The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, July 22, 1949, Image 3
w. I lr' FT i • R'' v rTTT? ■ ! / -HI I-: I i-. r L- N — ■ r 'rr lira *L- 1 nODAY, JULY < . ■■■■i Baft a lion 0 R T •} ' Jl 11949 •f Jl'if! . . : t — - ^ ■’.V ;'!■ I M >*— •w Redskin Males Called m 01’ Bor From l (Kditor’8 note: T|»e- foUowinf ■ago waa r«fiti| Sports Columnist. Todd is now Aggie backfiHd coach:): Waihington, Dl C.—"There; wag a H’l or hoy" down in Texas once ... . ■*— ' i : « , Intimates of the Washington i:-ilskins will always remember that introduction. FoT sev^n and - 'odd began ediy w’on trireo games iii ’ib Jitter- nbOut the bugging fori critical touchdown runs nd imagin* of 78, 51 arid 16 yards. f T, .Mr m ^ , one-half years they said it; many" Jonship. Difk almost times !a week, as' Dick Tod i his innumerable yarns at things he remembered, and ed, about his native Texas.' ® " The Redskins can rtow use the phrase to describe -Todd himself. The “UT ol’ boy" went back to Texas the other day, thi^ time to stay. Said he’<J had enough of f : . - •11 1 • ‘ •' active footballj' wanted! to spend his full time op bis GOO-acrie "farm” and maybe do a little coachjng on . the side. * . Todd was both little and old, tt Un a football sense. Re packed a ' mere 180 pounds on ms fivd-foot, 1 Kmch frame. In a football uni- forjn he looked a lot smaller. He’d reached the ripe old ,...v .,y~ — age; -an age at which most gridmen of 34', rtl-- to selling have long since retired Einsjmance. ■ Bat at 34, the “li’l ol’ boy't had just completed one of his greatest , years. Along with his roommate and clpScst friend, Slingih’ Sammy - Bsiugh, who happens to/be a rock- ,v \ ing chair case of the same age, . / Todd was one of the prime reasons ■* why the Redskins managed a sec- rmq.placc finish in the eastern div- . ision ox the! National; Football League. i; Retirement Sudden vOne of the Redskins’ ^best half- \ | hacHs of all times made his ro- |f lirement as sudden as one of his vuts on the football field. On the train back from. New York, ! where »he’d helped hrs team whip the Giants in its % , . CaSuhlly remaw J* —*■ •• ! the Redsltins themselv best player draft in hii stars as Dick Faroe . ^ Shugart, Wilbur Moore and Sieve Slivinski joined the'club, along with Todd's best years before were in 1940, 1941, and; 1942 irtf which he and Andy Farkgs did] most pf the fancy running, while Baugh did the passing, add the Redskins romped to two sec* tional crowds and one back from the r two iil* 2 iii ^last game.’’ ted: ‘‘That was ray Giants, in its N}.8 finals, little Dick It was us si^nplh ns that./ , Todd came to the Redskins after the 1088 season, included, in what fi Exchange Store feat nr in ff ... ' , \. ' i 'h' 1 ’ .1' 'i !‘i , - When ho, came _ Navy in 1945, after two years service, the Redskins had switc systems on him. From Ray Fli erty’s single wing, they had chang ed to Clark. Shaughncssy’s famotfa T. Baugh was still the quartejr4 back, but the lack of defense halfbacks was appalll - Had to Be Convi Todd had to be converted. It whs a compliment to his ve he could convert to defj didn’t do his offensive good. Fortunately, there was a young Notre Damcr, Steve Bagar- us, around to do the running, so Todd was the defensive sta^. ind Bagarus the running and pa^s- catching ace as the Redskins wsllk- ed away with the eastern cl ionship in 1945. They lost the h'Oiid title in a iS ite 14 tangle with (the Cleveland Rams. That was the memorable off gamjej in which bales had been piled ground the Municipal Stadium field in “V “ . ... zero temperatures prevailed, Ne\-- ailhelcss, a crowd of 32,178 wag on hand and they saw happenings as Baugh’s fitfst ter pass from behind his goal line hit the crossbar of the goal pests for an automatic safety and two Vital points. In the eecond period, Bob Waferfield’s kick for an e::tra point"Wnj partially blocked, but