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1 Fish Baseballers End Season With Record Of Thirteen Victories Against Only Two Defeats Saylor Games Close Season Cor Farmers Winners in their respective classes in the 1948 Intramural boxing finals are pictured above. Reading from left to right are: RALPH WHEAT of C Inf., 119-pound class; HERSCHELL SHELBY of C AF, 129-pound class; TAYLOR of B AF, 149-pound class; SAMMY SARGENT of Dorm 4, 169- pdund class; KENNETH TIMMONS of Dorm 10, 159-pound class; and FRED WHISENHUNT of Bizzell, heavyweight. Not pictured are GUS VLETAS, 139-pound class, and SAM LIBERTO of Dorm 7, 179-pound class. Sarazen Predicts Open Season On Name Players in PGA Tournament By SKIPPER PATRICK ST. LOUIS, May 20 —OP) Gene Sarazan, an old master of the Fair ways, predicts an “open” season on the name players in qualifying rounds of the professional golfers’ association 30th tournament that opened yesterday. “Golfing ability counts for plen ty,” Sarazen said, “but the short (‘6,467 yard, par 71) course here could result in a bunch of the hot- slpts getting knocked off before nptch play begins Friday.” IpSarazen, a three-time PGA Champion (he last, won in 1933) is ope of the 135 golfers scheduled for competition in the professionals’ exclusive show that winds up next Tuesday. “On a short and treacherous course such as this layout, a com paratively unknown golfer has just about as much chance win ning as the habitual champion,” Sarazen said. The shortest hole on the Nor wood hills country club course— number 11—measures 177 yards; the longest, 555 yards. Sixty-four players will comprise the match play field. Most prominent of the “-efyitfe” players who figure to give Jim THE BATTALION SPORTS THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1948 low Country Club, a battle royal for the title are Sammy Snead, the Hot Springs, Va., slammer; Claude Harmon, of Mamaroneck, N. Y., winner of the recent masters; Ban tam Ben Hogan, Hershey, Pa.; Chick Harbert, Northville, Mich.; Former National Open Champion Lloyd Mangrum, Chicago, and Jol ly Jim Demaret, Ojai, Calif. Eighteen holes of medal play were on tap today. An additional i'—j—- — — - - ■ - - . round of 18 is scheduled for tomor- Ferrier, 'who won the tournament j row _ Thf, 63 low medal player's, last year at Detroit’s Plum Hoi- THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKIN! . . , about the way we get the most stubborn spots out of your most treasured clothing and household fab rics! It costs you no more to depend on us for super lative, prompt and courteous service. 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North Texas Wins Lone Star Title CORSICANA, Tex., May 20—hP) North Texas State College won its second straight lone star confer ence golf title when a four-man team posted a 599 total in medal play here Tuesday. The University of Houston came in second with 623. East Texas was third with 630 and Southwest Tex as of San Marcos fourth with 637. Trinity University had 657 and Stephen E\ Austin 730. DE. N. R McNUTT DENTIST Office in Parker Building Over Canady’s Pharmacy Phone 2-1457 Bryan, Texas A&M’s off and on baseball team closes out a mediocre season this weekend when they play the Bay lor Bears two games. Scene of the games will be the Brenham May Fete festivities in Brenham. The Farmers will go into the series with a two to one game ad vantage over the Bruins in season play. The Ags won two conference games played with Baylor on the Kyle Field diamond, 8-0 and 5-2, then dropped a 9-4 decision to the Bears in a third conference game played at Waco. The games Friday and Saturday will be the rubber series. Coach Marty Karow is expec ted to start Bruce Morisse against the Baptists Friday, and Saturday, Earl Beesley, work horse of the Aggie pitching staff will toe the rubber for the last time as an Aggie player. Beesley along with six other graduating seniors closes out his eligibility. The other Aggie baseballers playing their last baseball game for A&M are Art Newman, Tex Thornton, Peck Vass, Dusty Clark, and Zeke Strange. Walter Willing ham who is out with an injury is also graduating. Baylor will probably counter with Rickey Rows and Leroy Jarl, their two top hurlers. Both were chosen on the 1947 All-SWC team, and although they have had their share of trouble this year, they still rate with the best in the con ference. basketball Team Ends Preparations For Next Season By SACK SPOEDE Unnoticed among the spring sports have been the daily work outs of the basketball squad. Every evening for the past month the