This is the Aggie Bowling Team which will meet Baylor University here this Saturday. First
row, left to right, they are: Claude Lee, Bob Williams, Ray Lyon, Bill Klabunde, and George Chew.
Second row: Wally Dixon, Emmet Trant, Brad Holmes, “Grinning” Marvin Hagemeier, and R. L.
McClure.
Third row: Harris Cox, Fred Wilson, Major Lunceford, Floyd Henk, and A. B. Harris.
Dixon is currently the top man on the squad.
Corps Softball, Horseshoes
Start Spring Activities
While Intramural Boxing continued into its fourth day, two more sports started their
spring competition. Corps Softball and Horseshoes began their activities Monday after
noon.
Only a dozen bouts were fought in the boxing ring but action abounded aplenty in
those. The afternoon’s top bout
Yarsity Swimmers Meet
Fish At 7:30 Tomorrow
At 7:30 Wednesday evening, the Texas Aggie swim
ming team will make its last home appearance of the season,
when the Varsity goes into the pool against the Fish.
This contest will be different from the first meet be
tween the two squads. At that time Coach Adamson matched
the two squads, and the Yarsity4
barely slipped by the Freshmen
for a one point victory.
In this meet, the captains of
the two teams will pick their
swimmers, and the coach will
sit back and watch while the lads
battle it out for supremacy.
The Varsity squad, which will
appear in the Conference Meet
this weekend at Austin, has chosen
as its Team Captain Danny Green,
who is completing his eligibility
with the Aggies this season.
Green, who has made an im
pressive record at Aggieland, is
the holder of the Southwest Con
ference records in the 50 and
100 yard freestyle, and can al
ways be counted on for points
by Coach Adamson. No better
man could be picked to head the
team this year.
Leading the Fish into the fray
tomorrow night will be two lads
who have proved themselves in
competition. They will be Van
Adamson and Billy Karow.
Both of these lads appeared
in the 1949 Southwestern AAU
Meet. Young Adamson took first
place in the 300 yard individual
medley, setting a new record,
and third in the 440 yard free
style. Karow placed third in
both events that he entered.
This meet may not hold quite as
much in store for the fan, in the
way of close races, but in a swim
ming fray, you never can tell what
may happen. It may turn out that
if the Varsity doesn’t keep on its
toes, the Freshmen may upset
them to grab a win.
was a 169 pound affair. Hamp Oli
ver of CWS opposed Jerry Lambert
of C Infantry.
Neither fighter let up for a sec
ond after the opening bell. Lambert
was awarded the first round after
he had downed Oliver twice. Fists
started flying again immediately
in the second round as the boxers
stood toe-to-toe and battled it out.
After 59 seconds of this round
1 Oliver delivered a right cross that
caught his opponent perfectly and
Lambert dripped to the mat com-
' pletely out.
The referee’s decision was re
versed on the 129 pound match
between Ross Fryer and Wilman
Barnes. Barnes was first award
ed the decision but after the
points were counted, Fryer was
declared the winner.
Two of the dozen matches were
■TKO’s. Hardy Wright, ASA bat
tered P. H. Duval for two rounds
and 45 seconds of another before
he was given the referee’s decision.
John Dexton of Maroon Band out-
boxed Ralph Zerwich for two
rounds and after five seconds of
the third round was awarded the
TKO.
Style 2374
Here are the decisions by weight.
All winners advance to quarter
finals of their class.
In the 129 pound class, Dave
Cravey of Maroon Band beat Con
way Baker on points; the bout was
a slow one. Fryer won his reverse
decision over Barnes.
The 159 pound division found
George Schubert outboxing and
outslugging Bob Davis. Schubert
is from QMC while Davis is out of
A Field. Wright TKOed Duval.
Hyman Whelan, A Engineers, took
the point decision over Doc Blan
chard, C Air Force, in a wild con
test. Dexton TKOed Zerwich. Don
Hickman, A Infantry, took a de
cision from Don Joseph, E Air
Force. B Infantry’s Bo Damuth
barely won over Bill Stewart of
Ordnance Bill Mayo, F Air Force,
TKOed Bill Burrow of C Field in
two minutes, ten seconds. Floyd
Wolick, A Air Force, outslugged
Stan Beck of A Cavalry.
Of the 169 pound matches,
Oliver’s knockout of Lambert
topped the list. In the only other
bout of that class, Lanier Devine
from Dorm 15 outpointed Charlie
Winter of A Infantry. It was a
slow fight with Devine parrying
Winter’s aggressive thrusts and
outboxing him.
