The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 16, 1948, Image 3

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^ By HAROLD V. 1 ATI IFF
DALLAS, June 15 Last
winter judt. about evervbodj agreed
that theism had st. fdi Texns
golfere.
For mbrp than a decaie. they
had .dominated the sc^ne, furnish
ing either the Natilpnal Ojuen,
tional.PGA or the loa|ding|mo:
winner—-'or all threo-4-eacn N
It sounded like so ne’
just exprossing a wist
a fnrecust because i|t tli|ut
Lloyd Mangrum, the
dpct, [topped ‘the cash
the expert* i infludhg'
Schneiter, chairrohn if
tournament cominilttsi.
Johnhy Palmer of Hat hi,
lead; th^s money-wimy’fsf,
yeftfi
Also, there were brn id h
North Carolina was poing
ntstiiat
to tjiku
over the golf nionopbly With!; its
threi sbirs—Palmer, Skip Aj|cx-
ander and A1 Smith.
Tudayj the major chjfinpibn-
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for {the
ships of golf arje in the trophy
room of a Texan; the top thiree
money-winners gre Texans.
Ben Hogan of Fort Worth last
week won the National Open. Two
weeks before hej had taken the
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place! The lonlyi
in Which he wasn’t first wds the
Colonial .National! InviUtion at Ft. (
Worth. There r he shiircd second and
third .money $1,7(10. , ,
Hogan now hnsj taken down $|7,-
r)t»7.50,\ Second in money-wlnniing
is Mangrum with $15,044.09 and
Jimmy Demaroti of I Houston is
third wp $13,6|1».3!1L AlcxuWier
raalis fifth with $tl,602.fc0 and
Pajbier is sixth with $10,269.07. Al
.Smith is clown jn twenty-fourth
plitST. Kvcn Dicjc the fix-,
TojAii now 40 year# old, is hi g hie if p
in money earned than Smith. Mcitz
httit won $3,387.49 and ranks njine-
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The winner of the Corps horseshoe championship for the spring
semester was the f'i^ld Artillery team shown above. The njem-
bers of that team
Bottom row, left to righ^: Salbreath, Holland, Gilbert, and Fr«
Second row: Williams./
Rodgers, and Desmuke.
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Walcott Favored to K0 Louis
When They Meet Second Time
j By {FRANK BCK
-There is ond thing to remember if yoi like
pion
NEWYOR
Jo^ Walcott’s chaSnces of dethroning heavyweight chan _
Joe Louis. Jeney Joe has never been knocked down by the
champion/
This/! is on/ [of the many reasons why the writer
us
picking Wajlcott to knock out the
man \vh0 ha? defended !his title 24
tiines.
Walybtt wasn’t supposed to have
a chance againxt Lojuis when they K .. , , . „ ,, , , ,
met in Mladison S<tUarc Garden j bleeding and his bps puffed l)kv an
last/December. Yet He knocked the | infl » tcd "»' ubb « r innertubc With a
? chainpion <|lown twittj and lost a ' ' V( “ a k spot.
^ .split decision—thp j referee voted
Texas Open, I asked Jimmie De-
maret, who in 1!|)47 was the Na
tion’s top money-winner and also
was awarded the Vardon Trophy,
about the Snide icniarks made re
garding the Text ns. ■
“It’s. only.a situation (hat a
few'months will take care of,”
he isaii “The [Texans are as
good as ever. Tpey’H be leading
when ,the year ends.
Dematjet declares that being thfe
top tuuMiey-winner or being abb
to takei a bunen of tournament
championships are more important
to a kolfei , > thanj copping the Na
tional PGA or National Open. / —— r — .» . :
“The way golf is today, the PGA, tIk- Detroit Negri? became cham- j
and Open are. just a- couple /of pion. The ! other fighter- holding!
more tournaments. We play t/em j this distinction is j England's Tom-j
every week duriig our tour,V It’s j w Farr. Howcvel-,'Farr in going j
jUst as thodgh tc win the Comnial 115 rounds' In ■ Louis’ first title, de-1
National Open 01 the Texas/Open | tense in th|e Polo Grounds in 1937,1
as it is to win (he Nation/lii See absorbed a| lot of punishment.
