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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1949)
I - II /^' iV • -r 1 I a \ •vs. ■ ,X ; - ■ • ;• /X J 'A ; s *• A 'X ■ . \ '/{ v . : yi • VX V: ue Buffaloes Buffeted by Farmers, 4-2 I '■ ;l i 1 II The|Hou»ton day aft(M]no«ii and had cooled the team wa$ hot eno The ivlctory v, of Brucr MofiliS, left-handotj kopl hln ponent* *<|oi*oU«» <1 InnltiKS hd] worked Idvtblo 'Five of th) box swin, fire pitch . For th doubtful i Lead-off secondbas SaThA? loff Buffs left ng at Mot first innipg, it the port-aider co^ ian j| Mike iCdnr man Lou Qrti| Rles off Moris iV Lindlc fl hit into a 'dobbl Wallace tp Mai cleanup hitter Don Bollw r . „ ed out* > “ The infield combo of; W; Lindloff, and Maltz took; thi sure off fpMorisse 1 agait in!! fourth. W|th the away, Burney Cfei auJ ■ BOLD V. iAtLljlt|| 5, April 12 {=< P* t ioij; , w ; ho rcinindH yl>u ; si DALLAB, April 12 RaHmusHofi, who reminds Fred Wo|cott[ Toxaa 1 ' truck mint was u litt e buzk he prepured to take u!jduno;P Austin after setting it i ewi Relays reeord In the Spot- v,i|iil Rasmussen had comb a Ion —'from Oregon-and he'had soi jjtl 14 fern % Inches, ! t - r BUl omlof the folio,vs jwhn tad agaluit hlm I’nu FSiilk Abilene dhrlstlan (,!0 hi) o »' sharp imijmnr,V of the min{e fast, Haipmisstih wnide ed he had Heim that fello|w lefpt hadn't bul he had soei hfo cb part at p^le vaulting. ] f jjjjj; Yos. Fuulknar w« i la j i|t yu tkrownncl to Karl MemleW iA faulting '- r iJ _ grbatj dl j. thirties \|ho made a! giilhli Loinvbuck ln| mjlK ai|l ed on the tllypipk' h I. • ' + .. I : I ! I | Faulkner rbinlndltll n if Meadows j yaical resempluhceh the way We used that Vaulting | r Faulk n|r, u freshrtiai did 13 fck 6 inches t|» ond in t|ie Texas Relays Rasrnussqn. lymph* ilrtles tempt at most lam once mor Rttsmu|st*n vaulted down ah< an much Not in pi Coach-Andcrsori spdaks fre perience Iwhen he saj|s l.hei ipi gridiron ftraining period jshhib given ovdr to spring dpoftsl- baseball, jtonnis and j^olfl lie ed football in college ajs h|4i compete I probab he says, the last did., Fo< has to No ap tion. Le or base will hav in the after be kle, can I conten in track. “I jfee) s y had too m|ich f “It got to bb djui n ear, that is ;balh to be played with 'payfsjl h > P ite is keen laf^er isajjtjnii the boys goioUt foi 11 iri the sptihg ah,, „ more drive fOr 11 of the yeari g taught to bl. o it if he rrujaiis tc that he wi 1 Want it more he does not gejt tbc . out of fjeason trainir g.’j I The /|ggie, mentor alko ii diijlMd out that the boys no\V playfe idoot- ball in j mior; high scfioiib ;o d not nee< spring trainini: iii high sc iooI in ordoi to w fundami ntals. ;That’a <|ie • pleas o! the senior high football j coaches ip Iryjng! the ban against spring tjravi moved. This (j I! uoKtioh is nok k'iiB: upoh in the IpterHcholasUc 1 •A I M[|f tsice m ipn. 'aylorPunehw er Houston lo to College button yegter- >ltl reception, A late norttior n but the AgK^ibiiHcbttll Buffe, 4-2. T suit of the ftvc-hlt pltchuig ■^ilaiiiiaiiiiiliia JagiiiwiwfaiwaiaiiiMiMiLnaiJlMJakV low pitch and sent the ball to|! Wallace, Guy fli vvmiuir* 1111 indloff who pivc r “ 11 wet ill to Li irclv Burney out. Aggie scoring commenced in the cond frame. Cotton Lindloff, bat ing in clean-up spot, singled to tenter and advanced to second on wild pitch by Jim Curley. Johi sWitt laid down a perfect sacri e after Bobby Freta walked, loth runners advanced. Herschel altz lined a hard grounder down e first base line that was skill- Uy handled by* Don Boliwig but Bat tali ■iP ' Ufl TUKSDAY, APRIL 12, 1949 / ‘age 5 jindloff had sprinted home. Move Runs Across . Scoring continued in the next ling. After Morisse had flied Etussel Mays took a base on ills and stole second. Mays was iway on the pitch when Guy Wal- ' ice dumped an infield hit to the (fight of the mound,, ,Bk>uston’s pitcher, Jim Curley^ became con- sed and threw wild to fir$t Mjays :ored and Wallace took ! second. H PO 1 1 , : r——— The bpx score: Houston Biiffs AB R Cbiiroy, If .3 0 Knoblauch, If ......1 1 1 2 f 0 «>rti* 2b 2 0 1 4 2 0 Epps, cf! 2 0 0 0 0 0 ordi?r, cf ,.0 0 0 1 0 0 ollwig, lb 3 0 . 