Ag Tankers Sink Mustangs, 40-30, To Stay On Triumph Trail
Green Loses to Muckelroy
In Fifty But Wins Hundred
By SCOTTY SWINNEY
Aggie swimmers kept up their winning ways Saturday
with a walk away win over the SMU tankmfen at P. L. Downs
Natatorium.
The A&M squad stepped off to an early 5 point lead
by winning the 300 yard medley relay. Ed Kruse started the
relay for the Aggies with the back--f
stroke, picking up a 3 yard lead '
over the Mustang backstroke ace,
Robert Willard.
Then Jim Flowers took over with
the breaststroke portion of the
event, and increased the lead to 7
yards over the SMU man, Jim
Dwire. From *there Gene Summers
stepped out with the freestyle to
bring home a nice 5 point lead for
the Aggies.
The 220 yard freestyle event
saw the Aggie lead increase*! to
12 points, when Bernard S.Han
and David Vardeman took an
early lead over Mustangs Doug
Connar and Harold Bradham,
and held it to place first and sec
ond.
Syfan and Vardeman were swim
ming stroke for stroke for a long
while, then Syfan pulled away to
win by about 3 yards. Vardeman,
however, who is working on a new
style* turned in the second best
time he has ever recorded, and
more js expected of him as the sea
son .progresses.
Toq race that everyone was hop
ing for developed when Danny
Green and Mike Muckelroy were
matched in the 50 yard freestyle.
The race was a fight all the way,
but Mike nosed the Aggie ace out
at the finish to win for Ahe Mus
tangs.
This marks the first time this
season that Green has been out
done in a race, either individual
or rejiiy, and he didn’t take it
lying down. In the 100 yard free
style, he hopped back to take an
advantage over Muckelroy on
every turn to beat the big Mus
tang hope out of his second win.
Aggie divers came to the front
in this meet, and walked, or dived,
away with the first and second
places. They would have taken all
three; places had it been possible
to enter three divers. The third
man diving for A&M was Herbie
Johnson, who is greatly improved,
and hasn’t reached his peak yet.
Johnson amassed some 81
points to put him a close sec
ond, which was unofficial since
each team could only enter two
divers, to Scotty Potter the win
ner of the event with a total of
84.15 points.
Gene Summers gave the SMU
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breaststroke man, Jim Dwire a
close race in the 200 yard breast
stroke event, and provided the gal
lery with one of the many thrills
of the afternoon. All the way, they
swapped the lead back and forth,
and it was a toss-up as to which
of the swimmers would reach the
finish in the lead. Finally, the
advantage went to Dwire, who
turned in a 2:46.5, while Summers
finished with a 2:46.6.
Ed Kruse did his bit for the Ag
gies, when he turned in his sec
ond win of the afternoon over the
Mustang backstroke flash, Robert
Willard. The first time Kruse out-
swam him was. in the backstroke
leg of the 300 yard medley relay,
but thi$ time it ,was in the 150
yard backstroke race and netted
■ 'Ed an individual win, and the Ag
gies another 5 points toward their
victory.
The 440 yard freestyle gave the
spectators another bit of excite
ment to put them on the edge of
their seats, when John Peters, of
A&M, and SMU swimmer Doug
Connars fought it out in a two
man dual.
Connars took, a slight lead off
Peters at the start of the race,
and it looked as though he may
win without too much of a fight,
but John came back into the
fight, and tied it up with the
man from SMU. Then after hold
ing on for several lengths, Pet
ers started dropping back again,
and it seemed that he was out
of the running, but again he
gave the gallery a surprise by
pulling up again and surging to
the front. From this point on
John used all the turns to his
advantage and beat Connars by
4 yards at the finish.
SMU took the 400 yard relay,
but not without a fight all the way.
Clevenger started for the Aggies
and gave them a 2 yard lead. Then
Tommy Butler added another yard
to put them ahead by 3 yards.
Jim Flowers gave up the lead
in the first half of his hundred,
but regained part of it in the last
half, to give the Aggies a lead of
1 yard. Then on the last hundred,
Muckelroy nosed out McKenzie to
win by 1 yard and give the Mus
tangs another 7 points, and end
ing the scoring at 40-30, and a ten
point win for the Aggies.
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Competition Set
For Handball Club
After a semester of inactivity,
the A&M Handball Club is being
reformed. Herman Segrest, club
sponsor, plans a meeting for Tues
day February 15 at 5 p. m. in the
Physical Education office.
Organization for this semester
is already set up. Elmo Livingston
is president and Z. R. Wells is
secretary treasurer. About twelve
members are active now but Se
grest wants more to join.
