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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1949)
*'-■ ■ Lia m .Vl :4 V - • } >' • •• 4 .V 4 x •/ ~ • rnmmumnuj Ml X INK ; ii AT Nc^nferttii CHICOI'MB, You might take* baaebair you’ve I found. A coupl) worked on It w And it waa han who took a year About 400 eih the baseball s ;< Spalding’s 14-ap iey‘ make all Jiff. . 50ti :re- I r HE" ml ■ iSft , ! •'. v' 'Si ~r-—rzr — •/. r z~ ■iv / "'} v -■' ? I • •• ’ Z • X-v / * . / v- ' /'! / J / /'' acturings ^(Editor’s no «j: was unable to i ontael Aggie t rackm en participated ir thie Friday nijght as t > were disqualif ed. ! It day’s paper f >r fi f SAN ANTON IO-- uji carried ojff the teajn Friday ? njght n tUc AAU Track, anc Fieli i records were b okc^ 11! * Rice slipped nto slot after Texaij A&, liaglor « , anlo litxt irk U i ..[mu ..in. ^ i . ' ys! that bple are. girl iw.j pijk in AL ’ G. h[e r e. gue All of them come off th£ samb winding machines and are made t > the same specifications' iV to ounces and between'^Waml 9 V inches in diameter. Thfey are stamped with blue -or black ink. depending on the league for whic they are destined. The most fascinating part of the muniifactoring process is the hand stitching by 183 girls, sit* ting at tables where Vices hold the bails. An adhesive tape con- m in SW AAU &M Second cession here would do u terrific business. Five mornings a week each girl tapes every finger with adhesive plaster to avoid get ting slock with a four - inch needle. This elaborate plant, opened last October, also includes a rubber re finery. Here the rubber is re ceived in crude form fropi ti)e Ma lay Straits. Often the refiner re trieves knives, tools and rocks af ter the rubber is boiled down. proxlnmtely l&O yards of white 4 There are 60 distinct operatlpns lit the l^ull itself 09 of them in the cushion-cork center; First step in making the base ball Is the preparation of the center whioh Is composed of eork and rubber. Added to the cork are two layers of soft rub ber. ope red and one black. Each layer, approximately onc-qua^ ter inch in thickness, is streb ed tightly over the Cork. r /1 v m j ;H j •- n :/ :,;P 3 i: ii L J ,*11 lit VlWlN'.m HAlt Hr i\AN(> ~ ^ -r — : \/ . ; Major League Baseball Jakes Sixty Distinct on ojf the who jmeet they nes- # iliews. Jnsititute title here (Southwest nrWfft as five AVedr wf ae wqro disquaijfhd. BijfoifO tliHt de cision, A&Mihal bee winnor. le .first |)lace ITpXkJi, and and Arts that <lc- djeclatjed the Baylor (had usee indi (fisquaM #, ‘''* 1 ■ 1,111 , A4M !i nor ’ - ; Eli Rice was the top jitwijnf with 12 points and AA ii h»! U i ' Texas was thir I wi land Airforce Jl ih<*. oints and A&M sot,hhll ( with <12. bjb. lawk- rii itjy and I order. j,.,, u...,, .HOTA'ip t No Htove tliai’H l ot tin No IJjbht Artncal w ith |i8 ■ ls tf;*, ill [ ! | —J r ft \ n Know n ■ t 1 : i; •.V Y f SWEA !' s wash sh! There weTe 41 18 events and rec ords were unofficially broken (n the hop, step and jump, the discijis throw, the 110 meter high hurdles, the 200 rneter low hurdles, and the 800 meter event. Z_ heal tlmMFtn* size of 1 the original pellet. The first winding takes ap proximately 120 yards of yarn. A second winding ac^i ai} oUt 43 yands of wool yarn and a third Winding puts on anotlier 50 yarda. iter all this Winding, the ma chines stop automatically. The ball is removed and placed in a machine which coverp it with ap- cotton. The ball is. then dipped Into rubber cement for a thin cogt- Ing. The ball now weighs about four and five-eights ounces. -/’Next comes the hursehlde «rov er. Although experts here say cowhide Is tougher than horse- hide (cowhide Is used to cover softballs) the major leagues still insist on leather from horsed’: backs. Each cover la In two parts and each |ls stamped out by hand. •, An automatic) machine then punches 109 stitch hole Mon cover section and eacl through rollers to ma It Is the