0 10 0 0 oloinboj, rf | 0 1 1 0 0 prclngk', rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 nhtanci c ...,.3 10 2 3 0 0 uilmeisjler, c 1 0 0 110 jpusiuk, jib 3 10 0 12 0 Kroger, hs 3 1 0 0 2 1 lui'ley, p 1 0 0 0 2 0 iotfliek, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .Wilber 1 0 0 0 0 0 , ylmbuidh I o 0 o 0 o •]■•! T. *— Totals 2 ' • 24 10 2 . Uruuijdod out for Curley In f>th. ..Struck out for Noehok In Uth. Hiin A4kM All U II PO A K days, :(b 3 10 0 1 U ‘ nllucc ss ,,..4 ) 1 2 (> ’(». loon,,!' ..,,4 0 1 1 0 0 .in-llofl!, 2b 4 } 2 3 0 1 rets, ilf 3 l) 0 1 0 0 oWitt, If 2 0 1 1 0 0 i|dalti, th 3 Or 0 10 0 0 irahumi, c 2 O ' 0 6 0 0 'alverlJ c 1 0 0 2 0 0 Jcmiis.lc 0 0 0 2 1 0 lorlssei p ....2 0 0 0 2 0 ‘uylpr, [p ......1 1 1 0 0 • 0 * m m <•« -w * » M w Pilot Says Padres’ Pitching Will Make Them Rough in ’49 BAN ANTONIO, April HI -Ufl i have hit his stride after iM|l*»p. "The team th«|/»vins the Texas League pennant will have to beat BOBBY FRETJS Jack of All Trades Helps • \ A t | / ^ ! | , . | W • \ Make Aggies Hard to Beal By SCOTTY SWINNKY Totals fcP Fraternity ■ outol pajai Ur MCjhlt Agglclsml cluimed Bobby In lt>4.'l . . . . lip played here on the 1040 base* One of the most versatile men on | Ml || M , Hmm „ lu | thon entered Iho any Sdutbwest Conference team N#vyi wh | U , ln the service, be titn be found on the Aggie campus» |)ltytd 0| , tht , u, S . jj. Wisconsin ship's team. On both teams, he nu playing for the Farmer nine, ills 29 4 (1 27 16 2 000 00Q 101—2 6 2 012 000 lOx—4 6 2 iL Runs bAtted in: Maltz, Lindloff, Taylor; Boliwig. 1 Two-base hits: UeWitt. | Homo runs: Taylor, j Sacrifice hits f* DeWitt. positloiT on the team h» unknown, for during his three seasons of playing bull for the A&M team, ho n|ts played about every positron on the team except catcher. Bobby Frcitz, the player in the spot-light, not only plays outfield, iftfield, and pitcher, but also can lay a mean hit out of the batter’s box when called upon. At the pres ent time, he is leading the Aggie nine in number of hits for the season. His interest in baseball started o^ruu-e o,»r ivcTYit,. duri his h ; h sc J lool days> when Stolen base: Mays. Errors: Cre- he ,f d for K the St . Tho ? &s Hi g h l;ber Curley Mays Lindloff. School of Houston. During his four , Double plays: Lindloff to Wa -' of j . h h « d ! at M It ’ as a utility man, playing at al- ^°Struqk out, by: Curley 3, Mo-! position a 80011 man was i-isse 5, Taylor 4, xNocheck 2. • n »-‘- a ea- H Base on* halls, off:Curley 2, Mo- two men j n scor j n g position when Taylor, 5. ,110 fanned Don Boliwig to end the Hns and runs off: Curley 4 and frame> In the ei , rhth inni |J in 4;| Morisse 5 and 0 in 6; No- theck 2 and 1 in 4; Taylor 1 and 2 in 3. Left pn base: Houston 11, A&M 4. ! Umpires: Pugh and Colson. Timej of game: 1:55. Cotton Lindloff brought him home jvsitih a single to center. , It was not until Blanton Taylor relieved . Morisse at the end of the jsixth -that Houston got their two runts. Taylor walked Burney Cre- gey, the first man td face him. iMike Copway walked. Lou Ortiz tapped one toward Mays who made ! his play to Lindloff at second. Con roy was out but Lirtdloff threw wild to first on the attempted double;play and Creger scored. Taylor wafer in hot water his first inning. Besides the one