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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1948)
* . y- ' : r-‘ r if'. : i m < •• \ - . < W \ - ' f si-:- :• 1 i /' ji- llr !r /I • •• r Swim From All Parts 3 - ? ted to Compete I • v ■ f omorrow >f--' | % UtON SOMER A' large array of Texa^ swimming si this week-end to compete in the 1948 Texas Junior Swimming l and Diling Champip] war once pipiue oatuiijay and day with linal events being tfeld both dayp. Uver 150 swimmers are expected to enter; rM will meet here LU Senior and The meet According to Adamsun, tms ; Coach first sthte AAU meet to be : held at Ai This event'; has been approved the Guit AAD and summers fW'ftso S^fmodn* Ctab, Dahae A. C. 1 I- 1. - .other d.stnctp may enter on 1 J-e- a nd Y. M. C. A:, GolfcrestCountry V* sentatmn Qt travel permits. | , Cll , b and River 0aks Country Club of Houston, Tyler, Nacodoches, fort Arthur, and the College Station Swimming Club. ~ ! The College Station Swimming Club, winners of the T. A. A. Meet at Tyler last month, are fa vored to win the meet I , Auamsonjl who is lin enarge i'lll,': this year’s meet, hojpes to j; ! opl tbe swimming, event nn am L; afiair. No state AAC meet 'been held lor several years • cause of the wan b'ott }V< sponsored a meet' in(. 1?42 bu 1 .was not officially pecognized •the AAU. V v This year’s meet hips been hfiok- en ; down into six divisions^ I are Senior Men's‘dnd WomaP’S) Junior Mep’s and Women's, jmnd Boy 8^ and‘ Gill s. Tie Boy’s >4and Girl’s divisions are open onljjr to those ^tinder .fourteen - years of trophy. This year’s trophy has been donated by the Gulf Coasv A.A.U. \ ;vjJ Teams that have \entered the |-meet so far are: San Antonio Country Club, Austin Aquatic W .Club, Highland Park (Dallas), El yi age. ..u T preliminary heatsj if needed, Will he helijat 2 p.m.; Saturday . at 11 p.m, Sunday.. Uradrmgs these neats will ta|e place Tiat- uraay at 1! ip.m. ione three for fljen and flour' for wtom- eit The number of evjents that may enieri have be£)n limited en, This eicludes the relays. 1 Entries in all divisions wil taken up to and incljading the fast day -of the meet. Thje entry fee is 25 cents per event. .* The College Station Eecrea tiem Council .is snonsor.ifg the Y i|eet. Mrs. Ralph W. Bleep is chair of the committee intcharge. 0 members uve Mrs. R; B. Hicke Mrs. Ge6rg(B -Draper, Sam Cle and Art .Adamson; ] : |i ivtagee, Paul riemiiw, Gold/ fillied, silvex, and bronse John Westervelt, Happy McKey, medals will be awardel to ffirsf. Spencer Buchanan, Bill McCulley, Fipals will be held at 7:30 each ... for children and 50 cents for night. Admission will be 26 cents adults. There .will be no admission charge-to the preliminaries, j Thifly-nine swimmers from Col lege Station and Bryan will enter the 33 events of the state cham pionship swimming and diving meet to be held in the P. L. Downs Natatorium, according to Art Ad amson, coach of the College Swim ming Cluh : team. ' Ihe local swimmers will com pete against stars from all over the state. On the record Of past performances, a number of the local aquatic stars should be able to win coveted championship ti tles. Local entrants arc: Mens events: Danny Green, Davo Vardaman, Ttilly Hale. John Par nell, Van Adamson, Paul Cleven ger, Jimmy Flowers,^George Diedk, Arlen McKenzie, Gene Suipmers, B.Uy Karow, Sjcotty Potter, Jason Magqe, Paul Fleming, Wade Smith, I /: Y/-' Law Pla i. « iTl ; For Campus Softbal \ By DON ENGELKINf izzell Tonig Softbal Cro\ Campus Softball play ended Wednesday with tw > «ams-|La^ and Bizzell—in a tie ror inm place, carney welch, director of Intramural / thietiw , ainoiinced that the two cejams will meet tonight in a play-off game to determii( tljie Le igue Champs. The winner of tonight’s game Will meet the A-iv^n te im, Champions pf the Col- .ege View League, to determine the College Softba|ll iChamo ons. Welch also announced t ja Harnden Will Rim I MV. TV XJ.J. A1.UU series which wUl > m More European Meets Next Week § i Art Harnden, who was > on the Ami ' .v ; Some members of the College Station swimming team who will be vicing for medals in the Texas AAU Swimming tad Diving ChamptooeMps to be held in P. L. Downs Natatorium this weekend are: front row), left to right, Nancy H«l«. P«t»y Bonnen, Dorthy Spriggs. Elizibeth Blank, Betty Copeland, Nancy jCd>rii^ t \||ih.