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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
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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.
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Jnsititute
title here
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le .first |)lace
ITpXkJi, and
and
Arts that <lc-
djeclatjed the
Baylor (had usee indi
(fisquaM #, ‘''* 1 ■ 1,111
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!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.
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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
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MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1949
Page 3
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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.
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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-
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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
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The
Standings
TEXAS LEAGUE
Team-
Da I las
Shreveport ..
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Okla, City ..
fitoaumonl
Tulsa
Hounton
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25 /:
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38
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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.
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.583
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.174
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.380
.373
Pet.
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.500
.431
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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.
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A playoff will be held at the
end of the first six weeks between
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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. |!|)
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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(
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Thisjschedule is ft>r the first semeater only.
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sizes, patterns.
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College View Softball Schedule
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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
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7:45S
5:45
I 5 45
i 5:45 /
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l 7:45
5:45
5:45
5:45 '
7:45
3:45
7:45
5:45
7:45
! 5:45
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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
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Odd
...Even
... Odd *
....Even
....Even
...Odd
....Eyen
: Odd
.Even
...odd
Odd
...Even
....Even
.. Odd
...E\(en
...Odd
...Odd
...Odd
.^.Even
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...Odd
...Odd
....Even
...odd
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7:45
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Puryear
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.Project House
Puryear i
'Law
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T.C.V.V.
Project House
Puryear
Mitchell
T.C.V.V. ,8
Milner ; 1
Project House
Puryear
T.C.V.V.
Legett
Milper
Project House
Puryear
Legett t
Milner }
Hart
Project House
Legett
Milner
Hart
Walton
Project House
Puryear
Hart
Walton
Dorm 14 *
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Puryear
Hart
Dorm 14
Law
Project House
Puryear
Walton
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k Walton,—H W. Duble,'
iR. Gibson, T f €,V.V.—Arch
il's, Hart-Bill Armstrbng,
♦ Project Houses—Hurry
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Athletic Officers in the
yieyf League are: A-ETven-
4 ArOdd R. C. Parkhlll,
|M)oh Kiiglcking, B-Odd—
4 Mn i nan I, C-Eveh-T o m
^f.O<i«HPMlip Hamlin, D-
•1116. H, Byrne', and D*0dd—
rent r '
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ftojr, Kraest, Wood,; and
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