Farmers To Meet Strong Longhorn Squad Tonight In Austin Fish Journey To Capital City Tonight To Meet Shorthorns By FRANK SIMMEN, JR. Already back on' the win trail after their 78 to 43 set back at the hands of Tyler Junior College, A&M’s best fresh man cage team in history, journeys to Austin with the varsity tonight to tangle with the Shorthorns of the forty acres. Coach Wilkins’ quint, who have only lost one game in eight starts, will be looking for-f * — another win when they meet the , . t, , , , - - - ty of action. Bill Bybee heads the Texas Frosh. In a previous game this season, the Fish; although be hind at the half-way mark, came back to score a decisive victory. Bud Davis, starting center for the Ags, will be in top shape for the fray. Davis has been bother ed lately by a bad ankle, but is expected to be in fine form to night to help his buddies defeat their rivals in Gregory gym at six o’clock. Ever improving Woody Walker, little guard from Woodhouse, who took Jewel McDowell’s place on the freshman starting lineup, will hold down a guard slot in tonight’s contest along with all-stater Bob by Farmer of Amarillo. Farmer has had considerable trouble with his long shots lately, but in prac tice the last few days has been looking exceptionally good. Dick Bentley, the .Darlington lad who played such a spectacu lar defensive game in the last meeting of the two teams, will hear the whistle at the left for ward post. Eddie Houser, anoth er regular starter who improves as the days 'go by, will be ready to go at the other forward post. A number of second stringers, who are giving the starters a run for their money ,will also see plen- 5 Teams in Florida NEW YORK—)_ Five Ameri can League teams will prepare for the 1949 baseball season in Florida, two will pitch camp in California, and the World Cham pion Cleveland Indians will return to Tuscon, Ariz. Spring training opens March 1. The Boston Red Sox will be at Sarasota, Fla., and other teams will be Detroit at Lakeland; New York Yankees at St. Petersburg; Philadelphia A’s At West Palm Beach, and Wash ington at Orlando. The Chicago White Sox will be at Pasadena and the St. Louis Browns in Bur bank. list of secondaries along with Gibbs and Church. C. E. Tishler, head of the P. E. Department has requested that on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, all students please refrain from playing on the concrete tennis courts from 4 until 4:45. P. E. tennis classes use them then. Henry Kaiser to Build Bandleader 2400 Horsepower Motor for Racing NEW YORK—hP)— Guy Lom bardo’s love for speedboats is as strong as ever. You’d think a guy who almost lost his life when his boat cap sized at 90 miles an hour would call it quits. But not Guy. The popular band leader of the Royal Canadians is teaming up with Henry J. Kaiser, the indus trialist. “Henry Kaiser is building a 2,400 horsepower engine for me” says Lombardo. “It’s taking shape at Ventnor, N. J., and if it’s ready by early April I’m heading to Florida’s Indian river. “If it’s everything it appears to be on paper we’ll really have a boat that might break the late Sir Malcolm Campbell’s 141.74 mile straightaway record. “I had an Allison airplane en gine in my Tempo VI when I crashed and broke my arm in the Gold Cup race on the Detroit River last August. But this Kaiser engine is really two Allisons hooked together on one crankshaft. “I’ll drive the boat for Kaiser. If it does well in the shakedown run in April I’ll use it in all major races except the Harmsworth Tro phy race being revived this year for the first time since 1933.” “In the Harmsworth race I’ll go along with Tempo VI. The old hull has been built up and the beat will be stronger than ever.” Lombardo is excited over the prospects of driving the 32-foot Kaiser job. The baton swinging boatman and Kaiser have known each other for a long time, but it was not until they watched the President’s Cup race on the Potomac last Septem ber