proper thickn heavy thread used for Ing is treated chemical) stand deterioration. After this the/ball is the stamping machines, two girls wrap tissue pa] each ball, place them in boxes and seal each box.: Bat tali on PORT A MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1949 Page 3 ^ i* Bob Hall of A&M h ea t the old rejeord in the 200 meter low hui dl >s by running a 24.2 The old record is) 24.5. V (Ray Hoidbrook captured the 40 nieter dash from five other con testants by running it in 48.6. Augie Erfurth of Rice won the 110 meter high hurdles in 14-.!i ho broke the old record of 14,8 he)ld by a Rife man. Bill Cummins. A ‘man from Texas College Tyler, p. B. Sheppard, broke mack, Texas; Littleton, Southwest | Texas; and Vickkrey, Alice.) Height: (> feet 2% inched. 1,500-Meter Run—1. Alsobrook,, Baylor; 2. Johnson, Trinity; 3. | j Bowers, Randolph Field; 4. Wink- in | ler, Randolph Fidld; 5( Tittrell, Randolph Field, (Only Field. I tries.) Time,: 4:08.7. five en- Rules for Downs NaJatorium Set t old record of. 1:5<>.5 in the 800 m ter event with a 1:66.4. A pew hop, stop and Jump r« ord Wan inmic'hy Jim (ierhardt Rice when he went 44 feet, il InjcheM, The old lecoA.I stood at feet, 9 Inches, RKSULTH . ; 1. Hooper, North P. L. Downs Natatorium will be Open during the summer months I for students, wives,: and feffidents Pole Vault 1. Faulkner, Abiline 0 f College Station, Art Adamson, Christian College; 2. Marks, Lack-1 swimming coach, announced today, lahd AF Base; :!. Tie between Post, The pool will be‘open from 3 to Intrahiural softball play gets under way today on the campus and at College View with 18 teams participating. In the two opening games spotlighted today, B-Even meets B-Odd in' the College View round and Puryear meets Walton op - the- campus. , Schedules are now out for botjh the ' Campus and College View j Shotput (Fort Worth); 2. Meyer, Trinity; 3j Falkenberg, Texas; 4. JYoul i unattached, and Walters, Texas; 8. i Tie between Lucas, Trinity, and I Tdnipkinskl, Texas, Height; 18 feet. 1 100-Metdr Jlash- 1. Brown, ! Rice; 2 Cotton, Baylor; 3. Mullins, Texas Tech; 4, 1 >'Ambeoslo, Bay lor; 5. Lewis. Southwest Texas State; <1. Rogers, Texas, Time 10:8, 40(i-Meter Dash -4, Holbrook, Texas A&M; 2. Cox, Klee; 3. MU- chell, Texas A&M; 1. Paine, Ran dolph Field; f>: Harris, (iutesyillc; (f, unreiu, Alice, Time 48,6. * i, ... Quinn, Texas; Texas. Distance: 47 f« ted; 6. u mttac v i|;burd 14 inches. lO-Mcftcr High Hurdles l.-ll firth, Rice; 2. RoWlandc SM (pijly two entries.) Time; 14 (fS'cw record.) HighjJump—1, Tie between IV rew, 31 Wal ice. and Holding, Texds; ps, Texas; 4. Davis, Tex; 34 V&M; $. throe-way tie among Wo- Advertising Market: The a tjrea .1 end: Only T JE ,4: i • rl- m. i •• • ; ■ r nly $5.51 each K v 4l ggics apenda only IjlO.Gl for" \ (iita buy 4,850 sweaters a year ^Tottl a lount spent for swejEfters in a cal ITALION reaches all of these Aggies . . J :/ . , . $28,160. !i y i' : students. 'C 4", J JH m Z z % 2()0-Meter Dash 1. Brown, Rice; 2. Cotten, Baylor; 3, Rogers, Ans- llp; 4. T. Stewart, Lackland, AK Base; 5. Calderon, Alice; Time: 21.8, - ■* 2oh-Meter Low Hurdles—1. Hall, Texas A&M; 2. Rowland, SMU; trumural Sportf, announced Frfday 3. Lewis, Southwest Texas State; Unit because of the demand, n wo- 4. Dorsett, Alice; 5. Erfurt^, Rice. 5:30 p. m. and 7 to 9 ji, m., Mon- day through Friday, All swimmers must wear caps in. the pool, Adamson said. No admissipn is charged for students to swim in th<f pool, but a nominal charge is inade for those jtersons who have not pai<l h Student Activities fee. Womens SoCthall Will Be Formed Tuesday Luke Harrison, Director of In- League Time: 24:2. men’s, intramural softball league would lie started in College View sopn. Frank Anderson, veteran coach: All women interested in partici- of Texas A&M’s 'championship j paling in the league this summer track and field team, is in the l ane, asked to