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* iT Wi ffatta if o it P O R\T FRlt^Y, JUNE 24, 1S49 Page 3 v ’1 Wm n i- Texas Whips Wake Forest 8 -1; Favored to Take NCAA Title [: >- Above arjs thi ball tea it w cliamplor s] FlrHt row, Lub Gaiiia, hip lefll '*1 *11 of the l<ej:ett Hull softr' urrently in the rare for the . Campus Intramural League, right. Chuck Bogin, 2nd base, , Idf*. Will Haile, 1st base, Royre v Brimberrjj', fk^dejr, and lack Hedge, mtchi'r. wr Second row, same order, Dave Sheffield, short stop, Jack London, manager, Carlos Reyes, pitch er, Dick Bates, fielder, J, L. King, fielder* Dick Wall, 3rd base, W. L. Rice, fielijpr, and Travis Brock, pitcher, f | ' / ewufi ii lure PAHKHV Mlkan hope exHihn as ketball, Thi th« MinAPH his law exi "Jlowevm with; my former Du who ls ruit «ml pro pluiyi'i one of the lfieit the gnme, "Meiru .exnmu turn out pro Imaketball fenrs." 1 Mlkan, dcst itl led the Minren .the llRsk^tbn If America iitlt led the pAn | 28.7 point aver] et ,iu ifhe nlayof • Washington Ca| t< fractured Ifight in the fourth g}ii)n<. He got tpe ijnji 'y Hermsen, ex I t-MiTu.efci Washingtorli hit iir» block. Officials wo kan play inj the with a Cast on Hijs did wasj tape up tie that didn’t stop li hi in “20* 1 figures. Mikan i rougher! up* .ball game ball ri •• probably player fir uncanny k^ack Sirf flipping hecausi- b knack |< in onef-handj d • FORA MEAL HOME >• || » j * j- | ^ ' I i ' 'j ' ' . , |: i It j / Hopes To Handle Law r |I I ■. * j JJv i !: ' ' J ] As He Does Basketball r iAi}i djl hiellil •({t'orge lc hi« hur ■’X u Ibiif • xiur of will take lit Oettibki'. Imlerfere •ttys the r n|l«»glrtlo li'eade himI tlie jljiUtciry of hoi^my t<' play Jew more euk i l s I o n, s Lakers to A«soctnlion of spring. He irers with a and starred against the i«ls despite a a 1st unstained move or while pluying from plvo't, "It’s all part ofr(nc gamo, w says Bijg CJ^orge* , who thinks therwV ipore uplrlfrtl play in th ■ BAA thwn In thtt/Natlojial League, He’s played,|ifrboth direulte. kf'iojw , ^ 3jii college halt. college- he is quite an spring all-mind athle^. He -shoots golf In'the- low 7(i/i, During his first j books will look at Uliti'riyV’Sullivan CoPbtly One week course he railed 11 for nine holeji. will be I'aiv was i'IT, Me chips and putts of the sti like a pro,/ . f ! the choice Much nioiji as Itatph (iuldahl, lug the set . .. •• Season Ticket Applications Now Accepted •The Terras A&M atheletic de partment is ready to accept ap plications for season tickets to the Aggies’ four home football games against bowl winners Vil- lanova (Sept. 17), Baylor (Oct. 22), SMU (Nov. 5) ahd Texas (Thanksgiving). C. D. Oumby, business manager [ athletics, announced that the season bopks, which include one ticket to each of the four gamesi, will sell or' $14.40. Twenty-fly^ cents extn should be enclosefr handle ma ling costs. The season books are al for admiss on to the Aggie home freshman football varsity banket ball games during the 194il-5( season, baseball games and qrackj contests during the 1080. The University of Texas Long horns were heavy favorites to win the National Collegiate ( C.A.A.j Baseball Tournament. . The meet entered the quarter final round tonight. : The Texans, w’ho won their sec ond game of the double elimina tion meet by walloping Wake Forest, 8-1, last night, sit it out tonight while the defending cham pion Southern California Trojans battle Wake Forest. The Longhorns meet the U.S.C.