Scrapping Aggie Swimming Team Loses To Longhorns 42-33
Newly appointed freshman baseball eoaeh Paul Andrews, on the right is instructing Sam Blan
ton:, Aggie freshman from Beaumont, in the correct stance on the mound.
Andrews Whips Freshman Nine
Into Shape During Third Week
By FRANK SIMMEN, JR.
A&M’s fish baseball team was
being whipped into shape this
* week during it’s third week under
the new Fish Coach, Paul M. An
drews.
Coach Andrews said he could not
remember when he wasn’t inter
ested in baseball. He played con
tinually as a youth. During the
first summer after graduation
from high school he played with
the Eastland, Texas, Semi-Pro
team.
The following year he held
down a permanent second base
spot with the Grandberry team
until a better offer came and
took him to Gorman.
In 1924, he graduated into the
“nil belt league, a group of semi-pro
teams from small Texas oil towns.
He played in that league until he
joined Big Springs the following
» season.
After what he termed a “success-
ful”... stay with the Big Springs
club, Andrews joined the Kings
ville club in the Gulf Coast League.
The team was bought by Mission.
Andrews finished the season
with a better fielding average
than Bernie James second base-
man for the World Champion
ship New York Giants. Andrews
was voted the most valuable sec
ond baseman in the league.
He played with Texon of the
Big Lake Oil League in 1927 and
joined the Cisco squad the follow
ing year. After playing one sea
son with the Rising Star nine, An
drews, then recognized as a talen
ted second baseman, decided it was
time to quit, at least for the time
being.
During his stay in professional
and semi-pro ball Andrews play
ed every position except first
base, catcher and pitcher.
One bright morning in 1937 An
drews, after being discouraged by
the high rate of injuries of the
oil business decided to take a job
with the Taylor Public School sys
tem and it wasn’t long before he
was assistant coach and head of
the Physical* Education Depart
ment.
Just before he decided to settle
down in Temple Coach Andrews
met Modene Norris and they both
decided it was time to exchange
vows.
The Andrews’ family now con
tains, besides Mama and Papa, two
fine looking future Aggies. One
Two things every
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>• This is an electrical engineer.
Really a live-wire but frequently gets
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boy, Byron, now 14 is interested in
baseball, but his 10 year old young
er brother, Garland hasn’t quite
made up his mind yet.
Andrews is quite an inventor
having had quite a few gadgets
up before the patent office from
time to time. His most famous
invention is a baseball hitting
device.
The gadget is now in the patent
office. Andrews said he thinks it
ought to be approved by this sum
mer. It is a hitting device made up
of a stationary ball that when hit,
travels about fifty feet or more
on a long rope, and then is hit
back by another player.
Andrews said that this gadget
developes coordination and tim
ing at the plate and improves
the batting eye of the average
baseballer. Andrews said that
they have stationary practice de
vices in football and other ma
jor sports but he believes his
is the first in, baseball.
Andrews’ creative ability is not
limited to baseball. In his spare
time he came upon the idea of a
combined tooth brush and gum
massager made as a decaying pre
ventative. Andrews, who has been
using this device for years states
“I’ve had wonderful teeth all my
life, but maybe its because I’ve
been a little more fortunate than
others.”
FISHING BILL PASSED
BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
AUSTIN, March 9 —(A>)_ The
Senate Game and Fish Committee
Tuesday recommended passage of
a house bill providing for a uni
versal fresh water fishing license.
The bill calls for a general lic
ense of $1.65. It would eliminate
the need for special licenses now
required, including the $1.10 fee
for artificial bait fishing.
Other freshmen thought lost on
the Texas campus are footballer
Bob Raley of Bowie and eager Joe
Ed Falk of Houston. Both of these
lads get to take re-exams in their
courses, however.
Three Pool Records Fall As
Longhorns Invade Aggieland
SCOTTY SWINNEY
Pool records fell last night at
P. L. Downs Natatorium as the
Texas University swimming team
took to the pool and beat the Ag
gie swimmers 42-33 in their second
dual meet of the year.
Texas seemed to have no trouble
as they swept by the Aggies to
win six of the nine events, and
break three pool records in the
process. It was truly the Long
horns night, but the Aggies made
a proud fight of it, and did some
fine swimming on their own.
Backstroke man Bob Cone, star
ted the 300 yard medley relay for
the Longhorns and outswam Ed
Kruse by 20 feet to give them a
nice lead. Hylmer Karbach length
ened the lead to 30 feet over
breaststroke man, Jim Flowers,
and L. C. Montgomery picked up
five more on Gilbert McKenzie to
give the Steers a 35 foot lead at
the finish, and a five point start
on the Aggies.
One of the surprises of the
evening came when Ed Gilbert,
the Texas dash star, swam the
220 yard freestyle. He not only
swam it, but he won it, and at
the same time set a new pool
record.
Gilbert’s time in the race was
2 minutes 16.6 seconds. This beat
the old record of 2:16.9, held by
Danny Green while swimming with
the Dallas Athletic Club in 1940.
