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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1948)
1,1 , - P" •■ ' ■ -m^m^atmm ^ -■— ^ ^ ^ m^mmmmmm-\ i r ... Frogs, Hogs Take On Initial Opponents ilimSfeS i I Arkansas Has Easy One; Kansas Expected TofT^ « VJ A •' • i .1 3j7 ‘ ^ ers r : t \ r - ^. i t2- Coach Art Adamson 1 >»* - ■ *| ? . • r/'i v.U ■ ■-£ s:iuim are llefnfi: Qth#r yater pofo team Announces! Texas Leagui so; ( %T A&M the Aigieft g! nmdH anp this amson tyas boojted nms. damson fl»o 'i;v.; . .. m Plana th»r wate edrailk 1 ! Coach At Mvefal bt This year have another veiry^fin^ t«‘am|| he hua jnost tjif;the members back from lustt yeuijj. Tn addition several . last year fj-esiijmen and lilso' seler- <■ al freshmen entering jA&M this flail will rhppft This ywar majrks the. first tinuj • that fre$hmeri will be allowcdr-'tq 1 compete] This aoa.soit A&M ) will have games With Baylor, Tejxas, SMU, fi Polo Team -VT • I and possibly Oklahoma U. The first games will be held immediately after the close of the football aeason. i Returning this year for the / team will be Danny Green, Gene Summers, Kd Kruse, Jerry Fish* er, Buddy Fisher, Paul Fleming, Rcrrtard Syfan. Scottle Potter, Paul Clevenger, and Dave Vard- amnn. j Also expected to join the team are Johnny Hccman and freshmen Van Adamson and Billy Karow. l Swimmers are now working out at ‘the pool and plans are being made for the water polo leant to begin work immediately. — —I Arkansas Has Easy One; Kansas Expected T< Give TCU Trouble; Texas Will Run Over LSU TV a . NEW BIG FLOOR SHOW •Lu ll m IR jh if m !i df \ \ i. b- V f,- \ v_./ ELMONT |E t’OVMK GiljtL COMEDIENNE^ & M.C. JENTSkLL-STAR SHOW FEATURING The GLAMAZON LOIS D-EFEE f 'SPECIAL! TO— 1 , TEXAp tCGIES SPECIAL! LOW tiATE TICKEtS GOOD J EVKRY SATURDAY NIGHT Tickets! at Students Activities f ' Vpriiee Pliolne 4- Write - Wire For Reserv ations >W PLACE OF DALLAS” • 5*2 WL Commerce j|; «. Phone P-7-2591 f "1 By BILL POTTS . -r Three other Southweetern Conference team a besides A&M will open their seasons play this weekend. Texas \yill clash with LSU, in Austin, Arkansas will battle Abilene Christian, and TCU will nreet Kansas, » i None of them are expected to have much trouble in knocking over their respective op ed locat ions 8 iv^kh?ut. f n hoi^- f onente , although TCU will have more trouble than the others. Dutch Meyer’s charges are * ri ■ . . .. ■ _ i i - - -. . ■ i . A m * n»»^ 17 ni.ioni i n i • unif xirtfl THURSDAY, Georgia mg a two-nothing load over houa ton 'and Fort Worth and Shreve-T port all-square. Tuitm wnipped Houston 5-3 last night to put me bulls in n hole but they n nave the; chance to uig bui in three games scheduled; at home stalling tonight. V f Fort Worth arid Shrevetyirt hooked up in thejr second 1 lim ning oat tie wuh me uus winning tmi^ one 4-a. .■anrevepon had tax- f en tne opener 1-0. T j . |i. Houston planned to uae little winner, m get ouck irito the se- ii»a win call on who nas a 10-7, record. , Pete ivuntar, a 10-game an bl tbit to nea/Wmie Tui»a wjm ca!u on bud As Fort Worth and Shreveport rolled into Shreveport to resume mb senes, the cats called on nd- oie manuier to oppose uartn iviauii, wno nas won 10 wmie lObiug iio mis season, Or Warren nacKer, witn a io-14 record. Kim Avrea and Mike 1 Schultz turned in strong reiiei pitening in uie nmin yo snut on a uetenuitied Houston rany as tne uners put tiie DUxis^two-down. Avtea lanned t4o and oenuuz me third alter tne Iduixs naci sent narry rerKOwsm, mti lea^ue-icauirig pitener, to tne sflowexs: with lour straight nits ana a Couple oi runs. rericowsKi uad anowed oniy six nits until the iast-juame liare-up. EibiC Flint’s two-run homer in