run, he had j-jj-'-i-——j—■ i - ffr MNwmto "1 '■ . .j . You'll get a bang iplcte line of I A: j ‘ A shirts, neckwear, J TI1 T ; r rts, handkerchiefs, \r and beachwear eighth inning Tay lor retired the Buffs in one-two- three fashion. Buffs Become Extinct Another run was added by the Bisons in their last inning. Taylor disposed of Creger and pinch hit ter Roy Vimbladh. But left-hander Eddie Knobloch parked a single in center, the only hit off Taylor in thjree innings. Mays fumbled Or tiz's grounder. Then Taylor walk ed! Ted Herder and Don Boliwig to force in a run. Jim Hersinger’s ground ball to short killed off Boliwig at second and sent the Buffs to the showers. TayloB didn’t display steady pitching in his three innings. Though he gave up but one hit, five bases on bulls accounted for the two runs he let in. Taylor Goes For Four Howevar in the seventh inning, Blanton redeemed himself of any and all mistakes. He lifted one of Nelson Nocheck’s pitches over the right field fence for a home run. The’ Buffaloes begin their Texas League play on Thursday, Sunday, afternoon, they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, their puienl club, 4-3 In Houston, That's what Gus Muncuao, man ager of the Sun Antonio Missions, is saying at every public speaking appearance as he prepares the pad res for the tough regular season grind. What brings such optimism from the usually reticent cx-major lea gue catcher? "Pitching. We’ve got it," says Gus. As he watches his veteran staff hurling consistently good baseball against the best min or league opposition. Last season, the Padres stagger ed through the first two and one- half months with a bunch of hurl- ers that needed divining rods to find the plate. Then the parent St. Louis Browns sent righthander Ray Shore and southpaws Royce Lint and Andy Sierra. This trio teamed with Procopio nerrera and joiinny Crocco to lead the team within a fraction of a percentage point of fourth place and a coveted play- ifffipnk/ ,. \ A This season the missions have a good pitching staff from the open ing gong. Principal worry at this stage of training is lack of a power hitter, but you can bet your last split bat it won’t be “too little too late” this seaspn. Batting strength will be in ithe mission line-up when the season opens to morrow night with Houston here. Staff Set The Mission pitching staff is virtually set. Crocco, who trained with the Browns at Burbank, Calif, is slated for the No. 1 slot on the strength of his 13-10 record last season. The Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, curvebuller, Herrera, will bo tho No. 2 burlor with a record of 13-D, backed by A1 Groerhoauser, the ex- major leaguer, who compiled a 4-7 record with Toledo last season, (ierhaustfr has seen service with Pittsburgh, Brooklyn atul St, Louis and Is rated a fine minor league Imrler although not uultc up to major league caliber, lie ts being counted on for both regular and relief duty. A wide open battlo is in prog ress for the No. 4 berth. Leading candidate at this writing is Tommy Fine, the vx-Buylor star, who pitch ed tor sun Franc!jeo m mlo ami compiled a 5-6 mark. The Brown- wood hurler said he never quite loosened up on the damp Pacific Coast, but has rounded into top form hero.. . \* * - His opposition is Earl Reid, 33 year old righthander who toiled for Won 3 In *48 Toledo last season when he won On the mound for Uio Aggies in ninu arK * ^ tor P^e 1948,. Bobby won three games and <-*lub. He has been the most effec- lost one for a good record. He also 1 tive hurler of the training season played at first base during this Walter Brown, another veteiN season, and made a habit of grab bing all halls that came near him. It was considered an oddity if he missed. / ■ played first base and pitched. Returning to A&M after his dis charge, Bob again donned the ma roon and white of tho padet nine and started his top notch brand of playing again. In 1947, he plavod shortstop, third base, and pitched some. i ' Walter Brown, another veteran at 33, will be the top man of the relief corps and will be used in "spot” starting assignment. He won six and lost three for the Last summer, Fretzmlayed serai- JJ udh ^s last year. Rounding put 0 ball for Angelo’s Cdfe in Hous- Jl 1 .