that the question of speedboats came up. Lombardo went for a ride on Kaiser’s Fleur du Lac, a semi- speed craft from which they watched the race. Kaiser talked about building a boat and asked Lombardo’s advice about drivers. With his arm in a sling, Guy agreed that Kaiser had his man. Ag Weight-Lifting Club Recruiting Probably the youngest club on the campus is the Weight Lifting Club. This club was organized at the beginning of the fall semester of “48” by Frank Dees, V. E. Wiesinger, R. O. Bass, and Frank Thurmond. At the present time Barney Welch is a sponsor of the organi zation. Welch has announced that the Intramural Department has ! appropriated a fund to send a 1 team to the Gulf A.A.U. Weight Lifting meet, in Houston, March 1st. They also plan to put on an exhibition sometime this spring. The club meets Monday, Wed nesday, and Friday at eight p.m. in the gym. Frank Dees stated that anyone wishing to join the club would be welcome. The club has ample equipment and begin ning courses for inexperienced weight lifters. the new Parker 51 ...14 precision advances make it the finest pen you’ve ever used! • New materials, new processes perfected by Parker make possible writing ease and depend ability such as you’ve never yet experienced. The New 51’s Plathenium-tipped point brings writing that is silently smooth—effortless. Filling is easy, sure. A new-type reservoir holds more ink, and you can see the supply. What’s more, “Aero- metric control” safeguards against leaking even at highest flight levels. Come in today. See and try the New “51” yourself. 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By classes, here are the after noon’s outcomes: In the 149 lb class, Littlejohn of ‘E’ Infantry outpointed Mason of ‘A’ Engineers. Walker of ‘D’ Field pinned George of ‘E’ Flight. Wallis of ‘D’ Air Force was downed by O’Connell of ‘A’ Infantry. Gibson, Dorm 14, flattened ‘E' Flight’s Tumlinson. By virtue of a pin, Battin of ‘F’ Flight was victor ov er Milligan. Mikeska of ATC pin ned Gorman of ‘G’ Cavalry. Mc- Gown of ‘C ’Air Force did the same to Vittrup of White Band. “A” Quartermaster’s Yelton outpointed Mobley of White Band. A pin by Currie of ‘C’ Infantry overcame “C” Battery’s Bradley. Ordinance Company’s White was winner over Vestiero of ‘C’ Infan try. Summers of ‘A’ QMC was out pointed by Bone of White Band. Moving now to the 159 lb class Coffin of ‘C’ Infantry pinned Mays of Dorm 14. Goldon of ‘B’ Vets was victor over Wheelan of ‘A’ Engineers. ‘A’ QMC’s Schu bert pinned Simpson of ‘A’ In fantry. Moncrief of ASA did likewise to Frederick of ‘C’ Cav alry. In the 169 lb class, Pfiell of ‘A’ Field pinned Slayton of Maroon Band and Dees of Dorm 15 was a point winner over Graham of ‘C’ Flight. Heavyweight action saw two pins, White of ‘D’ Field over Ca- ruth of ‘D’ Flight and McMannus’ win over Black. Today’s bouts are as follows: In the 129 lb class, all matches at 5 p. m.; Dyer of ‘B’ Flight versus Vincent of ‘A’ Ordinance; Garcia of CWS meets Hada of ‘E’ Infantry; Ciardy, ‘D’ Flight against, ‘F’ Flight; Barlow, CWS meets Martin, ‘B’ Air Force. Four p. m. bouts in the 139 lb. section finds Simpson, ‘A’ Infan try against Leop, ‘B’ Infantry; Currie, ‘B’ Field versus Dufffb, ATC; Keelan, ‘C’ Flight meets Cos- lett, ‘A’ Flight. At 5 p. m., Mason, CWS versus Seth, ASA; Saunders ‘A’ Field meets Todd, ‘B’ Infan try; Thurmon, ‘C’ Field against Kahn, ‘A’ Flight. Shifting now to the 169 lb class at 4 p. m.; Moran, ‘D’ Infantry versus Sykes, ‘B’ Field; Oliver, CWS, meets Ramblin, ‘A’ Signal; Lee,CWS. against Tanner, ‘A’ Sig nal;. Mims, ‘E’ Infantry versus Crowell, ‘A’ QMC. At 5 p. m. Dy kes, ‘C’ Field meets O’Conner, ‘C’ Infantry; McCullough ‘B’ Engi neers against Faulk, ‘C’ Flight; McDaniel, ‘B’ Engineers versus Lathen, ATC; Hollman, ‘A’ Engi neers meets Leissner, ‘A’ Inf. All 179 lb bouts will be at 5 p. m. Braden, ‘A’ Flight meets Bennett of ‘C’ Infantry; Kaplan ‘E’ Flight against Vornkoh, C