the kixtn pioViueu Tulsa's ultimate winning margin. Pitcher Dwam Sloat scored the winning run for-Fort Worth as a xoticc piay at Second oase went wrong. £>ioat naa uoumeo and was u n$econo wim ueorge bcnnices on, xirsjt tiuuugn a base on cans. Walt 1 r mta grounded to tmrd oaseman vent retty who tnrew to ai ivia- zuj’ at secoiid / but tne latter stum- pulfl and mi wiue ox tne oag. ..iqViinees was safe and Sioat round ed third and heat Mazur s tnrow io the piau: oy inenes, j ♦ migiity potent mis year and will I Paul Williamson probably work the Kansana over ! stuck his neck out by i. plenty before their game )s over, first ten grid teams flo • KanMa haa 18 lettermen back season. Williamson, liki from Isst years Orange Bowl of the "piokers:, insiiti system is cold mat hernia hirtts that it iji aupijr other. forecasts. , For what it’$ wo4li Kay bvans, who went pro with 1 a ytar of eligibility left, and thiee firat string Lnemen, Otto Schodlbaclier, Ked Kttinger and Joe Crawiord. TCU’s whoi$ squad has had plenty of experience ami the depth ot . reserves at every posuion will rate a big edge over the new sys tem and new coach at Kansas. team plus a complete new coach*) system is cold mat in» staff that iuclndes "Siki’* Sikes, former A&M player. Mina*) ing however, is'Ail-American ’ Willinmion's rutings: I 1. Georg in Tech • - 2. Texas U. 8., Northwestern 4. Army | ;t+i Tackle‘MARION SETfEGAST is expected to see a lot of action this Saturday. Settegast has been going great guns in practice this fall. f • V « There will be a meeting Thursday nite at 7:30 for those who wish to try out for the swimming team. Coach Adam son urges any freshmen who are entering A&M this fall or wmo wejre at the Annex last year and anyone else who wants to try out to meet at" the swim ming pool. . *• . Boston Braves May Cinch National < League Pennant Battalion to Have ■ » Reporter at Game In Philadelphia DON ENGELKING, assistant six months to decide whether hc’ji!i^® r if editor for the Battalion, retire as hbavy'Weignt Boxing left by car last:mght to cover the Joe Lbuis Waits Un Fight Decision PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16 —CP) Joe Louis intends .to tuKc the full j Texas comes up against a team that is in about me same shoes as Kansas this year. LbU nas a new coach, Gaynell Tins ley, who has put in nis idea ot the T in place of former coach bernie MOoxe s. Vvitn ten pUycrs tost t ram j last seasons eleven, nothing spectacular is expected nom Uie iigcis. What strength they will have is expected to be in their running game.; their ipassin- will De below par. f Texas, already rated one of the ^ep contenders lor tne conference title, has the experience and the ahiuty to take cate oi the tigers. If the highly touted Paul Campbell llVos up tp tne pie-scasOn toi'e- casts as the successor to Boooy Layne, Texas will run LSU wild with passes. Peppy Blount and a host of other . seasoned ends will be his targets.- Texas should have very little trouble with Tinsley’s crew. Arkansas starts off with an easy one Saturday. They picked on Abi lene Christian, member of the Texas Contel’encc. John Barnhill and his proteges can hardly be ex pected to have any trouble in whip ping the Yellow jackets; the only thing they have to worry about is how to keep the score down in reasonable numbers. The Christians will give them u I fight for a few minutes but it' Miracle won’t be long before they will feci the Weight of Clyde Scott and his cohorts, jlh their eaofcrbnce, the RADI A ■ o ■ ; : ! . . ■ , \ ' ' 1 I- turday tH- on V re hf Wvtt 1948 f Tops in ’I PogeS m 5. Columbia U. 6. California U. j a i Pi Not he Dame 0. MiMourtU. Willinmeon System ya to bent A&M, AikaasM