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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1948)
f "f / Beesley Hur ■1 y|ctory Saturday liy ANDY \ ATUjLA 948 Heason by rst tilt next d on- Thornton’s Clark stepped that a levied Hlo Itnig to The firpt Bad oV sem Jri the sixth.! Hti STien Chid .Sii ani put; Sneed out at first. Pearson scored p moment later Inn an in field pipy. Beetdey remained in.{(he Rame ujitil fwp were away in the s^vent^i and the score was tied. Ti>m Chandler, Baylor first base- |an then placed a home run over the ceiiter field fsnee to sew the iip for the Bears. Alyis to the game to re- w lose knee was nrtw swollen jaml painful. The score remained 1 to 3 until the [e. g^me pp for Mixon came in pfece pecsley Second ' nfield, out: Dusty] Saturday’s gaime was more of a r to the^iha teirs box batting 1 practice i'or the Aggies A&M’s iBasebaljl. itearn closed ouit their 1 splitting, a At o gamp iseiries with Baylor’s Bears Frit Saturday iati Brenhamj. The Bea wbil| t ie' A, Friday s gametes a pitching dukl between Earl Beesley and lieriby Jail Both nlei gfavo up^~ —!— — seveni hits,, tic ugh Baealey wentAltmagej of the afternoon to the only seven and two thiirdi; irtrtihgs. I A&M cause jvher he hit a hard Jarl illoWed id ree runs tt> score ground !ball that struck Becsley on while Petjsley Allowed f^ui’ to cross ^ ? knep. Earl managed to recover the pSite It Mas a differentifstory c 1 “* t '"~ D in theist^ike ouUdcparttm tit. iBees- .ley famne<l pire bf the pears while Jarl jnariagcd :<> jitrikie out. only three |(A.g$r*eH. It ;was tlhe |t tird inning before any ^coring octurred. Eitist Bees- ley si ng ed w it i one ai dy. Then Russ til Maya jeame t« pat and clout td a honjc run ovirjthe left field'fence s< rie J30 Ifeet from home plate. < w^s Itia^s’ only homer of the sitason. Again jinUtte fourth rfn tally 'vaslajfldid when Stan mtg s ingled a|n went t«> armers rdfi B ATT A LI ’ j :.; SPOR1 ON r S 1 , * • j M(J)n|)AY, MAY 24, 1948 Mile 1 Relay Team Wins d'a- L j— L ^ ml The Start Of Texas League i DALLAS, May 24 —<#)>_ Uni que is the word for Texas base ball. The scores are ten so is the action. In one month of play organised professional lem Texas have taken up the cut last year. They’re score-keepers crazy and m lit ■/I M .v - am' STAN HOLL-MK; hurt his leg sliding into second base against Biiylor in Brenham ’Saturday, hut X-rays taken yesterday shpned no broken bones. ]ahd tajppekl ;a Jihgle intj> eft field!| than anything, elsje. None of the o Imig to si sore. ^ J ten A&M plaWs! failed to hit., ... ,, ,. . .. 1 yloV. scoieicame in Hollmig, Fretz! aid Vass picked , <1( L^|T ^ al to score. go PearSpiy walked, up doubles, ant most t a hqme jrun. In '4- ific and the five gues in pattern driving wowing fans with a free hittidg, hard running brand of play. So fdr, there’s been no complaint from the paying customers. THE ODDEST THINGS] HAVE HAPPENED. LIKE: A ^irst baseman scoring a put out at third base; four mainagers bowing out before the [season was a month old; 14 inntjngs of play consuming four hours and 20 mjnutefs; scores of 31-«. 40*4, 31-0, 27-21; umpire rows that are really dillies and a few] feuds and fusses. Some of the action may seem outlandish, but is percujiar to :* i ra wm M a.» •iiii !