The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 11, 1948, Image 5

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players wStQ
4 tne( team, intfy
•tison ot Coiuijija,
Houston, and Jtm
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expects a fix
tp temiis playe
this tall^Amo
prosricts an
Corpus Chris
loubies champ it
Herrera ot Colj-,
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W. M.
card around the
ust what tenhis
tennis team.
t pa§t year and;hia first Aggie
ilfers Ba
ither Tit
pua Christi who was runner-op
in singles in 1943, and R. G.;
DeBerry of San Angelo who went
to the state meet last year.
A&M doesn’t expect to win the
championship this coming tennis
season but the Aggies will be in
there fighting and will give plenty
of competition to all the teams mat
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By BILL POTTS 1:
.Marty Karow, varsity baseball 1
Prospects f
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cqhch who, turned up with the best j the fif
team of sluggers in the Sout iwest lief pit
Conference last spring, is gGi og to \ Squaameni from
have to rely heavily tpon the men sity are Bruce Me
coming' up from last season’s Fish ismg pitchdr, Dan
nine fo fill the vacanc es next year, fielder, Johijiny Blaz
r&:
Graduation exercises
league scouts; took a heavy toll.
Two of his best pitchers, Stan
Holmig and Earl Beesley, we >t the
way of the majors w th a y< i
eligibility left .Tex Thornton,
Southwestern
Stop, Jesse
outfielder,
Clark, vuu ciu«,
uy man, Zjeke $t ange, \
IDEOUT. famous
r back in the late
ke over the head
•ver the head
Agglclund.
Dustry Cl
Vass, util
outfielder, and Walter .Willin jham,
outfielder, went down^the gradua
tion aisle. ,i
Only five letterra<|p from) last
season’s team will report' next
spring. Four of the letteemen
Cotton Lihdloff, RUssel Mjayes,
fin Conference
ith Victory Next
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were on
Jim Calvert
line up and
was a re-
ball Team Loo4’
Infield c§ndii
ne will be 1
lidates from the
John De Witt,
CWCU wuu tuiiieu up witu utc wur inuiy ju
team of sluggers in the Sout iwest lief pitchei. - V- ,
. year , 8 the outfield
a prom- and
Green, ou,t- are
», ontfieldef,
and major Drego, catciler, and Hershel Malta,
first baseman. \ j in
Plenty of promising men are and
coming up from the Freshman club ence
i and Karow expects to .fill his po-1
- sitions with tntse men. Included I
Conference khort- in this agregation are three pitch-
Burditt, outf elder, ers, Pat Meroert, Truett Mouiqy,
Peck and Biantoi
Herl
Aggie Track squat
1 hree Years in Row
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^ By DON ENbjiklkG
■ Defending Champions of thei Southwt... .. t
the second year in a row will be the handle tagged onto the ^Kadera^a 212 lb ^’ V’ unioiV
Texas Aggie track team next spring. The Fanners will be will bo the top man in the Con-
trying for their third !SWC track title in a row at the iy49 ference in both the shot p*t and
Conference Meet. - discus. Kadera wonlboch of these
Col. t rank Anderson, head track coacjh, will have two meets 5 ^ the * ast t>V ° con,eren( * tiflea at
assistants next spring to heip-himv— j—— =
whip his team into shape. Kay ;three letters to their credit while
Taylor.
a{8 the workhorse of
the iisil last spring and seems
to be the most promising of the
three. It lis not known at this
time whetlier he will enroll this
year or not, but if he does, he
will be S Welcome addition to the
varsityi
Moon and Ti
outfield
:gies played good
loosing only four
Coach Charlie D£Ware’s
man team of last spring
one of the most eiviabty
of a fish nine in many
A&M. They endet theilr
with 18 wins and 2 lossefii
. credit They were defeat© 1
t San Houston State -and thi
I University Shorthorns. I .
material that piled up ti ii
that Khrow will ill ttye
erence play, one to Ba;
to Texas, the
ps.