Two fights were forfeited. Lau-
fenberg of D Veterans defaulted to
Flukinger of A Engineers. Blaine,
A Cavalry, advanced to quarter
finals when Marshall of A Athletic
forfeited.
A Infantry entered the finals in
Team Handball, downing-A Field
for the championship of C League.
The two had tied for the title caus
ing a playoff.
Horseshoes started action but
forfeits marred the first day. A
Infantry beat C Field, 3-0. ASA
shutout C Flight by the same
score. E Infantry, D Infantry, and
A Vets forfeited to F Air Force,
A Enadneers and A Composite.
A QMC ran up a 6-2 score
over B Engineers in Corps soft-
ball. Cummings was the winn
ing pitcher, Conn the loser.
White Band was winner by a 9-3
margin over C Infantry ATC
had not trouble with E Vet,
chalking up a 19-3 score. E Field
won on forfeit over B Flight.
Walton shut out Dorm 19-0 as
Vet Softball continued. In a game
that was called after three in
nings, Dorm 15 blasted Dorm 3 21-
3. Law Hall coasted by Dorm 17
with a 6-1 tally.
ARMY CAGERS IN FINALS
FORT DIX, N. J„ March 15—kT)
The all Army basketball tourna
ment swept into its final phase
here Friday, with the 5th Regi
mental Combat Team from Korea,
representing the Far East Com
mand, and Brooke Medical Center
of San Antonio, Texas, Fourth Ar
my, scheduled to battle for top
honors.
AP Training
Camp Briefs
BURBANK, Calif., March 15 —
(IP)—The St. Louis Browns take on
the Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles
today after dropping two weekend
decisions to the rejuvenated Chi
cago White Sox.
★
St. Petersburge, Fla. —The St
Louis Cardinals, luckless in two
starts against the New York
Yankees, journey to Bradenton,
Fla., today in an effort to crash
the Grapefruit Circuit victory
column.
They meet the Boston Braves.
Howie Pollet, Cloyd Boyer and
Clarence Beers are expected to see
mound duty.
★
Orlando, Fla. — Washington’s
Nats, elated by yesterday’s 6-2
victory over the Philadelphia Ath
letics, gave the A’s a chance for
revenge in a return game here to
day.
★
Lakeland, Fla. — After two
straight Grapefruit League de
feats, Manager Red Rolfe ord
ered a double workout today for
the Detroit Tigers.
The Tigers dropped their sec
ond weekend game to the Phil
adelphia Phillies 3-0 yesterday.
★
Phoenix, Ariz. — Manager Leo
Durocher of the New York Giants
is hinting about a deal for a pitch
er.
He said yesterday Gail Henley,
rookies outfielder, has a good
chance of sticking With the club.
This would give the Giants a
chance to trade Bobby Thomson,
who has been troubled with a sore
arm.
★
Miami—Rookie Cal Abrams’
healthy hitting is one of the
highlights of the Brooklyn Dod
gers’ spring training.
The Brooklyn outfielder laced
out four of the Dodgers’ nine hits
yesterday—including a homer and
a grounds-rule double—as Brook
lyn won their second straight from
the Boston Braves, 6-0.
Gene Summers will be counted
on for points this weekend when
the Aggies go into the South
west Conference swimming meet
at Austin.
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Fish Baseballers Meet Allen
In Practice Game Tomorrow
By FRANK SIM MEN, JR.
Coach Paul Andrews will send his talented freshman
baseball squad into action for the first time this season when
the Fish take on an Allen Academy nine in a practice game
tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 on Kyle Field.
The Ramblers, coached by Nick Furnace are just getting
started in baseball and it is very +
probable that they will not field a
whole team. Coach Andrews said
that he would probably lend the
Academy baseballers a player or
two.
Sam Blanton and Bill Bybee lead
the list of tossers. Blanton, an ex-
South Park of Beaumont hurler,
has been getting into shape early
this season and ought to be at full
strength before long.
Another creditable hurler is
Bill By bee. Bill is an Amarillo
lad who showed the cage coach
es at A&M that he could play
basketball and play it well, even
though he looked a little bit on
the sloppy side the first part of
the season.
Another hurler, hailing from Br
yan, is Don Cummings. A lot of
service will be expected from Cum
mings this season. Ward Tishler,
a College Station boy, has also
been looking good on the mound.
Finishing out a very capable
bunch of hurlers are Bob Tankers-
ley and Norman Robinson.
