The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 22, 1949, Image 3

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How Co
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Charles and Walcott
Fight Tonight at 8
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fnbers of the Pirates »oft-
cijiriently in the race for the
tpollege Station Recreation
e. Kneeling left to right
are George Rmlgers, Curtis Gray. Johnnie Ly
ons, and Luke Harrison. Back row left to right;
are Kirwin Manning, J. G. McNeely, Morris Ed
wards, E. C. Garner, manager, and Garrett Guly.
CIIK ACJO, iftMs 21'4*>“Th('
Wonther Buiiau pmllrled good
weaUier for the fight here Wed-
n««d^ night; botween Jumey Joe
Wnleott nod Kzjjard Charltm to
dptermine thd heavyweight ehamp-
Idri Of 'the woi'hi.
Most of the outdoor fights this
yenr have bci-ti postpoued at least
once because ox bud weather so
nronioters Jpe l.ouis and Arthur
W^rtz were vOry interested in what
tid* weathenUan had to say. Their
hoped-for .'iOjIOO gate at Comiskey
ifaife at 8 p.m. spends on it.
C^irles .of! Cincinnati, 27, was
favored at 7-*5 to heat Walcott of
Camden, N. J., .‘15, in their sched
uled 15-round fight for the Nja-
ls and
Hoxlng Club,
n-nvyweight
Roird/if Control.
PromoUni Louis
the/InMrnotinnttl
stoging Its first he*Vywelght title
/lgh(, fXpectoo a crowd of shout,
•10,000 at ’the vyhite Sox Park,
where exactly 12 years ago (hi
the night) Louis lMa;otne champion
by knocking/out Jim Braddoek
in the. eighth round. After achiev
ing that victory of Juh: 1 22, 1937,
Louis hammered on to establish
an all-time record of 2o title de
fenses,
Humber Joe’s retirement in
Matt'h left the heavyweight crown
vacant; for the third time since
the days of John L. Sullivan.
Mami) Hart and Jack Root fought
Association’s relc/j for recognition in 1905 after the.
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DALLAS
the players
Texas Leagje
als 'don’t u^ualM
They take :,hii|
tion; So lo ig
fere with (1*
or slow it dt'
boys can havu
without, fear j>;
There Is < nrdddjTiliihntjtview that
such things m h ‘
.everybody, snjbys
That is, a si s
Manager Jlilni
and pUrhdr Jialiilh
Shrevepdrl) it ijtnrehtlfi
»thinking al i>u . the gi )
v night wlniii( i iky wm t
——iluL^stailiiw h ’ ‘e for
ejiffs. It • i ““ r ‘ jJ - 1
Jimmy.and Hi 1 tlij
One wag sugg* .wd th
to be finell t u (mi
crowd. the ! la vH'ii
21—-(pi—When
!eafch other j iri
ihe offlei-
tny fi
the
(oejm’t
^he game
ipuch, the
scraps
the r lit je
tjlje
l mil
tttillr! :incc
cuffs. Aiiotherl itill
also, the jimp N'|‘
never haVcj miy |fun[ 'Ifhey're
ways beingl b» kk! tiV
spoken htulsh
and manager* friey
Would; likejtoj ijtejei 1 n
lug
mi|inii I ' a tyvvay
im t you
wds, Most
sera
tmner
w e ri’
the ol
iff he)
of
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her
I ltd
hey on
diving'
their f^li
fans and
f;ig it
se 4-0 nee
are oh base)
, But to our
Christian Un:
ball brocijfUrm
the earliest oil
. out.
s
optimistic about the 1949 prospects
than they [have been at any time
since 1938 when T.CrO. was un
defeated, untied and unworried.
The fact that T.C.U.- won only
four games last year is taken us
a good sign. The fans,Mt seems,
look on ijMSj as another 1937. It
is recalled the Frog footballers^von
only four games that year and
look what they did ill 1938!
