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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1949)
It Connie M For Pem AP N«w»felkt | WEST PALM BI Lovable Connie ' his 49th season at Philadelphia Athl busy to think of 86-year-old gen' concerned about winning ican League p “Me retire?' I win another want to make it Connie thinks to wait too many years ! H i THUMBNAIL PRE1 Philadelphia Athlei j | Philadelphia Hitting—Fair ' Pitching—Excellent atching—Fair infield—Excellent , Outfield—Good I Finish—Fourth ther, “It might eve» ynr.” he! says. “If not, U Will be in 1950 or ” j | \\ Tt was only a month i a Muck predicted the Cleyel diant would win thi a breeze/’ ‘ : “I’ve changed my minlh ’L Ihe old gentleman, “il doh' j /MSeyeland will have (nuchl 11 time any more. I th| nk ltd I will foafow the pat ern! j| IfS ysa-r. H will ht' a foiir-t|ii between Cleveland, [Ioan>l ? i'! Yn^k and Philadelphia,! hrtt ... "(ably won't be derUIdd pn H last week," ! T|l| . ;H (Ot just as go.Mh Vihe to >1 illil J-'j-M. ■ -'V . jcs Good Chance :or A’s lor 1949 we have th? B?af pitching and the best infield in the league.” Mack looks for an improvement in his pitching, pointing out that Phil Marchildon appears to have completely recovered from his ill ness of last year, and Bill Mc- Cahan’s sore arm has healed. “Last year Marchildon and . McCahan won only 13 games between them,” says Mack, “Marchildon won 19 and Mcf Cahan 10 the year before. If they can duplicate 1947, we should have plenty to say in, the coming race.? With Joe Coleman, Dick Fowler, Carl Scheif and Lou Brissie win ning .57 games among them, the A’s almost upset the dope last year. Picked to finish in the sec ond division, the Mackmen jumped into the race from the start and remained in or around first place until , late August. Except for the addition of Wally Moses and Taft Wright, a couple of veteran pinch hitters, and Joe Astrpth aiul Earl Brucker, Jr., i pair’ of young catchers, the team, is the same as last year. 4 r f Jr ;\ vt H-.'-l 1 W-M ' Ip HI if! 5 ? Ifi Mi u •V'! r ll m- * jf -Ji ili year. The infield, which Hack con siders the best defensive unit he's ever managed, is composed of Ferris Fain at first, Pete Su-i der at aecond, Eddie Jooat at short i and Heinie Map ski at third. Elmer Valo in right, Bar ney McCoaky in center and Sam Chapman in left make up the veteran outfield trio, Aatroth, who hatted .352 at Memphis, and Brucker, g. bonus player-son of the Vh bullpen coach, figure to undefutudy yeieran Buddy Itosar, the No. 1 receivdtr. fey .j.Mv ■y-r: Hi Pm I® Mm m I.*-' B '■mm ' m mM mm —A n 04 r Aggies Ploy BaylorFrida u\ 1 By LEON SOMER ib^Senators WiU Finish Hig^ Than Last Year Top men on the Aggie golf team are from left to right: Bottom. BART HALTOM, BUBBA MAYES. JOHN HENRY, and GAYTHER NOWELL, coach; Back row, JACK BARNETT. ALEX I'EGUES, JACK RALEY, and TRAVIS BRYAN, JR. Not shown are GENE DARBY, JACK AN DREWS and TOM AITKEN. ! -H———H "i—'1| ^ ‘ rj — Oklahoma City! Indians Need Help From Cleveland In ’49 ORLANDO, Fl*; - sophomore rtutnagei* jif thi (ton 11*01 Honators, thinks hi!t(i#Vk; tth era ot \uat year litre tu^t|h to mirth higher tni* year ttBons: j * 1—his pitching staff Is tfijHmgm'. a2—the outfield, is impiaiw 3—the infield is better. 4?—the club has added Here is the way th|c 42i- pildt sizes up the Senator: “The trades we madje wi ( tiH land and Stj Louis hiive <1 :fi?dt dy helped us. We got Eddie iRbljimon for first base jin ejchanl 1 Mickey Vernon. Robby hoit the better hitter, but is a. drive in mdre runs tm home runs than Vernqn d m He'll hold in the field: t ifeet-l IBN shiington Outfield—fall Pitching—fai Catching—fair Finish—seventh ( ‘ Joe Haynes, one iof ;l| pitchers we got for Earlyl W won more games thah jwy iii last year.. Ed Kliemah,; thft pitcher, is ono of lthe hertit fitrhers in baseball. “Sam Dente, whcjin w« g St. Louis Browns in; o. Johnny Sullivart atidiTjoi (, figures to be an m'prd\ short oyer Sulllvup uoifj Christman.