zoomed higher 1 in the air, landed bn the crossbar and Went over to make it 9 to 7 in favor of Cl(*ve* land at the half. F j The noxt-two years even Todd'ii help couldn’t stem the flood! of opponents' touchdownii. Waahfi ton was hopelessly out of it season*, Rut, after the '47 rhm* palgtt, the Redskins effected a few trades limb put Dick back at his aW ifth ball eaprylnlg, IN was iuesslag 84, but right to work. [;■; 37 for 51 Wit)» a totai of fife men i!lv»ri ing Washington's ball) carry n t alt mast ♦iiimiry, fas riill In there with 19H yards galnw n 61 trtjis with the ball[ He' unught more of Baugh's passe* that uni body else, grabbing] 37 Ur yards and slit touchdowns. ;• His; lifetime rocord showed 119i passes caught for 1,917 yar is and 36 touchdowns. In running, he’d hung up the enviable rfccird t>f 358 trips with the ball, l,57t) yartL(i gained. - • f f • /' Dick almost decided to gfive u; football last season. Some migh 1 say it was about time. Behind hin. were four years of play at Crowell (Tex.) High, during-; which he set a woridV record for acHolastte .scoring .in 1934 with 318 points. Then there was four years at Texas A. and M.J whore Dick earned a place artiong that School's immortals. 1: T . But' Todd’s reasoris for almost quitting last year had nothing to dO with his age or the lertgth of; his service. Nor did t they include hlng. both id logs - ; i H 1 8-12 8*12 8-15 8-15 8-15 8-16 8-16 5:45! 5:46 5:45 5:45 5:45 5:45 7:45 . 5:45 7.^5 ! 5f45 5:46 5:45 5:45 5:45 5:45 5:45 5:45 5:45 7:45 i 7:45 5:45 ! 5:45 5:45 | 5:45 5:45 7:15: 5:45 5:45 7:45 ; 5:40 5:45i 5:45 7:45 5:46 5:45 5:45 5:45 for second summer term) iis Softbaff Schedule iesent Tournament i V '1/ • .T Tonight in Madisonville, Loupot’i T lr' 5:45 5:46 5:45 5:45 5:45 5:4s 5:45 7:45 my* 650 SHEAFFER^. fair* rgvcirP I 1 i/7- Easiest {leu In tho world to fill. Only one light down-stroke empties—cleans—refill* com- plrtely! Smoothest-writing pw you ever pat to paper! Sltooffer’a Touchdown take# (Op honors in every class. Stop and try Touchdown to- i • ■I m H * 9 SKNTINVI* SrftXSS SS,SS« Strata- la la iMthar- ao r*U. tax. His off-season management of a .cattle auction barn almost rob 1 the Redskins of his dervieies! lai year. Instead of quitting then, howt- ever, 1 * he turned the business over to somebody else frir .a while. What kind of .a/ ' Tl ' Weathered Texan, w came a landmark ir Paa, SlS OOt Paarll, tJ.OO, S< ■ EShtf ■ •r* '■ -i me V Exchange Store "Serving Texas Aggies’’ / .:L • i rv 7* 1..J {4* hlo^ 5»« , Wuy g«o<l is one who erm; bdast that his guests cat at HOTARD’S and enjoy yi 7 Rj :,;i - . . ; ; TARD’S ,Puryear Dorm. J4 T.C.V.V. Mitchell Milner i Thiryear Hart Dorm. H Law Mlbier Puryeur Walton Legott Mlfeer T.CiV.V. Purycar Law MUher Legott No. 14 Puryear Milner Mitchell T.C.V.V, Legett . Puryear Mitchell T.C.V.V. No. 14 LMCtt' Puryear Milner itai 14 lyigetA Hart 1 ; Puryear No. 14 •Lcg^H Project Walton Puryear I^gctt Mitchell Hart Walton ■i 1 i , ‘ ! \%. TEAM Legett Project House Hart Walton Law Project House Legett Walton i. T.C.V.V. Mitchell Hart Project Law No. 14 Mitchell Walton Hart Project Mitchell T.C.V.V. . I Law * Walton Hart Project No. 14 Milner 1 Law’ Walton Hart Project Mitchell T.C.V.V. j Law Walton . Project T.C.V.V. Mitchell Milner Law Hart : ' r No. : 14 T.C.V.V. Project Milner Law DATE 7-21 7-211 7-22 7*25 7-26 7-27 7-28 7-28 7-20 College View Softbatt Schedule (NdK'diite for second summer i^rm) TIME 5:11» 7:4» i 5:4> 5:4 5 5:415 j 5:45 !! 7:45/, 7:45 I AM » AM) |/ 6:4) 7:41 751411 7M VI AM 5/ AM) ' AM) AM) 7 '.4 fir! ml ‘ 7 Mil) amH, 6: (V DIAMOND C.V. Lighta C.V. C.V. C.V. N • I C.V. C.V. ■ Lights' Lights c.v. : , C.V. ' c.v. ! C.V. 7 LifhtN c.v. cvl i u.v, 1 . ! c,v, C.V, •; Light * 7 V, Lights t"v c.v. C.V. C V Lights TE.