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By SCOTTY SWI^NEY
,4
e 440Man Placed
Schoolboy 880
sh
Aggie’s fleet
n|»n, is a na
19
it
moved to
t the' age
ife that tie
Fay
foo .ed
tiv<
Go< se Cre
of i line,. an<
»ta ted Iiis
| Fay ran'^isI fii-st qiiartcr mile
r in competitioh Miiring^ his junior
iyeair at Robert & High School.
'JThijt year he ran :.a 52; second 440
to place third i^i cha ^late Meet, y
during his senior yiar in high
4-
iiai
l\t\X
school, he again
th > 440 and; p
Regional Meet,
time for the $1
shifted to the h;
captured second?
evpnt.
fitter graduatit
school in 1944, Ray *
turfed first place ah
a time of 49.1 jseiojul
Hhat same yfeati h(
88( crown in 2! n^nju
oni^ TO top otf
thiit afternoon^ h
Agjplo mile rul4y
second, jl
|; After the m
w||a given an InVIt
Him to loin kls]T
01 »e year on,tWsj»
wbleh hd ran forUlnj
tmek team kt ^
i>aaa, He was
(lime to re-enter I
of IMA,
Mhlhniuk itot on-}
I la same tline rntit}
ki vg dhli Thh (ityrf
II irnilett, who wU jji
Htjntea Olyittpld ]s
tiar, and they hwj
the 440 twlni| of A
In every
Iprrd that .
(Wo lads who
tine In first
That season Ra
I nly to Harndei,.
II *.48,3. He
mile relay, lean iw
•oriTerrnee in«nt.
As “ dLi |||
p )int
This
vlay,'with Harndch
and rlolb
second. The;
t ic Confcren
A&M’s niile r^
feeir enjoyed evert
than during the pi
That year, wi h;
member, they
at every meet iii*
entered except thfe
and the- Confefei ‘
won both lof th
thy couldn’t f
rlu
t itrated on
nd in the
it came
feet he was
Ife run and
pi that
Tom high
his feet
\ ' wl
m* he cap-
440 with
ijio took the
•bd 1 sec-
ivitles for
log oh the
tkh placed
«
lay team to four vfeins in four
tries, and has turned in winning
times in the 440 yard dash at the
Border Olympics and the South
western Exposition Meet.
Both of these meets found them
selves with new records in the
quarter mile after the Aggie flash
had finished. From this point,_jt
looks as though there isn’t a man
in the Southwest Conference that
can touch Ray Holbrooki and from
alii indications, the 1949 year will
be‘his best yet.
m
<1
Mtit R»yi
jlJmV
9 apt-nt
during
rd Inland
ChriMt,
Urg'd in
jtoUlit fail
lip, Adi M hi
i-j Agglu^h
if)| wan Art
trjv Ithltwl
||aat sum*
known
ltd.
glen en*
in these
le finish
irtd place,
aped second
A tltne of tf
(he A&M
ihwon the
d
ns
Battalion
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TUESDAY, llARCH 29, 1949 J
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Indian Success In ’49 Season
AP Newsfeatures
TUCSON, Arii.- Confidence in
rookies and pitchera dominates the
camp of the Cleveland Indians.
The performance of the two groups
stands but ak the TrUx) prepares
to defend the American League
pannant.
Both play a large part in the
Well-balanced baseball weapon be-
ingj tnolded by Manager Lou Boo-
droau. This weapon is made op of
experience youtn, hitting, fielding
and enthusiasm.
The Tribe’a 1948 Infield of
Eddie Robinson at flrat, Joe
Gordon at aecond, Boudreau aa
short stop and Ken Keltner at
third was considered the best In
tlje league. Mickey Vernon makes
It stronger. He was secured from
the Washington Scnatore for
Robinson.
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THUMBNAIL PREVIEW
if Cleveland Indians
Pitching—Very Good
Catching—Good
HitUng—Satisfactory
Infield—Excellent
Outfield—Strong
Finish—1-2
Yet Boudreau says he can re
place jany of them with a rookie
and hardly notice the difference.
In spring practice these newcom
ers have shown ability in the field
and at the plate:
Herman Reich, a big fellow up
from Portland, Ore., has been
holding down first base while
Vernon recovers from an appen
dix operation.
Ray Boone and Fresh Marsh,
both from Oklahoma City, are get
ting a lot of work at shortstop. A1
Rosen, who played for Kansas City
last season, and a virtually un
known Negro player by the name
of, Oreste Minosa are hot third
base prospects.
?' Kerardlao and Bob
rookie from Baltimore,
up Gordon at second base.
jdresiu, of course, is banking
heavily on his infield regulars.