® staff will be Homer (Hoot) he could l ymson, reinstated after a tour, m pro ball for Angelo’s ton on weekends when get down there from where he was goirjg to sumip^r school. This is the last season of eligi bility for this ace of diamonds and when he leaves, the Farmers will miss him not at one position, which is the usual thing, blit at many positions. Some scribes will be glad to see, him go; however, as will other Schools in the conierence. The sports writers will be glad, for they never know where to predict that he will play in the line-up. It may be anywhere. Mertz Fires Winning Goal in Polo Contest SAN ANTONIO, April 12 —UP) The San Angelo Polo Club won its way into the nationaf inter-circuit tournament at Chicago this sum mer. The San Angelo team won the southwest inter-circuit polo trophy here yesterday by edging the all- valley stars of Harlingen, 0 to 5. This victory assured Ithe Chicago trip. Two extra periods were required Itefore San Angt'lo’a -Mori Merta. a former stalwart , on the 11)42-43 Texas Aggie polo team, sent in the winning goat. X MJ&Ck. ftNCt IM? X A wnouncinff— , DR. PAUL J. AUDETTB, Md. x ■ )•: X : • '• -f ' J. LARS NOSE SPECIALIST Has Opened Offices In Rooms 505 and 506 Varisco Builping Bryan, Tejcas THROAT \ the Mexican League, with George Hooks, Johnny Pavlick, Mike Me»- lis and Bob Doyle battling for the remaining berth. The catching department is stronger now than at any time dur ing the 1948 season. Dan Baich, who clubbed .338 for Globe-Miami of the Arizona-Texas League in 1948 and Bill Leonard, obtained from San Francisco, are the boys who will take ,care of this position, Charley Hopkins, 20-year-old rook ie, is touted by Mancuso as the brightest! catching prospect he has seen in the last 15 years but prob ably will be sent out for more seasoning. Infield Open The injfield is pretty well wide open. Ja<j;k McCarthy, up from the Sally League, and oe Lutz, with Elmira last season, arc battling for the first base spot. Both train ed with the Browns and are fancy fielders, but their hitting loaves something to be desired. At second the Padres will have Bill Sommers, 1948 star and spark plug. He hit .226 last season and was the all-star second' basemaii. At short will he Wes Hammer, who hud a fine season in the Cuban Winter League and is sparkling afield In training. He appears to pointing season last year with To ledo and San Antonio. Rookie Don Lenhnidt, a lanky i.Lu H fl lu) ( ,f hands upnnl of third ba*« un- youn til Charley Grant, last year's regu lar, wa| sent here on option tby the Browns. Lenhardt is due to scrap for an outfield berth. Outfield Queation Mark The outfield is the big question mark, showing little in the way of power and so-so defensively. Cur rent holders of .outer-garden berths are Johnny Novosel, the three-1 batting champion from b Okrie, who for the same club, in cen ter, and Bob Martin, with Balti more last year, in right. Mancuso is hoping to land big Roy Sievers, star of the Browns spring drills, and solve his power problem. Ken Wood cannot be op tioned again and the big slugger is almost certain to stay with St Louis or .be sold outright. League PVI Springfield, in left; Bob 1 hit .332 l / i'v AT' •I :| ■ W—H All •> > ! .1 $ j AgFishNetman Beat A€C, 5 - 4; Meet TU Here % A&M’h Fish tennis team won a series of matches from Abilene Christian College by a score of 5- d, here, Monday afternoon. The Fish team will meet the Texas Shorthorns tonight in the DeWare Field House at 7:30. In the matches played yesterday the Fish and ACC split the singles mutches, hut the Aggies won two of the three doubles pmtehes to win . the meet. R. G. DeBerry lost to Harry Turtsll of ACC In the closest mutch of the meat, 8*6, 3-6, and 7-5, In (he other singles matches Dohhy Dtinenn of the Kish dumped KroddlA Waddell, 6-1, 7-0; Aaron Cohen flew through Rudy Wyatt, of A<t(’ 6-0, 6-3; Royce Tate of A&M defeated BUI Montgomery, 6- 2, 0.2; Raphael Franco edged out James Massey of the Fish, (1-3, 6-3; Frank Manitsns lost to Rus sell Coffee of ACC, 0-4, t)-7. In the double* mutches Tutc and DeBerry defeated Tansll and Wad dell, 6-3, 8-0; Duncan and Cohen trampled Wyatt and Montgomery 6-2, 6-0 and Manilas and Massey Ipst to Frances and Coffee, 6-0, 9-7. ★ Tonight the student body will have a chance to see the Fish ten nis team in action against the top notch Yearlings’ tennis teari* from TU. Julian Oates from Waco will be the big gun for the Shorthorns. A recent statement from the press stated that Oates has beaten every one on the TU varsity squad except Felix Kelly. Already a state cham pion in singles and doubles lie will probably in the future adkl the Southwest Conference titles |to his long list of championships. I The matches will b e £i n m Ue- Ware Field House at 7:30. Every one is invited to attend; there will be no charge. ■PP * .(5$ ~4MpRtfMir ' _ IrTIl xy FORT WORTH—(A*)—Bl national high school weight r think of throwing the college ■ X’hls is Hoopeit's last hi leges are after him man in high school Last yhar Hooper!heave inches, boating, the 1 old mark Calif., by one and one-eight feat ) 1 Inches In the dlacus. 173 feet. The nulliijnal prep 1 "I refuse fa tqiifh the ci college disco*," he nays,;’"! hit It while in high school that It shot and discus when I get T And where I* jihe jflMtll lege? "Notre Dame wants mi he says. "I’m going to ‘ *«• * •» i !■ * i —p— in i -twJiUmuLj ! -ppfpafcf 4.; ter, whogf holds one Mr another, refuse* to That Is not right now, tmasort and'many coin top weight y>r, too. eet, 10 1/8 )t. Carmel, done -165 Been* was * *skon efnnrt I tUlA'- , nd shot and heavier An Amazing OHw by HPilDRT Pips Mixture 11m pipe that every imokcr waote-D AN A, the DECORATORS’ NOTE • New • Beautiful Drapery Materials — at w The Decorator Shop Inexpensive la •A Uaswelis IX, : , N. /.I v /; ; ; The Toxhii AiMle buKot tunm resumen conljerohce pi Thurnday aftemohn when takeH on the!BaylOr Bdarw the Kyle Field dl contest will begin Last week/ the Bruins split two , with the Boars taking, the 13-2 and the Farmers copping second 15-11 in a free-scoring fair. A win tomorrow for j the dels in their final tneetihg Baylor would leave C 0ilC K Ml I T < JL i m \ ■ - {•i- L; This is [a Ft Alums happy u canoes. Sjto in mostly , Greek for a "xidtihuitil /fi, a fTight miftwho tried nl lost^ihr collrga UoinK tii vol* too far away," rqnco. >. ■ I, ars Here . ' V i! 'tifldu; In (Itujo hoMiMl Texas In ebn- ttqndltig*. A&M now hit* Klmax'snd lost one while ‘ nve bean vlctorlou* In s^rt*. row will pro^bhly ipaw Bruce MoriNNe ulth Pat Hubert anil ayior ready to go if orissc hurled against iturday and th« Agp allow the Bruins the two innings ^pwiWWW I 111 [1 A ” rl 4<?r! Y n I \ <: ' v B i ;now ■! I Sji <trtsl{irt, ;:| ' if- ' f it / Tlit \- ' ! Thtsiba ", SfHH inltirti Pop mtt heft tirfr Also pis st mi U tailoring In washable Chaiceof > CAMPI HI MANHAr K Cop, M41 iHii m r I m ■■ ifl ■* 1 i I tii* > i 61 It ” •V/i, ! 'I * i; : I