%51 D Even A Odd C East C West C But A Odd B Odd C Bast D Even B Even B Odd C Weal A Even D Odd A Odd f C East > t> Odd 7 H Bven cj Eajt » odd A Bvvn C K«st C W»*;d D Odd » Even A Even n mbn C Hi TIVM Ik-Odd A Fh’en B E ven D Odd A Even D Eron C West A Odd It Even D Odd i A Even If Even n Even B Odd C West l> Even A Odd M Odd I) Old A Oild * II Eron II Odd I) Bven A Evrn A Odd V West o odd C West meet the Western Auto , ill tepm or Bryan in af. ich will advance the win further toward the s ... tournament which is to Id in Brownwood next m Charley Lattimore, manager of the Intramural office and the liege authorities to let hie team resent A&M as the Texas Ag in state softball competition, .ccording to Lattimoro, the reg* ,r college teath under the di- ion of Luke Harrison: could rioi organized in time to compete. iri ! the tournament and Lou's team grit the nod. The winner of tonight’s Loupot- Bryan Western Auto game will y Madisonvil e and the winner that contest will earn the right go to the stite tournament in Brownwood. Lattimote added that his team has bcci) reorganized because of its poor showing last term arid that Kb expected it \ o dp much better, m all repo ts, Lou's Aggies expected to be one of the beat clubs in this district, i Lattimore concluded by , saying that all who w shed to go .to the game be present at Loupot’s night at seven. He also requ< sted that ariy per- sjons who had cirs and were going to the game ato > by Lou's at seven in case more space was needed Tor. fans going to the game. The new Loupot team roster is as follows: cachers, Drake and Thomas; pitcheis, Olsak and Tittle; first base, Schu|madc an <j Johnson; second base, Scerbourough and Proctor; short itop, Thomas and Saunders; thud base, Lawrence and Saunders; left field, Dubois and Chromshak; center field, Schumack and Dolivc; and right fiold, Mizell arid Strickland. The base coaches arc Standcfcr arid Freburg. I The n j Standings ] ' ! I H Workmen have now reflectors at the to; on Kyle Field ll| In the photo above* top of the stee dtee! n. As can be seen will have 24 (count L. Bryan Legion Base BRYAN, (Spl)—When the top <eg|lo itien Begins Again In al Sports Tlii8 Week ,ntr«mural sports for the second term of summer school started again yesterday with four softball games being played, two by Campus League teams and two by College tvwwr\ ■7^' , 7L/. : Again this term, a college, champion will be determined — —fin softball. The winner of the Tvjuii— New Yfrk . CleveJand . Boston . Philadelphia Detroit Chiciijco Washington St. Louis I. Pet. .640 .5761 .555 .528 .528 .432 .410 .349 Dorm 14 Defeats Proiect House 6-6 Hoot H. Dorm 14 Lovers jto. a 6-d shutou House softball of the mates Project Thursday iri jrhJch marked tho second! term-cam- Glbson gave up one hit and Wblffedjist ven IwUcrb ln ( marking up his first with! •' Law wa$ the losing pitcher, giv ing up seven hltoMor slxrima. Hia efforts were hindered by four er- to (loach Turk 'Tm sony. caught, th It on pars on thb part of Ilia team Campus leogtie play continues today with HaH meeting Trailer Camp on < ihntprid six and Mitchell ,meeting V /alton on diamond four. Both gamts begin at 5:45. ! Edwards whs: Turk. I shoulda' m. If. .!’ T Gin Rummy ToddV Ipitt year with tho Rod- skins brought jout tie fact that eothess and light bo- Baugh. The booU' who roomed to nic together’ and worked gether on the football tly j discovered a card ca" Campus league will take on the winner of .tlie College View League at the end 1 of this term to deter mine; the trophy winner. B-Odd egc ficw won the title last tenftj j j7 Elsewhcite on this page will be found an Intramural 1 Sports entry blank. Any students wishing to enter the open tournaments in any of. the following sports may use the blank to do] so: Haridbali, Ten nis, Golf, Ping. Pong, Horseshoes, and Badminton. Persons wishing to play any of the abbvc named sports should turn in their entry blanks with the desired sports cheeked to their athletic