"But it's nice to know we have
such: capable reserves," he com
ments.
Cleveland P feels no team in the
league will bo able to match Its
corpk of starting pitchers. Bob
Feller, Gene Bearden and Bob
Lemon are all potential 20-game
winners. Only Feller failed to
reach this mark last year, and he
was, only one short.
‘ ‘ H who
CM
aealffn
„ “ “ Hi
okay With the
vo Gromek, they say, la atlfl
er potential 20-,
aoo, .
Frank Paphth,
Chicago White
another transfc
tl 20-game winner,
aecyred.JTrom the
Sox; Early Wynn,
’cr frrtm Washington,
Sam'fcoldak al add strongth
formidable mound squad,
nd Boudreau Is happy with his
hen. Jim Ifegkn is still No. 1
rated as good as any in the
The experience of Mike
, secured from the White Sox
oing to help. Rookie Ray Mur
ray from Oklahoma City is also
being given a lot of work.
You won’t find many batter
outfielders than Date, Mitchell
and Larry Doby. j Bot)( hit hard
m . v. 1 Speakerthhiha
again hits .400
be MRchel
Doby hit .301 last year and is
being boomed as 4 potential great.
Along with Bearden, he’ll be fight
ing the so-called Sophomore jinx.
The right field assignment pro
bably won’t be decided until well
along in thfe season. Bob Kennedy
is the leading candidate.
The Indians arq cocky. They act
as if they intend to keep the title.
records.
This seems
season for the
las already
I.
ancr
Pieni
Marti
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Prepare^:
quality;;
kapt up his
the Aggies.
cjh[ the same
rjishing first
up a close
; is true for
team; that
dter sprfeess
ipUB season.
agk in a
sr record
H ihey were
ike Relays
1 Ifeet.j They
Meets, but
ouch the
other good-
t foot. He
the mile re-
Nine Plays TU
TofnoiTowNite
• ■ | H | P.
Softball comes into the ^ spotr
light Wednesday night when the
University of Texas repays a visit
and phiys u double header with
the A&M Softball team.
[ Game time is net at 7:15 and
the two tilts will he played in the
lighted softball diamond near the
slab.
Texas won tho game played
earlier with the Aggies. Bill Lloyd
pitched _m no«hlt hair gnme for
A&M but Texxx seored a single
run nn a walk and emir hi win,
II, J, Mny.l liax been i|eslgnated
kx atarUngi piteliet 1 In the flrat
gams of tlje (win hill tomorrow
night, Gene Brown will probably
start mi the slat- In the aeemtd
{ am#, Monte Mmicrlef will stand
y «» a reitef hurlar. ' . •
Manager Barney Welrh baa
leased his stal ling i line-up, Am a
battery mslte for [pitcher Llcyd,
Don Joseph will be (the catcher, In
the infield, Jack Sehugart will hold
down first base, Harry Morgan
will patrol the keyatonef Hack, Phil
RusmcII will plug up the shortstop
hole, and Ed Cook will handle
third base.
In the outgardens, Clovis Olsak
WilUbc the left fielder, Bill Bifrber
will manage center field, and Bill
Bowen will patrol right field.
In the second game, Jackie Mill
er may break into the line-up at
second base and Babe Howell may
fill an outfield position. „ !
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1. Gerald Cote
2. 124.9 miles per hqur ^
5. Gar Wood %
4. Harry GXeb
6. Geiorge Gipp
6. Pro Basketball
7. Johnny Longden
8. New York Yankee
9. No, only the first four
10. Baylor. j' ; j«. 5
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Cote
10,
Who won the Boston Marathon last year? ;
1. Leslie Pawson 2. Johnny Kelly 3. Gerard
What is the U. S, Speedboat record?
1. 96 mph 2. 114.9 mph [3. 134.6 mph |
Who holds the U. S. Speedboat record? {
1. Gar Wood 2. Sir Malcoini Campbell 3. Guy Lbmbardo
Who was the only man to fever beat Gene Tunney?
1. Jim Crowly 2. Elemer Layden 3. Harry Gaeb
-Which of these was not, a member of the Four Horsemen ?
1. Jim Crowley Elmer LaycfOU 3. George Gibp 4. DOn Miller
What is tie fastest growing sports?
Can you n »me the jockey who rode his 3000th winner last
year? '
1. Eddie Arcaro 2. Johnny L»ngden 3. Ted Atkinson
Which Maior league team has finished in the first division
for 20 sue’essive years? ]
pliyers receive a cu| from all the games played in
Seriee? ] • i T
2. No ' j '!
tl>fe first Suuthwaiit Conference Championship?
