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IP SPORTS
SiiCK SFOEDE
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injury to Houtte
“That hurt us t
realizes. Despite
lost record, Hou]
pitcher. There is
how great he can
man’s loss hit us
nerable spot. We
in pitching.”
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lawful!
These three newcomers should see a lot of action for Detroit this
season. Seated left to right, they are AARON ROBINSON, catcher,
TONY LUFIEN, first baseman, and JOHNNY GROTH, center fielder.
Rolfe plans to n
Fred Hutchinson,
and Ted Gray as '
tet. He had int
Dizzy Trout to a
with Houtteman
tyms to the sta
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young pitchers, '
way,” says Rolf
.m| newcomers from
t<9W, Saul Rogo
som and Marl
if
ing along fine hut made no prog
ress during the second half of last;
season. He has not been impres
sive this spring. I’m still trying
to trade for a second baseman, but
if we don’t get one, I’ll go along
with Eddie Lake and Neil Berry.
Neither wiR hit much, hut‘both
are good fiblders.
"‘Johnny Lipon has improved
wonderfully at short. He is a
heady if. not spectacular player.
Jeorge Kell is a pro at third. He
doeip everything the way 'you like
to see a third baseman do things.”
Johnny Groth, the Buffalo
graduate, is a fixture at center,
He will be flanked by Hoot
Evers in right and either Dick
Wakefield or Pat Mullin in left.
Groth has caught the eye of
everyone in camp] Rolfe thinks
he will become one of the great
outfielders in baseball.
“He’s a natural,” Rolfe enthuses.
The other newcomer is Aaron
Robinson, Yankee catcher acquired
in a trade with the Chicago White
Sox. Robinson, a long ball hitter,
figures to be the No. 1 receiver. He
will be backed by Bob Swift and
rookie Myron (Joe) Ginsberg.
come through fo
kind of a decent $hj>w
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jRolfe is pessijtiftic pitA
ind second busci it?
the loft sfde of hint liifiew!
his outfiwld. Tlji Bohtp
uouth with thml Ifljrst I;
Gdorgo Vico, M |Car i
rotny Lopjon, ‘m
from tfir y/hit(j> Mj»
“Vico has cIIsm|1
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Longhorns Lead As SWC
Race flits Halfway Mark
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Southwest Conference base
bjall gets into full swing this
week with nine conference
games on schedule. Texas op
ened this week’s schedule with
the Rice Owls in Houston yes
terday. j ■ ; /■' ! I •'
Tho Longhorns, who have won
Seven conference games against no
defSala, seem well on their way
iu anothe)’ conference ehampion-
^hip. Last week the Htoers polish-
ed off tho Aggie# who were the
threat t(» Texas' title
hopes.
In other conference games last
week Southern Methodist out-
scored Texas Christian 19-8 and
Daylor also turned back the
Horned Frogs 10-1.
Baylor has a chance to even
the count \yith Texas when the
two teams meet ih Waco Friday
and Saturday for two games. The
Steers dropped the Brqins 10-4 in
their first meeting.
Rice, who is still trying for ita
first conference win, plays T(T!
In Houston Thursday. The Owls
have won only one non-confer
ence game this year and appar
ently are headed far one of tneir
worst baseball seasons,
Thursday aftermath the
Mustangs mam a two game
in foliage Utatlnp with Tetas
The Aggies wilt he nut In strehfth-
en their Imld on seeontl place in
the conference race, The (Cadets
hgve won three games and lost
two while the pomes are dose b.e*
hind with four wins against three
losses.
Confemwe Standings
Team W L
Texas.• ' j! ^
Texas A AM 3
AU You Would-Be Umpires
Can Try Solving This One
Hero la a little item our sports , “The SW Oklahoma first huso
publicity man, Dub King, sent out coach said something to Dial and
on an unusual pipy in the last for Home strangle reason, Dial left
game with the Southwest Oklahoma
Tech Bulldogs.
What would you have done if
you were the umpire and the sit
uation as described in the next to
last paragraph occurred.
“In a baseball game at College
Station last Saturday this most
unusual play occurred:
“In second inning with Aggies
leading, 3-0, Orville Long of South
western Oklahoma Tech singled to
center to open the inning for the
Bulldogs.