officers. At the end of the term, Intra- mural medals will be given; to the winners of each sport. Teh teams have entered tho’' Campus Softball League competi tion J 1 tho same number that , par ticipated last term. The following athletic Officers will be in charge iof. their respective teams: Jack London, Legett; Mayo Dubf.7W*l. »n<j all isn't tween Die] wearing gether, ho well field fgamc The ol they sneaked session was a of each man. Now Bii Washington far. "one- gin rummy, thing missing when nto a locker-room lix-shdoter in front •i I ; il]i ]’ • '] augh, wholl v return to tTusniiigion jfor. "one* more year” of pro. football; must/find another rummy purtnerj. That will be easier than finding a* replacement for Todd on the football field. "Iii ol' Gibson, Dorm 14: * pi wt. have* enter- View League com- their managers are: A-Evon; Jim Snider, Ensrloking, B-Ev«n; Fritz, C-West; James Bon- rieri IC-East; Wylie Trent, D-Odd; and D. B.; Biyne, D-EvenJ j Jack Warner, Hurt; a'nd Bbb chell, Trailfcr Camp. Eight softball Mins ed (h* 1 College View 1 petition and their ma Niillonal Leagjuo Team— Brookbrn IB. l<mii*', .... i ., ril t. Phllndclphtu . N^w York . ;. PUtabuFgh . Cincinnati... Chicago J„. Te\u<* l^ugite •7 Team- Fort Worth . Tulrin . ;L. FUireveport . 1... Dal hi a . ........... Oklahoma City Pan Antonio ... ftmiumont . ..L. Houston 1 ... East Texas League Tea in— Longview . -j •• Gladewater . ...j Marshall . Paris . 4.V Kiigore Tyldr . L... Bryaa i Henderson . rrt. .818 .586 .884 ,MT .518 .in .480 Mi .580 .556 .556 .645 .510 .466 .418 .367 Pet .565 .566 .562 .556 .518 .419 .409 .380 four American Legion Junior Baseball squads gather here, Aug ust 2, 3, 4 and 5, to determine the Texas champion, the homc-towTt Bryan team looms as tho .club to beat. Bomber Park, home of the local, professional baseball club, will be the scene of the activities. Some 200 teams throughout Tex- as entered competition before the June 10 deadline, which represents n sizable increase over, last year’s number. ’ Bryan’s hopes for a title are not Just a pipe dream. In 1947, the Bryan ijggregHtlon won district, bl-dlstrtrt. division and area th* lost Puryear Defeats Legett Thursday Puryear; with,the aid of throe timely errore, beat Legett Hall yesterday 2-0 in orie Of the (wo Softball games which started the second' half of Intramural play orv the campus. Legett collected three hits off' the winning pitcher, Ray Carrol, but could not push a run across. Law’ managed for two hits off Reyes, the loser. Bill Klkhunde of Legett 'vaa the leading hitter of the game, getting two singles out of three times at bat. (. 1 7 . • Graduates at 83 Lublin, Poland—VP—It took him a long tame, but ho finally made the gride, Ptanielaw Wronski, 83, has just received his diploma us a veterinary doctor. Area 3 champion Bryan crew U ^si«i pectOd to begttlrtoday or tomorrow. i^ball Team /’/' ' Ik 7 ij. . 7 J ■ ^ ..., » 7 J: 1 • ' ; tL • High of Dallas at state. Bn r an werit to the area title finals before losing. The state' drovfa was won by the Austin Buddies. The 1949 Bjyait i, aggregation boasts seven returnees) fro, year. If Bryan docs rtOt ha best, club in the state, it cei will have the young *st. Eight members of the team fro orily 14 years old. Not n (tingle mempet' Of the pitching staff has yet rc ached the age Or 17 yearjs. j ) eh of the Aryan Peek Vhhh, club, clnimit his hargjui haVo in the di will ' btr TltVIMDAY'B ItRlHl LTH Anvcrlcali l4*»giie New York 5. aevclanri 3. Detroit 6, Washington '3, Philadelphia 2-3, 8t. Loulk 15-2, Boston at Chicago, rain. National Iwugim \ Philadelphia 8, Chicago 4. Brooklyn 7, Pittsburgh 6. St. Louis 3, Boston 1. New York 9, Cincinnati 5. Texas League j San Antonia 5. Fort. Worth 3. Houston 7, Dallas 2j. Shreveport 11. Tulsa 4. Beaumont 11, Oklahoma City 10. East Texas League Gladcwater T-7, Bryan 1*1- Longview, 6, Henderson 3. Marshall 12, Kilgore 11. Paris 10, Tyler 9. 