/ 2, Texas A&M, 4. Baylor}
Do the
the World
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Who won
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Influence Sports Writers
By HAROLD V. RATLIFF
DALLAS, March 29 -(/FI- As
a tribute to Df. Daniel Allen Pen-
ick the National Collegiate Tennis
Tournament will be held at the
Univemity of Texas June 20-26.
Dr. Peniek, the only tennis coach
Texas U. has had during 41
js quite excited about it.
He hopes to produce a champion
to go with the five doubles and two
singles winners he has had in the
Nationals since 1920.
years
Gil Johnson, Southern Methodist
mighty passer, says there was some
good-natured ribbing going on in
the SMU-TCU football game last
fall. Johnson sparked Southern
Methodist in a 99-yard drive in
the last mihute and forty-two sec
onds to bring a tie. and he made
his only run of the year with the
bail m the .process.
Johnson had a knee injury that
was supposed to keep him from
carrying the ball. “Coach Dutch
Meyer of TCU told his players not
to hit me on my bandaged leg,",
"Tsays Gil. “It was a mighty fine
thing for Mr. Meyer to do.”
As the time ticked away Gil
Suddenly called himself to run
with the ball. Dick McKissack, the
Southern Methodist fullback, was
amAzed. “You’ll hurt yourself,” he
said. “Oh, no,” said Gil. “I’ll catch
them flat-footed. You block for me.
•X
Oil lit 'out around right end
white McKImsuck laid a terrific
Mock on the first guy he thought
might be going after Johnson, Oil
rkn the hall out of bounds. Some
of the Texas Christian players
flocked around him* ‘That wasn't
ih the contract/' they said. “You
Weren't supposed to run.”
Next month there will be a ref
erendum among Texas high schools
ais tp whether ;or not they want to
resunie J spring football practice.
This was banned last year by
vote of the schools on grounds it
interfered with spring sports. Since
then the Texas nigh school coach
es association has been campaign
ing for the return of spring prac-
The chief argument is that it
ves the opportunity to condition
le boys and that they also need
the period to teach the footballers
fundamentals, j
| In place of the month’s spring
draining a rule was voted that al
lowed a school to start fall prac
tice Aug. 15 instead of Sept 1.
The coaches say that period is too N
hot for practice.
Prospects are, that one class may
vote for return of spring training
j—Class AA. But these are the
schools where spring training in
terferes most with spring sports.
The citie# can, better afford to
have It because they have enough
' GUY WALLACE ia the startlni
la a sophomore and win be playing 1
the Aggies play the Rice Owls In
play two games against the Owls I
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ten
AP Nswsfeatares
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla-Cssey
tenge! has been bossing his New
brk Yankees less than a month,
... knows that he has
club with an excellent
York ranKeos
but already he
inherited a clu
outfield.' a potentially fine pitch
ing staff—and very little else .
His problems are numerous. Ho
has no Idea who will be his first
THUMBNAIL PREVIEW
New York Yankees ;
Hitting—Go-xl
Pitching—Good
Catching—Fair
Outfield—Excellent
Infield—Fair
Finish—Third
baseman, or his third baseman, or
his first string catcher. ;
Hie double play combination
of Second Baseman George
Stirnweiss and Shortstop Phil
Rizznto is a question mark. Even
in the outfield, where he is
strongest, he is not altogether
mM, |
Bill Johnson, hero of the; 1943
World Series, looks like the third | ftirot* P/attvao 1 4 Q
baseman but Bobby Brown still vr v “i I OIlICo^ X jr*tJ
thinks he has a chance. Johnson
How lo Slop
The Crime Wave!
!
Not by concealing dirt but by driv
ing it outX We expertly, thoroughly
clean every garment, put new life
into it Preserve your clothee—eend
them to ua. %
CAMPUS CLEANERS
“Oven the Exchange’Store” > *
n
hit .294 last season in 127 games
while Brown batted an even .300
in 113 games.
Joe DiMaggio’s right heel—the
one that was operated upon last
November—has flared up again.
No one knows just how serious it
is. The Yankees know, however,
that to make any decent showing
in the pennant race, they must
have a healthy DiMaggio.
Stengel also must know soon
whether Charlie Keller, who miss
ed most of the 1947 season because
of a spinal condition, has fully
recovered from the operation. So
far, Keller has been impressive.
TomRiy Henrlch rounds out the
outfield, which Stongel regards at
the best in baseball.