- Wake Forrest winner for the title tomorrow' night. Texas, only un will be played Saturday in event the Longhorns lose the first game. Southern California kept In the race last night by eliminating j3t. John’s College of Brooklyn, 12-4. Texas which has allowed only two enemy runs in two games, will be ready to come back In the fi nals with pitching aces Murray Wall and Lefty Charles Gorin. advanced and on ‘Juh later a public drnwim h<Md to determine whirr "Tim NwlMrud League has. the old Mphjepol! of players," siiys MIKmii, fr'The boys seem stronger Henry uumfom umL Hen ring ond Vfiojw al l the trteks of I be j httyd liofpeil [ Ids game In (he last ] | IdudH to Vyi'sliy uenler inule, lijii I In,' BAA. Is -more. Ikkejiwo ypurs, lie hus takeir lessons I (awn-umhu (op| eopegittle (-ofiaga littlt. 11 is more spirited I from Nlv lli'amsteiid. toirtH Indian UuooukG he t It is more spirited ami all the pjayers seem to have that old college try,” I’olnls eortie ensy lo Mlknn on a hnsketbiill tiourl hul -he never Has twen Inclined to Ion I or roaHt In college or pro hnll. « J, 1 rv hen Klcggic a star with Lyilh a body Jldn’i. let Mi- ftsjt two playoffs arm so all he I wrist. Even fron scoring '!• | 1 • j the “most any basket- i? size and the i e on the ai^ai i from jRIg llramstend, pro al Indian Mead lo Chicago, Mikan also had a .tdtance to play mapif league hamthull even ihmmh his Nativity Ip'the dpi- mond sport was restricted to (lie semi-pro ranks around Chicago* He hud a chance wHh I’itfshurg us a first baseman or pitcher > /» under, Frankie Frisch hut he / | turned jt down for haskelbull. Legett Defeated 8-1 by Walton Walton Hall, behind the six hit - pitching of Jim /Tittle, defeated; Legett 8-1 in an/Intramural Soft- j ball game Wednesday afternoon, vx Legett jumped into the lead jn ! if, | the firs't half of the top frame (when they /pushed across their hnly run of /the game on a single, a stolen base and a two base er- 11*40, 1, uttou-ticket buyerN got scats, Bersons purchNN* grin bonks also will huve orr the purchase of Ihe Aggies' six out-of- N,'| ■ for single-game tickets iisitletctl urter July illl mine, first served basis, iMons for slngle-gume 'HKd prior to thai date wilt be dnlcd July 211, Season ticket application blanks ntal ticket Information r\&M ! s liiii* gomes may py writing the athletic pt Texas A&M, Coir ml Texas. will tie e< on a first All npplle tickets ree and additi on Texas' be obtainei departmenl lege Stnti Bryan Tigers Clash Sunday With Planters CHICAGO, June 24 ,•* gro from Cincinnati, wdh the NBA share of Joe Louia’ vacated heavy- Jersey Joe Walcott, the fighting pappy from Cdimc hav a knockout m •‘Iff- Frizzle-topped Charles fatecj to flatten.his ancient foe after ing him on the way to k. in three different round}, three rounds were foufht accompaniment of booe£ * rowd. j udges Frank (Spike) Me. and Harold Maroutz fight, the. saipe way, yoti Charles by a 78-72 coiu (yt Dave Miller found for t le 2 old new\hampion, 77-7$. sociated more lopsii margin for in rounds wi ■-•..sfr Body In the same card hid it d with an 82-6'8 rles and a 9- edge twtt ever! Wi» beaten team in the field, needs on-,.. In the same ring w hi ly one more victory to clinch the 1 Lords, wrested “ the, crown national title. A double header Jh§jrtny ; Braddock, j-ust 1! ago tonight. CharleSfgave , ’ersey Joe a savage beating Th th; Sev enth, tenth and eleventfrrou ids of a gruelling battle. ! \ j The body bombs tpatv young Charles threw with fists took the stearri and out of Walcott who w ;nt 25 ijo with Louis in two figitp before cisio Wu knocked o^Wt 1 ; disapjrointed only stiffen the ttired who vuetghed 1951 Old «ge and a fi with blazing eyes i lentless attack caught cott at the Name fifst twp rounds he|: ihg wild: rights attempt j to es body punches of One Jakef Mintz. managers, was so triumph) that he corner when Bzzy the new champic and left under after a stretcher from under the Charles won titleholdjer in 61 affiliated with N i# Boxing Association: and, Massachusetts betS. r ' rV- ' There: will be gets the real d British Board of recently voted to i ner of the Sept. Bruce Woodcock Charles may bs'jpi winner at a Biter still vague. 