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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1948)
V 1 u. Rfii Iff r IP TUEaoAY, ocro: BaQt 111 ffl ' SWC Losing Presti Are Beaten in Ini i 1 ' i / ..■11 „ . , Much of the prestige yrhicii thi Southwest Conference Wm" beet build in k up in the i«st tun j ^uri hoto been shattered this seasbt ; witi the defeat of our top teams In im tersectional play. Texas, IpMU Rice .and TGU were all auriposed to have hot teams this year, an|t each one of them has been i eatplr at least once in outside game t. , .. The first flaw came out whet 1 Texas, ranked by mftny to tak< 'll KICKING m . - ; j HV fBt. IO WA, k ______ ’? r P«f»5 around e title, | wai omped-ai 40 1 if # the atoi . . by iNorth Caro* lina. Ne&rl; everyone fftssei it!off as aifirs game m iitato on mart of thi publicised Long horns! for the; came roar in r back to roimp a will over j Nen Mexico adid I S.U. ill Then <>kla4 homa, nj'hichj inTT * F i ^ HOWARD vans beaten by Santa Clara j too the gold plate off cf the.T<!xan dge in ft grm While we enjoyed seeing game •’'■-I'ftr going down for the coun , wc atill Hate to see our conference ‘-T ir 1 As Top Teams rsectional Games low prestige, 1*1 Joint underdog Missoprvteam.. -, ! 1; »n- Of Pill IS tied 1 F' M Satutrday. ^exaft r . ^ fnwf r t r fi :' i If'i VI ! . ■: | ■ s^ ! P ml 'J Northwestern Ranked No. « .Is* 1PTK1 ata. n. > m In J.. . I <'' - fl Staff Picks Top atiSpo miiiiiptoiiii Boudreau Bearden 1 - .1 If - i\ u :■ .N’llX ' urthwestemi Hot th CarolIrm were rated the top football tfams in the Nation r | lust Sfttptday's games by bera bf tliii BatUlion Sport* f in the Antedated Press Poll. mU tfam* l J Satpt-Hay’ bf Bat I Iftl AlMelati ot thwustern; was given the nod r the' wish and the Tar Heel* ver,-the Mftstangs idly be a better team because t loss. Marty fans had been ting them te go through the n undefeated, and now the is off. SMC! rwili now be wdr- about winding rather than ■ boys” of the? con dor: and Arkansas, r the three teams finished in d heat for top honors. Notre place West Poinbjt toil give Arm; w|re i^ood Caoets up wo "poor ce\ Baylor' ai e made the Ibftst showing this 'yeif •. All that id ineeded to throw the| conference into a complete I mi^jp, would be an A&M victory ovf| TCU. ] " ■ j f l . Wx AlJ least the 'Aggies’ chances look] a lot betteUf after the jLSU . -, i , , gami. Also, there! is some evidence ! ^ there.were to' sltow that Stitldler has been sav- i Afmy rated mui Sng j ome of hisi jsurprises for the conference schotfls. Certainly he was: saving one of his passers, k! jlHiere is also (loubt among the student bcdV whether or not the tcrbacking was as good as ht be di ’ Goode rass 40 to 0 rout of Purdue Michigan’s pow- efful Wolverines were tagged the number four team in' the ? atlon by the Batt’s scribes. The fiftfh place spot was award ed, to the Wramblin* Wrecks from Georgia Tech iibecause of their sbing 27 to 0 defeat of Wash ington and Lee.- It was Tech’s third straight win qtf the season. uch Oon where to' pu finally decided th place. There ,ents for moving ier in the ratings ers that had the further down the FF.CIAIS' KEW SIGNALS FOR FOOTRAI.L PENAITIES 1 ' "mL. »• ! j /MaLLaaiwaM ‘ ' ■’ ! 1 !i . • I pema'-ty. 1 is YDl 'ivcS: !/ J'-.l • k / ‘ ' ; v i am In Nati North Carolina, Notre California Trail Wildcats iT.r. :l-| . ‘ M Jl I fffi;■' 1 ’K! -j i | LiiM t illj i • : ■ If il Hi |i !! '.i JJ II I iCICKEU. 