Ricking up the big three are
Johnny Lindell, a ,817 swatter
Iasi yean Hank Bauer, up from
Kansas Cltyj Gene Woodling,
the Parlfir coast hatting ch»m* J
plon, and Cliff Mapes, a hold*
over, Ntengel says his hikfftNt
problem is how io rut this im
posing list of flyrhasers to flap,
Unless ho collapses completely,
Yogi Derra looks like ha'll return
behind the hut. He played the nut
field lust yeur. Berm j pooda
plenty of polishing In fielding.
There is no question of his hitting,
Our Niurhos, Charley Mvefu and
Ralph Houk are the other receivers,
Babe Young, veterun Nuilonul
Leaguer, will attempt to fill the
shoos of George McQuInn at first.
Should he feu, either Jack Phil
lips, Dick Kryhoski or Joo Collins
will take over. Both Stinwelss und
Rizzuto experienced poor seasons
at the plate last yeur. Each hit
n meugor .262. The Yankees
more hitting from thlt pul
figure aeriously in the raee.
Stengel has aeven
Hurting pitchers. The
the lot probably is Vic
J-game winner last
ithpaw Ed Lopat won t
year, AMIe Reynolds li,
Shea nine. Tommy B
and Boh Porterfield five,
the final »ix L weeks. Fred San-'
ford, acquired from the Browns
for $100,000 and three pteyets
last December, should help. He
won a dozen in '48.
Joe Page, who had a bad year
in '48, will again be the Ho. 1 re
lief man. Wally Hood from New
ark, and Clarence Marshall and
Don Johnson from Kansas City are
the best of the newcomers. Dutch
Hiller, with a 6-2 record last year,
probably will join Page in the
pull pen. j \ -
Baylor Bears Will
I; r
171
loustoi
baseball squad a:
Owls, ».[
M At this dgte, if
will bs played or when
nesda r game at least
ably be played at BU
and that will posaibly
of thfe Thursday game
h Marty Kifow
of about
in thia
rid Start the W
If both of these
on the mound in
Blanton Taylor or
will t*ke the nod on
Otherwise, the man
pitch; the flrat day
second, game.
]TaAm goes into this
favorite, having won
it twq losses. '
includes two losses jli
e only method ife:
two
owing
ouston I’,
Cougars, whl
th* cRrla,
tMi;
team!
ft
ins
\-
rl
n part witB'im
mrf *
boys for all sports.
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A letter, unsigned but obviously
from a Texas A&M ex-student,
takes us to task for sayihg in a
story after the University of Texas
had defeated A&M in the Border
Olympics and Southwesteni Recre
ation Meet that Texas was making
a comeback.
Our article related that A&M
had won the Southwest Conference
championship two years in a row
but. it now appeared Texas would
return to the throne. ; >
We are somewhat puzzled at the
lettej^writer’s agitation. First off
he says he knows most Texas
journalists are “teasippers from
T.U.” But that he thinks We should
at least give a little credit to the
Aggiea for having won the paat
tWo yeai
As no
mentioned
two years,
point:! Wo
near as we ever
Texas U. was
above A&M was duly
having won the past
.nswering the other
like* tea and aa
e to attending
imo W»i talked
one of the professors about fix'
ing up a schedule of courses for
our IKMWN
"P
ItlBBl tilt
A ifMlel mea wM be e* <
m talk ebert
Pits) TfSlnlef. Wetal
WACO, Texas, March 28.-Hjrhe
Baylor Bears sounded a loud warn
ing to their Southwest Conference
baseball foes Monday with a sav
age M-to-3 rout of Southern Meth
odist Mustangs.
Coach Pete Jonels’ crew looked
like they were ready for any
body, including the perennial
champion Texas Longhorns.
For three innings the Mustangs
were in Monday’s contest, the con
ference's first tilt. Then l the rooi
fell In. Baylors power hitters, aid
ed by some slack fielding and
lax pitching by 8MU, turned i the
game into a romp, •[ j j
Doak Walker and Kjte Rote
gave the Ponies a Mo-0 lead Hi
their half of the ftrat frame
Walker walked and Roto
him homo, Baylor promptly
It up, 1 to 1, In the MM-fuid.
The Mustangs (risked up I two
more runs In the third with the
Wilkar-Kota formula,
In the fifth, tha Bears jhnlipad
on the Mustang hurling staff and
riddled it,
On 2 hits, ft walks aiidxVflVlOMj
error, Baylor slammed serosa 7
runs, One of the hits was a irmnd>
slam 4*run home run by Ernest
(Duloh) Bchroetter, Hear left
fielder.
