The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, July 14, 1948, Image 5

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re? scoreless innings yesterday to lead
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guelriTtalS in tje jt5t<i a^nuil all-star baseball, game, finished
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aweltorisiK heat.
Stan i Musial. if the St. Liouis
Cardinals aentltie National L,eV
gue iofjjto a 2<fO lead iln the first
.innirig {with a ttowering two run
hom^r, | hi^ fiitst in f|ve all-Jstar
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in tM ibt hialk of the
inn ng when H< ot Evers
trot ilflejd a lib drive into
Tleff fjeld blehcibrs for n! hdme
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run with nobody on ! base,
first hit off Ralph Brahca
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Ken? Kjeltner bit Retired Ge
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burst of wildness. James Vernon
and Pat Mullin walked, executed
a doubly steal when Tommy Hen-
rich wa$ called out on strikes, and
then Veirnon. scored on an outfield
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Three fourth inning runs, two j
Li of them on a single by pitcherl |
Vic Raschi, carried the Ameri
can League into a 5-2 lead oven
ti e National loop at the end of j
four frames. ; ' . -
The bases were loaded in thej
fourth when Raschi, who followed
Masterson to the mound after thre^
innings, singled home Ken Ke)jtner
and George McQuinn who also haijl
singled..
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.Schmitz of the Cubs, second Na-
tUmal League pitcher, and
brought in Johnny Sain, an 11-'
game winner with the Bostom
Braves. ; . , . • J
The injured Joe DiMaggioi, batj-
ting for Pat Mullin, sent a fly tp
left field, Enabling Birdie Tebbettis
to scores'easily from third witp
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Milner and Biaetl Play for Ch
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The College Station swimmiilg
team-will journey^to Houston Fri
day to participate in the YMuA
swimfhing meet being held thejre
Jt)iy 16 and 17.
Seven College Station swimmcjrs
will enter the junior events. Thpy
arc Gayle Klipplej Orinl Helv^y,
Peto Hickman, Dave Bonnen, Toin-
my Terrelj, Bobby Karow, apd
Tom- Batlow. .
Swimmers participating 1 in the
intermediate ,division, will be Jasbn
Magee, Bill-karow, Spencer Buch
anan. John ParpeH, Van Adamson
and Billy Hale. Adamson, Karow,
and Klipple will also compete jin
the senior, division. i
Other swimmers entered . in tjhe
senior division are: Danny Grefn,
George -Reeves, Bill Moye, Bill
McCulley, Paul Fleming, Dajve
Vardaman, Gilbert McKenzie, Jojhn
. Westervelt, Bill Strait, Jim Bjr.-
nett, Scott Rotter, George Dit-i-k,
and Arlen McKenzie. j '
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Farmers And
Hogs Battling
For Trophy r
j By H. V. SHELBY
KELLY AF BASE — As ;
the final week of intramur
al activities begins, the Tex
as Aggies and the Arkan
sas XRazorbacks” are still
battling it out for the top
honor?* and the right to take home
the intramural trophy to be award
ed to the champs. ' ' 4
The Ags were continuing along
their undefeated trail in softball
with, six Straight victories behind
them when they fell to LSU in a
freak game. Bryan Crouch pitch
ed a no hit game fob A&M, but
they lost by a score of 1-0. Crouch
wdlked a man, and four errors
were, committed on the one man
whichxbrought him in for the crtily
counter x of the game.
The following ; night A&M
blasted the N M Aggies 6-0 to
assure theiWlvcs 0 f at least a
playoff for ike softball champ
ionship. Arkansas is the only
school which has a chance to
stop the AggielamWs and to get
this chance they must not lose
either of their remahung two
games. The Aggies have com
pleted thejr schedule. Tnis in
cludes a 7-2 victory over\Uie
Porkers. ( \
Small trophies will be presented
to ten players of the championship^
softball team, and various other
awards will be given out for pro
ficiency in athletics.