Jerry Fisher took a fast lead
in the 50 yard freestyle, but
teammate Danny Green caught
him on the turn and pulled
ahead of him in the finish stretch
to win the event. Fisher came in
second, and Heber Helvinston of
Texas crossed third. This gave
the Aggies the first of their
three first places.
Aggie distance swimmer, Bernie
Syfan, turned dash man again and
gave Danny Green a race for first
in the 100 yard freestyle. For two
hundred feet, Syfan led Green, and
it looked as though he would win
it, but in the stretch Danny picked
up the five feet Bernie had on him
and added some extra to take his
second first place of the evening.
Bob Cone, of Texas, broke the
second pool record of the night
with a time of 1 minute 41.4
seconds in the 150 yard back-
stroke. The old record of 1:45.6
was set by McClosky of Okla
homa at the first of the season.
Cone held a 30 foot lead at the
finish, and it seemed as though he
had no competition. The real fight
of the backstroke race came be
tween Ed Kruse, of the Aggie
squad, and Mark Yancey, of Texas
for second place. Kruse took the
place by a touch out which had
everyone on the edge of their seat.
The crowd had hardly settled
themselves after the backstroke
event, when Hylmer Karbach set
another pool record for the
Steers in the 200 yard breast
stroke.
Karbach outswam Aggie Gene
Surpmers 25 feet, and turned in a
time of 2:33.9, to break the exist
ing record of 2:37.3, by 3.4 sec
onds. The old record was set last
year by John Crawford of the
Dallas Athletic Club. Gene Sum
mers placed second, and George
Dieck, his teammate, placed third.
Eddy Gilbert again turned to
the distance races to swim the
440 yard freestyle for the Steers
and he again beat his teammate
Jim McCann.
As in the 220, McCann took a
short lead over Gilbert at the be
ginning, but again Ed swam stead
ily and outdistanced him at the
finish by several feet. John Peters
of A&M finished third.
The Aggies took the last event
of the meet to give them their
third first place of the meet.
Jerry Fisher started the 400
yard relay for the Ags and was
just a touch behind L. C. Mont
gomery, of Texas, when he turn
ed it over to Jim Flowers. Flow
ers dropped back five feet be
hind Bob Cone.
Bernie Syfan, swimming third
for the Farmers, pulled out from
behind to give them a 20 foot lead
before he turned it over to Danny
Green, who swam anchor position.
Danny then stretched out to put 60
feet between him and Heber Hel
vinston of Texas at the finish.
RESULTS
300 yard medley relay — Texas;
(Cone, Karbach, Montgomery);
time: 3:07.8.
50 yard freestyle Green A
&M; Fisher, A&M; Helvinston, T
U; time: 0:24.6.
Diving — Davis, TU; Rains, TU
Potter, A&M; points 116.63.
100 yard freestyle —Green, A
&M; Syfan, A&M; Helvinston, TU
time: 0:54.7.
150 yard backstroke — Cone, TU
Kruse, A&M; Yancey, TU; time:
1:41.4. (New pool record).
200 yard breaststroke — Kar
bach, TU; Summers, A&M; Dieck,
A&M; time: 2:33.9. (New pool re
cord).
400 yard relay — Aggies, (Fish
er, Flowers, Syfan, Green); time:
3:49.
S
Battalion
PORT
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 9, 1949
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Page 3
Four Records Tumble, Four
Others Stand, in JC Tourney
Four records remained unmatched and four others were
broken in the second annual Texas A&M State Junior College
Basketball Tournament held here last week under the spon
sorship of the Brazos County A&M Club.
Only one mark in individual scoring of those estab
lished in the inaugural meet last^
March was replaced, and that was
for the most free throws made in
one game. Roy Burroughs, stellar
forward for the third-place Lon
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North Gate
Morris Bearcats of Jacksonville,
flipped in nine charity tosses
against San Angelo to break the
old record of eight set by Sydon
Hrachovy, then at Blinn Junior
College and now at A&M.
Weldon Duncan of Henderson
County Junior College of Athens
hung up a new high for the best
tournament scoring average
when he totaled 41 points in
two contests for a 20.5 average.
This topped the 20 point aver
age made last year by Charles
Whitten of Paris.
The tournament champions—the
Tyler Apaches—severed their own
highest single-game team score
twice last week. They popped in
93 points against Frank Phillips
of Borger and 95 in the semifinals
against Lon Morris. The Apaches’
top tally in 1948 was 79.
One other record fell by the
wayside when a total of 63 per
sonal fouls were called in the
first-round battle between John
Tarleton of Stephenville and Al
len Academy of Bryan.
Whitten’s 30 points and 15 field
goals in one game which spotlight
ed the 1948 event stood up under
last week’s onslaught. So did the
72-point tournament total of Hra
chovy. Louis Wills, sharpshooting
Allen Academy forward, threaten
ed Hrachovy’s mark seriously with
68. points in his four appearances.
Jim Cushion, (19) on the bottom of the pile, was swamped on this play in the second quarter
of Saturday’s scrimmage on Kyle Field. The play gained two yards through left tackle. Other players
identifiable are guard Bill Hasson, (63), and tackle Percy Burk, (with face guard on).
