The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 24, 1948, Image 3

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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
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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
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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
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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.
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largcit iinjependcnt supplier to the Petroleum
Inilustry, the'firm is expanding and needs capable
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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.
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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<
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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COLLEGE STATION RESIDENTS
Town Meeting
For the Diseu^ion of:
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MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT
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An the Public Hearing of tlie Budget for
the fiscal year 1048-49.
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