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6m/ Team Ends Season
With Eleven Wins, Four Losses
•aii : J I T.iJ j By ANDY MATULA [ ' > ! UT
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A silcce^sful season cam^ to a successful end in Brenham last week for the TexaH
team;as Farber batters riddled tne Baylorr Bears 16-1. Nothing was at t
gam is.' The Conference race was over anti the Farmers had finished in second
have thought the Aggies were
in the B
place, mi|ch to thle surprise of everyone but tnemselves.
butiback at the start of the season you wouldh’t
first, call ilas: timbleij That‘is, ift-
you rea<f tie “Eolreig 1’lpapert with 1
the high p|iid sporti I writers.] They
all picKed tfex as tijr t, Bay lot’ sec
ond, aMUl thud an 1. then A&Mt
Well, the Aggiffi lost tollex-
^ ay here tiy jnsi op4 run an« the
gathe was a. tight attair all the
way: Ba|tor was he next: vic
tim and the ‘ wieak* Aggie pitch
ing statf ci me t uougn, jb-arl
Beesley dazzled the Bearslin a
one hitter and Bob Fret/ t tojhow
ed through rest di y.
That, sefonc gai^i; put th? Ag
gies in their hio$i advarjtjfgeous
spot.
it was
t\
seventh wien
with two
So the
aboard.
set a conference record of six i Well, that’? the season. Eleven
home runs, in one game. games won and four lost. Pitchers’
An off uay caugjht up With’ the! records showed up good too.
Waco w^ien they Ibst to : Earl Beesley w on six and lost
Aggies in Waco w
the Bears. But their hounded right
back to finish off TCU, close out
Sktl and eliminatt- Rice. All that
remained wgs Texps.
There seems td be a j certain
tic gj.mc unt .1.. the '
Red tturditt i6med.|
scared 5 * t th| Ajggies j but failjed to Frefz’s side arm
.wini Nex
SMU Mi
oh thp list wefe thie weakened and Texas
stajigs afid A&.\l| beat the Aggies [again.
theth on .'their own .home ground , was another one r
“shdweri^t" .heir bailing pitcher, iiulicates the seco
. 51.- J 4,11 i ♦ 1» \ IfriI fill
lecpud till
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the AkgioS I were fighting all ihe way.
three and Worked for over 70
innings on the mound. Bob Fretz
won three and lost one in be
tween duties at first base and
the outfield.
Alvis Nixon won two games and
Art Newman did fine relief work.
Bruce Morisse stands a chance to
be a toii rate pitcher.
Three Aggies placed on the
All-Conference team: Shan Holl-
mig because of his five home
runs. Cotton Lindloff, a flawless
second baseman, placed too. Earl
Beesley was on the pitching staff
because of his deceptive and of
fensive mound work.
Every regular player of the
And the score team this year hit a home run.
in margin. That That is all except Diiaty Clark,
lid plgce Aggies Dusty says, however, that glory
enigma that lies over Clatk Rield !
in Austin that makes it difficult
to beat T. U. there. It couldn’t
be the arrangement of the fielq |
on its topography or anytjhing ;
like that, um the Lunghjorns '!
trounced the Aggies in one game !
16-4. : “ j, • • .
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The second was different. The ]
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WEDNESDAY, MAY £6, 1948
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Rice Defeat, No
Football Highli
ton Exodus
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Lack of Reserve Strength,
Height, Hurt Aggie Cagers
the Homed Frogs beca*
pte Platruo >Kal! ,1
trou
26-o;
Plague that I day ]ag
trounced a lethargic A
By JAMES DeANDA
Spirit ami aggressiveness were not enough to offset lack which included the
of height and reserves for the ’47-’48 edition of the Aggie c ! a . imed . ’ 39 - ■ 10 . a, ’d
, By CHUCN CABANTSS
I The close of the 1947 grid-
liron season at A&M brought
j to an end the most disaster-
; ous pigskin campaign since ,9r n<e again 8h<lw >ng |a i < vlraa
; 1935 and also the tenure of of i5. or,n » j 1110 A k r 8)ies pjfcce
M j ^ MEL
Hall) hi
mentor\ | punting of Stan
The ’47 aggregation did not rank 1 hghtecl the game
with the best of NonOn’s outfits— I 0 * kicks out
Wionally ac-
teams—
12-yard line.
ba? ^ etba , ,1 . team -,^ decis , ive ! oss ^ the University pf Texas ^pW, rai^r^rengtb Zm 1 W^utXlf*thj? m<t
Tjhe sparkling
more the Farmers in
season progressed] Rice “big leaguers” colildn’t find Boh
curves until he i
closed out I
isn’t everything in baseball.
