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Wr races at iLoi
hurdles and ^ncbb
relay team. [! Sh^ j^lfitii
world’s women rfcojlds
jump and the broad jp
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hampionships pext year and then'
11 it a career. She already has
uit competing in the high and
broad jumps because her busy
home-making schedule leaves her
little time to practice.
When in Amsterdam she prac
tices running about thre# times
a week. She and her husband
travel' to an arena about 10
minutes from their home, where
many of the Dutch athletes
train. There, while the chil
dren—the boy is seven and the
girl is three- 1 —play on the grass
or In the sand pile, Mrs. Blank-
ers trots around the thack.
A practice session takes ajbput i 0 f
not my job,” she says.
She first discovered Ihat she
could sprint faster than the
other girls when she was quite
young. In Holland, there* Is
more interest in girl’s and wom
en’s track than in the U. S. On
national holidays th£re are
meets for both sexes.
“I entered every year,” says
Fanny, “and it seemed I was al
ways, winning. My father said ‘it
looks like you’ll make a good- rum ^dnnrcoacHngthat'hed id while
ne ou , . i . . • , | leading thp Aggie football teams
She started to tram in earnest., 38 ; ictories inst onl 8 lose8
By he.time she was 17 she was ^ ^ ties d ^ ri h is six-year
good enough to try for the 1936 „ nan at T * , a&M He
Dut^h Olympic i team The cpach j ff*” A a ‘f,-„m l
of- the team was Blanljcers. She , q !; Q I
an hour. Fartpy jogs a mile or so, liked him so much she mraried 1
~ T 7 1 ! him in 194b.
' ^ ! Now 31, Fanny is a willowy,
|.. ! five foot, ten inch blonde. She
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NCAA Prelims Start Today;
Four Ag Trackmen Entered
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Aggies’ 1949
Cage Schedule
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One half of Texas A&M’h non
conference basket hall schedule for
the 1949-5(| seasion has been com
pleted, and it's .plain to see that
the Aggies are more interested lit
getting tough games under their
belts than In shmitim^ for a series
«f viptorM* over mediocre iownh
»itlun, F |
Rt, hiuis TI, ami Oklahoma AAM
(defensive ^laaiijil, pnmnia) |aiw»
era of the miil'Westi fa«t*movliig
Hrmgv laiaiid Ui»|veralyb one nr
the best oiitflts In (he east, ami
Arisoita University, Umiler 0on»
fereiira chaliiploii for several years,
all a|i|ieHii;iui thr Fatlei slate,
The Aggies piny Mil In Maillson
Kipiare Owiden ini Dee, I, shnf»|
fie over to lloffaio, NY for a tier,
il ilate wit 11 Nihgara Nnlversltyi’
meet HI, loulflj li. In Ht. l/ools
on l)er,(i ajnl takr nit Okla, AAM
at HtUlwnter, Dec, 7,
Texas A^M ami the ttnlvorslly
of Texas ehgago Arlxnna U. and
Trinity University of , the Gulf
Coast Confereneiji in it pair of
double-headers in San Antonio's
new fieldhouse on Dec. 16-17.
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ay, the preliminaries begin
National Collegiate Athletic
Toda
in the
Association, track and field meet
being held in Memorial Coliseum
at Los Angeles, California. Up
wards of 300 athletes representing
some 75 universities and colleges
are due to compete in this cham
pionship meet.
The two day tournament starts
with qualifying trials in 10 events
today and winds up Saturday
night with the championship finals
in 14 events. Competition will be
held each afternoon.
The Trojans from Southern Cal
ifornia are heavy favoritea to take
the team championship and give
U.S.C; its 13th team title since
the NCAA Inaugurated this event
in 1021,
Four Aggies,
Four Aggie stars will he
the entries from the Mmit|
Ooiifereime at Lua At ilele
(he meet, J, D, Hampton, star
Aggie miler will run the mIk gml
maybe the two mile event, Hamp>
Ion was nmlefealed In rnnftirenee
cnmpeiilum this spring In < these
two rucesi ami he set a new jeeora
at the tmnferetice meet In; huth,
Hay llolbrmik will eiitef the
<!4i)-yMHt run for the Maroon ami
White agklnst some of the tough*
est rompetltpm In the roimtry.
Holbrook will he facing such atara
aa Mai Whitfield of Ohio HtaU*,
Frotik Fox of Seton Hall, ami Jew
Nebolon of Washington State.
Whitfield is alao the 880 defend
ing NCAA champion.
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LOOKIN’ AT SPORTS
BY TRAVIS BROCK
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There wfill, never be another
Charley Moran. “Uncle Charley”
died Tuesday at his home in Horse
Cave, Kentucky.