15 VOS :y arose over ;he Cadets from PE < SOM At ?OUt. ctilm* op HufteoiM mmpiuo.rrci IS voft 1 m Northi iwcomi ouf ilf ?m Is ranked No, t in the uation|jfe the 1t % noconu hurctiahive week by the Wiliiumeoh lUtlni III North ('arolina, 2H to 6x victor over Wake Forest ™ t liudrcau uft- 4-!l| vie* 1&- m 11 HOUOiN | j . Vs pr'EMSE. •5 VDS .. ipleted his first the season against Mm j-, QUARTER Scclfe Texas A&M 8.MtT. Texa* IL Baylor Northwestern ! ' l... 7f Kntries hsVe'to he turhed (lit Only one entryTrtTbwed pfr per* -i -• IPu- Coll ..u.-; i.. ‘igers for s| perfect average. ps.he shoutji do more of it, -e- 1 j****.».*i :k ai Score -.J j> Arkansas , TeSns Tech |i iff (•higan -•-"T n ege Holidjiy Scheduled Novi Morlday, November 29,1114$ will ie a holiday in 1 eu of the d;iginaf- ■ y scheduled holiday on October | 13, Dean M. T. Harringtohi 'Chal - nan of the Executive Cpmmittie as announced. , u, | j This change was requested by ti c tudent Senate since there: will 1 e limited number of, student iticke ,s ^tvailable for the! j Bayloi-A&M ^ame. 11 J , Since only a small porllon of he Aggie student body Ml, be tble to attend for thi^ reaso: i, these rill be no corp, trip, Hiiriringtr Lfi laid, 'x '! . ! , . ; The track has'been fast for 30 | jjunntugs of H : n1eah’s : ft : itates—the Widenor and / jflamih- l—- Hj, I M I l ill I Sanitone K / '‘The bettejr ki “We specialize In ;Rev uph Dlste We Pick-ttpi & Perfect! anoirfeout T- r'1 v /i l ■ : v 'd’ Send T\k tbr 7::3' -All i’hysicnil Education ms- Jta ’and minors are requested meet in the gym tonight at 0 to elect lofficers for the tng year, f ■/ I • ] * i 1 • p TLi -Hi i I *4,1,•«»-,**•••••• office by jl o'clock Friday. ..... rk* 1 list. ' Although Amy had s 27 to 0 1’tad over Illinois at the half they faltered ip the third and fourth periods: and allowed the Fighting Illiui to make it a close game. Illinois scored three times in the last half to. bring the Count to 27 to 21 before the game ended., tpur was Army’s first clc$e call flf the season. Minnesota !)!|; ILLEGAL :USE Of «AMDS BV 0FfE»«E « y OS 1 i-i jj DOWE: IWELIfilBLE ?A«gECElVEfe -^r y •;* - - * ! i ] Ntw'sfeatures NEW YORK—The six revisions in the official’s signal code, designed to keep the fan in the stands informed, which, became ; effective this season, are depicted here by AP Newsfeatures Artist f Joe GunninghO|m. The milltairy salute, which in previous football BOSTON, Octk 12 10 -v Gmiu Beardrn, i carcfm* rowkle with kw water in hi* vein#, la fhe unxlUpftt- u<i hero of Clftvtflnnd'a fir*t iWond Senes title since 192' ”We owe It nil tp Bca said Manager Lou eif yesterday’* ting lory over the Boston Hravcis for the championnhip. “Give him *11 the credit. Thai goes back tjo the .playoif game, too." i The. handsome Southpawi con queror of the Boston Red Sox! in the pennant playoff game, hifd just i sauntered in from the bull pen to ' - save the series finale. j Starter: Bob Lemon was racking | ] and reeling from the fury of the I attack of the Boston hitter*: hun- I ! gry for tjhe w.liners’ slice bf tht i ilioney from record crowd!:. The . Braves had the bases full with one away 'in}the last qf the pighthi, trailing 4: to 1J Then camei Bear den. j Pinch hitter Clint Conatsisr, the first man! he faced, $ent Thurman Tucker to deep center with a fiy ball. Tommy Holmes tagged up and raced home! 1° rtiake it 4-2. Manager iBilly! Soutliworth biought ’in Phil Masi to hit for Bid Salkeld, and Mas: hit ttu |hoaids high on the left field wall (Tor a double lihat $cored Torge- son. Now; H 4*21 western in a thriller. The * h k e kl f ker • nd ? ,pp . ,nR bee " d,, " lna H Colchy su*vtjjjling the sitjuatipn, jMikt WM! wllllt •■ T m llllnoW? in tho, ftucond pluct* plot vucitwi by oimiviftcond to 1 mg «at a Wllliumson had a 4, • K i with the other by mt«»ing *7 out of t'ndififgteili.Notit Damo 'ul Tk' sverkgr. Hi* lyfichigftn Httte. Tht south aijy h. i»vy amongj tram pranked first a afreral <m»^ lent*, although ho •Jf'.fW'l*, hut I* still shunted hy TCU over Indiana. Williamson r^eOnuKO of ‘a. narrow.