WS; Cullivan, ‘B’ Engineers ver sus Crumoiue, ‘B’ Infantry; Bow man, ‘B’ Vet meets Jones ‘E’ Infantry; Kadil, ‘A’ Ordinance against Jakel, ‘A’ QMC; Hughes, ‘B’ Engineers versus Cotton, ‘B’ Engineers; Daily, ‘B’ Vet against Barryman, ‘A’ Ordinance. S Battalion PORT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1949 S Page 3 Marty Karow, Aggie cage mentor, is shown above with student manager Jim O’Connell. Karow is explaining to Jim, with diagrams, the right way to blow up the basketball that’s to be used in tonight’s fray against the Longhorns. Swimmers Underdogs in Meet Against Longhorns Thursday By SCOTTY SWINNEY Once again the Aggies take the role of the underdog, when the Swimming team goes to Austin Thursday to battle the Longhorns in their first meeting of the season. Texas is loaded with outstanding swimmers and div ers this ye.ar, and at present are favored to take the conference title again, but the Ag--*“ gies are out to show the Long horns that they are going to have to fight to keep their standing. This meet is sure to be pack ed with close duals, for the Ag gies, though not as deep in talent as the Steers, have a few stars of their own, who don’t like the taste of defeat. Probably the most outstanding dual will again feature the swimming of Danny Green. Danny will fight it out with Ed Gilbert who won a place on the Olympic squad last summer, and is now considered the best dash man in the conference. Green may not beat Ed in the 50, but might easily surprise him in the 100. One thing we may be sure of is that the lad from Texas won’t have an easy time of it. Syfan will also meet a tough foe, when he swims against Jim McCann, the TU distance star. This year Jim has consistently turning in good times, and has been clocked at 5:15 in the 440 yard freestyle. This is about ten seconds faster than Syfan’s best time, and Bernie will have to put on some extra steam to take him. There is a lot depending on Da vid Vardeman to pick up vital third place points in the 220 and 440. There is a good chance that Syfan will win the 220, and if Vardeman takes third, it will help the Aggie scoring considerably. Another good dual should come in the 220 yard breaststroke when Gene Summers races the Southwest Conference breast stroke champion, Hylmar Kar- back. The Longhorn is a heavy favorite to take this event, but Gene is greatly improved, and anything can happen when the Aggies and the Longhorns meet. ie MEN Your Appearance Counts COKKY’S TAILOR MADE CLOTHES GIVE FINE APPEARANCE CeBIT's i North Gate & Bryan Class ’40 Corpus Fencers Nose Out A Squad 15 to 12 The Aggie fencing lost a close match to the Corpus Christi YMCA in Houston last Saturday, 15-12. The Aggies won both the foil and epee events by a score of 5-4 but lost the saber bout 7-2. Standouts for the Corpus Christi fencers were Robinson, former sa ber champion of Annapolis Naval Academy, and Hadden, graduate and three-weapon man for Yale University. Both set up the very impressive record of 6 won, 1 lost, with Hadden having a tie in epee. The statistics for the Aggies showed Gerald Monks and J. C. Fails high percentage men with 2 wins to 1 loss. Next came Ignacio Barrios with 3 wins to 3 losses in fencing both foil and saber. Fol lowing were Gus Mistrot, fencing foil and saber, and John Happ, fencing epee, and saber, with 2 wins and 4 losses. Alvin Hope was unusual in that he scored two ties in his three epee bouts. The Southern Invitational Box ing tournament will be held in the University of South Carolina field house on March 24, 25 and 26. ’Sips Favored As Cagers Meet For Second Time This Season By BILL POTTS Tonight at eight o’clock in Gregory Gym in Austin, the Aggie basketball team will meet the Texas Longhorns in their second and final meeting of the current SWC race. As in their first encounter with the Longhorns, the Ag gies will be the underdogs. This time they will be doubly so because of their defeat at the - * — , hands of the