Aggie roundballers have been pre paring for the conference race next season. Coach Marty Karow will prob ably put a tall fast team on the floor when the interest in football begins to fade next fall. The team will be slightly inexperienced in spots compared to some of the conference teams, but is expected to make up for this deficiency with lots of hustle. A newcomer to the basketball squad is Andy Hillhouse of Al vin. Ineligible the past year be cause he transferred to A&M from Lamar Junior College of Beaumont, Hillhouse is also an outstanding prospect for an end position on the football team. A number of men on the team range over six four in height. Some of these sky-scrapers have moved up from the freshmen squad of the past year. Kenneth Sutton, John De Witt, and Carl ton Batten are included in this group. Jewel McDowell of Amarillo is another standout on the squad. He was the star of the fresh men after mid-semester of this year and scored twenty points in several games. The Aggies can’t be expected to replace the Baylor Bear's as conference champs next year, hut they can he expected to finish closer to the top than they did the past season. The practice tonight will be the last one until next fall. (TEXAS LEAGUE) At the first sound of trouble . . . drive in here. We’re experts at finding trouble spots and fixing them quickly, expertly at low costs. Give your car the best of care— always let us do the repair! Complete one stop service. MIT LEE MOTORS NASH — SALES — SERVICE Bryan m : «#!■ Hill - ^VULA-S? BOB HALL Hurdler Bob Hall Looms As Brightest Track Prospect By LARRY GOODWIN Those Aggie followers of track and field who have been celebrating the Aggies’ seven-point victory over Texas for the SWC Track title last Saturday, may be overlooking one of the most heartening signs for the future that resulted Fort Worth W 23 L 10 Pet. .697 Houston 17 15 .531 San Antonio 17 15 .531 Tulsa 16 17 .185 Dallas 16 18 .471 Oklahoma City 14 17 .152 Beaumont 14 18 .438 Shreveport 12 19 .387 from the Houston meet. +' The performance of little Bob Hall, promising young Sophomore hurdler from Dallas, in placing second by inches to Arkansas’ Clyde Scott in the 220 low hurdles, stamps Jiim as one of the South west’s potential “greats” in track during the next two years. Scott ripped over the low bar riers in 23 flat, a flashy perform ance that tied the existing South west Conference record in that event. But while all the praises of the 5,000 fans who saw’the meet were being tossed Scott’s way, few stopped to x'ealize that Hall bowed to the great Arkansas ath lete only after leading for 200 yards and then lost by a matter of only inches. If Hall can step over the woods in that fashion at the tender age of a Sophomore, his possibilities in the next two years are going to be interesting to follow. Scott’s performance, it must be remembered, came as a climax to his college track career when he, presumably, was at his best. The fact that Hall, almost on a par with Scott now, has two years left makes his future prospects almost unlimited. Hall, despite his small (five feet eight inch) frame, has all the nec essary equipment for a good hurd ler: speed, coordination and the willingness to work. A member of A&M’s fine sprint relay team, Hall is capable of a 9.8 hundred yard dash. His form over the hurd les is good and continues to im prove. Apparently the biggest barrier facing Bob is time. With another season of Southwest Conference competition under his belt, the carrot-topped hurdler should be cracking 23 flat. And that, brethc- I’en is traveling. The world record in the lows is White Band Takes Win From E Field To Even Playoffs By BILL THORNTON White Band tied up the College Intramural Corp Finals by defeat ing E Field 8-3 yesterday after noon. White Band put the game on ice in the fourth when they scored 4 runs on three hits and four errors. The bases were full of musi cians when Charles Lundeiius hit a fly to short center scor ing Barrak and Clarke when the ball got away from the infield ers on the throw in. With a man on second and one out Ulmer went to first on an in field error. Lawler then cleaned the bases when he smashed a long hit to deep left field but was call ed out at home when he tried to stretch the triple into a home run. The next batter struck out to re tire the sides. E Field scored their three runs in the first, third and fourth innings. E Field was charged with twelve errors with most of them being evenly di vided between the first baseman and short-stop. Fisher, the winning pitcher, gave up four hits and received good support from Ins fielders. Hartman, the losing pitcher, gave up seven hits and had poor support from his fielders. 