| We’ve peep off hlter. Ed Stow tt» left. Juki compurMJi^H onl Harl W field with last year’s. With Lcoh Culberson | “ PM! I ride . % r Ilf '^5 M Feat gone now, Kuhel nlans to go [along with Kjue Scurboiough, Walter Master- son, Mickey Hncfner, >Sld Hudson itndj Haynes as his itnrtlng five, Klieman, free agent Paul Calvert and Southpaw Forrest Thompson Will be hik relief brigade. * Dick Weik, a fast freshman righthander from Chattanooga, has made a fine iimpresrsion on Kuhel. The regular infield will consist of Robinson at first, holdovers A1 Kozar and Eddie Yost at second and third, respectively, and Dente at short. Al Evans, Jake Early and young! Al Okrie will do the catching. ’ John Simmons, a graduate from Montreal; Clyde Vollmer, Syracuse product, and holdover Sherry’ Rob- ertspp, Will back up the regular outfield trio and- serve as pinch hitters. Ktl, Note: This is the first of a HtM'les lilsrttssitig Texas LengUo ttrosnorts, , ] ^ j MAHHIIAlJ,, Ti'X,, Anrll ft Diu% ehiefiy to a Hugging Infield, the Oklahoma City TeVnn Leuguers appear to b«' Worse off than ever this spring, a(id they will need con siderable help from Cleveland if Joe Vosmlk i|« to field a winner. The new manager has been ho hu k ug inBUHiclbnt infield taleijt that he was forced to put a patch- work lineup against mxltlhitlun iri-| baseman John Kornandox, outfltHl- laments, . Tj 1 opBeteLewlsandpitt'horsITemh- Absentee and lt|Jui , l|s also claim-lor Dorsetl, Len (lilmoi'e anil Itjny ed their regular toll, and Vosmlk has been ‘concerned about t he tribes lack of punch. Counting two missing pitching holdovers, Lefty Vic Johnson and Tom Reis, the Warriors have seven men returning from the 1918 team which wound up sixth under Pnf Ankenman. The other returnees are first Flanigan. Pete Hpatufore is hack, striving The Texas Aggie basebafl! nine will play the Bryan Bom bers tonight at 8 o’clock at Bomber Park. The Farmers will be after their second win over the East Texas League team, having defeated the Bryan nine 8-3 last Saturday on the Kyle Field diamond, In Saturday’s contest with the Bombers the Aggies played error less ball and four of their eight hits went for extra bases, indi cating that Coach Karow’s hitters are improving at the plate. Tonight’s game will give the Farmers more practice in prepar ation for their meeting with the Baylor Bears in Waco this Friday and Saturday. Currently the Ca dets are tied with Texas for the conference lead, with onfl/Win and no losses. This week’s series with the Bears will probably determine which of the two teams will bat tle it out with the Longhorns for the conference title. The Steers ' already have defeated the Bruins thus setting themselves up as the team to beat in the title race. Against the Aggies Bpylor will fielq a veteran team backed by a fine pitching staff led by Leroy Jurlj and Fred Copeland. Tne Bears )u»vq power id the plate with Dutch Schroeder, Chuck Dcvereuux, and Joe Szeckley all hitting .400 or bettor, Topw among the Cadet hitters thisj aeaHOii are Cottpnj Llndloff, John DeWltt, and Boh Frets. Lind- luff; hgx gotten aeveral qxtra hHNe kitnckM this year, Ineludlng a home runjggnlnxt the Ohio Mtkte nine, I in, 1 ! WKltk'H Mi ll KIM l l Tuomlay^ llleu vx, Texka al Aus- llu,j Texas AA1M vs Bryan (Fast :■ 1 41' ’■fr '9 O Battalion O PORT TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1949 Page 5 i I u. [itvlfo Wyrn, P ! since 1946. He is young, alve, a good double pipy ri wi l get hlH shuro ••Wt’r# 100 In our mutfiel back after a year retirement, flgurvk ngat hlttek He wl I I e lit H I'm sticking with center. Hera fast aid i goi^ oei iafl wnf.j pihy ri perfenj imp d. Buddy ip, «• -o' id HI ij Fish Baseballers Play Blinn Squad ^llinn Junior College will invade* College Station Wednesday after noon for a game with the unde feated Fish baseball squad. The tilt will start at three o’clock. | The Fish have woh two games so far tjhi« season. They defeated an outclassed Navarro Junior College nine; and then slipped past a bunch from Rice at College Sta tion kiist Thursday by a score of d tOiijjl j 1 ' Beaumont an* Sam Blanton will probably hold down mound jdulioH for )hc Ag Freshmun.: Blainon pitched four Innings in 'tha! Ipavarro tilt Untiling the Central Texas nine to their only two. runs. •' j THifi .Baylor freshmen journey to College Station this Saturday to uJay thi* Kish in the second »chc- mileij ggme of the rtcanon between the tiwp HquadH. The first tilt, ncho- Mc jidujed to be played in Waco this iff last Saturday, w’uh rained out. Don Mitchell Gives Helping Hand to Runner in Austin j By HAROLD V .RATLIFF I DA Texas S, April 5 -—UP>— The ! rts Writers Association kin had cut in fropi of Mitchell too quickly and therefore did not blame Mitchell for the shove. “It was