« | . ' f. • I | On the top, row: Art Adamson, John Parnell. Panl Clevenger. Van Adamson, Gayle Klipplc, Billy Ka row, Danny Green, and lUlly Bale: 1 second and third place winiers. -Gold filled medals wilL alsci be given to members of winning ipay teams. . . I A team trophy will be awarded I Pete. Hicbmah, Gayle Klipple, Tom Harlow, Robert Cleland, Dave Boh- nen, Orln Helvey and Joe Steen. Girls events: Elizabeth Blgnk, Mitchell Leads In ’Mural Volleyball V * ‘ \ Mitchell Hall continued to domi nate the Intramural Volleyball race Wednesday by defeating Dorn 14 two games in a row, 15 to 10 and 15 to 5. • Ipl B atta l io n h? 0 R T O FBJDAY. AUGUST 13, 1948 Page 3 td the team that scores the most j Patsy Bonnen. Francis Copeland, Lynn Sparks, Dorothy Spriggs,’standing team this semester as points in the Senior and Junior divisions combined. Points siipred in the, ‘Boys’ and Girls' divisions Betty' Copeland, Ann Copellnd, Nancy Hale, Kay Parnell, Ann Schlespelnian, Martha Ergle, Elea- The Mitcneii men have an out- will not count toward the team * nor Price and Pam Wilson. Y 4 they are still in the undefeated * #1 _ Till From Dorm 14 .were Nick Holland, “Rosie” Rosen- "berg, and Wally Dixon. Starring for Dorra 14 were Char les. Perry and Robe f rt Tucker. Milner Wins Close Softball Standings Final Standings •** l .NT CORKY'S >-l /' ' ¥ m \ ■; ^ i BEFOR© LEAVtNQ Order \biir E ■A r ‘ • ■ 3 SUMMER SCHOOL Fall Suit AVE AT ■ , KY’S v : % ■ ■Y ' ’ ’ . Y ' ' ■ i ».—. i ' / Aggie-Villanova Came to Be Aired f . tv- ' i •* t. lY- , REA 1 t :: 1'/,. Y 1 Oopd cool everywhoro know that de- *. i— I •1- liciouijnwtriliou#, full-flavored ICE CREAM climax for any meal i. ond r»pv,|arly.... 4. 7- t .. ft ■/ • ■. r. ■ • wrmi The football game between A&M j and VillanoVa on Franklin Field, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, Sept. 18, will be broadcast by the Ameri can Broadcasting Company on a nationwide hookup. It has been spotted as the number one game of the: nation on that date, Bill Carmichael, Aggie athletic direc tor, announced. > It will be tl^e opening game of the season for both clubs and a crowd of 60,000 is expected. Tf the expected attendance is reached, this will ^be the largest crowd'to see the Aggies play since the Sugar Bowl garde in 1940 when they defeated Tulane'14-13 before a crowd of 72,000. - Emperor Nero, who \yas near sighted, used a concave emerald to get a better view of the gladi atorial combats. i cellar-dwelling teams] iThe final score j was 8 to 4, bht the hits collected by each team in thf game were in favor of Dorm 11, 5 to 4. The winning pitcher ^van Gene Bowers and the looser was Per ry. Price of Dorm 11 held the i batting honors, getting on two times out of three at the plate; Ur John S. Caldwell Optometrist Caldwell’s Jewelry Store Bryan. Texas L E T A N . . . Aggie Student SERVICE YOUR CAR GAS ' , I ' OIL EXPERT GREASING WASHING WAXING & POLISHING STOP AT THE GULF STATION 1 block north Bronco Inn ! on Houston Hwy. i Owned 4 operated by J. W. Schmidt r • : • 3'. A.&M Stu. Vet CIms ’SO i This was also Dorm 14’s last game and in the final standings, it stood seventh with one win and seven losses. Milner got fourth placgJn the league with five wins and three losses. • ■ i-*! " | . \ . Walton Finishes In Cellar Spot Walton cinched the cellar in the Intramural Softball League Wed nesday by allowing Leggett to de feat them 7 to 2. The game, played under the lights at the Grove dia mond, was the last for both teams. Bill Plagena was the winning pitcher, allowing only five hits while Herbert Wilson, giving up six hits was charged with the lOM. The manager of the Walton team was the leading hitter, ^getting on safely two out of four times at bat Leggett got fifth place in the league, having four wins and four losses to their credit, while Wal ton landed in last, not having won a game all semester. Team W L Pet. Law I 7 1 j .875 Bizzell „ v 7... i l: ^75 Mitchell 6 2 1 .750 Milner 5 3 .625 Loggett 4 4 .600 Puryear .3 ai .375 T.C.ViV. • » 5-1 .375 Dornt' 14 i 7 .126 Walter. 