A ladder tournament is now un
derway. Already, matches have
been arranged with four other S
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KENNETH SHOBE and GLENN LIPPMAN dress for spring training as the first phase of the
season of 1919 gets under way. Both players were stand-outs on the freshman squad last year, Lipp-
man sparkling on offense and Shobe being particularly impressive as a line backer. A full-back on the
Fish team, Shobe is now playing right half.
Position Shifts Numerous As
Spring Drill Gets Underway
By SACK SPOEDE
“There’ll Be Some Changes Made” could well be' the theme song of the Aggie foot
ball coaches and players as they move into spring training, for there has been plenty of
shifting of material around among the members of the team. Especially is this true among
the members of the Fish team of last fall mo ving up to the varsity.
Ralph Dresser, starting end for the freshmen in four of their games last season, has
been converted to a guard position ^
by the coaches. This move was
taken to shift some of the strength
from the generous supply of ends
to the weak center of the line.
Dresser has been having trouble
with the knee that he injured in
the game with the Rice frosh. He
has been unable to strengthen the
knee to the point that he can get
full use of it.
Bobby Goff, starting fullback
on the varsity last season and
winner of the Most Valuable
Player trophy, has been shifted
to right half. In the practice
Saturday, Goff injured a knee.
La,st season he was continually
bothered by a knee injury, but
this time he has hurt the knee
that was good throughout the
past season.
Running at full back in place of
Goff is Bob Smith of Houston, in
eligible the past season for Fish
football. Smith is a 200 pounder
who has run the hundred in 10.2
seconds in track.
Jimmy Flowers, former all-
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has been shifted back to that
position atfer being used for an
offensive tackle during the past
year. Flowers is having trouble
getting into shape for football
because he is dividing his time
between swimming and football.
Swimming will loosen the mus
cles while football tightens them.
Three former fullbacks on the
Fish team are now operating at
right half. They are Jerry Cross-
man of Houston, Buddy Shaeffer
of El Paso, and Kenneth Shobe of
Corpus Christi. Bernard Lemmons
is still at full, as he was on the
Fish squad, while Clarence “Bull”
Lawson is not taking part in
spring training due to a knee op
eration that he has just had per
formed. Paul Yates and Kenneth
Voss of last year’s varsity are still
fullbacks.
Jim Dobbyn and Bill TidiVell,
halfbacks on the Fish squad, are
now running from the fullback
post. Dobbyn was the lad who
returned a punt for a score
against the TCU Poliwogs last
fall, while Tidwell stopped Byron
Townsend of the Texas Fresh
man decisively in the Shorthorn
game several times.
While it is still very uncertain
who' will end up playing where,
the coaches had Goff, Smith, Glenn
Lippman, and Jimmy Cashion run
ning in one backfield Saturday.
After Goff was hurt, Robert Scha
effer moved into the vacated right
half post.
Clinton Gwin and Andy Hill-
house were at the end positions
for that team. Gwin was having
a field day snagging the passes
thrown by Cashion.
Goff, Frank Torno, Mack Stoel-
tje, and Yale Lary have been
warming up in the punting exer
cises. Torno has looked impressive
in this department as he sent
booming spirals down the field.
It is still very early in the
training period and only one
thing can be determined by the
drills so far. And that is there
will be plenty of work put out
on the practice grid at Kyle
Field this spring.
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Baseball Opens
Tomorrow With
Steers Favored
Tomorrow is the opening
day of baseball in the South
west Conference. It finds
the Texas Longhorns fav
ored for the conference flag as
usual but if some inexperienced
pitching comes through for the
Aggies, they will be in the thick
of the battle for the flag.
Last year’s catcher, Jim Cal
vert is again back to handle be
hind the bat duties. Behind him
are two sophomores who can be
expected to take quite a bit of
the load off the Dallas back
stop’s shoulders. They are Bob
Graham and Bill Dennis. Both
showed strong throwing arms
for the Fish nine last fall.
Russ Mayes will again return to
third base where he was a stand
out last season. Mayes is a fast
little third sacker with a rifle for
a right arm.
At short the Aggies have lost
Tex Thornton but have gained
Guy Wallace, Jr., who hit over
.400 last spring for the Fish
and performed well in the field.
Cotton Lindloff is back again at
second base to finish his college
career at A&M. Cotton was an
All-state football back and an All
state short-stop while at Waco
High School.
Little Joe Saverino will be ready
to fill in at second if Cotton or
any of the other infielders should
falter and some changes need to
be made.
First base is wide open with
the possibility of John DeWitt
or Bill McPherson taking over
that spot. Bob Fretz, who divid
ed his time between first and
pitching last season might have
to do it again this season if the
above sophomores don’t come
through.