“Bob Henry followed with a
single to center, Long stopping at
k second base. Long was caught
stealing and Henry held to first
Imum}.' , j
“The next batter, Bob Dial hit
a ball into the greiund in front of
the plate. There was some con
fusion and question as to whether
Umpire Jerry Bonneau called it
fair or foul. Anyway, Aggiq catch
er Bill Dennis didn’t wait to find
out. He hustled in front of the
platn, picked QP the ball aqd fired
it to second-basoman Joe Savarino,
who stepped on seebnd base, forcing
Henry. Base umpire Frank Tongate
called Henry out, making it two
out.
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“Meanwhile, Dial doubtless had
decided the ball Was fair, for he
tore out for first base and beat
Savarino’s throw to first and was
waved safe by base umpipe Ton-
gate.
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the base, returned to the bat rack,'
picked up his hat and started to
ward the plate. H*nry of the Okla
homans returned to first base.
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“Second-baseman Savarino of
the Aggies smelled • something
wrong, ran over to Aggie first
baseman Cliff Lindloff, got the
ball and tore out toward Dial. With
Dial walking leisurely toward home
plate, Savarino tagged him BE
HIND the catcher’s box, and when
he did plate umpire Tongate wav
ed Dial out for the third out of the
inning. A big argument ensued,
but umpire Tongate ^topped it by
stating he called the ball fair in
the first place and that Dial was
but, having (eft first base at his
own risk.
“Quite unusual in baseball— a
second baseman getting two put-
outs on ONE play without fielding
a batted ball. Also unusual—a sec
ond-baseman making a putout BE
HIND the catcher’s box!
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“But what we want to know is
this:
“If Savarino HAD NOT been
alert, when Dial returned to bat
for the second time, would it have
been up to the plate umpire to
call him out for batting out of
turn ? Or what procedure would
have been followed ?
“It did not cost SW Oklahoma
Tech the game . . . the Aggies won
9 to 1.”
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The Aggies number one half miler, BOB ATKINS, who
from Lufkin, ran a 1:56, half to take first place in the annual
angular meet between Texas A&M. Texas U„ and Rice, at G
Christ!. Atkins has eligibility remaining after this season is
Mural Swim Meet Tonight
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Southern Methodist 4
Baylor
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, Texas Christian 2
Rice 0
This Week’s Schedule
Thursday— Southern Methodist
vs. Tex&s A&M at College Station,
.Rice vs. Texas Christian at Hous
ton.
Friday— Southern Methodist vs.
Texas A&M at College Station, Rice
vs. Texas Christian at Houston,
Baylor vs. Texas at Waco.
Saturday— Southern Methodist
vs. Rice at Houston, Texas Chris
tian vs. Texas A&M at College
Station, Baylor vs. Texas at Waco.
New Jersey Brings
In Partridge From
Asia As Came Bird
HOLMANSVILLE, N. J. -W-
Most folks raise birds because
they’re taqie. The state of New
Jersey is breeding some because
they stay wild.
The birds are bamboo partridge,
a native of Asia, with a price tag
of $25 a pair.
Why wild? The state plans to
liberate them on gunning pre-
nerves. While the hunters are
expected to shoot them event
ually, the birds aren’t supposed
to cooperate.
Edward B> Roth, superintendent
of the state quail farm, said it Is
the first time he knows of that an
effort has been made to use the
Immlioo partridge as a game bird.
There are only four pair at the
farm, and they enjoy exclusive
ouartara. "We can’t put them with
the quail until we're sure (hby
have no disease,” says Roth.
The birds weigh 10 to 11 ounces,
little more than quWll. They look
something like a ruffled grouse,
ami both sexes arc colored slmilar-
ly-
, The four pair are expected to
produce about 30 eggs a year
each, which will be hatched in
inenbators.
r Lester G. MacNnmara, New Jer
sey gpmc mahagement superinten-
dentr got the idea of using bamboo
partridge as game birds in 1932.
The game conservation institute
raised some at its Clinton farm,
but the birds were sold to breeders.