22.3; if Bob continues to improve at his present rate, even that may not be impossible. J. Pawl Sliced;* Switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil Because He Flunked The Finger Nail Test THIS IS no “yoke”, son. If people have been calling you egg head because your hair looks soft-boiled, here's eggs-actly what to do. Get busy with popular Wildroot Cream-Oil hair tonic. It grooms your hair neatly and naturally without that gooey look. Relieves annoying dryness and removes loose, ugly dandruff. Helps you pass the Fingernail Test! Wildroot Cream- Oil is non-alcoholic . . . contains soothing Lanolin. Get a tube or bottle of Wildroot Crcara-Oil at any drug or toilet goods counter today. Always ask your barber for a professional auplicatiou. (Better be hard-boiled with your roommate keep egging him to get some Wildroot Cream-Oil of his own. It’s tops for keeping your sunny side up!) jjc of 527 Burroughs Drive, Snyler, JV. Y> da fkirT** Wddroot Company. Inc, Buffalo 11, N. Y, Wallace Leads Hitters With .434 Mark; Hubert Sets Pace On Mound The 1948 baseball season came to an end last week for the Aggie freshmen and with it ended one of the most suc cessful years ever enjoyed by a Farmer first-year nine. Ability and the will to win proved to be a winning combina tion as the Aggies scored thirteen victories in fifteen starts. But for a tenth inning squeeze-G play and a sleepy umpire the Ca dets could have finished the sea son with an unblemished record. Both losses were by identical scores of 6-5. Coach Charlie De Ware’s crew first tasted defeat on April 8, in Huntsville. Sam Houston State’s Bearkats halted a Farmer win ning streak at four games when outfielder Bob Howard’s bunt scored Neal Taylor from third in the first extra round. The second Cadet defeat did not come until the final game of the year, after the Farmers had reg istered nine more wins. This time it was the Texas Shorthorns who turned the trick with a five-run rally in the fifth frame. The Steer come-back was made possible by the plate umpire who failed to notice that a. Texas runner skip ped the formality of tagging up in scoring after an outfield fly. In the rest of the campaign it was the Aggies all the way. A hardhitting attack and a ca pable mound staff usually build up a sizeable margin after nine rounds of play. The Fish finish ed the season with a team bat ting mark of .314 and eleven members of the squad were clouting the ball above the .300 level. The Cadets gave notice that they would make life hard for oppos ing pitchers in their first appear- he made only three errors while playing a dozen games at the busy initial sack. Third baseman Sonny Bellman was another reason the Cadets tallied at least a dozen runs in seven of their thirteen victories. His nineteen base knocks was the second highest total on the Fish club. Bollman was in the select .400 group most of the year, but a slight lapse in the waning days of the season lowered his slug ging mark to a mere .373. The Houston Cadet also accounted for thirty-three of the one hundred and fifty-five runs the Farmers pushed across the plate. He was credited with thirteen RBIs and scored twenty times. Another Houston Aggie, sec ond baseman Joe Savarino, rounded out the infield. The hustling second sacker made the job of getting on base look easy. At one time during the season the Aggie lead-off man reach ed first safely fourteen times in sixteen trips to the plate. Sava rino was also one of the numer ous .300 hitters on the squad. He closed the books with a .347 percentage. In the catching department the Farmers were three deep. Num ber one backstop on the club was big Bob Graham. His sharp pegs ance. Aggie batters belted a trio | nipped four base runners off the of Southwestern hurlers for four-1 bags in the first Baylor game and teen hits, including home run were a vital factor in the Cadets clouts by Wally Moon and Dave 7-4 decision over the Cubs. Gra- Britt. In his first turn in the bat- ham also did his share in the hit ter’s box, Britt smashed a drive Gng department. He not only over the 357-foot sign in center pounded the ball hard, but hit it field. Big gun in the Aggie power house throughout the season was Guy Wallace. The classy short stop led the Cadets in every of fensive department. Wallace connected safely twenty-three times in fifty-three official trips to the plate for a .434 percen tage. 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