-; Foltowiag art Wl squvtak overt'ruitduc, which Wai ' beaten 4|t-0 by Michigan this weak. ('alifoinia jumped' fpom eighth to fourth place by virtue o: humiliating 4ti-14 stompijig of cohajn. | j j [fjl '■ ' ] •'ij; . ):>/ In the Southwest Conference, Texas j*t<dt the biggest drop frftin lb tok33. sftcr the Oklaho game. TNl^ 4ir probably the lowest f d , Southern Methodist dropped fiom sixth to, 22nd, just, below the Horded Frogs. Missouri Univeteity rates' no ijetter than 63rd. In spite of a win overithe Mustangs. Arkansas also dropped In Wil- iamRon’s ratings, from Uth to ,16 Oklahomji U. improved four no' ‘ a&M ,,ter In tme of the few advances by a SWCjtearti, A&M moved from 101st to 86th while LSU; chas tised for not doing better against the Aggies, slipped from l9fh to 70th ; X| . k "j .-'■■■■ '' Rated oyer: A&M arc Florida. rtrirt'- ‘♦a***. L , Northwestcivi Bearden Wehtjrito work or McCormjck, Jne of the We*’ -lonava^ura,'MlamTof OhU>,‘Uteh more dependable hitters in jthe se- — -■ '■ — . *. ries. He came in with his khulckiei Gophers were nijted severith in the Dfttt Poll, The Univereity of California, who is favored | to represent the West Coast in the Rose Bowl, rated . t eighth in the poll after rolling over i i a strong Wiscoriiin team 40 to 12. |n SMC and Baylor, two South- |lf 1 west- Conference powerhouses ■ 1P . rated ninth and tenth respec- i. lively. Even iaifyer SMI"* tragic [ 20 to J t lofts(i to Missouri the || n.lorful Mps.tnhgN continued to hi Id the respect of the Aggie sports wrlticfft.r ipfi The ’'holding’’ signal previously also was used to show illegal use of hands by offense. A new signal was devised for the latter offense that ntore closely resembles the infraction. There was, no signal for il egal pass receiver dowpfield (tackles, guards or center are not a (owed beyond scrimmaije line). i on the first pitch add McCo^nvck bounced it: rijdht bqck to* tjh() box U., Dayton, : San Francisco U.j Muhlenberg, fTexas Mines, La Tech, and Colorado A&M. | , : ! ’ 7 t r 4 + ! FT ■ for the vital third out, ' "...i ’ , . . . .. IK. Eddie Stanky led off the ninth, j. W.mamson-picks ArkanKaa to Bearden got him down to .3-2 and hl ' H V , j} fi °v >r^ICcr then loift him. The tying run was week, and plckr SMU oVer ^tcf; North t.aratma ft.i N'' ’ D?1W 4. California 1 : |7. Georgia Tech 8. Michigan U. 9. Clemson' ip. : Army] 1 U : * m ■ HPCKDALE, Texad, Oct 11 — The St. Louis Cardinal*, ftlway* strong contenders for the National League Pennant, will fron luct a two-day try-out camp at'Ro kdaies Fair Park'Field, Wednesday and Thursday, petober 27 and .1 5. The camp, made possible: thf ou ph the of N. E. Alf rd,‘ of cooperation Rockdale, Will be one of large yMcardi-* be one iul^d fey If. —i- (Sag' Football, Volley Ball Added to Intramural Agenda on firsthand tlfe heat was oin« ( Sisti bunted: one foul. Thftn he 1 took a ball.. ITfie next pittli he j bunted jrtga.n ftdd the ball itfepped into the nit about fO feet high in I front off the''iplatui Cutchef Jim the cfetdh nndj fired easily. TirxnS Chrjstiftn is Jflsft slated to flip the AggieS, ahd Bay* lor I is; given ' a big margin over TejcasiTedh. i s : j[ - jn the bigileagues, ■Northwest ern if given: the mid over Miehi* gan. :ari;d Notre Dame Is fstoned; firslj base It or Hn easy double titsfamp NcliriiSka. nndMliUte* to first; base ;tor an easy double to s tamp ^cornau, nm io. .. play. Hblnitis i jmtlyd; the game and H, 'Lt gets the nod over IHirtoi* ....