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his devoted: work; straight talking,
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Mrs. RlMithers*K<ieit lit nHlon
ftrles stretching exercises, „ then
strides through loo yards a few
j ran in three meets b n her whirl-
wihd American visitj ini Modesto,
Calif., in Los Angeles where
50,000 watched her,; and at the
1C4A championships! here. ' i
She and her husband spent so
much time traveling i j they had
little chance to see America and
hope some day to return to give
it a more" searching look. They
liked'whajt they sawi
> “We’d - like to stay, two
months,” she said before she
left, “but our championships
are coming up and we.muat get
back to Holland. Since the
Olympic Games there has been
much interest in track and we
< sometimes have crowds of
25,00 or more in Amsterdam,
i don’t .want to> disappoint all
those'-people,” j
Merchants to Play
Tigers Tonight
The Brynn Tigers, newly organ
ized semi-pro team will play its
Except for the fact that she can
run faster than : nny woman, in the
world, Mrs. Flankers is little dif
ferent from any o,ther Dutch house
wife. In Los Angeles, for example,
she practically exhausted the
Blankers bankroll’ in the clotjhing
stores. Textile^' are scarce in Hol-
jland.
“I couldn’t get her away from
the shop windows;” spys ner Hust
band, in the usual manner.
Fanny runs because she likes
to run. “It’s not Work for me, it’s
in Huntsville against the Hunts
ville Merchants. Previously, the
Tigers have defeated the-Navasota
All-Stars in Navasota Hi ,to 8.
The Tigers will then take on the
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We can’t be beat
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So follow your feet
for a treat.
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Merchants in a
home
Bomber Park. June 29th. On July
1st, it will meet the Brenham Lions
there’, and on the 6th will again
play the Huntsville Merchants in
Bomber Park. • I • '
Because the team is still in the
process of organizing, a! complete
game at
the Aggie eleven front
hrough 1914. In 1912, his
Aggies rolled iip 193 points before
the opposition scored a point. >
Moran began his coaching ca
reer at Dallas when he took over
the professional football team
in that city in 1902. He came to
A&M in 1909 as head coach.
During his first season at A&M,*
Ris Aggies played Texas twice,
winning the first game, 23-0 and
the second one, 5-0. His teams'
won three and lost one against
Texas.
Even thb great Knute Rockhe
never used half-time dressing room
oratory which proved more effec
tive than that used by “Uncle
I Charley" Moran. In 1914 when the
Aggies met LSI? in an intersecti
onal game at Dallas, LSI! led at
| halftime, pU). Moran gave the Ag
gies a prefty good going over at
half-time, The final spore was Tex
as A&M OH, LSIM»,
Seine sources jin College Station
believe that it was Moian who
started iluj ground-work for what
lx now Kjyle Field. Hack when
Moran wljx copt'ltlng at Texas
A&M, the Aggie* played on a
vacant lot where I’nryear Hall now
stands, The re were no seats- pen-
pie Just fail up ahii down^the side
lines,
Sometime Between 1909 uigi
1911, Moran, with the help of
students, built a small xeetion
of wooded bleacher seats where
Kyle Field now stands. There ,
Was room; for perhaps 250 peo
ple to sit down and view the
game. That has grown into what
is now Kyle Field.
Moran itever lost his love for
Tejxas A&M. In dn interview with
a southern! sports writer last Dec-
ehlber, Moran Was quoted as say
ing; “I’ve always had a soft spot
schedule has not been drawn up in my heaift for the Texas Aggies.
yet, but in the near future the
Tigers expect to have 3 to 4 games
a week.
A meeting of all girls inter
ested in playing vollyball or
softball should contact Luke
Harrison in the Student Activ
ities Office. The phone number
ia 4-5324.
Also, there vvill be a meeting
of all College View girls, inter
ested in playing softball or vol
lyball, on the softball diamond
behind A Row in College View
on Monday, June 20 at 5:00
p.m.«
Only a copple of weeks ago'you
will recall the Aggies surprised
everybody by tying Texas, 14-14.
I wrote a letter to their new' coach
(Harry Stitler). I just wanted to
congratulate him.”
Coach $titeler cherishes the let
ter more than ever now that “Un
cle Charley” has passed on,
Moran retired in 1939 as umpire
of the National Baseball League
in which, he had made decisions
for a number of years after giving
up the coaching business.
★
We hear that Kennith Schobe
jwas the Only prospective gridman
to leave school at the end of this
last semester due to grade trou
bles.
This does npt come as a surprise
to many people' because he had
been having trouble with his
grades most of last semester.
^ Bud Wilkinspn, the young Ok
lahoma University mentor, was a
visitor to the A&M campus yes
terday. He stopped for a talk with
A&M’s Athletic Director, Bill Car
michael, about the present Okla-
home-A&M football series and a
possible continuation when the
contract expires after three more
seasons.