« If ip'4- ■ >!n nil y. M 111 ■ *<: j .. li -.mum a As Rajy stepped off! I he was quidkl and carriec junior yell after the t All of t them on the be detected in hundred who for the plantjj tha hour late. earn the s m’sfvkfco athleljc the yflls had: N f ^ l B to Hit Your Stride ,■ s’ . ri i t ■ f ! r ■ | i 4 H * '■Ui)-COX JlXhS t. SERVICE IS: WORLD' WIDE ,r ' jl ij // !nt<rt>u-J * • L ■ j . . |. ’ll hav^ K chance tb '’brcalc %e^tflpe w iff com tion, for well-paying, responsible positions if .join Nlij-Cohtincnt Supply Company^ Now largcit iinjependcnt supplier to the Petroleum Inilustry, the'firm is expanding and needs capable T ng meniwfio will qualify .Jollmig, also hit . Bobby Fretz went the distance T^as. For instance, W’estl Texas’ only thgee 1 ihnings T l ,T nii 1 iroon ani white. Fretz high altitude sends sebrefl zoom- a No wed only one run to tally olf j n „. u u t. soinie of these games, are ol five hits. I mil the sixth iti- ini jch shorter than thosefj in the nine, nd Baylor player was able. Texas 11 eague 1 I ' I to hit safely. Besides five strike-j The] season started late jh April outs, 1’iVtz safely hand ed five w j(h g natural in the^Texiis Lea- haitl hit halls that were hanged g U<1 Three managers had changed at him Uy the Beal’s clubs. A1 Vincent, released py Dal- Hard luck hit the Aggies ill ; | as received satisfaction when his the sixth frame when Stan Holl- Tu i sa C | ub walloped the Rebels, nng injured his knee shading ... home. The Hondo fielder, who batted four for five for the af* ternoonj attempted to score from second on an infield ball; The infield ground at the ballpark wajs about as soft as a glass mirror and Stan twisted his knee as he .jicooted across the plate, Thje extept of the injury is not >e ‘- rui ■ ,r Gainesville in the big state league The Bailor team fielded a sieve a C() , le of days af ^ r the se! ^ oli : themselves. ■I ,1 IVIJD-Cp^Tmm Co>VTjDaiftt| 31-4, One of the highest scores in [Texas Lcagjue history. | Wic uta Falls blasted the Texar kana ^ears, 31-9, for the big state leaguej’s top score. Even in the Longhorn Ljeagtie, where big scores are common, Midland's 31-0 and 40-4 victories over Del , Rio at tracted attention. Babe Peebles quit as manager of Aggie confetti s|rea|kie< Holbrook was ear ie< ^ ! 1 - we I the Aggie tr|ack him to town). The Aggiel that _ Coliseum Relays wen Bub and the memlers oil th n |1( team, Don Cgrdahif E yiii I A' .V4’ v> ! : . ; i-iMii## wm-M back, Ray Hoi brook!anf] A den. This quintet left Wednesday al 4:45Ip. rk M i rived in Los A ngelei at Thursday. ^ | ’i „ jMi ? ■ : They were joinekf it Augio Erfurt! and ; . . of Rice and a quint i 1||jjl I - r - b i Pp'\l iltft University coasistihig Parker, Perry Samufls, ler, John R Thompson. Only on their Uy Angeles did ] the that among their would be the Losij letic Club. This gr indingi over: RAY HOLBROOK displays his new watch which he was award- ed at the Coliseum Relays last Saturday. This makes the third watch, all Elgih4, which the members of the Aggie Mile Relay team huge bowl. T have received this season. ed of outstt from schools tion. The weather w^ c 'hi night J of Sixty thousand faril w no m)m>t high itschl termine the V. ‘TfU'C e jeintifcei jiia i . )-. , r f for an irtfielo which gave no sup- „ t ,, s. • . „ , T • r . i ■ ; . t’r opened. Morns Jones left LufKin port to a mediocre pitching statt. 1 ■ C( : . >, ■ • L , , r , , ’ r • i i . i and (iiiv Sturd v Henderson in the Each of- the Bear mfieldc : had ■ ^ Harshaney one c,nor charged against im as ^ p iIo t of Del Rid a , did .pitcher Rickey Rowe, flenter*- f , „I 0 1 fielcler Chad Sneed collected two • r • ‘ f 0, • rot’s. Rob .Moyer. Dallas first basfc- 1 he Aggies w asted no time in ! man,, gained a measure of fame j blasting starting hurler Charlie I whe) , he scored a putout at third ( opeland. He didn’t finish a lull base;in a game with San Antonio, j inning and gave up five runs otf | | t happened on an attempted sac- five hits and an error in less l )unt down the third thah five minutes time. . : I base line. ’ e i Riiekey jtowe relieved hirji hut! | did no better as he went *ik and j Tommy fox, Borger, clouted j two .thirds innings. Eleven runs, three home runs in the Gassers’ siwJd ojjf oS J4 fit.