1 Ml -ir How Fast Can A , Turtle Travel? How fast can a turtle travel ? A half mile an hour—if you get him plenty angry. Obic Dec Bradford. 4-H club member, found a 12-pound turtle hear Eenters, Teps. ]j He scrubbed jt up with a wire brush and took it to Ballinger, Texas,!, for a turtle race then*. The turtle protested all the vyay. At Ballinger, the turtle escaped. Twenty-eight hours later he (or she) was found crossing a high way, 11, airline milcfidrom the es cape ,si(jo. • /• j'' . “That was the maddest turtle I ever Saw,” said Objle Dec's moth- cr ' I I • ‘ ! M--; . Bupc Ruth struck out more time? than any ,other major league bat ter—1,330 times in hia career, —— Mr claasicat unlformi at any rate. Tlic Bryan Cwfpany onito with local Legloi offic h1| in hohllnu a parndr and harjbimf, Invitation* have been wnl o |1(»0 team* lo attend MM teif vlxioa, R»ck Brown of D»ll»ri nnd Arnold CaldWall of Hoiijdon, Ford htef bnll rcpr('*cm«nye*, fire HNiiimii g in lire Nffiiir. The Uniterm*, will li art) furnliihcd by Ihwh y (bunidut tho Hrynn Ford Mwlor Coniphiijy, arc patterned nfter l usm pf tjm Bon i bom. In B’k o|>eiling praeljico grime inf 31. Bryim charged from behrid Loupot’s Aggies In Shut-Out Wi i Loupot’s Aggies todk their loprin- ing game of the jsetend sbrimter fchiestcr when they shut dut the Lilly Ice Cream nine 4-0 Tuesday night. Cions Olsak was tie win- ning/. pitcher, pi telling a wo-hit ball game. Besides this, he helped his owg cause by tapping out a toweringvhomer in the fourth in ning. \ '31 fl Both teams played flawless ball and the hits'were the dif: c|renee. Lou’s Aggies got niriolhits off the Lilly Ice Cream my and | dvo rip only two hits in sreturn,.. Olsak had & rtO-bitecrWell under ay, but the Lilly!bpysjkilled that, L u Market Uranium Germany, J\dy 19 erman police reported to day jthat four Germans have been arrested here Tor atterppttn, sell 700 grams (one and a half m ] ■M ■ 1 - \ 4 • 1' ; I 71 ' ' 7 ■M . ' : ; \]j,H ■J- '-ihr l J\ Intramural Sports Entry Blank Nome .i ^5 Address iterm 5 !i -fit • ■•■ika'* *'***•** *'**^" M "'*' , **‘ ' i I ' • , . ' i ©‘ V .1 / . . Please enter me in the following Intramural Sports for the r Vi?. .second summer six weeks: Handball. Goif.71%1. '7 ; :.v77 ! j Badminton. ........................ . Tennis. ’ ' '''I 'tai ‘ i Horseshoes Ping Pong.., Lon|e: ...... (Check those desired). P . . < ; #• V ,• * ' I • ! J This^ should be turned in to your athletic officer or the ■ Student Activities Office by 5 p. m. Monday, July 25. M ‘H ■> __LJ the Aii-State team on its roster of outstanding players. iT. RblamJ Jones pitched victory, Jones, a high SehoW from nea Station, played on thte A7 promising adcjl pitching staff is Bob yeur-old Who has been field ririd infield. Th(» mark hp« Anotliisr H-yenr-ol from Isst year’s tean bnltlng .333 last year. Hourteen-yosrfubl J keriioit is one of the bri*i tUm team, while: anolh ing youngster Is lk> freilimnn at Aan: from |u*t year, vim i for.i mu outfield 1*0*1, yealr* "Id, / •H'l " tho 15- out- yrarj will f huHlnt Rider in mt 1 Swui on ’tmls* iri the seventh in touched him for The leading hit e(r for w* ning was Draku of] Loupo^ . Out of his three trips to/the p ' a single arKkja] double. gob a sing! Score bj igffwhir *ir/tWo, Loupot’s Aggies Lilly Ice Cream j I 110 0 000 0 »its. pro-" .uut ate, he ..iVL 11 R$j 9 4 0 ' ; When you’ro sure of tho kind of spot esaly cleaned and pcrfectljr pressed clothes we turn out, you’ro glad to have people store. M Jfr, TM Campus “Over the t 1 * 1 ' iei-8 L'j' 4 i I t- V. * ' .i X • 'Sm • s. !•: y-j; >. j, . ; • 'ij! • : iLA.Dv'.i 7. I ■ ;■ • i i I ’ l i i *- , - - ■ ; i ,, E I MONEY OW Oh Men’s !,l 'I-: J I 4 u Fi Hath d Slioet!* I •v f.i make sub- tial gavinga in all onts during f 7 mk 103 N. l iuin (M 'j & Cd. thing Store” • 7 Bryan jrv His , I >L 7. • • I I