If Louis wins in his 2'>th title
left eye? Of course, it wa8n
referee. It was Walcott wl
flictcd all that damage, the
iTuy who hud the champ’s
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0 in
same
nouth
decision-
f0r Walcotjt—in a
ooed loud and h
Walcott is one f
ers never knockei
nteully knocked oult
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bout that Was
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Louis appeared to have
so far in the last figjhjt that
press j
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even at the time the hoys iii
f the two fight- i»W muttered: “The champ’s
down or tech- to 1h ‘: taken by anybody.”
py iLouls since
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Softball
hted
Scores
Intramural softball made its in
itial appearance Monday with fou*
games being played in the Cam-
pim League: J IP
Law Hall an4 Dorm 14 met on
diamond 8 with ]Law coming out on
thp long end of q. 14-0 score. Fisher
was the winning pitcher and Purtle
was the loser. 1
s Walton and Leggett met on
mond 4 in another game and
Cbggeit pounded out a 13-1 vie-
tor^v Pitching for the winners
was Hagens and Wilson was on
the hill for the losers.
In another- game played on dia
mond 6 Bizzell and Milner match
ed hitting skKl but Milner had
little luck agaifist the team from
Bizzell as the latter pushed across
11 rpns and al owed Milner none
to win a 11-0 shutout.
The best game of the after
noon was played on diatnpnd 5
Where Mitchell and Trailer
slashed at each other for
inninics with Trailer Camp final
ly coming-out on the top of a
11 to 10 score. The winning
pitcher was West and the loser
was Von Rosenberg.
Puryoar Hull, tho fifth member
of tho League, was not .scheduled
for play Monday.
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The college swiinming pool
will be open on week days from
3 to 3:30 jp. tii. and from 7 to
9 p. ra. There will be a charge
of 9C for children under 12,
and tie for tl^ose over 12. The
Pool’ is available to students,
.instructors, and their families
free of chargje. All swimmers
are required to wear a bathing
cup and suit. ;
Aggie
Collegiate
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ART HARNDEN, crack Aggie
440 man, jvho anchored the un-
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defeated A&M mile relay team
during the past season and also
won the jtO yard race at the
SWC meet in Houston will be
one of thCee Aggies represent
ing A&M »t the NCAA meet iu
Minneapolis Friday and Satur
day.
gone
Bryan Scores Run
On Balk to Beat
Henderson 4-3
By The Associated Press
The Longview Texans weren’t
feeling any too [secure today from
Lone
who the galler y/ollows in/a tour
nament. It won’t be the N
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won’t be the National
Open champion bat the fellow, who
has won the most tournaments or
the. most money,’’. /
Of course, in the case of Ho
gan, it is a thilee-way proposi
tion; he has won all three. But
they followed Little Ben in all
the tournaments! ,
The National Open chalinpiim,
Lew Worsham* wis scarcely notic-
ed ‘ it I-.'.-, | •
Patience—Atter 80 Years
W KYMOUTH: itinglamf— (/Pi —
Eighty years old; Henry Holah
spent 30 hourd adrift at sea in a
defense, i|l spoils thej story, as
the boys|-along Jacobs Beach
are saying.
Jacobs B|each is 0 patch of street
1 somewhere around [Broadway and
150th street. It’s Where fights arc
I fought evein days before the con
testants clii n b into jthe ring.
In this case, Walcott is like Cin
derella. Or! better stjll, like Jimmy
Walcott has oeen meiitoned
as a third rater. It might bi bet
ter said that his record is I bird-
rate. W alcott himself is a ring
cutie. He has a good left ja!) and
knows how to use it. This) was __ _ _ ^
the same kind of jah Billy ( onn j th/ir berch at the top of the
was going to use to win the title. Stpj- League.
But when Cohn entered the ring ! (The Texans t<»ok a 15-7 mauling
with Louis, he seemed to forget [frijun Gladewatcr last night while
everything he had learned. W'al- seUnd-plaqe Tjler beat Marshall
cott didn’t. | 9-$ to, move w«hin two gapies of
Louis bus miTde short work with | the leaders. j
opponents the second time » round. | Gladcwater hammered 16 hits in
It’s) the guess here that all V fa!cott i enpshing Longview. Texan hurlers
early [ gaMe Up 10 walks and Longview
marie seven errors.
Annual Duel Of
Champions Meet
May Be Abandoned
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The Aggie softba
earanee of the seaaonjh^e Frijla,
Collegiates of Nixon Cjld ' Clofl||gi
in the Texas Softball
their new lighted soffball (
The Collegiates wore rui n
h the Veterans ),f Foreign
llational Tournament last; ejib arid
$ave another powerful te uii th s
year. They split a double h *d( r
-irith Lake Jackson last Jaiiirday
1 light. Therefore the Ag^ ids can
1 irobably expect some toCigl ij< mp i
ition when they meet tin. Jtlust n
1 tub Friday nigh«
The Aggie Softball tclr
ield many of t ie Hame
vho were undefiated wld-i
untyped the state playoff 11,1
is ion, while play ing as the 'i
Clothiers. Manaifing the
ilny ; will be Taylor Wilkin
klso the Veter*ns Advi|o
resbman basketb ill coacb
us A&M College. A’ilkins niji
uhe W r . S. 1). nim last sun
The starting aittcry <
Aggies will coitsist of
[Lloyd, pitcher, and Herb
catcher: Lloyd wras the nc >
or for the ClothilerH last
Turly was letteman guiiti
the Aggie footbjril 1 lean
year.