'I AUSTIN Three men from t:hy F semi-finals The Hryttii Tigers fMiigle with the I'biptersvllle Blwnlyrs in Hunts* vllle Huiiibty ufterhoim, The Plutit* PIN tettin Is imple up of both 1'buitefttVllle nnil NnVmiIoU Imys, liml nt Ihe present tlnw ure leMilIng ihe Tlinber league, i The 'Tigers niul PlnnUrs tmVli met once before Ibis season In iy practice game which the Tigers won by a score of 12-|*. The Biryth Tigers arc an Independent v j-eath so far end arc interested in getting games with any team within a 100 ■pile radius. ThefTiger team is made up of students and non-Students in the BryaniiCollege Station area. Hand ling the pitching duties for the Tigers are J. B. McCoy, Jim Love, and Mike Mistovich who is acting manager. The man behind the plate catchirjg for these chunkers, is i Roland Cyr. Covering tfie initial | sack for Bryan are first baseman j James Tidwell; ami Jim “Greek" [ Mainatis. On the keystone sack is Tex., June 24 (/ J Pi Jack “Rock" Watson while Al Rol- from the South and one 1 l' n s takes care of the short stop ac|ific Coast moved into position. Completing the infield is Semi-Finals Of NCAA Tennis jj I ». ■ Tourney Today GEORGE MIKAN ~yr LIKE FROM ..»)' / COLLEGE Inn 3 |UYjAN j V : . " i! I A Hnmrl H|»or( "for :!/ C'Otnfdt fob Leisure U<jir df the National Col- “ “ lW " r aS ^'/ legiate Teinls Tournament today. ri by TJll tS SeCOn i Sa T kel ' Sam M^tck Who San Francis- Th'-s was all the sconng for Leg- co Uni # rs| ^ ’ has virtua , ly chnch . ett as Tittle Ughtdned upland ins cd the . teJ ^ championship, c e ens egan o ac u up. j p re( j Kovaleski of William and Fransig and FJoyd Cockerham out- third baseman Charles Opersteny covering the hot corner. Out in the gardens are left fitelder Earl Wawak, center fielder met James Mahle, right fielder Norman Herbert Walton fjrst hit the' scorecard : Ma ,. v for t4-o runs in the bottom, of the L g udd } ^ hrens of Rollins clash . third mmng, when after three com- I ed uilh Jack Xuer0 0 f Tulane in sedative walks with no outs, they | the 0 (_ her s^rod Two runs on a single to j A11 are keteded p lave r S but not right field. Reyes, Legett hurler,: from lhe top Botk No 1 V ic /then bore down and retired 1 • For a j giant who, usually weighs aoyw hjere frpm 220 to 265 pounds he is one of the most graceful big players ever seen in action. He started last season weighing third. i eliminated. 2(i5 pounds but when the seasoii Walton again hit pay dirt for; Doubles' spmi-finals are sched- dosed he was down to 220. Ri^ht S)X runs m the fourth inning when u i e d this alfternoon with only- one now Mikan scales -45, / they were aide/i by four walks and se eded tearii) match apd Art Lar- Thci^4-yeai*-old Chicagoan Mopes three timely hits. This outburst of I sen of San Fj) gnciscfr left. Match sipnmer (i-uns ended the scoring for the day. and Larscb, seeded third, play This victory gave Tittle a total j Chich Harm aind Jack Turpin of of three wins against only one j Rice while) iFrCd Fisher and Jim fielder. Completing the roster is Bama jSmith, utility man. Business manage? for the team is Claude Mahle, Manager of the Y.M.C.A. Barber Shop. Next week the. Tigers have xnen Doreuownanu reurea cne | Seixas of j^rth. Carolina and No. ; th .;; e . uies sch^fuied On June side^vrthput further action in the , 2 Herb F* of UCLA have been S^fhey K the HuntsviUe Mer chant^ at Bomber Park, June 30, the Sinclair Oilers here and on July 1, they will meet Brenham in Bren- whije doting his S weight) all as athletic director Hillside hero /in the at Klein’s Cfttskilli Mountains. He will coach (defeat in league play, [ Brink of Washington clash in the u bajswidbaJI team, consisting of j Griffin of Walton was the lead-j other matcili, ‘ * yesterday] v\ias a day for .the York college sti»/s anil his I mg butter, as be hit two for two assistant will