Joe Pate of “E’ Air Force led
a field of 14 entries jn prelimin
aries of Intramural Diving Monday
night in 1 Downs Natatorium.
Along with eight other divers,
Pate will compete for the Intra
mural Diving crown on Wednesday
night. Swimming. Prelims will be
run tonight at 7:30 and finals the
following night.
Scoring 146 points, Pate was the
outstanding entrant in the diving
prelims, His possible score was
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R. G. DERERRY, number one player on the Fish net team,
keeps his eye on the ball while following through with his western
forehand drives. DeBerry is from Sar. Angelo.
Paul Tyson Like I
To Be New Coac
At Daniel Baker
lly HAROLD V, RATLIFF
DALLAM, April at! —'/Pi.- Paul
Tyson, whose moot'd ns a high
sehjnol football eoaeh is uiMurpijpl
sedj anywhere and who Has pro-
dueled some top college mentors, in
likely to return to the coaching
game as headman of a college's
gridiron forces.
- Our information is that Tyson
will become coach at Daniel Baker
I in Brownwood—his first job as a ]
1 college leader.
Tyson has been out of the coftch- j
ing game for several years. He’s I
on the faculty at Westminister'
College of Tehuacana. His last
coaching was at Jesuit High School
in Dallas.
Tyson won his greatest fame as
coach at Waco High School where
he had four state Champions in
addition to another teapi that was
undefeated, untied and upscored on
and before the Interscholastic lea
gue was organized produced several
teams that claimed the state title.
At Waco he had a chunky little
fellow who was a whale of a guard.
His name was Dutch Meyer and
he played against a North
(Fort Worth) team that had
fellow's as Bo McMillin, Ro:
Minton and Matty Bell.
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Tyson is particularly proud of a
couple of his products these days.
Each heads the largest organiza
tion of its kind in the world.
Joe Coleman of Odessa is presi
dent of the Texas high school
coaches association which puts on
the world’s largest coaching school
each year.
Meyer, who has hoop coaching at
Texas Christian University for
more than a quarter of a century,
most of the time as head varsity
mentor, is president of tho 'No-
Itional Coaches Association. /
FAST GBIDDERS
NEW YORK-lAWThu recent
IC4A 00-yard dash had seven T
formation half-hacks in the race,
hut it was won hy a uon-footimller,
Horace Smith of Mlthlkan Slate,
Hob Tyler of Dartmi uth, Jim
Ftiehs and Charley KelU r of Yale,
Bill Drunks of Wesleyan, Bill Pow
ers of Navy and Jljm Oalrt of Arfny
were In the event. Ahdy StanflaUl
of Seton Hall won the race, with
Smith second.
252. Malcolm Williams jot sj
Was second with 131 and!
Mason of CWS took thiijd wi
points.
The five other fiiitijlistejf
Fred Wilson, Walton, 112.71
Drury, porm 14, 112.8; El
havitza, Hart, 104.4; Alberti >ei
nls, C Infantry, 94.3; and U4M
Scoggins. ASA. 98.4. ; . [ F 111 '
After a week’* delay
got underwaV ngairi Mom
ternoon. A Engineers pvert
Vet in a slugging match,
(1 Cavalry skimmed gust'
Force In a 7-fl victory, fc Ai i
had no trouble with C Fieh
Ipg them DM; l|
Aft A loll In A CfflnuMtU
4«j fount nml D field Aytilli
scored (' Infantry, (M
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lltal lasted only four H|riln|j
TnptUjvr plans call: if or 1
t ramurtu Track Meet j-; to
on May 6, it nnd 7 on Kyle
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relay
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relaki teams
hi tet m com-
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LEROY BODEMAN was the first Aggie to clear 13 feet in the
pole vault in aimeet this year. Ilodcman is a senior from Aransas
teight jin the dual meet with Texas several
(era on the Aggie squad are Jack Simpson,
Pass. He cleared the
weeks ago. Otkfr vaul
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July 25-30 week of fraud circuit
racing nt the Kite Track here will
mark the return of major league
harness racing to the oval for the
first time sinte 1946. Some $60,000
in early closing events are scltad-
pled for the week of competition,
Including a $6,000 event for two-
year-old trotters,
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