' Holding down the init a
fill be Willie ZapaUc, ca
be Aggie football! team n
Sari Mgrrell ami Bill Wa
vill alternate on the keysti n
undlS. E. Cobk Jr. who, pla idi
I lari in gen, last yea r wjlll pb y
I itop. The “hotciH; wr” " 11 1
I ;rcd by Leslie!, Hhmt
j The outer Rarderbi w ill |li< pat-
I) trolled by Jack | Rollins ki left
I j field. Bill Hodge/at ceiW» r ield,
and Buryi Baty $1 right fje Id.
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on
last
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iljdin of
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with
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'UJNPUIJS
te its first home ap-
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ghl when they mefet the
Uitstin’s representatives*
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will also dedicate
III LI -J
h of the varsity tennis court?,
ijnd ploinji have been made to pro
ud: the fipld with bleachers sent-
ig abmjt 300 peonlc. No admis-
011 vill! l)ip charged as the princl-
jle 0 >jert of having the team js
pi avijde the summer students
iith uet'l-eltion and eutertainment.
toll li-ifikii will be sold, and the
mfitjt obtained!.fropt these drinks
»il (;b Ho the team’for equipment
Ld t iii(|°i|nH.
St tidenis are urged to ullHxe
(be f.ieillrtu>N of this new din
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niKinjl and (Wl free to use it any
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(ipif th*- i Aggies do not have
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fipbjj.Mkl every night," says
naly t|io beginning (if
Ti>!o# AN Ukins.
hijtj Js only
pliiy. Thity jiltih t%
.hafj to
roujnd.s.
d<) i.s get by the
linuiiy 1‘lyler New Lint
Braddock, jthe Jersey .dpek wallop-j Coach At Lufkin High
er who caihe out of! retirement to I , r • 1 > 1-1 v -r .. 1 ,,
small motor boat
broke down. /'“I,
after the engine
wasn’t junduly
er who came out 0f| retirement
.lift the title from [clownish Max
Baer and lose it aj year later to
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Lufkin High School’s 1
staff will include Jimmy
1945 captain of the Univejr
Walcott never ni|(£, much other [Texas football team, as
than a large family; of six/healthy
Children. He retired! several times.
He had trouble getting bouts, even
alarnted,” be told coast guard res-! preliminaries. A |-.spoiler” is what
coach next fall,
cuei-Si “I’ve been
before."
For Your Visi
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Consul
pr. Carltqn R. Lee
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203 S. Mainj — Bry an
Phone 2-1662
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School Office
Supplies
ALL YOUR NEEDS
in tight I spots j hf- was known as j along Jacobs
1 Beach. r j ,
His sty^- was hal'd, to ovt-rcomo
a|id he often made his, opjKinents
j look had. He made Lotiis look ex
ceptionally bad last winter, so bad
I in fact that Louis was disgusted
I with his showing i|nii uttered an
I alibi for the first titni in his great
; career. ■" ' ;| >
“He run away.", Louis said in
his dressing rortpi after the
fight. I '
If Walcott ran away in the true
sensg of the word ! who was that
guy Vho dropped | Louis twice ?
Who was the guy who closed Louis'
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Bryan beat [Henderson 4-3 ajs
Al Shroier liujiig up bis seveatu
pitching victory. Henderson play
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the fourth int|ing on ,whcp um
pire Negri ruled that pitcher
.Roland Miller pf Henderson had
balked, allowing Bryan’s second
run to score.
Lieo Roy Jones won his eleventh
He replaces Forrest Klinje, who j victory on the | mound for Kilgore
has taken a. job as assistant line [as jhe pitched the Drillers to a 14-4
coach at Austin High School. victory over Lujfkin. He fanned 11
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The second annual dual of ch* 1 ' 11 -1 km 1 Uickrtt 0 and Milt Son !
Pious, bringing together the best g
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to be a fairly good indication that
the fans don’t care a great deal:
for the cinder path sport The fin-J
est meet of its kind ever put op in J
Dallas drew a disappointing crowd 1
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string center next fall, wears
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