he Lgn/Barnhorat,ja,t the plate for the winners, Notre Dame aco jasy season who | Score- oy Innings: will piny for [the IndianapoHl Jets j i . • v It. M. K, nest fall./' /; ! I Hcore By Innings: / . j Though Miknp wayed only has. Legett loo poo o J <l I V'f 1 " I Wslton’ - 002 (100 X 8 11 I ff / . Stop in today and see complete line X _! ' - I of Short Slee Sport SSWi 103 N. $2.25 i; / lj! M ■I m' i / X fen “Voirr Clothing Store” $3.95 I-1 -V WAY & CO. f . ” Bryan Lou's AggicsiTakc Western Auto, 1--I A ehpaolty crowd ftirncil out al Mrytin's siiMbnll dlniuuhd Tuesdny night to See Loupiil's Aggies de» | fen| the Western Auto Ifrin l»4l, I This w«s lhe Mist dcfvtti of the v scN|ion foi the Western Auto ienMi and a win for thu College hoys moved them Into second (Hiiee in the ttttttldlhKs, ■ j Lonpot's boys scored nil thelii' nine tuiw In the first frame on 7 walks and .’I hite. Western Autjo picked up one run in the bottotp of the first and two niore In the fourth, but could never got back into the game to overcome .that big first inning-by Lou pot’s Ag gies. , ' ”, , i r Olsak hurled two hit ball and received perfect backing from his team-mates to: upset the league leading Western Auto team. lower-seeddd] boys to act up. Beh- ren, rated Np. 7, kicked out Flam, 5-7, fi-1, while eighth-seeded Tuero whamined fourth * seeded Lorsen 8-H) H-L The only imemhertt of the top five to holt [up were ihlrd*see(fril match, whp [heat Gardner Larned of. Mollms.J iixlti.seeded, <1*41, 8«0i and fifth afeded Kovapald, who aubifurd unsjaeM Genii fhirieM of UCLA; M P4 x - In ycNtfiblay's /oua.rier» finals doubles, I L|i l ls >rtl(l Tiirpln singl’d a sut prise ip kicking nut second seeded Flap and Garret, (M, W II Malcb «nCp|«rscn ran Inin irouble in Inking oid Kovaleski and Mnwe Atwater ttf William and Mar.V tl-a, "■'i , . Even I'nilji Look for Atlvlro NEW MMCHIcLLE, N. ^ Sammy Stifril fl fetl up with the people who say " his putting Is off," ' * '•There's putting." s« cent Goodn ment. ^It’s me. I Wish t'othing wrong with my Id Sneed during the re- I Round-Robin tourna- |iy driving that bothers [someone, could tell me what I’m i ding: wrong.’’ Sneed’s a dressed to a|]writer who has trouble breaking bpeal for help was ad- ]wr*G*r wbr, has trnnhle I DOUG’S CAFE College and 27th ; •■i /. T ! ! ^ MEXICAN DISHES CHICKEN FRIED STEAK DINNERS AGGIES ALWAYS WELCOME /.•jr, Dorm 14 Defeated By Project House Froleet House put an end to their lotting utreak when they blas ted Dorm M Thursday afternoon pf*2 bi six tnnlngi, The Project Housd tttarted things off In the top half of the flrHt Inning when they pushed across sis runs on four hits and ftiur walks, Glen Munch hurled for lhe Pro* jpet Hmisp and allowed Ihe Dorm II boys only three hits the entire game, to gain his first vlctuyy In Mur fttgrrl; v ’ •' > ■ Freit Harrell was the losing pllchar fur Dorm H as he gave up elk hits and sis walks In the! projerI boy's, Moot Gibson was Ihe loading hHitrr as lie hit. safe- ly twice in his two official times at hat for Dorm 14, ' Moore by timings i By 1)11.1, t'OTTflj Why Ducats lo the A&M Football Cane Will Be gi isny. afS Along about this jt|mjp eVery year, people begin thinking |«boUt getting those “50 yaril lire | seat" tickets for the A&M-’J'exjas foot ball game an Thanksgivijngi Day. As has bebn the practii past, a drawing will be l^cl month to determine what members of the general public will be lucky enough to have their ngmes drawn and make them eligible t<) buy tickets. The drawing this year will be for season ticket books only, These season ticket books will entitle [the holder to see the Aggiis’ fr home games, VillanoVa, B|aj^lc SMU, and Texas, and iVil good for admittance to Aggie Fish games played Field. On top of that, the holder of ,the season ticket 1 book wilJ be able to see all the varsity