Wtdl, T|\W.\come« up with 2d
letter men from 1948, Including w-v.
tin starters, Also there will be two
lettermen ifrpm 1947, And Id of
tJieJJH will bp seniors, Among the
top sophomores will be Gilbert
Her tosh i the Granger flash; Jidm
Medanlck hwd ludtli Fhiwers, And
then theri’k ijig John Morton, who
comes fieiii. rmnnum, Calif,, Junior
College,, Ttiinv think he'll he Itio
answer to me fullhmill * prayer,’
The T'.CJ i. fans could he right,
It scorns Nem I’earson, Ifu* um
pire who. figured in the shoving
incident at it 1 mule when president’
J, Waiter Morris of the Mig State
League amumncCd a fine against
the--chief (if police, has made a
statement to a sports writer th’at
the only paft of the Associated
plagues
undoubtedly storv on the incident that
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Tigers Lose To
Huntsville 12-9
The Bryan Tigers lost thuSr first
official game of the season Sun
day to Huntsville to the tune of
9-12. Huntsville collected 10 hits
and 11 runs off losing pitcher Jim
Lovj? in three innings of play. Re
lief pitcher, J. B. McCoy rojii
rest| of th(* game.,
Charles Gibbs pitched the o;
ingll innings for the home ere
in Huntsville, giving up only 1
Gibbs was relieved by Srneat Me-
Cm) ar In Um l)th, McCullar allovfed , u l
ognition as successor to Loujfi,
who retired )n March. ^ / •
The winner will not lie / rec
ognized As champion by the New
York or Massachusetts (Commis
sions, nor by tlje British Boxing
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Intramural
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Standings
SOFTBALL
Campus League
renudn
Bryan
3 lilts and d runs in the
■1 frames.
The lending hitter for thy
Tlgj r* was Jim Matnatis./w
2 for a, glvlhy hitp n pCi fwCt i ay
at the plate. The! nexj/ i^fujdtiled
ggnne fui the Tigers .will be Him*
dayj June 2d, when Ipj
Hsoja there, //
Box wfire
iirVan //■
was corree-t was that which stud
he was shoVCd.
Pearson did not say, however,
Waitsop, »s
Mr lie. 2b
Frtjnsls, cty
C.v»|.*c /
lidwell,/lb
OpeisUAv. 9b
WalwnK, If
Cotk/ihtfm, rf
Miuiiatis, rf
Loye, p
Hore it yA>Ll ^ i ^ ^* |A” y '
.eijtiis and
<jones Texas
ty’s amual foot
er, jitH 've this is
bVerlhas been sent
cqnlplete,
; b^s.t^ beti
even ISst-
for AU-
It is quite
ingr T.C.TfA
America tjnd
Lindy Berry,
Frog quartet
top man for thiAhoijiop and Morris
btljieTj probable stars,
the versatile Horned
The chief of police made a state- HUNTSVILLE
ment tHat he pushed ' Pearson ii/-
to the umpire’s quarters to protect
him from angry fans. Pearson said
he was shoved inside Jhe qua/ters.
Both sides were carried in the As
sociated Press report.
Taylor, ss
Burchette, ss
.Nelson, rf
Altman,, If
Addison, 3b
Bailyv pass-cate
Harold Kilma:
are otheH pl|ai|
ca running.
The broc
over TCl)
although layi
who, the tre
Wingman, and
understand Duncan,
that he shouldn’t 1 go aroAnd saying Uiebardson^
the Associated Press is wrong Gates,- lb
about something it is reporting Key, c
only what the principals in an in-! Gibbs, [p
cident say dbout \t
The rdeath the other day of
Jay (Nig) Clarke called tq mind
confidence I once more that memorable game
for’next fall played in 1902 by Corsicana and
“Frog Fan?,” Texarkana in the Texas League
are more when the score was 51-3. In that
game Clarke hit eight home runs
in eight times at bat.
Clarke went to the big leagues
and was (pule « star.
