said the number of
not,’The Aggies have won the j places td he allotted each section
Southvestj Conference Champion- would he determined later.
I ship | if or j the second consecutive] I) e y said the 1,440 entry list
year.jlsoutpwestern Thick will hold ’ surpassed the previous high mark
Boston Braves-The Club To
Watch in National League
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of sports, wrttx or without
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fori the fixture , that dates back
to 1895. Tlie largest entry before
this one Was 1,102 in 1937.
• One or Ufa most itirportar.t pre-
liminal-y trjial.ss will take place at
Fort Wdrth, Texas.
The nation’s tmuipg professiou-
v!n play in the CofonlarCoum-
Cliil) ifnvitatioT’ whiJh closer
on the. evei of the June, 1 tests.
Many of; tlje pros have announced j
they’ll stay]over and try |o qualify j
at Fort Wrjrth rather thijn return !
to their pwli sections. This has the
approval oil the USGA.
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Another large qualifying field is and lost four, the Best record by
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XE ftTr Y(|) R K, May 19 —'TPi —,
They niny rave about the wpn- j
derful St. Louis Cardinal pitching ]
staff. Thoyi njay gape in awe at j
the New Yjii k Giants’ devastating j
power. They may admire and envy
Brooklyn’s depth with its youth j
and speed. {The solid team in the j
National League} however, is the
Boston Bra its. !
Boston js noi in first place.
The Cards hold that spot and
the Giants' are second. The Bra
ves are third, but only because
they got off to a miserable start, j
They dropped six of their first
seven games.
No. 3 team ip the leagUe^-and
that includes the Cardinals—
boasts three front line hurlers
such as Boston’s Johnny Sain,
Vi'arren Spnhn and Voiselje. This
trio has given up cnly three runs
in Boston's last four games.
The Dodgers finally snapped the
Braved funles.s tjtreak at 29 con
secutive innings when they wang
led a run off Sain’in the [first in
ning.
The; Arsansas curvebaljer gave'
up two more runs later but breez-;
od to his third victory in his last]
four starts. It was hif third i
straight complete game land the!
£ Field Takes
First Game Of
Corps Playoff
By BILL THORNTON
E Field won the first game I
of f the College Intramural
Corps Finals by defeating
White* Band 4-2.
E Fieild wa«( the first to bat and
Hartmap led off by beating out a
ount. Fkcett then forced Hartman
at second. Hitrtgraves doubled and
Faucett] scored. The next two bat
ters popped out.
Wnitd Band came to bat and
Ulmer the lead off man doubled,
uawler 'thep grounded out to the
pitcher.: Vaugnn came to bat and
got a dqublc when the center field
er dropped the hall.
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Ulm^r tried to score but was
called out at home when McMil
lan thiievr a strike from center
field. Mangold tied the game up
w hen He drove a single to score
Vaughn and that was all the
runs for the first inning.
Both hides Were retired in the
second three up three down.
E Fi£ld broke the tic m the
third wl t n Hartman, the lead off
man, be; t out a bunt and the next
two bat xirs, Faucett and Harte
graves, did likewise. Norman hit
a fly to the outfield but the ball
t bundled, and two runs
to put E Field ahead 3:1.
then scored again in the
Bring their total to 4 runs.
Band started a ralley in
; the sixth but it netted only one
, run which left their total at two.
Hartn)an was the winning-
pitcher jand gave up seven hits.
| .Martin gave up eight hits while
i hying efedited with the loss,
i; The leading batter of the game
!' for E Field was Hartman with
three for] four. The leading batter
, for Whitt) Band was Mangold with
two hits atnd a walk out of three
times at bat.
♦fered one defeat kt 1 he v
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homa Aggies at 1 he
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The AggieMdokbi
subsequent meef is T le ti
winner. The Souitl e isti rm
*nce Champions, |h s L TJ
hhve also been Ji wn d
Farmers several tines I Hi;
The Aggies wia [lav
tjqp speed in thc -L is An jeWi
if they keep winnim > sti g i,>
Other schools thit wi 1
enter potent teams an B
Culifornia, MichiKJa i, 1 lY
State and George]I epp >rd
Michigan and If’fO firtil
s( Fi nn .
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ian the
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| E Field
i fifth to
all dead heat at tl
They traveled the |
orie second slower 1
time the Same di
Relays.
Hurdler Hall
participate in th*
terdny. Hall brokj
a duaLmeet on
then flushed Clydje
ansas to a 23 flai
ence meet,
ihe mile relay je|m
of Don Cardon, E r in
Ray Holbrook, ah 1 j;Ar
Cjirdon has broke ii
thje quarter-mile while
Hplhrook, and Ha T|deii
blje of going below
|Not counting
B|g Six meet, this
time Hamden w
Maroon and White
up his Southwest
U s by plane this afternooh where
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st minute addition to the squad.
th(is year in his event. | ,
have met this year. They suf- .
