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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1949 Page 5
Lad From Wisconsin Takes
Wanamaker Mile at Garden
NEW YORK —UP)— A cocky,
21-year-old junior dashed out of
Wisconsin into Madison Square
Garden for the Millrose Games,
grabbed the Wanamaker Mile
trophy on the run, and headed
back into the hills without draw
ing a deep breath.
Now promoters and track fans
are wondering- how to get him
back.
Gehrmann catapulted himself
into the front of the chase after
Gil Dodds’ 4:05.3 indoor mile re
cord. Some experts even see in
him possibilities of the magical
four-minute mile.
The Wisconsin ace beat Hol
land’s Willy Slykhuis by a yard
in the Millrose in 4:09.5. He was
a “little disappointed” in his time.
He’s run 4:06.1 in practice. Ex
perts think Slykhuis will improve
with more board work and Swe
den’s Ingvar Bengtsson will re
turn to form when he recovers
from his aching jaw. The trio could
hook up in a number of “dream
races” and the winner could be
pushed past Dodds’ mark.
But conflicting dual meets may
keep Gehrmann in the midwest.
Track fans hope he can break his
previous engagements.
GERHMANN
SACKIN’ UP SPORTS
SACK SPOEDE
Aggie Trainer Faces Long Hours
As Spring Sports Get Underway
Pity poor Blaine Rideout, the on the Fish team in 1947 after
Aggie trainer of the athletic
squads^ for the next 30 or so days.
For if you think that you worked
during the final exams the past
semester, just listen to what Ride
out will be doing the next month.
A&M’s basketball squad will
be ending the season but will
continue to need his attention
for sprained ankles and thumbs.
With spring training in football
starting, all those aches and
pains will be coming to the
training room for treatment.
Tightened muscles and all other
mishaps that might happen to the
track squad will also be coming
toward the dressing rooms under
the stadium as the season moves
on into more active competition.
Right now swimming season is
also in full blast with the problems
usually few, that that sport can
put on a trainer.
And to top it all, baseball
training starts today. S o
Blaine will have all the injuries
that could occur in the major
sports at A&M to cope with un
til the basketball team and the
footballers close shop sometime
in March.
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One of the overlooked player’s
on the A&M ineligible team last
fall was Doyle Moore of Austin.
Moore was the starting fullback Oct. 13, 1951.
finishing Austin High.
At Austin, Moore played on
what may have been the outstand
ing team in the state until the
coach ousted Kenneth Jackson, j
star guard of the Maroons that
year', for not training in the pro
per manner. Jackson, a junior is
starting at tackle for the Long
horns now in spring training.
Several days after Jackson was
bounced, the Maroons played Tho
mas Jefferson of San Antonio in
Austin and lost as.Kyle Rote kick
ed the winning field goal for a
10-7 margin. Moore, incidentally,
had to be moved from the back-
field into the line to fill in for
Jackson.
At the scrimmage session Mon
day on Kyle Field, Moore wais
looking as impressive as any back
on the field. He weighs about 185
pounds, isn’t tall, yet is very fast.
He was running from the right
half slot, with Lippman at left,
James Cashion at quarter, and
Bob Smith at full.
Frogs and Raiders
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be played in Fort Worth Oct. 14,
1950 and the second in Lubbock
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Aggies Open Spring Baseball Training Today
Basketeers Journey to Austin
Wednesday to Meet Longhorns
The Aggie basketeers take to the road Wednesday
for their first game away from home since January 31.
They will journey to Austin where they take on the Texas
University five, in their final meet
ing for the season.
1—,
Aggie Pistol W
Team Wins In
Recent Match
In the week ending Febru
ary 5, the Aggie Pistol team
won first place in a four-way
match with the high score of
1386, Lt. Col. F. R. Swoger of
the Military Department said
today.
Other competing teams and their
scores were as follows: the Uni
versity of Washington—992 points
Lawrence Institute—1169 points;
and Michigan State College—1374
points.
The Aggie team was made up
of J. V. Alton, D. T. Gentry, C.
P. Sudderman, O. Quilichini, A. W.
Benefield, and P. Q. Silber.
Colonel Swoger said the team
has been firing progressively bet
ter scores this season, in fact, two
men in this last meet bettered the
National Intercollegiate Champion
ship score set last year.
The matches are “postal meets”
Each member of the team fires
30 rounds on the local range,
and then the scores are mailed to
the competing teams of the
other schools.
This week, the Aggie pistol
team will fire in a match with the
A fine curtain raiser has been
scheduled. for the game, which is
to begin at 8 o’clock. The opener
is to be played between the Fresh
man squads of the two schools,
and it will be the second meeting
for them.
In this tussle, the Aggie squad
will be trying to make up for
the 50-41 defeat handed them by
the Steers at College Station
in their first meeting.
The Longhoims go into the game
with the best conference record,
having won 4 and lost 3, but their
last two games have been defeats,
both at the hands of the Porkers
from Arkansas.