Texas Boys, 50 to 41, whose language with his elbows the last time the teams met. Texas has been defeated twice since meeting the Aggies, and both losses were at the hands of the Arkansas Razorbacks. These de feats knocked the Longhorns down is very fluently exhibited, usual ly manages to stay in games the whole forty minutes, despite the fact that there are two officials on the floor. Coach Jack Gray is expected to tion but can probably be heard over one of the local Austin sta tions. into third place in the conference use very few players besides the standings. fi ve named above. The only other The Aggies split two games last player who got into the first game week, losing one to Southern against the Aggies was center Wil- Methodist and winning the other son Taylor. from the TCU Frogs. I The S ame tonight will not be Probable starters for the Ag- (broadcast over any local radio sta. gies tonight will be John DeWitt at center, Gene Schrickel and Jewel McDowell at the guard slots, and Marvin Martin and Bill Turnbow at the forward posts. Trainer Blaine Rideout has been working on Turnbow’s ankle which was injured in the last game with Texas when he was thrown against the east wall. Whether Turnbow will be able to go much on it or not is not known now. If he isn’t, Wallace Moon will probably per form in his place. For the Longhorns, the starting five will probably be the same that started against the Aggies in De- Ware Field House week before last. Slater Martin and A1 Madsen will start at guards, Tom Hamil ton and Vilbry White at for ward, and Phillip George at cen ter. Tonight’s game will present an other opportunity to see whether DeWitt can stop Hamilton’s deadly hook shots. In their last meeting, he couldn’t be stopped. A1 Madsen, “the little sports man,” is expected to again spark the Longhorn attack. Madsen, Buryi Batey Plans To Coach Football Buryi Baty, mid-term graduate of Texas A&M, plans to join the ranks of Texas high school foot ball coaches in August. Baty, whose home is Paris, Tex as, has been an outstanding passer at Texas A&M for the past two seasons. Last year he turned in one of the best single-game passing performances of the Southwest Conference campaign by complet ing 15 aerials for 229 yds against SMU. He also tossed the pass that Charley Wright caught on a touchdown play covering 72 yards to bring the Aggies a 14-14 tie with Texas. In 1947, Baty led the conference in net yards gained from passing in conference games (40 of 84 for 477 yards). He received his degree here at mid-term but will do graduate work this spring in addi tion to helping coach the Aggie backs. Aggie Bowlers To Meet Bears Today The Aggie bowlers left this af ternoon for Waco where they will compete with the Baylor keglers tonight. A&M’s chances for vic tory were hurt yesterday when George Chew, second highest scor er in the playoff, had to drop out of school following the death of his mother. Three teams of five men each will represent the Aggies against the favored Baylorites. On the first team are Claude Lee, Robert Williams, R. C. Lyons, Wally Dix on, and Don Boston. The second squad will be com posed of Brad Holmes, Emmett Trant, Bill Klabunde, Marvin Hagemeier, and R. L. McClure. Although the second team made lower scores than the first squad in the playoffs it may outscore them in the meet tonight. Fred Wilson, Floyd Henks, M. L. Lunceford, Harris Cox, and A. B. Harris will make up the last squad for the Aggies. Baylor is favored to win be cause of the greater popularity of bowling there and their better alleys. Wally Dixon has been the stand out in practice this past week, shooting a 608 three-game series Monday night. Claude Lee, the top man on the squad, has also been posting some high averages lately. SEAT COVERS $11.95 Installed Free LACKS Joe Faulk ’32 Owner 217 So. Main Pho. 2-1669 GRAND OPENING of the NEW MODERN Wallpaper Show Room &. 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