The Hears added four more
nine In the aikth. Ptehjroeder
with a homer, don Me and single
In four trips, plead the j Hear !
artillery,
Clyde Robinson started for Bay
lor. After a shaky start he scat
tered five hita over six innings, j
The best Mustang blow of tho
day, Rote’s tremendous drive to
right center field was nabbed by
Baylor's Chuok Devereaux with a
circus catch high on the wall.
Fred Copeland flnishfed thfe last
three innings for the Bears, whif
fed five and was touched for only
one hit, Llgon's double, j
DODGERS AND MOBILE
RENEW AGREEMENT l\j
BROOKLYN, N. Y. —CP>—The
Brooklyn Dodgers have the right
to select from Mobile any or all
players on or before Oct. 1 under
a renewed working agreement, the
commissioners office has announ
ced.
At present the Dodgers have St
their Vero Beach, Fla., camp
four players who saw some duty-
with Mobile last season. They arc
Pitcher Willard Ramsdell, First
Baseman Preston Ward and Out
fielders George Shuba and Cal
Abrams.
dhimjs
ROME'-fo-
dluifi to seat 120,000
Amfericah* -of Italian
Architect Dagobe
47, of Rome won ho
tion for the plank
at the 1948 Olympj
London;
The stadib
600,000,000 lire (a
and it will b
by the Italian
tee and by the
The two organ!
will not be able to rais4
tire sum, and an a;
dressed to ltalo-A
funds. ; | ' t 1®il
This .follows a..>[
Athens, where the
dium was rebuilt thri
ertosity of Americans I'b:
traction, Ortensi says.
Naples’ sports! stir
badly hit in : the! a
suffered. The Arem
and the Olympic swi
were bombed beyond.
The planned new
havrt- three tiers of
normal capacity of?:
can be increased, bj
ground fourth tier,
Outlets are deal]
says to allow the
emptied in ten minutes,
hopes someday to sfe«'
pic Games held in the
From the aportlngtfi
the summit the sUtii
27.85 motora high (kW
It will have 43,5 kilo hi
mites) of seating spscej,
meters roofed;
Ortensi, Who got
architecture in Roi
is a specialist In stadlU
Hu was <loalgiuii'.uf
al stadium in Turin,;f
Iglnally built to hr
now can hold gx r
1!
I
ie serial
toit the Aggie
wilih the Rice
ime the games
?n,
trail ffei
tier the! -
id Indlins h
«... jo
dijarch I li—<*)
[will hit the
1 two-weeks
game with ) the
^ today ’
the
v in the
ben straight
Jhem through
6, calif. —
) White Box
reported on
Icagc to see
some action
Ife markets with De-
RVjaHa <ud BUI Veoch,
ft) *
Cuba
PHSO,
•i Of a st
that will
it* star
Bern/ .rdi
Lane, Chic
•Manfegfer,
llfhay -back, th
could atjir
trsdi
Billy
snt of t,h • CtlciMand Indiana.
Hm* film ir^ ic at Ibclr
hilrig::M»irt|i yester-
” I lk' I’ll Is-
Plra%ri, ISilo II.
PRTRRflHUjtU, Fla. If
y Kutfewaknls unable to
hr seamin abithlrd base for
Lotils: (Hardmals, Ed,Kar.uk
like th« bed! bet frtr the
Y., rookie hna
y at third f<# ,
ailing elbow
lm. In vester-
trott Tigers,
F'
stthe
>lfeq offjiHal Newhouser
the oijly run as the
a b-i
oily run as
thumping,-
» inrlchs, i,ut
; at Coricordi
zipi Is, Mo., ;has t
mi in 13 'score!
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RO BEACH, |j Fla. '—.Eddie
a, utility Bitaoklyn Dodger
ler, ia enpccDed to be side-
five days ,;
suffered i amall fracture
orbital bonp below hia left
yesterday Irt jprooklyn’s 19-4
iph over StuPapl American
ciation frtrm hands,
iksis,attempted to tag negro
top Jim Pendleton as ho
second but tfie ball escaped
And. struck hjo noe. jj
jut fielder Cal Abrams and In
ter Billy Coii departed by
for Rraumfent, Texas, yss-
Thfe remainder of the 26
squad that :wlll tour the
west was slfttod to leave by
RO.-^-Paul Hln-
Yprk Yankees’.
Is giving
el some hap-
nomen
today,
PETERSB
the New
bonus pi
ger Casey
W,
Divinity stu-
mlnary at St.
fed. only five
is'.Innings, Hin-
nlr two singles in
yesterday in the
by the Phll-
allowfed on
« innings y
ks’ 7-3 ; defoal
phla Philllesj
t did for the! hjtain-Italy
match last yj
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three Tu«ch
inr/wfillh
proJerteHThr
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