The Aggies have a record of
2 wins against 6 losses, their
last win being in their last game
against the TCU Frogs last
Thursday night.
In the last meeting between the
two fish squads, the A&M fresh
men came out victorious, and are
expected to repeat with another
winning performance. Thus far
this season, they have lost only
one game and that to one of the
most outstanding Junior College
teams of the state, Tyler Junior
College.
United States Naval Academy, and
Utah State.
“All active members and other
interested persons are invited to
attend an important meeting at
the pistol range Wednesday, Feb
ruary 16, at 7 p. m.,” Colonel Swo
ger said.
Englishman Gives Aggies
A Proud Swimming Record
By SCOTTY SWINNEY
In the summer of 1934, a young
professional swimmer stepped on
to the campus of Texas A&M to
take over the duties of swimming
coach.
This swimmer was Art Adamson
the present coach, who had just
turned professional after a very
successful trip through the ama
teurs, and an association with such
swimming greats as Johnny Weis
muller, Bill Harris, and Sam Ka-
hanamoku.
He was the first swimming
coach ever hired at the college and
at the beginning things looked
bleak. A new swimming pool had
been built at the school, and the
people were clamoring for better
swimming teams.
Adamson set out to give them
what they asked for, and through
the succeeding years has turned
out an enviable record both in
swimming and water polo.
Arthur Adamson was born on
the 23 of February, 1905 in Lon
don, England, and at the age of
six moved to Canada, where he
got his start in the sport that was
later to bring him fame, both as
a participant and coach. It was
in Canada that he won his first
races, one of which was the cham
pionship of Saskatchewan at the
age of 14.
At the age of 14, he moved to
New Zealand, where he contin
ued his climb to the top as an
amateur. In 1925, he won the
100 yard and 100 meter cham-
.pionships of New Zealand, and
in 1927, he repeated, setting a
new record in the 100 meters,
which wasn’t broken until 1938.
In 1927, Adamson moved to the
United States, where he swam for
the Olympic Club of San Francisco
California. That was when he met
and swam with Bill Harris, known
as the fastest human, and Sam
Kahanamoku, one of the great
Japanese-American swimmers of
the time. These three were mem-1
hers of that club’s West Coast [
Championship Relay Team.
Texas got her first glimpse of
Art in 1928, when he moved to the
Lone Star State and walked away
from her native sons to win the
state championship in the 50, 100,
220, and 440 yard freestyle events,
setting new records in the 50 and
100.
Art also got a good look at Tex
as women, and found one that he
liked well enough to marry. If you
are sitting at the pool some after
noon, and a very nice looking wo
man tells you that she wants her
seat, the chances are that you will
be sitting over the office window,
and further, that the woman will
be Art’s wife, Nora, who is prob
ably the greatest fan of the teams
that Art coaches.
The winter of 1929, found Ad
amson in Illinois swimming with
the Illinois Athletic Club water
polo team. Another member of
this team which won the 2nd.
National Water Polo Tourna
ment, was Johnny Weismuller,
nationally known swimmer and
the Tarzan of the movies.
In the summer of 1929, Art
came back to Texas and broke his
old records in the 50 and 100 yard
freestyle. These new records were
not broken until 1934, when Art
turned professional.
The rest of the history of Art
Adamson, swimming champion,
great coach, and world traveler, is
connected with the history of Tex
as A&M.
His teams have compiled a rec
ord of which all students of the
school can be proud. They have
won the conference championship
only once and have tied for it
once, but they have never placed
lower than second.
In dual meets, Adamson coach
ed swimming teams have Won
49, tied 1 and lost 29. His water
polo teams have won 42, lost 4
and lied 1, for an almost perfect
record. Of these four losses, none
have been to Southw est Confer
ence schools, two were in college
competition, and two were to
Athletic Clubs.
D. R. GRIFFIN, J. M. McDOWELL, and D. H. BARRETT are
all champions in A&M’s Intramural program. Griffin won the
cross country race, McDowell is the champ in handball, and D. H.
Barrett captured the intramural bowling crown.
Battalion Sports Quiz
1. Who passed the famous 80000.00 dollar pass in the 1935
T.C.U.-S.M.U. game?
2. Who passed and who received the pass that won the 1939
Rose Bowl game? What was the score?
3. What college is the only major college to go through an
undefeated, untied, unscored upon season twice since 1900?
4. Who pitched two consecutive no hitters?
5. Who were the famous brothers that won two games apiece
in the 1934 World Series?
6. What National League team has won the most pennants?
7. What was the fastest 100 yard dash run?
8. Who holds the worlds record for the mile relay? What was
the time?
9. How long is the Boston Marathon? And what is the record
time on the run?
10. What Southwest conference official was an all-American
basketball player in 1924 at Texas University.
Grapples Galore
In Little Gym For
Intramural Bouts
The first of some 80 bouts in
Intramural Wrestling started yes
terday and matches continued to
day in the Little Gym.