0 8! .000 Leading Pitchers jjj Burch, Bizzell Johansen, Puryear Fisher, Law Wiley, Mitchell Green, Bizzell Bowers, Milner Plagens, Leggett R. C. ECHOLS Realtor Over Canady’s Pharmacy Bryan Phone 2-6454 — T FOR THOffli WHO * DEMAND THE BEST . . College Shoe Repair North Gate 4- For Your Spcrtlug Goods Needs •JONES SPORTING GOODS 803 S. Main Bryan Ph. 2-2832 ! CLEANING - PRESSING alterations / "' • . r , AT THRIR BEST — AT CAMPUS CLEANERS $ Over The Exchange Store v ■*»' -Y-Yv! .»• • - P ■ !.! ■ . tf I J Comfortable, i I • . 11 . . . : Look i Comfortable... Simply climb into one of bur good-looking Sport Shirts and the trick s ip the bag. ' Cool sheer-weight fabrics in cotton or spun raybn - - pleasing colors and washable. , j|| ; ' • ’ ON SALE NOW AT I- ’' REDUCTION I J. : 11 + \mJ • ; CLOTHIERS College and Bryan j I •••'- — * - be played on Monday, Tuesjla Wednesday of next week. All of the play-off gai be held oii the lighted 4ot{ba 1 diamond. Game Ume wil o'clock. - , Both Law and Bizzell w m final games Wednesday afternoon first u Yhe country of Ecuador was imed after the Equator because tiat country is crossed by the reat circle of the earth. m 3iojn- <hr|ee >ab|ly and Champ the-^ Crown ' , i • Yh [es erican 1600 meter relay team ... 0 that won that event in the Olym-! causing the deadlock fol pic games last Saturday, wrote place in the Campus Leag ue tbe following letter that was re- two teams ended the seaspn ceived this week by the nurses at tbe college hospital: | ■•‘Tin in London after a won- derful voyage over on the 8. 8. America. Surely am thrill-Jd to M on the team, and I guess I am yfry lucky to be here. “I’m to run on August ,6 and in the 1600 meter relay. We Iso have a'meet with the Brit ish here on August 12, then a eet with the French in Paris on ugust 15 and 16. We are sup- to have a meet in either Dublin or Prague on the 17 of [jmpillt, ' L Y ' “Our boat leaves to go beck ion August 20 and wc will arrive in New York on the 27. That means I will have about two weeks before school starte. 'This morning we had a big flag raising ceremony and some words of .praise were spoken, f The RAF/band played our na tional anthem and it soundH very good.” / Harnden will return to school in ptember but will be unable to ompete in track this year because e graduates at the end of the all semester. Past I to Remain Tie for First 1 1 aving five victories and no ddfei ts to his credit. Green has won lost ond. Some of the playera frfm Hall who have sparky team into first place ajrfe: ba Williamson, first T Law their . Bub- I asbman and manager; George Sh eer, se cond baseman; Pete 1 re nont, third baseman; Girt Cor et, left j fielder; and Ed Hill, rate ici. Leading the Bizzell t ai(t into th^ play-offs are a grou sy softballers including t ing: Bob Hovel, third Elmer' Russell, shortstop; Sacra, catcher. • GIBSON’S IGA S# Betweeu Bryan am! CoRcKe, Houstun |[Iigli the. score stood railer Camp, nejitly slipped by w in their laat/rogularly ached- ;d Jntrnmura) League softball The gdme Wednesday, but at the end of with t« game Law turned out to be the seven victories and one defeat, winner bjy a score of 14 tb 11. each. ij jit v’as & bard fought g;ame all Mitchell and Milner, tv o jother 11| ; way; with some surprising strong teams in the CamjusjLea- p »ys developing. At the end of gue, finished in third am tourth tl i> sixtn inning, places respectively. i Don .Fisher, Law Ha I’s; pendable hurler will start ot mound against Bizzell in night's game. Fisher wo i games than any other pilchjbr in the league this semesti r. His f-ecord is seven wins agai is) one defeat. Fisher is a right handed hurler. Either Arthur Burch, a Hander, or Jack Green, paw, will be the' starting jpttcher for Bizzell. „ 1 Burch has the best-, rpcqji'd of any pitcher in the leagui i right 1 outh- o ahd llhto 9 in favor of Trailer Camp b t Law rallied; in' the seventh with fi re nunjs to movi ahead. Trailer imp was unable tq score ip that • Pe e 1'remont pitched the first wo nijings for Law, but after alk ng six of the first thirteen rs who faced him, he wa» rcc by Don Fisher. . Fisher pitched the last four and -thirds innings and chalked up vehth wih of the season., / ny Seewajld >wras relieved In •vanth ihning fop Trailer bjy Bill Ogan. Law got ten hits dft these two pitchers. 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