• j -x I stiies by flying out, Fall Intramurula efiteml full Beale operation Monday to - " ,”•/«. if; rjHii ijiiniimirui* enifrvu tuu seme ujicnmtm itiutiu Thi# iMm an Flat? Football and Volleyball were added MWI and Tennis action. c Natifen'*i top ted team*. These,: With Flag Football holding the biggest interest of t t If—-—— Position |for Lab AijsiNtant; Open I e Civil s|rvice Commission unces exanlihation for the po- n of laboratory aide, SP-5, 4.00. j I Aployment fwill 1 be with De- njent of th|> Army establish- :s in the yicinity of Camp Iri I j Jj ] , , y j - , , , bplication forms'! tnaV be ob- tgired from thrf Ptost Office: from the Executive Secretary, Board of U. $. Civil Sennit} Examiner*: De partment of the" Army, Camp Hood Tew* ' Wf |ofiili)ry Cleaning' . draperes. cuaic* j t J K-: 1 ivfttr Ph 2-$665’ P4jiets Road; 1 ■t! t-T' .. •m : Send the Battaliorlfor is Name ■ ■ Address ... lip. the Nation'iS ten'team*. T^e*e,! #-ith. Flag Football bolding the biggest interest of all, mtings were jadit in to the A*so- ihere ar^ Monday’s results. “B” Infantry defeated “E", Air L cipiM S' "tfin-wlm™ 1 -;7-0. "A” Chivalry Kdlloped over'"A” Field Artillery by selections: The : results of these jP to il. *core.-.‘3C ’ in/aRtry wft* a<* ! < r~T" selection* form fie AP weekly poll. lo# t to i" B ” Air Force by ft slim ! j ; )■ THE top ten Northwestern Ncltre Darpe North, C&rbHna •I 1. 2. 3. , 4. Michigan 5. Ge'orgia Tech 6. Army 7. M.nnesota? 8r f California: 9. SMU 10. Baylor- Another poll iin which the Batt was asked to take part is the Col lier’s 1948 All-American team se lection poll. The Sports staff sub mits theife* selections as to who they think *re All-Americans each week-end. Here is the Sports Staff selec tion for the pgst weekend: Ends; Leon Hart, Noftf e Dame and Mor ris Bailey, TCU;. Tackles; Leo No- mellini, Minnesota and Tom Sails bury', Clemsoti Guards; Odell Stautzenberger,;! Texas A&M and ' i vt* 0 1 h °, ld U ^ h f U y’ margin of 18 to 16. "A 4” infantry overcame^A" C ASA Air F ° rCe U,> lame *'.u •i Li ; ■■ City State N4 "fh [! S l . -4- t&— i' — * \ i.. ..... —- i by the same copnt. Of the day’s activity. Intra mural officials BUI Hodge fend Joe Painter reported “A” Cav's win over "A” Fidd as the best played. The trooper^ one-two I! punch of Page and Marble ran wild through the artillerymen I wfeo were only able to make {nfee 40 yftrd penetration during !the game . On i he hardball courts, “D" jVets i defeated the Dfty Students 23 to 13. "A’’ Flight took care of "D” Field by a 22 to 11 score. “D’* Air Force h, . Ti , . ! ! J Paul Burris .Oklahoma. Gentea-; I Dick Harris, Texas. Backs; Doak | Walkejr, SMU, Clyde Scott, Ark- I ansas, Charlie Justice, North Caro- | lina Und Myrl Greathouse, Okla homa. H or j m . i.. ■■■ • orma ear ■: .• f \lt . You will lilt ynd correct |\ ■ 5 ! SEE i; hr X I /! ! e the; smart, good looks details of our Tuxedos— TODAY .00 1 ' 103 N, ;Maio j ■ \' .; hi. CONWAY & "Yntir C.lalhhi v Stn CO. 'Yoftr Clothing Store’ J H'"' Ulllltl ' i: IB 1 - . i.l r il ft ,,, . .tidiiifiij Cl'! ij , i d /fill j M M ' r i > i, I H ■' ! 1 ! H I :!