held that he had put his litst Henson at Wilkes-Barre, Brightest hope among the new comers Is a big young ntmimlh- man, George ttuvcrlnk, who toss ed 12 scoreless innings at tne start of the practice games, j The faRt right-hander, 23, is a native, of Holland, Mich., ami had an 18-12 mark with Spartanburg in 1948. Vosmik may be able to assenji- ble a cofps without landing one or two more flingers off tlje Cleveland roster, for Dorsett, Gilmore, Flanigan, Reis add •Joiinso/i ay team up well witiii Rookies Zuverink, Gordon Wal den and Fred Wollpert. Other possibilities are recruits Bdb Chakales and Leland t rissman. The tribe entertains high hopes of getting Milt Nielsen back jfor the outfield. If it did the oujter garden probably would include Nielsen; Pete Lewis, a .315 hitjter last term, and Joe Morjoseph, j up from Vosmik’s Dayton club of ijast campaign, with a .314 average.! The catching seems to be in cap able hands, with veteran Ed Mjut- Frlday and Saturday^ UU*o vs, HMU at Dalian, Texas vs, Texas Chtjstlait at Ft. Worth, Baylor vb, Texas A&M lit Waco, .fcfc.v....*, - ;A—v... Mj-oi DALLAS, Texas, April 6 — <!$> It looked today as if Maykiger Bar ney Shotton of the Brooklyn Dod gers has settled upon a regular outfield. • \ j After experimenting all through the spring training campaign with almost as many trios as the‘ Brooks have played games, Shot- ton apparently hap decided on Ca! Abrams, Duke Spider and Carl Furillo as his first string picket- men. He played? the three for the sec ond day. in a row yesterday, a:r the Brooks thumped the Dallas "ni i a ti l iii And our <je can expect some acrid letters from h ant j ou( to protect himself. the women v^ho work on newspaper sports deskis. The TSWA showed courage if not diplomacy in its an nual j meeting held in connection with' the Texas Relays at Austin by. voting pot io accept member- explained Coach Clyde Little field of Texas, director of the Relays. “Bufkin would have been disqualified had Tech placed in the relay.” A&M won the epent. i , The crowd got a kick out of the ryn and Rookie Joe Kratzer hcjld- ; Ea.gi es of the Texas League, 8-3. mg forth, but the Indians would! Morris Martin and Erv Palica not turn their backs on Ray Mpr- 3 hared the Brooklyn pitching a.s- ships from the rto-called fair sex. The crisis was projected when sev- . ll \ K hZ eral lady [sport* editors sent in 1 ' lcl,ent ; pu , , h ‘ s application*. But the male scribes t h . u " < *" to \ ufk ", S „ b ?n lit ; were not afrajd-besides there the latter ahead by four yards m- w«e no ladies there to urge their Htoa(i of thc bli,e one pie - d cafse. j The major objection to gals in lit i s ti i Good Place To Eat... ! ;! -1 ns Ii5c Luncheo • .tL- '■ 85c Dinners ll! m 'li Ralph Stacy ij I -'iT M—V, 4 ! )pc|i lju 1 ; III IliSc v . Enchiladas lit 12 midnight thru SATURDAY loffee Shop 1 Pierce Stacy I-: — !:r ' the aHNocijition was that it would mean they would have to he ac corded presH ; box privileges, which gives them freedom they do not know elsewhere. However, the; woman angle in HRortH writing is Homething the ‘nsHociution will ipive to face again, and probably spon. The wfitprs just staved off; the question jfor the time being.! Speaking of the Texa« Relays, here’s the low-ddwri on an incident which undoubtedly puzzled the crowd: j. In thc mile relay, Don Mitchell Texas Aggie runner, was seen to put his hand in the back of Costin Bufkin, Texas Tech run ner, during the first lap. Some wondered why there was not a disqualification, The reason was that meet officials decided But- 37’s EVERYWHERE ■( DALLAS —4 DPi — Unless you know the kid, you won’t be able to pick one! out at a sandlot football game in Dallas.! They all wear No. 37 jerseys. Yes, each wants to wear the number made jfambus by Doak W’alker, Southern Methodist Uni versity’s All-America player. He’s the idol of all (jvf them. More than 1J000 kids’ jerseys bearing Walker’js number have been sold by Dallas sporting goods deal ers in recent months. Veteran salesiqrn say they have never seen Anything Rke It, RECORDS • RADIOS School & Office ies ALL YOUR NEEDS HASWELL’S I' j''" 1 y’ [' ! ■ J jMLiil vailed before the shtvvo. ★ i ; Coach Frank Anderson of the Texas A&M- track team is doing some missionary wofk toward cut ting down- the strung anil some times unethical rivalry among the Southwest Gonfcreuiee schoors in going after