However, the true story of tliat
game, according to J. Walter Mor
ris,. whq played in it, was this:
ifuard land tackle,
thel All-Ameri-
MqCullar,
ub
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2
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Team
Won
Lost
! Puryear
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Mi lifer
0
^ 0
Legett
’Mitchell
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Walton
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Dorm 14
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Project Houilo
0
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[Hurt t
f Law
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0
0
2
3
Collect View
League
Team
Won
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D*0dd
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M*(Ulil
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KiRvyii
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College View PltPher*;
iNnmc
'lenm 1
Won
Lost
[Cook •
ILEven
2
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1 Kilpatrick
iLotid
2
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(’ouch
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1,ending
Campus Pitchers
Name
Milner
2 1 ~
0 j.
Martin
I'eam
Won
Lodi
Duckworth Puryear
; 1
Of
Pace
Mitchell
1
0 1
Wylie
Puryear
1
0!
Williams
PurVear
1
0
Tittle
Walton
2
1
retireiihent of Jim Jeffries; and
Max Schmeling and Jack Sharkey
did likewise in 1930 after Gene
Tunney had hung up his gloves.
Charles and Mfalcott a r e
Negroes, and they are striving to
succeed the second Negro heavy
weight champion'in history. The
Igte J ick Johnson was the first.
Chafles, who may . scale less
than 180 pounds was favored by
betting men because he is eight
years [younger than ancient Wal
cott, father of six children. How
ever, a preponderance of boxing
writerse—assembled from various
cities—favored Walcott because of
his advantages in weight and
punchj
Puryear Falls
Before Mitchell Cub Swim Meet
fill Be July 7
Top Ten Campus Hitters
Includes games played Monday.
Roy Faucett, Mitchell
Dick Wornat, Milner
Al Rollins, Buryear
Roy King, Puryear
Harold Dube, Walton
Bryan
Hu frfs vilje
innings:
000
326
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2 Davy- Thomas, Puryear 8
X 1 Doodle DuBois, Puryear 8
1! J m-i-y Ring,! Lcgett 6
1 Bill '
McCann,. Puryear
2 Hoot G|bson, 14
1
C-Even Defeated
By D-Even, 6-2
Lutherans fin
10-Pin League
The Church Bowling League,
sponsored by the A&M Wesljey
Foundation,; was won by the Luth
eran Students Association. This
league was conducted during the
•• College A’iew softball resumed JrV'mTa with
itsj second week of plav Monday! ‘V s 1 } .. ' . .
The righjt field fence was only 220, a^-rnoon as the D-Even boyj de- conU , sts wiih othei . {i enomina tio n al
feet from home plate. It was ug- M 01 * ) L -. hv . en b '- lenuun un " teams gavd the Lutherans umtis-
greed that everything would go. ; defeated am league play. , p Ute d first place. Second place
it was in) trick at all for those Aichie Look; was the ""mmg winner was'the Newman Club with
fellows to pull their hit* so the 1«(«her *[*JL "Tf 1 .* 1 'i H,IG8 points, and the Baptist
ball went over the short right c>< [
field fenck • P'k'kfL although he gave up only
■ MW'*.•«« (ss***•«»i>»« i5^4!.“h, l “h. h L^ , bLL 0 ci“!,;
team hurt them as all the D-riven
r w vsrL .to 1 t™ri
haiuer for Urn gaum with/two]hit* i "* itthaidt, >>• im i t.imiig,. r
Puryear Hall fell front the un*
defeated ranks In the Campus
soft ball I league before the hats of
Mitchell Hall, 1(1-10.
Puryear bind until the fifth In-
nlng jvhen Hick Prater of Mitchell
clouidtl a long hdmrt run with (hii
tmsesj loaded which started a rally
that lasted through -the sixth. „lh
the Sixth, Mltehell r got six I'Ults
Won Its rally .was stunped.;
George WhKteh also slammed n
hoinej' for Mltelmll, Ids coming In
the second with one aboard,
Al jVoii Rosenlierff got credit
for the 'win and Scott Wylie was
the Wser, Ray Kaucett of Mltehell
was ihe leading butter with two
] blows in two times At the plate,
' Score: by limlngs:
Purydar 124 120 0 14 10 5
Mitchell ^20 16(1 x 10 16 2
Walton in 4-2 Win
Over Trailer Camp
Walton Hall defeated the T.C.-
V.V. softball team in a game play
ed under the lightg by a score of
4-2. This was a well played game
throughout and all the scores came
in the second and third innings.