When it comes to receivers, the
Aggies crop of freshman also
have talent stacked plenty deep.
A1 Ogletree, an Austin lad, who
has been approached by several
big league scouts in high school,
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heads the list of catchers.
An Arkansas product who also
works behind the plate is Martin
Hamilton. Hamilton hails from
Little Rock, and was considered
the best high school catcher in the
Ozark State last year.
At first base, Coach Andrews
has been working Jim Tunnel
and Buddy Davis. Davis is a bas
ketball specialist who hails from
Nederland. Left handers Jim
Tunnel and E. C. Locke of Beau
mont fill out the list of first
sackers.
Joe Clifton and Joe Eci’ette will
battle for second base position a-
long with Jack Mills, who also
plays in the outfield.
Bill Glover, of Beaumont, and a
Stephenville product, Lackey Les
ter, head the list of shortstops out
for the Fish nine.
At third base, Coach Andrews
has Don Hughes and Charles Oper-
steny, another local lad, to choose
from.
Bobby Farmer and Woody Wal-
(See FISH, Page 6)
St. Petersburg, Fla. — Joe Page
is scheduled to try out his dam
aged finger by pitching for the
New York Yankees today against
the Boston Red Sox.
Page bruised the digit Saturday,
Johnny Lindell’s homer sparked
the attack that gave the Yankees
a 3-1 triumph over the St. Louis
Cardinals yesterday.
★
Tampa, Fla — Rumors involv
ing the possible swap of third
baseman Grady Hatton to the
Brooklyn Dodgers, strengthened
today after Ray Blades, Dodger
coach, showed up at the Cincin
nati camp here.
★
Bradenton, Fla. — Two Boston
Braves who were sidelined last
season, Jim Russell and Eddie
Stanky, are scheduled to start their
first exhibition game of the year
here today against the St. Louis
Cardinals.
Billy Southworth, manager of
the National League champions,
has named rookie Normie Roy/
Vern Bickford and Glenn Elliott
to pitch against the Cards.
★
Sarasota, Fla — The Boston Red
Sox travel to St. Petersburg to
day to meet the New York Yankees
in a Grapefruit League contest.
★
West Palm Beach — Pete A-
delis, whose leather-lunged cheer
ing and jeering is almost a tra
dition at Philadelphia Major
League baseball games, has ar
rived at the Athletics’ training
camp.
★
Clearwater, Fla. Granville
Hamner, who is rapidly taking
charge of shortstop matters for
the Philadelphia Phillies, looks like
a man to be feared at the plate.
In two exhibition games, against
the Detroit Tigers, Hamner has
pounded out five hits in nine times
at bat. Yesterday, Granny had two
singles as the Phils turned back
the Tigers. 3-0.
Hot Contest
Seen for SW
Track in ’49
By HAROLD Y. RATLIFF
LAREDO, Tex., March 15 —(A>)
Southwestern track fans can ex
pect a repetition of last year’s
gripping Texas-Texas A&M duel.
These two teams are going to be
as close as could possibly be with
either likely to win the conference
championship.
Saturday night they started off
the year by putting on a thrilling
and bitter battle for the title of
the Border Olympics. Texas won
out by three points—58 to 55.
Next weekend they move into
Fort Worth to contipue the scrap
in the Southwestern Exposition
track and field carnival.
Texas’ superiority in the field
events turned the tide here in the
five, field events. Texas also boasts
a Wo-to-one margin in the dash
field, being out front in the 100
and 220 while the Aggies are off
to themselves in the 440. The Ag
gies are far in front in the mile
relay and should give Texas com
petition aplenty in the sprint re
lay.
In the distance events A&M
appears destined to mop up with
its brilliant J. D. Hampton, who
set records in both the mile and
two mile in the Border Olympics.
Hampton has improved miracu
lously over last year. His 4:18.7 in
the mile run was the best in track
history in. Texas for so early in
the season. His 9:36.0 in the two
mile was excellent also.
John Robertson is the main
spring of the Texas track team.
He is one of the world’s top
broad-jumpers and he’s very
good in the sprints. He^ippears
the chief competitor for Texas’
Charley Parker in those events.
John Rowland of Southern Meth
odist has blossomed into a truly
great hurdler. His 14.3 in the highs
was even more impressive than his
border Olympics record-smashing
220-yard lows of 23.6.
That high hurdles mark tied
the record of the greatest hurd
ler of all time—Freddie Wol
cott, who in the early forties
set world’s records almost every
time he tried. Wolcott’s 14.3
has been the border Olympics
record for 10 years.