liilmio oirisl.an, Tex#* duston jp., Texas over LSI egaK Tbch over West TcxiU. (|jn thi> iwest/const UCLA is favdr* eg to bealt Washington State. Thb Njlillanja ofrer Jtuilene To T EPAIRS VICK |j| ft ..jr. ' I DALLAS, Sept. 15 liP)—It looks as if the Boston Braves are in. j With a five game lead and only J18 gamek left to play, the Braves I appear unstoppable in the National ! League today. At the moment it seenfs that only a major nosedive would deprive the Braves of their first pennant Sinde the "Mirad Team’’ of HU4. As for hitting a serious xlump, manager Billy South worth isn’t i wildcats' will be good but they’re worried. He has the best remedy i lu t much against the Kazorbacks, posiuble in his double “S ’ stop- | pers—Johnny Sain and Warren cnaimpion of the world.. The brown bomber, who prey- iotisly said his June . 25 light against Jersey Joe Walcott was tiis last, told delegates to tne l\a- tional Boxing Association dinner last night: “I have six months from the date of my last fight to make known my plans of retirement and until that time I should be known as the heavyweight champion of the. world.” , ' B. C. ECHOLS Realtor / ■'> ' • v Over Canady’" Pliannacy Bryan Phone 2-6454 FRIENDS— Don’t pass by Stop Buy at / JOHNNIE’S CIGAR STAND i Main Poet Office D, { u I . -Hr i ■. . Jf * ’ •| l ATTENTION ■' " liv ;r ■ wj '■ L r j :t}4 . ■ % BIGIURNITURE SALE i BEDROOM SUITES . 880.75 and up SUITES , . ,. $44.50and Up a; V^GROOM SUITES . $60.00 and pp TABLES - LAMPS - CHAIRS ii i Ofo OFF ON ALL ABOVE ITEMS — ' ' ■ ' 1 . • i . *|, j ■■! e * ’ |j% • , *! A We Also Have A Large.Group Of . * . t / ^ A ' i. ■r' 1 TABLES & CHAIRS AT :' l /z : Price ■A , ' M a ■'£ * : H 1 • ■ --VM HENRY A. MILLER CO. T' 'BhpnM4t45 , r\-1- ...r ; -j .kl ■J Li/4, North Gate ■v' i >r J A&M-Villanova football game Philadelphia Saturday. Don will work with Dub King, newly-appointed publicity direc tor for A&M, in covering the game. EngelMng ’ expects to leave the straight a'ccount of the game to King and handle the color an gle for the Batt. He expects to arrive in Philly tomorrow after noon and join the team at the Warwick Hotel. From then he will have a busy schedule trying to an-ange fot ■ Engelking pictures for Monday’s Batt King will bring Don’s copy and pic tures if any, with him on the plane Sunday. The last thing Don said to his wife in San Antonio was “I’m not going to the Villa- nova game,” but a small expense account furnished by the Batta lion changed his mind. Spihn. Sain and Spalifi, the Mr.. Right and Mr. Left respectively of the According to legend the stimu lating effect of coffee .was aeei Braves’ mound staff, arc falling in , ,sc ° h vored f ^ , a C ■ high gear. The Braves have won »’ an P 1 ; 1 , not ®? f ^ ? eight out of their nine starts and ,,f «° ( H , L \ aU ’ 8 1 om f e . of ., tl ? c b ® rr ‘f* .._U ~r and then neglected their proper .Sain and Spahn have won fivie of these games. The Boston Red Sox retained their turn game lead over the New York Yankees in the American League’s pennant chase. The Sox downed the White Sox, 4-1, at Chi cago while the Yanks brushed off The Detroit,Tigers took a double- header from the hapless Washing ton Senators, 2-1 in 111 iivmngs, and 12-1, sleep. Dr John S. Caldwell Optometrist Caldwell’s Jewelry Store Bryan, Texas DOGS TO GUARD SINGAPORE SINGAPORE—</P»—Thirty Alsa tian dogs, * specially trained for guard duties, have arrived to be “posted” 1 up country where they will take part in the anti-terrorist campaign. The.\| were sent out from England by the War Office. Consult Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST For Your Visual Problems 203 8. 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