Surprisingly, out of the 160
odd entrants only one bout will
be held in the 119 lb class. Tto
determine the “champion” of
this catagory, Reddell of “A”
Field will grapple with Kutch of
“C” Field next week. The ma
jority of all the entrants are in
the 139 and 149 lb class.
Today’s bouts are as follows:
In the 149 lb class, at 4 p. m.;
Littlejohn, “E” Infantry meets
Mason, “A” Engineers. At 5 p. m.;
George, “B” Flight against Walk
er, “D” Field; Currie, “D” In
fantry meets Bradley, “C” Field;
Willis, “D” Flight versus O’Con
nell, “A” Infantry; Mobley, White
Band against Yelton, “A” QMC;
Gibson, Dorm 14 meets Tumlinson,
“E” Flight; Mikessla, ATC versus
Gorman, “C” Cavalry; White, “A”
Ordinance meets Vesteiro, “C” In-
Cadet Squad to Be Weak In
Outfield and Pitching Staff
By LEON SOMER
This afternoon Texas A&M baseball hopefuls will be
gin working out in preparation for the 1949 Southwest
Conference baseball race. This season the Aggie team
will be considerable weakened by the loss of several 1948
key players and Coach Marty
full replacing many of last year's-*
starters.
Most noticeable among the play-!
ers that won’t be back are out- j
fielder Stan Hollmig, pitcher Earl
Beasley, and shortstop Tex Thorn
ton. All three are now playing pro
fessional baseball.
This season the Farmers will
have to fill gaping holes in the
outfield and on the mound. With
no starters returning from last
year, the outfield will have to be
completely rebuilt this spring.
Coach Marty Karow will have to
depend heavily on last season’s
freshmen outfielders and possibly
a few who played in the infield.
Wallace Moon, who played with
the fish last year, will probably
take over one of the outfield
posts. Other players who possibly
will be shifted into the gardens
are Bob Fretz and Bill Mc
Pherson. Fretz was a pitcher
with the varsity team last year
while McPherson performed at
first for the Fish.
Another problem for Coach Ka
row will be the pitching staff. Ex
pected to take over mound duties
this season are two 1948 varsity
players, Bruce Morisse and Alvin
Nixon, and three members of last
year’s fish team, Truett Mobley,
Blanton Taylor, and Pat Hubert.
Taylor played in the outfield last
season but will be shifted to the
mound this spring in order to
strengthen the weak pitching staff.
Bobby Southall of Longview, who
did not play baseball at A&M last
year, may also take over some of
this year’s mound duties.
fantry; Batten, “A” Flight against
Mulligan, “A” ASA; and Bone,
White Band versus Summers, “A”
QMC.
At 4 p. m. in the 159 lb class;
Mays, Dorm 14 versus Coffin, “C”
Infantry. Bouts at 5 p. m. find
Frederick, “C” Cavalry against
Moncrief, “A” ASA; Simpson, “D”
Infantry meets Schubert, “A” QM
C; Gordon, “B” Vets against Whee-
lan, “A” Engineers; and Trenck-
mann, Law Hall versus Baugh, “A”
Signal.
In the 169 lb class, both matches
are at 4 p. m.; Dees, Dorm 15 ver
sus Graham, “C” Flight and Fen-
Karow will have his hands
The infield, with the exceptions
of first base, is all filled. At the
second and third base positions
the Farmers have two veteran
performers in Cotton Lindloff
and Russell Mays. Backing up
Lindloff at second will be Joe
Saverino w’ho held that position
with the Freshman team last
season.
Replacing Tex Thornton at
shortstop will be sophomore Guy
Wallace. Wallace, who hit over
.400 last year, is expected to be a
great help to the Aggie hitting at
tack this season.
The first base position is still
to be filled with Peck Vass gone
and Bob Fretz being moved to the
outfield. Right now Herschel Maltz
probably holds the inside track.
John DeWitt also is expected to
try out for the keystone position.
The catching duties will be di
vided between Jim Calvert and
Bob Graham. Calvert caught for
the varsity last year while Graham
performed behind the plate for
the fish team. Another member of
the 1948 fish team who will be
trying for the backstop position is
Bill Dennis.
ANSWERS TO SPORT QUIZ
1. Bobby Wilson
2. Doyle Nave to A1 Krueger
7-3 Southern California over
Duke
3. Texas A&M 1917 and 1919
4. Johnny Vander-meer 1938
5. Dizzy and Paul Deen
6. Chicago Cubs 16
7. 8.4s Jesse Owens, flying start
8. Southern Cal. time 3.09.2s
9. 26 Miles 385 yards by Yun
Bok Suh of Korea 2h 25m 39s
10. Abb Curtis.
ner, “E” Flight meets Slayton,
Maroon Band.
Only one bout in the 179 lb class
and it’s at 5 p. m. Winter of “A”
Infantry tangles with Brown of
“D” Flight.
Heavyweight class finds Black
of Maroon Band meeting McManus
of “A” Infantry at 4 p. m. One
hour later, White of “D” Field
meets Carruth of “A” Flight.
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