Wharton scored its fqur runs
in the top half of the sfecond in
ning with T.C.V.V. getting its two
runs in the bottom half of the
third frame.
Tit;tle won his second game in
three starts this season as he limit
ed the Trailer Area boys to four
hits, while striking out seven. Gene
Belle was the losing hurler as he
gave; up a total of seven base hits.
Sterling Lendsey of Trailer Camp
was the big gun with the bat, as
he hit safely two out of two times
at the plate.
Score By Innings:
R H ET
Walton . 040 000 0 4 7 3
T.C.V.V. 002 000 0 I 2 4 3
Third
AP Neuntralurp
MOMMENCE, III, June 22.
Jersey Joe Walcott has beep
sort of jack-of-all-trades. Now he
hopes to be mastep of one • a
champion, ,
He has, among other things,
driven a truck, mixed cement, to
ted bricks, handled a hammer in
a shipyard.
What he wanted to do most
and could do best was, box. But
in the lean years bp had to turn
to other jobs to support bis wife, j
A swimming nioet fj>r Cluji
Scouts of tlie Hrniejm and npbcjpty
son county areas i will )m lipid
Thursday In I', L, Downs Nwtttftwrf
lum,
Morn than fifty: of thu Junior
peeing lo tdk« |inr!t
tl
nuts schciliilttd are Ih three jilIktiiA'V
groups, In the twenty yarn ^•htk
there I* a freestyle, haskniroke
a ml side stroke. Tpe 33 t/$ yiir jl
bremitlktroke!,
Lydia, and six kids.
Jersey Joe sper"'*
time just sitting 1
his training cam
Valley dub. He
ture and the pas|
Tony Georgette
ager who [ has ws i tClf
stop and go cireL*,
“When I firstlkble
ago, lived in
section of^ 3 Mer
where houses
match boxes.! He
getting bout?,
his road wdrk.
mined he would
He finally -cjuigl
has a nice hbme|
Walcott'* fut
match with! Km
National Bo x
recognition as
\\ eight champ
eugo.
It- will' M J.l
cruek at tin
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t decision to Joe Louis
Lout* knocked him out in
last June. His listed'
Is* 35- and this should be[
i:haifce to hit sport’s No.
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will he do if he win* the
tty Wear it as graceful
iljFdid,’j Re says.
a!quiet, pi
has a placid, gentle
1 e likes to listen to the
cards/with his
to his home ,fre-
He hopes to cajl
{ht to: say:;
b, Mama, (hi* la
"TV
AiftMi’a . varsity football i
have two sets of ganio
this full. One set I* mu-
white strip, the "otnor
ml* are nxnecto
In the romiudltlon,; Hwlmmlfik; t'Vi-
evenls are freestylj
and iinckstroke, h
eventk there will tk
and freestyle relay
the eenftirjL^reo
100 yard
a medley relay
In addlti(if|j.«)
ktyli*.
There will
diving cbljlesH
and 11 walking content In :addjtlon|
to the swimming events. No h(
mn twp of; thei
, r i ,
but ciin
the ; two
scored 160 rutin if the buys hadn’t
given out running around the bn*-
os, ; / • • I .' I ' /
St JohnVTexaK
T« Pin Tonight
WICHITA, Kaito, June 20. '<'1’'
Ht. JtdmV University of Brook*
Ivni w. Y„ !»m1 the unlvendty of
'lex** LotOihorni, will meet lb „ WIV M11
the Opening game of the NCAA UMversIty/bf WklfHf| Athletl
Student Union team captured third
pltiee with a total of 10,660 jHtlntis.