Tennis is the only other-evqnt
in iwhich the Ags have hopeiHof
obtaining points. Due to the fine
placing of James Killebrew and
Toby Larroca the Aggies will be
represented in both singles and'ant varsity trajbk coach
doubles, in the final matches. In i slimed his duties June 1
doubles, Killebrew and Larroca well worth knowing\He
eliminated Tulanc in the semi- A&M with him an enVja$le record
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The winner of the c irps basketball championship for the past
year was “C” Infantry. T he members of the team are shown above.
They are: 1st row, left 1|o right, Briggs, Splittgerber, Stewart, and
Barber; 2nd row, Heistejr, Uavis, and Johasen.
Open Handball
Tournament Will
Be Held Soon
An Open Handball Tournament
sponsored by the Intramural Ath
letic Office and the College Station
Recreation Council Will start as
soon as enough players have sign
ed up.
Singles and doubles matches
will be played. All students, facul
ty members, and -residents of Col
lege Station and surrounding areas
are eligible to participate. There
are no fees, and no time limit will
be placed on the number of games
that can be played.
In the playing of this tourna
ment the Ladder System of scor
ing will be used.
Anyone interested in playing can
sign up by leaving his name and
address at the Student Activities
Office or the Intramural Athletic
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Predicts Better Days Ahead .
“Bones” Irvin Boasts Enviable
Record in Football And Track
BV BILL POTTS ^ track coach at Stt Marys Univcr-
Ex-Aggie itariow “Bones” Irvin,
new freshmanxfootball ahd assist-
finals, and Killebrew moved to the
finals in singles.
A&M’s softball team is com
prised of the following men: pitch-
in both football and t;-ack, not
only as a coach, but as a partici||
pant in the spojrts as well, i
Irvin first sakv A&M h the fall
ers-Bryan Crouch, Boyd Rogers ! of 1022 when he started l is colle;
and Dave Martin; catchers-“Buz/.’’i football career; under Jana
Daniels, Don Hooten , and J. BJ Bible, then coach-at Aggi eland. He
base-Melvin Maltz and played here thriough 1924; winning
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Wade 1 ; first .. .
T. W. Johnson; second base- J. F-. Southwestern Conference
Ulmer; third base-Charlie Ekhert; a guard,
short stop- “Whiskey” Cure; left From A&M he went to
field- Cliff Bolner; center field - j fessional football for thje Buffalo finals in 1946 where they were de-
David Stiles and “Rock” Rubino- Bisons. After his stint
witz; right field- H. G. Murray; he returned to Texas to
roving short- A1 Vizza.
the reins as head football and
who as
ks a man
brings to
Marys
sity in San Antonio.
Two years later he returned to
A&M to fill the position; of assist-
and freshman football ^oach and
in 1933 was made line coach of
the varsity under head coach Mat-
Bell. Irvin resigned after lb®
TL All-Stars Down
Fort Worth Cats
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FORT WORTH, Tex., July
<Ah_For the second year in a row
the Texas League leaders at the
half-way mark have been unable
to beat a squad recruited from the
other seven clubs. Fort Worth’s
Cats made a gallant fight of it
last night but couldn’t get by the i
last inning and the All-Stars won 1
4-2. | njB? j,,, _
A crowd of 12,636 watched as I ’
the All-Stars, managed by A1 Vin
cent of Tulsa, banged out six hits
for four runs in the ninth to take
the game.
Vincent used six of his seven
pitchers while manager Bob
Bragan of Fort Worth called on
five. Vincent wasn’t there at the
finish, however. He was thumb
ed out of the game for protest- > . ;i -..T( i
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in the last inning.