Ray Holbrook of A&M did the
440-yard dash in 48 seconds flat,
indicating that the sturdy Aggie
is going to be the nation’s top
quarter-miler of 1949.
North Texas took the college di
vision title in the border Olympics
and Corpus Christi the high school
crown but the former, got strong
competition from Howard Payne
and Corpus Christi found Kerrville
a worthy foe.
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Battalion Sports Quiz
1. What major league baseball player has the highest lifetime
batting average?
1. Ty Cobb 2. Lou Gehrig 3. Roger Hoimsby 4. Babe Ruth
2. How many times in major league history (since 1900) has
a batting average of .400 been compiled?
1. 6 2. 10 3. 13 4. 16
3. What is the National league record for homeruns?
1. 42 2. 50 3. 56 4. 62
4. Can you the round that Louis knocked out Schmeling in
their return bout?
’ 1. 1st 2. 3rd 3. 5th 4. 13
5. Has any major league team ever totaled over a .300 pet.
batting average?
1. Yes 2. No
6. What was the longest fight (boxing) on record?
1. 15 rounds 2. 50 rounds 3. 110 rounds
7. What is the shortest fight on record? (including count)
1.10.5 seconds 2. 15 seconds 3. 20.5 seconds
8. What was the record for the mile in 1864?
1. 4 min. 30 seconds 2. 4 min. 56 seconds 3. 5 min.
9. What is the record run by a human in an hour?
1. 10 miles 2. 11 miles 86 yards 3. 12 miles 29 yards
10. What medals does Jim Thorpe have from the 1912 Olym-
Bill Sargent, freshman from
Fort Worth, will appear Wed
nesday when the Fish squad
tangles with the Varsity at P. L.
Downs Natatorium.
DANNY GREEN
Aggie Swimming Ace
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TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1949
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Page 5
Lloyd Pitches No-Hitter
But Loses To Steers, 1-0
A&M’s softball team lost its first game of the new season
Friday afternoon to the intramural champions of Texas
University in Austin 1 to 0. This is reputed to be the first
intercollegiate softball game ever played between teams of
Southwest Conference member schools.
B. J. Lloyd, who starred for -f'
the Aggie team last summer on
the mound, assumed those same
duties again Friday and went all
the way. He pitched a no-hitter
against the Austinites but a
combination error on his and the
part of first baseman Bowen in
the third inning lost the game.
The costly error came in the
third with two out. Two men had
been struck out by Lloyd and a
third had walked. Rose, the Texas
right fielder, hit a slow roller to
Lloyd who threw it to first. The
ball rolled past first, and Rose,
who had gone to second with the
pitch, came in for the winning run.
The Aggies’ best chance to
score came in the fourth inning
when bases were loaded with
only one out. Russel was fanned
Cook had gotten to first on a
fielder’s choice, and Lloyd had
gotten the first hit of the bail
game, that over second base, and
it advanced Cook to third. Then
Lloyd stole second and Bowen
Walked. The Aggies lost their
chance though when the Texas
pitcher tightened up; Morgan
struck out and Barber flied out
to right field.
T ASSOCIATION
“T” Associtiaon Ttiembers are
to have their pictures taken for
the Aggieland ’49 today, Wed
nesday, and Thursday, Ervin
Bilderback has announced. All
pictures are to be taken at the
Aggieland Studio, he added.
Members must either wear
their own white sweaters or
borrow one while having their
pictures made, Bilderback said.
He urged the association mem
bers to have their pictures tak
en before the last day in order
to avoid a rush.
Aggie Baseballers
Sign 3 More Games
COLLEGE STATION, March 15
—hP)—The Texas Aggies today ad
ded three games to their 1949
baseball schedule and changed the
site of a fourth tilt.
Athletic Director Bill Carmich-
. ael said the Stephen F. Austin
The Aggies got two hits off the ! Lumberjacks will come here Fri-
Texas pitchers. Lloyd went all the
way for the Aggies and struck out
nine men. Texas used three pitch
ers and struck out 15 men.
Barney Welch, team manager
stated that the team was shown
every courtesy by the Texans
and that they really enjoyed
their stay in Austin.
A return game with the Austin
ites has been scheduled for Col
lege Station in the near future.
day to meet the Cadets. The Ag
gies meet Bryan of the East Texas
League there April 5. Waco of
the big state league will be an
opponent April 16.
The Aggie-Bryan game April 2,
originally carded for Bryan, will
be played at College Station.
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