Members of the winning team
were Richard Wornat, captain,
Larry Bernhardt, Kenneth BeCn-
jWard
bfriebiill playtrffs «t 8:15 rertoi J
chjrilmaj
Southe
ai) egrly
national hnsetiall playo-
1’M (CHTt Wednesday,
The University of Southern Cal
ifornia Trojans defending titillnti, j
will, meet Wake Forest in the.lOilb:
(CST) game.
All gumfs were bowled on thd
Y,M,C,A. alleys b’nd the highest
tndlvlflual score recorded for (he
league was scored on April 7, ^»y
Ralph Moeller of the Wesley Routt-
d|itloH team. 7 / ■,
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Milner Walks To;
Victory Over Law
rn California arrived by! Law H*ll mtffered Its .third
Monday night. St. John’* sUmlghtJojis without a Win as the
f(n‘ three times at (lie plate
CJRven,
Hcdre By lantags:
K*
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[Pairing*: fpr the first night's
action In the collj*ginUi world
series were annotin'ead Monday hy
Trimble, hn’Mi
Milner Wins Over
Legett Hall 13-1
The Milner Tigers romped oyer
the boy* from Legett Hall Tues
day aRenioon 13-1 behind the four
hit fetching of Gebrge • Barclay.
Legett took un early lead in the
first, inning when Dave Hcheffiuld
came in on a hit hy King. That
was [all for Legett, Mllnsr diove
In fout rims In the fourth, three in
the fifth, and si* In the seventh.
Travis Brock was the loaltuf
nllcher ami Itimdny received credit
for the win, Dick Woraet of the
Tlgtjrs was the leading hitter of
the game, getting two lilt* In two
trip! to the plate,
Hrofe by innlnga:
MUriel' V 000 430 6 11 13 0
Legett 106 000 0 8 1 2
DOUG’S CAFE
College wcl 27th
Specializing In ■
MEXICAN .DISHES
CHICKEN FRIED STEAK DINNERS
AGGIES ALWAYS WELCOME
. ' K.’ v
Hj/thect Wake Forest In the .10! 16 j is due hero Tuesday afternortnj amt Mdner i’igers defeated them 0-0
M (CST) game. ’ - 'Uw' Longhorns early Wednefctey.- ^ V ntlernopn. in * gam* irtlx-
— —[—led with many errors ami walk*.
Dave Martin chalked •up his sec
ond win a* he allowed the Law
Hall players only five hits In
seven full [innings' of Intramural
Softball. Milt Parker was the los
ing .pitcher for Law. Parker gave
up only three hits but walked a
fatal of 14 men to help Milner’s
| cause 'for Victory.
Mickey Spencer of Law was the
leading hitter for the game as he
[collected two hits in four times
at the ^
Sp<
“V
two
plafe.
Score By Innings:
>:
R H E
Milner [205 200 6 1 9 3 3
B-Odd Beats A-Odd
11-2 in Softball
BtOdd remained undefeated in
the College View Softball League
Tuesday by beating A-Odd U-2
behind the oqe/ hit pitching
of ;M. D. Flanagan. The boys
fro ip B-Odd took advantage of
ninq error's and four hit* to take
the game in four inings of play.
B. D. Mainard of B-Odd was the
leading hitter with one hit in one'
timb at bat- TRe losing pitcher was
Lovfe. >\£ •
B-Odd
2! A-Odd
Score By Innings
f 428 0 4
may enter more t
individual events,
in relays in nddit
individual contests.
Medals will be [given foif firs
place winners, an(l second, third
and fourth place [winner? will b
given ribbons and certificates.
Den 2 of Pa k 102 wSs the win
ner of last ye rs rpeet \1rith, l)en I
of Pack ,102 taking second place.
Den 3 of Pack 102 placed thirjl.
Dr. Ralph Steen, chairman of
the Cub Scout board, and the mem*
bers of the board, John Lawrence,
H. E. Oonnor, will be
by Art Adamson, Aggie
swimming coach, in running the
meet.
Ill, and
assisted
Will
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