[start of thie season to the 0kla- ;
Fowl when a baton was dropped,
thie Oklahoma boys repeatedly in
>y team was the Missouri Valley
!*-♦” — £ ! = ^ 1 1 ;
rtcr the past week-end with his
third! straight win in the quarter-
mile. ■ i j’ H
Harnden and Holbrook will
run in the individual 100 meter
race in addition to their duties
on Ihe mile relay team.
Tine foqr nuurter-milers have
woh Itwo ipatcnea each, tliis spring.
The Kansas and Drake] Relays each
pivsente<l the men wiith watches
afteij theiff victories in thlbse meets.
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Since thijn Boston has won 11 | Biravcjd Kith in their last 15. In
:ted at Los Angeles \jhere two
hftVe jbeen set asldt| for the
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far, in the j circuit for the period
Billy Southworth’s I men haven’t
lost since May 9. ;
They open a 11-game home
; stand tonight, boasting the leag
ue’s No. 1 pitcher in Bill Voi-
wlle. No. 2 hatter in Tommy
Holmes, the best fielding percen
tage of any dub in the circuit
and a four-game winning streak.
The Braves (jdded a successful
road trip by crushing the Dodgers
in Brooklyifi, 12-3. It market their
fourth straight win over Brooklyn j
without a setback. It also gave]
them a record [of eight victories ;
in 11 road games.
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Exams Announced
By Gvil Service
The Civil Service Commission
will hold examinations for filling
vacancies in the positions of fleet
captains, fleet electricians, engine
shipkeepers and assistant ship-
keepers, and deck shipkegpers, ac
cording to C. E. Savage, executive
secretary of the commission.
I The salary for these positions
1 range from |4149.60 to $5905.30.
Employment will be with the U. S.
Maritime Commission in Beau-
, mont, :]*
Examinations will also be hsld
! for tjhe position of Junior profes
sional librarian at $2644.80 per
year, Savage said, adding that the
; maximum age limit for the libra-
\rian has been changed from 35 to
62 years, and applications will now
be accepted from persons over 36
but under 62.
Application forms or aditionai
information may be obtained from
the 1 Gcal' Post Office, or from the
Regional Director, 14th U. 8. Civil
Service Region, 210 South Bar-
wood 1 Street, Dallas 1, Texas.
i Always Victorious
SOGTtf BEND, Ind. - -~
Sincei Walter Langford, present
tennip mentor at Notre Dame,
took over coaching duties in 1940,
hjs slquads have won 57 matches
aijid dropped but nine. That is u
J! winning percentage of .864. His
j I 1942, 1944 and 1947 tennis teams
were undefeated.
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• SLACKS—Largest stock iu the county
• SHIRTS—Largest aEsortment
• NECKWEAR—Large Assortment
j • ROBES—Large Assortment
4 SWIMSUITS—Botany all wool j j | ,
• ESQUIRE SOCKS—Large assortment
• WESTMINSTER—Nylon socks for men
sharp contrast, Boston's fifst seven
games found no pitcher gbing the
route. ; k-j
I’he Braves pummelled five
Brooklyn pitched jfor 18 hits. Boh
Elliottj, the league's most valuable
player last year, got threi). So did
Sain, a good hitting pitcher. Tom
my Holmes zoomed his average to
.435 with two hits in three times
at- bat. I H
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More sports winters are need
ed for the Battalion this sum
mer. Anyone interested sjiee Art
Howard in thii Battalion of
fice, Goodwin Hall.
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Mustangs Defeat
Horned Frogs, 2-0
Irwin Huy pitched the SMU Mus
tangs to a three-hit, 2 to 0 win
over TCUjiln Dallas yesterday. Kay
stretched three singles over the
nine frames and struck out seven
Horned Frbg batters.
The Mustang batters did not
help theiij pitcher out until ^he
eighth inning, when they gave
him a twOt-ran margin of safety.
James Burnett then relieved the
starting ITCU pitcher, David
Choate, in. the eighth frame with
two outs.! But tlie damage was
done, and [the Mustangs held the
visitors scoreless in the ninth
frame.
Jim Busiiy of TCU, the confer
ence hatting champ, went to the
plate four times without getting
a hit off of Kay.
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TEXAS LEAGUE
(Standlins-5 Through Monday)
W. L. Pet. G.B.
BS 10 .667 —
17 16 .531 5'<-
16 15 .516 6
16 17 .185 7
15 17 .169 7);
■M 17 .452 8
.fl 18 .138 8'4
. j , .12 18 .100 9>.'.
TUESOAV^ RESULTS
Tulsu 5, r)iil!a» 1. ! ,
San Antorjlo 5, Shrovjeiiort 8.
Oklahoma City at Fori; Worth, postpon
ed, rain.
Houston ;rtj lloaufnhnt, postponed, rain.
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