Beesley did most of
ig .being relieved
y by Bobby Frets,
Bruce Morfaue, or
His loss to the wajoi
a year of eligibility left
lots to the team. j when Fret* is hot piR 1
Thornton, who graduated, will piay in the ^utfieid
also‘■■■MM
tract; He was one of tne best stand.ng assets to tne Agji
Hops seen in the Southwest spring,
srence in many years. ”1' Cotum Lindloff
record
vi ,ca it
spaces.
i From the refurjning m«
row will have an able piU
Bobby Fretz. He will bs
by Bruce -M or rise, if MoiiriBe
able to pick ap the cun ro hje
lacked last season.
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1 hiii position at second base; hi
wi j ohe of the 1 outstanding bat*
te|s lait season.
in^r'LSL^:
ayes will be back to play in.
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Use sc isoq;
the
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will aRi in take
Conference for dera win again
Football-
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Fubnam ana Barlow “Bones” Irvm
will be Col. Andy’s helpers.
Putnam is a veteran qn the
Aggie coaching staff while next
season will .be Irvin’s tirst as
an Aggie track coach.
( ardon, who has two year’s of
eligibility left,, gbt his one let
ter last year as a sophomore.
Bui Napier and Warren “Red”
Wilson will head ihe list of Agg.e
meets.
ii rranklin Young, (who hais not
decided whether or not he will be
back-next spring, \vas the num
ber two man in th|e conference
in the shot put lasjt spring:
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tobert Goode, who wrtn the
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in 1944 woo broke his leg in the
LBU game last y^ar, will prob
ably be the number one signal
caticr. isuryi oaiy, a 4 w o year
leiteiman win oc vying wan
tasmon tor the starting berth.
Hon Nicholas, a member of last
year’s squad is the imrd candi
date tor me quarterbacks job.
The Aggbs Seem to be well ioxv
ule tuiioack position wicb
| six cauaiuktes vying xur tue start-
; iiig Dei tb. Among tnese candidates
j are tnree ReUermen, one junior
college traosier, one varsity squad-
man alia pne iiesnnmn numeral
winner.,
Boohrt Goff, Ralph Daniel and
mg and his presence will be
asjset to the team. ;
the cjtch-
year and
im Calvert will man
position again this
ikeljy to be given plenty of
"It-
1 for the: spot by Bob unf-
, whose sharp pegs ca
m|fny a) runner off base
Igst aprihg.
Aggies a|je expected, to ha
he or other good Uahi next base
they have thb material.
iy need ijhow 1/ the expsr*
They should finish in the
bracket in ^he fConteremfe
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flitO^m Is one of
best bets tdr i; a : coniference ti
this year. Brtyan, Johi
Henry, Jack Bairnett'and Bart
tom will all bii oack xor a rep (I
helping of tge; conference title. I
Hast year the Can
out the Loipgi
of a point when TGU took 01
v point trom
match oi
faltere|d atliA
dropped if int» a tie with the
■'•Steers, j ’ f . fI
What really get up the crown for
the Aggie? itvas- The 6-0 Orubbiing
they handea ; . IM
eaiiy in the season.
Travis B^y^n is the most c©h-
Javeiin throw in thei 1946 (lonfer- j^aul latest are the IcUermen; Uo-
nr thi m ,„u 14 sprinters next spring. Wilson let- ence meet but placed only fourth vis uisag 1 is me junior college
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teen will return. The nineteenth thlrd •
Kenneth Voss is tne
1 . events squauman |ana rwunton Taylor is
^jalid the broad junip. lt is nbt defi- me r resttman letter winner,
f. , - -1 Thb best prospect among sprirtt- kite as yet whether Goode {will be
man is, ^ ovs commg up from the Freshman on^the l;J49 track squad.
££h ms s
on, ail
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discos
mmm iggsssa mm*.
,, broad jumper,' »»eou o»y, , D Bi n t relav team
“ and broad .jumper, Joe sp, ^ , ™ re ay team *, - . ... .
■ • - j Ihe AggieTrack squad will be
splinter
McGlothlin, miler, arjid'|Aibert Ricks
pole vauUer and hi®h jumper.)