Finding pitchers to go with the
rest of the team is the problem
that is bothering Coach Marty Ka-
row the most as concerns baseball
at present. Possibilities on the
mound are Blanton Taylor, who
might also play in the outfield,
Bruce Morisse, a southpaw bother
ed by wildness last spring, Bob
Fretz, who might do better than
last spring if he can concentrate
on pitching, and Pat Hubert and
Truett Mobley. Hubert looked very
good at times last year on the
Fish team, especially in a game
game with the Texas Shorthoims
in Austin when he defeated Frank
“Pancho” Womack, 5-2.
After the outfield of last year
the Aggies are going to have to
work hard to remain as strong
as they were. Gone are Red Bur-
ditt, Dusty Clark, Willy Willing
ham, Zeke Strange, and, last but
not least, Stan Hollmig. Only
one other outfield in the confer
ence compared to these men last
year, and that was Texas Uni
versity’s.
Paul Andrews will handle the
Fish team this year succeeding
Charley DeWare, who resigned
from the coaching staff earlier in
the year. Andrews has been on
the campus as an instructor in the
physical education department.
Outstanding candidates for the
Fish nine include Bob Tankersley
of San Antonio, Bill Bybee and
Bobby Farmer of Amarillo, Char
les Opersteny of Bryan, Lester
Lackey of Stephenville, A1 Ogle-
tree of Austin, and Martin Hamil
ton, a standout American Legion
catcher from Little Rock, Arkan
sas.
“T” STAG POSTPONED
A&M’s T-Association has an
nounced the postponement of its
stag dinner indefinitely. Instead, a
regular meeting will be held at
7:30 p. m., Tuesday, February 15,
in Hart Hall lounge for the dis
cussion of plans for Sports Day on
March 12 and the T-Association
dance on March 26. All lettermen
are invited to attend.
One of the smallest athletes at
Texas A&M is I. J. Bamos of El
Paso, 138-pound captain of the
fencing team.
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SACKIN’ UP SPORTS
SACK SPOEDE
Rice Owls Might Surprise in Mile Relay
With Addition of Soph Quarter Men
With track season drawing
nearer it might be well to
note that A&M’s mile re
lay team might find as tough
competition in their own
backyard as anywhere in the na
tion. Two schools in the confer
ence have teams that have possi
bilities of beating the Cadets.
Rice Institute recruited some
fine quarter mile prospects last
year and this year have these
sophs to go with Tom Cox and
Jim Hoff to form a relay team
that will be dangerous to the
Aggies in every meet.
Rice’s two leading second year
men in the quarter mile are Red
Brown and Caesar Bernal. With
Cox, Hoff, Bernal and Brown run
ning, the Owls expect to force the
Farmer team below 3:15 in order
to win.
Rice will field an improved
team this year. Vern McGrew,
winner of the Olympic trials of
last year, may reach 6’9” or
6’10” in the high jump this
spring. More than likely he will
be the outstanding performer in
track in the Southwest this sea
son.
Texas University also might
field a team that will challenge
the Aggie track team in its favor
ite event, the mile relay. Texas
will also give the Aggies a tough
er fight for points in the field
events. A&M, however, will prob
ably pick up points in the distance
races due to the loss of Jerry
Thompson over at the Forty Acres.
★
Billy Echols, who is at present
starring for the Coca-Cola ama
teur basketball team in Houston
might enroll at’ A&M sometime
in the future, according to a
story carried in the Houston
Press last Thursday.
While at Sam Houston high of
Houston, Echols was one of the
leading figures in school boy cage
circles in the city. He led the
Houston team to district and bi
district championships. In the
state play-offs in Austin, the
Houston team drew Amarillo in
the first round and was eliminated.
According to the Press article,
Echols guarded Jewell McDowell
in the game.
After finishing high school,
Echols didn’t enter college but
went into amateur ba4li:etball in
Houston. Since his ^'graduation
Billy has grown a couple of inches
and added a few founds. He is
now 6’3” and weighs 180 pounds.
According to players on the A&M
basketball squad, he i& ngjt fast
but does possess a shakp efe for
the basket.
After two years in amateur ball,
Billy has decided that he wants to
go to school and he feels that A&M
would suit him. When the. Coca-
Cola team, beat the strong Humble
team of Texas City recently' Billy
scored “about 20 poipts.” Other
former Sam Houston'-'players on
the Coke team are Roy Creppon
and Johnny tiuhn.
- ★
Stan Hollmig has signed his
contract for the coming, season
with ' the Philadelphia ' Phillies.
Hollmig signed with the Phillies
last season after the end of the
Southwest conference baseball sea
son, receiving a bonus of $25,000.
Hollmig must spend a year with
the Phillies on the main squad as
a bonus player before he can be
sent down to the minor leagues
again. So he will either be playing
for the Phillies or on their bench
during the coming season unless
they asked waivers on him.
Last season he played for Wil
mington, Delaware, in the Inter
state League, batting. 303 for the
season. The Wilmington club is a
farm team for the Phillies.
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