* during hit ajetoryi preF CJoyis recently, tout" on the mound. Tom Blair li feat duplicated" Wy Rus» Burns j finished the game for the Bears, of^Tulsa in that -wild win oyer! So careless was Rowe that Aggip Dallas. cpteher Jim Calvert stole third As Wichita Ftvlls routed Texar- base on Him in the fifth itining. kana, the Bears used six pitchers.i i*Calvprt made no pretense of run-1 One regularly was the: catcher, an- I ningj he I just trotted down j when ! other a first] basemaiiAand another Rowe took a regular wmcli’p. • an outifielcjef. PGA Tourney In |5 Mural Sports Semi-Finals Today for Summer ST. LOUIS, MU 24 i/Pi—Jim* ... , r r, ii i i r tve! Intramural sports are on I my Demaret faced Ben Hogan and ; sche(lul(f for tht , sumnler sc h 0 ol | f liuide Harmon tqok on Mike Tur- : students according to an announce-i ntsa today over the dibhole route | nient yhterday by Spike White," in the semifinals <d thcPGA tour-1 directoi'j of student activities, nameiit. j ’ Softball, volleyball, open tennis, ; Regardless of yfliat kind of golf | open gblf, and open horseshoes I Turnesa, of White Plains, N. Y., tournaments will he played each! could throw at Hurmon, it. couldn’t session, j >j he any rougher than Claude’s 42-1 Luku garrison, present dean of! Sw" I W at Lit t lu Aggieland will be m charge. Harrison was formerly with the! Intramural department on the caniihus. i Other sports will be added to the { program, if the demand for them js sufficient. Spike added. ' \ g championship nf Loi Ajhgj the college events-y|erc| eij Holbrook en tered! fhe 1 ¥ race but dropjed ot a leg tightening. Tjhe | won by Herb; McKji|ilej| 47 seconds. ofvWhite Sulphur ISprings, W Va yesterday. The recent Masters Champion Won the duel—second longest in PGA tournament history—with a 25-foot,, putt <m the 42nd hole. M fj mile rel returned him from Los shoulders of six waiti _ »ere James Duke, newly li welcome him back to Aggieland journey to California, dship for the men who represent , L ' 1 J 'p! 1 ' 11 1 - k’ 1 „ The final time on the .1600 eter relhy was 3:11 flat and e Aggies wers pushed hard all e; way. I The A&M tcart, the Loa Angeles AC* and Ohio State waged a close duel throughout the race; J „ Don Cardon ran a fast lap for e. Aggies but came in three yards ehind the] first 1 Ohio State man. I Be led the Los Angeles AC ruri- ner, Watch lei', iq handing off his fcjaton. i r . j i ] Ervin Bilderback took the lead torn the Ohio team but was passed |y Fulton 1 of the Los Angeles earn on the baekstretch Bilder- „Ack regjajned the lead in the Giomestrench and had a lead of albout a yabd when he passed the okton on to Holbrook. Holbrook held the lead all the , way and gained two additional yards for; the Aggies. Parker’of the Los Ajigeles A'C was an op ponent ofi Holbrook’s in this lap. Harndeh held on to the lead all the way Although he was challeng ed seriously three times. Cochran 6f the Los Angeles outfit threat ened on the baekstretch but didn’t pUSs the Ak&R! runner. According to Holbrook, Ham den’s lap w»s probably the fastest . I. 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