Squadmen on the .’48 team who
tyell foriitied with. distance run-
iktrs next spring. Seven runners
rf
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The Aggies wiU agai; be s^V^'
d place on the squad as
thrower.
L. O. Coleman and Gotlde both
leltermen, will be the on y point
getters in; the broad ju up.
No varsity high jumpei s are re
turning but Elmo . Wade ; nd Wade
Simpson, two sopnomo es, may
^' e b s ^ r come through with poiu s-ia this
the Ietterm|en halt-' even t
uoii a no iiamel s<.em to. be
Hie leading candidates although
they .wnli probamy receive much
ivuipetiuon from Olsak and
Voss.
a ue surprise addition of Frank
The backbone of the Aggie team)) nerd and Arlan McKcjntile
for the coming season will oe Dan- were ireshman last,year, i iil]M
ny Green. Green is the conierencfl and George Hied, wno vjasji
cnaipp »n the 100 yd. Individual gmie last season.
Medley, 50 yd. free style and 100 ln the b ackstro(kc A&M
yd. free style. He holds conference hard hy ^ lofi , ot Ug J tj
records in the last two events.., 1 1 boqihwe?t Contei mce, cts
Expected to help Green in thO ard Spencer. A lot win aMdnd
sprints will be Berpie Syfan,' who i George* Reeves, as .to '4*ewer
swam the distance graces last Sea- can nil bpencer’i shQdn.
son, Jerry Fisher, Ictterman in oacksireke men Will mcluie
Sh jp/
vrUo
’48, Paul Clavtnge, who has showp
marked impiovemenl in the
John Westerveit, who was
, uy
marked impiovement in the sprints, Aruse, Squaamaij oJl ’
the 1
been showing; 1
ne audit]
1 ; Ftsner, leitermail 1
» Aji;
eugi-:
ble last yc^r, and G. i
urp
“Frosty” Torno will bolster Aggie] will fall heavily on nave Varda-
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Agdied hjave
mben impiov-m
sistant placet on tie team,
dutierp Jolinity-Bentry aud
e Longhorns hdre strongest deam in the-Nation, as mders W retur3ing7 they'are both ^L^ard Tate Johnnv Lvis and gie ^a^lifid are, Charley RoyaKy chafiged to J, 200 yds. Topping the able rep'acenicnt
for as quaner-milersr are co.iceni- . iate - Jounny ^avis ana -i|rf Kf ., 17 4 Haiimark. hmh sn» R i.. ,„;n uL .i a eV K,hv 1
ml
bu
ir U s ryTr r mrT B gT, mn“K ^^“nmn's tiTe oiSunrota ^ !>»“' *«“- ^-"utrokc m,i will be FM? lack hue,-.
t lay ,teartt was considered by thei ex-
4 peris to be the strongest in the
vC
■ • , 1 should provide Chough
.„ U1C Gharies Clark, a squadmen last 1 for ; lhc Agiges in tne pdle vauA
' Haltom haM'j lakun iheir ahapje- I'diauon. Oniy one inemuer of that ill 5 **'! o' , ^ will pro !ably lie
and may nOt
for 4he cro
mt up such a fight
this Bear.
missing next spring.
To take the place of Hamden,
Col. Anderson will have four top
tl
.CrOwti!. this .hfi
Proxy-coath; Gaythor Nowell;jofi notch quarter-milers. They are;
theriBryan Go do try Club is ekpedt-. Cohnaliy Ludwick, and Benton 'fer-
•ing several) other Aggies, to' give ry, squadmen on last years team,
the lettermdh {it rim fot top fligt)(it?_l'wo Quartermilers coming up trom
Carrol Hahn and J, D. Hamp
ton will be tops in the mile run
for the Aggies. Both/Wen letter
ed last ytar. Hampton’s special
ty is the two-mile run hptne wHl
probaoly run both ra^tes nex
Our chances fy|c a thuil straight
conference track' brown 1< ok excep
tionally .good.
erage punter.
Jim; noswell, an outstanding
) prospect [lor the Aggie back-
uelu, will also be vymg tor a
starting position.