basketball games played in DeWare Field Hcjuse this winter and all varsity tijack meets held on Kyle Field rtext spring. I ■ •' ! Single game request:) for willj be on a first come-ifirst served basis after all requests for : tickets have been filled. ★ In order to clear up the table misunderstandings w arise each year concerning tj for important games Ijike! the jAg- ur BaySor, a|soj be all jthe on| Kyle Project MOUM Dotim 14 flop 023 It. II 13, 11 o rt -232 mm mo ioo Puryear Wins 9-2, From Trailer Gamp Puijyear Hall continued it* win ning jiyays Thursday afternoon as it swamped T.C.V.V. $-2 behind the six hit pitching pf Red Duck worth- Puryeaf collected a total of 10 hits off Gene Setle, one of these being a three-run homer in the fqurth inning by Adrian Simp son. ., T.C.V.V. grabbed an early in the first frame whjen thi one run, but Puryear ca strong in the top hilf ot the sec'- ond frame to push acretes two runs, then added four , rnpre in the third urth to end the ne. pitched stellar ball 1 was neve#” to any i. This was his sec- ih tw0 starts for the ‘ Puryear throughout A* I gle-Longhorn game, A&M Athletic Newrf released some infornpi ing the| division of game, j Thefr .will be .38^9|lMi’Wa le lot the Turkey piiy ronl mbek . 1 n Ifk tickets fr the game onlj tpe as Athletic departmw t In Aiiatin- wpi'lRh be allq to iK/ rlivlitfw \ ! t U- that nuin^ber include l eydr’ l avail able seat in the M jerete - stands, thdse iii the south' ina bleachers and the^ temporary i *|etji tlfijt viil be preejbed in the ftiriP of boxes the length of jthe clndjeri t n : ck. The ijivlsion of tickets birtwjeon the twoi schools is ii« toll the comjrete stands, ip Texas will recejVe ber, 10,1443; Im the 1 cinder track, A&M .j* 1 and Texas will get 30,r' ers ii| (the so.uth eni get 3,500 and Texas The total number lotted Texas is 16,973 number,) it is easy fr thafronly the stud^njj university, which' nu imately; 17,0(3i0, [Will dbl' Probajbly the only Texas dx-students wi get tickets is to buy Texas student body T . T An illustratioii q of A&M s share o of .the' most exciting ball hcmi in the Campus Intra- So 'thull Leaugc this. sum- dafeuteil LttW Hall y ufttfernoon 7-6, j came b«q|w to win iha > gums alluivlug tint Law Hall top in to score five runs In tha fmjtjjlpnltlf. Law wws able to acora PMUr ((iny [ more run thu other six imiMijgiii while TCIVV pushed aeroka, twp hi thi third] three In th9 flflJ». onilj tlie ying iuuI winning ruRk lli the se -enIII. : , p4 Gi* IInan wen lhe hall gam* he "raUwr! Ufttnp hoy* when nihli il. In Ijlie seventh with a im o-|nis)t the wlimlng run ry Uuitir|s frnr bagger in ftth with two men on was the titling hit [of the game. <’ itui Hi lie was the winning pitch* ibr,!'[allowing only four nits in saven Inn ngs, lie had trouble with, ihla Kohtr rt in the fli-st but Carou ipl [the rest: of the game to i ; . * rr* ,, jj H E 039 2 7 7 3. 000 0 6 4,3 ~ 2l,8|13, w 11 shovy just- how few will student!- num- be divided the following avpili ble tq former sti thje general! public. That hurrican Will ProWt... Minify bo : and! her Fwir, • Ton thousand will be allotted to (A&M students and student’s wives, ,2,000 frill he allotted to Ag gies ! Limited, an organization of axritudehjts and business men which assikts Aggie athletics with sum- merJjJpM"sind sponsors scholar* ship ll, ani 1,000 will be allotted to . he Mam, legislature, athletic depjiirtme it, and the press. When he foregoing division is made,’ tbnt will 'leave just 8,833 tickets from whjch the AAM Ath- I)o]i irtment will have'jto fill Csts from rt” card holders, iddents, and the general ic. Mist of’those seats wiH be on .(he cinder track and in the s&rujh end bleachers. Tatfr vhy tickets for the A&M- is football game are hard req fqtrlier s fail# f Wgr I m Ir i* IhbiW ,n«»< n -Miti.MKl a I 1 m - ! I I I s it JJ