meet Harrison at 6 Pacific Northwest area, vacation- p. m. Tuesday on the College View ing and inspecting track layouts of ; softball diamond . several schools. When he returns to ) Harrison stated that this/would Texas, Anderson, his wife, and he an organizational meeting and sops Frank Jr. and Wally will have that softball play would start as been in each of the 48 states. j soon as the teams have been or- ' ’ ) , , j ganized.J Intramural Softball 1 Begin Play This Alt * 7 L-' The Standings TEXAS LEAGUE Team- Da I las Shreveport .. Fort Worth San Antonio Okla, City .. fitoaumonl Tulsa Hounton w L ■ ... 37 22 v ..,,, 35 | 25 /: S3 25 .... 31 38 ...... 27 30 ! NATIONAL LEAGUE Team— Brooklyn . St. Louis /. Boston , Phlladelplija New Y<>l*k .. Cinclmnajti .. Chicago Pittsburgh AMERICAN LEAGUE Team— New York Z. Detroit J Philadelphia/. Boston W’aslungton Clevel: Chic, St. t<buis Pet. .627 .583 .51)0 .080 .174 .HI .4(18 ,367 Pet .6)15 ,580- .877 .528 .MB .423 .380 .373 Pet. ,640 .377 .538 .510 .510 .500 .431 .294 Leagues and are listed elsewhere on this page. The Campus League, composed of teams from Puryear, Walton, Hart, Law, Milner, Mit chell, and Legett dormitories and T.C.V.V. and the Project Houses, will'play for the cqmpus title'for the first six weeks. At College View, teams from A-Odd, A-Even, B-Odd, B-EVen, C-Odd, C-Even, D-Odd, an 1 D-Ev- en^areas will play for the College View title the first six -w *eks. */ _ , A playoff will be held at the end of the first six weeks between I •,, Double Doh4*h CINCINNATI,— <An -The 1045 Cincinnati team accounted for- more than half its schedule through double hcaderes, playing 11 of them for a Red record; But in the early days of the National - - - >9 League, the Reds went almost four years without playing a douhl ffotn Sept. 9,1876) to Sept. 7. 1880. the dinners of the C| College View, titles to ^ the winner of the A njiral (Championship. |!|) T / 1 ' ' A* ' ; 1 ' I Either two or three tan A tp be played each aftejrr >or campus while only <inr , gt scheduled for most afkp College View: Afternoon games onjlfi stgrt at 5:30 and at 5) le||;e View.. Night games will be Ijlttyj iTijghts each week on ; diamond on the eamputf piis League will play Mqmlny )|nnd Tuesday a the College View Leag^l oii 1 Thuriiday and' Frida; Team managers w»)Hf) hisl week. These mana so Athletic Officers fuj and will conduct cuff Md • ,,, luiiidlmll, tennis, golftj haCseshoes, and hritige s«|ftball. The Athletic OfHci Cktnitus League are; j( * Lampus Softball League Sch< ' • " : ' «• A : ' r 1 - Thisjschedule is ft>r the first semeater only. FAMOUS Esquire Pre-tested 5 ways for added wear. Designed by Fifth Avenue Ex perts. In all colors, sizes, patterns. Leon B. Weiss Boyette Street , '■ , College Station ' College View Softball Schedule 't This schedule is e Time ! x 5:45 l 5:45 j i 5:45 > S' 5:45 > " >. 7:45 r , 7:45 r 5:45 • « 5:45 \ 5:45 ]} ! 5:45 : ! ^ 5i45 ; 7:45 j: i 5:45 ! 7:45S 5:45 I 5 45 i 5:45 / i 5:45 l 7:45 5:45 5:45 5:45 ' 7:45 3:45 7:45 5:45 7:45 ! 5:45 { for the first semester only. Game / Team 1 / B Even r 2 C „Even 3 < D.-y .-Odd , 4 C.. Odd 5 (Lights )B Odd 6 (Lights )D Even 7 A Even 8 C Even ,p B Odd 10' C Odd 11 C Even 12< Lights )D Odd 13 C Odd 14 (Lights) A Even 15 D Odd 16 A.. Even 17 B..:.....Even 18 C Even 19< Lights )C...v.Even 20 A ..Odd 21 C Even 22 B Even 23< Lights»B Odd 241 A......Odd 25 il Lights )D. Even 26 C..„i Even 27 (Lights) D... .Even 28 A .A Odd X ~ Team ...Odd Odd ...Even ... Odd * ....Even ....Even ...Odd ....Eyen : Odd .Even ...odd Odd ...Even ....Even .. Odd ...E\(en ...Odd ...Odd ...Odd .^.Even ...Even, !!!)o3d. ...Odd ...Odd ....Even ...odd ... Even POLIO INSURANCE We Now Have A . ,1. • Non-Cancelablo | , I | i • Guaranteed - j • Renewable • For Life) POLIO INSURANCE POLICY Colson & Company / y Phone 4-1232 Lipscomb Bldg. A College r’ / 7 ... 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