One Defeat Mars Perfect
Record of A&M Tracksters
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,T ity Dpi- ENtjEl.KlNC
-■ buring ’ the |o48
; thie; Te.Ji.s Aggie traclf
field mefi ompilpd one
best record v any Aggie
has: evei! recorded.
£l r.
on March 9 ended a hardwood campaign in which the have result’ed Tn a much mow ere- wa * 0 tfset by tkTjrunni
Cadets won but seven times in twenty four starts. ditable performance by the Maroon Scott as tht “ Ra.zbrbac
Coach Marty Karow’s cagers be-4 :— and White. : to jtie A&M 21-21 in
gan the season in good fashion. Farmers in a pair of close con-
Abilene Christian College bowed tests. !
to the Farmers in the opening tilt In both pf the Arkansas tilts j
by a 63-54 count. After dropping the Angies wilted in the second i
a close contest to the Eas4 Texas half, this lag in the final twenty
State Lions, the Cadets split a two minutes was to be repeated many :
game series with a visiting South- time? during the flag race. It w<as
eastern Oklahoma squad a n d in the last half that the lack of
bounced Sam Houston’s Bearkats reserve strength became obvious
The Aggies opened the season,
with an easy 48-0 rout of the
Southwestern Pirates at Kyle
Field and followed up the next
week with a convincing 29-7
irkansas rain at I Fay
Only the accurate
bejrt Johnson and an lilerll
pass defense hejld Jhl
all bay on Kyle Field
lacing of the Texas Tech Raid- '“d nevertheless thestf. Ho
tors gave the S<|uthw
ers at San Antonio’s picturesque
Alamo Stadium.
Sit
as h i
of bon nd:
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pei'fi; rmi ,]ic| o'
inti i
^iduteii
(llydi -
njtgedl
izfbni;
lei
ac«
lonifer.
twice.
The Christmas Bplidays found
the Aggie five in distant parts of
the country. Northern roads ( were
plenty bumpy and the Aggies
lost three in a row i on the trip.
The Farmers followed up the
out-of-state engagements with a
w in.f
i p4
ft
edee Champions » 13]
4l u ., uitliv ,,, lolTOI The late-staft|ing Ric
part of the games that opposing Oklahoma 1 . iiiitibled over A&M inlnloi
teams gained their winning mar- a e . " a !^’ . U1 ^ c °nibi- the score* of 41-7. theijvtiisf
,vi ns v nation of intensive heat, more re- mg taken by the Cjiiic 's i«i
z serves, and Johnnie Rapaez’s de-. 19U1. The Turkey Day[iiit l.nJugHt
But there were plenty of bright fensive prowess enabled the Big no respite for tbe bilirts ' '
spots during the season. In the Reil team to gain a 26-14 decision, as the Longhorns, from
Fort Worth tourney the never-say- i The annual battle between "the exciting game 32
die Aggie quintet overcame a Ags and LSI; at Baton Rouge re- eleven bud the
13.
3u*prs
win over Louisiana ] State beftire twelve-point deficit to beat L«uis- sultcjl in another Maroon loss al- fenfeive during (the mi
being’eliminated in the Ft. Worth iana; State 44-45
Invitational Tournament.
Conference teams’ began play
ing for keeps in January. Ark
ansas’ tree-top cagers were first
on the Aggie docket, and the
Razorbacks needed every inch »T
height they had to defeat the
On December 19, a near ca
pacity crowd watched a Baldwin
Wallace quint stop the Aggies
in the Cleveland Arena. However
the <;Phioans couldn’t even slow
down Billy Turnbow. The Farm*
(See CAGERS, Page 4i
though they played one of their of The contest
best game? of the season jam! led formation left (
13-12 at the end of thje third quar- charges bewilder
ter.
After their surprisingly ?trong
showing against the Tigers, the
Aggies entered the 'fCT fray at
Fort Worth slightly favored
running attack
the scoring oppojrtunitii s
At the end bf
Gary and Barney
Henson
ami
Starting vyitih til
dual
Longhorns, the Farmers recciv- (
cd competition from the follow
ing schools: LSI', Oklahoma A&
M, Baylor, Rice and SMU.
of the i Heation - > I ' )/ j The Southwestern Exposition
snicid i In , ,he f ,' rst 4u;lil meet between 'track and f.eld meet in Fort Worth
j the Farm tbs and j the iSteeri, the was r| le next barrier for the Ag-
| nmt from i Aggiemnd won a lop- gjj. Squad,
meet sided victory by pljowing the Long- The Farmers again defeated the
rlnst fr elx a s ■ spniversi :y b n hojai.s into] Kyle
il
JS
won
rc
ffirch 9. |th|a Aggi
mydt titsesr in ;
limving tl the Ste irs- in
match in | Austin)
enjd; the pVggies. n
onpb?itioi| in Hoiist
s-econd straight Southwest-• Junfer-
■lie next
owed dc
in to lat e; their
vnfe trad
arid fie
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R crown
The los.fi to Tbxas in Austin
by thel slim margin of two
points tv a? the only defeat, suf
fered by the Farmers during the
season.
