The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 24, 1949, Image 3

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FRlt^Y, JUNE 24, 1S49
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Texas Whips Wake Forest 8 -1;
Favored to Take NCAA Title
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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COLLEGE Inn
3 |UYjAN j
V : .
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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
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Stop in today
and see
complete line
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of Short Slee
Sport SSWi
103 N.
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“Voirr Clothing Store”
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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,
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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 ;
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^ 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
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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
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