The Cats got their runs in the
sixth and seventh innings. The
The intramu,
round of play this
a frame to determihe ti
final game of & tw
Campus League vl
three way tie with Bj iz^l
afternoon by winning
regularly scheduled fc
BizzeJ was leading I he field
day after its defeat! < f ! Wi
Thursday night sind • Lo fgett
day afternoon, but t ic
Monday changed that A onda;
temodn, after being ti id for s
place at the end of play Frifiall,
Law defeated Trail® r Camp tl i
Milner defeated Dom 14 to (vqn
up the count with Bizpeli and m|ake
the playoff necessary,
The athletic officer} of (jhe
three dorms met and odju-iagnij
out to see who wonlR meet
the semi-finalS. Biz; :el| won i
moved on into the fifnals.
Law and' Milner ii et| yestei di y
afternoon to determir c who wap to
meet Bizzel in the fin atf with
ner coming out on to > < f a 6 |m|0
score.
Bowers of Milner mi
ning pitcher with Fisler
for the losers. Claik of
proved to be the; daj s
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jnoves into the
with Bizzelt meeting Milner
season ,m
rith Bizzelt meeting Mil^
ipus championship. This
series, made necessary i
and Milner pulled up Intjo a
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times at the plate.
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The wihner of todays gaipi
meet the College View Cnam.
C-R#w, Thursday to (Jetermine
Will be the All-College Cha^ip
Game time of the Milner
game this afternoon is 6:l|
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College. Station, Texis, Jul; ’
Jeri
A&M Cottqgo basketball team
— New York, New
Ohio will be visited b
brsqy,
the .Texas
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Athytic Director William R.
michael announced here today.
The Aggies will meet Siwia
lege at Albany, New York, on ~v.-
cember 28 and Scton Hall at South
Orange, New Jersey on the 2!ith.
The Aggies then will head west,
laying .Baldwin Wallace at C eve-
and on December 81 and A iron
University at Akron, Ohio, on jJan
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1933 season and went to Bracken
ridge High School In San Antonio j| rs £ one waH on a single by Irv
to serve as line and track coach. | N oren t h a t drove in MarionettL
In 1942, he was made; head foot
ball and track coach at Thomas
Jefferson High in thel*!s4me city.
His football teams' at jthat school
onors as : won the district
I; | three times, went to the state
play pro* quarter-finals twice apd to -the
is a pro,
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freshman manager of the Pitjts-
hqrgh Piiates, believes that thfee i
of his players should make the!
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Foreign Olympic Hopes . r . .
Jamica to Lead With a Pair
Of Record-Busting Track Aces
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annual All-Star Game Jn |St.! KINGS'! ON, Jamaica - Jamai-
Louis, July 13. They are PitcHr, ^ ’S '-pinning its Oiymp.e hopes
Elinor Riddle, Left Fielder Ralph 1 ™ ['Vo world names in track -
Kiner and Third Baseman Frank J Herbert Mckcnley 400 meter world
Gustiae, ’ i record holder, did long-etnding
Arthur Wint, whose prowess Has
done much to make Jamaica’s
name known.
Jamaica’s entry is a small team,
but a good one. jNine men and
five girls will be wearing the alli
gator and pineapples of thb Carib-
beaif island’s coat of arms.
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being found from don itions by
sport-minded business men; and
organizations. Trial meetings for
the team have attructecj big
crowds, and all Jamaica will be
watching, the ;Papen| With hopes
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Wint, 800 meter star George
at, the weight lifter, Les-
lievLaing,* a sprinter, McKen-
leyiind his sprinter ^team-mate
Basil ^IcKenzie, are the stars of
the
McKenleyv holds the official
world reeoniW 46.3 for 400 me-;
tesr and has a^mark of 46 flat up !
for official recognition. He is the j,
solid Olympic favorite in his’spe
cialty, and also \vKl run in the
’200 meters, where h\ has posted
.very fast times. McKeuley, Wint
and McKenzie will makeNip three-
fourths of the -island’s 4Q0 and
1600 meter relpy teams. Thel( best
chance probably lies in the lodger ■.&
race but they will be formida
competitors in bdth.