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thdrrijs
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the heu
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valuable fllayar awai j
rfivcn to Stan Hoillraig.
Winkler was chosen on the
nt-string AU-Conference team,
ickle and received the he?t
er award, (hiard 0«lell
autzenberger and Backs Ed
8je(k and Stan Hollmig also r*-
•r’rp Al|-C«nference mention.
iVhen the 'Southwest. Conference
jisjtics were released, several
Tips were rated high in individr
achirvenu-nts. Eii Dusek, full-
eighth in ball carry-
yards Rained on 80
'jedfnH.1 11: i j '■ -j i
j Hollmig wjas second in paNsiitg
Statistics wi»h 688 yards gained
dn 58 completions An 136 at
tempts; he also heaved 6 touch
down passes,.
Buryi Baty rankdtl fifth with
540 yards gailned on 45 completions
irj 1)4 atttempis, J • .
H'illmig held seconn in the punt-
iitg imtagesi with 44).0 yards for
75 boolSi. Wclbh was sfcVenih among
tl e punt returners with an aver
age of 10.0 yards c]n 20 returns
a full Wan second in Bags receiving
th 2G£ yards gained on 20 com*
H'Uns I T j ' • j
Hof) Coodc had scored the fourth
Khcjst total!of pdiiiis.by an indi-
dtiuil, 42. j -
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seven amassing 7(2 point ? to 50 for Tex-
before as.
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V&M’s next Ac lory -came the
following 1 w eeket d' in Laredo at
the popular Builder Olympics.
While taking the;team title from
the defending champion Texas
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by highly touted Longhorns for their
third straight win while placing
in every event on the program.
More competition was received
from the University of Oklahoma
and Al kansas puis the same teams
who had competed in the Border
Olympics.. j
The following week in Corpus
Christi the Aggies again trounced
the Steers iii 1 he Annual Quarter-!
back Relays, a triangular meet be- j
tween A&M. Texas, and Rice.
No team title was awarded at I
the Texas 'Relays the following \
weekend but ,two Aggie relay !
I teams wglked off with victories. !
The inrte relay team won its race;
in rgeord breaking time and' the:
I four mile relay team ran away]
] from the rest of the field to give
| the Aggies two relay champs.
The Aggivs notched their fifth
nici*t-jdctory-Jn_a row when they
swamped the LSI’ Tigers, Cham
pions of the Southeastern Coji-
ference, in Baton Rouge. Ea.
After thie LSU meet came the
Kansas and Drake Relays on two
successive weekends. The Aggie
mile relay team set a new record
at the Kansas classic While the
four mile team was taking its
second major title.
In t|ho Drake Relays the four]
mile could, finish no better than I
fifth but the mile team continued
its victory string by winning in j
the exceptionally fast time of
3:15.2.
Aggie George Kadera took sec*
ond to Minnesota’s Fortune- Gor-
dien in the Discus throw- at the
Des Moines, Iowa classic.
The same weekend that the re
lay teams were competing in the
Kansas meet the remainder of the
Aggie team was trouncing the
lifcc Owls in a dual meet on Kyle /
Field.
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The following weekend the Ag
gies smothered the previously
undefeated Oklahoma Aggies in
a dual meet on Kyle Field. The
Farmers scored 96 points to only
39 for the Cowboys, champions
of the Missouri Valley Confer
ence. This was the seventh con
secutive track title for the 1918
Aggie team..
Following their two point loss
to the Steers, the Aggies journey
ed to Houston for the all-impor
tant SWC meet.
The Aggies climaxed the 1918
track season by taking the sweet
est plum of them all—the South
west Conference track and field
crown. Texas University trailed
the Aggies by seven and one half
points after the final event and
Arkansas finished a strong third.
Following arc the ten leading
point getters on the 1918 Aggie
track squad: [
Name* Points
George Kadera (weight man) 101
Robert Gbode (weight man) 54
Bill Cardon (hurdler) 52
Bob Hall (hurdler) 17%
Art Hamden (quartcr-milcr) llVj*
Ral Holbrook (quarter-milcr) 13’s
Bill Napier (sprinter) ' 48Ms
Webb Jay (sprinter) 30%
J. D. Hampton (two-mUcr) 30 Hi
Webster Stone (half-mHer) 27
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