(Photo by “Still Life” Sandage.)
Baseball And Football Head
Sports Activities Saturday
By SACK SPOEDE
Plans for the annual sports day, held at A&M every spring, have been completed, the
T Association has announced. Baseball and football will be the main dishes served to those
Aggies with a large appetite for sports.
The University of Houston’s Cougars will furnish the competition for the Aggie base-
ballers at 3:30 p. m. This will be the first game of the season for the Maroon and White
squad, and they probably will be"
suffering from an insufficient num
ber of workouts due to the bad
weather and the late starting date
of baseball in the Southwest Con
ference.
Houston’s Cougars have been
working out for ball longer than
the Aggies and have the advan
tage of coaching from pro play
ers from the Houston Buffs and
other teams.
Coach Harry Stiteler’s football
ers will finish out the spring train
ing session with their final scrim
mage. This will be the last chance
for Aggies to get a look at the
pigskin team of the Aggies until
next fall.
Salad on the dinner of sports
will be a game between) the
freshman baseball team of A&M
Four Lettermen Return To
Diamond Team This Spring
By ANDY MATULA
Complete reorganization is in store for the 1949 edition
of the Aggie Baseball team.
The reason is obvious. From the high class nine of last
year that finished second in conference race, only four letter
men returned. These, plus several squadmen and a flock of
sophomores, will be shaped into +
this year’s squad by Marty Karow,
baseball coach.
Though baseball practice star
ted officially on February 15,
Karow r has been unable to devote
much attention to the team un
til this past week. Bad weather
has slowed down drills and nei
ther the pitchers nor hitters are
in peak condition.
The lettermen of last year, Rus
sell Mays, Cotton Lindloff, Bobby
Fretz and Jim Calvert, will form
the nucleus of this year’s aggre
gation. Three other squadmen will
add strength to the team. They
are Herschal Maltz, Bruce Mor-
risse, and Johnny Biasing.
Mays and Lindloff fill in two
, important spots in the Aggie
defensive infield. “Rusty” Mays
.earned his spurs at third base
last year and supplemented his
college experience in semi-pro
ball for several summers.
Lindloff is a sure choice for
second base. Cotton patrols the
area about the keystone sack with
big league efficiency and clouts
the ball about the corners of the
diamond and out of the park more
than just occasionally. The blond
lad may be put in the clean up
slot this year.
Bobby Fretz is a man of many
positions. This year he will con
centrate on mound tasks. For the
past two years Fretz has succes-
fully held down infield jobs, at
shortstop and first base. In addi
tion to these, he’s pitched some
mighty good games, sporting a
three and one record for 1948.
Fretz may well become the Ag
gies’ meal' ticket this year.
Jim Calvert may not see ac
tion till later in the season. A
starting catcher for the past
two years, Calvert recently had
an appendectomy performed on
him, and this will keep him in
active for some time.
Much is expected from Bruce
Morrisse, left-handed pitcher from
Nordham. Morrisse had his wild
stages last year, but a summer of
semi-pro ball has given him ex
perience and helped his control.
.Bruce is not noted for anything
but a fast ball, but not very many
batters have had a good look at it.
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First base position may go to
Herschal Maltz. Maltz certainly
has the experience. This is his
third season with the Aggies,
not to mention high school and
semi-pro playing. If Herschal
can meet the ball this year, he’ll
be a starter.
With Tex Thornton out of the
Aggie lineup, shortstop is a wide
open spot. Little Johnny Biasing
could very well step in there. Bias
ing showed excellent form in last
Saturday’s inter-squad game.
The fine record of last year’s
freshmen team wasn’t an acci
dent. That crew had some fine
ball players and most of them
get their chance to go this year.
The outfield, minus Stan Holl-
mig, Walter Willingham and
Dusty Clark, will be sophomores
named exclusively.
Joe McPherson, Wally Moon,
Bill Warriner, and Hilmer Schulke
have the best chances of making
the team there. McPherson is a
long ball hitter from Ft. Worth
and an excellent fielder. Moon,
just turned out from basketball,
may fit into center field. Warri-
(See BASEBALL, Page 4)
and the Allen Academy team.
A&M’s Fish baseballers promise
to hold up their head with the
rest of the freshman sports pro
gram at Aggieland this year if
the old baseball adage that
pitching is 75 per cent of the
game is true.
Since only 20 trackmen will be
taken to Laredo, there will be a
smattering of track activities go
ing on around the track at Kyle by
those not taken to the Valley and
the Fish cindermen.
One dollar has been set as the
admission charge for this gala af
fair. All proceeds will go to the
treasury of the club of men who
represent A&M on the athletic
fields.
Programs will be sold aty^he
game with the name and numbers
of the players. Costing 25 cents,
these programs will make up V,he
difference between the proceeds
this year and those of last, y&ir
when the admission charge was\a
dollar twenty-five. \
Pensacola Naval Air Base has
called off the swimming match
with the Aggie team in Downs
Natatorium.
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