The Jamaican Government has
given full support to the bid by i
this small island for Olympic hon-1
ors. It has agreed to subscribe
half of the 4,000 pounds ncccssaiY
to finance the team, and the rest is
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Three Aggie footballers, Richard
The next was on a single by Ma-
ricnettj with the bases fillwl. „
The All-Stars wentt to work in
a huny in the ninth inning to Win
championship ih e p ame . Tommy Tatum of Tulsa,
pinchhitting for Diblasi, singled.
Johnny Creel of Dallas followed
suit and Tom Jordan of Spn An
tonio singled to fill the bases. Rey
nolds doubled in Tatum and Creel.
Seton Hall and Baldwin W
season.
were hosts to the Aggies the
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Wilson played on that team for popped out and Jordan was out
him. Irvin will probably hear more at the plate on an attempted
about some of his former high hut Jim Kirby of Shreve-
school stars this season, notably p 0r t doubled to bring in Reynolds
Kyle Rote and Dick McKissack, j an j Hemus doubled to drive in
who are playing for pMU. . ' Kirby.
Besides turning out champion
ship football teams [at Thomas
Jefferson, his track teams captur
ed the state championship once,
second twice, third once and fifth
once. Two of his former track stars
are Sprinters Charley Parker and
Perry Samuels, who are now at
Texas University.
Irvin was born atJCotulla, La
Salle County, Texas,! where his
father was a rancher, but has call
ed San Antonio home inost of the
last forty years. He has two boys,
Barlow Jr., seventeen! and John
Jordan, eleven. His hobbies, when
'he is not busy coaching boys in
football and truck, are hunting and
fishing.
He received the name^ “Bones”
from his friends when at the vai<iv ^
render age of seven,: j and it has i decision
stuck through the years, although ^on
it no longer applies. jHe was re-1
covering from sickneiss and his
friends noticed that he was literal
ly nothing but to quote Irving
“skin apd Bones” so he was christ
ened “Bones.”
Irvin believes that the T forma
tion, the one that the Aggies will
put to use this season; hag started
to and will continue to revolu-
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Game to Kilgore
By The Associated Press
Pitching took the spotlight in
Lono Star League play last night.
Fred Hubbs of Henderson lost a
3-1 decision to Lufkin, but gave
up on|y one hit. - . ,
Lee Roy “Stumpy” Jones of
Kilgore won his 15th game of
the year in holding Bryan it® two
hits while his mates pounded
out a 14-0 victory.
Harry Fowle and Knrdow lim
ited Gladewater to three bits but
came out on the shoit end of a 1-0
as Gladewater blanked
gyiew.
In {the other game last night,
Marshall’s Tigers rallied for six
runs }n the seventh inning to take
a 9-7j victory from Tyler.
TOP HARNESS STABLE
THURMAN
JONES, end c
ball ataff has
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esi|nf d to ew r
mas came o
the oil business. J
A&M from Hardioj Cfollrge
February.
His successor as i vx coach
probably be amnov|ncikl in
next few days.
FOR THOSE WHO
DEMAND THE
College Stux
North Gn
Kor Your VtBua
Consu. t
Dr. Carltoi R.
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NEW YORK —(An—Top raoney-
wiimjng stable in harness racing
lust year was the public stable iox
tionizc American footbhll more and Franklin Safford of Pinehurst, N
more, oven though it js actually a j c. Horses trained by Safford bag-
very' old formation, being devised
in the very early 'days of modern
football.
While he would not; make a pre
diction as to how hq thinks the
Aggies will fare this fall, Irvin
did say that he was convinced that
the Southwest Conference is one
of the roughest in College foot
ball, and that the Aggies will have
as good a chance as anyone to win
it. He believes that with time to
develop, the Aggies will become
the outstanding team in the South
western Conference.
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SOCCER IN BROOKLYN-
NEW YORK -</?>**- The Djur-
garden Football Club of Stock-
nolrii ended a six ilgamc soccer
tour of the United. States and
Canada with a match in Ebbets
Field, Brooklyn, July 8.
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