athletes. Andei’son Hus reached an ugmmtqnt with Texas and Baylor like this: Neither will lake an athlete from the other school when that athlete has al ready registered and been granted an .athletic scholarship. Anderson hopes to reach an agreement with other members of the conference. The Texas Aggie track coach also favors a player limit iiv the Southwest Conference. “It is bankrupting thc schools to bring in 100 boys for football,” he say^. Anderson favors this rule in all sports. Ai 4 ' ■' Some of the college track, coach es arc threateninjf to pull their teams out of the annual South western Recreation meet at Fort W'6rth because of the bad condi tion of the track that has prevail ed for several years. It is to bp hoped that the South- Western Recreation officials\fix the track adequately. It would be a shame to have this fine meet hurt by wholesale withdrawals as now appear likely.' ray, now with Cleveland. Oddly there are three men co peting for the regular first base role. Hernandez hopes out despite his poor .215 for 1948, but he is being ienged strongly by Krutzer arjd Herb Conyers, with Jim Cepa now running third. But the rest of the infield far fronr being set. > Vosmik, who is bringing Con to wjn 5 maiik ig chaf- j signment. Porterfield, hurling as though , it were the middle of the season, set the Cincinnati Reds down with one hit in fashioning a 2-0 shut-out for the Bronx Bombers crew yesterday. Stengel is busting dut all over with good pitching. Added Porterfield's workmanlike c^ore, wt*rc the recent fine performanceH yers C.354), i Morjoseplv, piteheHljiy : u ,f j or Page, Wally Hood and Tom “ J 1 Byrne. Girdlcy and Connie Gregory frqm Dayton, hopes that the lattoi make the grade at shortstop. Kadera Throw! Way Into Top One of Texas A&M’s pip sistent point makers in trai field events is George Kaidejl i,-H might easily be called “The Ail For the past two seasons, has been gaining some points for the Aggies in th events, the discus throw*! put, and the javelin. ‘J [j! Kadera, who stands 6' fMdie! 212 pounds, and plays'at n. position on the football squiil dbi- ing the fall, started hia a nit qg ways ,in the field events f till student at John Reagan H School in Houston. I f At the state high school; ni in 1943, George placed aid j thc discus throw. In the saril in 1944, he again placed sec. this event, and added Lp itj. place in the shot put. 4; [ In 1946, George : added 4 glory to his personal ycedi winning tht' State AAU crqyr both the snot put and the The same year, hp entered where he was to odd to'it fji As a college .ft’eshniuh thc 1947 track itenaon, ttvoiw tjfijjk Lou Boudreau, shortstop man ager of the Cleveland Indians, en ters the 1949 diamond season with a life-time batting mark of .299 over 10 seasons. MEET TIE IMRD OF OPPORTIINITT Place—Office of PMS&T for Air] Date—April 7-8, 1949 Time—8:80 to 4:30 j: \ \ \ H: A quesGon murk at Third base Ih rangy Larry Lee, a ,‘42u n,li ter for Han Diego in the Inst race. And second base—it is qs wide open as a broken gale. Deck Woldt, normally an out fielder, has been sharing duty there with Spatafore, and help at second is a must if Vosmik is to have a class AA infield. The mxt couple of weeks will determine if lie needs one, two or three nj’W hands in the inner defense. (Tomorrow: Tulsa), RL PASO Leo Durhcher, manj- ager of the New Yot'k Giants, seemed determined today to g e t Jack Loiirko into tho line-up tp stay. *' 'M . I. Lohrke, wim haa been belting the ball at better than a .400 clip In grapefruit lougiic games, played second base, a relatively strangle position, yesterday as the Giant** outslugged tho Cleveland Indians, 10-10. RUNNER-UP EYES ’52 TEST^ SAIGON—lA^J—Ignace Heinrii-h, the big boy from Strasbourg who finished second to Bob Mathias ! in the Olympic decathlon last su n- mer, has his eyes set on Helsinki and 8,000 points in 1952. His major worry is that Mathias, the 17-year-old California young ster who outdid the iron men in tme rain at London, Will do even better. Heinrich, a powerfully bujilt young man of 23 years, has been touring French Inao-china. Hem- rich weighs 198 pounds and stands 6 feet 3 inches. Preston Ward, Brooklyn Dodder rookie first baseman, played for the Southwest Missouri State Col lege basketball team during tjho off-season and was a consistent scorer. 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