■ If • 1 ' , : hi Hi t U ■y Engifteers by a 23 to , l 1 . ' The day’s closest game was lye- tween Flights “B” and "D” with the boy* from "B” the three point winner., Dick Harris became high point nil an for the victoirs, scoring six point* in the 18 to 15 contest. Tern is action moved into third Vtek fot Corps tfams. X ‘B” Engini«*rs lost to “EInfantry, two sets to one. ‘“A" CWS out played “A” Ordinance by the same iicore. “A" Quartermaster dusted off “B” Field by a two to one score. “C” Field won over •*1)” Infantry two to one. The day’s lone Volleyball gam n found games ‘Porito’ Organizes Oog and Pet Show Volleyballers To Planned Oct 19 Enter New League 4, 1 a) li y J ing, will he of Fred Ha Martti fi .m rs an thr^uifh regular program sched mils this )(car. Workouts; which will gi er, way a( 11 o’clock ftich undftr tf MIX' . . . . Bj 1 Former minor Icagu^i play ers and experienced *<iout». , will ‘put the atuiirante . — „ drillf Mj t i milng, ' ielding, bitting^ add Ufowjing, R^il ha supe^'ision awn and C. A- '{Bant" ^ Air Flight pitted against A” Vtt. The Veterans took two out of the three to come out the winners. ‘’"Lest I Forget* • • • NEW YORK, (^'—Eduardo Fies tas, a hurdler on the Peruvian Olympic team, was so mad when reeB. He wasBc¥ptain ofthe. he kicked over the fourth ^H^rdle ‘ • ' in the London meet that he return ed to the course and walked off with it. He boarded a Peruvian Inter national Airways plane here on route to his home in Lima, Peru, with the hurdle still in hjs posses sion, strapped to his luggage. He wanted to be reminded of his error alwayb, he said. —.— j ^— /j'j-.'j , .!■; | , '.'jj TVi- »j<i>ih ann'ml Di'if and Pfet ShoW ihb A&M Consolidatud bcii.lol disLtpi, Wilt lie held Oc- A club w„ »rg»mz. | IfcOjH Al ’ ln,al ed on the Canjjpus this week. M. A. d , ■i'; w Jonthi<?Ux, oflhfe Phys.cal Educa- ,'{J*Inw ?rt immediatete. tion DWtmfnt, will sponsor the Fprtreif ^11 S awaS te^VnlwSl CentraI nibfeons Will be awarded to the firtt th four fl>ces in each class. Groom- fte yScA. au, of for, Worth. * 1H •» DoBr aral other pet, to be ebter- it&m* 1 irl™.. ffejc ed nuistLbe brought to the Wai u'iunr.ius 2ssT*»i:t X! ips T" 10 " th " A4M SfMSdWSM tt Ponjthieux man ganiz# a frei at thfei Anmfei. Te felrtady has 40 . • i: x m members in fehe tunibling clubi and , ‘ * ranCe •jfe'® l». expecn a sbfeilar, or larger num- * , " * ; ber wiiem tlsh volleyball group is —s-—t-w t-t- !..—u i _LLii organized. 1 j ^ Poiithicux fils a well-known fig- ( ure on the ifeain eunipjus. He fea^- been attached to (he PE Depart ment | dince m got; his degrefe in Physical Education in 1941. lie en tered A&M ijivthe fall of ’fWj and immediately fe^gan his athleqc ca- ’ _ 1 M>! man mvimmiji^. team, was an , in- tramferal manager for three yCars, and again wfejs capteiiFof a swim-1 mingj team, this 1 time the varsity*' squad, in hid sehipr year in 1941. plnttod betweon teiuus rilrt players in! nttentli»nre at (h Playerfe art fftquft*le<l »• trial rump*. ! All expbnre* Incident to uttonil hg the fliuihp Will be teft ideu to those players who 'imt ftii^nvil to com met* .with any of, thej VI minor league clbbs comprising 1 1 tie fa|n* bus Cardinal minor leaf ue net- 4—- H stheilwise undejr control. Dog. ;iiie»x llso uphnuon, , fresh- »"f fT*”!*- f! jun.btwl clu^ »ml will or- (ehiMren. gradn VU •*' :volteyb.ll club ’'RepiJtrutiPHof thc petswtli bL.! I Dp TURTL IOMUKR :■! roR<ft-f S HI Last year Ponto managed thej' A&M! Volleyball Cjub, which:,plfty- ed in thu Giilf A.A.U. 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