Two'oafcr candidates who will
:nt.
10p of uijvihp cojach
The burden of the distant event* ) witn tne
. Kmanuel Mam^jga, A^ijl
nupes at tpe naltoack posts, lornojmap. Assisting Vardaman xpi the
is reported to be a better than av-) distances will be J. W. Nix, §teve
be able to give tpe othe •
more competition thari
previous years. Forming
Helping, F. W. Sidel, Gilbert Mc-
Kepzie, and John Peters who has cieus of the difers will
cnanged over from the breaststroke strait, Mac MiOollouf h
to tjhe distances. 1 [ Potter arid James T lov e
The breaststroke event will find ' Coach Adairiso 1 hopes
A&M in better shape than fast to jput/togetner anotner
kM
aV.
am
atfd'Spsit.d fftnd nrengttrto tW A1'-' t ye1ay. TTnti yekr the event has been'* ed 4o0 yn. relay team
can be
Aggie?
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streilsth ‘“ cn nUm f ,al wianer8 last lai1 - Flowers who was ineligible last) Last year the
- vauitT 1 1)ew M P e 8K®d as the possible season. Flowers in his iirst year one dud meet wl|,ch wa| ^he|r ^nly
successor to plan Hollmig in the J at A&M brock the Southwest Cob-' H'fts in the last
punting department while Slaul- ference Breasrstroke recora for the year the A&ivL team'ejjpiitsl to |nd
' spccialistjL. • ' Geiti
:h wa:i ihe r only ommy Comstpek of Houston and
two .ye iirp. ' 'his ] Sargent; of Fort Worth; 1
Geijie Summers who has been going il'exas, Dallas /..Q., Nor hv espern
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CIGARSTAND
last year’s Freshman team Who
can run the distance in less than .1., ,
50 seconds are, Don Mitchell and 5 ' 1 ^ J;
In addition to Haiirptbn other
spring.
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strength tb tjie distance faces will
be Jim McMahon, who was a stand
olui on the rrpshman team last
spring.
Lcttermea Bill Cardon will be
the only outstanding- high hurdler
on the squad while Bill, his broker
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Aggies three top notch low hurd
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Ticket Requests
Filled Says Ownby
All football ticket applications
dated prior to August 14 [have been
f.lled and the tickets have been
mailed, C. D. Ownby, business
manager of athletics, st ited here
today.
Seats still are availablis to each
of the JO games the A| :gies will
iwnby said.
George Kadera .great Aggie
weightman, also will be after a j her 25 will be the first
conference record next spring. Ka- sellouts, he believes.
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The game with Texas Tech in |
San Antonio September 25' with
Baylor in Waco October 23 and)
with Texas in Austin 0 1 Novem-
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When Better' ,«■ {'.
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Aggies to Have Strong Swi
Year; Jimmy Flow.irs,
^ . By LEON SOMER
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j A&M once again is expected to field a strong
The AgRies have lost several members of th«i squajd
m^et- last season but have several men joining ihe
4 According to Aggie Coach Art Adamson the p
much stronger in swimming this year. Amo^ig the top ^hreej tea(mjs expected to battle
put rtext year tor the title wut De * ~ ' ~ p
A&M, SMu, and Texas. I good in 200 yd. e\e^ts, J6 m
en bad
i/i7i
K rr ..mming season
second in the Cdnferen
wejre ireshman laat spr
ionference is expected to i>e
lit
nte College i’i of Loufaiana, and
kiahloma t|nivCf8iiy. ’ '
Thin year’s conference meet will
hi held at either lexas Umveistty
^ aa l ytor ' - • m
Coming to A&M this fall will be
verai rreshmkn who 'will be wj;l-
imed amut.ona. Among these are
ms of two Aggie coaches. Ttujso
son of Aggie?77
Uoacn Art Aaamson, and 7]
Karow, ^on 0/ Aggie a
nd Basketball Coach Marty
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Adamson was State hign
champ i;u the backstroke test
nd was state champ m. the
rep styie in '46 anc^’47. He
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^ther freshman swimmer's who
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of Houston; breascstrolterii
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