★ .
According to Bill Van Fleet of
the Fort Worth/star Telegram, an
announcement/can be expected
any day nbW'uiat Darrow Hooper,
the North Side High graduate of
that city, has picked A&M as the
school of his choice.
Hooper will add an automatic
tail points in track to the school of
his choite, Hooper proved that
hy throwing tht cytUege class 16
pound ml pul over 47 feet In
Gw AAU meet in Han Antonio last
weik,
' Bob nau,
Conference low hurdles
will enter this event for the
HaU broke the old conferei
ord in the 22-yard h
spring and has shown
provement with each p
Big George
Big George Kadera will toss the
weights for' the Aggi
is the title holder 1 o: .
shot and discus throws
Southwest Conference at
but he ipill really have to tqk* the
weights when he goes up 8(1* inst
Fortune Gordien and ByrI Thomp
son of ibe Minnesota Gophers.
Mel Patton of Southern Califor
nia is the main reason that the
Trojans are such heavy favorite*
in this meet. Patton holds the
worlds record for the centui’y with
a faat time of 9,3 seconds, He
also is ah applicant for the world's
220.yaril record in which he has
posted a time of 20,2 seconds,
Walton, Milner,
Mitchel Win
Hall, the new
Ag Fish Football
Slate Complete
Allen Acadjemy of Bryan and
the freshmen! teams of Baylor,
TCU, Riite and Texas will be en
countered this fall hy Texas A&M’s
frosh football team.
Allen .the Baylor Cubs and TCU
Wogs will be met under the Kyle
Field artjs. The A&M and Texas
first-year clubs will clash in Aus
tin on the Saturday before Thanks
giving (Nov. 19).
Dates for all other games wi|l
be announced later. Barlow (Bones)
Irvin will coach Texas A&M’s
freshman team this fall.
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Blanks mhst be turned In to
by Monday, June,20, at 5 p. m.
tition.
the
Student Activities Office
In Um Intramural son ball league
Thursday, three games were play-;
ed. 1
Jlnt TUtle pitched good hall fori
four innings to beat Law Hall, 8-0.
Not a single man reached first
base and the longeat hit hall was
a pop fly to left field. Tittle was
aided by errorless playing on the
part of his Walton Hall team-!
mates. He atruck out five hitters
In the four inning game. !.
Harold Dube of Walton was the
leading batter of the game, get
ting a triple and a single out of
three times at bat.
The losing pitcher was Gonzales.
Score by innings:'
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Walton 2h 2 8 6 05
Law 000 0 0 0 3
Mitchell beat Hart 3-0 behind
the three hit shut-out pitching of
Pace. He had eight strike puts to
his credit. Crow was the losing
pitcher, also with eight strike outsi
to hi* credit, but he allowed four
costly hits.
Leadirtg hitter of the game wasj
Fulbright of Mitchell. He collec
ted two hits out of three times at
the plate.
Score by innings:
R H E
Mitchell . .. 100 200 0—T -4 3
Hart 000 000 i 0—Q 3 1
The Milner Tigers romped over
the boys from the Trailer Area 4-1
yesterday behind the two-hit pitchy
ing of Dave Martin. He had seven!
strike outs to his credit and camej
through with Outstanding pitching!
when it counted.
The! losing pitcher, Gene Selle,;
pitched good ball but allowed two
costly hits. The leading batter waa
Don Joseph. He walked his first
time up then hit a double scoring
Jim Sullivan frqm second. New|t
Butts then scored Joseph with a,
drive through Shortstop. 's
• Scot 1 *by Innings:
Milner . .. . 001 021 0 -2 4 4
TCVV 100 000 Or 1 4)
Softball has gotten off to n
weak start in (he College Vlcwj
League, D*Odd has taken two
games In a row by the [forfeit!
route, Hie first from A-Mveii and
the second from CT-OQ,
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HAMP1 ON, Aggie dls-
be one of four
Aggies participating in the NC
AA track and field >i(neet today
and tomorrow in Los Angeles.
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BOB HALL will be jre| i
of the NCAA meet brin
in the 220-ya^d km jfm*
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Puryear Hall contiquec
nihg way Wedhesday j by
Doifm 14 by a score of 10 (
innings of play’.!
Bpb Williams hurled tw
for the winners and G»14
gave up Ohl.y five l m|s
Dorm 14 ; boys, was thp
cher.!
DuBois was the slugjget
year, as he collected jtW<
with one of these b^ipf!
triple. , , i J 1 :!fj
T.C.V.V. broke up a ,
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John DeWitt, standout soph
more basketball and baseball play
er ffor the Texas Aggies, is play
ing semi-pro baseball in Fergus
Falls, Minnesota this Rummer.
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